The 1992 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 19, 1992, when Stanford defeated UCLA 3-1 in the NCAA championship match.

Stanford won the program's first NCAA title after three previous runner-up finishes. UCLA was the top ranked team in the country and was undefeated coming into the match. The Bruins were the two time defending national champions, and became the first university to appear in three straight NCAA title matches, equaling its previous AIAW national title match streak from 1974 through 1976. UCLA's 43 match win streak was snapped with the loss.

The 1992 Final Four was held at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Records
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Brackets

West regional

South regional

Northwest regional

Mideast regional

Final Four - The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico

See also
NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

References

NCAA women's volleyball tournament
NCAA
Volleyball in New Mexico
NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
College sports tournaments in New Mexico
1992 in women's volleyball
Sports competitions in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Women's sports in New Mexico


The Autostrada A19 is a  motorway on the island of Sicily that links Palermo to Catania. The motorway from Palermo follows the Tyrrhenian coast eastwards for 46 km and then turns south to go over the Madonie mountains and across the centre of the island to descend into the plain of Catania.

The motorway is connected to the A20 Messina-Palermo and is linked to the A18 Catania-Messina by the RA15 (Catania's Ring Road-West).

Palermo - Catania

A19
Transport in Sicily


Tabor Church (Hohenschönhausen) () is the church of the Evangelical Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Congregation, a member of today's Protestant umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (under this name since 2004). The church building is located in the Berlin borough of Lichtenberg, in the locality of Alt-Hohenschönhausen. The church was named in memory of the Transfiguration of Jesus, which allegedly took place on Mount Tabor () in today's Israel.

The congregation's parish comprises the area of the historical village of Hohenschönhausen, which was incorporated into Berlin under the Prussian Greater Berlin Act in 1920. Between 1985 and 2001 the area was part of the eponymous former borough of Hohenschönhausen.

As a Roman Catholic place of worship (until 1539)
Tabor Church is by far the oldest still existing building in the locality. The church is oriented and was built in the late 13th century, or possibly earlier, around 1230. That is about 100 years earlier than the first recorded mentions of the former village (in 1352 and 1356).

 The oldest surviving section of the church is its 13th-century choir, built from granite ashlars in late Romanesque style with a rib vault. In 1352 – as preserved in a document – Heinrich Billerbeck, the "rector ecclesie in alta schonehusen" (parson of the church in Hohenschönhausen), unmasked a man pretending to be the late Waldemar 'the Great' of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, declared dead in 1320.

The present prayer hall of two naves is an addition of about 1450 erected from simple boulders and with a vaulted roof supported by a central square pier. Around 1470 a half-timbered tower was attached to the southern side of the church. In 1480 the von Röbel family was enfeoffed with the manor estate of Hohenschönhausen, thus also holding the ius patronatus to the church.

As a Lutheran place of worship (from 1539 on)
 In 1539 Prince Elector Joachim II Hector converted from Catholicism to Lutheranism, as many of his subjects had earlier done. The church thus became Lutheran too, like most of the electoral subjects and all the churches in the Electorate of Brandenburg. In 1615 the tower underwent its first total reconstruction, followed by further repairs and new buildings at least once every century.

In 1626 – in the course of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) – the Lutheran Swedish troops under Gustavus II Adolphus and the Catholic Imperial Army under Wallenstein ravaged Hohenschönhausen and plundered the church. Out of ten farmer families, three cottager families, and two shepherd families in the parish (as of 1624) only three families holding farms and five merely holding cottages survived (as of 1652).

 In 1714 the peaked spire gave way to a domed top with a weathervane. In 1736 Christian Friedrich von Röbel sold the manor estate for 22,800 thalers to Adam Ebersbach, a merchant from Berlin. The latter thus became the patron of the church and financed its renovation in 1738.

During the reign of King Frederick 'the Great', the cemetery around the church – like all cemeteries – had to be planted with mulberry trees. Their leaves were to be picked by village schoolchildren and delivered for use in the loss-making silk production the king tried to enforce in his dirigist concept of cameralism. The last mulberry tree fell in the 1980s. After Orussia's loss in the Battle of Kunersdorf on 12 August 1759 (in the course of the Third Silesian or Seven Years' War, 1756–1763, the European chapter of Anglo-French and Indian War), Austrian and Russian soldiers robbed what they considered precious from the inventory of the church.

 In 1817, under the auspices of King Frederick William III of Prussia, the Lutheran congregation of Hohenschönhausen, like most Prussian Protestant congregations, joined the common umbrella organisation then called the Evangelical Church in Prussia (under this name since 1821), with each congregation either maintaining its former denomination or adopting the new united denomination. In 1905 the church was renovated and renamed Tabor Church, but the name 'village church' () also continued to be used.

The church weathered the Second World War intact. In 1945 Hohenschönhausen fell within the Soviet-controlled Eastern Sector of Berlin. Since 1947 the congregation has been a member of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg. In 1952 the congregation had to demolish the dilapidated domed top of the tower because in the communist planning system – even seven years after the war – there was a shortage of construction material, at least if needed for a church building. The south tower has since been a stump.

Furnishings
 The original altar, depicting Mary(am) of Nazareth, was translated in 1924 to St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin's central borough of Mitte and is now exhibited in the Märkisches Museum. In the same year Tabor Church received in return a wooden altar (of the last quarter of the 15th century) from the village church in Berlin-Wartenberg, showing the carved sculptures of Mary(am) of Nazareth with the infant Jesus in the central field, flanked by two bipartite folding flaps with sculptures of Saints. The pulpit dates to the early 17th century and is decorated with diamond-styled Herms pilasters.

 The christening bowl of 1671 shows the arms of the von Röbel family, who donated it. The parapet of the organ loft (17th century) features vivid flat carvings and again the arms of the von Röbel family. Two further sculptures of female saints (around 1430) belong to the furnishings. An oval epitaph commemorates Hans Christoph von Röbel (d. 1671). On the eastern outside wall, four plates recall the four major restructurings of the church in 1738, 1801, 1905, and 1924.

Notes

References
 Georg Dehio, Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, rev. Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger, Michael Bollé, Ralph Paschke et al., 22 vols., 2nd ed. Dehio-Vereinigung, Berlin and Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2000, vol. 8: Berlin, p. 211. .
 Günther Kühne and Elisabeth Stephani, Evangelische Kirchen in Berlin (1978), Berlin: CZV-Verlag, 2nd ed. 1986, pp. 455seq. .

External links

Churches completed in 1230
Berlin
Churches completed in 1450
16th-century Protestant churches
United Protestant church buildings in Berlin
Religious buildings and structures in Berlin
Heritage sites in Berlin
Buildings and structures in Lichtenberg


The Soltam M-65 is a 120 mm mortar that was developed by Tampella in 1953 via introduction of new baseplate for 120 Krh/40 invented by Hans Otto Donner. In 1960s Soltam Systems of Israel bought a license. The mortar system comes in two versions, a standard mortar and a long-range version.

Design
This heavy mortar is light enough to be transported by helicopter sling load, drop by parachute or carried in an APC such as the M113 Armored Personnel Carrier. It can also be towed as a normal artillery piece or even manhandled if necessary. The wheels on the carriage are the same as fitted to the M151 Jeep, and have handling rings to aid in manhandling it. All components are made of chrome-plated or stainless steel to resist wear and corrosion.

Vehicle mounted version
M3 Mk. D - a M3 Half-track based 120 mm mortar carrier (used exclusively by Israel Defense Forces until replaced by the M1064 mortar carrier),

Operators

Current operators
: Honduran Army
: Israel Defense Forces (primary user)
: Myanmar Army

: Singapore Army
: South African Army
: Turkish Land Forces 179 units
: United States Army

Former operators
Lebanese Forces
South Lebanon Army

See also
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1
Soltam K6 (US Army designation M120)
Soltam M-66
Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War

References

External links
Israeli-weapons.com
Singapore Artillery Pieces
Weapons of the Arab-Israeli Wars

Artillery of Israel
120mm mortars
Military equipment introduced in the 1950s


Abronia ammophila, the Yellowstone sand verbena, or Wyoming sand verbena, is a plant unique to Yellowstone National Park lakeshores and is endemic to the park. Part of the "Four o'clock" family (Nyctaginaceae), the abronia ammophila is best suited in sandy soils and lake shores.

The presence of a sand verbena on the Yellowstone Plateau is surprising because of the high elevation (approximately 7,740 feet, or 2,360 meters) and long, cold winters. Yellowstone sand verbena is a member of a New World plant family that typically lives in warmer climates such as deserts. The genus Abronia includes about 30 species that primarily occur in warmer areas of the western United States and Mexico. Some botanists speculate that the thermal activity in Yellowstone has made it possible for a sand verbena to survive the harsh winters here and slowly evolve into a species that is adapted to this climate.

In recent surveys, botanists have located four populations of Yellowstone sand verbena, but very little is known about its life history and biology. For example, the plant is represented as an annual in the scientific literature, although it is actually a perennial that overwinters underground as a large root system.

Distribution
This species was more widely distributed around the lake. Due to trampling by foot traffic and habitat degradation, the population of the species within the park decreased 56% between 1998 and 2010.

Description
It is a perennial herb with prostrate stems up to 4 dm long, which are sticky and hairy. Head-like clusters of whitish, tubular flowers surrounded by 5 oval bracts bloom in July and August.

References

External links
 Yellowstone National Park
Saunders, E., & Sipes S. (2006). Reproductive biology and pollination ecology of the rare Yellowstone Park endemic Abronia ammophilia. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2006.00153.x

ammophila
Flora of Wyoming
Endemic flora of the United States
Yellowstone National Park
Plants described in 1900
Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene


Mikhail Nikolayevich Romadin () (12 April 1940 – 3 January 2012) was a Russian painter, book illustrator, movie art designer and theater artist.  He graduated from the All-Union State University of Cinematography. He is a third generation artist; his grandfather Mikhail  was an artist and his father Nikolay, was a landscape artist and Academician

Life and career

Childhood
Mikhail Romadin was born on 12 April 1940 in Moscow. His father, the landscape painter Nikolai Romadin, was a student of   Falk,   Mashkov and   Konchalovsky. When Romadin  was thirteen he took lessons with Pavel Dmitrievich Korin, and it was at this point that he became attracted to less traditional types of art. He showed his experiments to Altman and Tyshler, and for a long time he was strongly influenced by the works of Picasso, Braque, Legér and other modernists, that he saw at the exhibition of French art that took place in Moscow in 1961.

Career

Mikhail Romadin went on as a young man to attend the Gerasimov University of Cinematography, which he considered to be the higher education institute that offered the most creative freedom to its students. There his best friends and fellow students were the poet Gennady Shpalikov and the director Andrei Tarkovsky. They met every day and between them were overflowing with creative ideas. Romadin thought up the flying machine made out of a sack that figures in Tarkovsky's film Andrei Rublev (1969), and in 1964 he worked as an artist on the film I am Twenty 1965 , which was directed by Marlen Khutsiev and written by Marlen Khutsiev and Gennady Shpalikov. He was then the production designer and creator of the style of Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972), after which he went on to work as production designer on three of his friend Andrei Konchalovsky's films, The First Teacher (1964), The Story of Asya Klyachina (1967), and A Nest of Gentlefolk (1969).

Andrei Tarkovsky about Mikhail Romadin: "Romadin's character is hidden, forced deep inside. In his best works what often happens is that the outward characteristics of barely ordered dynamism and chaos that one perceives initially, melt imperceptibly into the appreciation of calm and noble form, silent and simple. As I see it, this principle contains the highest artistic quality.”

Book illustration

Mikhail Romadin created illustrations from an early age, and over his life illustrated more than 200 books, including Ray Bradbury's R is for Rocket and The Magic Ring by Andrei Platonov, Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Lion with a white beard  by Tonino Guerra – M.Romadin's close friend,  and more.

Tonino Guerra about Mikhail Romadin:"I used to visit Mikhail Romadin regularly. The apartment was full of books, furniture and precariously balanced objects here and there. I was quite worried that it could all collapse on top of me. The paintings, which show innumerable fighting soldiers,leaves and grass, need an empty expanse of walls. But I didn’t feel suffocated; I felt like an organic part of this labyrinth, in which I discovered fresh air and broad horizons. It’s at this point that you yearn for the quiet life that we are all losing, and which was so dear to him [Romadin]”

The intricacy of dense detail in Romadin's work is striking, and the viewer feels drawn to examine each detail individually; but Romadin's realism is deceptive, and what we see is really closer to surrealism. He achieves this through a cinematic approach, employing close-ups, expressive angles, montage, and a cinematic compositional dynamism. As Romadin said, “A good painting is done from corner to corner, with equal ten-sion in every square centimetre.”

Romadin's works have been exhibited in over 300 solo exhibitions worldwide, from Paris, Geneva and Berlin, to Dallas and Beijing. While taking part in these exhibitions Romadin used to cover entire rolls of paper measuring several metres each with drawings. One critic called him a “drawing machine”.

The works of Mikhail Romadin are in the collections of museums and private collections worldwide.

Personal life
Parents

Father – Nikolai Mikhailovich Romadin (1903–1987) – famous Russian landscape artist and Academician.

Mother – Nina Gerasimovna Romadina (Shpileva)

Wife

Ekaterina Shein-Romadina, ballet dancer (Moscow State Academy of Choreography- The Bolshoi Ballet Academy), actress (Russian Academy of Theatre Arts), curator of exhibitions on the theme of ballet.

Сhildren

Daughter   Aleksandra Shein-Romadina, curator of exhibitions of contemporary art

Stepdaughter  Anna Fatyanova, founder of art space Dreiviertel in Bern (Switzerland)

Museums and collections

 The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
 The State Historical Museum, (Moscow)
 The State Russian Museum, (St. Petersburg)
 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (USA)
 Museum P. Ludwig Cologne, (Germany)
 Museum Ludwig P., Aachen, (Germany)
 The Museum “Les Invalides" (Paris)
 The UNESCO Collection (Paris)
 The Cartier Foundation (Paris)
 The Palais des Nations Geneva (Switzerland)
 Collection of the University of Maryland, Washington, D.C. (USA)
 Zimmerli  Art Museum New Jersey, (USA)
 The Museums of Texas Fort Worth and Texarkana (USA)
 The Museum of the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, (Berlin)
 Museum Ludwig P., Budapest (Hungary)
 The Museum of Cinema (Moscow)
 The Museum of Cosmonautics (Moscow)
 The Museum of the City of (Moscow)
 The Bakhrushi State Theatre Museum (Moscow)
 The Museum of Contemporary Art Seville (Spain)
 The Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow)
 Collection House Museum of Maximilian Voloshin, (Koktebel)
 The Central State Museum of Painting Kiev (Ukraine)
 The Museum of Cosmonautics (Kaluga)
 The collections of Peter Ludwig, represented in the museums of Beijing, Cologne, Aachen, Budapest
 The painting “The Indifferent Spectators" is displayed in the conference room used for discussions on nuclear issues of the Palace of the UN in Geneva (Switzerland)
 Works are also held in the collections of many other museums in France, USA, Italy and other countries.

 Private collections exist in Russia, the USA, France, Monaco, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg etc.

Solo exhibitions
Romadin's works have been exhibited in over 300 solo exhibitions worldwide, from Paris, Geneva and Berlin to Dallas New-York and Beijing.

Filmography

 The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) (Russian История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж, Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh)

 The First Teacher (1966) (Russian Первый учитель, Pervyy uchitel) – Art director, Costume Designer
 A Nest of Gentry (1969) (Russian Дворянское гнездо, Dvoryanskoe gnezdo), dabed on the novel Home of the Gentry – Set designer
 Solaris (1972) (Russian Солярис, Solyaris) Artistic director

References
Biography of Michael Romadina site biogs.redban.ru (Russian)

Michael Romadin site of Andrei Konchalovsky (Russian)

1940 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Russian painters
Russian male painters
21st-century Russian painters
20th-century Russian male artists
21st-century Russian male artists


John Theodore Rettaliata (August 18, 1911 – August 8, 2009) was a fluid dynamicist who was president of Illinois Institute of Technology for 21 years, from 1952 to 1973, and served on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's National Aeronautics and Space Council, the predecessor to NASA. He received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers/Pi Tau Sigma joint Gold Medal in 1942, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Johns Hopkins University, was a National Honorary Member of the Triangle Fraternity, and held a lifetime position on the Museum of Science and Industry Board of Trustees. He also held the distinction of being one of the first people to fly in a jet aircraft. Illinois Institute of Technology has a professorial position dedicated to Rettaliata, the John T. Rettaliata Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, currently occupied by Hassan M. Nagib.

Biography
Rettaliata attended the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute magnet high school which enabled him to enter Johns Hopkins University as a sophomore in 1929. He graduated with a Ph.D. in 1936. Rettaliata died on August 8, 2009, at the age of 97.

Notes

1911 births
2009 deaths
Scientists from Baltimore
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute alumni
Illinois Institute of Technology faculty
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Presidents of Illinois Institute of Technology
Eisenhower administration personnel


Charpentiera obovata, known as broadleaf pāpala, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Amaranthaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests at elevations of  on all main islands.  C. obovata reaches a height of  and a trunk diameter of .

References

Amaranthaceae
Trees of Hawaii
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Plants described in 1826
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


In Russia, the Kazakh population lives in the regions bordering Kazakhstan. The 2010 Russian census recorded 647,732 Kazakhs living mostly in the Astrakhan Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Samara Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, Omsk Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai regions. During the 1920s significant numbers of Kazakh families were left outside the designated Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic; after the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, they acquired Russian citizenship.

Notable Kazakh Russians
 Gulzhan Moldazhanova (Kazakh: Gulzhan Talapkyzy Moldazhanova) is a businesswoman who served as CEO for Basic Element and was named among the most powerful women of the mid- to late 2000s. In 2018, she and others resigned from Russian company Rusal as it was facing sanctions from the US.
 Elizabet Tursynbayeva (Kazakh: Elizabet Tursynbayeva) is a Kazakh figure skater. She is the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2019 Winter Universiade silver medalist. Tursynbayeva is the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in senior competition.
 Damir Ismagulov (Kazakh: Damir Amankeldyuly Ismagulov) is a Russian mixed martial artist of Kazakh heritage, who is currently fighting in the Lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former M-1 Global lightweight champion.
 Talgat Musabayev (Talǵat Amankeldiuly Musabaev) is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights.
 Timur Bekmambetov (Kazakh: Temir Nurbakytuly Bekmambetov); is a Russian-Kazakh director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films, music videos and commercials. He is best known for the film Night Watch (2004) and its sequel Day Watch (2006), and the American films Wanted (2008) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).
 Altynai Asylmuratova (Kazakh: Altynaı Abdýahımqyzy Asylmuratova) is artistic director of the ballet company at Astana Opera[1], and a former prima ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world.
 Erik Kurmangaliev (Kazakh: Erik Salimuly Kurmangaliev) was a Russian-Kazakh opera singer, actor and a leading public figure in Russia's perestroika music scene.
 Eldor Urazbayev (Eldar Muhameduly Urazbayev) - Russian film director, screenwriter and Producer Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (1998).
 Askar Zhumagaliyev (Kazakh: Asqar Qýanyshuly Jumaǵalıev) is Kazakh politician. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 29 August 2017 until the government was dismissed on 25 February 2019. Zhumagaliyev was the Deputy Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan,
 Aman Tuleyev (Kazakh: Amangeldi Moldaǵazıulı Tóleev), is a Russian statesman. He served as governor of Kemerovo Oblast from 1997 to 2018 and became the chairman of the Council of People's Deputies of the Kemerovo oblast since April 2018.
 Vladimir Vasilyev (politician) (Kazakh: Alik Abdualiuly Asanbayev) is a Russian politician. Head of the Republic of Dagestan.
 Batyrkhan Shukenov (Kazakh: Batyrhan Qamaluly Shúkenov) was a Soviet Kazakhstan and Russian singer, musician, composer, and poet.
 Bari Alibasov (Kazakh: Bari Karimuly Alibasov) is a Moscow-based musical producer best known for creating a successful Russian boy band Na-Na in 1989. Previously he had managed the jazz band Integral from 1965 till 1989. Meritorious Artist of Russia (1999).
 Albina Dzhanabaeva (Kazakh: Albina Boriskyzy Dzhanabaeva) is a Russian singer, actress, TV-Host. Best known for being a member in the Ukrainian girl group VIA Gra from 2004 to 2013.
 Natalya Arinbasarova (Kazakh: Наталья Өтеуліқызы Орынбасарова) is a Soviet actress.
 Kai Metov (Russian: Кай Метов; September 19, 1964, Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, USSR) is a Russian singer-songwriter and composer. Honored Artist of Russia (2015).

References

 Сайт «Казахи России» (при содействии посольства РК в РФ): новости, культура, форум (рус.,каз.,англ.)
 Форум российских казахов
 Казахи в составе России в конце XIX века: их численность, размещение, занятия и образовательный уровень
 Актуальность изучения этнической группы казахов Степного Алтая
 Казахстанская правда: Поднять статус казахского языка (об Астраханской области, август 2003)
 Мавзолей Курмангазы
 Интервью с лидером самарской казахской общины
 Боронин О. В., Быков А. Ю. Исторические предпосылки современного восприятия казахов юга Горного Алтая алтайцами…
 Казахские национально-культурные центры — одни из самых активных и деятельных в Алтайском крае
 Карта доли казахов до уровня сельского поселения ПФО

Central Asian diaspora in Russia
Ethnic groups in Russia
Russia
Kazakhstani diaspora


Best Friends is a 1982 American romantic comedy film starring Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn. It is based on the true story of the relationship between its writers Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin. The film was directed by Norman Jewison.

Plot
Richard Babson and Paula McCullen are a couple of Hollywood screenwriters who have lived and worked together for a number of years. Richard would like to get married, but Paula does not feel the need.

Having just written a film script for producer Larry Weissman, the couple decides to get married without letting anyone else know. Paula can tell it is important to Richard, so she reluctantly agrees.

They are wed in a Los Angeles marriage bureau by a man named Jorge Medina in heavily accented English, making for a comical moment. For a honeymoon trip, they travel cross-country by train to inform their parents back East about what they have done.

The first stop is Buffalo, New York, where they are met in a winter wonderland by Paula's parents. Eleanor and Tim McCullen are old-fashioned, so Paula informs Richard that they will need to sleep in separate beds. Richard isn't happy about being treated like a child or about the frigid climate and the constantly open window.

From there they go to Virginia to visit Richard's parents, who reside in a giant high-rise condominium. No window is ever opened there, and Paula, feeling increasing panic attacks, is in dire need of some fresh air. She also accidentally overdoses on Valium and goes face-first into a salad at lunch.

The Babsons excitedly believe that Paula and Richard are engaged but devastated to learn that they are  married. They throw a party at a restaurant, where Paula is upset by the comments of guests.

She and Richard are barely on speaking terms when Larry Weissman shows up, desperate for pages of a script rewrite. Paula insists that they return home to California immediately, but once there, their personal and professional relationship has soured.

Larry locks them in a room, where the writers bicker and get no work done. Paula again demands fresh air until Richard breaks a window. When they finally talk it through, they are in agreement that getting married might not have been the best idea. They finish the rewrite and then walk off into the sunset, which turns out to be a Hollywood prop.

Cast

In addition, Valerie Curtin, who wrote the film's screenplay with husband Barry Levinson (they divorced the year it was released), has an uncredited cameo as Paula's friend sitting in a playpen.

Production
Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin wrote the screenplay based on their relationship. They had made And Justice for All (1979) with Norman Jewison and showed him a copy of the script. Jewison felt the draft had problems but was persuaded to make it by Goldie Hawn who read the script and was enthusiastic.

"I had been impressed with her talent ever since Sugarland Express," said Jewison. "I thought she was one of the most honest performers, so I said, 'If you'll do it, I'll do it'."

Hawn later said her part was "probably my most mature role" to date.

They decided together on Burt Reynolds as costar. "My instinct was that we should have star chemistry, like Cary Grant and Carole Lombard, like I had on The Thomas Crown Affair, with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway."

There were six weeks of filming in New York State, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., then the unit shifted to Los Angeles.

Jewison said he "took my time" with the film. "I made it very carefully, indeed...I had a wonderful time making the film and I haven't seen such good chemistry between leading players since I made The Thomas Crown Affair."

Songs
The film's theme song "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?", was composed by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman. In the film, the song (performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram) is first heard as Richard and Paula return to Los Angeles after their honeymoon and then heard during the closing credits. How Do You Keep the Music Playing? was nominated for an Academy Award and has become a popular standard and recorded by Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Jean, Scherrie & Lynda of The Supremes and Shirley Bassey. Another song by the same songwriters and performers, "Think About Love," is played during a montage of the train journey.

Reception
Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote that the plot "sounds like a series of fairly predictable scenes. But they're redeemed by the writing and acting." Janet Maslin of The New York Times stated that Reynolds and Hawn made "a surprisingly appealing team, the surprise being that two individually stellar comic actors can work so comfortably together. Each of them works on a lower wattage than usual, since the emphasis here is on friendliness, rather than on madcap joking." Variety called it "a very engaging film...Even if it is initially jarring to accept Hawn and Reynolds as screenwriters, they are thoroughly believable as two people struggling to make their relationship work. Hawn especially has kept her customary kookiness in check and conveys her character's plight with maturity and charm." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called the film "exceptionally authentic and endearing...I suppose Reynolds and Hawn have certainly enjoyed showier showcasing, but it should do them no harm at all to be recognized as a likably self-effacing romantic comedy team in a new romantic comedy of rare sweetness and intelligence."

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times was less enthused, writing that the film "quickly proves to be the familiar instance of the comedy that presents its central figures in the round only to satirize heavily all the peripheral people, most of whom are weighed down in shtick." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two stars out of four and asked "Who wants to see such upbeat performers as Hawn and Reynolds bitch at each other for nearly two hours? The casting is wrong here." Pauline Kael of The New Yorker wrote "The script probably reads fine, but it plays all wrong. The dialogue is too neatly worked out; there's no way to speak it without making us aware of how clever it is—how flip yet knowing."

The film has a score of 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews.

Box office
The film opened on 1,062 screens and grossed $4,022,891 for the weekend to finish in fourth place behind Tootsie, The Toy and The Dark Crystal.

Awards and nominations

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
 "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" – Nominated

References

External links

1982 comedy films
1982 drama films
1980s American films
1982 films
1980s romantic comedy-drama films
American romantic comedy-drama films
1980s English-language films
Fictional married couples
Films scored by Michel Legrand
Films about screenwriters
Films directed by Norman Jewison
Films set in New York (state)
Films set in Los Angeles
Films set in Virginia
Films shot in Buffalo, New York
Films shot in Virginia
Rail transport films
Warner Bros. films


Bob Adams is a British road manager (retired 1981) who worked for many top artists of the 1960s and 1970s including The Beatles, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, The Everly Brothers, Bo Diddley, Paul McCartney and Wings. John Lennon referred to him as “Old Bob”.

References

Road crew
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century British people


Robert P. Aitken Farm House is an Italianate residence in Flint Township, Michigan, United States.  The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 1982.

Description
The house has several excellent qualities of the Italianate style.  The main portion of the house is two stories tall, with paired eavesline brackets, a hip roof, and a cupola.  The cupola has delicate scrollwork brackets in the corners, rounded arch windows, and paired brackets under the eaves.  The house has two additions with gable roofs and eyebrow windows, indicating Greek Revival architecture, so there is some speculation that those additions were earlier parts of the structure.

History

Robert P. Aitken moved to Flint Township, Michigan from New York in 1842.  He married Sarah Johnstone, also from New York, in 1843.  The exact date of construction is not known, but is presumed to be after 1843.  Aitken was a successful farmer,  and a politician, serving as the supervisor of Flint Township and a representative to the Michigan Legislature.  The family had five daughters and five sons.  His son David D. Aitken later operated the farm and served in the United States House of Representatives.

References

Buildings and structures in Flint, Michigan
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
Italianate architecture in Michigan
Houses in Genesee County, Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Genesee County, Michigan


Reservoir is the 2009 debut album of the London-based indie folk band Fanfarlo. The album was recorded in October and November 2008 at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States and was produced by Peter Katis. It includes the band's featured singles "Fire Escape" and "Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time", which were released on preceding EPs. Three further singles, "Drowning Men", "The Walls Are Coming Down" and "I'm a Pilot", were released from the album in the summer of 2009.

Cover art
Sigur Rós's singer Jón Þór Birgisson suggested Lilja Birgisdottir, his sister, to Czech photographer Jan Saudek when they were looking for art for the album cover. Fanfarlo chose a photograph which contained Sigurrós, the little sister of Jón Þór Birgisson, and the namesake of the band Sigur Rós.

Limited edition
In the UK, a "strictly limited" edition red box-set version of the album was released to a selection of independent record stores, containing numerous art cards and the album tied with red and white string.

Release
The album was released by Raffle Bat Records in the United Kingdom in April 2009.

The album was released on September 29, 2009, in the United States on Canvasback Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. The American release features a gray-tinted version of the cover photograph and contains no interior booklet. To promote the album in the United States, Atlantic Records released a single for "Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time" in January 2010 and funded a new music video for the song.

Track listing
 "I'm a Pilot" – 4:31
 "Ghosts" – 4:18
 "Luna" – 4:37
 "Comets" – 5:44
 "Fire Escape" – 3:00
 "The Walls Are Coming Down" – 4:15
 "Drowning Men" – 4:16
 "If It Is Growing" – 2:43
 "Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time" – 4:02
 "Finish Line" – 3:40
 "Good Morning Midnight" – 1:26
 "Sand and Ice" (bonus track) – 4:18

References

2009 albums
Fanfarlo albums
Atlantic Records albums


The province of Aceh in Indonesia is divided into regencies and cities, each of which in turn is divided administratively into districts (kecamatan).

The kecamatans of Aceh, with the regency or city into which each falls, are as follows:

Aceh


Kai Greene (born July 12, 1975), is an American personal trainer, artist, actor, and professional bodybuilder. He came in second place at the 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions of the IFBB's Mr. Olympia competition and has not competed in it since, though he never formally announced his retirement. He is often regarded as one of the best bodybuilders to have never won the competition.

Early life
Kai Greene was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on July 12, 1975. From the age of six, he was raised in foster care and residential treatment centers in Brooklyn. According to his online biography, his rapid physical growth and development drew the attention of his seventh grade English teacher, and since his behavior in school was troublesome, he was inspired to enter teenage bodybuilding competitions as an outlet.

Bodybuilding career

NPC
Greene became an enthusiastic bodybuilder when he worked at Johnny Lats Gym in New York City, where he began training with personal trainer Jakob Panotas in 1996. He competed in the National Physique Committee (NPC) aiming to move into the IFBB. He perceives his success in the NPC as mixed. Although he won the 1999 NPC Team Universe, afterward he took a five-year break from competitions, before re-emerging in the 2004 NPC Team Universe contest, which he won again. This victory qualified him for a career as an IFBB when his professional career started as bodybuilder.

New York Pro & Mr. Olympia
In 2011, Greene began working with preparation coach George Farah and placed 1st in the 2011 New York Pro Championship. His 3rd place finish at Mr. Olympia in 2011 qualified him for the 2012 contest, so he did not compete at the 2012 New York Pro in order to focus on Mr. Olympia. He placed 2nd in the 2012 Mr. Olympia, the 2013 Mr. Olympia, and the 2014 Mr. Olympia.

Greene did not compete in the 2015 Mr. Olympia due to unknown circumstances, and issued a statement to say that "there is a lot more going on behind the scenes that [he] cannot discuss". Olympia officials allegedly denied any claims that he was banned from competing, but did confirm that he did not register and had been reminded to register several times since May of that year. Greene did request an extension on the registration period and was given an extra two months, but he did not meet this deadline either.

Greene won the 2016 Arnold Classic, which he had also won in 2009 and 2010, but has not competed since. In June 2017, he was given a special offer to compete in that year's Mr. Olympia competition without having to re-qualify, which he declined.

Documentaries
In 2009, Greene worked with director Mike Pulcinella to release Overkill, which documented his preparation for his first appearance at the 2009 Olympia. In 2010, he reunited with Pulcinella to film the sequel Redemption, showcasing his training and philosophies for the 2010 Arnold Classic, which he won for the second year in a row. He features in the 2013 film Generation Iron, detailing the lead up to and events of the 2012 Mr. Olympia competition.  He was also featured in the sequels Generation Iron 2, Generation Iron 3 and Kai.

Technique
Greene has often discussed the "mind-muscle connection". In an article published by Flex as part of his "Top Ten Big Back Principles", he explained, "The mind-muscle connection is the number one factor in training. You develop it over time by posing your muscle, and also by paying close attention to how your muscles feel when you work them. Eventually, you get to where your mind can read the feedback your muscles are providing, and your muscles can react to the stimulus your mind is providing. Practice posing between sets or anytime. And feel your muscles working throughout your sets. Eventually, your mind and muscles will speak the same language and communicate back and forth."

Sponsors and endorsements
Greene was sponsored by Flex. He launched a supplement brand called Dynamik Muscle in 2015, and a training program called The 5P in May 2016. The latter is named after the acronym for his motto, "Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance". He is sponsored by sportswear company Ryderwear, who have released lines of signature clothing and footwear in his name, and he signed a deal with sports supplement and clothing company REDCON1 in 2020.

Other work

Acting

Greene portrayed a male stripper in the 2015 comedy film College Debts. In November 2016, he travelled to the Chinese province of Guizhou to start filming for the 2018 martial arts film Crazy Fist. He played a villain who fights the protagonist in an arena during the film's opening sequence. In January 2017, it was announced that Greene had signed with The Gersh Agency. In 2017, he played Funshine in the second season of the Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things. He appeared in the Indian action-thriller film Pogaru in 2021.

Art
Greene is an avid artist who often creates self-portraits to help himself build and maintain his ideal physique. In August 2011, he exhibited some of his work to the public; at the exhibition, he stated, "As a professional bodybuilder, I'm a master sculptor. The art show made me realize that I've always been an artist: my medium the human physique. My life is what I make it, just like the art I've produced on canvas and on stage. This art show makes this statement. I'm celebrating some personal accomplishments and my own artistic expression."

Podcasting
In November 2015, Greene and fitness model Krystal Lavenne began co-hosting a weekly podcast titled Generation Iron, in which they discussed various topics while answering questions sent in by fans. Greene left the podcast at an unknown point in time.

In October 2020, Greene began hosting his own podcast called Getting It Done.

Other

In 2021, Greene became the face of a gaming cryptocurrency called Grapefruit Supercoin.

Contest history

1994 NGA American Nationals
1996 WNBF Pro Natural Worlds – 1st
1997 NPC Team Universe Championships – 2nd
1998 NPC Team Universe Championships – 3rd
1999 World Amateur Championships – 6th
1999 NPC Team Universe Championships – 1st
2005 New York Pro – 14th
2006 Superman Pro – 20th
2006 Shawn Ray Colorado Pro/Am Classic – 14th
2007 New York Pro – 6th
2007 Keystone Pro Classic – 3rd
2007 Shawn Ray Colorado Pro/Am Classic – 1st
2008 New York Pro – 1st
2008 Arnold Classic – 3rd
2009 Australian Pro Grand Prix – 1st
2009 Arnold Classic – 1st
2009 Mr. Olympia – 4th
2010 Arnold Classic – 1st
2010 Australian Pro Grand Prix – 1st
2010 Mr. Olympia – 7th
2011 New York Pro – 1st
2011 Mr. Olympia – 3rd
2011 Sheru Classic – 3rd
2012 Mr. Olympia – 2nd
2012 Sheru Classic – 2nd
2013 Mr. Olympia – 2nd
2013 Arnold Classic Europe – 2nd
2013 EVL's Prague Pro – 1st
2014 Mr. Olympia – 2nd
2016 Arnold Classic – 1st
2016 Arnold Classic Australia – 1st
2016 Arnold Classic Brazil – 1st

References

External links

Kai Greene's possible participation in OLYMPIA’19

1975 births
Living people
African-American bodybuilders
Professional bodybuilders
People from Brooklyn
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople


Chloe Elaine Lowery is an American singer and songwriter. By the age of 12 she was signed to RCA Records. She was featured on two film soundtracks during that time, Boys and Girls and "Joe Somebody."

She toured with Big Brother and the Holding Company. Chloe simultaneously worked with producer Ric Wake that led to her collaboration with Yanni. Chloe lent her vocals and songwriting talents to the 2009 Yanni Voices Project produced by Disney Pearl Imprint. She was featured on PBS as a featured artist in "Yanni Voices Live from Acapulco." After US and Mexico tours with Yanni, she was signed to Disney/Hollywood Records as a solo artist. Chloe has since been featured on Yanni's 2013, 2014, and 2016 releases: Truth of Touch, Inspirato, and Sensuous Chill.

In early 2010, Chloe joined rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, performing as Theresa on their Beethoven's Last Night Tours. Chloe joined their annual winter tour in 2011. Chloe continues to work with TSO on stage and in the studio.

Chloe has since made her Broadway debut with, ROCKTOPIA as well as starred in another PBS special. She has toured with Chris Botti, performed with symphonies, the New York City Ballet as a featured vocalist, and contributed her songwriting for Everclear.

Chloe's debut album The in Between was released on April 19, 2019.

References

External links
Official website
Chloe at Yanni.com
 Interview with Chloe Lowery (October 2012)

Living people
21st-century American singers
21st-century American women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)


Remixed is a greatest hits/remix album by dance/pop singer Amber. It was released in 2000 and has hits from the albums This Is Your Night and Amber. It also includes a new song entitled Taste The Tears. The album contains 14 songs in total with each song having two versions. The only two songs that don't have a second remix are "Colour of Love" and "One More Night".

Track listings
 "Taste The Tears (Thunderpuss Original Mix)"
 "Love One Another (Pathos Original Mix)"
 "Sexual (Li Da Di) (Deep Dish Cheez Whiz Mix) (Edit)"
 "Above The Clouds (Eric Kupper Remx)"
 "If You Could Read My Mind (Hex Hector Remix)"
 "One More Night (Hani Remix)"
 "This Is Your Night (Mousse T Remix)"
 "Colour Of Love (Mousse T & Borris Dlugosh Remix)"
 "If You Could Read My Mind (Hex Hector Epic Piano Mix)"
 "This Is Your Night (Junior Vasquez Sunday Night Bump Extended Mix)"
 "Above The Clouds (Thunderpuss Remix)"
 "Taste The Tears (Thunderpuss Remix)"
 "Love One Another (Mystica Remix)"
 "Sexual (Li Da Di) (Plasma Trance Mix)"

The Hits Remixed - Extended

The Hits Remixed - Extended was released internationally to digital download platforms on June 17, 2022.  The album peaked at #2 on Amazon's Digital Dance Albums chart and #3 on iTunes Dance Albums chart.

Track listings

 "A1	Love One Another (Junior Vasquez Trance To Dance Remix)10:56"
 "A2	Taste The Tears (Thunderpuss Dark Club Remix) 7:27"
 "B	Sexual (Li Da Di) (Deep Dish Cheez Whiz Remix) 10:26"
 "C1	Sexual (Li Da Di) (Plasma Trance Remix) 7:28"
 "C2	Above The Clouds (Thunderpuss Remix) 5:57"
 "D1	If You Could Read My Mind (Hex Hector Remix) 9:23"
 "D2	One More Night (Hani Num Remix) 6:54"
 "E1	This Is Your Night (Junior Vasquez Sunday Night Bump Mix) 8:45"
 "E2	This Is Your Night (Mousse T Remix) 6:34"
 "F1	Colour Of Love (Mousse T & Borris Dlugosh Remix) 6:07"
 "F2	Colour Of Love (Jonathan Peters & Anthony Acid Trenergy Hard Remix) 7:08"

Amber (singer) albums
2000 remix albums
Tommy Boy Records remix albums


The province of the Bangka–Belitung Islands in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan.

The districts of the Bangka–Belitung Islands with the regency it falls into are as follows:

Air Gegas, South Bangka
Badau, Belitung
Bakam, Bangka
Batu Betumpang, South Bangka
Belinyu, Bangka
Bukit Intan, Pangkal Pinang
Dendang, East Belitung
Gantung, East Belitung
Gerunggang, Pangkal Pinang
Jebus, West Bangka
Kelapa Kampit, East Belitung
Kelapa, West Bangka
Koba, Central Bangka
Lepar Pongok, South Bangka
Lubuk, Central Bangka
Manggar, East Belitung
Membalong, Belitung
Mendo Barat, Bangka
Mentok, West Bangka
Merawang, Bangka
Namang, Central Bangka
Pangkal Balam, Pangkal Pinang
Pangkalan Baru, Central Bangka
Payung, South Bangka
Pemali, Bangka
Puding Besar, Bangka
Rangkui, Pangkal Pinang
Riau Silip, Bangka
Selat Nasik, Belitung
Sijuk, Belitung
Simpang Katis, Central Bangka
Simpang Rimba, South Bangka
Simpang Teritip, West Bangka
Sungai Liat, Bangka
Sungai Selan, Central Bangka
Taman Sari, Pangkal Pinang
Tanjung Pandan, Belitung
Tempilang, West Bangka
Toboali, South Bangka
Tukak Sadai, South Bangka

Bangka Belitung


KSDY may refer to:

 KSDY-LD, a low-power television station (channel 31, virtual 50) licensed to serve San Diego, California, United States
 Sidney–Richland Municipal Airport (ICAO code KSDY)


Ambres is one of 54 parishes in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Villages
Ambres is a populated place and its villages include: Ambres, Las Cuadrieḷḷas d'Ambres, Las Defradas d'Ambres and Ridera.

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea


Really is a British free-to-air digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The channel launched on 19 May 2009 as UKTV's channel for female audiences. The channel shows a mixture of lifestyle, medical, real life, crime and paranormal programming. It is available on satellite through Sky and Freesat, cable through Virgin Media and also on digital terrestrial provider Freeview.

History
The channel was launched on 19 May 2009 at 9am as part of the major rebranding and repositioning of the UKTV network. The new channel was created to provide fashion, medical, real life, and crime programming on the UKTV network, by airing programming previously aired on UKTV Style. As part of the repositioning of UKTV Style to Home, this channel would focus primarily on home and garden programming. As part of this, UKTV Gardens was closed, with programmes merged with Home. The new channel Really would launch from UKTV Gardens' broadcast slot and would replace the channel on that service. Responsible for launching Really would be the channel head: Clare Laycock since July 2008. The channel was originally available only on satellite and cable services, however on 14 June 2011, UKTV announced that Really would launch on Freeview channel 20 on 2 August 2011. The channel, along with
Drama, were added to Virgin Media in Ireland on September 2018.

On 1 April 2019, it was announced that UKTV co-owner Discovery Inc. would acquire the BBC's stake in Really.

Identity

Really's identity originally centred on a pop art style cartoon of women in various situations which as the ident goes on resolves itself into an unusual outcome. At this outcome, the characters are shown with speech bubbles containing the Really logo, which then forms into the centre of the screen. Really used a generic promotion layout, consisting of the logo starting off the promotion before being located in the bottom right corner of the screen throughout before forming in the centre of the screen, alongside one of the ident characters, at the end.

Really received a new look on 15 May 2013, created by Red Bee Media, along with a new slogan 'Really gets you'.

On 31 March 2016, Really received new idents. This time, the screen is split into two at a 45-degree angle, and that 2 objects come together to form one, these idents are similar to the launch of the UKTV network in 1997. For example, a rose and a hypodermic needle, a camera and a bank safe and X-ray and ink.

On May 29, 2017, Really received another new identity.

In January 2021, Really introduced a new set of idents whilst retaining the old logo.

Programming
The majority of Really's programmes came from the programme archives of the BBC, through their once part ownership of UKTV. Due to a similar remit between the two channels, Really re-broadcasts many programmes previously shown on the channel BBC Three, and a few from BBC One, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The channel also has UK exclusive airings of the US shows Hart of Dixie and Covert Affairs.

Since the channel began airing in 2009, Medicals Real Life and Crimes on 7 September 2009 Most Haunted Live! 2015 remains the most watched programme in the channel's history. The episode featured a paranormal investigation at '30 East Drive'.

Really's current schedule of programmes include:

10 Years Younger
A Life of Grime
A Place in the Sun
Addicted to Beauty
Antiques Road Trip
Being Human – (Series 1)
Bizarre ER
Boston Med
Bridezillas
Britain's Missing Top Model
Celebrity MasterChef
Cheaters
Covert Affairs
The Clothes Show
Destination Fear
Divorce Court
Don't Tell the Bride
Doctor Who
The Ellen DeGeneres Show – (Series 9 and 10)
Escape to the Country
Extreme Makeover
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Final Witness
Four in a Bed
Freaky Eaters
Gavin & Stacey
Ghost Adventures
Ghost Hunters
Ghost Nation
Grey's Anatomy – (Series 1, 2 and 3)
Hart of Dixie – (Series 1 and 2)
Haunted Collector
Haunting: Australia
Helicopter Heroes
Hitched or Ditched
How to Look Good Naked
I Survived Evil
Kill It, Cook It, Eat It
Mary Queen of Shops
MasterChef Australia
MasterChef New Zealand
MasterChef South Africa
Missing Persons Unit
Most Haunted
Most Haunted Live!
That Mitchell and Webb Look
The Mighty Boosh
The O.C.
One Born Every Minute
Paranormal Lockdown
Paranormal Lockdown UK
Paranormal Witness
The Rachel Zoe Project
The Sex Inspectors
Tipping Point
Snog Marry Avoid?
Smart Guy
Undercover Boss
What Not to Wear

Medical programming
City Hospital
Doctors at Large
Doctors to Be
Medical Emergency
Medics of the Glen
Trauma
Your Life in their Hands

Real life programming
999
999 Lifesavers
Accident and Emergency
Ambulance
Blues and Twos
Chopper Coppers
Cops
Global Cops
Lifeboat Rescue
Raw Blues
Rescue Heroes

Crime programming
Autopsy
Blues and Twos
Catching the Killers
Chopper Coppers
Cops
Crimes and Firelines
Crime Pursuits
Crime Squad
Forensic Fles
Global Cops
Inside the Criminal Mind
Killer Cult
Mind of the MurderersRaw Blues Scenes of CrimeSerial Killers Traffic Cops''

See also
 UKTV
 Television in the United Kingdom

References

External links

2009 establishments in the United Kingdom
Television channels in the United Kingdom
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Warner Bros. Discovery networks
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
UKTV
UKTV channels


1870 () is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Alfredo Giannetti.

Cast
 Anna Magnani
 Marcello Mastroianni

 Mario Carotenuto
 Franco Balducci

References

External links

1971 films
1970s historical drama films
Italian historical drama films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Alfredo Giannetti
Films set in Rome
Films set in 1870
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
1971 drama films
1970s Italian films


On March 23, 2009, the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve, and the United States Treasury Department announced the Public–Private Investment Program for Legacy Assets.  The program is designed to provide liquidity for so-called "toxic assets" on the balance sheets of financial institutions.  This program is one of the initiatives coming out of the implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as implemented by the U.S. Treasury under Secretary Timothy Geithner.  The major stock market indexes in the United States rallied on the day of the announcement rising by over six percent with the shares of bank stocks leading the way. As of early June 2009, the program had not been implemented yet and was considered delayed.  Yet, the Legacy Securities Program implemented by the Federal Reserve has begun by fall 2009 and the Legacy Loans Program is being tested by the FDIC.  The proposed size of the program has been drastically reduced relative to its proposed size when it was rolled out.

Background
One major proximate cause of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 was the problem of "legacy assets." This term referred to:
 real estate loans held directly on the books of banks ("legacy loans"), and
 securities (ABSs and MBSs) backed by loan portfolios ("legacy securities").
These assets create uncertainty around the balance sheets of these financial institutions, compromising their ability to raise capital and their willingness to increase lending.

Earlier in the decade, in response to the economic downturn caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Federal Reserve lowered its target interest rates which, along with securitized credit instruments (legacy assets), caused increased credit availability for real estate loans. This increase in the availability of credit pushed up housing prices, causing a bubble.

The problem came with the bursting of the housing bubble in 2007, which generated losses for investors and banks. Losses were compounded by the lax underwriting standards that had been used by some lenders and by the proliferation of the complex securitization instruments, some of whose risks were not fully understood. The resulting need by investors and banks to reduce risk triggered a wide-scale deleveraging in these markets and led to fire sales. As prices declined, many traditional investors exited these markets, causing declines in market liquidity. As a result, a negative cycle developed where declining asset prices have triggered further deleveraging, which has in turn led to further price declines. The excessive discounts embedded in some legacy asset prices are now straining the capital of U.S. financial institutions, limiting their ability to lend and increasing the cost of credit throughout the financial system. The lack of clarity about the value of these legacy assets also made it difficult for some financial institutions to raise new private capital on their own.

It is widely held that because of the stringent mandates from the U.S. government, financial institutions were forced to lend cheap money to unqualified borrowers increasing the risk on their books.

General
Using $75 to $100 billion in TARP capital and capital from private investors, the Public–Private Investment Program (P-PIP) will generate $500 billion in purchasing power to buy legacy assets with the potential to expand to $1 trillion over time. The Public–Private Investment Program will be designed around three basic principles:

Maximizing the impact of each taxpayer dollar: first, by using government financing in partnership with the FDIC and Federal Reserve and co-investment with private sector investors, substantial purchasing power will be created, making the most of taxpayer resources.
Shared risk and profits with private sector participants: second, the Public–Private Investment Program ensures that private sector participants invest alongside the taxpayer, with the private sector investors standing to lose their entire investment in a downside scenario and the taxpayer sharing in profitable returns.
Private sector price discovery: third, to reduce the likelihood that the government will overpay for these assets, private sector investors competing with one another will establish the price of the loans and securities purchased under the program.

PPIP uses a combination of private equity and Government equity and debt through TARP to facilitate purchases of legacy mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") held by financial institutions. In July 2009, Treasury announced the selection of nine Public–Private Investment Fund ("PPIF") managers. Treasury has obligated $21.9 billion in TARP funds to the program. In January 2010, PPIP manager The TCW Group Inc. ("TCW") withdrew from the program. On April 3, 2012, PPIP manager Invesco announced it had sold all remaining securities in its portfolio and was in the process of winding up the fund. The remaining seven PPIP managers are currently purchasing investments and managing their portfolios.

According to Treasury, the purpose of the Public–Private Investment Program ("PPIP") is to purchase legacy securities from banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, pension funds, and other eligible financial institutions as defined in EESA, through PPIFs. PPIFs are partnerships, formed specifically for this program, that invest in mortgage-backed securities using equity capital from private-sector investors combined with TARP equity and debt. A private-sector fund management firm oversees each PPIF on behalf of these investors. According to Treasury, the aim of PPIP was to "restart the market for legacy securities, allowing banks and other financial institutions to free up capital and stimulate the extension of new credit." PPIP originally included a Legacy Loans subprogram that would have involved purchases of troubled legacy loans with private and Treasury equity capital, as well as an FDIC guarantee for debt financing. TARP funds were never disbursed for this subprogram.

Treasury selected nine fund management firms to establish PPIFs. One PPIP manager, The TCW Group, Inc., ("TCW") subsequently withdrew, and another PPIP manager, Invesco, announced recently that it has sold all remaining securities in its PPIP fund. Private investors and Treasury co-invested in the PPIFs to purchase legacy securities from financial institutions. The fund managers raised private-sector capital. Treasury matched the private-sector equity dollar-for-dollar and provided debt financing in the amount of the total combined equity. Each PPIP manager was also required to invest at least $20 million of its own money in the PPIF. Each PPIF is approximately 75% TARP funded. PPIP was designed as an eight-year program. PPIP managers have until 2017 to sell the assets in their portfolio. Under certain circumstances, Treasury can terminate it early or extend it for up to two additional years.

Treasury, the PPIP managers, and the private investors share PPIF profits and losses on a pro rata basis based on their limited partnership interests. Treasury also received warrants in each PPIF that give Treasury the right to receive a portion of the fund's profits that would otherwise be distributed to the private investors along with its pro rata share of program proceeds.

The PPIP portfolio, consisting of eligible securities, was valued at $21.1 billion (~$ in ) as of March 31, 2012, according to a process administered by Bank of New York Mellon, acting as valuation agent. That was $600 million higher than the portfolio value at the end of the previous quarter. The portfolio value was also affected by Invesco's sale of its remaining securities in March 2012, discussed in greater detail in this section. In addition to the eligible securities, the PPIP portfolio also consists of cash assets to be used to purchase securities. The securities eligible for purchase by PPIFs ("eligible assets") are non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities ("non-agency RMBS") and commercial mortgage-backed securities ("CMBS") that meet the following criteria:
 issued before January 1, 2009 (legacy)
 rated when issued AAA or equivalent by two or more credit rating agencies designated as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations ("NRSROs")
 secured directly by actual mortgages, leases, or other assets, not other securities (other than certain swap positions, as determined by Treasury)
 located primarily in the United States (the loans and other assets that secure the non-agency RMBS and CMBS)
 purchased from financial institutions that are eligible for TARP participation

Two assets types
The Public–Private Investment Program has two parts, addressing both the legacy loans and legacy securities clogging the balance sheets of financial firms.  The funds will come in many instances in equal parts from the U.S. Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program monies, private investors, and from loans from the Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).

Legacy loans
The overhang of troubled legacy loans stuck on bank balance sheets has made it difficult for banks to access private markets for new capital and limited their ability to lend. To cleanse bank balance sheets of troubled legacy loans and reduce the overhang of uncertainty associated with these assets, they will attract private capital to purchase eligible legacy loans from participating banks through the provision of FDIC debt guarantees and Treasury equity co-investment. The Treasury Department currently anticipates that approximately half of the TARP resources for legacy assets will be devoted to the Legacy Loans Program, but the program will allow for flexibility to allocate resources for the greatest impact.

A broad array of investors are expected to participate in the Legacy Loans Program. The participation of individual investors, pension plans, insurance companies and other long-term investors is particularly encouraged. The Legacy Loans Program will facilitate the creation of individual Public–Private Investment Funds which will purchase asset pools on a discrete basis. The program will boost private demand for distressed assets that are currently held by banks and facilitate market-priced sales of troubled assets.

The FDIC will provide oversight for the formation, funding, and operation of these new funds that will purchase assets from banks. Treasury and private capital will provide equity financing and the FDIC will provide a guarantee for debt financing issued by the Public–Private Investment Funds to fund asset purchases. The Treasury will manage its investment on behalf of taxpayers to ensure the public interest is protected. The Treasury intends to provide 50 percent of the equity capital for each fund, but private managers will retain control of asset management subject to oversight from the FDIC.

Purchasing assets in the Legacy Loans Program will occur through the following process:
Banks identify the assets they wish to sell: to start the process, banks will decide which assets usually a pool of loans  they would like to sell. The FDIC will conduct an analysis to determine the amount of funding it is willing to guarantee. Leverage will not exceed a 6-to-1 debt-to-equity ratio. Assets eligible for purchase will be determined by the participating banks, their primary regulators, the FDIC and Treasury. Financial institutions of all sizes will be eligible to sell assets.
Pools are auctioned off to the highest bidder: the FDIC will conduct an auction for these pools of loans. The highest bidder will have access to the Public–Private Investment Program to fund 50 percent of the equity requirement of their purchase.
Financing is provided through FDIC guarantee: if the seller accepts the purchase price, the buyer would receive financing by issuing debt guaranteed by the FDIC. The FDIC-guaranteed debt would be collateralized by the purchased assets and the FDIC would receive a fee in return for its guarantee.
Private sector partners manage the assets: once the assets have been sold, private fund managers will control and manage the assets until final liquidation, subject to strict FDIC oversight.

Legacy securities
Secondary markets have become highly illiquid, and are trading at prices below where they would be in normally functioning markets. These securities are held by banks as well as insurance companies, pension funds, mutual funds, and funds held in individual retirement accounts.

The goal of the Legacy Securities Program is to restart the market for legacy securities, allowing banks and other financial institutions to free up capital and stimulate the extension of new credit. The Treasury anticipates that the resulting process of price discovery will also reduce the uncertainty surrounding the financial institutions holding these securities, potentially enabling them to raise new private capital. The Legacy Securities Program consists of two related parts designed to draw private capital into these markets by providing debt financing from the Federal Reserve under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) and through matching private capital raised for dedicated funds targeting legacy securities. The lending program will address the broken markets for securities tied to residential and commercial real estate and consumer credit. The intention is to incorporate this program into the previously announced TALF.
Providing investors greater confidence to purchase legacy assets: as with securitizations backed by new originations of consumer and business credit already included in the TALF, Treasury expects that the provision of leverage through this program will give investors greater confidence to purchase these assets, thus increasing market liquidity.
Funding purchase of legacy securities: through this new program, non-recourse loans will be made available to investors to fund purchases of legacy securitization assets. Eligible assets are expected to include certain non-agency residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) that were originally rated AAA and outstanding commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and asset-backed securities (ABS) that are rated AAA.
Working with market participants: borrowers will need to meet eligibility criteria. Haircuts will be determined at a later date and will reflect the riskiness of the assets provided as collateral. Lending rates, minimum loan sizes, and loan durations have not been determined, however, the Federal Reserve is working to ensure that the duration of these loans takes into account the duration of the underlying assets.

The Treasury Department will make co-investment/leverage available to partner with private capital providers to immediately support the market for legacy mortgage- and asset-backed securities originated prior to 2009 with a rating of AAA at origination. They will approve up to five asset managers with a demonstrated track record of purchasing legacy assets, however, they may consider adding more depending on the quality of applications received. Managers whose proposals have been approved will have a period of time to raise private capital to target the designated asset classes and will receive matching Treasury funds under the Public–Private Investment Program. Treasury funds will be invested one-for-one on a fully side-by-side basis with these investors.

Asset managers will have the ability, if their investment fund structures meet certain guidelines, to subscribe for senior debt for the Public–Private Investment Fund from the Treasury Department in the amount of 50% of total equity capital of the fund. The Treasury Department will consider requests for senior debt for the fund in the amount of 100% of its total equity capital subject to further restrictions.

Criticism
Economist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman has been very critical of this program arguing the non-recourse loans lead to a hidden subsidy that will be split by asset managers, banks' shareholders and creditors. Mr. Krugman argues that this will lead to wild overbidding for assets. Yet, research into the structure of the program shows that the overbidding incentives in non-recourse loans are subtle.  If there are overbidding incentives, they depend on the amount of leverage, the interest rates and guarantee fees charged by the Federal Reserve or the FDIC, respectively, and the volatility of the toxic assets.  Banking analyst Meridith Whitney argues that banks will not sell bad assets at fair market values because they are reluctant to take asset write downs.  Removing toxic assets would also reduce the volatility of banks' stock prices.  Because stock is a call option on a firm's assets, this lost volatility will hurt the stock price of distressed banks.  Therefore, such banks will only sell toxic assets at above market prices. The program has been hampered by the announcement by Standard & Poor's that many eligible assets would be downgraded by the rating agency, making them ineligible for the program. Federal Reserve of New York president William Dudley stated on June 4, 2009 that "there's a huge administrative hurdle" to implementing the program.

References

External links
  (Listing of all economic recovery measures, including from the TARP program.)

Great Recession in the United States
Presidency of Barack Obama
Troubled Asset Relief Program


The Joel Streeter Band is a band led by American singer-songwriter Joel Streeter. Streeter began recording in 2005 and is the founder, writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist. The Joel Streeter Band has featured a constantly changing line-up of musicians, with Streeter being the only constant. When performing live, the band commonly comprises Joel Steeter backed by Max Delaney on electric guitar, Jerry Becker on keyboard, Jeff Symonds on bass, and Kyle Caprista on drums.

History
In 2005, Streeter began performing under the name The Joel Streeter Band in San Francisco, California. Their first album Hear Me Out was self-released in 2006 with Jerry Becker. Bay Area radio station KFOG took note of the album, placing the song "Stay Living" on their Local Scene - Volume 4 compilation, and playing the song frequently since the summer of 2007. Tracks from Hear Me Out were also featured in the 2008 season of PBS's popular television program Roadtrip Nation.

Streeter's second album, Matador, was released in 2010. The album was again produced by Jerry Becker and features many notable Bay Area musicians including drummer Jim Bogios, a member of Counting Crows.

The Joel Streeter Band is an active member of The San Francisco Songwriters Coalition.

Members
Joel Streeter - Vocals, Guitar
Max Delaney - Electric Guitar
Jerry Becker - Keyboard
Jeff Symonds - Bass
Kyle Caprista - Drums

Discography
Hear Me Out (2006)
Matador (2010)

References

External links
JoelStreeter.com
Joel Streeter on MySpace
Interview with Ryan McCarthy
San Francisco Songwriters Coalition on MySpace

Musical collectives
Musical groups from San Francisco
Rock music groups from California
American pop rock music groups


Verpa bohemica is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae. Commonly known as the early morel or the wrinkled thimble-cap. The mushroom has a pale yellow or brown thimble-shaped cap— in diameter by  long—that has a surface wrinkled and ribbed with brain-like convolutions. The cap hangs from the top of a lighter-colored, brittle stem that measures up to  long by  thick. Microscopically, the mushroom is distinguished by its large spores, typically 60–80 by 15–18 µm, and the presence of only two spores per ascus.

In the field, the mushroom is reliably distinguished from the true morels on the basis of cap attachment: V. bohemica has a cap that hangs completely free from the stem. Although widely considered edible, some attention should be paid to the correct preparation. Consumption of the mushroom, not correctly prepared lead to reports of poisoning in susceptible individuals. Poisoning symptoms include gastrointestinal upset and lack of muscular coordination. V. bohemica is found in northern North America, Europe, and Asia. It fruits in early spring, growing on the ground in woods following the snowmelt, before the appearance of "true morels" (genus Morchella). The synonym Ptychoverpa bohemica is often used by European mycologists.

Taxonomy, phylogeny, and naming
The species was first described in the scientific literature by the Czech physician and mycologist Julius Vincenz von Krombholz in 1828, under the name Morchella bohemica. The German naturalist Joseph Schröter transferred it to the genus Verpa in 1893. Ptychoverpa bohemica is a synonym that was published by Frenchman Jean Louis Émile Boudier in his 1907 treatise on the Discomycetes of Europe; the name is still occasionally used, especially in European publications. Boudier believed that the large, curved ascospores and the rare and short paraphyses were sufficiently distinct to warrant a new genus to contain the single species. Ptychoverpa has also been classified as a section of Verpa. The section is characterized by the presence of thick longitudinal ridges on the cap that can be simple or forked. The species was first discovered in Canada by Alfred Brooker Klugh shortly before 1910 where it was referred to by another synonym, Morchella bispora.

The specific epithet bohemica refers to Bohemia (now a part of the Czech Republic), where Krombholz originally collected the species. The mushroom is commonly known as the "early morel", "early false morel", or the "wrinkled thimble-cap".  Ptychoverpa is derived from the Ancient Greek ptyx (genitive form ptychos), meaning "fold", layer", or "plate".

Description

The cap of this fungus (known technically as an apothecium) is  in diameter by  long, with a conical or bell shape. It is folded into longitudinal ridges that often fuse together (anastomose) in a vein-like network. The cap is attached to the stem at the top only—hanging from the top of the stipe, with the lobed edge free from the stem—and varies in color from yellowish brown to reddish brown; the underside of the cap is pale. The stem is  long by  thick, cream-white in color, and tapers upward so that the stem is thicker at the base than at the top. Although the stem is initially loosely stuffed with cottony hyphae, it eventually becomes hollow in maturity; overall, the mushroom is rather fragile. The spore deposit is yellow, and the flesh is white.

Relative to other typical mushroom species, the spores of V. bohemica are huge, typically measuring 60–80 by 15–18 µm. They are elliptical, smooth, sometimes curved, and appear hyaline (translucent)  to yellowish. The spores, which number two (more rarely three) per ascus are characteristic for this species. The smooth, elliptical asci measure 275–350 µm long by 16–23 µm wide. The British-Canadian mycologist Arthur Henry Reginald Buller determined that the asci are heliotropic—they bend toward light. As he noted, "I cut transverse sections though their pilei, examined these sections under the microscope, and at once perceived that in all the hymenial grooves and depressions the asci were curved outwards so that their opercula must have faced the strongest rays of light to which the ends of the asci has been subjected in the places where the fruit-bodies developed." This response to the stimulus of light is significant because it permits a fruit body to point and later discharge its asci towards open spaces, thus increasing the chances that the spores will be dispersed by wind. The paraphyses are thick and club-shaped, with diameters of 7–8 µm at their tips.

Edibility
In Russia Verpa bohemica is a commercial species. It is usually sold frozen. No clinical cases have been registered within the Russian Federation concerning intoxications to this mushroom up to date. Despite that, the edibility of this species has been source of different opinions. Although Verpa bohemica is eaten by many, consumption of large amounts in a single sitting, or on successive days, has been reported to cause poisoning in susceptible individuals. Symptoms include gastrointestinal upset and lack of muscular coordination, similar to the effects reported by some individuals after consuming the false morel species Gyromitra esculenta. The responsible toxin in G. esculenta is gyromitrin; it was suspected that V. bohemica may be able to synthesize low levels of the toxin, however, no experiments on V. bohemica have concluded that it contains any level of gyromitrin. Over-consumption of the mushroom has been reported to have induced a coma. There are also reports of alcohol intolerance (disulfiram-like reaction) after consumption.

The edibility of Verpa has been concluded to be the same as that of Morchella: always cook thoroughly and if eating for the first time, restrict consumption to small portions to test tolerance. Some advocate only eating the caps and discarding the stems. Opinions on the flavor of the mushrooms vary, ranging from "strong but not on a par with true morels", to "pleasant", to "not distinctive".

Similar species

The closely related species Verpa conica typically has a smooth cap, although specimens with wrinkled caps are known. V. conica may be distinguished microscopically by its eight-spored asci. Its North American range extends much further south than V. bohemica. Another similar group of species are the "half-free" morels, Morchella semilibera and others, which have a honeycombed cap that is attached to the stalk for about half of its length, and with ridges that are darker than the pits. Additionally, a cross-sectioned stem of a specimen of M. semilibera is hollow, while V. bohemica usually has cottony wisps in the stem, and M. semilibera usually has vertical perforations near the base, while V. bohemica lacks them. Verpa bohemica may be reliably distinguished from all similar species by its much larger spores.

Ecology, habitat and distribution
The fruit bodies of V. bohemica grow singly or scattered on the ground in woods in early spring, often before the appearance of the morel, and throughout the morel season. It is often found along riverbanks, near cottonwoods, willows and aspens, often buried in plant litter. The fungus prefers to fruit in moist areas with ample sunlight. Its minimum growth temperature is , with an optimum of , and a maximum of about . A study of carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios indicated that Verpa bohemica is saprobic, that is, obtaining nutrients from decomposing organic matter. It has been suggested, however, that the fungus is mycorrhizal for at least part of its life cycle. The fungus has a wide distribution throughout northern North America; its range extends south to the Great Lakes in the Midwestern United States, and south to northern California on the West Coast. In Europe, the fungus is widely distributed, and has been collected from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia,  Romania,  Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Ukraine. In Asia, it has been recorded from India and Turkey.

A 10-year study of the distribution, time of fruiting and habitats of morel and false morel population in Iowa showed that early false morels are the first morels to fruit in the spring, appearing shortly after leaves begin to form on deciduous trees.  Narrow-head morels (Morchella angusticeps) fruit next, followed by the yellow or white morels (Morchella esculenta), then lastly Morchella crassipes. The fruit bodies serve as a habitat for breeding dipterans (flies), including Porricondyla media, Pegomya geniculata, and Trichocera annulata.

References

External links

Morels & False Morels of the Pacific Northwest
YouTube video on Verpa bohemica

Edible fungi
Fungi described in 1828
Fungi of Asia
Fungi of Europe
Fungi of North America
Morchellaceae
Poisonous fungi


Ciulfina baldersoni is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Nanomantidae
Insects of Australia
Insects described in 2007


Ciulfina biseriata is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Nanomantidae
Insects of Australia
Insects described in 1889


Ciulfina klassi is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae. C. klassi mantises are endemic to the forests of Northeastern Australia, preferring narrow trees with smooth bark.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Nanomantidae
Insects of Australia
Insects described in 2007


Ciulfina liturgusa is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Nanomantidae
Insects of Australia
Insects described in 1915


Ciulfina rentzi is a species of praying mantis in the family Nanomantidae.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Insects of Australia
Insects described in 2007
Nanomantidae


Gerald Williams may refer to:

Gerald Williams (baseball) (1966–2022), former American Major League Baseball outfielder
Gerald Williams (American football) (born 1963), former American football defensive lineman
Gerald Williams (politician) (1903–1989), British politician
Gerald Williams (rugby league) (born 1969), South African international
Gerald Williams (rugby union) (born 1954), Welsh rugby union player
Gerald Evan Williams (1907–1949), American Air Force officer
Gerald Williams (tennis commentator) (1929–2016), British sports commentator
Gerald Williams (artist), American artist

See also
Gerry Williams (disambiguation)
Gerard Williams (disambiguation)


Braslava Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, Latvia. It was an administrative unit of Limbaži District. The administrative center is Vilzēni village.

Towns, villages and settlements of Braslava parish
Braslava
Klāmaņi
Urga
Vilzēni
Vilzēnmuiža

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Limbaži Municipality
Vidzeme


The province of Banten in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan.

The districts of Banten (with the regency into which each falls) are as follows:

Angsana, Pandeglang
Anyar, Serang
Balaraja, Tangerang
Banjar, Pandeglang
Banjarsari, Lebak
Baros, Serang
Batuceper, Tangerang
Bayah, Lebak
Benda, Tangerang
Binuang, Serang
Bojonegara, Serang
Bojong, Pandeglang
Bojongmanik, Lebak
Cadas Sari, Pandeglang
Carenang, Serang
Carita, Pandeglang
Cibadak, Lebak
Cibaliung, Pandeglang Selatan
Cibeber, Cilegon
Cibeber, Lebak
Cibitung, Pandeglang
Cibodas, Tangerang
Cigeulis, Pandeglang
Cijaku, Lebak
Cikande, Serang
Cikedal, Pandeglang
Cikeusal, Serang
Cikeusik, Pandeglang
Cikulur, Lebak
Cikupa, Tangerang
Ciledug, Tangerang
Cilegon, Cilegon
Cileles, Lebak
Cilograng, Lebak
Cimanggu, Pandeglang
Cimanuk, Pandeglang
Cimarga, Lebak
Cinangka, Serang
Ciomas, Serang
Cipanas, Lebak
Cipeucang, Pandeglang
Cipocok Jaya, Serang
Cipondoh, Tangerang
Ciputat Timur, Tangerang Selatan
Ciputat, Tangerang
Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan
Ciruas, Serang
Cisata, Pandeglang
Cisauk, Tangerang
Cisoka, Tangerang
Citangkil, Cilegon
Ciwandan, Cilegon
Curug, Serang
Curug, Tangerang
Curugbitung, Lebak
Gerogol, Cilegon
Gunungkaler, Tangerang
Gunungkencana, Lebak
Jambe, Tangerang
Jatiuwung, Tangerang
Jawilan, Serang
Jayanti, Tangerang
Jiput, Pandeglang
Jombang, Cilegon
Kaduhejo, Pandeglang
Karangtanjung, Pandeglang
Karangtengah, Tangerang
Karawaci, Tangerang
Kasemen, Serang
Kelapa Dua, Tangerang
Kemiri, Tangerang
Kibin, Serang
Kopo, Serang
Kosambi, Tangerang
Kragilan, Serang
Kramatwatu, Serang
Kresek, Tangerang
Kronjo, Tangerang
Labuan, Pandeglang
Larangan, Tangerang
Legok, Tangerang
Leuwidamar, Lebak
Maja, Lebak
Malingping, Lebak, Banten
Mancak, Serang
Mandalawangi, Pandeglang
Mauk, Tangerang
Mekarbaru, Tangerang
Menes, Pandeglang
Muncang, Lebak
Munjul, Pandeglang
Neglasari, Tangerang
Pabuaran, Serang
Padarincang, Serang
Pagedangan, Tangerang
Pagelaran, Pandeglang
Pakuhaji, Tangerang
Pamarayan, Serang
Pamulang, Tangerang
Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan
Pandeglang, Pandeglang
Panggarangan, Lebak
Panimbang, Pandeglang
Panongan, Tangerang
Pasarkemis, Tangerang
Patia, Pandeglang
Periuk, Tangerang
Petir, Serang
Picung, Pandeglang
Pinang, Tangerang
Pondok Aren, Tangerang
Pondok Aren, Tangerang Selatan
Pontang, Serang
Pulo Merak, Cilegon
Puloampel, Serang
Purwakarta, Cilegon
Rajeg, Tangerang
Rangkasbitung, Lebak
Sajira, Lebak
Saketi, Pandeglang
Sepatan Timur, Tangerang
Sepatan, Tangerang
Serang, Serang
Serpong Utara, Tangerang Selatan
Serpong, Tangerang Selatan
Setu, Tangerang Selatan
Sindang Jaya, Tangerang
Sobang, Lebak
Solear, Tangerang
Sukadiri, Tangerang
Sukamulya, Tangerang
Sukaresmi, Pandeglang
Sumur, Pandeglang
Taktakan, Serang
Tanara, Serang
Tangerang, Tangerang
Teluknaga, Tangerang
Tigaraksa, Tangerang
Tirtayasa, Serang
Tunjung Teja, Serang
Walantaka, Serang
Wanasalam, Lebak
Waringinkurung, Serang
Warunggunung, Lebak

Banten

id:Kategori:Kecamatan di Banten


Geoffrey Trevor Marden Holt MBE, DL (born 24 February 1966) is an English sailor from Portsmouth, Hampshire. Paralysed in an accident at the age of eighteen, in 2007 he became the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail solo around Great Britain.

In September 2007, Holt completed his 1,500 sail around the UK in his 15 ft trimaran dinghy "Freethinker" becoming the first severely disabled person to make the journey. In December 2007 he was named BBC South Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2008, Holt wrote his autobiography "Walking on Water".

In December 2009 he set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean on his yacht the Impossible Dream, aiming to become the first quadriplegic to do so. He succeeded in this 2,700 mile crossing, arriving on 7 January 2010.

Holt was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

Holt also won the title of Yachting Journalist Association (YJA) Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year for 2010. Of this award, he said “For me this is the knighthood of sailing.″

In 2012 Holt was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.

References

External links
 geoffholt.com

1966 births
Living people
Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire
English people with disabilities
English non-fiction outdoors writers
English male sailors (sport)
Maritime writers
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Sportspeople from Portsmouth
People with tetraplegia


Cliomantis is a genus of praying mantises in the family Nanomantidae.

See also
List of mantis genera and species

References

Nanomantidae
Mantodea genera


Geoff or Jeff Holt may refer to:

Geoff Holt (artist) (1942–1998), British artist
Geoff Holt (sailor) (born 1966), English sailor
Jeff Holt (mushing), a participant in the 2007 Iditarod


This is a list of local nature reserves in Scotland.

 Aberlady Bay
 Ardeer Quarry
 Arnhall Moss
 Balquhidderock Wood
 Birnie and Gaddon Lochs
 Bishop Loch
 Bonnyfield Nature Park
 Braedale Hill
 Broughty Ferry
 Brownsburn
 Burdiehouse Burn Valley Park
 Cambusnethan Woodland
 Cammo Estate
 Cardowan Moss
 Carron Dams
 Castle and Hightae Lochs
 Cathkin Braes
 Catrine Voes and Woodlands
 Commonhead Moss
 Corstorphine Hill
 Coul Den
 Coves Community Park
 Cullaloe
 Dalbeath Marsh
 Dams to Darnley
 Dawsholm Park
 Den of Maidencraig
 Donmouth
 Duchess Wood
 Dumbreck Marsh
 Durrockstock Park
 Easter Craiglockhart Hill
 Easter Inch Moss and Seafield Law
 Eden Estuary
 Findhorn Bay
 Garscadden Wood
 Gartcosh
 Gartmorn Dam
 Gillingshill Reservoir
 Greenhead Moss and Perchy Pond
 Hamilton Claypits
 Happy Valley
 Hermitage of Braid / Blackford Hill
 Hogganfield Park
 Holy Loch
 Inner Tay Estuary
 Jenny's Well
 Kilmardinny Loch
 Kincorth Hill
 Kingshill
 Kinneil Foreshore
 Langlands Moss
 Lenzie Moss
 Lin Park
 Loch Stiapabhat
 Malls Mire
 Meadows Yard
 Merkinch
 Merklands
 Montrose Basin
 Mosswater
 Mull Head
 Paisley Moss
 Ravelston Woods
 Ravenswood
 Robroyston Park
 Scotstown Moor
 Stevenston Beach
 Straiton Pond
 The Saltings
 Torry Bay
 Trottick Mill Ponds
 Waters of Philorth
 Wemyss Bay Woodland
 Wigtown Bay

References

 NatureScot

See also
 List of local nature reserves in England
 List of local nature reserves in Wales

Local


The  is Japan's authority for establishing transportation safety (excluding related United States Forces Japan). It is a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). It is housed in the  in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

The agency formed on October 1, 2008 as a merger between the Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency (JMAIA) and the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (ARAIC).

 the chairperson is .

Logo
In March 2012, the JTSB adopted a logo. The sphere represents the desire to carry out investigations of accidents and to maintain independence and fairness. The lines around the sphere represent the air, land, and sea. The blue-green color of the sphere represents safety.

Air accident investigations
 Japan Airlines Flight 123
 China Airlines Flight 120
 FedEx Express Flight 80
 Asiana Airlines Flight 162
 Korean Air Flight 2708

See also

 Japan Civil Aviation Bureau

References

External links
 Japan Transport Safety Board
 Japan Transport Safety Board

Transport Safety Board
Rail accident investigators
Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents
2008 establishments in Japan
Transport organizations based in Japan
Government agencies established in 2008


El Beso (The Kiss) is a large sculpture in the "Parque del Amor" (Love Park) by the Pacific Ocean in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru. It depicts the sculptor, Victor Delfín, and his wife kissing. According to local accounts, the mayor of the district holds (or used to hold) a competition for the couple who could sustain the longest kiss, and this sculpture celebrates this. The park is supposedly inspired by Antoni Gaudí's Parc Guell in Barcelona.

References

Buildings and structures in Lima
Outdoor sculptures in Peru
1993 sculptures
Tourist attractions in Lima


Nathan Armand Pacheco is an American tenor singer and songwriter of Brazilian origin. He was a featured vocalist during the 2009 tour for "Yanni Voices", produced by Walt Disney Records and is currently signed to the Disney Pearl Series sub-label.

Biography
After spending his youth in Northern Virginia and graduating from Oakton High School, Pacheco graduated from the music program at Brigham Young University, and also followed his love of culture and languages by continuing his education abroad in South America and Europe. Pacheco spent over two years in Brazil as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, being immersed in its culture and allowing its influence to contribute to his musical development. He eventually traveled throughout Brazil, performing both classical and some of Brazil's cultural music.

He also spent time in Italy, studying the language while performing with the Opera Festival of Lucca. In all of these adventures to different countries, he was relentless in his efforts to learn the languages. The result is his ability to speak and compose in English, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish.

Career
After auditioning for producer Ric Wake, who then introduced him to Yanni, Pacheco began adding lyrics and additional music to some of Yanni's most famous works, such as "Adagio", "Tribute", "Almost a Whisper", "Enchantment", "Secret Vows" and "In the Mirror". Upon completion of the recordings with Yanni, Pacheco gained national attention as the featured performer in two PBS television specials, which have been broadcast throughout 2008 through 2010. Pacheco then joined Yanni and his orchestra as a featured performer on a 100-concert tour throughout Latin America, Canada, and the United States. He has twice been a performer on the national broadcast of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade on ABC: in 2010 (with Yanni) and 2011 (with Katherine Jenkins, only).

In 2009, Pacheco relocated to Southern California after being signed to the Disney Pearl Series label, where he wrote the songs that made up his debut solo album. Pacheco has collaborated with many writers under the direction of producer/composer Leo Z (Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban). For his album, Pacheco recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at Air Studios.

In 2011, Pacheco did the operatic bridge for the song "Let's Talk About Me" from The Muppets and performed in Chicago's Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Parade and the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parade. He also performed at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., for H.R.H. Prince Charles honoring British and American soldiers in May 2011.

In 2012, Pacheco joined Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins and the National Symphony Orchestra as a special guest on her 28-date UK tour in January and February. In March, he performed in front of the Washington Monument as part of the Centennial Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
The PBS special Introducing Nathan Pacheco began airing on PBS stations throughout the United States on August 11, 2012. Pacheco released his self-titled debut album on September 18, 2012, and embarked on his first headlining tour in November 2012 with concerts in Chicago, Hartford, Fort Lauderdale, San Diego, Salt Lake City, and Washington, D.C. On July 24, 2013, Pacheco did a performance with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Religion and Family
Pacheco is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and served a mission for the LDS Church in the Campinas Brazil Mission from 1999 to 2001 before attending BYU.

On February 10, 2017, Pacheco released an album of religious music entitled Higher.

Pacheco and his wife Katie are the parents of three children, two boys and a girl.

Albums discography

Notes

Singles discography
"O Holy Night" with Chloe (2009)
"O Holy Night" with Katherine Jenkins (2011)
"Questa O Quella" (2014)
"The Prayer" with David Archuleta (2015)
"Perfect" with David Archuleta

References

Sources
"Nathan Pacheco, rising star in world of classical crossover", Washington Post Nov. 8, 2012

External links

Living people
American people of Brazilian descent
American tenors
Musicians from Washington, D.C.
Walt Disney Records artists
Brigham Young University alumni
Latter Day Saints from Virginia
Latter Day Saints from Utah
Oakton High School alumni
American expatriates in Italy
Year of birth missing (living people)


Pāle Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality (and previously Limbaži District), Latvia.

References

Parishes of Latvia
Limbaži Municipality


Brīvzemnieki Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Limbaži Municipality, Latvia. It was an administrative unit of Limbaži District. The administrative center is Puikule village.

Towns, villages and settlements of Brīvzemnieki Parish
 Buiva
 Ozoli
 Ozolmuiža
 Puikule

Water courses
Ežupīte, Īģe, Jogla, Paktene, Pērļupe, Struņķupīte, Zunda.

Lakes
Lielais Ozolmuižas Lake, Mazais Ozolmuižas Lake, Paužezers (Paužas Lake), Purezers, Svētezers.

See also
 Ozolmuiža Manor
 Puikule Manor

External links

Parishes of Latvia
Limbaži Municipality
Vidzeme