The state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico has a noteworthy tradition of finely crafted textiles, particularly handmade embroidery and woven goods that frequently use a backstrap loom. Oaxaca is home to several different groups of indigenous peoples, each of which has a distinctive textile tradition.

Most notably present in the state of Oaxaca are the Zapotec,  Nahua and Mixtec tribes. Each of these groups of indigenous people contributed their own influences on the modern atuendos or “attires” in Oaxaca today. Textiles and particular clothing garments and accessories can tell a lot about the culture in which they were produced. By analyzing the textiles, the technology used to create the garment can be deciphered. Many of the tools used were similar throughout Mexico, however, some tools were more common in specific regions or villages, resulting in many of the similarities in embroidery and patterns. The different garments created in Oaxaca also differ based on the indigenous peoples’ view of the world and their own social structures. For example, a cape-like garment called a tilma or las capa, made of cotton was strictly reserved for members of the upper class. Most textiles made from cotton were used by the upper class because it was a material that was much easier to work with than the usual leaves of plants, thus making the crop a luxury.

Many of the ancient textile and attire traditions from Mexico have disappeared over time with climate change being one of the reasons why. Because many of these antique, traditional styles of dress have become obsolete, they can often be recreated or analyzed only from murals and sculptures that depict the textiles and attire as well as how both were worn. Consequently, as these older textiles and traditional styles became less popular over time, it gave rise to the contemporary  indigenous dress that is often seen today; this contemporary dress is known as the Traje de Tehuana. The attires of ancient Mexico still influence the contemporary dress; some of the garments have actually been passed on over time which slight adjustments of textile, materials used, embroidery, patterns etc. The effect of the ancient attire on the contemporary dress is evident through the similarities and purposes of the contemporary styles. In ancient dress, a Tilma, was a part of a man’s dress, usually made of cotton and worn by the upper-class. However, it is evident that in contemporary dress, a Rebozo (also called Sarape or Gabán) is a shawl worn by women and heavily influenced by the Tilma. Many of the key aspects and characteristics of older attire serve as a template for the patterns and embroidery seen in contemporary textiles and garments.

Construction

Oaxacan fibers may be hand spun from cotton or locally cultivated silk. Traditional dye sources include Purpura pansa among the Huave, Chontal, and Mixtec people. The Chontal and Mazatec also utilize cochineal to attain bright red tones.

According to Alejandro de Ávila B., founding director of the Ethnobotanical Garden in Oaxaca, the region's biological diversity yields Mexico's greatest variety of fibers and dyes, and "the technical sophistication of Oaxaca's textiles is unparalelled in the country."

Traditional clothing items among the peoples of Oaxaca include the huipil, a women's blouse constructed from several panels; the ceñidor, a type of sash among the Mazatec; and the paño, a Chinantec head covering.  Handcrafted Oaxacan textiles employ plainweave, brocade patterns, gauze weave.

Much can be said about the technology being used to create these textiles based on the final product when they are complete. In ancient Mexico, waist looms were used to craft the garments. These specific tools would not allow the specific garment being weave to exceed an arm’s length in width. Though this meant that the specific garment being weaved was relatively narrow, the waist loomed allowed for the edges and borders of these pieces to be very neat and straight without needing an additional correction process afterward. The construction of these textiles varies significantly from each other. Many of the fabrics and garments created are created using natural resources such as the leaves of plants, cotton etc. A lot of fibers can be made from the leaves of plants which is a good because these resources are natural and abundant. This also aids in the dyeing process. Many of the bright colors attributed to the traditional dress can be attained by the use of natural dyes that culminate to create a vivid spectrum of indigenous dress.

Motifs
Mexican textile expert Irmgard Weitlaner-Johnson associates pre-Christian spiritual traditions with the presence of butterflies in Mazatec textile motifs. She wrote, "To this day the Mazatecs identify the butterfly as the soul that leaves the body.  They believe that the souls of the deceased have permission to come to this world once a year on All Saints' Day and the Day of the Dead to visit their family. This is the period when butterflies are most abundant in the area and the Mazatecs consider it a sin to kill them."

Regional motifs without specific spiritual meaning, or for which disputed interpretations exist, include a class of stepped fret known as xicalcoliuhqui, which means "twisted ornament for decorating gourds" in the Nahuatl language; and the double spiral ilhuitl, whose name translates as "fiesta day."  Pre-Colonial tradition associates color with the four cardinal directions: yellow with east, red with north, blue and green with west, and white with south.  Another shared motif among the region's indigenous peoples is a rectangular ornament below the neckline of the huipil.  No specific symbolism is known, but it is a frequent theme in pre-colonial codices and surviving historic textiles that remains in popular use.

Other symbolic uses
Traditionally, Oaxacan women wrap a red faja (a woven sash) around their waists as a protection from evil.

See also
Weaving (mythology)
Maya textiles
Tyrian Purple

Notes

Further reading

External links
 University of Houston Digital Library - hand-colored photographs taken by photographer, Luis Marquez, in the 1930s of people in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Oaxaca
Mexican art
Mesoamerican art
Science and technology in Mesoamerica
Mesoamerican society
Textile arts of Mexico


Merton Park railway station was a railway station in Merton, Surrey, serving both the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line and the Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway. Closed in 1997, part of the site now serves as a tram stop on the Wimbledon branch of the Tramlink network.

History

The station opened as part of the newly constructed Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway on 1 October 1868 at the junction with the existing West Croydon to Wimbledon Line. Initially named Lower Merton, it was renamed Merton Park on 1 September 1887.

Two platforms served the new line via Merton Abbey to Tooting Junction station with a third entering service on 1 November 1870 to serve the single track West Croydon to Wimbledon Line.

The Tooting platforms were suspended from use between 1 January 1917 and 27 August 1923 as a wartime cost-saving measure, eventually closing permanently on 3 March 1929 when the line was closed to passengers. Continuing in use for freight services through to 1975 after which the track was eventually lifted and most of the platforms fenced off. Limited passenger access was maintained, however, as it was necessary to cross both platforms and the intervening trackbed to reach platform 3 and the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line. Initially, a wooden walkway was laid across the trackbed, eventually replaced with a raised earth walkway.

Access to the station buildings was via the single entrance on Rutlish Road, a public footpath running alongside the line from (now demolished) signal box at the Kingston Road level crossing providing an alternative route for pedestrians.

Closure and Tramlink

Merton Park station continued to serve the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line until its withdrawal from service after the last train on 31 May 1997 and conversion into a stop on the Wimbledon branch of the Tramlink network. Merton Park tram stop now overlaps the site of the original station, the tram lines occupying the site of the trackbed and platform of the old line.

The original station building has been converted into a private house, forming part of a small housing development covering some of the original station site.

Part of the nearby long public footbridge (crossing both lines to provide access to playing fields from Dorset Road) is now located at Corfe Castle station on the Swanage Railway following its removal on closure of the Croydon line.

See also
List of closed railway stations in London

References

Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Merton
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1997
Former Tooting, Merton and Wimbledon Railway stations


Italo Valentino Bisoglio (May 7, 1926 – October 18, 2021) was an American character actor primarily known for his work on television.

Biography
Bisoglio was born in New York City, New York, on May 7, 1926.

Bisoglio may be best known for his recurring role as restaurateur "Danny Tovo" in the popular medical drama television series Quincy, M.E. from 1976 to 1983. During his television acting career, Bisoglio appeared in numerous television programs during the 1960s and  1970s including The Doctors, McCloud, M*A*S*H (three episodes), All in the Family, Barney Miller, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Roll Out, Kojak,  Baretta,  McMillan & Wife, and The Rockford Files. In 1986, Bisoglio appeared on Miami Vice (3x11) in an episode titled "Forgive Us our Debts".

In 2002, he appeared in his final television role as Murf Lupo in The Sopranos, appearing in three episodes.

From his work in film, Bisoglio is perhaps best known for his role as "Frank Manero Sr.", the volatile father of "Tony Manero" (John Travolta) in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever.

His other film credits include an uncredited role in Serpico (1973),  as well as roles in No Way to Treat a Lady (1968), The Brotherhood (1968), The Don Is Dead (1973), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), The Hindenburg (1975), St. Ives (1976), and The Frisco Kid (1979).

Bisoglio died of Lewy body dementia at the age of 95 at his home in Los Olivos, California, on October 18, 2021.

Filmography

References

External links

 Off-Broadway Database entry

1926 births
2021 deaths
20th-century American male actors
Actors Studio alumni
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American people of Italian descent
Male actors from New York City
Deaths from dementia in California
Deaths from Lewy body dementia


Racivir is an experimental nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), developed by Pharmasset for the treatment of HIV. It is the enantiomer of emtricitabine, a widely used NRTI, meaning that the two compounds are mirror images of each other.

References

Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Pyrimidones
Oxathiolanes
Organofluorides
Experimental drugs
Hydroxymethyl compounds


The Bantamweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition.

List of boxers

Medalists

Results

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal Round

Semifinal Round

3rd place Round

Final Round

Qualification to Olympic games

References
AIBA

AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament


Amdoxovir is a pharmaceutical drug that has undergone research for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. It acts as a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI). The drug was discovered by Raymond F. Schinazi (Emory University) and C.K. Chu (University of Georgia) and developed by RFS Pharma.

Amdoxovir was in advanced Phase II clinical trials around 2010. In 2013, a Phase II trial was terminated and another was withdrawn before it started. No further studies appear to have been done.

References

Nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Purines
Dioxolanes
Experimental drugs
Hydroxymethyl compounds


KWYI (106.9 FM, "The Beach Radio 106.9 Kona 102.7 Hilo") is a radio station licensed to serve Kawaihae, Hawaii. The station is owned by Resonate Hawaii LLC.  It airs a Hot Adult Contemporary format featuring Oldies music on the weekends.

The station was assigned the KWYI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 4, 1990.

KWYI is now "The Beach Radio 106.9 Kona 102.7 Hilo".

References

External links

WYI
Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States


Giordano may refer to:

People
Giordano (name)
Giordano (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
Umberto Giordano, or simply Giordano, Italian composer

Businesses
Giordano International, a Hong Kong-based, global clothing retailer
Giordano's, a retailer and innovator of Chicago-style pizza

See also
Giordano Bruno (disambiguation)

Jordan (disambiguation)
Jordanus


LTHS or Lths may refer to:

Lepanthes, a genus of orchids abbreviated by horticulturists as "Lths"

High Schools
Lacey Township High School, Lacey Township, New Jersey, USA
Lackawanna Trail High School, Factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
Lake Travis High School, unincorporated Travis County, Texas, USA
Lockport Township High School, Lockport, Illinois, USA
Lokmanya Tilak High School, Tilak Nagar, Chembur, Mumbai, India
Lyons Township High School, La Grange, Illinois, USA
Lebanon Trail High School, Frisco, Texas USA


Calophasia lunula is a Palearctic species of noctuid moth known by the common names toadflax moth and toadflax brocade moth.

Technical description and variation

C. lunula Hufn. (= linariae Esp.) (29 b). Forewing bluish grey, suffused with olive fuscous, especially in median area and along an oblique fascia from apex to before anal angle; lines double, filled in with grey, but only distinct below middle, curved and approximating; claviform stigma elongate, bluish grey edged with black; orbicular small, flattened, white edged with black ; reniform conspicuous, white with black lateral edges; some black streaks in the intervals across the oblique apical fascia; fringe chequered, olive brown and grey;hindwing dingy grey with the veins and braces of outer line darker; a smoky blackish broad terminal border. Larva bluish grey, with all the lines yellow; a dorsal series of transverse oblong velvety black blotches, and lateral series of black spots. 12 millimeters long.

Distribution
Calophasia lunula extends throughout Europe  including Central Europe and Southern Europe to Russia and Central Asia and the Russian Far East. It is missing in Japan. It is an introduced species in parts of Canada and the United States. In the Alps it is found at altitudes up to 2000 meters.  The species prefers warm slopes, heathlands and wastelands.

Biology
The female lays anywhere from 30 to 80 eggs on the leaves and flowers of toadflax plants. In one to two weeks the larva emerges from the egg and begins feeding. This caterpillar undergoes five molts during a one-month period. The first-stage larva is about 5 millimeters long and dark gray in color. The eyecatching older larvae are black and white spotted with bright yellow stripes. The mature larva is about 4 centimeters long. After this stage it pupates through the winter in a cocoon of chewed plant matter and leaf litter.

Damage to the plants is done by the voracious feeding of the caterpillars. They consume all the new leaf and flower buds first and then move on to eat stems, leaves, and flowers, often to the point of complete defoliation of large numbers of toadflax plants. This does not necessarily kill the plants but it severely reduces their ability to produce seeds and propagate. Adults feed harmlessly on the plants' nectar and do not contribute to the damage.
It is used as an agent of biological pest control against yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) and Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica) in areas where they are considered noxious weeds in North America.
It was first introduced to Canada as a biocontrol agent in the early 1960s, and to the United States shortly thereafter. The moth is now established in many areas. It tends not to establish as easily in colder climates.

References

Coombs, E. M., et al., Eds. (2004). Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 384.

External links

Toadflax Brocade on UKmoths
Fauna Europaea
Lepiforum.de

Cuculliinae
Insects used for control of invasive plants
Moths described in 1766
Moths of Europe
Moths of North America
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel


Cylindropuntia rosea, the Hudson pear, is a cactus native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and Northwestern Mexico. The plant is an invasive species in Australia.

Description
Cylindropuntia rosea, the Hudson pear, has pink flowers and white spines. It has long, white, strong spines and can grow up to 1.5 metres high and 3m wide.

It is very similar to Cylindropuntia tunicata which also grows in the same region and has yellow and straw coloured flowers.

Invasive plant species in Australia
Hudson pear is an intentionally introduced species to Australia, where it has become an invasive species and noxious weed. It has spread from the opal fields around Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, occupying some 60,000 ha around Lightning Ridge, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Baradine, Coonamble, and Goodooga, New South Wales and is also found in Western Australia and Queensland. The plant is spread by stem pieces, and possibly by fruits, that have attached to rubber tyres and shoes. Animals are particularly at risk from injury caused by the spines.

Investigations are also being made into the possible use of a biological control agent. The Lightning Ridge Miners Association has been supplying backpacks of herbicide to miners for use where they work and live. Spraying has reduced the occurrence of this plant in the Lightning Ridge area, but constant follow-up spraying will be needed for further control. The New South Wales Government has spent $200,000 on management of this weed.

References

AU. FarmOnline
ABC News
ABC News

rosea
Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Flora of Arizona
Cacti of Mexico
Cacti of the United States
Invasive agricultural pests


The word Issawi or Issaoui can refer to:

Politics
Arab tribes in Iraq

People
Abu Yasser al-Issawi
Charles Issawi
Eifan Saadoun Al Issawi, Iraqi politician
Omar Al Issawi
Rafi al-Issawi
Safa Issaoui, Tunisian track runner
Salim Issawi, one of the hijackers of TWA Flight 840 (1969)

Arabic-language surnames


Pat St. John (born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW (800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR (1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIF FM (101.1) to April 1973. St. John is best known for the 42 years he spent in the New York City radio market working for WPLJ, WNEW-FM, WAXQ and WCBS FM.  He can now be heard on Sirius XM Radio '60s Gold Weekdays 3PM to 7 PM ET and Saturdays from 8-11PM ET. St. John has done television voiceover work, including announcing for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve from 2000 to 2010.

St. John is known for his conversational on-air style interspersed with bits of music trivia, along with "Collectible Cuts" from his extensive record library. He has been called a "walking encyclopedia" when it comes to his knowledge of music. St. John has interviewed many musicians.

Early years in Detroit
St. John was born in Detroit and was raised on the music of Motown.  In early 1969, at the age of 18, he landed his first gig as a radio personality on Windsor's CKLW, where he also worked for CKLW's 20/20 news doing newscasts one day a week, and part-time booth announcing on CKLW-TV Channel 9. In late 1970 he moved across the border to WKNR and was then hired in early 1972 at the ABC-owned album-oriented rock (AOR) station WRIF until 1973.

WPLJ and WNEW years
In April 1973, St. John began an almost 15-year stint at New York's WPLJ. For most of his years at WPLJ he was rated by Arbitron as the most-listened-to afternoon radio personality in America (source: ARB's "Drive-Time Dominaters"). He survived the station's transition from AOR to top 40 in 1983, and during that era, continued his Arbitron ratings success with that same ranking.

He left WPLJ in 1987, and returned to his rock roots on WNEW-FM, which had been WPLJ's rival during its AOR years.  He became the station's program director in the early 1990s while continuing his mid-day show until being asked to do morning-drive (which he did from 1994 through 1996) and then moved to afternoons where then followed Scott Muni who moved to mid-days). St. John remained with the station until it switched to a hot talk format in 1998.

Recent career
After the demise of WNEW's rock format, St. John was one of the first programmers hired by CD Radio in October 1998 as the Director of classic Rock Programming). CD Radio would later change its name to Sirius Satellite Radio, and then after acquiring XM Satellite Radio become known as SiriusXM, where he remains today as one of their most popular personalities. He also joined WCBS-FM in 2002, followed by moving to WAXQ in 2004 where he stayed until late 2006. In July 2007, he returned to the re-incarnated WCBS-FM following the station's short-lived detour to "Jack FM". In February 2008, St. John actually replaced Howard Cogan as the pre-recorded voice of the Jack character on WCBS-FM-HD2 and its web stream at ilikejack.com until it became ToNY (meaning "To New York" but pronounced "Tony" until later simulcasting WCBS News Radio 880 in December 2012. For the first decade of the new century he was the announcer for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. He continues to do voiceover work for radio and TV commercials as well as station imaging for radio and television as well as narration.

During St. John's years with satellite radio he has been heard on such channels as "60s Vibrations", "The Vault", Deep Tracks, and "Sirius Blues" (where he was also the channel's format manager and program director). Since Sirius' merger with former rival XM in 2008, he can be heard on '60s Gold (formerly '60s on 6) classic rock. He has also been the voice of Metropolitan Opera Radio on the service, further showing his versatility. St. John was also chosen to announce system-wide that Howard Stern would be joining Sirius.

St. John's association with classic rock has continued throughout the years as he has been asked for his input on several classic rock projects. He was thanked in the liner notes of albums by Marvin Gaye and Jr. Walker and The All-Stars, as well as the box-sets of Stevie Wonder and The Temptations. St. John is the narrator (along with Smokey Robinson and Lionel Richie) of the two-CD set "The classic rock Story Volume 1: The 1960s". He can also be heard on classic rock's web site narrating several classic rock stories.

St. John has been recognized by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland by being added to their permanent display of America's Greatest Classic Rock Air Personalities.

April 9, 2013 marked St. John's 40th anniversary on New York radio, making him New York's longest-running air personality.

In March 2015, St. John announced that he was leaving WCBS-FM and that he and his wife were moving to California to be closer to their grandson. He aired his final show on April 12, 2015.

Personal life
St. John and his wife live in San Diego where he broadcasts his '60s Gold and rock'n roll shows from a customized studio in a barn on their property.

References

External links
St. John's official website

Living people
American radio personalities
American male voice actors
Male actors from Detroit
1951 births


Morden Road railway station was a station in Merton, on the West Croydon to Wimbledon Line.

History

The West Croydon to Wimbledon Line was opened on 22 October 1855, and the station opened on the same day or 1857, originally being named Morden. It was renamed three times: to Morden Halt in 1910; to Morden Road Halt on 2 July 1951, and finally to Morden Road on 5 May 1969. The last train ran on 31 May 1997 when the line was closed. Shortly after closure the original platform was demolished and the two-platform Morden Road tram stop of the Tramlink system was built on the site.

References

See also
List of closed railway stations in London

Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Merton
Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1997
1857 establishments in England


Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora (; born 21 July 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

Fabián is a graduate of C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy, and made his senior team debut during the 2007 Apertura. Fabián took part in the Copa Libertadores in 2010 as Guadalajara finished runners-up. He spent time on loan with Cruz Azul in 2014 before returning to Guadalajara.

Fabián represented Mexico in several youth categories before reaching a full cap with the senior team. He was in the initial roster for the 2011 Copa América, but was expelled from the team and suspended for six months along with six other players, for breaking disciplinary codes at their concentration hotel in Quito. In 2012, as a competitor of the Mexico U-23 national team, Fabián helped Mexico qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics and win the 2012 Toulon Tournament, where he was the top scorer. Fabián was part of Mexico's roster who won the Olympic gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after defeating Brazil in the final. He would also go on to participate in the 2011 and 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the 2015 Copa América, the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, the 2014 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Guadalajara
Fabián was recruited by Guadalajara, and spent ten years in the Chivas youth system, including appearances for their affiliate club Tapatío.

On 10 November 2007, Fabián made his first-team debut in a league match against Jaguares de Chiapas in the Apertura 2007 season under coach Efrain Flores, coming in as a substitute for Sergio Ávila in the 85th minute of the match. Fabián scored his first goal for Guadalajara in his second appearance, on 2 February 2008, in a 6–0 win over Morelia.

In the 2010 Copa Libertadores Finals, Fabián scored the first goal in a 3–2 defeat against Internacional.

On 15 October 2011, he scored the first hat-trick of his career against Estudiantes Tecos; Guadalajara went on to win the match 5–2.

Cruz Azul (loan)
On 12 December 2013, Fabián joined Cruz Azul on a two-year-long loan deal. Fabián made his Cruz Azul debut on 1 May 2014 against León, with the game ending in a 1–1 tie. On 15 February 2014, he scored a 92nd minute winning goal against Puebla. The goal was later nominated for the 2014 FIFA Puskás Award.

Return to Guadalajara
On 26 December 2014, after his loan deal expired, Cruz Azul opted not to exercise their purchase option due to Fabián's high expense. He subsequently returned to Guadalajara and was assigned the number 33 shirt, since his preferred number 10 had since been taken; 33 was the same kit number he used when he made his professional debut in 2007. In his return to the Omnilife Stadium, on 18 January, Fabián scored his first goal of the Clausura 2015 tournament against UNAM in a 2–1 home victory. On 21 February 2015, Fabián then scored in a 1–2 away victory against Cruz Azul at the Azul Stadium. On 17 May 2015, he scored a hat-trick against Atlas during the 2015 Clausura quarter-finals, where Guadalajara won the match 4–1.

Eintracht Frankfurt
On 18 December 2015, Guadalajara announced Fabián was sold to German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt for a transfer fee of US$4 million on a three-year contract. After completing his medical, Fabián was handed the number 10 jersey. He made his official debut coming on as a substitute for Haris Seferovic in the 45th minute in a home match against VfL Wolfsburg on 24 January 2016. He created the play that led to Alexander Meier's hat-trick that won the game 3–2.

He scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season—and his first Bundesliga goal—in a 2–1 win over Bayer Leverkusen on 17 September 2016. On 15 October, Fabián connected with his chest off a Timothy Chandler cross as Frankfurt held Bayern Munich to a 2–2 draw.

Philadelphia Union
On 8 February 2019 it was officially announced that Fabián had been transferred from Frankfurt to MLS team Philadelphia Union. Fabian signed a one-year deal with club options for the next two years. On March 2, Fabian made his MLS debut against Toronto FC, scoring his team's lone goal of the encounter, losing 1–3. On October 20, in a playoff match against New York Red Bulls, he entered the match at the 103rd minute and scored the winning goal of the match, leaving the result 4–3 and giving Philadelphia their first playoff win in team history.

On 20 November 2019, Philadelphia announced they had declined the option on Fabián's contract.

Al–Sadd
On 5 February 2020, he joined Qatar Stars League side Al–Sadd until the end of the season.

Juárez
On 11 August 2020, Fabián return to Mexico signing a 1+1 contract with Juárez.

Mazatlán
On 18 January 2022, Fabián joined rival Liga MX side Mazatlán on a free transfer, after 6 months without a club.

Santa Coloma
On 29 September 2023, Fabián completed his return to Europe, joining Andorran side Santa Coloma on a free transfer, signing a 6-month contract.

International career

Youth
Fabián was selected by coach Juan Carlos Chávez to participate in the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship held in Trinidad and Tobago. He made his youth International debut 7 March 2009 against Costa Rica wearing the number 8 shirt. Fabián managed three appearances for Mexico during the tournament; Mexico placed last in their group, thus failing to qualify to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

2012 Olympic qualifying tournament
In early 2012, Fabián was called up by coach Luis Fernando Tena to participate in the 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. He made his debut 23 March 2012 against Trinidad and Tobago, scoring a hat-trick in a 7–1 win for Mexico. Fabián also went on to score in the semi-final match against Canada, winning the match 3–1. He then score from a long-range shot in the final match against Honduras, winning the match 2–1 and also the tournament, thus qualifying Mexico for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He finished the tournament as top goal scorer alongside his teammate Alan Pulido with five goals in five appearances.

2012 Toulon Tournament
Again Fabián was selected by coach Tena to dispute the 2012 Toulon Tournament in preparation for the Summer Olympics. Fabián debuted in the tournament with a hat-trick against Morocco. He went on to score a goal in a defeat against the host nation France, and scored a Brace against Belarus. Fabián also scored in the semi-final match against Netherlands, but could not score in the final against Turkey, which Mexico won 3–0. Fabián won the tournament's Top Scorer award after netting seven goals in five appearances during the tournament. He tied England's Alan Shearer as the all-time Toulon Tournament top scorer, with seven goals.

2012 Summer Olympics
Fabián made the final list for those players participating in the 2012 London Olympics. He made his debut in Mexico's first match of the tournament 2012 as a starter against South Korea, a game that ended 0–0. Fabián showed great skill and workmanship throughout the group stage match and helped Mexico reach the knockoff round. During the semi-final match against Japan, he proved vital by scoring in the 31st minute of the match to tie the game and later to win it 3–1, securing Mexico's progression to the final against Brazil. During the final, he almost netted an over-head bicycle kick goal but it struck the post, though he did provide an assist for Oribe Peralta's second goal of the match. Mexico would win the match 2–1 and thus win the Olympic goal medal. He played the entire tournament as Mexico's second striker behind Peralta, and created a successful offensive deplete with him throughout the tournament. He finished the tournament with one goal from six matches, all as a starter. As a result, he became the top goal scorer for Mexico at the under-23 level, with 15 goals.

Senior
Fabián made his senior national team debut against Venezuela in a 3–1 win on 25 January 2012.

2011 Gold Cup
During the Gold Cup 2011, Fabián was named as one of the replacements for the five players who tested positive for clenbuterol, but would only be called to join them in an emergency, because he was already in concentration with the under-22 squad in preparation for the Copa América.

2011 Copa America
In 2011, Marco was called up by Luis Fernando Tena to form part of the "unofficial national team" composed entirely of players under the age of 22 to compete in the 2011 Copa América. He started most of the preparation games and scored a few goals before being suspended for six months, along with seven more players, for breaking disciplinary codes at their concentration hotel in Quito.

2013 Gold Cup
Fabián played his first major tournament with the senior national team at the 2013 Gold Cup. He made his debut against Panama. He finished the tournament with three goals and three assists.

2014 FIFA World Cup
On 8 May 2014, Fabián was included in the final 23-man roster participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. He debuted in a World Cup by coming on as a substitute in the first match against Cameroon in the 69th minute for Andrés Guardado. In Mexico's second match, against Brazil, he came on in the 76th minute for Héctor Herrera. He also played in the third match against Croatia coming on as a substitute in the 84th minute, once again for Andrés Guardado.

2017 Confederations Cup
In his first Confederations Cup call up, Fabián only played twice. He was a starter in the second match in the group stage against New Zealand. In the semi-final game against Germany, he was subbed in for Giovani dos Santos on the 62nd minute. He went on to score Mexico's only goal against Germany on the 89th minute, making the score 3–1. Mexico would  go on to lose the match 4–1. His goal against Germany was voted as Hyundai Goal of the Tournament.

2018 World Cup
In May 2018, Fabián was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man squad for the World Cup, and in June, was ultimately included in the final 23-man roster. He would only appear in Mexico's final group stage match against Sweden, substituted in at the 67th minute for Jesús Gallardo in a 3–0 loss.

Style of play
ESPN described him as, "His balance and poise on the ball is impeccable [...]. Equally adept on either foot, he can play on either wing or as an attacking midfielder and breezes past defenders as if they are not there. Fabián also has that knack of scoring spectacular goals that help win fans over."

According to a poll held by German sports magazine Kicker, he was voted the third best offensive midfielder in the Bundesliga, placing him in the "international class" of the magazine's Rangliste des deutschen Fussballs (Ranking of German football) for the Winter of 2016–17.

Personal life
Fabián helped fund a football academy Guadalajara, Mexico. It provides football coaching, nutritional and psychological advice to participants under the direct supervision of Fabián himself. One graduate of the program reportedly signed with Brazilian club Santos FC in 2016. Fabián is also a fan of the baseball team Charros de Jalisco, and is a close friend to Javier Hernández.

Media
He appeared on the Mexican front cover of FIFA 16 along with Lionel Messi.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

Honours
Guadalajara
Copa MX: Apertura 2015
InterLiga: 2009

Cruz Azul
CONCACAF Champions League: 2013–14

Eintracht Frankfurt
DFB-Pokal: 2017–18

Mexico U23
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2012
Toulon Tournament: 2012
Olympic Gold Medal: 2012

Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2011

Individual
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Top Scorer (Shared): 2012
Toulon Tournament Golden Boot: 2012
FIFA Confederations Cup Goal of the Tournament: 2017

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
C.D. Guadalajara footballers
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Liga MX players
Bundesliga players
2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
2014 FIFA World Cup players
2015 Copa América players
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players
Olympic footballers for Mexico
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Mexico
Olympic medalists in football
Mexico men's youth international footballers
Mexico men's international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cruz Azul footballers
Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Men's association football midfielders
Mexican men's footballers
2018 FIFA World Cup players
Philadelphia Union players
Designated Players (MLS)
Al Sadd SC players
Major League Soccer players
Qatar Stars League players


Principal secretary is a post in state governments and the central government of India. The position holder is generally a senior IAS officer or other senior civil servants. Principal secretaries generally are the administrative heads of departments in a state government. They can also be deputed to central government in the post of a Joint secretary.

Position

Principal secretary in a state government
In the state governments, a principal secretary ranks above a secretary but it is below the designations of additional chief secretary and chief secretary. Principal Secretaries act as administrative heads of the department they are assigned to.

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

The post of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India was created during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as prime minister. The Principal Secretary to PM is the head of the Prime Minister's Office. He/she holds the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. Additionally, some prime ministers also appoint an additional principal secretary, who too holds the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.

Courts
In Jammu and Kashmir High Court, there is a Principal Secretary to the Chief Justice, he is of a senior district and sessions judge rank. He attends matters pertaining to the employees of subordinate judiciary such as appointments, transfers, promotions and leave. He is also ex officio secretary of Public Interest Litigation Cell. He also attends all other matters assigned by the chief justice. He is overall in charge of chief justice's secretariat.

References

External links
 PM Officers PMO official website.

Civil Services of India
Indian government officials
State governments of India
Prime Minister's Office (India)
Indian Administrative Service officers


Love and Other Dilemmas is a 2006 comedy film directed by Larry Di Stefano. It premiered at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival and was released theatrically in Canada in February 2008 by Maple Pictures. The film's credibility is notably attributed to having three regular Corner Gas actors, Gabrielle Miller, Fred Ewanuick, and Janet Wright.

Plot
It's Ginger Shapiro's wedding day. It's going to be perfect even though she's eight months pregnant, been robbed, kidnapped and thinks her fiancé Henry is dead—he's not—and then there's her grandmother's curse! It's a race to the altar in this escalating comedy of errors where Ginger and Henry might just stand a chance of living happily ever after.

Cast
 Gabrielle Miller as Ginger Shapiro
 John Cassini as Bart Ladro
 Stephen Lobo as Henry Diamond
 Fred Ewanuick as Emmett Matzdorff
 Janet Wright as Jojo Ladro
 Mark Acheson as Rocco
 Erin Karpluk as Lucy Ladro
 Alistair Abell as Frank Matzdorff
 Michael Puttonen as Big Pigeon
 C. Ernst Harth as Little Pigeon

External links

2006 films
Canadian comedy films
2006 comedy films
English-language Canadian films
2000s English-language films
2000s Canadian films


The following is a list of ecoregions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

 Albertine Rift montane forests
 Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
 Central Congolian lowland forests
 Eastern Congolian swamp forests
 Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
 Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
 Western Congolian swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

 Angolan miombo woodlands
 Central Zambezian miombo woodlands
 East Sudanian savanna
 Itigi–Sumbu thicket
 Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
 Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
 Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic
 Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic

Montane grasslands and shrublands

 Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands

Flooded grasslands and savannas

 Zambezian flooded grasslands

Mangroves

 Central African mangroves

Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

 Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

 Albertine Highlands
 Bangweulu-Mweru
 Central Congo
 Cuvette Centrale
 Kasai
 Lower Congo
 Lower Congo Rapids
 Mai-Ndombe
 Malebo Pool
 Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)
 Thysville Caves
 Tumba
 Uele
 Upemba
 Upper Congo
 Upper Congo Rapids

Nilo-Sudan

 Upper Nile

Great Lakes

 Lake Tanganyika
 Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria

Marine ecoregions
 Gulf of Guinea South

References
 Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
 Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.

Ecoregions
Congo, Democratic Republic of


Bear River Massacre Site, near Preston, Idaho, is the site of the Bear River Massacre, in which a village of Shoshone Native Americans were attacked by the California Volunteers on January 29, 1863. Estimates of Shoshone casualties are as high as 384.  It is also known as Bear River Battleground or Massacre at Boa Ogoi. The incident has one of the highest recorded casualty counts of the American Indian Wars of the 19th century, but was overshadowed at the time by events of the ongoing American Civil War.  The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

The battle site is located several miles northwest of Preston and is roughly bisected by U.S. Route 91.  Its major topographical features are Bear River and the meadows that line its banks, Battle Creek (then known as Beaver Creek), which runs north-south through the area, and has been partially channeled by US 91.  North of this channeled area the creek emerges from an escarpment running generally southwest-northeast.  The Shoshone village was located on the meadows below this escarpment and consisted of about 70 lodges on either side of Battle Creek, which cuts a ravine through the meadows on its way to the river.  This ravine was one of the major killing fields, as defending Shoshone warriors used it as a natural defensive feature, and unarmed Natives sought refuge there from the battle.  Natives fleeing the battle were also shot trying to swim across Bear River.  The California Volunteers retrieved their dead, but left the Shoshones where they lay.

In March 2008, a part of the site was acquired by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. They announced plans to erect a memorial at the burial site.   In early 2008, a picnic/rest area/historic site was developed east of the highway on a hilltop overlooking the site from the north. In 2018 the tribe announced the purchase of roughly 600 more acres of the massacre site, and announced plans to erect a cultural interpretive center and memorial.

See also
California in the American Civil War
Idaho in the American Civil War
Bear Hunter

References

National Historic Landmarks in Idaho
Protected areas of Franklin County, Idaho
Massacres of Native Americans
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Idaho
Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho


MV Funchal is a Portuguese ocean liner owned by Brock Pierce as a floating hotel.

Construction and configuration

The ship was built in 1961, under the guidance of the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério d'Oliveira. Funchal is an ocean liner with a classic profile and interiors.

The ship's features include stabilisation, air-conditioning, three lifts, a main show lounge (Ilha Verde), piano bar (Porto Bar), club room, library, card room, lido bar, shop, photo shop, medical centre, excursion office, and reception with exchange facilities.

Early service
In the late 1950s, Portuguese shipping company Empresa Insulana de Navegação began the process of planning a running mate for their popular, but aging 1907-built ship Lima on the Lisbon-Madiera route. The new ship's keel was laid during July of 1960, and she was launched as SS Funchal (after the capital of Madeira) on February 10, 1961, being delivered to Insulana de Navegação in October, in order to begin her maiden voyage from Lisbon to Madiera via Porta Delgada, Azores on November 4.

From 1961 to 1972, Funchal worked the Lisbon-Azores-Madeira service consistently, aside from periodic charters by the Portuguese government to act as the country's presidential yacht for both recreational and official functions, including state visits to Brazil in 1968 and 1972 (on the latter trip, repatriating the ashes of Brazil's first Emperor, Pedro I).

However, the ship's boilers had been problematic since her launch, with frequent breakdowns and unplanned maintenance periods, and on a 1972 trip from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro carrying President Américo Tomás, Funchal broke down in the mid-Atlantic and limped into Rio two days late, following emergency repairs.

In the aftermath of the boiler failure, Empresa Insulana de Navegação sent Funchal to Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij NV in Amsterdam, Netherlands in late 1972, where her original boilers and Parsons turbines were removed and replaced with a pair of 9-cylinder Werkspoor diesel engines, making a total of 10,000 hp. The company took the opportunity to also rebuild Funchal as a single-class cruise ship. Tourist A and B cabins were mostly rebuilt, to enable a greater share of rooms with private bathrooms, and cargo hold space was converted into additional cabins. Upon re-delivery in May of 1973, Funchal now carried 465 passengers in one class, and had a top speed of just 18 knots, 16 knots cruising, slower, but more reliable and efficient.

After making a few cruises with her original black hull, Funchal was repainted white in the spring of 1973. From 1973 to 1974, her routes varied, sailing from Dover, United Kingdom and Zeebrugge, Belgium down to the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cape Verde during the summer months, shifting to Rio de Janeiro for cruises along the South American coast during the winter. By this point, Funchal's owners were struggling financially, and, in early 1974, merged with their larger counterpart, Companhia Colonial de Navegação, to create Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Marítimos (CPTM), with Funchal becoming part of the combined fleet. Later in 1974, following the revolution that toppled the Estado Novo regime, CPTM was nationalized by the new government.

During 1976, CPTM placed Funchal under long-term charter to Greek businessman Georgios Potamianos, a member of the family that also controlled Epirotiki Lines (later known as Royal Olympic / Olympia Cruise Lines). Potamianos formed Arcalia Shipping Company to manage and market the ship, basing Funchal in Harwich, United Kingdom during the summer, running cruises around the Baltic Sea and Norwegian fjords, moving to Rio de Janeiro in the winter.

Service with Classic International Cruises

Funchal was the first vessel to join the Classic International Cruises fleet in 1984, and under that flag successfully served the British cruise market for over 20 years, carrying thousands of passengers.

Having undergone extensive work in 2010, to comply with SOLAS 2010, Funchal went back to a Lisbon Shipyard in February 2011 for a lengthy refit, which would include changes to its power plant as well as passenger and crew cabins and public lounges. The idea was to make the ship fit for service for at least another ten years. In November 2011, she completed 50 years of service, always under the same name. However, in 2012, work stopped towards April with only 20% of the required work completed. Following Classic International Cruises' liquidation, in December 2012, the ship faced the threat of being sold for scrap.

Service with Portuscale Cruises

In early 2013 a Portuguese entrepreneur Rui Alegre purchased Funchal, as well as Princess Danae, Arion and Athena, to serve the newly-formed Portuscale Cruises. During 2013, Funchal was extensively refurbished in Lisbon's Naval Rocha shipyards, being upgraded to a four-star vessel, at a cost of about 10 million euros. In the refurbishment, the ship's hull was re-painted black, its original colour.

On 1 August 2013, the refurbished Funchal was re-instated, in the presence of prime minister Passos Coelho. In early August 2013, the ship left drydock in Lisbon, Portugal and, on 27 August 2013, arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden, to restart her cruising career.

On 28 August 2013, the refurbished Funchal was detained at Gothenburg. The cruiseship was fully loaded with passengers but was not allowed to leave. According to some Swedish press accounts, many security issues were found. In a press release, the Portuscale Cruise CEO denied the existence of security issues, saying that the issues were related to the malfunctioning of two watertight doors and one sprinkler station, issues that had already been detected by the crew, who had informed the Swedish Port State Control authorities.

On 3 September 2013, with the issues resolved, and all inspections made and certifications granted, Funchal left Gothenburg harbour and restarted her cruise, heading to Scotland.

Signature Living
On 5 December 2018 Funchal was sold at auction in Lisbon for Euro€3.1 million. The buyers were named as Signature Living, a UK-based hotel group who intended to convert the ship to a party hotel to travel from Liverpool to the Mediterranean. However, payment was not made and ship continued laid up in Lisbon where future was uncertain. According to industry sources, the classic 1961-built Funchal was to be towed to Liverpool as soon as new owners Signature Living made the final payment on the vessel. However, on 30 June 2020 Signature Living entered administration with the administrators arranging for the disposal of Funchal. She thus remained moored in Lisbon.

Brock Pierce plans for hotel
In December 2020, Funchal was still laid up in Lisbon when put up for auction by sealed tender
The purchaser, crypto-currency billionaire Brock Pierce, paid US$1.9 million/€1.6 million with refurbishing costs estimated to add at least US$6.4 million/€5.5 million to turn the boat into a 200-room, 5 star hotel at Yard Naval da Rocha Conde de Óbidos. Pierce also bought the 75 year-old Astoria, docked in Rotterdam, which was also to be transferred to Lisbon for refurbishing and naval certificates, with eventual plans to travel to Funchal, Madeira. After Docked for refurbishment as hotel,

Work appears to be slow and in September 2021 the ship was scene of a fire incident which resulted in 20 fire crews rushing to the scene. One worker suffered minor smoke inhalation injuries.

Footnotes

External links and further reading

 MarineTraffic: FUNCHAL - Current position of RV Funchal, recent port calls and live map view.
 MV Funchal ship profile - Portuscale Cruises profile for MV Funchal, showing deck plans and information about the public areas of the ship.
 ssMaritime: SS Funchal - Early history of SS Funchal.

1961 ships
Ships built in Helsingør
Cruise ships
Passenger ships of Portugal
Cruise ships of Portugal


Colonial Conference may refer to:

Colonial Conference (New Jersey), a New Jersey high school sports league
Colonial Hills Conference, a New Jersey high school sports league
Colonial States Athletic Conference, an NCAA Division III athletic conference
Colonial Valley Conference, a New Jersey high school sports league
Coastal Athletic Association – formerly known as the Colonial Athletic Association, an NCAA Division I athletic conference
Imperial Conference (also called "Colonial Conference") meetings of heads of governments in the British Empire


Lavender () is a Taiwanese TV serial drama which was broadcast in 2002. It was the first collaboration between Tammy Chen and Ambrose Hsu. Years later, they starred again in another drama by the name Lao Shu Ai Da Mi, with their Lavender co-star, Wang Jian Long.

Synopsis
Ji Qing Chuan and Liang Yi Xun have been best friends since childhood. When Qing Chuan's family decides to migrate to the United States, Qing Chuan gives Yi Xun a bottle with lavender seeds. They promise to reunite after ten years, when the lavender seeds in the bottle will finally bloom.

Ten years later, Qing Chuan fulfills his promise and returns to Taiwan as a popular singer, with the stage name "Leo." Yi Xun and Qing Chuan start to rekindle old feelings. However, Maggie and Xiao Tong try to destroy Yi Xun and Qing Chuan's relationship, and this interference worsens Yi Xun's potentially fatal heart ailment.

Cast

Main cast

Ambrose Hsu as Leo Ji Qing Chua (Episode 01-15)
Leo is a Taiwanese popstar who moved to the United States with his parents as a child, leaving behind his elementary school friends. Leo returns to Taiwan to fulfill the promise he made to his girlfriend Liang Yi Xun. Leo and Liang Yi Xun are married and have a child by the end of the series.
Tammy Chen as Liang Yi Xun (Episode 01-15)
Liang Yi Xun is a childhood friend of Leo, his girlfriend, and eventually his wife. Liang Xi Yun was born with a fatal heart illness which compromises her health throughout the show. She seeks out "Leo" Ji Qing Chuan in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. At the end of the series, they are married and have a child, but she dies in the series' final episode.
Lin Heng Yi as Liang Yi Chen (Episode 01 -10)
Yi Chen is the older sister of Liang Yi Xun. She and her younger sister share the same fatal illness. Liang Yi Chen is very loving towards her younger sister. In the series, Yi Chen falls in love with Du Xiu Qi and wants to date him; she dies after seeing a sunrise with Du Xiu Qi, which is her last wish.
Wang Jian Long as Xiao Tong / Tong Wei Sheng
Xiao Tong is Liang Yi Xun's boss; he harbors a crush on her which causes him to be jealous of Leo. He eventually accepts Liang Yi Xun's relationship with Leo and begins dating Jing Jing instead.

Supporting cast

Penny Lin as Maggie
Maggie is Leo's girlfriend who works in the superstar agency. She is jealous of Leo's past relationship with Liang Yi Xun at first, but comes to accept their relationship.
Chen Teng Long as Du Xiu Qi
Du Xiu Qi is the boyfriend of Liang Yi Chen when the series begins. He goes to college in America with her but becomes angry and disappointed after discovering her illness. He harbors feelings of love for Yi Chen until her death.
Xu Gui Ying as Liang's mother
She is the mother of Liang Yi Xun and Liang Yi Chen. She often fears for her daughters and worries over their health. She tries to prevent either of them from dating or falling in love for fear that it will worsen their heart conditions.
Hsia Ching Ting as Peter
Leo's manager, he often forbids Leo to meet with fans. While he is arrogant and easily bored at the beginning of the series, he develops into a kind and caring person as the show progresses.
Rio Peng as reporter
Rio Peng is a reporter who frequently reports on Leo's personal life and relationships.
Ke Yi Rou as Jing Jing
Jing Jing is Liang Yi Xun's friend and co-worker. She has a crush on her boss Xiao Tong, which is initially unrequited. However, Xiao Tong eventually reciprocates her interests and dates her.
Chen Qiao En as Xiao Wei
Xiao Wei is a friend of Jing Jing and Yu Xun. She dreams of marrying a rich man and is a devoted fan of Leo.
Yang Ya Zhu as Xiao Yu
Xiao Yu is a fan of Leo who was born with the same illness same as Yi Xun and Yi Chen. Her wish is to meet Leo face to face, and at the end of the series, undergoes an operation.
Renzo Liu as Bartender
Renzo Liu is a bartender who helps and offers advice to Leo after he is beaten by street thugs.

Soundtrack
"Floral Fragrance" 花香 by Ambrose Hsu 許紹洋
"Moment of Happiness" 幸福的瞬間 by Ambrose Hsu 許紹洋

References

External links
Lavender review
Show Thread

Taiwanese drama television series
2001 Taiwanese television series debuts
2002 Taiwanese television series endings
Taiwanese romance television series
Sanlih E-Television original programming
Television shows set in Taiwan


HLA-B37 (B37) is an HLA-B serotype. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*37 gene products. (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)

Serotype

Alleles

References

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Olga Bennett (born October 1947) is a former Fianna Fáil politician from Dublin in Ireland. She was a senator from 1993 to 1997.

A fashion buyer before entering politics, she stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fáil candidate for Dáil Éireann in the Dublin West constituency at the 1987 and 1989 general elections. After her 1989 defeat, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Charles Haughey to the 19th Seanad Éireann.

At the 1992 general elections she stood in the Dublin Central constituency, where she again failed to win a seat, winning less than 3% of the first-preference votes.  Bennett then contested the election to the 20th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, but was not elected.  She did not stand again for either the Dáil or the Seanad.

References

1947 births
Living people
Members of Dublin City Council
Fianna Fáil senators
Members of the 19th Seanad
20th-century women members of Seanad Éireann
Politicians from County Dublin
Nominated members of Seanad Éireann
Fianna Fáil candidates in Dáil elections


KONI (104.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lanai City, Hawaii.  The station is owned by Hochman Hawaii Publishing, Inc.  It airs an Oldies music format.

The station was assigned the KONI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on May 31, 1991.

References

External links
KONI official website

ONI
Oldies radio stations in the United States
1991 establishments in Hawaii


The Irish Hobby is an extinct breed of horse developed in Ireland prior to the 13th century. The breed provided foundation bloodlines for several modern horse breeds, including breeds as diverse as the Connemara pony and the Irish Draught.  Palfreys were known as haubini in France, which eventually became hobbeye.  These animals eventually found their way to Ireland where the Irish Hobby developed.

The breed was mentioned in 1375 by the poet John Barbour, who called them hobynis in his poem, The Bruce. He also mentioned them in his work Reliquiae Antiquae, noting their speed.
And one amang, an Iyrysch man,Uppone his hoby swyftly ran...

Mares of Irish Hobby breeding may have been among the native horse breeds of Ireland that provided foundation stock for the Thoroughbred. There is a great deal of evidence that the Irish Hobby was imported to England and Scotland for various activities, including racing, "...they be so light and swift." Horses were traded in Ireland at the Cahirmee Horse Fair near the town of Buttevant, reputed to be one of the oldest horse fairs, since medieval times.

This quick and agile horse was also popular for skirmishing, and was often ridden by light cavalry known as Hobelars. Hobbies were used successfully by both sides during the Wars of Scottish Independence, with Edward I of England trying to gain advantage by preventing Irish exports of the horses to Scotland. Robert Bruce employed the hobby for his guerrilla warfare and mounted raids, covering  a day.

The breed is the origin of the term hobby horse. A common Irish phrase associated with the term is "go get on your hobby horse", which is an idiom to complain about a subject, topic, or issue in which one is excessively interested.

References

See also
 A bit too far: Ireland's Transylvanian link in the Later Iron Age (article concerning an Irish-Dacian horsebit c. 1st/2nd-century AD), Barry Raftery, in ''Seanchas:Studies in Early and Medieval Irish Archaeology, History and Literature in Honour of Francis John Byrne, ed. Alfred P. Smyth, pp. 1 –11. Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2000.

Extinct horse breeds
Horse breeds originating in Ireland
Horse breeds


Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Corporation (内蒙古第一机械集团有限公司, abbrev. 一机), previously First Inner Mongolia Machinery Factory, is a military manufacturing company in China. It is a facility in Inner Mongolia and supplier of various military equipment to the PLA Army.  It has also been known as Factory 617 (六一七厂) and the Baotou Tank Plant.

Products
 MBT-2000 main battle tank
 Type 96 main battle tank
 Type 88 main battle tank
 Type 69/79 main battle tank
 Type 59 main battle tank
 Chinese firefighting tank
 BeiBen Truck Mercedes Benz licensed heavy trucks
 Train wagons
 Bulldozer
 sucker roads
 welding steel products

References

External links
 China's large tank manufacturing plant - YouTube

Defence companies of the People's Republic of China
Companies with year of establishment missing
Companies based in Baotou


The Union Arch Bridge, also called the "Cabin John Bridge", is a historic masonry structure in Cabin John, Maryland.  It was designed as part of the Washington Aqueduct.  The bridge construction began in 1857 and was completed in 1864. The roadway surface was added later. The bridge was designed by Alfred Landon Rives, and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under the direction of Lieutenant Montgomery C. Meigs.

The Union Arch Bridge was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1972 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Bridge design
The bridge, with an overall length of  and width of , is constructed of Massachusetts granite and red sandstone quarried at the nearby Seneca Quarry, and rises  above Cabin John Creek. The main arch span is  long and rises . The bridge has an internal spandrel wall structure that contains nine additional smaller arches, which are concealed from view by exterior stone sidewalls. When completed in 1864, the main span was the longest single-span masonry arch in the world. It retained that distinction until the opening of the  span of the Pont Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg in 1903. Previously, that honour had gone to the Grosvenor Bridge which crosses the River Dee in Chester, England and which was opened by the thirteen-year-old Princess Victoria (five years before becoming Queen) in October 1832. Visually, the similarities between the Union Arch Bridge and the Grosvenor Bridge are remarkable.

Although Washington's population of approximately 58,000 was estimated to need 5,220,000 gallons per day, the conduit was designed for a daily capacity of 76,500,000 gallons. Originally, the bridge was not intended to support traffic and so the conduit was only covered with soft clay. However, soon after its completion, farmers began to use the bridge to bring produce to market. The bridge also began to be used for the transit of equipment to repair the conduit itself. "Between 1870 and 1875, a $46,000 appropriation allowed the road to have macadam topping for about a mile."

In the summer of 2001, the narrow roadway underwent extensive renovations, partially due to vehicles bumping and damaging the low, unreinforced stone parapet, particularly in the middle of the span where the bridge further narrows. The renovation added a pedestrian/bike lane, providing continuity for the MacArthur Boulevard Bike Trail. On the vehicle side of the roadway, a concrete curb was added to reinforce and protect the stone parapet. A low modular concrete barrier separates vehicles from pedestrians and bikes. Integrated drainage and a simple balustrade of wrought iron railing was added to both sides, protection which had not previously existed.

Controversy
The naming of the bridge has been somewhat confused, related to its completion during the Civil War.

Union Arch inscription

While the bridge was being designed and constructed, it was referred to as "Union Arch", "Bridge No. 4" or "Cabin John Bridge" in drawings and government correspondence. The latter two names, however, do not appear in any of the stone carvings that were eventually placed on the bridge.  In 1861, as the bridge was nearing completion, the Army drew up initial plans for inscription of commemorative stone tablets to be installed on the bridge. Meigs, who had been promoted to the rank of captain, issued an order in March 1861 for a tablet on the east bridge abutment.  The text was to consist of a title, "Union Bridge," and the names of the principal designers, namely Meigs and Assistant Engineer Alfred L. Rives.  By the time the war began, however, Rives had joined the Confederate Army.  The final tablet design was modified with the title "Union Arch" and "Alfred L. Rives" was replaced with "Esto Perpetua" ("Let it last forever.").

Several publications have referred to the "Union Arch" of the Washington Aqueduct, but others refer to the structure as the Cabin John Bridge.

Jefferson Davis inscription

The bridge design process had begun in 1853, during the administration of President Franklin Pierce and the Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis.  Captain Meigs' 1861 order also called for a tablet on the west bridge abutment, with the title, "Washington Aqueduct" and listing the political leaders that were in office both at the start of the project and at its completion (i.e., Pierce and Davis; President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron).  By 1862, however, Davis had left the Union to become President of the Confederate States of America.  There was resentment among some members of Congress about the inscription of Davis' name on the bridge, and this led to an order that his name be removed from the tablet. The Department of the Interior, which was managing the aqueduct at that time, ordered the removal of the inscription.

In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt was asked by various constituents to restore Davis' name to the tablet. Roosevelt ordered the restoration.

Twentieth century naming confusion
Some additional confusion over the bridge name arose when the Capital Beltway was constructed in the early 1960s, and the nearby Beltway bridge over the Potomac River was also called the "Cabin John Bridge."  However, in 1969 the Beltway bridge was formally named the "American Legion Memorial Bridge."

Historic designations
The Union Arch Bridge was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1972 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.  Both designations refer to the bridge as the "Cabin John Aqueduct."

Current operation
The bridge continues to support the Washington Aqueduct, as well as a roadway, MacArthur Boulevard. Traffic is narrowed to one lane with traffic signals controlling traffic in either direction. A concrete barrier along the south side creates a separated pedestrian walkway across the bridge. Metal fencing on both sides prevents pedestrians and objects from falling. Signs remind road maintenance crews not to salt the roadway in winter months.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a renovation of the bridge in 2001.

See also
Washington Aqueduct
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland

References

Further reading

External links

, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
American Society of Civil Engineers – Cabin John Aqueduct

Bridges completed in 1864
Cabin John, Maryland
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Bridges in Montgomery County, Maryland
Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland
Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland
National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland
Stone arch bridges in the United States


Ernest Joseph Lemaire, CMG (born October 22, 1874) was Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada, Secretary to the Cabinet and head of the Canadian civil service from August 14, 1923, to January 1, 1940.
He was educated at St. Charles College, Sherbrooke and began his career in the civil service at the Privy Council Office in January 1894.

From 1904 to 1912 he was Private Secretary to Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and attended the Colonial Conference of 1907 and the Imperial Conference of 1911 with Laurier.

After Laurier left office Lemaire moved to the Post Office Department as Superintendent of the Postage Stamp Branch in 1912 and then, in 1921, he became the Superintendent of the Equipment and Supply Branch.

In 1923, Lemaire was promoted to Clerk of the Privy Council by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.

In 1934, he was named a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.

References

External links
Ernest Joseph Lemiare Biography from the Privy Council Office

1874 births
Year of death missing
Clerks of the Privy Council (Canada)
Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George


Danny Gilmore (born December 23, 1973) is a Canadian actor, who is best known for his role as Vallier in John Greyson's Lilies (1996), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 17th Genie Awards. He has also appeared in the films Gaz Bar Blues, Ice Cream, Chocolate and Other Consolations (Crème glacée, chocolat et autres consolations), Les Fils de Marie, Days of Darkness (L'Âge des ténèbres), Maria Chapdelaine  and the French–Canadian TV movie Marie-Antoinette.

Gilmore wrote, produced and directed the independent film Bonzaïon in 2004. He was also named as one of ten directors to watch by the Canadian media journal Playback in 2005.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
Canadian male film actors


in Japanese folklore are mind-reading monkey-like monsters ("yōkai") said to dwell within the mountains of Hida and Mino (presently Gifu Prefecture).

Mythology
People are said to meet them while walking along mountain paths or resting in the mountains. Upon reading a person's mind, the satori would say the person's thoughts aloud faster than a human could. There is also a theory that they are the child incarnations of mountain gods who have come to ruin and turned into a yōkai form.

They would appear before people at mountain huts, and are even said to try to eat and kill if they have a chance, but if something unexpectedly strikes the satori, they become stricken with fear and run away. There is also a theory that they do not present any danger to people and would not dare to harm those who work on the mountain, allowing people to coexist with satori.

A satori is depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, but since this was modeled after the yamako (玃) in the Wakan Sansai Zue and other works, and since it even said, "there are yamako (玃) deep in the mountains of Hida and Mino" in the text along with it, it is said that Toriyama Sekien gave it the name "satori" since they are able to read (satoru) people's minds. The yamako was an ape man from Chinese legends, but in the Wakan Sansai Zue, it was an animal that read people's minds in Hida and Mino, and since the character 玃 can also be pronounced "kaku", the character 覚 (also "kaku") was used as one that fit for a replacement, which was later misread as "satori", so there is the interpretation that this is what gave birth to the legend of "satori" as a different kind of yokai than the yamako. There is also the theory that satori are based on the yamabiko found in the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki and the Hyakkai Zukan and other collections, but according to the folklorist Kunio Yanagita, from his work "Yokai Dangi", the folklore that satori would read people's minds, and the legend that yamabiko would imitate people's voices have the same origin.

Cultural impact
The Touhou Project characters Satori Komeiji and her younger sister Koishi Komeiji are both satori, although Koishi cannot read minds.
In Kamen Rider Hibiki, a Makamou has the same name as this yōkai and is introduced as one of the final villains of the last episode of the TV series, albeit it does not feature a monkey.
In The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World one of the ayakashi that Seika Lamprogue summons to uncover information from a demon spy is a satori depicting it as a large ape like creature.

See also
 Bigfoot
 Hibagon
 Yozakura Quartet

References

Yōkai
Forest spirits


Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar is the second full length instrumental album and 8th overall by hard rock guitarist Paul Gilbert.

Track listing

Track 2 ends with a complete performance of Bach's Prelude in G major from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1.

Musicians
 Paul Gilbert - Guitar, Producer
 Mike Szuter - Bass
 Jeff Bowders - Drums
 Emi Gilbert - Hammond B3, Piano

Production
 Pat Sullivan - Mastering
 Stan Katayama - Engineer, Mixing
 June Murakawa - Engineer

References

External links
 KvltSite.com's review

Paul Gilbert albums
Instrumental albums
2008 albums
Shrapnel Records albums


Abstract
Bangasternus orientalis is a species of true weevil known as the yellow starthistle bud weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis).

The adult weevil is brown with a thin coat of light mottled hairs. It is about 6 millimeters long. The female lays up to 470 eggs near the flower heads of yellow starthistle and glues them with a dark-colored mucilage. When the larva emerges from its egg, it tunnels up into the flower head, where it consumes the flower parts and developing seeds. It then constructs a sort of cocoon from the remnants of the flower and seed parts and pupates there. Most of the damage to the plant is done by the larva, which destroys 50-60% of the seeds in a given flower head. It is host-specific, attacking only yellow starthistle and sometimes purple starthistle (C. calcitrapa); it does not attack any native plants.

This weevil is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It was first released as a biocontrol agent in the United States in 1985. It is now established throughout the western United States, wherever yellow starthistle is found. It helps prevent the spread of the weed, but it is not as common or effective as other yellow starthistle biocontrol agents.

The efficacy of Bangasternus orientalis Capiomont against its host Centaurea solstitialis L. was determined at two different sites (low and high elevation) in California over a 2-yr period.
Host plant and weevil phenology were delayed at the high elevation site. Consequently, the initiation of secondary flower buds (high elevation site) was extended well into November, long after the ovipositing adult weevil population had expired.  More than 50% of the egg-bearing test heads did not become infested with mature pupae because of larval mortality. After seed reduction by the weevil, 70% of the seeds remained in the test heads. Our data suggest that B. orientalis appears to be ineffective by itself as a biological control agent of yellow starthistle in California.

Life Cycle
Overwintering adults appear on plants in the spring through early summer. Eggs are laid on young leaves under developing flower heads. Larvae hatch, tunnel into the stem, and ultimately into the flower head, where they feed on young seeds. Pupation occurs within the seed heads. New adults then exit the plant to overwinter.

Habitat
Spotted and diffuse knapweed are weed species that can be found throughout the northern tier of states and as far south as Nebraska and Virginia. These highly competitive weed species favor and establish quickly on disturbed sites and overgrazed rangeland. Both weeds will invade well established grassland communities and out compete the native vegetation. The release of B. fausti is part of a program to introduce a complex of spotted and diffuse knapweed enemies to help control these weeds.

Field Identification
Several insects have been released for control of yellow starthistle.  B. orientalis can be distinguished from the other seed head beetles, Eustenopus villosus and Larinus curtus, by its much shorter and blunt snout.  B. orientalis also has much shorter body hairs than E. villosus.

Pests Attacked
B. fausti is considered host specific and limited to a few species in the genus Centaurea, specifically C. diffusa (diffuse knapweed), C. maculosa (spotted knapweed), C. calcitrapa (purple star-thistle), C. squarrosa (squarrose knapweed), and will rarely attack C. solstitialis (yellow star- thistle), all of which are introduced weeds. Extensive host specificity tests were conducted in the field and laboratory in Europe before B. fausti was cleared and released in the United States.

Availability
This beetle is readily available wherever yellow starthistle is found.  Adults can be collected from spring through early summer. However, because its impacts are usually secondary relative to E. villosus, and because it is likely already present at most starthistle sites, redistribution may be unnecessary.

References

 Coombs, E. M., et al., Eds. (2004). Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 423.

External links
 USACE Biocontrol Profile
 invasive.org Biology of Yellow Starthistle

Molytinae
Insects used for control of invasive plants
Biological pest control beetles
Beetles described in 1873


Vasil Gigiadze (; born 3 June 1977) is a Georgian former footballer.

External links

Men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Georgia (country) men's international footballers
Expatriate men's footballers from Georgia (country)
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Ukraine
Russian Premier League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Erovnuli Liga players
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
FC Elista players
FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka players
SC Tavriya Simferopol players
Living people
1977 births
Footballers from Kutaisi
Men's association football forwards


The following is a list of ecoregions in the Republic of the Congo, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

 Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
 Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
 Western Congolian swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

 Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic

Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion

West Coastal Equatorial

 Central West Coastal Equatorial
 Southern West Coastal Equatorial

Congo

 Upper Congo Rapids
 Lower Congo Rapids
 Sangha
 Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)

Marine ecoregions
 Gulf of Guinea South

References
 Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
 Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.

 01
Congo, Republic of
Ecoregions


is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by NAS and broadcast by Animax in 2004.

Story
A young man named , upon passing by a pet shop on his way home, happens upon a water Kappa in the window, which he buys, names , and is determined to raise as a pet. Never having owned a kappa before, he relies on a book that specializes in information on how to raise and train kappa. However, Kaatan is harder to train than it immediately seems, and a lot of patience is exerted by Watashi in his effort.

Characters

References

External links
 Official website

2003 manga
2004 Japanese television series debuts
2005 Japanese television series endings
Animax original programming
Anime series
Comedy anime and manga
Fantasy anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shueisha franchises
Shueisha manga
Works about kappa (folklore)


Prince Adalbert of Bavaria () (3 June 1886 – 29 December 1970) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach, historian, author and a German Ambassador to Spain.

Early life
Adalbert was born at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Bavaria. He was the second son of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria and his wife Infanta María de la Paz of Spain.

As most of his peers, following the Abitur, Adalbert joined the Bavarian Army and remained an officer throughout the First World War.  He served with the artillery as a battery commander and later as a General Staff Corps and a cavalry  officer on both the Western and the Eastern Fronts.

1920s-1940s
After Germany's defeat in 1918, Prince Adalbert left the military and began study history at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich; later publishing several works on Bavarian and royal history. With the outbreak of World War II, Adalbert was recalled back to the military and served as a staff officer under close family friend Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. With the Army Group C, he took part in the German invasion of France, but his return to the German Army was short-lived. In early 1941, Prince Adalbert was relieved from all combat duties as a result of the so-called Prinzenerlass. By this decree, Hitler ordered that all members of the former German reigning royal houses were forbidden from joining or participating in any military operations in the Wehrmacht. Later, in May 1941, Prince Adalbert was cashiered from the military and withdrew to the family castle Hohenschwangau in southern Bavaria, where he lived for the rest of the war.

Post World War II
After the war he worked shortly for the Bavarian Red Cross office and in 1952 was appointed by Konrad Adenauer as the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Spain. He remained in this post until 1956.

Marriage
On  12 June 1919 Prince Adalbert married Countess Augusta von Seefried auf Buttenheim (1899-1978), the daughter of Count Otto von Seefried auf Buttenheim and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria. The wedding took place in Salzburg, Austria. The couple had two sons:

 Prince Konstantin of Bavaria (1920–1969)
 Prince Alexander of Bavaria (12 Jun 1923 - 6 May 2001, born and died in Munich, Germany)

Death
Prince Adalbert of Bavaria died on 29 December 1970 at Munich and is buried at the Andechs Abbey cemetery in Bavaria.

Ancestry

Published works
 Das Ende der Habsburger in Spanien (2 Bände). Bruckmann Verlag, München 1929
 Vier Revolutionen und einiges dazwischen. Siebzig Jahre aus dem Leben der Prinzessin Ludwig Ferdinand von Bayern, Infantin von Spanien. Hans Eder Verlag, München, 1932
 An Europas Fürstenhöfen. Lebenserinnerung der Infantin Eulalia von Spanien 1864-1931. Verlag Robert Lutz Nachfolger Otto Schramm, Stuttgart, 1936
 Eugen Beauharnais. Der Stiefsohn Napoleons. Ein Lebensbild. Propyläen Verlag, Berlin, 1940
 Nymphenburg und seine Bewohner. Oldenbourg Verlag, München, 1949
 Max I. Joseph von Bayern. Pfalzgraf, Kurfürst und König. Bruckmann Verlag, München, 1957
 Die Herzen der Leuchtenberg. Chronik einer napoleonisch-bayerisch-europäischen Familie. Prestel Verlag, München, 1963
 Der Herzog und die Tänzerin. Die merkwürdige Geschichte Christians IV. von Pfalz-Zweibrücken und seiner Familie. Pfälzische Verlagsanstalt, Neustadt/Weinstraße, 1966
 Als die Residenz noch Residenz war. Prestel Verlag, München, 1967
 Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979
 Erinnerungen 1900-1956. Langen-Müller Verlag, München, 1991

References

 Das Bayernbuch vom Kriege 1914-1918. Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Friedrichfranz Feeser, Chr. Belser AG, Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930
 Die Wittelsbacher. Geschichte unserer Familie. Adalbert, Prinz von Bayern. Prestel Verlag, München, 1979

1886 births
1970 deaths
Ambassadors of Germany to Spain
German Roman Catholics
German Army personnel of World War I
German Army officers of World War II
House of Wittelsbach
Knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain
Knights of Santiago
Crosses of Military Merit
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat
Military personnel of Bavaria
People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
Princes of Bavaria
Burials at Andechs Abbey


Confederate Units of Indian Territory consisted of Native Americans from the Five Civilized Tribes — the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles were commanded by the highest ranking Native American of the war: Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, who also became the last Confederate General to surrender on June 23, 1865. There was also a series of Union units of Indian Territory.

Cherokee Nation
1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
1st Regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
2nd Regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
3rd Cherokee Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry
Cherokee Regiment (Special Services), CSA
1st Cherokee Battalion of Partisan Rangers
2nd Cherokee Artillery
Cherokee Special Services Battalion
Scales' Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
Meyer's Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
Cherokee Battalion of Infantry
1st Squadron of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Creek Nation
1st Regiment Creek Mounted Volunteers
2nd Regiment Creek Mounted Volunteers
1st Battalion Creek Confederate Cavalry

Seminole Nation
1st Regiment Seminole Mounted Volunteers
1st Battalion Seminole Mounted Volunteers

Chickasaw Nation
1st Regiment of Chickasaw Infantry
1st Regiment of Chickasaw Cavalry
1st Battalion of Chickasaw Cavalry
Shecoe's Chickasaw Battalion of Mounted Volunteers

Choctaw Nation
1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles
1st Regiment of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
2nd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry
3rd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry
Deneale's Regiment of Choctaw Warriors
Folsom's Battalion of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
Capt. John Wilkin's Company of Choctaw Infantry

Northwest Frontier Command of Indian Territory
(Col. Roswell W. Lee, Commanding)
1st Osage Battalion
Major George Washington's Frontier Battalion
Major James W. Cooper's Battalion

References

See also
Indian Territory in the American Civil War
Lists of American Civil War Regiments by State
Confederate Units by State

Lists of military units and formations of the American Civil War


Muiredach Muillethan mac Fergusso (or Muiredach  Mag Aí) (died 702) was a King of Connacht from the Uí Briúin Aí branch of the Uí Briúin. He was the grandson of  Rogallach mac Uatach (died 649), a previous king. His sobriquet Muillethan means "broad-crowned".

Overview

The annals report that his father Fergus (Muirgius) had been killed in 654 by the Uí Fiachrach Aidhne. His uncle Cathal mac Rogallaig is reported as dying in the year 680. The date of his accession to rule over the Uí Briúin is not known but must have been after the death of Cenn Fáelad mac Colgan (died 682) of the Uí Briúin Seóla.

The king lists vary in their order of kings in this period. The Laud Synchronisms place his reign after Fergal while the Book of Leinster places his reign much later. The Annals of Tigernach report a reign of 696-702 for Muiredach as king of Connacht succeeding Fergal Aidne mac Artgaile (died 696). Nothing is recorded of his reign however.

He was married to Cacht of the Corco Cullu (a minor tribe in Mag nAí), daughter of the slayer of his grandfather Rogallach. He was the ancestor of the Síol Muireadaigh of Connacht and his known sons were Indrechtach mac Muiredaig Muillethan (died 723) and Cathal mac Muiredaig Muillethan (died 735), both future kings of Connacht.

Family tree

     Muiredach Muillethan
     |
     |
     |                                                                           |
     |                                                                           |
     Indrechtaig, died 723.                                                      Cathal
     |                                                                           |
     |               |__
     |                    |                     |      |         |               |             |       |           |
     |                    |                     |      |         |               |             |       |           |
     Áed Balb (died 742)  Muiredach (died 732)  Tadg   Murgal    Medb            Dub Indrecht  Artgal  Dub Díbeirg Forgartach
                                              = ?              = Áed Oirdnide     d. 768.      d. 792.   d. 787.    fl. 789.
                                                |                |
                                                |                |
                                                Tipraiti         Niall Caille
                                                |                |
                                                |                |
                                          Síol Muireadaigh   Áed Findliath

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,
 Gearoid Mac Niocaill (1972), Ireland before the Vikings, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan

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

702 deaths
Kings of Connacht
Nobility from County Roscommon
8th-century Irish monarchs
7th-century Irish monarchs
Year of birth unknown


The following is a list of ecoregions in the Central African Republic, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Terrestrial ecoregions
by major habitat type

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

 Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
 Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
 Western Congolian swamp forests

Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

 East Sudanian savanna
 Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
 Sahelian Acacia savanna

Freshwater ecoregions
by bioregion

Congo

 Sangha
 Sudanic Congo (Oubangi)

Nilo-Sudan

 Lake Chad Catchment

References
 Burgess, Neil, Jennifer D’Amico Hales, Emma Underwood (2004). Terrestrial Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. "Marine Ecoregions of the World: A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas". Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July/August 2007, pp. 573-583.
 Thieme, Michelle L. (2005). Freshwater Ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press, Washington DC.
 Toham, Andre Kamdem et al., eds. (2006). A Vision for Biodiversity Conservation in Central Africa: Biological Priorities for Conservation in the Guinean-Congolian Forest and Freshwater Region. World Wildlife Fund, Washington DC. Page A-52.

Ecoregions
Central African Republic


Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve was a German diplomat. He was born on 26 September 1763 in Regensburg (at this time a Free Imperial City) to the diplomat Anton Sebastian von Struve, the Russian ambassador to the Reichstag in Regensburg. His mother was Johanne Dorothea Werner of Sondershausen in the Thuringian states.

Gustav, as he was known, was a signer to the Treaty of Paris of 1814.

Other Struves
Gustav came from a distinguished family, with many of his siblings also being civil servants to the Russian court, in the tradition of their father, Anton:

Catharina Elisabetha von Struve (1759–1838)
Johann Georg von Struve (1766–1831)
Johann Christian von Struve (1768–1812) – Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Foreign Office in Saint Petersburg
August Wilhelm von Struve (1770–1838) – Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Postal Department in Saint Petersburg
Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772–1851) – Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Embassy in Stuttgart
Philippine Rosina Elisabetha von Struve (1775–1819) – Married Franz Ferdinand von Gruen, Chancellor to the Prince of Reuss
Albrecht von Struve(1774–1794)
Johan Struve (2000-siempre baby) - Merida y luego Maracaibo , Venezuela. Descendiente e optimus prime, portador del caliz de fuego y devorador de galaxias

Family of Gustav and Sibilla
In Stuttgart on 18 May 1793, Gustav married Sibilla Christiane Friederike von Hochstetter, the daughter of the noted German political leader, Johann Amand Andreas von Hochstetter and Elisabeth Friederike von Buehler.

They had eleven known children:

Albrecht von Struve (1793–1794)
Elise von Struve (1795–1844)
Karl Anton von Struve (1797–1846) – Married St. Claire Stuart Trotter in Edinburgh
Amand von Struve (1798–1867) – Married Karoline von Kahlenberg
Sophie von Struve (1801–1864) – Married Karl von Manuel
Georg Heinrich Christoph Franz von Struve (1802–1886) – Married Eugenie Josephene Charlotte von Witte
Katharina "Katinka" von Struve (1803–1855)
Gustav von Struve (1805–1870) – Married Elise Ferdinande Amalie Dusar, and was later involved in the 1848 Revolutions.
Friederike von Struve (1807–1890) – Married Joseph von Gemmingen
Philippine von Struve (1809–1906)
Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve (1812–1898) – Married Stephanie von Borowsky and then later his cousin, Wilhelmine Charlotte Margarete "Minna" von Hochstetter

Gustav died on 6 May 1828 in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, during the early days of the German Confederation.

References

1763 births
1828 deaths
People from Regensburg
Johann Christoph Gustav
Diplomats of Bavaria


Stackhousia is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the family Celastraceae that are native to Australia, New Zealand, Malesia and Micronesia. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith in  Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1798.

It was formerly placed in Stackhousiaceae, but under the APG II system this family has been folded into Celastraceae.

Species include:
Stackhousia annua W.R.Barker
Stackhousia aspericocca Schuch.
Stackhousia clementii Domin
Stackhousia dielsii Pamp.  - Yellow stackhousia
Stackhousia gunnii Hook.f. now Stackhousia subterranea
Stackhousia huegelii Endl.
Stackhousia intermedia F.M.Bailey
Stackhousia megaloptera F.Muell.
Stackhousia minima Hook.f.
Stackhousia monogyna Labill.   - Creamy candles, creamy stackhousia
Stackhousia muricata Lindl.
Stackhousia pubescens A.Rich.  - Downy stackhousia
Stackhousia pulvinaris F.Muell. - Alpine stackhousia
Stackhousia scoparia Benth.
Stackhousia spathulata Sieber ex Spreng.
Stackhousia stratfordiae  W.R.Barker & Cockerton
Stackhousia subterranea W.R.Barker - Gunn's mignonette, grasslands candles
Stackhousia tryonii F.M.Bailey
Stackhousia umbellata C.A.Gardner & A.S.George
Stackhousia viminea Sm. - Slender stackhousia

References

Celastrales genera


Passports are issued to citizens of Eswatini to travel outside the country. In 2015, citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 67 countries and territories, ranking the passport 73rd in the world, and 7th in Africa.

See also
 Visa requirements for Swazi citizens

References

External links
 Picture of Swaziland passport

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The Romantics (1999) is the debut novel of Pankaj Mishra, the author of Butter Chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in Small Town India (1995), An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World (2004) and Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond (2006). The Romantics is an ironic tale of people longing for fulfillment in cultures other than their own. It was published in eleven European languages and won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.

Plot introduction

Samar, the young narrator of The Romantics, arrives at a boarding house in the holy city of Benaras, an ancient city trying to cope with modern India. There he hopes to lose himself in books and solitude, but, far from offering him an undistracted existence, the city forces all his silent desires into the light. Although this novels depicts the interaction of two culture such as east and west. the protagonist is highly attracted towards the glamour of western that comes to novel as being in contact with Catherine.

Literary significance and reception

'Though slightly over-long and crowded with minor players, The Romantics is an intriguing combination of casual grace and emotional intensity, peppered with discreet social comment on caste, class, sectarian strife, the state of the nation. (...) Hearteningly different from the tricksiness and posturing of much recent Indian writing, this is a charming début, which makes a virtue of its studied simplicity' – Aamer Hussein, The Independent

'If much of cosmopolitan Indian writing has valorized the immigrant and the foreign land, then The Romantics is a celebration of the home and its forgotten world' – Amitava Kumar, The Nation

'...this extraordinary debut novel, The Romantics, a supernova in the wan firmament of recent fiction' – Marie Arana, The Washington Post

References

External links
 Magazine contains articles written by Pankaj Mishra
  Articles on New York Review of Books
 Philosopher King by Adam Goodheart—book review in New York Times
 "Pankaj Mishra, Intellectual and Spiritual Vagrant". An interview by Wendy Cheng at Loggernaut.

20th-century Indian novels
1999 novels
Novels set in Varanasi
1999 Indian novels
1999 debut novels