Roger Lee Slagle (born November 4, 1953) is a retired Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played a single MLB game for the New York Yankees. He was drafted by the Yankees in the first round (19th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1976 amateur draft.

Slagle grew up in Larned, Kansas and attended a high school too small to field a baseball team. He instead played PONY League Baseball and, while attending Hutchinson Community College, American Legion Baseball. After a year at Hutchinson, he transferred to Kansas where he played for the Kansas Jayhawks baseball team for two years. He sat out one season due to an arm injury.

Slagle pitched two perfect innings of relief for the Yankees in 1979, his only Major League appearance. He was removed from the roster shortly thereafter to make room for pitcher Rick Anderson.

Slagle played his last professional season with the Yankees' Double-A Nashville Sounds in 1982. His playing career ended after he tore his rotator cuff for a second time. , he was teaching and coaching high school baseball in Frontenac, Kansas.

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Charlotte Selver (April 4, 1901 in Ruhrort (Duisburg), Germany – August 22, 2003 in Muir Beach, California; née Wittgenstein) was a German music educator.

The central point of Charlotte Selver's work was "experience through the senses". Charlotte Selver was convinced that the well-being of the individual, the society as a whole and even the worries about our environment depend on how far we find new confidence in organic processes.

With her work, "Sensory Awareness", Charlotte Selver had a deciding influence on the "Human Potential Movement", which also came out of the Esalen Institute, where she taught as of 1963. Because of that, she also had influence on Humanistic Psychology and the therapies based on it. Aspects of her work, especially the conscious sensing of the body and the following of physical sensations (Sensory Awareness), flowed into many of the methods of physical work, physical therapy, physical psychotherapy and psychotherapy which still exist today.

Biography
In the 1920s, Charlotte Selver encountered Elsa Gindler in Berlin, who together with the students in her courses, researched how the natural gifts of people could be developed, even at an adult age. Up until she emigrated to New York in 1938, she studied with Elsa Gindler and the music teacher, Heinrich Jacoby, and she reestablished contact with them in the 1950s.

In 1971, the "Sensory Awareness Foundation" was brought into being. Its goal is to preserve and document Charlotte Selver's life work. In 1995, the "California Institute of Integral Studies" in San Francisco awarded her an honorary doctorate.

Charlotte Selver died on August 22, 2003, at her home in Muir Beach, California, among her closest friends and students at the age of 102.

Sensory Awareness
Sensory Awareness has its origin in the work of the gymnastics and exercise teacher, Elsa Gindler (1885–1961), and the Swiss music teacher, Heinrich Jacoby (1889–1964). They never gave their 'work' a formal name. The fundamental objective of the Jacoby/Gindler approach is the development of the person (integral unfolding as development and growth to meaningful being). Charlotte Selver was Gindler's student in Berlin before she emigrated to the United States in 1938 and she introduced this work under the name of Sensory Awareness.

Influences on dance therapy and psychotherapy
Charlotte Selver touched and encouraged thousands of people in the USA, Mexico and Europe in her 80 years of work, among them influential personalities, such as:
 Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm
 Zen philosopher Alan Watts and his teacher Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
 Fritz Perls, the founder of Gestalt therapy
 Ida Rolf, the founder of Rolfing
 Moshe Feldenkrais
 Peter Levine, founder of Somatic experiencing
 Ron Kurtz, founder of Hakomi therapy
 Somatics teachers and practitioners including Don Hanlon Johnson, Judyth Weaver, Pat Odgen, Susan Aposhyan, Christine Cadwell, Edward Maupin and others who taught at the Esalen Institute, including teachers of Esalen Massage

Literature

 Brooks, Charles: "Erleben durch die Sinne". DtV, Munich 1991, . (Charles Brooks describes courses of his wife and colleague, Charlotte Selver. 230 pages with photographs, original English title: Sensory Awareness.)
  William C. Littlewood, Mary Alice Roche:  Waking Up: The Work of Charlotte Selver. Author House, Bloomington 2004,
 Charlotte Selver: Every moment is a moment In: Deutsches Yoga-Forum, 3/2005
 Sensory Awareness - zur Arbeitsweise von Charlotte Selver In: Feldenkrais Forum, 4/2005

External links
 Sensory Awareness Foundation
 Jacoby/Gindler work. Sensory Awareness in German
 Return to Our Senses Website - About Charlotte Selver

Sources

 "Neugier genügt - Starke Frauen" – WDR broadcast, Friday, October 14, 2005 (11:30 - 11:50, WDR 5) in German

1901 births
2003 deaths
People from Duisburg
People from Muir Beach, California
Somatics
Emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States


Andrew J. Lally (born February 11, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the Audi R8 for Magnus Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 15/51 Ford Mustang for Rick Ware Racing.

Racing career
Although Lally won the 2011 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, he is best known for his road racing expertise in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series (Now IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship) as well as the American Le Mans Series. In May 2010 Andy became only the second driver in the history of the Grand-Am Rolex Series to make 100 starts, winning at Virginia International Raceway on April 24, 2010. In January 2012 Andy extended and broke records in the Grand-Am Rolex Series by winning his fourth Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class. Lally won his fifth class victory at Daytona International Speedway on January 31, 2016, tying him for fourth on the all-time win list at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

In 2017, after 5 years of being with Magnus Racing, Lally signed with Acura and Michael Shank Racing to debut the brand new 2017 Acura NSX. Lally teamed with Katherine Legge and together they scored the first and second win worldwide for the brand at the Detroit Grand Prix and Watkins Glen International. Lally also scored the first pole position for the car worldwide at Watkins Glen for the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.

For 2018 Lally, re-joined Magnus Racing in an Audi R8 LMS and will start the season at The Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Lally has scored three top10 finishes in his last four starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a 5th-place finish at the 2017 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course race being a career-best.

Lally owns Grand Am records for most GT wins, most podiums, and most top-five finishes in Rolex Series history.

He began his career in karting, culminating with 2 WKA National Gold Cup Championships. Lally first got into sports car racing in 1993 with his first sponsor Tyrolean Motors with car owner Walter Simendinger running SCCA regional events. In 1997 Lally won the US F2000 Rookie of the Year in his first full year in a professional series.

Road racing

Lally is a three-time Grand-Am Rolex Series Champion. He holds series records for most all-time top 3 and top 5 finishes and leads the all-time GT class win list with 26 victories. In January 2011 Lally won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the GT class, giving him the record for most consecutive Grand-Am Rolex seasons with at least one victory (8), spanning from 2004 to 2011. In January 2011 Lally finished first place in the GT class in the 24 Hours of Daytona giving him the most podium finishes of any driver at the famed 24 race (7) since the Grand-Am Rolex series started in 2000. His victory at Daytona International Speedway on January 29, 2011, made him the all-time winningest GT driver in the Grand-Am Series.

On May 13, 2012, racing with the Magnus Racing team in the No. 44, Lally yet again made history in sports car racing as he became the first driver in Grand-Am history to achieve his 100th podium finish at New Jersey Motorsports Park as he and his teammate John Potter finished the race in 3rd place. Lally scored podium 101 when he and Potter went on to win the first-ever endurance sports car race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 7, 2012, which also locked up the 2012 North American Endurance Championship. His prototype results include a 1st in class at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, 2nd in class at the Petit Le Mans, 3rd in Class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a 2nd overall and in class at the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring.

NASCAR

In 2007, Lally made his NASCAR debut in both the Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series). Lally had one top ten finish in two starts with the No. 47 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion and made three starts in the Truck Series with TRG Motorsports, driving the No. 00 Toyota Tundra.

Lally raced in the Inaugural ARCA Racing Series Loud Energy Drink 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in September 2008. He was fastest in every practice session, started on the pole, and led the most laps, but lost the race on pit strategy when the race was called due to weather with eventual series champion Justin Allgaier winning the race. In 2009, he started 15th driving the No. 71 Chevrolet for TRG in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen International. He ran as a teammate to David Gilliland, the usual driver of the No. 71, who unsuccessfully attempted to qualify in the No. 70. Lally finished a respectable 27th in his first Cup start after being involved in a crash with Sam Hornish Jr., Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton.

In 2010, Lally ran seven races for TRG, finishing 18th at Watkins Glen. On February 17, 2011, he filed paperwork to run the full Sprint Cup season and campaign for series Rookie of the Year honors (A driver may maintain his rookie eligibility provided he runs seven or fewer races in a season before declaring).

Running the full 2011 season for TRG in the No. 71 and No. 77 cars, Lally clinched the 2011 Rookie of the Year honor in early September, his competitors for the honor, Brian Keselowski and T. J. Bell, having failed to make the minimum number of starts in the series to be eligible for the award.

In 2014, Lally made a return to the Nationwide Series at Road America to race the No. 55 for Bobby Dotter. Lally qualified 10th and finished 7th.

2015 saw Lally run a partial schedule in the Xfinity Series in the No. 90 for King Autosport while maintaining his full-time ride with Magnus Racing in the No. 44 Porsche in the IMSA Series. In 2016 Lally would return to the Xfinity Series at Mid Ohio driving the No. 90 in place of Mario Gosselin. It was a wet and rainy race where cars were sliding all over the place, going off the track, and spinning out. Lally was running well and then was hit from behind and spun in a multi-car accident with Brendan Gaughan and Erik Jones. Lally would recover and finish 7th, getting his third top ten in the Xfinity series. His fourth top ten finish would come in August 2017, again at Mid Ohio in his only start of the season and placing 5th. This was the best result of any driver only making one race start in 2017. Lally plans on running at least 3 races for 2018 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

After not running any of the Xfinity Series road course races in 2019, Lally returned to the series for 2020, driving the No. 02 for Our Motorsports. Full-time Truck Series driver Brett Moffitt, the usual driver of that car, could not participate in both races as he was at Michigan for the Truck Series race on the same weekend as Road America, and due to NASCAR's rule only allowing drivers to compete in one race at the Daytona Road Course, Moffitt could not run that race either.

Lally returned to Our Motorsports in 2021 to run some of the Xfinity Series road course races beginning at the Daytona Road Course, now in February the week after the Daytona 300 as the second race of the season. That year, Moffitt joined the team full-time in the No. 02, and the team added a second full-time car, the No. 23, which Lally made his starts in. Lally was initially going to drive the No. 03 for Our for the Super Start Batteries 188, but the car failed to qualify due to lack of qualifying and not being high enough in owner points, after not showing up for the inaugural race of the season, the Daytona 300. He would then transfer over to the No. 99 B. J. McLeod Motorsports ride, finishing 31st a lap down. He attempted the next seven races in the 03 but it was no use as the car was not high enough in owner points to make the field. In the Pit Boss 250, Lally would race Our's No. 23, as the 23 was locked into the field on owners points. Lally started 13th and finished 18th. Lally also attempted the next road course race, the B&L Transport 170, in the 23. He was running 4th on the closing lap when right in front of him, Riley Herbst wrecked Miguel Paludo down the straightaway. As Herbst had made contact with Lally coming to the white flag, Lally likely retaliated by wrecking Herbst. As he wrecked the 98, Brandon Jones passed him, leading him to finish 5th, tying his best career finish which he also scored at: Henry 180 in 2020, UNOH 188 in 2020, and the Mid-Ohio Challenge in 2017. In the 2021 edition of the Henry 180 at Road America, Natalie Decker was in the No. 23, and Lally returned to B. J. McLeod Motorsports. except this time driving the No. 5 with Alpha Prime sponsorship. Lally dodged chaos at the end of the race to finish 13th. After not attempting the Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 at the Glen, the first road course race he did not attempt this year, Lally returned at the Pennzoil 150 again driving for McLeod, this time returning to the No. 78. Lally, partially due to strategy at the end of stage 2, finished fifth in that stage. Lally ended up finishing tenth, his best finish this year with McLeod. Lally then unexpectedly replaced Kyle Tilley in the Cup race there, who was also driving the No. 78 for McLeod. This was his first race in the NASCAR Cup Series since 2011.

In 2021, Lally was initially announced to drive all 6 road course races for Alpha Prime Racing in their number 44 car for the 2022 Xfinity Series Season. However, in January 2022, the team announced they had mutually parted ways with Lally.

Lally returned to the Cup Series to race multiple races for the first time since he won Rookie of the Year. He drove both Rick Ware Racing cars. The 15 at Sonoma, Watkins Glen, and the Charlotte Roval & the 51 car at the Chicago Street Course and the Indy Road Course.

Sports car racing

After winning Sunoco Rookie of the Year in the Sprint Cup Series, Lally returned to sports car racing for the 2012 season with 30 races planned across three series. He drove in the Grand-Am Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series for Magnus Racing in the GT class, as well as a partial schedule in the ALMS and full schedule in the Continental Tire Series.

Lally won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division in a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Richard Lietz, René Rast and team owner John Potter. It marked Lally's fourth Rolex 24 class win and second consecutive. He won the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona in the GTD division once again with Magnus Racing for his 5th class win.

He joined Michael Shank Racing for the 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship to drive an Acura NSX GT3.

Personal life
Outside of auto racing, Lally is a World Championship street luge racer. After being No. 1 qualifier in two classes Lally ended up winning the 2012 IGSA World Championships in both Street Luge and Classic Luge that took place in Calgary, Canada. In 2009 he was again No. 1 qualifier for both luge classes at the IGSA World Championships in Bathurst, Australia, and went on to his winning the World Championship in Classic luge and finish 2nd in Street Luge. Lally is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Paul Creighton and an avid mountain biker who competes in cross-country mountain bike racing. In 2009 he was part of a four-man team that won the 24 Hours of Big Bear in the Men's Sport division.

He is a vegan. During a visit to Farm Sanctuary in August 2011, he was quoted as saying: "I do it for ethical reasons. By this point in human evolution, we should be smart enough and kind enough to live without torturing other living beings just so we can enjoy lunch, especially when there are so many other great tasting options available."

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

American open-wheel racing
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Atlantic Championship

Sports car racing

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)

† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship.
* Season still in progress
Notes
1 Disqualified for minimum ride height violation.

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results
(key)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

Daytona 500

Xfinity Series

 Season still in progress

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

Official website

Living people
1975 births
People from Northport, New York
Sportspeople from Huntington, New York
Racing drivers from New York (state)
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
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Atlantic Championship drivers
Formula Palmer Audi drivers
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World Karting Association drivers
Barber Pro Series drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants
24H Series drivers
GT World Challenge America drivers
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The Raptor Trust is a wild bird rehabilitation center located in the Millington section of Long Hill Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, and surrounded by the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

History
Len Soucy became interested in hawks after a visit to the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania in 1964. In 1968, he acquired  in Millington, and with the help of his family started to take care of injured raptors in their backyard. Over time their efforts became known, a bird hospital was added, and by the end of the seventies, hundreds of different birds were annually brought in to be taken care of, supported by the private efforts of the Soucy family. In 1982, The Raptor Trust was founded as a non-profit organization to provide the organizational and financial infrastructure for the mission, namely to provide free care for orphaned and injured birds, to educate people about birds, especially birds of prey, and to set an example of humane conduct.

Today

Currently the organization maintains an infirmary, educational facilities, a gift shop, and a large complex of some 70 cages and aviaries for recuperating birds that will be released and for providing refuge to unreleasable birds. About 40 hawks, eagles, and owls are permanent residents of the trust. A number of unreleasable birds have bred successfully. Unreleasable birds also can serve as foster parents to younger birds. Visitors can view the many unreleasable birds of prey of the facility at close range.

References

External links

Official Web Site of The Raptor Trust

Buildings and structures in Morris County, New Jersey
Long Hill Township, New Jersey
Organizations established in 1982
Organizations based in New Jersey
Bird sanctuaries of the United States
Wildlife rehabilitation and conservation centers
Tourist attractions in Morris County, New Jersey
Ornithological organizations in the United States
1982 establishments in New Jersey
Raptor organizations


The Secret of the Selenites () is a 1984 French animated comedy film directed by Jean Image, his last film before he died 5 years later. It is also known as Moon Madness in the United States and Moontrek in the United Kingdom.

The film is loosely based on the novel Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia (1785) by Rudolf Erich Raspe. Baron Munchausen, the titular protagonist, is a fictional German nobleman. Raspe based the character on a real-life Freiherr (Baron), Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen (1720–1797). The fictional Baron of the novel is a retired soldier and world traveler, who narrates tall tales about his past. In one of his best-known stories, the Baron travels to the Moon.

Plot
In the year 1787, the astrologer Sirius seeks proof of the existence of the Selenites, a fabled race of Moon dwellers said to possess the talisman of eternal life. He offers his entire fortune to his cousin, the Baron Munchausen, if the Baron journeys to the Moon and retrieves the talisman. Accompanying the Baron on this adventure are his friends Nimrod, who can see great distances; Earfull, whose huge ears grant him superhuman hearing; Hurricane, who can exhale great gusts of wind; the fleet-footed Cavallo; and Hercules, who is as strong as his namesake. They board a tall-masted ship, the Clair de Lune, and deliberately sail into a fierce storm. By inflating a trio of hot air balloons and riding a waterspout high into the air, the ship takes flight and leaves Earth.

Arriving at the Moon, the Clair de Lune descends into a lunar crater where it becomes wedged. The adventurers fall into an underground lake and are attacked by swimming monsters, but are rescued by flying creatures and soon meet the Selenites, who are humanoid but have three legs and crescent-shaped heads that are detached from their bodies. They are given a tour of the Selenite kingdom, which includes many fantastic sights and creatures. The Selenite king informs the Earthlings that their coming was foretold, and that they are prophesied to free the Selenites from their enemies, the small, accordion-headed Green Means, who seek to steal the talisman of life. The Earthlings take part in friendly competitions against the Selenites: Nimrod defeats their jousting champion, Cavallo—with assistance from Hurricane—beats their fastest runner in a race, and Hercules defeats their wrestling champion.

The Green Means launch an attack from their nearby spacecraft, sending their flying saucers to invade the Selenite kingdom. Armed with rayguns, they overwhelm the Selenite defenders. The Earthlings join the battle, driving back the Green Means, stopping their leader from stealing the talisman, and rescuing the Selenite king and queen. As reward for their heroics, the king presents each of them with a talisman of eternal life, making them immortal. With assistance from the Selenites, they free the Clair de Lune from the crater and fly the ship back to Earth.

In the year 1997, the Baron, Sirius, and their friends are still alive thanks to their talismans. Surrounded by skyscrapers and flying vehicles, the Baron and Sirius reminisce about their adventures.

Voice Cast

Additional Voices
Original: Serge Nadaud, Marc Dudicourt, Georges Atlas (hurricane), Pierre Mirat, Robert Rollis, Angelo Bardi, Jacques Ciron (Trick, Lunus), Gabriel Jabbour
English: Matthew Pollok, George Birt, Goffrey Carey, Sean O'Neil, Steve Gadler, Allan Wenger, Arch Taylor, Artur Wilkins, Pat Pierangeli (Queen Selenita)

References

Sources

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1984 films
1984 animated films
1980s science fiction comedy films
1980s French animated films
French science fiction comedy films
Baron Munchausen
Films about astronauts
Films about extraterrestrial life
Films about immortality
Films based on German novels
Films directed by Jean Image
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in the 20th century
Films set on the moon
French animated feature films
1980s French-language films
Fiction about invasions
1984 comedy films
Films scored by Shuki Levy
Films scored by Haim Saban


Givens is a surname.

Notable people
 Adele Givens, American comedy actress
 Bob Givens (1918–2017), American animator, character designer, and layout artist
 Charles J. Givens (1941–1998), American "get-rich-quick" author
 David Givens (born 1980), American football player
 Don Givens (born 1949), Irish football player and coach
 Donna Givens, American politician from Alabama
 Edward Givens (1930–1967), American astronaut
 Ernest Givens (born 1964), American football player
 Jack Givens (born 1956), American basketball player
 John Givens (1926-2009), former American basketball player and coach
 Kevin Givens (born 1997), American football player
 Mychal Givens (born 1990), American baseball player
 Omm'A Givens (born 1975), American basketball player
 Philip Givens (1922-1995), Canadian politician and judge
 Reggie Givens (born 1971), American football player
 Robin Givens (born 1964), American actress
 Shay Givens (born 1976), Irish footballer
 Terryl Givens, American professor of literature and religion
 Wallace Givens (1910–1993), American mathematician

See also

 Given (disambiguation), includes list of people with surname "Given"


Marina Sergeevna Lizorkina (; born 9 June 1983) is a Russian singer and former member of girl group Serebro which she left in 2009.

Biography

Early career
At the age of 16, she entered the Contemporary Art University in Moscow. She plays the piano, the guitar and the xylophone.

Marina used to sing in a choir, before she became the lead singer of the group "Formula". In 2004, they released a few singles for the series Obrechonnaya Stat Zvezdoy.

Serebro

Marina was the last one to join the group. She saw an internet announcement, where they were looking for a singer and took the chance. Her application was noticed, and later she joined the group. With Serebro, Lizorkina took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and placed the third. They also released four No. 1 hits in Russia and the album Opiumroz in 2009.

On 18 June 2009, it was announced that Marina Lizorkina had left the band, for both financial and personal reasons, and was replaced by Anastasia Karpova. It was rumoured Lizorkina left the band due to pregnancy, but her former bandmate Olga Seryabkina denied those rumours.

After she left the band, she became an artist. For this moment she exhibits in Russia, Europe and the United States

Personal life
Marina loves driving herself, describing it as a passion. She's also very fond of animals and loves to draw oil paintings. She once said: "I love painting in oil. The main characters are mostly humanoids from other worlds. But I must say that my drawings make very strange impression on people. Each and everyone finds something different in them – and that is great."

Marina is fluent in Russian, English, and Spanish. She is also a fan of football and once stated that she was very happy because Russia played in the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2008.

Awards and nominations

Discography

With Formula

Albums
 2004: Obrechonnaya Stat Zvezdoy soundtrack

Singles
 2004: "Parahod"
 2004: "Na pol Chasa"
 2004: "Leto"

With Serebro

References

External links
Official Website of Serebro
Official Website

1983 births
Living people
21st-century Russian women singers
Singers from Moscow
Serebro members
Russian women painters


A bojagi (, sometimes shortened to ) is a traditional Korean wrapping cloth. Bojagi are typically square and can be made from a variety of materials, though silk or ramie are common. Embroidered bojagi are known as subo, while patchwork or scrap bojagi are known as jogak bo.

Bojagi have many uses, including as gift wrapping, in weddings, and in Buddhist rites. More recently, they have been recognized as a traditional art form, often featured in museums and inspiring modern reinterpretations.

History
Traditional Korean folk religions believed that keeping something wrapped protected good luck. It is believed that the earliest use of the wrappings dates to the Three Kingdoms Period, but no examples survive from this period.

The earliest surviving examples, from the early Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), were used in a Buddhist context, as tablecloths or coverings for sutras. The cloths particularly marked special events, such as weddings or betrothals, where the use of a new cloth was believed to convey "an individual's concern for that which was being wrapped, as well as respect for its recipient." For a royal wedding, up to 1,650 bojagi might be created.

Everyday use of bojagi declined in the 1950s, and they were not treated by Koreans as art objects until the late 1960s. Since the 1980s, many exhibitions have been organized in Korea and around the world to showcase the beauty and significance of bojagi made by Korean women. In 1997, the "Korean Beauty" postage stamp series included four stamps featuring bojagi.

Physical characteristics
Traditionally, the bojagi is a square, measuring from one pok in width (approximately 35 cm), for small items, to ten pok for larger objects such as bedding. Materials included silk, cotton, ramie, and hemp. Colors ranged from red, purple, blue, green, yellow, and pink to dark blue, white, and black. Bojagi were sometimes embellished to be lined, unlined, padded, quilted, or decorated with painting, paper-thin gold sheets, embroidery, and patchwork.

Royal bojagi (gung-bo)

Royal wrapping cloths were known as gung-bo. Gung-bo were made from a single piece of cloth, and although left unsigned, gung-bo cloths were made by known artisans and painters of court offices, distinct from the min-bo pojagi made by anonymous, unknown artists. Within the Joseon royal court the preferred fabric in bojagi construction was domestically produced pink-red to purple cloth. These fabrics were often painted with designs, such as dragons.

Unlike the used and re-used frugality of non-royal wrapping cloths, hundreds of new bojagi were commissioned on special occasions such as royal birthdays and New Year’s Day. The names of women employed by the court to make bojagi for specific royal rituals, such as wedding ceremonies, are listed in official court records of the Ŭigwe (Royal Protocols). Several female needleworkers' names appear repeatedly in these records, pointing to the value of their high level of skill. In the eighteenth century, female needleworkers' wages appear to have been comparable to those of male artisans.

Common bojagi (min-bo or jogak bo)

Min-bo or jogak bo (조각보) were "patchwork" bojagi made by commoners. In contrast with the royal gung-bo, which were not patchwork, these cloths were created from small segments ("jogak") of fabric from other sewing, such as those left over from cutting the curves in traditional hanbok clothing.

Korean women, taught from an early age to be patient and frugal, would separate small scraps of cloth into different groups according to material, shape, colors, and weight. This process provided an opportunity for Joseon dynasty women to express their creative talents, with the actual sewing likely similar to sutra copying. Makers of this “patchwork” bojagi made no effort to hide their stitches and may have believed that blessings and good fortune (pok) accumulated with each added stitch and piece. Both symmetrical 'regular' and random-seeming 'irregular' patterned cloths were sewn, with styles presumably selected by an individual woman's aesthetic tastes.

As food coverings

Jogak bo are closely associated with food coverings. The mid-19th century to early 20th century examples that have survived until the present day often have a small loop of ribbon attached in the centre of the square, to aid in lifting the cover away from food. Table-sized bojagi often have straps attached to the corners, so they can be fastened to the table, to secure items in place, when the table is moved.

Different bojagi were used for covering different foods and at different seasons. While lightweight cloths helped air to circulate during summer, to keep food warm in winter bojagi could be padded and lined as well. To prevent the bojagi from being dirtied from food, the underside is often lined with oiled paper.

For carrying items
Bojagi were used for transporting items, as well as covering, or keeping things together in storage. One such example is a 'knapsack' arrangement, where the cloth is wrapped and tied so that items can be securely transported upon ones' back.

Embroidered bojagi
Embroidered bojagi, also called subo (수보) (the prefix su means embroidery), was another form of decorated cloth. A common ornament was that of stylized trees, varying in style from 'naive', to detailed depictions of flowers, fruits, birds, dragons, clouds and symbols of good luck. These cloths are closely associated with joyous occasions such as betrothals and weddings, used to wrap items such as gifts from the family of the bridegroom to the new bride, and the symbolic wooden wedding geese which is a metaphor of the groom's fidelity and protection.

The embroidery was done with spun thread, on a cotton or silk ground. The subo fabric was then lined, and possibly padded. Mothers of brides during the Joseon Dynasty frequently stitched dozens of bojagi for their daughters to take to their new homes. Because many survive in pristine condition, these bojagi did not have a practical function, but served as signs of affection and good wishes.

Romantic connotations
Kirogi po, or wrapping cloths for a wedding goose, was another form of bojagi used to wrap a wooden goose presented by the bridegroom to the bride's family during traditional Korean wedding ceremonies, symbolizing the groom's fidelity. In addition to being lined and embroidered, the kirogi po were often decorated with strands of rainbow-colored threads representing rice stalks, a symbol of the family's wishes for abundance in married life. Trees, flowers, fruits, butterflies, and birds were commonly depicted to symbolize prosperity, honor, happiness, and joy.

Modern references and exhibitions

The Museum of Korean Embroidery in Seoul has a collection of 1,500 pieces of bojagi, with a particular focus on jogak bo (quilt-like patchworks). The museum was founded by husband-and-wife duo Dong-hwa Huh (허동화; 1926−2018) and Young-suk Park (박영숙; born 1932) with the aim of preserving Korean embroidery arts and educating the public on its artistic and historical significance. Huh and Park's bojagi collection garnered international attention, with sixty overseas exhibitions displayed in eleven countries.

In April of 2018, Huh and Park donated the majority of their collection to the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.

The Seoul Museum of Craft Art is built on what was the Royal Craft Workshop of the Joseon Dynasty, where court women created textile products made for everyday use. The Museum made its grand opening in 2021 and is an open space where traditional and modern crafts come together.

Museum collections outside of Korea, including in Kyoto, London, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, also contain bojagi.

The patchwork style of the jogak bo have inspired artists working in other media, such as clothing designers Lee Chunghie and Karl Lagerfeld. The facade of the flagship store of French jeweler Cartier in Cheongdam-dong is also reportedly inspired by the craft. Japanese embroiderers have also worked in the style.

The patterns of jogak bo have been compared to the work of Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian.

See also
 Hanbok: traditional Korean clothing
 Furoshiki: Japanese wrapping cloth
 Chinese patchwork

References

External links

 Cloth, Color and Beyond: Korea Society Bojagi Podcast
 youngminlee.com Bojagi – Youngmin Lee's Korean Textile Works
 Bojagi at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - includes video and several examples from the museum's collection
Korean handicrafts
Korean embroidery
Textile arts of Korea


The Tornado outbreak of June 7–8, 1984 was a significant severe weather and tornado event that took place across the central United States from North Dakota to Kansas on June 7–8, 1984. The tornado outbreak produced several significant tornadoes including an F5 tornado which traveled through Barneveld, Wisconsin, in the early hours of June 8, 1984. The entire outbreak killed at least 13 people across three states including 9 in Barneveld alone.

Meteorological synopsis

A low-pressure system entered the Midwestern United States on June 7, 1984, and intensified while bringing a surge of moist and humid air coming from the Gulf of Mexico. After most of the affected areas were hit by a mesoscale convective complex earlier during the morning of June 7, the unstable atmosphere, as well as wind shear and high CAPE values produced a favorable environment for the development of extensive severe weather with possible tornadoes. Starting at around mid-afternoon, it started to produce several tornadoes across southern Minnesota and northwestern and southern Iowa including three F3s and a long-track F4 which traveled over 130 miles from extreme northern Missouri to southwest of Iowa City. That tornado killed 3 people including one in Missouri's Harrison County. Another person was killed in Ringgold County in Iowa by an F2 tornado at around 9:00pm CDT. Activity continued through the overnight hours as a new cluster of storms developed across Wisconsin near the Iowa and Illinois borders and produced strong tornadoes including the Barneveld tornado up until the early morning hours of June 8, 1984, before dissipating.

Straight-line winds in excess of 100 mph and very large hail were also reported in eastern Iowa from the storm that went on to drop the tornado in Barneveld, Wisconsin.

Confirmed tornadoes

Barneveld–Black Earth, Wisconsin

As the tornado activity calmed down across Iowa and Minnesota in which numerous strong to severe tornadoes struck those areas from mid-afternoon to mid-evening, the severe weather shifted east towards Wisconsin after dark where a tornado watch was issued at about 11:00pm CDT. By this time, most of the residents of Barneveld had gone to bed and were unaware of the tornado watch. A supercell thunderstorm, which affected portions of southeastern Iowa with a few tornadoes at around 9:00pm CDT before weakening and intensifying shortly after, entered Wisconsin from the Iowa/Illinois border at around 12:00am CDT near Dubuque. Shortly after 12:30am CDT, June 8, it produced its first tornado near Belmont in Lafayette County and lifted near Mineral Point in Iowa County about fifteen miles southwest of Barneveld.

A few minutes later, this storm system produced one of the few F5 tornadoes to hit Wisconsin, developing northeast of Mineral Point (five to six miles southwest of Barneveld). At 12:41 am CDT this F5 tornado drove through the center of Barneveld in full force, finally dissipating in northern Dane County around 1:40am CDT after traveling  for 59 minutes. A strong lightning strike cut the electricity to the town just a few minutes before the tornado struck Barneveld, but it was followed by a deafening clap of thunder that awakened many residents. (It is said that the loss of power prevented the tornado siren from being activated prior to its arrival; in actuality, the town did not have a tornado siren that differed from the siren used to activate the town's volunteer fire and EMT squad. If the siren had been activated, the residents would not have known it was a tornado warning.) At its peak, the tornado was nearly a quarter-mile wide. Other tornadoes rated from F1 to F3 touched down from Columbia County to Dodge County until after 3:00am CDT when activity finally weakened.

The tornado was responsible for nine deaths and nearly 200 injuries in Barneveld while causing about $25 million in damage. In total, all three churches (the Congregational United Church of Christ, the Lutheran Church, and the Roman Catholic Church), 93 homes and 17 out of the 18 businesses in town (including the library, municipal building, fire station, bank, and post office) were all destroyed. The village's water tower, though damaged, was not toppled by the winds. In addition, 64 other homes were badly damaged. The F5 damage occurred at a cul-de-sac on the northeast side of town. A cluster of newly built homes were completely swept away at this location. Trees were debarked and vehicles were thrown and mangled. Some of the debris including paperwork was later found about 135 miles away from the village. Eight homes were also destroyed in Black Earth, and 24 additional homes were destroyed between Barneveld and Black Earth. Other tornadoes in Wisconsin caused two additional injuries and about $15 million worth of damage but no additional fatalities.

The National Weather Service in Madison reported the next day that the frequency of lightning flashes in the storm exceeded 200 per minute. The flashes produced a strobe-like effect, as mentioned in media reports and books about the disaster.

Historical perspective

The Barneveld tornado became the newest member of an exclusive, unfortunate group of deadly EF5/F5 tornadoes that have touched down at night. Group members prior to Barneveld included the Blackwell, Oklahoma and Udall, Kansas tornadoes during the 1955 Great Plains tornado outbreak; the tornado that struck downtown Lubbock, TX in 1970; and the Tanner and Guin, Alabama tornadoes from the 1974 Super Outbreak. Later, the Birmingham tornado in April 1998 and the Greensburg tornado in May 2007 also joined that group of violent nighttime tornadoes. As it was in Barneveld, people in these other communities may not have been aware of incoming severe weather nor would they be able to see the tornado until it was already upon them, which increased their odds of injury or death.

The Barneveld tornado was the only F5-rated storm in the United States in 1984 and the first to strike Wisconsin since the Colfax tornado killed 21 people in 1958. While it had been 26 years since the last F5 tornado struck Wisconsin, it had only been two years since the last F5 tornado in the United States; thankfully, while the Broken Bow, Oklahoma tornado of April 1982 injured 29 people, it didn't take any lives.

See also
 List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
 List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes

References

External links
 Summary of the Barneveld tornado and supercell (NWS Milwaukee)
 Analysis of the Barneveld Tornado (by Alex Harrington)

F5 tornadoes
Tornadoes of 1984
Tornadoes in Iowa
Tornadoes in Kansas
Tornadoes in Missouri
Tornadoes in Minnesota
Tornadoes in North Dakota
Tornadoes in South Dakota
Tornadoes in Wisconsin
Barneveld, Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak, 1984
June 1984 events in the United States


Subo, or SuBo, may refer to:

An embroidered Bojagi, a traditional Korean wrapping cloth
An album track on The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vol. 2, by The Weavers
SuBo, nickname of Scottish singer Susan Boyle


Utricularia naviculata is a very small, annual suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is a very distinct species with relatively large bracts and unique trap-bearing shoots ("leaves"). U. naviculata is endemic to South America and is known only from the type location in Venezuela and a single collection in Brazil. It is found at low altitudes in slow-flowing or still waters. It has been found flowering in Brazil during the month of May and in Venezuela during August. It was first formally described by Peter Taylor in 1967.

See also
 List of Utricularia species

References

Carnivorous plants of South America
Flora of Brazil
Flora of Venezuela
naviculata


9 Channel Nine Court (alternatively known as the CTV Toronto Studios, CFTO-TV Studios, Glen Warren Studios or Bell Media Agincourt and temporarily known as 9 Dave Devall Way) is an office and studio complex owned by Bell Media (formerly CTVglobemedia) in the Agincourt neighbourhood of Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The civic address of the complex refers to the over-the-air channel on which CFTO-TV, the building's original tenant, broadcast. It is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Highway 401 and McCowan Road near the Scarborough City Centre.

History
CTV Television Network started using the studio for CTV News's local Toronto broadcasts in the mid-1960s; its head offices were located in Downtown Toronto. Original programming included the weekly children's show The Professor's Hideaway.

The station was acquired by CFTO's parent, Baton Broadcasting, in 1997. It is now home to CTV, its flagship station CFTO-DT (CTV Toronto), and The Sports Network (TSN). It was previously the headquarters of CTVglobemedia and its predecessors until it was relocated to 299 Queen Street West in 2008 when it became Bell Media.

Operations
In addition to CTV and CFTO, channels based at the Agincourt complex include:
CTV News Channel
TSN
Discovery Channel, and its offshoot channels including Animal Planet among others.

The complex also houses the master control facilities for several other CTV stations in Eastern and Central Canada, specifically:
CJOH-DT Ottawa
CKCO-DT Kitchener
CFCF-DT Montreal
CKY-DT Winnipeg
CTV Northern Ontario

CTV 2 had its master control facilities moved here in 2011, housing the following stations:
CKVR-DT Barrie
CKVP-DT Pelham
CFPL-DT London
CHWI-DT Wheatley/Windsor
CHRO-DT Pembroke/Ottawa
CTV 2 Atlantic
CTV 2 Alberta
In addition the building also serves as the new home for the technical operations of Bell Media's all-sports radio station in Toronto TSN Radio 1050 which launched on April 13, 2011.

TSN, Sportsnet, and the "parking lot"
From 2001 until early 2008, both TSN and its main competitor Rogers Sportsnet were based at the Agincourt complex. Sportsnet, originally controlled by CTV before the latter's acquisition of TSN in 2000, had been based there since its launch in 1998, but did not move out immediately after TSN moved in.

Hence, when on-air hosts, such as Darren Dreger, moved from one channel to the other, it was referred to as "crossing the parking lot" or, less commonly, "crossing the street". Some at Sportsnet had complained about feeling like "poor country cousins" to CTV and TSN at Agincourt.

This peculiarity had been made light of by a couple of notable hosts on Rogers Sportsnet. Bob McCown, a radio host on Rogers-owned The Fan 590, had constantly commented on his show Prime Time Sports (a simulcast of his radio show on The Fan 590) that Sportsnet executives throw bottles across the street at the TSN studios. In addition, Sportsnet Connected anchor Sean McCormick had openly stated on-air that he drives to work with his wife, Jennifer Hedger, who anchors SportsCentre on TSN.

This arrangement ended on April 30, 2008, when Rogers Sportsnet moved broadcast operations from the Agincourt complex to a new studio in the Rogers Building, a cluster of buildings in the Mount Pleasant-Jarvis Street area of downtown Toronto.

Other Bell Media facilities in Toronto
Alongside 9 Channel Nine Court, several other Bell Media properties are operated from other facilities in the Toronto area:

Several other Bell Media television channels, mainly including those acquired from CHUM Limited– such as Much, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, MTV2, CP24, BNN Bloomberg, CTV Sci-Fi Channel and E!, are operated from 299 Queen Street West, formerly known as the "CHUM-City Building". This location also serves as the current home of CTV's entertainment news program etalk, the corporate head office of Bell Media and the CFTO Downtown Toronto news bureau.
Studios for Bell Media's radio channels including TSN Radio 1050, 104.5 CHUM-FM, Newstalk 1010 and 99.9 Virgin Radio are currently located at 250 Richmond Street West at Richmond and Duncan streets which is adjacent to 299 Queen Street West. There is a bridge walkway that currently joins these two buildings together.

References

External links
CTV Television Network website
CTV News website
CTV News Toronto website
Bell Media website

Bell Media
Buildings and structures in Scarborough, Toronto
Mass media company headquarters in Canada
Television studios in Canada


The Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 25) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 17 May 1938. It was the British implementing measure for the 1938 Anglo-Irish Agreements which were signed at London on 25 April 1938 by the Governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom. There were three agreements in total: one to rescind Articles 6 and 7 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the transfer of British Admiralty property to Ireland; a second for the settlement of outstanding financial claims against the Irish Government; and the third, an important trade agreement putting an end to an "economic war" between the two countries.

Implementation of the agreements

In accordance with the earlier agreements, the Act:
 rescinded Articles 6 and 7 of the 1921 Treaty and returned certain British Admiralty property, commonly known as the Treaty Ports, to Ireland.
 put into force a range of free trade provisions ending what had been an economic war between Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Name of the Irish state

The Act also gave partial recognition for the purposes of domestic British law to the change of the formal name of the Irish state under the 1937 Constitution of Ireland; the Irish state had formerly been known as the "Irish Free State".  Under the Act the British Government decided to refer to the Irish state only as "Eire" (without the correct síneadh fada or acute accent), and not as "Ireland" (the state's name in English under the Constitution of Ireland). This avoided any need for the British government to refer to the Irish state as "Ireland", thus side-stepping concerns over the status of Northern Ireland. Under Section 1 of the Act, it was declared that (for the purposes of United Kingdom legislation) the territory "which was ... known as Irish Free State shall be styled as...Eire".

The English-law name of the state was later changed to "Republic of Ireland" by the Ireland Act 1949.

Other effects

The Act came into effect on 19 May 1938 pursuant to a Treasury order. One of the Act's effects was to throw into doubt whether Irish citizens were still British subjects. Legal arguments were raised that as the Constitution of Ireland declared Ireland a sovereign independent state, the passing of the Act which recognised one of the Irish state’s constitutional names, also recognised its sovereignty. Notably, these arguments were raised in the Murray v Parkes case, 1942.

Repeal

The Act was repealed (as having been spent) under Schedule 1, Part V of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981.

Notes

References

External links
 British-Irish tripartite agreement on Trade, Finance and Defence, 1938
 Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921

United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1938
British constitutional laws concerning Ireland
Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations
Politics of Ireland
1938 in Irish law
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland


The Canon EF-S 55–250mm 4–5.6 IS lenses are a series of telephoto zoom lenses for Canon EOS digital single-lens reflex cameras with a Canon EF-S lens mount.

All versions of the lens provide a 35 mm equivalent focal length of 88–400mm, and are advertised by Canon as providing four-stop image stabilization. Additionally, it has a high maximum magnification ratio for a non-macro lens.

The first lens was released in America in mid-April 2008 for a retail price of US$255, and advertised as a companion to the Canon EF-S 18–55mm IS.

The Mark II version of the lens was announced June 2011, identical in specification to the previous version and featuring exactly the same optics and IS system but with a revised external design.

In August 2013 a new version of the lens was announced, featuring a revised optical formula and Canon's STM (stepping motor) technology. This lens shipped to retailers in late September 2013 and was initially priced at US$350.

Specifications

References

External links

Reviews
 From The Digital Picture
 From SLR Gear

55-250mm lens


Solanum furcatum is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae known by the common name forked nightshade. It is native to South America. It is known elsewhere as an introduced species.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment

furcatum


Solanum chenopodioides, commonly known as the whitetip nightshade or velvety nightshade, is a shrub of the family Solanaceae native to South America. It has become naturalised in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

References

External links

chenopodioides
Flora naturalised in Australia
Plants described in 1794


The Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council was the inaugural governing body for the British South Africa Company (BSAC) territory of Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe) before its replacement by the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly in 1923, when the country achieved responsible government, and duly became a self-governing colony within the British Empire.

The Council was established on 20 October 1898, and the first election for the Council was held on 17 April 1899. The Council sat for the first time in May 1899. Initially, the Council consisted of four elected members and five members nominated by the British South Africa Company, with the BSAC administrator presiding (and who also holding the right of veto over any legislation). Additionally, a British resident commissioner sat on the Council as a non-voting member.

Qualifications for members and franchise were set by the commissioner, who required voters to be British subjects, male, 21 years of age and older, able to write their address and occupation, and then to fulfil any one of the following financial requirements:

All voters were entered onto a common roll.

Due to continuing pressure by white settlers for a greater role in the administration of the colony, the number of elected representatives on the Council was gradually increased, so that by 1920 there were 13 elected members.

The main issue debated in the Legislative Council by the 1910s was the future of Southern Rhodesia following the planned end of BSAC rule. When responsible government was granted to Southern Rhodesia in 1923, the Legislative Council was replaced by the Legislative Assembly. Under the 1924 Constitution, there was provision for the establishment of an upper house to be known as the Legislative Council, but none was ever established.

References

Legislative Council
Historical legislatures
1898 establishments in the British Empire


Columbia Energy Center is a base load, sub-bituminous coal-fired, electrical power station located south of Portage in the Town of Pacific, Columbia County, Wisconsin. Ownership is 46.2% Wisconsin Power and Light Company (Alliant Energy), 31.8% Wisconsin Public Service (Integrys Energy Group), and 22% Madison Gas and Electric (MGE).

History
Columbia Energy Center was built in the early 1970s. Unit 1 went online in 1975 and Unit 2 went online in 1978, with nameplate capacities of 512 MW and 511 MW, respectively.

In 2009, faced with environmental regulations regarding future operations, the owners of Columbia Energy Center invested in upgrades to the plant. The owners submitted an Electric Generation Expansion Analysis System (EGEAS) summary report to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on April 2, 2009. The report presented the results of a planning and scenarios analysis to support Wisconsin Power and Light, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, and MGE's joint application for a Certificate of Authority (CA) for the installation of emission controls at the facility.

Although not required by law, the Commission held a hearing on the matter of the upgrade after several parties, including the Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Clean Wisconsin (Clean WI), and the Sierra Club, filed a joint request to intervene.

Columbia's owners were granted a Certificate authorizing the installation of air emissions reductions systems and associated equipment on March 11, 2011, at an estimate cost of $627 million. Construction began on April 16, 2012, and was completed in December 2014 at a total cost of $589 million.

On February 2, 2021, Alliant Energy, the majority owner and operator of the Columbia Energy Center announced the plant will shut down by 2025. On June 23, 2022, Alliant announced that CEC's decommissioning date would be delayed until mid-2026, due to the ongoing supply chain issues and to hedge against an energy shortage in upcoming years, with CEC mainly being in service during peak periods.

Electricity generation
In 2021, Columbia Energy Center generated 5,907 GWh, approximately 9.4% of the total electric power generated in Wisconsin (62,584 GWh) for that year. The plant had a 2021 annual capacity factor of 65.91%.

See also

List of power stations in Wisconsin

References

External links
Scorecard Environmental Release Report: COLUMBIA ENERGY CENTER

Energy infrastructure completed in 1978
Buildings and structures in Columbia County, Wisconsin
Coal-fired power stations in Wisconsin
Alliant Energy


Fox River Grove is a commuter railroad station along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in Fox River Grove, Illinois. It is located at 4015 North Northwest Highway (US 14) and Lincoln Avenue, and lies  from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago, and  from Harvard. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Fox River Grove is in zone H. , Fox River Grove is the 104th busiest of the 236 non-downtown stations in the Metra system, with an average of 462 weekday boardings.

As of May 30, 2023, Fox River Grove is served by 52 trains (27 inbound, 25 outbound) on weekdays, by 30 trains (15 in each direction) on Saturdays, and by 20 trains (nine inbound, all 11 outbound) on Sundays.

The station house is an unmanned modestly decorative shelter that is open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Parking is available on both sides of the tracks and on both sides of Lincoln Avenue. On the north side, there are small on-side parking lots between the tracks and the south side of North Northwest Highway. On the south side, much larger parking lots exist on Lincoln Avenue. The southeast parking lot is also accessible to Algonquin Road.

The station underwent a complete rebuild, that extended platforms to 640 ft, (enough for an 8-car train), 2 new passenger shelters, bathroom facilities, repaved parking lot and improved lighting. The total price was $3.5 million, of which $1.2 million came from Union Pacific. The project was completed in the fall of 2013.

Accident

The Algonquin Road grade crossing at the south end of the station was the site of a collision on October 25, 1995 between an inbound Metra train and a school bus, that resulted in the deaths of seven students. The school bus was caught between the railroad tracks and the intersection with US 14, resulting in the accident.

References

External links
Metra - Fox River Grove Station
Station House from Google Maps Street View

Metra stations in Illinois
Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
Fox River Grove, Illinois
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1959
Railway stations in Lake County, Illinois
Railway stations in McHenry County, Illinois


MIAS may refer to:

 Maryknoll Institute of African Studies, educational institute, see Maryknoll
 MIAs, plural of Missing in Action
 Moscow International Automobile Salon, auto show in Russia
 Montreal International Auto Show, auto show in Canada
 Manila International Auto Show, auto show in the Philippines


Salem City School District may refer to:

Salem City School District (New Jersey), Salem County, New Jersey
Salem City School District, Ohio, Salem, Ohio


Franciszek Bukaty (1747–1797) was a Polish diplomat.

He was (1772–1785) Polish chargé d'affaires, and later ambassador in London.

At first the Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski wanted to make an English lawyer John Lind Polish ambassador in London, but British authorities opposed, because it was seen as  'unpatriotic' if an Englishman represented a foreign court.

References
Zofia Libiszowska, Życie polskie w Londynie w XVIII wieku, Instytut wydawniczy "PAX", Warszawa 1972.
Zofia Libiszowska, Misja polska w Londynie w latach 1769-1795, Łódź 1966.

External links
http://www.wielcy.pl/psb/bukaty/franciszek/2406.shtml
http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3881789

Diplomats of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1747 births
1797 deaths


Chinese culture attaches certain values to colours, like which colours are considered auspicious () or inauspicious ().  The Chinese word for "colour" is yánsè (). In Classical Chinese, the character sè () more accurately meant "colour in the face", or "emotion". It was generally used alone and often implied sexual desire or desirability. During the Tang dynasty, the word yánsè came to mean 'all colour'. A Chinese idiom with the meaning "many colours" or "multi-coloured", Wǔyánliùsè (五顏六色), can also mean 'colours' in general.

In Chinese mythology, the goddess, Nüwa, is said to have mended the Heavens after a disaster destroyed the original pillars that held up the skies, using five coloured-stones in these five auspicious colours to patch-up the crumbling heavens, accounting for the many colours that the skies can take-on.

Theory of the Five Elements (Wuxing 五行)
In traditional Chinese art and culture, black, red, qing () (a conflation of the idea of green and blue), white and yellow are viewed as standard colors.  These colors correspond to the five elements (五行) of water, fire, wood, metal and earth, taught in traditional Chinese physics. Throughout the Shang, Tang, Zhou and Qin dynasties, China's emperors used the Theory of the Five Elements to select colors. Other colors were considered by Confucius as 'inferior'.

Yellow

Yellow of a golden hue is considered the most beautiful and prestigious color. The Chinese conception of yellow (, huáng) is inclusive of many shades considered tan or brown in English and the primary association is with the earth rather than the sun. The Chinese saying Yellow generates Yin and Yang implies that yellow is the center of everything. Associated with but ranked above brown, yellow signifies neutrality and good luck. Yellow is sometimes paired with red in place of gold.

The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilisation. Yellow was the emperor's color in Imperial China and is held as the symbolic color of the five legendary emperors of ancient China, such as the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Dragon is the zoomorphic incarnation of the Yellow Emperor of the centre of the universe in Chinese religion and mythology. The flag of the Qing dynasty featured golden yellow as the background. The Plain Yellow Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner were two of the upper three banners of Later Jin and Qing dynasty.

Yellow often decorates royal palaces, altars and temples, and the color was used in the dragon robes and attire of the emperors. It was a rare honour to receive the imperial yellow jacket.

Yellow also represents freedom from worldly cares and is thus esteemed in Buddhism. Monks' garments are yellow, as are elements of Buddhist temples.  Yellow is also used as a mourning color for Chinese Buddhists.

Yellow is also symbolic of heroism, as opposed to the Western association of the color with cowardice.

Black

Black (, hēi), corresponding to water, is generally understood as a neutral color although appearing in many negative contexts in idioms and common names. "Black help"  hēibāng) is the usual name for Chinese organized crime and the Thick Black Theory of the late Qing intellectual Li Zongwu (, 1879–1943) is an exhortation to Machiavellianism. In modern China, black is used in clothing, especially in professional contexts. Black has less association with mourning than white in traditional Chinese culture but formal black jackets and slacks have become associated with international professionalism.

The I Ching or Book of Changes regards black as Heaven's color. The saying "heaven and earth are black" was rooted in the observation that the northern sky was black for a long time. Ancient Chinese people believed Tiandi or the Heavenly Emperor resided in the North Star. The Taiji symbol uses black and white or red to represent the unity of yin and yang. Ancient Chinese people regarded black as the king of colors and honored black more consistently than any other color. Laozi said know the white, keep the black and Taoists believe black is the color of the Tao.

White
White (, bái) corresponds with metal among the Five Elements and represents gold and symbolises brightness, purity, and fulfilment. Light-colored skin is highly valued by many Chinese, especially in consideration of women as potential brides. White is also the traditional color of mourning, although white wedding gowns have become more popular since the Opening Up Policy.

Red

Red   hóng), vermilion (, dān), and crimson (, chì) are associated with masculine yang energy and fire, good fortune and joy. Red is the traditional color used during Chinese New Year and other celebrations, including weddings and wedding gowns. Chinese reds are traditionally inclusive of shades English might consider orange or warm brown.

A hongbaoa red envelope stuffed with money, now frequently red 100 RMB notesis the usual gift in Chinese communities for Chinese New Year, birthdays, marriages, bribes, and other special occasions. The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck. Red is strictly forbidden at funerals as it is traditionally symbolic of happiness. The names of the dead were previously written in red, so it is generally somewhat offensive to use red ink for Chinese names in contexts other than official seals.

In the People's Republic of China, red remains a very popular color and is affiliated with and used by the Communist Party and the government.

Blue / Green

Old Chinese did not make a blue-green distinction, having a single "verdant" color (, qīng) that covered both. The clear blue sky and fresh green vegetables were considered shades of a single color which could even include black as its darkest hue in some contexts. Modern Standard Mandarin does make the blue-green distinction using lǜ   "leafy") for green and lán   "indigo") for blue.

Qīng was associated with health, prosperity, and harmony. It was used for the roof tiles and ornate interior of the Temple of Heaven and in other structures to represent heaven. It is also the color of most jade as well as the greenware pottery that was developed to imitate it.

Separately, green hats are associated with infidelity and used as an idiom for a cuckold. This has caused uneasiness for Chinese Catholic bishops, who, in ecclesiastical heraldry, would normally have a green hat above their arms. Chinese bishops have compromised by using a violet hat for their coat of arms.

Intermediary colors
The five intermediary colors ( ) are formed as combinations of the five elemental colors. These are:

   "green": The intermediary color of the east, combination of central yellow and eastern blue
   "emerald-blue": The intermediary color of the west, combination of eastern blue and western white
   "light-red": The intermediary color of the south, combination of western white and southern red
   "violet": The intermediary color of the north, combination of southern red and northern black
   "horse-brown": The intermediary color of the center, combination of northern black and central yellow

See also
 Chinese art
 Culture of China
 Culture of the People's Republic of China
 Fashion of China
 Haint blue
 Luck
 Numbers in Chinese culture
 Jing (Chinese opera)#Face design for information on color in Chinese opera face paintings
 Wuxing
 Four Symbols
 Wufang Shangdi

References

Chinese culture
Color in culture
Wu Xing


Olga Yurievna Seryabkina (; born 12 April 1985) is a Russian singer-songwriter. She is a former member of  girl group Serebro, which won third place in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, until 2019 when she confirmed that she would leave the group – the last of the original lineup to do so.

Life and career

Early life and career (1985–2007)
At seven years old, Olga Seryabkina began studying ballet.

Serebro (2007–2019)
After that she joined Serebro. She was brought to the casting by her friend Elena Temnikova, who was already a band member. They took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won 3rd place.

Today Serebro is one of the most popular Russian bands. In 2007 she started writing lyrics for the group. In October 2007, there were some rumors that Olga was leaving the band because it was said she had problems with the lead singer Elena Temnikova, but that wasn't true. Max Fadeev, the manager of the band, also said that the replacement for Olga had already been found, but Olga decided not to leave Serebro.

On 9 October 2018 Seryabkina (the only remaining member of the original line-up) announced via Instagram that she is leaving the group in 2019 to concentrate on her solo career.

Solo career (2014–present)

Her solo career began with the name Holy Molly at first, later being changed solely to Molly.  In 2022, she released an album under her own name.

Other activities
On 8 August 2008 Olga participated in “The stars motor racing” in Yarkhoma Park. The other competitors were Iljya Zudin (from the band Dinamit), Marina Lizorkina (also a Serebro member), Star Factory-participants Lena Kukarskaya and Oleg Dobrynin, Maxim Postelnyj (from the band Plazma) and Sid Spirin (from the band Tarakany!) among others. A true excitement was displayed by the band Serebro only. They showed a real fighting capacity, for instance, Marina Lizorkina even had her motorcycle gloves with her. Lena Temnikova also came to the racing and actively supported her colleagues, but she didn't take part in the competition. Only three participants took part in the final motor-racing. It was a time trial without any obstacles, and Olga Seryabkina was the winner.

Personal life

She graduated from an art school in Moscow and from the ИМПЭ Institute, earning a higher education diploma in Specialization in Translation and Entrepreneurship. Olga Seryabkina is fluent in Russian, English and German.

In June 2019, Seryabkina came out as bisexual in an interview with the Russian tabloid Super. She did so to dispel rumors she was in a relationship with Maxim Fadeev, which were spread by her former bandmate Elena Temnikova. In the interview, Seryabkina confirmed she had been in a four-year relationship with Temnikova while they were bandmates, and that the relationship was well known throughout their inner circle, but they had never confirmed it publicly. Since ending her relationship with Temnikova, Seryabkina has solely dated men.

In 2020, Seryabkina secretly married 32-year-old Georgy Nachkebia in a suburb of Vienna. According to the singer, Nachkebia "is involved in projects in various fields - from show business to high technology." She and Nachkebia have known each other for many years, and "really became close only after I left Maxim Fadeev's label." On September 13, 2021, she confirmed her first pregnancy to Tatler Russia.

On November 20, 2021, Seryabkina gave birth to her and Nachkebia's child together, a son named Luca.

Discography

Albums (as Molly)
Косатка в небе (2019)

Albums (as Olga Seryabkina)
Синий цвет твоей любви (2022)

EPs (as Olga Seryabkina)
Причины (2020)

Singles

Russian singles

As Olga Seryabkina

As Molly

English singles
As Molly

As Olga Seryabkina

Promotional singles

Other charted songs

Features

Awards

References

External links

Official website of Serebro

Instagram of Serebro / Molly

1985 births
Living people
Singers from Moscow
Russian women singer-songwriters
Serebro members
21st-century Russian women singers
21st-century Russian LGBT people
Russian bisexual people
Russian LGBT singers
Russian LGBT songwriters
Bisexual women musicians
Bisexual singers
Bisexual songwriters


Chen Yanchong (;  ; born 10 April 1987), is a WTA professional women's tennis player from the People's Republic of China. She was born in Hengyang, Hunan province in China.

A member of the Chinese Olympic team in 2003, Chen is the best tennis player of the Guangdong team, with a ranking of the 14th best Chinese player overall.

Her highest WTA singles ranking is 187, which she reached on 6 November 2006. Her career high in doubles is 157, which she reached on 6 November 2006. Chen has won 3 ITF singles title and 4 doubles titles.

Career statistics

Singles finals: 5 (3–2)

Doubles finals: 8 (4–4)

See also
Chinese tennis players
Tennis in China

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Chinese female tennis players
Sportspeople from Guangzhou
Tennis players from Guangdong


VHF

Japan

People's Republic of China

Original P.R.C. channel assignments

Assignments since c.1975

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Indonesia

Kingdom of Thailand, other border of island

Similar to the television frequency in America and Japan; same sound carrier as System M / N that uses 4.5 MHz sound carrier

North Yala

Channels 2,3,7 to 13 uses 4.5 MHz sound carrier (System N), Channel 4 uses 5 MHz carrier (system Y), Channels 5 and 6 uses 6.5 MHz sound carrier (system D)

Russia,Kazakhstan,Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan,North Korea, Vietnam and most Central Asia

UHF

Japan

People's Republic of China

NOTE: The original assignments of Channels 25 to 57 were 2 MHz higher in frequency until c.1984. Channels 58 to 62 were deleted at this time.

Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and most Asia,Middle East

NOTE: Channels 22 to 48 are used for DVB-T2 digital TV broadcasting in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.

Hong Kong and Macau

See also
Broadcast television systems
ATSC (standards)
Multichannel television sound
NTSC
NTSC-J
PAL
RCA
SECAM
Moving image formats
Early television stations
Knife-edge effect
Channel 37
North American broadcast television frequencies
North American cable television frequencies
Australasian television frequencies

External links
U.S. cable television channel frequencies
TVTower.com - Commercial Television Frequencies

Television technology

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pt:Frequências dos canais de televisão


Le Patin Libre is a performance art company creating and touring performances on ice skates, utilizing ice and glide as means for self-expression. Founded in 2005 by figure skater Alexandre Hamel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the group created what is regarded as a new genre of performing art, called 'contemporary skating'.

Organized as an artistic collective, Le Patin Libre is currently composed of five dedicated members: Samory Ba, Jasmin Boivin, Taylor Dilley, Alexandre Hamel, Pascale Jodoin.

Apart from performing, the group is also politically involved in an effort to re-organize public skating sessions and improve general access to and freedom of motion on public ice surfaces in Montreal, QC, CA.

Early in the company's development, media described Le Patin Libre as "Disney on Ice with a bonus hint of imagination, artistic expression and technical mastery". The initial growth of the troupe was linked to winter festivals, which are a tradition in the province of Quebec. Exploring skating outside, the troupe was inspired by Montreal's contemporary dance and circus scene.

More recently Le Patin Libre has been 'playing with choreography and imagery that rinses viewers of all conventional expectations.'

Contemporary skating
Contemporary skating is a genre of performance art created by Le Patin Libre. The concept was conceived by Alexandre Hamel in 2005. Since that time, the concept has evolved, and the genre has emerged, as evidenced by critics approval of the collectives latest material, and the interest of traditional contemporary dance organizations such as Sadler's Wells, Dance Umbrella Festival and the National Arts Centre.

Contemporary skating differs from other on-ice performance activities including figure skating. The concept of contemporary skating was inspired by contemporary dance and circus. Artists in Le Patin Libre claim that; as simple as it may seem, glide is a profound way of movement particular to skating which merits exploration.

Tap-skating

A style of on ice movement invented by the troop, utilizing tap dance and skating.  The artists use the sounds of their blades to create music.

Freestyle/Extreme Ice Skating

Performers within Le Patin Libre have experimented with freestyle skating; a concept developed by teenagers in France to play with and explore on ice movement.

History and achievements
 2005 : Le Patin Libre was founded by Alexandre Hamel.
 2006 : Presented its first show in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. First tour, which took place through Quebec.
 2007 : Explored creating various shows and events, including parties and an ice show adapted from the tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin.
 2008 : First tour in England, UK.
 2009 : Performed during the official opening of the Richmond Olympic Oval.
 2010 : French tour with guest skaters.
 2011 : Continued to tour productions in France.
 2012 : First show in London, UK.
 2013 : First performances in Berlin, Germany. Sadlers Wells Jerwood Studio residence with dramaturg Ruth Little.
 2014 : First performances for Dance Umbrella Festival, London, UK. First performances during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 2015 : First performances for National Arts Centre. Winner of the inaugural The Place Total Theatre Award for Dance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Nominated for Best Modern Choreography Critics’ Circle National Dance Award.
 2016 : Performed at Somerset House, co-presented by Dance Umbrella and Somerset House.

References

External links

Ice shows


Propalaeocastor is a poorly known extinct genus of beavers (family Castoridae) from the early Oligocene of Europe and Asia. Recently described material of a new species of Propalaeocastor, P. irtyshensis, indicates the genus is probably the earliest known member of the subfamily Castorinae, which includes all castorids more closely related to living beavers (genus Castor) than to the extinct giant beaver (genus Castoroides). Previously, Propalaeocastor had been allied with more basal beavers such as Agnotocastor and Anchitheriomys. According to Wu and coauthors, Propalaeocastor, specifically P. butselensis, is the likely ancestor of the better-known Eurasian castorine Steneofiber.

References

Prehistoric beavers
Oligocene rodents
Oligocene mammals of Asia
Oligocene mammals of Europe
Prehistoric rodent genera
Fossil taxa described in 1967


Adrien Richard Sturt (born 2 May 1986) is an Australian-British professional basketball player. He previously played for the Great Britain Under-23 team.

High school and college
While still at high school, Adrien Sturt played for the Melbourne University Black Angels in the 2004 VBL Premier Division (D1M), winning that year's championship against Southern Peninsular under the leadership of head coach Dean Vickerman.
After graduating from Box Hill Senior Secondary College in 2006, Sturt attended Utah's Snow College in 2006–07 where he helped the team win the SWAC Conference Championship.

Professional career
Sturt returned to Australia in 2007 and joined the Melbourne Tigers, where he played two seasons and won an NBL championship in his rookie season. He also played for the Tigers' affiliate team in the Big V, where he won championships in 2008 and 2009.

In April 2010, Sturt signed with Dexia Mons-Hainaut of Belgium for the rest of the 2009–10 season. Later that year, he signed with the Essex Pirates for the 2010–11 British Basketball League season. In 31 games for the Pirates, he averaged 10.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game.

In March 2011, Sturt signed with the Eltham Wildcats for the 2011 Big V season.

Sturt moved to England for the 2011–12 season, signing with the Milton Keynes Lions of the British Basketball League. In 27 games for the Lions, he averaged 9.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Following the BBL season, he returned to Australia and joined the Ringwood Hawks for the 2012 Big V season.

In August 2012, the Milton Keynes Lions moved to London and thus became the London Lions. Sturt subsequently joined the London Lions for the 2012–13 British Basketball League season. In 32 games for the Lions, he averaged 13.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.4 blocks per game. Following the BBL season, he joined the Bulleen Boomers for the 2013 Big V season.

On 29 July 2013, Sturt re-signed with the London Lions for the 2013–14 British Basketball League season. In 34 games for the Lions, he averaged 10.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game.

On 11 September 2014, Sturt again re-signed with the Lions for the 2014–15 British Basketball League season. On 18 November 2014, he was released by the Lions after appearing in the first six games of the season. Eight days later, he signed with the Cheshire Phoenix for the rest of the season. In 28 games for the Phoenix, he averaged 6.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game.

On 9 November 2015, Sturt signed with the Plymouth Raiders for the rest of the 2015–16 British Basketball League season.

In 2018, Sturt joined the Waverley Falcons of the Big V. In 2019, he joined the Ringwood Hawks of the Senior Elite League.

References

External links
Eurobasket.com profile
BBL stats
NBL stats

1986 births
Living people
Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Australian men's basketball players
Belfius Mons-Hainaut players
Centers (basketball)
Cheshire Phoenix players
Essex Leopards players
Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
Melbourne Tigers players
London Lions (basketball) players
Plymouth Raiders players
Snow Badgers men's basketball players
Basketball players from Adelaide
Australian expatriate basketball people in England
Australian expatriate basketball people in Belgium
Sportsmen from South Australia


Alexandra Bugailiskis (born January 9, 1956) is a former Canadian diplomat. In March 2022, she retired from Global Affairs Canada after a 39 year diplomatic career. In January 2023 she was appointed Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) , known as the UN's Think Tank on Water, based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,  From August 2017 until her retirement she served as the Canadian Ambassador to the Italian Republic, as well as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to the Republic of San Marino, and to the Republic of Albania, as well as High Commissioner to Malta.

From October 2015 she served as Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, the Middle East and the Maghreb for Global Affairs Canada. Subsequently she also assumed responsibility for the Arctic. Since 2011, Bugailiskis has concurrently been Chief Negotiator for the Canada-European Union Strategic Partnership Agreement. From September 2012 until October 2015 she served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Poland.  In addition to her previous Head of Mission postings in Syria, Cyprus and Cuba, she has also served abroad in Ghana (with concurrent accreditation to Benin, Togo and Liberia), and in Guatemala (with accreditation to El Salvador).

Biography

Bugailiskis was born on January 9, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario. She graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs with a Master of Arts.

In 1990 Bugailiskis became the first recipient of the Canadian Foreign Service Officer of the Year Award for her contribution to the establishment of independence in Namibia. She was also the recipient of the 2002 Minister of Foreign Affairs Merit Award for organizing the 2001 Summit of the Americas, and the 2010 Clerk of Privy Council Commendation for Leadership on Haiti Post-earthquake reconstruction.

In 2002 she served as the Executive Director of the International Policy Framework Task Force at the Privy Council Office.

From April 2007 until August 2010, she served as Executive Coordinator for the Americas Strategy and as Assistant Deputy Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean. From September 2003 until September 2007 she was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Cuba. She was formerly the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Syria and concurrently High Commissioner to Cyprus. At the  Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade she had previously served as Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean and Director for Central America and the Caribbean.

In 2010, she became executive coordinator for the Inter-American Development Bank Business Opportunities Task Force. That same year she joined the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs of Carleton University as a Distinguished Senior Fellow and Diplomat in Residence where she co-edited the 2011–12 edition of Canada Among Nations, "Canada and Mexico's Unfinished Agenda".

In September 2014, she successfully concluded the negotiations which culminated in the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between Canada and the European Union in October 2016 and came into provisional application on April 1, 2017.

As ADM for Europe, the Middle East and the Maghreb she was closely engaged in the resettlement of 40,000 Syrian refugees in Canada and authored a $1.6 billion three year strategy for Iraq and Syria.

In honour of Carleton University's 75th anniversary in 2017, Bugailiskis was selected as one of the Faculty of Public Affairs most distinguished and inspiring alumni.

Memberships
Bugailiskis is the Chair of the International Advisory Committee of the United Nation University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in Hamilton, Canada
She is also a member of the Distinguished Advisory Council of NPSIA.  She was previously a member of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Executive MBA (CEMBA) at the SGH-Warsaw School of Economics, and of the Board of Directors of FOCAL, The Canadian Foundation for the Americas.

References

External links

Carleton University alumni
Living people
1956 births
Canadian women ambassadors
Ambassadors of Canada to Syria
Ambassadors of Canada to Cuba
High Commissioners of Canada to Cyprus
Ambassadors of Canada to Poland
Ambassadors of Canada to Italy
People from Hamilton, Ontario
High Commissioners of Canada to Malta


Route 113 is a Connecticut state highway running from the Bridgeport-Stratford town line around the Lordship section of Stratford to the eastern part of the town.

Route description
Route 113 begins at an intersection with I-95 (Exit 30) at the Bridgeport-Stratford town line and heads east into Stratford as Lordship Boulevard. It then heads southeast along the western boundary of Sikorsky Memorial Airport, then turns east, still encircling the airport, along Oak Bluff Avenue and Prospect Drive. The transition between Oak Bluff Avenue and Prospect Drive is a roundabout intersection. Route 113 then heads north around Stratford Point as Stratford Road and Main Street, along the mouth of the Housatonic River at Long Island Sound. The road also provides access to Short Beach Park, a town beach. Main Street continues north towards Stratford center, intersecting with Route 130 and West Broad Street (which provides access to I-95 at Exit 32). Continuing north, it goes under I-95 without an interchange past the Stratford railroad station, intersecting with U.S. Route 1, then running for another  in the residential part of town before ending at Route 110 (East Main Street). Main Street continues straight as Route 110.

History
Route 113 was created in 1932, originally running from Stratford Point to downtown Stratford and then to Shelton along the current route of Route 108. In about 1940, it was extended west along the current route into Bridgeport.  In 1944, it was rerouted to the north of Sikorsky Airport (along Access Road), with the southerly alignment becoming Route 113A, but was returned to its current route in 1947 (Route 113A was deleted). In 1952, it was extended north to the Shelton town center via the Huntington Turnpike. In 1963, Route 108 was extended south along Nichols Avenue and Route 113 was rerouted east to its current route, over a former section of Route 110. This northernmost portion of current Route 113 was the original southern end of Route 8 prior to the construction of the expressway.

Major intersections

References

113
Transportation in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Transportation in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut


Atomic gardening is a form of mutation breeding where plants are exposed to radiation. Some of the mutations produced thereby have turned out to be useful. Typically this is gamma radiation  in which case it is a   produced by cobalt-60.

The practice of plant irradiation has resulted in the development of more than 2,000 new varieties of plants, most of which are now used in agricultural production. One example is the resistance to verticillium wilt of the 'Todd's Mitcham' cultivar of peppermint, which was produced from a breeding and test program at Brookhaven National Laboratory from the mid-1950s. Additionally, the Rio Red Grapefruit, developed at the Texas A&M Citrus Center in the 1970s and approved in 1984, now accounts for more than three quarters of the grapefruit produced in Texas.

History

Beginning in the 1950s, atomic gardens were a part of Atoms for Peace, a program to develop peaceful uses of fission energy after World War II. Gamma gardens were established in laboratories in the United States, Europe, Soviet Union, India, and Japan. Though these gardens were initially designed with the aim of testing the effects of radiation on plant life, research gradually turned towards using radiation to introduce beneficial mutations that could give plants useful characteristics. Such characteristics include increased resilience to adverse weather, or a faster growth rate. In addition, the Atomic Gardening Society was established in 1959 by Muriel Howorth, an atomic activist from the United Kingdom, in conjunction with a growing movement to bring atomic energy and experimentation into the lives of ordinary citizens.

In 1960, Howorth published a book entitled "Atomic Gardening for the Layman" along a similar theme. The Atomic Gardening Society utilized an early form of crowd-sourcing, in which members received irradiated seeds, planted them in their gardens, and sent reports back to Howorth detailing the results. Howorth herself made national news upon growing a two-foot-tall peanut plant after planting an irradiated nut. The youngest member of the society was Christopher Abbey (15), a student at Eastbourne College and the son of a dentist, who received a certificate of merit for propagating several species of irradiated seeds to maturity. Irradiated seeds were sold to the public by C.J. Speas, a Tennessee dentist who had obtained a license for a cobalt-60 source; and sold seeds produced in a backyard cinderblock bunker. Speas did so upon seeing an opportunity for amateur gardeners to get involved in testing. Howorth, in an effort to give the members of her society a broader selection, began ordering seeds from Speas in large quantities. By 1960, Speas had reportedly shipped Howorth over three and a half million seeds, which were then distributed to nearly a thousand individual Society members.

Despite the initial enthusiasm, the Atomic Gardening Society declined by the mid 1960s. This was due to a combination of public opinion moving away from atomic energy and a failure on the part of the crowd-sourced Society to produce noteworthy results. In spite of this, large-scale gamma gardens remained in use, and a number of commercial plant varieties were developed and released by laboratories and private companies alike.

Methodology

Gamma gardens were typically five acres in size, and were arranged in a circular pattern with a retractable radiation source in the middle. Plants were usually laid out like slices of a pie, stemming from the central radiation source; this pattern produced a range of radiation doses over the radius from the center. Radioactive bombardment would take place for around twenty hours, after which scientists wearing protective equipment would enter the garden and assess the results. The plants nearest the center usually died, while the ones further out often featured "tumors and other growth abnormalities". Beyond these were the plants of interest, with a higher than usual range of mutations, though not to the damaging extent of those closer to the radiation source. These gamma gardens have continued to operate on largely the same designs as those conceived in the 1950s.

Research into the potential benefits of atomic gardening has continued, most notably through a joint operation between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization. Japan's Institute of Radiation Breeding is well-known for its modern-day usage of atomic gardening techniques.

Cultural significance
The popularity of atomic gardening coincided with a postwar society seeking to put newly discovered atomic energy to use. Many scientists and the public believed that atomic energy could be harnessed to address numerous worldwide issues, including famine and energy shortages, leading them to embrace the new atomic era. Some scientists that had worked on the military application of atomic energy in the past invested in or sponsored programs dedicated to bringing more peaceful applications of atomic energy to the public domain, and this included atomic gardening. As public skepticism of atomic energy grew, and as nuclear arsenals continued to increase in size across the globe, atomic gardening fell out of favor, along with other Atoms for Peace initiatives.

See also

 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

References

External links
Institute of Radiation Breeding (IRB), NIAS, MAFF, Hitachiohmiya, Japan
IRB gamma field on Google maps
Atomic Gardening: An Online History, a comprehensive outline of Atomic Gardening by Dr. Paige Johnson.

Gardening
Plant genetics
Radiobiology


102.7FM (ACMA callsign: 4DDB) is a community radio station operating in Toowoomba, Queensland. Established in the 1970s, it broadcasts from studios in the city's CBD, and is transmitted from the University of Southern Queensland in Darling Heights. It is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.

Audience

102.7FM's signal propagates throughout Toowoomba, the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley and listeners report acceptable signals from as far away as North Brisbane, the Lockyer Valley, Dalby, over the NSW border and to the South Burnett.

Programming
As a "generalist" style community broadcaster, 102.7FM seeks simply to connect with its audience within the geographic coverage provided by its transmitter. 102.7FM caters for special- interest groups by programming with dedicated, Dutch, Filipino, and Christian, multi-faith programs which air on a weekly basis. Likewise, print-handicapped members of the community benefit from daily news, events, articles, current affairs and weather readings sourced from local and state, national and international print media. 102.7FM supports a high Australian content policy in its programming and encourages local artists and performers to contribute works for broadcast.

102.7FM broadcasts programs of many musical genres including country, pop, rock, jazz, oldtime and folk, urban, alternative as well as informational content and community announcements. 102.7FM follows a traditional radio broadcasting format including early morning, breakfast, news, lunchtime, 'drive', evening and 'graveyard' slots or shifts.

Funding
4DDB is supported financially through subscriptions, sponsorship, donations and grant funding.

Licence breaches
In May 2008, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found that 4DDB was in breach of its licence conditions by failing to appropriately disclose financial support during live interviews with commercial sponsors. No penalty was issued as this was the first such breach.

In September 2008, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, investigating in response to two written complaints, again found that 4DDB was operating in breach of its licence conditions specified by Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 by i) broadcasting advertisements without acknowledgement of financial support, ii) exceeding the five minutes per hour limit of sponsorship announcements, and iii) operating the service as part of a profit- making enterprise. ACMA did find however, that the service was adequately representing the community interest. The investigation detailed the complex programming, commercial and financial arrangements and agreements that have been in place between the management committee, presenters and other parties. It also mentions verbal agreements and found that, in practice, 4DDB had effectively sold air time to other parties. The investigation concluded that these breaches of licence conditions were of a serious nature and as such ACMA would pursue compliance measures.

See also
 List of radio stations in Australia

References

External links

Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (Archived)
Australian Communications and Media Authority-source-Government of Australia

Radio stations in Queensland
Community radio stations in Australia


Matt O'Hea (born 3 September 1982) is a professional basketball player from Moe, Victoria.

External links
http://www.tigers.com.au/default.aspx?s=playerprofile&id=677&team=tigers

1982 births
Living people
Australian men's basketball players
Melbourne Tigers players
People from Moe, Victoria
Guards (basketball)
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)