The Stanly News and Press is a newspaper published on Tuesday and Saturday in Stanly County, North Carolina, USA.

History
The Second Century was published for the first time June 10, 1880. The connection between this paper and The Stanly Gleaner, published in Norwood, is not clear, but it was believed the Gleaner used equipment from The Second Century. Investors took over the Gleaner and changed the name to The Stanly Observer. John R. Elkins was the first publisher.

In 1890, The Old Armchair Club bought the paper and made J.D. Bivins editor and publisher; the paper's name was changed to The Stanly News. T. J. Jerome bought the paper in 1893. Editor R.A. Crowell changed the name to  The Stanly Enterprise. Bivins bought the paper in 1898.

In 1912, the paper's name changed to the Albemarle Enterprise. W.A. Bivins replaced J.D. Bivins as editor. By 1918, the name had changed again, to the Albemarle News.

J.D. Bivins took over once again December 10, 1919, and the next day the News merged with the Stanly County Herald, started that year with A.C. Huneycutt as editor. Huneycutt remained in his position with the Stanly News-Herald.

Bivins sold his share of the News-Herald in 1920, and in 1922 bought the Piedmont Press, which became the Albemarle Press. Bivins became president of Press Printing Company in 1927, with S.R. Andrew the vice-president and Press editor John B. Harris secretary-treasurer.  Press Printing bought the News-Herald, and on December 3, 1929, the papers merged to become the Stanly News and Press.

On November 1, 2017, the newspaper's purchase by Albemarle Newsmedia LLC (Boone Newspapers, Inc. and Carpenter Newsmedia LLC) from Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. became final.

On October 23, 2018, Roger Watson took over as publisher when Sandy Selvy-Mullis left after 11 years.

References

Newspapers published in North Carolina
Newspapers established in 1880
1880 establishments in North Carolina


Brian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955) is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine.  He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Early life
Kobilka attended St. Mary's Grade School in Little Falls, Minnesota, a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. He then graduated from Little Falls High School. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and earned his M.D., cum laude, from Yale University School of Medicine. Following the completion of his residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine's Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Kobilka worked in research as a postdoctoral fellow under Robert Lefkowitz at Duke University, where he started work on cloning the β2-adrenergic receptor. Kobilka moved to Stanford in 1989. He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator from 1987 to 2003.

Research

Kobilka is best known for his research on the structure and activity of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); in particular, work from Kobilka's laboratory determined the molecular structure of the β2-adrenergic receptor. This work has been highly cited by other scientists because GPCRs are important targets for pharmaceutical therapeutics, but notoriously difficult to work with in X-ray crystallography. Before, rhodopsin was the only G-protein coupled receptor where the structure had been determined at high resolution. The β2-adrenergic receptor structure was soon followed by the determination of the molecular structure of several other G-protein coupled receptors.

Kobilka is the 1994 recipient of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology. His GPCR structure work was named "runner-up" for the 2007 "Breakthrough of the Year" award from Science. The work was, in part, supported by Kobilka's 2004 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for his work on G protein-coupled receptors. In 2017, Kobilka received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.

As part of Shenzhen’s 13th Five-Year Plan funding research in emerging technologies and opening "Nobel laureate research labs", in 2017 he opened the Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery at the CUHK Shenzhen campus in Southern China.

Personal life
Kobilka is from Little Falls in central Minnesota. Both his grandfather Felix J. Kobilka (1893–1991) and his father Franklyn A. Kobilka (1921–2004) were bakers and natives of Little Falls, Minnesota. Kobilka's grandmother, Isabelle Susan Kobilka (née Medved, 1891–1980), belonged to the Medved and Kiewel families of Prussian immigrants, who from 1888 owned the historical Kiewel brewery in Little Falls. His mother is Betty L. Kobilka (née Faust, b. 1930).

Kobilka met his wife Tong Sun Thian, a Malaysian-Chinese woman, at the University of Minnesota Duluth. They have two children, Jason and Megan Kobilka.

References

Publications

External links
 Kobilka laboratory home page
 Brian Kobilka academic profile
 ConfometRx home page

1955 births
Living people
American Nobel laureates
American physiologists
American biophysicists
American Roman Catholics
American crystallographers
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Nobel laureates in Chemistry
People from Little Falls, Minnesota
Physicians from Minnesota
Duke University faculty
Stanford University School of Medicine faculty
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
University of Minnesota Duluth alumni
Yale School of Medicine alumni
Nobel laureates affiliated with Missouri
Fellows of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Washington University School of Medicine people


Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup (26 October 1853–23 October 1913) was a Norwegian theologian and a bishop in the Church of Norway.

Personal life
Schjelderup was born in Ullensaker, Norway on 26 October 1853.  He was the son of Peter Vilhelm Schjelderup and Dorothea Marie Lysholm. He had two brothers and one sister.  He married Henriette Nicoline Hassel, with whom he had nine children. Their son Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. became a bishop as well, while their youngest son Harald Krabbe Schjelderup became a professor of psychology.

Career
Schjelderup took his examen artium to finish his secondary education in 1870, and graduated with a cand.theol. degree in 1875. He worked as a chaplain in Moss from 1876 until 1880.  He then moved to Christianssand to be a curate in the Christianssand Cathedral parish from 1880 until 1890. Following that, he then became vicar of the parish of Dybvaag in 1890.  During this time, he also held the role of dean of the Østre Nedenes deanery from 1896 until 1903.  After leaving Dybvaag, he served as parish priest for the parish of  Oddernes Church, as well as supervising the whole Otredal deanery from 1903 until 1908.  He was then appointed to be the bishop of the Diocese of Kristiansand, a position he held until his death on 23 October 1913. He died in the small village of Sviland in Sandnes municipality after falling ill during the consecration of the newly built Sviland Chapel.  He is buried in the family burial plot in the Vestre Gravlund cemetery in Oslo.

He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1910.

References

1853 births
1913 deaths
University of Oslo alumni
Bishops of Agder og Telemark
20th-century Lutheran bishops


Effets de soir (also called effets de soir et de matin) are the effects of light caused by the sunset, twilight, or darkness of the early evening or matins. They appear frequently in works by such painters as Vincent van Gogh, Bernhard Fries, Armand Guillaumin,  and Camille Corot. Literally, it means "effects of evening" in French.

This was part of a group of techniques used by Impressionists such as impasto, en plein air, color theory, and thick strokes of oil paint on canvas.

In 2008, the Museum of Modern Art curated a major exhibit of van Gogh's work of effets de soir.
The exhibit included such iconic paintings as The Potato Eaters, The Sower (Van Gogh), Starry Night Over the RhoneThe Starry Night, and The Night Cafe.

See also
 Blue hour
 Twilight

Gallery of images
All of the following are by Vincent van Gogh, unless otherwise noted:

References

External links
 MoMA website
 The Potato Eaters by Vincent van Gogh

Art history
Paintings by Vincent van Gogh
French words and phrases
Composition in visual art


William Hickman may refer to:
 Wild Bill Hickman (William Adams Hickman, 1815–1883), frontiersman in the American West
 Bill Hickman (William Hickman, 1921–1986), stunt driver/actor
 William Edward Hickman (1908–1928), American criminal
 Sir William Hickman, 2nd Baronet (1629–1682), English politician
 W. Albert Hickman (1878–1957), Canadian designer and manufacturer of fast boats


Greatest Country Hits contains Glen Campbell's last four Country top ten hits from the 1980s ("The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", "Still within the Sound of My Voice", "I Have You" and "Gone, Gone, Gone") plus some other single and album tracks taken from his 1990 Liberty album Walkin' in the Sun together with three of his biggest hits from 1975–1977. His earliers hits are compiled on another Curb release called Best of the Early Years.

Track listing
 "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" (Harlan Howard) – 2:47
 "Somebody's Leaving" (Curly Putman, Don Cook, Rafe Van Hoy) – 2:05
 "Still Within The Sound Of My Voice" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:08
 "I Have You" (Gene Nelson, Paul Nelson) – 3:18
 "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" (Ted Harris) – 3:14 (duet with Steve Wariner)
 "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) – 2:58
 "Rhinestone Cowboy" (Larry Weiss) – 3:15
 "Walkin' In The Sun" (Jeff Barry) – 2:29
 "On A Good Night" (Jim Weatherly, Keith Stegall) – 3:23
 "If I Could Only Get My Hands On You Now" (Larry Gatlin) – 3:19
 "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In LA)" (Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter) – 3:08

Production
Art direction – Neuman, Walker and Associates
Photography – Beverly Parker
Liner notes – Don Ovens

Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes as well as from AllMusic.

References

1990 greatest hits albums
Glen Campbell compilation albums
Curb Records compilation albums


American singer Katy Perry has received various awards and nominations throughout her career. She is the recipient of five American Music Awards, 16 ASCAP Pop Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, four Guinness World Records, five MTV Video Music Awards, 14 People's Choice Awards, a Juno Award, a Brit Award, two Myx Music Awards, three NRJ Music Awards, and five Teen Choice Awards. She has also been nominated for two ARIA Music Awards, 13 Grammy Awards, two Q Awards, and five Radio Disney Music Awards.

Perry's second studio album One of the Boys was released in 2008 and received the 2009 NRJ Music Award for International Album of the Year. Two singles from the album—"I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold"—were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2009 and 2010 respectively; the former's music video received five MTV Video Music Award nominations and the MTV Video Music Award Japan for Best Pop Video. She received several Best New Artist nominations, including one at the Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2008, and won the 2008 MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act and also won the 2009 Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist. Her third album, Teenage Dream, became the first by a female artist to produce five number-one Billboard Hot 100 songs—"California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". For the feat, she received a 2011 honorary American Music Award and an entry in the 2013 edition of Guinness World Record. The album was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Firework", and won the Juno Award for International Album of the Year.

Perry received the most nominations at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards with ten, winning Video of the Year for "Firework" and Best Collaboration and Best Special Effects for "E.T.". She became the first artist to be nominated for four different videos at a single ceremony. Her single "Wide Awake" from Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection—a reissue of her third album Teenage Dream—was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance. In 2012, Billboard magazine declared her the "Woman of the Year" for her contributions to music. Perry's fourth album, Prism, released in 2013, produced two Canadian number-one singles "Roar" and "Dark Horse". The former was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. At the following ceremony, the album received a Best Pop Vocal Album nomination while "Dark Horse" was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. "Dark Horse" won Single of the Year at the 2014 American Music Awards. Perry was declared the Top Global Female Recording Artist of 2013 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. She has been included in the Forbes list of "Top-Earning Women In Music" from 2011 to 2016, ranking among the top ten each year.

She was also honoured in November 2016 at UNICEF by Hillary Clinton, through the Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award.

Awards and nominations

Other accolades

Sources
Notes

References

Perry, Katy
Awards


INS Shishumar (S44) is the lead vessel of the  of diesel-electric submarines of the Indian Navy. She was commissioned on 22 September 1986 under Commander P M Bhate.

Mid Life Upgrade

Indian Navy awarded $151mn contract for mid-life upgrade and certification of INS Shishumar, the refit will be carried out by Mazagon Dock, Mumbai with technical cooperation from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems.

The refit is planned to be completed by 2021 with a similar upgrade for another vessel of  to follow.

References

Shishumar-class submarines
Attack submarines
Ships built in Kiel
1984 ships
Submarines of India


Lieutenant-General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh  (4 March 1865 – 10 July 1942) was a British Army general officer. After early service in the Royal Engineers he became a staff officer prior to the outbreak of the First World War. His main role in the war was as Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office in 1916–18.

Early career
He was born on 4 March 1865, son of George Valentine MacDonogh, Deputy Inspector of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 5 July 1884. Ian Beckett comments that he had "considerable intellectual ability" but was "diffident and taciturn". He was promoted to captain on 22 October 1892.

In 1896 he entered Staff College by examination. The normal order of results was varied in order to conceal the fact that he and his contemporary James Edmonds were far ahead of the other entrants. Both men found their studies easy, and whilst Edmonds wrote a History of the American Civil War in his spare time MacDonogh studied law, qualifying as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1897.

MacDonogh, who was fluent in several Scandinavian languages, married Aline Borgstrom of Helsingfors (now Helsinki) on 8 November 1898. They had one son, who died (of natural causes) in 1915.

From November 1898 to November 1899 he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Royal Engineers, in Dublin. From December 1899 to August 1903 he was Secretary (brigade major) of the School of Military Engineering at Chatham. He was promoted to major on 1 April 1901. In 1903 he was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General for Thames District. On 27 October 1906 he was appointed GSO3 in the War Office. In January 1908 he was appointed a GSO2. On 22 January 1909 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel. On 30 October 1912 he was promoted colonel. In December 1912 he was appointed a GSO1. He succeeded Edmonds as head of MO5, drafting measures to control aliens in the event of war. Henry Wilson, Director of Military Operations, distrusted him as a convert from Methodism to Roman Catholicism. In March 1914 Macdonogh was one of the few officers in the War Office willing to coerce Protestant Ulster during the Curragh incident.

First World War and after
In August 1914 he was appointed a GSO1 (Intelligence) at British Expeditionary Force GHQ. On 7 November 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier-General, General Staff. He performed distinguished service predicting enemy troop movements at the First Battle of Ypres and again predicting an enemy gas attack on Second Army in December 1915.

On William Robertson's promotion from Chief of Staff BEF to CIGS, Macdonogh was brought back to London. On 3 January 1916 he was promoted to Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office, with the rank of major-general. By May 1917 he had an accurate picture of the entire German Army in the west, except for a single Landwehr regiment. He helped to create the propaganda department MI7(b) which became very active from the summer of 1917. He conducted operations to reduce German domestic morale.

Macdonogh was distrusted by Haig and Haig's intelligence adviser John Charteris, with whom he had an acrimonious correspondence. He presented figures to the War Cabinet in October 1917, pouring cold water on Haig's predictions that German manpower would be exhausted by the end of the year. An infamous entry in Haig's diary (15 October 1917) mentions that Macdonogh "is a Roman Catholic and is (perhaps unconsciously) influenced by information which reaches him from tainted (that is, Catholic) sources". He also predicted the date, time and location of the German March 1918 "Michael" Offensive, as did Charteris.

He was appointed Adjutant-General to the Forces on 11 January 1918, a post he held until September 1922. He was promoted to temporary lieutenant-general in January 1919. He was considered for the position of British liaison officer with the White Russian leader Admiral Kolchak, but not appointed. He was promoted to permanent lieutenant-general on 10 September 1922. He retired from the Army on 11 September 1925.

He was appointed CB in 1915, KCMG in 1917, KCB in 1920 and GBE on retirement.

Post-military life
He served on the Royal Commission on Local Government 1923–1929. He held numerous directorships in business, banking and manufacturing, and was President of the Federation of British Industries in 1933–4. He was a Commissioner of the Imperial War Graves Commission. He was active in the London Zoological Society and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

During the Winter War of 1939–40, when Finland was being attacked by the USSR he was President of the Anglo-Finnish Society, Vice-President of the Finland Fund, and a member of the Finnish Aid Bureau in 1940. In 1939-41 he served on the Control Committee for Regulation of Prices.

Death
He died on 10 July 1942, at Teddington, Middlesex. His estate was valued for probate at £53,784 1s 10d (over £2,000,000 at 2016 prices).

References

Sources
 , essay on Macdonogh written by Ian Beckett.
 Ian F. W. Beckett (2004) "Macdonogh, Sir George Mark Watson (1865–1942)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edition, accessed 16 Oct 2008
 National Archives for: "Macdonogh, Sir George Mark Watson (1865-1942) Knight Lieutenant General"

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1865 births
1942 deaths
British Army lieutenant generals
British Army generals of World War I
English Roman Catholics
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
MI5 personnel
Royal Engineers officers
English people of Irish descent
Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
Spymasters
World War I spies for the United Kingdom
Directors of intelligence agencies


The Medfield Rhododendrons is a  nature reserve established in 1934 in Medfield, Massachusetts managed by the Trustees of Reservations.  The site contains the largest area of Rhododendron maximum in the state, which are currently listed as threatened by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program due to over-collecting.

Gallery

References

External links
 The Trustees of Reservations: Medfield Rhododendrons

The Trustees of Reservations
Bay Circuit Trail
Open space reserves of Massachusetts
Protected areas of Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Protected areas established in 1934
1934 establishments in Massachusetts
Medfield, Massachusetts


WHER may refer to:

WLAU, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to Heidelberg, Mississippi, United States, as WHER from 1999 to 2012
WOWW, a radio station (1430 AM) licensed to serve Germantown, Tennessee, United States, which held the call sign WHER from 1955 to 1973


Ignacio Uriarte Ayala, known as Nacho Uriarte (Madrid, Spain, 7 August 1980) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP).

Single, with a diploma in social work, Uriarte was elected national president of New Generations, the youth wing of the PP. For the 2008 Spanish General Election he was selected  as one of the PP candidates for Valencia province, being seventh on the PP list and was elected to the national parliament. He has also served on the National Executive of the PP.

In February 2010, Uriarte crashed his car while driving under the influence in Madrid; he was charged for crimes against road safety. At the time he was charged, he was a spokesman for the Road Safety and Traffic Accident Prevention Committee for the Spanish parliament. He admitted the accusations and resigned his position in the Traffic Accident Prevention Committee but remained a member of parliament. For the 2011 Spanish General Election he was re-elected after again being seventh on the list for Valencia province. During the election campaign he was responsible for organising the PP's online campaign.

References

Biography at Spanish Congress website

Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
1980 births
Living people
People's Party (Spain) politicians
Politicians from Madrid
Politicians from the Valencian Community


Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World is an historical novel by Mudrooroo Nyoongah, first published in 1983. A tragedy, the work explores the reaction of Aboriginal Tasmanians to European colonisation during the nineteenth century. It has several characters based on real-life historical figures, including Truganini, George Augustus Robinson, and Governor George Arthur.

The story is told almost exclusively from the perspective of its protagonist, Wooreddy (based on the real-life figure of Worraddy, a Nueonne man from North Bruny Island). A few moments are told from the point of view of 'Mr Robinson'. The novel focuses on the relationships between Wooreddy, his companions, and Robinson, a colonial official dispatched to Tasmania to act as a 'conciliator' between them and the European colonists. It also deals with Robinson's relationship with "Trugernanna" (based on the real-life Trugernanner, widely considered to be the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian). Justin MacGregor suggests that Robinson's presence "allows for a reversal of the colonial contact novel: ... here it is the Aboriginals who are depicted as human and spiritual, and the invaders, the white ghosts or num, who are treated as curiosities. ...  there is little doubt that [the author] sees [Robinson] unsympathetically as a self-aggrandized co-conspirator in the colonial process who is more ridiculous than sympathetic".

Throughout the narrative the violence of colonisation is documented and explored: "a clear parallel is established between the rape of the Tasmanian Aboriginal women and the metaphorical rape of their land, sacred sites and heritage." David Kerr argues that the four characters – Wooreddy, Trugernanna, Ummarrah and Wayler – each represent a major stance taken by Aboriginal Tasmanians in reaction to colonisation. Despite their struggles, and the deaths of many key characters, some have seen the ending as hinting "at the possibility of successful cross-cultural communication".

Characters
 Wooreddy (Woorrady) - The main character of the novel, who befriends Mr. Robinson. As a boy, he finds an omen from the sea that he believes is predicting the end of the world.
 Mr. Robinson (George Augustus Robinson) - Sent to Bruny Island to 'protect' the Aborigines, later sent on an expedition to contact the natives on Tasmania and colonise the island. Known by the natives as "Meeter Ro-bin-un," "Fader," and "Ballawine."
 Trugernanna (Trugernanner) - The second wife of Wooreddy who he knows from the start of puberty.
 Mangana - Trugernanna's father, who helps educate Wooreddy. The last surviving man on Bruny Island, he recognizes the coming doom of his people.
 Wayler - A female leader of a band of Aboriginal guerrillas.
 Ummarrah - An Aboriginal Tasmanian who accompanies part of Robinson's expedition through his homeland. A prideful warrior, he was previously captured by European colonists and sneaks off the journey to return to his homeland, where he joins Wayler's raiding party.
Governor George Arthur - Governor of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia), a supporter of Robinson who aids his expedition.

References

 Mudrooroo Nyoongah, Doctor Wooreddy's Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World

1983 Australian novels
Books about Indigenous Australians
Novels set in Tasmania
Australian historical novels
University of Queensland Press books


INS Kora is the lead ship of the Kora-Class of 1,350-tonne guided missile Corvettes in active service with the Indian Navy. The vessel was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

She is equipped with 3M-24 Anti-Ship Missiles as a primary weapon, with two Strela-2M Anti-Air Missiles as defensive weapons.

History
Kora was on a goodwill visit to Singapore in 2001.

On 31 October 2014, Kora was in collision with the cargo ship MV Madeleine Rickmers in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Vishakhapatnam. INS Kora participated in the 2015 SLINEX training exercises from 27 October to 1 November. Kora took part in LIMA in 2017.

The ship has taken part extensively in various exercises in the South China Sea. She and INS Ranvijay, a Rajput class destroyer, participated in bilateral exercises with Vietnam Navy and Philippine Navy in 2021. A frigate from Philippines BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151) took part in the exercise.

References

1992 ships
Naval ships of India
Corvettes of the Indian Navy
Kora-class corvettes
Ships built in India


Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, formerly Middle Tennessee Medical Center, is a 286-bed private, not-for-profit hospital located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is a member of Saint Thomas Health.

The hospital spent more than $30 million in care on uninsured patients in fiscal year 2009.

The New MTMC
In 2006, MTMC announced plans to build a new 286-bed hospital to replace its 80-year-old facility. Groundbreaking festivities were held in early 2008, followed by a topping out ceremony six months later.

The  facility is the focal point of a  medical campus. Two patient towers contain 286 all-private patient rooms. Other features include a 32-bed intensive care unit, a  emergency department, expanded maternity services, and a surgical suite with 10 operating rooms.

Total cost for the construction project was estimated at $267 million. Completion was originally scheduled for Aug. 2, 2010, with reports in fall 2009 that the project was ahead of schedule and construction wrapping up by June 15, 2010. New patients were admitted starting Oct. 2, 2010.

Saint Thomas Heart

The cardiology doctor groups of the then four hospitals of Saint Thomas Health Services (Saint Thomas Hospital, Baptist Hospital, Middle Tennessee Medical Center and Hickman Community Hospital) combined in 2007 to form Saint Thomas Heart. The group works with clinics and health care facilities throughout Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky in more than 20 counties.

Chest Pain Network
The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network is a division of Saint Thomas Health that coordinates with local emergency medical services (EMS) and hospitals to provide cardiac care services. The Chest Pain Network includes 15 hospitals in Tennessee and Kentucky, all accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network covers Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. Members of the network include:
 Saint Thomas Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee)
 Baptist Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee)
 Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
 Hickman Community Hospital (Centerville, Tennessee)
 Livingston Regional Hospital (Livingston, Tennessee)
 Henry County Medical Center (Paris, Tennessee)
 Southern Tennessee Medical Center (Winchester, Tennessee)
 Cumberland Medical Center (Crossville, Tennessee)
 Crockett Hospital (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)
 Hardin Medical Center (Savannah, Tennessee)
 Monroe County Medical Center (Tompkinsville, Kentucky)
 Lincoln Medical Center (Fayetteville, Tennessee)
 Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons, Tennessee)
 Harton Regional Medical Center (Tullahoma, Tennessee)
 Jackson Purchase Medical Center (Mayfield, Kentucky)

Neurosciences Institute
The Saint Thomas Health Services Neurosciences Institute is among the Nashville area's most comprehensive brain, back, nervous system and spine centers.

Among the ailments and diseases treated through the Neurosciences Institute are epilepsy, stroke, brain tumors, ALS, sleep disorders, spine injuries, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain and Parkinson's disease.  In 2012, MTMC opened the area's first Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.

The Saint Thomas Brain & Spine Tumor Center is a collaboration between the Neurosciences Institute and the Dan Rudy Cancer Center. Saint Thomas uses the Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery System, an advanced stereostatic radiotherapy treatment that focuses radiation to the shape of the tumor and results in minimum damage to surrounding tissue. The Saint Thomas Health Services Neurosciences Institute is the only health care center in Tennessee to provide Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery.

Bariatric Program
The Bariatric Program at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital provides a variety of weight loss procedures to assist in the treatment of morbid obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, arthritis, asthma, acid reflux, infertility and high cholesterol.
These bariatric procedures include the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (LAP-BAND) System, Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Open or Laparoscopic Duodenal Switch and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Orthopedics
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital provides a number of orthopedic services at its own facility and through its family of Saint Thomas Health Services hospitals. In 2008, the program was ranked in the top 5% in the nation for spine surgery by HealthGrades. Saint Thomas Orthopedics also received five-star ratings for overall orthopedic services, spine surgery, joint replacement, total knee replacement, back and neck surgery, and spinal fusion.

Sports medicine

A specialized extension of its orthopedic program, Baptist Sports Medicine combines several services under its umbrella, including general orthopedics, physical therapy, aquatic therapy, athletic medicine and occupational therapy. Baptist Sports Medicine is the exclusive health care provider to the Tennessee Titans, Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association and Lipscomb University.

In 2007, Baptist Sports Medicine managing director Trent Nessler headed a research team to evaluate screening tests and evaluate their predictive value for athletic injury when used as a pre-assessment tool.

Baptist Sports Medicine clinics can be found throughout Middle Tennessee, with locations in downtown Nashville, Antioch, Bellevue, Brentwood, Centerville, Green Hills, Murfreesboro, Pleasant View, Rivergate and Spring Hill, as well as at Lipscomb University.

Life Therapies

The Life Therapies offers specialized rehabilitation therapy services in a relaxed, non-hospital atmosphere. Because the recovery process can be an emotionally difficult experience, Life Therapies services are located in clinics that are designed as a comfortable environment conducive to healing.

Life Therapies clinics offer services for a variety of stages in a patient's life, including treatment of lymphedema, and neurological, post-stroke, vestibular, pediatric, oncology and women's health issues.
Until January 2009, the Life Therapies services were provided under the umbrella of Baptist Sports Medicine. It was determined that creating the new Life Therapies service line would allow therapists and physicians to better treat patients that don't require traditional sports medicine.

The six clinics are found throughout Middle Tennessee, including locations at Baptist Medical Plaza I in downtown Nashville, Green Hills, Maryland Farms YMCA in Brentwood, Spring Hill and two locations in Murfreesboro.

Center for Pelvic Health

The Center for Pelvic Health is made up of a multidisciplinary team to diagnose and treat pelvic health disorders, focusing on chronic pain and incontinence. The center touts the use of unique treatments, such as non-surgical interventions (cystoscopy, urodynamics, colposcopy and tibial nerve stimulation), pelvic floor physical therapy (postural and pelvic floor muscle evaluation), and surgical treatment options (diagnostic laparoscopy, awake pain mapping, urethral slings and advanced robotic techniques).

The Center for Pelvic Health is a referral center and works with patients' primary care physicians for treatment.

Women's health
The hospitals of Saint Thomas Health Services partner together to provide women's health services that range from gynecology and breast health to pelvic health and birthing services. A level III neonatal intensive care unit can be found at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital's sister site, Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital.

Cancer program
The Saint Thomas Health Services Cancer Program uses treatments, therapies and education and prevention in the battle against cancer. An American College of Surgeons-accredited program, Saint Thomas Health provides treatment and prevention services for a number of forms of cancer, including brain, breast, cervical, colon, lung, ovarian, prostate, uterine and others.

As part of its treatment, the Saint Thomas Health Services Cancer Program partners with institutions, including Cleveland Clinic and Tennessee Oncology, to partake in community-based clinical trials in oncology and related therapies. This, along with a network of more than 44 physicians, allows Saint Thomas to identify innovative solutions for advanced patient care and improve outcomes for cancer patients.

In December 2008, Baptist Hospital's cancer program was recognized by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons as offering the best in cancer care. Baptist Hospital received Three-Year Approval with Commendation from the Commission on Cancer.

Partnership with MTSU
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is the official healthcare provider for the Middle Tennessee State University athletics program.

References

1927 establishments in Tennessee
Hospital buildings completed in 1927
Hospital buildings completed in 2010
Buildings and structures in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Hospitals in Tennessee
Christian hospitals


INS Khukri was the lead vessel of her class of corvettes, in service with the Indian Navy. The ship was named after INS Khukri, the only Indian Navy ship to be ever lost in combat.

Khukri was laid down on 27 September 1985 at Mazagon Dock Limited, launched on 3 December 1986 and commissioned on 23 August 1989.

In 2022, it was stated to be developed into a museum ship and placed at INS Khukri Memorial, Diu. On the 26th of January 2022, the warship was formally handed over to the administration of Diu district to be converted into a memorial.

Service history
Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December, 2021. During her service, the ship was commanded by 28 commanding officers and traversed a distance of over 6,44,897 nautical miles, which is equivalent to navigating around the world 30 times or three times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

References

Khukri-class corvettes
Corvettes of the Indian Navy
Naval ships of India
1986 ships
Ships built in India
Museum ships in India


ModeMapping  is a research technique developed by  Stuart Karten Design (SKD), a Los Angeles, United States, based industrial design firm. It is a method of interpreting standard consumer research to uncover areas of unmet needs.

It can be understood as a visualization tool that tracks the state of mind of consumers over time. Designers can then look for patterns by using a colorcoding system of categorizing these states of mind, or “modes,” that describe activity (“work mode” or “play mode”).  The color-coded patterns of consumer behavior allow designers to look for shared experiences and then use these observations to suggest solutions that will appeal to customers. This also creates a topography of sorts of consumer activities as well as how they are thinking and feeling during those activities.

SKD has used ModeMapping to drive product lines for companies including Johnson Controls and Avery Dennison. For example, for Johnson Controls, SKD found that the drivers they observed all made quick, frequent transitions from role to role (parent at school, friend meeting peers at a restaurant) throughout the day. Seeing this pattern led the designers to suggest products such as a modular storage system that can easily be loaded into a vehicle and a reminder system (using RFID tags) that would alert drivers when important items (say, kids' sports equipment before a game) wasn’t brought into the car.

ModeMapping has won a Silver International Design Excellence Award in 2006.

BusinessWeek featured ModeMapping as an “innovation tool worth trying now.”

External links
 SKD website
 BusinessWeek on ModeMapping
 Stuart Karten Discusses ModeMapping at the Design Research Conference
 IDSA, ID Firms- ModeMapping: SKD’s Proprietary Research Process

References

Industrial design


Front Line Defenders, or The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, is an Irish-based human rights organisation founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2001 to protect those who work non-violently to uphold the human rights of others as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

History
The organisation was founded by Mary Lawlor, former director of the Irish Section of Amnesty International with a US$3 million donation from businessman and philanthropist Denis O'Brien. Front Line Defenders has Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and has Observer Status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.

In 2006 Front Line Defenders established a European Union office in Brussels.

Front Line Defenders received the King Baudouin International Development Prize in 2007 and the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 2018. On 3 July 2014, Lawlor was presented with the Order of Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by French Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Jean-Pierre Thebault, on behalf of the French government.

Front Line Defenders' overall goal is to enable human rights defenders, as key agents of social change, to continue their work without the risk of harassment, intimidation or arrest.

Notable work
In October 2021, Front Line Defenders found evidence that various Palestinian citizens belonging to human rights groups which had been outlawed by Israel, had been targeted by spyware made by the Israeli technology company, NSO Group.

Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

In 2005 this award was established, which according to the organisations website is awarded to a human rights defender  "who through non-violent work,  is  courageously making an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights of others, often at great personal risk to themselves". The award brings international attention to its recipient's cause, and a  cash prize.

The recipients of this award since its inception are as follows:
2005 – Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Sudan
2006 – Ahmadjan Madmarov, Uzbekistan
2007 – Gégé Katana, Democratic Republic of Congo
2008 – Anwar al-Bunni, Syria
2009 – Yuri Melini, Guatemala
2010 – Soraya Rahim Sobhrang, Afghanistan
2011 – Joint Mobile Group, Russian Federation
2012 – Razan Ghazzawi, Syria
2013 – Biram Dah Abeid, Mauritania
2014 – SAWERA – Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas, Pakistan
2015 – Guo Feixiong, pen name for Yang Maodong, China
2016 – Ana Mirian Romero, Honduras
2017 – Emil Kurbedinov, Crimea
2018 – Nurcan Baysal, Turkey
2019 – Ibu Shinta Ratri, Indonesia
2020 – Africa: Mekfoula Mint Brahim, Mauritania; Americas: Guardia Indígena del Cauca, Colombia; Asia: Juwairiya Mohideen, Sri Lanka; Europe & Central Asia: Lara Aharonian, Armenia; Middle East & North Africa: Fatima Al-Bahadly, Iraq
2021 – Africa: Aminata Fabba, Sierra Leone; Americas: Camila Moradia, Brazil; Asia: Mother Nature Cambodia, Cambodia; Europe & Central Asia 1: Siarhei Drazdouski & Aleh Hrableuski, Belarus; Europe & Central Asia 2: Mamadou Ba, Portugal; Middle East & North Africa: Sami & Sameeha Huraini, Palestine
2022 – Liah Ghazanfar Jawad, Afghanistan; Ameira Osman Hamid, Sudan; Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Zimbabwe; Javier del Tránsito and María del Tránsito Salvatierra, Mexico; Volha Harbunova, Belarus

See also
List of human rights organisations

References

External links

International Human Rights Funders Group

Human rights organisations based in Ireland
Imprisonment and detention
Organizations established in 2001
International human rights organizations


Southampton Cemetery is located in Southampton, New York. Southampton has 47 public and private cemeteries.

Notable burials
 Roone Pinckney Arledge (1931–2002), sports and news broadcasting executive
 Carl Andrew Capasso (1945–2001), sewer contractor convicted of tax fraud
 Jack Dempsey (1895–1983), heavyweight boxing champion
 Catherine Murray di Montezemolo (1925–2009), fashion editor for Vogue
 Tom Ewell (1909–1994), actor
 Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924–2006), socialite and sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
 George Washington Martin II (1876–1948),  lawyer, jurist, and member of the Democratic Party
 Henry Augustus Reeves (1832–1916), U.S. Representative
 James Alfred Van Allen (1914–2006) astrophysicist who discovered the Van Allen Belts

References

External links
 Southampton Cemetery at Findagrave

Cemeteries in Suffolk County, New York
Southampton (town), New York


Nick Piombino (born October 5, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, artist and psychotherapist. He has been associated with poets from both the New York School of the 1960s and the Language Poets of the 1970s, though his work is not easily classified.

Biography
Piombino was born in New York City.  He received his BA with honors in English from the City College of New York in 1964 and a master's degree in social work from Fordham University in 1971.  He was certified in adult psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York in 1982.

Piombino became an active participant in the thriving poetry scene in New York in the 1960s. He studied poetry in writing workshops with William S. Burroughs at City College in 1965 and at the Poetry Project with New York School poet Ted Berrigan in 1967 and Bernadette Mayer in 1973. Mayer in particular was a major influence on Piombino's writing. Encouraged by Berrigan and Mayer, Piombino gave his first poetry reading with singer-songwriter Patti Smith, at The Kitchen, in 1973.

Piombino's writing is informed by his psychoanalytical training. Finding that "early psychoanalytic theory is breathtakingly poetic,", at the same time that he was discovering poetry and fiction, the two disciplines became irrevocably intertwined in his work.  Piombino discusses the relationship at length in his third volume of poetry, Theoretical Objects, where he states "psychoanalysis and literature are more interrelated than is apparent.

On a year-long trip to Italy and Morocco in 1968, Piombino began to experiment with another art form. Inspired by the "cut-up" techniques that Berrigan and Burroughs used in their writing workshops and the Merz Pictures of German artist Kurt Schwitters, he constructed collages using found materials.

Piombino began a private psychotherapy practice in 1976 and has held a number of staff positions as a social worker or psychotherapist in the New York City school system. He became a faculty supervisor at the Psychoanalytic Institute New York Counseling and Guidance Services in 1987. His experience as a practicing psychotherapist his use of psychoanalytical theory have greatly influenced his poetry.

Following the advent of weblogging, Piombino also began to make use the Internet, and began a blog, fait accompli.

Works

Poetry
Piombino's first published poems appeared in 1965 in American Weave Literary Journal.  Throughout the 1970s, he continued to publish in small literary journals, such as The World, Dodgems, Telephone, and Roof.

His first volume of poetry, titled simply Poems, was published by the Sun & Moon Press in 1988 and won an Author's Recognition Award from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in 1992. His second chapbook, Light Street, did not appear until 1996. It was followed by Theoretical Objects (1999), a collection of manifestos, aphorisms, essays, and seemingly autobiographical prose poems.

Piombino's poetry took a different turn with Hegelian Honeymoon (2004), in which he moved away from the conventions of Language poetry to explore more traditional forms. Inspired by the poetry that accompanied an exhibition of Japanese calligraphy, the poems are a cross between haiku and aphorism. The poems were originally published on the SUNY/Buffalo poetics list-serve before being published in chapbook form by Chax Press.

Essays, Manifestos and Aphorism
Piombino initially made his literary reputation not as a poet, but as a theorist of experimental poetics. Piombino's essays use the discourse of psychoanalysis to discuss the role of memory, history, and narrative in the construction of a style of poetry that strives to be both non-narrative and non-referential.  He was a regular contributor to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, which served as a forum for the Language poetry movement between 1978 and 1982. Charles Bernstein, one of the editors of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, describes Piombino's essays as the poetic heart of the magazine.Language Poets Similarly, poet Ron Silliman describes Piombino's essays on poetics as "one of the journal's most important attributes.  Many of these essays have been reprinted in The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book (1984) and The Boundary of Blur (1993).

Inspired by the literary journals of writers such as Cesare Pavese and Paul Valéry, Piombino began experimenting with the related forms of the manifesto and the aphorism in the 1980s.  He included examples of both forms in Boundary of Blur and Theoretical Objects. Piombino's manifestos were published annually from 1993 to 2003 in the journal Ribot, edited by poet Paul Vengelisti.

In recent years, Piombino has developed a form of aphorism that he calls "contradicta": paired aphorisms that are both true but nonetheless contradictory.  A collection of these aphorisms, with illustrations by Toni Simon, was published by Green Integer Press in 2010 under the title Contradicta: Aphorisms.

Collages
After his return from Italy and Morocco, Piombino continued to create collages, which he describes as "visual poetry", inspired by his exposure to the conceptual art movement through the work of Bernadette Mayer, Vito Acconci, and Robert Smithson.

Piombino's earliest collages were created using old magazines and other found materials.  In the 1980s he moved from working with found materials to photocollages. In his more recent collages, such as his photocollage "novel" Free Fall,  Piombino has returned to the use of found materials, which he photocopies, then cuts and pastes.  Photos of his early collages can be found on his blog, fait accompli.

His works were exhibited in group shows at the arts center PS122 in 1980 and 2006, at the Maryann Boesky Gallery in 2001, and at the Harvard Dudley House in 2005.  Free Fall was exhibited as part of the Analogous Series curated by Tim Peterson in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2005 and was published by Otoliths Press in 2007. Collages from Free Fall have subsequently been incorporated into a video of the same name by artist Mike Burakoff.

Bibliography

Books
Poems. Sun & Moon Press.  1988.
"Two Essays. Leave Books.  1992
 Light Street.  Zasterle Press.  1996.Theoretical Objects. Green Integer Press.  1999.The Boundary of Theory.  Cuneiform Press.  2001.Hegelian Honeymoon.  Chax Press.  2004.Fait accompli.  Factory School.  Heretical Text series.  2007.Free Fall.  Otoliths Press.  2007Contradicta: Aphorisms.  Green Integer.  2010

Anthologies
Bernstein, Charles and Bruce Andrews, ed. "The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book".  [Southern Illinois.]  1984
Silliman, Ron, ed.  "In The American Tree."  National Poetry Foundation, University of Maine at Orono. 1986.
Bernstein, Charles, ed.  "The Politics of Poetic Form".  Roof Books  1990.
Messerli, Douglas, ed.  "From the Other Side of the Century: A New American Poetry", 1960-1990.  Sun & Moon Press. 1994
Messerli, Douglas, ed. "The Gertrude Stein Awards in Innovative American Poetry". Sun & Moon Press 1993–94, 1994–95, and 1995–96
Bernstein, Charles, ed.  "Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word". Oxford University Press.  1998.
Bernstein, Charles, ed. "99 Poets/1999: A special issue of Boundary 2. Vol. 26, no. 1".  Duke University Press. 1999.
Caws, Mary Ann, ed.  "Manifesto: A Century of -isms".  University of Nebraska Press.  2001.
Beckett, Tom.  "Exchange-values: the first XI interviews".  Otoliths Press.  2007.
Loydell, Rupert.  "Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh".  Salt Publishing.  2009
Barone, Dennis, ed. "New Hungers for Old: One Hundred Years of Italian-American Poetry", 2012.
 Hill, Crag and Vassilakis, Nico, eds."The Last Vispo Anthology: visual poetry 1998-2008", 2012.

Exhibitions
1980.  Wordworks.  Group show.  PS122
2001.  Poetry plastique.  Group show.  Maryann Boesky Gallery.
2005. Infinity.  group show.  Harvard Dudley House
2005.  Free Fall.  Analogous Series.  Cambridge, Mass.
2006. group show.  PS122.

On-line
fait accompli

Edited
OCHO 14. December, 2007.

OCHO 21. January, 2009.

Critical studies and reviews of Piombino's work
The boundary of blur

References

External links
 Nick Piombino Interview
 Tom Beckett. E-X-C-H-A-N-G-E-V-AL-U-E-S. Interview with Nick Piombino.  February 26, 2005.
 Ramez Qureshi.  Musical Objects.  Lynx: Poetry from Bath.  Issue 15.  June, 2000.
 fait accompli
 Electronic Poetry Center
  Recording of Nick Piombino's Readings

 Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino.  The Argotist.  Interview with Nick Piombino
 Pages from Free Fall
  More pages from Free Fall
 Eratio Gallery Issue 4
  Mark Wallace.  "The Individual as Social Process: Writer and Self in the Work of Nick Piombino"  Jacket 23. August, 2003.
Poets and Writers Interview posted April 1, 2009 by Pamela D. Toler
http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/04/nick-piombino-toni-simon-looking-at-400.html
http://www.evergreenreview.com/current/review_sala_contradicta.shtml
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2013/05/nick-piombinos-fait-accompli-blog-10th-anniversary/

American male poets
Language poets
American bloggers
Living people
1942 births
American male bloggers


Perilous Journey is a 1977 studio album by guitarist Gordon Giltrap.

The album was remixed and re-released in 1998.

Reception
AllMusic awarded the album with 2.5 stars and its review by Stewart Mason states: "Part of a trilogy of mid-'70s releases that presents a much different side of the folk-based guitarist Gordon Giltrap, 1977's Perilous Journey is a strictly instrumental album recorded with an enormous cadre of friends and studio musicians".

Track listing
All music composed by Gordon Giltrap

Side one

Side two

Personnel
Gordon Giltrap - guitars
Rod Edwards - keyboards
John G. Perry - bass
Simon Phillips - drums
with:
Tony Carr - percussion
Rod Edwards - additional keyboards
Roger Ball - alto saxophone on "The Deserter" and "Morbio Gorge"
Malcolm Duncan - tenor saxophone on "Morbio Gorge"
Stan Sulzmann - tenor saxophone
Jeff Daly - baritone saxophone
Henry Lowther, Martin Drover - trumpet
Chris Pyne - trombone
Patrick Halling - strings leader
Technical
Roger T. Wake - engineer
Jean Luke Epstein - art direction, illustration

References

External links
"Gordon Giltrap website"

1977 albums
Gordon Giltrap albums


The Misery Islands (Great Misery Island  and Little Misery Island ) are an  nature reserve established in 1935 in Salem Sound close to the Salem Harbor  in Salem, Massachusetts. It is managed by the Trustees of Reservations. The islands are a part of the city of Salem, although they are much closer to the mainland of the city of Beverly, in whose aquatic territory they lie.

History
The islands' name come from shipbuilder Robert Moulton who was stranded on the islands during a winter storm in the 1620s. Great Misery Island, in the past, has had numerous structures on it. In the early 1900s, there was a private club that catered to socialites from Boston and surrounding areas. There was a casino, saltwater swimming area, 9-hole golf course (all par 3s) and lounge. After several years of business, the club went bankrupt and was abandoned. The land was sold off to private owners, many of whom built cottages on the land. Many records show that upwards of 25 cottages were on the island at one time. From 1916 to 1917, the Massachusetts State Militia Aviation Camp was an encampment of the Massachusetts Naval Air Militia on the island.

In the late 1920s a fire burned the majority of the structures down. The fire was blamed on a brush fire, but many of the residents believed it may have been set by visitors from land, since the fire happened during the off-season when owners were not there and cottages had been closed for the season. During the 1940s, a seaplane hangar was built on the west side of the island and was used for private charters, the hangar has since been removed but parts of the foundation can still be found along the beach.

In 1935, a private nonprofit group, the North Shore Association, was formed to protect the land from development.  The association purchased most of the island, and turned it over to The Trustees of Reservation for preservation.  The Trustees acquired the remainder of the island by gift and purchase between 1938 and 1997. The island is now uninhabited and is open to the public for recreation.

References

External links
 The Trustees of Reservations: Misery Islands
 Essex National Heritage Area

The Trustees of Reservations
Protected areas of Essex County, Massachusetts
Islands of Essex County, Massachusetts
Open space reserves of Massachusetts
Tourist attractions in Salem, Massachusetts
Protected areas established in 1935
1935 establishments in Massachusetts


Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant is a fictional character and a supporting character in a series of stories (1938–41) by American author Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986). Pursuivant is a retired judge, author, and occult scholar who investigates mysterious supernatural events.

Fictional character biography
Pursuivant is more a mentor to and helper of characters who have become embroiled in occult adventures than a hero per se.  He first appears in the short story "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance," first published in 1938 in the weird-fiction pulp magazine Weird Tales.  Pursuivant is described as a man of great height and girth, with bulbous eyes and nose and a drooping blonde moustache.  He lives in a small town five hours from Washington, D.C., and is sufficiently wealthy to be attended by a manservant.  He is intelligent and well-read in occult matters.  A biography of Pursuivant is presented in the short story "The Black Drama," which presents him as having been born in 1891, retired in 1919, had studied at Yale and Oxford, and was decorated while serving in U.S. intelligence during World War I.

Until he passed it on to Wellman's later character, John Thunstone, Judge Pursuivant possessed a sword-cane with a silver blade said to have been forged by Saint Dunstan.  The blade is inscribed with a text from Judges chapter 5 in the Vulgate, "Sic pereant omnes inimici tui" – "thus perish all your enemies".  The sword-cane, which was especially potent against vampires, werewolves and other supernatural creatures, was passed on when Pursuivant's advanced age made him too weak to effectively wield it.

Although referred to in several stories, Judge Pursuivant only actually appeared in four short stories or novellas by Wellman: "The Hairy Ones Shall Dance" (1938), "The Black Drama" (1938), "The Dreadful Rabbits" (1940), and "The Half Haunted" (1941) – all originally published in Weird Tales – and as a supporting character in Wellman's 1982 Silver John novel The Hanging Stones and the John Thunstone novel The School of Darkness.  All Wellman's Judge Pursuivant short stories have been collected in Lonely Vigils, and later in Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales, Night Shade Books (2001).

Judge Pursuivant also appears as a supporting character in the story "Chastel", not collected in the above volume but in volume one of that series (Third Cry to Legba and other Invocations), originally published in The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979).

Judge Pursuivant and his book, "The Unknown that Terrifies" is mentioned in "The Poltergeist of Swan Uppin", a short story of Jules de Grandin by Seabury Quinn.

Bibliography
"The Hairy Ones Shall Dance," Weird Tales, January, February, and March 1938
"The Black Drama," Weird Tales, June, July, and August 1938
"The Dreadful Rabbits", Weird Tales 1940
"The Half Haunted", Weird Tales 1941

References

External links

 Voice of the Mountains - fan site

Literary characters introduced in 1938
Characters in short stories
Fictional judges
Fictional occult and psychic detectives
Manly Wade Wellman characters


Miles Gillespie Jones (born 1983) is a Canadian hip hop/soul musician.  Miles founded Mojo Records and Publishing in 2004 to provide an outlet for artists, producers and DJs to produce and publish audio works.  Miles career began with a solo album he released in 2006 release which was his University thesis project titled One Chance. In 2009, he followed up with Hip Hop second album titled, Runaway Jones, which landed placements on CSI Las Vegas, ABC's Rookie Blue and CTV's 2010 Olympic games soundtrack of the nation.

Discography
General Consensus Volumes 1–3
2005: Mike Ford – Canada Needs You (Production)
2006: One Chance
2007: DJ Wristpect – Bridging the Gap Volume 2 Toronto to Chicago
2009: Never Too Late (Single) Produced by Black Milk
2009: Runaway Jones (Canada)- (URBNET/Fontana/Universal)
2010: Never Wrong (Single) (US) – (MB3/Caroline)
2011: Time Machine (Single) (US) – (URBNET/Mojo)
2011: Runaway Jones (US) – (Foundation/Mojo)
2011: Catch Me in the Rye  – (Foundation/Mojo)
2012: Act So Strange (EP)
2012: All Lies (Single)
2012: Maybe Tomorrow (Single)
2012: The Jones Act Part III (URBNET/Foundation/Mojo)

Videos
No More feat. Marinda – 2012 – Director: Aaron Alleyne
Time Machine – 2011 – Director: Sean Harvey
Never Wrong (Remix) – 2011 – Director: Aaron Alleyne
Rhyme Like This feat. Percee P – 2010 – Director: Isaac Cravit
Trust Me feat. RaSoul – 2010 – Director: Michael Kane

Awards
2007 Ontario Independent Music Awards Hip Hop Artist of the Year
Winner of 9th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA): Rap/Hip-Hop song "Coast to Coast".
Nominated for 2009 Indie Awards: Favourite Hip Hop Artist
Winner of the 2010 Billboard World Song Contest : Rap/Hip-Hop song "Coast to Coast".
Winner of The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards in the Rap/Hip-Hop Song category for "Time Machine".

Licensing
 "Coast To Coast" – CTV Olympic Broadcast – 2010
 "Coast To Coast" – CSI: Las Vegas – Season 10 (CBS)
 "Baby Boy" – Degrassi
 "Again" – The Best Years 2
 "The Boom Boom" – Degrassi
"Pumps and Polos" LA Complex (2012)
"Coast to Coast" Rookie Blue -ABC (2012)

References

External links
 Miles Jones Website
 Miles Jones on Twitter
 Miles Jones on Facebook
 Miles Jones on YouTube
 Miles Jones on Myspace

1983 births
Living people
Black Canadian musicians
Canadian male rappers
21st-century Canadian rappers
Canadian hip hop singers
Independent Music Awards winners
Singers from Toronto
21st-century Canadian male musicians
Place of birth missing (living people)

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The Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative is a non-profit artist-run organization that supports and assists independent filmmaking in the province of Saskatchewan.

History
Founded in 1977.

Description

The Filmpool provides its members with film and sound editing facilities, film and video production equipment, and opportunities for production, post-production and distribution funding.

The organization hosts a number of events, workshops and screenings each year, and also publishes the indie filmmaking magazine Splice.

The Filmpool membership’s objectives are met by a volunteer board of directors in co-operation with paid staff.

References

Cinema of Saskatchewan
Organizations based in Regina, Saskatchewan
Film organizations in Canada
Filmmaker cooperatives
Media cooperatives in Canada


Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne (2 October 1814 – 30 December 1888) was a Norwegian politician, part of an old noble family.

He was born in Christiania as the son of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and his wife Cathrine Elisabeth Fries. His brother Christian Fredrik Jacob was a jurist as well as chief of police in Christiania for some time. His sister Augusta Julie Georgine married Prime Minister Frederik Stang.

Vilhelm Ludvig Herman married Fredrikke Nicoline Wilhelmine N. Sibbern, a daughter of politician Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern. They had several children. One of their sons, Bredo Henrik, became a professor, and married a sister of businessman Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup. Another son, Wilhelm Herman Ludvig, became a Major General. As his wife died in 1864, Vilhelm Ludvig Herman was married a second time; to Caroline Ottilia Pladt in 1866. They had four sons and one daughter.

Vilhelm Ludvig Herman von Munthe af Morgenstierne served as County Governor of Stavanger Amt from 1864 to his death in 1888.

References

1814 births
1888 deaths
County governors of Norway
Norwegian people of Danish descent


Reverend Father Mariampillai Xavier Karunaratnam was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil, Roman Catholic parish priest and a human rights activist. He was the Chairperson  of the  NESOHR and was killed on 20 April 2008 allegedly by a Deep Penetration Unit  of the Sri Lankan Army  . In a press release, NESOHR condemned, "in the strongest possible terms", the Sri Lankan state for the assassination of Rev.Fr. Karunaratnam.

Biography
M. X. Karunaratnam was born in Jaffna. He was an officer with the Bank of Ceylon before  he was ordained as a priest in 1989. Father Karunaratnam was founder and Chairman of NESOHR. He was also the Chairman of NGO Consortium of Jaffna. He was engaged in relief work for war displaced and worked in the tsunami relief.

Background
M. X. Karunaratnam was a priest of the Jaffna Diocese and served in the Vanni region of Sri Lanka and worked from the LTTE controlled parts of Sri Lanka.  He worked for human rights and called on the United Nations  and foreign human rights organisation to monitor the human rights situation in Sri Lanka .

 Earlier  two other NESHOR members and  Tamil National Alliance MPs A. Chandranehru and Joseph Pararajasingham were killed. He was extremely critical of the Sri Lankan government.

Incident
He was killed in the Mallaavi-Vavunikku'lam Road in Vanni after he was returning from a Sunday mass and going to a remembrance ceremony for a Tamil National Alliance a pro LTTE party MP Kiddinan Sivanesan who was also killed in a similar fashion. He was killed by a claymore mine blast carried out allegedly by a Deep Penetration Unit (DPU) of the Sri Lanka Army. LTTE military spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiraiyan stated that "He was targeted by the (government's Deep Penetration Unit) DPU while he was returning to his residence after attending to mass at Mankulam parish,". The Sri Lanka Army denied responsibility for the attack, with its Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara stating "That area is under LTTE control, We do not operate that deep in to LTTE control area. We can't take any responsibility,".

Reaction
Rev Fr. Damian Fernando, National Director of Caritas Sri Lanka, said:

National Peace Council of Sri Lanka has called his death
Tamil National Alliance in a press statement said

See also
 Joseph Pararajasingham
 K. Sivanesan
 Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru

References

External links

 Father Karunaratnam: martyred serving the Tamil people
 TIC Mourns Fr. Karunaratnam
Church condemns 'cowardly' killing of Sri Lanka priest
Sangam Grieves Loss of Fr. Karunaratnam

1951 births
2008 deaths
Sri Lankan Tamil priests
Sri Lankan Tamil activists
People murdered in Sri Lanka
20th-century Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priests
People from Jaffna
21st-century Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priests


Best of the Early Years compiles the majority of Glen Campbell's biggest hits from the period 1967 - 1971. Some of his later hits are compiled on another Curb release called Greatest Country Hits.

Track listing
 "Gentle on My Mind" (John Hartford) - 2:56
 "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:42
 "Hey Little One" (Dorsey Burnette, Barry DeVorzon) - 2:31
 "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb)  -3:04
 "Galveston" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:40
 "Try a Little Kindness" (Austin/Sapaugh) - 2:23
 "Honey Come Back" (Jimmy Webb) - 2:56
 "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" (Mac Davis) - 2:30
 "It's Only Make Believe" (Conway Twitty, Jack Nance) - 2:25
 "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)" (Cindy Walker) - 2:32
 "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) - 3:17
 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (Hank Williams) - 2:24

Production
Art direction/design - Neuman, Walker and Associates
Liner notes - Don Ovens
All tracks courtesy of Capitol Records under license from CEMA Special Markets

1991 greatest hits albums
Glen Campbell compilation albums
Curb Records compilation albums


Desulfovirgula is a genus of sulfate reducing, anaerobic, endospore-forming, Gram-positive, thermophilic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, isolated from an underground mining site in an area of Japan characterized by high geothermal activity.

Up to now (December 2021) Desulfovirgula thermocuniculi is the sole known species in the genus.

Electron acceptors that this organism can utilize include sulfate, sulfite, thiosulfate and elemental sulfur, while H2 (in the presence of CO2) and carboxylic acids can be utilized as electron donors.

See also
 List of bacterial orders
 List of bacteria genera

References

Thermoanaerobacterales
Bacteria genera
Monotypic bacteria genera
Thermophiles
Anaerobes


Three Flights from Alto Nido is the third studio album by San Diego, California-based singer-songwriter Greg Laswell. It was released through Vanguard Records on July 8, 2008. The song "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" was featured in the promotional trailer and soundtrack for the HBO film Taking Chance in early 2009, as well as an episode of True Blood in October 2008. "How the Day Sounds" featured in an episode of 90210, "Sweet Dream" featured in an episode of Dollhouse and "And Then You" featured in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in September 2008.

Track listing
All songs written by Greg Laswell.

 "That It Moves" – 3:54
 "The One I Love" – 2:35
 "It's Been a Year" – 3:12
 "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" – 4:13
 "How the Day Sounds" – 4:49
 "Sweet Dream" – 1:07
 "Days Go On" – 3:15
 "I'd Be Lying" – 4:45
 "Farewell" – 3:56
 "And Then You" – 3:29
 "Not Out" – 3:32

Bonus track
 "That It Moves" (GarageBand Demo) – 3:18

Credits
 All songs written, recorded, and performed by Greg Laswell
 Recorded at Dog's Bark Studio in Santa Ana, California, except "How the Day Sounds" and "Days Go On" recorded in Greg's studio in San Diego
 Greg Laswell – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonium, bass, melotron, bells, and organ
 Brandon Walters – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, banjo
 Molly Jenson – vocals on "Comes and Goes (In Waves)" and "Farewell"
 Alec Little – upright bass (on "The One I Love"), electric bass (on "That It Moves," "Comes and Goes (In Waves)," and "I'd Be Lying")

References

Greg Laswell albums
2008 albums
Vanguard Records albums


Matija Ivanić (also Matij Ivanić; Vrbanj, Hvar around 1445 – Rome 1523), was a prominent 16th century citizen of the Dalmatian city of Hvar who led the Hvar Rebellion (1510–1514) against the Venetian Republic. After the defeat of the Rebellion, Ivanić became a symbol of freedom in Venetian-controlled Dalmatia, personifying defiance both against Venice and against the oppressive noble classes. He was mentioned in the well-known Dalmatian song which expresses these themes, the "Padaj silo i nepravdo" ("Fall, oh Force and Injustice!"). The latest discoveries present Mati Ivanić as a true visionary who stepped ahead of his time and led the fight for the future that was just beginning to emerge during the Middle Ages.

See also
Hvar Rebellion
Hvar
Padaj silo i nepravdo

References

Croatian rebels
History of Dalmatia
Venetian Dalmatia
16th-century Croatian people
Year of birth uncertain
1523 deaths
People from Hvar
Venetian Slavs
15th-century Croatian military personnel
16th-century Croatian military personnel
History of Hvar


Rick Sirvaitis is an advertising executive in New York City and currently involved as an advisor to PlanetXLaw, Access Legal Care, TAPPP, Pypestream and Vizability. He is the former President of Storeboard Media LLC, a media sales company with the exclusive right to place advertisements on security pedestals in stores across the United States.

He is also the President of his own consulting company: RS MediaMarketing LLC. He has been a consultant to clients like the NFL Network, the Television Bureau, Gemstar-TV Guide International and Google TV Ads. He has most recently been retained as an Entrepreneur in Residence for Constellation Ventures. He is also the former President and Chief Operating Officer of GM Mediaworks (a division of Interpublic Group of Companies), the consolidated media buying unit for all General Motors divisions including network and cable television purchasing in New York City, as well as all print and Internet buying and a Cyberworks research and development unit in Detroit.

Advertising and media career – 2001
Sirvaitis began his career in advertising in the mid-1970s and has worked in both buying and selling advertising media in traditional and alternative forms. Sirvaitis first became an executive in the industry with Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc. (TBSI) when he was appointed as the Executive Vice President of news. Prior to that, he spent five years in sales management at an NBC affiliate (WDIV-Detroit), three years with NBC Television Network Sales, three years at Blair Television, and four years at Campbell-Ewald Advertising. In his role at TBSI, Sirvaitis was responsible for all domestic sales for CNN/Headline News, the CNN Broadcast Networks, the CNN Airport Channel and all other place-based media, as well as all advertising sales for TBSI Internet properties.

After nine years with Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc., Sirvaitis left to become the President of Advertiser Sales for International Family Entertainment Inc. (which became Fox Family Worldwide, Inc. in 1997). During his five years with Fox Family Worldwide Sirvaitis became responsible for all ad sales for Fox Family Channel, Fox Kids Broadcast Network, Fox Kids Magazine, Fox Family Countdown Radio and Fox Kids Webnet. During this time he was also involved in the transition of the Family Channel, the development of two cable services in Latin America, and a TV ad sales firm in China.

In 2000, Sirvaitis was appointed the President and COO of Phase2media, a leading Internet advertising sales and marketing organization for branded Web sites.
In January 2001 he left to become the President and Chief Operating Officer of GM Mediaworks, which was solely dedicated to the media needs of General Motors and was part of the Interpublic Group of Companies In 2005, GM Mediaworks was incorporated into GM Planworks and he began his own consulting business RS Media Marketing LLC.  He has provided consulting to such clients as Google TV, the NFL Network, Invision, Gemstar/TV Guide, TRA and Beezag among others.  He was also a consultant to Constellation Growth Capital.

In 2006 he became one of the founding partners of StoreBoard Media, a new out-of-home media option that covers the security pedestals in retail establishments across the US (www.storeboards.net).   They are currently in over 25,000 locations including all Walgreen, CVS, Rite Aid, Family Dollar, and KMart stores, and deliver more than 2.0 billion impressions every four weeks.  In September 2009 Inc Magazine placed StoreBoards number 66 on their list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the US. In April 2014 StoreBoard Media LLC was acquired by Advantage Sales and Marketing.
(NYSE:IPG).

Education, service, and awards
Sirvaitis  graduated with a B.A. in Advertising in 1971 and in 1976 received his M.A. in advertising from Michigan State University. The Michigan State University Department of Advertising named him the Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year in 1972 and Outstanding Alumnus in 1991. In 1985 he earned a law degree at Detroit College of Law and was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1986.

Sirvaitis is currently on the board of The New Studio for the Visual Arts of Jupiter, Florida.  Sirvaitis is a past member of the Board of Directors of the International Radio and Television Society, The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, CT; and The Milbrook Owners Association. He is also a past chairman of the National Advisory Board of the Cable and Advertising Bureau, co-chairman of its Cable Industry Standards and Practices Committee, and received the Bureau’s Presidents Award in 1993.

References

External links
 Website of StoreBoards Media LLC

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Businesspeople from Greenwich, Connecticut
Businesspeople from New York City
Michigan State University alumni
Detroit College of Law alumni
American advertising executives
American chief operating officers


Flemming Rasmussen (born 12 March 1968) is a Danish former strongman competitor and powerlifter.  He competed in the World's Strongest Man contest several times, finishing in 5th place in 1995 and 4th in 1996. His best result came in 1997 when he finished 2nd, but he had been leading by four points over eventual champion Jouko Ahola before the final two events. However, sixth place finishes in both of the final two disciplines allowed Ahola to overturn the deficit. Flemming won the title of Denmark's Strongest Man 7 times from 1995-2000 and in  2003, and won the Danish Powerlifting title in 1993 and 1994. Before competing as a strongman, Rasmussen was Danish ten-pin bowling champion.

References

1968 births
Living people
Danish powerlifters
Danish strength athletes
Sportspeople from Silkeborg


The Italian economic battles were a series of economic policies undertaken by the National Fascist Party in Italy during the 1920s and 1930s. They were designed to increase the potential of Italy becoming a great power by reclaiming land, placing emphasis on home-grown produce and having a strong currency.

The battles
Battle for Grain - started in 1925; aimed to increase bread and cereal production in Italy to reduce the necessity for imports. It became the equivalent of the Green Revolution, with 5000 new farms being built for the extra production.
Battle for the Lira - 1926; aimed to reduce inflation and fix the Lira at 90 to £, proving the power of the Lira and Italy
Battle for Land - aimed to clear marshland and make it suitable for farming, as well as reclaiming land and reducing health risks
Battle for Births - focus upon creating a larger population by encouraging women to have more children, with special incentives for those having five or more

See also
Economy of Italy under Fascism

References

History Learning Site

Economic policy in Europe
Economic history of Italy
Economics of fascism


In two-dimensional computer graphics, the non-zero winding rule is a means of determining whether a given point falls within an enclosed curve. Unlike the similar even-odd rule, it relies on knowing the direction of stroke for each part of the curve.

For a given curve C and a given point P: construct a ray (a straight line) heading out from P in any direction towards infinity. Find all the intersections of C with this ray. Score up the winding number as follows: for every clockwise intersection (the curve passing through the ray from left to right, as viewed from P) subtract 1; for every counter-clockwise intersection (curve passing from right to left, as viewed from P) add 1. If the total winding number is zero, P is outside C; otherwise, it is inside.

The winding number is effectively a count of how many full counter-clockwise revolutions ('windings') the curve makes around P without doubling back on itself. (If P were a nail and C were a looped piece of string, try pulling some part of the string sideways away from the nail: it will either come free, or it will be found to be wound some number of times around the nail.)

Some implementations instead score up the number of clockwise revolutions, so that clockwise crossings are awarded +1, counter-clockwise crossings -1. The result is the same.

One formal definition of the winding number of point P with respect to curve C (where P does not lie on the curve) is as follows:

The SVG computer graphics vector standard uses the non-zero rule by default when drawing polygons.

See also

Even-odd rule
Complex polygon
Tessellation
Polygon triangulation
TrueType

References

External links
 Definition of fill rules in SVG
 Song Ho's explanation of the OpenGL GLU tesselator

Computer graphics algorithms


Okombahe is a settlement in the Erongo Region of eastern central Namibia, situated on the Omaruru River  north of Karibib. It is regarded as the capital of the ǂNûkhoen (Damara) tribe; the annual King's Festival is held at the town's Gaob Memorial Stadium. Before independence of Namibia, Okombahe was situated at the edge of the Damaraland bantustan. Martin Luther High School and Dibasen Junior Secondary School are situated in the village.

The Omaruru River's sub-surface water is used by the Damara people to grow wheat. Even in years of drought, 60-80 hectares are under irrigation.

Notable people
 Michael Goreseb, Mayor of Usakos and Member of the National Assembly of Namibia

References

Populated places in the Erongo Region
Damara people


Rupert Hugh Morris (16 March 1843 – 2 January 1918) was a Welsh clergyman and antiquarian, who was principal of Carmarthen Training College from 1869 to 1876 and headmaster of Godolphin School from 1876 to 1884.  He then spent ten years as chaplain to the Duke of Westminster, before his final position as vicar of a church in Pimlico.

Life
Morris was born at Holywell, Flintshire, north Wales on 16 March 1843.  His father was the printer and publisher William Morris.  He was educated at Ruthin Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literae Humaniores in 1865.  He then taught at Rossall School until 1869, becoming ordained in 1867.  In 1869, he was appointed principal of Carmarthen Training College, where he remained until 1876.  He was also appointed a canon of St David's Cathedral in 1873. He moved in 1876 to become the headmaster of Godolphin School, in Hammersmith, London, leaving in 1884 to become chaplain and librarian to Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster (the year in which he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Oxford).  During his ten years in the post, he wrote various works including Chester during the Plantagenet and Tudor Reigns (1894), and a history of the diocese of Chester in the following year. He then was appointed by the Duke as vicar of St Gabriel's, Pimlico.  Whilst in Pimlico, he carried on with his writings, serving as editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis (the journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association) between 1907 and 1918, and editing Edward Lhuyd's Parochialia.  He died in Pimlico on 2 January 1918.

References

1843 births
1918 deaths
People from Holywell, Flintshire
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
19th-century Welsh Anglican priests
Welsh educators
20th-century Welsh historians
Welsh antiquarians
Members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association
19th-century Welsh historians


This is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia.

By mountain range
This list is arranged by mountain ranges.

Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Allegheny Mountain
Bear Garden Mountain
Big Schloss Mountain
Clinch Mountain
Church Mountain
Fort Lewis Mountain
Great North Mountain
Hankey Mountain
Narrow Back Mountain
Little North Mountain
Little Schloss Mountain
Little Sluice Mountain
North Mountain
Paddy Mountain
Salt Pond Mountain
Shenandoah Mountain
Elliott Knob
Reddish Knob
Tea Mountain
Threemile Mountain
Timber Ridge

Cumberland Mountains
High Knob
Pine Mountain
Powell Mountain

Blue Ridge Mountains
This list of peaks of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is listed starting from north to south.

Blue Mountain
Loudoun Heights
Purcell Knob
Mount Weather
Paris Mountain
Brushy Mountain
Lost Mountain
Naked Mountain – Elevation
High Knob
Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation
Big Cobbler Mountain (South Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation
Rattlesnake Mountain – Elevation
Dickey Hill
Carson's Mountain
Compton's Peak
Lick Mountain
Buck Mountain
North Marshall Mountain
South Marshall Mountain
The Peak
Hogback Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain
Jenkins Mountain
Battle Mountain
Knob Mountain
Pignut Mountain
Pass Mountain
Neighbor Mountain
Mary's Rock
Stoney Man
Old Rag Mountain
Hawksbill Mountain
Hazeltop
Lewis Mountain
Maintop Mountain
The Priest
Apple Orchard Mountain
Rocky Mountain
Peaks of Otter
Thaxton Mountain
Mill Mountain
Twelve O'clock Knob
Roanoke Mountain
Poor Mountain
 trent or trout mountain TBD
Whitetop Mountain
Mount Rogers
Holston Mountain
Turkeycock Mountain

Short Hill Mountain
Signal Mountain

Ragged Mountains
Fan Mountain
Mount Jefferson
Walton's Mountain

Southwest Mountains
Brush Mountain
Cameron Mountain
Carter's Mountain
Chicken Mountain
Clark's Mountain
Cowherd Mountain
Dowell Mountain
Gibson Mountain
Goodloe Mountain
Greene Mountain
Hightop Mountain
Jerdone Mountain
Lonesome Mountain
Merry Mountain
Peters Mountain
Roundtop Mountain
Scott Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain
Walnut Mountain
Wolfpit Mountain

Broken Hills
Wildcat Mountain – Elevation
Rappahanock Mountain
Pignut Mountain
Prickly Pear Mountain
Viewtree Mountain
Swains Mountain
Thumb Run Mountain
Waters Mountain
Piney Mountain

Bull Run Mountains
Signal Mountain
High Acre Ridge
High Point Mountain
Bisquit Mountain
Pound Mountain

Catoctin Mountain
Furnace Mountain
Bald Mountain
Carter Ridge
Hogback Mountain
Steptoe Hill

Massanutten Mountain
Massanutten Mountain
Green Mountain
Three Top Mountain
Powell Mountain
Little Crease Mountain
Short Mountain
Mertins Rock
Bowman Mountain
Kerns Mountain
Catback Mountain
Waterfall Mountain
First Mountain
Second Mountain
Third Mountain
Fourth Mountain

Piedmont Monadnocks
Cedar Mountain
Thoroughfare Mountain
Mount Pony
Piney Mountain
Willis Mountain
Spears-Pruett's Mountains
Long Mountain
Johnson Mountain
Smith Mountain
White Oak Mountain

See also
List of mountains of the Appalachians
List of mountains of the United States
List of gaps of Virginia

Mountains
Virginia


Dudeism is a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle inspired by "The Dude", the protagonist of the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Dudeism's stated primary objective is to promote a modern form of Chinese Taoism, outlined in Tao Te Ching by Laozi (6th century BCE), blended with concepts from the Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–270 BCE), and presented in a style as personified by the character of Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, a fictional character portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the film. Dudeism has sometimes been regarded as a mock religion due to its use of comedic film references and occasional criticism of religion in its traditional sense, but its founder and many adherents take the underlying philosophy somewhat (although not overly) seriously. March 6 is the annual sacred high holy day of Dudeism: The Day of the Dude; the same day the film released in the US.

Formation
Founded in 2005 by Oliver Benjamin, a journalist based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Dudeism's official organizational name is The Church of the Latter-Day Dude. An estimated 450,000 Dudeist Priests have been ordained worldwide as of May 2017 and marriages have been officiated legally by Dudeist clergy in some US states.

Although Dudeism primarily makes use of iconography and narrative from The Big Lebowski, adherents believe that the Dudeist worldview has existed since the beginnings of civilization, primarily to correct societal tendencies towards aggression and excess. They list individuals such as Laozi, Epicurus, Heraclitus, Buddha, and the pre-ecclesiastical Jesus Christ as examples of "Great Dudes in History". More recent antecedents include pillars of American Transcendentalism such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman and humanists such as Kurt Vonnegut and Mark Twain.

Philosophy
The Dudeist belief system is essentially a modernized form of Taoism stripped of all of its metaphysical and medical doctrines. Dudeism advocates and encourages the practice of "going with the flow", "being cool headed", and "taking it easy" in the face of life's difficulties, believing that this is the only way to live in harmony with our inner nature and the challenges of interacting with other people. It also aims to assuage feelings of inadequacy that arise in societies which place a heavy emphasis on achievement and personal fortune. Consequently, simple everyday pleasures like bathing, bowling, and hanging out with friends are seen as far preferable to the accumulation of wealth and the spending of money as a means to achieve happiness and spiritual fulfillment. As the Dude himself says in the film: "the dude abides," which essentially just means one should relax, enjoy the simple pleasures of life, be generally tolerant of others, maintain equanimity in the face of adversity, and encourage others to do the same.

Publications
The Church of the Latter-Day Dude launched its official publication, The Dudespaper, in the fall of 2008. A Dudeist holy book, The Tao Dude Ching, went online in July 2009. It was renamed The Dude De Ching in December 2009 to avoid being confused with an upcoming book by Oliver Benjamin called The Tao of the Dude. The Dude De Ching is a reinterpretation of Peter Merel's translation of the Tao Te Ching using dialogue and story elements from The Big Lebowski. In 2016, The Dude De Ching was completely re-written by Benjamin, featuring a new Tao Te Ching translation and essays interpreting each verse.

In August 2011, The Abide Guide—a "Dudeist self-help book" employing life lessons from The Big Lebowski and other sources, was published by Ulysses Press. Written by Benjamin and the Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey, it also contains material by other members of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude. An Italian translation was released in November 2013 under the title Il vangelo secondo Lebowski.

In November 2013, Lebowski 101 a compilation of mostly scholarly essays edited by Benjamin which dissected and celebrated The Big Lebowski was published by the Church. Over 80 writers and illustrators contributed to the book.

In April 2015 The Tao of the Dude was published, featuring essays and illustrations by Benjamin as well as quotes from various philosophers and writers throughout history. The objective of the book is to show that Dudeism is a philosophy that has existed since the dawn of civilization.

The Dude and the Zen Master, a 2013 book by Jeff Bridges and Buddhist teacher Bernie Glassman, uses the character as a starting point for philosophical discussion. Asked at a promotional event what The Dude would think of Dudeism, Bridges replied, "He'd be flabbergasted. And he would dig it."

On December 16, 2018, The Dudespaper announced an indefinite hiatus on its publication in favor of other means of disseminating the philosophy.

References

External links

 The Dudespaper - The official publication of Dudeism
 VW 'Dudeism' ad bowls into cinemas: Mini-film exploring 'religion' inspired by movie The Big Lebowski trails Volkswagen's support for independent cinema - The Guardian article with link to video of Volkswagen advertisement featuring Dudeism.
 Only A Game, Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Discussion of Dudeism and brief audio interview with Oliver Benjamin on NPR's Only A Game - at 46:11
 Dude Awakening - Sunday Herald article featuring Dudeism

Religious parodies and satires
Fictional philosophies
2005 introductions
The Big Lebowski
Taoism in popular culture
Taoist schools


Artemisia spinescens is a North American species of sagebrush in the sunflower family, known by the common name budsage.

Many sources treat the species separately from genus Artemisia and named Picrothamnus desertorum. This separation has not, however, been supported by genetic analysis.

Distribution and habitat
Artemisia spinescens is native to the western United States from southern and eastern California and the Great Basin, north to Idaho and Montana, and east to western Colorado and northwestern New Mexico.

Artemisia spinescens grows in scrub and other habitat on clay and gravel-rich soils. It thrives on salty soils, growing with other salt-tolerant plants such as saltbushes ('Atriplex sp.). It is adapted to very dry climates.

Description
Artemisia spinescens is a squat shrub forming a rounded bush up to 30 to 50 centimeters in maximum height. Its tangled branches are woolly when new and thorny and rough when aged. The stem is woody and corky.

The strongly aromatic foliage is made up of many small, fuzzy leaves divided into narrow, pointed segments. It is deciduous, dropping its leaves during the dry summer when it becomes dormant.

The inflorescence is a raceme of small clusters of flower heads sprouting from leaf axils. Each head contains several tiny bell-shaped sterile disc florets and a few fertile ray florets.

The fruit is a tiny hairy achene less than a millimeter long.

Uses
This plant is considered good forage for wild and domestic grazing animals early in the season when the foliage is new and soft. Later in the season when the plant produces large quantities of bitter volatile oils it becomes unpalatable.

References

External links
Calflora Database: Artemisia spinescens (Bud sage)
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Artemisia spinescens
United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Arches National Park Flora Profile — Artemisia spinescens
Calflora Photos gallery — Artemisia spinescens

spinescens
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the California desert regions
North American desert flora
Plants described in 1841


Frederick Platt-Higgins (1840 – 6 November 1910) was a British businessman and Conservative MP for Salford North.

Early life
Born as Frederick Higgins, he was the son of James Higgins of Salford, Lancashire and Elizabeth Meban of Dumfries. He went into business as a cotton spinner and married Mary Emily Mottram of Manchester in 1864. In 1888 his aunt, Margaret Platt of Stalybridge, widow of Robert Platt of Dunham Hall, died. As part of the conditions of her will she required that her nephews adopt the surname Platt-Higgins and quarter the Platt and Higgins coats of arms. This was carried into effect by a royal licence in the following year.

Career
At the 1895 general election Platt-Higgins was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Salford North. He retained the seat for eleven years, being unseated at the Liberal landslide at the 1906 general election.

Personal life
Platt-Higgins made his home at "Homeleigh", Bowdon, Cheshire, later retiring to "Woodham Place", Horsell, near Woking, Surrey. He died at Horsell in 1910 of pneumonia.

His daughter Brenda married Major Edward Vincent Osborne Hewett son of the late Leiut. General E O Hewett R.E. C.M.G. in 1904.

References
Source

Citations

External links

1840 births
1910 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1895–1900
UK MPs 1900–1906
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Salford North


Anita Silvey is an American author, editor, and literary critic in the genre of children’s literature. Born in 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Silvey has served as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine and as vice-president at Houghton Mifflin where she oversaw children’s and young adult book publishing. She has also authored a number of critical books about children's literature, including 500 Great Books for Teens and The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators. In October 2010, she began publishing the Children's Book-A-Day Almanac online, a daily essay on classic and contemporary children's books.

Work
In 1975, Silvey was a co-founder of the publication that became the Boston Review. She served from 1985 to 1995 as Editor-in-Chief of The Horn Book Magazine. She also created the spin-off magazine The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books.

Between 1995 and 2001, Silvey worked as vice president at Houghton Mifflin, where she oversaw children's and young-adult book publishing for both the Houghton and Clarion divisions. Among illustrators and authors whom she promoted were David Wiesner, Chris Van Allsburg, Virginia Lee Burton, and Lois Lowry.

In 2002, Silvey published The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators, 100 Best Books for Children and 500 Great Books for Teens. She also penned a young-adult book on women soldiers in the American Civil War, I'll Pass for Your Comrade. In 2008, she wrote an influential article in School Library Journal in which she "criticized the Newbery selections as too difficult for most children." A series of interviews with people from all walks of life was published in Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book in 2009.

Silvey is a member of the editorial board of Cricket magazine and the board of directors for the Vermont Center for the Book. At Simmons University Graduate School of Library Science in Boston, Massachusetts, she teaches "Modern Book Publishing" and at St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, she teaches "Children's Book Author Studies".

Awards

In 2008, she won the Ludington Award of the Educational Paperback Association for lifetime dedication to children and books.

In 2000, Vermont College gave her an honorary master in fine arts in children's-book writing.

In 1994, she was acknowledged by her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana during the town's bicentennial celebration.

In 1987, she won the Women's National Book Association Book Women Award.

Partial bibliography
 Undaunted: The Wild Life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and Her Fearless Quest to Save Orangutans, National Geographic Children's Books, 2019
 Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger, Clarion Books, 2016
 Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall, National Geographic Children's Books, 2015
 Children's Book-A-Day Almanac, Roaring Brook Press, 2012
 The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012
 Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot, Clarion Books, 2010
 Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book, Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
 I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War, Clarion Books, 2008.
 500 Great Books for Teens, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006.
 100 Best Books for Children: A Parent's Guide to Making the Right Choices for Your Young Reader, Toddler to Preteen, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005.
 The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators, Mariner Books, 2002.
 Help Wanted: Short Stories about Young People Working, Little Brown and Company, 1997.
 Children's Books and Their Creators, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995.

References

External links
Silvey's website
Library Journal
Video interview, Reading Rockets
National Book Festival, Library of Congress

1947 births
Living people
People from Bridgeport, Connecticut
American bloggers
American women bloggers
American children's writers
American women children's writers
American literary critics
American women literary critics
Children's literature criticism
Writers from Boston
21st-century American non-fiction writers


Terra Amata is an early fictional novel by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.

Plot summary
Terra Amata is about a man named Chancelade, and his detailed view of an otherwise ordinary life, from his early childhood to his grave.

Terra Amata is an archaeological site near the French town of Nice.

Critical reception
Terra Amata was perceived to center on the "perceptions and activities" of "its protagonist" Chancelade
The work seems to have been "designed to overload the senses"
According to one critic "Chancelade has done nothing, suffered nothing, experienced nothing to make him worth our regard." The story is that of Chancelade, from childhood to death; he sees the world in minute detail...""Terra Amata,"  combines Le Clézio's game-playing as the author with a savage lyricism reminiscent of Thomas Hardy.

References

External links

1967 French novels
Novels by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Works by J. M. G. Le Clézio
Éditions Gallimard books


The Journal of Southern African Studies is an international publication which covers research on the Southern African region, focussing on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and occasionally also Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and Mauritius.

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Political science journals
Academic journals established in 1975
English-language journals
Quarterly journals
Taylor & Francis academic journals
African studies journals