title: Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Power Station

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The Zhanghewan Pumped Storage Power Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located  southwest of Shijiazhuang in Jingxing County of Hebei Province, China. Construction on the power station began on 6 December 2003 and the first unit was commissioned on 1 February 2009. The power station operates by shifting water between an upper and lower reservoir to generate electricity. The lower reservoir is created by the Zhanghewan Dam  on the Gantao River which was built between 1977 and 1980, originally for irrigation. For this project the Zhanhewan Dam was raised . The Zhanghewan Upper Reservoir is on Laoyemiao Mountain, above the west side of the lower reservoir. During periods of low energy demand, such as at night, water is pumped from Zhanghewan Lower Reservoir up to the upper reservoir. When energy demand is high, the water is released back down to the lower reservoir but the pump turbines that pumped the water up now reverse mode and serve as generators to produce electricity. The process is repeated as necessary and the plant serves as a peaking power plant.

The lower reservoir is created by the Zhanghewan Dam, a  tall gravity dam on the Gantao River. It can withhold up to . The upper reservoir is created by a  tall and  long circular rock-fill dam on Laoyemiao Mountain, to the west of the lower reservoir. It can withhold up to  of water. Water from the upper reservoir is sent to the 1,200 MW underground power station down near the lower reservoir through four  long headrace/penstock pipes. The drop in elevation between the upper and lower reservoir affords a hydraulic head (water drop) of .

See also

List of pumped-storage power stations

References

Dams in China
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in China
2009 establishments in China
Energy infrastructure completed in 2009
Dams completed in 2009
Rock-filled dams
Hydroelectric power stations in Hebei
Gravity dams
Buildings and structures in Shijiazhuang
Underground power stations


title: Balloon frog (disambiguation)

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The balloon frogs are a small genus of microhylid frogs from South Asia.

Balloon frog may also refer to:

 Assamese balloon frog, a frog found in northeastern India
 Glyphoglossus molossus, a frog found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam


title: Rock and Roll Love Letter (song)

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"Rock and Roll Love Letter" is the second single from American Tim Moore's second album, Behind the Eyes. Tim Moore's original version was not successful. It was later covered by the band Bay City Rollers, and that version became a Top 40 hit.

Bay City Rollers version
This version was released as a single in 1976 and was successful, reaching number 6 in Canada and number 28 in the United States.  The single was not released in the UK.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Other cover versions
 The Dirty Angels covered the song in 1975, released in the U.S. only.
 In 1977, Tina Arena and John Bowles recorded a version for their album Tiny Tina and Little John.
 Pink Lady recorded a Japanese-language version of the song in their 1977 debut album Pepper Keibu.
 The Records covered "Rock and Roll Love Letter" in 1979.  It was released in the UK as a non-album single.  It was later included as a CD bonus track on their Shades in Bed LP.
 In July 21st, 1988, Eri Nitta recorded a Japanese version of the song as her ninth single.

References

External links

1975 singles
1976 singles
Tim Moore (singer-songwriter) songs
Bay City Rollers songs
1975 songs
Arista Records singles
Asylum Records singles
Songs about rock music
Songs about letters (message)


title: Walter Lehmann (ethnologist)

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Walter Hartmut Traugott Erdmann Lehmann (16 September 1878 – 7 February 1939) was a German ethnologist, linguist and archeologist, known for his documentation of many indigenous cultures and languages of Central America. He studied under Eduard Seler, a renowned specialist in Mesoamerican cultures. Between 1907 and 1909 he undertook an expedition traveling from Panama to Mexico, in which he collected artefacts and ethnographic and linguistic data. He collected the only known documentation of several indigenous languages of Central America before they became extinct. His 1915 habilitation thesis was a vocabulary of the Rama language, and an historical analysis of the Subtiaba language. In 1921 he became director of the Ethnological Museum of Berlin.

Selected publications
Lehmann, Walter (1911), Zentral-Amerika (I), Berlin: D. Reimer.
Lehmann, Walter (1914), Vokabular der Rama-Sprache nebst grammatischem Abriss, München: Akademische Buchdruckerei von F. Straub.

References

1878 births
1939 deaths
German ethnologists


title: 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional

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The 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 49th Honduran Liga Nacional edition, since its establishment in 1965.  For this season, the system format remained the same as the previous season.  The tournament began on 1 August 2014 and has ended in May 2015. On 20 December 2014, C.D. Motagua obtained its 13th national title after defeating C.D. Real Sociedad 2–1 on aggregate in the Apertura finals.

2014–15 teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2013–14 season plus C.D. Honduras Progreso, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso.  Parrillas One moved from Tela to Siguatepeque.

Apertura

Regular season
Real C.D. España managed to clinch the first position after drawing 1–1 at C.D. Victoria on the last round.  It was the 9th time in history that the Aurinegros came up as the regular season winners.  One curious fact occurred between C.D. Motagua and Real España where they both achieve a 5–0 home win over each other, breaking their respective record as the largest victory against each other.  C.D. Victoria finished last for the fifth time in history.

Standings

Results
 As of 15 November 2014

 Real Sociedad 3–0 Marathón on forfeit.  Original score 1–1 abandoned at 88' due to Marathón not accepting a late penalty.

Postseason

Playoffs

Semifinals

Final

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

Results
 As of 2 May 2015

Postseason

Playoffs

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers
 As of 24 May 2015
 29 goals:

  Román Castillo (Motagua)

 25 goals:

  Anthony Lozano (Olimpia)

 19 goals:

  Erick Andino (Victoria)

 18 goals:

  Claudio Cardozo (Real España)

 17 goals:

  Carlos Discua (Motagua)

 16 goals:

  Iván López (Parrillas One)
  Romell Quioto (Olimpia)
  Lucas Gómez (Motagua)

 14 goals:

  Eddie Hernández (Vida)
  Ángel Tejeda (Honduras Progreso)
  Juan Rodríguez (Parrillas One)

 11 goals:

  Julio de León (Platense)

 10 goals:

  Juan Ocampo (Honduras Progreso)

 8 goals:

  Bryan Róchez (Real España)
  Roberto Riascos (Vida)
  Mario Abadía (Platense)
  Diego Reyes (Marathón)
  Melvin Valladares (Victoria)

 7 goals:

  Jorge Zaldívar (Honduras Progreso)
  Javier Estupiñán (Olimpia)
  Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)
  Charles Córdoba (Marathón)

 6 goals:

  Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad)
  Alberth Elis (Olimpia)
  José Tobías (Real Sociedad)

 5 goals:

  Rony Flores (Real España / Platense)
  Félix Crisanto (Victoria)
  Sergio Mendoza (Real España)
  Henry Clark (Real Sociedad)
  Cholby Martínez (Vida)
  Mario Berríos (Marathón)

 4 goals:

  Edwin León (Honduras Progreso)
  Carlos Bernárdez (Victoria)
  Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)
  Edder Delgado (Real España)
  Luis Lobo (Real España / Honduras Progreso)
  Fábio de Souza (Olimpia)
  Christian Martínez (Marathón)
  Darwin Bermúdez (Parrillas One)
  Bryan Acosta (Real España)
  Jorge Cardona (Honduras Progreso)
  Miguel Valerio (Vida)
  Luis Alvarado (Honduras Progreso)
  Nery Medina (Victoria)

 3 goals:

  Omar Guerra (Olimpia)
  Víctor Ortiz (Vida)
  Jerrick Díaz (Platense)
  Reynaldo Tilguath (Vida)
  Jocimar Moreira (Parrillas One)
  Juan Mejía (Real España)
  Israel Silva (Motagua)
  Henry Bermúdez (Victoria)
  Alexander Aguilar (Platense)
  Jesús Canales (Vida)
  Jairo Puerto (Marathón)
  Walter Martínez (Marathón)
  Juan Munguía (Real Sociedad)
  Allan Lalín (Platense)
  Henry Martínez (Real Sociedad)
  Leonardo Isaula (Honduras Progreso)
  Aly Arriola (Honduras Progreso)
  Julio Rodríguez (Real España)
  Elkin González (Real Sociedad)
  Franklyn Morales (Honduras Progreso)

 2 goals:

  Bayron Méndez (Olimpia)
  Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua)
  Devron García (Victoria)
  Christian Altamirano (Platense)
  Cristian Lara (Platense)
  Johnny Barrios (Marathón)
  Ramiro Bruschi (Real España)
  Leandro Guaita (Vida)
  Franco Güity (Victoria)
  Walter Castro (Platense)
  Christopher Anariba (Honduras Progreso)
  Ramón Núñez (Real España)
  César Zelaya (Real Sociedad)
  Carlos Solórzano (Parrillas One)
  Lesther Zavala (Parrillas One)
  Pablo Arzú (Real Sociedad)
  Luis Guzmán (Honduras Progreso)
  Rigoberto Padilla (Victoria)
  Víctor Moncada (Honduras Progreso)
  Osman Chávez (Platense)
  Mario Martínez (Real España)
  Melvin Batiz (Real Sociedad)
  Marco Vega (Marathón)
  Mario Leguizamón (Olimpia)
  Fredixon Elvir (Olimpia)
  Douglas Martínez (Vida)
  Óscar Bonilla (Marathón)
  Juan Romero (Parrillas One)
  Omar Elvir (Motagua)
  Ian Osorio (Platense)
  Pastor Martínez (Honduras Progreso)
  Chestyn Onofre (Vida)
  Julio Bernárdez (Parrillas One)
  Pedro Mencía (Honduras Progreso)
  Víctor Núñez (Real España)

 1 goal:

  Dílmer Gutiérrez (Real Sociedad)
  Níxon Duarte (Platense)
  Jhow Benavídez (Real España)
  Juan Rial (Marathón)
  Jorge Bengoché (Olimpia)
  Reinieri Mayorquín (Motagua)
  Wesley Braz (Marathón)
  Elroy Smith (Platense)
  Henry Figueroa (Motagua)
  Hárlinton Gutiérrez (Real España)
  Nelson Álvarez (Parrillas One)
  Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)
  Arnulfo Beitar (Parrillas One)
  Ronaldo Barbosa (Vida)
  Ricardo Rosales (Motagua)
  Ever Alvarado (Olimpia)
  Johnny Leverón (Marathón)
  Clayvin Zúniga (Real Sociedad)
  Maynor Gómez (Parrillas One)
  Mariano Acevedo (Olimpia)
  David Meza (Olimpia)
  Marcelo Espinal (Vida)
  Darixon Vuelto (Victoria)
  Odis Borjas (Platense)
  Bryan Johnson (Olimpia)
  Sergio Zelaya (Real Sociedad)
  Carlos Palacios (Marathón)
  Joshua Vargas (Platense)
  Walter Hernández (Platense)
  Jeffri Flores (Real España)
  Andrés Copete (Parrillas One)
  German Mejía (Olimpia)
  Wilmer Fuentes (Marathón)
  Gerson Rodas (Real España)
  Kevin López (Motagua)
  Néstor Martínez (Olimpia)
  John Suazo (Marathón)
  Camilo Aguirre (Real España)
  Francisco Benítez (Honduras Progreso)
  Romário Pinto (Marathón)
  Johny Gómez (Parrillas One)
  Irvin Reyna (Motagua)
  Carlos Sánchez (Honduras Progreso)
  Marcelo Santos (Vida)
  Jefferson Bernárdez (Parrillas One)
  Ozzie Bodden (Real Sociedad)
  David Carranza (Real Sociedad)
  Johnny Palacios (Olimpia)
  Franco Tisera (Victoria)
  Dicktmar Hernández (Victoria)
  Víctor Zúniga (Honduras Progreso)

 1 own goal:

  Henry Figueroa (Motagua)
  Romell Quioto (Olimpia)
  Robbie Matute (Real Sociedad)
  Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón)
  Quiarol Arzú (Platense)

 2 own goals:

  Leonardo Domínguez (Victoria)

Aggregate table
Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.  On 19 April 2015, Parrillas One was relegated to Liga de Ascenso after drawing 2–2 at home against C.D. Real Sociedad.

References

External links
 LNP Official

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras seasons
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Honduras


title: Mateusz Piątkowski

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Mateusz Piątkowski (born 22 November 1984) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Górnik Polkowice.

Career
Piątkowski spent a major part of his early career playing for Polish second division teams such as GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, KS Polkowice and Dolcan Ząbki.

Jagiellonia Białystok
He made his Ekstraklasa debut while playing for Jagiellonia Białystok in 2013–14 season, aged 28. He had an impressive second season with Jagiellonia, managing to score 14 goals in 24 appearances in the 2014–15 Ekstraklasa.

APOEL
On the 24 June 2015, aged 30, Piątkowski moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed a two-year contract with Cypriot club APOEL FC. He made his official debut on 14 July 2015, in APOEL's 0–0 home draw against FK Vardar for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. He scored his first official goal for APOEL on 26 October 2015 in his team's 9–0 away win over Nea Salamina for the Cypriot First Division. Although he was not a regular starter at APOEL's lineup and he scored only one goal, at the end of the season he was crowned champion for the first time in his career, as his team managed to win the Cypriot First Division title for a fourth time in the row. On 5 January 2017, his contract with APOEL was terminated.

Górnik Polkowice
On 5 October 2020, he signed with Górnik Polkowice.

Honours
APOEL
 Cypriot First Division: 2015–16

Miedź Legnica
 I liga: 2017–18

Górnik Polkowice
 II liga: 2020–21

References

External links
 APOEL official profile

1984 births
Living people
Polish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Ekstraklasa players
I liga players
II liga players
Cypriot First Division players
Polar Wrocław players
Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski players
Ząbkovia Ząbki players
Jagiellonia Białystok players
APOEL FC players
Wisła Płock players
Miedź Legnica players
GKS Tychy players
Górnik Polkowice players
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
People from Bielawa
Footballers from Lower Silesian Voivodeship


title: Thaai Mookaambikai

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Thaai Mookaambikai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by K. Shankar, starring K. R. Vijaya, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Sujatha and other leading actors. The film was released on 9 July 1982.

Plot

Cast

K. R. Vijaya as Raakayi / Mookayi / Thaai Mookambigai
Thengai Srinivasan as Village President
Major Sundarrajan as Bhattar
Sujatha as Poorani
Sivakumar as Senthil, Raakayi elder son
Poornima Bhagyaraj as Durga
M. N. Nambiar as Durga's Father
Saritha as Vellayamma, Raakayi daughter
Manorama as Ranjani
Oru Viral Krishna Rao as Kaambothi
Nizhalgal Ravi as Sarangan
Karthik as Muthu, Raakayi second son
Jai Shankar as Kannappan
Jai Ganesh as Mani, Bhattar's Son
Gundu Kalyanam
V. Gopalakrishnan as Inspector Gopi
M. Balamuralikrishna as Singer
M. S. Viswanathan as Singer
Sirkazhi Govindarajan as Singer

Soundtrack
Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Vaali. The song "Janani Janani" is set in Kalyani raga,  "Isai Arasi" is set in Sallabam, also known as Surya, and the title track is set in Vasantha Sri. Ilaiyaraaja said he "was running out of time" while composing the tune for "Janani Janani". He claimed to have been "under hectic pressure from the film producer, who had planned to perform the ‘puja’ for the film the next day with the song". The initial tune which Ilaiyaraaja composed did not suit the character Adi Shankara. He said with a chance to have a glimpse of the portrait of Shankara, he was inspired to compose the tune which was similar to Bhaja Govindam. "Janani Janani" was initially to be sung by K. J. Yesudas, but Ilaiyaraaja sang the album version due to Yesudas' other commitments; his version was also selected to be used as the film version.

Release and reception
Thaai Mookaambikai was released on 9 July 1982. Thiraignani of Kalki felt the audience who expected to watch the history of goddess Mookambika and the stories of their devotees will feel disappointed panning certain subplots. He however praised Jagadeesan's dialogues and Karthik's performance and concluded the film's director K. Shankar is responsible for the crime of not seeing completion in Darshan.

References

Bibliography

External links

1980s Tamil-language films
1982 films
Films directed by K. Shankar
Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja
Hindu devotional films


title: 2002–03 Sunshine Tour

text:
The 2002–03 Sunshine Tour was the 32nd season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2002–03 season.

Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.

Awards

Notes

References

External links

Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour


title: Esther Perel

text:
Esther Perel (born 1958) is a Belgian-American psychotherapist, known for her work on human relationships.

Perel promoted the concept of "erotic intelligence" in her book Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence (2006), which has been translated into 24 languages. After publishing the book, she became an international advisor on sex and relationships. She has given two TED talks, hosts two podcasts, runs a series of therapy training / supervision events, and launched a card game.

In 2016, Perel was added to Oprah Winfrey's Supersoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.

Early life and education
Perel was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium, the daughter of Sala Ferlegier and Icek Perel, two Polish, Jewish, Holocaust survivors. She has one brother, Leon.

Perel attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, where she earned a B.A. in educational psychology and French literature, and subsequently earned a master's degree in expressive art therapy from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States.

Perel grew up amongst Holocaust survivors in Antwerp, later categorising them into two groups: "those who didn't die, and those who came back to life". She asserts that "those who came back to life were those who understood eroticism as an antidote to death."

Career
Perel subsequently trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy before finding a professional home in family systems theory. She initially worked as a cross-cultural psychotherapist with couples and families. For 13 years she was a clinical instructor at the New York University School of Medicine.

Perel has also worked as an actress (appearing in the 2017 film, Newness, as herself) and run a clothing boutique in Antwerp.

Personal life
Perel is Jewish, and says of it, "You can't know me without it."

Perel is married to Jack Saul, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. They met  at Lesley University when she was 22 or 23 and he was 7 years her senior. After 2 years of being close friends, they became a couple. She says she "swallowed the romantic ideal quite a bit" in her youth.

Ideas
Perel argues that, due to trends such as the secularization of Western society, the rise of individualism, and the societal "mandate" for personal happiness, the expectations for romantic relationships are higher than ever:Never before have our expectations of marriage taken on such epic proportions. We still want everything the traditional family was meant to provide—security, children, property, and respectability—but now we also want our partner to love us, to desire us, to be interested in us. We should be best friends, trusted confidants, and passionate lovers to boot.She also notes the ideals of modern marriage are often contradictory: "We want our chosen one to offer stability, safety, predictability, and dependability—all the anchoring experiences. And we want that very same person to supply awe, mystery, adventure, and risk." Perel calls for a more open and honest discussion of monogamy to reconcile this conflict between the erotic and the domestic.

Podcasts
Perel is the host of two podcasts: Where Should We Begin? and How's Work?

 Where Should We Begin? brings the listeners inside Perel's therapist's office as she sees anonymous couples in search of insight on everything from infidelity to sexlessness to grief. The unique format combines live recordings of the therapy session, with Perel's reflections on what she heard, and what techniques she tried. The New York Times writes: "it feels more like an unraveling mystery story than a relationship advice show." The couples include both heterosexual and same-sex couples. The first episode aired on Audible in May 2017, and became publicly available on iTunes on October 9, 2017. Three seasons have been released . "Where Should We Begin?" received a 2018 Gracie Award.
 How's Work? is Perel's second podcast. It follows a format similar to the couples therapy session in "Where Should We Begin?", but this time the couple seeking Perel's advice are cofounders or colleagues, navigating the challenges that play out in work relationships. HuffPost describes each episode as a "one-time therapy session between Perel and various co-founders, members of family businesses and partners with a thriving operation but deteriorating relations on the job." As described in one review: "The podcast aims to shine light on the things that form us as individuals and how those things relate to life in the workplace. Because, honestly, a lot of people hold their careers and workplace relationships as dearly and tightly as they do their romantic relationships." "How's Work?" was created by Gimlet Media, and was available exclusively on Spotify. The show first aired in November 2019. In March 2023, Bloomberg announced that "How's Work?" was acquired by Vox Media's Podcast Network.

Publications
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence (2006, Harper, )
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity (2017, Harper, )

Recognition
 2016: Named to Oprah Winfrey's Supersoul 100 list of visionaries and influential leaders.
 Perel was selected for the inaugural 2021 Forbes 50 Over 50; made up of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who are over the age of 50.

References

Sources
 In search of Erotic Intelligence: Reconciling our desire for comfortable domesticity and hot sex
 Sexual Genius: An Interview With Esther Perel
 Esther Perel on Mating in Captivity

External links

 "The secret to desire in a long-term relationship" (TEDSalon NY2013)
 "Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved" (TED 2015)
 Articles by Esther Perel at Huffington Post

1958 births
Living people
Belgian psychologists
Belgian women psychologists
Belgian Jews
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni


title: Holdhus

text:
Holdhus is a village in Bjørnafjorden municipality in Vestland county, Norway.  The village is located about  east of the village of Eikelandsosen.  The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Hålandsdal which existed from 1903 until 1964.  The historic Holdhus Church is located in the village.  The village is located near several large lakes including Gjønavatnet, Henangervatnet, and Skogseidvatnet.

References

Villages in Vestland
Bjørnafjorden


title: Planck relation

text:
The Planck relation (referred to as Planck's energy–frequency relation, the Planck–Einstein relation, Planck equation, and Planck formula, though the latter might also refer to Planck's law) is a fundamental equation in quantum mechanics which states that the energy of a photon, , known as photon energy, is proportional to its frequency, :

The constant of proportionality, , is known as the Planck constant. Several equivalent forms of the relation exist, including in terms of angular frequency, :

where . The relation accounts for the quantized nature of light and plays a key role in understanding phenomena such as the photoelectric effect and black-body radiation (where the related Planck postulate can be used to derive Planck's law).

Spectral forms
Light can be characterized using several spectral quantities, such as frequency  , wavelength , wavenumber , and their angular equivalents (angular frequency , angular wavelength , and angular wavenumber ). These quantities are related through

so the Planck relation can take the following 'standard' forms

as well as the following 'angular' forms,

The standard forms make use of the Planck constant . The angular forms make use of the reduced Planck constant . Here  is the speed of light.

de Broglie relation

The de Broglie relation, also known as de Broglie's momentum–wavelength relation, generalizes the Planck relation to matter waves. Louis de Broglie argued that if particles had a wave nature, the relation  would also apply to them, and postulated that particles would have a wavelength equal to . Combining de Broglie's postulate with the Planck–Einstein relation leads to
 or

The de Broglie relation is also often encountered in vector form

where  is the momentum vector, and  is the angular wave vector.

Bohr's frequency condition
Bohr's frequency condition states that the frequency of a photon absorbed or emitted during an electronic transition is related to the energy difference () between the two energy levels involved in the transition:

This is a direct consequence of the Planck–Einstein relation.

See also
 Compton wavelength

References

Cited bibliography
Cohen-Tannoudji, C., Diu, B., Laloë, F. (1973/1977). Quantum Mechanics, translated from the French by S.R. Hemley, N. Ostrowsky, D. Ostrowsky, second edition, volume 1, Wiley, New York, .
French, A.P., Taylor, E.F. (1978). An Introduction to Quantum Physics, Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, .
Griffiths, D.J. (1995). Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River NJ, .
Landé, A. (1951). Quantum Mechanics, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London.
Landsberg, P.T. (1978). Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, .
Messiah, A. (1958/1961). Quantum Mechanics, volume 1, translated from the French by G.M. Temmer, North-Holland, Amsterdam.
Schwinger, J. (2001). Quantum Mechanics: Symbolism of Atomic Measurements, edited by B.-G. Englert, Springer, Berlin, .
van der Waerden, B.L. (1967). Sources of Quantum Mechanics, edited with a historical introduction by B.L. van der Waerden, North-Holland Publishing, Amsterdam.
Weinberg, S. (1995). The Quantum Theory of Fields, volume 1, Foundations, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, .
Weinberg, S. (2013). Lectures on Quantum Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, .

Foundational quantum physics
Max Planck
Old quantum theory


title: Minority Affairs Department, Sindh

text:
The Minorities Affairs Department is a department of the Government of Sindh, Pakistan. It was established in the 1995 with the Religious Affairs, Auqaf, Zakat and Ushr Department, but became a separate department in 2010.

The department was created to safeguard the rights of minorities and facilitates in the formulation of policies, planning, coordination, evaluation and review of the regulatory framework.

See also
 Minorities in Pakistan
 Punjab human rights and minorities affairs department

References

External links

Departments of Government of Sindh
Religion in Pakistan


title: BioServe Space Technologies

text:
BioServe Space Technologies is a research institute within the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. Since its foundation in 1987 it focuses on developing microgravity life science research and hardware.
Its current Chief Scientist is Prof. Louis Stodieck and the Center Director is Ms. Stefanie Countryman

BioServe has designed, built and flown over 50 different payloads on over 85 space flight missions including the Space Shuttle, ISS, MIR, Soyuz, and Progress and recently the SpaceX's Dragon capsule and  Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft.

In 2011, BioServe was selected to be the official payload developer for the YouTube Space Lab - a contest where students were able to propose micro gravitational research and BioServe would develop the winner's experiment hardware and perform all of the mission integration and operations work.
BioServe Space Technologies was also the designer of the Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA) which is a temperature controlled incubator for experiments on cells, microbes, and plants currently in use on the ISS.

In August 2023, BioServe announced that would be collaborating with Sierra Space to grow hematopoietic stem cells in microgravity to research undergoing treatment for blood cancer.

References

External links
 Official Website
 YouTube Channel

Research institutes established in 1987
Research institutes in Colorado
University of Colorado
Space technology research institutes


title: Raed Zeiter incident

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Raed Zeiter (c. 1976 – 10 March 2014) was a Palestinian individual with Jordanian citizenship who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on 10 March 2014 at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between the Palestinian territories and Jordan. The Israeli soldiers later stated that he was a "terrorist", asserting that he had tried to snatch a weapon from a soldier and had also attacked them with a metal pole. The Israeli military's accounting for the incident was disputed both by a witness speaking to the international news media as well as representatives of the government of Jordan, among others. The event became an international incident, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally issuing a statement of regret.

Background and incident details
The 38-year-old Raed Zeiter worked as a judge at a magistrates court in Jordan while his hometown was Nablus. Israeli soldiers remarked that he had charged at them with a metal pole, which was disputed by a witness who stated that Zeiter and the soldiers had been arguing before Zeiter was shoved down and shot. The incident occurred at the Allenby Bridge crossing between the Palestinian territories and the nation of Jordan. While the border crossing procedures there are usually recorded, the army later said that the cameras on site had malfunctioned.

According to The New York Times, the crossing had very rarely seen acts of violence before. The bridge area is jointly administered by both Jordan and Israel.

Reactions
Zeiter's father and Jordanian government officials such as Information Minister Mohammad Momani called shortly after the incident for investigations and for the arrest of the border agents involved. "My son was unarmed, he wouldn't even know how to use a weapon," Ala Zeiter said. The Israeli military stated that it had conducted a "comprehensive investigation" to support their view of the incident, including the questioning of multiple witnesses.

Jordan's principal Islamist party condemned what it viewed as Israeli "brutality". Murad Adaileh of the Islamic Action Front said in a statement that "the Zionist enemy does not respect any agreements" and that the "aggression against the Jordanian citizen shows the brutality of the Zionist occupation." Approximately 1000 protesters demonstrated outside the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan and called for expelling the Israeli ambassador. Many of them declared, "Down with the peace agreement!"

The Palestinian Authority publicly advocated for an international investigation into the incident. "Israel regrets the death of Judge Raed Zeiter yesterday at the King Hussein (Allenby) bridge and expresses its sympathies to the people and government of Jordan," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office declared in a statement.

Funeral
Hundreds of Palestinians and Jordanians turned out for Zeiter's funeral. His casket wrapped in both a Jordanian flag and a Palestinian flag, his family buried him in their hometown of Nablus.

Compensation
Israel paid 5 million dollars in compensation for the killing.

See also

2014 in Palestine
Allenby Bridge
Israeli-Palestine conflict
Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

References

Jordanian judges
1970s births
2014 deaths
People from Nablus
Palestinian murder victims


title: Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden

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The Chief Commissioner's Province of Aden was the administrative status under which the former Aden Settlement (1839–1932) was placed from 1932 to 1937. Under that new status, the Viceroy of India assumed direct control over Aden, which had hitherto been administered by the government of the Bombay Presidency. The Aden Protectorate remained unaffected by this change.

Background

For nearly a century following the capture of the port of Aden by forces of the East India Company in 1839, the town and immediate surrounding area under direct British rule, known as the Aden Settlement, had been a dependency of the distant Bombay Presidency. The Settlement's indeterminate position at the southwestern end of the Arabian peninsula was bound to cause difficulties and historian R. J. Gavin points out that "Aden’s whole history since 1839 had been marked by administrative confusion and complication."  Before taking action, the chief British official at Aden, the Resident, was often required to obtain sanction from three different authorities, the Bombay Government, the Government of India (headed by the Viceroy) and the Colonial Office in London.

Matters came to a head during World War I and in 1917, the Government of India, recognising its inability to provide sufficient forces to defend Aden against invading Turkish forces, transferred military control of the Settlement to the War Office and control of the Aden Protectorate affairs to the Foreign Office. The transfer was incomplete since India retained control of affairs within the Settlement itself, something which was increasingly seen in London as an anachronism given that Aden so obviously belonged to the Middle East and the Arab world. Things dragged on however and for the next two decades the administration of Aden witnessed incessant bureaucratic wrangling between the Bombay Presidency, the Government of India, the India Office, the Colonial Office  and the War Office, "which broke through from time to time in the columns of newspapers and on to the floor of the House of Commons and the representative assemblies in India." The chief disagreement was over the division of costs between India and London, in particular regarding the sizeable defence costs of Aden Another important roadblock to the full transfer of Aden to London was the unpopularity of the Colonial Office among the well-established and powerful Indian commercial community of Aden, which was aware of the discrimination in administration against Indians in British East Africa and feared the same would happen to them if Aden was placed under the control of the Colonial Office.

Creation of the Chief Commissioner's Province

The issue gained urgency at the end of the 1920s when discussions on constitutional reforms in India began. Far-away Aden with its Arab majority could not be accommodated in a new federal India where a considerably empowered Bombay legislative assembly would remain in charge. Therefore, it was decided that, until the final status of Aden was decided, Bombay would yield its administrative control over the territory which would become a Chief Commissioner's Province under the direct control of the Viceroy. This status, which took effect on 1 April 1932, was expected to be short-lived, and one provision of the Government of India Act 1935, stated that "Aden shall cease to be a part of British India". In accordance with the Aden Colony Order, 1936, Aden became a Crown Colony under the full responsibility of the Colonial Office effective 1 April 1937. At the time, the British government had made it clear that it was unwilling to share control of such a vital imperial base or anything pertaining to it with an independent Indian administration. However, to mollify the Indian community which still opposed the transfer, links with India were not totally severed. While the District and Sessions Court of Aden became the Supreme Court of the new Colony, appeals could be made to the High Court of Judicature in Bombay in civil cases involving property and some civil rights cases, as well as in criminal cases. The Indian rupee maintained its official currency status.

Sir Bernard Reilly, who had been named Resident in 1931, then Chief Commissioner in 1932, became the first Governor of Aden Colony.

Composition of the population of Aden in 1933

Arabs 29,820
Indians 7,287
Jews 4,120
Somalis 3,935
Europeans 1,145
Miscellaneous 331

Chief Commissioners
For previous British ruling officers see List of British representatives at Aden
Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly, first as resident in 1931, then as Chief Commissioner.

Views of Aden

See also
 Postage stamps and postal history of Aden
 Aden Protectorate
 Trucial Oman
 Territorial evolution of the British Empire
 Baloch Regiment
 Robert Moresby (Survey of the Red Sea)

References

20th century in Yemen
1839 establishments in the British Empire
1937 disestablishments in Asia
Aden
Bombay Presidency
Provinces of British India


title: Soleus Running

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Soleus Running is a watch company that produces timing devices such as watches and cycling computers that use GPS and heart rate monitors. Its headquarters are located in Austin, Texas.

Etymology
Soleus Running gets its name from the muscle located in the back part of the lower leg called the soleus. It begins right below the knee and runs down to the heel, and is involved in standing, walking and running. If not for the soleus, the body would fall forward.

Features
Soleus Running sells a variety of devices ranging in style, features and price. Some of the watches have the ability to track an activity using GPS or a heart rate monitor.

Watches
As of July 2014, the watches for sale on its website are:

Running:
 Dash
 Chicked
 P.R.
 Ultra Sole
 Stride
 Swift
 Tempo
 Flash
GPS:
 mini
 Fit
 Vibe
 Cross Country
 Sole
 Pulse
 Tour
Cycling:
 Draft

On the website, other items besides watches can be bought such as heart rate monitors, hats and headbands.

References

External
 Homepage
 Shop

Companies based in Austin, Texas
Sports equipment


title: Adhisayappiravigal

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Adhisayappiravigal () is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by R. Thyagarajan, starring Prabhu, Karthik and Radha. The film was released on 14 November 1982.

Plot
Kathamuthu, Nallamuthu, Nachimuthu and Thangamuthu are village idiots, incapable of doing even the most basic things without their mother's guidance. She is unable to find anyone to marry them and, worried about their futures, turns to her brother Pannaiyar. He wants nothing to do with any of them but agrees to hold on to his sister's jewellery. He promises to return the jewellery to the brothers once they have settled in life. Once his sister dies, Pannaiyar decides to keep the jewellery for himself. His daughter Ponni is aware of this and, wanting to teach them responsibility, pushes the brothers to do something with their lives. Despite owning land themselves, the four choose to work for their uncle and while away their time.

Thangamuthu meets Shanthi during an accidental trip to the city and the two fall in love. Although Shanthi's inspector brother is hesitant, he ultimately relents. Thangamuthu and Shanthi marry in secret and it is not until she goes to his home that she realises the extent of her new relatives' naivete. She takes it upon herself to teach them and soon has them farming their own lands. Slowly, they get more wise to the ways of the world. The two oldest brothers marry two sisters, Indramathi and Chandramathi. Nachimuthu and Ponni are in love as well but Pannaiyar opposes this match. Ponni tells the brothers and their wives about the stolen jewellery and comes up with a plan to get it back. Their plans cause them to clash with Pannaiyar and others set on getting the jewellery for themselves.

Cast

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.

Release and reception
Adhisayappiravigal was released on 14 November 1982 on Diwali day alongside other releases such as Darling, Darling, Darling, Valibamey Vaa Vaa, Agni Sakshi, Paritchaikku Neramaachu and Kanmani Poonga. Kalki appreciated the performances of the actors playing the four village idiots.

References

External links

1980s masala films
1980s Tamil-language films
1982 films
Films about brothers
Films directed by R. Thyagarajan (director)
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh


title: Fusa (village)

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Fusa is a village in Bjørnafjorden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Fusafjorden, about  southwest of the village of Eikelandsosen. The village of Strandvik lies about  to the southeast of Fusa and the village of Osøyro lies about  straight west (across the fjord).  The village was historically the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fusa which is why Fusa Church is located here, but more recently the administration was moved to the larger village of Eikelandsosen until 2020.

The large Frank Mohn factory is in Fusa, just southwest of the village centre.  The factory here is the marine division of the corporation, specializing in production of cargo pumping systems, transportable pumping system, and anti-heeling pumping systems.

References

Villages in Vestland
Bjørnafjorden


title: Jack Fallows

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John Armstrong Fallows (25 July 1907 – 20 January 1974) was a cricketer who played one season of first-class cricket when he captained Lancashire in 1946.

Life and career
Jack Fallows was born in Cheshire and educated at Worksop College. A club cricketer and Minor Counties player for Cheshire before World War II, and a major during the war, he was asked to captain Lancashire in the first season after the war when the appointed captain, Jack Iddon, was killed in a motor accident just before the start of the season. Despite his inexperience and his negligible batting ability he was a popular captain who led the side to third position in the County Championship with 15 victories in 26 matches.

Wisden's report of the Lancashire season noted that "under J.A. Fallows the old stigmas of dullness and lack of imagination were overcome. Whatever his limitations as a batsman, the new captain proved shrewd in the field and inspiring everywhere. Willingness to go out for victory and keen finishes ensured maximum interest and enjoyment." In 2012, assessing the role of the amateur captain in county cricket, Colin Shindler praised Fallows as the archetypal amateur captain:
When only four fresh eggs were available one morning at a London hotel, he awarded them to the bowlers because Lancashire were likely to be fielding all day. His team respected and liked him, and he did exactly what an amateur should: he declared boldly to give the opposition a chance and his bowlers time to take their wickets. The crowds returned to Old Trafford, and the team were slightly unlucky to finish only third.

Despite his success, Fallows was replaced as county captain for 1947 by Ken Cranston. He served on the Somerset committee before returning to Lancashire, where he was elected to the committee in 1964. As chairman of the Cricket Subcommittee he helped the county overcome a period of failure to achieve success under the captaincy of Jack Bond in the late 1960s and 1970s.

References

External links
 Jack Fallows at CricketArchive

1907 births
1974 deaths
Cricketers from Stockport
People educated at Worksop College
English cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
Lancashire cricket captains
Cheshire cricketers
British Army personnel of World War II
English cricket administrators


title: Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station

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The Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station () is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station about  northwest of Chengde in Fengning Manchu Autonomous County of Hebei Province, China. Construction on the power station began in June 2013 and the first generator was commissioned in 2019, the last in 2021. Project cost was US$1.87 billion. On 1 April 2014 Gezhouba Group was awarded the main contract to build the power station. It was constructed in two 1,800 MW phases. It was completed in late 2021, and became the largest pumped-storage power station in the world with an installed capacity of 3,600 MW.

The lower reservoir will hold up to  of water of which  can be used for power generation. The upper reservoir will withhold up to  of water of which  can be used for power generation. Water from the upper reservoir is sent to the underground power station down near the lower reservoir.

See also

List of pumped-storage power stations

References

Dams in China
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in China
Hydroelectric power stations in Hebei
Dams under construction in China
Buildings and structures under construction in China
Underground power stations


title: Go Down in History

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Go Down in History is an EP by American rock band Four Year Strong. It features the first new material from the band since their 2011 album, In Some Way, Shape, or Form.

Background
Four Year Strong released In Some Way, Shape, or Form (2011) through Republic Records-imprint Universal Motown. With the album, the group attempt to explore territory they thought their fans would enjoy; however, they received a negative reaction to it. Following this, the band were moved to Motown's parent label, away from the staff members that had signed them to the label. They eventually parted ways with the company and spent time with their respective families. Vocalist/guitarist Alan Day started the side project The Here and Now, bassist Joe Weiss operated a woodworking company, and vocalist/guitarist Dan O'Connor worked on his house.

They eventually reconvened for a writing session; all of the tracks evolved from jam sessions. They purposely focused on incorporating their live energy into the songs when writing. In March and April 2014, the group supported Bayside on their headlining US tour, dubbed The Great American Cult Tour. Following this stint, the band spent more time writing, before they planned to record anything. O'Connor said they had come up with more guitar riffs than they had for Enemy of the World (2010), though he was unsure if their next release was going to be an album or EP.

Production and composition
Go Down in History was recorded at The Machine Shop in New Jersey with producer Machine. He engineered the sessions with Andy Gomoll and Alberto De Icaza; the latter pair also handled editing. They were assisted by Johnny Rieg throughout the sessions. Machine mixed the recordings with assistance from Icaza; mixing and mastered was also done at The Machine Shop.

Go Down in History saw the group move away from the arena rock experimentation of In Some Way, Shape, or Form, and back to the sound of their Rise or Die Trying (2007) and Enemy of the World (2010) albums: riff-centric pop punk with call-and-response vocals from Day and O'Connor. The EP featured the band playing at "turbocharged" tempos, with "intricate" guitar riffs; Revolver said the songs acted as a bridge between pop punk and melodic hardcore. "What's in the Box?" was the most reminiscent of the Rise or Die Trying era. The title-track incorporated gang vocals that recalled the closings tracks of both Rise or Die Trying and Enemy of the World. "So You're Saying There's a Chance" builds to a hook through a variety of time signature changes. Its title is a reference to the film Dumb and Dumber (1994).

Release and reception

Promotion and touring
On May 23, 2014 the band announced they had signed to Pure Noise Records. Though the band had talked to various labels, they met Pure Noise founder Jake Round through mutual friends. After hearing all of the positive things about Round and his label, the group signed with him. Four days later, Go Down in History was announced for release in July. Alongside this, the EP's artwork and track listing was revealed. On June 5, "Tread Lightly" was made available for streaming.

Between June and August, the band performed on the 2014 Warped Tour. On July 11, "Living Proof of a Stubborn Youth" premiered through AbsolutePunk. On July 18, a music video for "Go Down in History", filmed on the Warped Tour, premiered through Alternative Press website. Go Down in History was released on July 22. In November, the group embarked on a headlining US tour, with support from  Transit, Such Gold and Seaway. In January 2015, they went on another US headlining tour, this time with support from Comeback Kid, Expire, Handguns and Heart to Heart.

Critical response
Go Down in History received generally positive reviews from music critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The release marks a return to form for the band and reverts to their pop punk/melodic hardcore roots for the first time since their 2010 release Enemy of the World, the only difference being the lack of keyboards. The EP was included at number 34 on Rock Sounds "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.

Track listing
Track listing per booklet:

Personnel
Personnel per booklet.

Four Year Strong
 Alan Day – lead vocals, guitar
 Dan O'Connor – lead vocals, guitar
 Joe Weiss – bass guitar,
 Jake Massucco – drums

Production
 Machine – producer, mixing, engineer
 Andy Gomoll – engineer, editing
 Alberto De Icaza – editing, engineer, mix assistant
 Johnny Rieg – assistant
 Sam Kaufman – design

References
 Citations

Sources

External links

Go Down in History at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

2014 EPs
Four Year Strong albums
Pure Noise Records EPs
Albums produced by Machine (producer)


title: Palazzo Ricca, Naples

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The Palazzo Ricca is a monumental palace, located on the southernmost end of Via dei Tribunali #213, in central Naples, region of Campania, Italy. It presently houses the archives of the Foundation of the Istituto Banco di Napoli. The palace is just down the street from the entrance to Castel Capuano

History
The palace once housed the Banco dei Poveri (Bank of the Poor) arose between the sixteenth century in Naples, and along with nearly eight other such institutions, it was later consolidated into the Banco di Napoli. These institutions served as pawnshops, almshouses, and in the case of the Banco dei Poveri, the proximity to the courts at the Vicaria (Castel Capuano) meant that they often serves as bails-bondsmen. A story, perhaps apocryphal, by Carlo Cerano about the origins of the bank support the latter function. The bank staff was composed of lay religious congregations, and its funds were amassed through alms, income from rental properties, and donations, in the latter case, often of inheritances. The Neapolitan Banco dei Poveri was in competition with the Neapolitan Monte di Pietà - the first Monte in Naples, built in 1539, which made loans without charging interest, to avoid usury injunctions.

The palace now houses the historical archives of the Banco di Napoli. The palace was bought for nearly 10,000 ducats by the Monte e Banco dei Poveri in 1616 from Gaspare Ricca. In 1787, the adjacent palace was bought from the heirs of Don Pietro Cuomo. The palace was restructured by Giovanni Conforto, and underwent a number of reconstructions. The present late-Baroque facade was designed by Gaetano Barba. The architect Ferdinando Sanfelice designed the interlacing staircases seen in the courtyard. The Chapel of the Congregation of Monte dei Poveri (Cappella della Congregazione di Monte dei Poveri) in the courtyard was designed in 1663 by Don Giuseppe Caracciolo. Nicola Trabucco completed the frescoes in the Audience Hall of the palace, and restored five canvases by Belisario Corenzio. These latter paintings have been moved. Giacinto Diano frescoed the Council Hall. Other decorations were completed by Gaetano d’Aveta.

References

External links

Palaces in Naples
Baroque architecture in Naples


title: Bradyrhizobium cytisi

text:
Bradyrhizobium cytisi is a bacterium from the genus of Bradyrhizobium.

References

External links
Type strain of Bradyrhizobium cytisi at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Nitrobacteraceae
Bacteria described in 1986


The Chapel of the Congregation of Monte dei Poveri (Cappella della Congregazione di Monte dei Poveri) is a Baroque-style chapel located on Via Tribunali in central Naples, Italy. The chapel is closed for services.

The chapel is located inside  the courtyard of the Palazzo Ricca, formerly the offices of the Monte dei Poveri, and now the offices of the historic archives of the Fondazione of the Istituto Banco di Napoli.

The chapel was designed in 1663 by Don Giuseppe Caracciolo. The atrium has sculptures by Girolamo D'Auria, depicting Saints Thomas Acquinus, Januarius, and Anthony of Padua, and a canvas depicting the Holy Family by Giannantonio D’Amato. The main altar was designed in 1768 by Filippo Fasulo and completed in polychrome marble with sculptural decorations by Paolo Persico. The main altar has three paintings, a Circumcision (1673) by Luca Giordano and an Annunciation and Nativity by Francesco Solimena. The ceiling has an Immaculate Conception frescoed also by Giordano. The organ was completed in 1685 and restored in 1726.

The facade was rebuilt in the 1700s using designs by Gaetano Barba and in 1751, the majolica clock and bell tower was added.

References

Chapels in Naples
Baroque architecture in Naples


title: Demolition

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Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.

For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through wood, steel, and concrete. The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous.

The tallest planned demolition of a building was the 52-storey 270 Park Avenue in New York City, which was built in 1960 and torn down in 2019–2021 to be replaced by 270 Park Avenue.

Manual

Before any demolition activities can take place, there are many steps that must be carried out beforehand, including performing asbestos abatement, removing hazardous or regulated materials, obtaining necessary permits, submitting necessary notifications, disconnecting utilities, rodent baiting and the development of site-specific safety and work plans.

The typical razing of a building is accomplished as follows:

Hydraulic excavators may be used to topple one- or two-story buildings by an undermining process. The strategy is to undermine the building while controlling the manner and direction in which it falls.
The demolition project manager/supervisor will determine where undermining is necessary so that a building is pulled in the desired manner and direction.
The walls are typically undermined at a building's base, but this is not always the case if the building design dictates otherwise. Safety and cleanup considerations are also taken into account in determining how the building is undermined and ultimately demolished.

In some cases a crane with a wrecking ball is used to demolish the structure down to a certain manageable height. At that point undermining takes place as described above. However, crane mounted demolition balls are rarely used within demolition due to the uncontrollable nature of the swinging ball and the safety implications associated.

High reach demolition excavators are more often used for tall buildings where explosive demolition is not appropriate or possible. Excavators with shear attachments are typically used to dismantle steel structural elements. Hydraulic hammers are often used for concrete structures and concrete processing attachments are used to crush concrete to a manageable size, and to remove reinforcing steel. For tall concrete buildings, where neither explosive nor high reach demolition with an excavator is safe or practical, the "inside-out" method is used, whereby remotely operated mini-excavators demolish the building from the inside, whilst maintaining the outer walls of the building as a scaffolding, as each floor is demolished.

To control dust, fire hoses are used to maintain a wet demolition. Hoses may be held by workers, secured in fixed location, or attached to lifts to gain elevation.

Loaders or bulldozers may also be used to demolish a building. They are typically equipped with "rakes" (thick pieces of steel that could be an I-beam or tube) that are used to ram building walls. Skid loaders and loaders will also be used to take materials out and sort steel.

The technique of Vérinage is used in France to weaken and buckle the supports of central floors promoting the collapse of the top part of a building onto the bottom resulting in a rapid, symmetrical, collapse.

The Japanese company Kajima Construction has developed a new method of demolishing buildings which involves using computer-controlled hydraulic jacks to support the bottom floor as the supporting columns are removed. The floor is lowered and this process is repeated for each floor. This technique is safer and more environmentally friendly, and is useful in areas of high population density.

To demolish bridges, hoe rams are typically used to remove the concrete road deck and piers, while hydraulic shears are used to remove the bridge's structural steel.

Fred Dibnah used a manual method of demolition to remove industrial chimneys in Great Britain. He cut an ingress at the base of the chimney—supporting the brickwork with wooden props—and then burning away the props so that the chimney fell, using no explosives and usually hand-operated power tools.

Building implosion

Large buildings, tall chimneys, smokestacks, bridges, and increasingly some smaller structures may be destroyed by building implosion using explosives. Imploding a structure is very fast—the collapse itself only takes seconds—and an expert can ensure that the structure falls into its own footprint, so as not to damage neighboring structures. This is essential for tall structures in dense urban areas.

Any error can be disastrous, however, and some demolitions have failed, severely damaging neighboring structures. One significant danger is from flying debris, which, when improperly prepared for, can kill onlookers.

Another dangerous scenario is the partial failure of an attempted implosion. When a building fails to collapse completely the structure may be unstable, tilting at a dangerous angle, and filled with un-detonated but still primed explosives, making it difficult for workers to approach safely.

A third danger comes from air overpressure that occurs during the implosion. If the sky is clear, the shock wave, a wave of energy and sound, travels upwards and disperses, but if cloud coverage is low, the shock wave can travel outwards, breaking windows or causing other damage to surrounding buildings.

Controlled implosion, being spectacular, is the method that the general public often thinks of when discussing demolition; however, it can be dangerous and is only used as a last resort when other methods are impractical or too costly. The destruction of large buildings has become increasingly common as the massive housing projects of the 1960s and 1970s are being leveled around the world. At  and , the J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition is the tallest steel framed building and largest single structure ever imploded.

Preparation
It takes several weeks or months to prepare a building for implosion. All items of value, such as copper wiring, are stripped from a building. Some materials must be removed, such as glass that can form deadly projectiles, and insulation that can scatter over a wide area. Non-load bearing partitions and drywall are removed. Selected columns on floors where explosives will be set are drilled and high explosives such as nitroglycerin, TNT, RDX, or C4 are placed in the holes. Smaller columns and walls are wrapped in detonating cord. The goal is to use as little explosive as possible so that the structure will fail in a progressive collapse, and therefore only a few floors are rigged with explosives, so that it is safer due to fewer explosives, and costs less. The areas with explosives are covered in thick geotextile fabric and fencing to absorb flying debris. Far more time-consuming than the demolition itself is the clean-up of the site, as the debris is loaded into trucks and hauled away.

Deconstruction

An alternative approach to demolition is the deconstruction of a building with the goal of minimizing the amount of materials going to landfills. This "green" approach is applied by removing the materials by type material and segregating them for reuse or recycling. With proper planning this approach has resulted in landfill diversion rates that exceed 90% of an entire building and its contents in some cases. It also vastly reduces the CO2 emissions of the removing of a building in comparison to demolition.

The development of plant and equipment has allowed for the easier segregation of demolition waste types on site and the reuse within the construction of the replacement building. On site crushers allow the demolished concrete to be reused as type 1 crushed aggregate either as a piling mat for ground stabilization or as aggregate in the mixing of concrete.

Timber waste can be shredded using specialist timber shredders and composted, or used to form manufactured timber boards, such as MDF or chipboard.

Safety is paramount; a site safety officer is usually assigned to each project to enforce all safety rules and regulations.

See also

Excavator  (Protection of excavators used for demolition)
 (military tactic)

 (UK)

References

External links

Building engineering


title: Scott Zwizanski

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Scott Zwizanski (born May 29, 1977) is an American cyclist. He won the Tour de Beauce in 2009. He was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Palmarès

2003
1st Tour of Christiana
1st stage 2
2004
2nd overall Tobago Cycling Classic
2005
1st Tour of Medford, New Jersey
2007
1st stage 5 Tour of Southland
2008
1st Bank of America Wilmington
2009
2nd stage La Primavera at Lago Vista
1st Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay
1st stage 7
1st Tour de Beauce:
1st stage 4
3rd overall U.S. Air Force Classic
3rd United States National Time Trial Championships
2010
2nd overall Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st stage 1 Nature Valley Grand Prix (time trial)

References

External links

1977 births
Living people
American male cyclists


title: Herbert Mermagen

text:
Herbert Mermagen noted x-ray pioneer and medical physicist was born on 19 April 1907 and died at the age of 73 in Rochester, New York in January 1981.

Select publications
 Evaluation of a rem responding neutron detector for use around the University of Rochester's 20 MeV Emperor Tandem Van De Graaff Accelerator

References

1907 births
1981 deaths
20th-century American physicists
Health physicists
Medical physicists
Health Physics Society


title: Russian Council of Muftis

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The Russian Council of Muftis () is a religious group representing the Muslim community of Russia. It was founded on 2 July 1996. The Chairman of the Council is the spiritual leader of the Muslims of Russia.

The Council is responsible for allocating the slots for the Hajj assigned to Russia. In 2012, it demanded a rise in the number of mosques in Moscow, saying they should at least double.

History
The Council of Muftis of Russia was founded on July 2, 1996 in Moscow at a meeting of muftis convened by the chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Central European Region of Russia Ravil Gainutdin, elected chairman of the new association.  In addition to the DUMCER, the Spiritual Administrations of the Muslims of the Volga region, Tatarstan, Siberia, the Orenburg region and others became co-founders.

On November 25, 1998, the Council of Muftis of Russia merged with the Supreme Coordination Center of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia and the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus.

In February 2009, the Council of Muftis received a warning from the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation due to the discovery during the inspection of violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation—violations that were later corrected.

In December 2009, negotiations and consultations began between the heads of Muslim organizations in Russia, the Central Spiritual Muslim Board and the Spiritual Muslim Board of the Russian Federation, including the SMF, on their merger into a single structure, but due to disagreements between Talgat Tadzhudinnov and Ravil Gainutdinov, the process of merging Muslim organizations was suspended for an indefinite period.

In the mid-2010s, after the largest member of the Council of Muftis of Russia was transformed into the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation, becoming one of the all-Russian muftis, the RMC, in turn, became a purely representative body  a number of spiritual boards of Muslims.

References

External links

1996 establishments in Russia
Islamic organizations based in Russia
Islamic organizations established in 1996


title: Dhooram Adhighamillai

text:
Dhooram Adhighamillai () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Robert–Rajasekar, starring Karthik, Viji and Janagaraj. It was released on 9 December 1983.

Plot

Meena, the lead actress in Manikam's drama troupe, creates trouble for him as her love life is affecting his business. Meena's lover and Manikam keep trying to outwit each for their personal gains.

Cast
Karthik as Araamuthu
Viji as Meena
Janagaraj
Samikannu
G. Seenivasan
Kumarimuthu
Junior T. S. Balaiah
Sathya
Noorjahan
Seethapatti
R. Parthiepan

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.

Reception
Jayamanmadhan of Kalki wrote the screenplay feels crippled and dragged and concluded Robert–Rajasekar made a film for the young boys.

References

External links

1980s Tamil-language films
1983 films
Films directed by Robert–Rajasekar
Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
Films about actors
Films about theatre


title: Behind the Eyes (Tim Moore album)

text:
Behind the Eyes is Tim Moore's second full-length album. It was released in 1975 on Asylum Records. It includes the song "Rock and Roll Love Letter", which was covered by Bay City Rollers. The album charted at number 181 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

References

Tim Moore (singer-songwriter) albums
1975 albums
Asylum Records albums


title: List of beaches in Brazil

text:
This is a list of beaches in Brazil.

Alagoas

 Jatiúca
 Pajuçara
 Ponta Verde
 Praia do Gunga

Amapá
 Fazendinha

Bahia
 Itacarezinho
 Mangue Seco
 Porto da Barra
 Praia do Forte

Ceará

 Canoa Quebrada
 Jericoacoara
 Praia de Iracema

Espírito Santo
 Barra Seca

Pará

 Alter do Chão
 Mosqueiro

Paraíba
 Tambaba

Pernambuco

 Boa Viagem
 Fernando de Noronha
 Ilha de Itamaracá
 Porto de Galinhas

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro City

 Arpoador
 Barra da Tijuca
 Botafogo
 Copacabana
 Flamengo
 Gavea
 Ipanema
 Leblon
 Leme
 São Conrado
 Urca
 Vermelha
 Vidigal

Niterói

 Camboinhas
 Charitas
 Gragoatá
 Icaraí
 Itacoatiara
 Itaipu
 Jurujuba
 Piratininga
 São Francisco

Other cities
 Angra dos Reis
 Búzios
 Cabo Frio
 Paraty
 Trindade

Rio Grande do Norte

 Genipabu
 Maracajaú
 Pipa
 Ponta Negra
 Redinha

Rio Grande do Sul
 Barra do Chuí
 Praia da Guarita
 Praia do Cassino

Santa Catarina

Florianópolis

 Barra da Lagoa
 Campeche
 Canasvieiras
 Jurerê
 Mole
 Mozambique
 Praia Brava
 Praia de Naufragados
 Praia do Ervino
 Praia dos Açores
 Praia dos Ingleses
 Santo Antônio de Lisboa

Other cities
 Itapirubá

São Paulo

São Sebastião

 Barequeçaba
 Boiçucanga
 Juqueí
 Maresias
 Toque-Toque Grande
 Toque-Toque Pequeno

Other cities
 Guarujá
 Ilhabela
 Ilha Comprida
 Praia Grande
 Santos
 Ubatuba

See also
 List of beaches
 List of beaches in Pernambuco, a state of Brazil
 List of beaches in Rio Grande do Norte, a state of Brazil

References

 20 Top beaches in Brazil


title: VMI Keydets basketball, 1980–1989

text:
The VMI Keydets basketball teams represented the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. The program began in 1908, and played their games out of Cormack Field House until 1981, when the construction of Cameron Hall was completed. The Keydets were members of the Southern Conference. Their primary rival is The Citadel.

1979–80

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1980–81

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1981–82
This was the first year in which the Keydets played in newly built Cameron Hall, which replaced aging Cormack Field House. Cameron Hall, with a capacity of 5,029, continues to serve as VMI's home today.

1982–83

1983–84

1984–85

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1985–86

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1986–87

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1987–88

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1988–89

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References

VMI Keydets basketball seasons


title: Vigneshwar

text:
Vigneshwar is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by R. Raghu, starring Karthik, Khushbu and Radha Ravi.  The film was released on 23 June 1991.

Cast
Karthik as Vigneshwar IPS, Assistant Commissioner of Police
Khushbu as Ramya Rajendran
Radha Ravi as Amir Nath
Geetha as Padmini
Vijayakumar as DIG Rajendran
Delhi Ganesh as Vidhyasagar
Junior Balaiah as Stranger
Vasu Vikram
Kirish
V. K. Ramasamy in guest appearance

Soundtrack
Soundtrack is composed by Sangeetha Rajan.
"O Ya" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Thannikinni" – K. S. Chithra
"Poonkathe" – K. S. Chithra

Reception
The Indian Express wrote, "Vigneshwar is a crime thriller with the attendant cliches in tow the vendetta line [..] But the glitter and sheen of cinematic package [..] gives a beguiling manner to the film."

References

External links

1990s Tamil-language films
1991 crime thriller films
1991 films
Films directed by R. Raghu
Indian crime thriller films


title: Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale

text:
Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale (Naples, 1691 – Naples, 1764) was an Italian architect, engineer, engraver, and scenic designer of the Rococo period in Naples, Italy. He was influenced by his contemporaries Domenico Antonio Vaccaro and Ferdinando Sanfelice. He contributed to original designs or reconstructions at Santissima Trinità delle Monache, San Martino, San Gregorio Armeno, Santa Maria di Costantinopoli, a chapel of the Cathedral of Barletta, and . he also helped design the Basilica Minore Santa Maria Assunta e Santo Stefano Vescovo of Caiazzo.

References

External links

1691 births
1764 deaths
18th-century Italian architects
Architects from Naples


title: Kabwata (constituency)

text:
Kabwata is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the Lusaka suburbs of Kabwata, Libala and Chilenje in Lusaka District of Lusaka Province.

In September 2001, a by-election was held after incumbent MP Godfrey Miyanda was expelled from the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) together with nine cabinet ministers. The by-election was contested by the MMD (who fielded Dominic Laban Nyirongo), the United National Independence Party (who fielded Kamoyo Mwale) and the Forum for Democracy and Development (who fielded Richard Kachingwe). The by-election was won by Kachingwe, although he was only a Member of Parliament for a few months as general elections were held on 27 December 2001.

List of MPs

Election results

2001

2006

2011

References

Constituencies of the National Assembly of Zambia
1973 establishments in Zambia
Constituencies established in 1973


title: 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis

text:
The 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Pilot Pen Tennis, and is part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier II Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27, 2005.

Finals

Men's singles

 James Blake defeated  Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1
 It was Blake's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.

Women's singles

 Lindsay Davenport defeated  Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4
 It was Davenport's 3rd title of the year and the 48th of her career.

Men's doubles

 Gastón Etlis /  Martín Rodríguez defeated  Rajeev Ram /  Bobby Reynolds 6–4, 6–3
 It was Etlis's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Rodríguez's 1st title of the year and the 5th of his career.

Women's doubles

 Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur defeated  Gisela Dulko /  Maria Kirilenko 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
 It was Raymond's 2nd title of the year and the 46th of her career. It was Stosur's 3rd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

References

External links

2005 in American tennis
2005 US Open Series
2005 in sports in Connecticut
August 2005 sports events in the United States
2005 Pilot Pen Tennis


title: Dança dos Famosos (season 11)

text:
Dança dos Famosos 2014 is the eleventh season of the Brazilian reality television show Dança dos Famosos which premiered on July 27, 2014, with the competitive live shows beginning on the following week on August 3, 2014 at 7:30 / 6:30 p.m. (BRT/AMT) on Rede Globo.

On November 30, 2014, actor Marcello Melo Jr. & Raquel Guarini won the competition over actress Paloma Bernardi and Patrick Carvalho. Raquel is the first female professional partner to win the show twice.

Couples

Elimination chart

Key

  Eliminated
  Bottom two
  Dance-off
  Withdrew
  Runner-up
  Winner

Weekly results

Week 1

 Presentation of the Celebrities

Aired: July 27, 2014

Week 2
Week 1 – Men
Style: Disco
Aired: August 3, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 3
Week 1 – Women
Style: Disco
Aired: August 10, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 4
Week 2 – Men
Style: Forró
Aired: August 17, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 5
Week 2 – Women
Style: Forró
Aired: August 24, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 6
Week 3 – Men
Style: Rock and Roll
Aired: August 31, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 7
Week 3 – Women
Style: Rock and Roll
Aired: September 7, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 8
Dance-off
Style: Lambada
Aired: September 14, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 9
Team A
Style: Funk
Aired: September 21, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 10
Team B
Style: Funk
Aired: September 28, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 11
Top 6
Style: Mambo
Aired: October 12, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 12
Top 6 Redux
Style: Foxtrot
Aired: October 19, 2014
Judges

Running order

Deadlock results

Week 13
Top 5
Style: Sertanejo
Aired: November 2, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 14
Top 4
Style: Waltz
Aired: November 9, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 15
Top 3
Style: Pasodoble
Aired: November 16, 2014
Judges

Running order

Week 16
Top 2
Style: Tango & Samba
Aired: November 30, 2014
Judges

Running order

References

External links

2014 Brazilian television seasons
Season 11


title: Bethesda (Ellicott City, Maryland)

text:
Bethesda is located in Ellicott City, Maryland within Howard County, Maryland, United States.  The home is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Dower House" because a small dower house exists on the property.  A "dower" is a widow's share for life of her husband's estate, so a dower house is where a widowed mother would live when her son and his family inherited and moved into the main house.

The foundation of the original house was found using ground penetrating radar to the west of the existing structure.  The center portion of the existing house is the oldest; dendrochronology revealed that the trees for the wood in that portion of the house were felled the winter of 1827–1828.  Dendrochronology also revealed that the large granite section of the house to the west was added in 1841.  The east section was added in 1960 by owner John M. DeBoy. While the house looks wide from the street, it is only one room deep.  Outbuildings include a smoke house, a carriage house, and the stone "Dower House" which may have been built in the early 1830s to serve as a summer kitchen.

Bethesda rests on a collection of surveyed properties totaling 1000 acres named "Long Reach", "Chews Resolution Manor", "Search Enlarged", "Search", and "Dorsey's Search" (448 Acres). The land grant was given to Maj Edward Dorsey (1646–1705) in 1682. When Edward Dorsey died, he willed the land to his nephew, Caleb Dorsey of "Belmont" in Elkridge, Maryland.  Caleb gave the land to his daughter, Mary, when she married Michael Pue, an Irish doctor.  They are the first people known to live on the property, and they lived there in 1790 when the newly formed United States of America conducted its first tax assessment.  In 1769, the "Bethesda Old Place Farm" home was expanded on the property and run as a tobacco-producing plantation with 26 slave workers. Two successive generations of Pues also lived there.  The property was struck by a tornado in 1858, and stayed in the Pue family until 1859. It was purchased by Thomas Lishear, a sea captain.  He had three daughters who never married, and they lived in the house until their deaths.  The house was later owned by Dr. George B. Sybert. By 1943, the property had been subdivided to 237 remaining acres. In 1954, the Columbia Hills Corporation developed the land leaving just 8.3 acres surrounding the house. By 1965, the land was subdivided down to three acres. Howard Research and Development purchased most of the original Long Reach property between 1963 and 1966 for the development of Columbia.

See also
List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
Long Reach, Columbia, Maryland

References

Houses in Howard County, Maryland
Buildings and structures in Ellicott City, Maryland
Plantation houses in Maryland


title: Harry Atkinson (rugby union)

text:
Henry James Atkinson (22 June 1888 – 21 July 1949) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Atkinson represented West Coast and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1913. He played 10 matches for the All Blacks including one international.

Atkinson died in Dunedin in 1949 and was buried at the Dunedin Northern Cemetery.

References

1888 births
1949 deaths
Burials at Dunedin Northern Cemetery
New Zealand international rugby union players
New Zealand rugby union players
Otago rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union players from Greymouth
West Coast rugby union players


The 2014–15 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 14th year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 15–1 in America East play to win the American East regular season championship. They defeated Maine, New Hampshire, and Stony Brook to become champions of the America East tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Oklahoma.

Roster

Schedule

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References

Albany Great Danes men's basketball seasons
Albany
Albany
Albany Great Danes men's basketball
Albany Great Danes men's basketball


title: Beautiful frog

text:
Beautiful frog may refer to one of the following frog species:

 Beautiful mantella (Mantella pulchra), found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and swamps
 Beautiful nursery-frog (Cophixalus concinnus), found in Australia's montane rain forests
 Beautiful pygmy frog (Microhyla pulchra), a frog of the family Microhylidae found in Asia


title: Emeric Zápolya

text:
Emeric Zápolya or Imre Szapolyai (;  died September 1487), was the Ban of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia between 1464 and 1465 and Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1486 and 1487.

Notes

Sources

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1487 deaths
Emeric
Palatines of Hungary
Year of birth unknown
Royal treasurers (Kingdom of Hungary)


title: Frank Freitas

text:
Daniel Frank Errol Freitas (23 February 1901 – 10 April 1968) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, Freitas represented West Coast at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1928. He played four games for the All Blacks but no test matches. He died in the Wahine disaster in 1968.

References

1901 births
1968 deaths
People from Hokitika
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
West Coast rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Deaths due to shipwreck at sea


title: Stephen Zápolya

text:
Stephen Zápolya (; died on 23 December 1499), was Palatine of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1492 and 1499.

He married Polish princess Hedwig of Cieszyn on 11 August 1483 (his second marriage), by whom he had four children:
 János Zápolya (2 June 1487 – 22 July 1540), later King of Hungary;
 George Zápolya (ca. 1494 – 29 August 1526), killed in action at Mohács;
 Barbara Zápolya (1495 – 2 October 1515), queen consort of Poland after her marriage to Sigismund I the Old;
 Magdalena Zápolya (b. ca. 1499 – 1499), died young.

He was buried in the Zápolya family vault on the Szepes chapter house.

Notes

Sources

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1499 deaths
Stephen
Palatines of Hungary
Year of birth unknown


title: 2014–15 Goa Professional League season

text:
The 2014–15 Goa Professional League (also known as the Airtel Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 17th season of top-tier football in the Indian state of Goa. It began on 24 August 2014. Sporting Goa are the defending champions.

Teams

Table

Fixtures and Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Championship League Fixtures

Relegation League Fixtures

Top scorers

References

External links
Goa Pro League page at Goa Football Association website

Goa Professional League seasons
4


title: Absolute Duo

text:
is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published eleven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015.

Plot

Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle each other with weapons known as  as training to become future peacekeepers. The students must pass a battle during the qualification ceremony of the freshmen day in order to be enrolled in the academy. Although most students manifest their Blazes as melee weapons, Tor's ability manifests as a shield, making him an . The school uses a special Duo system in which students are assigned partners. Tor is paired with Julie Sigtuna, a silver-haired girl from Scandinavia, and must share a room with her.

Characters

Main

Tor is the narrator of the Absolute Duo light novels. He enrolls in Koryo Academy with the hope of getting stronger so he can avenge the death of his younger sister . He is dubbed an Irregular for having a shield for a Blaze. He learns a powerful punch attack to use in conjunction with his Blaze. Julie sometimes refers to him as Thor. After spending some time with Julie, his goal switches from avenging his sister to becoming strong so that he can protect Julie. He obtains the Level 4 Sublimation which is "Aegis Desire".

Julie is a girl with red eyes and silver hair, styled in twin tails who becomes Tor's Duo partner at the academy. She takes a liking towards Tor and after some time she becomes his duo. She is from a village named Gimlé in Scandinavia. Her Blaze is a Sword Type, known as Twin Blades. The reason she came to Japan and enrolled at Koryo Academy is that she wants to get stronger to avenge her family's death; the scar on her back serves as a reminder of the incident. Because of this she seeks out Tor for help and to teach her his Final Move. Julie says "Yes" and "No" in Danish/Swedish/Norwegian:  and . One of her interesting features is her single strain of hair that stands and moves around

Tor and Julie's classmate. She is described as a yamato nadeshiko: smart and talented and possesses a dignified atmosphere. She cares very much about the people who are close to her especially Miyabi, who despite being weak still chooses her to form a duo. She is very much into martial arts and Shogi. She can never tolerate idly work, so she always wakes others when they're about to be late. Being a vegetarian, she often gives Tor a plate of vegetables to maintain his stamina and power. Her Blaze is a Kusarigama.

Tor's classmate who forms a Duo with Tomoe. She is a buxom girl who tends to be shy around others. Her shyness, especially around boys, comes from how she used to be in an all-girls school before coming to Koryo Academy. She lacks stamina that keeps her from doing any physical activity for long periods of time. She eventually comes to realize she is in love with Tor and confesses, however, he instead turned her down telling her that he's too weak (having a flashback of his sister's death). Despite his rejection, she takes Tor´s words to her heart, even accepting Equipment Smith´s offer to become stronger, getting a Unit suit, despite having to fight against her friends. Her Blaze is a huge and heavy lance that is capable of doing large scale destruction, however, she has a hard time using it as she lacks stamina.

A transfer student from England came from an affluent family. She is a very exceptional student who at a young age has learned how to shoot and hunt, however, she is also selfish and arrogant. She is called an "Exception" and due to this, she claims to be able to do anything regardless of the rules. She went to Japan in order to form a duo with Tor after hearing news about his capability and being special just like Lilith, however much to her disappointment Tor declines. She later falls in love with Tor, and declares he will be her future husband and win his heart. Though she is officially enrolled in Koryo Academy, she never attends class claiming that she had already finished her studies a long time ago which is why she prefers loitering around the school garden sipping tea with her confidant Sarah. Her Blaze is a rifle, and she is a superb marksman. Though she is armed with a weapon that she can fire from a distance, she is surprisingly very agile to the point that she can shoot anybody at point blank range.

Other

The Chairwoman of Koryo Academy, and is always seen wearing a Gothic Lolita dress. Her way of running the school is so ruthless that she actually encourages battle amongst the students. She's known as the Blaze Diabolica.

Tor's homeroom teacher, who is always energetic and dresses like a maid with bunny ears, which greatly disturbs her entire class. She has two personalities; the first one is a child-like, carefree, and happy person who likes calling her students various names, while the second is a foul-mouthed, sadistic, and ruthless villain, who doesn't even think twice about attacking her own students. Despite her cold attitude, it is shown that she does care for her students, as she defended them against K's attack and even gave them a thumbs up. She does not appear to like a lot of attention on her, as she is seen running away from a bunch of students the next day. Her Blaze is a sword. She gains Level 4 Sublimation from Sakuya and she has a new ability "Ouburos"

Imari is the first person Tor talks to after entering the school. However, she is soon expelled from the school after losing against Tor during the entrance ceremony's combat exam. Her Blaze consists of a single sword, which she wields like a katana. She reappeared when Tor's class was sent to a summer training camp at some remote island where Koryo Academy has another branch, where students like her who failed the combat exam from the main branch were actually transferred there and were trained to become shinobis. She was also one of the greeting parties who ambushed Tor's class the moment they arrived on the island.

Commonly known as Tora. He is Tor's childhood friend who is also considered an Irregular. His Blaze is a katar.

Known by his nickname Tatsu, he is Tora's roommate. Tatsu has a muscular physique; he is also the tallest person in class. His Blaze is a naginata. His full name is  (in the manga). Rito often calls him "Barbarian".

K

A soldier of Equipment Smith and the younger brother of Ryan Wayfair. His real name is . Since he lost his family at a young age, he was sold to Equipment Smith, who made him a ruthless killing machine that only cares about power and results.

Tor's former best friend who is responsible for killing Tor's sister Otoha and Julie's father in the past.

A scientist who developed the Unit suits and resents Sakuya's grandfather for defeating him many years ago, believing Units are superior to Exceeds. His real name is . After K is defeated and he begins to insult him and call him a failure, K kills him.

Silent Diva is a young woman, with her light blue hair coming down to her hips, and she has purple clothes with diamonds on each side of her hair, and she has purple eyes, just like Sakuya. Also known as Beatrix Emerald.

Sara is Lilith Bristol's female butler. Sara comes from a family that serves as their butlers.

Also known as Hugo.

Also known as Cloweiss.

Also known as Ougi.

One of Rito Tsukimi's student.

Tor's deceased sister who was killed by Sakaki Narukami.

K's brother who died after protecting K.

Imari Nagakura's duo partner.

Media

Light novels
The first light novel was published on August 24, 2012, by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. Eleven volumes have been published as of July 2016.

Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Shin'ichirō Nariie started serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from April 27, 2013, and has been collected in a three tankōbon volumes. A second spin-off four-panel comedy manga adaptation titled  with art by Tor Oiwaka will also be serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine with the December 2014 issue to be sold on October 27, 2014. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series in North America.

List of volumes
Absolute Duo

Absolute Duo Tea Party

Anime
An anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit was announced at Media Factory's 2014 Summer School Festival event. It aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015, on AT-X. It also aired on Tokyo MX, Sun Television, Kyoto Broadcasting System, Television Aichi Broadcasting and Nippon BS Broadcasting at later dates. Crunchyroll began streaming episodes to parts of Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa in the same week, and Funimation has licensed the anime, broadcasting English-dubbed episodes on its online service starting March 16. Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the series was moved to Crunchyroll.

The opening theme song is "Absolute Soul" by Konomi Suzuki, the first ending theme song is "BelievexBelieve" by Nozomi Yamamoto, the second ending theme song is  by Yamamoto and Haruka Yamazaki, and the third ending theme song is "2/2" by Ayaka Imamura and Ayaka Suwa.

Episode list

References

Light novels

 Vol. 1:
 Vol. 2:
 Vol. 3:
 Vol. 4:
 Vol. 5:
 Vol. 6:
 Vol. 7:

Manga

Other

External links
 Official anime website
 Absolute Duo at ComicWalker
 Absolute Duo at Funimation

2012 Japanese novels
Anime and manga based on light novels
Crunchyroll anime
Eight Bit (studio)
Fantasy anime and manga
Funimation
Harem anime and manga
Japanese fantasy novels
Light novels
Media Factory manga
MF Bunko J
Kadokawa Dwango franchises
School life in anime and manga
Seinen manga
Seven Seas Entertainment titles


title: Cold One

text:
"Cold One" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in June 2014 as the third single from his 2014 album The Outsiders.  The song was written by Church, Luke Hutton and Jeff Hyde.

Content
The song is about a lost love, told from the male's perspective. He states that she took a beer from a twelve-pack that he was drinking at the time, and describes both the beer and her sudden departure as a "cold one". Near the end of the song, Jay Joyce performs a guitar solo.

Critical reception
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone, in his review of The Outsiders, described the song as "a Little Feat-flavored swamprocker that wrings emotion out of a boozer's double-entendre and wedges nearly a minute of hot soloing into a three-minute tune." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the single favorably: "'Cold One' tells a simple story but like the first two singles from The Outsiders… it has interesting sonic sounds permeating through its heart and that’s enough to make Eric Church continue to stand out amongst a sea of sameness that often is mainstream radio". Writing for National Public Radio, Ken Tucker stated that "One of the things I like about Church is that he plays with his image as much as his sound. In this one, he makes himself the butt of the joke — the guy getting dumped, 'one beer short of a 12-pack,' as he puts it. He's the dupe, a heartbroken rube. 'Cold One' starts like a terse bit of country-rock, but builds to a frenetic, old-fashioned country hoedown." Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song "A", praising the lyrical content as well: "The song is set up to be one of those 'drinkin’ in the sun anthems,' with a paint-by-numbers kinda country production to boot.  Then a few lines in, the guy gets dumped by the cold one who left him 'one beer short of  a 12-pack.' Then the band lets loose, in an odd and refreshing way…"

Music video
The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in August 2014.

Chart performance
The song has sold 281,000 copies in the US as of September 2014.

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Year-end charts

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References

2014 singles
2014 songs
Eric Church songs
EMI Records singles
Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil
Song recordings produced by Jay Joyce
Songs about alcohol
Songs written by Eric Church
Songs written by Jeff Hyde