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Taipei Botanical Garden The Taipei Botanical Garden () is located in the Nanhai Academy on Nanhai Road in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The Botanical Garden covers an area of about 15 hectares and includes over 1,500 plant species. History The Taipei Botanical Garden was originally established during Japanese rule in 1921, although the garden itself has been in existence since 1896. It is maintained by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. In 1930, there were 1,129 species in the garden, serving largely academic research and natural sciences. However, the garden was deserted during World War II. After the war, the garden was rearranged and new plants were introduced. Overview Currently, the garden is maintained and has over 1,500 species of plants. There are 17 districts in the garden, exhibiting various plants. The 9 ponds are also designed to grow different plants. There are two buildings in the botanical garden currently listed as historical structures. One is a Qing Dynasty era Taiwan administration building build in 1888 and relocated to the garden in modern times. The other is a herbarium. Transportation The garden is accessible within walking distance West from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station of the Taipei Metro. See also List of parks in Taiwan List of tourist attractions in Taiwan References External links Category:Tourist attractions in Taipei Category:Botanical gardens in Taiwan

Apo koinou construction In linguistics, an apo koinou construction is a blend of two clauses through a lexical word which has two syntactical functions, one in each of the blended clauses. The clauses are connected asyndetically. Usually the word common to both sentences is a predicative or an object in the first sentence and a subject in the second one. Such constructions are not grammatical in standard modern English, but may serve stylistic functions, such as conveying through written dialogue that a character is uneducated. In many cases, the second clause of such a construction may be seen as a relative clause whose relative pronoun has been dropped, which in English is not generally grammatical when the relative pronoun is the subject of its clause. The term 'apo koinou' is from two Greek words: the preposition apo 'from'; and koinou, the genitive singular of the neuter adjective koinon 'common'. Examples "There was no breeze came through the door". (E. Hemingway) "There was a door led into the kitchen". (E. Hemingway) "This is the sword killed him." (Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics) References N.N. Kislitsyna, T.V. Melnichenko "Text Interpretation" Category:Rhetorical techniques

Miriam Chytilová Miriam Chytilová (born 21 June 1965) is a Czech actress and singer. She has dubbed the Czech voice for characters played by Jodie Foster, Romy Schneider, and Jennifer Aniston. Filmography 2005 – Jasnovidec (TV film) 2003 – Nepodepsaný knoflík (TV film) 1996 – Kolja 1994 – Nevěra po císařsku (TV film) 1992 – Osvětová přednáška v Suché Vrbici (TV film) 1990 – Dcera národa (TV film) 1990 – Houpačka 1988 – Případ se psem 1986 – Švec z konce světa (TV film) 1985 – Zátah 1984 – Až do konce 1984 – "Bambinot" (TV seriál) 1984 – Rubikova kostka (TV film) 1980 – Muž přes palubu 1979 – Indiáni z Větrova 1977 – Jak se točí Rozmarýny 1977 – "Tajemství proutěného košíku" (TV seriál) 1976 – Čas lásky a naděje 1976 – Odysseus a hvězdy 1975 – Borisek, malý seržant 1975 – "Chalupáři" (TV seriál) 1975 – Mys Dobré naděje 1975 – Osvobození Prahy 1974 – "30 případů majora Zemana" (TV seriál) 1973 – Adam Otka External links ČSFD.cz Televize.cz FDB.cz Category:Czech film actresses Category:Czech television actresses Category:Czech stage actresses Category:Czech voice actresses Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Actresses from Prague Category:20th-century Czech actresses Category:21st-century Czech actresses

Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 181510 June 1894) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son José de Madrazo y Agudo, the painter and former Director of the Prado Museum. His father-in-law was Tadeusz Kuntze, a Polish painter. His brothers were Luis de Madrazo, a painter, Pedro de Madrazo, an art critic and Juan de Madrazo, an architect. Among his children were Ricardo de Madrazo, also a painter, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta and Cecilia de Madrazo who married the great Orientalist artist, Marià Fortuny. The Madrazo family have been described as one of the most important painting dynasties, who literally dominated 19th-century painting in Spain. He received his first instruction from his father. While still attending the classes at the Royal Academy of San Fernando, he painted his first picture, The Resurrection of Christ (1829), which was purchased by Queen Christina. Not long afterwards he painted Achilles in his Tent, and subsequently presented to the Academy The Continence of Scipio, which secured him admission as a member "for merit". While decorating the palace of Vista Alegre he took up portraiture. In 1832 he went to Paris, where he studied under Franz Winterhalter, and painted portraits of Baron Taylor and Ingres. In 1837 he was commissioned to produce a picture for the gallery at Versailles, and painted "Godfrey de Bouillon proclaimed King of Jerusalem". The artist then returned to Rome, where he worked at various subjects, sacred and profane. Then he painted Maria Christina in the Dress of a Nun by the Bedside of Ferdinand III (1843), Queen Isabella, The Duchess of Medinaceli, and The Countess de Vilches (1845–47), besides a number of portraits of the Spanish aristocracy, some of which were sent to the exhibition of 1855. He received the Legion of Honour in 1846. He was made a corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts on 10 December 1853, and in 1873, on the death of Schnorr, the painter, he was chosen foreign member. Three years after his father left office, he also became Director of the Museo del Prado and president of the Academy of San Fernando. He originated in Spain the production of art reviews and journals, such as El Artista, El Renacimiento, and El Semanario pintoresco. He died in Madrid. His brother, Luis de Madrazo, was also known as a painter, chiefly by his Burial of Saint Cecilia (1855). Federico's best-known pupils were his sons, Raimundo and Ricardo. Selected paintings References External links Category:1815 births Category:1894 deaths Category:People from Rome Category:Spanish romantic painters Category:19th-century Spanish painters Category:Spanish male painters Category:Directors of the Museo del Prado Category:Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando alumni Category:Sibling artists

Aisha Bano Aisha Bano is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since August 2018. Political career She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election. References Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) Category:Politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Bastion of Broken Souls Bastion of Broken Souls is an adventure module for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary In Bastion of Broken Souls, the great wyrm Ashardalon accumulates power, while one of the heads of the demon prince Demogorgon plots to use the player characters in its plan to slay the dragon and thereby gain enough power to destroy the other head and become a singular being. Publication history Bastion of Broken Souls was published in 2002, and was written by Bruce R. Cordell, with cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by David Roach. Bruce Cordell was inspired to use Demogorgon in his design because the creature is his favorite demon prince. Reception The reviewer from Pyramid notes that the adventure begins with a surprise attack of a singular nature during the characters' day-to-day activities. "[T]he attacker is a nine-foot-tall, six-armed fiend with the lower body of a snake and the upper of a nude woman, wielding multiple loops of animated barbed chain. The fact that the attack comes out of nowhere and seemingly without reason should grab the attention of the players and create all sorts of questions they will definitely want answered..." The reviewer writes that the adventure is designed to fit into any fantasy campaign, and that if the party successfully completes the adventure they should gain enough experience to advance beyond 20th level, and would therefore be suited to campaigns run with the Epic Level Handbook. References Category:Dungeons & Dragons modules

Amaryllo Amaryllo Inc. is a multinational company founded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, pioneering in AI as a Service market. Amaryllo develops biometric robotic technologies. It is ranked as the number-one smart home camera robot company. Amaryllo offers real-time data mining, patented camera robot, fast object recognition, secure 256-bit encrypted P2P network, and flexible cloud storage to B2G, B2C, and B2B market. Amaryllo developed a new type of patented robotic cameras that can talk, hear, sense, recognize human faces, and auto-track intruders 360 degrees. Founder Marcus Yang is a serial entrepreneur and a member at Band of Angles. Marcus Yang invented and patented the first embedded auto-tracking cameras. Amaryllo debuted the world's first security robot based on WebRTC protocol, iCamPRO FHD, and won the 2015 CES Best of Innovation Award under Embedded Technology category. Amaryllo's home security robots employ 256-bit encryption technologies and run on WebRTC protocol. Amaryllo products are sold in over 100 countries across 6 continents. History Amaryllo revealed its first smart home security products at Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2013 with a Skype-enabled IP camera called iCam HD. iCam HD was the first smart home IP camera certified by Plugged-into-Skype program with 256-bit encryption. Amaryllo announced its second Skype-certified smart home product, iBabi HD, at CES 2014. The company was chosen as a Cool Vendor by Gartner in Connected Home 2014 for being the first company offering the highest possible security protection in consumers security market. Amaryllo introduced WebRTC-based smart home products after Microsoft terminated embedded Skype services in mid 2014. Since then, Amaryllo has been developing a series of camera robots with focus on its auto-tracking and facial recognition technologies. The professional outdoor IP65 grade camera robots, ATOM AR3 and ATOM AR3S, were introduced in late 2016. Amaryllo’s focus is primarily on the AI service market, with products for home and business use, including wired and wireless technology. Biometric Robotic Technologies Facial Recognition Amaryllo debuted its facial recognition technologies on the new auto-tracking model, ATOM at IFA 2016. ATOM is designed to recognize human faces from learning faces. It takes 0.5 seconds to detect a human face and another 0.5 second to identify a person, totaling only 1 second to recognize a human face. It can recognize over 100 people simultaneously. Amaryllo is offering facial recognition to its B2B partners. ASUS SmartHome platform has integrated ATOM to its offering to take advantage of this new technology. Embedded Auto-Tracking Amaryllo uses multi-core processor embedded in compact cameras to realize complete tracking systems in single units. Each camera must be embedded with sufficient computation power and memory to possess artificial intelligence to analyze real-time image comparison to track moving objects, to stream real-time full-HD video, encode 256-bit encryption, upload recorded videos, and many more. Amaryllo security drones act as individual security robots to track moving objects on their own without commands from remote computers. With a 1920 x 1080 full-HD resolution, these drones are able to track intruders over 30 feet away. Infrared lights are aesthetically hidden by a mask and are activated when the environment becomes dark. This enables Amaryllo cameras to track objects in complete darkness. Speech Functions Amaryllo added speech functions to its camera robots. Multiple languages are supported including English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Japanese, Thai, and Chinese. When faces or sensors are detected, camera robots will talk in pre-selected languages and say "Hello", "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", etc. Camera robots can report hourly time such as "It's 4 PM" and can even notify you of a new email. For example, if there is a new email, the camera robots will say "You've got mail" to

remind owners. Multiple Sensor Network Further, technologies enable security robots to track objects 360 degrees by introducing multiple motion sensors around the drones, once a sensor is triggered, embedded CPUs will guide the drones to turn to the spotted direction to follow objects even from behind. This innovative design eliminates the need to implement multiple cameras in a single unit to reduce cost. Amaryllo security robots can even talk to intruders if they are spotted and track intruders. Amaryllo iCamPRO FHD won 2015 WebRTC World Product of the Year Award. Object Recognition Amaryllo develops cloud-based artificial intelligence with its camera robots to recognize any objects. By taking advantage of large cloud computation power, faces, human body, vehicle, animals, airplanes, etc. can be detected and recognized in seconds. Amaryllo uses real-time picture frame analysis to identify over 100 human faces within seconds. Once a humanoid face is recognized, robots will deliver face snapshots to smart devices within seconds. This patent-pending solution can eliminate possible false alerts found in popular network cameras with alerts generated by Passive infrared sensor. Interactive Services Amaryllo robots are linked to Google Services. If consumers receive an email, Amaryllo robots will say "You've got mail." Amaryllo robots can even remind users of appointments by saying "You have an appointment at 3 pm," minutes before a meeting. These robots can also say "Hello", "Good Morning", "Good Afternoon", etc. when they detect events. These events could be motion, audio, or face detection pre-determined by users. Amaryllo cameras are wirelessly connected to networks, so they are aware of local time and can report time on an hourly fashion. For example, it will say "It's 5 PM," acting as a regular clock. More interactive voice communications are reported. Blockout and Activity Zones To eliminate common false alarm triggered by popular audio or PIR sensors, Amaryllo devises an option on the mobile app to allow consumers to define areas where they can be ignored or can be monitored by their robots. If a robot is led to a certain area where movement later stops, the robot will rotate itself to resume it's predefined "home" positions to safeguard the most important asset. The combination of the above enables Amaryllo robots to reduce false alarm raised by conventional pixel-based sensors. Additional Technologies Fire Warning Path Tracking Heat Maps P2P Communications and Cloud Service Dynamic P2P Server Amaryllo was the first to establish global Peer-to-Peer (P2P) server based on WebRTC protocol in smart home service. Amaryllo Live is a plug-in-free H.264-based browser service allowing consumers to access their cameras anywhere anytime. It runs on WebRTC protocol and Firefox is the first browser company to support Amaryllo Live. Other browser companies have vowed to support WebRTC H.264-based codec. Amaryllo server measures each communications channel and dynamically adjusts the video format based on the available bandwidth to effectively alleviate video latency and results in a better video communications experience. It also permits a true two-way audio talk. Video Alert Amaryllo offers free and paid unlimited cloud storage plans available to its products. Unconventionally, Amaryllo cloud service includes video alerts allowing consumers to review urgent video messages from smart devices remotely. Video alerts are handy as brief recorded videos provide additional information to consumers in comparison against typical single frame picture alerts. Amaryllo launched Urgent Home Care Service with an introduction of iCare FHD. With a touch of a remote control, the patent-pending technologies deliver video alerts to registered members in seconds. iCare FHD can detect faces and sends out real-time face alert video to family members. This is the first urgent home care products employing WebRTC technologies.

Intelligent Data Analytics Service Soteria Amaryllo expanded its business to B2B smart retailer market by introducing Soteria service in 2018. Soteria employs biometric analytics cameras with cloud intelligence to offer affordable real-time video analytics allowing retailer owners to monetize customer data. Unlike conventional wisdom, Soteria is the first smart retailer CRM without a PC or server utilizing instead cloud-based services, significantly lowering the entry barrier for small business owners to examine/explore/research their customer types. Honors and recognition Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) 2016 - ATOM 2 and AR2 won top Gold International Award under the Security category. B2B Marketing Expo 2019 - Best Tech Innovation CES 2020 - Athena won 2020 CES Innovation Awards under Smart Cities and Smart Home categories, respectively. 2018 - AR4 won 2018 CES Best of Innovation Award under Smart Cities category and AR5 won CES Innovation Award under Smart Home. 2017 - Amaryllo won its third CES Innovation Awards with Koova, ATOM AR3 and ATOM AR3S. 2016 - Amaryllo won the consecutive 2016 CES Innovation Award with its iCamPRO Deluxe. 2015 - iCamPRO FHD won 2015 CES Best of Innovation Award under Embedded Technology category. Computex 2019 - Soteria Enterprise won the 2019 Computex Best Choice Award for Smart Retail. 2017 - ATOM AR3S won the 2017 Computex Best Choice Award for Security. 2016 - ATOM AR2 won the 2016 Computex Best Choice Award in the Smart Tech Related category. 2015 - iCamPRO FHD won the 2015 Computex Best Choice Award in the Smart Tech category. 2014 - Skype HD Wireless Baby monitor won the Jury's Special Award d&i Award 2016 - iCamPRO AR2 won the Computex d&i Award. IoT Asia 2018 - Amaryllo won the Trailblazer Award for offering AI as a service. Securika Moscow 2017 - Russia Best Product of the Year. Security Innovation Award 2018 - Soteria Enterprise won the 2018 Security Innovation Award in Essen, Germany under the Service category. References Category:Robotics Category:Home automation companies

Frank Bernardi Frank Dominic Bernardi (born June 17, 1933) is a former American football defensive back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A 4th round selection (38th overall pick) in the 1955 NFL Draft, Bernardi played for the NFL's Chicago Cardinals from 1955 through 1957, and for the AFL's Denver Broncos in 1960. Category:1933 births Category:Living people Category:People from Highwood, Illinois Category:Players of American football from Illinois Category:Sportspeople from the Chicago metropolitan area Category:American football defensive backs Category:Colorado Buffaloes football players Category:Chicago Cardinals players Category:Denver Broncos (AFL) players

Adygea The Republic of Adygea (; ; , Adygæ Respublik), also known as the Adyghe Republic, is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North Caucasus region of European Russia, and is part of the Southern Federal District. Adygea covers an area of , the fifth-smallest Russian federal subject by area, with its territory an enclave within Krasnodar Krai. Adygea has a population of 439,996 (2010 Census). Maykop is the capital and the largest city of Adygea, home to one-third of the republic's population. Adygea is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Adyghe people, a Circassian ethnic group that form 25% of the Republic's population, while ethnic Russians form a majority at 60%, and with minority populations of Armenians and Ukrainians. The official languages of Adygea are Russian and the Adyghe language. Geography Adygea lies in Russia's Southern Federal District of Eastern Europe, in the foothills of the Northwestern Caucasus in the Caucasus Mountains System, with plains in the northern areas and mountains in the southern area. Forests (mainly of European beech, oak, and maple) cover almost 40% of its territory. Area — . Borders — the Republic of Adygea is entirely surrounded by Krasnodar Krai. Highest point — Chugush Mountain: . Rivers The long Kuban River is one of the major navigable rivers in the Caucasus region. It forms part of the northern border between the Republic of Adygea and Krasnodar Krai. Other rivers include: Belaya River Chokhrak River Dakh River Fars River Khodz River Kisha River Bolshaya Laba River — (forming part of the eastern border between Adygea and Krasnodar Krai) Psekups River Pshish River Sakhray River Sukhoy Kurdzhips River — flows near the archaeological site at Mezmaiskaya cave. Lakes The republic has no large lakes. However, the several large reservoirs include: Krasnodarskoye Reservoir Oktyabrskoye Reservoir Shapsugskoye Reservoir Tshchitskoye Reservoir Mountains The republic's major mountains and peaks range in height from , and include: Chugush Mountain — Mount Fisht — Oshten Mountain Pseashkho Mountain Shepsi Mountain Natural resources The republic is rich in oil and natural gas. Other natural resources include gold, silver, tungsten, and iron. Climate Average January temperature: Average July temperature: Average annual precipitation: February 15, 2010, recorded the absolute maximum for the winter months—in the capital, the city of Maykop, the temperature was . History The Cherkess (Adyghe) Autonomous Oblast was established within the Russian SFSR on July 27, 1922, on the territories of the Kuban-Black Sea Oblast, primarily settled by the Adyghe people. At that time, Krasnodar was the administrative center. It was renamed Adyghe (Cherkess) Autonomous Oblast on August 24, 1922, soon after its creation. In the first two years of its existence the autonomous oblast was a part of the Russian SFSR, but on October 17, 1924, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the newly created North Caucasus Krai within the RSFSR. It was renamed Adyghe Autonomous Oblast (AO) in July 1928. On January 10, 1934, the autonomous oblast became part of the new Azov-Black Sea Krai, which was removed from North Caucasus Krai. Maykop was made the administrative center of the autonomous oblast in 1936. Adyghe AO became part of Krasnodar Krai when it was established on September 13, 1937. On July 3, 1991, the oblast was elevated to the status of a republic under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. The first President of the republic was Aslan Dzharimov, elected on 5 January 1992. Relations between the Adyghe and ethnic Russians in Adygea are currently good. Russians make up two-thirds of the population within Adygea. The current Head of Adygea

is Murat Kumpilov. Divisions The Republic of Adygea is administratively divided into seven districts (raions), two cities/towns, and (at a lower administrative level) five urban-type settlements. Municipally, the republic is divided into two urban okrugs, five urban settlements, and 46 rural settlements. Note "м.р." above is an abbreviation for "муниципальный район" (Municipal District) Demographics Population: Vital statistics Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service Ethnic groups According to the 2010 Census, ethnic Russians make up 63.6% of the republic's total population, while the ethnic Adyghe are 25.8%. Other groups include Armenians (3.7%), Ukrainians (1.4%), Kurds (1.1%) and Tatars (0.6%). Religions According to a 2012 survey which interviewed 56,900 people, 35.4% of the population of Adygea adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church, 12.6% to Islam, 3% are unaffiliated Christians and 1% are Orthodox Christian believers who don't belong to church or are members of other Orthodox churches. In addition, 30% of the population declares to be "spiritual but not religious", 9% is atheist, and 8.6% follows other religions or did not answer to the question. Politics The chief executive of the government of the Republic of Adygea is the Head (called "President" until May 2011), who is appointed for a five-year term. Proficiency in the Adyghe language is a prerequisite for the candidate. The current Head, Murat Kumpilov (since January 27, 2017), succeeded Aslan Tkhakushinov, initially as acting Head of the region. There is also a directly elected State Council (Khase or Xase—not to be confused with the Adyghe Khase, a union of Adyghe who supported Sovmen for a second term), which comprises the Council of Representatives and the Council of the Republic. Both councils are elected every five years and have 27 deputies each. The Republic sends three representatives to the parliament of the Russian Federation; one to the State Duma and the other two to the Federation Council. The Constitution of the Republic of Adygea was adopted on May 14, 1995. Economy Even though it is one of the poorest parts of Russia, the republic has abundant forests and rich soil. The region is famous for producing grain, sunflowers, tea, tobacco, and other produce. Hog and sheep breeding are also developed. Food, timber, woodworking, pulp and paper, heavy engineering, and metal-working are the most developed industries. Transportation There is a small airport in Maykop (ICAO airport code URKM). Several rail lines pass through the republic. Culture The Adyghe language (Адыгабзэ) is a member of the isolate Northwest Caucasian language family. Along with Russian, Adyghe is the official language of the republic. There are 8 state and 23 public museums in the republic. The largest museum is the National Museum of the Republic of Adygea in Maykop. Education Adyghe State University and Maykop State Technological University, both in the capital Maykop, are the two major higher education facilities in Adygea. Notable people Anatoly Berezovoy (1942—2014), Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR. Aslan Dzharimov (born 1936), 1st President of the Republic of Adygea. Anna Kareyeva (born 1977), handball player. Mukharby Kirzhinov (born 1949), weightlifter. Andrei Kobenko (born 1982), footballer. Nikita Kucherov (born 1993), ice hockey player. Vladimir Nevzorov (born 1952), judoka. Hazret Sovmen (born 1937), 2nd President of the Republic of Adygea. Aslan Tkhakushinov (born 1947), 3rd President of the Republic of Adygea. Aslan Tlebzu (born 1981), Adyghe folk musician. Konstantin Vasilyev (1942—1976), painter. See also Music in the Republic of Adygea Mezmaiskaya cave Ethnic cleansing of Circassians Adyghe people References Notes Sources External links Адыгэ Республикэм и Лъэпкъ театр (in Adyghe) The Voice of Circassians (Adyghe Language) Official website of the Republic of Adygea Overview of the Republic of Adygea (Kommersant newspaper) Official

Website of the Adyghe State University Official Website of the Adyghe State University Official Website of the National Museum of the Republic of Adygea 01 Category:Southern Federal District Category:Enclaves and exclaves Category:States and territories established in 1991 Category:Russian-speaking countries and territories Category:Regions of Europe with multiple official languages

161 Squadron (Israel) The 161 Squadron of the Israeli Air Force, also known as the Black Snake Squadron, operates Elbit Hermes 450 UAVs. It is based at Palmahim airbase. It was previously an MD 500 Defender and then an AH-1E/F Cobra helicopter squadron under the name Southern Cobra Squadron. Category:Israeli Air Force squadrons

Fort Belgica Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia. The fort acted as a fortification system for the islands of Banda where during the period, the only place in the world where nutmeg was produced. History Before Fort Belgica, there was a 16th-century Portuguese fort standing on a hill in Banda Neira. On September 4, 1611, Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, instructed the construction of a new fort to fortify the hill which dominated the original Dutch fortress, Fort Nassau. This fort was to be named either Belgica or Nederland, and it became Fort Belgica. Fort Belgica was a modest square fort on top of a hill. In 1662, Jan Pieterszoon Coen ordered the renovation of the original fort, so it was replaced with a more solid redoubt that could accommodate 40 men. By the mid seventeenth century earthquakes, the tropical monsoonal climate, and poor original construction materials and techniques had resulted in the structure becoming dilapidated. In 1667, Governor Cornelis Speelman instructed Engineer Adriaan de Leeuw to redesign and reconstruct the fort. The result was the present "castle", the major modification works started in 1672 and being completed by 1673. The new Fort Belgica was built from stone shipped to the island. The new design consisted of a low outer pentagonal structure with five angled corner bastions and a higher inner pentagon with five tall circular towers. It was the only fort of this kind throughout the Banda Islands. Despite over 300,000 Guilders spent on the modifications, an armament of 50 guns and a garrison of 400 men Fort Belgica surrendered to a British fleet in 1796 without a shot fired. Returned to Dutch control in 1803, it was again taken by the British in 1810, when it was stormed by Captain Cole and his men. Partially demolished in 1904, it was incompletely rebuilt in 1919. In 1991, following the order of General Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani, at that time the Minister of Defense and Security of Indonesia, the fort was thoroughly restored. Layout Fort Belgica sits on top of a hill on the southwestern part of the island Banda Neira. The fort overlooks the Fort Nassau, lower on the foot of the hill to the south. Fort Belgica is pentagonal in form. It consists of a low outer pentagonal structure and a higher inner pentagonal structure. A stair access on the southernmost wall of the outer pentagon provides the sole point of entry to the fort. The lower pentagonal structure is equipped with five bastions, from the left hand side of the access point: Galge punt, Moorsche punt, Leugenaar punt, Metaale punt, and Klokke punt, each equipped with a bartizan. The higher inner pentagonal structure housed several rooms which was arranged surrounding a pentagonal-shaped inner courtyard. A stairs in one of the room provide an access point to the top level. World Heritage Status In January 2015, Belgica Fort was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List as part of the Historic and Marine Landscape of the Banda Islands. See also Citations References Bibliography Category:Dutch East Indies Category:Dutch East India Company Category:World Heritage Sites in Indonesia Belgica Category:Buildings and structures in Maluku (province) Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1611 Category:Tourist attractions in Maluku (province) Category:1611 establishments in the Dutch Empire

List of best-selling albums in the Philippines This is a list of best-selling albums in the Philippines. This list can contain any types of albums, including studio albums or extended plays, live albums, greatest hits or compilations, various artists, and soundtracks, both from domestic and international artists. The Philippine Association of the Record Industry or PARI is the organization responsible for awarding record certifications in the Philippines. PARI is a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Album certifications include both physical and digital sales. Music certifications prior to 1990 were only awarded by record labels of their artists through their own guidelines until PARI took the obligation. PARI's early policy at that time was that released albums in the country can only be certified Platinum if they were sold at least 40,000 copies, eventually they would receive Diamond award when they reach ten times, at 400,000. This rule was granted until 2006 when PARI changed it down to 30,000 units. It was not until October 2007 that thresholds for albums were distinguished between the local and international repertoire. In local release, PARI made it into 30,000 copies, same that of the previous rule, but parted away from the international release, decreased it into 20,000 copies. On February 2008, PARI again decided to change the guidelines. This time, they made 25,000 copies for local albums and 15,000 for international albums. This latter did not take until December 2009 when PARI decreased five-thousand copies for local albums for a requirement as a Platinum-certified album when they made it to 20,000, while still remained 15,000 for international-released albums, same from the previous one. Currently, domestic repertoire again shares the same thresholds along with the international repertoire, same that of the 1999—2006/2007 rule. As the album could be one of the best-sellers, new criteria were told that the figure must be published by a reliable or acceptable source and that the album must have sold at least 150,000 units for both domestic and international albums in the country which was already implemented on March 2012. This is why albums such as Fearless and The Fame, although considered, have not been fully included on this list. As of 2017, Jose Mari Chan's Constant Change (1989) and Christmas in Our Hearts (1990) still remain as the best-selling albums in the country with the estimated sales of more than 800,000 copies each. Regine Velasquez is considered as the best-selling artist of all time in the Philippines with 7 million certified albums locally and 1.5 million certified albums in Asia. Other artists such as Eraserheads and Rivermaya have three albums on the list, while Gary Valenciano, Jaya, Jolina Magdangal, Jose Mari Chan, MYMP, Smokey Mountain and Westlife each have two. Best-selling albums See also Music in the Philippines Philippine Association of the Record Industry List of best-selling albums: by country, or worldwide Notes References External links List of PARI Gold, Platinum & Diamond Awardees Philippines

Elitegroup Computer Systems Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd. (ECS;) is a Taiwan-based electronics firm. It is the fifth largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world (after Asus, Gigabyte Technology, ASRock, and MSI), with production reaching 24 million units in 2002. The company has since concentrated on broadening its product range. After ECS's purchase of laptop manufacturer Uniwill in 2006, the company has been involved in the design and manufacture of laptops, desktop replacement computers and multimedia products. ECS computers are sold by Fry's Electronics under the “Great Quality” (“GQ”) brand. Design & Production While Elitegroup Computer Systems is headquartered in Taiwan, the company has production facilities all over the world: Special Economic Zone Shenzhen: (ECS Manufacturing) & Golden Elite Technology & China Golden Elite Technology Suzhou: (China ESZ) Juarez, Mexico: China EMX, Mexico EMX Plant Design of the products is probably done in Taiwan. OEM Many of these motherboards have been produced for OEM customers and are used in systems assembled and sold by such brand-name companies as IBM, Compaq and Zoostorm. Its main competitors are Micro-Star International and ASRock. ECS also produces Acer computers. History Founded in 1987, ECS is headquartered in Taiwan with operations in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The company merged with PCChips (Hsing Tech Enterprise Co., Ltd), a major manufacturer of low-cost motherboards, in 2005. In June 2003, ECS was selected for two years in a row for Business Week magazine’s exclusive Information Technology 100 list. On 10 April 2013, ECS unveiled Durathon, where all ECS motherboards are tested beyond industry standards for durability, stability, and reliability, as well as materials used in the manufacture of its motherboards. The name Durathon derives from the words durable and marathon, which refers to each motherboard's rigorous testing methods in extreme environmental conditions. See also ASRock (Pegatron) Asus Biostar EVGA Corporation Gigabyte Technology Micro-Star International (MSI) References External links ECS Factory Tour in Shenzhen, China Category:1987 establishments in Taiwan Category:Electronics companies of Taiwan Category:Graphics hardware companies Category:Motherboard companies Category:Computer companies established in 1987 Category:Manufacturing companies based in Taipei Category:Taiwanese brands

Batman Forever (disambiguation) Batman Forever is a 1995 film in the Batman film series. Batman Forever may also refer to: Batman Forever (soundtrack) Batman Forever (score) Batman Forever (pinball) Batman Forever (video game) Batman Forever: The Arcade Game

Doncaster Greyhound Track The Doncaster Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in Doncaster. It was sometimes incorrectly referred to as Sprotbrough Greyhound Track due to its location near the Sprotbrough Road. It is not to be confused with the current Doncaster Greyhound Stadium near Stainforth which for many years operated as Stainforth Greyhounds until adopting the Doncaster name after the original stadium closed in 1986. Origins and Opening In 1928 Sprotbrough west of Doncaster was another site where a colliery existed and as was the trend at the time greyhound tracks popped up wherever collieries existed. The track on Newlands Drive, off the York Road at the back of Regent Grove was opened on 14 April 1928 by the Mansfield Greyhound Racecourse Co. During the first year of trading as a licensed track they were banned from National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) racing following the refusal to comply with the NGRC stewards instructions. History Throughout the years the track would switch between fully licensed affiliation and independent status (unaffiliated to a governing body) but would boast an English Greyhound Derby finalist in 1945. The greyhound Lilacs Luck (winner of the Irish Greyhound Derby) had been put with trainer Mr R Jones and he steered the blue brindle to runner up behind Mondays News. A year later he also won the Wembley Gold Cup. In 1947 the tote turnover was a healthy £147,357 when still licensed by the NGRC. The track would become independent again in the fifties and would not return to NGRC licensed racing again. From the early 1950s the track was owned by local bookmaker Charlie Bint and had a fully licensed casino on site until licensing laws changed in the late 1960s.In the 1970s the stadium also promoted speedway (Doncaster Stallions & Doncaster Dragons) as well as stock car, hot rod and banger racing. The refusal of permanent planning permission led to the sale in 1976 to the Hawkins family. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s racing was held on Tuesday and Saturday evenings at 7.30pm. The circumference was 487 yards and was described as a galloping track because of the size. Distances were set at 300, 410, 525 and 765 yard handicaps and 335, 555 and 800 yards level break. Annual events included the Lincoln Sweepstakes, Leger Sweepstakes, Dennison Trophy and Rose Bowl Sweepstakes. The track had its own well for watering the grass and they would have an intertrack competitions with Stanley Greyhound Stadium. And in 1975 held The Festival of Greyhound Racing which attracted huge sponsorship and national participation. The Bint family, led in the main by Mrs Sue Bint, were heavily involved in greyhound welfare and both housed and re-homed hundreds of retired greyhounds during their time at the stadium. In 1976 the track was purchased by the Hawkins family (Northern Sports Ltd) who would later own Oxford Stadium and Ramsgate Stadium. In 1980 there were still grass straights and the distances were over 301, 275, 480, 507 and 700 metres. Racing was on Tuesday and Friday nights and an inside hare was used. Closure The site was demolished in 1986 and today is the area covered by 'Clearwell Croft' and 'The Leas'. References Category:Defunct greyhound racing venues in the United Kingdom Category:Defunct sports venues in South Yorkshire

Iles, Nariño Iles is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. Category:Populated places in the Nariño Department Category:Municipalities of Nariño Department

Perico (Spanish footballer) Pedro José Pinazo Arias (born 18 January 1985), known as Perico, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He appeared in 222 Segunda División games during nine seasons, scoring a combined 19 goals for five clubs. He appeared in one match in La Liga, with Málaga. Club career Born in Málaga, Perico began his career with hometown's Málaga CF. Almost exclusively associated to the reserves during his early spell, he only appeared once in La Liga with the Andalusians' first team, featuring 90 minutes in a 0–1 away loss against RCD Mallorca on 21 June 2003. In July 2007, Perico left Málaga and signed a two-year contract with second division club CD Castellón. After two seasons of regular playing time, he joined fellow league side UD Salamanca. Perico equalled a career-best five goals in 2010–11, but he could not help prevent the Castile and León team from being relegated at the end of the campaign. He subsequently continued in the second level, joining Elche CF; he was released in September 2012, however, after the arrival of Carles Gil. In January 2013, Perico went on trial with Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftchi Baku PFC, scoring in his first friendly game, against FC Aktobe. However, nothing came of it, and he returned to his country, signing with division three's Gimnàstic de Tarragona for 18 months. On 26 June 2013, Perico was released, subsequently moving to Cádiz CF also in the third tier. References External links Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Málaga Category:Spanish footballers Category:Andalusian footballers Category:Association football midfielders Category:La Liga players Category:Segunda División players Category:Segunda División B players Category:Atlético Malagueño players Category:Málaga CF players Category:CD Castellón footballers Category:UD Salamanca players Category:Elche CF players Category:Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Category:Cádiz CF players Category:Football League (Greece) players Category:AE Larissa FC players Category:Panachaiki F.C. players Category:Spain youth international footballers Category:Spanish expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Greece Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece

Helensburgh RFC Helensburgh RFC is a rugby union side based in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. They play their home games at Ardencaple. History The club was founded in 1963 and celebrated its golden jubilee in 2013. The event attracted 400 guests from around the world for a celebratory dinner. Trivia The Helensburgh rugby team made the news in 2004 when their 1st XV all became fathers in the space of 5 years; all of them together having 15 sons; enough for a new 1st XV. The Princess Royal visited Helensburgh RFC in 2012 and opened a new stand at the ground. Helensburgh Sevens The club run the Helensburgh Sevens tournament. Other Sevens The Royal Navy host their Northern Sevens at Ardencaple. Helensburgh are allowed to participate as ground owners; however they can not represent the Royal Navy in subsequent matches,The Helensburgh side reached the final in 2017. Honours Helensburgh Sevens Champions: 1972 References Category:Rugby union in Argyll and Bute Category:Scottish rugby union teams Category:Helensburgh

Thryptomene globifera Thryptomene globifera is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub is found in the Mid West region of Western Australia between Northampton and the Chapman Valley near Geraldton where it grows in sandy soils. References globifera Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia Category:Rosids of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 2014

Sri Rakum School for the Blind Sri Rakum School for the Blind is a blind school in the city of Bangalore, India. It offers free education to blind students from kindergarten to post-graduation. The training imparted includes reading and writing through Braille and mobility training for totally blind children. Pre-school age students with the single disability of blindness are trained early on to prepare them for their eventual completion of school, college and vocational education. Founder The school was started by Acharya Sri Rakum in June 1998. He left behind a career in martial arts in Japan and India to pursue what he calls the "creative use of his power". He is now the principal. The realization that children who were born blind were shunned and denied opportunities to grow inspired him to start the school. The children hail from villages and tribal belts and come from very poor families. The school is a unique non-governmental organization running entirely on support by patrons and donations by the general public and corporate organizations. References External links http://www.rakum.org/ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/a-school-that-teaches-them-lessons-on-life/articleshow/680222631.cms http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-06-29/bangalore/27220877_1_rau-food-destitute-children http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-07/bangalore/28346726_1_sharada-visually-impaired-wings http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-24/bangalore/27165002_1_anish-underprivileged-children-parents http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-01-19/bangalore/28329519_1_karate-blue-belt-brown-belt http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-07-03/bangalore/27843815_1_deepa-groom-normal-students https://www.thebetterindia.com/34724/acharya-sri-rakum-school-for-the-blind/ Category:Private schools in Bangalore Category:Educational institutions established in 1998 Category:Schools for the blind in India Category:1998 establishments in India

Simplicivalva corita Simplicivalva corita is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Brazil. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Category:Cossulinae

Jugeli Jugeli () is a Georgian surname. It may refer to Mamuka Jugeli (born 1969), Georgian football player Medeya Jugeli (born 1925), Georgian artistic gymnast

List of Last of the Summer Wine episodes The following is an episode list for the long-running BBC One sitcom Last of the Summer Wine which was broadcast from 4 January 1973 to 29 August 2010. Overview The pilot episode aired as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973 and the first full series of episodes premiered on 12 November the very same year. The 31st (and final) series started broadcasting on 25 July 2010.Every episode was written by Roy Clarke. As of 29 August 2010 (the very last day of transmission), a total of around 295 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine have aired. This includes the Comedy Playhouse pilot, twenty-four Christmas Specials, three New Year Specials and a Millennium Special (but not the short Christmas sketch, a comedy trial or the 25 Year and 30 Year Documentaries). Some of these have been regular episodes (often held over from the previous series, or taken from the forthcoming series), others have been dedicated festive stories. Some of these specials have also been feature-length. All episodes are 30 minutes long, unless otherwise stated. The list is by episodes' original air dates. Episodes Series 1 (1973) The pilot episode, alternately known as "The Last of the Summer Wine" and "Of Funerals and Fish," which originally premiered on the BBC's Comedy Playhouse was included as an Extra feature on Series 31 & 32 on disc 4 which was released on 15 August 2016. Series 2 (1975) Series 3 (1976) Series 4 (1977-78) Series 5 (1979) Series 6 (1981-82) Series 7 (1982-83) Series 8 (1984-85) Series 9 (1986-87) Series 10 (1988) Series 11 (1989) Series 12 (1990) Series 13 (1991) Series 14 (1992) Series 15 (1993) Series 16 (1995) Series 17 (1995) Series 18 (1996-97) Series 19 (1997-98) Series 20 (1999) Series 21 (2000) Series 22 (2001) Series 23 (2001-02) Series 24 (2002-03) Series 25 (2003-04) Series 26 (2004-05) Series 27 (2005-06) Series 28 (2007) Series 29 (2008) Series 30 (2008-09) Series 31 (2010) Miscellaneous Notes The DVD boxset issued on this date is labelled series 9 & 10. However, it contains only the twelve episodes listed for series 9 below plus the three Specials. It contains none of the episodes listed for series 10. The six series 10 episodes were released along with the seven of series 11 and two Specials in a boxset labelled Series 11 & 12. The ten Series 12 episodes were released along with the six Series 13 episodes and two Specials in another boxset labelled series 13 & 14. The nine series 14 episodes were released along with the nine series 15 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 15 & 16 released on 26 October 2009. The eight series 16 episodes were released along with the ten series 17 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 17 & 18 released on 27 December 2010. The ten series 18 episodes were released along with the ten series 19 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 19 & 20 on 7 February 2011. The ten series 20 episodes were released along with the ten series 21 episodes and the Millennium special in another boxset labelled series 21 & 22 on 26 March 2012. The ten series 22 episodes were released along with the ten series 23 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 23 & 24 on 23 April 2012. The ten series 24 episodes were released along with the ten series 25 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 25 & 26 on 29 September

2014. The ten series 26 episodes were released along with the nine series 27 episodes and two specials in another boxset labelled series 27 & 28 on 5 October 2015. The ten series 28 episodes were released along with the eleven series 29 episodes in another boxset labeled series 29 & 30 on 16 May 2016. The ten series 30 episodes were released along with the six series 31, the 2008 New Year special and an extra feature of the Comedy Playhouse Pilot episode Of Funerals and Fish in a final boxset labelled series 31 & 32 on 15 August 2016. All 295 episodes were cleared by the BBFC. The first three episodes of series 1 were edited together on the DVD in what appeared to be a straight transfer from the video release in the 1980s. "Pâté & Chips" ended with credits for all three episodes plus the original BBC Video ident, however a re-release of series 1 & 2 in 2011 put all three episodes with their start and end credits back on them, on the same re-release the scene from the series 2 episode "Some Enchanted Evening" which was missing on the original release has been put back into the episode. Over the years there has been a number of edits on DVD releases in all regions with region 1 having certain music edits on the DVD releases. Region 2 DVDs have some edits such as Milburn not appearing in "The Loxley Lozenge" as he did on original transmission and "Uncle of the Bride" and "Big Day at Dream Acres" on the DVD release being only 1 of 3 versions of each episode, "Elegy for Fallen Wellies" on the region 2 DVDs is the alternate version on DVD and not the original transmission version, another episode edited was on the re-release of series 3 & 4 in 2010 when a line was removed from "The Kink in Foggy's Niblick" when the lady golfers go walking past Compo and Clegg. Apart from "Elegy for Fallen Wellies" there doesn't appear to be much editing on the later releases in region 2 so far. References Category:Lists of British sitcom television series episodes Episodes

Huw Edwards-Jones Huw Edwards-Jones (born 1956, Rustington, West Sussex) is a cabinetmaker who has been awarded five Guild Marks (Bespoke Guild Mark Nos. 191, 194, 221, 272, 290) and has exhibited at the Guild Mark exhibition at Philips in London, Cheltenham and other places. He is a Liveryman and Freeman of the City of London. Early life His joined the Merchant Navy when he left school in 1974, training as a navigation officer. It was on one voyage that the ship's carpenter gave him some mahogany and he began to do some wood-carving. Career Moving to Brighton, he was apprenticed to A. J. Hartnett, antique restorer, and Michael Norman, an antiques specialist, in 1976, Old furniture Masterpieces and designs were fashionable at the time, he was able to learn about proportion and the significance of it to design, which Huw informs is essential to create contemporary works of excellence. Without proportion the piece lacks integrity. In 1976 he set up his own business as a restorer and in 1990 started his own workshop after obtaining a degree in design. The workshop produces one-off masterpieces, at the rate of just a few per year. It is based at Hankham, a village near to Pevensey He was granted his first Guild Mark of five to date in 1991, the same year that he became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers & Freeman of the city of London. He was commissioned at short notice to produce a gift for the wedding of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999. He spent 15 minutes designing the yin-yang fish box, featuring two carved interlocked koi carp in Burr Palm solid Ebony and Swiss Pearwood making the finished item within two weeks. HRH.Prince Edward sent Huw a letter saying how delighted they were at receiving such a beautiful wedding gift. The Yin Yang fish box was awarded a prestigious Guild mark award from the Worshipful co of Furniture makers. Huw has also worked on a memorial to R. J. Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire aeroplane. This piece was a conference table made from original Spitfire parts. After five years in the design and making,It was featured at the 150th anniversary to Henry Royce at the Dorchester in Mayfair,London. The Spitfire table also featured on channel 4 Four rooms, episode 20,series 3, where it astounded the four dealers. Huw was described as a Genius and the Spitfire table a superb Iconic masterpiece. Huw has also appeared on John Bly's 'Heirlooms' program with some of his masterpieces. John Bly, a furniture expert & Author on the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow'"quote", I have been watching the works of Huw Edwards-jones for sometime now.I invited him to display some of his masterpieces on my TV program Heirlooms and in my opinion he is a modern-day Chippendale. Huws work has appeared in many top exhibitions including, 'Philips' of Bond street, Cheltenham exhibition of excellence, Olympia Fine Art & Antiques, Celebration to Henry Royce Mayfair London as well as his own exhibitions of his work in central London. His work has been featured in several books and numerous top magazines siting his work. Huw continues to push the design barriers forward striving for perfection in design and cabinet making. Personal life He is married with four children. References External links {{official website|http://www hejpiecemaker.com Category:British furniture designers Category:Living people Category:British cabinetmakers Category:1956 births

Saša Večtomov Saša Večtomov (12 December 1930 – 29 December 1989) was a Czechoslovak cellist and music pedagogue. Biography Večtomov first studied piano and cello with his father, cellist/composer Ivan Večtomov (1902–81), a soloist in the Czech Philharmonic. He continued at Prague Conservatory under the tutelage of his father, and later at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alongside and under cellist/pedagogue . He then pursued his graduate studies at Moscow Conservatory under until 1957, and master classes at Accademia Musicale Chigiana under French cellist André Navarra. In 1951, together with Josef Suk (violin) and Jiří Hubička (piano), Večtomov established the concert ensemble Suk Trio. In 1956 he took over from Miloš Sádlo playing cello in the Czech Trio, in which he continued to perform concerts and record until his death 33 years later. He recorded many works on LP and CD as a solo performer, as well as for radio and television broadcasts. He also performed and recorded with his brother, the guitarist Vladimír Večtomov, as Prague String Duo, releasing phonograph recordings on the Supraphon, Panton, and Melodiya labels. In 2015 the Czech music label Uneventful Records released a CD and digital album of Prague String Duo's archive recordings. Along with Sádlo, Večtomov was considered one of Czechoslovakia's leading classical artists, drawing comparisons in the international press to Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who had been his contemporary at the Moscow Conservatory. Večtomov was best known for his inimitably sweet tone. “As the concerto develops, it is clear that Večtomov, so august a member of the Czech Trio, was certainly a big enough concerto soloist, but one who does not seek to impose his personality onto the music. Instead he illuminates it from within.” Of the same recording, Fanfare observed: “I am glad to have discovered Saša Večtomov’s playing, for on this evidence he was a world-class artist … his aristocratic playing deserves a hearing, and the disc should certainly be of interest to cellists and collectors." Regarding the unusual combination of cello and guitar in Prague String Duo, Večtomov commented that a piano absorbs some of a cello's gentler shades of tone, which thus become superfluous; that the guitar can respond more sensitively than the harpsichord to the means of expression of the solo cello; and that it can differentiate all tones and produce vibrato and glissando transitions. Moreover, the cello/guitar combination, he said, is more tender, more sensitive, and better integrated than any other, as the two instruments are also much alike in the technical respect. According to the music historian Ludomír Česenek, "The 'string duet' combination is much more than a novelty in scoring musical compositions. It constitutes an experiment rooted in the tradition of the technique of music, an endeavor to discover the sources of musical expression, a renaissance of an approach which, while overtaken by the past development, has lost nothing of its aesthetic validity or of the potential to resurrect it and develop it in the modern spirit." As a professor, Večtomov taught at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. His pupils included Michaela Fukačová, , and . His pedagogical method focused intently on detail, and he was known for his friendly manner. Večtomov played on two instruments, a 1712 Alessandro Gagliano and a 1754 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. It is said that in his playing technique he had mastered 30 distinctive glissandi. Accolades Večtomov was awarded prizes in 14 international contests, including the 1955 Prague Spring International Music Competition 1st prize. Throughout his career he was particularly associated with the work of Bohuslav Martinů, whose Cello Concerto No. 2 he interpreted as

a world premiere as well as his Variations on a Slovak Folk Song. Večtomov recorded ten of Martinů's major works and in 1970 was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for his 1965 Supraphon recording of Cello Concerto No. 2. References External links Category:1930 births Category:1989 deaths Category:Czech classical cellists Category:Czech music educators Category:Musicians from Prague Category:Suicides in Czechoslovakia Category:20th-century classical musicians

Chimay Castle Chimay Castle () is a château in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium. The castle has been owned by the Prince of Chimay and his ancestors for centuries, and it is open to the public for tours during part of the year. Although the castle was significantly damaged by a fire in 1935, the structure was subsequently rebuilt, and renovations continue under the current generation of the princely family. History Chimay Castle, the home of the Princes of Chimay for many generations, is an ancient stronghold, which some documents suggest may be as old as the year 1000. Through the years, the medieval bastion became a fortress. In the 15th century, the castle was altered: five new towers were linked by corridors to the keep, to increase its defensive potential. Over the centuries, the castle was damaged by many wars, looters and pillagers. Finally, in 1935, a fire destroyed much of what was left, including many irreplaceable works of art. Despite the damage, the princely family decided to rebuild the structure, and repairs have continued since that time. Initially, writings relate the presence of the town of Chimay in the 11th century, though the settlement may have existed already in the 9th century. An act dating from 1065 and 1070 reveals the presence of Gauthier de Chimay. The strategic position of crossing the Eau Blanche river is a logical explanation for the establishment of an important family on the promontory. The history of the castle of Chimay is rather vague during the Middle Ages; it seems that the Chimay branch became extinct in 1226. The land then passed to the control of the Counts of Soissons, who held it until 1317, when the castle of Chimay was owned by the Count of Hainaut, then of Blois. Around 1445, it was bought by Jean II de Croÿ from Philip the Good. Jean II de Croÿ was exiled by Charles the Bold in 1465 and pardoned by him in 1473, leaving descendants of the line of Croÿ to lead the new county of Chimay. The place was at the height of its power in the 15th century: in 1486, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, erected Chimay into a principality. Unfortunately, waves of invading Austrian and French troops successively undermined the citadel. See also List of castles in Belgium Prince de Chimay References External links Château de Chimay official website Eupedia page about the castle Château info at Belgique-tourisme.be Archaeological investigation of the Château de Chimay Category:Castles in the Ardennes (Belgium) Category:Castles in Belgium Category:Castles in Hainaut (province) Category:Chimay

Eugenia Popescu-Județ Eugenia Popescu-Județ (also spelled Popescu-Judetz, 1925–2011) was a Romanian dancer, dance teacher, choreographer and folklorist. Trained in ballet, she performed as a solo dancer for several professional theatres in Bucharest and became a famed choreographer of folk-inspired character dance working for film, TV, and several professional ensembles in Romania. She taught folk dance in Romania and internationally. Later she became an expert in manuscripts relating to the 17th century Romanian prince and composer Dimitrie Cantemir. Life and work Eugenia Popescu-Județ, née Marisescu, was born in Giurgiu, Romania in 1925. Trained since childhood in classical ballet, she became a professional dancer and solo ballerina with the National Theatre Ballet of Bucharest (1945–50) and the National Opera, also in Bucharest (1950–54). After her marriage to the dancer Gheorghe Popescu-Județ her interest in Romanian folk dance increased. Together they performed folk dance-inspired choreographies and they won the first prize for character dance in the International Dance Competition at Prague. From 1954-70 she was ballet master and choreographer for the Perinița ensemble in Bucharest. In this time, she also worked as a guest choreographer for several other Romanian ensembles. From 1968 – 1970 she directed and choreographed folk dance-inspired dance films for Romanian TV. Eugenia Popescu-Județ taught dance in various capacities, for example from 1948-50 as a folk dance teacher and choreographer at the School and Ensemble of Pioneers in Bucharest, at the High School of the Arts in Bucharest, and later in the United States. Eugenia also had a career as a researcher and scholar. From 1949-51, she worked as a researcher at the Folklore Institute in Bucharest (then Institut de Folclor, today Institut de Etnografie si Folclor 'Constantin Brăiloiu'). From 1949 into the 1960s, she frequently accompanied her husband on research trips in the field to study Romanian folk dance At a time when international travels were a rare privilege for Romanians, Eugenia Popescu-Județ frequently travelled as a guest lecturer and dance instructor: to India (1969), Yugoslavia (1969), Lebanon (1969), the United States (1970), Belgium (1970–71), and Finland (1971). After her husband died in 1972, Eugenia permanently moved to the United States in 1973. In the US she taught at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Subsequently, she became an adjunct professor at Duquesne and continued to teach and choreograph for their dance ensemble The Tamburitzans (collection guide). In the US, she received several advanced university degrees, including a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, and published several books and articles, some of which are concerned with Dimitrie Cantemir and Turkish music. Between 1990 and 1995, Eugenia donated Gheorghe's and her own collection to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Eugenia Popescu-Județ died on December 20, 2011 in Pittsburgh, PA. Selected publications Popescu Județ, Eugenia 1973. Dimitrie Cantemir: Cartea științei muzicii (Dimitrie Cantemir: The book of the science of music). Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor: Bucharest. 1979. Sixty Folk Dances of Romania. Duquesne University Tamburitzans, Institute of Folk Arts: Pittsburgh, PA. 1993. Disemic features in the Romanian folk musical "Jienii". Dance studies. vol. 17, pp. 77–129. 1999. Prince Dimitrie Cantemir: theorist and composer of Turkish music. Pan: Beșiktaș, Istanbul 2007. Beyond the glory of the sultans: Cantemir's view of the Turks. Pan: Beșiktaș, Istanbul Popescu-Județ, Gheorghe, Eugenia Popescu-Județ, and James Roncevic. 1979. Judetz folk dance notation. Pittsburgh, Pa. Duquesne University Tamburitzans. References External links The Gheorghe and Eugenia Popescu-Judetz Collection at the American Folklife Center Romanian Obituary Category:1925 births Category:2011 deaths Category:People from Giurgiu Category:Dance teachers Category:Romanian choreographers Category:Romanian musicologists Category:Women musicologists Category:Ethnomusicologists Category:Romanian emigrants to the United States Category:Women anthropologists

Giant Atlantic tree-rat The giant Atlantic tree-rat (Phyllomys thomasi) is a spiny rat species from South America. The species is endemic to São Sebastião Island off the coast of São Paulo State, Brazil, which is protected by the Ilhabela State Park. References Infonatura Category:Phyllomys Category:Mammals described in 1897

Mulford, Colorado Mulford is a census-designated place (CDP) in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 174. It is located in southeastern Garfield County, in the valley of the Roaring Fork River. It is bordered to the east by Catherine. Colorado State Highway 82 forms the northern edge of the Mulford CDP, leading northwest to Glenwood Springs, the county seat, and southeast to Aspen. The town of Carbondale is to the west. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mulford CDP has an area of , all of it land. Demographics See also Outline of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles State of Colorado Colorado cities and towns Colorado census designated places Colorado counties Garfield County, Colorado References Category:Census-designated places in Garfield County, Colorado Category:Census-designated places in Colorado

Candidates of the 2001 Queensland state election This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 2001 Queensland state election, held on 17 February 2001. Retiring members Labor Paul Braddy MLA (Kedron) David Hamill MLA (Ipswich) National Russell Cooper MLA (Crows Nest) Tony Elliott MLA (Cunningham) Brian Littleproud MLA (Western Downs) Len Stephan MLA (Gympie) Independent Jim Elder MLA (Capalaba) — elected as Labor Mike Kaiser MLA (Woodridge) — elected as Labor Grant Musgrove MLA (Springwood) — elected as Labor Legislative Assembly Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1998–2001 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2004 2001 Queensland state election References Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive — Queensland 2001 Category:Candidates for Queensland state elections

Hypsoblennius gentilis Hypsoblennius gentilis, the bay blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of TL. References gentilis Category:Fish described in 1854

Cindy Gerard Cindy Gerard is an American author of romantic suspense and romance novels. Her book Feel the Heat won the 2009 Romantic Intrigue Award from Romantic Times. Gerard lives in Marengo, Iowa. Bibliography One-Eyed Jacks Series Killing Time, Pocket Books, 2013 (Mike Brown & Eva Salinas) The Way Home, Pocket Books, 2013 Running Blind, Pocket Books, 2015 (Jamie Cooper & Rhonda Burns) Black Ops Inc. Series Show No Mercy, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Gabriel & Jenna ) Take No Prisoners, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Sam & Abbie ) Whisper No Lies, Pocket Books, 2008 ( Reed & Crystal ) Feel the Heat, Pocket Books, 2009 ( Rafael & B.J. ) Risk No Secrets, Pocket Books, 2010 ( Wyatt & Sophie ) With No Remorse, Pocket Books, 2011 ( Luke & Valentina ) Last Man Standing, Pocket Books, 2012 ( Joe & Stephanie ) Bodyguard Series To the Edge, St. Martin’s Press, 2005 (Nolan & Jillian) To the Limit, St. Martin’s Press, 2005 (Eve & Mac) To the Brink, St. Martin’s Press, 2005 (Ethan & Darcy) Over the Line, St. Martin’s Press, 2006 (Jase & Janey) Under the Wire, St. Martin’s Press, 2006 (Manny & Lily) Into the Dark, St. Martin’s Press, 2007 (Dallas & Amy) Other Desert Heat, St. Martin’s Press, 2011 Silhouette Desire Books The Cowboy Takes a Lady, 1995 The Bride Wore Blue, 1996 Lucas: The Loner, 1996 A Bride for Crimson Falls, 1997 A Bride for Abel Greene, 1997 Marriage, Outlaw Style, 1998 The Outlaw’s Wife, 1998 Lone Star Prince, 1999 The Outlaw Jesse James, 1999 In His Loving Arms, 2000 The Bridal Arrangement, 2001 Lone Star Knight, 2001 The Secret Baby Bond, 2002 Taming the Outlaw, 2002 The Bluewater Affair, 2003 The Librarian’s Passionate Knight, 2003 Tempting the Tycoon, 2003 Breathless for the Bachelor, 2004 Storm of Seduction, 2004 Between Midnight and Morning, 2005 Black-Tie Seduction, 2005 A Convenient Proposition, 2006 Bantam Loveswept Books Into the Night, 1994 Perfect Double, 1993 Dream Tide, 1993 Man Around the House, 1993 Slow Burn, 1992 Temptation from the Past, 1991 Maverick, 1991 Anthologies Rescue Me, with Cherry Adair and Lora Leigh, St. Martin’s Press, 2008 Deadly Promises, with Sherrilyn Kenyon, Laura Griffin and Dianna Love, Pocket Books, 2010 References External links Publisher's Author Page Category:Living people Category:American romantic fiction writers Category:People from Marengo, Iowa Category:RITA Award winners Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Marine Wing Support Group 27 Marine Wing Support Group 27 (MWSG-27) is a United States Marine Corps aviation combat service support unit based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. It is composed of 4 squadrons, which provide the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and II Marine Expeditionary Force with complete airfield operation services (less air traffic control), engineer and transportation support, medical assistance, food services, security support, and other direct combat and combat service support to Aviation Combat elements. Mission Command and control all functions of Aviation Ground Support (AGS) within the Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), in garrison or deployed as part of the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Subordinate units Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 Military Police Company 27 History Marine Wing Service Group 27 was activated on July 1, 1953, and redesignated as Marine Wing Support Group 27 on April 1, 1967. The Support Group was established after years of staff study, several reorganizations and extensive planning to determine the organization needed to best meet its unique mission. That mission encompasses most of the capabilities needed to establish and operate airfields and aviation forward sites in an expeditionary environment. In earlier years, Marine Wing Support Group 27 (MWSG-27) was composed of three squadrons and a sub unit: Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron (H&MS-27), VMGR-252, Wing Equipment and Repair Squadron (WERS-27), and sub-unit 1 (SU-1) of Marine Weapons Unit 2 (MWWU-2). With the implementation of the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Concept, the Group ceased all aviation functions on April 20, 1976. This included the separation of VMGR-252 from the Group and the detachment of SU-1, MWWU-2. On May 13, 1976, Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 27 and Wing Equipment Repair Squadron 27 were redesignated Headquarters and Ground Maintenance Squadron 27 and Wing Transport Squadron 27(WTS-27) respectively. On that same date Wing Engineer Squadron 27 (WES-27) was activated. Detachments (Dets) "A" and "B", were activated at MCAS New River and MCAS Beaufort to provide support service at those stations. Det "A" was activated on September 10, 1976; Det "B" was activated on October 27, 1976. MWSG-27 was then composed of three squadrons and two detachments: H&MS-27, WES-27, WTS-27, and Dets "A" and "B". During December 1979 through January 1980, MWSG-27 once again reorganized under the Service Support concept at which time H&MS-27 was redesignated as Headquarters Squadron 27 (HQS-27). On January 1, 1986, MWSG-27 reorganized in to its present configuration with the implementation of the Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) concept. The reorganization required MWSG-27 to consolidate personnel and equipment from the three squadrons and two detachments with the five Marine Air Base Squadrons (MABS) located at four different geographic airfields. HQS-27 was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron 27 (H&HS-27), WTS-27 with MABS elements became MWSS-271, Det "A" with MABS elements redesignated as MWSS-272, Det "B" with MABS elements was redesignated as MWSS-273, and WES-27 with MABS elements was redesignated as MWSS-274. In August 0f 1990 with the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi military forces, the Marine Wing Support Squadrons deployed to Saudi Arabia and set up forward expeditionary airfields in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The MWSG-27 headquarters also sent elements to coordinate the two squadrons during the combat operations in the desert. In the summer of 1991 those elements deployed returned to the United States. From the summer of 1991 to the summer of 1997 the MWSG continued providing support to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing during normal operations, exercises, deployments and training.

During this same period, MWSS 271 was designated as the principal squadron to run one of two expeditionary airfields currently in operation within the United States at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue Field while maintaining support in conjunction with MWSS-274 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. In April 1997, the MWSG-27 headquarters element went through a restructuring and redesignation. The Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron-27 was redesignated as Headquarters 27 and the Personnel and Support Detachment 27 was incorporated into this new structure. On May 14, 2012 MWSG 27 disbanded and its squadrons came under direct control of the four Marine Aircraft Groups of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. On May 22, 2018, MWSG-27 was reactivated at MCAS Cherry Point. See also List of United States Marine Corps wing support groups References External links MWSG-27's official website Category:United States Marine Corps wing support groups

Ulestraten Ulestraten () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Meerssen. It is surrounded by several forests. Ulestraten was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Meerssen. References External links Map of the former municipality, around 1868. Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands) Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Category:Meerssen

Thermograpta Thermograpta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its single species, Thermograpta rufizonata, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1914. References Category:Nudariina Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Moths described in 1914 Category:Moths of New Guinea

Wetar figbird The Wetar figbird (Sphecotheres hypoleucus) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. It is endemic to forest, woodland and scrub on the Indonesian island of Wetar. The Wetar figbird remains poorly known, and although threatened by habitat loss, recent population estimates are greater than originally estimated, resulting in it being now listed as Least Concern by BirdLife International and the IUCN. The Wetar figbird resembles the better known Australasian figbird, but is much smaller and the male has entirely white underparts. Formerly, it has been considered a subspecies of the green figbird, but they are now classified as two separate species. References Higgins, P. J., L. Christidis, & H. A. Ford (2008). Family Oriolidae (Orioles). pp. 692–731 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds. (2008). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Pendulin-tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions. Wetar figbird Category:Birds of Wetar Wetar figbird Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

George Proeser George "Yatz" Proeser (May 30, 1864 – October 13, 1941) was a starting pitcher and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Blues () and Syracuse Stars () teams of the American Association. Listed at , 190 lb., Proeser batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Cincinnati. In a two-season career, Proeser posted a 3–4 record with a 3.81 ERA in seven pitching appearances, all complete games including one shutout, giving up 25 earned runs on 53 hits and 30 walks while striking out 20 in 59.0 innings of work. As a hitter, he collected a .263 batting average (20-for-76) with one home run and seven RBI in 20 games, including 16 runs, three doubles, one triple, one stolen base, and a .356 on-base percentage. Proeser died in New Burlington, Ohio, at the age of 77. External links Retrosheet Category:Cleveland Blues (1887–88) players Category:Syracuse Stars (AA) players Category:19th-century baseball players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Major League Baseball right fielders Category:Baseball players from Ohio Category:1864 births Category:1941 deaths Category:Leavenworth Soldiers players Category:Galveston Giants players Category:Austin Senators players Category:Omaha Omahogs players Category:Omaha Lambs players Category:Galveston Sand Crabs players Category:Grand Rapids (minor league baseball) players Category:Houston Mud Cats players Category:Dayton (minor league baseball) players Category:San Antonio (minor league baseball) players

Nooruddeen Durkee Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee is a Muslim scholar, thinker, author, translator and the khalifah (successor) for North America of the Shadhdhuli School for Tranquility of Being and the Illumination of Hearts, Green Mountain Branch. Nooruddeen Durkee became a Muslim in his early thirties in al-Quds, Jerusalem. He is the founder of Lama Foundation and Dar al-Islam Foundation. His major contribution is in the area of education, and for many years specifically in the realm of teaching reading, writing, and reciting of Qur'anic Arabic, which grew out of his work in the translation and transliteration of the sacred texts of the Shadhdhuliyyah and finally the Qur'an. One of his main contributions is the development of a transliteration of the Qur'an which has enabled non-Arabic people to understand and recite Quranic Arabic. Additionally he serves as a khateeb and an imam for various nearby Muslim communities on the Eastern coast of United States. Noorudeen has been granted an 'ijaza in Islamic Calling (da'wah) by Umar Abdullah of the Comoro Islands, an 'ijaza in Islamic Introspection and Observation (muraqabah) by Seyed Ali Ashraf of Dhaka, Jeddahand Cambridge, and an 'ijaza in the Teaching, Propagation of Islam and the Nourishment of the Murids by Muhammad al-Jamal ar-Rif'aiof al-Quds ash-Shareef. In the professional world he was granted a master's degree [M.Arch] in Islamic Building in 1983 by Dr. Hasan Fathy of the Institute of Appropriate Technology in Kuwait. Currently he has his Zawiya at Islamic Study Center, Charlottesville, Virginia which is also the location of The Green Mountain School, the third school Nooruddeen has founded. He lives with his wife Noura Durkee in Green Mountain Farm outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. Biography Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee was born 1938 in Warwick, New York, as Stephen Durkee. He grew up with his grandmother, a devout Catholic and herbalist, at Greenwood Lake, New York. During this time he made periodic trips to war-time NYC where his mother taught school, his father was in hotel business and his grandfather worked as ship chandler and cargo consolidator for the North Atlantic convoys. In 1944-1952 he was a student at Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic Grade School in NYC with a broad interfaith exposure, after which he studied at religious and secular high schools in New York. In 1957-1960 he studied with Robert Lowe, Professor of the Fine and Applied Arts, Teachers’ College, in Columbia University. In 1960-1966 he worked as an artist and creator of environments in NYC and San Francisco. Paintings in various private collections as well as the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art, NYC. Along with Gerd Stern and Michael Callahan, founded USCO and created first multimedia lightshows. Began lengthy correspondence with Meher Baba. Traveled and exhibited at universities and museums throughout the northeast; large exhibition at the Tibetan Museum in NY City; articles on work appeared in various publications in ArtNews and Life Magazine. 1965-1967 lived in California with Richard Alpert (later known as Ram Dass) and lectured with him throughout the West. Worked for and found land in New Mexico while Alpert went to study in India. In 1967-1970 he initiated the Lama Foundation in New Mexico which was one of the first centers in North America for Spiritual Realization and Interfaith Studies. During this time he served as Coordinator and Director of Programs and initiated contacts with teachers of many traditions, including Kalu Rinpoche, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi leading to his first contacts with nominal Sufism through the writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, in person Murshid Samuel Lewis and later Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. Organized, edited and produced Ram Dass' book Be Here Now, an

international best-seller. In 1970-1971 he coordinated the International Work Camps in the Alps conducted by Pir Vilayat Khan. He also began a set of travels in the autumn and spring in the desert regions of North America coupled with excursions to the Subcontinent and Middle-East where he first came into contact with Muslims. He edited Pir Vilayat's book Towards the One. In 1972 he lived on Jabal Zaytun outside of al-Quds ash-Sharif in Occupied Palestine where he embraced 'Islam at the Madrasah of the Masjid al-'Aqsah. During this period he studied Tasawwuf with Muhammad al-Jamal, Na'ib of the Mufti of al-Quds, Hazim Abu-l-Ghazali of Amman, Jordan, and Abu Mutalib ash-Sharif of al-Khalil all, of whom were shaykhs of the Shadhdhuliyyah Order. He also received benefit from the teaching of Noor-i-Muhammad, a Naqshbandi from Bokharah who lived and taught within the precincts of the old Islamic city of al-Quds ash-Sharif (Jerusalem). In 1973-1976 he designed and built the Intensive Studies Center (also known as the I.S.C. or Islamic Sufi Center) in the mountains above San Cristobal, New Mexico. This center (which burned to the ground in a forest fire in the 90’s) contained the first mosque in Northern New Mexico and at this center many people came to hear for the first time about Islam from the perspective of Tasawwuf. Many young American people embraced Islam in this setting and went on to stay at the Center where they learned the rudiments of Islam and began to live as Muslims. During the years 1976-1979 he lived and studied in Makkah al-Mukarramah in the 'Ashrafiyyah area of al-Jiyad and attended the Markaz al-Lugahat-al-Arabiyyah, Kulliyat ash-Shari'ah, what was then Jami'at Malik 'Abdu-l-'Aziz and is now known as Jami'at Ummu-l-Qurra. During this time he developed the idea of a Muslim school and community in United States, and was able to begin raising funds for the project. 1980-1988 on the first day of new Hijri 1400 century he was the sole signatore on incorporation papers for the Dar al-Islam foundation in Abiquiu, New Mexico which he co-founded in 1979. Nooruddeen Durkee served from 1980-1988 as President of Dar al-Islam. During his term of Office the Foundation grew from an idea to a physical reality that, at the time of his leaving office, had assets of US$7 million, was debt-free and in full operation which included a mosque, a school, a number of residences and small businesses. Its purpose was to add as a living, artistic, social and cultural center for Islam in America. It drew visitors from all over the world, and residence, particularly but not exclusively from among Muslim converts from America. The Foundation is operative and remains debt free with a limited summer teaching program. During this period he also studied Islamic Architecture with world-renowned Islamic architect Dr. Hasan Fathy, who made the original drawings of Dal al-Islam. In 1985 he was awarded the degree of Master of Islamic Architecture by the al-Sabbah Institute of Appropriate Technology in Kuwait. During 1988-1993 after a conference on Islamic Education in Cambridge, England he moved with his family to Alexandria, Egypt. There he worked with his spiritual teacher, developed a circle of students, deeply involved in the Shadhdhuliyyah, and produced volume one, Orison of Shadhdhuliyyah and collected volume two, Origins of the Shadhdhuliyyah. He also began the first work on the Tajwidi Qur'an. During this same period he also studied the Shadhdhuliyyah Shari'ah Way for Lovers of Qur'an and Sunnah with Ibrahim Muhammad al-Batawi, who was a Professor of Islamic Philosophy for over 25 years at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. In 1986 Nooruddeen was appointed

by Ibrahim al-Batawi as his Khalifah in the Western Hemisphere. He also studied the science of Muraqabah (inner contemplation) with the Mujaddidi Naqshabandi Shaykh, Dr. Seyed 'Ali Ashraf, professor of Islamic Education at King Abdu-l-Aziz University in Jeddah and later Professor of Education at Oxford University in the UK, who granted him an 'Ijaza (certificate to teach) the Muraqqabah. In 1983 he was granted an 'Ijaza in Islamic Calling (da’wa) from Umar Abdullaah, a Ba'Alawi shaykh from the Commoro Islands who served as the Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States in the 80’s and 90’s. In 1999 he was granted an 'Ijaza and given 'Idhn to teach from Muhammad al-Jamal, of the High Council of Sufism in al-Quds ash-Sharif, Occupied Palestine, and in 2004 was granted a Khilafah by Hazrat Quttubuddin Yar Fardi of the Nizamiyya/Chistiyyah in Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan, after a series of lectures he gave to large gatherings in the spring of that year. From 1994 till the present: He returned to America and settled in Charlottesville, Virginia, working full-time on the Tajwidi Qur'an which was published in 2003. During this time he founded the Green Mountain School as a conduit for teaching Qur'an and publishing of other books and lectures. He also established the an-Noor foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3), specifically for the publication of the Tajiwidi Qur'an and for the propagation of traditional moderate Islam. Major Contributions The Transliterated Tajwidi Qur'an Translated & transliterated by A. Nooruddeen Durkee [English edited by Hajjah Noura Durkee] () Call number: BP 131.6 .T3413 2003. an-Noor Educational Foundation, Charlottesville, VA, 2003. It is a guide for non-Arabic readers to the pronunciation of the original text and to understanding some of the meanings revealed in the glorious Quran. Translated and transliterated into English from Arabic. The transliteration (based on Mesa and Hart's rules) is clear and accurate, and is found directly opposite its Arabic counterpart. The English appears ayat by ayat under the transliteration. The language is respectful yet contemporary and very understandable. Additions to or ‘bridges’ in the text, necessary for the sake of English reading, are clearly distinguished by brackets and contain no editorial comment. The volume contains extensive notes and charts on tajwid, the rules for reading Qur'an, and a large index. Its English is edited by Hajja Noura Durkee, with Arabic text hand-written by Munshi Muhammad Sharif and orthography by 'Ustadh Zafar 'Iqbal. The English 'translation' is built on a compendium of the shared understanding of previous translators such as M. Yusuf Ali, M. Pickthal, M. Asad, the Bewleys, and Um Muhammad. The transliteration is an improvement over previously done work by Muhammad A. H. Eliasi (Golden Press, Hyderrabad, India, 1978) on a number of ground including: 1. The Arabic text in the Tajwidi Qur'an is approved both in Pakistan and by al-Azhar in Egypt, is clear and easy to read. 2. Has additional orthographic notation that aids the recitation. 3. The punctuation marks are obvious and clearly explained in the notes which is helpful for the non-Arab people. 4. Take advantages of available Latin fonts to reflect the more correct pronunciation. In 1994, Noorudeen began this work while living in Alexandria, Egypt, as an aid to non-Arabic readers of the Qur'an. After it was completed in 2000, he sent it to a select group of Arabic scholars, speakers and readers as well as to a representative cross-section of Muslim readers for further review and correction. This latter stage, coupled with careful revisions of form, layout and design, took 3 more years. It was printed and bound during Ramadan 1424-2003.

Orisons of the Shadhuliyyah (first edition, Alexandria, Egypt 1991 (), second edition Singapore, 2005) Origins of the Shadhdhuliyyah which is the translation of three books from the Arabic which deal with the origins of the Shadhdhuli School of Sufism. Two of these books are by the late Shaykh of Azhar, ‘Abdu-l-Haleem Mahmud, and the third is by Dr. Abu-l-Wafa Taftazani, the former vice-regent of Cairo University and the Shaykh ul-Mashaykh of the Turuq as-Suffiyyah of Egypt. Sequentially these books deal with the lives and teachings of ‘Abu-l-Hasan ash-Shadhdhuli, his Khalifah (successor) Abu-l-‘Abbas al-Mursi and one of his two successors, Ibn ‘Ata’ ‘Illah as-Sakandari. This book: “Origins of the School of the Shadhdhuliyyah” is companion edition to the first volume, “Orisons of the School of the Shadhdhuliyyah () which was published in al-‘Iskandariyyah (Alexandria), Egypt in 1991 CE [1411 Hijri]. This volume contains the complete collection in Arabic, English and Roman Transliteration of the ‘Ahzab and ’Awrad of the Shaykh which Shaykh Nooruddeen translated in collaboration with Dr. Ma’ddawi az-Zirr and then edited and prepared for publishing during a five year stay [1989-94] in Alexandria. Dar al-Islam, Abiquiu, New Mexico Nooruddeen Durkee is the founder of Dar al-Islam, a non-profit educational organization. It was a spiritual center of the first Islamic village in the United States. Dar al-Islam was founded in 1979 to facilitate the growth of accurate and authentic knowledge of Islam among the American people with a commitment to build bridges among the Muslims and non-Muslims of America. Programs undertaken were focused on reaching beyond information to the contextual and experiential dynamics of living in multi-cultural society. In 1975, while studying at the Markaz al-Lughat al-Arabiyyah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia he met a businessman and industrialist named Sahl Kabbani who was to become his partner in the endeavor of Dar al-Islam. Kabbani had studied engineering in the United States and was anxious to return something to the country that had contributed to his education. The two of them put together the plan for Dar al-Islam, with Kabbani reportedly contributing $125,000 to the foundation. Other money came from the Riyadh Ladies’ Benevolent Association of Saudi Arabia, from the late King Khalid, and from two of his daughters, Charitable donations – called sadaka – in the Islamic tradition serve to “purify” the donor’s money. Planned as the eventual home of 150 families, it is the first Islamic village in the United States. The idea was to establish a community in the United States whose members could live a fully Islamic way of life. Dar al-Islam would be a place where American Muslims could engage in life's daily transactions according to their beliefs: the deen, or code of Islam. And in manifesting their faith, they would bear witness of Islam to others: the da'wa, or calling. The foundation purchased its first site from Alva Simpson, a well-established rancher along the Chama, for $1,372,000. The land included the mesa top, plus below the mesa – a lust, fertile tract along the Chama River. A master plan was drawn up for the community, and the Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy was called in to help make it a reality. The Lama Foundation The Lama Foundation in New Mexico was founded in 1967 by Nooruddeen Durkee, then Stephen Durkee and Barbara Durkee, now known as Asha Greer or Asha von Briesen. It began with the purchase of 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land adjacent to federal forested land, and continues today as a place for people to visit and live. "Construction of the first buildings began in 1968. The following year, the foundation was incorporated as

an “educational, religious and scientific” organization. It was one of almost thirty communes established in the region around that time, and one of the most well-known, along with Morningstar East, Reality Construction Company, the Hog Farm, New Buffalo, and The Family. By 1973, the vast majority of these communities had closed, but the Lama Foundation was able to continue because it had more structure and discipline than most others. Ram Dass was a friend of the founders, and he stayed at the Lama Foundation as a guest when he returned to America from India. During his visit, he presented the Durkees with a manuscript he had written, entitled From Bindu to Ojas. The community's residents edited, illustrated, and laid out the text, which ultimately became a huge commercial hit when published under the name Be Here Now. Dass also held seminars at the Foundation. So did other spiritual leaders, such as Samuel L. Lewis, who was buried there after his death in 1971. Green Mountain School Founded in 1995, The Green Mountain School is the third school Nooruddeen Durkee has founded. The major concentration of the school was and continues to be the teaching of the Qur'an. The School also serves as a local conduit for the dispersing of zakat and sadaqah (charity). It sponsors a weekly ma'idatu-l-rahmah (table of mercy), which gathers together orphans and widows from the refugee community, local university students and professors, and others among the poor, lately imprisoned and broken hearted to eat together, pray together, make dhikr together and read Qur'an together. The Green Mountain School, in concert with An-Noor Foundation, has for more than seven years run a prison chaplaincy for both men and women in maximum security state prisons. Books Al Qur'an al Karim with transliteration and translation, 2000 Peace and Love: Four Essays and an Article, avail. as reprint, 1992-5 Ya Seen: The Heart of the Qur'an in Arabic, transliteration and translation Love of God, a collection of articles from people of varying religious traditions, the chapter to represent the Muslims, entitled The Love of Allah, published New Delhi, 1994 The School of the Shadhdhuliyyah, Volume One: Orisons [translated with Ma‘ddawi az-Zirr, edited, transliterated with a long introduction], published in 1992 by The School of the Shadhdhuliyyah. A Garden in Flames [the Jerusalem mss] [edited and produced] unpublished In the Garden [co-edited and co-produced] 1975, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers Toward the One [edited and produced] 1974, Harper Torchbooks, Harper and Row Seed [edited and produced] 1973, Harmony Books, Crown Publishers Be Here Now [edited and produced] 1970-71, Lama Foundation, Crown Publishers Bindu to Ojas [edited and produced] 1969-70, Lama Foundation Select Articles Muslim / Jewish Dialogue, Paragon House 2000 [contains a paper given at the Muslim/Jewish Dialogue Conference, Cordova, Spain, 1999 Petals of Light from the Muhammadan Rose, Texas Islamic Press, 1998 Muslim Christian Dialogue - Promise and Problems, Paragon House, 1998 The Selling of Sufism, International Sufi conference, San Francisco, 1997 The Love of Allah [revised edition] Published by Noon Heirographers, Nakhujabad Reflections of the Possibilities of Perfection, Proceedings of the International Mawlid Conference, Chicago, 1996 Recital of Qur'an as a Way to Peace 'Islam is Salam published in Voices from World Religions, ISPK, Delhi, India, 1993 Making Peace With the Earth in the Light of Surrender Acts of Peace, Inner & Outer The Love of Allah, written for inter-religious and intra-religious conferences, have been gathered in a book entitled Peace and Love: Four Essays and an Article, 1995 Dar al Islam, ‘Mimar: Architecture and Development’, Autumn, 1987 Islamic Architecture for Schools in ‘Muslim Education Quarterly’, 1986 Hassan Fathy in

America, VIA; Journal of School of Architecture MIT, 1985 Lectures and Conferences Renewing the Family and building a Culture of World Peace, Washington, DC, 2000. Organised by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace United Nations Millennium Peace Summit for Religious and Spiritual Leaders, New York 2000. Organised by the United Nations Journey to Salaam, A Culture of Peace for the Muslim Community, Washington, 2000. Organised by Muslim Peace Fellowship and Assoc. of Muslim Social Scientists Second International Islamic Conference, Chicago 2000, organised by the Nation of Islam, [three talks] Mawlid an-Nabi, Columbia South Carolina, June 2000 organised by Islamic Studies and Research Association Jewish-Muslim Encounters, Cordoba, Spain August 1999, Organised by the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace Sayyidina Muhammad: The Mercy to All the Worlds, June 1999 Columbia, SC organised by Islamic Studies and Research Association Unity Conference, Washington DC, September 1998 [three lectures] First International Islamic Conference, Chicago, 1998, [two talks] The Universal Spirit of the Holy Qur'an and the State of the Ummah, Oct. 1998, Columbia, SC organised by Islamic Studies and Research Institute Sufi Symposium, San Francisco, 1997 California, Paper: Truth in Advertising, The Selling of Sufism. Sufi Symposium, San Francisco, 1996 California, Paper: Recital of Qur'an as a Spiritual Practice Bluefield Meeting on Qur'anic Studies, Sept 96 Paper: Transliteration and Translation of Qur'an. International Mawlid an-Nabi [S] Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 1995 Paper: Manifestations of the Shadowless Presence International Federation for World Peace, 1995 Congress, Seoul, Korea, August 1995 Paper: Possibilities of Perfection considered from Light of Islam Problems and Challenges in Islamic and Christian Dialogue, University of Waterloo, Rension College for Religious Studies, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, May 1995 Paper: Some Personal Thoughts on Muslim Christian Dialogue. Islam in Practice in the Modern World Unitarian conference center, Charlottesville, VA 1995 Perspectives on Islamic Sufism, Piedmont Community College, faculty seminar, 1995 Islamic Architecture; What it Is and What it Isn’t Piedmont Community College, faculty seminar, 1995 Stories from Qur'an Fifteen Ramadan TV shows for the Arab World, Cairo, 1994 Islam in Focus, Twenty talks on Islam for TV presentation in the Arab World, Cairo, 1993 Hasan Fathy and Appropriate Architecture, American Cultural Center, Alexandria, 1992 The Nature & Practice of Islam: Now, talk given in Batesville, Virginia, USA, June 1991 The Nature of Islam: Outer and Inner, Alexandria, Egypt, 1990 The Life After This Life, seven 2 hour talks given in Alexandria, Egypt, 1989 Islam in Practice, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico USA. 1987 held under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod for Reconciliation between Christians and Muslims. Participant and Speaker Inter-Faith Dialogues sponsored by: World Council of Religions: “Spirituality and Practice”, Vancouver, Canada, 1987 “Making Peace with the Earth”, New York, New York, 1991 “Peace in Practice”, Paris, 1991 “Ways to World Peace”, Seoul, Korea, 1992 Participant and Speaker at Muslim World Intra-Faith Dialogues: "Islam and the Family”, Istanbul, Turkey, 1990 “Islamic Law”, Istanbul, Turkey, 1988 “Peace in Islam”, Casablanca, Morocco, 1989 “Islamic Education”, Casablanca, Morocco, 1988 National Delegate to the Sixth International Conference on Muslim Education, Cambridge, UK, 1990 National Delegate to the Fifth International Conference on Muslim Education, Cairo, Egypt, 1988 Work in Progress Exile: A Stranger’s Tale, a memoire of the spiritual path, out for editing. The School of the Shadhdhuliyyah, Volume Two Origins: Shaykh Abu-l-‘Abbas al-Mursi and his Instructor Shaykh Abu-l-Hasan ash-Shadhdhuli by H.E. Shaykh of Azhar, Dr ‘Abdu-l-Halim Mahmud, translated, edited and ready for proofing. Section Three: Shaykh Ibn ‘Ata’Illah by the Shaykh al-Turuq as-Sufiyah Misriya Shaykh Dr. Abu-l-Wafa Taftazani is translated and in final editing. Lectures and Khutbahs Nooruddeen lectures widely, nationally and internationally. He lectures actively

around Charlottesville, Greater Richmond, Virginia and Washington D.C. area. On a local level he has for more than ten years delivered the weekly khutbah (sermon) at a number of different community mosques where he serves a varied constituency, including prisoners, students, immigrants and refugees, Afro-Americans and Euro-Americans. In 2005 and he gave the Eid Khutbah to the United Muslim Communities of Richmond, Virginia where he spoke to over 6,000 people on the theme of "One Deen, One Ummah." Many of his speeches are digitally recorded and are made available through Green Mountain School Official website. Citations References Green Mountain School Dar al-Islam Audios of talks and Friday Khutbah of Shaykh Nooruddeen Durkee 1988 Aramco World Article about Dar al-Islam Bio Article in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs External links An-Noor Foundation Tajwidi Quran Reader See also Islam Sufism Shadhili Category:Converts to Islam Category:American Sufis Category:Living people Category:20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Category:American scholars of Islam Category:1938 births Category:People from Warwick, New York Category:Translators of the Quran into English

Bo Althoff Bo Althoff (born 17 September 1944) is a retired Swedish sprinter. He was part of the 4 × 400 m relay team that finished fourth at the 1962 European Championships, setting a new national record, and missing a bronze medal by 0.7 seconds. He won the national titles in the 100 m (1965), 200 m (1964 and 1966), 400 m (1964–67) and 4 × 400 m relay (1967). References Category:Swedish male sprinters Category:1944 births Category:Living people

Louisiana Highway 103 Louisiana Highway 103 (LA 103) is a state highway in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States, that spans in a wide semi-circle around the north side of Opelousas. The route is not bannered but runs in an overall west–east direction from U.S. Highway 190 (US 190) near Lawtell to LA 31 in Leonville. Along the way, it passes through the towns of Washington and Port Barre. Route description From the west, LA 103 begins at an intersection with US 190 just west of Lawtell in western St. Landry Parish. It proceeds north along the two-lane, undivided Prairie Ronde Highway and immediately crosses the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) tracks. Approaching the point known as Prairie Ronde, LA 103 turns to the northeast. It then intersects LA 104 which heads toward Mamou on the west and Opelousas on the east. Continuing northeast, LA 103 passes through Ledoux and crosses the Acadiana Railway (AKDN) tracks. At a point northwest of Plaisance, LA 103 intersects US 167 and LA 10 which are concurrent between Ville Platte on the west and a point between Opelousas and Washington on the east. LA 103 turns northwest to follow US 167/LA 10 briefly before resuming its northeastern course, now known as Grand Prairie Highway. Reaching Grand Prairie, LA 103 turns to the southeast, intersecting LA 363 which heads west through Faubourg and eventually toward Ville Platte. LA 103 continues through a point known as Soileau and then enters the town of Washington on West DeJean Street. In Washington, LA 103 intersects the concurrent LA 10 and LA 182 (North Main Street). Here LA 103 widens to a divided, four-lane highway as traffic continues southeast across North Main Street onto the eastbound lanes of St. Landry Veterans Memorial Highway. (Traffic from the westbound lanes of St. Landry Veterans Memorial Highway intersects North Main Street opposite Sittig Street and, in a brief concurrency with LA 10 and LA 182, turns southwest onto North Main Street for one block to reach West DeJean Street.) After three blocks, LA 103 narrows to a four-lane, undivided highway for a short distance before dividing again through an interchange with Interstate 49 (I-49) at Exit 25. I-49 connects the town of Washington with Alexandria to the north and Opelousas to the south. After passing through the interchange, LA 103 leaves Washington and narrows again to a two-lane, undivided highway. Just east of Washington, LA 103 crosses a bridge over Bayou Carron and intersects LA 743 which follows a parallel course along Bayou Little Teche toward Port Barre. LA 103 continues east roughly along Bayou Wauksha, crossing Bayou Courtableau and eventually intersecting with LA 359. While LA 359 continues along Bayou Wauksha as it turns northeast toward Waxia, LA 103 turns south at the intersection and heads toward Port Barre. About halfway to Port Barre, LA 103 curves to the southwest then, upon reaching Bayou Courtableau, resumes a southerly course along the bayou into town. LA 103 enters Port Barre on Saizan Avenue, the town's main thoroughfare, and follows it as it turns southwest and crosses a bridge over Bayou Courtableau. Immediately after crossing the bayou, LA 103 intersects LA 741 (Bayou Road) which it parallels for the remainder of its route toward Leonville. LA 103 continues along Saizan Avenue and intersects US 190 on the south end of town. It then turns west, briefly running concurrent with the four-lane, divided US 190, before turning southwest along Bayou Teche. LA 103 soon crosses the UPRR tracks and exits Port Barre. After about , LA 103 turns to the south while Church Road continues

along the bayou. Cutting across a wide bend in the bayou, LA 103 curves southeast into Leonville. Upon reaching Bayou Teche once again, LA 103 arrives at its eastern terminus at an intersection with LA 31. LA 31 connects to Opelousas on the northwest and Arnaudville on the southeast. History In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 103 made up parts of several routes, including State Route 571 from the western terminus near Lawtell to Grand Prairie; State Route 119 to Washington; State Route 487 to Bayou Saquette; State Routes 214 and 279 to Port Barre; and State Route 238 to Leonville. LA 103 was created with the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, and its route has remained unchanged with the exception of the portion running through Washington. Before the construction of I-49 north of Opelousas in the late 1980s, LA 103 followed a slightly different two-lane alignment on the east side of Washington. Heading southeast on what was East DeJean Street (now the eastbound lanes of St. Landry Veterans Memorial Highway), LA 103 turned northeast onto North Bridge Street then southeast onto Water Street. After crossing a now-abandoned rail line, it followed the path of the current alignment briefly before turning northeast onto Elizabeth Street. LA 103 followed the now-abandoned Elizabeth Street a short distance to its dead-end at the I-49 overpass. It then continued through the present site of the overpass and rejoined the current alignment. Once I-49 was constructed, the short Elizabeth Street section by bypassed by the current four-lane alignment. Later, the St. Landry Veterans Memorial Highway was constructed to create a complete four-lane alignment between I-49 and LA 10/LA 182 (North Main Street). LA 103 was now streamlined to connect directly to what was East Sittig Street for westbound traffic and East DeJean Street for eastbound traffic. Major intersections See also List of state highways in Louisiana List of highways numbered 103 References External links La DOTD State, District, and Parish Maps 0103 Category:Transportation in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Leon Berry For the jazz tenor saxophonist, see Leon "Chu" Berry. Leon Berry was born about 1914. He died in Park Ridge, Illinois August 27, 1996. He was "an organist known in the Chicago area as the dean of roller rink rock..." A graduate of the American Conservatory of Music, his 1953 recording "Misirlou" on Dot Records charted sixth on the Billboard Magazine popularity charts. Berry also recorded his music for Audio Fidelity Records. References External links Leon Berry remembrance page Category:1914 births Category:1996 deaths Category:American organists Category:Male organists Category:Audio Fidelity Records artists Category:20th-century American musicians Category:Dot Records artists Category:20th-century organists Category:20th-century American male musicians

Brachinus cyanochroaticus Brachinus cyanochroaticus, the bombardier beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America. References Further reading Category:Brachininae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1969

Thalassophobia Thalassophobia (, thalassa, "sea" and , phobos, "fear") is an intense and persistent fear of the sea or of sea travel. Thalassophobia can include fear of being in deep bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, of sea waves, sea creatures, and fear of distance from land. Thalassophobia is different from aquaphobia because while aquaphobia is the fear of water itself and may present with weather events or relatively small amounts of water, thalassophobia is a fear of bodies of water that appear vast, dark, deep, and dangerous. See also Aquaphobia List of phobias References Category:Phobias Category:Seas Occurs with a history of being confined to open sea or large bodies of water where trauma or post traumatic stress were experienced.

Friends (Stella Getz song) "Friends" is a 1993 single by Norwegian singer Stella Getz. It was released as her first single, from the debut album, Forbidden Dreams and peaked at number 5 in Norway, number 7 in Israel and number 9 in Denmark. Background and release Getz was discovered after entering a DMC contest at the age of 16. After having cut just a few demos, she soon got herself a deal with Mega Records and went into studio with producers Lars E. Ludvigsen and Mikkel S. Eriksen to work on her first single. The song is described as a fusion of loud but subtle rock guitars with a techno foundation, highlighted by a remarkable melody and Getz' fog horn-strength vocals. She made her first public appearance on Norwegian Television performing "Friends" in the popular TV-show Casino. The song reached the top 5 on the charts in Norway, and the top 10 in Denmark and Israel. In Germany, it peaked at number 32, with 16 weeks on the charts. "Friends" also peaked at number 81 on the Eurochart Hot 100 in February 1994. Critical reception Music & Media wrote about the song: "The instant appeal of the single is clear, and so is the 17-year old singer with African blood in her veins. A stunning synth riff like on Stevie Wonder's Superstitious are the wheels on which this song rides. Miss Getz raps and scats—what else with such a jazzy surname?—on top of that. The sing-along chorus is the finishing touch of the song, easily holding its own in the Euro dance field which is suffering already too much from conventions, making it almost impossible to say who's who. With the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer ahead, one gold medal should go to Norway at least. For originality." Music video A music video directed by Matt Broadley was produced by Mega Records to promote the single. It shows the singer in a big yellow-painted room. Through a giant pirate binocular she sees a crowd of "friends" arriving and then starts singing. The friends are coming through the door, although Stella tries to keep them outside. They wears white masks and they're taking over the place. They're breaking LP-records and dancing on them. They eat all the food in the fridge. And they are tagging down the walls with graffiti spray. In the end the friends are dancing around Stella, who has been tied with a rope to a tall lamp. Track listing Chart performance External links Stella Getz - Friends (Tango Remix - Scratchy Version) (Music video) Stella Getz - Behind the Scenes (Forbidden Dreams EPK) [Part 1 of 2] Stella Getz - Behind the Scenes (Forbidden Dreams EPK) [Part 2 of 2] References Category:1993 singles Category:1993 songs Category:Stella Getz songs Category:Debut singles Category:Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen Category:Music videos directed by Matt Broadley Category:Mega Records singles Category:English-language Norwegian songs

Fort Lauderdale High School Fort Lauderdale High School is a high school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida serving students in grades 9 through 12. The school is a part of the Broward County Public Schools district. Founded in 1899 as a school for whites, the high school is the oldest continuously functioning high school in Broward County, Florida, and the oldest in South Florida. Fort Lauderdale High has an FCAT School grade of "A" for the 2011-2012 school year, the highest grade a school can achieve. It serves: portions of Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Lazy Lake, a portion of Oakland Park, and a portion of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. History On October 2, 1899, Fort Lauderdale’s first school would open in what was then Dade County. Ivy Cromartie (later to become Ivy Stranahan) welcomed nine students into a wood-framed schoolhouse located on South Andrews Avenue, south of the New River. By 1901, there were 18 students enrolled at Fort Lauderdale with only 997 enrolled in all of Dade County. In 1902 the School Board began offering transportation to students living in Hallandale who needed to attend school; each day, students would climb aboard wagons for the ride. By 1910, Fort Lauderdale’s population had grown enough to require the building of a new school so, the old two-room schoolhouse was moved slightly northward to make room. The “modern” two-story concrete school was constructed for a total cost of $7,000. At the time, Fort Lauderdale was the only high school in the 68-mile stretch between Miami and West Palm Beach. By 1914, enrollment reached 325 with only 47 being high school students; this was the first year with a full nine-month term. In 1915, a 46 to 16 vote led the way for construction of a new Fort Lauderdale High School in the newly designated Broward County. The new school was located three blocks east of Andrews Avenue adjacent to Stranahan Park and was constructed for $55,000. The school was also referred to as Central High School because of the large area it served. The first graduating class in 1915 consisted of five boys. By 1916, it could boast that all nine of its teachers had college degrees. In 1924, Fort Lauderdale established its first Honor Society. 1962 saw the opening of the new Fort Lauderdale High School at its present location on NE Fourth Avenue, with its first graduating class celebrating commencement in June, 1963. The past few years have seen tremendous changes to the FLHS campus, most notably the opening of a new three-story classroom building, a modern library, and a two-story cafeteria. 2007 also saw the renaming of NE 4 Ave between the city divider and NE 13 St as “Flying L Drive” in honor of the school's commitment to education and community service. The project was completed by a group of four students in John Pellegrino's Public Affairs class. Magnet Programs Pre-Law & Public Affairs A college preparatory program designed for those interested in careers in Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Affairs. Because of its location in the county seat, the program allows students access to governmental agencies that are utilized as “living laboratories” for the ultimate learning experience. Students participate in mock trials in a courtroom housed within the school as well as take field trips to the Broward County Courthouse to witness actual trials. Due to the high interest of its students in Pre-Law, the FLHS debate team is one of the best in the state and competes nationally while providing valuable opportunities for its students. Advanced Studies Institute Allows for students to take more Advanced Placement courses, putting

them ahead when they enter college. They offer a wide variety of AP courses from Art to History to English. Cambridge Program An international pre-university program developed by Cambridge University, designed with a varied curriculum, which also allows students to earn college credit. Awards Fort Lauderdale High School was named as one of the top 1000 public schools in the nation in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Dr. Gina Eyerman was also named Assistant Principal of the Year at South Plantation High in 2003 just before coming to FLHS. Mascot Fort Lauderdale High School is well known in Broward County for its unique mascot, the "Flying L": a large winged blue "L" with an arrow through its center. Originally the school mascot was known as "The Fort Lauderdale L". However, at the 1917 state track meet, a reporter from the Miami Herald remarked "Look at that L Fly" as track star Charlie Rhodes ran to victory, starring in numerous events. The following week, the town of Fort Lauderdale voted on nicknaming all of the school's sports teams "The Flying L's". Athletics The Athletic Program began in 1915 with only two men's sports, Fort Lauderdale High now provides the students with eleven varsity sports for men and ten varsity sports for women. The school also offers four junior varsity sports for men and five junior varsity sports for women to participate in. In 1917, FLHS won their first state championship in track, which is where the unique mascot was derived. Over the years the program has accumulated fifty-nine state championships. In 2001 the girls' basketball team won the 4A State Basketball Championship and later in 2004 the boys' track team won the 3A State Championship and Class 3A Region 4 Championship. In 1967, Fort Lauderdale High School met Dillard High School in the season opener for both teams. This, along with another game in Broward County between Ely and McArthur the same night, was the first meeting between white and black teams. Prior to the game, the FLHS team members held their own practices as the coaches refused to hold practice due to an ongoing teacher strike. Demographics As of 2011, the total student enrollment was 2003. The ethnic makeup of the school was 54% Black, 30% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian or Pacific Islander, 3% Multiracial, and 1% Native American or Native Alaskan. Notable alumni Rita Mae Brown, Author Rod Carter, former football player Bob Clark, Movie Director (Porky's and A Christmas Story) Frantz Joseph, CFL player of the Edmonton Eskimos Catherine Hickland, soap opera actress Mark M. Mills, nuclear scientist Alexander "Sandy" Nininger, the first Medal of Honor recipient of World War II Scot Shields, professional baseball player Nancy Stafford, actress and author Alex Sadkin, record producer Ross Kananga, stuntman and crocodile farmer Rollin Jarrett, Actor and Screenwriter Jeffrey Julmis, 2012 Olympian 100m Hurdles Susan Cameron, CEO of Reynolds American Fabrice Ziolkowski, screenwriter C.M. Newton, retired college basketball coach and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member References External links The school's official webpage Enrollment count Broward Schools webpage The History of Broward County Public Schools L'S UP ENT featuring a picture of the "Flying L Drive" sign at 2:01 Category:Educational institutions established in 1899 Category:Broward County Public Schools Category:High schools in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Category:Public high schools in Florida Category:1899 establishments in Florida

Jhumpa Lahiri Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian. Her debut collection of short-stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. Her second story collection Unaccustomed Earth (2008) won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, while her second novel, The Lowland (2013), was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction. In these works, Lahiri explored the Indian-immigrant experience in America. In 2011, Lahiri moved to Rome, Italy and has since then published two books of essays, and has a forthcoming novel, written in Italian. She has also translated some of her own writings and those of other authors from Italian into English. In 2014, Lahiri was awarded the National Humanities Medal. She is currently a professor of creative writing at Princeton University. Early and personal life Lahiri was born in London, the daughter of Bengali immigrants from the Indian state of West Bengal. Her family moved to the United States when she was three; Lahiri considers herself an American and has said, "I wasn't born here, but I might as well have been." Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island, where her father Amar Lahiri works as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island; he is the basis for the protagonist in "The Third and Final Continent", the story which concludes Interpreter of Maladies. Lahiri's mother wanted her children to grow up knowing their Bengali heritage, and her family often visited relatives in Calcutta (now Kolkata). When she began kindergarten in Kingston, Rhode Island, Lahiri's teacher decided to call her by her pet name, Jhumpa, because it was easier to pronounce than her "proper name". Lahiri recalled, "I always felt so embarrassed by my name.... You feel like you're causing someone pain just by being who you are." Lahiri's ambivalence over her identity was the inspiration for the ambivalence of Gogol, the protagonist of her novel The Namesake, over his unusual name. In an editorial in Newsweek, Lahiri claims that she has "felt intense pressure to be two things, loyal to the old world and fluent in the new." Much of her experiences growing up as a child were marked by these two sides tugging away at one other. When she became an adult, she found that she was able to be part of these two dimensions without the embarrassment and struggle that she had when she was a child. Lahiri graduated from South Kingstown High School and received her B.A. in English literature from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1989. Lahiri then received multiple degrees from Boston University: an M.A. in English, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, an M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies. Her dissertation, completed in 1997, was entitled Accursed Palace: The Italian palazzo on the Jacobean stage (1603–1625). Her principal advisers were William Carroll (English) and Hellmut Wohl (Art History). She took a fellowship at Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, which lasted for the next two years (1997–1998). Lahiri has taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2001, Lahiri married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, a journalist who was then deputy editor of TIME Latin America, and who is now senior editor of TIME Latin America. Lahiri lives in Rome with her husband and their two children, Octavio (b. 2002) and Noor (b.

2005). Lahiri joined the Princeton University faculty on July 1, 2015 as a professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts. Literary career Lahiri's early short stories faced rejection from publishers "for years". Her debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, was finally released in 1999. The stories address sensitive dilemmas in the lives of Indians or Indian immigrants, with themes such as marital difficulties, the bereavement over a stillborn child, and the disconnection between first and second generation United States immigrants. Lahiri later wrote, "When I first started writing I was not conscious that my subject was the Indian-American experience. What drew me to my craft was the desire to force the two worlds I occupied to mingle on the page as I was not brave enough, or mature enough, to allow in life." The collection was praised by American critics, but received mixed reviews in India, where reviewers were alternately enthusiastic and upset Lahiri had "not paint[ed] Indians in a more positive light." Interpreter of Maladies sold 600,000 copies and received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (only the seventh time a story collection had won the award). In 2003, Lahiri published her first novel, The Namesake. The theme and plot of this story was influenced in part by a family story she heard growing up. Her father's cousin was involved in a train wreck and was only saved when the workers saw a beam of light reflected off of a watch he was wearing. Similarly, the protagonist's father in The Namesake was rescued due to his peers recognizing the books that he read by Russian author Nikolai Gogol. The father and his wife immigrated to the United States as young adults. After this life-changing experience, he named his son Gogol and his daughter Sonia. Together the two children grow up in a culture with different mannerisms and customs that clash with what their parents have taught them. A film adaptation of The Namesake was released in March 2007, directed by Mira Nair and starring Kal Penn as Gogol and Bollywood stars Tabu and Irrfan Khan as his parents. Lahiri herself made a cameo as "Aunt Jhumpa". Lahiri's second collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, was released on April 1, 2008. Upon its publication, Unaccustomed Earth achieved the rare distinction of debuting at number 1 on The New York Times best seller list. New York Times Book Review editor, Dwight Garner, stated, "It's hard to remember the last genuinely serious, well-written work of fiction—particularly a book of stories—that leapt straight to No. 1; it's a powerful demonstration of Lahiri's newfound commercial clout." Lahiri has also had a distinguished relationship with The New Yorker magazine in which she has published a number of her short stories, mostly fiction, and a few non-fiction including The Long Way Home; Cooking Lessons, a story about the importance of food in Lahiri's relationship with her mother. Since 2005, Lahiri has been a vice president of the PEN American Center, an organization designed to promote friendship and intellectual cooperation among writers. In February 2010, she was appointed a member of the Committee on the Arts and Humanities, along with five others. In September 2013, her novel The Lowland was placed on the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize, which ultimately went to The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. The following month it was also long-listed for the National Book Award for Fiction, and revealed to be a finalist on October 16, 2013. However, on November 20, 2013, it lost out for that award to James McBride and his novel The Good Lord

Bird. In December 2015, Lahiri published a non-fiction essay called "Teach Yourself Italian" in The New Yorker about her experience learning Italian. In the essay she declared that she is now only writing in Italian, and the essay itself was translated from Italian to English. Lahiri was judged as the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 for her book The Lowland (Vintage Books/ Random House, India) at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival for which she entered Limca Book of Records. In 2017, Lahiri receives the Pen/Malamud award for excellence in the short story. The award was established by the family of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Bernard Malamud to honor excellence in the art of short fiction. In 2018, Lahiri published the short story "The Boundary" in The New Yorker. The story explores the life of two families and the contrasting features between them. Lahiri published her first novel in Italian called Dove mi trovo. In 2019, she compiled, edited and translated the Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories which consists of 40 Italian short stories written by 40 different Italian writers. Literary focus Lahiri's writing is characterized by her "plain" language and her characters, often Indian immigrants to America who must navigate between the cultural values of their homeland and their adopted home. Lahiri's fiction is autobiographical and frequently draws upon her own experiences as well as those of her parents, friends, acquaintances, and others in the Bengali communities with which she is familiar. Lahiri examines her characters' struggles, anxieties, and biases to chronicle the nuances and details of immigrant psychology and behavior. Until Unaccustomed Earth, she focused mostly on first-generation Indian American immigrants and their struggle to raise a family in a country very different from theirs. Her stories describe their efforts to keep their children acquainted with Indian culture and traditions and to keep them close even after they have grown up in order to hang onto the Indian tradition of a joint family, in which the parents, their children and the children's families live under the same roof. Unaccustomed Earth departs from this earlier original ethos, as Lahiri's characters embark on new stages of development. These stories scrutinize the fate of the second and third generations. As succeeding generations become increasingly assimilated into American culture and are comfortable in constructing perspectives outside of their country of origin, Lahiri's fiction shifts to the needs of the individual. She shows how later generations depart from the constraints of their immigrant parents, who are often devoted to their community and their responsibility to other immigrants. Television Lahiri worked on the third season of the HBO television program In Treatment. That season featured a character named Sunil, a widower who moves to the United States from India and struggles with grief and with culture shock. Although she is credited as a writer on these episodes, her role was more as a consultant on how a Bengali man might perceive Brooklyn. Awards 1993 – TransAtlantic Award from the Henfield Foundation 1999 – O. Henry Award for short story "Interpreter of Maladies" 1999 – PEN/Hemingway Award (Best Fiction Debut of the Year) for "Interpreter of Maladies" 1999 – "Interpreter of Maladies" selected as one of Best American Short Stories 2000 – Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters 2000 – "The Third and Final Continent" selected as one of Best American Short Stories 2000 – The New Yorkers Best Debut of the Year for "Interpreter of Maladies" 2000 – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her debut "Interpreter of Maladies" 2000 – James Beard Foundation's M.F.K. Fisher

Distinguished Writing Award for "Indian Takeout" in Food & Wine Magazine 2002 – Guggenheim Fellowship 2002 – "Nobody's Business" selected as one of Best American Short Stories 2008 – Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award for "Unaccustomed Earth" 2009 – Asian American Literary Award for "Unaccustomed Earth" 2009 – Premio Gregor von Rezzori for foreign fiction translated into Italian for "Unaccustomed Earth" ("Una nuova terra"), translated by Federica Oddera (Guanda) 2014 – DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for The Lowland 2014 – National Humanities Medal 2017 – Pen/Malamud Award Bibliography Novels The Namesake (2003) The Lowland (2013) Dove mi trovo (Italian) (2018) Short fiction Collections Interpreter of Maladies (1999) "A Temporary Matter" (previously published in The New Yorker) "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" (previously published in The Louisville Review) "Interpreter of Maladies" (previously published in the Agni Review) "A Real Durwan" (previously published in the Harvard Review) "Sexy" (previously published in The New Yorker) "Mrs. Sen's" (previously published in Salamander) "This Blessed House" (previously published in Epoch) "The Treatment of Bibi Haldar" (previously published in Story Quarterly) "The Third and Final Continent" Unaccustomed Earth (2008) "Unaccustomed Earth" "Hell-Heaven" (previously published in The New Yorker) "A Choice of Accommodations" "Only Goodness" "Nobody's Business" (previously published in The New Yorker) "Once In A Lifetime" (previously published in The New Yorker) "Year's End" (previously published in The New Yorker) "Going Ashore" Uncollected short fiction Nonfiction Books In altre parole (Italian) (2015) (English translation printed as In Other Words, 2016) Il vestito dei libri (Italian) (English translation as The Clothing of Books, 2016) Uncollected works The Magic Barrel: Stories (introduction) by Bernard Malamud, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, July 2003. "Cooking Lessons: The Long Way Home" (September 6, 2004, The New Yorker) Malgudi Days (introduction) by R.K. Narayan, Penguin Classics, August 2006. "Rhode Island" in State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey, Ecco, September 16, 2008 "Improvisations: Rice" (November 23, 2009, The New Yorker) "Reflections: Notes from a Literary Apprenticeship" (June 13, 2011, The New Yorker) The Suspension of Time: Reflections on Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych edited by Daniel Slager, Milkweed Editions, June 14, 2011. "Teach Yourself Italian" (December 7, 2015, The New Yorker) Translations Ties (2017), translation from Italian of Domenico Starnone's Lacci Trick (2018), translation from Italian of Domenico Starnone's Scherzetto References Further reading Majithia, Sheetal (Fall/Winter 2001). "Of Foreigners and Fetishes: A Reading of Recent South Asian American Fiction." Samar 14: 52–53 The South Asian American Generation. Mitra, Zinia . " An Interpretation of Interpreter of Maladies", Jhumpa Lahiri : Critical Perspectives. Ed. Nigamananda Das. Pencraft International, 2008.() pp 95-104. Roy, Pinaki. "Postmodern Diasporic Sensibility: Rereading Jhumpa Lahiri's Oeuvre". Indian English Fiction: Postmodern Literary Sensibility. Ed. Bite, V. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2012 (). pp. 90–109. Roy, Pinaki. "Reading The Lowland: Its Highs and its Lows". Labyrinth (ISSN 0976-0814) 5(3), July 2014: 153–62. Reichardt, Dagmar. "Radicata a Roma: la svolta transculturale nella scrittura italofona nomade di Jhumpa Lahiri", in: I l pensiero letterario come fondamento di una testa ben fatta, edited by Marina Geat, Rome, Roma TRE Press, 2017 (), pp. 219–247. Reichardt, Dagmar. "Migrazione, discorsi minoritari, transculturalità: il caso di Jhumpa Lahiri", in: Scrivere tra le lingue. Migrazione, bilinguismo, plurilinguismo e poetiche della frontiera nell'Italia contemporanea (1980-2015), edited by Daniele Comberiati and Flaviano Pisanelli, Rome, Aracne, 2017 (), pp. 77–92. Das, Subrata Kumar. "Bengali Diasporic Culture: A Study of the Film Adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake". The Criterion: An International Journal in English (ISSN 0976-8165) 4 (II), April 2013: np. Mitra,Zinia. "Echoes of Loneliness :Dislocation and Human Relationships

in Jhumpa Lahiri", Contemporary Indian Women Writers in English:Critical Perspectives. Ed. Nizara Hazarika, K.M. Johnson and Gunjan Dey.Pencraft International.(),2015. Reichardt, Dagmar. "Nomadische Literatur und Transcultural Switching: Jhumpa Lahiris italophones Migrationstagebuch 'In altre parole' (2015) - 'In Other Words' (2016) - 'Mit anderen Worten' (2017)", in: Eva-Tabea Meineke / Anne-Rose Mayer / Stephanie Neu-Wendel / Eugenio Spediacato (ed.), Aufgeschlossene Beziehungen: Italien und Deutschland im transkulturellen Dialog. Literatur, Film, Medien, "Rezeptionskulturen in Literatur- und Mediengeschichte" vol. 9 - 2019, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2019 (), pp. 243-266. Cussen, John. “the william morris in jhumpa lahiri’s wallpaper / and other of the writer’s reproofs to literary scholarship,” JEAL: Journal of Ethnic American Literature 2 (2012): 5-72. External links Jhumpa Lahiri: A Bibliography, First Editions Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Bengali people Category:Bengali writers Category:20th-century American short story writers Category:20th-century Indian women writers Category:20th-century Indian writers Category:20th-century American women writers Category:21st-century American novelists Category:21st-century American short story writers Category:21st-century Indian women writers Category:21st-century Indian writers Category:21st-century American women writers Category:American expatriates in Italy Category:American Hindus Category:American people of Bengali descent Category:American short story writers of Indian descent Category:American women novelists of Indian descent Category:American women short story writers Category:Barnard College alumni Category:Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Category:Boston University faculty Category:British emigrants to the United States Category:Exophonic writers Category:Guggenheim Fellows Category:Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners Category:Italian-language writers Category:National Humanities Medal recipients Category:People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island Category:Princeton University faculty Category:Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners Category:Rhode Island School of Design faculty Category:The New Yorker people Category:Writers from Brooklyn Category:Writers from Rhode Island Category:PEN/Malamud Award winners Category:Novelists from New York (state) Category:Novelists from New Jersey Category:Novelists from Massachusetts Category:American women non-fiction writers Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers

Kingdom Conquest is a massively multiplayer online game strategy game with incorporated city-building, card collection and third-person action gameplay elements, developed and published by Sega for iOS and Android devices in 2010. It is free to download and play, and offers several in-game purchases to enhance gameplay. A sequel, titled Kingdom Conquest II, was released in Japan in December 2012, and worldwide in January 2013. Gameplay In Kingdom Conquest, players must manage a kingdom in the world of Magna, building and upgrading facilities, managing resources, and collecting Monster Cards that can be drawn from randomized Card Packs. These Card Packs can either be purchased through In-App Purchases or with tickets obtained by running Dungeons in a 3rd Person 3D Dungeon Combat system, where players fight successive waves of enemies. The goal of the game is to work collaboratively with other players to rule the fictional world of Magna, which is populated by other players as well as by Monsters, who are found in every section of the gridded World Map. Players must send Monster Units (combinations of various Monster Cards) to various territories, and a successful battle will transfer control of that territory to the player. In this way, players must vie for control over areas of the map, with the ultimate goal of conquering Debris Towers, enormous Spires filled with Monsters. The game is split into seasons, each of which lasts until control over the debris towers is settled and one Alliance has emerged victorious. With the end of one season, and the start of another, players' cities are reset, and they must start over. This ensures that new players have an opportunity to compete with veteran players by starting on relatively equal footing. New content, such as additional unique Monster Cards, is added regularly. Various competitive events also take place to encourage players to engage one another. Controversy The game was controversial in that many customers complained about the game charging the in-game purchases without their consent, even those who did not download the game. References External links Official site Category:2010 video games Category:Android (operating system) games Category:IOS games Category:Sega video games Category:Sega Games franchises Category:Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Japan

Pennsylvania State Capitol The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg which was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout. The capitol houses the legislative chambers for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. It is also the main building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex. The seat of government for the state was originally in Philadelphia, then was relocated to Lancaster in 1799 and finally to Harrisburg in 1812. The current capitol, known as the Huston Capitol, is the third state capitol building to be built in Harrisburg. The first, the Hills Capitol, was destroyed in 1897 by a fire and the second, the Cobb Capitol, was left unfinished when funding was discontinued in 1899. President Theodore Roosevelt attended the building's dedication in 1906. After its completion, the capitol project was the subject of a graft scandal. The construction and subsequent furnishing cost three times more than the General Assembly had appropriated for the design and construction; architect, Joseph Huston and four others were convicted of graft for price gouging. The Pennsylvania State Capitol is often referred to as a "palace of art" because of its many sculptures, murals and stained-glass windows, most of which are Pennsylvania themed or were made by Pennsylvanians. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006; the boundaries of the designation were expanded to include the Capitol Complex in 2013 with the capitol as a contributing property. History William Penn formed the first government of the then-Province of Pennsylvania on October 28, 1682, in Chester, Pennsylvania. The government did not have a regular meeting place and often met in Quaker meeting houses or at private residences in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's first statehouse, now known as Independence Hall, was built in Philadelphia starting in 1732 and was completed in 1753. With both the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the First and Second Continental Congresses, and the Confederation Congress, three predecessors of the modern Congress of the United States occupying Independence Hall from 1774 to 1789, the state legislature considered proposals for moving the seat of the state government. John Harris, Jr. offered to give and 21 square perches (5,717 ft2; 531 m2) of land near the banks of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania to the state, provided that it be eventually used as the site of the capital. Harris also laid out a city in 1785, near his plot of land, and named it in honor of his father. In 1799, the legislature voted to relocate the capital to Lancaster instead of Harrisburg, because of Lancaster's greater population. From 1799 to 1812, the legislature resided in Lancaster at the Old City Hall. Hills Capitol The legislature voted in 1810 to relocate the capital again, and moved the seat of government to Harrisburg in October 1812 onto the land originally given by Harris a decade earlier. An additional was also purchased from United States Senator William Maclay. The legislature met in the old Dauphin County courthouse for the next decade until a new capitol was constructed. A competition was held to determine the design of the capitol starting in 1816, which "was the first formal contest for [designing] an American statehouse". The designs submitted, including one from William

Strickland, were rejected as being too expensive. Another contest was started in January 1819. Of the seventeen designs submitted, two were selected as semifinalists. One was from Harrisburg architect Stephen Hills and the other was from the designer of the Washington Monument, Robert Mills; Hills' design was selected. Hills had designed a "red-brick, Federal-style" capitol to "architecturally represent the function of democratic government." Construction began on the Hills Capitol in 1819 and it was completed in 1822. The capitol's construction and subsequent furnishing was estimated to have cost $244,500. The Hills Capitol was visited by famous people, including the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, (later King Edward VII) in 1860. Abraham Lincoln visited the capitol in 1861 as president-elect, and then his body lay in state there after his 1865 assassination. Pennsylvania's collection of Civil War battle flags, which were accumulated in 1866, was moved from the State Arsenal to the second floor of the capitol in 1872. The flags were moved, again, in 1895 to the Executive, Library and Museum Building. On February 2, 1897, around noon, smoke was discovered coming from the Lieutenant Governor's offices. By early evening, the Hills Capitol had been reduced to a "smoldering mass of debris". Cobb Capitol After the destruction of the Hills Capitol, the now "homeless" legislature moved to a nearby Methodist Church. There were soon demands that the capital be relocated to Pittsburgh or Philadelphia; the legislature quickly appropriated money to build a new capitol in Harrisburg. Governor Daniel H. Hastings opted for a pay-as-you-go policy to allow the construction costs to be spread over multiple annual budgets. Governor Hastings also figured that $550,000 was enough to build "a small legislative building" that could be added onto as needed over time. After building designs were submitted by various architects in another competition, Henry Ives Cobb was chosen in 1897 to design the new capitol. Construction of the Cobb Capitol began on May 2, 1898. The legislature met in the finished building, which they had deemed complete, even though it was an "unadorned, unfinished, several-story brown brick structure that looked like a factory", on January 3, 1899. Cobb himself described the building simply as "ugly" but believed that he would be able to finish it eventually, when more funding became available. Huston Capitol Governor William A. Stone appointed a new Capitol Building Commission in 1901. The commission then held another design competition, for Pennsylvania architects only, which prevented Cobb, a Chicagoan, from submitting a design or finishing his capitol. The Building Commission also stipulated that parts of the unfinished, current capitol were to be used in the new capitol. The General Assembly had appropriated $4 million for the construction of the capitol. It did not limit the total amount to be used in furnishing the building. This caused problems after construction completion of the capitol. The American Institute of Architects was opposed to competition, citing that the terms of the competition were "calculated to only 'encourage favoritism and injustice' and that they in no way obligated the Capitol [Building] Commission to select the best design or the best architect". The Institute also advised that no Pennsylvania architects enter the competition; Philadelphia architect Addison Hutton was subsequently expelled from the organization after submitting an entry. Joseph Miller Huston's design was chosen from among nine entries in the competition in January 1902. The ground was broken for the Huston Capitol on November 2, 1902, but the cornerstone was not laid until May 5, 1904. Ownership of the capitol was handed over to the state government on August 15,

1906, and the Capitol Building Commission was dissolved. Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker dedicated the new capitol on October 4, 1906. Former Governor Stone, who had become president of the Building Commission after leaving office, ceremoniously gave the key to the capitol to Governor Pennypacker. President Theodore Roosevelt, who had arrived earlier that morning by a special train to deliver a speech and tour the new capitol, declared it "the handsomest building I ever saw". The Pennsylvania, Northern Central, Reading, and Cumberland Valley railroads each ran special trains to accommodate the crowds traveling to and from Harrisburg for the dedication. Although the building was completed, the majority of the artwork in and around the capitol would not be completed for another two decades. The murals in the rotunda were not installed until 1908 and the sculptures outside the entrance to the capitol were dedicated on October 4, 1911. The collection of Civil War flags were removed from the Executive, Library and Museum Building. After a parade and a ceremony, they were installed in glass display cases in the capitol rotunda on June 14, 1914. The decoration of the capitol was completed on May 23, 1927, when the murals in the Supreme Court Chambers were unveiled. Graft scandal William H. Berry was elected in 1906, shortly after the dedication, to the office of State Treasurer on a reform "fusion ticket". Berry was the only Democrat elected to a statewide office from 1895 to 1934. His successful campaign was deemed by Governor Pennypacker to be "one of those freaks of ill fortune". Berry began investigating the costs of the capitol project and brought its $13 million pricetag to the attention of the public. Part of the reason for the discrepancy was Pennsylvania's "over-elaborate" and sometimes "unintelligible" method of "ordering and purchasing supplies, equipment [and] furnishings, commonly called the 'per-foot rule' ". Because the methods of measuring under the "per-foot rule" were not rigorously enforced, furnishing could be, intentionally, overpriced by the supplier. For example, a flagpole installed on the capitol roof was priced at $850; Berry estimated the value of the pole to have been only $150. Other expenses included $1,619 for a $125 bootblack stand and $3,257 for a $325 "mahogany case in the Senate barber shop". Pennypacker tried to demonstrate that costs associated with the capitol were reasonable in comparison with similar notable structures. He pointed out that the United States Capitol cost $18 million, but had "fifty-five less [rooms] than the Capitol at Harrisburg." Pennypacker also showed how the New York State Capitol had cost $24 million, and was still unfinished. After an investigation, a total of five people, including Huston, were convicted, on December 18, 1908, and sentenced to two years in prison for "conspiring with State officials to defraud the State in the erection and furnishing of the Capitol." The Superintendent of Public Ground and Buildings James Shumaker and Auditor General William P. Snyder were also convicted. Among the convicted, John H. Sanderson and William L. Mathues died before going to prison. Brunner plan From 1912 to 1917, the state acquired all of the 541 separate properties that comprise the Eighth Ward east of the capitol. The Eighth Ward was situated between the capitol and a set of railroad tracks, then owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Arnold Brunner was hired in 1916 to develop new accommodations for state government, which had already outgrown the capitol. He introduced his plan in 1920, which called, first, for the demolition of the Eighth Ward. Brunner planned two office buildings behind the capitol, the North and South Office Buildings, and these were

separated by a courtyard he named the People's Court. The South Office Building was completed in 1921. The leveling of the Eighth Ward was finished in 1925. Although Brunner died on February 14, 1925, elements of his plans were still completed, except for his People's Court, which became a parking lot. Brunner planned a bridge to cross the railroad tracks and connect the capitol with the highest point in the city at 13th Street. Brunner had also originally planned to have another bridge span the Susquehanna River, on the west side of the capitol. After his death, parts of the bridge were redesigned and became the current State Street Bridge, which was completed in 1930. The Education Building, or Forum Building, was completed in 1931. Restoration and preservation The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission erected two historical markers on August 11, 1953—one commemorating the Hills Capitol and another for the current capitol. The capitol was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1977. Beginning in 1981, highly regarded historic preservation architect, Hyman Myers, of the Philadelphia architecture firm, Vitetta Group, oversaw the restoration of the capital building. In 1982, the Capitol Preservation Committee (CPC) was created "to supervise and coordinate the historic preservation of the State Capitol Building". One of the CPC's first projects was the preservation of the 390 Civil War flags and 22 flags from the Spanish–American War, which had been undisturbed since being placed in the rotunda in 1914. Between 1985 and 1987, scaffolding was erected in the rotunda and the murals removed for restoration. The statue atop the capitol dome was removed for restoration via helicopter in the summer of 1998, being returned in September of the same year. It was decided to restore the Senate Chamber after it was flooded with of water on February 14, 1999. The capitol was declared a National Historic Landmark on September 20, 2006, during its centennial. On February 27, 2013, the boundaries of the designation were revised to encompass the grounds and surrounding buildings. Exterior The capitol is long and tall. It is wide at its center wing and its two side wings are . The facade of the capitol is constructed out of granite from Hardwick, Vermont. The dome is topped by the gilded brass statue of Commonwealth by Roland Hinton Perry. Standing tall atop a ball, the statue is the personification of a commonwealth. The dome itself weighs and was architecturally inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Huston designed the large bronze doors at the capitol's main entrance. They were modeled by sculptor Otto Jahnsen and were both cast in one piece using the lost wax method of casting by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company. The doors are decorated with scenes from the history of Pennsylvania, such as the arrival of William Penn and his peace treaty with the Lenape. Busts of people who were important in the construction of the capitol, like Governor Pennypacker, Boies Penrose, and Matthew Quay, decorate the edges of the doors. The bust of Huston hides the doors' keyhole. The entrance is flanked by two sculptures, entitled Love and Labor: The Unbroken Law and The Burden of Life: The Broken Law. Both were sculpted out of Carrara marble from models created by George Grey Barnard in 1909. Grounds The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, comprises and 26.4 square perches (7,187 ft2; 668 m2). The grounds are bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west. Arnold Brunner designed the layout

of the grounds, which originally totaled only from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward. A monument, dedicated to the citizens of Pennsylvania who died in the Mexican–American War, was built in 1858. The monument was not placed onto the grounds until 1868 and was moved to the southeast corner of the grounds in 1893, when the Executive, Library and Museum Building was built. In 1896–97, a monument, dedicated to former governor John F. Hartranft, was sculpted by Frederick Ruckstull. The monument was unveiled on May 18, 1899, and was placed in front of the capitol. It was moved in 1927 to in front of the Executive, Library and Museum Building. Friends of Penrose in the General Assembly, who had died in 1921, passed legislation for a memorial to Penrose. The monument was dedicated on September 23, 1930, and is located near the corner of North 3rd and Walnut Streets. Interior The Pennsylvania State Capitol houses the chambers for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania Senate, and the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The Capitol contains 475 rooms and has four floors, not including a mezzanine between the first and second floors, and a basement. The bronze entrance doors of the capitol lead into the rotunda on the first floor with the grand staircase in the center. The staircase in the rotunda is an imperial staircase, similar to the one in the Palais Garnier in Paris, France. The staircase leads to the mezzanine between the first and second floors, before dividing into two staircases leading to the second floor. Edwin Austin Abbey painted four allegorical medallions around the base of the capitol dome, detailing the "four forces of civilization": Art, Justice, Science, and Religion. Four lunette murals were also painted by Abbey and "symbolize Pennsylvania's spiritual and industrial contributions to modern civilization". The lunettes are situated in the recesses of each arch in the rotunda. The rotunda is paved with tiles, hand-crafted by Henry Chapman Mercer, from the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Mercer produced of tile, which includes "377 mosaics, representing 254 scenes, artifacts, animals, birds, fish, insects, industries and workers from Pennsylvania history". The interiors of the rotunda and the dome are inscribed with a quote from William Penn made upon the foundation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: House Chamber The lower house of the bicameral General Assembly, the House of Representatives, has 203 members, elected for a term of 2 years, and presided over by the Speaker of the House. The House Chamber, or Hall of the House, is the largest of the three chambers at wide and long. It is located on the south side of the rotunda. The House Chamber was designed with an Italian Renaissance theme. William B. Van Ingen created the fourteen circular, stained-glass windows in the House Chamber, and Abbey painted its five murals. The largest of the murals is situated behind the Speaker's rostrum. Named the Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, it depicts 28 famous Pennsylvanians. Senate Chamber The Senate is the upper house of the state legislature and has 50 members, elected to 4-year terms. The Senate is presided over by the President of the Senate, who is also the Lieutenant Governor. The Senate Chamber, or Hall of the Senate, is the second-largest chamber and was designed with a French Renaissance theme. It is located on the north side of the rotunda, opposite the House. Violet Oakley painted the murals in the Senate Chamber. Ingen also made 10 stained-glass windows for the Senate Chamber. Both

the House and Senate Chambers are on the second floor, each with an entrance on the upper third and fourth floors leading to a press and media gallery. Supreme Court Chamber The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the court of last resort in the Commonwealth. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is one of two intermediate appellate courts in state. The Supreme Court Chamber, officially the Supreme and Superior Court Chamber, is used by both courts and was designed using ancient Greek and Roman themes. It is located on the fourth floor of the capitol, on the east side of the rotunda. The Supreme Court Chamber is the smallest of the three chambers at . Violet Oakley painted the 16 murals in the "Supreme Courtroom" to depict the history of law. The cycle of 16 panels, painted between 1917 and 1927, begins and ends with Divine Law as its keystone, over the main entrance. Around the room clockwise the murals represent the Law of Nature; Greek, Hebrew, and Christian Revealed Law; Roman Law of Reason; English Common Law; William Penn as Law-Giver; State, National, and International law, and finally, the Spirit of Divine Law. A stained-glass dome, designed by Pennsylvania native Alfred Godwin, is in the center of the ceiling. Capitol Complex The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex includes the buildings owned by Commonwealth, which are controlled by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, and are centered on the capitol in Harrisburg. The Capitol Complex became a National Historic Landmark in 2013 when the designation was revised to include not just the capitol, but the surrounding building as contributing property—except for the East Wing. The complex and greater area is protected full-time by the Pennsylvania Capitol Police—its dedicated law enforcement agency—as well as the Harrisburg Bureau of Police, which patrols the entire city. The oldest building in the complex is the Executive, Library and Museum Building. Situated next to the Hills Capitol and the Huston Capitol, it was built in 1894. It was designated the Matthew J. Ryan Legislative Office Building on June 14, 1999, in recognition of former Speaker Matthew J. Ryan. The Ryan Office Building is the oldest building in the complex and was originally designed to house the State Library and State Museum of Pennsylvania, as well as the Governor's Office and Reception Room. Today it houses the offices of the members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The seven-story North and South Office Buildings are situated behind the capitol and overlook the East Wing. The South Office Building was renamed the K. Leroy Irvis Office Building on December 20, 2002, in recognition of former Speaker K. Leroy Irvis. The State Museum and State Archives buildings were constructed in 1964. A addition, called the East Wing, was dedicated on December 2, 1987. The East Wing replaced the decades-old parking lot and fulfilled Brunner's plan of a People's Court. It was built partially underground, such that the tallest point on the East Wing barely reaches the first floor of the capitol. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania List of state and territorial capitols in the United States National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania List of state and county courthouses in Pennsylvania Notes a. The 28 Pennsylvanians shown in the painting are: John Bartram and son William Bartram (counted as one), Daniel Boone, Andrew Curtin, George Mifflin Dallas, John Dickinson, Oliver Evans, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Girard, Winfield Scott Hancock, Henry Hudson, Johannes Kelpius, Thomas McKean, George Meade, Peter Minuit, Robert Morris, John Peter Muhlenberg, Thomas Paine, Francis Pastorius, William Penn, Walter Raleigh, David Rittenhouse,

Benjamin Rush, William Smith, Thaddeus Stevens, Anthony Wayne, William White, and Caspar Wistar. References Sources External links Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania Category:Buildings and structures in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:Government buildings completed in 1906 Category:Government buildings in Pennsylvania Category:Government of Pennsylvania Category:History museums in Pennsylvania Category:Museums in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania Category:Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Category:State capitols in the United States Category:Terminating vistas in the United States Category:Tourist attractions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:Government buildings with domes Category:National Register of Historic Places in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Category:1906 establishments in Pennsylvania

Australian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2018–19 The Australian cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in March 2019 to play five One Day International (ODI) matches against Pakistan. The fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Ahead of the tour, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) were in talks with Cricket Australia with a view to play some of the matches in Pakistan. On 10 February 2019, the PCB confirmed the dates of the tour, with all the fixtures taking place in the UAE. The bans on Steve Smith and David Warner following the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal ended on 29 March 2019, coinciding with the date of the fourth ODI match. However, when Cricket Australia named their squad for the tour, Smith and Warner were not included. Trevor Hohns, chairman of the National Selection Panel, said that the best route for them coming back would be through the Indian Premier League. Pakistan's regular captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, was rested ahead of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, with Shoaib Malik named as captain of the squad in his place. For the fourth ODI, Imad Wasim captained the side for the first time, after Shoaib Malik was sidelined with a bruised rib. Wasim also captained Pakistan for the fifth and final ODI of the series. Australia won the series 5–0. It was Australia's first 5–0 series win away from home since they beat the West Indies in 2008. Squads Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf was rested for the final three matches of the series. Jhye Richardson suffered an injury during the second ODI and was ruled out of Australia's squad for the rest of the series. ODI series 1st ODI 2nd ODI 3rd ODI 4th ODI 5th ODI Notes References External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo Category:2019 in Australian cricket Category:2019 in Pakistani cricket Category:International cricket competitions in 2018–19 Category:Australian cricket tours of Pakistan Category:International cricket tours of the United Arab Emirates

Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius (Hae) is a causative agent of acute and often purulent conjunctivitis, more commonly known as pink eye. It was discovered independently by Koch and Weeks in the 1880s. During the mid-1980s to early 1990s, a highly virulent clonal group of Haemophilus aegyptius, localized in and around the São Paulo State of Brazil, was found to be responsible for Brazilian purpuric fever, an acute septicemic fulminant illness affecting children. History Discovery and identification by Koch and Weeks Haemophilus aegyptius was first observed by Koch in 1883. Under the German Cholera Commission of Egypt, Koch studied 50 patients in Egypt who were suffering from Egyptian eye disease. He discovered this disease was caused by two bacteria. The first, and more serious strain was caused by a “gonococcus-like organism.” H. aegyptius was the more benign form, however at this point it had not been named. Three years later, Weeks published a paper detailing the essential characteristics of H. aegyptius (see “Characteristics” section below). Taxonomy Neither Koch nor Weeks gave a name for this bacterium, choosing instead to refer to it in relation to the disease it was causing; Weeks’ paper called it “the bacillus of acute conjunctival catarrh.” In 1889, in the first classification treatise naming bacteria under the Latin binomial system, Trevisan listed it as “Bacillus aegyptius.” In the United States, it was listed in 1923 in Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology as “Hemophilus conjuntivitidis.” It was listed as “Hemophilus aegyptius” for the first time in the seventh edition of Bergey’s Manual after Pittman and Davis explored and described the characteristic differences between this bacterium and H. influenzae. Relation to Haemophilus influenzae In 1892, Pfeiffer discovered H. influenzae, raising some confusion over whether H. aegyptius was different from H. influenzae. Debate has occurred for more than a century. Pittman, who first gave this bacteria its modern name, felt that these bacteria had enough dissimilarities to be considered a separate species. Others, like Brenner et al. stand by a historical viewpoint that the two species are one and the same, with H. influenzae being the older name, and thus the name with higher priority. These bacteria are curious in that they are phylogenetically one species but differ phenotypically; they share the same historical pattern but have clinical differences. Today, the issue remains unresolved, although scientists have put in a lot of effort to classify this bacteria. So far, no one test standing alone has been able to differentiate these two bacteria; however, through compound efforts of different scientists and different tests scientists have gained a greater understanding of the relationship between these two bacteria. In order to account for both the similarities and differences, H. aegyptius has been classified as a biogroup of H. influenzae. Pathology In 1984, 10 children in the town of Promissao in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, developed a sudden and severe illness after a recent bout (within the last 30 days) of conjunctivitis – Brazilian Purpuric Fever (BPF). Scientists were able to isolate H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius after studying the blood and cerebrospinal fluids of affected children. After discovering another, and very similar, outbreak in Londrina (located a little under 200 miles from Promissao), scientists determined that a single H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius clone is responsible for all cases of BPF. In his classic paper, Weeks characterizes H. aegyptius by its high contagiousness, direct transmission from patient to volunteer, pathogenesis, pathology, treatment and epidemiology. It manifests itself most often as BPF in infants and young children, aged 3 months to 8 years. Symptoms of Brazilian Purpuric Fever are usually preceded by

purulent conjunctivitis and later include acute, or sudden, onset of high fever, vomiting, abdominal pain, purpura, vascular collapse and death. The overall patient fatality rate since the recognition of BPF is about 70%. The case definition of Brazilian Purpuric Fever is as follows: An acute illness in a child aged between 3 months to 10 years characterized by: Fever of 101.3 °F (38.5 °C) or higher Abdominal pain and/or vomiting Development of petechiae and/or purpura No evidence of meningitis History of conjunctivitis within the 30 days preceding the onset of fever At least one of the following two tests negative for Neisseria meningitidis: Blood cultures taken before antibiotic administration Serum or urine antigen detection[CDC] H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius is currently susceptible to a number of antibiotics. These include ampicillin, chloramphenicol, amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, cefamandole, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, tetracycline, ceftriaxone and rifampin. Health officials are hesitant in using systemic antibiotics like rifampin. Although they may help in treating the BPF clone, more studies should be done before this antibiotic is applied to more cases. Premature use of this antibiotic without further studies (and the use of rifampin to treat sporadic cases) could result in a potential development of resistance and excessive expenses. It is important to distinguish between H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius and the clone referred to as the “BPF clone.” The non-clone, typical version of H. aegyptius manifests itself in non-invasive conjunctivitis. The epidemic nature of this bacteria has been seen in the high frequency of “control” subjects from the affected areas of Brazil that have or had recently had conjunctivitis. These control subjects did not develop Brazilian Purpuric Fever, and therefore were probably not carrying the more dangerous BPF clone of H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius. Affected patients who had recently had conjunctivitis developed a fever and other symptoms of BPF within 1 to 60 days. Distribution Historical distribution of H. aegyptius is worldwide. Weeks observed that acute conjunctivitis had been observed in Egypt, France, and England. In 1941, Monteiro Salles reported epidemics of H. aegyptius conjunctivitis in Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. H. aegyptius conjunctivitis has also been observed in the southern states of the United States [Pittman]. The BPF clone of H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius is more difficult to evaluate. Cases of Brazilian Purpuric Fever have been predominant in the Sao Paulo state. Sao Paulo is one of the most developed states in Brazil, which makes it easier to receive reports of outbreaks of diseases like BPF. However, it is difficult to know whether BPF has affected other, more rural areas of Brazil. Scientists have not yet determined to what extent BPF has affected rural communities because of a lack of communication technology in these areas and a general lack of medical services. A small case study in Serrana has suggested that there is a correlation between day-care attendance and contraction of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Because children are the main victims of BPF, it is assumed that day care facilities may serve as settings for the transmission of H. influenzae biogroup aegyptius conjunctivitis. Seasonal Effects For a long time, H. aegyptius has been known to cause seasonal epidemics of acute purulent conjunctivitis (minor cases of pink eye). The harsher effects of Hemophilus aegyptius that typically manifest themselves in Brazilian Purpuric Fever are typically seen during the summer months with few cases of BPF reported during the winter months. Bengtson, while studying H. aegyptius in Georgia, reported that the majority of cases of acute conjunctivitis occurred during the breeding season of the eye gnat, Hippelates pusio. References External links Type strain of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius at BacDive – the Bacterial

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Harmers Wood Harmers Wood is a small woodland with sandstone quarries in Helsby village in the north of Cheshire, England. It is a nine-acre woodland containing mainly silver birch trees with some oak and a smattering of holly trees, rowan, hawthorn and gorse. The wood is owned by the Friends of Harmers Wood Trust as a not-for-profit business managed on behalf of the local community. Geology As with much of the geology of Cheshire, the forest floor sits on 225-million-year old Triassic sandstone. Layers of soft red sandstone can be found with the harder white sandstone that has been quarried in four places in the woodland, during the 19th century for use in local buildings. Sports Harmers Wood has developed a reputation amongst the rock-climbing fraternity, with over sixty climbs of varying difficulty in two of the quarries. History The wood was originally known as the Pine Wood, presumably when pine trees grew in the area. However, most trees were destroyed during World War Two from jettisoned incendiary bombs from German planes after bombing raids on the city of Liverpool. Quarrying was carried out between 1830 and 1870 using hand-held tools and steam cranes with the stone being used in local buildings including St Paul's Church in Helsby. References External links Harmers wood website Woodland Trust website Category:Parks and open spaces in Cheshire Category:Forests and woodlands of Cheshire Category:Woodland Trust

Al Krueger Alvin John Krueger (April 3, 1919 – February 20, 1999) was an American football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He also played in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Los Angeles Dons. He played college football at the University of Southern California. Krueger received the winning touchdown pass from quarterback Doyle Nave over a no-scoring Duke team in the 1939 Rose Bowl. He and Nave were named Co-MVP for that game and were later inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame. References External links Los Angeles Times Obituary Category:1919 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Sportspeople from Orange, California Category:American football wide receivers Category:American military personnel of World War II Category:Los Angeles Dons players Category:USC Trojans football players Category:Washington Redskins players

Block Island Wind Farm Block Island Wind Farm is the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, located from Block Island, Rhode Island in the Atlantic Ocean. The five-turbine, 30 MW project was developed by Deepwater Wind. Construction began in 2015 and in late summer 2016 five Alstom Haliade 150-6-MW turbines were erected. Operations were launched in December 2016. It is the largest project using wind power in Rhode Island. Design and capacity Block Island Wind Farm is a project of Deepwater Wind located about southeast of Block Island, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. The 30 megawatt, five-turbine demonstration project is expected to produce more than 125,000 megawatt hours of electricity annually. Power is transmitted from the turbines to the electric grid along a transmission submarine power cable buried under the ocean floor, making landfall north of Scarborough Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island. The structures were designed by Alstom Wind, standing . They can withstand a Category 3 storm. The system connects New Shoreham, Rhode Island to the grid for the first time and allows it to cease using diesel generators which have been replaced with power from the cable supplying the island. Gulf Island Fabrication was interested in building the foundations. Permits and funding The Block Island Wind Farm was conceived as a larger project extending into neighboring Massachusetts to build a $1.5-billion, 385-megawatt wind farm in federal waters. The 100-turbine project could provide 1.3 terawatt-hours (TW·h) of electricity per year – 15 percent of all electricity used in the state. In 2009, the State of Rhode Island designated Deepwater Wind to begin with pilot projects. In that year Deepwater signed an agreement with National Grid to sell the power from the wind farm off Block Island, at an initial price of 24.4¢/kW·h, with a guaranteed 3.5% annual increase. The permitting process for the project has been highly controversial, with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) initially rejecting the agreement price with National Grid as being excessive to Rhode Island's electricity rate payers. However, after the Rhode Island General Assembly and Governor Carcieri changed the state law concerning the "commercial reasonability" of contract pricing, the RIPUC voted to approve the key contract. After continuing controversy and appeals, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in July 2011 to uphold the RIPUC decision. Opponents of the project raised issue about the contract pricing with the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in August 2012, but FERC in October of the same year issued a decision that they would not act on the complaint. A total of nine reviews and permits from state federal agencies were acquired, the last in early May 2015. On May 11, 2015 a new complaint was filed with FERC alleging that the power purchase agreement with National Grid violates the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 and further alleging that the RIPUC violated the Federal Power Act and the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. However, Deepwater Wind maintains that there is no support for any of these claims and that FERC should promptly deny the new complaint in its entirety. While the wind turbines have been built in state waters southeast of Block Island, the transmission cable crosses federal waters in the Atlantic. A portion of the power is supplied directly to Block Island which is off shore from the Rhode Island mainland and had some of the highest power rates in the country due to its local generation by small diesel powered generators. Deepwater Wind announced March 2015 that it had received funding in the amount

of $290 million from mandated lead arrangers Société Générale of Paris, France and KeyBank National Association of Cleveland, Ohio. The operation was verified in 2017. Construction In late 2014, Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. began steel work construction at its Houma, Louisiana shipyard. The building phase would focus on the turbines' foundations (for platforms) to be pile-anchored to the ocean floor. On June 26, 2015, the first of the five foundations for the project began its move via barge from Louisiana. The turbines will be delivered later in 2015 and erected in place in 2016. Foundation assembly started in ProvPort in March 2016, with estimated commissioning in late 2016. GZA GeoEnvironmental provided the geotechnical design and consulting for the staging facility at the Port of Providence. The structures, designed by Alstom Wind, stand 600 ft (180 m) high and can withstand a Category 3 storm.[6][7][8] The foundations were designed by Louisiana-based Keystone Engineering Inc. to withstand a 1000-year storm. The foundations’ robust strength is the product of meticulous design processes and thorough engineering analysis performed by Keystone. While the four-pile jacket foundation is common for offshore oil and gas platforms, Block Island's jackets are engineered to handle additional loading and vibration from the spinning turbines Keystone's engineering team ran thousands of test simulations, repeating each calculation multiple times to ensure the design would hold up under various weather conditions and load scenarios. Altogether, nearly 10 million tests were completed. On March 9, 2015, French company Alstom Group received final notication to begin fabrication of five Alstom Haliade 150 6 MW offshore wind turbines. GE Wind (offshore) acquired Haliade production in November 2015. As of July 2016, the site was grid-connected, and towers and LM Wind Power blades were in the port of Providence. The Norwegian installation jack-up vessel was on its way to France to pick up the 400 tonne generators, as it was not able to pick them up from an easier US port due to the Jones Act. A test version of the direct-drive turbine is installed at Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field. The first turbine was erected in August 2016. On August 18, 2016, Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Grybowski announced Block Island Wind Farm was fully constructed. The wind farm commenced commercial operation in December 2016. Operation During the March 2017 Winter Storm Stella, the turbines functioned as designed, automatically cutting out when the wind speed reached , and after the wind speed had topped out at about , they resumed production again once the speed went below the cut-off threshold. The project has also provided jobs for the state of Rhode Island, employing welders, workers during assembly of the wind turbines, and divers. See also List of offshore wind farms in the United States Cape Wind Fisherman's Energy VOWTAP References External links Block Island Wind Farm Website Category:Wind power in Rhode Island Category:Offshore wind farms in the United States Category:New Shoreham, Rhode Island

Milton of Leys Milton of Leys (Gaelic: Baile Muilinn an Leigheis) is a suburb on the southern outskirts of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. Milton of Leys lies on high ground overlooking the Moray Firth, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of the city centre, to the west of the A9 road. It has developed largely since the 1990s as a residential settlement. Construction of a primary school in Milton of Leys began in June 2010, with a scheduled opening date of August 2011. Previously, pupils attended Inshes Primary School. References Category:Areas of Inverness Category:Populated places in Inverness committee area

Noriko Nakagoshi is a Japanese actress. Biography Nakagoshi debuted as a model for ViVi magazine in 1999. She began acting the same year, making her acting debut as Midori Sato in the show Tengoku no Kiss. Her acting attracted her great attention and from there, she moved onto bigger roles. Her breakthrough role came in the 2003 NHK asadora, Kokoro, where she played the lead, Kokoro Suenaga. Since then she has acted in many dramas, films, and stage plays. Since 2014, she has been married to actor Masaru Nagai. Select filmography Films Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) Unholy Women (2006) Apartment 1303 (2007) Sugata Sanshiro (2007) Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007) 4 Shimai Tantei Dan (2008) Orochi: Blood (2008) as Risa Monzen The Lone Scalpel (2010) as Shōko Ōkawa Sekigahara (2017) as Hanano Television Hero (2001, CX) Trick 2 (2002, EX) Kokoro (2003, NHK) Pride (2004, CX) Yoshitsune (2005, NHK), Kenreimon-in Tokuko Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger (2019, Toei) References External links Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese actresses Category:Japanese female models Category:People from Saga (city) Category:NHK Asadora lead actors or actresses

Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land '"Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Lyrics were written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Jean Schwartz composed the music. The song was published by Waterson Berlin & Snyder, Co. of New York City. Artist Albert Wilfred Barbelle designed the sheet music cover, which features a photo of Al Jolson next to a shadow of a child on the phone. Explosions in No Man's Land take up the rest of the red background. The song was written for both voice and piano. It was first introduced in the 1918 musical Sinbad. The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library. The song tells the story of a child attempting to call her father in No man's land. She is unable to reach him over the telephone because her father has been killed fighting on the Western Front. The chorus is as follows: "Hello Central! Give me No Man's Land, My daddy's there, my mamma told me; She tip-toed off to bed After prayers were said; Don't ring when you get the number, Or you'll disturb mamma's slumber I'm afraid to stand here at the 'phone Cause I'm alone. So won't you hurry; I want to know why mama starts to weep When I say, 'Now I lay me down to sleep'; Hello Central! Give me No Man's Land." References firstworldwar.com External links Albums "Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land" can be found on Category:1918 songs Category:Songs of World War I Category:Songs with music by Jean Schwartz Category:Songs with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis Category:Songs with lyrics by Joe Young (lyricist)

Typhlomyrmex Typhlomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae and the sole member of the tribe Typhlomyrmecini. Known from the Neotropics, the genus has a wide distribution. Some species are restricted in range, while for example Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi is known from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Little is known about their biology. Species Typhlomyrmex clavicornis Emery, 1906 Typhlomyrmex foreli Santschi, 1925 Typhlomyrmex major Santschi, 1923 Typhlomyrmex meire Lacau, Villemant & Delabie, 2004 Typhlomyrmex prolatus Brown, 1965 Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894 Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862 References External links Category:Ectatomminae Category:Ant genera Category:Hymenoptera of North America Category:Hymenoptera of South America

1st Battalion, 12th Marines 1st Battalion 12th Marines (1/12) is an artillery battalion comprising three firing batteries and a Headquarters Battery. The battalion is stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and falls under the 12th Marine Regiment and the 3rd Marine Division. The battalion has recently transitioned to its new primary weapon system the M777 lightweight howitzer with a maximum effective range of . Mission Provide direct support of the 3rd Marine Regiment in time of conflict. That support may come in the traditional fashion of artillery support to maneuver forces, or by providing batteries to serve as provisional rifle companies. They also have the secondary mission of being the primary providers of civil-military operations (CMO). CMO is defined as the activities of the commander that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relations between military organizations, Government and civilian organizations and the civilian populace. Current units Headquarters Battery Battery A (Alpha Battery) Battery B (Bravo Battery) Battery C (Charlie Battery) History World War II 1st Battalion 12th Marines came into existence during World War II. The battalion was activated 1 September 1942, at San Diego, California as the 4th Battalion 12th Marines and assigned to the 3rd Marine Division. During October 1942, the Battalion relocated to Camp Dunlap, California. They were deployed to Auckland, New Zealand during March 1943, then redeployed during July 1943 to Guadalcanal. During this period, the Battalion was heavily involved in numerous campaigns including the Battle of Bougainville, Battle of Guam and the Battle of Iwo Jima. After being re-designated on 5 April 1945 as 1st Battalion 12th Marines, the Battalion was relocated during December 1945 to Camp Pendleton, California and as deactivated on 8 January 1946. 1950s through the 1980s Five years later, the Battalion was reactivated on 20 June 1951 at Camp Pendleton, California and was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division. In August 1953, 1st Battalion 12th Marines deployed to Camp Mcnair, Japan and redeployed to South Camp Fuji, Japan during March 1956. During March and April 1965, the battalion was called upon to deploy to the Republic of Vietnam. They participated in the Vietnam War from April 1965 to September 1969, operating from Phu Bai, Danang, Cam Lộ, Khe Sanh and Camp Carroll. The battalion after the Vietnam war was reduced to cadre status. During October 1969, the battalion was re-established at Camp Pendleton, California and assigned to the 5th Marine Division. One year later, in November 1969, they were reassigned to the 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. In April 1971, the 1/12 was reassigned to the 1st Marine Division. The battalion deployed in June 1971 to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii and was later reassigned to the 1st Marine Brigade. During the 1970s and 1980s, the unit participated in numerous training exercises to remain combat ready. 1st Marine Brigade re-designated on 30 August 1985 as the 1st Marine Amphibious Brigade. In the years that followed, 1st Marine Amphibious Brigade was re-designated as the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 1990s & the Global War on Terrorism 1st Battalion 12th Marines participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in Southwest Asia during September 1990 to April 1991. In September 1994, the Battalion was reassigned to 3rd Marine Division as part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, Hawaii. From July 2004 through April 2005, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion 12th Marines, deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were attached to 1st Battalion 3rd Marines and deployed to Fallujah, Iraq participating in Operation Phantom Fury. They were the lead artillery battery initiating the attack on Fallujah where they fired over 1500 rounds in support of 1st Battalion

8th Marines. From March 2007 through October 2007 and September 2008 through April 2009, 1st Battalion 12th Marines conducted the provisional mission of Task Force MP operating in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. On April 2011, Charlie, Echo, Alpha and Headquarters and Service Battalion of 1/12 deployed to Outpost Shrine in Kajaki, Afghanistan to replace 1st Battalion, 10th Marines as the main artillery unit in the area. Bravo Battery remained in garrison for live fire during training exercises. The battalion is currently the only "stand alone" artillery unit in 12th Marines; 2nd Battalion was deactivated following Operation: Desert Storm due to defense cut-backs and the relocation of 12th Marine Regiment from Camp Foster to Camp Hansen, both in Okinawa. 3rd Battalion maintains its headquarters at Camp Hansen and sources the Unit Deployment Program as the headquarters element for deployed artillery batteries drawn from across the Corps. 3/12's permanent firing batteries have been reassigned to other units: Battery K to 2nd Battalion 11th Marines, Battery L to 3rd Battalion 11th Marines, and Battery I to 1st Battalion 11th Marines. See also List of United States Marine Corps battalions Organization of the United States Marine Corps Notes References Web 1/12's official website 1/12 Association U.S. Marines in Battle of Al-Khafji Category:Artillery battalions of the United States Marine Corps

Vincent Reno Franklin Vincent Reno was a mathematician and civilian employee at the United States Army Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland in the 1930s. Reno was a member of the "Karl group" of Soviet spies which was being handled by Whittaker Chambers until 1938. Reno confessed in late 1948 to his espionage activities on behalf of the GRU. He is listed as number "118th" in the Gorsky Memo. See also List of American spies John Abt Whittaker Chambers Noel Field Harold Glasser John Herrmann Alger Hiss Donald Hiss Victor Perlo J. Peters Ward Pigman Lee Pressman Julian Wadleigh Harold Ware Nathaniel Weyl Harry Dexter White Nathan Witt References Sources Category:American spies for the Soviet Union Category:Espionage in the United States Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing

Coventry Four Four South African alleged arms smugglers were arrested by HM Customs & Excise officers in Coventry in March 1984 and charged with conspiring to export arms from Britain to apartheid South Africa in contravention of the mandatory UN arms embargo. They became known as the Coventry Four. Smuggling activities The four South Africans plus three Britons were charged in the Coventry Magistrates Court on 2 April 1984 with conspiring to export to South Africa high pressure gas cylinders, radar magnetrons, aircraft parts and other military equipment in violation of the mandatory arms embargo imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418. The uncovering of their smuggling operation and subsequent arrest followed the discovery of a shipment of artillery elevating gears at Birmingham International Airport in 1984. The Coventry Four were Hendrik Jacobus Botha, Stephanus Johannes de Jager, William Randolph Metelerkamp and Jacobus la Grange. In the front company (McNay Pty Ltd) they operated on behalf of Kentron, Metelerkamp was the Managing Director, Botha was in charge of administration and security, De Jager was the company accountant, while la Grange was the technical expert. One of the ways in which they worked around the international arms embargo was for la Grange to travel to the United States to source military materiel - this would subsequently be imported by Fosse Way Securities in the UK, before being shipped onwards to South Africa via other countries. A fifth man, professor Johannes Cloete of Stellenbosch University – a key player in South Africa's missile development program – was arrested at the same time as the Coventry Four. But, according to The Guardian of 17 December 1988, Cloete's arrest was quickly followed by his release without charge on instructions from senior Whitehall officials. The three British men arrested at the same time were Michael Swann, Derek Salt and Michael Henry Gardiner. Salt had previously been dismissed from another company for manufacturing ammunition dies for the South African military, which he concealed as sewing machine equipment. After his dismissal, Salt continued to deal with Armscor, despite the international arms embargo. His company in Coventry manufactured mortar casing to Armscor's specifications, and also sub-contracted the manufacture of the high-precision artillery gears seized by HM Customs to a German company. The Coventry Four were remanded in custody and their passports confiscated. After several weeks, they were released on bail of £200,000 when André Pelser, 1st Secretary at the South African embassy, waived his diplomatic immunity and stood surety. Then, following an alleged intervention from Downing Street, they applied to a Judge sitting in Chambers to recover their passports. In May 1984, Judge Leonard granted the request and allowed the Coventry Four to travel to South Africa, on condition that they undertook to return to Britain for their trial. Salt was given a 10-month jail sentence and fined £25,000 for his part in the operation, while the UK companies involved paid fines of £193,000. Controversial visit In June 1984, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher controversially invited South Africa's president P.W. Botha and foreign minister Pik Botha to a meeting at Chequers in an effort to stave off growing international pressure for the imposition of economic sanctions against South Africa, where both the U.S. and Britain had invested heavily. Although not officially on the meeting's agenda, the Coventry Four affair clouded both the proceedings at Chequers and Britain's bilateral diplomatic relations with South Africa. In August 1989, British diplomat Patrick Haseldine was dismissed for publicly criticising the UK government in the press over the release of the four suspects. Quid pro quo In August 1984, when anti-apartheid activists

– threatened with arrest in South Africa – took refuge in the British consulate in Durban, Pik Botha decided to retaliate by refusing to allow the Coventry Four to return to Britain to stand trial. Foreign Office minister, Malcolm Rifkind, reported to the House of Commons that the South African government was wholly to blame for the men's non-appearance in a British court, and that Pretoria should cooperate. In the event the men did not come back to stand trial and no action was taken against South Africa. The £200,000 bail money was thus forfeited by the South African embassy. See also Gerald Bull, imprisoned for smuggling artillery technology to South Africa South Africa and weapons of mass destruction Vela Incident References Category:South African criminals Category:Coventry Category:South Africa–United Kingdom relations Category:Arms trafficking Category:Boycotts of apartheid South Africa Category:South Africa and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations

Salvatore Perugini Salvatore Perugini (born 6 March 1978 in Benevento) is a former Italian rugby union player. He made his debut for the Italian national team in 2000 against Ireland. Perugini usually played at prop. He previously played for Italian club Calvisano and French side Stade Toulouse. In April 2010 it was announced he would move to the newly formed Aironi for the 2010/2011 season. Perugini was selected to play for the Barbarians when they beat New Zealand in 2009. External links RBS 6 Nations profile Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Benevento Category:Italian rugby union players Category:Rugby union props Category:Expatriate rugby union players in France Category:Italy international rugby union players Category:Zebre Rugby players Category:Italian expatriate rugby union players Category:Italian expatriate sportspeople in France

Galatasaray (disambiguation) Galatasaray may refer to: Galatasaray S.K., a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul Galatasaray S.K. (football) Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) Galatasaray S.K. (wheelchair basketball) Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) Galatasaray S.K. (Superleague Formula team) Galatasaray S.K. (men's volleyball) Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) Galatasaray High School, a high school in Istanbul which gave its name to the sports club Galatasaray University, a university in Istanbul Galatasaray Islet, a small island on the Bosphorus Galatasaray Museum, the museum of Galatasaray Community Galatasaray (district), a district and a square in Istanbul See also Galatasaray TV, official sports channel of Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Magazine, official sports magazine of Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Mobile, official cellular service provider of Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Store, official store of Galatasaray S.K. Galata, a district in Istanbul Galata Tower, a medieval tower located in that district Galata Bridge, a medieval stone tower in the Galata

Alan Newell (English computer scientist) Alan Newell is an Emeritus Professor at Dundee University who has a long history of human-computer interaction research, with a focus on supporting the elderly and people with disabilities. He is also the founder of the School of computing at Dundee University, where he established one of the world's largest academic groups dedicated to researching and improving digital systems for the elderly and people with disabilities, the Queen Mother Research Centre. References Category:Living people Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Academics of the University of Dundee Category:English computer scientists Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Maharishi School (UK) The Maharishi School (Maharishi Free School or Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment) is a non-academically selective free school in Lathom, Lancashire, UK. The school was founded in 1986 and uses "consciousness-based education" methods including Transcendental Meditation. Despite receiving criticism for teaching pseudoscience and being for "the education of the members of a religious sect", it became a flagship free school in 2011. Description The school takes its name from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and uses an educational approach called "Consciousness-based Education". Its students learn the Transcendental Meditation technique (TM) and practice it in 10-minute sessions, three times during the school day Students also learn the principles of the "Science of Creative Intelligence" such as "order is present everywhere" and "the nature of life is to grow" which are said to allow the students to appreciate broader values of life and then apply them in their daily life. According to school officials the program enables the students to be calmer, more focused and relaxed and improves their ability to learn. A 1998 report by National Public Radio said the school has been ranked in the top two percent of the country's schools for the past 12 years. In 2002 the Liverpool Daily Post reported that the school had 100 percent pass rate on GCSE tests in seven out of the prior 8 years. In 2011 a spokesman for the Department for Education said the Maharishi School was "outstanding in almost all categories" and that the school "has a strong record of high academic achievement". He cited an Ofsted report which says the school provides an "outstanding education" and according to the school's web site, Ofsted reports its GCSE scores to be in the country's top 2.5 per cent. The school is reported to be located "in the top 20 per cent of England's most wealthy areas". Schools with similar curriculum include the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment in the Fairfield, Iowa U.S. and the Maharishi School in Reservoir, Australia. History The school was founded in 1986 as an independent, fee-based school with 14 pupils. In 2009, the student body numbered 70, ranging in age from four years to 16 and their General Certificate of Secondary Education scores were reported to be double the national average. In 2011, it was one of 24 schools that applied for and received government funding as a flagship free school. At that time the school's tuition fee was GBP 7,620 for its secondary school students. According to the school's Head Teacher, Derek Cassells, free school status allows the school the potential to double its attendance while retaining its character. As of September 2011, 135 students were enrolled. The school has applied to open two branch schools in 2014 for 11- to 18-year-old students. One would be in Woodbridge, Suffolk, near a community of TM practitioners in Rendlesham, and the other would be at Oldfield House in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames. They would expand by "one year group at a time, with 20 pupils in each year". The Rendlesham school proposal was denied by the Department For Education in early 2012. Reception The school's 2011 qualification for government funding was criticised by the Lancashire branch of the National Union of Teachers who called it the funding of the "education of the members of a religious sect" with links to a defunct political party. A spokesperson for the School responded to the criticism saying the school is run by an "independent charitable company" and its Consciousness Based Education approach is non-religious and has no links to any political party.

Further criticism came in June 2011 from the Liberal Democrat MP for Southport, John Pugh, and the Liverpool city council leader, Joe Anderson, both of whom attacked the government for funding the Maharishi School while depriving funds from mainstream schools. Labour MP Lisa Nandy made similar complaints in August and the British Humanist Association (BHA) voiced concerns about the school's "spiritual and 'pseudoscientific' teaching". The school's headmaster, Cassells, said: "We bring a balanced curriculum and all we do is introduce a few minutes of meditation three times a day". A Department of Education spokesman said "the Maharishi School, like all Free Schools, will enter pupils for the same exams as other state schools" and "will be open to all pupils of any or no faith". In May 2012 a group of professors and science communicators which included Edzard Ernst wrote a letter to The Guardian calling the Maharishi school a "serious threat to education" for its teaching of pseudoscience, comparing it to the dangers of creationist schools. In December 2012, the school was reprimanded by the Department for Education for not entering any of its pupils into compulsory National Curriculum assessments. The school responded by saying that it did not receive the appropriate materials and guidance in time to conduct the tests, but has committed to do so in the future. See also Transcendental Meditation in education References Category:Transcendental Meditation Category:Schools in the Borough of West Lancashire Category:Free schools in England Category:Educational institutions established in 1986 Category:1986 establishments in England Category:Secondary schools in Lancashire Category:Primary schools in Lancashire

Probus (consul 513) Flavius Probus (floruit 510–513) was a Roman politician and consul for 513. He came from a family renowned for its learning, and he himself is praised for his culture by Ennodius (Letters, VIII.21, autumn 510). In 512 he was a vir illustris; the following year he held the consulate (). Bibliography Arnold Hugh Martin Jones, John Martindale, John Morris, "Fl. Probus 9", The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). vol. 3, Cambridge 1992, p. 913. Category:6th-century Italo-Roman people Category:Imperial Roman consuls

Cardiomyoplasty Cardiomyoplasty is a surgical procedure in which healthy muscle from another part of the body is wrapped around the heart to provide support for the failing heart. Most often the latissimus dorsi muscle is used for this purpose. A special pacemaker is implanted to make the skeletal muscle contract. If cardiomyoplasty is successful and increased cardiac output is achieved, it usually acts as a bridging therapy, giving time for damaged myocardium to be treated in other ways, such as remodeling by cellular therapies. __TOC__ Cellular cardiomyoplasty Cellular cardiomyoplasty is a method which augments myocardial function and cardiac output by directly growing new muscle cells in the damaged myocardium (heart muscle). Tissue engineering, which is now being categorized as a form of regenerative medicine, can be defined as biomedical engineering to reconstruct, repair, and improve biological tissues. Research efforts in tissue engineering have been ongoing and it is emerging as one of the key areas of medical research. Furthermore, there are vast developments in tissue engineering, which involve leveraging of technologies from biomaterials, molecular medicine, biochemistry, nanotechnology, genetic and biomedical engineering for regeneration and cell expansion targets to restructure and/or repair human organs. Injection of cardiomyogenic and/or angiogenic stem cells have been proposed as alternatives to existing treatments. For cardiovascular application, skeletal myoblasts are of great interest as they can be easily isolated and are associated with high proliferation rate. These cells have also been demonstrated to be hypoxia-resistant. Bone marrow contains different cell populations, which exhibit excellent plasticity toward cardiogenic and endothelial cells. These cell populations are endothelial progenitor cells, hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells. Adipose tissue host progenitor cells with reported interesting cardiomyogenic and vasculogenic potential in the sense that they improve heart functions and reduce infarction size in rodent animal models. Subcutaneous adipose tissue is also a source of mesenchymal stem cells and have demonstrated positive outcomes in terms of cardiovascular tissue remodeling. Mammal hearts also host naturally occurring cardiac stem cells which may be capable of differentiating themselves into cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells and cardiac fibroblasts. This self-regeneration capacity gives rise to alternatives to classical cellular therapies whereby administration of growth factors such as Thymosin β4 for cell activation and migration are solely necessary. Largely democratized in terms of population information, embryonic stem cells are known for their strong capacity for expansion and differentiation into cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells and cardiac fibroblasts. However, if non autologous, immunosuppression therapy is associated with such treatment. Hence, research has been focused on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from somatic human tissue. Further to cell and necessary relevant growth factor selection, cell delivery is an important issue. Indeed, the intracoronary route is the most straightforward cell delivery route as associated with intramyocardial cellular retention; rentention rates are however low, i.e. exceed 10%. Washed off cells reach other organs or die, which can be an issue at the time of prepare ICH module 8. Other alternative injection routes have been studied, namely injection via sternotomy, endomyocardial and intracoronary routes. Nevertheless, all methods aforementioned have been associated with limited cardiac function improvements and limited cell survival once implanted in the fibrous myocardium. To resume, stem cells and delivery routes aforementioned are suitable for cardiomyoplasty as demonstrated safe with some degree of benefit for the patient. However, cardiac remodelling remains limited due to limited cell residency, impact of mechanical forces onto cell survival and tissue hypoxia. Furthermore, lack of cellular electrochemical coupling can lead to arrhythmias. Another point of consideration concerns the use of embryonic stem cells, whereby indifferentiation yields uncontrolled proliferation and possible consequent formation of teratomas. Also iPSCs have been associated

with viral infection and eventual oncogenicity. Cardiac tissue engineering is a new technology based on the use of combinations of cells with regenerative capacity, biological and/or synthetic materials, cell signaling agents to induce the regeneration of an organ or damaged tissue. In an ideal scenario, regenerated tissue would reproduce sophisticated asymmetric helicodoidal architecture of the myocardium with the production of specialized extracellilar matrix to stimulate vascularization in the implanted tissue. From a cellular perspective, available techniques are monolayer cell construct onto temperature-sensitive polymer, where their detachment is driven by behavior of the mechanical properties of the synthetic support without the need of any enzymatic digestion such as trypsin. Cardiomyocites sheets have also been successfully implanted with an observed contractile function as a result of inter-cellular communication between the host and graft. However, from a practical point of view, such approach lacks of translational character as all studies share the lack of reproducibility, i.e. a construct of similar characteristics of the native tissue does not guarantee the same results. Another approach resides in the use of hydrogels. Natural hydrogels such as Matrigel, collagen and fibrin have been used as entrapement matrices, wherein the cells to be injected are embedded. However the associated high pressure of injection is associated with a high mortality rate for the cells thereby negatively impacting the benefit ratio of this approach. Furthermore, from a technical point of view, due to the polydispersite of these natural hydrogels, purification is a requisite but very difficult step. Synthetic hydrogels, such as polyethylene glycol, polylactic acid, polylactic acid-co-glycolic acid, polycaprolactone, polyacrilamide and polyurethane have been proposed. Metalloproteinase-sensitive polyethylene is of particular interest. Indeed, this polymer modulates its mechanical and biophysical properties accordingly to enzymatic activities associated with cardiomyogenic differentiation of implanted cells. To date, no hydrogel matrix is FDA-approved for stem cell therapy use despite a large number of biomaterials currently commercially available. A general comment on hydrogel based technologies: Natural hydrogel are well tolerated by the host and cells due to their mimicking the natural ECM in terms of backbone and microstructure. However they suffer from batch to batch variation (a drawback for current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) required for clinical application), high degradation rates, and poor tenability. Synthetic hydrogels are reproducible, tunable and amenable regulatory and manufacturing protocols. Their chemical modification permits the integration of cellular attachment sites and a certain control over degradation rates. Semi-synthetic hydrogels share characteristics of both classes. Indeed, they permit either the modification of the purified natural biopolymers or by coupling the synthetic component with integrin and/or growth factor binding sites. References Category:Cardiology Category:Cardiac surgery

Scarlett Hill Scarlett Hill was a Canadian soap opera (first written for CBC Television) in October 1962. This was the first daytime soap opera produced for Canadian television, although it was based upon an American radio drama created by Robert and Kathleen Lindsay. The series focused on the residents of a boarding house, and starred John Drainie, Ed McNamara, Gordon Pinsent, and Beth Lockerbie. The series was syndicated to the United Kingdom, Australia and the US and ran until 1964. External links Category:1960s Canadian drama television series Category:CBC Television shows Category:Canadian television soap operas Category:1962 Canadian television series debuts Category:1964 Canadian television series endings

Gary Hubler Gary Hubler (June 14, 1955 – September 14, 2007) was a crop duster and commercial transport pilot with over 17,000 flight hours from Caldwell, Idaho. He was most notable for being Champion of the Formula 1 class of the Reno Air Races from 2002 through 2006. Death Hubler was killed just after 9:30 a.m. on September 14, 2007 when his modified Tuttle Cassutt IIIM aircraft, Mariah, and another aircraft piloted by Jason Somes collided. The NTSB concluded the probable cause was "the failure of the pilots of both aircraft to maintain an adequate visual lookout and clearance from one another during a low altitude aerial race." References Category:1955 births Category:2007 deaths Category:American aviators Category:Aviators from Idaho Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Category:People from Caldwell, Idaho Category:Sports deaths in Nevada