title: Pumawasi (Paruro)

text:
Pumawasi (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wasi house, "puma house",  Hispanicized spelling Pumahuasi) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Paruro Province, Colcha District.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: The Cult Film Reader

text:
The Cult Film Reader is a 2008 book edited by Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik.  It collects essays by Susan Sontag, Umberto Eco, and others, each on the topic of cult followings, cult films, and related topics.  Director and producer Roger Corman wrote the introduction.

Reception
Stacey Abbott of Science Fiction Film and Television wrote, "The chapters are all well written and rigorously argued by leading scholars in the field. By pulling all of this work together in The Cult Film Reader, the editors have produced an invaluable collection for anyone researching or teaching cult cinema."  Greg Walker of the Times Higher Education wrote that it "offers a rich prospectus for the scope of the genre and makes a strong case for its further study."  David Church of Film Quarterly wrote, "Despite its mostly minor flaws, The Cult Film Reader as a whole encompasses many of the key trends in cult film studies, making it a highly valuable resource."

References

2008 non-fiction books
Books about film
Cult following
Film and video fandom


title: Alchemilla jaroschenkoi

text:
Alchemilla jaroschenkoi, the holotrichous lady's mantle, is a species of lady's mantle that is endemic to Azerbaijan, where it is only known from near Kiçik Cheurly. It is found in alpine meadows and pastures.

References

jaroschenkoi
Endemic flora of Azerbaijan
Near threatened flora of Asia


The Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse, originally known as the United States Courthouse and Federal Building, is located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. It houses the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

The building was designed by James A. Wetmore and completed in 1932. The "stripped" Neoclassic structure contains murals by Charles Wells. It was added to the state register of historic places in 1989 and federal register in 2012. It was named for federal judge Clarkson Sherman Fisher in 1993 prior to his death in 1997.

See also
List of United States federal courthouses in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County Courthouse (New Jersey)
Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Trenton, New Jersey
Courthouses in New Jersey
Government buildings completed in 1932
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Neoclassical architecture in New Jersey
Art Deco architecture in New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Trenton, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey


title: Bruno Courcelle

text:
Bruno Courcelle is a French mathematician and computer scientist, best known for Courcelle's theorem in graph theory.

Life
Courcelle earned his Ph.D. in 1976 from the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, then called IRIA, under the supervision of Maurice Nivat. He then joined the Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (LaBRI) at the University of Bordeaux 1, where he remained for the rest of his career. He has been a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France since 2007.

A workshop in honor of  Courcelle's retirement was held in Bordeaux in 2012. Courcelle was the first recipient of the S. Barry Cooper Prize of the Association Computability in Europe in 2020. In 2022, Courcelle was awarded the EATCS-IPEC Nerode Prize.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Courcelle protested against vaccination mandates in France.

Work
He is known for Courcelle's theorem, which combines second-order logic, the theory of formal languages, and tree decompositions of graphs to show that a wide class of algorithmic problems in graph theory have efficient solutions.

Notable publications also include:

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
French mathematicians
French computer scientists
Graph theorists


title: Shri Pillappa College of Engineering

text:
Shri Pillappa College of Engineering is an engineering college in north Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University in Belgaum, and has the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education. It offers courses in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer science engineering and information science.

Academic profile
All the engineering departments and the school of architecture are accredited by the AICTE. Students are joined to postgraduate courses based on their Common Entrance Test scores.

Courses offered
 Mechanical engineering
 Civil engineering
 Electronics and communication engineering
 Computer science and engineering
 Information science and engineering

Gallery

See also

 List of engineering colleges affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University
 Visvesvaraya Institute of Advanced Technology

References

External links

Engineering colleges in Bangalore
Affiliates of Visvesvaraya Technological University
2012 establishments in Karnataka
Educational institutions established in 2012


title: Alchemilla stricta

text:
Alchemilla stricta is a species of lady's mantle that is endemic to Turkey. It is only known from five locations; around Kağızman, Lake Abant, Sarıkamış, Karagöl-Sahara and the Efeler forest. It is found in marshy ground by lakes or streams.

References

stricta
Endemic flora of Turkey


title: Šeškovci

text:
Šeškovci () is a village in the municipality of Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Villages in Republika Srpska
Populated places in Laktaši


title: Spaghetti House

text:
Spaghetti House is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Giulio Paradisi. It is loosely based on the Spaghetti House siege that occurred in 1975.

Plot
In an attempted armed robbery of an Italian restaurant in London, the staff members are taken hostage by three gunmen. The police besiege the building, but in the meantime an  unexpected solidarity among hostages and criminals is born.

Cast

 Nino Manfredi as Domenico Ceccacci
 Rudolph Walker as  Commander Martin
 Rita Tushingham as  Kathy Ceccacci
 Leo Gullotta as  Salvatore Manzilla
 Néstor Garay as  Biagio Cerioni
 Gino Pernice as  Valentino Cottai
 Derek Martin as  Hutchinson
 Renato Scarpa as  The Accountant
 Sandro Ghiani as  Efisio
 Eddie Tagoe as  Bill
 Elvis Payne as  Tom
 David Burke as  Davis
 John Woodvine as  The Prosecutor
 Ian Redford as  Buntin
 Patrick O'Connell as Mallory

See also
 List of Italian films of 1982

References

External links

1982 films
Italian comedy films
1982 comedy films
1980s Italian-language films
English-language Italian films
Comedy films based on actual events
Films directed by Giulio Paradisi
Films set in London
Commedia all'italiana
Films about immigration
Films with screenplays by Age & Scarpelli
1980s Italian films


title: 2006 Third Division Football Tournament

text:
The Third Division Football Tournament for the 2006 season in the Maldives. Red Line Club went on to win the tournament without losing a single game.

Group stage
Group A
Winner: Red Line Club
Runner up: Foundation for Kuda Henveiru

Group B
Winner: Club All Youth Linkage
Runner up: Club Campoa

Semi finals

Final

Awards

References

Maldivian Third Division Football Tournament seasons
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title: Garypinidae

text:
Garypinidae is a family of pseudoscorpions, first described by Eugen von Daday in 1889.

Genera
, the World Pseudoscorpiones Catalog accepts the following twenty-one genera:

 Aldabrinus Chamberlin, 1930
 Amblyolpium Simon, 1898
 Caecogarypinus Dashdamirov, 2007
 Galapagodinus Beier, 1978
 Garypinidius Beier, 1955
 Garypinus Daday, 1889
 Haplogarypinus Beier, 1959
 Hemisolinus Beier, 1977
 Nelsoninus Beier, 1967
 Neoamblyolpium Hoff, 1956
 Neominniza Beier, 1930
 Nobilipinus Harvey, 2023
 Oreolpium Benedict & Malcolm, 1978
 Protogarypinus Beier, 1954
 Pseudogarypinus Beier, 1931
 Serianus Chamberlin, 1930
 Solinellus Muchmore, 1979
 Solinus Chamberlin, 1930
 Teratolpium Beier, 1959
 Thaumatolpium Beier, 1931
†Ajkagarypinus Novák, Harvey, Márton, Hammel, Harms, Kotthoff, Hörweg, Brazidec & Ősi, 2023

References

Pseudoscorpion families


title: Troubridge Hill Lighthouse

text:
Troubridge Hill Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about  south west of Edithburgh and about  west of Troubridge Point.

History
It was built as part of a project to downgrade the lighthouse  on Troubridge Island to a relatively low-powered automatic operation (later decommissioned) and built a full-powered light on the nearby  Yorke Peninsula coastline. The tower was constructed from unpainted brickwork built of custom-made bricks.  The brickwork construction system was selected as it reportedly offered wind and earthquake loading design benefits.  As it is intended for automatic operation, the tower has no windows.  The innovative use of brickwork in the tower won its procurers an award from the South Australian Clay Brick Association.

See also

 List of lighthouses in Australia

References

External links
 Australian Maritime Safety Authority
 Troubridge Hill Lighthouse Lighthouses of South Australia

Lighthouses completed in 1980
Lighthouses in South Australia
1980 establishments in Australia
Yorke Peninsula


title: Aldabrinus

text:
Aldabrinus is a genus of pseudoscorpions, which contains the following species:

 Aldabrinus aldabrinus

References

Garypinidae
Pseudoscorpion genera


title: 2008 Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament

text:
The Second Division Football Tournament for the 2008 season in the Maldives won by the Red Line Club by defeating the defending champions Club All Youth Linkage.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Second round

Group A

Group B

Final

Awards

External links
AYL and Teenage to start the league at Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)
AYL to second round at Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)
FAM took action without proof -KIN at Haveeru Online (Dhivehi)
Second Division 2008 at rsssf.com

References

Maldivian Second Division Football Tournament seasons
Maldives
Maldives
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title: Aldabrinus aldabrinus

text:
Aldabrinus aldabrinus is a species of pseudoscorpion that is known from Aldabra in the Seychelles and from Mozambique. It is suspected to be widespread along the east African coast. It is found in dry open woodland or scrub.

References

Arthropods of Mozambique
Garypoidea
Garypinidae
Animals described in 1930
Arthropods of Seychelles


title: Bābā Jān Tepe

text:
Bābā Jān Tepe (Tappa), an archeological site in north-eastern Lorestan Province (34° north latitude, 47° 56’ east longitude), on the southern edge of the Delfān plain at approximately 10 km from Nūrābād, important primarily for excavations of first-millennium BC levels conducted by C. Goff from 1966-69. Work concentrated on two mounds joined by a saddle. The East Mound (85 m in diameter, 9 m high) yielded a series of first-millennium BC buildings (Baba Jan III-I) above Bronze Age (Baba Jan IV) graves. On the Central Mound (120 m in diameter, 15 m high), excavation concentrated on the Baba Jan III Manor on the summit; an 8 x 6 m Deep Sounding provides a partial late fourth- to mid-second-millennium BC sequence

Archaeology

Baba Jan V
Levels 7-6 in the bottom 2 m of the Deep Sounding yielded late fourth-millennium BC chalcolithic pottery similar to Godin (Gowdīn) VI .

Baba Jan IV
In the Deep Sounding on the Central Mound, two levels of domestic architecture (level 5, 2300-2100 BC and level 4, 1800-1500 BC) were separated by a period of abandonment during which four burials were dug into the area. Four other Baba Jan IV graves were cut into virgin soil on the East Mound; these date to the late third (Goff, 1976, fig. 11.10-13, 16-18) and mid-second millennium BC. The assemblage is comparable to that of period III at Godin Tepe.

Baba Jan III
Baba Jan III. On the Central Mound only the superimposed foundations from two phases of a Manor (30 x 35 m) survive. The earlier, level 2, consisted of a rectangular court with a north-south axis flanked by long narrow rooms, the whole with towers both at the corners and midpoints of all sides. When rebuilt in level 1, the Manor consisted of a central columned hall (one row of three columns) surrounded by long narrow rooms. On the East Mound the almost 2,000 m2 excavation yielded the Fort and Painted Chamber. The excavated portion of the Fort, whose walls survived to a height of 3–4 m, consisted of a large (12 m2) room with four irregularly placed columns and surrounded by long rectangular chambers. A spiral ramp led either to a second story or the roof. Further rooms extended to the south. The Painted Chamber (10 x 12 m) unit was added at the east end of the Fort. This ceremonial hall, which opened southward onto an enclosed courtyard, had two columns, a niche and doorway with reveals, white walls decorated with red paint, and a painted-tile ceiling. The Fort and Painted Chamber were probably the seat of a local ruler. The extent and nature of the settlement are uncertain. Fire destroyed this complex at the end of the eighth century BC. The pottery evidence suggests that the East Mound buildings were built and used after the Central Mound Manors. The columned halls at Baba Jan are analogous to contemporary buildings of Hasanlu (Ḥasanlū) IV, Godin Tepe II, and Nush-i Jan (Nūš-e Jān).

Baba Jan III pottery, long known as Genre Luristan, was a handmade, turntable-finished buff ware with distinctive decoration in a thick red-brown matte paint. Typical motifs included ladders and pendant triangles with hatching or crosshatching. Common vessel shapes were simple: wide-bodied jars with narrow necks, small bowls with incurved rims and horizontal loop handles, conical bowls, and cups. A range of iron weapons and tools were found, but classic Luristan bronze artifacts were uncommon.

Baba Jan II
Baba Jan II. The walls of the ruined Fort remained standing until late in Baba Jan II; squatters briefly reoccupied the eastern rooms. While the eastern wall of the Fort remained standing, three phases of small structures were built in the area of the Painted Chamber and its courtyard.

The Genre Luristan pottery of Baba Jan III continued with simpler decoration, but small quantities of a new type of wheel-made buff pottery with small golden mica inclusions appeared. The most common shapes were deep bowls with a thickened rim and horizontal handle, double-handled jars, and jars with a vertical handle and tubular spout with trefoil-mouth. This ware and characteristic shapes are very similar to Tepe Nush i Jan level I (Malāyer plain). Baba Jan II probably dates to the seventh century BC.

Baba Jan I
Baba Jan I. On the East Mound poorly preserved village house walls covered the summit and extended down the east slope in a series of terraces. Superposition of architectural remains suggests two to three phases. The buff ware Baba Jan I assemblage, whose closest affinities are with Period II at Godin Tepe (Kangāvar valley), is characterized by numerous bowl forms and is a development from the wheelmade pottery of Baba Jan II. Baba Jan III wares disappear. Baba Jan I probably falls within the Achaemenid period.

See also
Cities of the Ancient Near East
Tureng Tepe

References

Further reading
Bibliography:

The final report on the excavations consists of a series of articles by C. Goff: “Excavations at Baba Jan: The Bronze Age Occupation,” Iran 14, 1976, pp. 19–40; “Excavations at Baba Jan: The Architecture of the East Mound, Levels II and III,” Iran 15, 1977, pp. 103–40; “Excavations at Baba Jan: The Pottery and Metal from Levels III and II,” Iran 16, 1978, pp. 29–65; “Excavations at Baba Jan: The Architecture and Pottery of Level I,” Iran 23, 1985, pp. 1–20.

Goff also published substantial preliminary reports on the first three seasons of excavation (Iran 7, 1969, pp. 115–30; Iran 8, 1970, pp. 141–56; C. Goff Meade, Iran 6, 1968, pp. 105–26)

On the Painted Chamber, cf. R. C. Henrickson, “A Reconstruction of the Painted Chamber Ceiling at Baba Jan,” Iranica Antiqua 18, 1983, pp. 81–96, for am alternative reconstruction.

For revised dates for Baba Jan IV material, see R. C. Henrickson, “A Regional Perspective on Godin III Cultural Developments in Central Western Iran,” Iran 24, 1986, table 2 and fig. 2; for Baba Jan III-I, see L. D. Levine, “The Iron Age,” in Archaeological Perspectives on Western Iran, ed. F. Hole (Smithsonian), in press. Originally Published: December 15, 1988  Last Updated: August 18, 2011  This article is available in print. Vol. III, Fasc. 3, pp. 292–293

Tells (archaeology)
Archaeological sites in Iran
Former populated places in Iran
Buildings and structures in Lorestan Province


title: SaudiSat-4

text:
SaudiSat-4 is a Saudi Arabian micro-satellite launched in 2014. It was built by the National Satellite Technology Center at KACST.

Launch
SaudiSat-4 was launched from Dombarovsky (air base) site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket.

Mission
The satellite is intended primarily for technology verification in space, main test piece being UV light diodes, intended for removal of static charge from the proof mass. Proof mass experiment is expected to pave the way to engineering of gravitational reference sensor (GRS) of drag-free spacecraft. This devise has an applications for the tentative Laser Interferometer Space Antenna gravity wave detector.

See also

 2014 in spaceflight

References

External links

Satellites of Saudi Arabia
Spacecraft launched in 2014
2014 in Saudi Arabia
Spacecraft launched by Dnepr rockets


The 2014 Mountain West Conference football season was 16th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

This was the first time in four years that the membership of the MW did not change. Initially, UNLV was ineligible for postseason play due to their failure to meet Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines. However, the NCAA later accepted an updated APR report from UNLV, showing that the school had met guidelines, and lifted the ban.

Rankings

Schedule
A schedule for the season can be viewed here.

Championship game

The championship game will be played on December 6, 2014. It will feature the highest ranked teams from two division championships.

References


title: Alfredectes

text:
Alfredectes is a genus of bush crickets or katydids, which is endemic to South Africa.

Species
The genus contains the following species:
 Alfredectes browni Rentz, 1988 – Brown's shieldback
 Alfredectes semiaeneus (Serville, 1838) – Alfred's shieldback

References

Tettigoniinae
Tettigoniidae genera


title: Alfredectes semiaeneus

text:
Alfredectes semiaeneus, or Alfred's shieldback, is a species of katydid that is widespread in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is found in lowland and coastal fynbos, up to 1400 m elevation. It is threatened with habitat destruction, but can be found in protected areas such as Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve and Tsitsikamma National Park.

References

Tettigoniinae
Endemic insects of South Africa
Insects described in 1838


title: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

text:
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank and international financial institution that aims to collectively improve economic and social outcomes in Asia. It is the world's second largest multi-lateral development institution. Headquartered in Beijing, China, the bank currently has 109 members, including 13 prospective members from around the world. The breakdown of the 109 members by continents are as follows: 42 in Asia, 26 in Europe, 22 in Africa, 9 in Oceania, 8 in South America, and 2 in North America. The bank started operation after the agreement entered into force on 25 December 2015, after ratifications were received from 10 member states holding a total number of 50% of the initial subscriptions of the Authorized Capital Stock.

The United Nations has addressed the launch of AIIB as having potential for "scaling up financing for sustainable development" and to improve the global economic governance. The starting capital of the bank was US$100 billion, equivalent to  of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and about half that of the World Bank. The bank was first proposed by China in 2013 and the initiative was launched at a ceremony in Beijing in October 2014. It has since received the highest credit ratings from the three biggest rating agencies in the world, and has been seen since its inception as a potential rival or an alternative to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

History

The proposal for the creation of an "Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank" was first made by the Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a Chinese thinktank, at the Bo'ao Forum in April 2009. The initial context was to make better use of Chinese foreign currency reserves in the wake of the global financial crisis.

The initiative was officially launched by Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a state visit to Indonesia in October 2013. The Chinese government has been frustrated with what it regards as the slow pace of reforms and governance, and wants greater input in global established institutions like the IMF, World Bank and Asian Development Bank which it claims are heavily dominated by American, European and Japanese interests.

In April 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia and said that China was ready to intensify consultations with relevant parties in and outside Asia on the preparations for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

The Asian Development Bank Institute published a report in 2010 which said that the region requires $8 trillion to be invested from 2010 to 2020 in infrastructure for the region to continue economic development. In a 2014 editorial, The Guardian newspaper wrote that the new bank could allow Chinese capital to finance these projects and allow it a greater role to play in the economic development of the region commensurate with its growing economic and political clout. But until March 2015, China in the ADB has only 5.47 percent voting right, while Japan and US have a combined 26 percent voting right (13 percent each) with a share in subscribed capital of 15.7 percent and 15.6 percent, respectively. Dominance by both countries and slow reforms underlie China's wish to establish the AIIB, while both countries worry about China's increasing influence.

In June 2014 China proposed doubling the registered capital of the bank from $50 billion to $100 billion and invited India to participate in the founding of the bank. On 24 October 2014, twenty-one countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the AIIB in Beijing, China: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Indonesia's joining was slightly delayed due to their new presidential administration not being able to review the membership in time. Indonesia signed the MOU on 25 November 2014.

The U.S. allegedly tried to keep Australia and South Korea from becoming prospective founding members, after they expressed an interest in it. However, both Australia and South Korea applied to join the bank in March 2015.

Hong Kong's Financial Secretary John Tsang announced in his budget speech in February 2015 that the territory would join the AIIB. It did however not become one of the prospective founding members and negotiated as part of the Chinese delegation.

In early March 2015, the United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that the UK had decided to apply to join the Bank, becoming the third Western country to do so after Luxembourg and New Zealand. The announcement was criticised by the U.S. Obama Administration. A US government official told Financial Times, "We are wary about a trend toward constant accommodation of China, which is not the best way to engage a rising power." The official further stated that the British decision was taken after "no consultation with the US." In response, the UK indicated that the subject had been discussed between Chancellor Osborne and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew for several months preceding the decision. It was further stated that joining the bank as a founding member would allow the UK to influence the development of the institution. By encouraging Chinese investments in the next generations of nuclear power plants, Osborne announced that "the City of London would become the base for the first clearing house for the yuan outside Asia."

Following the criticism, the White House National Security Council, in a statement to The Guardian, declared, Our position on the AIIB remains clear and consistent. The United States and many major global economies all agree there is a pressing need to enhance infrastructure investment around the world. We believe any new multilateral institution should incorporate the high standards of the World Bank and the regional development banks. Based on many discussions, we have concerns about whether the AIIB will meet these high standards, particularly related to governance, and environmental and social safeguards [...] The international community has a stake in seeing the AIIB complement the existing architecture, and to work effectively alongside the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

After the UK's decision to join the AIIB, a surge of new applications followed, including several other European states – including Germany, France and Italy – with a total number reaching 53 by the end of March. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble stated, "We want to contribute our long-standing experience with international financial institutions to the creation of the new bank by setting high standards and helping the bank to get a high international reputation." In March 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance announced that it, too, is planning to join the AIIB, citing its potential in helping South Korean companies win deals in infrastructural projects as well expanding South Korea's influence in international banking as a founding member. States could indicate their interest in becoming a Prospective Founding Member until 31 March 2015.

Negotiations took place in the framework of five Chief Negotiators Meetings (CNMs) which took place between November 2014 and May 2015. The Articles of Agreement, the legal framework of the bank, were concluded in the fifth CNM. It was signed on 29 June 2015 by 50 of the named 57 prospective founding members in Beijing, while the other seven signed later.

On 25 December 2015, the Articles of Agreement entered into force. On 16 January 2016, the board of governors of the bank convened its inaugural meeting in Beijing and declared the bank open for business. Jin Liqun was elected as the bank's president for a five-year term. 17 states (Australia, Austria, Brunei, China, Georgia, Germany, Jordan, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom) together holding 50.1% of the initial subscriptions of Authorized Capital Stock, had deposited the instrument of ratification for the agreement, triggering entry into force, and making them all founding members and bringing the Articles of Agreement, the bank's charter, into force. 35 other states followed later, taking the amount of Authorized Capital Stock held by the 29 members of the bank to 74%.

AIIB within PRC policy thinking

Fostering long-term economic development
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank can be construed as a natural inter-national extension of the infrastructure-driven economic development framework that has sustained the rapid economic growth of China since the adoption of the Chinese economic reform under Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. It stems from the notion that long-term economic growth can only be achieved through systematic, and broad-based investments in infrastructure assets – in contrast with the more short-term "export-driven" and "domestic consumption" development models favored by mainstream Western Neoclassical economists and pursued by many developing countries in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century with generally disappointing results.

Infrastructure as regional integration and foreign policy tool
In his 29 March 2015 speech at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said: [T]he Chinese economy is deeply integrated with the global economy and forms an important driving force of the economy of Asia and even the world at large. […] China's investment opportunities are expanding. Investment opportunities in infrastructure connectivity as well as in new technologies, new products, new business patterns, and new business models are constantly springing up. […] China's foreign cooperation opportunities are expanding. We support the multilateral trading system, devote ourselves to the Doha Round negotiations, advocate the Asia-Pacific free trade zone, promote negotiations on regional comprehensive economic partnership, advocate the construction of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), boost economic and financial cooperation in an all-round manner, and work as an active promoter of economic globalization and regional integration.

Xi insisted also that the Silk Road Fund and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank would foster "economic connectivity and a new-type of industrialization [in the Asia Pacific area], and [thus] promote the common development of all countries as well as the peoples' joint enjoyment of development fruits."

Academic Suisheng Zhao writes that China's launching of the AIIB was intended by China to reduce tensions caused by the United States' efforts to delay reform of the Bretton Woods system, intended to provide international public goods, and intended to provide China with increased participation in international rule-making.

Legal basis and membership

The Articles of Agreement form the legal basis for the Bank. 57 Prospective Founding Members (PFM) named in annex A of the agreement are eligible to sign and ratify the Articles, thus becoming a member of the Bank. Other states, which are parties to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the Asian Development Bank may become members after approval of their accession by the bank.

The Articles were negotiated by the Prospective Founding Members, with Hong Kong joining the negotiations via China.

Members
The 57 Prospective Founding Members can become Founding Members through:
 Signing the Articles of Agreement in 2015
 Ratifying the Articles of Agreement in 2015 or 2016

All Prospective Founding Members have signed the Articles, 52 of which have ratified them, comprising 92% of the shares of all PFM. The formal actions towards becoming a Founding Member are shown below, as well as the percentage of the votes and of the shares, in the event all prospective founding states become parties, and no other members are accepted.

In March 2017, 13 other states were granted prospective membership: 5 regional (Afghanistan, Armenia, Fiji, Timor Leste and Hong Kong, China) and 8 non-regional: Belgium, Canada, Ethiopia, Hungary, Ireland, Peru, Sudan and Venezuela. In May 2017, 7 states were granted prospective membership: 3 regional (Bahrain, Cyprus, Samoa) and 4 non-regional (Bolivia, Chile, Greece, Romania). In June 2017, 3 other states were granted prospective membership: 1 regional (Tonga) and 2 non-regional (Argentina, Madagascar). In 2018, 7 other states were granted prospective membership: 1 regional (Lebanon) and 6 non-regional (Algeria, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Serbia, Togo). In 2019, 9 other states were granted prospective membership: 9 non-regional (Djibouti, Rwanda, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Tunisia, Uruguay, Croatia, Senegal).In 2020, Liberia were granted prospective membership. In 2021, 2 states were granted prospective membership:1 regional (Iraq) and 1 non-regional (Nigeria). In 2023, 4 states were granted prospective membership:4 non-regional (Mauritania, El Salvador, Solomon Islands, Tanzania). They become members after finishing their domestic procedures. As of 30 September 2023, the total number of countries approved for membership of AIIB is 109 (Regional Members: 47, Non-Regional Members: 46, Prospective Members: 16). Countries holding at least 2.0% of either the total subscriptions or voting powers are in bold.

Members

Prospective Members

Dependent territories
The Articles of Agreement provide for non-sovereign entities to become members of the bank. In addition to the requirements for sovereign states, the membership of dependent territories must be supported by the state responsible for its external relations.

Non-members
The Czech Republic, Nigeria, Iraq, Colombia, Ukraine are considering joining the AIIB as members. Mexico, Japan and the United States have no immediate intention to participate. Taiwan's request to become a Prospective Founding Member was rejected by China as it does not consider the former to be a sovereign state.

 Taiwan applied for PFM to join the AIIB via Taiwan Affairs Office on 31 March, possibly under the name "Chinese Taipei", but was rejected by the Multilateral Interim Secretariat of the AIIB on 13 April, without any reason stated. However, mainland China claims that there is the possibility for Taiwan to obtain membership at a later date. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that Taiwan should avoid creating a "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" situation. ROC Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford announced in April 2016 that Taiwan was not being treated with "dignity" or "respect" during the registration process and Taiwan eventually chose to leave the decision to join to the new president.

 United States – No commitment
 The United States' officials have expressed concerns about whether the AIIB would have high standards of governance, and whether it would have environmental and social safeguards. The United States is reported to have used diplomatic pressure to try and prevent key allies, such as Australia, from joining the bank, and expressed disappointment when others, such as Britain, joined. The US' opposition to the AIIB, as well as its attempt to dissuade allies from joining was seen as a manifestation of a multifaceted containment strategy.

 Japan – "Under Consideration" / No commitment
 Masato Kitera, Tokyo's envoy in Beijing, stated previously that Japan might join the AIIB. Japanese Finance Minister Tarō Asō previously indicated interest in joining the AIIB, but later switched his stance. Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Cabinet Secretary, told the public that Japan was still seeking China's full explanation of the AIIB as he stated, "As of today, Japan will not join AIIB and a clear explanation has not been received from China" and "Japan is dubious about whether (the AIIB) would be properly governed or whether it would damage other creditors". He also stated that Japan is no longer considering whether or not to join the bank. The Japanese Government Spokesman also announced that Japan would not join the AIIB. Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe also added that Japan does not need to join the bank. But two years later, in May 2017, Shinzō Abe said joining the AIIB, created in part to fund the initiative, could be an option if governance questions were resolved. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the ruling party Liberal Democratic Party, suggested joining the AIIB.

Shareholding structure
The Authorized Capital Stock of the bank is $100 billion (US dollars), divided into 1 million shares of $100,000 each. Twenty percent are paid-in shares (and thus have to be transferred to the bank), and 80% are callable shares. The allocated shares are based on the size of each member country's economy (calculated using GDP Nominal (60%) and GDP PPP (40%)) and whether they are an Asian or Non-Asian Member. The total number of shares will determine the fraction of authorized capital in the bank. Of the prospective founding members, three states decided not to subscribe to all allocated shares: Malaysia, Portugal, and Singapore, resulting in 98% of available shares being subscribed.

Three categories of votes exist: basic votes, share votes and Founding Member votes. The basic votes are equal for all members and constitute 12% of the total votes, while the share votes are equal to the number of shares. Each Founding Member furthermore gets 600 votes. An overview of the shares, assuming when all 57 Prospective Founding Members have become Founding Members is shown below (values in bold do not depend on the number of members):

Governance

The bank's governance structure is composed of the Board of Governors as the top-level and highest decision-making body. It is composed of 1 governor for each member state of the bank and in principle meets once a year. The board of directors, composed of 12 governors, each representing one or more member is responsible for daily operations and tasks delegated to it by the board of governors. Nine of those members are from within the Asia-Pacific region and three representing members outside the region.

Of the non-regional directors, 1 constituency is made up of EU member states having the Euro as their currency, and 1 from other European countries.

New members are considered for admission only once a year. An overview of the constituencies is shown below:

Reception

The former President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, has said that the need for infrastructure in developing countries is great so that the activities of new organizations would be welcome. The World Bank, IMF, and Asian Development bank have all cooperated with the AIIB as a compliment to the Bretton Woods institutions and which further increases overall capacity for development funds.

Economist C. Fred Bergsten describes the AIIB as "helping meet a clear need for more infrastructure funding throughout Asia (and elsewhere)." He concludes that the AIIB "has adhered to internationally agreed norms and best practices, and is innovating some of its own." Additionally, Bergsten writes that China's role in the AIIB "has clearly met the U.S. request for China to function as a 'responsible stakeholder' in the world economy."

Geopolitical implication in Asia-Pacific and beyond

There is no consensus in the United States about the role of the AIIB. John Ikenberry sees the AIIB as part of "China's emerging institutional statecraft," but argues that it is not clear whether the institution will tie China more deeply into the existing order or become a vehicle to challenge the order.  Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University) argues that the United States and Japan should support the AIIB to encourage China's peaceful global leadership and discourage China from pursuing coercive or military options. On the other hand, Paola Subacchi (Chatham House) argues that the AIIB represents a threat to US-dominated global governance.

Think-tanks such as Chatham House, the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the World Pensions Council (WPC) have argued that the successful establishment of a new supranational financial powerhouse headquartered in PRC would be facilitated by the large number of participating developed economies. These experts observe that the establishment of the Beijing-based AIIB does not necessitate rivalry, when economic cooperation is possible, and that the decision by the UK to participate advances its own interests even if some of its allies are opposed.

Environmental record
Although the proposed bank declared "AIIB will learn from the best practice in the world and adopt international standards of environmental protection," Oxford scholar of economics and energy policy Yuge Ma has argued that this may be complicated in developing Asian countries.

Political influence
In June 2023, Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and the global communications director and official spokesperson of AIIB resigned, and fled from China. Pickard said that the AIIB was dominated by Chinese Communist Party members who operate as an in-house secret police. Pickard also stated that the AIIB has one of the most toxic cultures imaginable. Later the same day, Chrystia Freeland, the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Finance Minister announced that Canada is freezing ties with the AIIB while carrying out an investigation of the allegations and Canada's involvement in the AIIB.

Comparison with ADB and IBRD

Lending results

2016
During 2016, AIIB committed a total of $1.73 billion to nine projects, among which six projects are joint initiatives with other international lenders such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. It had achieved its loan target of $1.2 billion for the first year.

2017

2018

2019

2020

See also

 New Development Bank (BRICS)/NDB BRICS
 Asian Development Bank
 African Development Bank
 Caribbean Development Bank
 CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
 European Investment Bank
 Inter-American Development Bank
 Islamic Development Bank

Notes

References

External links

 Articles of Agreement of the Bank, and Report on the Articles

Banks established in 2014
International development multilaterals
Multilateral development banks
Belt and Road Initiative
Supranational banks


The 1997 Women's World Floorball Championships were the first world championship in women's floorball, following the first world championship for men the previous year. The matches of the championship were played in Mariehamn and Godby, Åland, Finland 3–10 May 1997. Sweden won the tournament and became the first world champions in the history of women's floorball.

Preliminary round
The two best placed teams from each group advances to semifinals. The third placed team from each group plays the game for 5th position. The fourth best teams plays the game for 7th position and so on.

Group A

Group B

Final stage

Statistics

Final ranking

Top scorers

All star team
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
Defender:
Centre:
Forward:
Forward:

MVP:

References

Sources
IFF tournament site

Floorball World Championships
World Floorball Championships
Women's World Championships
International floorball competitions hosted by Finland
Women's World Floorball Championships


title: Ellen Tracy

text:
Ellen Tracy is a clothing manufacturer; it was founded by Herbert Gallen in 1949,  selling to the international market. It

The company has three divisions:

 The Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy's signature collection of career wear.
 The Ellen Tracy Dresses.
 Company by Ellen Tracy.

Revlon has also produced an Ellen Tracy perfume.

History
As a result of wartime rations during World War II fabrics became difficult to obtain. However, Herbert Gallen was able to acquire some fabric from a friend. He produced several blouses which he took to major department stores on Manhattan's 34th Street. He sold all of the sample blouses and started a clothing line using his wife's name. Betty Barr, for the label. He opened a showroom on Third Avenue with financial backing from Mike Brewer, Gallen formed a new company in 1949 which he called Ellen Tracy. In 1962, he hired recent college graduate Linda Allard as his design assistant and within two years, she was named Director of Design. The company was acquired in 2002 by Liz Claiborne, Inc. and became a wholly owned subsidiary of that company.

Notable dates
In 1979, Ellen Tracy became involved in designer sportswear rather than just junior sportswear.
In 1983, they added a petite division.
In 1984, Linda Allard’s name was added to the Ellen Tracy label.
In 1985 the company added a dress division.
In 1983, their ad campaign featured model Carol Alt and in 1987 it featured a young Cindy Crawford.
In 1991, Ellen Tracy launched the Company Ellen Tracy line to appeal to younger wearers and also offered casual weekend clothing.
In the spring of 1993, they added a plus-size division.
In September 2002, Herbert Gallen sold the company to Liz Claiborne, Inc.
In 2010, Macy’s became the exclusive sportswear retailer for Ellen Tracy. The brand launched internationally in this year as well.

References

External links
 http://www.ellentracy.com/

1949 establishments in the United States
Clothing companies of the United States


title: Ingebjørg Dahl Sem

text:
Ingebjørg Dahl Sem (born 27 August 1936) is a Norwegian Christian writer.

She was born in Gjerpen as a daughter of farmers Karl Dahl (1911–96) and Sigrid Marie Simonsen (1913–1986). In July 1960 she married engineer Søren Sem.

She finished her secondary education in Skien in 1955, worked in Varden until 1961 and studied at the Norwegian Journalist Academy from 1958 to 1959. She later studied briefly at the University of Oslo, minoring in Nordic literature in 1971, and attended the Nansen Academy from 1984 to 1985.

In the 1960s she was a prolific writer for NRK radio's Barnetimen for de minste. She is mainly known for writing children's books and young adult fiction, with titles such as Tenk på Columbus! (1976), Angår dette meg? (1976), Fløyten og tårnet (1993), Bak neste sving (1995) and Historien om Barrabas (2002).

References

1936 births
Living people
People from Skien
Norwegian journalists
Norwegian children's writers
Norwegian Christians


title: Equestrian staircase

text:
An equestrian staircase or riders' staircase is a very gently sloping flight of steps that can be negotiated by horses. Its origins may be seen in the mule staircases in steep terrain in open country.

Use in interior rooms
Its design principles found their way from road construction into building architecture. Here an equestrian staircase was a spiral, curved or repeatedly interrupted ramp within buildings, that had a gently sloped and a non-slip floor, either smooth or frequently divided by transverse ridges. This type of ramp occurs in the towers of churches, castles, fortifications and palaces as well as in the architecture of other buildings within fortifications villas and palaces.

Representation
From the 15th century, imposing equestrian staircases were built in the stately homes of the nobility. These staircases enabled riders to reach the upper floor on horseback. The equestrian staircase leading to Vladislav Hall in Prague Castle, which was built around 1500, is one of the oldest known examples.

Other equestrian staircases are found:
 in the Château d'Amboise, the Tour de Minimes and the Tour Heurtault both have equestrian staircases
 in the Old Palace in Bayreuth
 in the Berliner Stadtschloss (demolished 1950)
 in the Ehrenburg in Brodenbach on the Moselle
 in the Stallhof in Dresden
 in Schloss Riedegg in Gallneukirchen
 in the Landshut town residenz
 in citadel in Spandau
 in the Old Palace in Stuttgart

Stepless equestrian ramps
Occasionally ramps were built without any actual steps, enabling horses to draw a carriage or wagon up the incline. There are examples in Venice (St Mark's Campanile), Geneva (city hall) and Copenhagen (Round Tower).

Gallery

See also
 Cordonata
 Mule ramp

References

Stairways
Equestrianism
Horses in culture


title: Hope in Front of Me (song)

text:
"Hope in Front of Me" is a song  co-written and recorded by American singer Danny Gokey for his second studio album of the same name (2014). Gokey wrote the song with Brett James and its producer, Bernie Herms. It was released to Christian radio on January 24, 2014 and to digital retailers February 18, 2014 through BMG Rights Management as the record's lead single. "Hope in Front of Me" serves as Gokey's debut release on the BMG label and his first single in almost three years.

Written as a message of hope in dark times, "Hope in Front of Me" features a more soulful sound than Gokey's previous releases and is his first to be marketed in the Christian genre. The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Christian Songs chart and number 27 on Adult Contemporary, marking his first entry on these charts.

Background and recording
In 2009, Gokey rose to fame as the second runner-up on the eighth season of American reality singing competition American Idol. The following year, he released the country album, My Best Days, which reached the top 5 of the Billboard 200 and produced two top 40 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart. Gokey then announced in November 2011 that he had parted ways with his record label, RCA Records Nashville.

He signed a record/publishing deal with BMG Rights Management in May 2013 with the intention to shift his career toward a Christian crossover career. "I love country music and I still listen," Gokey told The Hollywood Reporter. "But I always felt my message of faith was important. Not much has changed, just my sound." He recorded new music in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Bernie Herms and released "Hope in Front of Me" to Christian radio on January 24, 2014.

Composition
"Hope in Front of Me" is a Christian pop song with influences of blue-eyed soul, written by Danny Gokey, Bernie Herms, and Brett James. It was inspired by Gokey's journey dealing with the death of his first wife in 2008 and is about "finding purpose in your darkest moments." The song's chorus speaks to finding hope despite tragedy, with lines such as "There's better days still up ahead / Even after all I've seen, there's hope in front of me."

According to the sheet music published by BMG Rights Management, the song was originally composed in the key of C Minor and set in common time to a "moderate rock" beat of 76 BPM. The song follows a chord progression of Cm – A – E – Gm7 and covers a vocal range of two octaves, from the note of C through C.

Accolades
"Hope in Front of Me" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards, however it lost to "How Can It Be" by Lauren Daigle. The song's success also contributed to Gokey being nominated in the category of New Artist of the Year at the same ceremony.

Chart performance
"Hope in Front of Me" debuted on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart dated March 8, 2014 and entered the top 20 in its seventh week on the chart dated May 24, 2014. The song reached a peak position of four on the chart dated August 16, 2014.

The song also experienced moderate pop crossover success. "Hope in Front of Me" debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart dated July 26, 2014. It reached a peak position of 27 on the chart dated August 16, 2014 and spent a total of six weeks on the chart.

Music video
An accompanying music video for the song was uploaded to Gokey's official YouTube channel on July 16, 2014 and "tells a story of redemption."

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Release history

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Danny Gokey songs
Songs written by Bernie Herms
Songs written by Brett James
Pop ballads
Songs written by Danny Gokey
BMG Rights Management singles


title: Dervishiya vartianae

text:
Dervishiya vartianae is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Cossinae
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 2011


title: AprizeSat

text:
AprizeSat is an American micro-satellite platform for low Earth orbit communications satellites. It is marketed as a low-cost solution, with a claimed cost of  per satellite for a 24-to-48-satellite constellation. , twelve spacecraft based on the Aprize bus have been launched.

Launch history

References

External links
 SpaceQuest Microsatellite Bus at SpaceQuest.com

Satellites of the United States
Satellite buses


title: Allium baytopiorum

text:
Allium baytopiorum, or Baytop's onion, is a species of onion that is endemic to Kars Province in Turkey. It is found in montane steppe at about 1,200 m elevation.  The species was named in honor of Turkish botanist Asuman Baytop.

Critically endangered
It is threatened by overgrazing and hay making.

References

baytopiorum
Critically endangered plants
Endemic flora of Turkey


title: Michael Francis (conductor)

text:
Michael Francis (born 1976) is a British conductor.

Biography
Francis learnt the double bass as a youth.  He was a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra, and graduated in 1997 from The Cardiff University School of Music.  He played the double bass for the London Symphony Orchestra before he began conducting. His first public performance as conductor of a major orchestra occurred in January 2007 when he deputised for Valery Gergiev.

In Europe, Francis became chief conductor and artistic adviser to the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra in 2012, and held the post through 2016.  In December 2016, Francis first guest-conducted the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.  In December 2018, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz announced the appointment of Francis as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019-2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 years.  In March 2023, the orchestra announced a five-year extension of Francis' contract as chief conductor with the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.

In the USA, Francis became music director of The Florida Orchestra as of the 2015-2016 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.  His current contract with The Florida Orchestra is through 2025.  He became music director of the Mainly Mozart Festival (San Diego, California, USA) in the summer of 2015.

Francis lives in Florida with his American wife Cindy and their daughter.

References

External links
 Official homepage of Michael Francis
 KD Schmid agency profile of Michael Francis
 Interview bei Classicpoint.net
 Cardiff University Alumni Profile
 Feenotes.com Profile

British male conductors (music)
Living people
British double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Alumni of Cardiff University
1976 births
Welsh conductors (music)
London Symphony Orchestra players
21st-century British conductors (music)
21st-century double-bassists


title: Stygioides aethiops

text:
Stygioides aethiops is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Uzbekistan.

References

Moths described in 1887
Cossinae


title: 100 Cult Films

text:
100 Cult Films is a 2011 book written by Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik, who selected one hundred cult films to discuss.

Process
The two authors often disagreed with each other and were forced to make concessions; for example, Mathijs opposed the inclusion of Cannibal Holocaust, which he called an initiation ritual and not a film with a devoted cult following. He relented and allowed its inclusion so that he could convince Mendik to include Begotten. Mathijs wanted to include The Princess Bride, but Mendik preferred to focus on including more transgressive films, and it was not included. As a result of its necessarily arbitrary choices, the book attracted controversy from cult film fans.

To choose the final film, the authors performed a public survey; the resulting winner was In Bruges. A mobile app was released to allow readers to mark each of the films that they have seen. The app features appearances by Eli Roth and Joe Dante.

References

See also
2011 in film
Midnight film
Extreme cinema

Books about film
Film and video fandom
2011 non-fiction books
Books of film criticism
Cult following


title: Stygioides ivinskisi

text:
Stygioides ivinskisi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Lebanon.

References

Moths described in 2007
Cossinae


title: Dirk Bumann

text:
Dirk Bumann is a German infection biologist and professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Life
Dirk Bumann studied chemistry and biology at the “Freie Universität” in Berlin. In 1994 he earned his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried followed by postdoc research at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA. From 1997 to 2004 Bumann was a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and from 2004 till 2007 he taught and researched at the Hannover Medical School (MHH). Since 2007 Dirk Bumann is a Professor of Infection Biology at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel.

Work
Bumann‘s research focuses on the study of pathogenic metabolic processes in the bacteria Salmonella and Shigella that cause typhus and diarrheal diseases. He investigates how these pathogens obtain nutrients from their host and how they coordinate the individual activities in metabolic networks and cause diseases through their growth. In addition, Dirk Bumann demonstrated that Salmonella within intestinal cells are initially marked through the attachment of Ubiquitin and finally the phosphorylating protein optineurin binds to them. This tags them for special cell organelles, the autophagosomes, which recognize and eliminate them.

Awards and honors
2007 "Go-Bio" Award
2006 EMBO Young Investigator Award
2006 BD Research Prize
 2015 Pettenkofer Prize
 2015 Elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

References

External links

Living people
Scientists from Berlin
Academic staff of the University of Basel
University of Basel alumni
Biozentrum University of Basel
21st-century German biologists
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Stygioides nupponenorum

text:
Stygioides nupponenorum is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkey.

References

Moths described in 2011
Cossinae


title: Stygioides psyche

text:
Stygioides psyche is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Kyzylkumy desert in Uzbekistan.

References

Moths described in 1893
Cossinae


title: Ann Parker (writer)

text:
Ann Parker is a writer, and was a finalist for Best Historical Novel in the 2011 Agatha Award. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley.

Works

Silver Rush Series
 Silver Lies (2003)
 Iron Ties (2006)
 Leaden Skies (2009)
 Mercury's Rise (2011)
 What Gold Buys (2016)
 A Dying Note (2018)
 Mortal Music (2020)
 The Secret in the Wall (2022)

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American historical novelists
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women historical novelists
21st-century American women writers


title: In Technicolor

text:
In Technicolor is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Jesse McCartney.  This album marks his return to music after the shelved effort of Have It All. Before the release of this album, McCartney released an extended play, In Technicolor (Part 1), which contained several songs from the album, as a teaser of what fans could expect from his upcoming album.

Background

In 2010, McCartney announced he was planning to release his fourth studio album titled Have It All. The first single from the album, "Shake" was released on September 21, 2010. Have It All was then slated for a January 2011 release. McCartney had prepared over 50 songs for the album, ultimately choosing 11 to make the final cut with producers like Sean Garrett, Kevin Rudolf, Ammo, J Cash,  and rapper Tyga. The sound of Have It All was aimed at being more mature than his previous 2008 album Departure. However, Have It All was never released. In April 2011, McCartney stated on his Twitter account that the album wouldn't be released until they heard about the outcome of Locke & Key, a television series that he had a lead role in. The following year, McCartney revealed in an interview that Have It All was delayed because of some acting jobs he couldn't turn down as well as many other reasons. McCartney's mother announced that the president of Hollywood Records had retired which delayed the release of the album. In the March 2013 issue of Glamholic magazine, McCartney stated that he was currently writing and producing his fourth studio album and that there would be "lots of new material." On August 13, 2013 a single was released, "Back Together" through McCartney's own new record label, Eight0Eight Records. He chose to leave Hollywood Records because "it made more sense" in this point of his career to release his music on his own. A four-song EP was released on December 10, 2013 titled In Technicolor (Part I). McCartney chose to release an EP before the album to give his fans his new music and to allow time to still finish up his full-length album. In June 2014, Jesse McCartney officially announced the title of his fourth studio album as In Technicolor and set the release date of July 22.

Release and promotion
In Technicolor became available for pre-order through iTunes and Amazon on June 11, 2014. Four days before the album's release, a ballad titled "The Other Guy" was released to MTV exclusively to promote the album. On July 21, 2014 McCartney performed his single "Superbad" on The Today Show. McCartney will embark on a headlining North American concert tour called the In Technicolor Tour. The tour will begin on July 25, 2014 in Charlotte, N.C. and will end on September 4 in Anaheim, CA. In Technicolor was released on July 22, 2014 through Eight0Eight Records. Upon release, In Technicolor reached the top 20 albums on iTunes Top Albums chart.

Critical reception
Upon release, In Technicolor received mostly positive reviews. USA Today gave the album three out of four stars stating that "McCartney flaunts his love of pop-soul without apology" which results in "an easy, breezy collection that some more presumptuous former tween idols would do well to study" and labeled "Tie the Knot" and "All About Us" as the standout tracks. Jason Scott from Pop Dust rated the album 4/5. He wrote that McCartney's "smooth and jazz-fused vocals" helped move him "from a simple heartthrob to legitimate musician" and compared the style of the album to those of Bruno Mars and Justin Timberlake.

Commercial performance
In Technicolor debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard 200 and No. 7 on the Independent Albums chart, selling 7,846 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Personnel
Katisse Buckingham – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
James Casey – tenor saxophone
The Elev3n – drum programming
Juliet Haffner – viola
Robbie Kondor – piano, string arrangements
Jesse McCartney – lead vocals, background vocals
James G. Morales – drums, percussion
Matt Morales – horn arrangements, trumpet
Troy "R8DIO" Johnson – drum programming, keyboards, synthesizer
Amy Ralske – cello
Julio David Rodriguez – [[bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Charts

References

Jesse McCartney albums
2014 albums
Self-released albums


title: Pumawasi, Anta

text:
Pumawasi (Quechua (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wasi house, "puma house") is a rocky cave with pre-Columbian rock-art in Peru. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Anta Province, Chinchaypujio District. Pumawasi lies in the north of the district, west of the mountain Yuraqqaqa (Yurajaja, Yurajqaqa).

The cave is about  deep,  and measures about  at its widest point. It was used as a burial ground, among other uses, as evidenced by human bone remains.

See also
 Killarumiyuq
 Tampukancha
Qollmay

References

Archaeological sites in Cusco Region
Archaeological sites in Peru
Caves of Peru
Rock art in South America


title: Pumawasi

text:
Pumawasi (Quechua puma cougar, puma, wasi house, "puma house", Hispanicized spellings  Pomaguasi, Pomahuasi, Pumaguasi, Pumahuasi) may refer to:

 Pumahuasi, a municipality in the Yavi Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
 Pumahuasi District or Daniel Alomías Robles District, a district in the Huánuco Region, Peru
 Pumawasi, Anta, cave with pre-Columbian rock-art in the Anta Province, Cusco Region, Peru
 Pumawasi (Paruro), a mountain in the Paruro Province, Cusco Region, Peru


title: Sir Henry Colt, 1st Baronet

text:
Sir Henry Dutton Colt, 1st Baronet (–1731), of St. James's, Westminster, was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) for Newport, Isle of Wight in the period 2 December 1695 – 1698 and for Westminster in December 1701 – 1702 and 1705–1708. He was the first of the Colt baronets.

References

1646 births
1731 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of England
Members of Parliament for Newport (Isle of Wight)
People from Westminster
English MPs 1695–1698
English MPs 1701–1702
English MPs 1705–1707
British MPs 1707–1708


title: Gotta Go (disambiguation)

text:
Gotta Go is a Trey Songz song.

Gotta Go may also refer to:

Music

Songs
"Gotta Go" (Sunmi song), a song recorded by South Korean singer Sunmi released in 2020
"Gotta Go" (Chungha song), a song recorded by South Korean singer Chungha released in 2019
"Gotta Go", a song by Jenny Berggren from her 2010 album My Story
"Gotta Go", song by Lynyrd Skynyrd from Best of the Rest 1982, and the B-side of "I've Been Your Fool"
"Gotta Go (Can't Wage a War)", song by Kingdom Come from their 1989 album In Your Face
"Gotta Go", a 2022 song by Collar

See also
"Gotta Go My Own Way", a song on the High School Musical 2 soundtrack
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now", a song written by Bob Dylan in 1964


title: Dan Bárta

text:
Dan Bárta (born 14 December 1969 in Karlovy Vary) is a Czech rock singer. He's a founding member of Alice in 1990 (this band disbanded in 1997). Later he was a member of the short-lived band Sexy Dancers. He also released many solo albums and albums with his band Illustratosphere. He also starred in musicals. Since 1994, he has also been member of J.A.R.

Discography
 Alice (1995)
 Dan Bárta &… (1999)
 Illustratosphere (2000)
 Entropicture (2003)
 Liberec LiveRec (2005)
 Retropicture Livě (2005)
 Animage (2008)
 Theyories (2010) – with Robert Balzar Trio
 Maratonika (2013)

References

External links

Official website

1969 births
Living people
20th-century Czech male singers
Musicians from Karlovy Vary
21st-century Czech male singers


title: SFI1

text:
Sfi1 homolog, spindle assembly associated (yeast) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFI1 gene.
 It localizes to the centriole, and its S. pombe ortholog has been shown to be involved in spindle pole body duplication. SFI1 forms a complex with centrin 2.

References

Further reading

Rüthnick D, Vitale J, Neuner A, Schiebel E. The N-terminus of Sfi1 and yeast centrin Cdc31 provide the assembly site for a new spindle pole body. J Cell Biol. 2021 Mar 1;220(3):e202004196. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202004196. PMID: 33523111; PMCID: PMC7852455.

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title: Dyspessa affinis

text:
Dyspessa affinis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

References

Dyspessa
Moths described in 1912
Moths of Asia


title: The Boat Race 1997

text:
The 143rd Boat Race between crews from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge took place on the River Thames on 29 March 1997.  Umpired by former Oxford rower Tom Cadoux-Hudson, Cambridge won in a time of 17 minutes and 38 seconds.

In the reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie beat Oxford's Isis by  lengths.  Cambridge won the 52nd Women's Boat Race.

Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.  First held in 1829, the competition is a  race along the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1996 race by  lengths, and led overall with 73 victories to Oxford's 68 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877). The race was the last to be sponsored by Beefeater Gin.

The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.  The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965.  It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.

Crews

The weigh-in was held at the Hurlingham Club on 24 March 1997. The Cambridge crew, pre-race favourites, weighed an average of  more per rower than Oxford, with Cambridge's Alex Story the heaviest man in the race at . The crews were the tallest in the history of the race, with Cambridge averaging  to Oxford's . Oxford's Roberto Blanda became the first Blue from Italy. Cambridge's crew featured three former Blues, while Oxford's crew contained none.

Cambridge were coached once again by Robin Williams, while Oxford were guided by Dutchman René Mijnders, who had led the Netherlands to Olympic gold in Atlanta in the men's eight.

Race description

Oxford's non-rowing boat club president Ed Bellamy won the toss and selected the Surrey station as the starting point for his crew, Cambridge therefore started from the Middlesex station.  Immediately from the start, Cambridge cox Kevin Whyman steered into the Oxford water, closing the lateral gap between the boats and securing a series of warnings from race umpire Tom Cadoux-Hudson. Oxford held a lead of a few feet round the Fulham bend, but the crews were level at the mile post.  By Hammersmith Bridge, Oxford had pulled away marginally to hold a one-third length lead, but superior steering by Whyman around the Surrey bend pulled Cambridge back into contention, level by the Chiswick Steps, and a length ahead by Barnes Bridge.  Moving across, Cambridge took Oxford's clear water and passed the finishing post six seconds and two lengths ahead. It was Cambridge's fourth consecutive victory and took the overall record to 74–68 in their favour. By the end of the race, umpire Cadoux-Hudson had issued 132 warnings to the crews.

In the reserve race, Cambridge's Goldie beat Oxford's Isis by  lengths, and in the 52nd running of the Women's Boat Race, Cambridge also triumphed.

Reaction
Olympic gold medallist Steve Redgrave presented Cambridge with the Beefeater Trophy and both crews with their medals.  Oxford's coach Mijnders said "After the big bend, Cambridge were actually flying ... the further the race went on, the better Cambridge rowed". Cambridge coach Williams noted "Some of our boys took some stick in the press, but they responded to the pressure and were brilliant." Oxford's stroke and Olympic bronze medallist Tim Foster told his crew "We'll always remember we lost the Boat Race, but don't forget we are still good rowers." Cadoux-Hudson stated in an interview that there were two occasions where the blades clashed: "Cambridge were being warned on one occasion and Oxford on the other, so I think it equalled out at the end. I don't think it affected the outcome".

References

Notes

External links

The Boat Race
1997 in English sport
1997 in rowing
1997 sports events in London
March 1997 sports events in the United Kingdom


title: Dyspessa albina

text:
Dyspessa albina is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia.

References

Dyspessa
Moths described in 1912
Moths of Asia


title: Dyspessa algeriensis

text:
Dyspessa algeriensis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Algeria and Tunisia.

References

Dyspessa
Moths described in 1858
Moths of Africa


The 2014 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football season was made up of 12 United States college athletic programs that compete in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) under the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the 2014 college football season. The season began play on August 31, 2014, and ended November 16, 2014.

Conference teams and information
Starting with the 2014 football season, the Lincoln Blue Tigers joined the Great Lakes Valley Conference as a football–only member, as well as the Southwest Baptist Bearcats. It was part of a "Strategic Conference Football Scheduling Alliance" between the MIAA and GLVC.

Coaches
Please note that the information listed is the information before the season started.

Preseason outlook
Sporting News released their Top-25 on June 10, 2014. Three teams from the conference were ranked in the top 25: #1 Northwest Missouri, #14 Pittsburg State, and #22 Emporia State. Two days later the Lindy's NCAA Division II Preseason Top 25 was released, where four teams placed in the top 25 from the conference: #1 Northwest Missouri, #6 Pittsburg State, #13 Emporia State, and #24 Missouri Western.

On August 5, MIAA Media Days was held in Kansas City. Northwest Missouri was chosen as #1 for both Coaches and Media polls. The schools were ranked as follows:

Coaches Poll
 Northwest Missouri
 Pittsburg State
 Central Missouri
 Emporia State
 Missouri Western
 Washburn
 Missouri Southern
 Fort Hays State
 Lindenwood
 Central Oklahoma
 Nebraska–Kearney
 Northeastern State

Media Poll
 Northwest Missouri
 Pittsburg State
 Emporia State
 Missouri Western
 Washburn
 Central Missouri
 Missouri Southern
 Fort Hays State
 Lindenwood
 Nebraska–Kearney
 Central Oklahoma
 Northeastern State

On August 18, the National Collegiate Athletics Association released the AFCA Coaches poll was released. The three MIAA teams that are ranked are: Northwest Missouri at #1, Pittsburg State at #9, and Emporia State tied at #22. Others that received votes were: Central Missouri with 82 votes, Missouri Western with 38, and Washburn with 2.

On August 26, D2football.com released their Top 25 poll. Four other MIAA schools were ranked in the D2football.com poll; Northwest Missouri State at #1, Pittsburg State at #9, Emporia State was chosen at #19 and Missouri Western at #24.

Schedule
The first week of conference play began on Thursday, September 4, 2014. The schedule is subject to change.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Home game attendance

References


title: Allium czelghauricum

text:
Allium czelghauricum, the Czelghaurian onion, is a species of onion that is found only in Kars Province and Ardahan Province in Turkey. It can be found in montane steppe between elevations of 2,000–2,200 m. It is threatened by overgrazing and hay making.

References

czelghauricum
Critically endangered plants
Endemic flora of Turkey
Plants described in 1912


title: Dyspessa argaeensis

text:
Dyspessa argaeensis is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkey.

References

Moths described in 1905
Dyspessa
Moths of Asia


title: Dyspessa curta

text:
Dyspessa curta is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Tajikistan.

References

Moths described in 1912
Dyspessa
Moths of Asia


title: Allium koenigianum

text:
Allium koenigianum, or Koenig's onion, is a species of onion that is endemic to the Erzurum and Çoruh regions of Turkey.

The species is very rare and quite possibly extinct. It is only known from two records dating from the 1920s.

References

koenigianum
Endemic flora of Turkey
Plants described in 1928


title: Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina

text:
A general public survey on corruption from Transparency International shows that citizens perceive Bosnia and Herzegovina's political structures to be deeply affected by corruption. Two-thirds of citizens believe that the government's efforts to combat corruption are ineffective.

On Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, Bosnia and Herzegovina scored 34 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked 110th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), and the worst score was 12 (ranked 180).

Dynamics
Corruption levels are considered high in Bosnia and Herzegovina and have created stumbling blocks in its bid for future EU membership, according to the EU's Progress Report in 2013. The country's complex legal and regulatory frameworks create opportunities for corruption. Facilitation payments are seen as pervasive throughout the Bosnian business climate.

Anti-corruption efforts
The government has set up the 2009-2014 Strategy for the Fight against Corruption and prosecuted several high-profile cases, yet the overall enforcement of the legislative and institutional frameworks remains poor.

Enhancing Civil Society Participation

Citizens participation and the values of integrity, accountability, and transparency are crucial components of fighting corruption.  It is important to develop programs and actions to change the cultural understanding of corruption and help citizens to act against abuses.

References

External links
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Corruption Profile from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal

Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Crime in Bosnia and Herzegovina by type
Bosnia


title: Trigga

text:
Trigga may refer to:

People
Trey Songz, American R&B artiste popularly known as Trigga
Trigga tha Gambler, also Trigga, New York rapper
Trigga, part of crew of Miami-based rapper JT Money
Trigga, Nigerian rapper on "Koma Roll Remix", Tillaman featuring Iyanya and others
Lae D-Trigga, rapper on "Never Ending Saga" from Guru album Baldhead Slick & da Click
Trigga, British MC on Wiley album Race Against Time

Other uses
Trigga (album), Trey Songz 2014 album

See also

 Trigger (disambiguation)
 Triga (disambiguation)


title: Jacob Fegth

text:
Jacob Fegth (also spelled Feght) (born 18 September 1761 at Tangen, Drammen, died 2 October 1834 at Tangen, Drammen) was a Norwegian timber merchant and ship-owner, and one of the largest timber merchants of Drammen in the early 19th century.

He was the son of wigmaker Christian Nicolay Fegth (1722–1766) from Frederikshald, whose family was probably of Dutch origin (the family name might derive from the river Vecht).

The townhouse Feghtgården was built for him in 1806, designed by architect Christian Staalberg. In 1808, he bought the estate Stormoen outside Drammen. He owned several sawmills, a distillery, ships and other properties in Drammen. By the early 19th century, he had become Drammen's third largest timber merchant. He was also Public Guardian (overformynder) of Strømsø from 1802 to 1807. He was one of around fifty prominent private citizens in Norway who contributed funds to the establishment of the Royal Frederick University; he contributed 5,000 Norwegian rigsdaler.

He was the father-in-law of ship owner and estate owner Anders Juel (1787–1852), ship's captain and privateer Bent Salvesen (1787–1820) and ship owner Mathias Andreas Holst (1793–1849). He has descendants with names including Fegth, Juel, Salvesen, Holst, Paus, Høeg, Prytz, Browne, Kapteijn, Løvenskiold, Wessel, and other names.

References

1761 births
1834 deaths
19th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian businesspeople in timber
People from Drammen


title: Allium pseudoalbidum

text:
Allium pseudoalbidum is a species of onion that is endemic to Kars Province in Turkey. It can be found in montane steppe at about 1,900 m elevation. It is threatened by overgrazing, hay making and deforestation.

References

pseudoalbidum
Endangered plants
Endemic flora of Turkey


title: Chimera (Russian band)

text:
Chimera (also known as Deputat Baltiki) was a Russian underground rock band formed by singer/guitarist  and lead-guitarist Gennady Bachinsky in St. Petersburg in 1990. It was the main group of the club Tamtam, in which Korol i Shut and Tequilajazzz also performed. Chimera repeatedly gave concerts in Germany.

In February 1997, at the age of 27, Starkov hanged himself in the attic of Chimera's rehearsal space. The group disbanded after Starkov's death.

Legacy
Chimera's songs have been covered by artists and bands such as Psychea, Pilot, Iva Nova, Zakhar May, and PTVP.  of PTVP said: "Chimera is the best thing about Russian rock 'n' roll. I am completely sure: throughout the 1990s in music, only two new words were spoken: in the States there was Nirvana, and in Russia — Chimera".

Chimera's influences include Bauhaus, Nico, Butthole Surfers, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Daniil Kharms, Jules Verne, Helena Blavatsky, and Philip K. Dick.

Discography
1991 Redt Starkov & Co ()
1991 Half-Petrograd Acoustics (Полупетроградская акустика)
1991 Nautiluses (Кораблики)
1991 Stoker Dreams (Сны кочегара)
1991 Commissioner of Smoke Gendarmerie (Комиссар дымовой жандармерии)
1992 Visionaries (Фантазёры)
1993 Chimera (Химера)
1994 Electric Train (Электричка)
1994 Kalevala (Калевала)
1995 Nuihuli
1997 It's Me (Это я)
1997 ZUDWA

Members
  ("Redt") - lead singer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, accordion, wind instrument
 Gennady Bachinsky - guitar, producer
 Urij Lebedev - bass guitar
 Vladislav Viktorov ("Vitus") - drums
 Paul Labutin - cello

References

Bibliography
Аксютина О. Панк-вирус в России. Леан, 1999. — 320 с. —
Бурлака А. Рок-энциклопедия. Популярная музыка в Ленинграде-Петербурге. 1965—2005. Том 3. — М.: Амфора, 2007. — С. 433—477.
Никонов А. Нулевые. С-Пб.: Карма Мира/ШSS, 2009. — 186 с.

External links
Химера Discography

Musical groups from Saint Petersburg
1990s in music
Musical groups established in 1990
Musical groups disestablished in 1997
Russian experimental musical groups
Russian indie rock groups
Russian gothic rock groups
Russian psychedelic rock music groups
Noise rock groups
Russian alternative rock groups
Soviet rock music groups


title: Dyspessa cyprica

text:
Dyspessa cyprica is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Azerbaijan and on Cyprus.

References

Moths described in 1927
Dyspessa
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe


title: Allium struzlianum

text:
Allium struzlianum, or Struzl's onion, is a species of onion that is endemic to Armenia. It has been found in the Dzhadzhur Pass and the Urts Range. It can be found on montane steppes between elevations of 800–2,000 m. It flowers in May–June, and bears fruit in June–July.

The species is very rare with a severely fragmented population, estimated to be less than 250 individuals. It is threatened by habitat loss and pasturing.

References

struzlianum
Endangered plants
Endemic flora of Armenia
Plants described in 1999


title: SmartPhones (song)

text:
"SmartPhones" is a song by American singer Trey Songz, released on April 1, 2014, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Trigga.

Critical reception
Marcus Dowling of HipHopDX said the song was about "dealing with the moment when a man in the midst of sneaking around drunk dials his current mate and he's caught in his error". Erin Lowers of XXL complimented Songz' vocal performance on the song, and said that it offers "a glimpse at the more introspective and vulnerable side of Trey’s discography".

Charts

References

2014 singles
2014 songs
Atlantic Records singles
Songs written by Trey Songz
Trey Songz songs


title: Dyspessa cyrenaica

text:
Dyspessa cyrenaica is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Libya.

References

Moths described in 1916
Dyspessa
Moths of Africa


title: Dyspessa daralagezi

text:
Dyspessa daralagezi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Armenia.

References

Moths described in 2008
Dyspessa
Moths of Asia


title: Trigga tha Gambler

text:
Tywone Smith, professionally known by his stage name Trigger tha Gambler (or simply Trigga), is an American East Coast rapper. He is the younger brother of Damon Smith aka Smoothe da Hustler, and first became known for his "aggressive hardcore flow" on his brother's 1995 hit single "Broken Language".

In 1996 Trigga was on No Doubt's roster. In 1999 the brothers were signed to Tommy Boy Records to work on an album Dying To Live.

Discography
With Smoothe da Hustler
"Broken Language".
 "Fuck Whatcha Heard", "Murdafest" and "My Brother My Ace" from Once Upon a Time in America
"My Crew Can't Go For That" (also features DV Alias Khrist) from The Nutty Professor Soundtrack
His 1996 album Life's A 50-50 Gamble was supposed to be released on Def Jam Recordings, but he was dropped from the label, and the album was canceled.
 "Rap Game" from Violenttimes Day
On other artist's recordings
Shyheim: "What Makes the World Go Round" with Rubbabandz, Trigga tha Gambler, Smoothe da Hustler and DV Alias Khrist (The Lost Generation, 1996)
Blahzay Blahzay: "Danger, Pt. 2" with Trigga tha Gambler, Darkman and Smoothe da Hustler (Blah Blah Blah, 1996))
SWV: "'96 Anthem - You're the One (All Star Rap Remix)" with Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z, Mr. Cheeks, Smoothe da Hustler and Trigga tha Gambler (SWV Greatest Hits, 1999)
DJ Tomekk: "Beat of Life" with Ice-T, Sandra Nasić and Trigga Tha Gambla (Beat of Life Vol. 1, 2003).

References

Living people
American rappers
Def Jam Recordings artists
21st-century American rappers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Dyspessa delrei

text:
Dyspessa delrei is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Libya.

References

Moths described in 1936
Dyspessa
Moths of Africa


title: History of the Jews in North Africa

text:
For the history of the Jews in North Africa, see:

 History of the Jews in Algeria
 History of the Jews in Egypt
 History of the Jews in Libya
 History of the Jews in Mauritania
 History of the Jews in Morocco
 History of the Jews in Sudan
 History of the Jews in Tunisia

See also
Many of the following articles relate to Jewish history in North Africa:

 African Jews
 History of the Jews in the Byzantine Empire
 History of the Jews under Muslim rule
 History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire
 Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
 List of Jews from the Arab world
 Islamic Spain and Reconquista
 Sephardi Jews
 Berber Jews
 Maghrebi Jews


title: Beijerinckia doebereinerae

text:
Beijerinckia doebereinerae is a bacterium from the genus of Beijerinckia.

References

External links
Type strain of Beijerinckia doebereinerae at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Beijerinckiaceae
Bacteria described in 2009
Martinus Beijerinck


title: Dyspessa dueldueli

text:
Dyspessa dueldueli is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Turkey and Libya.

References

Moths described in 1939
Dyspessa
Moths of Asia


title: Tamansari

text:
Tamansari is an area in Bandung, Indonesia. It includes the  Bandung Zoo, Babakan Siliwangi, and Bandung Institute of Technology.

References

Bandung


title: Tim Bell (computer scientist)

text:
Timothy Clinton Bell is a New Zealand computer scientist, with interests in computer science education, computer music and text compression. In 2017, it was announced by SIGCSE that Bell would receive the 2018 award for 'Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education'.

Education
Bell was educated at Nelson College from 1975 to 1979. He completed his PhD at the University of Canterbury, with a thesis titled A unifying theory and improvements for existing approaches to text compression.

Career and research
Bell joined the staff and rose to professor and head of department. In parallel with his academic work he has developed Computer Science Unplugged, a system of activities for teaching computer science without computers. The system was actively promoted by Google in 2007.

Selected works
 Witten, Ian H., Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell, Managing gigabytes: compressing and indexing documents and images. Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
 Bell, Timothy C., John G. Cleary, and Ian H. Witten. Text compression. Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1990.
 Witten, Ian H., and Timothy C. Bell. "The zero-frequency problem: Estimating the probabilities of novel events in adaptive text compression." IEEE transactions on information theory 37, no. 4 (1991): 1085–1094.
 Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, and Timothy C. Bell. Managing gigabytes: compressing and indexing documents and images. Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
 Bell, Timothy, Ian H. Witten, and John G. Cleary. "Modeling for text compression." ACM Computing Surveys 21, no. 4 (1989): 557–591.

References

Living people
New Zealand computer scientists
University of Canterbury alumni
Academic staff of the University of Canterbury
People educated at Nelson College
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: My Standard

text:
My Standard is an album of jazz standards by pianist Paul Bley recorded in Denmark in 1985 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating that Bley "avoids the obvious and comes up with something new to say".

Track listing
 "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 2:59 Bonus track on CD
 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:06
 "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 5:30
 "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:02
 "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 4:29
 "Black and Blue" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 4:47
 "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:30 Bonus track on CD
 "A.R.B." (Paul Bley) – 6:18 Bonus track on CD
 "Blues Waltz" (Bley) – 3:06 Bonus track on CD
 "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:43
 "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 3:09
 "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) – 4:57
 "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 4:03
 "The Theme" (Traditional) - 4:45
 "Becky" (Bley) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD
 "Bolivar Blues" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:18 Bonus track on CD
 "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:13 Bonus track on CD

Personnel
Paul Bley – piano
Jesper Lundgaard – bass
Billy Hart – drums

References

1986 albums
Paul Bley albums
SteepleChase Records albums


title: Lin-ay sang Negros

text:
Lin-ay sang Negros is a local beauty pageant in Negros Occidental, Philippines. Started in 1994, it is the highlight of a week-long celebration called Panaad sa Negros Festival.

Winners

Recent winners

Previous winners

By number of wins

Contestants
Color Keys

Judges

Local titles and festivities

Trivia

Withdrawals and replacements

 Meg Urmeneta was 2002 Masskara Festival Queen but represented Sagay in Lin-ay sang Negros 2004. Eventually she was dethroned and was replaced by Hinoba-an's Blance Marie Brown.

Family affair

Although there were several siblings who have participated in the Lin-ay sang Negros pageant either representing the same or different city/municipality, below are the successful ones to have achieved back to back placement.

 Two Mediavillas represented San Enrique; Richie Mediavilla won the title in 2002 while her elder sister Mizpah Mediavilla was the 1st Runner Up in 1997.
 Two Dinorogs represented Manapla and placed in the semi-finals; Jennifer Dinorog in 1994, and younger sister Janice Dinorog in 2001.

Second Chance

In the entire history of the Lin-ay sang Negros pageant, only one candidate was able to join twice. In 2000, April Tesorero represented Bacolod and made it to the Top 10 but passed out before the announcement of the Top 3. Because of that, she was allowed to join again in 2001 and made it as Second Runner Up.

Stint in national pageants
 Mimilannie Lisondra, Lin-ay sang Negros 1999 1st Runner-up joined Miss University International 2001 in New York, USA and was adjudged the winner. Later that year, she joined Mutya ng Pilipinas 2001 and placed 2nd runner-up.
 Lin-ay sang Negros 2002 Ma. Victoria Durana joined Miss Philippines Earth 2002 but was unplaced.
 Grezilda Ennis Simondo Adelantar (Lin-ay sang Negros 2005 semi-finalist) joined Binibining Pilipinas 2007 but was unplaced. In 2009, she joined Miss Philippines Earth 2009 and won the Miss Philippines Eco-tourism title.
 Lin-ay sang Negros 2009 Vickie Marie Rushton joined Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 and emerged the winner. As the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 winner, she was supposed to represent the Philippines to the Miss Intercontinental 2011 pageant in Alicante, Spain. However, because of the delay in the local pageant schedule, Kathleen Anne Po was handpicked by the organizer to represent. In 2018, Rushton joined Binibining Pilipinas and was adjudged Bb. First Runner Up.
 Alyssa Villarico, Lin-ay sang Negros 2012 joined Miss Philippines Earth 2013 but was unplaced. In 2015, one of her co-candidates, Catherine Joy Marin, joined Miss Philippines Earth 2015 and placed Miss Philippines Water.
 Lin-ay sang Negros 2015 Jessica Zevenbergen joined Miss Philippines Earth 2016 and placed in the semi-finals.
 Lin-ay Sang Negros 2017 Angelica Esther Portugaleza and Lin-ay Sang Negros 2019 Roxanne Toleco represented in their respective editions of Eat Bulaga's  Miss Millennial Philippines in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

References

1994 establishments in the Philippines
Beauty pageants in the Philippines
Tourist attractions in Bacolod
Culture of Negros Occidental
Philippine awards
Recurring events established in 1994