WZKO (1350 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States. It airs an urban adult contemporary format branded as "107.5 Jamz".

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History

WCAI
On August 14, 1962, William H. Martin received the construction permit to establish a new radio station in Fort Myers, with the call letters WXYC. Martin sold the construction permit prior to going on air to Lee Broadcasting, which changed the call letters to WCAI before signing on August 22, 1964. The new daytime-only outlet broadcast middle-of-the-road music. Operations were threatened in 1967 when a city controlled burn operation went out of control and blew toward the station; WCAI remained on the air, but its tower, which had just been painted red that day, was colored black with ash.

WCAI remained mostly unchanged through the 1970s aside from a format flip to country, though it gave its listeners a scare when a 1977 promotion announcing "the end of the station" for a weekend of classic country prompted so many phone calls that a telephone exchange was blown out. The next year, a disc jockey resigned after being implicated in a company that sold memberships in nonexistent department stores. There were several transfers of ownership in 1980 and 1981, resulting in the station being sold to Ercona South for $600,000. The principals of Lee Broadcasting had sold WCAI in order to pursue a new FM license on Estero Island, which they won and launched in 1983 as WQEZ. By 1984, WCAI was a talk station.

In 1985, Charlie Frank reached an agreement to sell WCAI to Horizon Communications, which owned WQSA of Sarasota, for $700,000, with Horizon announcing plans to retain WCAI's talk programming. However, ratings surveys showed it dead last in the Fort Myers market of 12 stations, and in September, employee paychecks started bouncing as payment complications emerged in the sale to Horizon. The wheels came off in November, two weeks after former owners Truman Morris and Helen Pierce foreclosed on Horizon, when WCAI went silent while it searched for another new owner.

Nine days after receiving authority to cease broadcasting from the Federal Communications Commission, WCAI filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. One prospective bidder was Caloosa Television, which owned WEVU-TV in Naples. The only bid for WCAI, at $51,000, ultimately came from Roger Coleman, owner of a station in Galesburg, Illinois, after Caloosa withdrew its bid. However, Coleman backed out and withdrew his application with the FCC to buy WCAI in April. Other parties that showed interest in WCAI included a local pastor, Eddie Grimsley, who wanted to broadcast religious programming. After the license was transferred to WCAI's former creditors, Asti Broadcasting Corporation of Clearwater acquired WCAI for $400,000 late in the year.

WWWQ and WHYS
To get their own identity in the market, Asti changed the call letters to WWWQ. The station reemerged on March 15, 1987, as "3WQ" with an urban contemporary format—the only one in southwest Florida—primarily syndicated from the Satellite Music Network. Only a year later, however, 1350 AM returned to talk, this time as WHYS, because it struggled to overcome its image as a "black" radio station with white listeners and advertisers.

WCRM
In 1989, Asti sold WHYS to Manna Christian Missions, which had brokered out 34 hours a week on the station for Spanish-language programming, for $450,000. Manna changed WHYS to WCRM "Radio Consolación", the first Spanish-language radio station in Lee County. Yet again, however, the minority-oriented format proved problematic for potential advertisers, prompting Manna to flip WCRM to contemporary Christian in July 1990. (One of the hosts on the new station was Eddie Grimsley, the same pastor that had attempted to buy it out of bankruptcy four years prior.) Less than two years later, WCRM flipped back to a Spanish-language format as "Radio Manantial".

WCRM remained a Spanish-language Christian station, with some brokered programming and gospel music on Sundays, under Manna's ownership; it gained national recognition when it was named among the top 5 Spanish Christian radio stations in the United States in 1996. It suffered through a 1997 burglary in which $9,000 worth of equipment was taken or destroyed, as well as a 2000 lightning strike that took out its transmitter site.

In 2008, Manna sold WCRM to Vida Radio Ministries, a subsidiary of Christ Center International, for $950,000. Three years later, however, Manna bought back the land on which WCRM's studios and transmitter are located from Christ Center for $50,000 in a foreclosure sale; in early 2012, it won back the license in a settlement of Manna's claims against CCI.

While Manna took back the WCRM license, it decided to outsource the station's operations under a local marketing agreement. In late July 2012, Everglades City Broadcasting, owners of WBGY (88.1 FM) on Marco Island, began operating WCRM and flipped it to Fox Sports Radio.

WZKO
In December 2015, Manna sold WCRM to Genesis Multimedia for $450,000. Genesis paired the station with a translator it bought in Melbourne and moved to Fort Myers as W298CB (107.5 FM), and relaunched WCRM as WZKO "107.5 Jamz".

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ZKO
Radio stations established in 1964
Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Mass media in Fort Myers, Florida
1964 establishments in Florida


2'-5'-oligoadenylate synthetase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the OAS3 gene.

This gene encodes an enzyme included in the 2', 5' oligoadenylate synthase family.  This enzyme is induced by interferons and catalyzes the 2', 5' oligomers of ATP. These oligomers activate latent RNase L, leading to degradation of both viral and endogenous RNA.  This enzyme family plays a significant role in the inhibition of cellular protein synthesis in response to viral infection.

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The Gill Deacon Show was a Canadian talk show which aired on CBC Television between October 30, 2006 and May 30, 2007. Hosted by Gill Deacon, the show featured segments on crafts, cooking and inspirational stories. It was cancelled after just one season, due to low ratings.

The show was succeeded as CBC Television's main daytime talkshow by Steven and Chris, which debuted in early 2008.

External links
 CBC.ca - Gill Deacon show cancelled

 Gillian Deacon's green tips blog

2000s Canadian television talk shows
2006 Canadian television series debuts
2007 Canadian television series endings
CBC Television original programming
Television shows filmed in Toronto


The Neagra is a right tributary of the river Arieșul Mare in Romania. It discharges into the Arieșul Mare in Popeștii de Jos. Its length is  and its basin size is .

References

Rivers of Romania
Rivers of Alba County


Outer dense fiber protein 2, also known as cenexin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ODF2 gene.

The outer dense fibers are cytoskeletal structures that surround the axoneme in the middle piece and principal piece of the sperm tail. The fibers function in maintaining the elastic structure and recoil of the sperm tail as well as in protecting the tail from shear forces during epididymal transport and ejaculation. Defects in the outer dense fibers lead to abnormal sperm morphology and infertility. This gene encodes one of the major outer dense fiber proteins. Multiple protein isoforms are encoded by transcript variants of this gene; however, not all isoforms and variants have been fully described.

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Frank William Quinn (November 27, 1927 – January 11, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in nine games as a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball as a member of the  and  Boston Red Sox. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he spent his teen years in Hartford, Connecticut, and matriculated at The Loomis School. He batted and threw right-handed, stood  tall and weighed .

Before signing a bonus contract with the Red Sox in , Quinn attended Yale University. He represented the Bulldogs in the first two editions of the College World Series in 1947 and 1948 alongside George H. W. Bush, the future 41st President of the United States.

He spent his second pro season on the roster of the MLB Red Sox, working in eight games between May 29 and August 25. In his best performance, on July 1 against the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park, he allowed only one hit and no runs, with two strikeouts, in three full innings. It was a "mopup" assignment, with the Athletics winning the game, 11–5. Quinn also worked in one game early in 1950, on April 26; sixteen days later he was claimed on waivers by the Washington Senators, who sent him to the minor leagues. Plagued by a sore arm, he worked in only five more games before retiring from the mound.

In the majors, he recorded no decisions and no saves in his nine games; in 24 innings pitched, he allowed 20 hits, ten bases on balls and nine earned runs, striking out four batters. His career earned run average was 3.38.

References

External links
Frank Quinn – Baseball-Reference.com

1927 births
1993 deaths
All-American college baseball players
Baseball players from Springfield, Massachusetts
Baseball players from Hartford, Connecticut
Birmingham Barons players
Boston Red Sox players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Loomis Chaffee School alumni
Major League Baseball pitchers
Yale Bulldogs baseball players
Yale University alumni


Vršíček ( above sea level) is a hill in the Švihov Highlands in the Czech Republic. It is located in the Litohlavy municipality in the Plzeň Region, about  northwest of Rokycany.

Buildings
On the summit of Vršíček there is a baroque Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, which was built in 1744–47. The construction of the chapel was funded by town of Rokycany and was intended as a thank for protection from the plague epidemics in 1680, 1689 and 1713.

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Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic
Baroque architecture in the Czech Republic
Chapels in the Czech Republic
Rokycany District


WMYR (1410 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Catholic music/talk format, under the name Relevant Radio. Licensed to Fort Myers, Florida, United States, it serves the Lee County area. The station is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc.

WMYR broadcasts at 5,000 watts around the clock, although at night, the station uses a directional antenna to protect other stations on 1410 AM.  WMYR's programming can also be heard on an FM translator, 106.7 W294AN in Fort Myers Beach.  The studios and offices are on Collier Center Way in Naples and the 1410 transmitter is off Hanson Street in Fort Myers. The programming is also simulcasted in the Naples area on WCNZ AM 1660.

History

WMYR first signed on the air on November 11, 1952.  It spent most of the 1970s and early 80s as a Top 40 station.

On October 28, 2000, WMYR began airing the "Radio Disney" children's network. The format was dropped in February 2005.
In February 2009 WMYR, and its then simulcast sister station WCNZ changed from Catholic programming to the syndicated Scott Shannon "True Oldies Channel". In the fall of that same year, WMYR/WCNZ changed to the "Timeless Cool" format branded as "The Avenue."

On April 1, 2013, WMYR flipped to classic country, branding itself "Original Classic Country 1410." The web site said it was "The first station to bring Elvis to town, before he was a superstar. We are proud to bring back the great music of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire....along with new classic country artists like Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw."

When WMYR acquired its FM translator, it rebranded itself as "Twang 106.7" to reflect the translator's frequency.

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References

External links
Relevant Radio

Radio stations established in 1998
Relevant Radio stations
1998 establishments in Florida
MYR


Osteomodulin (also called osteoadherin or osteoadherin proteoglycan) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OMD gene.

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Proteoglycans


WWCL (1440 AM) is a Spanish Christian music and teaching station. Licensed to Lehigh Acres, Florida, United States, the station serves the Fort Myers area.

External links
Radio Visión Cristiana

WCL


WVOI (1480 AM) was a radio station that broadcast a Catholic music and talk format. Licensed to serve Marco Island, Florida, United States, the station was last owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. It broadcast between 1975 and 2020 and was the first radio station on Marco Island.

History
The station went on the air as WRGI in January 1975 as Marco Island's first radio station. It was owned by Collier Broadcasting Company and aired a contemporary hit radio format.

In 1978, WRGI became WMIB (promoted as "Wonderful Music Is Back") and changed to a big band music format, playing music of the 1930s and 1940s. Arkelian Broadcasting acquired WMIB from Collier in 1983; after a brief stint as WWWO from 1984 to 1985, Arkelian sold it to Teiwes Broadcasting at the end of 1986. Teiwes sold WMIB, which had gone silent, to WCOO general manager Terry Lee Trunzo's Marco Island Broadcasting for $70,000 in 1992.

WMIB lost its transmitter tower when Hurricane Andrew passed over Marco Island in 1992. After the tower collapse, WMIB was sold to Cos-Star Broadcasting Corporation for $47,000; principal Patrick Costa owned WNNW in Salem, New Hampshire. The new owner revived the station with the Jones Satellite Network's oldies programming as WODX on August 6, 1993. The oldies format remained until a format flip to sports talk in 1996.

Expanded band assignment
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to newly available "expanded band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WODX authorized to move from 1480 to 1660 kHz.

On February 17, 1998, the new expanded band station on 1660 AM—also on Marco Island—was assigned the call letters WMIB, under which it signed on in June of that year; the call sign was changed to WCNZ on January 18, 2002. The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. However, this deadline was extended multiple times, and both stations continued to be authorized.

The stations simulcast, having returned to adult standards, until 2000. That year, a lease-to-buy deal under which Richard and Kathy Storm ran the station ended after the Storms opted not to buy WODX and WMIB from Cos-Star Broadcasting. Two years later, a Collier County jury awarded them $225,000 after the Storms sued Cos-Star for poor record keeping, FCC violations, and power problems on the expanded-band frequency, finding that Cos-Star had breached its time brokerage and option agreements.

Later history
When the Storms deal collapsed, Cos-Star moved operations off Marco Island and to a facility in East Naples,  and the station was sold to All Financial Network. That group aired its talk programs on the 1660 frequency and adult standards on 1480.

The call letters changed one last time on July 3, 2002, to WVOI, representing the "Voice of the Islands". The format changed again to local talk in 2003.

In 2013, WVOI, WCNZ and WMYR in Fort Myers became a simulcast network with a classic country format, dropping standards. By 2016, it was airing an adult contemporary format as 98FM Marco Island, named for its FM translator at the time, W251BL. That year, Starboard Media, then-owner of Relevant Radio, acquired the three stations from Almodovar Media Corporation, which had defaulted on its promissory note to the previous ownership.

On January 21, 2020, a fire destroyed the WVOI transmitter site; the station never returned. As a result of being off the air for over a year, WVOI's license was deleted on June 3, 2021.

References

External links
FCC Station Search Details: DWVOI (Facility ID: 13980)
FCC History Cards for WVOI (covering 1970-1979 as WRGI / WMIB)

VOI
Radio stations established in 1975
Relevant Radio stations
1975 establishments in Florida
Radio stations disestablished in 2020
2020 disestablishments in Florida
Defunct radio stations in the United States
Defunct religious radio stations in the United States
VOI


Claudin-20 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN20 gene. It belongs to the group of claudins.

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WCCF (1580 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Punta Gorda, Florida, United States, the station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WCCF carries Tampa Bay Buccaneers American football and Tampa Bay Rays baseball games along with The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, and Coast To Coast AM.

1580 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency.

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CCF
Radio stations established in 1961
IHeartMedia radio stations
1961 establishments in Florida
News and talk radio stations in the United States


SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily A-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMARCAL1 gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the SWI/SNF family of proteins. Members of this family have helicase and ATPase activities and are thought to regulate transcription of certain genes by altering the chromatin structure around those genes. The SMARCAL1 protein convert RPA-bound, single stranded DNA into double-stranded DNA, an enzyme activity termed "annealing helicase".

The encoded protein shows sequence similarity to the E. coli RNA polymerase-binding protein HepA. Mutations in this gene are a cause of Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia (SIOD), an autosomal recessive disorder with the diagnostic features of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, renal dysfunction, and T-cell immunodeficiency.

Model organisms

Model organisms have been used in the study of SMARCAL1 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Smarcal1tm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists.

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion. Twenty tests were carried out and one significant phenotype was observed: homozygous mutant mice had abnormal brain histopathology, including an enlarged hippocampus and a thickened hippocampus stratum oriens.

References

Further reading

External links
 GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Schimke Immunoosseous Dysplasia

Genes mutated in mice


Telesphorus of Cosenza (or Theophorus, Theolophorus) was a name assumed by one of the pseudo-prophets during the time of the Western Schism. As an pseudonymous author of a Latin work Liber de magnis tribulationibus, the name was attached to a 1365 production of the Fraticelli. The Liber was updated (by 1386) to fit the situation in the Schism.

"Telesphorus" stated that he was born in Cosenza, Italy and lived as a hermit near the site of the ancient Thebes.  His book of predictions on the Schism was the most popular of the prophetic treatises of the period. More than twenty manuscripts of it are extant, and it first appeared in print, with various interpolations, as Liber de magnis tribulationibus in proximo futuris (Venice, 1516).

Liber de magnis tribulationibus
The work was compiled about 1386 from the writings of Joachim of Fiore, Jean de Roquetaillade, the Cyrillic Prophecy (of Cyril of Constantinople), and other apocalyptic treatises whose authors are mentioned in the dedicatory preface addressed to Antoniotto Adorno, the Doge of Venice.

Its main prophecies are as follows:

The schism will end in 1393 at Perugia, where the antipope and his followers will be punished;
A short period of peace will follow, whereupon the Emperor Frederick III with three antipopes will inaugurate a cruel persecution of the clergy, who will be deprived of all their temporalities;
King Charles of France will be imprisoned, but miraculously liberated;
The "Angelic Pastor" will ascend the papal throne;
Under his pontificate, the clergy will voluntarily renounce their temporal possessions and a general council will legislate that the income of the clergy is limited to what is necessary for a decent livelihood;
The "Angelic Pastor" will take from the German electors the right to elect the Emperor, he will crown the French King Charles emperor, and restore the Church to its original poverty and service of God;
Finally, the Pope and the Emperor will undertake a crusade, regain the Holy Land, and bring the Jews, Greeks, and infidels back to Christ.

Part 6, the crowning of the French king, was a popular prophecy in its own right, and drew on an existing tradition of prophecy about a Second Charlemagne. Reeves suggests that the origin of the Telesphorus prophecy was the wish to put the Second Charlemagne in context for followers of Joachim of Fiore. In the 1380s the king of France was Charles VI, son of Charles V.

A criticism of these prophecies, written by the German theologian Henry of Langenstein, was printed in Bernhard Pez, Thesaurus Anecdotorum Noviss, I, II, (Augsburg, 1721-9), 507-64.

References

Attribution
 cites:
Kampers, Kaiserprophetien u. Kaisersagen (Munich, 1896), 235 sq.;

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
14th-century apocalypticists
People from Cosenza
14th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians
Western Schism


The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Cape Verde. It covers the islands of Maio, Santiago, Fogo, and Brava (the Sotavento Islands). Its cathedra is within the Pró-catedral Nossa Senhora da Graça in Praia, Santiago. The diocese is immediately exempt to the Holy See and is not part of any ecclesiastical province.

History
The Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde was created on January 31, 1533, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Funchal (Azores, Portugal) by Pope Clement VII. Its seat was Ribeira Grande, on Santiago. Bishop Francisco de la Cruz started construction of a cathedral in Ribeira Grande in 1556. Ribeira Grande went into decline in the 18th century, and the seat was moved to Ribeira Brava on São Nicolau in 1786, where it stayed until 1943. A seminary and an episcopal palace were built there.

Until September 4, 1940, the diocese covered not only the Cape Verde islands, but also Portuguese Guinea on the African mainland. Portuguese Guinea became a Mission sui iuris, the later Roman Catholic Diocese of Bissau. Since November 2003 the (northern) Barlavento Islands form the separate Roman Catholic Diocese of Mindelo, and the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde only covers the (southern) Sotavento Islands.

Bishops

The bishops of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde:

1. Braz Neto, OFM (31 January 1533 – 9 February 1538)
2. João Parvi (23 September 1538 – 29 November 1546)
 Sede vacante (29 November 1546 – 18 August 1553)
3. Francisco de la Cruz, OSA (18 August 1553 – 19 January 1571)
4. Bartolomeu Leitão (6 February 1572 – 9 February 1587)
5. Pedro Brandão, OCarm (8 August 1588 – 14 July 1608)
6. Luis Pereira de Miranda (10 November 1608 – May 1610)
7. Sebastião de Ascensão, OP (18 April 1611 – 17 March 1614)
8. Manuel Afonso de Guerra (24 February 1616 – 8 March 1624)
9. Lorenzo Garro (18 August 1625 – 1 November 1646)
 Sede vacante (1 November 1646 – 16 May 1672)
10.Fabio dos Reis Fernandes, OCarm (16 May 1672 – 8 February 1674)
11.Antonio de São Dionysio, OFM (2 December 1675 – 12 September 1684)
12.Victorino do Porto, OFM (12 May 1687 – 21 January 1705)
13.Francisco a São Agostinho, TOR (24 September 1708 – 8 May 1719)
14.José a Santa Maria de Jesus Azevedo Leal, OFM (21 February 1721 – 7 June 1736)
15.João de Faro, OFM (3 September 1738 – 21 July 1741)
16.João de Moreira, OFM (26 November 1742 – 13 August 1747)
 Sede vacante (13 August 1747 – 29 January 1753)
17.Pedro Jacinto Valente, O. do Cristo (29 January 1753 – 19 January 1774)
 Sede vacante (19 January 1775 – 1 March 1779)
18.Francisco de São Simão, OFM (1 March 1779 – 10 August 1783)
19.Cristoforo a São Boaventura, OFM (1785.02.14 – 1798.04.29)
 Sede vacante (29 April 1798 – 24 May 1802)20.Silvestre Santa Maria, OFM (24 May 1802 – 22 November 1813)Sede vacante (22 November 1813 – 21 January 1820)21.Geronimo do Barco, OFM (21 January 1820 – 27 December 1831)
 Sede vacante (27 December 1831 – 31 May 1845)22.Patrício Xavier de Moura, OSA (31 May 1845 – 15 April 1859), appointed Bishop of Funchal, Portugal
23.João Crisóstomo de Amorim Pessoa, OFM Ref. (8 June 1859 – 22 March 1861), appointed Archbishop of Goa, IndiaSede vacante (22 March 1861 – 25 September 1865)''
24.José Luís Alves Feijó, O.SS.T. (25 September 1865 – 26 June 1871), appointed  Bishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
25.José Dias Correia de Carvalho (26 June 1871 – 9 August 1883), appointed Bishop of Viseu, Portugal
26.Joaquim Augusto de Barros (27 March 1884 – 1 March 1904)
27.António Moutinho (14 November 1904 – 4 March 1909)
28.José Alves Martins (10 March 1910 – 15 November 1935)
29.Joaquim Rafael Maria d'Assunção Pitinho, OFM (15 November 1935 – 5 May 1940)
30.Faustino Moreira dos Santos, CSSp (28 January 1941 – 27 July 1955)
31.José Filípe do Carmo Colaço (28 March 1956 – 21 April 1975)
32.Paulino do Livramento Évora, CSSp (21 April 1975 – 22 July 2009)
33.Arlindo Gomes Furtado (22 July 2009 – ), elevated to Cardinal in 2015

See also
Catholic Church in Cape Verde

Sources
 Catholic Hierarchy

References

Roman Catholic dioceses in Cape Verde
Religious organizations established in 1533
Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 16th century
1533 establishments in the Portuguese Empire


NADPH oxidase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NOX3 gene.

Function

NADPH oxidases, such as NOX3, are plasma membrane-associated enzymes found in many cell types. They catalyze the production of superoxide by a 1-electron reduction of oxygen, using NADPH as the electron donor.[supplied by OMIM]

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Bost is a commune in the Allier department in central France. The town is part of the Vichy urban area and has a twelfth-century church, St-Pierre.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Neuron-specific vesicular protein calcyon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALY gene. Its alternative name is Calcyon.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a type II single transmembrane protein. It is required for maximal stimulated calcium release after stimulation of purinergic or muscarinic but not beta-adrenergic receptors. The encoded protein interacts with dopamine receptor D1 and may interact with other DA receptor subtypes and/or GPCRs.

Interactions
 SPARCL1 (hevin)

References

Further reading


Mladen Bartulović (born 5 October 1986) is a Croatian footballer manager and former player. He spent most of his playing career in Ukrainian Premier League representing various clubs from Central Ukraine: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Vorskla Poltava, Inhulets Petrove, and others.

Club career
Bartulović made his professional debut for Hajduk Split in 2004. In 2005 he appeared for the first time in continental competitions (UEFA Champions League). While the Hajduk's performance was poor at international stage, Bartulović was noticed by scouts. From 2006 he played in Ukraine.

At first Bartulović was a regular on the Dnipro's first team in 2006–07 season, but following seasons he started to play for the club's reserves and later was loaned to Dnipro's unofficial farm club Kryvbas, for which he capped over 100 games at the Ukrainian Premier League. In 2015–16 he played for Vorskla Poltava.

International career
Bartulović made his debut for Croatia in a February 2006 friendly match against Hong Kong and earned a total of two caps. His second and final international was a November 2009 friendly against Liechtenstein.

Personal life
His wife Natalya is a daughter of the Ukrainian football coach Serhiy Bashkyrov.

Honors
Inhulets Petrove
 Ukrainian First League: 2019–20

Miedź Legnica
 I liga: 2017–18

Hajduk Split
 Croatian First League: 2004–05
 Croatian Super Cup: 2004, 2005

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
UEFA Europa League: runner-up 2014–15

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External links

1986 births
Living people
People from Kakanj
Sportspeople from Zenica-Doboj Canton
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football midfielders
Croatian men's footballers
Croatia men's under-21 international footballers
Croatia men's international footballers
HNK Hajduk Split players
FC Dnipro players
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
FC Arsenal Kyiv players
FC Karpaty Lviv players
FC Vorskla Poltava players
Miedź Legnica players
FC Volyn Lutsk players
FC Inhulets Petrove players
Croatian Football League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
I liga players
Ukrainian First League players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Croatian football managers
FC Inhulets Petrove managers
FC Zorya Luhansk managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
Croatian expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Ukraine


Sams or SAMS can refer to:

As an acronym
 Sadat Academy for Management Sciences
 School of Advanced Military Studies
 Scottish Association for Marine Science
 South African Mathematical Society
 South African Medical Service
 South African Military Health Service
 South American Mission Society
 Special administrative measure (SAMs)
 Surface-to-air missile (SAMs)
 Syrian American Medical Society

Companies

 Sams Publishing

People

Born before 1950
 William Sams (1792–1871), Australian government official and entrepreneur
 Ferrol Sams (1922–2013), American physician and novelist
 Eric Sams (1926–2004), British musicologist and Shakespeare scholar
 B. J. Sams (television) (born 1935), American local television news personality
 Michael Sams (born 1941), English capital criminal
 B. B. Sams (born 1944), American artist and illustrator
 George W. Sams Jr. (born c. 1946), former field marshal of the American Black Panther Party
 Greg Sams (born 1948), American-British artist, author, inventor; creator of the veggie burger
 John B. Sams (living), American Air Force Lieutenant General and businessman

Born after 1950
 Dallas Sams (1952–2007), American politician
 Jeremy Sams (born 1957), British theatre director, composer and playwright
 Lionel Sams (born 1961), English professional darts player
 Jeffrey D. Sams (born 1964), American television actor
 B.J. Sams (American football) (born 1980), American professional football player
 Pernille Sams (born 1959), Danish real estate agent, lawyer and politician

Places

 Sams, Colorado, a community in the United States

See also

 Mike Sammes (1928–2001), British musician and vocal session arranger


T-cell receptor-associated transmembrane adapter 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TRAT1 gene.

References

Further reading


Halcott Mountain is one of the Catskill Mountains of the U.S. state of New York. It is mostly located in Greene County, with some of its lower slopes in Delaware and Ulster counties. Its exact summit elevation has not been officially determined, but the highest contour line on the mountain is . It is one of the peaks on the divide between the Delaware and Hudson watersheds.

As one of the Catskill High Peaks above  in elevation, a successful ascent of Halcott is required for peakbaggers seeking to join the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club. It is on public land, part of the Catskill Park Forest Preserve, but has no trail. Hikers bushwhack through the relatively open woods to sign the canister at the summit and prove their climb. It is considered one of the easiest of the 13 trailless High Peaks.

Geography

The mountain spreads over a wide area. Most of it is located in the Greene County town of Lexington. Some of its lower eastern slopes are in Halcott to the west, and the tripoint of the three counties is on one of its southern ridges, putting those points south of the Greene County line in either the Ulster County town of Shandaken or Delaware County's Middletown. Most of the land on the mountain in Greene County is part of the  Halcott Mountain Wild Forest, managed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).  The lower western slope is outside the Catskill Park Blue Line, and private tracts are at the base of its slopes in the other two counties. The nearest settlements are the small communities of Fleischmanns and Pine Hill a short distance to the southwest and south and smaller West Kill further away to the north.

On three sides Halcott's slopes are defined by alternating creek valleys and ridges that divide them. The eastern slopes are steeper, falling  into Deep Notch, the pass between it and Mount Sherrill to the east, traversed by state highway NY 42. The south slopes lead more gradually, with a few steep sections, to the Birch Creek valley. On the southwest the ridge with the tripoint continues to a  height of land between Halcott and  Monka Hill, site of the former Grand Hotel. Another, more westerly ridge reaches a  col between Halcott and one of the several South Mountains in the Catskills. Estimates of the mountain's actual summit elevation range to the higher end of the  contour interval, to as high as .

The west slopes make a very gentle grade to the Elk Creek valley, with some steep portions on the northwest at the headwall of Hemlock Gully. To the north a ridge descends gently to  before rising again to the  peak officially unnamed but known as either Northeast Halcott or Sleeping Lion.

Bushnellsville Creek and an unnamed tributary drain the east side of the mountain, both feeding into Esopus Creek, whose waters are impounded downstream for New York City's Ashokan Reservoir before draining into the Hudson. Bushnellsville and its tributary both form scenic waterfalls near the bottom of Halcott's slopes near Route 42. Birch Creek, which rises in the valleys south of Halcott, drains into the Esopus at Big Indian. Elk and Emory creeks (the former via Vly Creek) both drain into Bush Kill, which in turn empties into the East Branch of the Delaware near Arkville.

Geology

Like the Catskills as a whole, a dissected plateau, Halcott was formed not through the upthrust of rock layers but by the gradual erosion of stream valleys in an uplifted region about 350 mya. Its rock layers and bedrock are primarily Devonian and Silurian shale and sandstone. Later glaciation, primarily the Illinois and Wisconsin periods, shaped the slopes of the mountain, smoothing its slopes on the west when the ice was covering it and steepening the east slopes through erosion when the meltwater burst through Deep Notch.

Its soils are part of the Halcott-Vly association, reddish silt loams with a large concentration of fragmented rock. They are shallow and extremely acidic with low water capacity. As a result, they are erosion-prone and rock outcrops are frequent on the mountain slopes.

Flora and fauna

Halcott is extensively forested, primarily in mature northern hardwoods (beech, birch and maple), with some small Norway spruce and red pine plantations at lower elevations and scattered stands of hemlock left over from the era when those trees were heavily harvested for their tannin-rich bark. There is also a stand of paper birch on the southwestern slope of the mountain, as a result of past human disturbance. A 1908 forest fire resulted in a stand of yellow birch in the upper reaches of Hemlock Gully.

The slopes of the mountain were logged to some degree up to an average elevation of , leaving a first-growth area of roughly  on and below the summit. Trees in this area are stunted and twisted by the wind and weather exposure. There are no boreal evergreens, such as balsam fir and red spruce, as found on many other of the other Catskill High Peaks at these elevations. Some boreal herbs, such as wood sorrel, have remained at those elevations.

DEC estimates that there are 49 mammal species, 20 amphibians, 13 reptiles and 71 birds that live on the slopes and ridges. Among the more visible species are big game such as white-tailed deer and black bear. Fishers were reintroduced to the Catskills in the late 1970s; a few are taken by trappers every season. Among bird species, the bald eagles, red-throated hawk and the eastern bluebird (New York's state bird), are the first of which are considered threatened and the latter of concern, are present.

History

Halcott, like the town in which it is partially located, took its name from an early landowner. The west slopes of the mountain were cleared for agriculture to well over  in the early days of settlement; the steeper slopes on the east side were generally not cleared much above the road. The exception to that was one field northwest of the former hamlet of Bushnellsville, which went up to . Old stone walls and foundations remain in the forest on the mountain's lower slopes.

Between the fields and the first-growth forest on the summit is the forestry belt, where trees were cut by local farmers as firewood and hemlocks were harvested so that the tannin in their bark could be used to tan leather, a major regional industry that died out in the late 19th century when most of the accessible groves in the Catskills had been peeled and a synthetic process for making tannin was developed.

After the barkpeeling industry faded, the state created the Forest Preserve in 1885 to protect what was left by mandating that all the land owned by the state in what is now the Catskill Park be kept "forever wild" and not sold, leased or otherwise transferred. In 1894 that section was written into the state constitution. A few years later the state bought the lands around Halcott's summit. The west slope was acquired in 1934, with the state land holding reaching its current size by 1957.

DEC has done little management of the land, since no trail has ever been cut on the mountain and it has not needed to. The area is designated as a Wild Forest, allowing in theory for some intensive use, but that is only because it is too small to be a wilderness area. Under its own guidelines, land above  in wild forests is to be treated as wilderness. The peak has been on the 3500 Club's list since its founding in 1962, and is also popular with hunters as well. In its 2001 unit management plan, DEC raised the possibility of building a trail to connect with another possible westward extension of the Devil's Path over North Dome and Mount Sherrill in the West Kill Wilderness Area to the east, but so far that plan has gone no further.

Access

The most commonly used approach to the summit, since it takes place entirely on public land, starts at the rough parking area on the west side of Route 42 south of Deep Notch, right next to the waterfall on the northern tributary of Bushnellsville Creek, at an elevation of roughly . From here hikers generally follow the ridge to the west, trending a bit southward. Upon gaining the ridge at , they follow it south up mostly gentle slopes to the mountain's summit, where a rough use path runs north–south to the canister, mounted on a cherry tree at the southern end. It is a  ascent via this route, with the round trip covering approximately .

There are no views from the summit when the trees are in leaf, and in other seasons those views to the south are partially obstructed by other surrounding trees. Views may be available from the southern slopes at the top of steep drops.

Access from the south and west follows gentler slopes but requires gaining permission from landowners to cross private landholdings at the mountain's base. From the north it is possible to hike entirely on public land as well via a long approach across Northeast Halcott.

See also

 Catskill High Peaks
 List of mountains in New York

References

External links

Mountains of Greene County, New York
Catskill High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)


C-type lectin domain family 4 member A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLEC4A gene.

This gene encodes a member of the C-type lectin/C-type lectin-like domain (CTL/CTLD) superfamily. Members of this family share a common protein fold and have diverse functions, such as cell adhesion, cell-cell signalling, glycoprotein turnover, and roles in inflammation and immune response. The encoded type 2 transmembrane protein may play a role in inflammatory and immune response.

Multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. This gene is closely linked to other CTL/CTLD superfamily members on chromosome 12p13 in the natural killer gene complex region.

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C-type lectins


Kundudo (also spelt as Kondudo or Qundudo) is a flat-top mountain (or amba) in the Misraq Hararghe Zone of the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Part of the  range that bears its name, its summit lies east of the walled city of Harar, with a height of nearly .

In the same range, the Goba mountain holds a vast cave known since the 1900s, whilst at the southern end the Stinico mountain holds ancient engravings, unknown until 2008, in two recently studied small open caves. The summit is a flat grassland  in area, and is the habitat of the only remaining feral horse population of East Africa, one of only two on the continent.

Below Kondudo lie the localities of Fugnan Bira (also named Gursum), Day Feres, Fugnan Hujuba, Ejersa Goro, Bedada, Goba, Sakhare and Yaya Guda. Nearby is also a shrine and a singular design mosque named by the locals after Sheikh Adem Goba.

Human history
This mountain was mentioned by the British explorer Richard F. Burton, whose party travelled along its Southern base in January 1854, on their way to Harar.

On February 13–14, 2009, a group of six Italian and French speleologists explored a newly found cave of international interest. The cave is classified amongst the best five on the continent and is the only one in Ethiopia to contain a full variety of active speleothem kinds, or significant cave rock formations. The Kundudo limestone layers have been indicated by Prof. Viganó to contain more similar caves and vast fossil fields. As a consequence of these discoveries, the whole area is being proposed for the constitution of an Oromia State Park.

Feral horses
The feral horse herd is less than 10 strong and is threatened by extinction. Four local peasants in Bedada and Goba have been trying to tame them and have sold the docile colts; livestock is now grazing the top of the amba. The ruins of an ancient undated mosque on the amba has been transformed into a cattle pen.

Emperor Haile Selassie I obtained his first mount from the Kundudo pack 107 years ago. This makes them the oldest known feral horse population in Africa.

The herd has been the focus since 2008 of six Italian and Italo-British ecologic missions to try and save it and offer locals economic alternatives to the peculiar area's destruction. Prof. Viganò, the mission's head, has been given a charge to attempt a rapid intervention from the Ethiopian Environment Protection Agency, later by the Oromia Tourism Commissioner.
The Addis Ababa office of the UNEP is monitoring his attempt.

A second mission in March 2008 revealed the whereabouts of the captive horses and found rock paintings in a cave in the mountain complex, giving rise to hopes of future tourism development in the area.  Seven horses were reported as then freed and presently on the amba's top by the Addis Ababa-based GAG, a local interest group for the preservation of the Kundudo range and promote the Gursum area.

A major Italian aid organization is preparing a medium size aid program that stems from the research. A series of related activities are being created to save the herd and promote the area as the end point of a tourist route named "the Extended East Route" to include Harar, the Awash National Park, the Kuni-Muktar Mountain Nyala Sanctuary and some other destinations of cultural, nature and historic interest in the East of Ethiopia, forming a destination cluster with Harar itself, including Koremi village, the Babille Elephant Sanctuary (or Harar Wildlife Sanctuary) and the nearby Dhakata valley, a number of rock painting locations between Harar and the Kundudo itself.

Gallery

References

Mountains of Ethiopia
Oromia Region


Boucé may refer to the following places in France:

 Boucé, Allier, a commune in the department of Allier
 Boucé, Orne, a commune in the department of Orne


Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2-alpha kinase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the EIF2AK4 gene.

EIF2AK4 belongs to a family of kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2 (EIF2S1; MIM 603907) to downregulate protein synthesis in response to varied cellular stresses (Berlanga et al., 1999).[supplied by OMIM]

See also
 Gcn2

References

Further reading

External links

EC 2.7.11


WOSN (97.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station owned by Treasure & Space Coast Radio. It broadcasts a soft adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. Licensed to Indian River Shores, Florida, the station serves the Treasure Coast including Vero Beach and Fort Pierce.  The station license is held by Vero Beach Broadcasters.

The studios and offices are on 16th Street in Vero Beach.  The transmitter is off 77th Street, also in Vero Beach.  It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 23,000 watts.

History
In 1996, the station signed on the air as WAAE.  It was owned by Centennial Broadcasting of Florida with studios on 43rd Street in Vero Beach.  Within months, it had switched its call sign to WOSN, representing the word "Ocean."  The station originally had an adult standards sound.  WOSN derived some of its programming from Westwood One's America's Best Music satellite service.

Jeff Rollins, who had been with America's Best Music, hosted a local morning show from 6 a.m. to noon.  Weekend programming included Herb Oscar Anderson, formerly of WABC in New York City, Saturdays at 7 p.m.

In early 2017, WOSN updated its sound to soft adult contemporary music.  Current on-air personalities include Hamp Elliott, Bob Soos, Jim Davis, Rick Lane, Juan O'Reilly, and Bill Dake (host of the Sunday Smooth Jazz Brunch).

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OSN
Radio stations established in 1996
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1996 establishments in Florida


Quintin Lamon Demps (born June 29, 1985) is an American football coach and former safety, who is the current head football coach of the Judson Eagles. He played college football at Texas-El Paso, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Demps has also been a member of the Hartford Colonials, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Chicago Bears.

Early years
Demps was born in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in San Antonio and was a student and a letterman in football and track. In football, as a junior, he led his team to the District Title and was a second-team All-District 26-5A selection. As a senior, he was named as an All-District 26-5A selection, an All-Greater San Antonio selection, and as an All-State Honorable Mention selection. Demps graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 2003.

College career
Demps earned first-team All-Conference USA honors as a senior at UTEP in 2007, when he had a pair of 100-yard interception returns. Demps ranks second in school history with 17 interceptions.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles
Demps was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract with the team on May 30, 2008.

Demps proved to be a very good kick returner for the Eagles in 2008, finishing fourth in the NFL in kick return yards.  He averaged 25.3 yards per kick return.  He scored his first career touchdown in week 13 against the Baltimore Ravens with a 100-yard kickoff return touchdown. In his rookie season, Demps had 18 tackles and one sack.

According to former Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson, Demps was the favorite to start at free safety for the Eagles in 2009. However, Macho Harris beat Demps for the starting job.

Demps was waived by the Eagles on September 4, 2010.

Hartford Colonials
Demps was signed by the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League on November 8, 2010.

Houston Texans
Demps was signed by the Houston Texans on December 7, 2010, after the team placed defensive end Jesse Nading on injured reserve. On September 3, 2011, Demps was cut. Demps re-signed with the Texans on October 25, 2011, after Danieal Manning was lost for 4–6 weeks due to a broken leg. Demps was again resigned on April 4, 2012 to a multi-year contract.

Kansas City Chiefs
Demps was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on May 22, 2013.

New York Giants
Demps was signed by the New York Giants on March 16, 2014. Demps intercepted 4 passes in his 2014 year with the Giants.

Houston Texans (second stint)
On August 19, 2015, Demps signed with the Houston Texans for a one-year contract. On April 7, 2016, the Texans re-signed Demps to a one-year deal.

Chicago Bears
On March 10, 2017, Demps signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Bears. On September 29, 2017, Demps was placed on injured reserve after suffering a fractured forearm in Week 3.

On February 26, 2018, Demps was released by the Bears.

Coaching career
Demps was named the head football coach at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois on January 24, 2023.

Demps served as the safeties coach at Judson in 2022. In 2021 he was on staff at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois and Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Illinois.

Head coaching record

References

External links
 Judson profile

1985 births
Living people
American football safeties
Chicago Bears players
Hartford Colonials players
Houston Texans players
Judson Eagles football coaches
Kansas City Chiefs players
New York Giants players
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Trinity International Trojans football coaches
UTEP Miners football players
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Players of American football from San Antonio
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21st-century African-American sportspeople


Robert Toshio Kuroda (November 8, 1922 – October 20, 1944) was a United States Army soldier.  He was a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.

Early life
Robert Kuroda was born in Aiea, Hawaii, the son of immigrants from Japan. He was thus a Nisei, which means a second generation Japanese-American. Kuroda was trained as an electrician, but he enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1943, at the age of 20.

Soldier
Kuroda joined the Army in March 1943.

Kuroda volunteered to join the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team.  This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland.

On October 20, 1944, Kuroda was serving as a staff sergeant in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. On that day, near Bruyères, France, he single-handedly attacked two enemy machine gun emplacements before being killed by a sniper. For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Army's second-highest decoration, the Distinguished Service Cross.  A 1990s review of service records for Asian Americans who received the Distinguished Service Cross during World War II led to Kuroda's award being upgraded to the Medal of Honor. In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his surviving family was presented with his Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton. Twenty-one other Asian Americans also received the medal during the ceremony, all but seven of them posthumously.

Kuroda, aged 21 at his death, was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.

In 2021, a French man walking in the forest with a metal detector near Bruyeres, France found Kuroda's high school class ring. After searching for months, the man returned the ring to Kuroda's relatives in 2022.

Medal of Honor citation
Staff Sergeant Kuroda's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
Staff Sergeant Robert T. Kuroda distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action, on 20 October 1944, near Bruyeres, France. Leading his men in an advance to destroy snipers and machine gun nests, Staff Sergeant Kuroda encountered heavy fire from enemy soldiers occupying a heavily wooded slope. Unable to pinpoint the hostile machine gun, he boldly made his way through heavy fire to the crest of the ridge. Once he located the machine gun, Staff Sergeant Kuroda advanced to a point within ten yards of the nest and killed three enemy gunners with grenades. He then fired clip after clip of rifle ammunition, killing or wounding at least three of the enemy. As he expended the last of his ammunition, he observed that an American officer had been struck by a burst of fire from a hostile machine gun located on an adjacent hill. Rushing to the officer's assistance, he found that the officer had been killed. Picking up the officer's submachine gun, Staff Sergeant Kuroda advanced through continuous fire toward a second machine gun emplacement and destroyed the position. As he turned to fire upon additional enemy soldiers, he was killed by a sniper. Staff Sergeant Kuroda's courageous actions and indomitable fighting spirit ensured the destruction of enemy resistance in the sector. Staff Sergeant Kuroda's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.

Other honors
The USAV SSGT Robert T. Kuroda (LSV-7) is named in his honor.

See also
List of Asian American Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

References

External links
 "Army Secretary Lionizes 22 World War II Heroes" at Defense.gov

1922 births
1944 deaths
United States Army personnel killed in World War II
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
United States Army non-commissioned officers
American military personnel of Japanese descent
Military personnel from Hawaii
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor
Burials in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Deaths by firearm in France


William Selden (January 31, 1791 – April 7, 1874) served as Treasurer of the United States between July 22, 1839 and Nov 23, 1850, under the administration of six Presidents.

Selden was born in Henrico County, Virginia, to Miles Selden and Elizabeth Armistead Selden. He was a member for Henrico County in the Virigina House of Delegates 1813–1816 and 1818–1821. He later served as Registrar of the Land Office. He married twice, first to Maria Eliza Swann in 1833 having one child, and then to Emily Hunter in 1840 having eight children.

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1791 births
1874 deaths
Treasurers of the United States
Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
19th-century American politicians


United Bicycle Institute (UBI) is a private career school for bicycle mechanics and custom bicycle frame building in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
The school offers one and two week courses in addition to continuing education seminars, and has hosted students from over 45 different countries. Licensed by the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, UBI educates veterans and those with VA education benefits, as well as traditional students ranging from home mechanics to experienced mechanics looking to certify or continue their education in more specialized avenues like wheel-building, suspension work, and frame building.

Ron Sutphin, the current owner, has been an instructor since it was founded in 1981 by Wayne Martin.

In the summer of 2009, the institute opened a second campus in Portland offering the same curriculum as its campus in Ashland. In 2019, the Portland campus closed, and the school once again became housed under one roof in Southern Oregon. The campus features a mechanics classroom with custom-designed workbenches and professional grade tools, as well as a frame shop with access to drafting tables, frame jigs, torches and welders.

After graduation, the school offers graduates certificates of completion and access to a graduates-only area of their website.

Classes Offered

Bicycle Mechanics Classes
 Introduction to Bicycle Maintenance, 5 days
 Professional Repair & Shop Operation, 10 days

Frame Building Classes
 Cromoly Brazing Frame Building
 Cromoly TIG Welding Frame Building
 Titanium Frame Building
 TIG Welding Seminar

Advanced and Continuing Education Seminars
 Certified Suspension Technician
 UBI/DT Swiss Certified Wheel Builder
 FOX Master Tech Clinic
 UBI Disc Brake Seminar
 Shimano Di2 Course
 Bosch Technician Training
 Dropper Post Seminar

Prominent Alumni
 David Bohm, Bohemian Bicycles

References

External links
 Official website

Cycling in Oregon
Ashland, Oregon
Companies based in Ashland, Oregon
Privately held companies based in Oregon
Education in Jackson County, Oregon
1981 establishments in Oregon


Bressolles () is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


Histone H2B type 2-F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HIST2H2BF gene.

References

Further reading


The Battle of Banja Luka (, ) took place in Banja Luka, Ottoman Bosnia, on 4 August 1737, during the Austro-Russian-Turkish War. An Austrian army under Prince Joseph Hildberghausen was defeated, as it attempted to besiege the town, when it ran into a large Ottoman relief force led by Bosnian Vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha.

The Bosnian population was aware that Austrian forces would invade Bosnia during the war; to be exact, the energetic Bosnian vizier Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha predicted in 1737 that, without a declaration of war, a large Austrian army of over 14,000 soldiers would attack Bosnia. That's why he called a meeting in Travnik with the Bosnian captains and ayans to plan the defense. At this council, all captains and ayans, above all, ultimately demanded that all preparations for defense be carried out immediately, without the knowledge and consent of Porte; thus, the Ottoman forces were planning the defense without the help of Istanbul. Vizier declared a defense in the territory of Bosnia, and quickly gathered about 10,000 soldiers in the grassland. All captains in the then Bosnian army responded to the call. After the battle took place, the Bosniak army had won an absolute victory. Five assaults broke the Austrian force and forced it to flight, leaving 1,300 dead with the great heroism of Bosnian captains and combatants. The Battle of Banja Luka is considered to be one of the most important events in the history of Bosniaks.

Cause

While the Ottoman Empire was exhausted economically by the numerous wars (Kandy, Vienna War), the so-called "European balance" of the military forces has been established. Austria-Hungary and Russia took the lead in this. At the end of the Vienna War, Slavonia, Lika, Krbava and Dalmatia belonged to Austro-Hungary; the Bosnian eyalet practically lost all territory west of the Danube – with the exception of Banat. Consequently, the Bosnian eyalet became the westernmost and most prominent possession in the Ottoman Empire. Bosniak soldiers fought mostly on other fronts; about 10,000 were sent to fight Russia, and only a small number returned. The Bosniak population did not trust that the Ottoman Empire would send reinforcements in the event of an attack. Disappointed with various experiences, Bosniaks form their own national identity. There was a belief that their fate could easily be the fate of Muslims of Hungary, Lika, Slavonia or Dalmatia, or that they would have to emigrate.

Austria-Hungary envisioned 3 military operations in the Balkans:

 Occupation of Sanjak of Smederevo;
 Occupation Erdelj, Wallachia and Moldova;
 Complete conquest of Bosnia Eyalet.

Declaration of War

Austria officially declared war on 14 July 1737. There were already 17,000 Austrian soldiers in Pakrac, and that number had grown rapidly. Commander was Joseph Hildburghausen, who on 15 July invited Catholic and Orthodox subjects in the Bosnian Eyalet to join his army. He also sent a message to congregants of the Islamic faith that in the event of a change of religion, he would retain his property:

"zakon vire svoie mesta imati nemože i ova iest temelita i milostiva volia i pamet naša [the law of faith of one cannot have place and this is thorough and gracious will and wit of ours]"

Austrian troops offensive

On 10 July, Austrian troops embarked on a march; after two days they reached Gradiška. Heavy rains fell, causing the Austrians difficulties in crossing the Sava. Five days later, the crossing succeeded, and with no significant resistance they headed towards Banja Luka. The Austrian army reached Kijevci, where Hildburghausen sent General von Muffling with 7 infantry battalions, of which 3 battalions consisted of Croatian allies, 400 horsemen and 4 cannons – to take a detour to protect the Austrian army from a surprise attack.

The first skirmish
On 20 July, the Austrian army advanced towards Jurkovići. This is where the first significant battle with the Bosniak army, commanded by Sali Aga, took place. Sali Aga had three groups of 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 soldiers at his disposal, which surprised the Austrians. Sali Aga fought Muffling man to man and they wounded each other. Sali Aga died immediately, while Muffling succumbed two days later. The battle was an Austrian victory.

The siege of Banja Luka
Two formations of the Austrian army – one under the command of Field Marshal Goldy and the other under Hildburghausen – joined in front of Banja Luka on 27 July. One kilometer from the Banja Luka fortress, the Austrian army raised a camp. Hildburghausen demanded that the city be surrendered unconditionally, which the defenders refused. The siege of the city began, and after three days the Austrians regrouped forces and on 27 July began firing with artillery at the fort. Between 27 July and 4 August, approximately 1,800 shells were fired daily.

The defense of Banja Luka was commanded by Mehmed Bey Ćatić; in the early days, the defenders gave strong resistance to the Austrian army. The cannon gunners of the Austrian army did not aim precisely but when the cannons were moved forward, the city center was targeted, forcing the civilian population to retreat deep into the underground walls.

Hildburghausen sends a letter to Captain Ćatić demanding that he surrenders:

Ćatić's officers declared they would not surrender and Hildburghausen received an answer:

Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha arrives to help
After the Austrians received news that Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha had set off with 15,000 troops to help the Banja Luka people, the city was even more heavily targeted. Ćatić sent a letter to the Travnik vizier, which was carried through enemy lines by disguised Bosniak soldiers. However, the letter did not reach the vizier because they had already met the army of Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha and it had been handed over to him.

On 3 August, Hildburghausen's scouts informed him that unknown soldiers were spotted in the surrounding woods, but he made the fatal decision not to follow it further. This enabled the Bosniak army to approach the Austrian camp unnoticed.

Hildburghausen expected (though he misjudged the timing) that help would be given to the Bosniak army, and he regrouped the soldiers. Generals Succoi and Rommer guarded the right flank while Major General Baranyay shifted the artillery to the left bank of Vrbas. A considerable number of soldiers were left in reserve.

While the Austrians regrouped, the defense troops did the same.

The right wing of the army, which came to the aid of the defenders, was commanded by  Captain Mehmed Bey Fidahić; 4th sanjak of the Bosnian eyalet is placed on the left wing. Among the soldiers were ulema, muderis, etc. There were also Orthodox people faithful to the Bosnian Eyalet and Franciscans who provided material assistance to the army.

Prior to the arrival of the relieve force, the ratio of attackers to defenders was about 3 to 1; the Austrian army had about 17,000 and the Bosniak had 5,000 men.

The main battle
As soon as troops under the command of Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha attacked the Austrian army on the morning of 4 August, the defenders began to attack on the left bank of the Vrbas. Austrian troops, under the command of Baranyay, repelled the onslaught of the defenders. During the battle, the Austrian officers deviated from the plan set by Hildburghausen, thereby unknowingly assisting the defenders; a big mistake was made by Baranyay for not deploying his infantry. One part of the Austrian army was not following the original orders, so a disturbance was caused in their ranks, and it was not possible for the army to establish a single infantry line. Bosniak cavalry used this and attacked the Austrian army center, causing them great losses.

When the defenders managed to occupy the pontoon bridge, the Austrian troops on the left bank of the Vrbas began to retreat. Mehmed Pasha, who noticed this, attacked fiercely the Austrian troops who were still resisting.

Hildburghausen ordered his troops to reinforce the left bank of the Vrbas, thereby aiding Baranyay. This move by Hildburghausen was later regarded as a major mistake of his, as it turned out that Baranyay was strategically incapable and unable to use these reinforcements.

The Austrian army on the left bank of the Vrbas was trying to escape by crossing the river, but many were non-swimmers and drowned in the river. Five soldiers each held the horses' tail to cross the river. he right wing offered even considerable resistance; the defenders carried out five attacks during the day. On the evening of 4 August, Hildburghausen ordered a withdrawal.

Chase after the Austrian army
Mehmed Ali-Pasha orders on 5 August to pursue the fleeing Austrians. As the Bosniak troops went partly unorganized in the pursuit, 500 soldiers were lost near Klašnica when they reached the Austrian troops. On 13 August, Hildburghausen arrived in Slavonska Gradiška, where he awaited the rest of the army until 20 August.

Consequences
About 600 defenders were killed, while the Austrian army lost about 300 troops in the direct combat. An unknown number of Austrian soldiers, according to estimates - 1,000 from Hildburghausen's camp alone, drowned in the Vrbas. At least 1,200 soldiers were wounded.

The Bosniak army seized 12 cannons, 315 tents, thousands of barrels, and many rifles, sabers and other military equipment.

The Croatian Ban Josip Esterházy, who left Bužim after the defeat of the Austrian army, explained the defeat by the lack of heavy artillery. Austrian officers cited lack of discipline among soldiers as the main reason.

Notes

References

Further reading

Basmajee, Ibrahim. Account of the War in Bosnia. contributors: Gareth Simon, Pallas Armata. [1830 translation: History of the War in Bosnia 1737-8 and 9].
Cassels, Lavender. The Struggle for the Ottoman Empire 1717–1740.
Coxe, William. History of the House of Austria.
Goodwin, Godfrey. The Janissaries.
Hickok, Michael. Ottoman Military Administration in Eighteenth-Century Bosnia.
Hochedlinger, Michael. Austria's Wars of Emergence 1683–1797
Mustafa Imamović, Osnove upravno-političkog razvitka i državnopravnog položaja Bosne i Hercegovine.
Nicolle, David. Armies of the Ottoman Turks 1300–1774.
Nicolle, David. The Janissaries.
Roider, Karl. The Reluctant Ally.
Roider, Karl. Austria's Eastern Question 1700–1790.
Rothenberg, Gunther. Military Border in Croatia, 1740–1881.
Seckendorf. Versuch einer Lebeensbeschreibung des Feldmarschall Grafen von Seckendorf.
Shaw, Stanford. History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey.
Uzunçarsılı, İsmail Hakkı (1956, 6th ed. 2007). Osmanlı Tarihi IV. Cilt 1. Bölüm: Karlofça Antlaşmasından XVİİİ. Yüzyılın Sonlarına Kadar. Ankara: Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları (Xİİİ. Dizi). .
"Defense experiences of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Sarajevo: 2013, Genocide Institute of University of Sarajevo. pp. 224–231 (institut-genocid.unsa.ba)
"The Ottoman Conquest of Serbia in 1690. (in Serbian, with English summary)". Belgrade: 2012, Serbian Genealogy Center (academia.edu)

External links
Austro-Turkish War 1737–9, 21 September 2009 (balkanhistory.com [prev. vers.: Miniature Wargames 172, September 1997])
"Banja Luka battle of 1737, the greatest victory in the Bosnia and Bosniaks history", 17 July 2016 (bosnae.info)

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Le Breuil may refer to the following communes in France:

Le Breuil, Allier, in the Allier département
Le Breuil, Marne, in the Marne département
Le Breuil, Rhône, in the Rhône département
Le Breuil, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département
Le Breuil-Bernard, in the Deux-Sèvres département
Le Breuil-en-Auge, in the Calvados département
Le Breuil-en-Bessin, in the Calvados département
Le Breuil-sous-Argenton, in the Deux-Sèvres département
Le Breuil-sur-Couze, in the Puy-de-Dôme département

See also
 Breuil (disambiguation)


Doña Perfecta (1876) is a 19th-century realist novel by Benito Pérez Galdós from what is called the first of Galdós's three epochs in his novels of social analysis.

Plot summary
The action occurs in 19th century Spain, when a young liberal named Don José (Pepe) Rey, arrives in a cathedral city named Orbajosa, with the intention of marrying his cousin Rosario. This was a marriage of convenience arranged between Pepe's father Juan and Juan's sister, Perfecta.

Upon getting to know each other, Pepe and Rosario declare their eternal love, but in steps Don Inocencio, the cathedral canon, who meddles and obstructs the marriage as well as the good intentions of Doña Perfecta and her brother Don Juan. Over the course of time, several events lead up to a confrontation between Pepe Rey and his aunt Perfecta (supposedly based on Galdós's difficult relationship with his mother), which is caused by her refusal to allow Pepe and Rosario to marry, because Pepe is a non-believer. The novel ends up with the death of Pepe Rey due to his aunt Perfecta. Rosario turns mad and ends up in a madhouse.

The novel illustrates the great power that the church wielded. It also describes the differences between the traditional, provincial outlook, and the modern, liberal outlook of Madrid, the capital.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The lost 1918 American silent film Beauty in Chains was adopted from the novel.

In 1951, Alejandro Galindo directed a film adaptation written by Gunther Gerzso set in Mexican sites and times with Dolores del Río as Doña Perfecta.

In 1977, the film version was written and directed by César Fernández Ardavín. Julia Gutiérrez Caba played Doña Perfecta. The cast included other actors such as José Luis López Vázquez, Manuel Sierra, Victoria Abril, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Fernando Sancho and Mirta Miller.

In 1985, there was a TV version made in Venezuela by Venezolana de Televisión with Lupita Ferrer as Doña Perfecta.

References

External links
Doña Perfecta (bilingual e-book with Spanish and English versions side-by-side).

1876 novels
19th-century Spanish novels
Novels by Benito Pérez Galdós
Novels set in Spain
Spanish novels adapted into films


Le Breuil (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Allier department

References

Communes of Allier
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia


WJKD (99.7 FM radio station licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, and serving the Treasure Coast.  It broadcasts a variety hits radio format, carrying the syndicated Jack FM service.  The station is owned by Treasure & Space Coast Radio with the license held by Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC.

WJKD has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is on 77th Avenue at 66th Street in Winter Beach, Florida.

History
The station signed on the air on March 27, 1992, as WWDO-FM. From 1995 to 2001, the station carried a country music format, and branded itself as Panther Country 99.7, with the call sign, WPAW.

On March 5, 2001, the station changed to a 1980s hits format. It rebranded itself as 99.7 GNX, to reflect the new call letters WGNX, and its slogan "The Music of Generation X". In 2003, WGNX added a few hits from the 1970s and 1990s to its playlist, making it more like a variety hits station, while still imaging around Generation X.  In 2004, WGNX tried playing alternative rock music on Saturday nights. However, the idea did not go over well, and the station cancelled the show.

In December, 2006, WGNX rebranded itself as 997 Jack FM, and changed its call letters to WJKD. Jack FM's playlist features hit music across multiple genres (mostly pop and rock) from the 1960s to the present day. The slogan, Playing What We Want, promotes Jack FM as having a larger playlist with more variety than most commercial radio stations.

References

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Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Florida
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Adult hits radio stations in the United States


WHLG (101.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format, licensed to Port St. Lucie, Florida.  The station serves the Treasure Coast from Vero Beach to North Palm Beach and is Radio Training Network, Inc.

Horizon Broadcasting reached a deal in May 2021, to sell WHLG and WTSM near Tallahassee to Radio Training Network, which owns The JOY FM regional network of Christian Contemporary radio stations, for $1.3 million. The sale was consummated on August 31, 2021.

On September 1, 2021, WHLG changed their format from adult contemporary to contemporary Christian, branded as "The JOY FM".

References

External links

HLG
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Radio stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Florida
Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States


WCZR (101.7 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a hot talk radio format, simulcasting 92.1 WZZR in West Palm Beach.  WCZR is licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, and serves the Treasure Coast.  The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC.

History
The station first signed on the air in 1989 as WAVW.  The call sign stood for "The Wave."

On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WCZR was one of several Clear Channel Communications radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. WCZR and the other stations to be sold were placed into the Aloha Station Trust, LLC. The main station, WZZR, remained under Clear Channel ownership.  Clear Channel later became today's iHeartMedia, Inc.

From January to November 1987, the WCZR call letters were used for 107.3 FM in the Cleveland media market. Since November 1987, that station has been known as WNWV.

Effective April 27, 2015, the station was transferred back to Capstar TX LLC, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia, Inc.  That moved it out of the Aloha Station Trust and once again in iHeartMedia ownership.

References

External links

CZR
Radio stations established in 1989
IHeartMedia radio stations
1989 establishments in Florida
Vero Beach, Florida


WQOL (103.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.

On March 15, 2018, WQOL dropped the "Oldies 103.7" branding and now goes by "103.7 WQOL".

References

External links

QOL
Radio stations established in 1991
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IHeartMedia radio stations
1991 establishments in Florida


WFLM (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban adult contemporary format. Licensed to White City, Florida, United States, the station serves the Treasure Coast, FL area. The station is owned by Midway Broadcasting Company. On August 27, 2013, the station applied for a frequency change from 104.7 to 104.5 MHz and an upgrade from C3 at 17.5 kW to C2 at 50 kW. The license for this change was issued on February 17, 2016.

References

External links
WFLM Official Website

FLM
Radio stations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Florida
Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States


This is a character list for the independent British comic book series Strangehaven.

The Protagonist
Alex Hunter is the protagonist for much of the series, and is the primary audience identification figure. He arrives in Strangehaven after a car accident in which swerved to avoid hitting a young woman on the road ahead of him. However, his claim is suspect as the woman was never located. As he is estranged from his wife, whom he discovered was committing adultery, Alex has little reason to leave Strangehaven — which is useful, as the village itself does not seem to permit him to go outside the forest and coastline around it; any attempt to go further causes him to loop back in on Strangehaven. Alex is interested in Janey Jones, although their relationship seldom runs smooth; Alex works for Janey's father at Strangehaven's primary school. Alex has become the focus of two secret groups in Strangehaven: The Knights of the Golden Light, a secretive lodge who want to control Strangehaven's power, and thus the world, and a small coven of witches run by Dor. He is superseded as the protagonist by Sergeant Clarke in the issues directly after Strangehaven #12.

The Bateses
Ben Bates is the oldest of the three Bates brothers, and runs the local pub, The Minotaur. He is dating Debbie.

Billy Bates is the middle Bates brother and, at the start of the series is nearing the end of his imprisonment for physically assaulting Suzie Tang, who was once his girlfriend. He subsequently becomes a suspect in the mysterious three-way murder/suicide/vanshing case that occurs at the end of Strangehaven #12. He later leaves the village on the advice of Sergeant Clarke in Strangehaven #16.

Bobby Bates is the youngest of the Bates brothers, just out of school, and harbours a crush on Janey Jones. Billy manages to date her briefly after she falls out with Alex, but his childish ways eventually drive her off.

The Bonnetis
Albert Bonneti, or "Bertie", is the town's mechanic and is seemingly able to turn even the most ruined wreck into a fully functional car in just a few days. His extraordinary skills are commented on but never explained, and he is skeptical about the supernatural, making good-natured fun out of his wife's wiccan beliefs, so it is unlikely that he has any unusual powers.

Vicki Bonneti runs the Arcadia tea rooms and is part of a practicing coven that aims to neutralise the power of the Knights of the Golden Light. Her fellow wiccan, Dor, is also her best friend.

Marco and Gina Bonneti are Albert and Vicki's mischievous children.

The Doctor's family
Charles Houseman is the village's doctor and a member of The Knights of the Golden Light. He is shown to be professional and courteous towards his patients but cold with his wife, Maureen, and outright abusive towards his twin brother, George. He is a close friend of Sergeant Kent Clarke, another Knight, and both are opposed to the Knights' leader, John Jones, whom they see as a dangerous figure misusing the Knights' power. He spends much of the series unaware of the fact that his wife is trying to kill him. He dies accidentally in Strangehaven #18.

George Houseman is the twin brother of Charles, but while Charles became a successful doctor, George is a slovenly alcoholic. George is extremely jealous of his brother's success and intelligence, but is shown to still love him on several occasions. Despite this, Charles treats George with utter contempt. George briefly allows himself to be seduced by Maureen, Charles's wife, and subsequently becomes infatuated with her, although she is only using him to upset her husband. After Charles dies, Maureen convinces him to take his brother's place, knowing that she will be arrested for murder otherwise.

Maureen Houseman is Charles's spiteful wife. When Charles refuses to grant her a divorce, their relationship deteriorates even further and she resorts to trying to kill him, but fails each time. Eventually, she is able to seduce Charles's twin brother, George, in order to make Charles jealous. She is a cold-hearted and apparently conscienceless woman.

The Joneses
John is the patriarch of the family, the headteacher at the local primary school, and the head of the Knights of the Golden Light. He is a proud man, quick to anger, and is interested only in running the Knights' lodge, not the welfare of his family. He once punched his son, Jeremy, for making fun of the Knights, and threatened to snap Janey's neck unless she told him how she'd found out some of the Knights' secrets. He is often shown intimidating members of the brotherhood, something which puts fellow knights Charles and Sergeant Clarke on edge. Clarke seems to be the only one who will stand up to John.

Janet is John's wife, and although she loves her children she cannot stand the way her husband treats them.

Janey is a receptionist for Charles and one of the two Jones twins. She is the romantic interest for Alex, although their relationship has been rocky — first because she moved their relationship too fast for him, and later because she caught him and Dor in an innocent but apparently compromising position. She seems to attract a lot of attention from the men of the village and had a brief relationship with Bobby Bates.

Jeremy is Janey's twin brother, although as they were born on opposite sides of midnight they share different birthdays. He is a carpenter and has the nickname "Chippy". As the series progresses, he develops a close friendship with Megaron, who teaches him the way of the Amazonian shaman. Rumours abound that Megaron is interested in Jeremy romantically, but Jeremy is quick to shoot these down. He has little time for his father or the Knights, something which bothers John greatly.

Hitchcock is Janey's cat. It always seems to be present when Alex is having a vision of the Woman on the Road, and has been shown entering the house in which her body is stored.

The Twins
Deborah, or "Debbie", has been dating Ben Bates.

Veronica, or "Ronnie", is the town's postwoman and is actively pursuing Adam, a fact which unnerves him slightly. She is willing to listen to his theories at length, although whether she believes him or not is unknown. She previously had a relationship with George, but it didn't end well.

The McCreadies
Maggie McCreadie, or "Mrs McCreadie" runs the local guest house and has lived in Strangehaven since she and her daughter were evacuated there during World War II. She is often on hand to provide advice and comfort to the village's inhabitants. She can sometimes be seen at night, looking for something in the local graveyard. Mrs McCreadie died of natural causes in Strangehaven #16.

Michael McCreadie was an RAF pilot who was shot down over Strangehaven and made a crash-landing in the woods on its outskirts. Somehow, he finds himself in the present-day Strangehaven and is reunited with his wife, who is subsequently restored to youth as they walk off into the sunset. Alex and Vicki subsequently find his body, long since rotted away to a skeleton, in the wreckage of his plane in Strangehaven #18.

Vicki Bonetti is Michael and Maggie's daughter; see above.

The Webbs
Beverly Webb is the wife of Peter Webb and helps run the village greengrocers' shop. At the start of the series, and unbeknownst to her, Peter is cheating on her with Suzie. Beverly subsequently finds out and is horrified. This horror is compounded when she discovers that Charles had mixed up her and Peter's medical files and that it is she, not Peter, who is dying of bone marrow cancer. Her body is found in the bathtub in Strangehaven #12. It later emerges that she died accidentally while trying to kill Suzie.

Peter Webb is the local greengrocer and a member of the Knights of the Golden Light. He is also something of a playboy, having cheated numerous times on his wife, Beverly. At the start of the series, he is in an ongoing illicit relationship with Suzie, which hits rocky ground when he refuses to tell Beverly about them. He is also diagnosed with terminal bone marrow cancer early in the series. He comes under fire from the Knights for spilling their secrets to Suzie, and is later revealed to be working as a double agent for The Coven. He is killed by unknown assailants in Strangehaven #12.

The Knights of the Golden Light
Brian Dempsey is infamous throughout the village for his bitter temperament and quickness to anger. He rarely seems to have a kind word to say about anyone, but strikes up a tentative friendship with Alex. His sadness came upon him after his wife left him two years back. He can often be seen on the cliffs outside Strangehaven, staring out to sea.

Charles (see above)

John Jones (see above)

Kent Clarke is the village's only police officer (he holds the rank of Sergeant). He is initially shown to be a sinister character, taking secret photographs of Alex and Dor talking, and taking fingernail clippings and hair strands from female villagers, which he places in formaldehyde for his "collection". However, after a gruesome murder in issue 12 he then becomes the comic's protagonist for a while, as it follows his investigation, and he is shown here to be torn between serving justice and protecting the Knights. He is close friends with Charles, and they both share suspicions about John Jones, the leader of the Knights. Sergeant Clarke also has the unusual habit of holding conversations with his teddy-bear, Watson, when poring over evidence — although whether Watson's voice is real, imagined, or just Clarke being playful is not clear.

Peter Webb (see above)

Simon runs the Post Office and is brought into the Knights' lodge over the course of the series. A bespectacled, nervous fellow, he often uses secret Knight code openly in public, earning him the annoyance of John Jones. He once asked Janey out, but she turned him down.

Victor Garde is Alex's solicitor in Strangehaven, and is the one to ask whether Alex wishes to join The Knights. He is professional and despairs when Alex decides to give his wife whatever she wants, even though Victor believes he could get at least half of their belongings. Victor's office is being wiretapped by unknown people, possibly the Knights.

The Coven
Dor is a local painter, wiccan, and leader of the coven. Alex meets her when she is using his house as a subject for her painting, and she later helps him after he is drugged by the Knights for refusing the offer of their initiation. She believes that Strangehaven is the centre of the world's mystic energy, and that the Knights want to misuse it to control much more than just Strangehaven. She asks Alex to replace Peter Webb, who was the coven's previous double-agent.

Emmanuel Megaron is a tribesman from the Amazon whose mother came from England; he is a practicing shaman and is teaching Jeremy Jones some of his skills. He left his village to escape a circle of revenge killings that he had been drawn into — but not before first killing the boy who murdered his brother. It is rumoured that he is gay, and that his tutoring of Jeremy is a way to get closer to the young man, although both he and Jeremy have denied this.

Vicki Bonneti (see above)

Other villagers
Adam Douglas claims to be an alien from the planet Nimoi (possibly a reference to Leonard Nimoy), but looks perfectly human and speaks with a Dutch accent. He has an in-depth knowledge of quantum physics and has built a laboratory to try to contact his people. Whether or not he is actually an alien is ambiguous; at one point he seems to use his X-ray vision to see through Veronica's top, but this may just be his imagination. Veronica finds him very attractive and is actively trying to get him into bed, something which he finds unnerving, as he claims that in his species the men are the only sexual aggressors.

Elsie is an old woman who claims to be deaf and blind, but is apparently neither. She has many animals, including rabbits, dogs, and parrots, which can apparently speak to her, although they notably only speak with her voice. It may be that she can use the animals' eyes and ears to replace her own senses, much in the same way as Megaron can inhabit the bodies of birds, but whether she has powers, or is mentally ill, or both is never made clear.

"Surfer" Steve is a Strangehaven local who seems to have some knowledge of the village's true nature, and believes that it is not only alive but sentient. Alex finds him out on Strangehaven's shoreline, surfing, and Steve gives him a lift back into the town. He has not appeared again as of issue #18.

Suzie Tang is Janey's best friend and Peter Webb's mistress. She often helps out Janey with her relationship troubles, especially in regard to Alex. However, she is also possessive of Peter. Frustrated at his refusal to tell his wife, Beverly, about their affair, she eventually confronts the woman herself, with tragic consequences. Suzie fled England to return to her parents in Hong Kong, as seen in Strangehaven #16.

The Woman on the Road is the nameless, ghostly figure seen by Alex just prior to his crash, and later in his dreams and other visions, including one in which she walked into the sea off Strangehaven's coastline. The woman's physical body appears to be kept in a giant fish tank the house of an unnamed and unseen Strangehaven resident who refers to her as his "darling". Her body does not appear to be decomposed, and it is not clear whether she is dead. However, it is missing patches of skin and flesh in certain areas, most notably on the ribs and limbs.

Strangehaven


Protocadherin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCDH7 gene.

This gene belongs to the protocadherin gene family, a subfamily of the cadherin superfamily. The gene encodes a protein with an extracellular domain containing 7 cadherin repeats. The gene product is an integral membrane protein that is thought to function in cell–cell recognition and adhesion. Alternative splicing yields isoforms with unique cytoplasmic tails.

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