is a shooter video game developed and originally published by Wolf Team exclusively for the X68000 in Japan on 20 April 1990. The ninth title to be created and released by Wolf Team for the X68000 platform, the game is set on a futuristic Africa in 2016 where a war erupted over mining rights towards rare metals and has quickly escalated due to newly-introduced weapons called Maneuver Cepters, as players assume the role of mercenary Leon Todo piloting the titular Maneuver Cepter tank unit in an attempt to stop the conflict once and for all. Its gameplay mainly consists of action and shooting mixed with mission-based exploration using a main two-button configuration.

Developed over the course of two years, Granada became the first project by Wolf Team that placed emphasis on gameplay instead of plot and was influenced by various arcade games like Grobda and Assault by Namco. Initially launched for the X68000 home computer, the title was later ported to the Sega Genesis, which was published across several regions during the same year such as Japan by Wolf Team and North America by Renovation Products respectively, featuring several changes compared with the original version. The X68000 version has since been re-released only in Japan through download services for Microsoft Windows.

Granada became a popular title among the X68000 userbase from Wolf Team during its release for a brief period and was eventually nominated for a "Game of the Year" award by Japanese magazine Oh!X before ultimately losing against other titles on the system. The Sega Genesis version garnered generally positive reception from critics, who commended several aspects such as the presentation, graphics, sound design, controls, gameplay and replay value. Retrospective reviews for the Genesis version have been equally positive in recent years.

Gameplay

Granada is a multidirectional shooter game similar to Thunder Force where players assume the role of mercenary Leon Todo taking control of the titular Maneuver Cepter tank unit through eight stages of varying themes set on Africa in order to complete a series of objectives as attempts to fight against the enemies and ultimately end the ongoing conflict in the region. Before starting a new game, players have access to the configuration menu at the title screen, where various settings can be adjusted such as controls and choosing any of the four levels of difficulty, each one applying a different stipulation during gameplay depending on the version that is being played.

The players are situated in a large field full of enemies, obstacles, and enemy generators that may be freely moved upon, unlike most conventional shooter titles and the main goal of each level is to destroy each main enemy signalized as red dots on the HUD located on the bottom right corner of the screen, with the last objective being a boss that must be fought at the end of the stage in order to progress further before the timer runs out. Players can also collect items scattered across the stage to increase their available arsenal.

Controlling the tank is done with a directional pad, which moves and rotates the unit across 16 directions and players have two methods of attacking enemies and bosses; The main fire button unleashes rapid-fire shots, while pressing both fire buttons at the same time activates a powerful energy shot capable of pushing back the tank with a recoil effect. Pressing the secondary fire button locks the tank's firing position and players can strafe on any direction until the button is pressed again to unlock the firing position. The Sega Genesis port uses a three-button configuration instead of the original two-button setup, assigning every action into their respective button. The tank will explode if it sustains too much enemy damage, with the players losing a life as a result and once all lives are lost, the game is over.

Plot
The plot summary of Granada varies between the two versions. In October 2016, the "African Civil War" that broke out over the interests of rare metals was steadily intensified by the introduction of new tactical weapons known as Maneuver Cepter, or MC for short, on the behalf of long-range nuclear weapons. About a while after the war, abnormality occurred on the front line, where heavy mobile weapons from both north and south factions were destroyed by an unknown MC unit only known as "Granada", which would eventually be referred to as "God of Africa" or "Ghost of a soldier", whose origins remain uncertain and is piloted by mercenary Leon Todo. A month prior, Leon accepted a request from a female agent that led him to Japan, where he finds the titular MC tank unit but the agent who informed Leon of his request passed away soon after. While holding a suspicion, Leon boards the tank and quickly learns that he was deceived, with the engine roaring in the skies of Africa and heading towards Nigeria, with the main purpose being retribution.

Development and release

Granada was created by Wolf Team over the course of two years, serving as their ninth title to be developed and published for the Sharp X68000 after Arcshu: Kagerō no Jidai o Koete. In a 1990 interview with Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the company and its members recounted about the creation process of the game, with designer and writer Kazuyoshi Inoue stating that Namco's Grobda and Assault were influences on the title, as co-designer and programmer Toshio Toyota was a fan of arcade games, while Toyota himself also claimed the team revisited some of the larger sprites until those they felt satisfied with were used in the final product. Producer Masahiro Akishino also stated the game became their first project that placed heavy emphasis on gameplay instead of plot, as he felt that previously published Wolf Team titles had poorly balanced sections in terms of structure. Composers Masaaki Uno, Motoi Sakuraba and Yasunori Shiono were responsible for co-writing the soundtrack, while Uno stated that the project was also the company's first commercial title to present full MIDI support.

Granada was first released for the X68000 on 20 April 1990. Early previews showcased a different GUI design during gameplay, before the game was ultimately polished prior to release. The game was ported to the Sega Genesis seven months later and was first released in Japan on 16 November by Wolf Team, serving as their second title for the platform after Final Zone, then in North America a month later by Renovation Products and finally in Brazil by Tectoy during the same period. A European release of the Sega Genesis version was planned to be published by UbiSoft as a result of a multi-game licensing deal with Renovation, however it was never officially released in the region for unknown reasons.

Both the original X68000 version and the later Genesis port are similar but have a number of key differences between each other such as the latter having a smaller color palette that lead to sprites being recolored in different ways, lack of both introductory and intermission sequences and minor level redesigns compared with the original, among other changes. However, the Genesis port retains most of the special effects featured in the original X68000 version, includes a brand-new seventh level and runs at a higher frame rate but suffers a greater amount of slowdown. The original X68000 version has since been re-released in digital form for Microsoft Windows through D4 Enterprise's Project EGG service on 21 February 2004. The Genesis version of Granada is included as part of the Renovation Collection 1 compilation for Evercade, marking its first official appearance in European regions.

Reception

Granada became a popular title among the X68000 userbase from Wolf Team during its release for a brief period and was eventually nominated for a "Game of the Year" award by Oh!X magazine but lost against other titles such as Dungeon Master. The Sega Genesis port garnered generally positive reception from critics who commended several aspects such as the presentation, graphics, sound design, controls, gameplay and replay value. In their respective retrospective reviews, gaming websites HonestGamers and IGN praised the Genesis version as well. In 2019, Den of Geek placed the Genesis version on their top 50 underrated Sega Mega Drive games at number 22.

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References

External links
 Granada at GameFAQs
 Granada at Giant Bomb
 Granada at MobyGames

1990 video games
D4 Enterprise games
Sega Genesis games
X68000 games
Shooter games
Single-player video games
Tank simulation video games
Telenet Japan games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games scored by Motoi Sakuraba
Video games set in 2016
Video games set in Africa
Video games set in Nigeria
Video games set in the 2010s
Video games set in the 21st century
Video games set in the future
War video games
Windows games
Wolf Team games


KIAA1166 is a human gene.

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Bridging integrator 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BIN3 gene.

Function

The product of this gene is a member of the BAR domain protein family. The encoded protein is composed solely of a BAR domain which is predicted to form coiled coil structures and proposed to mediate dimerization, sense and induce membrane curvature, and bind small GTPases. BAR domain proteins have been implicated in endocytosis, intracellular transport, and a diverse set of other processes.

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Protein RCC2 also known as telophase disk protein of 60 kDa (TD-60) or RCC1-like protein TD-60 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RCC2 gene.

Function

RCC2 has structural similarity to RCC1, and has been shown to have weak guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) activity on the small GTPase Rac. TD-60 has also been shown to interact with the Chromosomal Passenger Complex (CPC), and to activate the catalytic component of the CPC, Aurora B, in the presence of microtubules.

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Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment () was a Finnish naval unit stationed on Lake Ladoga between 1920–1940 and 1941–1944.

Background
The Treaty of Tartu was signed by the Russians and the Finns in 1920. It included terms which limited the size of naval vessels on Ladoga to 100 tons, and the calibre of their armament to a maximum of 47 mm. When the Finns embarked on their naval rebuilding program in the early 1930s, some vessels were purposely designed to fit this 100 t limitation, including a small submarine. The Finns, however, found more use for their few vessels in the Baltic Sea, and therefore had only a few small patrol boats on the lake. As the clouds of war began to draw closer the Finns had to improvise.

Winter War

The Winter War began on 30 November 1939 when the Soviet Union attacked Finland, nullifying the Treaty of Tartu. The Finns hastily gathered a small flotilla, consisting of the icebreaker Aallokas, the improvised gunboats Aunus, Vulcan and Tarmo, as well as Hercules, Kiviniemi, Yrjö, Voima, S I, N K af Klecker and a number of transport vessels to protect its sea front and islands. The largest ship among this group was the icebreaker Aallokas, whose commander Captain-Lieutenant Asikainen also commanded the gunboats. There were no major naval battles in the open waters of Lake Ladoga during 1939 - 1940, so the fleet units were tasked with fire support against the attacking Red Army, and spreading mines along the coastal areas. By January 1940 the ice became so thick that only Aallokas could be used, and she was damaged in an attack by Soviet aircraft on February 2. After the peace on March 13 the Finnish vessels had to be left at Ladoga, which had become a Soviet lake. Some of the vessels were later integrated into the Soviet Ladoga flotilla.

Vessels
Listing (not necessarily exhaustive) of wartime vessels and their armament

Continuation War

When Finnish forces in the Continuation War reached lake Ladoga in 1941, they found the Soviets had evacuated nearly every serviceable vessel to the southern shore of the lake. On 22 September 1941 the Finns captured a Soviet transport vessel (formerly Latvian coastal transport Ilga) which was pressed into service as the transport vessel Aunus. Other vessels available were small armed fishing boats, like 15 ton Kukkapää.

Initial Finnish naval assets consisted of small motor boats which had been small enough to be transported from Finland overland. These were used already on 16-17 August 1941 to mount a landing operation on Markatsiman (ru: Ostrov Markatsiman-Sari) island which was lightly defended and fell quickly. The next notable action was the Finnish landing operation on Rahmansaari island on 7-10 September. While the initial landing operation was successful the strong Soviet naval response and Soviet reinforcements which managed to reach the island prolonged the operation. Finnish artillery managed to prevent further Soviet naval support to the land forces which led to surrender of the remaining 130 Soviet soldiers on 10 September. The Finns had intended to mount further landing operations to secure the island of Valamo but the Soviets withdrew from there as well as from most of the other islands on the lake voluntarily. Finnish forces took control of the island of Valamo on 20 September and the island of Konevitsa on 25 September.

Since Soviet forces remained inactive on lake Ladoga for the rest of 1941 Finnish naval forces concentrated on security and transport duties. After the Finns had captured maps of the Soviet naval minefields on the lake several boats were detailed for minesweeping duties which yielded no results nor losses. In the spring of 1942 the Finnish commander made recommendations to German leadership past Finnish HQs leading to the formation of Naval Detachment K, which included adding the Finnish motor torpedo boat Sisu to the lake. They were also joined in the summer of 1942 by a German unit, the Einsatzstab Fähre Ost (EFO), of armed Siebel ferries. Operations of the Naval Detachment K or EFO had very limited success.

When Germany decided to withdraw its naval assets from Ladoga in late 1942, the Finns bought two of the Siebel ferries, T-2 and T-17. Later, when the Soviets' 1944 offensive against the Finns began, Germany transferred four MAL-type ferries - M-31, M-32, M-33 and M-34 - originally intended for use on Lake Peipus, to the Finns on Ladoga. The Finnish Navy also transferred several small run-down naval vessels to the lake, the motor torpedo boats Syöksy, and Vinha, which were no longer in adequate condition to carry torpedoes.

The lake remained mostly quiet until the Soviet offensive of 1944 started. While Finnish naval forces on the lake remained passive during the Soviet landings at Tuloksa on 23 June they did play a key role in facilitating the Finnish evacuations from the eastern shore of lake Ladoga. After the evacuations the light naval assets successfully protected the flank of the land front and repulsed Soviet attempts to penetrate to the northern part of lake Ladoga until mid July when Soviet naval activity on the lake started to decrease. The majority of the ships and boats used by the Finns were evacuated overland to Finland after the Moscow Armistice.

Vessels
Listing (not necessarily exhaustive) of wartime vessels and their armament

References

Naval units and formations of Finland
Military units and formations disestablished in the 1940s
Military units and formations of Finland in World War II


Saint-Victor (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Population

Sights
 Château de Passat
 Saint Victor church, 13th century, entirely restored
 Château de Thizon

See also
 Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Daniel, Dan, or Danny Thompson may refer to:

In arts and media
 Danny Thompson (born 1939), English double bass player
 Danny Ray Thompson (1947-2020), American jazz saxophonist with Sun Ra's Arkestra
 Danny Thompson (drummer) (born 1967), drummer for American punk rock band Face to Face
 Daniel Thompson (poet) (1935–2004), American poet and activist in Cleveland, Ohio
 Daniel Pierce Thompson (1795–1868), American novelist and lawyer in Vermont
 Daniel V. Thompson (1902–1980), American art historian and translator

In sport
 Danny Thompson (baseball) (1947–1976), American baseball infielder
 Dan Thompson (footballer) (born 1994), English footballer
 Danny Thompson (racing driver) (born 1948), American racing driver
 Dan Thompson (swimmer) (born 1956), Canadian butterfly swimmer
 Dan Thompson (speedway rider), (born 2004), English speedway rider

Other people
 Danny Thompson (bounty hunter), American bounty hunter in the reality series Airplane Repo
 Daniel Thompson (inventor) (1921–2015), Canadian-born American inventor and entrepreneur

See also
 Danny Thomson (born 1991), Scottish footballer


NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 12 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NDUFA12 gene. The NDUFA12 protein is a subunit of NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone), which is located in the mitochondrial inner membrane and is the largest of the five complexes of the electron transport chain. Mutations in subunits of NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone), also known as Complex I, frequently lead to complex neurodegenerative diseases such as Leigh's syndrome that result from mitochondrial complex I deficiency.

Structure
The NDUFA12 gene is located on the q arm of chromosome 12 in position 22 and spans 32,386 base pairs. The gene produces a 17 kDa protein composed of 145 amino acids. NDUFA12 is a subunit of the enzyme NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone), the largest of the respiratory complexes. The structure is L-shaped with a long, hydrophobic transmembrane domain and a hydrophilic domain for the peripheral arm that includes all the known redox centers and the NADH binding site. It has been noted that the N-terminal hydrophobic domain has the potential to be folded into an alpha helix spanning the inner mitochondrial membrane with a C-terminal hydrophilic domain interacting with globular subunits of Complex I. The highly conserved two-domain structure suggests that this feature is critical for the protein function and that the hydrophobic domain acts as an anchor for the NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) complex at the inner mitochondrial membrane. NDUFA12 is one of about 31 hydrophobic subunits that form the transmembrane region of Complex I, but it is an accessory subunit that is believed not to be involved in catalysis. The predicted secondary structure is primarily alpha helix, but the carboxy-terminal half of the protein has high potential to adopt a coiled-coil form. The amino-terminal part contains a putative beta sheet rich in hydrophobic amino acids that may serve as mitochondrial import signal.

Function
The human NDUFA12 gene codes for a subunit of Complex I of the respiratory chain, which transfers electrons from NADH to ubiquinone. NADH binds to Complex I and transfers two electrons to the isoalloxazine ring of the flavin mononucleotide (FMN) prosthetic arm to form FMNH2. The electrons are transferred through a series of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters in the prosthetic arm and finally to coenzyme Q10 (CoQ), which is reduced to ubiquinol (CoQH2). The flow of electrons changes the redox state of the protein, resulting in a conformational change and pK shift of the ionizable side chain, which pumps four hydrogen ions out of the mitochondrial matrix.

Clinical significance
Mutations to NDUFA12 are not frequently found to cause complex I deficiency on their own. NDUFA12 is an accessory subunit and the complex can still be found assembled and enzymatically active in its absence, though in reduced amounts and activity. However, a cytosine to tyrosine mutation at position 178 that leads to a premature stop codon has been found in place of arginine at amino acid 60, leading to delayed early development, loss of motor abilities, and basal ganglia lesions typical of Leigh's syndrome.

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Human proteins


Nuclear RNA export factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NXF2 gene.

Function

This gene is one of a family of nuclear RNA export factor genes. It encodes a protein that is involved in mRNA export, is located in the nucleoplasm, and is associated with the nuclear envelope. Alternative splicing seems to be a common mechanism in this gene family. Two variants have been found for this gene.

Interactions

NXF2 has been shown to interact with NUP214.

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Bersarinplatz is a square in Friedrichshain, Berlin.

On 4 April 1895 the square was named Baltenplatz, after the Balts. However, on 31 July 1947, after World War II, the square was renamed Bersarinplatz after Nikolai Berzarin, the Russian Red Army General and former Commander of Berlin.

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Squares in Berlin


Protocadherin beta-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB9 gene.

This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections.

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Protocadherin beta-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB7 gene.

This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections. The transcript for this particular family member uses more than one polyadenylation site.

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Target (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Geography
The Venant, a tributary of the Bouble, forms all of the commune's northwestern border, then flows into the Bouble, which forms all of its southwestern border.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Edward C. Carmack  (born 1943) is a senior research scientist emeritus for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sidney, British Columbia. He formally worked with the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, British Columbia and as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia.

He is an Officer in the Order of Canada,  a 2005 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the 2007 Massey medalist of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, the 2010 Tully medalist for the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, and the 2018 recipient of the International Mohn Prize for lifetime achievement in research related to the Arctic.

Early life and education
While earning his Master's degree at the University of Washington in 1969, Carmack was offered a position on an Arctic research trip as a replacement for a colleague.

Career
After graduating, Carmack worked for Environment Canada studying Canadian lakes and rivers, before switching to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to research Arctic ice and oceans. During the 1994 Canada/United States expedition to the North Pole on CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, Carmack was along as Canada's chief scientist. From 2006 until 2015, Carmack also served as the Sydney Chapman Chair at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

In 2007, Carmack led a research project titled The Canada's Three Oceans () in order to study changes in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming, including ice cover retreat, species invasion, hypoxia and acidification. While collecting data, Carmack would drop bottles into the Arctic water containing messages from elementary school students and his contact information to track how the changes in the Arctic can spread into other bodies of water. Later that year, he received the Massey Medal from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his outstanding work in ocean science.

In 2009, Carmack received the J.P. Tully Medal in Oceanography from the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. He would later be appointed the Program Research Director of the Resilience Alliance Board in 2011 and retire from the Institute of Ocean Sciences. In 2016, Carmack was replaced as the Sydney Chapman Chair at the University of Alaska Fairbanks by mathematical physicist Jürgen Kurths. Two years later, he was the recipient of the Mohn Prize from the Arctic University of Norway. In 2019, Carmack was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Carmack's research involves systems-level relationships between oceanography, marine ecosystems and climate. Over his 50 year career he has participated in over 90 field investigations in high-latitude rivers, lakes and seas spanning from the Antarctic to the Arctic and from the Yukon to Siberia. From this he has published over 220 peer-reviewed scientific articles with over 20,000 citations. He pioneered the use of science capable CCG icebreakers and created ongoing studies that engage Northern residents in ocean monitoring.  He has served as Chief Canadian scientist for co-operative studies of the subarctic North Pacific with Russia, for the 1994 Canada/US expedition to the North Pole, and the ‘Canada’s Three Oceans’ project to establish an oceanographic baseline for  the oceans encircling Canada.

In retirement he actively continues field-oriented studies in the Northwest Passage, and locally ‘captains’ his 34’ troller conversion R/V Wicklow to demonstrate values of small boat oceanography.

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Living people
Canadian geographers
Canadian oceanographers
Massey Medal recipients
Officers of the Order of Canada
University of Washington alumni
1943 births


Le Theil (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Population

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Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


MiaSolé is an American solar energy company selling copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic products. MiaSolé's manufacturing process lays CIGS on a flexible stainless steel substrate. MiaSolé produces all layers of photovoltaic material in a continuous sputtering process.

Based in Santa Clara, California, the company is focused on large-scale commercial and utility projects, and was acquired by privately held Chinese clean energy company Hanergy in 2013.

Company history

In 2006, Miasolé said it would enter commercial production that year, although this was postponed. In 2007, new management was brought in and the commercial production forecast was changed to 2009. Throughout 2008 and much of 2009, MiaSolé worked on re-engineering the manufacturing process to improve efficiency and cost. By the second half of 2008, two 20 megawatt production lines were installed and MiaSolé had achieved 10.2% efficient modules as measured by NREL. In 2010, the company planned to expand capacity to 140 megawatts from about 60 megawatts. The company produced approximately 20 megawatts in 2010 and approximately 40 megawatts in 2011.

As of Q2 2012, MiaSole has a manufacturing factory in California with a 150 megawatt capacity.

Investment history

MiaSolé's initial raise was in 2004 and led by VantagePoint Venture Partners.  The B round raised $16 million in venture capital investment in June 2005, in a round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,

and raised a further $35 million in October 2006.

The company raised $50 million in a fourth round of financing in September 2007, bringing total financing to $100 million.

MiaSolé currently has roughly $500 million in investment from investors including VantagePoint Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, and Firelake Capital Management. In addition, the company received about $100 million federal tax credit from the United States Department of Energy.
On January 9, 2013, Hanergy issued a press release stating that it had acquired MiaSolé for $30 million.

Technology

MiaSolé's development of  a new production process leverages its executives’ experience in the hard disk and semiconductor industries.
In this unique process, MiaSolé deposits copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS), on a flexible stainless steel substrate entirely through a continuous sputtering process.
  Sputtering is used in volume thin-film production, and is used by high volume manufacturing companies in the disk drive and architectural glass industries.  Sputtering deposits a thin film of material onto a surface in a vacuum. MiaSolé claims it uses a continuous sputter deposition process in one tool to deposit all layers of the CIGS solar cell on a lightweight stainless steel substrate.

CIGS is among the most efficient solar cell materials with a maximum solar conversion efficiency of 20.3% in the laboratory – better than the best lab cells using amorphous silicon or cadmium telluride, but manufacturing it in volume has been a problem. Despite these difficulties, CIGS is expected to surpass cadmium telluride, used by companies like First Solar, in efficiency. Thin-film technology is inherently less expensive than market leading crystalline silicon because of the cost of the silicon substrate.

MiaSolé’s first production module, the MR series, was verified by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory at >10% efficiency. MiaSolé’s 100 and 107 watt CIGS thin film solar modules were certified to UL 1703 and IEC 61646 and 61730 standards on October 30, 2009 – the first CIGS thin film module to be simultaneously certified by UL to the three most critical certification standards.

As of Oct. 2019, MiaSolé had established the record for flexible PV modules at commercial size of 18.6% and
flexible mini-cell with 20.5% efficiency.

Production

The company began commercial shipments in November 2009 including a shipment to the Chevron Brightfield installation in Central California.  In April 2011, MiaSole entered into an agreement with Intel's Technical Manufacturing Services practice.  Under the agreement, Intel was to use its "Copy Exactly!" methodology to help ramp MiaSole to over 150MW of production capacity.  As of October 2011, the company had shipped over 55MW of modules to installations over the globe.  In November 2011, the company produced its 50 millionth cell.

See also

 List of CIGS companies

References

External links
 Miasolé company website

Engineering companies of the United States
Solar energy companies of the United States
Thin-film cell manufacturers
Companies based in California


Lake County wine is an appellation that designates wine made from grapes grown mostly in Lake County, California and located north of Napa County. Although each region within Lake County has unique viticultural attributes, all are influenced by Clear Lake, the largest inland body of water in California. Lake County enjoys a reputation for bright, concentrated red wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Zinfandel, and fresh, aromatic whites made from Sauvignon Blanc. Cabernet Sauvignon has the most acreage, with Merlot a distant second.

Benmore Valley AVA
The Benmore Valley AVA was named after Benjamin Moore, a local 19th century cattle rustler. The valley is a high depression in the mountains of southwestern Lake County, and is much cooler than surrounding areas. Most of the grapes produced there were sourced by Geyser Peak Winery. There are no wineries or planted vineyards located within the boundaries of the AVA as of February 2018.

Big Valley District AVA
The  Big Valley District AVA viticultural area is located south of the southern shore of Clear Lake and established on October 2, 2013. It covers approximately  with six bonded wineries, 43 vineyards, and roughly  cultivated at its official recognition. Big Valley was the first settlement in Lake County and has a long history of agricultural activity. Sauvignon Blanc is the most widely planted varietal in this area. The boundaries of this region include Clear Lake to the north, Mount Konocti and the Red Hills Lake County AVA to the east, Merritt Road and Bell Hill Road to the south, and Highland Springs Road to the west.

Clear Lake AVA
Half of the area contained within the boundaries of Clear Lake AVA is Clear Lake. The moderating influence of the lake on the surrounding area results in a climate with less diurnal variation in temperature than surrounding areas. Elevations range from . Clear Lake AVA is one of the coolest climates in California, which has led to success with grape varietals like Sauvignon blanc.

Guenoc Valley AVA
Established in 1981, Guenoc Valley AVA was the first American Viticultural Area designation granted to an area with just a single winery. Guenoc Valley is a small inland valley comprising an alluvial fan of Arroyo Seco and Conejo Loam series soils isolated from surrounding areas by rocky ridges.

High Valley AVA
The High Valley AVA is located in the eastern part of the county. The valley is situated on high elevations ranging from  in elevation. Red volcanic soils can be found on the hillsides while alluvial fans and benches on the valley floor provide well-drained beds for the vines.

Kelsey Bench AVA
The  Kelsey Bench AVA was established on October 2, 2013. The Kelsey Bench area encompasses about  with  of cultivation, one bonded winery and 27 vineyards when it was officially recognized. The term "bench" was selected to reflect the topography of the area with higher elevations and hills. Rich soils cover a large portion of the Kelsey Bench with good drainage favorable to growing grapes. The boundaries of the Kelsey Bench AVA are the Big Valley District AVA to the north, the  elevation line that runs east of Kelsey Creek to the east, Kelsey Creek Drive to the south, and Adobe Creek Drive to Highland Springs Road to the west.

Red Hills Lake County AVA
The Red Hills Lake County AVA lies along the southwestern shores of Clear Lake, separating Excelsior Valley to the east from Big Valley to the west. The hills lie at the foot of Mount Konocti, a volcano which last erupted 11,000 years ago, but which is still regarded as active. The terrain is rolling hills with elevations between  and  above sea level.

Upper Lake Valley AVA
On June 3, 2022 the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) of the United States established the Upper Lake Valley AVA. The Upper Lake Valley represents the eighth AVA located in Lake County, California. The topography of the Upper Lake Valley AVA defines a series of valleys running north-northwesterly from the shores of Clear Lake. These valleys and the surrounding hillsides sit at elevations of  and are slightly cooler than the surrounding areas.

Long Valley AVA (proposed)
In 2022, TTB received a petition proposing to establish the "Long Valley-Lake County" AVA. The proposed area lies to the north and east of the established High Valley AVA. The approximately  AVA proposal currently contains 3 wineries and 5 commercial vineyards, which cultivates approximately .

References

External links
 Lake County Winery Association
 TTB AVA Map

California wine
Lake County, California
Geography of Lake County, California
Tourist attractions in Lake County, California


Vaux (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. The 19th-century French journalist, chansonnier and politician Agénor Altaroche (1811–1884) died in Vaux.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


National Golf Links of America is a prestigious links-style golf course in Southampton, New York, located on Long Island between Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and Peconic Bay. Though the course is noted for hosting the initial Walker Cup in 1922, which the United States won 8 and 4, it has never hosted a major men's championship. The Walker Cup was again held at the National in 2013. The private club has been called "America's snootiest golf course" due to its exclusive nature.

History

The course was designed by Charles B. Macdonald, who had been schooled at the University of St Andrews in Scotland during the 1870s. Macdonald was introduced to golf at St. Andrews old course, playing many rounds there with Tom Morris, Sr. and Tom Morris, Jr., both of whom were multiple winners of the Open Championship, founded in 1860 as the first major championship in golf.

Macdonald, the founder and original designer of the Chicago Golf Club, had been paired with John Shippen, an African American, in the 1896 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Following the event, he quit Shinnecock and founded the new club. He set out to design a course that would rival the prominent golf courses located abroad, looking at potential sites in Cape Cod and Napeague before settling on a plot of land on Sebonac Neck next to Peconic Bay. Macdonald relied on his extensive knowledge of Britain's finest holes, using them as templates for his new course.

The course was constructed adjacent to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, and now also borders Sebonack Golf Club, which opened in 2006. Construction of the golf course was supervised by Seth Raynor, a local civil engineer from Long Island who went on to design several golf courses of his own, including the Fishers Island Club.

When it opened in 1911, the course was called the National Golf Links of America because its 67 founding members, which included Robert Bacon, George W. Baxter, Urban H. Broughton, Charles Deering, James Deering, Findlay S. Douglas, Henry Clay Frick, Elbert Henry Gary, Clarence Mackay, De Lancey Nicoll, James A. Stillman, Walter Travis, and William Kissam Vanderbilt II, resided in various parts of the United States. The clubhouse was designed by Jarvis Hunt, one of the club's founding members. James Hepburn—one of the founding members of the PGA of America—served as one of the early head professionals, working at the club from 1914 until 1928.  There is a small bar half-way round the course which contains P.G. Wodehouse memorabilia, and the course is mentioned, surprisingly negatively, in the preface to The Heart of a Goof short story collection.

The National Golf Links of America was selected as the host of the 2013 Walker Cup in September 2008.  In 2009, "The National" was ranked 15th in Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.

The current head golf professional is Jim Morris.

On April 18, 2018, the right wing of the building caught fire, but was extinguished by local fire departments causing minimal damage to the exterior.

Course design
National Golf Links of America is laid out over . The course is a par 72 and plays  from the back tees. Many of the holes were patterned from famous golf courses in the British Isles and adapted to fit the local setting:

The 2nd hole, named "Sahara", is a par four modeled after the 3rd hole at Royal St. George.
The 3rd hole, named "Alps", is a par four that requires a blind approach shot to the green, similar to the 17th hole at Prestwick.
The 4th hole, named "Redan", is a par three that copied the 15th hole at North Berwick, the site of the original Redan hole.
The 7th hole, named "St. Andrews", is a par five that was designed based on the 17th hole (Road Hole) at St. Andrews.
The 8th hole, named "Bottle", is a par four that resembles the 12th hole at Sunningdale Golf Club.
The 13th hole, named "Eden", is a par three that replicates the 11th hole at St. Andrews.

Some of the other holes were original designs, the most notable of which is the par four 14th hole. It was named "Cape" because the green was located on a small peninsula that jutted into a bay. The green was later moved during construction of Sebonac Inlet Road but is now surrounded on three sides by a large bunker.  A unique feature on the golf course is a windmill located between the 2nd and 16th holes. A member once remarked that a windmill would make a nice addition to the course, so Macdonald purchased one when he was in Europe and sent the member the bill.

References

External links

Layout of National Golf Course including map
Long Island Golf News

Golf clubs and courses in New York (state)
Golf clubs and courses designed by Charles B. Macdonald
Walker Cup venues
Sports venues in Suffolk County, New York
Southampton (town), New York
1911 establishments in New York (state)
Sports venues completed in 1911


Rain is the 17th studio album by Joe Jackson, released in 2008. It was released by Rykodisc on 28 January 2008 in the UK and one day later in the U.S.

Jackson plays piano and sings, and Graham Maby on bass and David Houghton on drums are the only other musicians.  It was recorded at Planet Roc in Berlin, Germany.  A limited edition version of the album included a CD and a bonus DVD containing over 40 minutes of material, including concert and behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. Jackson performed a full UK tour.

Track listing
All songs written, arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.

A bonus DVD with the album contained the following video recordings:
 Live from Islington Academy, London: "Invisible Man", "Wasted Time" and "Good Bad Boy"
 Making the Record
 Interviews
 Jackson's Guide to Berlin

Personnel
 Musicians
 Joe Jackson – piano, vocals
 Graham Maby – bass, vocals
 David Houghton – drums, vocals

 Production
 Joe Jackson - arrangements, producer
 Julie Gardner - recording engineer
 Yensin Jahn - assistant recording engineer
 Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie - mixing engineer
 Ted Young - assistant mixing engineer
 Bob Ludwig - mastering engineer
 Ed Sherman - art direction
 Jim Rakete - photography

Charts

References

External links
 Rain album information at The Joe Jackson Archive

2008 albums
Joe Jackson (musician) albums
Rykodisc albums


Le Vernet or Vernet is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France:

 Le Vernet, Allier, in the Allier department
 Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
 Le Vernet, Ariège, in the Ariège department
 Vernet, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department
 Le Vernet, Haute-Loire, in the Haute-Loire department
 Vernet-la-Varenne, in the Puy-de-Dôme department
 Vernet-les-Bains, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department
 Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite, in the Puy-de-Dôme department

Other uses
 Camp Vernet, a concentration camp in Le Vernet, Ariège 1940-44 under the Vichy government

See also
 Vernet, a surname


Le Vernet () is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Population

Administration
 1793–1801: member of the canton of Vichy
 1801–1892: member of the canton of Cusset
 1892–1973: member of the canton of Vichy
 1973–1985: member of the canton of Vichy-Sud
 1985–2015: member of the canton of Cusset-Sud
 2015–: member of the canton of Lapalisse

List of mayors
 1977–2001: Gérard Charasse
 2001–2014: Patrick Argout
 2014–2026: Bernard Aguiar

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Adžine Livade () is a village in the Kragujevac municipality in the Šumadija District of central Serbia.

References

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Šumadija District
Kragujevac


The U.S. state of Utah has 27 official symbols, as designated by the Utah State Legislature, and three unofficial symbols.  All official symbols, except the Great Seal, are listed in Title 63G of Utah Code.  In 1896, Utah became a state, and on April 3 the Utah legislature, in its first regular session, adopted its first symbol, the Great Seal of the State of Utah.

Many unique symbols of Utah are related to Utah's pioneer heritage, such as the California gull, the beehive, the dutch oven and the Sego Lily.  Utah has symbols that are used by multiple states.  For example, the honey bee, Utah's state insect, is also a symbol of Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Official state symbols

Unofficial State symbols

See also
 Symbolism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

References

General

Specific

Utah

State symbols


Edward Dodsley Barrow (September 29, 1867 – December 28, 1956) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Ringwood, Hampshire, England, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barrow, Barrow emigrated to Chilliwack, British Columbia in 1892. A farmer, he was President of the Chilliwack Creamery Association and President of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association. He served as Councillor of the Township of Chilliwack. In 1916, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the Liberal candidate for the electoral district of Chilliwack. In 1918, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of John Oliver. He died in 1956.

References

1867 births
1956 deaths
BC United MLAs
English emigrants to Canada
People from Ringwood, Hampshire
Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia


Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase-associated protein 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRPSAP1 gene.

References

Further reading


The 1990 Buffalo Bills season was the 31st for the franchise and the 21st in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished the year with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, and first in the American Football Conference (AFC) East division. They were 8–0 at home for the second time in their franchise history. On the road, the Bills were 5–3. Buffalo qualified for their first Super Bowl appearance.

The Bills' offense was one of the best in the league; their 428 points (26.75 points per game) scored was first in the league, and since they only gave up 263 points (6th in the league), their point differential was 165 points (10.3 per game), which was the best in the NFL in 1990, as well as the best point-differential in franchise history. Buffalo's 48 offensive touchdowns (28 passing, 20 rushing) also led the league.

Defensive end Bruce Smith was named Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year for 1990, recording 101 tackles, four forced fumbles, and a career-high 19 sacks.

The season was chronicled on October 2, 2008 for America's Game: The Missing Rings, as one of the five greatest NFL teams to never win the Super Bowl.

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season
Bruce Smith set a club record with 19 sacks. Smith also had 101 tackles.

 September 24, 1990 – Thurman Thomas rushed for 214 yards versus the New York Jets. It was the second highest total in the history of Monday Night Football.
 Bruce Smith had 8 tackles, 2 sacks, and 4 hurries in the Bills 30–23 victory over Philadelphia.
 Bruce Smith had 9 tackles, 4 sacks, and 2 pressures in the Bills victory over Indianapolis.

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 vs. Colts

Week 2

The Bills offense never got rolling and were soundly defeated on the road, 30–7, to their rival Miami Dolphins.

Week 3

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Week 4

The Bills avenged their 1989 Monday Night defeat against the defending AFC Champion Broncos.  The Broncos rushed for 208 yards, led 21–9 after three quarters, and held Jim Kelly and the offense to just 197 yards of offense, but the pivotal play of the game erupted in the fourth on a touchdown return of a blocked Bronco field goal by linebacker Cornelius Bennett.  That started a three-touchdown, 20-point outburst in all of 77 seconds, with Leonard Smith returning a John Elway interception for one score and recovering an Elway fumbled snap inside the 5 to set up yet another easy touchdown to win 29–28.

Week 5

The Bills, on Sunday Night Football, trailed 24–14 in the fourth quarter before erupting to 24 points to defeat the then-unbeaten Los Angeles Raiders, 38–24.  Among the fourth quarter scores were a blocked punt by Steve Tasker, returned by J.D. Williams, where Skip Caray burst into saying "They've done it again, they've done it again!" referencing the prior weeks block of a field goal for a TD return vs Denver....and a fumble return by Nate Odomes.

Week 7

For the third straight game the Bills erased a two-score gap for the win. The Jets led 21–7 in the second quarter and 24–17 in the third, but Kelly's 60-yard score to James Lofton tied the game entering the fourth quarter. Jamie Mueller's touchdown catch then won it, 30–27.

Week 8

The Bills beat the Patriots 27-10 at Foxboro Stadium, known as Sullivan Stadium at the time.

Week 9

The Bills avenged last season's playoff loss by destroying the Cleveland Browns in their own stadium 42–0.

Week 10

The Bills welcomed the NFC East team Phoenix Cardinals to an extremely windy Rich Stadium, and defeated them 45–14.

Week 11

The Bills, led by 209 yards on the ground (including an 80 yard Thurman Thomas TD run), shut out the Patriots 14-0 at Rich Stadium.

Week 12

A year after Buffalo's epic 47–41 win at the Astrodome they returned there at 9-1 to face the 5–5 Oilers on Monday Night Football.  This time the Oilers made sure there would be no comeback as Warren Moon and Lorenzo White authored 425 combined yards of offense and three touchdowns.  Kelly managed two touchdowns and a pick as the Bills fell 27–24 to their former division foe.

Week 13

The Bills opened the game in the no-huddle offense and used it the whole game.  The Bills went up 24–0 in the 1st qtr and eventually won the game 30–23.

Week 14

Week 15

The Bills pulled out a close win this Saturday afternoon, in a game in which both starting quarterbacks went down with injuries. Jim Kelly, and New York QB Phil Simms, with the later being out for the season.

Week 16

The Bills, under backup quarterback Frank Reich, defeated the Miami Dolphins and wrapped up the AFC East title.  Reich connected with James Lofton and Andre Reed for touchdowns, ultimately winning 24–14 despite fourteen penalties to five for Miami.

Week 17

Bills Head Coach Marv Levy decided to rest his starters for the playoffs, dropping the final game of the season in Washington, 29–14. The Bills finished with their best record in team history at 13 wins 3 losses.

Standings

Playoffs

AFC Divisional Playoffs
Miami Dolphins (12–4) at Buffalo Bills (13–3)

Despite being a close score, the Bills never trailed in this classic Jim Kelly versus Dan Marino shootout. The weather, steady light snow, had crews occasionally come out to shovel off the 10- and 5-yard lines. Despite the conditions, both team offenses were explosive. In the end, after winning the AFC East crown from the Dolphins a few weeks earlier, the Bills also ended the 'Fins season in a game which had 78 combined points.

AFC Championship Game
Los Angeles Raiders (13–4) at Buffalo Bills (14–3)

The Bills shredded the Raiders, limiting quarterback Jay Schroeder to 13 of 31 completions for 150 yards and intercepting him 5 times, while also holding running back Marcus Allen to just 26 yards on 10 carries. The Raiders offense clearly missed running back Bo Jackson, who suffered what would turn out to be a career-ending injury the week before in a win against the Cincinnati Bengals. On offense, the Bills amassed 502 total yards, including 202 yards on the ground.  Running back Thurman Thomas rushed for 138 and a touchdown while also catching 5 passes for 61 yards, while running back Kenneth Davis tied an AFC playoff record with 3 rushing touchdowns. Buffalo also set an NFL playoff record by scoring 41 points in the first half. Bills quarterback Jim Kelly threw for 300 yards and two touchdown passes to wide receiver James Lofton, who finished the game with 5 receptions for 113 yards. Thomas recorded a 12-yard touchdown run, while Davis scored from 1 yard, 3 yards, and 1 yard out. Linebacker Darryl Talley returned one of his two interceptions 27 yards for a touchdown.

Super Bowl XXV

To counteract the Bills' no-huddle offense, the Giants' strategy was to use a power running game utilizing O.J. Anderson, aided by quarterback rollouts, bootlegs, and play-action fakes. As tight end Mark Bavaro later recalled, "[w]e came out with three tight ends, fat slobs picking you up and moving you and letting you tackle O.J., if you could." This enabled them to take time off the clock and limit Buffalo's possessions. The Giants set a Super Bowl record for time of possession with 40 minutes, 33 seconds, including 22 minutes in the second half. On defense, New York wanted to be physical with Buffalo's wideouts, and play with extra defensive backs to concentrate on stopping the Bills passing game, while conceding the running game.

The contrast in strategies was evident during the first period. After forcing the Bills to punt on the opening drive of the game, the Giants consumed 6:15 off the clock by marching 58 yards in 10 plays to score on a 28-yard field goal from Matt Bahr. In that drive, New York ran five rushing plays and five passing plays. But the Bills struck right back on their ensuing possession with a five-play, 66-yard drive that took 1:23 off the clock, including a tipped 61-yard completion from quarterback Jim Kelly to receiver James Lofton that set up Scott Norwood's 23-yard field goal to tie the game at 3–3.

After forcing the Giants to punt on their ensuing possession, the Bills' offensive strategy started to work to perfection. Kelly led the Bills on a 12-play, 80-yard scoring drive that consumed 4:27 and moved the ball so effectively that the team never faced a third down. Kelly completed six consecutive passes (four to Andre Reed) for 62 yards, and running back Don Smith capped it off with a one-yard touchdown run to give Buffalo a 10–3 lead. Smith's 1-yard touchdown run was his only carry of the game and the last carry of his career. Reed's 5 first quarter receptions were a Super Bowl record.

After trading punts, the Giants were pinned at their own 7-yard line. On second down, defensive lineman Bruce Smith sacked quarterback Jeff Hostetler in the end zone for a safety, increasing the Bills' lead 12–3. On the play, Smith had a chance to force a fumble since Hostetler was holding the football with only his throwing hand. But to his credit, Hostetler held the ball away from Smith, helping to ensure that only 2 points would be surrendered.

The Bills started out on their next drive with great field position following the free kick, but were forced to punt after 3 plays. Taking the ball at their own 13-yard line with 3:43 left in the second quarter, the Giants abandoned their long drive strategy and employed a quick strike attack of their own. Hostetler led the Giants 87 yards, scoring on a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Stephen Baker with just 25 seconds left in the half to cut New York's deficit to 12–10.

The Giants then opened the third quarter and resumed their original game strategy by driving 75 yards in 14 plays to score on Ottis Anderson's one-yard touchdown run, taking their first lead of the game since their opening possession at 17–12. The drive consumed a Super Bowl record nine minutes and 29 seconds, and included four successful third down conversions. The highlight was a 14-yard pass to wide receiver Mark Ingram on 3rd down and 13 yards to go. Ingram caught a short pass and broke five Buffalo tackles to get the first down and keep the drive alive.

After forcing Buffalo to punt on their ensuing possession, New York drove to the Bills' 35-yard line. But on fourth and two, Smith tackled Anderson for a 2-yard loss. Buffalo then took over and stormed down the field, advancing 63 yards in just four plays and scoring on a 31-yard burst from running back Thurman Thomas on the first play of the fourth quarter, regaining the lead at 19–17. Thomas' fourth-quarter touchdown run marked 1,000 points scored in Super Bowl history (1,001 with the extra point).

However, before the Bills' defenders had a chance to catch their breath, they found themselves back on the field trying to contain another long Giants drive. This one went for 14 plays and 74 yards, half of which came off passes from Hostetler to tight end Mark Bavaro, and took another 7:32 off the clock. The Bills managed to halt the drive at their own 3-yard line when linebacker Cornelius Bennett broke up Hostetler's third down pass, but Bahr kicked his second field goal to give New York a 20–19 lead.

On the Bills' ensuing possession, they could only advance to their own 41-yard line before having to punt, enabling the Giants to take more time off the clock. The Bills finally forced New York to punt and took the ball at their own 10-yard line with 2:16 remaining. Kelly then led them down the field with a mix of scrambles, short passes, and Thomas runs. Buffalo drove to the Giants' 29-yard line, setting up Norwood for a 47-yard field goal attempt with eight seconds left. However, his kick barely sailed wide right, sealing New York's victory with 4 seconds left.

Player stats

Thurman Thomas
Thomas led the NFL in total yards from scrimmage for the second consecutive season. His 1,297 yards led the AFC and was second in the NFL to Barry Sanders. Thomas had at least 100 total yards in 10 of the Bills 16 games. After gaining 219 total yards versus the New York Jets, Thomas was named AFC offensive player of the week.
Note: Rush = Rushing Yards; REC = Receiving Yards

Awards and records
 Led NFL in Points Scored, 428
 Jim Kelly, NFL Passing Leader, 101.2 Passer Rating
 Jim Kelly, Most Valuable Player, Pro Bowl
 Bruce Smith, NFL Defensive Player of the Year
 Bruce Smith, UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year, Defense
 Bruce Smith, Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award
 Bruce Smith, Team Record, Number of Sacks in a Single Season, (19)
 Bruce Smith, AFC Defensive Player of the Month, December
 Thurman Thomas, NFL Combined Yards from Scrimmage Leader

References

External links
 1990 Buffalo Bills  at Pro-Football-Reference.com

Buffalo Bills
AFC East championship seasons
American Football Conference championship seasons
Buffalo Bills seasons
Buff


Vicq may refer to the following places in France:

 Vicq, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier
 Vicq, Haute-Marne, a commune in the department of Haute-Marne
 Vicq, Nord, a commune in the department of Nord
 Vicq, Yvelines, a commune in the department of Yvelines
 Vicq-d'Auribat, a commune in the department of Landes
 Vicq-Exemplet, a commune in the department of Indre
 Vicq-sur-Breuilh, a commune in the department of Haute-Vienne
 Vicq-sur-Gartempe, a commune in the department of Vienne
 Vicq-sur-Nahon, a commune in the department of Indre
 Pressignac-Vicq, a commune in the department of Dordogne

People
 Henri de Vicq, Lord of Meuleveldt; Flemish Ambassador.

Vicq is also the pseudonym for Raymond Antoine, Belgian comics artist and writer.


Serine/threonine-protein kinase H1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PSKH1 gene.

Interactions

PSKH1 has been shown to interact with CDC6.

References

Further reading

EC 2.7.11


Vicq (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

Vicq comes from vicus, which means central Gallo-Roman administration, on a local scale.

Geography
It is located 13 km from Gannat, 33 km from Vichy and 5 km from Ébreuil.

Administration

Population

Its inhabitants are called "Vicquois".

Sights
Romanesque church, classified as a historic site in 1911.

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


The Stranger is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Gordon R. Dickson.  It was first published by Tor Books in 1987.  Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Satellite, Imagination, Astounding, Saturn, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Fantastic, Science Fiction Stories, Future and If.

Contents

 "God Bless Them"
 "James"
 "E Gubling Dow"
 "The Strange"
 "The Friendly Man"
 "MX Knows Best"
 "The Quarry"
 "Three-Part Puzzle"
 "IT, Out of Darkest Jungle"
 "The Green Building"
 "Tempus Non Fugit"
 "Cloak and Stagger"
 "And Then There Was Peace"
 "The Catch"

References

1987 short story collections
Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson
Tor Books books


BlindWrite, the successor to BlindRead, is a computer program that writes to recordable CDs. The Blindread software, which reads CDs and writes CD image files, has been discontinued as a separately released product, but BlindRead's code is included in the newer BlindWrite suite of software that also code to control CD writers. BlindWrite's most distinctive feature touted over other pre-existing CD writing software was to use the CD images BlindRead made. BlindRead's main features were the use of Sub codes and its willingness to be "blind" to errors and continue the copying process, rather than quitting when encountering reading errors often caused from hardware trouble or disk damage (such as scratches or even intentional "damage" created by the manufacturer as a form of copy protection) that would often cause many other software packages to terminate the reading process.

Support for "Sub codes", also known as "Sub Channel Data", distinguished the files created with BlindRead from other software that created CD image files. The "Sub code" data could be written in *.SUB files added to either of two already-existing popular formats (ISO image and Cue sheet), or the Sub code data could be written in *.BWS files in BlindRead's native format that consisted of writing a CD image in a group of three files. This format, which has become known more widely as the BlindWrite native format (now that BlindRead is not maintained and distributed as a separate product anymore), has two or three files for a proper image. The *.BWS Sub code image is optional and may or may not get created depending on an option selected in the software that created the image. The *.BWT control file is another relatively small file (that may be a very small number of kilobytes when part of a multi-file CD image for a full-sized 650MB CD) that is typically the file referred to in the user interfaces of software that supports this format and chooses just one file extension per CD image for the purposes of filename selection. (This includes VSO's software and Daemon Tools.) The *.BWI file is the large image file.

BlindWrite version 5 (released in Q4 2003) has been found using new native files that come in pairs. The files use the extensions *.B5T (a relatively small file) and *.B5I image files.

BlindWrite version 6 (released in Q3 2006) also has been found using new native files that come in pairs. The files use the extensions *.B6T (a relatively small file) and *.B6I image files. This has also added support for Blu-Ray discs.

The BlindRead format has been supported by software other than BlindRead and BlindWrite, including Daemon Tools, which was some of the earliest supporting software (capable of using *.BWT files even before Blindwrite was released). The format was embraced by enthusiasts who were interested in making "more perfect" copies of CDs by using a process that used the Sub code data that other computer software did not support (and so ignored, instead of used).

Awards
BlindWrite won the TopTenReviews Bronze Award in 2009.

External links

 VSO BlindWrite review
 b5i2iso - open-source tool to convert BlindWrite .B5I images into ISO images

References

Windows-only proprietary software
Windows CD/DVD writing software


"Shady Deal at Sunny Acres", starring James Garner and Jack Kelly, remains one of the most famous and widely discussed episodes of the Western comedy television series Maverick. Written by series creator Roy Huggins (teleplay) and Douglas Heyes (story) and directed by Leslie H. Martinson, this 1958 second season episode depicts gambler Bret Maverick (James Garner) being swindled by a crooked banker (John Dehner) after depositing the proceeds from a late-night poker game.  He then surreptitiously recruits his brother Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) and a host of other acquaintances to mount an elaborate sting operation to recover the money.

As Huggins noted during a lengthy discussion of the episode in his Archive of American Television interview, the first half of the 1973 movie The Sting seems based on Huggins' script.  While Bart and all of the series' recurring characters join forces to energetically flim-flam the banker ("....if you can't trust your banker, who can you trust?"), Bret sits whittling in a rocking chair across the street from the bank every day, responding to the amused and patronizing queries of the local townspeople curious about how he plans to recover his money, "I'm working on it."

"Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" was generally the first episode that Garner mentioned in interviews.

The episode is also the only one featuring brief appearances by all five of the series' early semi-regular recurring characters: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Dandy Jim Buckley, Diane Brewster as Samantha Crawford, Leo Gordon as Big Mike McComb, Richard Long as Gentleman Jack Darby, and Arlene Howell as Cindy Lou Brown.  It proved to be the final series appearance for both Samantha and Dandy Jim because they were each working full-time on new series, Zimbalist in 77 Sunset Strip and Brewster as the schoolteacher in Leave It to Beaver.  Additionally, for Gentleman Jack and Cindy, it was their only appearance in an episode in which Bret also appeared, although they shared not a single scene with Bret—all their dealings on Maverick were with Bart.

Cast
James Garner	... 	Bret Maverick
Jack Kelly	... 	Bart Maverick
John Dehner ... Bates the banker
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.	... 	Dandy Jim Buckley
Diane Brewster	... 	Samantha Crawford
Leo Gordon	... 	Big Mike McComb
Richard Long	... 	Gentleman Jack Darby
Arlene Howell	... 	Cindy Lou Brown
Regis Toomey	... 	Ben Granville
Karl Swenson	... 	Sheriff Griffen
Joan Young	... 	Susan Granville
Irving Bacon	... 	Employee
Val Benedict	... 	Cowhand
Earle Hodgins	... 	Plunkett
Jonathan Hole	... 	Desk Clerk
J. Pat O'Malley	... 	Ambrose Callahan
Syd Saylor	... 	1st Townsman
Leon Tyler	... 	Henry Hibbs
Edwin Reimers	... 	Announcer (voice)

See also
 Duel at Sundown (Maverick)
 List of Maverick episodes
 Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace
 The Rockford Files

References

External links

Shady Deal at Sunny Acres in the Internet Movie Database
Shady Deal at Sunny Acres in TV Guide.com
Shady Deal at Sunny Acres in TV.com
 Reviews of "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres"
Roy Huggins' Archive of American Television Interview
Stephen J. Cannell's Archive of American Television explanation of Huggins' approach
Museum of Broadcast Communications: Maverick
James Garner's Archive of American Television Interview
The Paley Center for Media

1958 American television episodes
Maverick (TV series)


Vitray () is a former commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Meaulne-Vitray.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Former communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Populated places disestablished in 2017


Baljkovac () is a village in the Pivara municipality of Kragujevac in the Šumadija District of central Serbia.

References

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Šumadija District
Kragujevac


Elias Hardy (ca 1744 – December 25, 1798) was an English-born lawyer and politician in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County from 1786 to 1792 and Saint John from 1793 to 1795 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

He was born in Farnham, the son of a minister. Hardy studied law and was admitted to practise as a solicitor. He travelled to Virginia in 1775 but found that he was unable to practise law there. After he criticized Thomas Paine, he was forced to flee to New York City. In 1778, he was commissioned as a notary public. Hardy married Martha Hungerford, the daughter of a New York loyalist. In 1783, he help lead a protest against a petition by a group of 55 elite loyalist for land grants of  in Nova Scotia. Later that year, he joined a group of loyalists settling in the Saint John River area which became part of the new colony of New Brunswick. There, he represented other settlers in protesting perceived favouritism by land agents in the distribution of property. Hardy served as common clerk for the city of Saint John from 1790 to 1795. In 1790, he defended Munson Hoyt against a charge of slander by Benedict Arnold after Hoyt accused Arnold of burning his own store in Saint John; Arnold's lawyer was Ward Chipman. In the legislative assembly, he supported a bill to return the New Brunswick capitol to Saint John and stood up for the rights of the region's fishermen. He died in Saint John in 1798.

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1798 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
People from Farnham
Year of birth uncertain
Colony of New Brunswick people
British emigrants to pre-Confederation New Brunswick


World Trophy Soccer is the name given to two distinct video games:

World Trophy Soccer, a 1989 game by Virgin Mastertronic later reworked as World Cup Soccer: Italia '90
World Trophy Soccer, a 1992 game for the Sega Genesis, a reworking of European Club Soccer

Amiga games
Atari ST games
Commodore 64 games


Protocadherin beta-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHB4 gene.

This gene is a member of the protocadherin beta gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. The gene clusters demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters. The beta cluster contains 16 genes and 3 pseudogenes, each encoding 6 extracellular cadherin domains and a cytoplasmic tail that deviates from others in the cadherin superfamily. The extracellular domains interact in a homophilic manner to specify differential cell-cell connections. Unlike the alpha and gamma clusters, the transcripts from these genes are made up of only one large exon, not sharing common 3' exons as expected. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins. Their specific functions are unknown but they most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell neural connections.

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Ouvrage Mont des Welches, a gros ouvrage of the Maginot Line fortifications, is part of the Fortified Sector of Boulay.  It comprises two entrance blocks, one infantry block, one artillery block, one observation block and two combination blocks.  It is located between petit ouvrage Coucou and gros ouvrage Michelsberg, facing Germany. Relatively small for a gros ouvrage, Mont des Welches saw a brief period of sharp action in June 1940, when German forces moving along the rear of the Maginot Line engaged the position without success. After modest renovations in the 1950s, Mont des Welches was abandoned in the 1970s.

Design and construction
Mont des Welches was approved for construction by CORF (Commission d'Organisation des Régions Fortifiées), the Maginot Line's design and construction agency, in June 1930 and became operational by 1935, at a cost of 49 million francs. The contractor was Gianotti of Nice.

Description
The comparatively small gros ouvrage comprises two entrance blocks, one infantry block, one artillery block, one observation block, and two combination blocks. It lacks a central "M1" ammunition magazine, and unlike most gros ouvrages, its 60 cm internal rail network was not electrified, relying on human power to move the rail cars. The underground gallery system is compact, about  from end to end, and unlike larger ouvrages where the gallery system is linear in concept, the central portion of Mont des Welches is a dense network of cross galleries between to main galleries, housing the barracks and utility areas. The galleries are excavated at an average depth of up to .

Block 1:Artillery block with one retractable twin 81mm mortar turret and two automatic rifle cloches (GFM).
Block 2: Infantry block with one retractable twin 75mm gun turret, one twin machine gun embrasure, one JM/AC37 twin machine gun/anti-tank gun embrasure, and two GFM cloches.
Block 3: Infantry block with one retractable machine gun turret.
Block 4: Artillery block with one retractable twin 75mm gun turret, one twin machine gun embrasure (JM), one JM/AC37 embrasure, two 81mm mortar embrasures and two GFM cloches.
Block 5: Observation block with one observation cloche (VDP) and one GFM cloche.
Ammunition entry: one JM/AC37 embrasure and two GFM cloches.
Personnel entry: one grenade launcher cloche (LG), three JM embrasures, one JM/AC37 embrasure and one GFM cloche.

Casemates and shelters
In addition to the connected combat blocks, a series of detached casemates and infantry shelters surround Mont des Welches, including

 Abri de Klang: Subterranean infantry shelter (abri-caverne)  with two gun embrasures and two GFM cloches.
 Abri du Mont des Welches: Surface abri with two GFM cloches.
 Casemate de Menskirch: Double block with two JM/AC47 embrasure, two JM embrasures and two GFM cloches.

Manning
The manning of the ouvrage in June 1940 comprised 490 men and 17 officers of the 167th Fortress Infantry Regiment and the 151st Position Artillery Regiment, commanded by Chef de Bataillon Tari. The units were under the umbrella of the 42nd Fortress Corps of the 3rd Army, Army Group 2.

The Casernement de Férange provided peacetime above-ground barracks and support services to Michelsberg and other positions in the area.

History
See Fortified Sector of Boulay for a broader discussion of the Boulay sector of the Maginot Line.

1940
No attempt was made by the Germans to directly attack this central portion of the Maginot Line, the Germans preferring to go around the west end of the Line and take the Line from the rear.  Mont des Welches provided covering fire to other ouvrages in the area through June as the Germans advanced eastwards behind French lines. On 15 June the German 1st Army broke through the Line at the Saar and pushed west and east along the Line, enveloping the French armies. The German 95th Infantry Division under von Amim advanced on Mont des Welches on 21 June, with advance patrols taking fire the same day. An assault using 8.8cm guns was mounted against Blocks 2 and 3, but was disrupted by fire from the entry block's cloches. Artillery fire from blocks 4 and 6 and fire from the personnel entry destroyed a German battery. Hackenberg joined to provide further support. The fort remained under French control until the armistice of 25 June 1940.  Mont des Welches's garrison evacuated on 4 July 1940. Mont des Welches was partially appropriated by the Reichspost, serving as a depot for post office equipment.

1944
During the Lorraine Campaign only Hackenberg was occupied by the Germans; Mont des Welches played no role in that campaign.

Cold War
Following World War II, interest revived in the use of the Maginot Line to defend against a possible Soviet advance through southern Germany.  Funds were allocated for restoration of the gros ouvrages  Work was limited to restoration of systems and improvements to existing armament.  The renovations did not include the command post or the barracks.  By 1956, Mont des Welches had been designated part of the Mòle de Boulay, a strongpoint in the northeastern defenses against Soviet attack. By the late 1950s interest in fixed fortifications was waning after  France developed a nuclear deterrent.  The money needed to maintain and upgrade the fortifications was diverted for the nuclear programs. Mont des Welches was maintained for use by the Army until 1971 when it was placed in second-class reserve.

Current condition
Much of the fortification's equipment has been removed for use in other Maginot museums. The lands remain military property. The entrances have been buried.

See also
 List of all works on Maginot Line
 Siegfried Line
 Atlantic Wall
 Czechoslovak border fortifications

Notes

References

Bibliography
Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006.
Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P. The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011.
Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001.
Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 2. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2003.
Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 3. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2003.
Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009.

External links
 Bunkertours - Mont des Welches
 Ouvrage du Mont des Welsches at wikimaginot.eu
 L'ouvrage du Mont-des-Welsches at alsacemaginot.com
 Ouvrage du Mont des Welches at lignemaginot.com
 Welsches (gros ouvrage A21 du mont des) at fortiff.be

WELC
Môle de Boulay
Maginot Line


Wendy Robie (born October 6, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Nadine Hurley in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). She also starred in two of Wes Craven's films: The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Vampire in Brooklyn (1995). In 2017, Robie reprised her role as Nadine in David Lynch's revival series Twin Peaks: The Return.

Early life
Robie was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in northern California on a ranch where Arabian horses were raised. She attended the College of Marin studying theater arts, and later earned a degree in English literature. Robie worked as an English teacher for a decade while raising her daughter, Samantha.

Career
While living in Seattle, Washington and acting in repertory theatre, Robie auditioned for David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, and was cast as Nadine Hurley; she appeared in 22 episodes of the series between the series' first and second seasons. In 1991, Robie guest starred on an episode of Baywatch and portrayed the villainous Woman in Wes Craven's horror film The People Under The Stairs. In comparing Lynch and Craven, Robie remarked that both were "kind people with wonderful imaginations who work out their views of the darkness in the world through their art."

The following year, Robie reprised her role as Nadine in David Lynch's prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), although her scene was deleted. The same year, she guest starred on an episode of the television series Quantum Leap. In 1993, Robie starred in the television film Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story.

In 1994, she guest starred in the television series Viper and Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero before appearing in the television film A Place for Annie. In 1995, Robie had a cameo role in Wes Craven's horror comedy film Vampire in Brooklyn. The same year, she had guest roles on the television series Sister, Sister and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

In 1996, Robie made her voice-over debut in the video game Zork: Nemesis. The same year, Robie had a guest role on the television series Dark Skies and a supporting role in the film The Glimmer Man. In 1998, she played Bernice in the horror film The Dentist 2, Harriet Davidson in the television series C-16: FBI, and had a supporting role in the film Devil in the Flesh. In 2014, Robie's deleted scene from Fire Walk With Me was included in Lynch's film Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces. In 2017, Robie reprised her role as Nadine in David Lynch's revival series Twin Peaks: The Return.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

Theatre

Film

References

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Living people
Actresses from California
Actresses from Ohio
American film actresses
American television actresses
College of Marin alumni
21st-century American women
1953 births


Liu Jingnan (; born July 1, 1943) is a Chinese geodesist and educator. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the Wuhan Institute of Surveying and Mapping (now the School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University), and worked at Hunan Provincial Coalfield Physical Test Team, Xiangtan Mining Institute and Wuhan University. In 1999, he was elected a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as the President of Wuhan University from 2003 to 2008, and the inaugural Chancellor of Duke Kunshan University from 2012.

Liu's early research focused on transformation models in satellite positioning technology, and developed several related software systems. And under his leadership developed the first GPS satellite positioning data processing system in China. He also took part in the design of National High Precision GPS Network.

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1943 births
Living people
Engineers from Chongqing
Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Presidents of Wuhan University
Scientists from Chongqing
Educators from Chongqing
Wuhan University alumni


Botunje () is a village in the Kragujevac city area in the Šumadija District of central Serbia. It is located north-east of the city.  According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 669 people.

References

Populated places in Šumadija District


Protocadherin alpha-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDHA5 gene.

This gene is a member of the protocadherin alpha gene cluster, one of three related gene clusters tandemly linked on chromosome 5 that demonstrate an unusual genomic organization similar to that of B-cell and T-cell receptor gene clusters.

The alpha gene cluster is composed of 15 cadherin superfamily genes related to the mouse CNR genes and consists of 13 highly similar and 2 more distantly related coding sequences. The tandem array of 15 N-terminal exons, or variable exons, are followed by downstream C-terminal exons, or constant exons, which are shared by all genes in the cluster. The large, uninterrupted N-terminal exons each encode six cadherin ectodomains while the C-terminal exons encode the cytoplasmic domain.

These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins are integral plasma membrane proteins that most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been observed and additional variants have been suggested but their full-length nature has yet to be determined.

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YLP motif-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the YLPM1 gene.

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Valley Power Plant is an intermediate load, natural gas fired, electrical power station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is owned by We Energies. The plant is a cogeneration facility supplying steam to 480 customers and 280 MW of electricity.

The plant was originally fueled by a pulverized coal and petroleum coke blend. Coal was shipped by boat to Milwaukee's Greenfield Avenue dock and then by barge to the plant. The plant completed its conversion to natural gas in late 2015.

Units

See also
List of power stations in Wisconsin

References

External links
Valley Power Plant conversion
https://www.we-energies.com/company/pdf/ValleyPP.pdf

Energy infrastructure completed in 1968
Energy infrastructure completed in 1969
Buildings and structures in Milwaukee
Natural gas-fired power stations in Wisconsin


Gastrokine-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GKN1 gene.

The protein encoded by this gene is found to be down-regulated in human gastric cancer tissue as compared to normal gastric mucosa.

References

Further reading


Radical Studios was an American multimedia studio.
It had branches in feature films, television, physical and digital publishing, merchandise, recorded music, digital and online media applications and mobile and social games.

History
Radical Publishing was founded in 2007 by Barry Levine, David Elliott, Jesse Berger, and Matthew Berger.

The company launched its first titles, Hercules and Caliber, in May 2008. In May 2009 Elliott left the company, being replaced by new Editor-in-Chief David Wohl.

In September 2010, the company rebranded itself as Radical Studios.

In 2011, the company reduced its overall staff. In January, 2012 David Wohl announced that he was leaving the company. Shortly after, the company removed their title Under the Faerie Moon from Free Comic Book Day and cancelled the release of Damaged issue 6.

In March 2012, the company began production on the movie Oblivion with Universal Pictures, based on an unpublished book created by director Joseph Kosinski, starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko and Melissa Leo. The film opened #1 at the box office on April 19, 2013, generating $38.5 million in its US opening weekend. The film went on to generate $89 million in the US box office and $198 million internationally, for a global cumulative gross of $287 million.

In February 2013, the company raised $3m in equity from Los Angeles-based production company Wolfiskin Productions, to help expand its digital strategy and licensing capabilities.

In June 2013, the company started production on Hercules, with MGM and Paramount Pictures, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, based on the Radical Comics' series Hercules: The Thracian Wars. The movie opened at #2 in the box office on July 25, 2014, generating $29.8M in its US opening weekend. The film went on to generate $72 million in the US box office and $170 million internationally, for a global cume of $243 million.

Film

Stemming from its start as a comic book publisher, and in regards to its comics, Radical Founder Barry Levine stated that “each title is built with the assumption the comic book will eventually land on the big screen.” These tools are used to attract film directors and other talent for attachment to a project during the development process.  Lastly, Radical sometimes employs the comic’s series writer to draft an initial screenplay of their work as a part of the film pitch package presented to studios. Using these strategies, Radical has attracted various Hollywood talent and studios to their projects.

Released films

 Oblivion (2013): Director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) brought this original concept to Radical and is now a major motion picture co-written and directed by Kosinski, and produced  and released by Universal Pictures, based on the never published illustrated novel. It stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Regarding the status of the never released illustrated novel, Kosinski told Empire Magazine "I don’t have any plans to do it right now. To me it’s feels like it’s in the rear-view mirror, you know? It’s like part of the development process. The film is the end result. But never say never. Maybe at some point it will be fun to go back and show the steps and the journey."
 Hercules (2014): Director Brett Ratner is attached to produce and direct. A co-production of Radical Studios, MGM and Paramount Pictures. The script is written by Evan Spiliotopoulos and Ryan Condal based upon the comic series created by Radical Publishing and written by Steve Moore. The lead role has been cast with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Aksel Hennie is cast in the role of Tydeus. Rufus Sewell is cast as Autolycus. Ian McShane has been cast as Amphiarus, part priest, part prophet and part warrior who is Hercules’ counselor. Also joining are Joseph Fiennes, John Hurt and Rebecca Ferguson.
 Abattoir (2016):  Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw and Mother’s Day is attached to write and direct a film based on the 6-issue miniseries).
 The Last Days of American Crime (2020): In 2009 Sam Worthington (Avatar) was originally attached to produce and star in The Last Days of American Crime. In 2013 it was announced that Worthington was no longer involved with the project. The film was ultimately made with Édgar Ramírez in the lead role and directed by Olivier Megaton.

Films in development

 Freedom Formula: Ghost of the Wasteland:  Bryan Singer (X-Men and The Usual Suspects) has been attached to direct, with production through Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions.  The rights to the film adaptation are licensed to New Regency Productions.
Shrapnel: Len Wiseman (Underworld) has been attached to direct and produce a film adaptation, but dropped out. Hilary Swank will star and produce the movie with Sean Daniel and Radical Pictures from a script by Toby Wagstaff.
Damaged: Sam Worthington and John Schwarz will star in the film adaptation with Worthington producing.

Publishing

The company launched its first comic titles, Hercules and Caliber, in May 2008 as 5-issue mini-series and debuted as the #7 comic book company in North American comic book shops in market share based on a monthly report by ICV2. Rather than the superheroes typical of Marvel and DC Comics, Radical’s titles focus on retellings of iconic fictional characters, mythology, science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, supernatural themes, and genre-based crime. Radical releases comics first as miniseries, and then combines these miniseries into paperback collections. Radical’s strategy in the comic book business is to create properties that feature painted art and “great stories that will appeal to the fans and the marketplace as a whole." Many of Radical’s titles are published in a larger 48-page form, rather than the industry standard 22-page format. Radical comics are distributed in both mass market stores and specialized comic book shops. by Diamond Comic Distributors of North America. At one point Radical had a distribution deal for mass market stores in the United States and Canada by Random House. However, the company rejoined Diamond Comic Distributors in 2011. As of 2012, Radical has published 20 different titles and is currently distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors. Currently, Radical has not released any new comics or graphic novels since the release of Damaged issue 5 on February 1, 2012. The final issue of Damaged has since been cancelled.

The company has released a number of titles:
 Hercules (by Steve Moore):
 The Thracian Wars, a 5-issue limited series
 The Knives of Kush, a 5-issue limited series, with Cris Bolsin
 Caliber
 City of Dust by Steve Niles, Zid and Brandon Chng
 Shrapnel by Mark Long, Nick Sagan, M. Zachary Sherman and Bagus Hutomo
 Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead by Warren Ellis and Steve Pugh
 FVZA: The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency by David Hine
 Incarnate by Nick Simmons
 Legends: The Enchanted by Nick Percival.
 Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost by Dave Elliott, Ian Edginton, Patrick Reilly and Stjepan Sejic
 The Last Days of American Crime by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini
After Dark created by Antoine Fuqua & Wesley Snipes, written by Peter Milligan and illustrated by Jeff Netrup

Reprints
They are also collecting and reprinting works previously published elsewhere:
 Cholly and Flytrap by Arthur Suydam
 The Lords of Misrule by John Tomlinson, Dan Abnett, Steve White, Gary Erskine and Peter Snejbjerg, recoloured by J. M. Ringuet

Awards
Radical received the 2008 Diamond Gem Award for New Comic Book Publisher of the Year from Diamond Comic Distributors. Diamond Comic Distributors is recognized as the premier comic book distributor in North America. The awards are voted on by the comic book store retailers, and are based on the overall impact of the publisher on the industry, taking into account sales performance, quality and creativity. Radical received the award for their first two titles, Hercules: The Thracian Wars and Caliber: First Canon of Justice. Both comics were launched in May 2008, and enjoyed sellout performances.

Legends: The Enchanted won the HorrorNews Net award for Best Original Graphic Novel 2010.

Legends: The Enchanted was nominated for an Eagle Award for Favourite Single Story 2010.

Legal
In July 2009, it was reported that Elliott had filed a lawsuit against Radical Publishing's parent company, Blatant Entertainment. The lawsuit cited disagreements over unpaid wages, as well as contract and copyright disputes as reasoning behind the action.

In early 2010, Radical Studios had to halt publication of Nick Simmons' series Incarnate following accusations of plagiarism.

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American companies established in 2007
Film production companies of the United States


The Great Plain of the Koukdjuak is located in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut within the Canadian Arctic. It is the namesake of the Koukdjuak River in western Baffin Island on the southeastern coast of Foxe Basin. It stretches from Cory Bay to Hantzsch Bay, and then inland.

Geography
The plain is about  long,  wide and has an area of . It is characterized as a broad, flat, water-logged lowland with a tidal zone that may extend as far as  inland. The Plain's boundaries include raised beach ridges  inland and granite outcrops to the south. Its tundra covers clay soils, limestone and shale bedrock.

Fauna
It is notable for migratory bird and wildlife (Barren-ground caribou crossing) habitat. The plain supports the largest goose colony in the world. It is a breeding ground or habitat for lesser snow geese, Canada geese, long-tailed ducks, king eider, common eider, and Atlantic brant. It is a natural habitat for shorebirds, such as the red phalarope. It is classified as an Important Bird Area, an International Biological Program designated site and a Key Habitat Site.

Conservation status
 Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary (federal)
 Ramsar Site (Wetland of International Significance)
 Bowman Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

References

External links
 Map

Foxe Basin
Landforms of Baffin Island
Wetlands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Natural history of Nunavut
Ramsar sites in Qikiqtaaluk Region
Important Bird Areas of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Plains of Qikiqtaaluk Region
Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands


Statement of Regret is a play by black British actor and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah. The play premiered in the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, in 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin.

Synopsis
Kwaku Mackenzie, founder of a Black policy think tank, hits the bottle after his father's death. As media interest in the once dynamic Institute fades, his team grows fractious and then, disastrously, he favours a young Oxford scholar over his own devastated son. When, in a vain attempt to regain influence, he publicly champions division within the Black community, the consequences are shattering.

Original cast
Don Warrington - Kwaku Mackenzie
Colin McFarlane - Michael Akinbola
Chu Omambala - Idrissa Adebayo
Angel Coulby - Issimama Banjoko
Ellen Thomas - Lola Mackenzie
Javone Prince - Kwaku Mackenzie Junior
Trevor Laird - Val
Clifford Samuel - Adrian Mackenzie
Oscar James - Soby

References

External links
 Official website of production
 Kwame Kwei-Armah: "Why I'm willing to be unfashionable in the search for true definition", The Telegraph, 10 November 2007.

2007 plays
English plays
Plays about race and ethnicity
Plays set in England


Radio Antena Satelor () is the fifth state-owned radio station in Romania. It broadcasts seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Radio Antena Satelor was heard for the first time regionally on December 25, 1991, with 5 hours of broadcast per day and coverage only in Bucharest, Dâmbovița and Argeș, following which on March 1, 2006, it reached its national position. Radio Antena Satelor includes programs and programs for the public in rural areas, debating the real problems of the typical Romanian village.

Frequencies
Longwave:
Bod  – 153 kHz, it covers Romania and Republic of Moldova. It partially covers some areas of Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary. It may not be excluded to be received farther, in countries like: Georgia, Turkey, Denmark (Aarhus), the eastern region of Slovakia and the south-western part of European Russia. During the hours of darkness the sky wave signal can reach as far as Western Europe on a regular basis, now that other European transmitters on 153 kHz (that were operated by Deutschlandfunk and NRK) have ceased broadcasting. More sporadically, DX reception using specialist receivers and external antennas has been observed in Northeastern parts of North America and South America, most of the Middle East and parts of the Far East (Southeast Asia, Japan and China). Transmitter power output (TPO) 200 kW.

Medium-wave:
Urziceni  – 531 kHz, transmitter power output (TPO) 14 kW
Herastrau/Bucharest  – 603 kHz, transmitter power output (TPO) 400 kW
Voinesti  – 630 kHz, transmitter power output (TPO) 400 kW
Valu lui Traian  – 1314 kHz, transmitter power output (TPO) 50 kW
Timișoara  – 1314 kHz, transmitter power output (TPO) 30 kW

FM:
Comanesti  – 89.0 MHz, effective radiated power (ERP) 1 kW
Sulina  – 103.2 MHz, effective radiated power (ERP) 1 kW
Zalau  – 106.9 MHz, effective radiated power (ERP) 0.050 kW

DAB-T:
Bucharest  – channel 12A, frequency 223.936 MHz, vertical polarisation.

References

Radio stations in Romania
Romanian-language radio stations
Antena Satelor


The Clear Lake AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Lake County, California.
Half of the area contained within the boundaries of the AVA is Clear Lake, the largest body of freshwater in the state of California, and the namesake for the county.  The moderating influence of the lake on the surrounding area results in a climate with less diurnal variation in temperature than surrounding areas.  Elevations range from 1,300 feet to well over 3,000 feet. Clear Lake AVA is one of the coolest climates in California, which has led to success with grape varietals like Sauvignon blanc.

References

American Viticultural Areas
American Viticultural Areas of California
Geography of Lake County, California
1984 establishments in California