title: John Crane (Australian politician)

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John Thomas Crane (12 February 1868 – 6 August 1948) was an Australian politician.

Early life
Crane was born in Warialda to grazier John Crane and Elizabeth  McGee. He attended Tamworth Grammar School and then the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1887. In 1888 he began a stock and station agency at Moree. On 31 July 1891 he married Charlotte Mary Gall, with whom he would have six children. From 1894 he worked as a land agent in addition to his farming.

Civic work
He also served on Moree Council as mayor in 1903, 1905, 1906,  and 1908 to 1912. He was the first Clerk of the Boomi and Boolooroo shire Councils from 1906, retiring from the position in 1938. From its inception in about 1906 he acted as Secretary of the Moree Stock Board (later called the Moree Pastures Protection Board) until 1934, taking a keen interest in the affairs of the Shires and the Board even after his retirement.

Legislative Assembly
In 1913, with endorsement from the Liberal Reform Party and the Farmers and Settlers Association, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Gwydir. He was a minister without portfolio assisting the Secretary for Lands in the Holman Nationalist ministry from February to April 1920, but he was defeated at the 1920 elections contesting the multi-member seat of Namoi.

Later life and death
Crane had been a director of Country Producers' Selling Company Ltd. since 1910 and would hold that position until his death. He was known as a racing enthusiast, winning many races in Sydney and country centres with his horses — Foundling, Felspar, Wanda, Cavalier, Alibi, Weemelah and Sealster. In conjunction with A. B. F. Zlotkowski, G. Wigg and A. James, he was one of the initial promoters of football in Moree and remained interested in the activities of the football clubs in town. He was also president of the Moree Bowling Club for one term.

He died in Moree on . Mary Gall had predeceased him, as had 2 daughters (Eileen and Laura) and a son (Charles). He was survived by 3 sons (Norton, Alan and Harold).

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1868 births
1948 deaths
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian stock and station agents
Colony of New South Wales people


title: Durga Prasad Bhattarai

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Durga Prasad Bhattarai (born 25 April 1961) is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City. He serves concurrently as the Ambassador of Nepal to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

Career
Bhattarai was appointed to his current post in July 2013 and presented his credentials to Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on August 19 of that year. At the UN, he was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) of the General Assembly during its 69th session, from 2014 to 2015. In June 2015 he was elected Chairman of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) for its 70th session. He is also the Vice President of the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board for 2015.

Before assuming his current post, Bhattarai served as the Permanent Secretary of Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was previously Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2006, he was President of the Colombo Plan Council. He served as Minister/Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1998 to 2002.

As Joint Secretary of MOFA from 2002 to 2005, he headed the United Nations, International Organizations and International Law Division, and was Ministry Spokesman from 2004 to 2005. Prior to joining the foreign service, Bhattarai worked at the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the National Planning Commission, and the Cabinet Secretariat.

Personal life
Bhattarai was educated at Tribhuvan University in Nepal, where he received a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Business Administration. He holds an MA in Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, the Netherlands. He is married to Muna, and they have two children, Ritu and Arogya Bhattarai.

References

1961 births
Living people
Tribhuvan University alumni
International Institute of Social Studies alumni
Permanent Representatives of Nepal to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Nepal to the United States
Ambassadors of Nepal to Venezuela


title: List of Florida state agencies

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Executive branch agencies and departments nominally under the authority of the Governor include:

Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
Florida Board of Governors
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)
Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC)
Florida Department of Corrections (FDC)
Florida State Board of Education
Florida Department of Education (FLDOE)
Florida Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA)
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
Florida Department of Health (DOH)
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
Florida Department of Lottery (Florida Lottery)
Florida Department of Management Services (DMS)
Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR)
Florida Department of Military Affairs (DMA) (Florida National Guard)
Florida Department of State (Secretary of State of Florida)
Florida Department of Transportation (DOT)
Executive Office of the Governor
Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC)

Other executive branch agencies and departments nominally under the authority of the Cabinet include:

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV)
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
Florida Department of Revenue (DOR)
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
Florida Commission on Offender Review (FCOR)
Florida State Board of Administration (SBA)

Other agencies include:

Enterprise Florida (EFI)
Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI)
Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
Florida Space Authority (FSA)
Visit Florida (FL USA)
Volunteer Florida (VOL)

References

Agencies, departments, and commissions
Florida


title: Vanishing gradient problem

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In machine learning, the vanishing gradient problem is encountered when training artificial neural networks with gradient-based learning methods and backpropagation. In such methods, during each iteration of training each of the neural networks weights receives an update proportional to the partial derivative of the error function with respect to the current weight. The problem is that in some cases, the gradient will be vanishingly small, effectively preventing the weight from changing its value. In the worst case, this may completely stop the neural network from further training. As one example of the problem cause, traditional activation functions such as the hyperbolic tangent function have gradients in the range , and backpropagation computes gradients by the chain rule. This has the effect of multiplying  of these small numbers to compute gradients of the early layers in an -layer network, meaning that the gradient (error signal) decreases exponentially with  while the early layers train very slowly.

Back-propagation allowed researchers to train supervised deep artificial neural networks from scratch, initially with little success. Hochreiter's diplom thesis of 1991 formally identified the reason for this failure in the "vanishing gradient problem", which not only affects many-layered feedforward networks, but also recurrent networks. The latter are trained by unfolding them into very deep feedforward networks, where a new layer is created for each time step of an input sequence processed by the network. (The combination of unfolding and backpropagation is termed backpropagation through time.)

When activation functions are used whose derivatives can take on larger values, one risks encountering the related exploding gradient problem.

Prototypical models
This section is based on the paper On the difficulty of training Recurrent Neural Networks by Pascanu, Mikolov, and Bengio.

Recurrent network model
A generic recurrent network has hidden states  inputs , and outputs . Let it be parametrized by , so that the system evolves asOften, the output  is a function of , as some . The vanishing gradient problem already presents itself clearly when , so we simplify our notation to the special case with: Now, take its differential:Training the network requires us to define a loss function to be minimized. Let it be , then minimizing it by gradient descent giveswhere  is the learning rate.

The vanishing/exploding gradient problem appears because there are repeated multiplications, of the form

Example: recurrent network with sigmoid activation
For a concrete example, consider a typical recurrent network defined by

where  is the network parameter,  is the sigmoid activation function, applied to each vector coordinate separately, and  is the bias vector.

Then, , and so Since , the operator norm of the above multiplication is bounded above by . So if the spectral radius of  is , then at large , the above multiplication has operator norm bounded above by . This is the prototypical vanishing gradient problem.

The effect of a vanishing gradient is that the network cannot learn long-range effects. Recall Equation ():The components of  are just components of  and , so if  are bounded, then  is also bounded by some , and so the terms in  decay as . This means that, effectively,  is affected only by the first  terms in the sum.

If , the above analysis does not quite work. For the prototypical exploding gradient problem, the next model is clearer.

Dynamical systems model

Following (Doya, 1993), consider this one-neuron recurrent network with sigmoid activation:At the small  limit, the dynamics of the network becomesConsider first the autonomous case, with . Set , and vary  in . As  decreases, the system has 1 stable point, then has 2 stable points and 1 unstable point, and finally has 1 stable point again. Explicitly, the stable points are .

Now consider  and , where  is large enough that the system has settled into one of the stable points.

If  puts the system very close to an unstable point, then a tiny variation in  or  would make  move from one stable point to the other. This makes  and  both very large, a case of the exploding gradient.

If  puts the system far from an unstable point, then a small variation in  would have no effect on , making , a case of the vanishing gradient.

Note that in this case,  neither decays to zero nor blows up to infinity. Indeed, it's the only well-behaved gradient, which explains why early researches focused on learning or designing recurrent networks systems that could perform long-ranged computations (such as outputting the first input it sees at the very end of an episode) by shaping its stable attractors.

For the general case, the intuition still holds ( Figures 3, 4, and 5).

Geometric model
Continue using the above one-neuron network, fixing , and consider a loss function defined by . This produces a rather pathological loss landscape: as  approach  from above, the loss approaches zero, but as soon as  crosses , the attractor basin changes, and loss jumps to 0.50.

Consequently, attempting to train  by gradient descent would "hit a wall in the loss landscape", and cause exploding gradient. A slightly more complex situation is plotted in, Figures 6.

Solutions

To overcome this problem, several methods were proposed.

Batch normalization
Batch normalization is a standard method for solving both the exploding and the vanishing gradient problems.

Gradient clipping
 recommends clipping the norm of  by :where  is the "threshold" hyperparameter, the maximum norm that the gradient is allowed to reach. Simply clipping each entry of  separately by  works as well in practice.

This does not solve the vanishing gradient problem.

Multi-level hierarchy
One is Jürgen Schmidhuber's  multi-level hierarchy of networks (1992) pre-trained one level at a time through unsupervised learning, fine-tuned through backpropagation. Here each level learns a compressed representation of the observations that is fed to the next level.

Related approach
Similar ideas have been used in feed-forward neural networks for unsupervised pre-training to structure a neural network, making it first learn generally useful feature detectors. Then the network is trained further by supervised backpropagation to classify labeled data. The deep belief network model by Hinton et al. (2006) involves learning the distribution of a high level representation using successive layers of binary or real-valued latent variables. It uses a restricted Boltzmann machine to model each new layer of higher level features. Each new layer guarantees an increase on the lower-bound of the log likelihood of the data, thus improving the model, if trained properly. Once sufficiently many layers have been learned the deep architecture may be used as a generative model by reproducing the data when sampling down the model (an "ancestral pass") from the top level feature activations. Hinton reports that his models are effective feature extractors over high-dimensional, structured data.

Long short-term memory

Another technique particularly used for recurrent neural networks is the long short-term memory (LSTM) network of 1997 by Hochreiter & Schmidhuber. In 2009, deep multidimensional LSTM networks demonstrated the power of deep learning with many nonlinear layers, by winning three ICDAR 2009 competitions in connected handwriting recognition, without any prior knowledge about the three different languages to be learned.

Faster hardware
Hardware advances have meant that from 1991 to 2015, computer power (especially as delivered by GPUs) has increased around a million-fold, making standard backpropagation feasible for networks several layers deeper than when the vanishing gradient problem was recognized. Schmidhuber notes that this "is basically what is winning many of the image recognition competitions now", but that it "does not really overcome the problem in a fundamental way" since the original models tackling the vanishing gradient problem by Hinton and others were trained in a Xeon processor, not GPUs.

Residual networks
One of the newest and most effective ways to resolve the vanishing gradient problem is with residual neural networks,  or ResNets (not to be confused with recurrent neural networks). ResNets refer to neural networks where skip connections or residual connections are part of the network architecture. These skip connections allow gradient information to pass through the layers, by creating "highways" of information, where the output of a previous layer/activation is added to the output of a deeper layer. This allows information from the earlier parts of the network to be passed to the deeper parts of the network, helping maintain signal propagation even in deeper networks. Skip connections are a critical component of what allowed successful training of deeper neural networks.

ResNets yielded lower training error (and test error) than their shallower counterparts simply by reintroducing outputs from shallower layers in the network to compensate for the vanishing data. Note that ResNets are an ensemble of relatively shallow nets and do not resolve the vanishing gradient problem by preserving gradient flow throughout the entire depth of the network – rather, they avoid the problem simply by constructing ensembles of many short networks together. (Ensemble by Construction)

Other activation functions
Rectifiers such as ReLU suffer less from the vanishing gradient problem, because they only saturate in one direction.

Weight initialization
Weight initialization is another approach that has been proposed to reduce the vanishing gradient problem in deep networks.

Kumar suggested that the distribution of initial weights should vary according to activation function used and proposed to initialize the weights in networks with the logistic activation function using a Gaussian distribution with a zero mean and a standard deviation of 3.6/sqrt(N), where N is the number of neurons in a layer.

Recently, Yilmaz and Poli performed a theoretical analysis on how gradients are affected by the mean of the initial weights in deep neural networks using the logistic activation function and found that gradients do not vanish if the mean of the initial weights is set according to the formula: max(−1,-8/N). This simple strategy allows networks with 10 or 15 hidden layers to be trained very efficiently and effectively using the standard backpropagation.

Other
Behnke relied only on the sign of the gradient (Rprop) when training his Neural Abstraction Pyramid to solve problems like image reconstruction and face localization.

Neural networks can also be optimized by using a universal search algorithm on the space of neural network's weights, e.g.,  random guess or more systematically genetic algorithm. This approach is not based on gradient and avoids the vanishing gradient problem.

See also
 Spectral radius

Notes

References

Artificial neural networks


title: James Fallick

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James Fallick (2 May 1853 – 1 May 1926) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Colemans Shalfleet on the Isle of Wight to labourer Philip Fallick and Edith Cooper. He was educated in England and worked as a bricklayer on the Isle of Wight until 1874, when he emigrated to the New Zealand goldfields. In 1876 he moved to New South Wales, becoming a builder in St Peters in 1881. He married Elizabeth Wild in November 1877; they had five children. He was a St Peters alderman from 1886 to 1893, serving as mayor for a single term in 1888–1889. He was in England from 1893 to 1896, and on his return was an Orangeman and a free trader. In 1901 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Independent Liberal member for Newtown-St Peters, moving to Singleton as an official Liberal in 1904. He served as a backbencher until his retirement in 1920. He died in 1926 in Sydney.

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1853 births
1926 deaths
British emigrants to colonial Australia
Colony of New South Wales people
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Mayors of places in New South Wales


title: Advanced Arresting Gear

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The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) is a type of arresting gear developed by General Atomics for the U.S. Navy's newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. It was deployed in 2017 on the lead ship of the class, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78).

It replaces the MK 7 hydraulic arresting gear which is in use on the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.  The AAG is designed for a broader range of aircraft, including UAVs, while reducing manpower and maintenance. Rotary engines which use simple energy-absorbing water turbines (or twisters) coupled to a large induction motor provide finer control of the arresting forces.

Design and development
On March 31, 2016, GA-EMS, in collaboration with the U.S. Navy, conducted the arrestment of an F/A-18E Super Hornet at the Runway Arrested Landing Site (RALS) located at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey. Previously, AAG tests had only involved inert loads simulating the weight of aircraft at a jet engine testing track installed at the base. The first inert load arrestment was March 27, 2011 and the first fly-in arrestment was October 13, 2016.

That site has executed more than 1,200 inert load arrestments. Testing was delayed four and a half years due primarily to a serious problem with the water twisters, discovered early in 2012.  Existing water twister systems are fixed in their capacity to absorb energy. For AAG there is a variable energy dissipation by the water twister. There is an actual moving plate inside the water twister that adjusts how much resistance to the water is generated. Initially there was an underestimation of the forces involved inside the water twister because it is a three-dimensional flow field. Internal plates that take the force of the water weren't strong enough, and finding a solution proved difficult.  In 2016 the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense found that the AAG remained unproven.

On 28 July 2017, Lt. Cmdr. Jamie "Coach" Struck of Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) performed the first arrested landing and catapult launch from Gerald R. Ford in an F/A-18F Super Hornet.

On August 2, 2019 the Navy cleared the AAG for use with "all props and jets".

See also
 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System
 Modern United States Navy carrier air operations
 Naval aviation

References

External links
 Qinetiq-na.com
 Apsd.cwfc.com
 Ga.com
 www.navair.navy.mil

Naval aviation technology
Aircraft carriers
Electromagnetic components
Linear induction motors


title: Farrukhmard

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Farrukhmard was a 7th-century Iranian, who was the author of the Madigan-i Hazar Dadistan ("Book of a Thousand Judicial Decisions"), a crucial part of the collection of legal documents used during the Sasanian period. The son of a certain Bahram, Farrukhmard completed the book in ca. 620, during the reign of the Sasanian king Khosrow II (r. 590-628). The book used some of its information from the archives of his native city, Gur, and also some privately owned archives. Nothing more is known about Farrukhmard; he probably died in the 7th-century.

Sources

7th-century Iranian people
7th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
People from Firuzabad, Fars


title: Alexander Graff

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Alexander Graff (24 August 1879 – 10 October 1956) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Woolloomooloo to pawnbroker Alexander Graff and Sarah Seymour. He attended Cleveland Street Public School, and from 1900 was a storekeeper in Drummoyne. He worked as a real estate agent from around 1911. On 16 November 1912 he married Adela Ada Eldridge, with whom he had two daughters. He was also a Drummoyne alderman from 1911 to 1917, serving as mayor from 1914 to 1915. In 1916 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Drummoyne. By the time he retired in 1920 he was an independent. He died in 1956 at Five Dock.

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1879 births
1956 deaths
Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly


title: Head of the Security Service of Ukraine

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The Head of the Security Service of Ukraine () serves as the director of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the internal security agency of the Ukrainian government. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine is ex officio a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and is appointed or dismissed by the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on proposition of the President of Ukraine.

List of heads of the Security Service of Ukraine
 Nikolai Golushko (acting), 20 September 1991 – 6 November 1991
 Yevhen Marchuk, 6 November 1991 – 12 July 1994
 Valeriy Malikov, 12 July 1994 – 3 July 1995
 Volodymyr Radchenko, 3 July 1995 – 22 April 1998
 Leonid Derkach, 22 April 1998 – 10 February 2001
 Volodymyr Radchenko, 10 February 2001 – 2 September 2003
 Ihor Smeshko, 4 September 2003 – 4 February 2005
 Oleksandr Turchynov, 4 February 2005 – 8 September 2005
 Ihor Drizhchany, 8 September 2005 – 22 December 2006
 Valentyn Nalyvaichenko 22 December 2006 – 6 March 2009
 Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 6 March 2009 – 11 March 2010
 Valeriy Khoroshkovsky, 11 March 2010 – 18 January 2012
 Volodymyr Rokytsky (acting), 19 January 2012 – 3 February 2012
 Ihor Kalinin, 3 February 2012 – 9 January 2013
 Oleksandr Yakymenko, 9 January 2013 – 24 February 2014
 Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, 24 February 2014 – 18 June 2015
 Vasyl Hrytsak, 2 July 2015 – 22 May 2019
 Ivan Bakanov, 29 August 2019 – 17 July 2022
 Vasyl Malyuk, 7 February 2023 – present (acting head from 17 July 2022 to 7 February 2023)

References

Government of Ukraine

1991 establishments in Ukraine
Ukraine
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine


title: Fear of growing old

text:
Fear of growing old may refer to:

Gerascophobia
Gerontophobia


title: Teysi ng Tahanan

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Teysi ng Tahanan was a Philippine daily morning talk show on ABS-CBN. It aired from January 14, 1991 to February 21, 1997. It was hosted by Tessie Tomas replacing Magandang Umaga Po when the timeslot was moved to 05:30 am and was replaced by Today with Kris Aquino.

The Teysi Tomas show was the first morning program to also be shown internationally before the use of international programming the program aired internationally via TFC from (1994-1997) and its revived successor in (2003)

Overview
To distinguish each day that it aired, Mondays were designated as "occult days" with Madame Rosa as the in-house psychic for the segment Iparamdam kay Madam. Tuesdays and Thursdays, love and sex concerns were discussed with the irrepressible in-house sex-therapist Dr. Margie Holmes. Wednesdays were crime and current events days. And on Fridays, viewers were encouraged to send in their life stories to see their letters dramatized in the segment Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang (based on the 1987 song performed by Regine Velasquez-Alcasid from her album Regine).

The show became an instant hit, sweeping local awards and even "Hall of Fame" status from Gawad CCP, Catholic Mass Media, KBP Golden Dove and Star Awards for best talk show or best women's show categories. It garnered unprecedented ratings and became a top earner for ABS-CBN as advertisers lined up to sponsor the program. Thus, Eagle's Nest, the cooking segment was perennially sponsored by CMC Philippines (California Manufacturing Company; Unilever Bestfoods, currently a Unilever Philippines subsidiary), Nestlé or some other manufacturing food giant. There was also the Ginang Give Away portion sponsored by 3D or some other appliance manufacturer, the Superwheel Supermisis portion, the Sharp Washing Machine portion, etc.

The program also became a breeding ground for new talents to hone their skills on and off-camera. Eagle Riggs, Madame Rosa, and Dr. Holmes became household names. Arnell Ignacio, Giselle Sanchez, Dang Cruz and Mosang had their first taste of TV exposure in the program. Deo Endrinal is now the creative force behind ABS-CBN's biggest drama series. Enrico Santos, a creative genius in Star Cinema. The show produced Philippine television's best writers, executives and directors. Among the directors who started as the show's staff were Wenn V. Deramas, Don Cuaresma, Erick Salud, Connie Macatuno and Arnel Jacobe.

Up to its last day of airing on February 21, 1997, Teysi ng Tahanan was on top of its format and timeslot. The show folded up when its host, Tessie Tomas, after six years of the daily, live program grind, opted to slow down and spend more time with her British husband Roger Pullin. It was then replaced by Today with Kris Aquino.

Spin-off
Part of the 50th anniversary of Philippine television, Teysi ng Tahanan launched a spin-off talk show entitled Teysi, which premiered in August 2003 at 8:00am after Magandang Umaga, Bayan until it ended in early 2004 due to low ratings and when Magandang Umaga, Bayan extended its timeslot until 8:30am. The theme song of the show was revived upon the returning of the host 6 years after it ended.

Hosts

Main host
Tessie Tomas

Segment hosts
Jun Encarnacion
Eagle Riggs
Madame Rosa
Dang Cruz
Mosang
Dr. Margie Holmes
Gel Santos-Relos (reliever of Tessie Tomas)

Awards and recognitions
Winner, Best Woman Show - PMPC Star Awards for TV (1992-1996)
Winner, Best Woman Show Host - PMPC Star Awards for TV (1992-1996)

See also
List of shows previously aired by ABS-CBN
Katok Mga Misis

Philippine television talk shows
1991 Philippine television series debuts
1997 Philippine television series endings
ABS-CBN original programming
Filipino-language television shows


title: Lawrence O'Hara

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Lawrence Joseph O'Hara (30 April 1889 – 14 June 1919) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Taradale in New Zealand to labourer John O'Hara and Annie Dolan, both Irish-born. The family moved to Sydney when Lawrence was seven, and he was educated at Marist Brothers' College in Paddington. He worked as a clerk with the Immigration and Tourist Bureau from 1908 to 1916 and for the District Courts from 1916 to 1919. He was also a member of the Clerks' Union, the Australian Labor Party (serving on the central executive from 1917 to 1919) and a Paddington alderman (1917–19).

In 1919 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Paddington, but he died twenty-two days later as a result of the influenza pandemic.  He is buried in the Waverley Cemetery.

References

1889 births

1919 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
20th-century Australian politicians
People from Taradale, New Zealand
Colony of New Zealand emigrants to colonial Australia
Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in Australia
Deaths from pneumonia in Australia


title: Food aversion

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Food aversion may refer to:

 Anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder in which people avoid eating due to concerns about body weight or body image
 Food neophobia, the fear of eating new or unfamiliar foods, commonly observed in children
 Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, an eating disorder in which people avoid eating or eat only a very narrow range of foods
 Conditioned food aversion, also known as poison shyness, the avoidance of a toxic substance by an animal that has previously ingested that substance


title: Open Eyes

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Open Eyes is an outdoor sculpture by American artist Don Gummer (born 1946). It is located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus, which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, and is owned by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute. The 16' tall sculpture of cascading circular shapes with a colored glass center, is meant to show the range of colors that the human pupil can interpret.

Description
Open Eyes is a 16 foot tall outdoor sculpture made of stainless steel and colored glass.  Nine interlocking oval discs of stainless steel with colored glass centers intersect with each other, cascading downward supported by three curved steel elements.

The sculpture rests on a square piece of stainless steel that rests upon a square concrete base within a circular concrete pad.  There is a metal plaque attached to the base that reads “Open Eyes by Don Gummer” attached at the front of the sculpture.  There are 4 small adjustable spotlights on each side of the piece that illuminate the sculpture at night.

Historical information
Open Eyes was commissioned by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute.  It was installed in the courtyard of the Institute on August 12, 2011.

See also
 The South Tower
 Punctuation Spire

References

Outdoor sculptures in Indianapolis
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Public Art Collection
Culture of Indianapolis
2011 sculptures
Steel sculptures in Indiana


title: Lydia Yu-Jose

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Lydia N. Yu-Jose (March 27, 1944 – August 3, 2014) was a professor of political science and Japanese Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.  A graduate of Sophia University, she was best known for her research into the history of Japan–Philippines relations, as well as aiding in the development of Japanese studies in the Philippines as a separate academic discipline.

Life and career
Lydia Yu-Jose was born on March 27, 1944, and spent her childhood in Santa Ana, Manila.  She went to Santa Ana Elementary School for her elementary education, then graduated with honors from the Felipe G. Calderon High School.  She then pursued her undergraduate education at Far Eastern University, graduating with a degree in education in 1965, and afterward teaching for two years at the Malate Catholic School.

In 1967, she first entered the Ateneo de Manila University, where she was hired as a graduate assistant at the Department of Political Science while simultaneously pursuing her master's degree in history.  She eventually shifted concentrations, finished her MA in Political Science and began teaching at the Ateneo in 1970.  In addition, she was taking classes at the Ateneo de Manila's newly established Japanese Studies Program ostensibly out of boredom with her Political Science classes, and in 1969, at the suggestion of its director, she applied for and was awarded a Monbukagakusho scholarship by the Japanese government to study at the International Christian University, where she stayed until 1971.

In 1989, Yu-Jose was appointed director of the Japanese Studies Program, a position she held until 1993, then again from 1995 to 1996.  The following year, she was appointed chair of the Department of Political Science, a position she held until 2001.  She also served as director of the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies from 2004 to 2013. She was one of the founders of the Japanese Studies Association in South East Asia(JSA-ASEAN) in 2004.

Yu-Jose was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in 2012, in recognition of her contributions to the development of Japanese studies as a separate academic discipline in the Philippines, as well as for fostering understanding between the two countries.

On August 3, 2014, Yu-Jose died after a six-year-long battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Personal life
Yu-Jose was married to Ricardo T. Jose, who she met while studying for her doctorate at Sophia University. He is also the director of the Third World Studies Center at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and the son of pianist Regalado Jose, who taught at the UP College of Music.

Publications
Books authored or co-authored by Lydia Yu-Jose
Basic Nihongo (1992)
Japan views the Philippines, 1900–1944 (1992)
International and domestic factors that affected Japanese emigration to the Philippines (1994)
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines: a pictorial history (1997; co-authored with Ricardo T. Jose)
An annotated bibliography on Philippines-Japan relations, 1935 to 1956 (1998; co-authored with Ricardo T. Jose)
Filipinos in Japan and Okinawa, 1880s-1972 (2002)

Books edited by Lydia Yu-Jose
Philippine external relations: a centennial vista (1998; edited with Aileen Baviera)
Philippines and Japan: directions and challenges (selected papers from the third and fourth international conferences on Japanese studies) (2000; edited with Rosalina Palanca-Tan)
Philippines-Japan relations (2003; edited with Ikehata Setsuho)
Asian cooperation: problems and challenges in the new century (2005)
Tatlong nikkeijin and six photos: culture, people and state power (2008)
The Past, love, money and much more: Philippines-Japan relations since the end of the Second World War (2008)
Civil society organizations in the Philippines: a mapping and strategic assessment (2011)
Japan: migration and a multicultural society (2014; edited with Johanna O. Zulueta)

Scholarly articles written by Lydia Yu-Jose
"Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership: Where is the Philippines in Japan's Plan?"  (2004)
"Global Environmental Issues: Responses from Japan" (2004)
"American Colonialism in the Philippines: Different but still Colonialism" (2005)
"Boundary, Fluidity and Ideology: A Comparison of Japan's pre-World War II and Present Regionalisms" (2012)

Translations
Pagmumunimuni tungkol sa pangkinatawang pamahalaan ni J.S. Mill (1991)
Ang mga Hapones ni Edwin O. Reischauer (1992)

Unpublished manuscripts
"Comparison of the role of education in the political development of Japan and the Philippines." (master's thesis; 1970)

References

External links
Profile of Lydia Yu-Jose from the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Political Science

Japanologists
Filipino political scientists
Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University
1944 births
2014 deaths
People from Santa Ana, Manila
Far Eastern University alumni
International Christian University alumni
Sophia University alumni
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
Women political scientists
Deaths from cancer in the Philippines
Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma


title: Graham Bunyard

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Graham Stuart Bunyard (17 October 1939 – 10 May 2018) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1959 to 1963.

A fast bowler, Bunyard made his first-class debut for Transvaal in the 1959–60 season, on the day before he turned 20. His first two wickets were Denis Compton and Godfrey Evans. In his third match he took 5 for 35 against Rhodesia. He finished the season with 23 wickets in seven matches at an average of 21.78. He was one of the pace bowlers considered for selection for the tour to England in 1960 and later as a replacement during the tour when Geoff Griffin could no longer bowl, but he was not selected.

Bunyard took 16 wickets at 24.31 in five matches in 1960–61 and toured England in 1961 with the South African Fezela XI of promising young players. He took 3 for 48 and 3 for 42 to help the Fezelas to an innings victory in the first-class match against Combined Services. However, he played only one more first-class match, for Rhodesia two years later, when he was still only 23 years old. His last three wickets were Norm O'Neill, John Reid and Bill Alley.

Bunyard became a tobacco farmer in Schagen, about 20 kilometres west of Nelspruit, in north-eastern Transvaal.

References

Sources
 Alfred, L. (2003) Testing Times: The Story of the Men who Made SA Cricket, Spearhead: Claremont, South Africa. .

External links

 Graham Bunyard at CricketArchive

1939 births
2018 deaths
Cricketers from Port Elizabeth
South African cricketers
Gauteng cricketers
Rhodesia cricketers


title: Barn on Lot 8, Range G

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The Barn on Lot 8, Range G is a historic barn in rural Franklin County, Maine.  The barn was built in two stages, the first estimated to be around 1825, the second in 1899.  It exhibits an architecturally distinctive solution to issues surrounding the expansion of a traditional English barn.  The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Setting
The barn is located on the west side of Foster Hill Road (Maine State Route 145), in Freeman Township, a former town about  north of Farmington which was incorporated in 1803 and disincorporated in 1934. The property on which the barn stands has uncertain ownership prior to 1825, and has always been referred to in property records as Lot 8, Range G.  The barn stands behind a -story wood frame Cape style house which also appears to date to the first half of the 19th century, whose historical integrity has been compromised by alterations including the application of modern siding.  The buildings are surrounded by several acres of fields and former orchard, beyond which lie woods.

Description
The barn is a rectangular structure about  long and  wide, with a gable roof.  It is oriented east–west, perpendicular to the road.  The eastern section of the barn, measuring  in length, is a traditional English barn built c. 1825, with some modest modifications made to accommodate the western section, which was added in 1899.  The original entrance to the older portion is roughly centered on that section's north face, and is a sliding door  wide.  A second, hinged doorway is in the western gable in the new section.  There are two pedestrian entrances on the east face, and there is irregular fenestration on the east, south, and west faces.  The exterior of the walls is clad in vertical sheathing which is probably a 20th-century replacement.  The barn's roof is steel.

The interior of the barn clearly shows the two sections of the barn.  The older portion is built using hand-hewn timbers and scribe-rule joinery, while the newer portion uses sawn timbers and square-rule joinery.  It is basically oriented with a north–south aisle separating three bays on either side.  The central bay on the west side has been adapted to serve as a passage into the new portion, whose bays run east-to-west.  In order to accommodate this addition. two of the older barn's main supports were relocated to either side of this new passage.  This type of alteration had, as of this barn's National Register nomination in 2011, not been seen elsewhere in Maine.  A more typical process of expanding an English barn in rural New England was to simply build a second English barn and attach it to the first, but this resulted in two separate aisles.  A second common method was to reorient the old barn's doors to the gable ends, reorienting all of the central posts to accommodate the new central aisle.  In this barn, only one side was altered, creating an internal T-shaped aisle layout.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Maine

References

Buildings and structures in Franklin County, Maine
Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Barns in Maine
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Maine


title: USS Tulsa (LCS-16)

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USS Tulsa (LCS-16) is an  of the United States Navy. She is the third ship to be named for Tulsa, second-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Design
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the  after the first ship of the class, . Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull . The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design. On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.

Construction and career
Tulsa was constructed by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. A keel laying ceremony, which usually signifies the startìng of ship construction, was held at the Austal shipyards in Mobile on 11 January 2016, but because the ship was assembled from prefabricated modules, Tulsa was already 60 percent complete at the time. Kathy Taylor, former mayor of Tulsa, served as ship's sponsor.

Tulsa was christened on 11 February 2017, launched on 16 March 2017, and commissioned on 16 February 2019. She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One

Tulsa returned to San Diego on 30 July 2022 following deployment.

References

External links

Independence-class littoral combat ships
2017 ships


title: Eleven Eleven (Dave Alvin album)

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Eleven Eleven is the eleventh studio album by folk rock musician Dave Alvin. It was released on June 20, 2011 on Yep Roc Records, and an expanded reissue was released on April 17, 2012.

Recording
The recording of Eleven Eleven was influenced by the then-recent deaths of Alvin's friends Chris Gaffney and Amy Farris. The eleven songs on Eleven Eleven were written over the course of seven months, with three exceptions: the three duets on the album, which were "What's Up With Your Brother", "Manzanita", and "Two Lucky Bums". "What's Up With Your Brother" is a duet between Alvin and his brother, Phil Alvin, in which both brothers sing together for the first time on record. "Manzanita" is a duet between Alvin and Christy McWilson, a member of his band, the Guilty Women. "Two Lucky Bums" is a duet between Alvin and Chris Gaffney, and represents Gaffney's last recording before he died in 2008. The song "Harlan County Line" was written for the TV show Justified.

Critical reception

Eleven Eleven received mostly favorable reviews from critics. Wayne Robins wrote in American Songwriter that the album's best songs were "character studies or snapshots of history". Many critics described "Johnny Ace is Dead" as one of the best songs on the album, with Steve Horowitz of PopMatters calling it "the best damn Johnny Ace song one could ever imagine."

Track listing
All tracks composed by Dave Alvin; except where indicated
"Harlan County Line" – 5:12
"Johnny Ace is Dead" – 4:27
"Black Rose of Texas" – 4:52
"Gary, Indiana 1959" – 4:06
"Run Conejo Run" – 4:52
"No Worries Mija" (Chris Gaffney) – 3:36
"What's Up with Your Brother?" – 4:44
"Murrietta's Head" – 5:59
"Manzanita" (Christy McWilson) – 4:09
"Dirty Nightgown" – 5:19
"Two Lucky Bums" – 2:28

Bonus tracks on 2012 reissue
"Never Trust a Woman"
"Signal Hill"
"Beautiful City 'Cross the River"

Personnel
Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
Phil Alvin – vocals
Gregory Boaz – bass
Chris Gaffney – accordion, vocals
Bob Glaub – bass, percussion
Don Heffington – drums, percussion, timbales
David Jackson – accordion, upright bass
Greg Leisz – baritone guitar, guitar, lap steel guitar
Christy McWilson – piano, vocals
Steve Mugalian – drums, percussion
Danny Ott – slide guitar, guitar, vocal harmony
Wyman Reese – organ, piano
Jack Rudy – harmonica
Rick Shea – guitar, pedal steel guitar
Gene Taylor – piano

Production notes
Dave Alvin – producer
Craig Parker Adams – engineer, mixing
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
Michael Triplett – art direction, design
Harry Sabin – photo assistance
Nancy Sefton – art direction
Beth Herzhaft – photography

References

2011 albums
Yep Roc Records albums
Dave Alvin albums


title: Prune plum

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The prune plum (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica) is a fruit-bearing tree, or its fruit. It is a subspecies of the plum Prunus domestica. The freestone fruit is similar to, but distinct from, the clingstone damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia) and is especially popular in Central Europe.

Regional names and etymology
The fruit is known under various regional names, including "blue plum", "damask plum", "sugar plum", and "German prune" in English-speaking countries, and "Zwetschge" in German-speaking ones. The word Zwetschge (), plural Zwetschgen, is from the German. Variants of the word include: Quetsch(e) (Lorraine, Alsace, Luxembourg, and regionally in Germany); Kwetsen (Dutch), Zwetschke (regionally in Austria); and Zwetsche (regionally in Germany). These names, like damson, are thought ultimately to derive from postulated Vulgar Latin *davascena, altered from damascena, meaning "of Damascus", reflexes of which appear mainly in Franco-Provençal, e.g. daveigne (Jura), dav(d)gna (Franche-Comté).

Description
The prune plum tree is often found in streuobstwiesen. It grows to 6–10 m in height; older trees have spreading branches. The bark is brownish. The leaf is simple, 4–10 cm long, alternate, petiolate, crenulate, and elliptic. The blossom appears in April and May in the Northern Hemisphere, before or with foliation, and is white, greenish-white, or yellowish-green on two or three downy pedicels. The fruit is a freestone drupe. It is less round than other plums, its ends are more pointed and the groove is less pronounced.

Uses
The red-brown wood is used in fine cabinetry.

The fruit, which ripens in August and September in the Northern Hemisphere, is a popular seasonal table fruit. It is also used for making prunes.

Prune plums hold their form well at oven temperatures and are much used in baking, for example in tarts such as quetschentaart and zwetschgenkuchen. They are the sole ingredient in the traditional powidl jam of Austria and the Czech Republic, and the main ingredient in schmootsch, a similar but spiced jam from Silesia. Fermented zwetschgen are distilled to make eaux de vie: zwetschgenwasser or zwetsch (in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland), zwetschgeler (in South Tyrol, Italy), and quetsch (in Alsace, France). Carlsbad plums are a candied zwetschgen confection named after Carlsbad (now Karlovy Vary) in the Czech Republic. Szilvásgombóc and zwetschkenknödel are potato dumplings with a zwetschgen filling in Hungary and Austria respectively, served as a sweet main course or as a dessert. At Christmas markets in Germany, for example the Christkindlesmarkt in Nuremberg, a zwetschgenmännla ("little zwetschge man") or zwetschgenweibla ("little zwetschge woman"), with a walnut head, a body of dried figs, and limbs of dried zwetschgen, is a popular treat.

Varieties
Examples of varieties are 'Seneca', 'Stanley', 'Fellenberg', Prunier d'Ente (also known as d'Agen), and Prunier Perdrigone.

More than a hundred varieties of prune plums are grown in Central Europe. Examples include Cacaks Beste, Elena, Hauszwetschge, and Ortenauer.

References
Notes

Sources
Some information in this article is from the corresponding article on German Wikipedia

Plum cultigens


title: Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games

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Basketball competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 16 to 25 at the Ryerson Athletic Centre. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each tournament respectively.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the basketball competitions:

Medal table

Medalists

Qualification
A total of eight men's teams and eight women's team will qualify to compete at the games. The top three teams at the South American and Central American and Caribbean Championships will qualify for each respective tournament. The host nation (Canada) along with the United States automatically qualifies teams in both events. Each nation may enter one team in each tournament (12 athletes per team) for a maximum total of 24 athletes.

Men

Women

Participating nations
A total of nine countries have qualified basketball teams.

See also
 Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

basketball
2015
2015–16 in South American basketball
2015–16 in North American basketball
2015–16 in Canadian basketball
International basketball competitions hosted by Canada


title: Víctor Fayad

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Víctor Manuel Federico Fayad (9 February 1955 – 7 August 2014) was an Argentine politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Civic Union.

Fayad served as Mayor of Mendoza from 10 December 1987 through 10 December 1991, and again from 10 December 2007 until his death on 7 August 2014. Before being mayor of Mendoza, Fayad served in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 10 December 1993 through 10 December 2005.

In his municipal driving are attributed, among other things, the beautification of public places and the transformation of the current Sarmiento walkway. On the other hand, has been criticized among other things for its strict policy of not allowing street artists working in the public spaces of the city.

Fayad was born in Mendoza. He was married to Marcela Pérez Caroli until his death in 2014. They had three children.

Fayad died in Mendoza, Argentina, from mediastinum cancer, aged 59.

References

External links
  Interview: Víctor Fayad

1955 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Argentine lawyers
People from Mendoza, Argentina
Radical Civic Union politicians
Deaths from cancer in Argentina
Mayors of Mendoza, Argentina
Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Mendoza
Argentine people of Arab descent


title: Erimha

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Erimha is a Canadian extreme metal band from Montreal, Quebec. The band name comes from the Sumerian word for army.  The band members dress as ragged leather-clad corpses during performances.

History
Erimha recorded their debut album, Irkalla, in 2010.
The band released Reign Through Immortality in 2013 through Victory Records; the album was produced by Chris Donaldson. In 2014 the band performed in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and took part in the 2014 Mayhem Festival.

In 2015 the band released another black metal album, Thesis ov Warfare, with orchestrations by Ken Sorceron.

Discography

Studio albums
 Irkalla (2010)
 Reign Through Immortality (2013)
 Thesis ov Warfare (2015)

Band members
 Current
 Michel "Gore" Lussier – vocals
 Jonathan "Ksaos" Drouin – drums
  "Kronik"  – guitars

 Former
 Patrick "Kthien" Mercier – guitars
 Lykan – bass
 Alix – guitars
 Louis-Marc "Dlusternas" Lemay – guitars
 Leather King – bass, backing vocals

References

External links

Canadian heavy metal musical groups
Musical groups from Montreal
Musical groups established in 2010
2010 establishments in Quebec
Victory Records artists


title: King 810

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King 810 (pronounced King eight one oh; formerly known as and often shortened to simply King) is an American nu metal band from Flint, Michigan, formed in 2007. The band currently consists of David Gunn and Eugene Gill. The band's first release was their independent EP titled Midwest Monsters in 2012, which earned them a signing with Roadrunner Records; they released their second EP titled Proem in 2014, and their debut studio album Memoirs of a Murderer that same year.

History

Formation and Midwest Monsters (2007–2012)
The band officially formed in December 2007 in their hometown of Flint, Michigan; however, the four members of the group had been performing together before then and had already gained a following. The lineup consisted of frontman and vocalist David Gunn, bassist Eugene Gill, drummer Andrew Workman and guitarist Andrew Beal. David Gunn revealed in a Metal Hammer documentary that he started writing lyrics for the band when he was arrested and eventually applied those lyrics to the band, which had already developed a sound he recognized, so he adapted said lyrics to that style.

In 2008, it was reported that the band had signed with Equal Vision Records, that Chiodos guitarist Jason Hale was a member of the band, making the band his side project, and that they intended to release a full-length studio album in 2009. They toured together across America in December 2008. The band released demos on their Myspace, and it was reported that they had recorded an album with Mark Michalik at Detroit's 37 Studios. However, in August 2009, the band abruptly left the label without a stated reason, and with no album released. It is presumed that Jason Hale left the band around that time, since he is not mentioned in any of their later activities. The number '810', which is the area code for Flint, was used in the band name after they left Equal Vision.

In June 2012, Gunn was assaulted when he refused to hand over a bag during a robbery. He was shot and stabbed, but survived the attack and went on to write for the band's debut and independent EP, Midwest Monsters, which was heavily inspired by that particular event and previous experiences. The album was composed by Gunn and produced by Josh Wickman, and was only released physically. Digital copies would not become available until June 28, 2019.

Memoirs of a Murderer and Midwest Monsters 2 (2013–2015)

They released the music video for their first single, "Killem All", on March 31, 2014, which was removed from their YouTube page due to "hate speech". The song was later used to promote their debut release via Roadrunner Records, Proem. In May, the band performed at Rock on the Range 2014 at Columbus Crew Stadium. The band released their second EP titled Proem on June 9 after streaming it online. They also joined the Mayhem Festival tour of 2014 from June to August with headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Korn.

The band initially intended to perform at Download Festival in June 2014, making this their debut UK performance, but had to cancel when members David Gunn and Eugene Gill were arrested in Detroit Metro Airport in June for assault with intent to do great bodily harm, in a case that dates back to October 2013. The charge against Gunn was later dropped, but Gill had to appear in court for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. In July, along with the release of their second single "Fat Around the Heart", which was promoted with a music video, they announced their debut studio album, which would be titled Memoirs of a Murderer and would be released on August 18 digitally and a day later physically. The album was their first to enter the charts; number 18 on Billboards Top Hard Rock Albums and number eight on the Top Heatseekers.

The band finally made their debut UK performance in September to be a part of the 'Download Freezes Over' tour with support from 'Astroid Boys' and 'Hang the Bastard'. In late 2014, they toured in support of Slipknot along with Korn, playing U.S. shows including Knotfest. They continued this tour in early 2015 in the United Kingdom. In February, they released a spoken word track that comes as an ongoing series titled "Anatomy 1:5" that is not featured on any album but as a stand-alone promotional single. The band made their debut performance in Australia as a part of 2015's Soundwave in late February and early March. From April 8 to June 3, they will be supporting rapper Tech N9ne in promotion of his new album in Australia and New Zealand.

After touring, the band had plans to do a European festival tour in June, taking part in events such as Download Festival and Rock am Ring, however, had to cancel their participation due to unforeseen issues at their home town, but intend to create more music videos and other pieces of content during their break. The band took part in Dirt Fest in August in Michigan. On May 21, the band streamed a new song titled "Revenge", featuring hip hop artist Trick-Trick, along with the release was the announcement of their mixtape titled Midwest Monsters 2. He released a statement regarding the next release that "Our next work features people we respect and are fans of. We're as proud of it as anything else we've done." They later released the mixtape on September 17 and features guest appearances from Freddie Gibbs, Zuse and Game Spittaz. A month later, in late October, they also released a limited 10" vinyl titled That Place Where Pain Lives... which features two previously unreleased songs from their debut album, a song named "Bad Man" and a string quartet version of "Devil Don't Cry", both feature UK singer RosieMay.

La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God (2016–2017)
In January 2016, the band released a song titled "We Gotta Help Ourselves" in aid to raise money and awareness of the toxic water crisis in their city of Flint, Michigan. Along with the release of the song, they teamed up with a local clothing outlet in Flint to create a unique T-shirt, of which all the proceeds go towards the Community Foundation of Greater Flint's Flint Child & Health and Development fund, Gunn himself commented that he believed "..children are the most important people in the equation."

In late July, the band released a music video for their single "I Ain't Goin Back Again", and revealed that their sophomore album will be titled La Petite Mort or a Conversation with God and will be released the same year, September 16. Other details regarding the album include its album artwork and its track list consisting of 13 songs.

Another track from the album, titled "Alpha & Omega", was released via the band's YouTube on August 24, 2016.

In 2017, Gunn had started a light heavyweight MMA career. He has won two matches, and last fought in January 2017.

On December 15, 2017, the band released an unexpected acoustic EP Queen, featuring five slow songs about five fast girls from Gunn's life. In late 2019, the band pulled the EP from streaming services with it only existing in cassette form on the band's website.

Suicide King, Yavid, and lineup change (2018–2019)
In the Spring of 2018 the band opened up for Emmure on their Natural Born Killers tour, Counterparts and Varials joined up as support. King 810 was supposed to open up for Cane Hill, but they dropped off the tour. The band would later announce that Andrew Beal and Andrew Workman had quit the band.

While Gunn and Gene wrote a third king album, Gunn launched a solo rap project under the name Yavid, releasing his debut album Black Teeth Devil, Vol. 1 on July 13, 2018. Singles, such as "Bando Commando" and "Where Were You When We Would Ride", feature a huge change of style from previous King material with gangster rap and trap flows and beats. On September 7, 2018, he released the sequel Black Teeth Devil, Vol. 2.

King made their return on January 25, 2019, with Suicide King. It is the first record to be published and released independently after quietly and respectfully parting ways with Roadrunner Records in 2018. While opening the album with some of their heaviest tracks to date with singles "Heartbeats" and "Braveheart", the album is a drastic progression for the duo. The majority of tracks feature a similar rap/hip-hop style to Yavid with a wide variety of aggressive and melodic instrumentals. In addition, the cover art reflects the new colorful sound with the band's first ever non-black and white cover art. The album's lyrics, on the other hand, are bleak and nihilistic. In an interview, David says "around the time of the conception and making of Suicide King, [he] had been diagnosed with an identity disorder (DID)" or Dissociative Identity Disorder. In King TV Episode 19, Gunn confirms that the album's subject matter is not only suicide but also money. The album completes a trilogy of albums all dealing with love. Memoirs deals with the love of violence, La Petite Mort with the love of sex, and Suicide King with the love of money.

Gunn continued his Black Teeth Devil series shortly after on April 12, 2019, with the EP Vol. 3. Gunn released another full Yavid album, entitled Paper Fortune Teller on October 30, 2019. The music video for the single "Hemingway" showcases footage of David running with the bulls in Spain. This is also the first Yavid album to include features from rappers Rio Da Young OG and Paperlovee (notwithstanding the single version of "God's Don't Bleed" with Game Spittaz, who was also on King 810's Midwest Monsters 2 EP).

AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement in G Major (2020–present)

The band kicked off the 2020s hot with the singles, "Hellhounds," on March 13, "Dukes," on May 1, and "House of Dust" on June 12 with a new album on the way. But before the fourth King album, Yavid dropped another BTD rap album, Black Teeth Devil, Vol 4, on April 16, featuring the single "The Noids." On July 31, 2020, New Album By Yavid 9 Muses.

On November 13, 2020, the band self released their 4th album, AK Concerto No. 47, 11th Movement in G Major.

Musical characteristics and lyrics
The band's lyrics are based on their lives growing up in the violent town of Flint. David Gunn himself was first arrested when he was nine years old, and states that in his area it was typical for kids at that age to commit crimes and use firearms. Kerrang! described Gunn's lyrical style as "heavy metal poetry" that, when performed live, has a theatrical vibe that would "leave venues full of grown men quivering in their boots." For this, they ranked the band number four of their 'Top 20 Hottest Bands in the World Right Now'.

Robb Flynn of heavy metal band Machine Head says King 810 has always fascinated him as they have more of a punk-rock side – they were often banned from clubs due to the chaos and violence they caused. Flynn says that they remind him of his early years in Machine Head, going on to say that lyrics are "killer" and that Gunn has a really intense vocal delivery. Artistdirect writer Rick Florino wrote that their distinct poly-rhythmic grooves and intricate riffs border on industrial sound, and that Gunn's lyrics channels the likes of Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway and 2Pac, yet maintain a vulgar attitude; he concludes that their sound truly represents heavy metal music. Gunn himself says that he enjoys creating a diverse amount of musical content. In addition to the heavy and aggressive music the band is known for, he is also fond of calmer tracks such as "Take It", "State of Nature", and several other acoustic interludes that punctuate Memoirs of a Murderer. The band also perform poem-like spoken word tracks called "Anatomy" tracks.

One of the band's major influences is Korn, which is said to have had a particular impact on the musical style of their debut album, especially the darker sounds, lyrical style and guitar riffs. Their sound has also been compared to that of Slipknot and Bury Tomorrow.

After the release of their latest song "Revenge", Gunn released a statement suggesting that they will "...never make the same move twice and we're always creating."

Live performances
The band is known for its gritty stage presence and elaborate stage productions, with signature elements including Gunn performing covered in mud, hired men in masks wielding axes and baseball bats, and police security tape surrounding the stage to enhance the elements of crime and danger in their music. At times, they have been known to wield fake guns on stage. Some media outlets have criticized them as gimmicky and believe they are putting on an act, but Gunn rejects the idea that they are faking their stories. A December 2016 show in Chicago was canceled due to "excessive use of guns and violent imagery".

Fan base
The band's fan base pre-dates its official formation and current name. In their hometown of Flint, Michigan, their fans are known to be violent at their concerts, with one notable case occurring at a local music expo called 'Dirtfest' in 2009. Fans moshed violently, broke down fences, and fought back against police forces attempting to pacify them; some lit fireworks and aimed them into the crowd, and when the sound was ultimately cut off, fans continued singing their songs. Even before the band was signed, fans were observed with tattoos on their shins of the Flint area code (810) similar to those displayed by the band; some have gone as far as carving the band's logo into their skin.

Controversy
King 810 members had various brushes with police. Other times, though avoiding official authorities, they have drawn ire from the music industry or border patrol.

On June 13, 2014, Gunn and Gill were arrested on charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder stemming from a 2013 incident. As a result, King 810 canceled their commitment to perform at Download Festival. Upon further investigation, charges were dismissed.

Guitarist Andrew Beal was arrested on weapons possession charges on July 30, 2017, ahead of King 810's performance at Bloodstock.

On January 6, 2021, David Gunn was photographed on site at the storming of the United States Capitol. Gunn publicly responded on his Instagram confirming he attended, but did not participate in any crimes. Gunn disclosed in his post that he was contacted by the FBI regarding his attendance but there was no cause for charges.

Side projects

Yavid (2018–present)
By March 2018, Gunn had released a number of hip hop demos on SoundCloud under the moniker "Gunn". On June 7, 2018, Gunn debuted as Yavid, releasing the hip hop single "Bando Commando". The track was produced by Jim Like, also known as @e4rth_beats. The pair continued their work, and today have released six mixtapes and various singles.

Mixtape discography

 Yavid – Black Teeth Devil, Vol. 1 (2018)
 Yavid – Black Teeth Devil, Vol. 2 (2018)
 Yavid – Vol. 3 (2019)
 Yavid – Paper Fortune Teller (2019)
 Yavid – Black Teeth Devil, Vol. 4 (2020)
 Yavid – 9 Muses (2020)
 Yavid – Boogerman (2021)
 Yavid – Boogerman 2: Passin Out Smoke (2021)

Members

Current members
 David Gunn – lead vocals
 Eugene Gill – bass, backing vocals , guitars , drums
 Tim Lucier - guitars

Former members
 Jason Hale – guitars
 Karl Hofftman – guitars
 Andrew Beal – guitars
 Andrew Workman – drums

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

LP

Mixtapes

Singles

Promotional singles

Music videos

Accolades

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References

External links

2007 establishments in Michigan
Metalcore musical groups from Michigan
American nu metal musical groups
Equal Vision Records artists
Heavy metal musical groups from Michigan
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups from Flint, Michigan
American musical quartets
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title: Dave Shyiak

text:
Dave Shyiak (born November 4, 1966) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach. He was part of Northern Michigan's national title run in the 1991 tournament.

Career
The Brandon, Manitoba native began his college career as a freshman under Rick Comley at Northern Michigan. Shyiak's term as a player for the Wildcats coincided with high point for the team winning 20 games in three consecutive seasons, making two NCAA Tournaments and winning their only national title in his senior year. After graduating Shyiak spent one more season playing in the BHL before returning to Marquette. Shyiak spent the 1992–93 season as a graduate assistant for his former team and then moved on to become the head coach for the Kimberley Dynamiters the following year. He move again the next season to become the head coach/assistant GM for the Merritt Centennials for one year before returning to his alma mater as a full-time assistant coach.

Shyiak spent a decade as an assistant at Northern Michigan, serving under both his former coach and his successor Walt Kyle until he was offered the top job at Alaska-Anchorage. Shyiak took over the Seawolves in 2005-06 and while the team demonstrated some promise he could not get the club to have a single winning season during his eight-year tenure (something Alaska-Anchorage has struggled with since joining the WCHA). After his contract expired following the 2012-13 season he was not retained, making room for Matt Thomas to succeed him as coach.

Since his dismissal Shyiak signed on as an amateur scout with the Toronto Maple Leafs for one season. He was named associate head coach of the Western Michigan men's ice hockey team on Sept. 15, 2014.

Career statistics

Head coaching record

References

External links

1966 births
Living people
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves men's ice hockey coaches
Canadian ice hockey coaches
Ice hockey people from Brandon, Manitoba
Toronto Maple Leafs scouts
NCAA men's ice hockey national champions


title: Burghardt Wittig

text:
Burghardt Wittig (born 1947 in Celle, Germany) is the chairman of MolBio2Math and a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Freie Universitaet Berlin in Berlin (FUB), Germany. His research focuses on the areas of gene regulation, DNA structures induced by torsional strain, chromatin structure, G-protein-mediated signal transduction, as well as therapeutic applications of genetic research and DNA-based vaccines. His research has been published in numerous leading scientific journals, including Cell, Nature, PNAS, and Science.

Early life
Wittig was born in Celle, Germany, where he attended the classical "Gymnasium Ernestinum". He graduated by the German Abitur in fall 1966, followed by two years of service in the German military.

Career and Research
Wittig enrolled at Freie Universitaet Berlin in 1968 to study medicine. While attending medical school, he also received training as an engineer specialised in hearing aids (audiologist) and graduated by the German Gesellenpruefung. During his time as a medical student at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Wittig joined laboratories at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics to conduct the experiments for his MD thesis. He was principally mentored by Hubert Gottschling but received further advice from V.A. Erdmann, O. Pongs, H.-J. Risse, H. Tiedemann and H.G. Wittmann as well. Having concluded his medical studies in 1975, Wittig successfully defended his thesis on "Purification and Characterisation of the Four Lysine-Specific Transfer Ribonucleic Acids from Chicken Embryos" (German: Reinigung und Charakterisierung der vier lysinspezifischen Transfer-Ribonukleinsäuren aus Hühnerembyronen) in 1976. He stayed at Freie Universitaet as a postdoc until 1978, and as an assistant professor from 1978 to 1987.

From 1976 to 1986, Wittig attended a variety of physics courses  in addition to his principal work as a researcher. These classes led him as a visiting student to Technische Universitaet Berlin, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received no official degree for these courses.

In 1980, Wittig habilitated for "Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" and became thus formally eligible for a full professorship in Germany. For the 1982/83 cycle, Wittig was awarded a Heisenberg scholarship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; he continued to work as a fellow of the programme until 1989. During this time, he spent time at the labs of Edward Trifonov at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, and Koki Horikoshi, at Riken.

From 1984 to 1986, Wittig worked as a visiting professor at Alexander Rich's lab at MIT, where he also cooperated with Alexander Varshavsky. Wittig would later describe these years as "the most career-shaping of [his] life".

In 1987, Freie Universitaet Berlin awarded Wittig an extraordinary professorship. He continued to work as a visiting professor at Alexander Rich's lab until 1989, when he became a Schering professor (S-C4, full tenure) at Freie Universitaet Berlin. In 1988, he became the fully tenured founding chair and department head of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics at Freie Universitaet's Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. After a change of the relevant laws of the state of Berlin merged parts of Freie Universitaet and Humboldt Universitaet into the Charité – Universitaetsmedizin, Wittig became director of its newly founded Institute of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics.

Beginning in 1994, Wittig focused his research on the design, development, and clinical proof-of-concept of covalently closed DNA constructs for the treatment of cancer and for DNA-vaccines against infectious diseases. Two classes of DNA-molecules evolved through theoretical and experimental selection processes and became key technologies; MIDGE (minimalistic, immunogenically defined gene expression), and  for DNA-based immunomodulation.

Guided by the goal of facilitating the independent transition from basic research into clinical DNA-based medicines, Wittig founded Mologen AG in 1998. The firm had their IPO at the German stock exchange in the same year. He served as Mologen AG's CEO until 2007, while continuing to work as a full professor in a private-public-partnership.

In 2010, Wittig's institute returned to Freie Universitaet Berlin as a non-profit foundation with Freie Universitaet as the trustee. He served as the chairman of this newly created Foundation Institute of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics until 2017.

In late 2019, Wittig founded MolBio2Math, a non-profit foundation under the trusteeship of the Gentechnologiestiftung - Dr. Georg und Ingeburg Scheel Stiftung, of which he is currently the chairman

Selected publications

 Allfrey VG, Arnott S, Bradbury EM, Bayev A, Chambon P, Crick FHC, Felsenfeld G, Mirzabekov AT, Noll M, Stern H, van Holde KE, Wittig B, Zachau HG, and Zweidler A (1976) „The Structure of Chromatin“ in: Organization and expression of chromosomes: Dahlem Konferenzen Life Sciences Research Report, 4; Allfrey AG, Bautz EKF, McCarthy BJ, Schimke RT, Tissieres A (Eds.) pp. 19–27;  / , Abakon Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin.

 Schmidt M, Schroff M, Wittig B (2020) „Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of Dendritic Cells” in:  Second Generation Cell and Gene-based Therapies, pp. 183–202; Alain A. Vertès, Devyn M. Smith, Nasib Qureshi, Nathan J. Dowden (Eds.) , Academic Press, London

References

External links

Burghardt Wittig on researchgate
patents by Burghardt Wittig on patents.justia.com
Mologen AG website
FUB alumni article on Mologen AG
Google Scholar report
Burghardt Wittig on the website of MolBio2Math - Molecular Biology & Integral Biomathics

1947 births
Living people
German molecular biologists
Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin
People from Celle


title: Brachioteuthis riisei

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| taxon = Brachioteuthis riisei
| authority = (Steenstrup, 1882)
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}}Brachioteuthis riisei, also known as the common arm squid, is a species of squid in the family Brachioteuthidae.

Description
This is a small species. It is almost colourless except for small chromatophores scarcely distributed. It has a long, thin, cylindrical mantle which grows to from 10 to 17 cm in length. The fin is approximately 35-50% of the length of the mantle. It has weak muscles, yet is nektonic.

Larval stage
The neck of the larvae is long. Their arms have two rows of suckers, with the having multiple rows of smaller suckers in the tentacular club at the proximal hub.

Distribution
This species is widely distributed and is native to many parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Except within the boreal Pacific Ocean, this is likely a cosmopolitan species.

Habitat and biology
Young animals live in the epi-mesopelagic zone, with adults occurring in the bathypelagic zone. Brachioteuthis riisei is an oceanic species which can be found over a wide range of depths from the surface to 3,000 m depth. Juvenile animals occur throughout the year which suggests that this species has an extended spawning season, although the juveniles reach peak abundance between May and August and in February in the North Atlantic while the peaks in the Mediterranean and off Northwest Africa are from April to July, in September, and from December to February. Brachioteuthis riisei is preyed upon by a range of marine mammals including Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), as well as by fish, for example the blue shark (Prionace glauca) and, in the Azores, the swordfish (Xiphias gladius), as well as by the giant red shrimp (Aristaeomorpha foliacea'') in the Sicilian Channel.

References

Squid
Molluscs described in 1882
Marine molluscs of Europe
Cephalopods of Europe


title: Clive Crowley

text:
Clive Stanley Crowley DCM (2 August 1890 – 25 June 1918) was an Australian grazier and soldier who was killed during the First World War. Letters between Crowley and his mother were part of the historical material that inspired the libretto of An Australian War Requiem.

Family
Crowley was one of eight children born to Alice (née Bridger 1859–1949) and John Crowley (1847–1925) of Cobbadah station near Barraba, New South Wales. His siblings were: Mabel (1880–1946); Arley (1882–1959); Royce (1884–1963); Audrey (1886–1943); Mildred (1888–1964); Frank (1892–1937); and Keith (1902–1974). The Crowley family were wealthy Methodist graziers who had pioneered European settlement in north-western New South Wales. They traced their Australian origins to John Crowley, who arrived as a convict in 1803. He was transported for life for stealing a sheep and his son, Clive's grandfather, settled at Cobbadah. The station was in the Nandewar Range, north of Tamworth. Clive was a first cousin, on both the maternal and paternal lines, of the early modern artist Grace Crowley. Both their mothers and fathers were siblings.

Education

Members of the extended Crowley family, siblings and cousins, were educated at Cobbadah in a conventional manner by a governess. The children then went to boarding schools in Sydney. In 1905 Crowley and a younger brother, Frank, were enrolled at Newington College. His older brothers, Arley and Royce had already been students at Newington and the youngest boy, Keith, started there in the year after Clive's death. At Newington, Crowley studied on the Modern side and left school at the end of 1906 with a favourable record. The Newingtonian at the time of his death said: "he was one of three brothers who came to the School, while a large number of cousins from other families made the name a very familiar one. Brought up on a station, he lived the life of outdoor activity that has given the Australian Army so many of its alert and competent soldiers."

First World War
On enlistment, Crowley was a lance corporal in B Company of the 33rd Battalion. He embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 4 May 1916. During service he was commissioned as a lieutenant. Crowley was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions on 14 June 1917 at the Battle of Messines for "conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of his platoons. He organized the consolidation and captured an advanced post and a field gun with great dash, afterwards holding the captured post under heavy shell fire and keeping his men well in hand by his cheerfulness and optimism."

Death

Crowley was badly gassed at the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux and died of wounds. He is buried at Longueau British Cemetery in France. Crowley is commemorated by a brass plaque in the Newington College Chapel, on the school's First World War honour board and on the Barraba and District War Memorial.

An Australian War Requiem
The centenary of the commencement of the First World War was marked by the Sydney University Graduate Choir who commissioned composer Christopher Bowen and librettist Pamela Traynor to write an Australian war requiem. The work incorporates elements of the Stabat Mater. Letters written by Crowley and his mother to each other have inspired the composition of the libretto. Traynor has said when asked what was the most poignant and enduring image evoked by these letters: "I still get very upset when I think about it. It’s a small part of the libretto, towards the end—a pastor has written about this young soldier who’d been out in the battle and is attacked by gas. The last words of this young man that were witnessed as he walked off the front line were ‘I’m done. Get your gas helmets on, boys’. And that will forever stay in my memory because I knew him, it was so real to me. That soldier was young Clive Crowley. I had come to know him through the heartfelt letters his mother Alice had written to him. Clive didn't ever recover, he died. It upset me greatly."

With a 250 voice choir, five soloists and a full orchestra, An Australian War Requiem premiered at the Sydney Town Hall in August 2014.

References

1890 births
1918 deaths
People educated at Newington College
Australian Army officers
Australian recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Australian military personnel killed in World War I
Burials at Longueau British Cemetery


title: NEPC

text:
NEPC may refer to:
National Education Policy Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
NEPC India (Natural Energy Processing Company) Ltd., a corporate group based in Chennai founded by Ravi Prakash Khemka.
NEPC Airlines, a former airline belonging to the NEPC group.


title: Bashu Secondary School

text:
Chongqing Bashu High School is ranked 5th in China and 2nd in Chongqing High School Ranking. No. 5 in China for seven consecutive years.)

Bashu Secondary School(巴蜀中学）, formerly known as Bashu Middle School (巴蜀中学校) and Chongqing No.41 High School (重庆四十一中), is a reputable high school with a main campus located in the downtown Chongqing.

Bashu Secondary School(巴蜀中学）, with the best faculty, sending almost 100 students to Tsinghua University and Peking University every year.  Ranked 5th in China in the national high school competition “Shengyi”.

For more than 80 years, Bashu High School has produced many talents and shining stars. The school has trained more than 60,000 students for the local community, including many politicians, militarists, scientists, literary scholars, artists and entrepreneurs.

It also has branch campuses in some other districts of Chongqing, as well as an affiliated primary school located next to the main campus.

History
In 1933, the school was founded by Wang Qixu, the former president of Sichuan Province of the National Government, in Zhangjiayuan on the Jialing River.
In 1950, the school was taken over by the Southwest Military and Political Commission and became a school for cadres and children of the Southwest Bureau.
In 1954, the Southwest District was abolished and the school was placed under the direct supervision of Chongqing Education Bureau.
In August 1955, the Bashu School was divided into three parts, and the middle school was changed to the 41st school in Chongqing.
In 1978, the school was identified as the first batch of key middle schools in Sichuan Province.
In 1991, the school was renamed Bashu Middle School in Chongqing.
In 2003, the school set its sights on the world and set up an international department dedicated to promoting the internationalization of the school.
In 2006, the school invested to establish Bashu Yudong Middle School.
In 2007, the school and St. George's Girls' School in Edinburgh officially opened Confucius classes under the authorization of the National Hanban Office.
In 2010, the principal of Bashu Middle School in Chongqing was qualified as the real-name recommendation of the principal of Beijing University.
In 2011, the school established a Confucius classroom in New York State.

According to the implementation plan of the territorial management of 2 primary schools and 7 complete secondary schools directly under the Chongqing Education Committee, on July 16, 2015, Chongqing Bashu Middle School was subordinated to the Yuzhong District Education Committee.

Reputation
Bashu is famous for its large scale and high-standard education. There are more than 10,000 students enrolled in this high school, and most of them are top students in Chongqing. The main campus is only about 15 acres in area, but its branch campuses are huge in size. Bashu is one of the best high schools in Chongqing, for its average scores in each year's National Higher Education Entrance Examination are higher than most other schools. Every year about 50 students are admitted by the two top universities in China, namely Tsinghua University and Peking University, and many more will receive offers from other top Chinese institutes such as Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Sichuan University. Students are also frequently admitted by some reputable colleges overseas, such as Cornell,  Duke, Dartmouth, Penn State, Pitt,  California, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, Wisconsin, University College London, Durham University, Iowa State University, University of St Andrews and University of British Columbia.
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Notable alumni
Zou Jiahua——Former vice prime minister of China
Yan Mingfu——Former vice president of Ministry of Civil Affairs
Wu Jinglian——Economist
Liu Yongqing——Former First Lady of China (Wife of Hu Jintao)
Zhang Huanqiao——Nuclear scientist
Wang Xiaotang——A famous actor
Jiang Bibo——A famous painter

School Anthem
重庆市巴蜀中学校歌
词：叶圣陶曲：张祥碗
我们的巴蜀学校竹树茂密，江山环抱。
我们的巴蜀学校教养兼施，中小并包。
巴蜀，是我们的乐园，这里的生活环境那么好。
巴蜀，是人才的苗圃，这里的培植功能那么高。
我们的大西南正待开发。
我们的新中国正待建造。
巴蜀学校，巴蜀学校。
愿在这大事业中。
贡献最大的勤劳。
最大的勤劳。

References

External links
 official website of Bashu Secondary School

Yuzhong District
High schools in Chongqing


title: Charles Everett Graham

text:
Charles Everett Graham (1844–1921) was a physician and politician in Quebec. He was a member of the Hull council from 1876 to 1895, and served as mayor in 1878-1879 and in 1895–1896.

The son of Duncan Graham and Anna Maria Everett, he was born November 2, 1844 in Kingston, Canada West and moved to Ottawa with his family in early 1845.  Graham studied medicine at McGill University and then worked as an assistant to an Ottawa doctor until 1866, when he opened his own office in Hull. He married Florence Mildred Wright on June 16, 1868 in Hull, Quebec and had two sons and two daughters. Graham died January 13, 1921 in Hull.

References

1844 births
1921 deaths
Mayors of Hull, Quebec
People from Kingston, Ontario


title: Panic Room (album)

text:
Panic Room is the second studio album by Australian singer-songwriter and music producer Paul Mac. It was released in October 2005 and peaked at No. 39 in Australia.
The album was nominated for the "Best Dance Release" at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards, this is the award he won in 2002. The title refers to Paulmac's home studio where the album was recorded.

"I've been working on my new album for the past couple of years and I'm really excited it's finally about to released", says Mac. "I can't wait to bring this album alive on stage with the singers, the choir and my band".

Promotion
On 14 October Paul Mac appeared on Channel [V]'s "What U Want" and Rove Live.

On 29 September Paul Mac announced live performance throughout Australia. This was his first solo dates in over three years and featured multi-vocalists line up. The tour was called "The Paul Mac Experience".

Paul Mac also performed at Sydney's Homebake Festival on 3 December, Sydney's Good Vibrations Festival on 18 February 2006 and Great Escape Festival on 15 April.

Track listing

Charts

References

2005 albums
Eleven: A Music Company albums


title: 3000 Feet High

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3000 Feet High is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter and music producer Paul Mac. It was released in August 2001 and peaked at No. 29 in Australia. It was nominated for three ARIA Music Awards and won one.

Reception
In the Mix said 3000 Feet High is "a feast of eclectic sounds with its machinery-like clicks and beeps. It's quirky and funky and something that stays with you."

Track listing
CD

Charts

Accreditation

ARIA Awards
The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

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|| 3000 Feet High || Engineer of the Year  ||

References

2001 debut albums
ARIA Award-winning albums
Eleven: A Music Company albums


title: Siyavash sniper rifle

text:
The Siyavash sniper rifle is a light rifle designed for and deployed by the Iranian Army.  It carries a 5-round magazine and weighs 14 pounds (6.5 kg). it is a clone of the US M40 rifle.

References

Sniper rifles of Iran
Bolt-action rifles
Bolt-action rifles of Iran


title: Adele Bloesch-Stöcker

text:
Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (12 June 1875 – 10 September 1978) was a Swiss-German violinist and composer. She was born in Gummersbach, Germany, and was associated with Fritz Brun and Othmar Schoeck.

She performed in Cologne, Berlin, Leipzig and Bern and was a founding member of the Bern Chamber Orchestra. In 1909 she married Swiss author Hans Bloesch (1878-1945).

She was responsible for the musical aspects of the Schweizeische Ausstellung für Frauenarbeit (SAFFA) in 1928, for which she composed a SAFFA walz and directed the women orchestra.

After giving up her performing career for health reasons, Bloesch-Stöcker turned to composition. She released her Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor in 1935, and conducted performances in 1935–36 in Bern and Burgdorf. In 1973, she published an article, Erinnerungen an Max Reger (Memories of Max Reger) about the composer. She died in Winterthur.

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1875 births
1978 deaths
German classical violinists
Swiss classical violinists
English classical musicians
British classical violinists
Women classical composers
Swiss women violinists
Swiss centenarians
Women centenarians


title: Jakartovice

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Jakartovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
Villages of Bohdanovice, Deštné and Hořejší Kunčice are administrative parts of Jakartovice.

Geography
Jakartovice is located about  west of Opava and  west of Ostrava. It lies in the Nízký Jeseník range. The highest point is at  above sea level. The southern municipal border is formed by the Kružberk Reservoir, built on the Moravice River.

History
The first written mention of Jakartovice is from 1250. Bohdanovice was first mentioned in 1265, Deštné at the beginning of the 14th century and Hořejší Kunčice in 1403.

In 1974 the villages of Bohdanovice, Deštné, Hořejší Kunčice, and the territory of former villages of Kerhartice and Medlice were joined to Jakartovice and since then they make up one municipality.

Transport
The I/46 road from Olomouc to Opava passes through the municipality.

Jakartovice is located on the railway line from Opava to Svobodné Heřmanice, but trains run on it only on weekends.

Sights

The most valuable buildings are the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built in the Baroque style in 1755, and the complex of historic buildings in Deštné – the Baroque Deštné Castle from the 18th century (rebuilt from a fort from 1408) with a park, and the Gothic Church of the Visitation of Our Lady from the second half of the 14th century.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District


title: 1001 Spikes

text:
1001 Spikes is a platform game developed by 8bits Fanatics and Nicalis, and published by Nicalis. Originally named Aban Hawkins & the 1000 Spikes, the game's objective is to escape a vast terrain and struggle to reach for victory without being impaled by spikes and many other disasters. Throughout the multiple travels, the game gets increasingly challenging, especially having to dodge falling stones and much more.

Plot
Jim Hawkins, a world-renowned archaeologist, has been lost within the frozen tundra of Antarctica. Before his disappearance, his daughter Tina is left with a map to the forgotten ruins of South America. Together with her estranged brother Aban, they explore the temple and try to retrieve their father's legacy.

Reception

The Wii U, PlayStation Vita, PC, and PlayStation 4 versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the 3DS and Xbox One versions received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the 3DS and Wii U versions were ported and published by Pikii on November 25, 2015, followed by the PS4 and Vita versions on November 27, 2015, Famitsu gave them each a score of two eights, one nine, and one seven for a total of 32 out of 40.

IGN favored the PC and PS4 versions' abundance of content and exhilarating disasters, while showing disappointment of the increasing repetition of the game as the levels advance. GameZone gave the game 8.5 out of 10, saying, "With a ton of levels, a bunch of unlockable characters, a few multiplayer modes and tough yet immensely satisfying gameplay, it's very easy to recommend 1001 Spikes to anyone that enjoys a good challenge that harks back to the good old days of the NES." However, Edge gave the 3DS version a score of six out of ten, saying, "The craftsmanship is easy to admire, but 1001 Spikes can be a hard game to love."

References

2014 video games
Indie games
Linux games
MacOS games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Nicalis games
Nintendo 3DS eShop games
PlayStation 4 games
PlayStation Network games
PlayStation Vita games
Side-scrolling platform games
Video games developed in the United States
Wii U eShop games
Windows games
Xbox One games
Pikii games


title: Mladecko

text:
Mladecko is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

History
The first written mention of Mladecko is from 1250.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District


title: PlayStation Vita Pets

text:
PlayStation Vita Pets is a pet simulation video game with puzzle and adventure game elements developed by Spiral House in conjunction with XDev and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Vita. The player raises a virtual dog while also adventuring with them in a fictional realm. It received mixed reviews from critics and currently has a 63% from Metacritic.

Gameplay
Using the touchscreen and microphone, the player can play with and manage a virtual dog. The gameplay's main focus is an adventure set in a region called Castlewood Island, where the player completes basic puzzles and works with their dog to complete challenges. The dogs in the game speak and have a full vocabulary, and respond to player voice commands. The dogs talk with the player and plead with them to adventure with them. The game's camera allows the pet to recognize their owner's face.

The game includes RPG elements and locks content until certain levels have been reached. A spin-off game, PlayStation Vita Pets: Puppy Parlour, was released for iOS and Android on June 3, 2014.

Reception
PlayStation Vita Pets received mixed reviews; the game currently has a 63% approval rating on Metacritic.

The Guardians Andy Robertson said that the minigames present in the game "lets Vita Pets deliver a much more involving experience than first appears to be the case." Destructoid's Brittany Vincent criticized the level grinding required to access some content but felt that it was still a stronger game than its competition nonetheless. Forbess Andy Robertson felt that the game marked the "arrival of Sony's handheld for the younger members of the family" and noted that the children he shared the game with loved it.

Reaction to the dog's voices were mixed. Pocket Gamers Matt Suckley said that the dog's voices "steal away the game's charm" and heavily criticized the decision to give them full human vocabularies. Destructoid's Brittany Vincent disagreed, noting that the voices were "positively "aww"-inducing from the get-go".

References

External links
 Official website

2014 video games
PlayStation Vita games
PlayStation Vita-only games
Single-player video games
Spiral House games
Video games about dogs
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Virtual pet video games


title: Nikolai Zhilin

text:
Nikolai Zhilin (born May 23, 1992) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Yuzhny Ural Orsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL).

Zhilin made his KHL debut playing with  Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg during the 2013–14 KHL season, playing ten games and registering one assist.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Ariada Volzhsk players
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players
HC Izhstal players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
PSK Sakhalin players
Sokol Krasnoyarsk players
Sportspeople from Khabarovsk
Sputnik Nizhny Tagil players
Yermak Angarsk players
Yuzhny Ural Orsk players
MsHK Žilina players
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
Russian expatriate sportspeople in China
Expatriate ice hockey players in China
Expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia
Russian expatriate ice hockey people


title: Dobroslavice

text:
Dobroslavice ( is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

History
The first written mention of Dobroslavice is from 1377.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District