title: Dansby Swanson

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James Dansby Swanson (born February 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected him first overall in the 2015 MLB Draft.

Born in Kennesaw, Georgia, to two former college athletes from Troy University, Swanson grew up supporting the Braves. He was a two-sport athlete at Marietta High School, earning the nickname "Three-point Swanson" for his basketball prowess. The Colorado Rockies selected him out of high school in the 38th round of the 2012 MLB Draft, but Swanson opted not to sign, instead playing college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He missed most of his freshman season due to injuries, but had a breakout sophomore season as Vanderbilt's starting second baseman. The Commodores won their first ever national championship that season, and Swanson was named the 2014 College World Series Most Outstanding Player. He shifted back to shortstop in 2015 and won the Brooks Wallace Award for the best collegiate baseball player at that position.

Swanson left Vanderbilt after the 2015 season to join the Diamondbacks and begin his professional baseball career. After one season in Arizona's farm system, he was traded to the Braves as part of a prospect package sent to Atlanta to acquire Shelby Miller. Swanson made his MLB debut in August 2016 and was the only Atlanta rookie named to the Braves' 2017 Opening Day roster, but he struggled both offensively and defensively and was sent back to Triple-A that July. Swanson's 2018 season was repeatedly derailed by wrist and hand injuries, and he missed a month of the 2019 season with a bruised heel. Healthy in 2020, Swanson set a career high with a .274 batting average, and his 49 runs scored were third in MLB. He followed this with a championship title in the 2021 World Series, the Braves' first since 1995.

Early life
Swanson was born on February 11, 1994, in Kennesaw, Georgia. Both of his parents were college athletes at Troy University: his mother Nancy played basketball and tennis, while his father played baseball and served as an assistant coach for the Trojans. Growing up outside of Atlanta, Swanson was a childhood fan of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) and often attended games at Turner Field. He was a two-sport varsity athlete at Marietta High School in Georgia, playing for both the school's baseball and basketball teams. During his senior season on the Marietta Blue Devils basketball team, Swanson had a 44 percent three-point field goal shooting rate and averaged 14 points per game. He finished his three-year varsity team basketball career with 165 three-pointers, earning the nickname "Three-point Swanson".

College career
The Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Swanson in the 38th round of the 2012 MLB Draft, but he opted not to sign with them, instead honoring his commitment to play college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Swanson had received recruitment offers from a number of universities, including Troy, Clemson, and Georgia Tech, but he agreed to attend Vanderbilt after a conversation with coach Tim Corbin. A freshman for Vanderbilt's 2013 season, injuries and youth limited Swanson to only 11 games, four of which he started at shortstop. First, a broken bone in his foot kept him on the sidelines for six weeks. When he returned from that injury, he suffered a torn glenoid labrum. During the offseason, Swanson underwent shoulder surgery and exercised to prepare for his sophomore season in 2014.

When Tony Kemp left Vanderbilt after the 2014 season, Corbin asked Swanson to become the Commodores' starting second baseman as a sophomore in 2014. Swanson hit his first collegiate home run on February 28 in the fifth inning of Vanderbilt's 4–1 win over Stanford. By the end of March, Swanson's .430 on-base percentage (OBP) was second to shortstop Vince Conde on the Commodores. Swanson finished the regular Southeastern Conference (SEC) season with a team-leading .366 batting average, 47 runs scored, 21 doubles, and 17 stolen bases, and he was an All-SEC First Team selection. Although Vanderbilt was eliminated early in the 2014 SEC tournament by Ole Miss, Swanson and the rest of the team still clinched a berth in that year's NCAA tournament. Partway through the tournament, Swanson recorded his 27th double of the season during Vanderbilt's 6–4 win over UC Irvine, tying the school record set by Warner Jones 10 years prior. Vanderbilt's postseason run concluded with their first ever national championship when they defeated Virginia 3–2 in the College World Series (CWS) finals. Swanson was named the CWS Most Outstanding Player after batting .323 with five runs scored and two RBI in the tournament, as well as for his defense at second base. He was also named to the All-Tournament team at designated hitter, while Branden Cogswell of Virginia received the honor at second base.

Going into the 2015 college baseball season, Conde's departure and the season-long suspension of third baseman Xavier Turner forced Corbin to move several members of his infield: freshman Will Toffey started at third base, which pushed Tyler Campbell, who had played at third during the CWS, to second, and in turn moved Swanson to shortstop. By the end of March, the Commodores were second in the SEC with a .312 batting average, while Swanson led the conference with 30 runs scored. Between 2014 and 2015, he made 117 consecutive starts for Vanderbilt before missing the Commodores' April 28 game due to illness. After finishing the regular season with a .347 batting average, 50 RBI, 34 extra-base hits, and a conference-leading 60 runs scored, Swanson was both named to the All-SEC Second Team and was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, given to the best college baseball player in the United States. He was also a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, which ultimately went to Andrew Benintendi of Arkansas. Swanson rounded out the 2015 college baseball awards season with the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the best collegiate shortstop in the country.

While facing Missouri in the 2015 SEC tournament, both Swanson's two home runs and the Commodores' four as a team tied SEC Tournament single-game records. Vanderbilt finished second in the SEC Tournament after losing 7–3 to Florida in the conference finals. After hitting the game-winning home run against Indiana in the second game of the 2015 NCAA tournament, Swanson struggled in the tournament. Through the first eight games, he batted .242 with 11 strikeouts, and he was only 1-for-13 with five strikeouts and a defensive error in Vanderbilt's first three CWS games. In a rematch of the previous season's CWS, Virginia defeated Vanderbilt in the finals to win their first ever national title.

Professional career

Arizona Diamondbacks (2015)

Minor leagues
The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Swanson first overall in the 2015 MLB Draft. It was the first time that a college shortstop had been drafted first overall since the San Diego Padres took Bill Almon in 1974. He signed with the team on July 17, ten minutes before the 2p.m. (PT) deadline for that year's draft picks, and accepted a $6.5 million signing bonus. His professional baseball debut was delayed when, during a simulated game before assignment to one of the Diamondbacks' minor league affiliates, Swanson was hit in the face by a fastball from pitching prospect Yoan López. He was diagnosed with a concussion and required 14 stitches on the side of his mouth. After recovering from the hit, Swanson was assigned to the Low–A Hillsboro Hops, making his professional debut on August 13, 2015. He went 0-for-2 at the plate, striking out twice, drawing a walk, and scoring a run. Having missed six weeks with the concussion, Swanson was told that he would finish out the season with Hillsboro rather than receiving a late-season promotion that would push his development. He played in 22 games for the Hops, batting .289 with one home run and 11 RBI in 83 at bats while leading Hillsboro to a Northwest League championship.

Atlanta Braves (2016–2022)
On December 9, 2015, the Diamondbacks traded Swanson, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Shelby Miller and Gabe Speier. The Braves were in the middle of a rebuild, and president of baseball operations John Hart said that the team "wanted to make it painful for [Arizona] with players that we got back" by refusing a Miller trade until they received significant prospects like Swanson. After spending spring training with the Braves, Swanson was sent to the High–A Carolina Mudcats. He played in 22 games there, batting .333 with a Carolina League-leading 12 doubles, before receiving a promotion to the Double-A Mississippi Braves at the end of April. Swanson spent the first part of the season in competition with Ozzie Albies for a future starting shortstop role in Atlanta, but in July, Albies, who had been playing in Triple-A, was sent down to Mississippi so that he and Swanson could practice as a second base-shortstop pair. That season, Swanson was selected to appear in both the Southern League All-Star Game and the All-Star Futures Game. He appeared in 84 games for Mississippi, batting .261 with eight home runs and 45 RBI. In 105 games between Carolina and Mississippi, he batted .275 for the minor league season, with nine home runs and 55 RBI in 411 at bats.

Major leagues

2016–2018: Injuries and inconsistency

Swanson was called up to Atlanta on August 16, 2016, after the Braves traded shortstop Erick Aybar to the Detroit Tigers to clear the position for him. He made his MLB debut that day, recording his first two major league hits, both singles, in a 10–3 loss to the Minnesota Twins. His first major league home run, coming in the second inning of a 9–7 loss to the Washington Nationals on September 6, was inside-the-park: the hit off of Gio Gonzalez went over Trea Turner and ricocheted off the center field fence, and Swanson beat Bryce Harper's throw home to record the run. It was the first inside-the-park home run for the Braves since Wes Helms in 2001, and Swanson was the first Brave since Paul Runge in 1985 to have his first career home run fall inside the park. He remained with the Braves through the remainder of their 2016 season, finishing the year with a .302 batting average, three home runs, 17 RBI, and 11 extra-base hits. Swanson had at least one hit in 25 of the 38 games in which he played.

Swanson was the only rookie to make the Braves' 2017 Opening Day roster, joining Chase d'Arnaud, Freddie Freeman, Adonis Garcia, Jace Peterson, and Brandon Phillips in the infield. He began the season in a sophomore slump both offensively and defensively: by the end of May, Swanson was batting .185 with a .559 on-base plus slugging (OPS), while he had also committed 11 errors at shortstop. His struggles coincided with the arrival of Johan Camargo and Matt Adams, both of whom provided offensive power to the infield. Camargo in particular had taken over the majority of playing time at shortstop, while Ozzie Albies had just received a major league promotion. On July 27, Swanson was demoted to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers, where he could receive more regular playing time. At the time, he had been hitting .213 with six home runs and 35 RBI in 95 games. Additionally, he only had three hits in 25 at bats following the All-Star break. In 11 games for Gwinnett, Swanson hit .237 with one home run and five RBI. He was suddenly called back up to the Braves on August 9 after Camargo suffered a knee injury during his pre-game ritual. After returning to Atlanta, Swanson settled back into the shortstop position, batting .337 with a .434 OBP in the month after he replaced Camargo. Defensively, he and Albies, now playing second base, formed a strong middle infield tandem. Swanson finished his first full season in Atlanta batting .232 with six home runs and 51 RBI in 144 games and 488 at bats.

Swanson began the 2018 season on a hot streak, recording multiple hits in four of the Braves' first six games. He began feeling discomfort in his left wrist at the end of April, and after aggravating the injury during a game against the New York Mets, he was placed on the 10-day disabled list on May 4. The injury seemed to coincide with a sudden drop in offensive power from Swanson: after batting .358 with a .976 OPS in his first 16 games, he dropped to batting .191 with a .468 OPS in the next 12. After a rehabilitation game in Double-A, Swanson returned to the Braves' lineup on May 19. He again struggled through most of the season, batting .234 with a .704 OPS between June 1 and August 21, a stretch that ended with Swanson's first career multi-home run game. After hitting off of Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Ivan Nova in the fifth inning, he hit another home run in the seventh against reliever Michael Feliz, helping the Braves to a 6–1 win. He widened his batting stance in August and showed some improvement, batting .297 with six home runs between August 11 and September 2, but he hit only .161 in September.

On September 25, 2018, Swanson left a game against the New York Mets in the second inning with wrist pain, later revealed to be a partially torn ligament in his left hand that ruled him out for the remainder of the regular season. He continued to feel discomfort afterwards and was prevented from playing in the 2018 National League Division Series (NLDS). Instead, Charlie Culberson filled in at shortstop during the Braves' postseason run. The Braves lost to the Dodgers in the four game NLDS, while Swanson's hand and wrist continued to bother him until November 5, when he underwent surgery to remove a loose piece of cartilage. The cartilage had been moving around his wrist, and Swanson described the experience as "like if you would slam a wedge doorstop into a door". In 136 games, Swanson batted .238 with 14 home runs and 59 RBI, while defensively he improved from −7 Defensive Runs Saved in 2017 to 10 in 2018.

2019–2020: Increasing offensive success

With his wrist no longer bothering him, Swanson showed a new offensive power during 2019 spring training, giving manager Brian Snitker hope that his production would increase. He seemed poised for a breakout through the first half of the season: by June 18, Swanson's 13 home runs were one shy of his previous career high, and his exit velocity, launch angle, and hard-hit rate at the plate all showed significant increases from the previous season. By the All-Star break, Swanson was batting .270 with 17 home runs and 57 RBI. On July 23, however, Swanson landed awkwardly on first base while attempting to run out a ground ball in a game against the Kansas City Royals, injuring his left heel in the process. The injury initially seemed minor, but he suffered a setback at the beginning of August, and after three weeks on the injured list, Swanson referred to the heel as "a frustrating injury". He was activated from the injured list on August 26, just over a month after suffering the injury. He struggled to hit after returning from the injury, batting only .141 in his first 23 games back from the injured list, but finished the season with eight hits in four games. In 545 plate appearances during the 2019 regular season, Swanson batted .251 with 17 home runs and 65 RBI.

After missing the previous year's postseason, Swanson was named to the Braves' roster as they faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2019 NLDS. In the ninth inning of Game 3, Swanson hit an RBI double off of Cardinals closer Carlos Martínez to tie the game 1–1. Adam Duvall followed this with a two-RBI single, and Mark Melancon held the Cardinals scoreless in the bottom of the ninth to win the game 3–1 for Atlanta. The Cardinals held on to win the series, however, with a 13–1 rout of the Braves in Game 5 to eliminate Atlanta from the playoffs. He went 5-for-18 at the plate during his first postseason run, with two RBI and three runs scored.

On January 10, 2020, Swanson agreed to a one-year, $3.15 million contract extension with the Braves. He had an immediately strong start to the 2020 season, which began in July and was shortened to only 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Braves began their abbreviated season with a three-game series against the New York Mets, during which Swanson went 5-for-12 at the plate with a double, a home run, and six RBI. He hit his first walk-off home run on August 17, lifting the Braves to a 7–6 victory over the Washington Nationals. On September 9, Swanson was one of three Braves who scored five runs in the Braves' 29–9 rout of the Miami Marlins, a franchise record for the most runs in one game. Austin Riley and Adam Duvall also scored five runs apiece. Swanson played in all 60 games of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, setting career highs with a .274 batting average, .345 on-base percentage, and .464 slugging percentage while recording 10 home runs and 35 RBI. His 49 runs scored were the third in MLB, behind teammate Freddie Freeman's 51 and Fernando Tatis Jr.'s 50. After the season, which was played without spectators in attendance due to COVID-19 safety protocols, Swanson said that playing in empty ballparks "felt like backyard baseball a little bit", and the lack of audience distractions led players "to feel comfortable in their own skin".

The Braves faced division rivals the Miami Marlins in the 2020 NLDS. Swanson's five RBI in the three-game series were the most of any Braves shortstop during a Division Series, while Atlanta advanced to the National League Championship Series (NLCS) for the first time since 2001. The Braves lost the 2020 NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games, and Swanson cost the team a potential scoring opportunity on a fourth-inning baserunning error. He broke for home plate on a ground ball from Nick Markakis and was caught in a rundown by third baseman Justin Turner and catcher Will Smith. Smith tagged Swanson out and then threw the ball back to third base, where Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager tagged out Austin Riley, who had tried to advance from second base during Swanson's rundown. The Braves had been leading 3–2 at the time of the double play, but ultimately lost the game 4–3.

2021–2022: World Series championship, Gold Glove Award

Swanson filed for salary arbitration during the 2020–21 offseason, but arbitrators denied his request to make $6.7 million the following year, instead ruling that his salary would be $6 million. He began the 2021 season in a slump, batting only .209 with a .631 OPS and 31.4 percent strikeout rate by May 20, but began to pick up in May, with four home runs in a 13-game stretch. On June 3, both Swanson and his middle infield partner Ozzie Albies recorded the 500th hits of their MLB career. Swanson's came on a home run that traveled , the longest recorded during his time with the Braves. On July 22, Swanson hit his first major league grand slam, hitting against Matt Moore of the Philadelphia Phillies in a 7–2 Atlanta victory. It was his 17th home run of the season, tying Swanson's career high. He recorded another grand slam the following week, against John Curtiss of the Milwaukee Brewers. Swanson had hit a two-run home run earlier in the game, giving him 20 for the season, tying Denis Menke for the most of any Braves shortstop in one season. His next home run, which came against the Washington Nationals on August 13, gave Swanson the single-season home run record for any Braves shortstop. He played in 160 games during the 2021 regular season, the most of anyone in the National League, and batted .248 with 27 home runs and 88 RBI in 588 at bats.

The Braves clinched the NL East for the fourth consecutive season on September 30, 2021, with a 5–3 win over the Phillies. Swanson was instrumental in that process, with two doubles, a home run, and five RBI in the last six games before the Braves clinched the title. Swanson's defensive abilities were on display against the Brewers in the 2021 NLDS: in Game 3, he held Milwaukee scoreless on separate occasions, first by preventing runners from advancing on a groundout from Lorenzo Cain and then by turning an eighth-inning double play to retire Jace Peterson and Willy Adames. He was less adept at the plate, going only 3-for-15 in the four-game series. The Braves faced the Dodgers in the 2021 NLCS, where in Game 1 Swanson tagged out Chris Taylor to prevent Los Angeles from breaking a 2–2 tie in the top of the ninth inning. The Braves won the game 3–2 on a walk-off RBI single from Austin Riley. His offensive troubles continued, however, with only two hits in 23 at bats during the six-game series. By Game 4 of the 2021 World Series, Swanson was only batting .225 in the postseason, and he had mostly gone hitless. In the seventh inning, however, he hit a  fastball from Houston Astros reliever Cristian Javier for a game-tying home run. Jorge Soler's home run secured a 3–2 victory for Atlanta, putting them one game within reach of their first championship since 1995. With the Astros down 7–0 in Game 6, Swanson secured the final out of the game to give the Braves the World Series championship title.

Swanson's salary for the 2022 season was decided via the arbitration process. He asked for and received $10 million. Swanson was named to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game roster as a reserve. On September 30, 2022, Swanson hit his 100th career home run off of New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom. Swanson was the only player in Major League Baseball to start all 162 games of the season. Swanson won his first Gold Glove Award at the end of the season. He became a free agent at the conclusion of the season.

Chicago Cubs (2023–present)
On December 21, 2022, Swanson signed a seven-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, reportedly worth $177 million.

On July 2, 2023, Swanson was named to his second All-Star team as a reserve on the NL squad. On July 7, he was placed on the 10-day injured list with a heel contusion and he was replaced by Geraldo Perdomo of the Arizona Diamondbacks on the NL squad.

International career
In 2014, Swanson represented USA Baseball at Haarlem Baseball Week in the Netherlands. Through his first six starts, Swanson led the team with a .458 batting average in 24 at bats. The US team won the gold medal with their 6–3 victory over Japan, and Swanson went on to participate in the team's Cuban tour, in which they were swept by the host team. He had 66 at bats for Team USA, finishing second on the team with a .288 batting average.

Personal life
Swanson married Mallory Swanson (née Pugh) of the Chicago Red Stars and the United States women's national soccer team on December 10, 2022. The couple met through Pugh's brother-in-law and Swanson's former teammate Jace Peterson and began dating in 2017.

Swanson is the first MLB player to have "Dansby" in any part of his nameJustin and Leonidas Dansby appeared in Minor League Baseball but did not reach the majors. Swanson's first name is James; Dansby is his mother's maiden name. He is the youngest of three children, and both of his older siblings played college sports: Chase played baseball for the Mercer Bears, while his sister Lindsey was on the softball team at Georgia College.

Swanson suffers from anxiety, which negatively impacted his performance during his first few seasons of professional baseball. A devout Christian, he credits his faith with helping him through his panic attacks.

References

External links

Vanderbilt Commodores bio

1994 births
Living people
All-American college baseball players
Atlanta Braves players
Baseball players from Marietta, Georgia
Carolina Mudcats players
Chicago Cubs players
College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award winners
Gold Glove Award winners
Gwinnett Braves players
Hillsboro Hops players
Major League Baseball shortstops
Mississippi Braves players
National League All-Stars
Sportspeople from Kennesaw, Georgia
Vanderbilt Commodores baseball players


title: Brij Bhushan Mehra

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Brij Bhushan Mehra was speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly and a leader of Indian National Congress. He was killed by the suspected militants in 1991 in Amritsar.

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Victims of Sikh terrorism
1991 deaths
Politicians from Amritsar
Speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab, India MLAs 1980–1985
People murdered in Punjab, India
Victims of the insurgency in Punjab
Assassinated Indian politicians
Year of birth missing
Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India
1990s assassinated politicians
20th-century assassinated Indian politicians


title: 1872 United States elections

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The 1872 United States elections were held on November 5, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third Party System. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. Despite a split in the party, the Republicans retained control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.

In the presidential election, Republican president Ulysses S. Grant easily defeated Liberal Republican newspaper editor Horace Greeley. Greeley's Liberal Republicans campaigned on civil service reform and an end to Reconstruction. Eager to defeat Grant, the Democratic Party also nominated Greeley. Greeley died after the election but prior to the meeting of the electoral college, so most of Greeley's electoral votes went to his running mate, Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown, as well as former senator Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana.

Following the 1870 census, 49 seats were added to the House. Republicans made major gains in the House, picking up new seats while also winning seats from the Democrats.

In the Senate, Republicans continued to control a commanding majority, but lost multiple seats to the Democrats and Liberal Republicans.

See also
1872 United States presidential election
1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections
1872–73 United States Senate elections

References

1872 elections in the United States
1872


title: Dipang Lake

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Dipang Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Lekhnath municipality of Kaski, Nepal.

It is the fourth-largest lake among the seven lakes of Lekhnath to be listed in the wetland list of the world. It is famous as a picnic spot from where Himalayas and green hills can be seen. It is also known for wild lotus and swan.

References

Lakes of Gandaki Province
Kaski District


title: Independent Current Coalition

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The Independent Current Coalition () is an alliance of political parties contesting the 2014 Egyptian parliamentary election in a joint list with the Egyptian Front, called Egypt.

The alliance was established on 15 June 2014 by the Independent Party Current, which has been active since December 2012. The alliance is also called the Supporting the President coalition. The general coordinator of the alliance is Hamdy al-Fakharany. The coalition is made up of 36 parties.

Affiliated parties
 Democratic Peace Party
 Egyptian Arab Socialist Party
 Revolutionary Forces Bloc

References

2014 establishments in Egypt
Political party alliances in Egypt
Organizations established in 2014


title: Crosswicks Clay

text:
The Crosswicks Clay is a geologic formation in Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Delaware
 Paleontology in Delaware

References

Cretaceous Delaware


title: Englishtown Formation

text:
The Englishtown Formation is a geologic formation in Delaware. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Delaware
 Paleontology in Delaware

References

Cretaceous Delaware


title: Type 37

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Type 37 may refer to:
 Bristol Type 37, British steam-powered passenger and airmail transport aircraft
 Bugatti Type 37, motor vehicle produced by the auto-maker Bugatti
 Peugeot Type 37, motor vehicle produced by the auto-maker Peugeot
 Type 037-II-class missile boat, missile equipped corvette built for the People's Liberation Army Navy
 Type 37 torpedo boat, class of warships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine


title: Garowe–Bosaso Highway

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The Garowe–Bosaso Highway is a major thoroughfare in the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. It connects the administrative capital of Garowe with the commercial hub of Bosaso, a distance of around 450 km (279.1 mi).

Overview
The Garowe–Bosaso Highway was constructed in 1988, after an Italian firm Merzario had been contracted to build the main trunk road, including its culverts and bridges. Its tarmac was later completed in 1990. Abdirizak Jurile was responsible administratively and operationally to build The Garowe–Bosaso Highway.

In the Bari province, the highway starts from the Port of Bosaso and continues south as a single carriageway, up over the Al-Miskat hills and downwards toward Qardho. It continues from there around 205 km (127.6 mi) southwards to Garowe, whereafter the thoroughfare joins the Mogadishu–Berbera highway in neighbouring Somaliland.

In June 2012, the Puntland Highway Authority (PHA) began an upgrade and repair project on the large Garowe–Bosaso Highway. Additionally, plans are in the works to construct new roads connecting littoral towns in the region to the main thoroughfare.

In June 2014, the PHA started a major rehabilitation project to repair parts of the road that had incurred structural damage during the previous year's cyclone. Scheduled repairs total around $389,498 USD, and include overall reinforcement of the culverts and concrete wing-walls, overall construction of the masonry works and gabion boxes, and construction of the check dam retain walls. Alongside Jidbali road, the Garowe-Bosaso highway is one of the main paths from the Nugaal to the north.

See also
Transportation in Somalia

References

External links
Puntland Highway Authority

Puntland
Streets in Somalia


title: Maidi Lake

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Maidi Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Pokhara municipality of Kaski, Nepal.

It is the smallest of many lakes of Pokhara and is spread over 1.17 hectares. It has also been reported to be contracting every year, due to erosion on the upper part of the lake.

References

Lakes of Gandaki Province
Kaski District


title: Neureni Lake

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Neureni Lake also known as Niureni Lake and Nyureni Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Lekhnath municipality of Kaski, Nepal. It has also been listed under the Ramsar convention along with the lakes Phewa, Begnas, Rupa, Dipang, Maidi, Khaste, Kamaltal and Gude lakes.

References

Lakes of Gandaki Province
Kaski District


title: 1868 United States elections

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The 1868 United States elections was held on November 3, electing the members of the 41st United States Congress. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting. However, Congress's various Reconstruction Acts required southern states to allow Black men to vote, and their voting power was significant to the elections results.

In the presidential election, Republican General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic former governor Horatio Seymour of New York. Incumbent President Andrew Johnson sought the 1868 Democratic nomination, but Seymour took the nomination after twenty two ballots.

Democrats gained several seats in the House elections, but Republicans continued to maintain a commanding majority. In the Senate elections, Republicans and Democrats both won seats, but Republicans maintained a huge majority in the chamber.

See also
1868 United States presidential election
1868–69 United States House of Representatives elections
1868–69 United States Senate elections

References

1868


title: Robert Latzel

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Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes, centipedes, and allies. His collection of myriapod specimens, today housed in the Natural History Museum of Vienna, includes many type specimens. His monographs on the myriapods of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the first comprehensive treatments of the large region's centipede and millipede faunas. He named nearly 130 taxa of millipedes (1 genus, 2 subgenera, 69 species and 56 variations) and over 40 centipede groups (2 genera, 29 species and 12 variations), as well as four taxa each of pauropods and symphylans. His work on millipedes pioneered the use of gonopods in millipede classification and species recognition. At least three authors have honored Latzel by naming a genus Latzelia (Scudder 1890, Bollman 1893, Verhoeff, 1895).

Major works
(1880): Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Erste Hälfte: Die Chilopoden. 1-228.
(1884): Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414.

Eponymous taxa
Genera and species named in honor of Latzel include:

Latzelia Scudder 1890, type genus of Latzeliidae
Latzelia Bollman 1893 preoccupied, = Glomeridella
Latzelia Verhoeff 1895 preoccupied, = Verhoeffia
Heterolatzelia Verhoeff 1897
Cylindrus latzeli Berlese 1884
Ornithogona latzeli Attems 1927
Pycnotropis latzeli Attems 1931
Nanogona latzeli Verhoeff 1891
Escaryus latzeli Sseliwanoff 1881
Gravieripus latzeli Cook 1896

References

External links
Myriapod publications by Robert Latzel from the International Society of Myriapodology

Austrian entomologists
University of Vienna alumni
People from Jeseník District
1845 births
1919 deaths
Myriapodologists


title: James William Davison

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James William Davison (5 October 1813 – 24 March 1885) was an English journalist, known as the music critic of The Times.

Life
The son of James Davison, of a Northumberland family, and the actress Maria Duncan, he was born in London 5 October 1813. He was educated at University College School and the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied the pianoforte under W. H. Holmes and composition under George Alexander Macfarren.

Critic
Originally with ambitions to be a composer, Davison became first a music teacher, and then in the 1830s a music writer and critic. In 1842 he was a founder of the journal The Musical Examiner, and remained its editor (after it was merged with the Musical World) until his death. In 1846 he became principal music critic of The Times, where he remained until 1879, exercising substantial influence over British musical taste. He also wrote for other journals, including the Pall Mall Gazette and the Saturday Review.

Davison's tastes were conservative and he was a strong advocate of the work of Felix Mendelssohn, Louis Spohr and William Sterndale Bennett, the latter of whom he had befriended at the Royal Academy. He joined Bennett on his first visit to Germany in 1836 where they met Mendelssohn, who had admired Bennett's work in London. Conversely Davison was strongly against the innovations of the composers of the New German School, including Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, and even towards more conventional composers such as Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, although he was an advocate of the work (and conducting) of Hector Berlioz, whom he described as "a great musical thinker" and who dedicated to him his overture Le Corsaire (op. 21, H101)

After the first performance in England of Robert Schumann's Paradise and the Peri he wrote: "Robert Schumann has had his innings, and been bowled out—like Richard Wagner. Paradise and the Peri has gone to the tomb of the Lohengrins."

Visiting the Wagner Festival at Bayreuth in 1876 for the first production of Wagner's Ring cycle, he commented "Wagner...by crushing the buds of melody as they spring up, buds which might blossom into seemly flowers, cramps the manifold resources of expression which are the golden heritage of his art." Davison's antagonism to Wagner was noted by musicologists of the Nazi regime in Germany, and (although he was not of Jewish descent) his name was included in the Nazi handbook Lexikon der Juden in der Musik (Dictionary of Jews in Music), published in 1940.

Composer
Davison wrote orchestral works, one of which, an overture, was played at a concert of the Society of British Musicians. He also wrote and arranged pianoforte music for Bohn's Harmonist, and composed songs, among them settings of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The only book he published was a short work on Chopin, which appeared about 1849.

Family
In 1860 Davison married Arabella Goddard the pianist, who had been his music pupil. They had two sons, one of whom (Henry) edited Davison's papers into memoirs which were published in 1912. Davison died in Margate in 1885.

References

Sources

Attribution

1813 births
1885 deaths
English male journalists
English magazine editors
19th-century British journalists
English male non-fiction writers
English music critics
English male composers
English classical composers
19th-century English musicians
19th-century English male writers
19th-century British male musicians


title: Life as It Comes

text:
Life as It Comes () is a 2003  Italian drama film directed by Stefano Incerti.

Cast

Claudio Santamaria: Marco
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Paola
Stefania Sandrelli: Meri
Daniele Liotti: Max
Alessandro Haber: Beppe
Stefania Rocca: Giorgia
Tony Musante: The Professor
Lorenza Indovina: Laura

References

External links

2003 films
Italian drama films
2003 drama films
2000s Italian films


title: Gude Lake

text:
Gude Lake is a freshwater lake located in Lekhnath municipality of Kaski, Nepal. It is located to the northeast side of Budhibazar. It is named so after the high presence of a hydrophyte called Gude in Nepali. The lake consists of grasses and aquatic flowering plants. The lake is usually taken care by the local clubs there for cleaning and other management works namely, the Peace Loving Mothers' Club, whose present head is Mira Bhandari. The lake is quite small in area. There is a damside way constructed beside the lake which separates it from the cultivable fields on the other side.

References

Lakes of Gandaki Province
Kaski District


The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (formerly, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany; BSIP) is an autonomous institute constituted under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The institute is located at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India and is a seat of higher learning in the field of plant fossil research.

Profile

The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences was established in the year 1946, under the name, Institute of Palaeobotany, a progression of the Palaeobotanical society formed by a group of botanists led by the renowned Indian botanist, Professor Birbal Sahni, known as the father of Dendrology, who became its first director. The initial office of the institute was at the Department of Botany, Lucknow University. The then government of the United Provinces gifted a bungalow sitting on 3.50 acres of land to the institute in 1948, which until today remains its campus.

Savitri Sahni took over the reins of the institute on her husband's death in 1949 and the Institute moved into a new purpose-built building in 1953. The institute, by that time, had already started to be known and, in 1951, UNESCO included it in their Technical Assistance Program. On 9 July 1969, the research activities were alienated from the society and Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany was formed, in honor of the scientist, as an independent autonomous research organization funded by the Government of India.

BSIP works in close coordination with various organizations such as Geological Survey of India, Physical Research Laboratory, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Oil India Limited, Coal India Limited, Coal Mine Planning and Design Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratory, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited, Indian Institutes of Technology, Institute Francais de Pondicherry, Botanical Survey of India, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Laboratories under Department of Science and Technology, Archaeological Survey of India, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, different State and University Departments of Archaeology and Geology Departments of several Universities. The institute has signed specific MOUs with Oil and natural Gas Corporation, Geological Survey of India (Coal Wing), Delta Studies Institute, Vishakhapattanam (for delta/basin modeling in relation to paramecia and hydrocarbon exploration) and National Institute of Oceanography, Goa  (for Quaternary palaeoclimate of marine and coastal areas).

Objectives

The main objectives of the institute are set as:
 To develop palaeobotany in all its botanical and geological aspects.
 To constantly update data for interaction with allied disciplines.
 To co-ordinate  with other palaeobotanical  and  geological research  centres in the areas of mutual interest,  such  as diversification of early life, exploration of fossil  fuels, vegetational  dynamics, climatic modelling, conservation  of forests.
 To  disseminate palaeobotanical knowledge  in  universities, educational institutions and   other organisations.

Thrust areas
The institute has identified the thrust areas of activities on:
 Pre-Cambrian Palaeobiology
 Gondwana Mesozoic Palaeofloristics
 Gondwana Palynology
 Cenozoic Palaeofloristics
 Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic Palynology
 Marine Micropaleontology
 Organic Petrology
 Quaternary Paleoclimate
 Dendrochronology
 Paleoethnobotany
 Isotope and Geochemistry
 Arctic-Antarctic Research

Departments

Museum
BSIP nurses a museum, originally housing the fossil collections of Professor Sahni, but now holds later collections made by the scientists over the years. The collection includes holotype specimens, slides and figured specimens.
 Figured specimens : 6679
 Figured slides : 12740
 Slide negatives : 17504

The museum, with its foundation stone, laid by Birbal Sahni, composed of fossils of various geological ages embedded in a marble-cement block, displays the specimens based on their general and geological relevance. The museum also maintains a Geological Time Clock.

Knowledge Resource Centre
The Institute library is an automated one with database services such as GEOREF, Web of Science, JCCC@INSTIRC and access to CSIR-DST consortium. It operates on a fully integrated multi-user LIBSYS 4 software package with addition of Web OPAC. The journals are made available online to the users.

Herbarium
The Herbarium functions with four different sections:
 General collection of dried plants mounted on herbarium sheets
 Xylarium - collection of woods and their thin sections
 Sporothek - collection of pollen and spore slides and polleniferous material
 Carpothek - collection of fruits, seeds

The fossil specimens such as leaves, cuticle, pollen, spores, fruits, seed and wood, numbering 51,472, are preserved according to their variation, local names, uses, distribution and ecology and include contributions from J. F. Duthie, R. R. Stewart, K. N. Kaul, Birbal Sahni, O. A. Hoeg and A. L. Takhtajan.

Computer Centre
BSIP is well equipped with an advanced computer network with LAN, radio link facility from the Software Park of India, Lucknow and National Knowledge Network connection. The web site of the institute is also maintained by the Computer Centre.

The Palaeobotanist
The Palaeobotanist is a widely acknowledged journal in Palaeobotany, published by the institute. BSIP published the first volume in 1952 as an annual publication. However, the frequency has been increased over the time and, since 1962, is released three times a year.

References

External links
 Reference on the Department of Science and Technology web site
 News report in the Times of India.
 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Contact Details
 Notification for recruitment
 Profile of Birbal Sahni on Paleobotany web site
 List of Publications on Research gate
 Conference leaflet
 on Wikimapia
 List of Publications on National Library of Australia site
 Reference on University Directory

Further reading

Paleontological institutions and organizations
Paleontological research institutes
Paleontology in India
Research institutes in Lucknow
Higher education in India
University of Lucknow
1946 establishments in India
Research institutes established in 1946


title: Elvins Group

text:
The Elvins Group is a geologic group in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Missouri
 Paleontology in Missouri

References

Cambrian Missouri


title: 1864 United States elections

text:
The 1864 United States elections were held on November 8, 1864. National Union President Abraham Lincoln was elected to a second term, while the Republicans added to their majorities in Congress. The elections were held during the American Civil War. Lincoln would be assassinated shortly into his second term.

In the Presidential election, National Union Party nominee President Abraham Lincoln defeated Democratic nominee former General George B. McClellan. Despite factionalism in the Republican Party and earlier concern about the progress of the war, Lincoln easily carried the popular vote and won the greatest share of the electoral vote since James Monroe won re-election unopposed in 1820. Lincoln's win made him the first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson, and the first two-term President unaffiliated with the Democratic-Republican Party or the Democratic Party since John Adams. Lincoln formed a bipartisan electoral alliance with War Democrats by selecting Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate and campaigning on the National Union ticket, making this the first and to date only election in which a winning ticket was composed of members of two separate parties.

Republicans gained seats in the House of Representatives, making their plurality into a majority.

In the Senate, Republicans gained several seats, and continued to hold a majority.

See also
1864 United States presidential election
1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections
1864–65 United States Senate elections

References

1864 elections in the United States
1864


title: Phragmacossia ariana

text:
Phragmacossia ariana is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Iran.

References

Moths described in 1899
Zeuzerinae


title: Khaste Lake

text:
Khaste Lake is a freshwater lake located at the Kharane Phant in Pokhara metropolitan city, Nepal. The lake is located in Lekhnath ward numbers 3, 4 and 6.

Geography
Khaste Lake covers an area of  and the water 's area covers .

Fauna
Pisciculture has  been practiced in this lake for several years.

The area known as Bird Wetland is best suited as a bird watching on the lake.  Siberian, Indian and Afghani birds come here to find refuge from the cold.

Yellow bittern, a summer migratory bird species has been observed near the lake.

Area has potential to become research center for migratory birds of different species.

References

Lakes of Gandaki Province
Kaski District
Geography of Pokhara


title: Black Mingo Group

text:
The Black Mingo Group is a geologic group in South Carolina composed of dark grey to black clays, shales, laminated sandy shales, and yellow-red sands. The group's name comes from Black Mingo Creek where outcrops of the group are exposed. The bottom boundary is an unconformity with Cretaceous deposits. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic groups of South Carolina


title: Cooper Group

text:
The Cooper Group is a geologic group in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic groups of South Carolina


title: H.O.S.T.

text:
H.O.S.T. was an influential Azerbaijani hip hop group, based in Baku.

The group's name derives from abbreviations of the classical elements in Azerbaijani language, which means hava (air), od (fire), su (water) and torpaq (earth).  Və sadəcə Möhtəşəm

The group was active for five years and released seven studio albums. The group disbanded in 2012, after each member went down his own path, though some have briefly worked together.

Discography
 Proloq (2007)
 Qarada Qırmızı (2008)
 Qısa Qapanma (2009)
 EP v.01 (2009)
 Biz İnsan Deyilik (2010)
 14 (2011)
 İşıq (2011)

References

Azerbaijani hip hop groups
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups disestablished in 2012


title: Phragmacossia brahmana

text:
Phragmacossia brahmana is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern India.

References

Moths described in 2009
Zeuzerinae


title: Ny Avana Ramanantoanina

text:
Ny Avana Ramanantoanina (1891–1940) is among the most celebrated literary artists of Madagascar. He is principally renowned for his poetry, but also wrote stories and plays. He wrote during the colonial period and is considered to have been the first Malagasy writer to weave political messages into his work. He wrote primarily in the Malagasy language. A contemporary of Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, who is commonly cited as the first African poet to write according to Western conventions, Ramanantoanina was highly critical of the French colonial authority. He was a member of the secret nationalist organization Vy Vato Sakelika, and was exiled to Mayotte in the Comoros when the organization was banned by the French colonial authority in 1917. His writings were consequently banned and were not reprinted until the 1980s in Madagascar. As a result, his writings are relatively less well known in international literary circles than those of Rabearivelo.

Ramanantoanina was born in 1891 in Ambatofotsy, a suburb of Antananarivo in central Madagascar, to a family that belonged to the former Merina aristocracy that had been dissolved upon French colonization in 1896. After completing his education in a private Protestant school, Ramanantoanina began writing and publishing his work in several local literary journals at the age of 16 under the pen name Ny Avana (rainbow). He gained popularity with his early publication Chant de fiancailles (Wedding Engagement Song) in 1907.

Ramanantoanina was among the first generation of Malagasy poets to attempt to develop a structure and theory of Malagasy language poetry, who would be termed Ny Mpanoratra zokiny (The Elders) by later generations of Malagasy literary artists. His work drew upon the traditional Malagasy poetic form of hainteny, integrating standard characteristics the form such as embona (nostalgia) and hanina (longing) into his poems as a means to promote the unity of the Malagasy people and encourage a return to traditional values.

After returning from exile in Comoros in 1922, he was excluded from opportunities for a lucrative career with the colonial government, and instead earned a modest living as a clerk in a book shop in the capital city. His works during this period became increasingly characterized by themes of disillusionment. He founded a literary movement called Mitady ny Very (Search for Lost Values), and on 5 August 1931 he launched a literary journal called Fandrosoam-baovao (New Progress) with fellow writers Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo and Charles Rajoelisolo.  He died in 1940 in Antananarivo.

After national independence in 1960, his writings were promoted nationally as evidence of the nationalist sentiment of the Malagasy elite in Antananarivo during colonization. There is a street named after him in Antananarivo.

See also

 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
 Jacques Rabemananjara
 Dox Razakandrainy
 Elie Rajaonarison
 Aimé Césaire
 Léon Damas
 Harlem Renaissance

Notes

References

Malagasy dramatists and playwrights
Malagasy male writers
Malagasy male poets
People from Antananarivo
1891 births
1940 deaths
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Malagasy poets
People from Vatovavy-Fitovinany
20th-century male writers
Malagasy-language writers


title: Ashley Formation

text:
The Ashley Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

Vertebrate fauna

Mammals

Reptiles

Fish

Cartilaginous fish

Bony fish

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Phragmacossia dudgeoni

text:
Phragmacossia dudgeoni is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in India and Bhutan.

References

Moths described in 1974
Zeuzerinae


title: Barnwell Sand

text:
The Barnwell Sand is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Rhems Formation

text:
The Rhems Formation, also called the Rhems Shale, is a geologic formation in South Carolina. The Rhems Formation is considered part of the Black Mingo Group. It was named after Rhems, SC which is located five miles from the type locality at Perkins Bluff. The unit is a light gray to black shale interlaminated with thin seams of fine-grained sand and mica with some layers partially silicified. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Williamsburg Formation

text:
The Williamsburg Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina consisting of sandy shale and clayey sand. It is a member of the Black Mingo Group and overlays the Rhems Formation. It preserves fossils, among others coprolites, dating back to the Paleogene period.

Fossil content
The following fossils were reported from the formation:

Mammals
 Ectoganus gliriformis
 E. lobdelli
 Mingotherium holtae

Reptiles
 Agomphus pectoralis
 A. aff. alabamensis
 Osteopygis emarginatus
 Trionyx virginiana
 Adocus sp.
 ?Bothremys sp.
 Chelonioidea indet.
 Cheloniidae indet.
 Pelomedusoides indet.
 Taphrosphyini indet.
 Toxochelyinae indet.

Crocodylians
 Bottosaurus sp.
 Hyposaurus sp.
 Thoracosaurus sp.
 Eusuchia indet.

Snakes
 Palaeophis sp.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Bibliography

Paleogene geology of South Carolina
Paleocene Series of North America
Thanetian Stage
Clarkforkian
Shale formations
Sandstone formations
Phosphorite formations
Shallow marine deposits
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of North America
Paleontology in South Carolina


title: Chandler Bridge Formation

text:
The Chandler Bridge Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Chattian (Late Oligocene) of the Paleogene period, corresponding to the Arikareean in the NALMA classification. The formation overlies the Ashley Formation and is overlain by the Edisto Formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Mammals

Carnivorans

Cetaceans

Sirenians

Reptiles

Birds

Crocodilians

Testudines

Fish

Bony fish

Rays

Sharks

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Bibliography

Geologic formations of South Carolina
Paleogene geology of South Carolina
Oligocene Series of North America
Chattian Stage
Arikareean
Sandstone formations
Shallow marine deposits
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of North America
Paleontology in South Carolina


title: Chandler Bridge Creek

text:
Chandler Bridge Creek is a stream in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a tributary of Eagle Creek, which flows into the Ashley River. The late Oligocene (Chattian) Chandler Bridge Formation, which has yielded archaic mysticetes and odontocetes, sirenians, sea birds, and turtles is named after Chandler Bridge Creek.

References

Rivers of South Carolina


title: Cross Formation

text:
The Cross Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Harleyville Formation

text:
The Harleyville Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: McBean Formation

text:
The McBean Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Santee Limestone

text:
The Santee Limestone is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Limestone formations of the United States
Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Phragmacossia fansipangi

text:
Phragmacossia fansipangi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in northern Vietnam.

References

Moths described in 2009
Zeuzerinae


title: Tiger Leap Formation

text:
The Tiger Leap Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Tupelo Bay Formation

text:
The Tupelo Bay Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Warley Hill Marl

text:
The Warley Hill Marl is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Paleogene geology of South Carolina


title: Duplin Formation

text:
The Duplin Formation is a geologic formation in North and South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period, Pliocene epoch.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Neogene geology of South Carolina
Neogene Florida


title: Phragmacossia furiosa

text:
Phragmacossia furiosa is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

References

Moths described in 1943
Zeuzerinae


title: Goose Creek Limestone

text:
The Goose Creek Limestone is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Limestone formations of the United States
Neogene geology of South Carolina


title: Hawthorn Formation

text:
The Hawthorn Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Neogene geology of South Carolina


title: Raysor Marl

text:
The Raysor Marl is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Neogene geology of South Carolina


title: Asbill Pond Formation

text:
The Asbill Pond Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Cambrian geology of South Carolina


title: 1860 United States elections

text:
The 1860 United States elections elected the members of the 37th United States Congress. The election marked the start of the Third Party System and precipitated the Civil War. The Republican Party won control of the Presidency and both houses of Congress, making it the fifth party (following the Federalist Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Whig Party) to accomplish such a feat. The election is widely considered to be a realigning election.

In the Presidential election, Republican former Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois defeated Democratic Vice President John C. Breckinridge (who became the first incumbent Vice President to lose a presidential election) and Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, as well as the Constitutional Union candidate, former Senator John Bell of Tennessee. Lincoln swept the Northern states while Breckinridge carried much of the South, foreshadowing the political alignment of the country throughout the Third Party System. At the 1860 Republican National Convention, Lincoln won on the third ballot, defeating Senator William H. Seward of New York and several other candidates. The Democratic Party split its votes after three chaotic conventions. Douglas was nominated at the second Democratic convention, while the Southern Democrats nominated Breckinridge as their own candidate in a third convention. Bell ran on a platform of preserving the union regardless of the status of slavery. Lincoln's victory made him the first Republican President. Lincoln took just under 40 percent of the popular vote, a lower share of the popular vote than any other winning presidential candidate aside from John Quincy Adams's 1824 campaign.

In the House, Republicans retained control of the chamber and won a majority for the first time after several states seceded. Democrats remained the largest minority, but several Congressmen also identified as unionists.

In the Senate, Republicans made moderate gains, but Democrats initially retained a majority. They lost that majority shortly after the election when several Southern senators resigned. The Democrats would have the second-most members in the Senate, although many senators identified as unionists rather than Democrats or Republicans.

This marks one of four occasions where a newly elected president entered office with a divided legislature, occurring again in 1876, 1884, and 1980. 1884 is the only other occasion where the president's party held the House, but not the Senate. A divided Congress also occurred after the 1984 and 2012 elections.

See also
1860 United States presidential election
1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections
1860–61 United States Senate elections
1860 Illinois gubernatorial election
1860 Michigan gubernatorial election
1860 Missouri gubernatorial election
1860 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

References

1860 elections in the United States
1860


title: History of the Jews in East Africa

text:
For the history of the Jews in East Africa between countries see:

 History of the Jews in Kenya
 History of the Jews in Uganda
 History of the Jews in Djibouti
 History of the Jews in Eritrea
 History of the Jews in Ethiopia
 History of the Jews in Somalia

See also
 History of the Jews in Madagascar
 History of the Jews in Malawi
 History of the Jews in Zambia
 History of the Jews in Zimbabwe
 History of the Jews in Egypt
 History of the Jews in Sudan


title: Ladson Formation

text:
The Ladson Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Penholloway Formation

text:
The Penholloway Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Silver Bluff Formation

text:
The Silver Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Socastee Formation

text:
The Socastee Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Wando Formation

text:
The Wando Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Ten Mile Hill Beds

text:
The Ten Mile Hill Beds is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Canepatch Formation

text:
The Canepatch Formation is a geologic formation in South Carolina. It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Carolina
 Paleontology in South Carolina

References

Geologic formations of South Carolina


title: Martin Paul (professor)

text:
Martin Alfons Paul (born 1958 in Sankt Ingbert, Saarland) is a German clinical pharmacologist. On 1 May 2011 he succeeded Jo Ritzen as president of Maastricht University. On 29 April 2021 it was announced that he will succeed Axel Schölmerich as rector of the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany on 1 November 2021.

After stints as a lecturer at Heidelberg University and as a research group leader with Detlev Ganten at Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch, Paul became Full Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the Benjamin Franklin Medical Center of the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin in 1995. At the FU, Paul was director of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology from 1997 to 2008 and dean of the Medical Faculty from 1997 to 2003. He was also dean of the Medical Faculty and vice president of the Board of Directors of Charité Medical Center, the joint university hospital resulting from the merger of the medical schools of the FU and Humboldt University of Berlin, from 2004 to 2008. He subsequently relocated to the Netherlands, where he was dean of the Maastricht University Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and vice chair of the Maastricht University Medical Centre from 2008 to 2011.

Other activities
Prof. Dr. Martin Paul has served on the boards of various professional organisations. He was president of German Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology from 2006 to 2007 and chairman of the European Council for Cardiovascular Research from 2006 to 2008.

In addition, Paul has worked to improve academic management at the European level. He chaired the European network of deans and academic managers (DEAN)  and was a board member of the European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU) from 2003 to 2006. He has been a member of the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) since 2012.

As of January 2018, Paul is chairman of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

Publications
Prof. Dr. Martin Paul has authored more than 200 research papers in the fields of molecular medicine, clinical and experimental pharmacology and cardiovascular disease. He has been active in several professional organizations, for example as president of German Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) and as Chairman of the European Council for Cardiovascular Research (ECCR).

References

External links
 'The future of Maastricht University: four weddings and a funeral' (Lecture Opening Academic Year 2011/2012, Prof. dr Martin Paul, September 2011, Pdf)
 'Wennen aan bijpraten' (11 May 2011, Dutch)
 'The dean as an academic manager - the phantom of the opera?' (Inaugural lecture, Prof.dr Martin Paul, Maastricht 27 November 2009, Pdf)

1958 births
Living people
Clinical pharmacologists
German pharmacologists
Heidelberg University alumni
University of California, San Diego alumni
Academic staff of Maastricht University
German healthcare managers


title: Ionopsis utricularioides

text:
Ionopsis utricularioides, the delicate violet orchid, is an epiphytic orchid native to the warmer parts of the Americas. It is reported from Florida, Mexico (from Nayarit to Quntana Roo), Central America (all 7 countries), much of the West Indies including the Cayman Islands, South America as far south as Paraguay, and the Galápagos.

References

External links

US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile, Ionopsis utricularioides
Biota of North America Program, county distribution map of Ionopsis utricularioides (in Florida)
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Costa Rica, Ionopsis utricularioides
IOSPE orchid photos, Ionopsis utricularioides, Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, delicate violet orchid, Ionopsis utricularioides
Terra Galleria, the photography of QT Luong, Ionopsis utricularioides. A species orchid

Oncidiinae
Plants described in 1788
Orchids of South America
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of Belize
Orchids of Florida
Orchids of Mexico
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Malaysia–Tajikistan relations

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Malaysia–Tajikistan relations  are foreign relations between Malaysia and Tajikistan. Malaysian embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan is also accredited to Tajikistan, while Tajikistan has an embassy in Ampang, Selangor. Both countries have been enjoying warm diplomatic relations and are willing to make constructive efforts towards progress.

History
Relations between the two countries has been established since 11 March 1992. In 2014, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon together with his wife made an official visit to Malaysia at the invitation of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.

Economic relations
Trade relations between the two countries recorded a total of $5.5 billion in 2013 and a number of Malaysian firms are keen to explore business opportunities in Tajikistan. Both countries agreed to expand the co-operation mainly in expansion of political, economic, investment, trade, scientific, technical and cultural co-operation as stated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak during his meeting with Emomali. Aside from that, five memorandum of understandings (MoUs) on bilateral consultation, co-operation in the fields of higher education, tourism, physical training and sports, MoU with the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) and the agreement on economic, technical and scientific co-operation was signed. In 2013, Malaysia is expected to build a power plant with a capacity of 300 megawatt in northern Tajikistan.

Education relations
There are more than 200 Tajiks who pursue their study and undergo training at Malaysian universities and educational institutions. Tajikistan's Ministry of Education and Science also have signed an MoU with the Malaysian Limkokwing University of Creative Technology to establish a LUCT branch in Tajikistan.

Further reading
 Joint statement between the Republic of Tajikistan and Malaysia on occasion of the state visit of his Excellency Emomali Rahmon, president of the Republic of Tajikistan to Malaysia, 22 – 25 june 2014 Embassy of Tajikistan to the United States of America

References

Tajikistan
Bilateral relations of Tajikistan


title: The Cinema of David Cronenberg

text:
The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero is a 2008 book by Ernest Mathijs about the films of director David Cronenberg.  Mathijs had previous done his PhD thesis on the reception of Cronenberg's films, and this book was based on that research.

Reception
Martin Fradley of Film Quarterly wrote, "Mathijs is especially successful when he looks beyond the major career landmarks" and "admirably situates the films in wider context".  However, Fradley says that Mathijs focuses too much on "excessively detailed plot summaries".  Dejan Ognjanovic of Beyond Hollywood wrote that it is "a study whose main value lies in exploring the reception (and misconceptions) of Cronenberg’s films, but has very little to add to clarifying them and enabling a better understanding of their essence."  Science fiction critic Rob Latham  wrote that the book "makes a decent stab" at a comprehensive study of Cronenberg.

References

2008 non-fiction books
Non-fiction books about film directors and producers


title: Egyptian Front

text:
The Egyptian Front () is an alliance of political parties contesting the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election in a joint list with the Independent Current Coalition, called Egypt.

The alliance was established on 17 August 2014.

Former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi has criticized the alliance by stating that it represents "Mubarak-era politics". The Modern Egypt Party withdrew from the coalition. The Tagammu Party is not part of the coalition. The Egyptian Patriotic Movement and the My Homeland Egypt Party left the alliance and joined the For the Love of Egypt coalition following a failed attempt to merge the For the Love of Egypt coalition and the Egyptian Front. Both of the parties are no longer part of that alliance and instead joined the Egypt alliance.

Affiliated parties
Republican People's Party
National Party of Egypt
Egyptian Liberation Party
Egyptian Patriotic Movement
My Homeland Egypt Party
Democratic Generation Party
Tomorrow Party

References

2014 establishments in Egypt
Political party alliances in Egypt
Organizations established in 2014


title: Reto Bucher

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Reto Bucher (born September 30, 1982 in Mühlau, Aargau) is a retired amateur Swiss Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He finished fourth in the 74-kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and later took home a silver medal at the 2007 European Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Before his wrestling career ended in 2009, Bucher trained as a member of the wrestling team for Ringerstaffel Freiamt in Aristau, under his personal coach Leonz Küng.

A member of the Swiss wrestling squad, Bucher entered the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as an underdog in the men's 74 kg class, after placing third and receiving a berth from the final Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He opened his match by dominating Belarusian wrestler Aliaksandr Kikiniou with a 3–2 verdict, and then rallied for a 6–2 score over China's Sai Yinjiya in the prelim pool to move into the next round. Bucher edged past his Kazakh rival Danil Khalimov in the quarterfinals, before being tamed by eventual silver medalist Marko Yli-Hannuksela of Finland at 3–0, leaving him with an ankle injury. Fighting against Russia's Varteres Samurgashev for the bronze medal, Bucher could not endure a pain from his injury and easily lost the match to the Russian due to a 10–0 superiority limit.

Bucher lost again to Yli-Hannuksela for the bronze medal in the same division at the 2005 World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary, until his medal drought culminated with a silver at the European Championships in 2007. He also sought to compete for his second Swiss team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but missed out a spot from the Olympic trials. In 2009, Bucher announced his official retirement from the sport because of a right knee injury sustained from the Swiss championships.

References

External links

Profile – International Wrestling Database

1982 births
Living people
People from Muri District
Olympic wrestlers for Switzerland
Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swiss male sport wrestlers
European Wrestling Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Aargau
21st-century Swiss people


title: MassKara Festival Queen 2011

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MassKara Festival Queen 2011 was the 31st edition of the MassKara Festival Queen  pageant held on October 17, 2011, at the University of St. La Salle Gymnasium in Bacolod City, Philippines. Alexis Danica Drilon, a 4th year BS Biology of University of St. La Salle was crowned by Bacolod City Mayor Evelio "Bing" Leonardia at the end of the event.

Final Results

Special awards

Contestants

Judges
 Odette Velarde - Samsung
 Rene Hinojales - Choreographer
 Dr. Kristine Varona-Yap - Masskara Festival Queen 1998
 Ramon Cua Locsin - Former Iloilo City Councilor
 Ryan Gamboa - ABS-CBN Bacolod news anchor
 Jewel Mae Lobaton-Pimentel - Masskara Festival Queen 1993, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 1998

See also
 MassKara Festival

References

Beauty pageants in the Philippines


title: Phragmacossia ihlei

text:
Phragmacossia ihlei is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Thailand.

References

Moths described in 2008
Zeuzerinae


title: Phragmacossia kiplingi

text:
Phragmacossia kiplingi is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

Moths described in 2011
Zeuzerinae


title: Phragmacossia libani

text:
Phragmacossia libani is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Lebanon and Iraq.

References

Moths described in 1933
Zeuzerinae


title: Phragmacossia laklong

text:
Phragmacossia laklong is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Vietnam.

References

Moths described in 2014
Zeuzerinae
Moths of Asia
Endemic fauna of Vietnam


title: Phragmacossia micromaculata

text:
Phragmacossia micromaculata is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan.

References

Moths described in 2009
Zeuzerinae


title: BRITE

text:
BRITE-Constellation is an ongoing space mission carrying out two-band photometry in wide fields with a constellation of six (presently, three operational) BRIght Target Explorer (BRITE) nanosatellites. The mission was built by a consortium of three countries, Canada, Austria, and Poland, each operating two BRITE satellites. The six satellites were launched into low-Earth orbits between February 2013 and August 2014. Each satellite is a cube-shaped spacecraft with sides of  hosting an optical telescope of  aperture feeding an uncooled CCD with a field of view of approximately 20° × 24°. The satellites were intended for photometry of the brightest stars in single passband located in the blue (three satellites) or red (the other three satellites) part of the optical range.

Early history
The idea of using microsatellite for scientific observations, especially for photometry of bright stars, was born during discussions on possible designs for Canada's first scientific satellite. Discussions led by Kieran Carroll and Slawek Rucinski (University of Toronto) led to three concepts, including a wide-field imager for photometric measurements. A design concept for an astronomical nano-satellite was developed in 2002 by the Institute for Aerospace Studies at the University of Toronto under the Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment Program as Can X-3 in cooperation with a team of Canadian astronomers, headed by Slavek Rucinski, as a first fully three-axis stabilized satellite of 20 cm × 20 cm × 20 cm size. In September 2004, a workshop on nano-satellites for astronomy was organized in Vienna in cooperation with the Austrian Space Agency (ASA, now Aeronautics and Space Agency of the FFG). A proposal from the Institute of Communication Networks and Satellite Communications of the Graz University of Technology, led by Otto Koudelka, for funding of BRITE-Austria (TUGSat-1) was accepted by ASA in 2006 and was built at TUG in cooperation with SFL. In March 2005 a program for improving the infrastructure of Austrian Universities was established by the  Austrian Ministry of Science and Technology, to which the University of Vienna submitted a proposal for UniBRITE (PI: Werner W. Weiss), which was accepted in October 2005 and UniBRITE was ordered at SFL. Following an initiative by Slavek Rucinski, Aleksander Schwarzenberg-Czerny (CAMK) was able to obtain funding for two Polish BRITE satellites at the end of 2009. Following that, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) finally funded BRITE-Toronto and BRITE-Montréal (PI: Anthony Moffat, University of Montréal) in 2011. Hence, BRITE-Constellation was born as a collaboration between Austria, Canada and Poland.

Launches and the status of the mission
The six BRITE nanosatellites were lifted into low-Earth orbits in four independent launches carried out by three space agencies: Indian Space Research Organisation (two Austrian satellites), Roscosmos (two Canadian satellites and Polish BRITE-Lem), and China National Space Administration (Polish BRITE-Heweliusz). Details of the launches are summarised in the table below.

Canadian BRITE-Montréal failed to detach from the launcher for unknown reasons and was lost. The other five satellites successfully passed the commissioning phase and began regular observations. The nominal lifetime of the BRITE satellites was foreseen to be two years. Due to problems with the attitude control system (ACS), observations with UniBRITE were suspended in August 2019, more than six years after its launch. About a year later, in May 2020, BRITE-Lem started to suffer from similar problems and observations with this satellite, also after more than six years in orbit, were suspended. Currently, the three remaining satellites, BRITE-Austria, BRITE-Toronto and BRITE-Heweliusz, are still active. Regardless of their status, observations with the BRITE satellites, and thus the entire mission, are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.

Satellites
BRITE satellites are made up of the following subsystems:
 The Attitude Control System (ACS), which consists of reaction wheels, magnetorquers, magnetometer, Sun sensors and star trackers. The system ensures that the satellites are stabilized with an accuracy of approximately 1'.
 A telescope (refractor) with an aperture diameter of 3 cm. The refractor consists of 5 lenses with an effective focal length of 7 cm, providing a field of view of 24 degrees in diameter. To avoid saturation during exposures, the detectors are placed out of focus, making BRITE images intentionally defocused. An exception is BRITE-Heweliusz, whose optics consists of 4 lenses and its detector is placed on the opposite side of the focal plane than for the other satellites. This results in a slightly smaller field of view for this satellite.
 Each BRITE satellite is equipped with one interference filter, either blue (BAb, BMb and BLb) or red (UBr, BTr and BHr). The blue filter transmits light in the range of 395-456 nm, the red filter, in the range of 549-693 nm, as shown in the figure.
 The detectors on-board BRITE satellites are rectangular KAI-11002 4072 × 2720 pixels CCD chips. A small vignetting leads to an effective observed area of approximately 20° × 24°. The temperatures at which they operate on board the BRITE satellites range between 0 °C and 40 °C. The image scale in the detector plane amounts to 21 arcsec per pixel.
 On-board computers for data storage, maintenance and operating the ACS.
 Solar cells located on the sides of the satellite and a Li-ion battery to provide power for on-board systems when the satellite is in the Earth's shadow.
 Communication antenna for transmission between satellite and ground stations, operating in S-band.

References

External links
BRITE-Constellation web page
BRITE-Constellation Wiki
BRITE Public Data Archive
Canadian Space Agency

Student satellites
Satellites of Canada


title: Phragmacossia paghmana

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Phragmacossia paghmana is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

References

Moths described in 1963
Zeuzerinae


title: Charles Front

text:
Charles Front is a British illustrator, best known for designing the lettering on the 1965 Beatles album Rubber Soul.

He has illustrated several books, including A Child's Bible, Never Say Macbeth, The Great White Whale, The Little Dressmaker and Carbonel and Calidor. He worked on the BBC children's TV series Jackanory.

Front taught art and illustration at the Barking College Of Technology in the 1970s, and one of his students was special effects artist and animator Alan Friswell who is currently the official restorer for the Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation. Friswell credits Front as being an inspirational teacher and influence on his work.

He was the art editor of MANNA, the magazine of the Reform Judaism movement.

Sheila and Charles Front created children's books together. They are the parents of  actress Rebecca Front.

References

External links

 "News briefing: Iconic Beatles artwork under the hammer", UK News: The Observer, 16 June 2007 (theguardian.com)
 "The Things you Didn't Know you Didn't Know ... about Charles Front" at Rod McKie Illustrations and Cartoons, 1 August 2010
 Charles Front at publisher New York Review Books (NYRB.com)

 Sheila Front at LC Authorities, 3 records, and at WorldCat

English artists
Living people
People from Ilford
English Jews
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Phragmacossia tigrisia

text:
Phragmacossia tigrisia is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Iraq.

References

Moths described in 1924
Zeuzerinae


title: Phragmacossia vartianae

text:
Phragmacossia vartianae is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Afghanistan.

References

Moths described in 1963
Zeuzerinae


title: C-Quals

text:
The Quality Cyprus Education & Language is a school of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It has two buildings, one in Nicosia and one in Girne. It was founded in 2009 by Ms. Ferdyie Ersoy. The institution prepares to higher levels of qualification in English and French with among others the IGCSE is recognized for Bac levels and below the license. This examination allows to prepare the Advance Level reserved for higher levels. The school prepares the TOEFL, the IGCSE and the IETS for English and competitions for IGCSE and DELF French. German, Turkish, Russian, and Greek are also offered by the school to try the IGCSE contest. The school owes part of his success to his teachers have been extended in France and England holidays.

Staffing
The school has 10 teachers aggregated. In total, more than 500 students entered the school since its inception in 2009. Feature of this school is that it welcomes students of all ages and backgrounds. Adults are likely to register to attend private classes in order to advance more quickly. They represent 20% of the total number of students of the school.

The school partners
The school has many especially foreign partner organizations of France and Great Britain. The main ones are: the French Institute of Cyprus, the British Council, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and the Oxford Teacher's Academy.

The events organized by the school
In addition to the courses offered, the school offers the possibility of exchange with partner schools. This was the case in 2012 with a school in Upper Brittany that in a cultural exchange program offered a concert in Nicosia. Currently a program to Barcelona is about to be completed with the participation of 15 young people. Every year, in partnership with the French Institute of Cyprus, the school organizes an evening of "music festival".

Education in Cyprus


title: Norman Vyner Fletcher

text:
Norman Vyner Fletcher (1867 – 17 December 1889) was an Australian arts graduate and law clerk who was notable as a botanist researching eucalypts. Although his early death cut short his research he is listed as an Australian plant collector and Illustrator of note by the Australian National Herbarium.

Birth and education
Fletcher was born in New South Wales, the youngest child of Kate (née Green) and Joseph Horner Fletcher (1823–1890). His father was a Methodist minister and the Principal of Newington College at the time of his birth. He was educated at Newington, both at Newington House on the Parramatta River and later at Stanmore, and won the Schofield Scholarship as Dux in 1883. In 1885 he went up to the University of Sydney and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1888. Upon graduation Fletcher became an articled law clerk.

Botanist
In the early 1880s, Fletcher came under the influence of two noted scientists and teachers at Newington — his brother, Joseph James Fletcher, and the future curator of the Technological Museum, Richard Thomas Baker. This led to his interest in botany. and in particular eucalypts, as both his mentors were experts in this field. He is described as a promising young botanist with a keen interest in eucalypts in Botanists of the eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material.

Death
He was taken ill at Stanmore in early December 1889  and a fortnight later died while his father was detained in Brisbane due to his own ill-health. Fletcher is buried in the Old Wesleyan section of Rookwood Cemetery. He was survived by his parents, two sisters and three brothers, including William Horner Fletcher.

References

1867 births
1889 deaths
19th-century Australian botanists
People educated at Newington College
University of Sydney alumni
Australian Methodists
Colony of New South Wales people


title: Aksigorta

text:
Aksigorta is an insurance company in Turkey, belonging to Sabancı Holding in partnership with Belgian insurer Ageas, an international insurance company with more than 180 years experience in the sector. Ageas has acquired a 31% stake in Aksigorta, paying US$220 million for shares previously owned by Sabancı Holding. As a result of this acquisition, Ageas and Sabancı Holding now have equal control of the company.

Area of activity
Founded in 1960 in the cities of Adana and Istanbul to serve companies within the Sabancı Group, Aksigorta is today one of Turkey's leading insurance companies.
Aksigorta operates throughout Turkey with 680 employees, 3500 independent agencies, 120 brokerage houses, the 710 branches of sister company Akbank, and a network of nearly 6000 contracted institutions.

Board of directors

Social responsibility

“Digital Security Platform” project

Aiming to raise awareness about the risks that may arise in the society in the process of adaptation to the digitalizing world, Aksigorta launched free online digital security trainings in cooperation with Boğaziçi University Lifelong Education Center and Boğaziçi University Management Information Systems Cyber Security Center. In addition to the online trainings created with different content for families and SMEs, the "Digital Security Platform" established in the "Digital Security Platform", increasing the awareness and level of knowledge in the society about digital risks; It is aimed to contribute to the better preparedness of institutions and individuals in this regard.

Keep Living, Turkey 2.0

The responsibility project called 'Keep Up Life Turkey 2.0', which is the continuation of the previous project on earthquake risk transfer, raises awareness about earthquakes and explains why possible risks should be transferred to an insurance institution.

References

Companies of Turkey


title: Lake Way Station

text:
Lake Way Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station and now operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.

Situated approximately  south east of Wiluna and  north of Leinster in the Mid West region. The ephemeral lake, Lake Way is partly situated within the station boundaries on the northern side, where it adjoins Lake Violet Station.

Gold was found in the area in 1896 by a party of four prospectors that travelled from Cue. The men started the Black Swan Mine. Pastoralists followed soon after and properties were established running sheep and cattle.

The station, along with many others, was flooded that year after heavy rainfall in 1900 from a tropical depression that had crossed the coast in the North West.

Acquired by the Lake Way Pastoral company in 1924, 3,300 Bungaree ewes were introduced to the property shortly afterwards. The property had an area of about  in 1925. The property had recently been acquired by the Lake Way Pastoral Company. The main shareholders directors of the Company were the Williams brothers, Herbert Lukin and the Sermon brothers. Messrs Lukin and Williams owned Lake Way in 1926 when 4,000 sheep were delivered. Approximately 10,000 sheep were railed into the Wiluna area in the early part of the same year.

In 2004 the property was owned by the Lupton family who had been experiencing feral dog attacks on their sheep.

See also
List of ranches and stations
List of pastoral leases in Western Australia

References

Homesteads in Western Australia
Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)


title: Roerichiora bachma

text:
Roerichiora bachma is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Vietnam.

References

Moths described in 2011
Zeuzerinae


title: Roerichiora clara

text:
Roerichiora clara is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Vietnam.

References

Moths described in 1950
Zeuzerinae


title: Roerichiora obliquifascia

text:
Roerichiora obliquifascia is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in Myanmar and India (Assam).

References

Moths described in 1950
Zeuzerinae


title: Robert Vans-Agnew

text:
Robert Vans Agnew (4 March 1817 – 26 September 1893) was a Scottish Conservative Party politician.

At the 1868 general election he unsuccessfully contested the Wigtown Burghs.

Vans Agnew was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigtownshire at a by-election in February 1873, filling the vacancy caused by Lord Garlies succeeding to the peerage as 10th Earl of Galloway . He was re-elected in 1874, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1880 general election.

Historical works
Vans Agnew edited the correspondence of his ancestor Patrick Vans, Lord Barnbarroch for publication in two volumes in 1887.
Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, knight, volume 1
Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, knight, volume 2

References

External links

1817 births
1893 deaths
Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880