Sheva Alomar is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was introduced in the 2009 video game Resident Evil 5, in which she is a native African operative of an anti-bioterrorism group and the new partner of the series' veteran Chris Redfield. Sheva is controlled by the game's artificial intelligence (AI) when playing with a single player, and is controlled by a second player in the game's cooperative mode.

Designed to symbolize "the bond of partnership" within the game, the character's physical design was modeled off Australian actress Michelle Van Der Water, while her voice acting and motion capture were performed by American actress Karen Dyer. The character was met with mostly positive reception from video game journalists, who praised her strength and attractiveness, though her AI in-game received mixed to negative reviews. The character's depiction did, however, receive criticism from several sources for adhering to racial and gendered stereotypes. Sheva has not returned for any further installments of the series, though she appears in the 2022 video game Dead by Daylight as an optional playable character.

Design and portrayal
Sheva Alomar's character was designed during the early development phase of Resident Evil 5, with her designer Yosuke Yamagata calling her a "new major protagonist" who symbolizes the theme of "the bonds of partnership". Her face and story background changed several times while she underwent many redesigns and re-imagining as developers searched for the right look to combine the qualities of "feminine attraction" and the "strength of a fighting woman". Rejected concepts for Sheva included her being either a civilian, a guerrilla, or a military commander.

Her character model was based on Australian actress Michelle Van Der Water, but her voice acting and motion capture were performed by American actress Karen Dyer. Dyer, in her first major game role of this kind, went through weeks of firearms training for the job, learning with both hands as Sheva is left-handed. She described her character as more acrobatic and agile than her partner Chris Redfield, and as "very passionate and youthful", adding she had an "emotional attachment" to her mission as she wants to save her people. In Dead by Daylight, she was voiced by Kayla Dixon.

Sheva appears in the game wearing a form-fitting purple singlet, beige pants and knee-high boots. She also carries a tactical belt and pistol holster, and wears leather forearm guards and traditional African jewellery. Alternate costumes are a staple within the Resident Evil series that let players dress playable characters in "silly, cool, and even embarrassing" outfits; the series also has a reputation for making their alternate costumes for women sexualised. Sheva's alternate costumes are a "Clubbin'" outfit consisting of a gold lamé bikini, micro-miniskirt and blonde wig, and a "Tribal" outfit consisting of a leopard print bikini and tribal body paint.

Appearances
Sheva made her first and only appearance in Resident Evil 5. According to the character's backstory, her parents died when she was eight years old in an apparent factory accident and she was taken in by her uncle. Eventually, Sheva ran away and was found by a truck driver who was part of a rebel militia group. She later joined the group and soon learned that the factory accident her parents had died in was actually a test of a bio-organic weapon (BOW) by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella Corporation. With the help of the local government, Umbrella destroyed Sheva's village and its inhabitants after the test was complete. When Sheva was 15, she was contacted by U.S. operatives to sabotage Umbrella's attempt to sell a BOW. With Sheva's help, the deal was stopped and she was offered a chance to start a new life in America. Sheva accepted, was speaking fluent English within months and enrolled at a university two years later. After graduation, her benefactor recruited her to join the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). While Umbrella had dissolved years before this, Sheva's hatred of Umbrella and others like them led her to join. She was assigned to a unit for eight months of training, in which she excelled and was chosen to become an agent assigned to the BSAA's West African department. When BSAA agent Chris Redfield is sent to intercept a black market BOW sale in the fictional African country Kijuju, Sheva is assigned to be his partner and guide.

In Resident Evil 5, the primary player controls Chris, whom Sheva follows throughout the game as an ally controlled by artificial intelligence (AI). In the game's co-operative gameplay mode, a second player will control Sheva. When the game has been completed once, there is an option to make Sheva the primary character. During the events of the game, Sheva and Chris stop the Tricell corporation, who were continuing Umbrella's work, from infecting the world with a new BOW. In the end, they kill the series' villain Albert Wesker.

Pre-order bonuses for Resident Evil 5 included a sand globe of Sheva and Redfield. Various action figures of the character have been released by the National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Hot Toys, Square Enix, and SomaliCraft. Karen Dyer posed as Alomar for a 2009 calendar she made available to download from her website. In 2022, she appears in Dead by Daylight as a legendary skin of Jill Valentine.

Reception
Reception of Sheva by video game journalists was mostly positive. She was added to several lists that rank characters by their sex appeal. She is also ranked in lists of the best female characters and best characters from Resident Evil, and among the greatest black video game characters of all time. In 2008, GameDaily staff said that though they were yet to play Resident Evil 5, they were "already enamored with its glamorous starlet"; the following year, they cited Alomar as among the strongest female characters in gaming. In 2010, Dave Meikleham of GamesRadar included her partnership with Chris among gaming's "most violent double acts", and PlayStation: The Official Magazine opined she was intelligent and strong in addition to being beautiful, adding that her inclusion was "probably the highlight" of the game and awarding her "Tribal" costume 2009's Outfit of the Year award. GamesRadars Matt Cundy said that unlike other characters in the series such as Jill Valentine and Ada Wong, Sheva's primary uniform was both less sexualised and more practical for fighting, describing her as "the absolute antithesis of vulnerable ... a walking fortress that is equal parts kick-ass and intimidating feminine sexuality," and Lisa Foiles of The Escapist praised Sheva among other characters for having a hairstyle that is practical for fighting, unlike many video game heroines. In 2021, Ian Walker from Kotaku opined her as the greatest character in the series, lauding the racial diversity she brought and how her "charm" contrasted well with Redfield's "overall gruff nature".

Several reviewers criticized Sheva's AI. IGNs Jesse Schedeen called her a "walking bag of useless", and "just dumb as a rock when it comes to fighting zombies", while Portal Play Game considered her performance to be extremely annoying. Dan Whitehead from Eurogamer described Sheva's abilities as a bit hit-or-miss, saying that in a game where ammunition is scarce it was often frustrating watching her miss her targets. In 2012, PLAY included her among the most unintentionally annoying PlayStation characters, citing the AI issues. Ryan Geddes from IGN was more mixed, describing her performance as fair and saying her limitations were on par with other AI characters at the time, while IGNs Chris Reed included her among the most useful sidekicks in video games, saying that unlike many AI characters, she was quick to offer assistance and skilled at getting out of the way when the player was moving or shooting.

Several sources have criticized Sheva's depiction for adhering to both gender and racial stereotypes. Andre Brock from Games and Culture opined that Sheva was a "videogame equivalent of Pocahontas: a woman of color coerced into 'guiding' White explorers across a foreign land", and also said that her alternate costumes "make it clear that she is window-dressing; a sexualized mule". Anita Sarkeesian said the tribal outfit was particularly disconcerting, as it combined sexualizing a female character "with the racist tradition of exotifying women of color". Writing for the Digital Games Research Association, Hanli Geyser and Pippa Tshabalala noted that the first shot of Sheva in the game is a close up of her buttocks, immediately objectifying and characterising her. Eurogamers Whitehead said that Sheva "neatly fits the approved Hollywood model of the light-skinned black heroine"; Geyser and Tshabalala similarly stated that her skin tone, outfit and job all conform to Western ideals. Writing for The Philosophy of Computer Games Conference, Sabine Harrer and Martin Pichlmair said that Sheva was given the role of a "decorative side character", also stating that "gendered and racialized hierarchies" exist between Sheva and Chris; Chris's character is placed in charge of Sheva's resources, said to be reminiscent of "an abusive heteronormative relationship".

References

Bibliography

Capcom protagonists
Black characters in video games
Female characters in video games
Female soldier and warrior characters in video games
Fictional African-American people
Fictional East African people
Fictional female gunfighters
Fictional gunfighters in video games
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The 101st Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania and has been represented since 2023 by John A. Schlegel.

District profile
The 101st Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Lebanon County. It includes the Josiah Funck Mansion. It is made up of the following areas:

 Cornwall
 Lebanon
 North Cornwall Township
 North Lebanon Township
 South Lebanon Township
 West Cornwall Township
 West Lebanon Township

Representatives

Recent election results

References

External links
District map from the United States Census Bureau
Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
Population Data for District 101 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.

Government of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
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Hing may refer to:

 Asafoetida, a spice derived from the plant Ferula assa-foetida
 Hing (surname)

People with the given name Hing include:
 Hing Tong (1922–2007), American mathematician
 Lew Hing (1858–1934), American businessman

See also

 Donald Hings (1907–2004), Canadian inventor
 John Hings (1910–1999), English cricketer
 Hinge (disambiguation)


Mark Jendrysik ( ; born October 2, 1964) is a professor in the Political Science and Public Administration Department of the University of North Dakota.

He is primarily interested in contemporary American political thought, but he has also published and presented papers on the seventeenth-century English political thought, utopian political theory, and ethnic politics in the United States.  He is the author of Explaining the English Revolution: Hobbes and His Contemporaries (Lexington, 2002) and Modern Jeremiahs: Contemporary Visions of American Decline (Rowman and Littlefield, 2008)

Biography
Jendrysik is of Polish ancestry. He   is a native of Chicopee, Massachusetts. He attended Valetine School, in Chicopee Massachusetts 1969–1976, and then the P.E. Bowe School in  Chicopee 1976-1978 and Chicopee High School 1978–82. He received a BA from Providence College, Providence RI in 1986, a MA  from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988, and a PhD from the same university in 1996

From 1995 to 1996 he was a Research Associate, Center for Survey Research, University of Virginia, and then in 1996–8 a Visiting assistant professor, Bucknell University, follow by an appointment at the same level from 1998 to 1999, at the  University of Mississippi, 1998–9. In 1999 he was appointed assistant professor at the  University of North Dakota rising through the ranks to Associate and then full Professor.

Books
Modern Jeremiahs: Contemporary Visions of American Decline. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, Lexington Books, 2008
Explaining the English Revolution: Hobbes and His Contemporaries. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2002 (revised paperback edition, 2007). Reviewed in: Journal of Church and State, Vol. 47. No. 1 (170). 2005; Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 1, No. 4 (763), 2003
Utopia (Key Concepts in Political Theory). Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2020.

References

External links
University of North Dakota-Home Page
Political Science Public Administration-Faculty & Staff

1964 births
Living people
American political philosophers
Providence College alumni
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
University of North Dakota faculty
American people of Polish descent
Chicopee High School alumni


Trygve Bruvik (born 1952) is a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.

Bruvik was educated with an engineering degree from Bergen College of Engineering, as well as a business administration degree from BI Norwegian Business School. He worked for Vesta Forsikring from 1981, and was chief executive officer from 1994 to 2002. Since 2003 he has been chair of Marine Farms.

References

1952 births
Living people
Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian engineers
BI Norwegian Business School alumni
Bergen University College alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)


Castel Bay is a Canadian Arctic waterway in the Northwest Territories.  It is a southern arm of M'Clure Strait on northeast Banks Island. The mouth of the larger Mercy Bay is less than  to the east. These bays are a part of Aulavik National Park.

It is named by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in honour of Arctic explorer Aarnout Castel.

References

Bays of the Northwest Territories
Banks Island


Ten Thousand Angels is the debut studio album of American country music artist Mindy McCready. It was released on April 30, 1996 by BNA Records. The album peaked at #5 on the US country charts, and producing four chart singles on the country charts. The first single, which was the title track, reached #6, and was followed by her only #1 hit, "Guys Do It All the Time". Following this song was "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now", which featured backing vocals from Richie McDonald, the lead singer of the band Lonestar. This song peaked at #18. "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" was the final single, reaching #4 in 1997.

Track listing

Personnel
Richard "Spady" Brannan – bass guitar
Kathy Burdick – background vocals
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Tom Hemby – acoustic guitar
John Hobbs – piano
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Mary Ann Kennedy – mandolin, background vocals
Paul Leim – drums
Mindy McCready - lead vocals
Terry McMillan – harmonica
Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, synthesizer strings, background vocals
Don Potter – acoustic guitar
Norro Wilson – background vocals
Richie McDonald - background vocals (track 4)

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concert master. String arrangements by Ronn Huff.

Production
Produced By David Malloy
Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Tonya Ginnetti, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols, Warren Peterson, J. Gary Smith
Assistant Engineers: Mark Beronulli, Mark Hagen, Joe Hayden, Mel Jones, King Williams
Mixing: Kevin Beamish
Digital Editing: Carlos Grier
Mastering: Denny Purcell, Jonathan Russell

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links
[ Allmusic]

1996 debut albums
BNA Records albums
Mindy McCready albums
Albums produced by David Malloy


Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church was incorporated in Rochester, New York on January 23, 1908 and was the main gathering place for the Lithuanian community of all of western New York state, including of Buffalo, New York, which did not have a Lithuanian church. The centennial celebrations took place on October 10–12, 2008.

Founding
Lithuanians began to emigrate to the United States at the end of the 19th century. There is no precise data about the first Lithuanians in Rochester. Antanas Sabalis in his 1983 book about St. George's Roman Catholic Lithuanian Parish and the Rochester Lithuanians quotes Mykolas Ventis remembering that the first Lithuanians came to Rochester about 1890. By the end of 1905, there were some 400 Lithuanians in Rochester, many of them young men having escaped the hardships of the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Visiting Lithuanian priests from other cities held Mass in Lithuanian in the Holy Redeemer Church or the parish's Concordia Hall. German Pastor Jacob Staub encouraged local Lithuanian men to seek a permanent Lithuanian priest. Before the Easter in 1905, they invited Father Kazimieras Urbonavičius to come. To appear more favorably, they also organized the Saints Peter and Paul Society with 28 initial members.

It was at the September 9, 1906, meeting of the Saints Peter and Paul Society that Adomas Butrimas proposed the idea of establishing a Lithuanian Roman Catholic Parish. All 200 members in attendance agreed. At the October 14 meeting of the Saints Peter and Paul Society, 134 members pledged their support and decided that members would go house-to-house collecting funds for the new parish. At the next meeting on November 13, the members settled on the name of Saint George, the Martyr, for their new parish. At the October 14 meeting 461 potential parishioners were enrolled; by April 1909 there were 690.

On January 23, 1908, St. George's Roman Catholic Church (Lithuanians) was incorporated.

Building construction
At the April 14, 1907, parish meeting the committee to oversee the construction of the church and parish hall was named. Their proposal to buy the vacant land between Hudson, Weeger, and Dudley Streets was readily accepted. Each person at the meeting pledged an initial 25 dollar donation. At the March 8, 1908, parish meeting $25,000 dollars were allocated to build a stone church.  Although at first there were many stumbling blocks because of the hard financial situation of the time, Bishop Thomas Hickey dedicated the new church-hall-school building, costing about $18,000, on December 11, 1910.

The success of the building project was in most part due to the energy of Father Juozas Kasakaitis, who became the first pastor of St. George Church after finishing his studies at Saint Bernard's Seminary in spring 1910. In 1925 a two-story rectory was finished. By January 1927, it became clear to all members that the parish was ready to build a church which would be separate from the hall and school. When Pastor Kasakaitis died in 1930, the new Pastor, Jonas Bakšys, took on the building project of the new church. Finally, on August 11, 1935, the new church, built to seat 400 members, was dedicated with great celebrations by Archbishop Edward Mooney and Bishop Teofilius Matulionis. The old church was converted to a parish hall and opened with a concert and play on November 17, 1935.

Parish school
In 1929 a primary school was opened to house four grades. Father Jonas Baksys later expanded it to eight grades and invited Lithuanian Franciscan Sisters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to staff it. The parish built them a convent on the church grounds. By 1930 the school had grown to 164 students, and the first graduating class included the present Pastor of Saint George, Father Dominic Mockevičius. The school closed in 1965.

Parish organizations
The parish became a home of many organizations. The Sts. Peter and Paul Society, whose members took the initiative to build the church, was incorporated in 1905 and was disbanded by the 1990s. Various other societies were established: the Holy Mary Society (1908–1976), the Fraternity of Saint George the Soldier (1908–1965), Chapter 103 of the Lithuanian Roman Catholic Alliance of America (1908–1982), Saint Cecilia's Choir (1911–1940s), Chapter 93 of Knights of Lithuania (1917–1954), and others. The Grand Duke Gediminas Club, established in 1903, was the first and most controversial society. By 1912 they already had a building with a bar on the first floor and facilities for meetings on the second floor. The organization was left-leaning and did not participate in parish activities or support Lithuanian independence. In 1967 the association had 137 members. The parish supported Lithuania's goals of independence. For example, during the Lithuanian Days in 1916 Tautos Fondas raised $1,600 for the independence movement; in March 1918, 13 delegates representing Saint George parish and six other organizations took part in the Lithuanian Convention at New York's Madison Square Garden asking President Woodrow Wilson to recognize Lithuania's independence.

Parish priests
At the beginning Rochester's Lithuanians were served by priests from other towns. During the parish incorporation, the Rector was Father Vincentas Vizgirda, who signed the parish incorporation document, but in May returned to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Father Juozas Krasnickas, who left in October. The professors of Saint Bernard's Seminary then took the parish under their care. The most frequent guests were Father J. F. Goggin, who officiated at Mass, and Seminarian Juozas Kasakaitis, who gave the sermons in Lithuanian. When Father Kasakaitis graduated in spring 1909, he was assigned as the first pastor of Saint George Roman Catholic Lithuanian Church. Kasakaitis died of cancer in 1930. He was replaced by Father Jonas Bakšys, alumni of Saint Bernard's Seminary, who worked in Hartford and Waterbury. Bakšys finished building the present Saint George's church and expanded the parish's grammar school to eight grades. Father Bakšys organized relief for the Lithuanian refugees of World War II: he organized clothing donations and raised $10,000 in June 1947 under the auspices of the local chapter of United Lithuanian Relief Fund. When immigration rules permitted Lithuanian refugees to come to the United States, Bakšys himself sponsored many families and found jobs for many of the new arrivals.

Because of failing health, Father Bakšys handed over the pastorate to Pranas Valukevičius in 1956. Valukevičius was born and raised in Rochester and worked the assistant parish priest in 1938–1950. During his term he remodeled the church, hall, and school. To make the parish financially more secure, he started the bingo games. He was also one of the founders in 1950 of the Lithuanian Radio Program, which is still in existence today. Before his death of cancer in 1972, Father Valukevičius worked to find a Lithuanian pastor. The Lithuanian Franciscan Fathers responded to his search and in 1972 took over the leadership of Saint George's Parish. Fathers Rafaelis Šakalys, Bernardinas Grauslys, and Augustinas Simanavičius presided over the parish only for a few months. Father Jonas Dyburys was appointed in 1973, but died of a heart attack in 1976.

He was replaced by father Justinas Vaškys, a distinguished personality. Having studied theology, philosophy, history, and pedagogy in Kaunas, Lithuania, and in Austria, in 1939 Vaškys was appointed Principal of the Franciscan High School in Kretinga, Lithuania. When in 1940 the Soviets occupied Lithuania, the Franciscan hierarchy sent Vaškys to America to find a place that would house the Lithuanian Franciscan Friars now scattered throughout the world. He found a place for a monastery in Kennebunk, Maine, which is still in existence. There, he was responsible for laying the foundations for the Lithuanian newspaper Darbininkas and the magazines Aidai and Šv. Pranciškaus Varpelis. Because of failing health, Father Vaškys had to resign as pastor in June 1991 and went to live in a nursing home, run by the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Putnam, Connecticut, where he died in 1994. With him ended the Franciscan leadership at Saint George's.

The Diocese made Father Ralph Fraats the temporary administrator of Saint George. One year later, in 1992, brothers Charles and Dominic Mockevičius returned from retirement to serve Saint George's parishioners. They both had graduated from the Saint George's Grammar School, studied at Saint Andrew and Saint Bernard's Seminaries. In 1997 St. George's celebrated Charles' 80th Birthday and the 50th anniversary of his priesthood. Father Charles died in 2002. Father Dominic's 60th anniversary of priesthood was celebrated here in the summer of 2008. With help from the Honorary Consul of Lithuania Rimantas Česonis and Bishop Eugenijus Bartulis, Kazimieras Gražulis and Gintaras Antanas Jonikas came from Lithuania to assist Father Dominic.

Pastors
 1910-1930 Juozas Kasakaitis
 1930-1956 Jonas Bakšys
 1956-1972 Pranas/Frank Valukevičius
 1972 Rafaelis Šakalys
 1972 Bernardinas Grauslys
 1972-1973 Augustinas Simanavičius
 1973-1976 Jonas Dyburys
 1976-1991 Justinas Vaškys
 1991-1992 Ralph Fraats
 1992-1994 Kazimieras/Charles Mockevičius
1994–2010 Domininkas/Dominic Mockevičius

Assistant priests
 to 1910 Juozas Kasakaitis
 1938-1950 Pranas/Frank Valukevičius
 1950-1956 Domininkas/Dominic Mockevičius
 1962-1965 Antanas Račaitis
 1965-1971 Liudas Januška
 1970s Antanas Petrauskas
 1972-1973 Eugenijus Jurgutis
 1976 Gabrielius Baltrušaitis
 1980s Tadas Degutis
 1994-2002 Kazimieras/Charles Mockevičius
 2004-2006 Kazimieras Gražulis
 1990, 2006-2009 Gintaras Antanas Jonikas

Post-World War II parish organizations

In 1942 a Rochester Chapter of the Lithuanian-American Council (LAC) was established and merged with a chapter of the United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America in 1943. The chapter organized observances of the Lithuanian Independence Day, anti-Soviet demonstrations, cultural events, Lithuanian Days with car parades in the city, and raised funds for Lithuania's struggle for freedom and for needy Lithuanians. The chapter officers have, for a number of years, selected people for recognition and award of Lithuanian Foundation medals for achievement in the field of culture. Beginning in 1971, ten such awards were bestowed. Especially during 1987–1994 their focus was on supporting the struggle for Lithuania's independence. Worthy of notice at that time was the walk on foot from Rochester to Washington, DC by activist Paulius Klimas to publicize the case of jailed Lithuanian dissident Petras Gražulis, who eventually regained his freedom and is now member of the Lithuanian Parliament. His brother, Rev. Kazimieras Gražulis, served as Rev. Dominic Mockevičius' assistant in 2004–2006. With the arrival of new immigrants the dearth of candidates was overcome and a new slate of officers elected in 2002. On their agenda, among other things, were efforts to support Lithuania's membership in NATO, and to participate in the long-term effort by the Eastman School of Music and the Episcopal Diocese to install at Christ Church a copy of the organ from Holy Ghost Church in Vilnius, Lithuania. (The inaugural concert of this organ took place in October 2008.)

The Rochester Lithuanian Choir (later known as Lithuanian Community Choir, Putinas) was established in 1949.  The choir has sung at Mass and in concerts, at all North American Lithuanian Song Festivals as well as those in Lithuania in 1994, 1998 and 2002. 1949 also saw the start of a Lithuanian Folk Dance group. It debuted at the traditional Lithuanian Day at Schuetzen Park. Later the group was named Lazdynas (Hazel) while a spin-off veteran group was named Lazdyno Šaknys (Roots of Hazel). The group participated in folk dance festivals in North America as well as in Lithuania, including appearance in Vatican for the Pope in 1983. The last appearance for Lazdynas appears to have been the showing of its veterans group at the dance festival in Toronto in 2000. In 1984 a second Lithuanian folk dance group named Žilvinas appeared. The group performed in Atlanta in 1985 and at the Folk Dance Festival in Hamilton, Ontario in 1988. The group disbanded in 1991.

Lithuanian Scouts and Ateitis (Future, a Catholic student organization) were established in 1949, a chapter of Ramovė (organization of Lithuanian Army veterans) and Lithuanian radio program Dainos Aidas (Echo of Song) were organized in 1950. First aired on February 16, 1950, Dainos Aidas still broadcasts at 9 AM every Sunday for a half-hour on 90.1 FM. The program was started on a commercial basis, but soon a Radio Club was organized for raising funds through dues and contributions. Dainos Aidas won the Lithuanian-American Community's Cultural Council's award for 2002. In 1951 members of Ateitis organized a Lithuanian book stall in the church hall. During 1951–1973, 10,323 books were sold. Members of Ateitis also launched a drama circle, which staged plays locally and in other cities like Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Toronto, Montreal. The youth group took one to the 3rd Drama Festival in Chicago in 1974. Music group Sutartinė performed from 1977 to 1981 in cities like Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, Toronto. After about eight years of performance, a pop music band Slibinas (Dragon) split up in 1977.

A Lithuanian Saturday school was established in 1961. Instruction was to take place Saturday mornings 32 weeks and subsequently ran all Saturday morning until after noon. The school, named for Mindaugas Tomonis, lasted until 1993. During its first 20 years the school graduated 56 students. In 2005 another Lithuanian school, The Edward Gervickas Lithuanian Heritage School, opened in Rochester. The school currently has 18 students, 4 to 15 years of age.

Baltų Vaikai (Children of the Balts) was organized in 2005 and currently has 28 members (22 adults and 6 children), mostly recently arrived immigrants. The goals of Baltų Vaikai are to foster Lithuanian culture, customs, and traditions. Since their beginning, Baltų Vaikai have organized many events of their own and helped other organizations with their events.

The Parish Council requested to organize a Parish Future Committee in fall 2005. The purpose was to assess the future of St. George Parish and make recommendations with regards to aging clergy, financial support, declining parish enrollment, deteriorating buildings. The committee was successful in securing the services of Father Gintaras Antanas Jonikas who arrived in Rochester in the summer of 2006 from Lithuania to assist Father Dominic Mockevicius. An outgrowth of the Parish Future Committee was the Lithuanian Heritage Society of Rochester,  an umbrella organization with over 100 members. The Society's main purpose is to continue and promote Lithuanian culture and traditions in the Rochester area. One of its principal goals is to secure a facility that is separate from the St. George Parish buildings.

On June 21, 2010, the parish transitioned to Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Brighton, NY.

References

External links
 Lithuanian Heritage Society of Rochester (LHSR)
 Parish weekly radio program Dainos Aidas
 Baltų Vaikai

Lithuanian-American culture in New York (state)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester
Roman Catholic churches in Rochester, New York


Profumo is the eighth album by Gianna Nannini. It was released in 1986.

In the wake of the international acclaim that followed her previous album, "Puzzle", "Profumo" was released throughout Europe, South America, South Africa, Australia, South Korea and Japan, selling over 1,000,000 copies.

Track listing

"Bello e Impossibile" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) – 4:40
"Profumo" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) - 3:50
"Come una Schiava" (Nannini/Nannini-Riva) – 5:11
"Gelosia" (Nannini-Plank-Pianigiani/Nannini-Riva) - 3:05
"Seduzione" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini-Riva) – 3:29
"Quale Amore" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) – 5:08
"Avventuriera" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini-Riva) – 4:04
"Quante Mani" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini-Riva) - 3:31
"Terra Straniera" (Nannini-Pianigiani/Nannini) - 6:14

Personnel
Gianna Nannini - Vocals, keyboards, guitars
Fabio Pianigiani - Guitars, keyboards
Rolf Lammers - Organ, keyboards
Rainer Herzog - Keyboards
Hans Bäär - Bass
Rüdiger Braune - Drums
Conny Plank - Percussion, sequencer
Nikko Weidmann - Bass Synth.
Martin Doepke - Bass Arr.
Rudy Spinello - Guitars
Gino Lattuca - Trumpet
Rüdiger Baldauf - Trumpet
George Mayer - Saxophone
Reto Mandelkow - Alto sax
Jürgen Hiekel - Tenor sax
Gina Di Maio - Choir
Fabiana De Geronimo - Choir
Gloria Campoluongo - Choir
Production: Conny Plank, Gianna Nannini
Executive producer: Peter Zumsteg
Engineer: Detlef Wiederhoff

Additional infos
Cover photography: Alberto Venzago
Artwork: Hans Inauen
Styling: Carla Guido, Moschino, Puma, Lily Farouche
Recorded Spring 1986 at Conny's Studio, Neunkichen/Cologne, Germany

Certifications

External links
 Gianna Nannini homepage

References

1986 albums
Gianna Nannini albums
Polydor Records albums
Albums produced by Conny Plank
Italian-language albums


Princess Rym Ali (née Rym Brahimi; born 1969) is the Algerian wife of Prince Ali bin Hussein of Jordan, whom she married on 7 September 2004.

Early life
She is the daughter of Lakhdar Brahimi, former Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs and senior UN official, and Mila Bacic, who is of half-Croatian and half-Armenian descent. She was raised in Great Britain and Algeria, and was educated in France and the United States.

Education
 BA in geography and an MA in English literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris - graduated with honors in 1990
 MPhil in political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris in Paris in 1991
 Master's degree at Graduate School of Journalism, concentrating on international reporting - Columbia University in 1994

Career
Prior to marrying Prince Ali, Princess Rym worked extensively for international broadcasters including CNN, where she began as a producer in 1998 and later worked as a Baghdad correspondent from 2001 until 2004. She had developed her portfolio working for the BBC, Dubai TV, Bloomberg TV, Radio Monte-Carlo Moyen-Orient and United Press International-UPI.

She has been the Executive Commissioner of the Royal Film Commission - Jordan since July 2005.
She is the founder of the Jordan Media Institute (JMI), a non-profit institution whose aim is to establish an Arab center of excellence for journalism education with a Master's program at its core and training-modules in parallel.
She is also the president of the Amman International Film Festival "AIFF" Awal Film since 2017.

Awards and honours

Honours
: Knight of the Order of Legion of Honour (20 September 2011)
: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (2 March 2020)
: Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry (5 April 2018)
: Member Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (15 November 2022)

Awards
 In April 2011, Princess Rym Ali received a prestigious award from the Columbia University School of Journalism. The Alumni Awards are presented annually for a distinguished journalism career, an outstanding journalistic achievement, or a notable contribution to journalism education.
 In July 2011, was awarded the "Best International Journalist" prize at the 32nd Ischia International Journalism Awards Ceremony, one of the most prestigious journalistic awards in Italy.
 In October 2012, she was awarded the Global Thinkers Forum 2012 Award for Excellence in Media for her exceptional work with the Jordan Media Institute (JMI).
 In November 2013, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the United Kingdom's Coventry University for her contribution to the field of journalism and media, and her role in establishing the Jordan Media Institute (JMI).
 In November 2017, America Abroad Media Awarded their annual prize to Princess Rym Ali, for her significant role in media, at the 5th annual "Power of Film" Awards in Washington DC. The award honors leaders whose work exemplifies the power of media to inform, educate and empower.

Personal life
She and Prince Ali live in Amman with their two children Princess Jalila bint Ali and Prince Abdullah bin Ali.

References

External links

Jordan Media Institute

Princess Rym Ali
Algerian emigrants to Jordan
Algerian people of Armenian descent
Algerian people of Croatian descent
1969 births
Living people
Jordanian people of Armenian descent
Jordanian people of Croatian descent
Jordanian princesses
Sciences Po alumni
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
University of Paris alumni
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Grand Officers of the Order of Prince Henry
House of Hashim
Jordanian princesses by marriage


"Bourrée fantasque" is a piece of music for solo piano by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), being one of his last major completed works.

Background

"Bourrée fantasque" is dedicated to the pianist Édouard Risler (1873–1929), who in fact did not play the work in public until after the composer's death. The first public performance was given by  (Mme Henry Jossic, 1868–1905) on 7 January 1893 at the Société Nationale de Musique in Paris.

It was composed around April 1891, following a visit to his native Auvergne the previous summer, when Chabrier's health was deteriorating. According to Alfred Cortot it is "one of the most exciting and original works in the whole literature of French piano music". Unlike much nineteenth century writing for the pianoforte, the instrument is treated almost like an orchestra, and "foreshadows innovations in pianistic technique introduced by Ravel in Gaspard de la nuit and Debussy in the late Études". The manuscript is at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The music
In a letter to Risler dated 12 May 1891, Chabrier wrote, "I have made you a little piano piece which I think is quite amusing and in which I have counted about 113 different sonorities. Let us see how you will make this one shine! It should be bright and crazy!" The precision of the notation in each bar, dynamics from ppp to tutta forza, accents, pedal indications, bear witness to his wish to obtain an exceptional tonal variety and richness. The piece lasts six to seven minutes.

In 2/4 time, the piece opens with the repeated notes of the main theme (Très animé et avec beaucoup d'entrain) hammered out in the middle register of the piano, and put through its paces. The middle section changes mood with a freely-modulating caressing melody (molto espressivo) before the original theme returns pp, worked in combination with the second theme, until the main bourrée theme "rampages from top to bottom of the keyboard subjected to increasing elaboration and bravura treatment".

In relation to the "Bourrée fantasque" Charles Koechlin affirmed that Chabrier was the forerunner of modern French composers through the boldness of his writing technique, use of certain chord progressions, and use of modal atmosphere and ancient modes – which is never artificial or imitative, but a natural means of poetic expression.

Orchestrations
Chabrier's unfinished orchestration consists of 16 pages of score, or about one third of the work, with all tempi and indications for performance carefully marked.
 1898 by Felix Mottl (for large orchestra), first performance 27 March 1898, Orchestre Lamoureux, Felix Mottl.
 1924 by Charles Koechlin, first performance 25 January 1925, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Philippe Gaubert.
 1994 by Robin Holloway (completion of Chabrier's unfinished orchestration), first performance 8 February 1994, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel.
In addition John Iveson made an arrangement for ten brass instruments, which was recorded by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in 1983.

Ballet
Jean-Jacques Etchevery created a ballet of the same title using Chabrier's music for the Opéra-Comique in 1946.

George Balanchine also created a ballet based on the piece and three others by Chabrier for New York City Ballet in 1949.

References

External links

, Robert Casadesus

Compositions by Emmanuel Chabrier
Compositions for solo piano
1891 compositions
Music dedicated to ensembles or performers


Below is a list organised by food group and given in measurements of grams of protein per 100 grams of food portion. The reduction of water content has the greatest effect of increasing protein as a proportion of the overall mass of the food in question. Not all protein is equally digestible. Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) is a method of evaluating the protein quality based on the amino acid requirements of humans.

Egg and dairy

Cheese

Whole chicken egg
10.62 to 13.63 (cooked)

Milk and milk substitutes
 Cow milk (fluid, raw or pasteurized) - 3.2 to 3.3
 Soy milk 5.1 to 7.5
 Goat milk 4.9 to 9.9
 Almond milk 1

Meat and mock meat

Common red meats
 Beef, cooked - 16.9 to 40.6
 high scores: braised eye-of-round steak 40.62; broiled t-bone steak (porterhouse) 32.11
 average scores: baked lean (ground beef) 24.47
 low scores: corned beef: 16.91
 Lamb, cooked - 20.91 to 50.9

Less-common meat
 Bearded seal game meat, dried: 82.6
 Moose game meat, dried: 79.5
 Beaver game meat, broiled: 23.0
 Kangaroo: 21.4

White meat
 Fish (farmed Atlantic Salmon) 20.4 (USDA)
 Mock meat (cooked vegetarian preparations): 18.53 to 28.9
 Chicken: 27
 Pork: 26 to 31

Vegetables, grain, and pulses

Vegetables
 Wolffia arrhiza, dry weight: 40
 Nori seaweed, dried sheets: 5.81
 ready-to-eat green vegetables: 0.33 to 3.11
 ready-to-eat starchy tubers: 0.87 to 6.17
 high scores: home-prepared potato pancakes 6.17; French fries 3.18-4.03
 average scores: baked potato 2.5; boiled yam 1.49
 low scores: boiled sweet potato 1.6
 boiled Black Beans: 9
 boiled chia seeds: 16

Legumes
 dry roasted soybeans: 13
 boiled lentils: 9
 boiled Green Peas: 5
 boiled Black eyed beans: 8
 boiled chickpeas: 9
 peanuts (raw, roasted, butter): 23.68 to 28.04

Baked products
 Wholewheat pancakes:
 Bread: 6.7 to 11.4
 Crackers: 7.43
 pulses: 23

Other food elements

Natural protein concentrates (often used in bodybuilding or as sports dietary supplements):
 Soy protein isolate (prepared with sodium or potassium): 80.66
 Whey protein isolate: 79
 Egg white, dried: 81.1
 Spirulina alga, dried: 57.45 (more often quoted as 55 to 77)
 Baker's yeast: 38.33
 Hemp husks 30

Bibliography
  - all data unless specified was computed from their database.

See also
Biological value

References

External links

Nutrition
Proteins as nutrients
protein


Slovenska Bistrica Castle (, ), also known as Bistrica Castle (Slovene: , German: ), is a Renaissance-Baroque palace outside the town of Slovenska Bistrica in northeastern Slovenia. Its name derives from the Slovene word bistra 'clear'.

History

The predecessor of the current Slovenska Bistrica castle is first mentioned in 1265, when emperor Rudolf gave it and the adjoining town in fief to count (from 1286 duke of Carinthia) Meinhard of Gorizia. In 1313, it passed to the Habsburgs, who leased the castle and town to the noble house of Walsee. After 1368, the lordship was obtained by the counts of Celje; after their extinction in 1456 it reverted to the ducal lands. In 1587, the town and castle were bought by Hans Vetter; in 1717 the castle only was sold to the counts Attems, who retained until the end of World War II, when it was nationalized.

During the Attems tenure, the castle was the home of the painter and historian Maria Attems.

Architecture

The mansion is located on the northwest side of the mediaeval old town of Slovenska Bistrica. Rebuilt into a renaissance mansion in the 17th century, the foundations of the current building adjoin one of the defensive towers of its fortified predecessor.

The layout is trapezoidal, with a turret at each corner and an arcaded inner courtyard. The entire building is surrounded with a moat, now dry. The surrounding estate was planted with rare trees, now neglected, and a hornbeam tree row. The Attems decorated the interior in the early 18th century; the castle features a painted staircase, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and a richly appointed great hall.

External links

Castles in Styria (Slovenia)
Palaces in Slovenia
Historic house museums in Slovenia
Castle
Cultural monuments of Slovenia
Renaissance architecture in Slovenia
Baroque architecture in Slovenia
17th-century architecture in Slovenia


USAV General Brehon B. Somervell (LSV-3) is a . The ship was built by VT Halter Marine, (formerly Moss Point Marine) of Gulfport, Mississippi. It is named for General Brehon B. Somervell, the Commanding General of the United States Army Service Forces in World War II.

The vessel is currently home-ported in Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH), Hawai’i and is assigned to the 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theater Sustainment Command

In 1994 the vessel transported Save the PT Boat, Inc.'s PT-658 up the Columbia River to Portland, Oregon.

References

General Frank S. Besson-class support vessels
Transport ships of the United States Army


Michael Ellis (born October 1962) is an American transportation designer. His firm, Ellis Industrial Design, provides design services in the areas of transportation, product and machine design. He is also, on the board of directors of kIDs Innovation Studios, a youth enrichment program created to develop technical, creative and critical thinking skills.

Previously, Ellis was a Chief Designer for Ford Motor Company, Ellis’ designs include such vehicles as the Ford Ranger, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition and TH!NK city vehicle lines. Four of his vehicles achieved industry-wide segment sales, volume and profit records and he has had six vehicles with design input appear simultaneously on America's list of top ten best-selling cars. Ellis also holds multiple innovation and design patents. Ellis has lived / worked in England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Norway.

Ellis is a graduate of the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan.

References
(1) ecoearth.info

(2) Is there a future for the car as we know it?

(3)

(4)

American industrial designers
Ford designers
Living people
1962 births


John Legend is an American soul singer, songwriter and pianist. In 2005, Legend received fifteen nominations and won two, including Best New Artist at the Black Entertainment Television Awards (BET Awards) and Best R&B Act at the MOBO Awards. In 2006, Legend received ten nominations and won five, including Best R&B Male Vocal Performance for "Stay with You", Best R&B Album for Get Lifted, Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards; Best R&B/Soul Album Male for Get Lifted, Best R&B/Soul Single Male for "Ordinary People" at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2007, Legend received six nominations and won three, including Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group for "Family Affair", Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "Heaven" at the Grammy Awards; Best R&B/Soul Single Male for "Save Room" at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2017, Legend was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for Performing Arts. In 2018 Legend became the first Black man to officially achieve an EGOT with his Emmy win for "Jesus Christ Superstar". Overall, Legend has won 33 awards from 88 nominations.

Major Awards

Academy Awards

CMT Music Awards
The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances since 1967. Legend has been nominated twice.

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|rowspan=2|"Hallelujah"  (with Carrie Underwood)
|Video of the Year
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|Collaborative Video of the Year
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iHeartRadio Music Awards
iHeartRadio Music Awards is an international music awards show founded by iHeartRadio in 2014. Legend has been nominated twice.

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|rowspan="2"|2015
|rowspan="2"|"All of Me"
|Song of the Year
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|Best Lyrics
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Mnet Asian Music Awards
Mnet Asian Music Awards, otherwise abbreviated as MAMA, is an award show held by Mnet annually that credits South Korean artists, as well as foreign artists who have had an impact in the South Korean Music industry.

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|rowspan="3"|2014
|John Legend
|International Favorite Artist
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MOBO Awards
The MOBO Awards (an acronym for "Music of Black Origin") were established in 1996 by Kanya King. They are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognize artists of any race or nationality performing music of black origin. Legend has won one award from three nominations.

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|rowspan="3"|2005
|Get Lifted
|Best Album
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|John Legend
|Best R&B Act
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|"Ordinary People"
|Best Video
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MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards were established in 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year. Legend has been nominated eight times and won twice .

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|rowspan="3"|2005
|rowspan="3"|"Ordinary People"
|Best R&B Video
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|Best New Artist
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|Best Male Video
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|2014
|"All of Me"
|Best Male Video
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|2015
|"One Man Can Change the World" (with Kanye West and Big Sean)
|Best Video with a Social Message
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|rowspan="1"|2017
|rowspan="1"|"Surefire"
|Best Fight Against the System
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|rowspan="2"|2019
|rowspan="1"|"Higher World" (with DJ Khaled and Nipsey Hussle )
|Best Hip-Hop Video
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|rowspan="1"|"Preach"
|Best Video for Good
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NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding people of color in film, television, music and literature. Legend has been nominated twice.

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|rowspan="2"|2009
|John Legend
|Outstanding Male Artist
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|Greenlight
|Outstanding Song
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|rowspan="4"|2014
|John Legend
|Outstanding Male Artist
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|"All of Me"
|Outstanding Song
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|"Made to Love"
|Outstanding Music Video
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|Love in the Future
|Outstanding Album
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|rowspan="2"|2016
|John Legend
|President Award
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| "One Man Can Change The World" (with Big Sean & Kanye West)
|Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
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|rowspan="1"|2018
| "Surefire (Piano Version)"
|Outstanding Song, Traditional
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|rowspan="4"|2019
|rowspan=2|John Legend
|Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special (for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
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|Outstanding Male Artist
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|rowspan=2|"A Good Night" (feat. BloodPop)
|Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration
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|Outstanding Song, Contemporary
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|rowspan=2|2021
|Bigger Love
|Outstanding Album
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|John Legend
|Outstanding Male Artist
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Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national broadcast syndication that honors the best in African American music and entertainment established in 1987. Legend has won five awards from twelve nominations.

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|2005
|"Used to Love U"
|Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
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|rowspan="2"|2006
|Get Lifted
|Best R&B/Soul Album, Male
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|"Ordinary People"
|Best R&B/Soul Single, Male
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|rowspan="2"|2007
|Once Again
|Best R&B/Soul Album Male
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|"Save Room"
|Best R&B/Soul Single Male
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|rowspan="4"|2014
|rowspan="2"|"All of Me"
|Song of the Year
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|Record of the Year (The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award)
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|Love in the Future
|Album of the Year
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|John Legend
|Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
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|rowspan="3"|2015
|rowspan="3"|"Glory" (with Common)
|Song of the Year
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|Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award
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|Best Collaboration
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|rowspan="2"|2018
|rowspan="1"|"A Good Night" (with BloodPop)
|Best Collaboration Performance
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|John Legend
|Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
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Vibe Awards
The Vibe Awards are hosted annually by Vibe magazine.  Legend has been nominated four times.

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|rowspan="4"|2005
|rowspan="2"|John Legend
|R&B Voice of the Year
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|Artist of the Year
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|Get Lifted
|Album of the Year
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|"Ordinary People"
|Best R&B Song
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Critics Awards

African-American Film Critics Association
The African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) is a group of African-American film critics that give various awards for excellence in film at the end of each year. Legend has won one time.

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|2014
|"Glory" (with Common)
|Best Music
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) to honor the finest in cinematic achievement. Legend has won one award in 2015.

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|2011
|"Shine"
|rowspan=2|Best Song
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|2015
|"Glory" (with Common)
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|2018
|Himself (for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
|Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
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Georgia Film Critics Association
Legend won one award from the Georgia Film Critics Association in 2015.

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|2015
|"Glory" (with Common)
|Best Original Song
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Houston Film Critics Society Awards
The Houston Film Critics Society is a non-profit film critic organization which presents an annual set of film awards for "extraordinary accomplishment in film" in a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Legend has been nominated once.

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|2015
|"Glory" (with Common)
|Best Original Song
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References

Legend, John
Awards


The following are collected volumes in the Showcase Presents line from DC Comics. All titles begin with the phrase Showcase Presents. Note that when a volume reprints issues which were themselves reprints (e.g., 80-Page Giant specials), only the cover art is included.

Published and forthcoming Showcase Presents volumes

Cancelled Showcase Presents volumes

Notes

Lists of comics by title


An iron–hydrogen resistor consists of a hydrogen-filled glass bulb (similar to a light bulb), in which an iron wire is located.  This resistor has a positive temperature coefficient of resistance.  This characteristic made it useful for stabilizing circuits against fluctuations in power-supply voltages. This device is often called a "barretter" because of its similarity to the barretter used for detection of radio signals. The modern successor to the iron–hydrogen resistor is the current source.

Operation
When the current increases, the temperature will increase. The higher temperature leads to a higher electrical resistance, opposing the increase in current. The hydrogen gas protects the iron against oxidation and also enhances the effect, since the solubility of hydrogen in iron increases as temperature increases, resulting in higher resistance.

Uses
Iron–hydrogen resistors were used in the early vacuum tube systems in series with the tube heaters, to stabilize the heater circuit current against fluctuating supply voltage. In 1930s Europe it was popular to combine them in the same glass envelope with an NTC-type thermistor made of UO2 until 1936, known as Urdox resistor and acting as an inrush current limiter for the series heater strings of domestic AC/DC tube radios.

See also

 Hot-wire barretter
 Constant-current diode

References

External links
Praktikum der Physik von Wilhelm Walcher Page 241
Regulator, Type 4A1, Museum of Victoria exhibit No: ST 029230
Paleoelectronics RDH4 Ch 33, Ch 35

Resistive components
Hydrogen technologies


USS Scorpion was a self-propelled floating artillery battery in commission with the United States Navy from 1812 to 1814.

Scorpion was sloop-rigged and could also be propelled by oars. She probably was built under contract for the U.S. Navy in 1812 for service during the War of 1812. Lieutenant Edmond P. Kennedy assumed command of the ship at Norfolk, Virginia, in September 1812.

On 29 March 1813, Scorpion was ordered to the Potomac River to serve in the Potomac Flotilla, which was to protect Washington, D.C. Since Lieutenant Kennedy was to command the flotilla, Lieutenant George C. Read became the commanding officer of Scorpion on 4 May 1813.

On 18 February 1814, Scorpion reported for duty at Baltimore, Maryland, in Commodore Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla and became Commodore Barney's flagship. On 24 May 1814, with Major William B. Barney, Commodore Barney's son, acting as captain of Scorpion, the flotilla sailed for the lower Chesapeake Bay in an attempt to stop the British from advancing toward Washington. On 1 June 1814, a British squadron was encountered at the mouth of the Patuxent River, and the flotilla was forced to retreat up the river. During the following weeks, Commodore Barney's flotilla engaged the British on several occasions and was able to delay the British advance. Finally, on 21 August 1814, facing overwhelming odds, Barney was forced to retreat and landed his men at Pig Point, near Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Barney and his men then marched to assist in the defense of Washington, leaving Scorpion and the rest of the flotilla to be burned by a detail of men under Lieutenant Solomon Frazier to prevent the capture of the ships by the British.

For more than a century, the remains of some of the flotilla were visible in the Patuxent River mud, however by the mid-20th century, it had become invisible due to salvage hunters and the accumulation of silt.

In 1979, marine researchers explored the Pig Point waters and located a shipwreck they thought to be Scorpion.  Later, U.S. Navy and State of Maryland divers began exploring the site.

The researchers issued a report in 2011.

References

War of 1812 ships of the United States
1810s ships
Maritime incidents in 1814


Brittany Jean Carlson (born April 22, 1987), better known by her stage name BC Jean, is an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing the song "If I Were a Boy" with which Beyoncé would later achieve worldwide commercial success.

Early life
Jean was born in Mercy Hospital, San Diego to mother Lori Carlson, a talent manager and a stockbroker father that played trumpet and piano. She has lived in Ramona, Valley Center, and Carmel Valley, California. She plays piano and began songwriting at 14 inspired by the works of performers including Queen, Rod Stewart, and Aerosmith. Jean later became part of a cover band in high school. Her first performance with the band was at the Sahara Casino on the Las Vegas Strip when she was 15.

Musical career
Jean was signed to J Records while working on a debut album with Dallas Austin, The Matrix, Max Martin and others. After signing with J, Clive Davis, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment said, "You eagerly wait for a multi-talented new artist to come along like BC Jean. We're all really delighted that BC has chosen us as her musical home." It was later announced on October 7, 2011, that the RCA Music Group was disbanding a dozen labels including J Records. All of the artists from those labels, including Jean would move and release future material through RCA Records.

Jean released her debut single, "Just a Guy", on September 14, 2010. She also starred in the web-series Talent produced by Alloy TV on YouTube as Harper, a musician who travels to Los Angeles in search of fame. Two seasons have aired.

Alexander Jean

Alexander Jean is a duo with BC Jean & Mark Ballas. They began performing as a pop rock duo in 2015. Their debut single was "Roses and Violets", which reached the Top 20 on Billboard's Hot 100 "Bubbling Under" chart. They had success with "Waiting for You" and were nominated to be Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month in November 2018.

Personal life
Jean currently lives in Los Angeles. Her grandparents, who were also music artists, were signed to RCA Records for more than 30 years. Her grandfather performed with Perry Como and both grandparents with Fred Waring. Since 2012, she has been in a relationship with Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Mark Ballas. They were engaged on November 25, 2015. Exactly a year later, on November 25, 2016, the couple married in Malibu, California.

Discography
(For discography as part of duo with Mark Ballas, see Alexander Jean)

Singles
"Just a Guy" (2010)
"I'll Survive You" (2011)
"Anyone" (2011)
"Stand Up" (2011)

Featured songs
"Not My Revolution" (2014) (with Itch)
"So Alone" and "Die Without You" (2014) (with tyDi)
"Happy Holidaze" (2014) (with Astro Safari USA)
"Torn In Two" (2012) (with It Boys!)

References

External links
 Alexander Jean website
 BC Jean on Instagram
 BC Jean on Twitter
 BC Jean at MySpace

1987 births
Living people
American women singer-songwriters
American pop musicians
Singer-songwriters from California
Musicians from San Diego
RCA Records artists
American women pop singers
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singer-songwriters
Ballas family


Shadowline is an American comic book company and an imprint of Image Comics.

Titles

A
 Accelerate (2007)
 After the Cape (2007)
 Aletheia (2008)
 Archibald Saves Christmas (2007)
 Archibald Saves Easter (2008)
 Archibald Chases the Dragon (2009)

B
 Badger vol. 2 (1997)
 Blacklight (2005)
 Bomb Queen: Royal Flush (2006)
 Bomb Queen II: Queen of Hearts (2006)
 Bomb Queen III: The Good, the Bad and the Lovely (2007)
 Bomb Queen IV: Suicide Bomber (2007)
 Bomb Queen V: The Divine Comedy (2008)
 Bomb Queen vs. Blacklight: Cat Fight (2005)
 Bomb Queen Presents: All Girl Comics (2009)
 Bruce: The Little Blue Spruce (2008)

C
 Cemetery Blues (2008)
 Cowboy Ninja Viking (2009)

D
 Dead Romans (2023)
 Dear Dracula (2008)
 DNAgents (2008)
 Drawing From Life (2007)

E
 Eddy Current (2008; hardcover)
 Emissary (2006)
 Evil and Malice (2009; Silverline)

F

G
 Graveslinger (2007)
 Gutwrencher (2008)

H
 Heathentown (2009)
 Hiding in Time (2007)

I
 I Hate Gallant Girl (2008)
 In Her Darkest Hour (2007)
 Intimidators (comics) (2005)

J
 Johnny Monster (2009)

K
 Kamikazi Blacktop

L
 Lazarus (2007)

M
 Metropol (hardcover)
 Missing the Boat (2008)
 Morning Glories (2010)
 M-Theory (2008)

N
 New World Order (2008)
 Normalman 20th Anniversary Special (2004)
 The Complete Normalman (2007)

O
 Overlook (2009)

P
 The Pact (2005)
 Parade (with Fireworks) (2007)
 Peter Panzerfaust (2012)
 Platinum Grit (2009)
 Pretty, Baby, Machine (2008)
 PX! A Girl and Her Panda (2007)
 PX! vol. 2 (2008)

Q

R
 Rat Queens
 Reckers
 The Return of ShadowHawk (2004)
 The Roberts (2008)
 Runes of Ragnan (2005)

S
 Savage (2008)
 Sam Noir: Ronin Holiday (2007)
 Sam Noir: Samurai Detective (2006)
 Second Chance at Sarah
 ShadowHawk (1992)
 ShadowHawk II (1993)
 ShadowHawk III (1993; reverts to ShadowHawk)
 ShadowHawk (2004; ashcan)
 ShadowHawk vol. 2 (2005)
 ShadowHawk vol. 3 (2010)
 Small Gods (2005)
 The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo: Book 1 (2007)
 The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo: Book 2 (2008; Silverline)

T
 T. Runt! (2009; Silverline)
 Task Force One (2006)
 Tasty Bullet (2009; OGN)
 The Lava Is a Floor (2009; Silverline)
 Tiffany's Epiphany (2009; Silverline)
 Timothy and the Transgalactic Towel (Silverline)
 Transit (2008; hardcover)

U
 Urban Monsters (2008)

V
 Vignettes: The Director's Cut (2008)
 Vix! (2008)

W
Ward of the State (2007)

X

Y

Z
 Zombie Cop'' (2009)

References

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The African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) is a free trade zone announced at the EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit on 22 October 2008 by the heads of Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC). The African Free Trade Zone is also referred to as the African Free Trade Area in some official documents and press releases.

In May 2012 the idea was extended to also include ECOWAS, ECCAS and AMU.

In June 2015, at the African Union Summit in South Africa, negotiations were launched to create a Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) with all 55 African Union states by 2017.

Signing
The leaders of the three AFTZ trading blocks, COMESA, EAC, and SADC, announced the agreement, with the aim of creating a single free trade zone to be named the African Free Trade Zone, consisting of 26 countries with a GDP of an estimated US$624bn (£382.9bn). It was hoped that the African Free Trade Zone agreement would ease access to markets within the AFTZ zone and end problems due to several of the member countries in the AFTZ belonging to multiple regional groups.

The African Free Trade Zone announced at the EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit (also known the AFTZ Summit and Tripartite Summit) effectively is the realization of a dream more than a hundred years in the making, a trade zone spanning the length of African continent from Cape to Cairo, from North African Egypt all the way to the southernmost tip of Africa in South Africa (Cape Town). The Cape to Cairo dream was envisioned by Cecil Rhodes and other British imperialists in the 1890s and was expressed in different contexts and versions including, but not limited to, the following ideals: Cape to Cairo Road, Cape to Cairo Railway, Cape to Cairo Telegraph, and Cape to Cairo Trade Union.

While other powers, notably Germany and Portugal had colonies or spheres of influence in the Cape to Cairo trade zone contemplated, the primary benefactor of the Cape to Cairo union would have been the Great Britain and British Empire. The biggest difference in the idea of the original Cape to Cairo zone and its current incarnation is that the African Free Trade Zone is the creation of African Countries for the mutual benefit and development of the AFTZ member countries, their peoples and the whole of continent of Africa rather than a trade zone for the benefit of Great Britain. Ultimately, it is hoped the AFTZ would serve as a key building block to African Unity and the realization of a united Africa under the auspices of the African Union.

Another important difference between the original and current ideal is that the AFTZ encompasses an area greater than the one even Cecil Rhodes could have imagine. The original Cape to Cairo idea in Cecil Rhodes' time and now under the AFTZ is a free trade zone spanning the whole continent from Cape Town in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt. Cecil Rhodes' Cape to Cairo would have involved at most a dozen countries. The current rendition of the Cape to Cairo zone actualized by the AFTZ encompasses most of Africa, almost half of the countries (26 out of 54), more than half of the production, trade, population, land mass and resources. If it actualizes its potential and becomes a truly integrated economic union, the AFTZ could actually rival any other economic union with its vast natural resources, huge markets, young population, and great technical know-how (mostly courtesy of SADC in general and the Republic of South Africa in particular).

In addition to eliminating duplicative membership and the problem of member states also participating in other regional economic cooperation schemes and regional political and security cooperation schemes that may compete with or undermine each other, the African Free Trade Zone further aims to strengthen the AFTZ block's bargaining power when negotiating international deals.

Analysts believe that the African Free Trade Zone agreement will help intra-regional trade and boost growth.

The AFTZ is considered a major step in the implementation of the AEC, an organization of African Union states establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority of African states. The stated goals of the AEC organization include the creation of free trade areas, customs unions, a single market, a central bank, and a common currency thus establishing an economic and monetary union for the African Union.

The trade blocs
The three trade blocs that agreed to and make up the AFTZ, the COMESA, the EAC and the SADC, are already well-established in their own right and cover varying swathes of land, economic systems, political systems and a varied number of peoples (which includes Arabs in the North, multi-racial peoples in the East and South, including significant numbers of Africans of European descent, Asian Africans, including Indians, Chinese and other Asian groups as well as Colored Africans—mixed race Africans numbering millions in South Africa). Many of the membership of the three AFTZ member trade blocks overlap with several countries being a member of more than one of the AFTZ member trade blocks as well as a member of other alliances within and without the three trade blocks.

Historic significance of the AFTZ
The EAC-SADC-COMESA Summit is considered historic because for the first time, since the birth of the African Union, several key building blocks of the EAC have met on how to integrate territories and moving towards deepening and widening integration within the overall Abuja Treaty for the establishment of the AEC. Further, for the first time a truly transcontinental union came into being, ranging from the north to the south of the continent. The AFTZ (EAC, COMESA and SADC) currently have a combined population of 527 million and combined GDP of US$625 billion. In size and capacity, the AFTZ rivals most trade blocks.

The SADC is the largest of the AFTZ member trade blocks and covers a population of some 248 million people and a zone whose cumulative GDP is $379bn in 2006.

COMESA was established in 1994 as a replacement for the Preferential Trade Area. It includes 20 nations, with a combined GDP of US$286.7bn in 2006. Among its members are Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda and Sudan.

The EAC, the smallest of the member trade blocks in terms of GDP, had a GDP of US$46.6bn in 2006.

Member states

The EAC-SADC-COMESA's African Free Trade Zone membership includes the following countries:

AFTZ Summit presidents
The AFTZ Summit, also referred to as the Tripartite Summit was opened and attended by six African heads of state representing the member trade groups. Attending the opening session on Wednesday were presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania and Kenya's Mwai Kibaki.

Attendance of the AFTZ Tripartite Summit
The AFTZ Tripartite Summit was attended by the following Heads of State and Government:

 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda
 Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya
 Kgalema Motlanthe, President of the Republic of South Africa
 Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
 Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
 Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
 Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho
 Gabriel Ntisezerana, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi
 Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland.

The following Plenipotentiaries represented the Heads of State and Government of the following countries:

 Olivier Kamitatu Etshou, Minister of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo;
 Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakhrama Minister of Trade, and Industry, Republic of Djibouti;
 Osman Mohamed, Minister of Economic Development, Arab Republic of Egypt
 Ali Abd Alazziz Alsawi, Secretary General of Economy, Trade and Investment, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
 Joyce Banda, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Malawi
 Arvind Boolell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Republic of Mauritius;
 Antonion Fernando, Minister of Trade and Industry, Republic of Mozambique
 Bradford Machila, Minister of Lands and Special Representative of His Honour the Vice President and Acting President of the Republic of Zambia
 Joaquim Duarte da Costa David, Minister of Industry Republic of Angola
 Neo D. Moroka, Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Botswana
 Patrick Pillay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles
 Hassan Ibrahim Gadkarim, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Republic of Uganda, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Burundi
 Wilfried I. Emvula, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to the African Union and the Economic Commission of Africa, Republic of Namibia
 Salih Omar Abdu, Ambassador of the State of Eritrea to Republic of Kenya, Republic of Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania
 Denis Andriamandroso, Ambassador of the Republic of Madagascar to the Republic of South Africa
 Ambassador Clifford Sibusiso Mamba, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kingdom of Swaziland

The following officials represented their organisations at the Tripartite Summit:

 Erastus J.O. Mwencha, Vice Chairperson, African Union Commission;
 Lalla Ben Barka; Deputy Executive Secretary, UNECA;
 Mtchera J. Chirwa, African Development Bank;
 Kasaija Apuuli, IGAD; and Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Executive Secretary, International Conference on the Great Lakes

Also in attendance were chief executive Officers of the

 COMESA Mr. Sindiso Ngwenya, Secretary General of COMESA
 EAC Amb. Juma Mwapachu
 SADC Dr. Tomaz Augusto Salomao, Executive Secretary, SADC.

SA President on AFTZ
President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa speaking in Kampala, Uganda, at a meeting of Africa's three regional economic communities, argues that the AFTZ is an important step in the integration of African economies and the eventually union of the continent. With the great uncertainty in the global economy following the food and energy price increases and, more recently, the upheavals in the financial markets, Motlanthe suggested that the advent of the AFTZ could not have been any more timely.

While African and other developing countries had marginal influence over the decisions that had brought the international financial system to the brink of collapse, unjustifiably, the poor and vulnerable of these countries would bear the brunt of the economic downturn.

"It is imperative that effective remedial measures are developed to mitigate the negative impact of the crises, and developing countries must now be included in the governance of international financial institutions," Motlanthe said.

At the same time, it was necessary to work towards a more equitable global trade regime that put the concerns of developing countries, including African countries, at its centre.

He also urged that the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), the Eastern African Community (EAC), and Southern African Development Community (SADC), increase co-operation towards greater integration.

"The process we embark upon today marks a historic step towards fulfilling our obligations under the African Union and the Abuja Treaty framework of continental integration, which recognises that Regional Economic Communities are the building-blocks for the African Economic Community."

The time had come for Comesa, EAC and SADC to bring together their respective regional integration programmes to further enlarge their markets, unlock productive potential, increase the levels of intra-Africa trade, and enhance developmental prospects.

"As a next step in expanding regional markets in Africa, the process we launch today will place us in a stronger position to respond effectively to intensifying global economic competition and will begin to overcome the challenges posed by multiple memberships of regional organisations.

"Let us therefore take the necessary decisions to work systematically and with determination to establish a single free trade area that will weld together our three regions into one,"

References

Free trade agreements
Treaties concluded in 2008
Treaties of Angola
Treaties of Botswana
Treaties of Burundi
Treaties of the Comoros
Treaties of Djibouti
Treaties of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Treaties of Egypt
Treaties of Eritrea
Treaties of Ethiopia
Treaties of Kenya
Treaties of Lesotho
Treaties of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Treaties of Madagascar
Treaties of Malawi
Treaties of Mauritius
Treaties of Mozambique
Treaties of Namibia
Treaties of Rwanda
Treaties of Seychelles
Treaties of Eswatini
Treaties of South Africa
Treaties of the Republic of the Sudan (1985–2011)
Treaties of Tanzania
Treaties of Uganda
Treaties of Zambia
Treaties of Zimbabwe
Economy of Africa
Southern African Development Community
East African Community
Special economic zones


W. Kordes' Söhne (en. W. Kordes' Sons) is a German rose breeding company in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The company is one of the world's leading rose breeders and producers for cut roses and garden roses, annually selling worldwide more than two million rose plants at retail and wholesale. Each year, more than 50,000 new crosses of garden roses and cut roses are tested, leading to four to six marketable varieties after a trial period of eight to ten years.

History

Wilhelm Kordes I (born 1865 in Holstein, Germany, died 1935 in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop) was a German horticulturist. In 1887 he created a rose garden in Elmshorn, specializing in growing garden roses. In 1918 he moved the firm to Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop in Schleswig-Holstein.

His sons, the breeder Wilhelm Kordes II (born 30 March 1891 in Elmshorn, died 11 November 1976) and Hermann Kordes (1893-1963) changed the name of the expanding company to "Wilhelm Kordes' Söhne". Wilhelm Kordes II's varieties made them one of the biggest rose firms of the twentieth century. His general aim was to breed hardy and healthy varieties for the German climate. After 1920 he concentrated entirely on rose-growing, leaving management to his brother Hermann. By the mid-1930s, the company had grown to considerable size.

[Wilhelm's] experiments focused at first upon the native European species, including Rosa canina, R. rubiginosa, and R. spinosissima: the results include such important shrub roses as 'Harry Maasz' (1939), 'Louis Rödiger' (1935), 'Raubritter' (1936), 'Karl Föster' (1930), and the early-flowering "Frühling" series. He also experimented with the Hybrid Musks such as 'Elmshorn' (1950), 'Erfurt' (1931), and 'Eva' (1933). [His son Reimer later bred 'Iceberg', also a Hybrid Musk.] Hybrid Teas were not neglected: 'Crimson Glory' (1935) had an unusually long reign as the world's favourite crimson rose.

During the Second World War Wilhelm Kordes II crossed the East Asian Rosa wichurana with the Japanese Rosa rugosa eventually to obtain a new species, Rosa kordesii, able to withstand the harsh winters of north Germany. From it he later bred such famous post-war varieties as 'Parkdirektor Riggers,' 'Leverkusen,' Hamburger Phönix' and 'Heidelberg.' "The dark, glossy foliage of many modern roses can be traced back to 'Kordesii'."

Wilhelm Kordes II was also very involved in implementing ADR testing (general testing of new German roses) in 1950, established by the rose breeders in the Federation of German Nurseries.

Above all, it is as a rose breeder than Wilhelm Kordes [II] will be remembered. He and his son Reimer bred some of the world's best-known roses, including 'Crimson Glory' and 'Schneewittchen' ('Iceberg'). Kordes knew that it was through introducing new genes that all the great advances in plant breeding had been achieved. His experiments focused at first upon the native European species and Rosa rugosa; his aim was to develop new bush roses for small gardens.

From 1955, his son Reimer Kordes (February 19, 1922 – 3 February 1997) ran the company until Reimer's son Wilhelm Kordes III (1953-2016) took over in 1977.

Reimer moved on from shrub roses to concentrate on brilliantly coloured Hybrid Teas and Floribundas for private and public gardens. Nevertheless, he introduced roses of every type: large-flowered climbers such as 'Alchymist' (1956) and 'Antike 89' (1988); ground cover roses such as 'Immensee' and 'Sommerwind'; Hybrid Teas including 'Duftzauber 84' (1984) and 'Kupferkönigin' (1996); shrubs such as 'Chiarivari' (1970), 'Lucinde' (1988), and 'Rosenstadt Zweibrücken' (1989); Floribundas such as 'Golden Holstein' (1988) and 'Crimson Bouquet' (1999); and cut-flower roses such as 'Champagner' (1985).

One of the world's best known rose cultivars, 'Iceberg' (syn. 'Schneewittchen') was introduced by Reimer Kordes in 1958. The variety was selected as the "World Favourite Rose" of 1983. Other famous cultivars include 'Sunsprite', and 'Aprikola'.

Sortable list of Kordes rose varieties

References

Bibliography
 W. Kordes Söhne The Kordes firm's website in English

German horticulturists
Rose breeders
German gardeners


The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. The winner (Chile) qualified for the 1966 FIFA World Cup held in England.

Matches

Chile and Ecuador finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Chile qualified.

Final Table

Team stats

Head coach:  Luis Álamos

Head coach:  Antonio Julio de la Hoz

External links
FIFA official page
RSSSF - 1966 World Cup Qualification
Allworldcup

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1965 in Colombian football
1965 in Chilean football
1965 in Ecuadorian sport


Fish bone is any bony tissue in a fish, although in common usage the term refers specifically to delicate parts of the non-vertebral skeleton of such as ribs, fin spines and intramuscular bones. Not all fish have fish bones in this sense; for instance, eels and anglerfish do not possess bones other than the cranium and the vertebrae.

Fish bones support the core muscles without inhibiting their mobility. There are several series of fish bones: Epineuralia, Epicentralia, Epipleuralia and Myorhabdoi.

In cuisine, fish bones are usually removed and not eaten. Because of their slim, tapered shape, fish bones may get swallowed by accident and cause painful foreign body obstruction in the esophagus, which will have to be surgically removed by a doctor.

Fish bones have been used to bioremediate lead from contaminated soil.

See also
 Fish meal

References

 Patterson C and Johnson GD (1995) The intermuscular bones and ligaments of teleostean fishes  Smithsonian contributions to zoology (USA).

Fish anatomy


Russ Diamond has been the Representative of the 102nd district since 2015.
The 102nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in Lebanon County and includes the following areas:

 Annville Township
 Bethel Township
 Cleona
 Heidelberg Township
 Jackson Township
 Jonestown
 Millcreek Township
 Myerstown
 North Lebanon Township
 Richland
 South Lebanon Township
 Swatara Township
 Union Township
 West Lebanon Township

Representatives

Recent election results

References

Government of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
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Top Cow Productions is an American comic book publishing company and an imprint of Image Comics.

0–9

A
 Angelus #1–6
 Angelus Pilot Season #1
 Aphrodite IX #0–4
 Aphrodite IX vol.2, #1–11
 Aphrodite IX Pilot Season #1
 Aphrodite V #1–4
 Ascension #0–22
 Arcanum #1/2–8
 Artifacts #0–40
 A Voice in the Dark #1–7

B
 Ballistic #1—3 (September—November 1995)
 Ballistic Action #1 (May 1996)
 Ballistic Imagery #1 (January 1996)
 Ballistic Studios Swimsuit Special #1 (May 1995)
 Battle of the Planets #1—12 (July—September 2003) — licensed to, but not owned by, Top Cow
 Battle of the Planets: Jason #1 (July 2003)
 Battle of the Planets: Manga #1—3 (November 2003—January 2004)
 Battle of the Planets: Mark #1 (May 2003) — licensed to, but not owned by, Top Cow
 Battle of the Planets: Princess #1—6 (November 2004—May 2005) — licensed to, but not owned by, Top Cow
 Battle of the Planets/ThunderCats #1 (May 2003) — co-published with WildStorm
 Battle of the Planets/Witchblade: Savior #1 (February 2003)
 Berserker #0—16 (February 2009—June 2010)
 Blood Legacy #1–4 (May—November 2000)
 Blood Legacy: The Young Ones #1 (April 2003)
 Broken Trinity #1—3 (July—November 2008)
 Broken Trinity: Aftermath #1 (April 2009)
 Broken Trinity: Angelus #1 (December 2008)
 Broken Trinity: The Darkness #1 (August 2008)
 Broken Trinity: Pandora's Box #1—6 (February 2010—April 2011)
 Broken Trinity: Prelude (May 2008, Free Comic Book Day exclusive)
 Broken Trinity: Witchblade #1 (December 2008)
 Bushido: The Way of the Warrior #1—5 (October 2013)
 Butcher Knight #1—4 (December 2000—June 2001)

C
 City of Heroes #1–20 (licensed to, but not owned by, Top Cow)
 Codename: Strykeforce #0–14
 Common Grounds #1–6
 Cyberforce #0–4
 Cyberforce vol. 2, #1–35
 Cyberforce vol. 3, #0–6
 Cyberforce vol. 4, #1–11
 Cyberforce: Origins #1–3
 Cyblade Pilot Season #1
 Cyblade #1–4

D

E
 Echoes #1–6
 EVO #1
 E.V.E. Protomecha
 Epoch #1–5

F
 Fathom #0–14, ½, −6 (published by Top Cow, owned by Aspen MLT)
 Fathom Crossover Tour Book (published by Top Cow, owned by Aspen MLT)
 Fathom Killian's Tide #1–4 (published by Top Cow, owned by Aspen MLT)
 Fathom Swimsuit Special (published by Top Cow, owned by Aspen MLT)
 Freshmen #1–5
 Freshmen: Yearbook
 Fusion (crossover with Marvel Comics)

G

H

I

J

K

L

M
 The Magdalena #1–3 (April 2000–January 2001)
 The Magdalena vol. 2, #1–4 (August–December 2003)
 The Magdalena vol. 3, #1–12 (April 2010–May 2012)
 The Magdalena vol. 4, #1–4 (March–June 2017)
 The Magdalena/Angelus #½ (August 2000)
 The Magdalena/Angelus vol. 2, #½ (October 2001)
 The Magdalena/Daredevil #1 (May 2008)
 The Magdalena/Vampirella #1 (July 2003; co-published with Harris Comics)
 The Magdalena/Vampirella vol. 2, #1 (December 2004; co-published with Harris Comics)
 Madame Mirage #1–6 (June 2007–May 2008)
 Midnight Nation #1–12 (October 2000–July 2002), ½ (April 2011, co-published with Joe's Comics)
 Misery Special (December 1995)
 Monster War (co-published with Dynamite Entertainment)
 The Magdalena vs. Dracula #1 (June 2005)
 Tomb Raider vs. The Wolf-Men #2 (July 2005)
 Witchblade vs. Frankenstein #3 (August 2005)
 The Darkness vs. Mr. Hyde #4 (September 2005)
 Mysterious Ways #1–6 (July–September 2011)
 Myth Warriors (November 2004)

N

O

P
 Pilot Season
 Proximity Effect #1–3
 Postal

R
 Ravine #1–2
 Ripclaw #1–3, ½
 Ripclaw vol. 2, #1–6
 Ripclaw Special
 Ripclaw Pilot Season #1
 Rising Stars #1–24 (Joe's Comics)
 Rising Stars: Bright #1–3
 Rising Stars: Untouchable
 Rising Stars: Voices of the Dead #1–5

S

T
 Tales of the Darkness #1–4, ½
 Tales of the Witchblade #1–9, ½
 Think Tank
 Tokyo Knights #1
 Tom Judge: The Rapture #1
 Tomb Raider #0–50, ½  (licensed to, but not owned by, Top Cow)
 Tomb Raider: Journeys #1–12
 Tomb Raider: Takeover #1
 Tracker
 Twilight Guardian #1–4

U
 Unholy Union #1
 Universe #1–8

V
 Velocity #1–3
 Velocity vol. 2, #1–4
 Velocity Pilot Season #1
 V.I.C.E. #1–5

W
 Wanted #1–6
 Weapon Zero #T-4 – 0
 Weapon Zero vol. 2 #1–15
 Witchblade #½, 0–185, Annual #1–2
 Witchblade: Animated #1
 Witchblade: Blood Oath #1
 Witchblade: Demon #1
 Witchblade: Destiny's Child #1–3
 Witchblade: Infinity #1
 Witchblade: Nottingham #1
 Witchblade: Obakemono #1
 Witchblade: Origin Special

References

External links
 Top Cow official site

Top Cow Productions


Le Petit Cirque et autres contes (The Little Circus and Other Tales) is a 1994 French package film. It is 50 minutes long and contains the following seven short films for young children and their families from the Folimage studio:
 Au clair de la lune, a stop motion animation by Pascal Le Nôtre
 Le Petit Cirque de toutes les couleurs, a stop motion animation by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
 Nos adieux au music-hall, a pastamation by Laurent Pouvaret
 Le Prince des joyaux, a silhouette animation by Michel Ocelot
 Le Wall, a clay animation by Jean-Loup Felicioli
 Paroles en l'air, a traditional animation in charcoal by Sylvain Vincendeau
 Le Moine et le poisson, a traditional animation in India ink by Michaël Dudok de Wit

Notes

1994 films
French children's films
1990s French animated films
Animated anthology films
Folimage films
1990s children's animated films
1994 animated films
Films directed by Jacques-Rémy Girerd


The 2007 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 6, 2007. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City–County Council. Seven of the seats were unopposed, 4 held by Democrats and 3 held by Republicans. Prior to the elections Democrats held a 15-14-seat majority. Following the elections Republicans gained control of the council with a 16-13 majority.

The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.

Results by district
The following are the final results from the Marion County Clerk, Beth White.

References

Indianapolis
Elections 2007
Indianapolis 2007
Indianapolis City-County Council


Miss International 1997, the 37th Miss International pageant, took place on 20 September 1997 at the Kyoto Kaikan First Hall in Kyoto, Japan. It was won by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela.

Results

Placements

Contestants

  - Nadia Jimena Cerri
  - Louisette Mariela Vlinder
  - Nadine Therese Bennett
  - Fabiana Nieva Caso
  - Valéria Cristina Böhm
  - Rachael Liza Warner
  - Ingrid Katherine Náder Haupt
  - Jadira Suleika Bislick
  - Gabriela Justinová
  - Elsa María Peña Rodríguez
  - Maria Hannele Hietanen
  - Marie Pauline Borg
  - Manuela Breer
  - Vanessa Stavrou
  - Glenda Irasema Cifuentes Ruíz
  - Christina Pei Jung Lin
  - Jennifer Elizabeth Parson Campbell
  - Charmaine Sheh
  - Diya Abraham
  - Lital Pnina Shapira
  - Sayuri Seki
  - Kim Ryang-hee
  - Nisrine Sami Nasr
  - Andrijana Acoska
  - Ramona Bonnici
  - Marisol Alonso González
  - Maria Theresa Falalimpa Acosta
  - Martha Graciela Maldonado
  - Ana Virginia Matallana Illich
  - Susan Jane Juan Ritter
  - Agnieszka Beata Myko
  - Lara Kátia Fonseca
  - Ymak Farrah Fagundo Soto
  - Victoria Vladimirovna Maloivan
  - Joey Chin Chin Chan
  - Monika Coculová
  - Isabel Gil Gambín
  - Hajer Radhouene
  - Kamile Burcu Esmersoy
  - Julia Vladimirovna Zharkova
  - Tanya Lorraine Miller
  - Consuelo Adler Hernández

Did not compete
  - Norma Elida Pérez Rodríguez

References

1997
1997 in Japan
1997 beauty pageants
Beauty pageants in Japan


is a single released by Gackt on January 26, 2005 under Nippon Crown. It peaked at seventh place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for seven weeks.

Track listing

References

2005 singles
Gackt songs
Pop-folk songs
Songs written by Gackt
2005 songs