Bekim Berisha (; 15 June 1966 – 10 August 1998) was a Kosovo Albanian soldier who gained prominence in the Yugoslav Wars. He served in the Croatian Army during the Croatian War of Independence. He subsequently fought in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and later also in the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), where he was named a general. He was killed in 1998, during the Battle of Junik, and was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General.

Early years
Berisha was born and raised in Grabovac near Peć, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Graboc near Peja, Kosovo) as the youngest of six children of Fazli and Fahrije Berisha.

His grandfather Nexhip Selmani fought against Yugoslav authorities in Kosovo for decades. After attending secondary school in Peja, he decided to go to SR Croatia due to not being able to continue school in Kosovo. During his first period in Croatia, Bekim maintained mostly physical jobs to earn a living and send money back to the family in Kosovo. After a while, he also registered as a student in the Zagreb University studying as a veterinary. He finished his studies with success, also maintaining one of his favorite hobbies, military art and martial art. After a few years in Croatia, Bekim moved to the Netherlands where he got engaged and settled.

War in Croatia and Bosnia
When the Croatian War of Independence started, Bekim Berisha left his life in the West behind him at the age of 25, and came back to Croatia on 7 August 1991 to volunteer in the Croatian National Guard. He joined a battalion defending the twin villages of Donje Komarevo and Gornje Komarevo near Sisak. He later participated in battles of eastern Slavonia, in the front-lines against the JNA, before he was wounded there on 16 June 1992. He was discharged with a significant disability and lived in Opatija until 1996.

During the Croatian War he was also interviewed by BBC where he declared that Croatia within only a couple of months would be free of Serbian soldiers as the war went very well. Only days later, the final Croatian offensive began and Bekim was one of the front-line soldiers.

He also took part in the Bosnian War, during the battle of Kotorsko he was hit by six bullets on 15 June 1992. He was taken to a military hospital in Croatia and later returned to the front line once again.

Kosovo War

Only two years later, Bekim moved his attention towards helping the ethnic Albanian faction of Kosovo. The ethnic Albanians of Kosovo started organising themselves in military actions against the Yugoslavian authorities that were stationed in Kosovo. Bekim was one of the main organisers behind the early attacks of the Kosovo Liberation Army. During early 1998, he illegally entered Kosovo from Albania with several other militants who then settled themselves in a small town in the Drenica valley and started organising several attacks in the region. He was the main consultant and commander in the area, handling the training of the new recruits.

However, there were bigger problems in the western part of Kosovo (Dukagjin), his home region was coming under heavy pressure from the Yugoslav police. Together with his close friend and companion Bedri Shala, they traveled to Glogjan, a small town only minutes away from his native town of Graboc. There, they united with other KLA militants, amongst them Ramush Haradinaj and his brothers, and defended the village of Glogjan against a Yugoslavian police-raid. During the Battle of Glogjan, Bekim Berisha was seen as one of the most important figures of the KLA, he was responsible for the logistics, the communication and the movement of militants in and out of Glogjan.

The commander in chief of the region, Ramush Haradinaj, decided to place Bekim Berisha and Bedri Shala in the town of Junik. This small town had a strategic importance to both the KLA and the Yugoslavian Army. It was one of the main KLA strongholds during the war (largely due to Berisha and Shala's efforts against a much better equipped Yugoslav Army).

During the battle, he insisted on the re-organisation of the KLA, he demanded that the KLA should switch its strategy and launch a major offensive instead of fortressing themselves within the town of Junik. During May 1998, the authorities surrounded Junik from all sides and shelled it constantly with heavy artillery. During the relentless shelling, on August 10, 1998, his partner and closest friend, Bedri Shala was heavily wounded and taken back to the camp from the frontline. When Bekim got the news that Shala was dying, he went with several soldiers to the frontline and launched hit-and-run attacks against Yugoslav vehicles that had reached the southern part of Junik.

According to the surviving soldiers, Bekim Berisha was heavily touched by the death of Bedri Shala. Unlike in other battles, Berisha maintained no radio contact with his commanding officer, instead he and several other soldiers settled down in a small house that was located perhaps one hundred meters from the Yugoslav positions and confronted his enemy with sniper and RPG fire.

After hours of fighting, the Yugoslavs decided to call in a tank for support. Once it arrived, it neared the house in which Berisha and the other KLA militants were holed up in and launched a projectile that went on to tear Berisha's right arm off of his body, wounding him mortally.

Elton Zherka, Përmet Vula and Bashkim Lekaj fell on the same spot, a helpless Berisha was taken back to the KLA's makeshift headquarters in the center of Junik and died the same day as his friend Bedri Shala. Only days after his death, Junik fell into the hands of the Yugoslav authorities.

Legacy

Berisha was buried in Junik, but later re-buried in his home town of Graboc, he was granted the military title and rank of Brigadier General by the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC).

According to witnesses, the Croatian President Franjo Tuđman reportedly mourned the loss of Berisha, claiming he was “a one man army, that Croatia and Kosovo would be eternally proud of”.

Several streets, schools and other institutions carry his name today in Kosovo.

In August 2010, Berisha was posthumously awarded the Hero of Kosovo.

Ivica Pandža, a retired Colonel of the Croatian Army, who had served with Berisha, started investigating Berisha's legacy in 2007. He tracked down Berisha's lost documents in Komarevo that led to the finding of Berisha's Homeland War Memorial Medal in the archives of the Ministry of Defence. In 2013, Berisha was posthumously awarded the Order of the Croatian Cross.

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Tanner Gregory Purdum (born August 15, 1984) is a former American football long snapper who played seven seasons with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). Purdum comes from Ava, Missouri. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Baker.

Professional career

Kansas City Chiefs
On April 7, 2009, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Purdum with the intention of having him compete for the starting job of long snapper. On August 13, 2009, the Chiefs waived Purdum in favor of Thomas Gafford.

New York Jets
On February 5, 2010, the New York Jets signed Purdum to a three-year contract after incumbent long snapper James Dearth, who was an unrestricted free agent at the time, had a few snaps that were "off the mark" in the 2009 season. Purdum was recommended to the team by former Chiefs and Jets punter Louie Aguiar.

On March 10, 2017, Purdum signed a one-year contract extension with the Jets.

On September 2, 2017, Purdum was released by the Jets after the team traded for rookie long snapper Thomas Hennessy. At the time, Purdum was the longest-tenured player on the team, and the last remaining player on the roster who had appeared in a playoff game for the Jets.

On March 28, 2018, Purdum announced his retirement from the NFL.

Personal life
Purdum is married to his wife, Kara. He received his master's degree in education from Baker in 2009. Purdum graduated from Ava High School in Ava, Missouri in 2003.

References

External links
New York Jets Bio

1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Enid, Oklahoma
Players of American football from McLennan County, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
American football quarterbacks
American football long snappers
Baker Wildcats football players
Kansas City Chiefs players
New York Jets players
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Mary McCarthy Gomez Cueto (April 27, 1900 – April 3, 2009) was the widow of a wealthy Cuban businessman who died in poverty, unwilling to leave the island and unable to access her funds because of the US embargo on trade with Cuba.  After her husband's death in 1951, and following the takeover of the Island under a Communist regime, she had become an anachronism, and ended her life in poverty, bereft of her wealth due to the U.S. embargo, and granted a tiny pension by the Castro government. A victim of political circumstance, she died there at the age of 108, and was buried next to her husband.

Early years
Mary Conception McCarthy was born in St. John's, Crown Colony of Newfoundland, which became the Dominion of Newfoundland in 1907 when she was seven years old. She was the daughter of a St. John's merchant of Irish descent. Her father Thomas McCarthy's store supplied the local fishing fleets with stores and supplies. As a young student she studied with the Sisters of Mercy, where she was quickly identified as a musical talent. As a young woman, furthering her studies in Boston, she met Pedro Gomez Cueto, a Spanish businessman. A smitten Gomez Cueto accompanied McCarthy back to St. John's to ask her father for permission to marry his daughter. Thomas McCarthy questioned his daughter's desire to marry the considerably older wealthy Spaniard. As a compromise he required Mary to stay at home and Gomez Cueto to go away for one year. If after that time they still wished to marry, he would give his blessing.

They married and settled in Havana, Cuba in 1923, becoming part of the wealthy enclave enjoying the life of the rich and famous.

Life in Cuba
Cueto was in the business of exporting leather goods to South America, but in Cuba he made his fortune making military boots for the United States in the Second World War. He built his wife a white mansion in 1936 called Villa Mary, which became their home. It was filled with Napoleon III furniture and chandeliers, and a Steinway grand piano, becoming a gathering place for visiting artists and singers, such as Frank Sinatra (who had a house behind hers) and Nat King Cole. In those days, under the rule of President Fulgencio Batista, the island was known as "a millionaires' paradise".  They became part of local society, and helped to found the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra and an orphanage for boys. Then in 1951 her husband died, and her life changed drastically under Fidel Castro's revolution of 1959.

The US imposed a trade embargo against Cuba in 1962, causing her U.S. bank account of about 4 million dollars to be frozen. Unable to touch her money,  things became worse when Castro confiscated her island holdings, and granted her a monthly pension of 200 pesos (about $15). While free to return to Newfoundland—by then a part of Canada—or to the United States, she vowed never to leave the Island, for that was her home. Despite trips back to St. John's where parties would be held for her, she felt that the weather was too cold, and so she continued to live in Cuba in poverty, a relic from days gone by.

Her neighbors had left the island long before, and their mansions were converted into embassy residences. Peacocks continued to strut under the palm trees in her large garden. The mansion now still retains the elegance and graceful atmosphere that Mary so carefully maintained for more than seven decades.

Later years
In 2002 she broke her hip and used a wheelchair, but continued to wear a satin dress, silk blouse, chiffon scarf and lipstick to greet her visitors.

With the need for more money due to her medical problems, some measure of relief came in 2007 through a Canadian diplomat. Washington allowed her to draw from her inheritance $96 a month.  "I don't even want to buy candy," she declared in her distinctive Newfoundland Irish accent.  Mary's caregiver was godson Elio, who lived with Mary and looked after her night and day for several decades.  Sadly, each time Mary was hospitalized in the Havana medical facilities set aside for tourists, Elio had to seek the help of the Government of Canada to intervene and free up Mary's own money from a frozen U.S. account to pay the medical bills, on a case-by-case basis.

Reminders of her long life were on the walls where framed telegrams hung from Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II, congratulating her on her 100th birthday, and photographs on the table showed her with the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham and the guitarist Andrés Segovia.

Asked whether she approved of Fidel Castro and his revolution, she did concede that poverty and illiteracy ended with his rule.

Death
She died on Friday, April 3, 2009, just 24 days short of her 109th birthday, and was buried next to her husband in a white marble crypt in the Necropolis Cristóbal Colón, in Havana.

References

External links
Obituary, Daily Telegraph April 6, 2009
Denied her fortune Mary McCarthy died in Cuba Friday Moments in time.
Maclean's Magazine April 23, 2009

1900 births
2009 deaths
Canadian centenarians
Cuban centenarians
Women centenarians


Maximo Vitaly Lorenzo (born June 4, 1982 in Maracaibo, Venezuela), is an American artist for comic books and illustrations.

Biography
Lorenzo started his comic book career in 2004, winning a placement for writing and illustrating "Hellbender" for Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga Issue 4 competition. Immediately after he attended the "Joe Kubert School" of comic books and cartooning for two years. In 2006 he received freelance work to illustrate Tokyopop's property Bombos Versus Everything a 182-page graphic novel of the shonen genre, originally written by Andy Helms. Between 2006-2007, while working on Bombos VS. Everything, he worked as a caricature and portrait artist for Kaman's Art Shoppes. In the summer of 2008 Maximo V. Lorenzo completed art and writing for an 8-page story "Avocado Allegrando" to be included in Popgun 3 a comics anthology by Image Comics. In the fall of 2008 he was hired to work on Ghostbusters: Ghost Busted a Ghostbusters comic anthology. Maximo V. Lorenzo's contributions were, art for "Theater of Pain" written by Matt Yamashita, Ink and tone work for "Worm in the apple" and "Ghost Busted" story by Nathan Johnson, art by Micheal Shelfer. During Domo Kun's special 7-11 campaign, Maximo was featured in a short 7-11 version of the Domo Kun comic in October 2009.  At the end of 2009 he competed in and won DC Comics's Zuda Comics competition with his entry "One Hit Knock Out".

Bibliography

Tokyopop

 RSOM4: "Hellbender" (2004, tpb, )
 Bombos VS. Everything (with Andy Helms, August 2007, )
 Ghostbusters: Ghostbusted (2008)
 Domokun (2009)

Image Comics
 Popgun Volume 3: "Avocado Allegrando" (2009, ) (Eisner Award Winning)
 Popgun Volume 4: "Avocado Allegrando" (2010)

DC Comics
 "ONE HIT KNOCK OUT" (Zuda Comics, 2009)

UDON
 "MEGAMAN TRIBUTE" (UDON, 2011),

WEBCOMICS
 "ONE HIT KNOCK OUT" (Webcomic, 2012)

References

External links
 Website
 Webcomic
 Deviant Art Gallery
 Destuctiod Feature
 NYMag Feature

Interviews
 Interview with Newsarama about Tokyopop Pilot program
 Interview with Newsarama about Ghostbusters "Ghostbusted"
 Interview with Anime News Network
 Interview with Rocket Llama
 Interview with ROBOT 6

Living people
1982 births
American comics artists


Jon Swan was an American poet, playwright, librettist, journalist, and editor. He studied at Oberlin College, from which he graduated with a degree in English in 1950. In the 1950s, he taught at the Ecole d'Humanite in
Switzerland, worked for the American Friends Service Committee, and received a master's degree in English from Boston University. From 1956 to 1960, he was a fact checker and poetry reader at The New Yorker. In 1962, he and Marianne Hamaker were married in Haarlem, the Netherlands. During the 1970s, he worked as a translator, from Dutch and German, and was senior editor at Saturday Review and, later, senior editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. After retiring in 1994, he worked as an editor in Beijing and Kathmandu. As a free-lance journalist, he has written about environmental issues in the U.S. and Iceland. He was awarded a Rockefeller Grant for playwriting in 1968 and a Guggenheim Fellowship for filmwriting in 1981.

Swan has published three collections of poems -- Journeys and Return, A Door to the Forest, and Landscape & Language—and a collection of one-act plays. Among the plays produced are Three Cheers for What's-its-Name (1968), Fireworks (1969), Man In Space (1969), an adaptation of Aesop's Fables (1972), and Mostly Wolfgang (1991).  In collaboration with Ulu Grosbard, Swan translated Peter Weiss's Die Ermittlung (The Investigation) into English for the work's premiere on Broadway in 1966  and translated Heinrich von Kleist's Der Zerbrochne Krug (The Broken Pitcher) for its New York premiere in 1981. He is also the author of the libretto of William Russo's chamber opera The Shepherds' Christmas (1988). In collaboration with Carl Weber, he completed a translation of Peter Weiss's play Hölderlin, published in 2010.

Swan is survived by his wife, Marianne, three daughters, and two grandchildren.

References

External links

Living people
American dramatists and playwrights
American male journalists
American male poets
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni
The New Yorker people
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1929 births


The Love Album is a two-LP collection of previously recorded songs by Vinton, released in 1971 by Epic Records. This collection contains songs that are all about the subject of love. Only four singles are featured on this collection: "No Arms Can Ever Hold You", "Please Love Me Forever", "There! I've Said It Again" and "My Heart Belongs to Only You".

Track listing

Album credits
"This Guy's in Love With You", "Till", "For Once in My Life", "When I Fall in Love", "No Arms Can Ever Hold You", "Please Love Me Forever", "Love Me With All Your Heart", "To Think You've Chosen Me", "If I Didn't Care" and "It's All in the Game" produced by Billy Sherrill
"Sunrise, Sunset", "All", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "The End of the World" and "This Is My Song" produced, arranged and conducted by Robert Mersey
"From Russia With Love" produced by Bob Morgan
"This Guy's in Love With You" arranged by Bill Walker
"Till" and "For Once in My Life" arranged by Bill McElhiney
"There! I've Said It Again", "Too Young" and "Unchained Melody" arranged and conducted by Stan Applebaum

Love Album, The
Love Album, The
Albums produced by Billy Sherrill
Epic Records compilation albums


Hydrophobicity scales are values that define the relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of amino acid residues. The more positive the value, the more hydrophobic are the amino acids located in that region of the protein. These scales are commonly used to predict the transmembrane alpha-helices of membrane proteins. When consecutively measuring amino acids of a protein, changes in value indicate attraction of specific protein regions towards the hydrophobic region inside lipid bilayer.

The hydrophobic or hydrophilic character of a compound or amino acid is its hydropathic character, hydropathicity, or hydropathy.

Hydrophobicity and the hydrophobic effect

The hydrophobic effect represents the tendency of water to exclude non-polar molecules. The effect originates from the disruption of highly dynamic hydrogen bonds between molecules of liquid water. Polar chemical groups, such as OH group in methanol do not cause the hydrophobic effect. However, a pure hydrocarbon molecule, for example hexane, cannot accept or donate hydrogen bonds to water. Introduction of hexane into water causes disruption of the hydrogen bonding network between water molecules. The hydrogen bonds are  partially reconstructed by building a water "cage" around the hexane molecule, similar to that in clathrate hydrates formed at lower temperatures. The mobility of water molecules in the "cage" (or solvation shell) is strongly restricted. This leads to significant losses in translational and rotational entropy of water molecules and makes the process unfavorable in terms of free energy of the system. In terms of thermodynamics, the hydrophobic effect is the free energy change of water surrounding a solute. A positive free energy change of the surrounding solvent indicates hydrophobicity, whereas a negative free energy change implies hydrophilicity. In this way, the hydrophobic effect not only can be localized but also decomposed into enthalpic and entropic contributions.

Types of amino acid hydrophobicity scales

A number of different hydrophobicity scales have been developed.

There are clear differences between the four scales shown in the table. Both the second and fourth scales place cysteine as the most hydrophobic residue, unlike the other two scales. This difference is due to the different methods used to measure hydrophobicity. The method used to obtain the Janin and Rose et al. scales was to examine proteins with known 3-D structures and define the hydrophobic character as the tendency for a residue to be found inside of a protein rather than on its surface. Since cysteine forms disulfide bonds that must occur inside a globular structure, cysteine is ranked as the most hydrophobic. The first and third scales are derived from the physiochemical properties of the amino acid side chains. These scales result mainly from inspection of the amino acid structures. Biswas et al., divided the scales based on the method used to obtain the scale into five different categories.

Partitioning methods
The most common method of measuring amino acid hydrophobicity is partitioning between two immiscible liquid phases. Different organic solvents are most widely used to mimic the protein interior. However, organic solvents are slightly miscible with water and the characteristics of both phases change making it difficult to obtain pure hydrophobicity scale. Nozaki and Tanford proposed the first major hydrophobicity scale for nine amino acids. Ethanol and dioxane are used as the organic solvents and the free energy of transfer of each amino acid was calculated.  Non liquid phases can also be used with partitioning methods such as micellar phases and vapor phases. Two scales have been developed using micellar phases. Fendler et al. measured the partitioning of 14 radiolabeled amino acids using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles. Also, amino acid side chain affinity for water was measured using vapor phases. Vapor phases represent the simplest non polar phases, because it has no interaction with the solute. The hydration potential and its correlation to the appearance of amino acids on the surface of proteins was studied by Wolfenden. Aqueous and polymer phases were used in the development of a novel partitioning scale. Partitioning methods have many drawbacks. First, it is difficult to mimic the protein interior. In addition, the role of self solvation makes using free amino acids very difficult. Moreover, hydrogen bonds that are lost in the transfer to organic solvents are not reformed but often in the interior of protein.

Accessible surface area methods

Hydrophobicity scales can also be obtained by calculating the solvent accessible surface areas for amino acid residues in the expended polypeptide chain or in alpha-helix and multiplying the surface areas by the empirical solvation parameters for the corresponding types of atoms.
A differential solvent accessible surface area hydrophobicity scale based on proteins as compacted networks near a critical point, due to self-organization by evolution, was constructed based on asymptotic power-law (self-similar) behavior. This scale is based on a bioinformatic survey of 5526 high-resolution structures from the Protein Data Bank. This differential scale has two comparative advantages: (1) it is especially useful for treating changes in water-protein interactions that are too small to be accessible to conventional force-field calculations, and (2) for homologous structures, it can yield correlations with changes in properties from mutations in the amino acid sequences alone, without determining corresponding structural changes, either in vitro or in vivo.

Chromatographic methods
Reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is the most important chromatographic method for measuring solute hydrophobicity. The non polar stationary phase mimics biological membranes. Peptide usage has many advantages because partition is not extended by the terminal charges in RPLC. Also, secondary structures formation is avoided by using short sequence peptides. Derivatization of amino acids is necessary to ease its partition into a C18 bonded phase. Another scale had been developed in 1971 and used peptide retention on hydrophilic gel. 1-butanol and pyridine were used as the mobile phase in this particular scale and glycine was used as the reference value. Pliska and his coworkers used thin layer chromatography to relate mobility values of free amino acids to their hydrophobicities. About a decade ago, another hydrophilicity scale was published, this scale used normal phase liquid chromatography and showed the retention of 121 peptides on an amide-80 column.
The absolute values and relative rankings of hydrophobicity determined by chromatographic methods can be affected by a number of parameters. These parameters include the silica surface area and pore diameter, the choice and pH of aqueous buffer, temperature and the bonding density of stationary phase chains.

Site-directed mutagenesis
This method use DNA recombinant technology and it gives an actual measurement of protein stability. In his detailed site-directed mutagenesis studies, Utani and his coworkers substituted 19 amino acids at Trp49 of the tryptophan synthase and he measured the free energy of unfolding. They found that the increased stability is directly proportional to increase in hydrophobicity up to a certain size limit. The main disadvantage of site-directed mutagenesis method is that not all the 20 naturally occurring amino acids can substitute a single residue in a protein. Moreover, these methods have cost problems and is useful only for measuring protein stability.

Physical property methods

The hydrophobicity scales developed by physical property methods are based on the measurement of different physical properties. Examples include, partial molar heat capacity, transition temperature and surface tension. Physical methods are easy to use and flexible in terms of solute. The most popular hydrophobicity scale was developed by measuring surface tension values for the naturally occurring 20 amino acids in NaCl solution. The main drawbacks of surface tension measurements is that the broken hydrogen bonds and the neutralized charged groups remain at the solution air interface. Another physical property method involve measuring the solvation free energy. The solvation free energy is estimated as a product of an accessibility of an atom to the solvent and an atomic solvation parameter. Results indicate the solvation free energy lowers by an average of 1 Kcal/residue upon folding.

Recent applications
Palliser and Parry have examined about 100 scales and found that they can use them for locating B-strands on the surface of proteins. Hydrophobicity scales were  also used to predict the preservation of the genetic code. Trinquier observed a new order of the bases that better reflect the conserved character of the genetic code. They believed new ordering of the bases was uracil-guanine-cystosine-adenine(UGCA)better reflected the conserved character of the genetic code compared to the commonly seen ordering UCAG.

Wimley–White whole residue hydrophobicity scales
The Wimley–White whole residue hydrophobicity scales are significant for two reasons. First, they include the contributions of the peptide bonds as well as the sidechains, providing absolute values. Second, they are based on direct, experimentally determined values for transfer free energies of polypeptides.

Two whole-residue hydrophobicity scales have been measured:
 One for the transfer of unfolded chains from water to the bilayer interface (referred to as the Wimley–White interfacial hydrophobicity scale).
 One for the transfer of unfolded chains into octanol, which is relevant to the hydrocarbon core of a bilayer.

The Stephen H. White website provides an example of whole residue hydrophobicity scales showing the free energy of transfer ΔG(kcal/mol) from water to POPC  interface and to n-octanol. These two scales are then used together to make Whole residue hydropathy plots. The hydropathy plot constructed using ΔGwoct − ΔGwif shows favorable peaks on the absolute scale that correspond to the known TM helices. Thus, the whole residue hydropathy plots illustrate why transmembrane segments prefer a transmembrane location rather than a surface one.

Bandyopadhyay-Mehler protein structure based scales
Most of the existing hydrophobicity scales are derived from the properties of amino acids in their free forms or as a part of a short peptide. Bandyopadhyay-Mehler hydrophobicity scale was based on partitioning of amino acids in the context of protein structure. Protein structure is a complex mosaic of various dielectric medium generated by arrangement of different amino acids. Hence, different parts of the protein structure most likely would  behave as solvents with different dielectric values. For simplicity, each protein structure was considered as an immiscible mixture of two solvents, protein interior and protein exterior. The local environment around individual amino acid  (termed as "micro-environment") was computed for both protein interior and protein exterior. The ratio gives the relative hydrophobicity scale for individual amino acids. Computation was trained on high resolution protein crystal structures. This quantitative descriptor for microenvironment was derived from the octanol-water partition coefficient, (known as Rekker's Fragmental Constants) widely used for pharmacophores. This scale well correlate with the existing methods, based on partitioning and free energy computations. Advantage of this scale is it is more realistic, as it is in the context of real protein structures.

Scale based on contact angle of water nanodroplet

In the field of engineering, the hydrophobicity (or dewetting ability) of a flat surface (e.g., a counter top in kitchen or a cooking pan) can be measured by the contact angle of water droplet. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln team recently devised a computational approach that can relate the molecular hydrophobicity scale of amino-acid chains to the contact angle of water nanodroplet. The team constructed planar networks composed of unified amino-acid side chains with native structure of the beta-sheet protein. Using molecular dynamics simulation, the team is able to measure the contact angle of water nanodroplet on the planar networks (caHydrophobicity).

On the other hand, previous studies show that the minimum of excess chemical potential of a hard-sphere solute with respect to that in the bulk exhibits a linear dependence on cosine value of contact angle. Based on the computed excess chemical potentials of the purely repulsive methane-sized Weeks–Chandler–Andersen solute with respect to that in the bulk, the extrapolated values of cosine value of contact angle are calculated(ccHydrophobicity), which can be used to quantify the hydrophobicity of amino acid side chains with complete wetting behaviors.

See also
 Hydrophobic mismatch

References

External links
ProtScale (web-based tool for calculating hydropathy plots)
 NetSurfP - Secondary Structure and Surface accessibility predictor
 Whole residue hydrophobicity scale
 Membrane protein explorer

Biophysics
Intermolecular forces


The term González government may refer to:

González I Government, the government of Spain under Felipe González from 1982 to 1986.
González II Government, the government of Spain under Felipe González from 1986 to 1989.
González III Government, the government of Spain under Felipe González from 1989 to 1993.
González IV Government, the government of Spain under Felipe González from 1993 to 1996.


Raw sex may refer to:

a British comedy musical group consisting of Rowland Rivron and Simon Brint, featured regularly on BBC TV's French and Saunders show
bareback sex, sexual activity without the use of condoms


Sweden Rocks is a 2006 live album by the American hard rock guitarist Ted Nugent, recorded at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2006. It was also released at the same time as a live DVD.  Bassist Barry Sparks would depart Nugent's band shortly after, at which time Greg Smith took over.

This performance was a rare occasion where Nugent used his white Gibson Byrdland, affectionately named the Great White Buffalo, for songs other than GWB.

Track listing
All songs written by Ted Nugent, except where noted.

 "Stormtroopin'" – 3:39
 "Wango Tango" – 5:50
 "Snakeskin Cowboys" – 6:14
 "Free-for-All" – 3:55
 "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" – 8:15
 "Rawdogs & Warhogs" – 3:53
 "Soul Man" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 1:22
 "Hey Baby" (Derek St. Holmes) – 4:29
 "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:30
 "Still Raising Hell" – 3:20
 "Cat Scratch Fever" – 4:37
 "Stranglehold" – 9:55
 "Great White Buffalo" – 8:26

DVD track listing
"Stormtroopin'"
"Wango Tango"
"Snakeskin Cowboys"
"Free for All"
"Wang Dang Sweet Poontang"
"Klstrphnky"
"Raw Dogs & War Hogs"
"Soul Man"
"Hey Baby"
"Dog Eat Dog"
"Still Raising Hell"
"Motor City Madhouse"
"Cat Scratch Fever"
"Stranglehold"
"Great White Buffalo"

Bonus Material
Live 2007
"Journey to the Center of the Mind"
"Weekend Warriors"
"Love Grenade"

Interview with Barry Sparks and Tommy Clufetos
Bow Hunting with Ted
Ted on the Gun Range

Personnel
Ted Nugent – guitars, vocals
Barry Sparks – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hey Baby"
Mick Brown – drums, backing vocals

References

2008 live albums
Ted Nugent live albums
2008 video albums
Live video albums
Eagle Records live albums
Eagle Records video albums


Ermelinda Pedroso Rodríguez D'Almeida (born 17 March 1952), known as Perla, is a Paraguayan-Brazilian singer.

Biography
Perla was born and raised in Paraguay. She was born into a musical family and began performing in a group called "Las Maravilles del Paraguay" with her siblings and her father.
In the early 1970s she moved to Brazil in search of challenges and opportunities. This is where she began performing in nightclubs as "O Bigode do Meu Tio" (The Mustache of My Uncle).
She rose to prominence in the 1970s with her hit Fernando, a Portuguese-language version of ABBA's song, from the same decade. During her career, she has sold more than 10 million records and won 10 Gold Records, 2 Platinum and a Double Platinum, among other awards. Through her career she has recorded songs in Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Italian.

Her greatest success she obtained with the music theme "Comienza amanecer" (start of dawn), which describes the situation that many women go through their husband's infidelity. This song dates from 1981. Currently, Pearl has concerts three times a week in small cities in Brazil. In 2006, she received a great tribute to her career in Paraguay. Pearl married a Brazilian, who was her employer and has an adopted daughter named Perlinha, who has attempted her own singing career. Perla also currently has a granddaughter.

Perla has suffered economic problems in her older age. While she lives in a house that she bought with the money she earned, her house is in a state of abandonment, a fact which was demonstrated on an episode of a Paraguayan television show named "Domingo Show" that was dedicated to her.

References

External links

Official website
Perla on YouTube

1952 births
Living people
People from Caacupé
Paraguayan people of Spanish descent
Paraguayan people of German descent
Paraguayan people of Guarani descent
20th-century Paraguayan women singers
Paraguayan expatriates in Brazil
People with acquired Brazilian citizenship


A walking tour is a tour of a historical or cultural site undertaken on foot, frequently in an urban setting. Short tours can last under an hour, while longer ones can take in multiple sites and last a full day or more. A walk can be led by a tour guide, as an escort.

Precursors
A pilgrimage is a religious journey traditionally taken on foot, to a location of significance to the walker's faith. Chaucer's 14th-century narrative poem Canterbury Tales certainly indicates that a pilgrimage can involve pleasure.

The Camino de Santiago route to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain is a famous example, and remains popular today.

In Iraq, the Shia Muslim 20-day Arba'een Pilgrimage to Karbala attracts many millions of pilgrims each year.

The Grand Tour, undertaken in Europe in the 17th through 19th centuries, as part of a wealthy young man's education, involved visits to cities, historic and cultural sites.

There are also similarities between walking tours that involve long hikes and backpacking.

Tours of cities and cultural sites

With guides
A walking tour is generally distinguished from an escorted tour by its length and the employment of tour guides, and can be under 12 hours, or last for a week or more. They are led by guides that have knowledge of the sites, or the landscape, covered on the tour, and explanations and interpretations of the site can cover a range of subjects, including places with historical, cultural and artistic significance. Walking tours, of various kinds and length, are universally part of the tourism industry, and can be found around the world.

Many walking tours involve a payment to the guide, although some operate on a tip system. The "pay what you want" model started around 2004, and can be found in many countries. The UK-based Guild of Registered Tour has criticised the system for not requiring any training or certification of its guides.

Narratives
Several cities now have groups that are employing dramatic spectacle to add interest to their tours.  Usually guided by actors in costume playing a role, these walking tours create the feel of living history as guests walk in the footsteps of those who came before them. These tours, which blend history and dramatic narrative, share "history in a non-academic, very accessible fashion."

These tours are similar in nature to promenade theatre. Although the theatrical nature of these tours is similar to museum theatre in that it makes use of first person interpretation, the fact that these tours take place outside of traditional museum settings and requires the audience to move through urban environments makes this style of walking tour a genre of its own.

Self guided tours
Self-guided tours, utilise a range of methods to aid travel through a place, or landscape, such as books, maps, pamphlets, and audio material.

Day tours with specific locations
Boston By Foot (Boston, USA)
Big Onion Walking Tours (New York City)
Photowalking
Caminhada Noturna, São Paulo

See also
Audio tour
Backpacking (hiking)
Backpacking (travel)
Heritage trail
Hiking
Walking bus

References

Further reading
 MacCannell, Dean. The Ethics of Sightseeing. University of California Press, 2011.
 Pond, Kathleen Lingle. The Professional Guide: Dynamics of Tour Guiding. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
 Ruitenberg, Claudia W. "Learning by Walking: Non-Formal Education as Curatorial Practice and Intervention in Public Space." International Journal of Lifelong Education 31, no. 3 (2012): 261-275.
 Wynn, Jonathan R. The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
 Wynn, Jonathan R. "City Tour Guides: Urban Alchemists at Work." City & Community 9, no. 2 (June 2010).

Types of tourism
Tourist activities
Hiking
Heritage interpretation


It occurs naturally in tobacco leaves and artificially in industrial wastes. Exposure can cause excitement followed by depression, internal bleeding, dystrophy, and severe irritation.

References

Alkylamines
Secondary amines
Propyl compounds


Constants is an American post-rock / shoegaze band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

(2004) Nostalgia for the Future
Constants was originally formed as a three piece in 2003, consisting of Will Benoit, Ben Fowlie, and Duncan Rich. Their first album Nostalgia for the Future, was produced by Daryl Rabidoux (The Cancer conspiracy) with production assistance by multi-platinum producer Matt Squire.  After the release of "Nostalgia for the Future" on Radar Recordings in 2004, Fowlie left the band to found The Camden International Film Festival, and was replaced by bassist Orion Wainer in 2005.

(2006) The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril
The band self-produced their follow up EP The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril and began touring in a 66-passenger bus converted to run on waste vegetable oil.  Joined on the road by guitarist Jon Hassell (ex-Seneca), the band toured for 10 months straight in 2006, and became a strong proponent of sustainability and green touring.  Constants was spotlighted in newspapers and on TV news programs nationwide for their veggie oil fueled 10-month tour.  Originally, the album was released in limited hand numbered sleeves with metallic inks, and was later repressed and re-released in a jewel box.

In 2007, Duncan Rich left Constants to pursue a business degree and founded the booking agency Bunce Booking, while Jon Hassell joined the band full-time. Rob Motes (ex-Coma Recovery) moved to Boston from Albuquerque, NM to take over on drums. After releasing a split 7-inch with Caspian in the Spring of 2008, guitarist Jon Hassell left to focus on film-making in Brooklyn, NY, and the band has carried on as a trio since.

The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril was released on CD by Radar Recordings, and on vinyl by Vega Vinyl on June 20, 2008, on 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket.

(2009) The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension
The band released a three album set in June 2009 on three different labels worldwide. The albums "The Foundation", "The Machine", and "The Ascension" were released by The Mylene Sheath on 3xLP in the United States, by Make My Day Records in Europe, and Sliff Slack Records in Japan. The Stiff Slack release includes alternate artwork and remixes by Justin K. Broadrick of Jesu and Philip Jamieson of Caspian.

(2010) If Tomorrow The War
Basic tracks for If Tomorrow The War were recorded at guitarist / vocalist Will Benoit's studio (Radar Studios) – a barn built in 1776 that has been updated and runs on solar energy – in January 2010.  The album was produced and mixed by Justin K Broadrick (Jesu, Godflesh) and features guest vocal appearances by Andrew Neufeld (Comeback Kid, Sights & Sounds) and Mike Hill (Tombs).  The album was released on vinyl with limited, hand printed artwork created by Interrobang Letterpress via Science of Silence Records in the US, and is also available with artwork from M. Repasch-Nieves (Radar Visual) in a gatefold LP / CD from Make My Day Records in Europe.  In Japan, the album is available featuring two additional remixes by the band from Stiff Slack Records.

(2012) Pasiflora
On May 30, 2012, it was announced that Constants' fifth studio album titled Pasiflora has been set to be released on July 24, 2012, through Mylene Sheath Records. The album was described by Will Benoit as shoegaze, and "full of really dreamy songwriting".

Band members
Rob Motes – drums
Orion Wainer – bass
Joel Reynolds – guitar
Will Benoit – guitar, vocals, electronics

Past members
Jon Hassell – guitar
Duncan Rich – drums
Ben Fowlie – bass

Discography

Albums
Nostalgia for the Future – (CD/LP, Radar Recordings, 2004)
The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension – (The Mylene Sheath, 2009)
If Tomorrow The War – (CD/LP, Science Of Silence Records, 2010)
Pasiflora – (The Mylene Sheath, 2012)
Devotion – (self-released, 2020)

EPs
The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril – (CD, Radar Recordings, 2006; LP, Vega Vinyl, 2008)

Splits
Split 7-inch with Caspian – (Radar Recordings, 2008)

Tribute albums
Songs of Farewell and Departure: A Tribute To HUM (Pop Up Records, 2011)

References

External links

Musical groups from Boston
Rock music groups from Massachusetts
American post-metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2004
American post-rock groups


Roman Igorevich Voydel (; born 16 July 1985) is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for FC Metallurg Lipetsk.

Club career
A product of FC Metallurg Lipetsk's youth system, Voydel began his professional career playing for the club in the Russian First Division and Russian Second Division. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2007 for FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

References

External links

1985 births
Footballers from Lipetsk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Luch Vladivostok players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Metallurg Lipetsk players
FC Ufa players
FC Rotor Volgograd players
FC Armavir players
FC Tom Tomsk players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players


San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises (SJSEE) is a privately-held company based in San Jose, California which owns the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League, and oversees all areas of operation and management of the city-owned SAP Center at San Jose, the premier sports and entertainment venue in Santa Clara County.

Investors
SJSEE, is currently owned by Sharks Owner, German businessman, and Philanthropist Dr. Hasso Plattner. Plattner also serves as the team’s representative on the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors.

History
SJSEE was formed in 2002 by former Sharks owners George Gund III and brother Gordon Gund. In October, 2011, the Gund's sold SJSEE to a group of local investors assembled by former Sharks President Greg Jamison which included Plattner, Kevin Compton, a partner at Kleiner Perkins, and Stratton Sclavos, former Chairman and CEO of VeriSign. In 2014, Plattner purchased the ownership shares of both Compton and Sclavos and subsequently bought the remaining shares owned by former San Jose mayor Tom McEnery, E. Floyd Kvamme, and Harvey Armstrong to become the franchise’s majority owner.

Other former investors include former San Francisco 49ers player Brent Jones, venture capitalist Boots Del Biaggio, and former Brocade Communications Systems CEO Gregory Reyes. George Gund III maintained a minority stake in the team until his death in 2013.

References

National Hockey League owners

2002 establishments in California
Companies based in San Jose, California
Entertainment companies established in 2002
Sports holding companies of the United States


Peter John Stang (born November 17, 1941) is a German American chemist and Distinguished Professor of chemistry at the University of Utah. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 2002 to 2020.

Biography

Peter Stang was born in Nuremberg, Germany to a German mother and Hungarian father. He lived in Hungary for most of his adolescence. In school, he took rigorous mathematics and science courses. At home, he made black gunpowder from ingredients at the drugstore, and developed a pH indicator from the juice of red cabbage that his mother cooked, and sold to his "fellow chemists".

In 1956, when Stang was in the middle of his sophomore year in high school, he and his family fled the Soviet invasion of Hungary and immigrated to Chicago, Illinois. Not speaking English, Stang failed his American history and English courses but scored at the top of his class in science and math. His teachers were confused by his performance and gave him an IQ test. Stang was confused by the unfamiliar format of the test and scored a 78. In spite of this, Stang was admitted to DePaul University and earned his undergraduate degree in 1963. He received his Ph.D. in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley.

After spending a year in as a NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University with Paul Schleyer, Stang joined the chemistry faculty at the University of Utah in 1969. He became dean of the College of Science in 1997, during which he established the John E. and Marva M. Warnock Endowed Chair in Mathematics, and oversaw construction and dedication of the new David M. Grant NMR Center in 2006. He stepped down as dean in 2007.   He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Organic Chemistry from 2000 to 2001. In 2013 he was awarded the American Chemical Society Priestley Medal. He served as editor in chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society from 2002 to 2020, succeeded in 2021 by Erick M. Carreira.

Research interests

Stang's research has focused on designing, and synthesizing, small organic molecules which self-assemble into larger geometric shapes with potential applications as nano-devices, shape-selective catalysts, and molecular agents for separation by chelation and chromatography.

Awards and honors
 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (2020)
 Priestley Medal, (2013)
 National Medal of Science, (2010)
 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award of the ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, (2010)
 F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society (2010)
 Honorary Professor CAS Institute of Chemistry, Beijing, Zheijiang U; East China Normal U and East China U of Science and Technology, (2010)
 Fred Basolo Medal for Outstanding Research in Inorganic Chemistry, (2009)
 Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (2007)
 ACS Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry, (2007)
 Linus Pauling Award, (2006)
 Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006)
 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002)
 Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
 ACS George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry, (2003)
 Member, AAAS Board of Directors, (2003–2007)
 Robert W. Parry Teaching Award, (2000)
 ACS James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, (1998)
 University of Utah Rosemblatt Prize for Excellence, (1995)
 Utah Award in Chemistry, American Chemical Society, (1994)
 Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology, (1993)
 Honorary Doctorate of Science (D. Sc. honoris causa) Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (1992)
 Fulbright Senior Scholar, (1987–1988)
 Univ. of Utah Distinguished Research Award, (1987)
 Fellow AAAS, JSPS Fellow (1985, 1998)
 Lady Davis Fellowship (Visiting Professor), Technion, Israel, (1986, 1997)
 Humboldt "Senior U.S. Scientist" Award, (1977, 1996, 2010)
 Associate editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society (1982–1999)
 National Organic Symposium Executive Officer (1985)

References

External links

 University of Utah faculty bio
 A Video interview of Professor Stang

1941 births
DePaul University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
21st-century American chemists
University of Utah faculty
Living people
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences


Sanjoy Kumar Mitter (December 9, 1933 – June 26, 2023) was a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT who was a noted control theorist.

Life and career
Mitter was born in 1933 in Calcutta, India. He received a B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Calcutta, and a B.Sc. in Engineering at City and Guilds of London Institute. He continued his studies in the United Kingdom and Ph.D. from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. After graduation, he worked at Brown, Boveri & Cie, the Battelle Memorial Institute, and the Central Electricity Generating Board before joining Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in 1965 as an assistant professor. Mitter became an associate professor at CWRU in 1967 and moved to MIT in 1969. He became a professor of electrical engineering at MIT in 1973. At MIT, he was director for both the Center for Intelligent Control and the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.

Mitter's research is concerned with Systems, Control and Communication. He has furnished proofs in nonlinear filtering and optimal control theory, as well as carrying out more applied work in image analysis, computation of optimal controls and reliability of electrical power systems.

Mitter lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He died in June 2023.

Honors and awards
Mitter received both the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award from the American Automatic Control Council (2007) and the IEEE Control Systems Award (in 2000).  In 1988 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering "for outstanding contributions to the theory and applications of automatic control and nonlinear filtering".

References

External links
 Home page at MIT ESD
 Home page at MIT EECS

1933 births
2023 deaths
Control theorists
MIT School of Engineering faculty
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients
Indian electrical engineers
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
21st-century American engineers
Case Western Reserve University faculty
People from Kolkata
Alumni of Imperial College London


Jerry's Nugget Casino is a casino in North Las Vegas, Nevada, privately owned and operated by the Stamis family, with  of gaming space.

History
Jerry's Nugget was founded in 1964 by Jerry Lodge and Jerry Stamis and was originally the site of the Town House Bar. In 1968, Lodge and Stamis bought the Bonanza Club, located across the street from Jerry's Nugget. The acquisition meant moving the casino to its new location and  of added space.

In 1995, Jerry's Nugget received an $18 million renovation that expanded the casino size and increased the number of slot machines from 600 to 770. The bingo parlor was also increased, and a poker room was built as well. The 95-seat Royal Street Theatre was also built. By 1998, the poker room had closed. As of 2004, Jerry's Nugget expands over  and features a race and sports book, keno lounge, table games area and slot floor.

In 2008, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reinstated the gaming license for executive owner Angelo Stamis. He was the first person approved by the board to have a gaming license restored. The bingo hall was refurbished in 2012.

Lender U.S. Bank filed a lawsuit in March 2012 asking for a receiver to be installed after Jerry's Nugget defaulted on payments on a $3.6 million loan. After months of talks failed to produce an agreement, the casino filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in August. In September 2013, the casino received a loan that allowed it to win approval for its Chapter 11 reorganization plan.

Jerry's Nugget Casino emerged from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in March 2014. Third generation operators, Jeremy and Joseph Stamis acquired the company and continue to operate it. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.

See also
Jerry's Nugget playing cards

Sources

Casinos in the Las Vegas Valley
1964 establishments in Nevada


Serenades of Love was Bobby Vinton's twenty-eighth studio album and his fourth for ABC Records. It was released in 1976. Two singles came from the album: "Save Your Kisses for Me" and "Moonlight Serenade".

Track listing
Side 1
 "Save Your Kisses for Me" (Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, Martin Lee) – 3:18
 "Lady of the House (Sandra)" (Enoch Anderson, Barry Manilow) – 3:47
 "Paloma Blanca" (Hans Bouwens) – 3:17
 "Let Me Down Easy" (M. James) – 2:53
 "I Cross My Fingers" (Walter Kent, William Farrer) – 2:18
 "Moonlight Serenade" (Mitchell Parish, Glenn Miller) – 3:22
Side 2
 Waltz Medley: "Tales from Vienna Woods"/"Blue Skirt Waltz"/"You Are My One True Love" (Johann Strauss, Vaclav Blaha, Mitchell Parish, Bob Kames, R. Kaiser) – 3:39
 "Jenny" (E. Shuman, P. Morelli) – 4:27
 "Elise" (Grascolos, Linzer) – 2:57
 "Penny" (S. Davis, G. Lane) – 3:18
 "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams" (From the 20th Century Fox Film The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox) (Sammy Cahn, Melvin Frank, Charles Fox) – 3:31
 "Another Without You Day" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Stephen Jameson, Matthew Doctors) – 2:52

Album credits
Produced by Bob Morgan
Mastering engineering by Mike Reese
Art direction by Wilkes and Klasky
Photography by Hans Albers
Lettering by John Cabalka
Arranger for "Save Your Kisses for Me", "Paloma Blanca", "Jenny" and "Elise": Al Capps
Arranger for "Lady of the House (Sandra)": Mike Melvoin
Arrangers for "Let Me Down Easy": Bobby Vinton, Bob Morgan
Arranger for "I Cross My Fingers": Ernie Freeman
Arranger for "Moonlight Serenade", "Penny" and "Another Without You Day": Joe Reisman
Arrangers for "Waltz Medley": Bobby Vinton, Ernie Freeman
Arranger for "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams": Charles Fox
Engineer for "Save Your Kisses for Me": Ron Malo
Engineer for "Lady of the House (Sandra)", "Jenny", "Elise" and "Another Without You Day": Tom Vicari
Engineer for "Paloma Blanca": John Mills
Engineers for "Let Me Down Easy": Lou Bradley, Tom Vicari
Engineers for "I Cross My Fingers": Barry Keen, Mike Lietz
Engineers for "Moonlight Serenade": John Mills, Armin Steiner
Engineer for "Waltz Medley" and "Lemondrops, Lollipops and Sunbeams": Armin Steiner
Engineers for "Penny": Tom Vicari, Mike Lietz
String arranger for "Moonlight Serenade": H. B. Barnum

1976 albums
ABC Records albums
Bobby Vinton albums


Ritchie Fontaine, also known as Lil Ric is an American rapper from Richmond, California, United States, formerly of No Limit and Noo Trybe Records. Lil Ric has worked with numerous other Californian rappers including Laroo, JT the Bigga Figga, Keak da Sneak,  San Quinn and The Jacka.

Music career
On October 11, 1994, Lil Ric would release his debut album titled Deep n tha Game, it would be one of No Limit's first album releases. After disbanding from No Limit on May 14, 1996, Lil Ric would release his second album titled Wicked Streets via Solo Records. On August 8, 2000, Lil Ric would release his third album titled It's Like Armageddon via A.W.O.L., Noo Trybe, Virgin. On February 26, 2001, Fiend would release his fourth album titled The Thug Nut (On One) via Concrete Music. On August 28, 2012, Lil Ric would release his fifth album titled Plugged In - Live from the Streets via Ae'on Music Group Rapbay, Urbanlife Distribution, it would be his first album release in 11 years.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaboration albums

Singles

As lead artist

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American rappers
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
Gangsta rappers
G-funk artists
Musicians from Richmond, California
No Limit Records artists
Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
West Coast hip hop musicians
21st-century African-American musicians


Nasirul Mulk (; ; born 17 August 1950) is a Pakistani jurist and politician who served as the seventh caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in 2018, and previously also served as the 22nd chief justice of Pakistan from 2014 to 2015. A jurist by profession, he was nominated as Chief Justice by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. On 6 July 2014, his appointment as CJP was confirmed by President Mamnoon Hussain. He also previously served as the country's acting Chief Election Commissioner, from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014.

Prior to be elevated as Senior Justice in 2005, Mulk tenured as the chief justice of Peshawar High Court in 2004. Since joining the Supreme Court, Mulk has taken textualist approach on human rights and non-discrimination issues.

On 28 May 2018, he was appointed as caretaker prime minister ahead of the general elections scheduled in July 2018.

Biography

Education and background
Nasirul Mulk was born in tourist locality Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 17 August 1950. He hails from a wealthy and politically influential Paracha family in Swat; his father Kamran Khan was a politician who served as Senator in Senate between 1973 and 1977. His younger brother, Shuja-ul-Mulk, also served as Senator between 2003 and 2009. His uncle, Chacha Karim Bux (or Baksh) was a prominent social worker, while his another sibling Rafil-ul-Mulk was a past mayor of Swat.

After completing high school  from Abbottabad Public School, Mulk attended the Jahanzeb College where he attained BA in Fine Arts in 1970. He enrolled in Peshawar University to study law, also the same year. He excelled well in his law studies and, at one point, his university professors noted him as "talented and a bright student".

In 1972, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the Peshawar University. In 1976, Mulk qualified as a barrister and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in England. He also acquired a Master of Laws (LL.M.) qualification.

Academia and professional career

Upon returning to Pakistan, Mulk practiced law at Peshawar High Court, and briefly tenured as professor of law at the Peshawar University while practicing as a legal practitioner at Peshawar. He also lectured courses on civil law as visiting scholar at the Pakistan Administrative Staff College. Mulk was regarded as notable professor of law at the Peshawar University, and his students often remembered him as "a professor who had complete command on his subject and avoided controversies." Mulk was noted his college students as he always came into the classroom well prepared.

Mulk practiced law for over 17 years at the Peshawar High Court where he built his reputation for competency and a positive approach toward the cases he contested. Mulk was elected Secretary-General of the Peshawar High Court Bar in 1981. He later became president of Peshawar High Court Bar on two occasions, first elected in 1990 and again in 1993. From 1993–94, Mulk was appointed as an advocate general of provincial government of Khyber–Pakhtunkhwa, assisting in legal matters and affairs.

Judicial career
After meeting qualifications for being a judge, Mulk was ascended as judge at the Peshawar High Court on 6 June 1994—a post he retained until 2004. Recommendations approved by Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Mulk was appointed as Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court on 31 July 2004, and moved to Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2005.

Justice Mulk presided and heard the Mukhtār Mā'ī case—the controversial and highly publicized case regarded a gang rape that occurred in 2002. Mulk's judgement held Jirga, facilitated by four male, responsible for the rape while assisted the main accused but didn't find sufficient evidence to stamp the charge of gang-rape on the accused. He reportedly penned his judgement that "Jirgas cannot be allowed to arbitrarily punish in the form of watta satta marriages and gang-rape to settle disputes without being answerable to the law.

On 2 November 2007, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan submitted an application to the Supreme Court asking that the government be restrained from imposing martial law in Pakistan. Reviewing the application, a seven-panel bench in Supreme Court of Pakistan issued an injunction against the imposition of state emergency on 3 November 2007.

The bench penal was headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Others included Senior Justices Nasir-ul-Mulk; Fayyaz Ahmad; Bhagwandas; Javaid Iqbal; Shakirullah Jan; Ghulam Rabbani. The injunction was overruled by President Pervez Musharraf and upheld the state emergency imposed on 2 November 2007. He refused to take an oath under PCO 2007 and was ultimately terminated from the Supreme Court. A strong, publicly instigated lawyer's movement which enjoyed support from PML(N) forced President Musharraf to resign in a threat to face impeachment. Mulk was reinstated at the Supreme Court when he took a fresh oath as a judge of the Supreme Court with his seniority intact.

As Chief Justice of Pakistan

He was appointed as Chief Justice on 6 July 2014.

Earlier, he was served as the acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, from 30 November 2013 to 6 July 2014. His oath was presided by President Mamnoon Hussain in a state ceremony held in President's office in Islamabad.  The outgoing Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani had laid down the judicial robes of his office on and handed over to Chief Justice Mulk.

Mulk is described by his fellow judges as "a very proactive judge and is very strict about the implementation of law in its letter and spirit." Mulk is also known for his strictness towards implementation of law and his judgement reflected a textualist approach on human rights and non-discrimination issues. He retired as Chief Justice of Pakistan on 16 July 2015 and was succeeded by Jawad S Khwaja.

As caretaker prime minister
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was to complete his tenure as Prime Minister on 31 May 2018. On 28 May, three days before the Abbasi government would complete its five years term, both Abbasi and leader of opposition Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah agreed on appointing Nasir as the interim Prime Minister of Pakistan. In consequence of their decision, Mulk, in an oath taking ceremony at Presidency Palace, was sworn in as caretaker prime minister of Pakistan.

As caretaker prime minister, his first action was to reshuffle the bureaucracy, the key changes being the appointment of Suhail Aamir as his Principal Secretary and Syed Abu Ahmad Akif as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan. During his first few days as prime minister, he instructed the legal team of government to file an appeal against a Lahore High Court decision which has annulled the nomination papers for elections.

Cabinet
Mulk appointed his cabinet on 5 June 2018, the table below shows the members and their portfolios:

See also
Haziqul Khairi
Iftikhar Muhammad Choudhary
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Constitution of Pakistan
Chief Justice of Pakistan

References

External links

1950 births
Living people
Chief Election Commissioners of Pakistan
Chief Justices of Pakistan
Chief Justices of the Peshawar High Court
Members of the Inner Temple
People from Swat District
University of Peshawar alumni
Academic staff of the University of Peshawar
Caretaker prime ministers of Pakistan


Varro Eugene Tyler (December 19, 1926 – August 22, 2001), of Auburn, Nebraska, was an American professor of pharmacognosy and philatelist who specialized in the study of forged postage stamps and the forgers who created them.

Academic career
Tyler graduated in pharmacy from the University of Nebraska in 1949, attended Yale University as an Eli Lilly Research Fellow and received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Connecticut in 1951 and 1953.

Dr. Tyler was appointed associate professor and chairman of the Department of Pharmacognosy at the University of Nebraska and held similar positions at the University of Washington. Dr. Tyler accepted the appointment as dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Purdue University in 1966 and was closely associated with the Purdue University for the rest of his career.

His research interests included medicinal and toxic constituents of higher fungi, phytochemical analysis, alkaloid biosynthesis, drug plant cultivation, and herbal medicine.

According to his opinion "true herbalism encompasses scientific testing, honest reporting of the results, and safe use of effective herbs by informed practitioners and the public". He was opposed to what he called "paraherbalism" or "herbalism based on pseudoscience".

Philately
Tyler initially specialized in the postage stamps of Japan, and studied forged copies of classic Japanese stamps.

He wrote substantial literature on stamp forgery, including Philatelic Forgers: Their Lives and Works (1976; revised and expanded in 1991) and a regular feature in Linn's Stamp News which was compiled as the book Focus on Forgeries: A Guide to Forgeries of Common Stamps (2000).

During his long association with the International Society for Japanese Philately, Tyler co-authored a number of monographs on forged Japanese stamps: Forgeries and Imitations of the Dragon Stamps of Japan (1971), The Wada Cherry Blossom Forgeries (1974), and The Koban Forgeries of Japan (1979).

"Tip" Tyler chaired the American Philatelic Society's Committee on Fakes and Forgeries from its inception in 1992 until 1998. He also conducted classes at the American Philatelic Society on "Detecting Fakes and Forgeries."

He was awarded the Meritorious Service Award of the Korea Stamp Society and the Luff Award for Distinguished Philatelic Research in 1998. He was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 2003.

See also
Philately
Philatelic literature

References

1926 births
2001 deaths
American Philatelic Society
American philatelists
Critics of alternative medicine
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
People from Auburn, Nebraska
Philatelic literature
University of Connecticut alumni
University of Nebraska alumni
Economic botanists


p22phox Protein, also known as the human neutrophil cytochrome b light chain (CYBA), is an essential component of the membrane-associated enzyme phagocyte NADPH-oxidase  This enzyme uses NADH or NADPH as the electron donor for the one electron reduction of oxygen to produce superoxide anion, a reactive oxygen species (ROS), and a functionally important step for the antimicrobial activity of phagocytic cells.  p22phox is also expressed in many other human cells such as endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells, including those within the coronary arteries.  Specific polymorphisms of the CYBA gene have been identified that are associated with a decreased risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Protein structure and gene function

Cytochrome b is a heterodimer of two glycoproteins, gp91phox (also known as the heavy or β chain) and p22phox (the light or α chain).  The heavy and light chains are closely associated in phagocytic cells, but while the expression of gp91phox is restricted to these cells, p22phox has been detected in many other cell types and is able to function as a component of NAD(P)H oxidases.  The alpha chain CYBA gene is located on chromosome 16q24 and consists of 6 exons and 5 introns, with a total length of 8.5kb.

Genetic polymorphisms and link to coronary artery disease

Oxidative stress in the vasculature induced by ROS (particularly the superoxide anion) via the NAD(P)H oxidase pathway causes vascular wall remodeling and endothelial dysfunction, consistent with the initial pathogenesis of vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and CAD.  Genetic alterations in the CYBA gene have been reported that interrupt this pathway in the vasculature, including the C242T and A640G polymorphisms.

The C242T polymorphism occurs in exon 4 and results in a histidine to tyrosine amino acid substitution in the p22phox protein.  This leads to reduced NAD(P)H oxidase activity in human blood vessels and therefore a decreased production of ROS and vascular oxidative stress.  A 2014 meta-analysis indicated a protective role of this polymorphism for CAD in an Asian population due to reduced NAD(P)H oxidase activity.

The A640G polymorphism is located in the 3’ untranslated region (UTR) of the CYBA gene and does not cause an amino acid substitution, however it has still been shown to have an effect on ROS generation.  Although this variation has been less extensively studied, it has also been linked to a decreased risk of CAD, possibly due to decreased translational activity of the CYBA gene.  Specific mechanisms of this particular polymorphism are currently under investigation.

References

Transmembrane proteins


Stanislav Viktorovich Reznikov (; born 8 April 1986) is a Russian former professional footballer.

Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2003 for FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.

On 7 June 2019, Russian Football Union banned him from football activity for three years after he allegedly accepted a bribe for ensuring that his team FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk lost to FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye.

References

1986 births
People from Novorossiysk
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Russia men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Men's association football midfielders
FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players
FC Luch Vladivostok players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
Russian Premier League players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk players
FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye players
FC Nosta Novotroitsk players
Footballers from Krasnodar Krai


Littlepage Stone Mansion, also known as The Old Stone Mansion, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia.  It was constructed in 1845 is one of only six houses within the City of Charleston that date to before the American Civil War.  It was originally constructed as a two-story Federal style residence, with additions and improvements made in 1915 and 1936.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Houses in Charleston, West Virginia
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Houses completed in 1845
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Liguus virgineus, also known as the candy cane snail, is a species of tree-living snail native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It has a distinctive conical shell of . The background of the shell is white; there are typically 3–6 spiraling stripes of various colors, including brown, black, pink, green, purple, or light yellow. The shells are typically right-handed with seven or eight whorls. Though it spends most of its life in trees, it descends to lay its eggs in moist soil. It consumes various kinds of lichens throughout its life, as well as twigs and small branches. Its shells have been discovered in midden heaps in the Dominican Republic, indicating that it was a food resource for indigenous peoples. Early European explorers to Hispaniola brought the shells back to Europe, and it has been depicted in scientific illustrations since 1684, making it first Neotropical land snail that was scientifically illustrated.

Description
Shells of Liguus virgineus can reach a length of . These small shells are oval-conical shaped, thin but robust. The shell surface is smooth and shiny. The aperture (opening of the shell) is semicircular. The shell has seven or eight whorls; the tip of the shell is obtuse, or not sharply pointed. Like most gastropods, individuals typically have dextral (right-handed) shells, though sinistral (left-handed) shells have been documented. Its slime and epiphragms (temporary structures that prevent water loss) are both green.

The appearance of the shell is striking and has been compared to painted porcelain. The background color of the shell is white or creamy-white, with thin bright spiral stripes. The stripes can be brown, black, pink, green, purple, or light yellow. A single shell can have stripes of a single color or as many as three different colors. There are typically 3–6 stripes. The aperture  may be dark-grey or white-purple with scarlet lips. The reasons for the wide variety of color patterns seen in this species are not understood.

The stripes of its shell have high contrast relative to the background in both the visible light spectrum and the near-ultraviolet spectrum (340-400 nm). There is very little contrast in the near-infrared spectrum (700-1000 nm).

Its tongue membrane is long and broad with about two hundred rows of teeth. Its jaw is slightly arched and is composed of fourteen different plates.

Biology and ecology

Snails of the genus Liguus spend most of their lives in trees, though they do descend to lay eggs on moist ground. Upon hatching, the young snails climb a tree. Adults' diets consist primarily of bark-growing lichens. Newly hatched young will feed on leaf-growing lichen, progressing to twigs and small branches, then finally the bark-growing lichens.

Like other snails, its shell coloration is produced by pigment glands in the mantle, called chromophores. These chromophores are active for the entire life of individuals, resulting in the continuous colored lines of the shell.

Range and habitat
This species is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (in Haiti and the Dominican Republic). It is arboreal (lives in trees) and has been found on the branches of the tree Haematoxylum campechianum.

Historic use and depictions

Shells of L. virgineus have been discovered in midden heaps in the Dominican Republic, indicating its use by indigenous peoples. The presence of shells from L. virgineus and two other terrestrial gastropods showed that shellfish were gathered from both rivers and the countryside.

As the island of Hispaniola was one of the earliest sites of European contact, the brightly colored and distinctive shells of L. virgineus have been represented in scientific illustrations for hundreds of years. The first illustration attributed to L. virgineus was published in 1684 in Filippo Bonanni's Recreatio Mentis et Oculi. Thus, it was the first scientific illustration of any neotropical land snail.

References

External links

 Conchology
 Image of a live individual on Flickr

Orthalicidae
Gastropods described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Endemic fauna of Hispaniola
Fauna of the Dominican Republic
Fauna of Haiti


Terzina may refer to:

 Tercet, three-lined poetic form
 In music, triplet


Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Sukhov (; born 3 January 1986) is a Russian professional footballer.

Club career
He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2006 for FC Moscow.

Honours
 Russian Cup finalist: 2007.

Career statistics

References

External links

1986 births
Footballers from Moscow
Living people
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football defenders
FC Moscow players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Ufa players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players


Mr Lockwood (first name not given) is the frame-narrator in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights, and the recorder of the main narrative, which is related to him by Nelly Dean.

Lockwood is an English gentleman who arrives on the Yorkshire moors for a retreat from city life. The narrative is propelled by Lockwood's interest in Heathcliff, his landlord at Thrushcross Grange.

Narrative
Wuthering Heights begins as Lockwood arrives at Thrushcross Grange, an estate in the moorland that he is renting from Heathcliff. Heathcliff, at the time Lockwood arrives, owns both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, two neighbouring estates. Early in the book, Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights, where he is shocked by the behaviour of Heathcliff and the other residents of the manor.

Lockwood nevertheless pays a second visit to Wuthering Heights, when, due to the weather, he is forced to spend the night. Without proper lodgings available, Lockwood is taken to a small room by a servant, who instructs Lockwood to not let Heathcliff know that he is there. During the night, Lockwood reads a book wherein he finds the names "Catherine Earnshaw" and "Catherine Linton" written repeatedly. In the course of the night, Lockwood sees a spectre of Catherine; he relates,

Upon waking, Lockwood recounts the vision to Heathcliff, who orders Lockwood to leave Wuthering Heights. Before he leaves, Lockwood observes Heathcliff enter the bedroom and attempt to speak to the ghost of Catherine: "Come in! come in!" he sobbed.  "Cathy, do come.  Oh, do — once more!  Oh! my heart's darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!"

Upon returning to Thrushcross Grange, Lockwood inquires about the history of Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights with Nelly Dean. While Lockwood is bedridden with an illness, Nelly recounts to him the story of Heathcliff, the Earnshaws of Wuthering Heights, and the Lintons of Thrushcross Grange.  Nelly's retelling makes up the bulk of the novel.

The novel concludes as Lockwood returns to Wuthering Heights to notify Heathcliff that he wished to terminate his lease of Thrushcross Grange. Upon arriving at the Heights, Lockwood discovers that Heathcliff had died, and that Heathcliff's niece, Cathy, and nephew, Hareton, are to be married. Lockwood, upon seeing them together, feels regretful that he missed a possible chance at romance with Cathy.

The final scene of Wuthering Heights shows Lockwood passing by the graves of Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar Linton at the local kirkyard and commenting on the tranquility of the scene.

References
Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights (Oxford World's Classics, 1998).

Notes

Characters in Wuthering Heights


MacFarland House, also known as MacFarland-Ruby-Crowley-Hubbard House, is a historic home located at Charleston, West Virginia.  It was built in 1836 and is one of only six pre-American Civil War houses still standing in the city.  The house features a full two-story modified Roman Doric portico.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

References

Houses in Charleston, West Virginia
Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1836
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia


Linda Lomahaftewa (born 1947) is a Hopi and Choctaw printmaker, painter, and educator living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Background
Linda J. Lomahaftewa was born July 3, 1947, in Phoenix, Arizona. Her late father was Hopi; her mother is Choctaw from Oklahoma. Her parents had met at an Indian boarding school. She and her family lived in Phoenix and Los Angeles, California.

She attended a strict mission boarding school in 1961 but transferred to Phoenix Indian School, then the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1962, the year the school opened. Upon graduation from IAIA, Linda earned a scholarship to attend the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, along with fellow artists, T.C. Cannon, Kevin Red Star, and Bill Prokopiof. Of the four, only Linda graduated from SFAI. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, she went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts degrees at SFAI in 1971.

Artwork
Dawn Reno writes of Linda's work that, "She unites the ancient Indian world with the contemporary in her modernistic paintings and has done a series of abstract landscapes which are considered the most powerful in her body of work." Of her own art, she writes that her "imagery comes from being Hopi and remembering shapes and colors from ceremonies and from landscape. I associate a special power and respect, a sacredness, with these colors and shapes, and this carries over into my work."

Although best known for her printmaking, Ribbon Shirt, her contribution to the major traveling exhibit, Indian Humor, is a typical contemporary ribbon shirt bedecked with an array of medals, buttons, and award ribbons from various Native American art shows.

In response to viewing the retrospective exhibition of Lomahaftewa's work, The Moving Land: 60+ Years of Art by Linda Lomahaftewa, art writer Michael Abatemarco  observed, "The landscape orientation is an ever-present aspect, as is a collage-like use of representational imagery. The show includes rare pieces from the start of her career, like an untitled acrylic photo transfer from the late 1960s that shows the unmistakable likeness of Beatles drummer Ringo Star amidst a confluence of abstract shapes and lines in liquid movement. But a clear division between the swarming shapes and an open upper portion, where more figures take on less vibrant and more corporeal form than those in the lower portion of the composition, suggests the separation of earth and sky."

Career and honors

She has participated in innumerable group and solo exhibits including those at the American Indian Contemporary Art gallery in San Francisco; the Heard Museum in Phoenix; the American Indian Community House in New York City; and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe.

She was listed in the 8th Edition of the International Who's Who in 1984. Her work can be found in such public collections at the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico; the US Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Washington, DC; the Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma; the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; the Native American Center for the Living Arts, Niagara Falls, New York; and the Center for the Arts of Indian America, Washington, DC.

Linda began teaching at Sonoma State University and later at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1976, she accepting a position teaching two-dimensional studio arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where she taught for more than forty years before retiring.

"I'm happy that I'm recognized as a Native woman artist," she was quoted as saying. "And that I'm still doing work after all this time. A lot of people give up."

Linda Lomahaftewa was selected as an Institute of American Indian Arts Artist-in-Residence in the autumn of 2020. As a safety measure, the college arranged a studio for the artist off-campus at Vital Spaces to reduce exposure risks of COVID-19. She produced a new work during the residency, many of which were included in her retrospective exhibition at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (January - June 2021), in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Art historian and critic Michelle J. Lanteri wrote of the new paintings, "One work, Healing Prayers for a Pandemic Universe (2020) evokes hope through gestural webs of yellow, purple, blue, and gold embedded in a night sky. Through these pathways, the painting offers new possibilities in the current social landscape that's redefining its future within each fluid moment. Indicated by the painting's title, Lomahaftewa wishes healing for all people. While speaking with her, she reflected on this composition. "It made me think of how a prayer would look—just things in motion.'"

Linda Lomahaftewa was a participant in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Pandemic Oral History Project in September 2020. The oral history series recorded responses to the global pandemic across the American art world. Conducted virtually, the Pandemic Oral History Project featured eighty-five short-form interviews with a diverse group of artists, teachers, curators, and administrators, including Linda Lomahaftewa.

Personal
Linda has a son, Logan L. Slock, and a daughter, Tatiana Lomahaftewa Singer, who is a curator of contemporary Native arts. Her brother, the late Dan Lomahaftewa (1951–2005), was also a celebrated artist. Her first cousins, Roger and Marcus Amerman are internationally known Choctaw beadworkers.

Notable exhibitions
2021: The Moving Land: 60+ Years of Art by Linda Lomahaftewa, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
2012: Low-Rez: Native American Lowbrow Art, Eggman and Walrus Art Emporium, Santa Fe, NM

Public collections
 Heard Museum
 Marcus Amerman
 Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
 Millicent Rogers Museum
 Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

Notes

References
 Bates, Sara, curator. Indian Humor. San Francisco: American Indian Contemporary Arts, 1995. .
 Reno, Dawn. Contemporary Native American Artists. Brooklyn: Alliance Publishing, 1995. .

External links

 Artist's Website
 Indyke, Dottie. Linda Lomahaftewa. Southwest Art
Linda Lomahaftewa, Vision Project, by Jennifer C. Vigil
Oral History Interview with Linda Lomahaftewa

1947 births
Living people
American women painters
American women printmakers
Artists from Phoenix, Arizona
Artists from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Choctaw people
Hopi people
Institute of American Indian Arts alumni
Institute of American Indian Arts faculty
Native American painters
Native American printmakers
Painters from New Mexico
Native American women artists
21st-century American painters
21st-century American women artists
American women academics
20th-century Native American artists
21st-century Native American artists
20th-century Native American women
21st-century Native American women


Timothy David Wilkinson (born 26 July 1978) is a professional golfer from New Zealand.

Biography
Wilkinson was born in Palmerston North, and was educated at St Peter's College. He won the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and turned professional in 2003.

Wilkinson joined the second tier Nationwide Tour in 2005, but failed to win enough money to graduate directly to the PGA Tour. He finally obtained his PGA Tour card by finishing inside the top 25 at the 2007 qualifying school.

Wilkinson had a successful rookie season on the PGA Tour in 2008, the highlights being an outright third at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and finishing joint runner-up at the Valero Texas Open, two shots behind winner Zach Johnson. He made over one million dollars in prize money and finished 92nd on the final money list.

In 2009, Wilkinson played in the final pairing at the Verizon Heritage, but faded to finish T6. A thumb ligament injury curtailed his season and saw him gain a major medical extension of his playing rights. By June 2010 he had played the 12 events this extension afforded him, and had not earned enough money to retain his status.

Wilkinson finished fifth on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card.

Amateur wins
2000 New Zealand Stroke Play Championship
2002 SBS Invitational

Playoff record
Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances
Amateur
Nomura Cup (representing New Zealand): 2001
Eisenhower Trophy (representing New Zealand): 2002
Bonallack Trophy (representing Asia/Pacific): 2002 (winners)

Professional
World Cup (representing New Zealand): 2013

See also
2007 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
2015 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates

References

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New Zealand male golfers
PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
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Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Left-handed golfers
People educated at St Peter's College, Palmerston North
Sportspeople from Palmerston North
People from Jacksonville Beach, Florida
1978 births
Living people


Tooperang is a small town and locality on Fleurieu Peninsula in the Alexandrina Council, South Australia. It includes the Cox Scrub Conservation Reserve. At the , the "suburb" of Tooperang (which also included both Mount Jagged and Mosquito Hill) recorded a population of 377 people.

The Tooperang Hall on Bull Creek Road hosts the Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA) on a regular basis where members take advantage of the geography of the region which blocks light spill from metropolitan Adelaide to create ideal conditions for astronomy. The locality of Tooperang extends west from the town along Cleland Gully Road.

Tooperang is located within the federal division of Mayo, the state electoral district of Finniss and the local government area of the Alexandrina Council.

References

Towns in South Australia


The 2009 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit at Guatemala was held April 3–5, 2009 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. It was the second leg of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit 2009.

Women's competition

Men's competition

References

 Norceca
 BV Info (Archived 2009-08-01)
 comotedeje.com (Archived 2009-08-01)

Guatemala
Norceca Beach Volleyball Circuit (Guatemala), 2009
International volleyball competitions hosted by Guatemala


Sherman John Howard (November 28, 1924 – December 5, 2019) was a professional American football player.  He played professionally as a halfback for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Yanks and Cleveland Browns. At the time of his death, Howard was considered to be both the oldest living African American NFL player  and the oldest living Cleveland Brown. Prior to his NFL career, Howard served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his NFL career Howard was both a high school coach and teacher. Howard resided in a suburb of Chicago. He died in December 2019 at the age of 95.

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1924 births
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American football halfbacks
Cleveland Browns players
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Nevada Wolf Pack football players
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Players of American football from Chicago
Players of American football from New Orleans
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African-American players of American football
20th-century African-American sportspeople
21st-century African-American people


Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry () is a former justice in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a former Chief Justice  of Lahore High Court. Before elevation to the judge of Lahore High Court, he was serving as Additional Advocate General Punjab to represent the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. Earlier he remained Assistant Advocate General Punjab from 1988 to 1995.

Early life

Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry is the son of Chaudhry Abdul Aziz and was born in village Jabbal, Tehsil Shakargarh, District Narowal on 12 December 1950.
He was educated at Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. After doing Bachelor of Laws, Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry started practicing law in 1975 and was enrolled as an Advocate High Court in 1977. He ascended to be an Advocate Supreme Court in 1992.

Professional career
Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry served as:

 Special Prosecutor, Sessions Court, Lahore (from 1977 to 1979)
 Legal Advisor NDFC, various Banks and Companies (1988)
 Assistant Advocate General Punjab  (from 1988 to 1995)
 Additional Advocate General, Punjab (from 1999 to May 2001)

He was raised to the Bench at Lahore High Court on 2 May 2001. His responsibilities have included:
 Inspection Judge, Lahore District
 Member Administration Committee, Lahore High Court, Lahore
 Cooperative Judge, Lahore High Court, Lahore
 Appellate Judge, Customs
 Administrative Judge, Anti Terrorism Courts in Punjab
 Administrative Judge, Anti Corruption Courts in Punjab
 Administrative Judge, Drug Courts in Punjab
 Led a delegation of the Judicial Officers to Vienna and Germany in November 2009 on a study tour on International Cooperative in Terrorism Cases/Drugs and Crimes arranged by the United Nations Office
 Chairman, Committee for Enrollment of Advocates Supreme Court of Pakistan
 Member Syndicate, University of the Punjab
 Member Syndicate Committee, Punjab University Law College
 Member Board of Management, Punjab Judicial Academy
 Chairman Board of Management, Punjab Judicial Academy
 Member Board of Governors, Federal Judicial Academy

Some of the landmark judgments delivered by him as Judge of the Lahore High Court are (1) Mukhtaran Mai’s case, (2) Namoos-e-Risalat case, (3) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan’s case and (4) Hafiz Saeed Ahmad’s case.
He came to worldwide media attention in May 2010 when he ordered that Facebook be blocked in Pakistan, and then restored access after a page with caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad was removed.

Having served as Judge of the Lahore High Court for more than 9 years, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry was appointed Chief Justice of Lahore High Court on 9 December 2010, and elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court on 17 November 2011. He was among the leading characters of the historic movement for restoration of Judiciary who refused to take oath under the PCO.

He retired from the Supreme Court on 14 December 2015.

References

1950 births
Living people
Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Chief Justices of the Lahore High Court


Daniel Leonard Ocone (born 1953) is a Professor in the Mathematics Department at Rutgers University, where he specializes in probability theory and stochastic processes. He obtained his Ph.D. at MIT in 1980 under the supervision of Sanjoy K. Mitter.  He is known for the Clark–Ocone theorem in stochastic analysis.  The continuous Ocone martingale is also named after him; it is a continuous martingale that is conditionally Gaussian, given its quadratic variation process.

References

External links
 Home Page at Rutgers (includes Photo)
 D. Ocone: Topics in Nonlinear Filtering Theory (Ph.D. thesis, 1980)

1953 births
Living people
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
Rutgers University faculty
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians


Edmund Burke III (born 1940) is Professor Emeritus of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research areas include Islamic history, modern Middle Eastern and North African history, Mediterranean history, French history, orientalism, European imperialism, and world history. From 2003–2007 he was presidential chair and director of the Center for World History. He received his PhD from Princeton University.

Publications
 Islam and World History: The Ventures of Marshall Hodgson, University of Chicago Press, 2018.
 "The Ethnographic State: France and the Invention of Moroccan Islam",University of California Press ,2014.
 Genealogies of Orientalism: History, Theory, Politics, ed. with D. Prochaska. University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
 Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East (2nd ed.), ed. with D. Yaghoubian. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
 "The Deep History of the Middle Eastern Environment, 1500 BCE–1500 CE", UC World History Workshop. Essays and Positions from the World History Workshop. Paper 3, April 27, 2005.
 "Theorizing the Histories of Colonialism and Nationalism in North Africa: Beyond Colonialism and Nationalism in North Africa", Arab Studies Quarterly, Spring 1998, 24 Hour Scholar.
 "Collective Action and Discursive Shifts: A Comparative Historical Perspective" UC eScholarship Repository.
 "Orientalism and World History: Representing Middle Eastern Nationalism and Islamism in the Twentieth Century" UC eScholarship Repository.

External links
 UC Santa Cruz Faculty Profile
 Center for World History at UC Santa Cruz

Living people
1940 births
University of California, Santa Cruz faculty
Princeton University alumni