Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (September 29, 1869 in Morelia – May 25, 1941) was a Mexican composer/songwriter, pianist, and conductor.

Lerdo de Tejada studied in Morelia and Mexico City. One of his most popular pieces was a song Perjura,  with text by Fernando Luna y Drusina. His zarzuelas were also very popular in Mexico. He took his Orchesta Típica Lerdo (Carlo Curti's Mexican Typical Orchestra remade) and toured the United States; one of his performances was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He continued to tour with his own ensemble in the U.S., Cuba, and South America until his death.

His compositions are classed as "Light classical." He has been described as the first "popular composer" in Mexico. His works included many arrangements of traditional songs in addition to original works.

Selected works
Las luces de los ángeles, zarzuela
Las dormilonas, zarzuela
Esther, song (1895)
Perjura, song (1901)
Consentida, song (1901)
Amparo, dedicated to Ramón Corral (1921)
Paloma blanca, song (1921)
Las golondrinas, song
El faisan, waltz
Tlálpam, intermezzo-two step, dedicated to the borough of Tlalpan, D.F. (1911)

Web sources

External links
 Miguel Lerdo de Tejada recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

1869 births
1941 deaths
Mexican classical composers
Mexican Romantic composers
Mexican conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
People from Morelia
Musicians from Michoacán
Mexican male classical composers
20th-century conductors (music)
20th-century male musicians
19th-century male musicians


The posterior auricular muscle is a muscle behind the auricle of the outer ear. It arises from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, and inserts into the lower part of the cranial surface of the auricle of the outer ear. It draws the auricle backwards, usually a very slight effect.

Structure
The posterior auricular muscle is found behind the auricle of the outer ear. It consists of two or three fleshy fasciculi. These arise from the mastoid part of the temporal bone by short aponeurotic fibers. They insert into the lower part of the cranial surface of the auricle of the outer ear.

The posterior auricular muscle is supplied by branches of the posterior auricular artery, which continues deep to the muscle. It is drained by the posterior auricular vein that accompanies the artery.

Nerve supply
The posterior auricular muscle is supplied by the posterior auricular nerve, a branch of the facial nerve (VII).

Function
The posterior auricular nerve draws the auricle of the outer ear backwards. This effect is usually very slight, although some people can wiggle their ears due to a more significant muscle movement.

Postauricular reflex

The postauricular reflex is a vestigial myogenic muscle response in humans that acts to pull the ear upward and backward. Research suggests neural circuits for auricle orienting have survived in a vestigial state for over 25 million years. It is often assumed the reflex is a vestigial Preyer reflex (also known as the pinna reflex).

A study on auriculomotor activity found that in the presence of sudden, surprising sounds, the muscles around the ear closest to the direction of the sound would respond by moving involuntarily, causing the pinna to be pulled backwards and flatten.

Clinical significance
If the posterior auricular muscle inserts into an unusual part of the auricle of the outer ear, this can cause protruding ears. In one study, the muscle was found to be absent in 5% of people.

See also

 Anterior auricular muscle
 Superior auricular muscle

References

Muscles of the head and neck


Eriophyllum multicaule is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name manystem woolly sunflower. It is native to California and Arizona in the southwestern United States.

Eriophyllum multicaule grows in chaparral habitat, especially along the California coast. This is a small, branching, clump-forming annual herb rarely more than 15 cm (6 inches) tall. It has fleshy stems and foliage in shades of bright green to purplish green. The small leaves are about one centimeter (0.4 inches) long, sometimes woolly, and shaped like a wedge with three small teeth at the end. The inflorescences at the ends of the stems are clusters of tiny flower heads, each bright golden yellow with a center of 10-20 disc florets surrounded by 5-7 ray florets each about two millimeters (0.08 inches) long.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

multicaule
Flora of California
Flora of Arizona
Endemic flora of the United States
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Plants described in 1836
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


The superior auricular muscle is a muscle above the auricle of the outer ear. It originates from the epicranial aponeurosis, and inserts into the upper part of the medial surface of the auricle. It draws the auricle upwards.

Structure
The superior auricular muscle originates from the epicranial aponeurosis. Its fibres converge to be inserted by a thin, flattened tendon into the upper part of the medial surface of the auricle of the outer ear.

It is the largest of the three auriculares muscles. It is thin and fan-shaped.

Nerve supply
The superior auricular muscle is supplied by the temporal branch of the facial nerve (VII).

Additional images

See also

 Anterior auricular muscle
 Posterior auricular muscle

References

Muscles of the head and neck


Orchidology is the scientific study of orchids. It is an organismal-level branch of botany.

See also
List of orchidologists

References

 The orchidology of H. G. Jones. Eric A. Christenson, Brittonia, January–March 1994, Volume 46, Issue 1, pages 57–61,

External links
 Definition at www.merriam-webster.com


The anterior auricular muscle, the smallest of the three auricular muscles, is thin and fan-shaped, and its fibers are pale and indistinct. It arises from the lateral edge of the epicranial aponeurosis, and its fibers converge to be inserted into a projection on the front of the helix.

Structure
The anterior auricular muscle arises from the lateral edge of the epicranial aponeurosis. It inserts into a projection on the front of the helix.

Nerve supply
The anterior auricular muscle is supplied is supplied by the temporal branch of the facial nerve (VII). It may also receive some small branches from the auriculotemporal nerve, a branch of the mandibular nerve, itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (V).

Relations
The anterior auricular muscle is the smallest of the three auricular muscles.

The superficial temporal artery, a branch of the external carotid artery, travels underneath the anterior auricular muscle to supply the auricle of the outer ear.

Function
The anterior auricular muscle draws the auricle of the outer ear upwards and forwards. This is a very subtle movement in most people, although some people can wiggle their ears.

See also

 Superior auricular muscle
 Posterior auricular muscle

Additional images

References

Muscles of the head and neck


This is a list of orchidologists, botanists specializing in the study of orchids. The list is sorted in the surname alphabetical order.

A
 Oakes Ames (botanist) (1874–1950), an American biologist specializing in orchids
Joseph Arditti (1932-), an American plant physiologist specializing in orchids. Doctorate from the University of Southern California, 1965. Professor of Biology University of California, Irvine, 1966-2001. Professor Emeritus, 2001-

B
 Ray Barkalow (born 1952), a US scientist and engineer, known for using science to explain or dispel orchid-growing myths.
 James Bateman (1811–1897), a British landowner and accomplished horticulturist
 Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862), a German-Dutch botanist
 Diego Bogarín (born 1982), a Costa Rican biologist specialised in orchid phylogenetics, systematics and taxonomy of Neotropical Orchidaceae

C

 Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936), a New Zealand botanist, specialising in orchids
 Arthur Chadwick (born 1962), an american orchid grower
 James Boughtwood Comber (1929-2005), a British botanist
 Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy (1835-1911), a French physician and botanist

D
 Walter Davis (botanist)
 John Day (botanist) (1824–1888), an English orchid-grower and collector, and is noted for producing some 4000 illustrations of orchid species
 Helga Dietrich (1940–2018), a German botanist and orchidologist
 Margaret A. Dix (born 1939), English-born Guatemalan biologist, taxonomist
 Donald Dungan Dod (1912–2008), an American missionary and orchidologist
 Calaway H. Dodson (born 1928), an American botanist, orchidologist, and taxonomist
 Robert Louis Dressler, (born 1927) is an American botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae.

E
 Rica Erickson (1908–2009), an Australian naturalist, botanical artist, historian, author and teacher
 Ekrem Sezik a Turkish academician, pharmacist and author.
Choy sin Hew, a Singapore plant physiologist specializing in orchids

F
 Achille Eugène Finet (1863–1913), a French botanist best known for his study of orchids native to Japan and China
 Ernesto Foldats (1925 – 2003), a Latvian-Venezuelan botanist and orchidologist
 Noriaki Fukuyama (1912–1946), a Japanese botanist and orchidologist

G
 Leslie Andrew Garay (born 1924), an American botanist
 Samuel Goodenough (1743–1827), an amateur botanist and collector
 Barbara Gravendeel (born 1968), a Dutch evolutionary biologist, specialised in orchid phylogenetics, systematics and developmental studies

H
 Karl Theodor Hartweg (1812-1871), a German botanist
 Alex Drum Hawkes (1927-1977), an American botanist and cookbook author from Coconut Grove, Florida & Kingston, Jamaica. Specialized in orchids, bromeliads, palm trees, ferns, vegetables & fruits.
 Abel Aken Hunter (1877-1936), an American botanist in Panama

K
 Adam P. Karremans (born 1986), Dutch-Costa Rican botanist specialised in phylogenetics and systematics of Neotropical Orchidaceae
 Carolus Adrianus Johannes Kreutz (born 1954), Dutch botanist and taxonomist, specialising in European orchids

L
  (1879-1969), British born, known for his orchid work in Costa Rica
 Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach (1974- ), Chilean born botanist. Moved to New Zealand in 2000. Research interests are pollination, taxonomy and conservation of New Zealand orchids. His collections are stored at the WELT herbarium (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
 Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898), a Belgian botanist and explorer, horticulturist and businessman, specialising in orchids
 John Lindley
 Hugh Low

M
 Hanna Margońska (born 1968), a Polish botanist
 Theodore Luqueer Mead (1852-1936), an American naturalist, entomologist and horticulturist known for his pioneering work on the growing and cross-breeding of orchids
 Brian John Peter Molloy (born 1930), New Zealand botanist
 Henry Moon (1857-1905), an English landscape and botanical painter, noted for his orchid paintings

P
 Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer (1846-1906), a German botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae
 Charles Wesley Powell (1854-1927), an American hobbyist and self-taught horticulturist specializing in the orchids of Panama
 George Harry Pring a British born orchid and water lily specialist known for his work at the Missouri Botanical Garden
 Franco Pupulin (born 1960), an Italian botanist specialised in orchid taxonomy and systematics

Q
 Eduardo Quisumbíng (1895–1986), a Filipino plant biologist

R
 Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823–1889), a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century
 Benedikt Roezl (1823-1885), a Czech botanist, gardener, and explorer, among the most famous orchid collectors of his time
 Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921), a British botanist and the first curator of the orchid herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
 Santosh Kumar Reddy (1984-present), an Indian Forest Service officer, is among the most famous orchidologists in Arunachal Pradesh, India

S
 Henry Frederick Conrad Sander
 Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925), a German taxonomist, botanist and author of several works on orchids
 Alexander Skutch
 Paul Carpenter Standley an American botanist, specializing in the flora of Central America, including orchids
 Olof Swartz (1760–1818), a Swedish botanist and taxonomist, and the first specialist of orchid taxonomy
 Dariusz Szlachetko (born 1961), a Polish botanist

T
 Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758–1831), a French botanist known for his work collecting and describing orchids from the three islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion

V
 Louis van Houtte (1810-1876), a Belgian horticulturist
 Ed de Vogel (born 1942), a Dutch orchidologist specialist of the orchid flora of Southeast Asia

W
 Józef Warszewicz (1812-1866), a Polish botanist, plant and animal collector and biologist
 Benjamin Samuel Williams (1822–1890), an English orchidologist and nurseryman in London

References

Orchidologists


is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, and consists of the cities of Miura and Yokosuka. Former Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi served as the first representative of the constituency from its creation in 1996. Koizumi retired at the 2009 elections and his son Shinjirō ran as a candidate for his father's old seat. The Democratic Party of Japan fielded Katsuhito Yokokume, a lawyer and former participant in the Ainori TV show, as a candidate in 2009 to a bid to end the LDP dominance of the district.

As of September 2012, 391,020 eligible voters were registered in the district.

List of representatives

Election results

References

I

Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Districts in Kanagawa Prefecture
Politics of Kanagawa Prefecture
Constituencies established in 1994
1994 establishments in Japan


The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC) is a social, cultural and professional  organization of writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and artist of different genres.  It was founded on August 22, 1961, by the Cuban poet, Nicolas Guillen. Initially their objective was uniting the intellectuals within the young Cuban Revolution to maintain a genuine Cuban culture. The group issued La Gaceta de Cuba beginning in 1962. Cuban violinist and professor Evelio Tieles was President of the Music Section from 1977 to 1984.

Manuel Vázquez Portal was expelled from UNEAC because of his dissident views.

See also
 Ediciones El Puente
 Roger Aguilar Labrada

References

External links
 National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba webpage

Cultural organizations based in Cuba
Arts organizations established in 1961
1961 establishments in Cuba


Smile is the fourteenth full-length album by Japanese band Boris. It was released through Diwphalanx Records in early 2008 (late 2008 for the live version accordingly), featuring guest musicians Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))), both of whom have collaborated with Boris in the past. Shortly after this initial release, the album was released by American label Southern Lord with a slightly different track listing, different artwork (by Stephen O'Malley), and an almost entirely different sound. The first 3000 copies of this edition include a DVD containing videos for "Statement", "Pink" and "My Neighbor Satan".

Notably, this release is the second Boris album to feature vocals on every track (the first, excluding any one-track albums, was Amplifier Worship). Also, it delves more into experimental tendencies with a more manipulated sound, use of drum machines, and even experiments with sampled tracks (notably, "Dead Destination" is essentially "No Ones Grieve part 2" from The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2 with additional vocals; part of the seventh song from Vein is used in the untitled final track).

The album can also be seen as humorous since Boris have referenced this album in an interview with Terrorizer Magazine as "un-cool" and "The sell-out album" with comical lyricism (A prime example being the song "Buzz-In" which is about the Melvins live video Salad of a Thousand Delights), an 80s look for the band themselves, and the tones of voice in some of the songs.

The album charted on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at number 20.

Track listing
The different versions of Smile contain different mixes: the English version was mixed by Souichiro Nakamura, while the Japanese version was handled by You Ishihara.

Diwphalanx CD

Disk Union vinyl
Limited to 500 copies.

Southern Lord CD

Southern Lord vinyl
Several limited-run colors of the Southern Lord vinyl have been released: clear orange (7000 copies), opaque orange (1000 copies), grey (1000 copies), yellow (1000 copies), and black (3000 copies). All versions contain the same music. The mixes here are similar to the Southern Lord CD release but the duration of some tracks have been changed, in part due to the addition of two bonus tracks.

Southern Lord bonus DVD
The bonus DVD came with certain limited editions of the Southern Lord CD, limited to 3000 copies. It features three official music videos.

"Choice Cuts" Amazon exclusive drop-card
All copies of Smile sold through Amazon.com received this additional free download-only collection.

Personnel
 Takeshi - guitar, bass guitar, vocals
 Wata - guitar, vocals
 Atsuo - drums, percussion, vocals
 Michio Kurihara - guitar on "My Neighbour Satan", "Flower, Sun, Rain", and "You Were Holding An Umbrella"
 Stephen O'Malley - guitar on "Untitled"

References

External links

2008 albums
Boris (band) albums
Southern Lord Records albums


The Alexis LaTour House also known as, Old Homeplace and Guillory Homeplace was an historic house in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The oldest portion of the house was built in 1835 by Alexis LaTour. The house was expanded in 1837. The original house was a -story Creole cottage of bousillage construction that was one room wide and two rooms deep and had a front gallery. The 1837 expansion added two rooms and a central hall. Details of the house, including an exterior staircase, bousillage construction, and beaded clapboarding, ceiling beams, and ceiling boards were common in traditional Creole architecture. Both the older and the newer part of the house had unusual mantels. The older mantel featured cove moldings, panels, and a large central lozenge. The other mantels in the house were more traditional but were still unusual.

In 1900 several modifications were made including the addition of Queen Anne style dormer windows and a large rear wing. Over time, other, smaller modifications have been made including the replacement of windows and doors, the replacement of the original gallery columns, and the replacement of front, exterior staircase. Despite the modifications, the house still retained significant integrity, including the basic Creole form of the house, the bousillage construction, the copious beading, and the original mantels at the time of its enlistment in the National Register of Historic Places. The house was the best detailed and largest surviving early structure in Evangeline Parish.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1987, for its architectural significance. It was delisted in 2015 since the house was moved by the owners about  to the southeast in 1998. The house is still standing in Saint Landry Parish at 890 Chretien Point Road, Sunset ().

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

References

Houses completed in 1835
Creole architecture in Louisiana
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Houses in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana


Fabien Lévy (born 11 December 1968) is a French composer.

Biography
Lévy was born in Paris, France. After having been a jazz pianist, he studied composition with Gérard Grisey, orchestration with Marc–André Dalbavie and ethnomusicology with Gilles Leothaud at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1996 to 2000. Trained in mathematics and mathematical economics (Master from ENSAE and ENS Ulm Delta, adjunct in mathematics from 1989 to 1992 and researcher from 1992 to 1994), he definitively quit science for music in 1994. In 2001, he went to Berlin on the DAAD Artist program, and in 2002 to the Villa Medici / Academy of France in Rome. In 2004, he shared the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in composition with Johannes Maria Staud and Enno Poppe. A former pedagogical advisor at IRCAM in Paris and professor of orchestration at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin, he was 2006–2012 assistant professor in composition at Columbia University in New York, was 2012–2017 senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany, and since October 2017 has been senior professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy' Leipzig. He has held numerous composition seminars and lectures in Europe (including Berlin, Como, Royaumont, Darmstadt, Tchaikovsky city, and Paris) and the US (including at Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music, and Cornell University).

His instrumental works, influenced by the spectral school, some acoustic illusions and techniques from various non-Western cultures, mainly focus on paradoxes of perception and musical grammatology, and on techniques of "cross-rhythms" generalized to every musical parameter and "instrumental pointillism", and on deconstructing major concepts of the Western music. While using new technologies, he has also developed some "meta-works" (such as Soliloque sur [x, x,...]).

Catalog

 Jusqu'à peu, for organ four hands (2022, Peters ed.)
 Avant-demain, for six car horns (2020, Peters ed.)
 De l'art d'induire en erreur, for three amplified voices and orchestra (2019, Peters ed.)
 Chroniques déchantées, for Accordion and piano (2019, Peters ed.)
 Murmelt mein Blut, for Soprano and piano (2018, Peters ed.)
 Quand Friselda et son voisin, erotic Canon for 6 voices (2017, Ricordi ed.)
 Nun hab' ich nichts mehr, for soprano, accordion, electric guitar and piano (2016, Ricordi ed.)
 Als Gregor und Griselda, erotic canon for six voices (2015, Ricordi ed.)
 à tue-tête for nine in space wind instruments (2014, Ricordi ed.)
 Towards the door we never opened, for saxophone quartet (2013, Ricordi ed.)
 Danse polyptote, for cello and accordion (2013, Ricordi ed.)
 Après tout, for six singers, flute, saxophone, accordion, electric guitar, percussion and cello (2012, Ricordi ed.)
 A peu près de, for two trumpets (2010, Ricordi ed.)
 A propos, for flute, clarinet, piano, violin & cello (2008, Ricordi ed.)
 Pour orchestre, for big orchestra (2008, Billaudot ed.)
 Lexèmes hirsutes, for cello solo (2007, Billaudot ed.)
 Querwüchsig, for ensemble (2007, Billaudot ed.)
 Tre volti del volubile Ares, for wind symphonic orchestra (2006, Billaudot ed.)
 Les murmures d'une orchidée solitaire, for two Guqin, Chinese flutes, hammond organ, harp, violin & cello (2004, Billaudot ed.)
 Risâla fî-l-hob wa fî'lm al-handasa, ["Small treatise of love and geometry"] for flute, clarinet, euphonium or tenor saxophone, violin & cello (2003, Billaudot ed.)
 Soliloque sur [X, X, X et X], commentaries from a computer about a misunderstood concert (2002) (webpage for the metawork Soliloque)
 Hérédo-ribotes, for solo viola and 51 orchestra musicians (2001)
 Où niche l'hibou ?, small pedagogical pieces for a young student and his teacher (for two saxophones or two flutes or two clarinets) (1999, Billaudot ed.)
 Coïncidences, for ensemble of 33 musicians (1999, Billaudot ed.)
 Durch, in memoriam G. Grisey, for saxophone quartet (1998, Billaudot ed.)
 L'air d'ailleurs-Bicinium, for alto saxophone and tape (1997, Billaudot ed.)
 Dr.B., for baritone and bassoon. Musical theater, inspired by "die Schachnovelle" by Stefan Zweig (1996, Billaudot ed.)
 Les deux ampoules d'un sablier peu à peu se comprennent, for solo amplified harp (1996, Billaudot ed.)

Former students (selection)
 Victor Adan
 Mahir Cetiz
 Guillermo Cobo
 Paul Clift
 Zosha di Castri
 Mario Diaz di Leon
 Michele Foresi
 Evan Gardner
 Amit Gilutz
 Pablo Andoni Gómez Olabarría
 Sampo Haapamäki
 Max Hundelshausen
 Bryan Jacobs
 Brahim Kerkour
 Andile Khumalo
 Steve Lehman
 Dariya Maminova
 Ehsan Mohagheghi-Fard
 Yoshiaki Onishi
 Kate Soper
 Eric Wubbels

References and external links

 Wikipedia website in French
 Publisher's website: Ricordi Berlin
 Publisher's website: Billaudot
 Columbia University Website
 Personal website of the composer

20th-century classical composers
Columbia University faculty
1968 births
Living people
Pupils of Gérard Grisey
Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold
Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin
Male classical composers
Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize winners
20th-century male musicians


Cellach mac Rogallaig (or Cellach Locha Cime) (died 705) was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin Sil Cellaig branch of the Connachta. He was the son of Rogallach mac Uatach (died 649), a previous king. He succeeded his nephew Muiredach Muillethan mac Fergusso (died 702) as king in 702.

He reigned from 702 to 705. The king lists in this period vary in their order of kings. The reign of Cellach is misplaced in the king-lists who place his reign between Dúnchad Muirisci mac Tipraite (died 683) and Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile (died 696). Both the Annals of Tigernach and the Annals of Ulster call him King of Connachta at his death obit however in 705. To confuse matters further he is listed as the guarantor of the Cáin Adomnáin in 697 at the Synod of Birr as King of Connacht.

In July, 703 the high-king Loingsech mac Óengusso of the Cenél Conaill led a large army into Connacht to levy tribute but was defeated and slain along with many of his sons and other kings of the Ui Neill at the Battle of Corann (in South County Sligo). The saga tradition of this battle is preserved in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland. According to this the bards of the high-king mocked Cellach for being an old shaky king. However Cellach:sprang from his chariot swiftly and far from the chariot, and the cracking of the old man's bones was audible as he leaped out of the chariot. And after that he said, in a loud voice, springing to the nearby battle: ‘Connachtmen, defend and protect your own freedom, for the people who are against you are not nobler or braver than you, and they have not done any better than you up to now.’ And he was talking to them like that, with his voice quavering and his eyes on fire." The Connaughtmen rose to the challenge and won the battle.

The reason for Loingsech's attack may have been because the Cenél nEógain had outflanked the Cenél Conaill in the north resulting in expansion into Connacht as the only option available for them as well as a desire by Loingsech to assert his authority as high king. It also may have been due to the pressure of the Uí Briúin on the Cenél Coirpri in the direction of Breifne  which would have cut off the Cenél Conaill from their access to the midlands. The true reason is unclear, the Ui Neill were defeated.

At his death obit in 705 in the annals it is mentioned that he entered the clerical life. He is also referred to as Cellach Locha Cime. This lake is now Lough Hackett, near Headford in modern County Galway. His children were called the Síl Cellaig and contested the kingship of Connacht with the Síl Muiredaig and Síl Cathail throughout the 8th century. They were later displaced from this area by the Uí Briúin Seóla.

His children included Domnall mac Cellaig (died 728) and Forggus mac Cellaig (died 756), both kings of Connacht.

Notes

References

 Annals of Ulster at  at University College Cork
 Annals of Tigernach at  at University College Cork
 Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
 Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2000), Early Christian Ireland, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
 Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan
 Fragmentary Annals of Ireland at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork

705 deaths
Kings of Connacht
Nobility from County Roscommon
8th-century Irish monarchs
Nobility from County Galway
Year of birth unknown


Ronald D. Rubin (born May 7, 1948) is an American bridge player. He is best known for winning the 1983 Bermuda Bowl world teams bridge championship. In addition he has won 11 North American Bridge Championships. Rubin is from North Miami Beach, Florida.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards
 Fishbein Trophy 1990
 Romex Award (Best Bid Hand of the Year) 1976

Wins
 Bermuda Bowl (1) 1983
 North American Bridge Championships (12)
 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1990
 Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1988
 Vanderbilt (4) 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989
 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1975
 Spingold (5) 1980, 1982, 1992, 2005, 2009
 United States Bridge Championships (3)
 Open Team Trials (3) 1982, 1993, 2005
 Other notable wins:
 Lancia Challenge Match (1) 1975
 Lancia Swiss Teams (1) 1975
 Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1985

Runners-up
 North American Bridge Championships (7)
 Vanderbilt (2) 1978, 2008
 Spingold (2) 1985, 1988
 Reisinger (1) 1983
 Grand National Teams (2) 1981, 1992
 United States Bridge Championships (5)
 Open Team Trials (5) 1980, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009

References

External links

1948 births
American contract bridge players
Bermuda Bowl players
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from North Miami Beach, Florida


The Battle of Lone Tree Hill, is the name given to a major battle in 1944 in Dutch New Guinea, between United States and Japanese forces. Fought over the period 17 May – 2 September 1944, the battle formed part of the Western New Guinea campaign.

The battle, with the associated attacks on Sawar Airfield  to the north and Wakde, an island just off shore of Toem  to the south, took place after the opening phase of the campaign, which saw landings at Hollandia and the Aitape in late April.

Following the loss of Hollandia, to the east, in April 1944, the  of coastline and surrounding area of Toem-Wakde-Sarmi was an isolated coastal salient for the Japanese. Nevertheless, elements of the Japanese 223rd and 224th Infantry Regiments, commanded by Lieutenant General Hachiro Tagami, were concentrated at Lone Tree Hill, overlooking Maffin Bay, and were blocking any further advance toward Sarmi, by the 158th Regimental Combat Team of the U.S. Army. The Japanese were in well-prepared positions, which included fortified caves. Meanwhile, the main body of the Japanese 223rd Infantry Regiment had outflanked the U.S. units, and a battalion of the Japanese 224th Infantry Regiment, was retreating from Hollandia, towards the Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area.

Lone Tree Hill rose from a flat, coastal plain about  west of the main jetty in Maffin Bay. The hill was named for a single tree depicted on its crest by U.S. maps; it was a coral formation, covered with dense tropical rain forest and undergrowth. It was about  high,  long north to south, and  wide east to west. The north side was characterized by a steep slope. The eastern slope was fronted by a short, twisting stream which the Americans named Snaky River.

On 14 June, U.S. General Walter Krueger sent the U.S. 6th Infantry Division to relieve the 158th RCT. After ten days of hard fighting, the US forces took Lone Tree Hill. The Japanese suffered more than 1,000 dead, including some trapped in collapsed caves. The U.S. Army suffered about 700 battle and 500 non-battle casualties. By 1 September, there were still around 2,000 Japanese troops in the area, but they no longer posed a threat to Allied operations. With Lone Tree Hill in American possession, Maffin Bay became a major staging base for six subsequent battles: Biak, Noemfoor, Sansapor, Leyte and Luzon.

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Eriophyllum staechadifolium is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae which is known by the common name seaside woolly sunflower. It is native to the coastline of Oregon and California including the Channel Islands. This is a plant of the beaches, dunes, and coastal scrub.

Eriophyllum staechadifolium is variable in size, its height depending in part on its exposure to harsh coastal wind and saline spray. It may reach anywhere from 30 centimeters to 150 centimeters (1–5 feet) tall, and may be small and clumpy or quite sprawling. The leaves are up to seven centimeters (2.8 inches) long and are sometimes lobed. Each inflorescence holds several tightly packed flower heads in shades of golden yellow with centers full of 30-40 disc florets and usually a fringe of 6-6 small ray florets each a few millimeters long.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

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Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
Plants described in 1816
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Demetrios Lialios (Δημήτριος Λιάλιος, Patras, 1869 - 13 March 1940) was a Greek composer. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München under Ludwig Thuille. He was possibly the first modern Greek composer to write chamber music. His oeuvre includes an opera, a requiem, 22 orchestral compositions, 14 chamber music works, and 2 compositions for Greek Orthodox liturgy. His Requiem in B minor, titled Missa pro Defunctis is perhaps the first large-scale modern Greek choral work. He also composed lieder in various languages. Between 1919 and 1935 he was vice-consul of Greece in Munich.

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19th-century male musicians
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Andrew B. Agar (January 9, 1865 – August 13, 1948) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

Agar was born in Canada West in 1865. He came to Edmonton and established a hardware business in 1907 with his brother, James, which he ran from then until 1911. He was elected to the Edmonton City Council to a one-year term in the 1908 municipal election, and did not seek re-election at the conclusion of his term. He became the city commissioner for the City of Edmonton in 1911. In 1917, he moved to a farm 6 miles southwest of Edmonton, where he lived up until his retirement in 1938. Prior to his retirement, Agar lived in a summer home in Seba Beach, Alberta, and in the winters with his daughter, Frances in Edmonton.

Agar had 3 sons and 1 daughter. One son, Egan, was killed in World War I while serving in the 202 Sportsmen's Battalion and Royal Flying Corps in 1917. Another son, Edward Lloyd died in 1936. His daughter, Frances of Edmonton, and son Carlyle "Carl" of Penticton, British Columbia, survived him at the time of his death in 1948.

Agar died on Friday, August 13, 1948, at the Royal Alexandria Hospital after an illness that had him hospitalized for about 2 weeks before his death. He had trouble hearing for several years. He was interred in the Edmonton Cemetery. Agar and his wife, Clara had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary 7 years earlier. His wife, Clara died in January 1955.

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1948 deaths
Edmonton city councillors


Johann Georg Lickl, also Ligkl, Hans-Georg Lickl,  (11 April 1769 – 12 May 1843) was an Austrian composer, organist, Kapellmeister in the main church of Pécs, and piano teacher.

Lickl was born in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, and orphaned as a child. He studied under Witzig, who was the organist at the church of Korneuburg.

He relocated to Vienna in 1785 and studied under Albrechtsberger and Joseph Haydn. Later in the 1780s, he became organist at the Carmelite church in Leopoldstadt. He collaborated with Emanuel Schikaneder on a number of Singspiele in the 1790s, working in the Theater auf der Wieden.  He died, aged 74, in Fünfkirchen (), southern Royal Hungary, Imperial Austria.

He wrote operas, one wind quintet, three string quartets, and served as a Kapellmeister at several churches. From 1807 until his death he was choirmaster at what is now Pécs.

A large portion of his output is sacred music, including masses and requiems.

In 1843, some of his piano- and chamber music works were published by Tobias Haslinger (Vienna), Johann Anton André (Offenbach) and  (Augsburg).

His sons, Karl Georg Lickl (1801, Vienna – 1877, Vienna) and Ägid(ius Ferdinand) Karl Lickl (1803, Vienna – 1864, Trieste), were also composers, whose output includes works for piano and for physharmonica, including a transcription of Beethoven's Mass in C major for physharmonica and piano.

See also
 Music of Pécs
 Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs

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1843 deaths
19th-century Austrian people
18th-century Austrian people
Austrian Romantic composers
Austrian opera composers
Male opera composers
Classical composers of church music
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Austrian Roman Catholics
Austrian music educators
Hungarian people of Austrian descent
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People from Leopoldstadt
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Brian K. Kennedy is the former President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California. Having started in July, 2010, Kennedy was asked to resign in October 2016. Kennedy's resignation raised serious questions about Buck Leadership.

Kennedy has published over 80 manuscripts in prestigious journals including Cell, Nature, Science, Genes & Development, and PNAS.  Potential public health benefits claimed in one study were questioned by the UK National Health Service in 2014.

Kennedy has served on the NIH Cellular Mechanisms of Aging and Development study section since 2006, acting as Committee Chair since 2010.  He has also served on the grant review committee for American Federation for Aging Research Grants since 2006.  He has acted as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Science since 2006 and Cell Cycle since 2010.  Currently, he is co-Editor-in Chief of Aging Cell. Kennedy has served as a consultant for Biotech and Pharmaceutical companies and is a co-Founder of the Nuvita Animal Health Corporation, a now defunct dog food company. He is also Chairman of Mount Tam Biotechnologies, which is traded as a penny stock. In August 2016, Mount Tam Biotechnologies merged with Tabacalera Ysidron, a defunct cigar company which had failed in its plan to distribute Nicaraguan cigars.

References

External links
 Kennedy's Page at the National University of Singapore
 Kennedy's Page at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging
 Kennedy's Page at LinkedIn

Living people
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
1967 births


Raimon de (las) Salas or la Sala was a Provençal troubadour probably of the 1220s/1230s. His short vida survives. He left behind four or five poems, but he must have composed more, since he is vida records his composition of cansos, albas, and retroensas. Along with Ferrari da Ferrara, he is the only troubadour known to have tried his hand at the retroensa.

Raimon was a burgess from Marseille. He may have served at the court of Hugh II des Baux, viscount of Marseille, from 1193 to 1240. He mentions Raimbalda des Baux in one of his poems. His vida records that he was neither well known nor esteemed.

Two of Raimon's tensos were composed with women, including Si.m fos graziz mos chanz, eu m'esforcera, which has a modern English translation by Meg Bogin. Raimon also composed a partimen with an otherwise unknown Bertran, who proposed the dilemma: who are better at making war, feasts, and gifts, the Lombards or Provençals? Raimon praises his compatriots and puts down Lombard women as big and ugly.

Notes

Sources

Bogin, Meg. The Women Troubadours. Scarborough: Paddington, 1976. .
Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn; Shepard, Laurie; and White, Sarah. Songs of the Women Troubadours. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995. .
Caudill, Tamara B. "Half the Man I Used to Be: Raimon de las Salas and the Trouble with the Trobairitz." Tenso 32:1 (2017), pp. 1–18.
Egan, Margarita, ed. The Vidas of the Troubadours. New York: Garland, 1984. .
Paterson, Linda M. The World of the Troubadours: Medieval Occitan Society, c. 1100–c. 1300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. .
Riquer, Martín de. Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.

13th-century French troubadours
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
People from Provence


The  is a railway line in the Tōkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to Kōfu Station in Kōfu, Yamanashi, and the Tōkaidō Main Line with the Chūō Main Line trunk railroads.

History

The  opened a line from Suzukawa (present ) on the Tōkaidō Main Line to Ōmiya (present Fujinomiya) (the southern end of the current route) in 1890.

The  purchased the tramway in 1912, and  converted it to a steam railway the following year, gradually extending the line to , a distance of  by 1920. In 1927, the line was electrified, and in 1928 extended to  on the Chūō Main Line completing the line with a distance of .

In 1938 the Minobu line was leased by the government, and nationalized in 1941. The alignment at Fuji was changed in 1968 to allow through trains to operate from Tokyo without requiring a reversal of direction, and the Fuji - Fujinomiya section was double-tracked between 1969 and 1974.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1982, and freight services ceased in 1987, the year that Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) took over operations of the Minobu Line following privatization of the Japanese National Railways.

Former connecting lines
 Fujinomiya station - The Fuji Horse Tramway operated a 20 km 610mm gauge line to Kami-ide between 1909 and 1939.

Operation
The Fujikawa limited express service operates between Kōfu and  via Fuji using JR Central 373 series EMU trains. Other trains are all-stations "Local" services, with higher frequencies on the Fuji - Nishi-Fujinomiya and  - Kōfu sections compared to the section in between. 313 series and 211 series EMUs are used on local services.

Stations
Stations marked with "｜" only local services stop. Stations marked with "●" local and Fujikawa limited express services stop.

See also
 List of railway lines in Japan

References

External links

 Minobu Line Station information

Rail transport in Shizuoka Prefecture
Rail transport in Yamanashi Prefecture
Railway lines opened in 1890
1067 mm gauge railways in Japan


American Bass Challenge, known in Japan and Europe as , is a fishing video game developed by Starfish for the Game Boy Advance. It was published in Japan by Starfish on August 8, 2001, and in North America by Ubisoft on December 5, 2001.  It is the eleventh game in the Black Bass series, though the Black Bass name was not used for the North American release.

Gameplay

American Bass Challenge has a few different modes: Practice, Quick Fish, and Tournament mode. The practice mode teaches the player the ropes like expected. The only major difference between Quick Fish and Tournament mode in the way it's played out, is that in Quick Fish, the player is provided a location and a lure, while in Tournament mode, the player must decide those aspects themselves. Quick Fish includes a system link feature, that allows up to four friends to play the game at once with only one cartridge.

American Bass Challenge, despite its look, is far from an arcade game, and has a more simulation feel to it. "American Bass Challenge actually takes the other route and delivers some heavier simulation gameplay." The game hearkens back to the NES fishing days, in particular, The Black Bass series.

Reception
The game garnered mostly positive reviews. GameSpot liked the depth of the game, but that the depth was also off-putting and its weakness, and gave the game a 6.1. IGN praised the game, and the reviewer wrote, "I never thought I would say this but, I found a fishing game that rocks." IGN gave the game an 8 out of 10. GameSpy writes that the game is an anomaly in the fishing game genre, because the user will most likely love the game. GameSpy gave the game a 68 out of 100.

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2001 video games
Fishing video games
Game Boy Advance games
Game Boy Advance-only games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Video games developed in Japan


The 2008 Tennessee Titans season was the team's 49th season and 39th in the National Football League (NFL), their 12th in Tennessee, and their tenth as the Titans.

Despite making the playoffs in the 2007 season with a record of 10–6, the Titans were expected by most sportswriters to finish third or even fourth in the AFC South. They nonetheless compiled a 13–3 regular season record—the best in the NFL—and won home-field advantage for the duration of the playoffs after clinching AFC South on December 7 after a win over the Cleveland Browns and a 10–0 start. However, the Titans lost two of their last three regular season games, and were eliminated by the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional round.

This was the last season the Tennessee Titans qualified for the playoffs until 2017, and also the last season when the Titans won the AFC South until 2020, when they also lost to the Ravens in their first playoff game. It would be the final season the Titans gained the AFC's top seed for 13 years.

2008 NFL Draft

Roster

Schedule

Pre-season

Regular season

Note: Division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Regular season results

Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

The Titans pulled off an important divisional win behind the strong running of rookie RB Chris Johnson, who rushed for 93 yards in his NFL debut, and the arm of backup quarterback Kerry Collins, who replaced starter Vince Young when he went down late in the 4th quarter. Young had been inconsistent, throwing 1 TD pass to Johnson and 2 INTs. However, Collins moved the ball down field effectively and that drive led to the eventual game-winning touchdown run by LenDale White. Jacksonville trailed for much of the game and couldn't run the ball against a locked in Titans defense, who sacked Jaguars quarterback David Garrard seven times. Both teams' defenses played well but the Titans held on. This game was also significant because the Jaguars, Texans, and Colts (in their debut at Lucas Oil Stadium) lost, so the Titans grabbed first place in the AFC South for the first week of the season, ending a 56-week streak of holding 1st place in the division by the Colts as the team started the season 1–0.

Week 2: at Cincinnati Bengals

The Titans stayed in 1st place thanks to the extremely strong wind from the remnants of Hurricane Ike (which interfered with an important field goal attempt by Shayne Graham) and a sloppy Cincinnati offense in a 24–7 rout. Chris Johnson ran for over 100 yards for the first time in his career and Kerry Collins had a good day filling in for the injured Vince Young. The Titans first scored on a 1-yd TD run by LenDale White after a scoreless 1st quarter and then Cincinnati scored its only touchdown with a Chris Perry 13-yd TD run on 4th down. The Titans, with a little over a minute left, drove the ball downfield and took a 14–7 lead at the half thanks to an 11-yd touchdown reception by Justin Gage. The knockout punch was delivered early in the 4th quarter with the Titans leading 17–7. Keith Bulluck recovered a blocked punt in the endzone to finish off the Bengals and keep the Titans perfect.

The win also gave the Titans a 2–0 start for the first time since 1999.

Week 3: vs. Houston Texans

Coming off their road win over the Bengals, the Titans went home for a Week 3 duel with the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Houston Texans kicker Kris Brown got a 44-yard field goal. The Titans responded with RB LenDale White getting a 2-yard TD run. Houston drew close as Brown kicked a 24-yard field goal, yet Tennessee answered with QB Kerry Collins completing a 9-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife. The Texans replied with RB Steve Slaton getting a 6-yard TD run (with a failed PAT), while the Titans closed out the half with White's 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with kicker Rob Bironas nailing a 44-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans closed out the game with CB Cortland Finnegan returning an interception 99 yards for a touchdown.

With the win, Tennessee acquired its first 3–0 start since their Super Bowl run of 1999.

Week 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Coming off their home win over the Texans, the Titans stayed at home for a Week 4 interconference duel with the Minnesota Vikings. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas got a 20-yard field goal, along with rookie RB Chris Johnson getting a 1-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Vikings responded with RB Adrian Peterson getting a 28-yard TD run. Afterwards, the Titans answered with Bironas kicking a 32-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 1-yard TD run. Minnesota closed out the half with kicker Ryan Longwell getting a 42-yard field goal.

In the third quarter, Tennessee increased its lead with Bironas nailing a 49-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Vikings tried to rally as Peterson got a 3-yard TD run, yet the Titans pulled away with Johnson getting a 6-yard TD run. The end of the game came with a bad call by the coach, as he elected to punt on 4th down, despite being after the two minute warning, down by two scores and out of time outs. After the Vikings caught a fair catch, they proceeded to take three kneel downs to run out the game clock.

With the win, Tennessee acquired its first 4–0 start in franchise history.

Week 5: at Baltimore Ravens

Coming off their home win over the Vikings, the Titans flew to M&T Bank Stadium for a Week 5 defensive duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Ravens kicker Matt Stover got a 38-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Titans tied the game with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 35-yard field goal. In the third quarter, Baltimore took the lead as RB Le'Ron McClain got a 1-yard TD run. Fortunately, in the fourth quarter, Tennessee rallied with Bironas nailing a 26-yard field goal, along with QB Kerry Collins completing an 11-yard TD pass to TE Alge Crumpler.

With the win, the Titans kept their perfect season alive as they entered their bye week at 5–0. During this bye week, the Titans became the only undefeated team in the NFL with the Giants' loss to the Browns in Week 6.

Week 7: at Kansas City Chiefs

Coming off their bye week, the Titans flew to Arrowhead Stadium for a Week 7 duel with the Kansas City Chiefs. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas got a 49-yard field goal, along with RB LenDale White getting a 6-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Titans increased their lead as White got a 2-yard TD run. In the third quarter, Tennessee continued its victory march as Bironas got a 46-yard field goal. In the fourth quarter, the Titans ripped it up as White got an 80-yard TD run. The Chiefs would get on the board as kicker Nick Novak nailed a 26-yard field goal, yet Tennessee replied with rookie RB Chris Johnson getting a 66-yard TD run. Kansas City ended the game's scoring with QB Tyler Thigpen getting a 14-yard TD run.

With the win, the Titans stayed perfect at 6–0.

In the game, Tennessee's overall ground game reached a franchise-best 332 yards.

Week 8: vs. Indianapolis Colts

On Monday Night Football, the Titans responded to the doubters and defeated the Colts for only the fourth time since formation of the AFC South; the final score was 31–21 and came after Indianapolis had been heavily favored to win. Rob Bironas got it started with a field goal but then Peyton Manning found Dallas Clark for a touchdown on the next drive. Bironas pulled the Titans to within one with another field goal, but missed one before the half to keep the Titans behind going into halftime. Manning found Clark once again the 3rd quarter for a 14–6 lead but that would be the last time they would lead as LenDale White scored and Ahmard Hall caught a two-point conversion from Kerry Collins. Bironas hit another field goal to give the Titans the lead for good. Two key interceptions by the Titans put the Colts away as White scored again and rookie Chris Johnson added his fourth rushing touchdown late. Manning would score a rushing touchdown in the final minute but it was too little too late. With the win, the Titans picked up their first 7–0 start in the franchise's entire history, including as the “Oilers”.

During halftime, former Titans Steve McNair, Eddie George, and Frank Wycheck were honored.

Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers

The Titans kept their record perfect by edging the Packers 19–16 in OT.

Rob Bironas and Mason Crosby each traded field goals early in the first half and the Titans had a 6–3 edge until Aaron Rodgers hooked up with Donald Driver for a touchdown. Then LenDale White helped drive the ball downfield with 50-yard run that set up Chris Johnson's TD run to make it 13–10.

In the second half, the Packers were able to tie the game with two more Crosby field goals and force it into overtime when Bironas missed a potential game-winning field goal at the end of regulation.

In overtime, Kerry Collins and Johnson helped move the ball down the field for a game-winning 47-yard field goal by Bironas, who made up for his mistake at the end of the 4th.

With the win, the Titans ran their regular season winning streak to 11 games, continued their hottest start in franchise history, and remained the only unbeaten team in the league as they improved to 8–0.

Week 10: at Chicago Bears

Coming off their home win over the Packers, the Titans flew to Soldier Field for a Week 10 interconference duel with the Chicago Bears.

In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Bears QB Rex Grossman completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to RB Matt Forte. In the second quarter, the Titans answered with QB Kerry Collins completing a 10-yard TD pass to TE Bo Scaife.

In the third quarter, Tennessee took the lead as Collins completed a 12-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage (a former Bear). In the fourth quarter, the Titans increased their lead as RB LenDale White got a 2-yard touchdown run. Chicago tried to rally as Grossman got a 1-yard touchdown run, yet Tennessee's defense stiffened for the win.

With the win, the Titans kept their perfect season alive at 9–0.

Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Coming off two wins in a row over NFC North Division teams, the Titans continued their road tour to Florida for a Week 11 AFC South rematch with the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as kicker Rob Bironas nailed a 32-yard field goal. In the second quarter, the Jaguars took the lead as RB Maurice Jones-Drew got a 2-yard and a 1-yard TD run. In the third quarter, the Titans regained the lead as QB Kerry Collins completed a 13-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Jones and a 56-yard TD pass to WR Justin Gage. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee closed out the game as Collins hooked up with Gage again on a 38-yard TD pass.

With the win, the Titans kept their dream season alive, improving to a perfect record of 10–0, sweeping the Jaguars for the first time since 2003.

Week 12: vs. New York Jets

Coming off their season-sweeping road win over the Jaguars, the Titans went home for a Week 12 duel with the New York Jets. In the first quarter, Tennessee trailed early as Jets QB Brett Favre completed a 10-yard TD pass to RB Thomas Jones. In the second quarter, New York increased its lead with kicker Jay Feely getting a 20-yard field goal. The Titans closed out the half with kicker Rob Bironas getting a 43-yard field goal.

In the third quarter, the Jets responded as Feely kicked a 30-yard field goal, while Favre completed a 2-yard TD pass to WR Laveranues Coles. In the fourth quarter, Tennessee tried to rally as Rob Bironas nailed a 49-yard field goal, but New York replied with RB Leon Washington getting a 61-yard TD run. The Titans had one last attempt to keep their perfect season alive as QB Kerry Collins completed a 6-yard TD pass to FB Ahmard Hall. However, Tennessee's perfect season went down the tubes as Washington helped seal things for the Jets on a 4-yard TD run.

With the loss, the Titans fell to 10–1.

Week 13: at Detroit Lions

Hoping to rebound from their first loss of the season, the Titans flew to Ford Field for a Week 13 Thanksgiving game against the winless Detroit Lions. In the first quarter, Tennessee drew first blood as rookie RB Chris Johnson got a 6-yard TD run. The Lions would respond with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 53-yard field goal. The Titans would answer with Johnson getting a 58-yard TD run, along with DE Dave Ball returning an interception 15 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Tennessee increased their lead with RB LenDale White getting a 6-yard and a 2-yard TD run. Detroit would reply with QB Daunte Culpepper completing a 2-yard TD pass to TE Michael Gaines.

In the third quarter, kicker Rob Bironas would kick field goals of 41 and 49 yards to put the Titans up by 31, and in the fourth quarter, he would nail field goals of 45 and 43 yards to put the Titans up for good.

With the win, Tennessee not only improved to 11–1 on the season, but the Titans became the only AFC South team to defeat all four NFC North teams in interconference play.

Center Kevin Mawae, DT Albert Haynesworth, and running backs Johnson and White were given CBS's All-Iron Award for their performance.

Week 14: vs. Cleveland Browns

Coming off their Thanksgiving win over the Lions, the Titans came home to face the Cleveland Browns in a Week 14 duel. In the first quarter, Cleveland would jump on top early as Phil Dawson made 47 and 41-yard field goals. Tennessee, however, would answer with a 28-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Ahmard Hall. Then, later in the 2nd quarter, LenDale White found the end zone from 3 yards out to give them a 14–6 lead.

In the third quarter, Kerry Collins found Justin Gage for a 9-yard touchdown and the Titans found themselves in control, leading 21–9 heading into the 4th quarter. Cleveland attempted to make a comeback with Phil Dawson making a 39-yard field goal, but could not finish as Chris Johnson scored from 25 yards out and put the game away for the Titans.

With the win, not only did Tennessee improve to 12–1, but they also clinched their first AFC South title since 2002.

Week 15: at Houston Texans

With the loss, the Titans fell to 12–2 and their winning streak against the Texans came to an end.

Week 16: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Hoping to rebound from their divisional road loss to the Texans, the Titans went home for a crucial Week 16 battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the AFC's top seed on the line.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Titans got the second quarter lead as kicker Rob Bironas got a 42-yard field goal, along with quarterback Kerry Collins completing a 34-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Justin Gage. The Steelers would respond with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger completing a 31-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santonio Holmes. In the third quarter, Pittsburgh took the lead as Roethlisberger completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Hines Ward, yet Tennessee struck back with rookie running back Chris Johnson getting a 21-yard touchdown run. The Titans would then pull away in the fourth quarter with running back LenDale White's 1-yard touchdown run and safety Michael Griffin's 83-yard interception return for a touchdown. This was the first game of the year where the league-leading Steelers defense allowed more than 300 yards of total offense (allowing 332 yards).

With the win, not only did Tennessee improve to 13–2, but also locked up the AFC's #1 seed. This would prove the Titans last win until Week 8 of the 2009 season.

This would also be the last time a team swept both the AFC North and NFC North in the same season until the Dallas Cowboys did so in 2016.

Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts

With the AFC's #1 seed under their belt, the Titans flew to Lucas Oil Stadium to close out their regular season in a Week 17 AFC South rematch with the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans rested several of their starters for the game including Chris Johnson and benched Kerry Collins early. Tennessee trailed early in the first quarter as Colts quarterback Peyton Manning completed a 55-yard touchdown pass to running back Joseph Addai followed by kicker Adam Vinatieri's 28-yard field goal. The Titans' deficit would increase in the second quarter as Vinatieri nailed a 21-yard and a 38-yard field goal. After a scoreless third quarter, Indianapolis closed out the game in the fourth quarter as center Jamey Richard recovered a fumble within Tennessee's endzone for a touchdown.

With the loss, the Titans ended the regular season at 13–3. This would become the beginning of an eight-game losing streak for the Titans.

Playoffs

AFC Divisional Round: vs. Baltimore Ravens

Entering the postseason as the AFC's top seed, the Titans began their postseason run at home in the AFC Divisional round against the #6 Baltimore Ravens, in a rematch of their Week 5 contest.

Matt Stover kicked a 43-yard field goal with 57 seconds remaining to send the Ravens into the AFC Championship Game at the expense of the Titans, as quarterback Joe Flacco became the first rookie quarterback to win two playoff games in a single postseason. Tennessee turned the ball over three times, which proved to be the difference between the two teams, as Baltimore never gave the ball away.

The Titans took the lead on their second drive of the game with Kerry Collins completing a 28-yard pass to rookie running back Chris Johnson and a 20-yarder to Justin Gage before Johnson finished the drive with an 8-yard touchdown run. But the Ravens answered back with a 48-yard touchdown Flacco pass to former Titan Derrick Mason.

Early in the second quarter, Tennessee drove to the Ravens 25-yard line, only to turn the ball over on downs due to a fumbled snap on a fourth down conversion attempt. Then after forcing a punt, their drive to the Ravens 32-yard line also ended with no points when a pass from Collins was picked off by former Titan Samari Rolle. Following another punt, the Titans moved the ball into scoring range for the third time in a row, this time driving to the Baltimore 22. But once again they came up empty after LenDale White's fumble was recovered by Ravens safety Jim Leonhard with 25 seconds left in the half.

In the second half, a 29-yard punt return by Leonard and a 37-yard reception by Mark Clayton set up a Stover field goal to take a 10–7 lead. Meanwhile, the Titans failed to score again, as Rob Bironas missed a 51-yard field goal and after Stover's field goal, and Ravens cornerback Fabian Washington forced and recovered a fumble from tight end Alge Crumpler on Baltimore's 1-yard line.

However, the Ravens were unable to gain any yards with their ensuing drive and Tennessee got the ball back with great field position at the Ravens 42-yard line. This time, they managed to drive to the 10-yard line and score with a Bironas field goal to tie the game at 10.

Two plays after the ensuing kickoff, Baltimore faced 3rd down and 2. On the next play, the play clock appeared to expire before the snap, but no penalty flag was thrown and Flacco ended up completing a 23-yard pass to Todd Heap. Five plays later, Stover's 43-yard field goal gave the Ravens a 13–10 lead with 53 seconds left. Baltimore's defense then sealed the victory by forcing Tennessee to turn the ball over on downs on their own 40-yard line.

Notes

References

External links

Tennessee
Tennessee Titans seasons
AFC South championship seasons
Titans


Jalan Jambatan Kota, Federal Route 2 and 5, is a major highway in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Bulatan Simpang Lima roundabout interchange until Bulatan 100 roundabout interchange.

List of interchanges

See also
Federal Highway
Malaysia Federal Route 2
Malaysia Federal Route 5

Highways in Malaysia
Malaysian Federal Roads
Expressways and highways in the Klang Valley


Oskar Lindberg may refer to:

 Oskar Lindberg (composer) (1887–1955), Swedish composer and church musician in Stockholm
 Oskar Lindberg (cross-country skier) (1894–1977), winner of Vasaloppet ski race in 1923

See also
 Oscar Lindberg (disambiguation)


Stanley Fields is an American biologist best known for developing the yeast two hybrid method for identifying protein–protein interactions. He is currently a professor of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and serves as chair of the Department of Genome Sciences.

Education
Fields was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 1981 for research carried out in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) with Greg Winter and George Brownlee.

Research
Along with Matt Kaeberlein and Brian Kennedy,  Fields has carried out genome-wide screens for aging genes in yeast.  Kaeberlein and co-workers have questioned the hypothesis that lifespan extension from caloric restriction is mediated by Sirtuins.  Instead Kaeberlein, Fields, and Kennedy have proposed that caloric restriction increases lifespan by decreasing the activity of the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase.

Honors and awards
2003 Jacob Heskel Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine (jointly with Roger Brent)

References

1955 births
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Living people
American molecular biologists
American geneticists
University of Washington faculty
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators


Olmstead Luca (18261869) was a Liberian pianist and composer. He composed the music for the Liberian national anthem, "All Hail, Liberia, Hail!". He came from a mixed-race family that had immigrated to Liberia from the southern United States.

Web sources

1826 births
1869 deaths
19th-century classical composers
American emigrants to Liberia
American Romantic composers
Americo-Liberian people
Liberian male musicians
National anthem writers


Ski country is the hilly, snowy portions of the boundary between the Niagara Frontier and the Southern Tier of the western part of New York.

Weather

The area is a largely hilly terrain, mostly downwind from Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes, along the Eastern Continental Divide between the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and Susquehanna River watersheds. The result of this is that through orographic lift, a significant amount of lake effect snow falls there during the months of November, December and January.

The portion of ski country in Western New York is defined by a geologic formation known as the Chautauqua Ridge.

Ski destinations

As the name implies, the area is particularly popular with skiers, and there are several ski resorts that stretch from Pennsylvania into Central New York. The local ski resorts primarily offer alpine skiing while the numerous state parks use their hiking trails for cross-country skiing. Overall, the state of New York is the third-most popular skiing destination in the United States, behind Colorado and California, with neighboring Vermont a close fourth.

Resorts

Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant of Edinboro - in Edinboro, Pennsylvania installed first chair lift in 2014 (also offers snow tubing)
Ski Denton/Denton Hill - in Coudersport, Pennsylvania (slightly outside the general definition of ski country, no longer in operation)

New York
 Big Basin Ski Area - in Red House, New York. Operated from 1951 until New York's ongoing eminent domain campaign forced most of Red House's private property to be vacated in 1972.
 Bluemont Ski Area - Yorkshire, New York - closed in 1982
 Bova Ski Resort - in Red House, New York. Bova (named after the Beauvais family, who donated the land) was the site of a Great Depression-era public works project as part of Allegany State Park that would serve as the area's first ski destination. The Bova resort also included the region's only ski jumps. The ski jumps were damaged by a mudslide in 1979, and outdated and malfunctioning equipment led to the area's shutdown in 1980.
 Brantling Ski Slopes - in Sodus, New York
 Bristol Mountain - in South Bristol, New York (also offers Nordic skiing)
 Buffalo Ski Club - in Colden
 Cockaigne Ski Resort - in Cherry Creek (town), New York
 Dry Hill Ski Area - in Watertown, New York
 Greek Peak - in Virgil, New York near the city of Cortland
 Grosstal/Wing Hollow Ski Area - in Allegany, New York (closed in early 80's)
 Holiday Valley - in Ellicottville (town), New York
 Holimont - in Ellicottville (also offers Nordic skiing)
 Poverty Hill/Concord Ski Club - in Ellicottville (closed 1991, land currently being repurposed)
 Kissing Bridge - in Glenwood, New York within the town of Colden
 Labrador Mountain - in Truxton, New York
 Mount Hermanns - in Olean, was the first commercial ski resort in the area and was established in the 1930s. It closed after several decades of operation due to competition from other, newer resorts in the area.
 Peek'n Peak - in Clymer, New York
 Snow Ridge Ski Resort - in Turin, New York
 Song Mountain Resort - in Tully, New York
 Swain Ski Resort - in Grove, New York
 Toggenburg Mountain - in Fabius, New York

State parks
 Art Roscoe Ski Area at Allegany State Park in Red House, New York
 Keuka Lake State Park in Jerusalem, New York
 Letchworth State Park in Livingston County, New York
 Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua near Maple Springs, New York

See also
 List of ski areas and resorts in the United States
 Tug Hill Plateau

References

External links
 New York State's ski portal

Regions of New York (state)


Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) is a United States Navy echelon IV component of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, delivering logistics capabilities with active and mobilization-ready Reserve Force personnel and equipment to theater commanders.

Mission
Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) is an enabler of Maritime Prepositioning Forces (MPF), Joint Logistics Over The Shore (JLOTS) operations, and maritime forces ashore, providing expeditionary cargo handling services for surface, air, and terminal operations, tactical fueling, and ordnance handling/reporting in support of worldwide Naval, Joint, inter-agency, and combined forces/organization.

NAVELSG is responsible for providing expeditionary logistic capabilities for the Navy, primarily within the maritime domain of the littorals, and conducts surface and air cargo handling missions, cargo terminal and warehouse operations, fuels distribution, postal services, customs inspections, ordnance reporting and handling, and expeditionary communications.

NAVELSG is an "Operational Reserve" command organized and staffed to provide a wide range of supply and transportation support critical for peacetime support, crisis response, humanitarian and combat service support missions.

History

WWII and Establishment of "Special Naval Construction Battalions"

The U.S. Navy's first "Combat Stevedores" were the 41 "Special" Naval Construction Battalions, created during WWII.  Their primary function was stevedoring in active theaters of war. The men received the standard mix of Navy/Marine Corps training that Seabees received, after which they went through stevedore schools with complete mock ships built on dry land at the Seabee training centers. 15 of the original battalions were segregated units; by 1945 they were among the Navy's first integrated units. The downsizing at the end of the war brought about the decommissioning of all 41 battalions.

The Special Battalions saw combat in the Pacific War. Of note were the actions of the 17th Special (segregated) at Peleliu 15-18 Sept 1944.  The Japanese mounted a counter-attack 0200 D-day nite.  By the time it was over, nearly the entire 17th had volunteered to carry ammunition to the front lines, bring wounded back, fill where needed on the line and man weapons which had lost their crews. The 17th Special remained with the 7th Marines until the right flank had been secured D-plus3.

Re-establishment and Cold War
Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE (NCHB 1) was commissioned 1 October 1949 and was organized after the Special Construction Battalions of World War II.  In 1956 the battalion was an element of Operation Deep Freeze and has deployed to Antarctica numerous times in the years since.

In 1965, the Cargo Handling Battalions were deployed to augment Task Group 76.4 in the discharge of ships' cargo for I Corps (South Vietnam) of the III Marine Amphibious Force".

Post-Cold War

More recently, the lessons learned from Operation Desert Storm identified a requirement for a single, multi-functional organization able to provide flexible, deployable transportation and supply support logistics services in any area of the world. Established in 1993, the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) was built upon the foundation of the Navy Cargo Handling Force (NCHF). The NCHF originated in the 1970s with the establishment of six Reserve Navy Cargo Handling Battalions to support the Marine Corps Maritime Prepositioning Force. The number of battalions grew to 12 in the 1980s.

NCHBs deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq during the War on terror.

Current

NCHBs deploy on a rotational basis around the world in support of national strategic objectives.

Sailors assigned to units of the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Group are eligible to earn designation as Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist after several months of training and an oral board.

Subordinate Units
NAVELSG (Echelon IV), directs four Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiments (NELR) (Echelon V) and their subordinate Navy Cargo Handling Battalions (NCHBs)(Echelon VI). Additionally, each NELR has an Expeditionary Communications Detachment (ECD).
 Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Forward (NAVELSG FWD), NSA Bahrain
 First Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (1ST NELR), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Cheatham Annex
 NCHB 1:  Cheatham Annex, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia.
 ECD 1:  Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
 Second Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (2ND NELR), Cheatham Annex
 NCHB 8:  Lakehurst Maxfield Field, Lakehurst, New Jersey
 NCHB 10: Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia
 ECD 2:   Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Virginia
 Fourth Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (4TH NELR), NAS Jacksonville, Florida
 NCHB 11: NAS Jacksonville, Florida
 NCHB 13: CBC Gulfport, Mississippi
 ''Fifth Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment (5TH NELR), Point Mugu, California
 NCHB 5: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA
 NCHB 14: Port Hueneme, California
 ECD 5:   Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California

References

External links
 NAVELSG Command Video
 NAVELSG Public Website
 NAVELSG Official Business Website (CAC required)
 NAVELSG SLIDESHARE
 Special Seabee Battalion Unit Histories and Cruisebooks at the Seabee Museum

United States Navy Reserve
Military logistics of the United States
Military logistics units and formations of the United States Navy


Erodium malacoides is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names Mediterranean stork's bill, soft stork's-bill and oval heron's bill. This is an annual or biennial herb which is native to much of Eurasia and North Africa but can be found on most continents where it is an introduced species.

Description
The young plant grows a number of ruffled green leaves radially outward flat against the ground from a knobby central stem. The stem may eventually reach half a meter in height with more leaves on long, hairy petioles. It bears small flowers with fuzzy, soft spine-tipped sepals and five lavender to magenta petals. The fruit is green with a glandular body about half a centimeter long and a long, pointed style two to three centimeters in length.

References

External links
Photo gallery

malacoides
Flora of Malta


Global Clubbing: Netherlands is a DJ mix album, mixed by trance producer Tiësto, released in 1998.

Track listing
S.B. McCafferty - "Lonely Drive" – 4:44
Stone Factory - "New Sunset" (Olav Basoski Remix) – 5:29
HH - "Planetary" (Original Version) – (2:36)
Pink Bomb Feat. Tracey Cattell - "Indica" (Original Mix) – 6:14
Clear View - "Cry For Love" (DJ Philip Remix) – 5:41
Roze - "Our Love" – 4:57
Channel Tribe - "Neuro Disco" – 4:00
Kamaya Painters - "Endless Wave" – 4:41
Rob Searle - "Planet 303" – 4:58
Interflow - "Beyond Centaury" – 4:11
Starecase - "Reference" (Original Mix) – 5:06
Tilt vs. Paul van Dyk - "Rendezvous" (Quadrophonic Remix) – 5:19
Arrakis - "Medusa (Part 1)" – 6:05
Mystica - "Africa Horizon" (X-Cabs Remix 1) – 3:08
Dos Deviants - "Strange Days" (Original Version) – 6:34

References

1998 compilation albums
Tiësto compilation albums


Scopus may refer to:

 Scopus, a bibliographic database for science
 Scopus Technology, Inc., a former producer of server software founded in 1991 in Emeryville, CA, then acquired by Siebel Systems itself acquired by Oracle Corporation.
 Scopus (journal), a journal of East Africa ornithology
 Scopus (bird), the sole genus in the Scopidae bird family
 Mount Scopus, a mountain in northeast Jerusalem
 Scopus Township, Bollinger County, Missouri, a U.S. town

See also
 Scope (disambiguation)
 Skopos (disambiguation)


Xavier Malisse was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Bobby Reynolds.

Kei Nishikori won his first ATP title at 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, against James Blake.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

External links
 Main Draw
 Qualifying draw

Singles

nl:ATP-toernooi van Delray Beach 2008


Isla Pucú is a small town and district in the Cordillera Department of Paraguay. Its people are usually farmers. Technology is taking place rapidly and it is getting to be a more sophisticated place, because many of the young people are migrating to North America and Spain, to help their families economically.

Districts of Cordillera Department


Matěj Kůs (born 11 July 1989) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He is a Czech Republic national champion.

Between British spectators he is called Matty, Magicman or KusKus.

Career
Kůs represented the Czech Republic national speedway team and was named 3 times as Speedway Grand Prix Wild Card in Prague. He became a full Czech international representative rider when he was selected for the Speedway World Cup first time in 2008. Kus is supported by Centrum Sportu Ministerstva Vnitra of the Czech Republic.

He began his British league career in 2007, when he rode for Berwick Bandits. In 2007, Kůs was racing for the Berwick Bandits, when a crash left him unconscious for 45 minutes. When he awoke he was suffering from amnesia and reportedly spoke perfect English, a sudden and unexplained knowledge of the English language, a paranormal phenomenon known as xenoglossy. As Kůs had just begun to study the English language, his team members were shocked to hear him speaking the language perfectly. However the effect did not last long and Kůs had no recollection of the incident after two days.

He returned to Britain for the 2011 season after signing for the Redcar Bears and spent the next  three seasons with the club.

In 2014, Kus rode for Berwick Bandits returning to his parent club Redcar Bears in 2015. Newcastle Diamonds speedway bought him in 2016 and paid the transfer fee to Redcar Bears. In 2017, he started well after winning the first meeting of the season in Lonigo (Italy). Unfortunately, he was injured the following week and badly broke his foot in Poland. Kus missed most of the rest of the 2017 season because of the injury, although he managed to ride in the Speedway World Cup at King's Lynn.

His last season in Britain was riding for Redcar and Newcastle in 2018.

See also
 Czech Republic national speedway team
 List of Speedway Grand Prix riders

References

1989 births
Living people
Czech speedway riders
European Pairs Speedway Champions
Berwick Bandits riders
Sportspeople from Plzeň


The Middlebury College Snowbowl is a ski area in Hancock, Vermont,  east of Middlebury in the Green Mountains. The site has been owned and operated by Middlebury College since its first trails were cut in 1934. The Snowbowl has 17 trails and 3 lifts, offering access to more than  of terrain. In 2006, it became the first carbon-neutral ski area in the United States.

History
One of the second oldest ski areas in Vermont, the Snowbowl has hosted intercollegiate competitions since the 1930s. The original lodge—a traditional log cabin—was built in 1938 and remains the oldest standing base lodge in the nation.

The Mountain
Located on the north slope of Worth Mountain, the Snowbowl rises near Middlebury Gap on land willed to Middlebury College by Joseph Battell in 1915. The property is surrounded by the Joseph Battell Wilderness, land once owned by the College but now part of the Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain features 600+ skiable acres, 100 acres of trails and 500 acres of skiable woods. Averaging  of natural snowfall annually, additional snowmaking covers nearly half of all trails, including most terrain served by the Worth Mountain and Sheehan chairlifts. The Snowbowl's eastern face, colloquially known as "the backside", relies mainly on natural snow and is accessed by the Bailey Falls triple chairlift.

Sustainability
Middlebury College Snowbowl carries on Middlebury College's commitment to creating a more sustainable world by implementing efficiency and electrification projects in all of their operations. For the Snowbowl, this has included switching to more efficient snow guns, an electric compressor, and installing more efficient lighting in the lodge.

The Snowbowl endeavors to electrify their vehicle fleet with electric snowmobiles and passenger cars. In the future, they are pursuing projects related to composting and renewable energy.

References

External links
 Middlebury College Snowbowl
 Middlebury College Alpine Ski Team
 Snowbowl Ski Patrol
 First Tracks Report (online magazine)

Ski areas and resorts in Vermont
Middlebury College
Buildings and structures in Addison County, Vermont
Tourist attractions in Addison County, Vermont
Vermont culture


James Duncan Hyndman, CBE (July 29, 1874 – October 11, 1971) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge. He served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta, and was the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta.

Early life

Hyndman was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on July 29, 1874. He graduated from the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown and articled as a lawyer with Angus Alexander McLean, the Member of Parliament for Queen's, and was called to the Prince Edward Island bar in 1899. The same year, he moved to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where he practised law with his uncle in the firm MacDonald and Hyndman. He came to Edmonton in 1903, and worked with the firm Kennedy and Hyndman (which would become Hyndman and Hyndman in 1905).

In 1902 he married Ethel Davies, with whom he would have five children.

Political career

Hyndman served as president of the Alberta Conservative Association from 1907 until 1909. During this time, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate in the riding of Edmonton; he finished second to Liberal Frank Oliver in a two-person race.

He ran for Edmonton City Council in the 1909 election and was elected to a two-year term, finishing second of ten candidates. He did not run for re-election at the term's conclusion. He ran for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1913 provincial election as a Conservative in Sturgeon, but was defeated by Liberal John R. Boyle (himself a former Edmonton alderman). This was his last attempt at elected office.

Judicial career

In 1914, Hyndman became the youngest person ever to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta. He served in this capacity until 1931, when he became the President of the Canadian Pension Appeal Court in Ottawa, a position he held until 1940. From 1940 until 1942 he served as Wartime Rental and Salaries Controller, in which capacity he heard appeals by German and Italian prisoners in Canada and supervised the Excess Profits Tax Act.

Between 1951 and 1954, Hyndman served as deputy judge of the Exchequer Court of Canada. He was also commissioner of the War Claims Commission and the Great Lakes Security Acts Board. In 1961-1962 he advised Finance Minister Donald Fleming on claims by Canadians against Japan as a result of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Personal life, death, and legacy

Hyndman was an active Mason. He was inducted as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1948.

His grandson, Lou Hyndman, served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (representing Edmonton West from 1967 until 1971 and Edmonton-Glenora from 1971 until 1986) and provincial treasurer.

James Duncan Hyndman died October 11, 1971, at the age of 97. Hyndman Crescent and Road, streets in Edmonton, are named in his honour.

References
Edmonton Public Library biography of James Hyndman
City of Edmonton biography of James Hyndman
Report to the Edmonton City Council Executive Committee including a list of aldermen who have been honoured in the names of Edmonton's features

1874 births
1971 deaths
Edmonton city councillors
Lawyers in Prince Edward Island
Lawyers in Manitoba
Lawyers in Alberta
Judges in Alberta
Politicians from Charlottetown
Canadian people of Scottish descent
University of Prince Edward Island alumni
Canadian Anglicans
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta candidates in Alberta provincial elections


The Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán (Autonomous University of Yucatan), or UADY, is an autonomous public university in the state of Yucatán, Mexico, with its central campuses located in the state capital of Mérida. It is the largest tertiary educational institution () in the state, offering some 41 different courses at the undergraduate or Bachelor's degree (licenciatura) level, and 26 postgraduate Master's degrees (maestrías). The institution was established in 1922 by then governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto as the Universidad Nacional del Sureste, but its lineage may be traced back to a Spanish Empire royal decree promulgated in 1611, that allowed for the creation of the Colegio de San Francisco Javier in Mérida.

See also
 Education in Mexico

Notes

References

External links
 Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, official website

1922 establishments in Mexico
Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Universities and colleges established in 1922


Nervonic acid (24:1, n−9) is a fatty acid.  It is a monounsaturated analog of lignoceric acid (24:0). It is also known as selacholeic acid and cis-15-tetracosenoic acid.  Its name derives from the Latin word nervus, meaning nerve or sinew.

It exists in nature as an elongation product of oleic acid (18:1 Δ9). Its immediate precursor is erucic acid. Nervonic acid is particularly abundant in the white matter of animal brains and in peripheral nervous tissue where nervonyl sphingolipids are enriched in the myelin sheath of nerve fibers.

This acid is among the group of cerebrosides, which are fatty acids of the glycosphingolipids group, which are components of muscles and the nervous system, accounting for approximately 40% of the total fatty acids in sphingolipids.

Structure
As it is defined as a monounsaturated fatty acid, it has one double bond in the fatty acid chain and all the remaining carbon atoms are single-bonded.

It is classified in the sub-group of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA), which includes molecules containing more than 20 carbon atoms. It has specifically 24-carbon backbone and the sole C=C double bond originating from the methyl end is in n-9 or omega-9 (ω-9).

Functions
Nervonic acid may be involved in the growth and maintenance of nerve tissue as a regulator of Ca2+ ion channels in the cell membranes of nerve tissue.

Sources

Nervonic acid occurs in seed oil of plants, where significant amounts are contained. Indeed, more than 10% of the lipids contain nervonic acid, usually in the form of triglycerides. The seed oils of Lunaria species (Lunaria biennis or Lunaria annua, for example) are a quite important source of this long chain fatty acid, since they contain over 20% of it in the triglyceride lipid. Nervonic acid is also found in Cardamine gracea, Heliophila longifola, and Malania oleifera. In all these species, 24:1 usually is esterified at the sn-1 and sn-3 positions on the glycerol backbone. Other sources can be the molds Neocallimastix frontalis, the bacterium Pseudomonas atlantica, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the marine diatom Nitzschia cylindrus.

Nervonic acid was first isolated from the brains of sharks and its molecular structure was determined over a century ago; due to this, the acid is also known as shark oil acid. Scientists found that shark brains could repair themselves quickly after being damaged, suggesting that nervonic acid had the ability to promote the repair and regeneration of nerve fibers in damaged brain tissue.

References

Additional references
 Appelqvist (1976) Lipids in Cruciferae. In: Vaughan JG, Macleod AJ (Eds), The biology and the Chemistry of Cruciferae. Academic Press, London, UK, pp. 221–277.

Fatty acids
Alkenoic acids


The Front for the Liberation of the Golan is a guerrilla organization formed by Syria in July 2006 shortly after the 2006 Lebanon War, viewed by Syria as a victory by Hezbollah over Israel. Its aim is to recover the Golan Heights from Israel through a military campaign. The force is trained by Hezbollah, which in turn was trained by Iran.
It is made up of hundreds of Syrian volunteers and Palestinian refugees living in the Damascus area.

References

Arab militant groups
Golan Heights
Guerrilla organizations
Hezbollah
History of Quneitra Governorate
Iran–Syria relations
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
National liberation armies
Paramilitary organizations based in Syria


The English idiom "don't judge a book by its cover" is a metaphorical phrase that means one should not judge the worth or value of something or someone by their outward appearance alone. For example, "That man may look very small and insignificant, but don't judge a book by its cover – he's a very powerful man in his circle".

Early reference
In George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860), Mr. Tulliver uses the phrase in discussing Daniel Defoe's The History of the Devil, saying how it was beautifully bound.
The phrase was popularized when it appeared in the 1946 murder mystery, Murder in the Glass Room, by Lester Fuller and Edwin Rolfe: “You can never tell a book by its cover.”

See also
 All that glitters is not gold
 Face value
 Prima facie

References

English-language idioms
Metaphors referring to objects
English proverbs


Ivar Henning Mankell (3 June 1868 in Härnösand – 8 May 1930 in Stockholm) was a Swedish composer, largely of piano works. He studied at the conservatory in Stockholm from 1887 to 1895, and studied piano under Lennart Lundberg. He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and wrote music criticism for the Svenska morgonbladet and the Stockholms-tidningen. He gave private lessons in piano and music theory. He is also the grandson of Johan Hermann Mankell, the son of painter Emil Theodor Mankell, and the grandfather of author Henning Mankell.

His compositions are primarily pieces for solo piano and for chamber ensembles including piano. He was influenced by French Impressionism.

References
Layton/Rabes, "Henning Mankell". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan, 2001.

External links

1868 births
1930 deaths
19th-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
People from Härnösand
Romantic composers
Swedish classical composers
Swedish male classical composers
20th-century Swedish male musicians
20th-century Swedish musicians
19th-century male musicians


Erodium botrys is a species of flowering plant in the geranium family known by the common names longbeak stork's bill, Mediterranean stork's-bill and broadleaf filaree.

Distribution
This is an annual herb which is native to much of Eurasia, the Mediterranean region, and North Africa.

It is found in many other areas of the world as a weedy  introduced species, including Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Americas.

Description
Erodium botrys starts from a flat rosette of highly lobed green leaves on red petioles. It grows to heights of anywhere from  with somewhat hairy stems and foliage.

It bears small flowers with hairy, pointed sepals surrounding five purple-streaked lavender petals.

The filaree fruit is quite long, its style reaching up to  in length.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Photo gallery

botrys
Flora of Europe
Flora of North Africa
Flora of Western Asia
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles