Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 November 1943 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier John Willcock, won a fourth term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Arthur Watts and Robert Ross McDonald respectively.

The election took place in the midst of World War II, and as such, turnout was considerably down on the previous election. The election was delayed from its intended date of February 1942 by the Legislative Assembly Duration and General Election Postponement Acts (No 51 of 1941, assented 16 January 1942, and No 18 of 1942, assented 9 December 1942) due to the war.

In the previous term, two changes of membership occurred at by-elections. George Lambert, the Labor member for Yilgarn-Coolgardie, died on 30 June 1941 and was replaced by former Labor branch secretary Lionel Kelly, running under the "Independent Country" banner. He ultimately joined the Labor Party and became a minister in the Bert Hawke government in the 1950s. In 1943, long-serving and colourful independent Thomas Hughes resigned his seat of East Perth to contest the federal seat of Perth. It was picked up by Labor's Herb Graham. Prior to the election, former Independent Nationalist Arthur Abbott joined the Nationalist Party.

Results

Apart from Labor gaining two seats from the Country Party (Avon and Greenough) and one from the Nationalists (Nelson, where Ernest Hoar defeated the incumbent member by just 17 votes), no changes took place at the election. An interesting race in Mount Marshall opened up by the retirement of incumbent Country member Frederick Warner ended with the Country candidate, Hugh Leslie, victorious against the ALP and former minister John Lindsay.

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 274,856 electors were enrolled to vote at the election, but 12 of the 50 seats were uncontested—11 Labor seats (seven more than 1939, including all of the Fremantle seats) representing 57,651 enrolled voters, and one Nationalist seat representing 4,829 voters. The estimated swing from 1939 and 1943 was approximately 4% to Labor.

To date this is the only time in which a Labor Premier in Willcock has won back to back elections.

See also
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943
 Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947
 Willcock Ministry

References

Elections in Western Australia
1943 elections in Australia
1940s in Western Australia
November 1943 events


Painful Maturity () is a 1980 South Korean melodrama film directed by Park Chul-soo.

Plot
Su-jin, a girl prone to lapses into unconsciousness, is saved by Kyung-ho when she passes out on the street. After Kyung-ho leaves her in a hospital, he leaves on a three-month voyage. Hoping to meet him on his return, Su-jin goes to see his ship on its scheduled arrival. She passes out, and Kyung-ho is not on the ship. Jang-won, a medical student, falls in love with Su-jin during her recuperation, but must give her up when Kyung-ho returns.

Cast
Yun Sang-mi
Yu In-chon
Yoon Il-bong
Jung Hye-sun
No Jin-a
Kim Yeon-hui
Son Jeon
Kim Sin-myeong

References

External links

South Korean romantic drama films
1980 films
1980 romantic drama films
Films directed by Park Chul-soo
1980s Korean-language films


Thomas Edward Robinson (11 February 1909 – 25 March 1982) was an English professional footballer who scored 37 goals in 121 appearances in the Football League playing mainly as an inside left for Birmingham, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Northampton Town, Gillingham and Walsall.

Life and career
Thomas Edward Robinson was born on 11 February 1909 in Coalville, Leicestershire. He was the second son of Ernest Robinson, a coal miner, and his wife Gertrude Martha. He played local football for Coalville YMCA, Ibstock Town and Leicestershire Senior League club Whitwick Imperial before joining Loughborough Corinthians of the Midland League ahead of the 1927–28 season. He moved on to Gresley Rovers of the Birmingham Combination in March 1928, scored four goals on debut in a 10–0 win, and, after a trial in which he and Gresley team-mate George Haywood played for Birmingham's Combination side, both signed professional forms for the Football League First Division club in January 1929.

Robinson played for Birmingham, Blackpool, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Northampton Town, Gillingham and Walsall, appearing in all four divisions of the Football League during the 1930s. He then returned to non-league football with Tunbridge Wells Rangers and Nuneaton Borough. He retired from the game during the Second World War.

Robinson died in Moira, Leicestershire, on 25 March 1982 at the age of 73.

References

1909 births
1982 deaths
People from Coalville
Footballers from Leicestershire
English men's footballers
Men's association football inside forwards
Whitwick Imperial F.C. players
Loughborough Corinthians F.C. players
Gresley Rovers F.C. players
Birmingham City F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Gillingham F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
Nuneaton Borough F.C. players
Midland Football League players
English Football League players


Gertrudis is a feminine given name. People with that name include:

 Gertrudis Anglesola (1641- 1727), Valencian abbess and mystic
 Gertrudis Bocanegra (1765–1817), who fought in the Mexican War of Independence
 Gertrudis de la Fuente (1921–2017), Spanish biochemist
 Gertrudis Echenique (1849–1928), First Lady of Chile between 1896 and 1901
 Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), 19th century Cuban born writer who lived in Spain
 Maria Gertrudis "Tules" Barceló (1800–1852), saloon owner and gambler in New Mexico
 Santa Gertrudis (disambiguation)


Cyrille Vaillancourt CBE (January 17, 1892 – October 30, 1969) was a journalist, civil servant, businessman and political figure in Quebec. Vaillancourt played an important role in the development of the caisses populaires in Quebec. He represented La Durantaye division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1943 to 1944 and sat for Kennebec division in the Senate of Canada from 1944 to 1969 as a Liberal.

Life
He was born in Saint-Anselme, Quebec, the son of Cyrille-Émile Vaillancourt and Marie-Louise Larochelle, and was educated at the Collège de Lévis and the Université Laval. Vaillancourt worked for the Étoile du Nord at Joliette before serving in the Quebec Department of Agriculture, responsible for the areas of beekeeping and maple syrup production. He became director for the Caisse-Populaire at Lévis in 1924, then was vice-president from 1929 to 1932 and administrator from 1929 to 1969. From 1927 to 1963, he was general manager for the regional federation of caisses populaires for Quebec district. He was the first president of the Fédération des caisses populaires for the province of Quebec. Vaillancourt also served as president of Assurance-vie Desjardins, the Association Coopérative Desjardins and the Société de Gestion Aubigny.

Vaillancourt was honorary lieutenant-colonel and then honorary colonel in the militia. He served on the school board for Lévis from 1927 to 1961. He was president of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society at Lévis. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1944 and invested as a Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1947.

He established the following periodicals:
 l'Abeille (later l'Abeille et l'érable) in 1918
 la Caisse populaire Desjardins (later la Revue Desjardins) in 1934
With Albert Faucher, he published Alphonse Desjardins Pionnier de la coopération d'épargne et de crédit en Amérique in 1950.

He was married twice: to Maria Ferland in 1916 and to Marie-Blanche Normandin, dit Lajoie in 1920.

Vaillancourt resigned from the Senate on January 3, 1969 due to ill health.  He died at Lévis on October 30 of the same year, at the age of 77.

References

1892 births
1969 deaths
Canadian senators from Quebec
Liberal Party of Canada senators
Quebec Liberal Party MLCs
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Université Laval alumni


The London Diamond League, formerly known as the London Grand Prix and subsequently as the Anniversary Games, is an annual athletics event held in London, England.
Previously one of the five IAAF Super Grand Prix events, it is now part of the Diamond League. As the London Grand Prix, until 2012 all editions were held at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace. The 2013 edition was renamed the Anniversary Games as it took place at the Stadium in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, exactly one year after the Olympic Games were held in the same venue and have been followed by an IPC London Grand Prix, making it a three-day event. In 2014 the meet was held in Glasgow, Scotland, as preparation for the Commonwealth Games held there later that month.

Event names
The even has been sponsored by a variety of companies including Norwich Union, Sainsbury's and Müller.

Event locations

Emsley Carr Mile
The Emsley Carr Mile remains a fixture at the annual meeting, with a history spanning back to 1953 at the White City Stadium. Emsley Carr, an athletics fan and the editor of The News of the World, created an annual mile race in the hope that the first four-minute mile would be achieved on British soil. Gordon Pirie won the first race, but Roger Bannister had run under 4 minutes in Oxford by time that the second race was competed. However, the tradition continued, with the winner signing his name in a red leather-bound book identical to the Bible used in Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. Derek Ibbotson achieved the first sub-4-minute run at the race in 1956, and many of the best middle-distance runners have won at the Emsley Carr Mile since, including Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Hicham El Guerrouj.

Millicent Fawcett Mile
The Millicent Fawcett Mile, a women's race, was first held in the 2018 Anniversary Games and won by Sifan Hassan in 4:14.71. It commemorates suffragist Millicent Fawcett. There had been a women's mile event at previous games, without this title, the previous record being held by Hellen Obiri who ran in 2017 in 4:16.56.

History
In 2009 pole vault favourite Yelena Isinbayeva lost for the first time in 18 competitions, beaten by Anna Rogowska. Kate Dennison set an eighth British record in the pole vault.

On 24 January 2013 it was announced that London Grand Prix would be moved to the Olympic Stadium for 2013. The London Legacy Development Corporation had expressed interest in holding an athletics event at the stadium to coincide with the first anniversary of the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the 2013 event a return to Crystal Palace was ruled out as according to  Ed Warner it would be a backward step. Hampden Park which was due to host the athletics events at the Commonwealth Games and a temporary venue in Horse Guards Parade and the Mall were mooted for the 2014 edition, before a return to the Olympic Stadium in 2015 due to a gap in the reconstruction schedule. A four-year sponsorship deal with Sainsbury's was announced in January 2014. In February 2014 it was confirmed that the Grand Prix event would move to Hampden Park and be known as the Glasgow Grand Prix. The event returned to London from 2015 and continued to be known as the Anniversary Games .

The 2021 event, due to be held on 13 July was moved away from London Stadium to Gateshead International Stadium due to the difficulty of reconfiguring the stadium for a single athletics event.

World records
Over the course of its history, a number of world records have been set at the London Grand Prix.

Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links

Diamond League – London Official Web Site

Sports competitions in London
Athletics in London
Athletics competitions in England
Diamond League
IAAF Super Grand Prix
Annual events in London
Recurring sporting events established in 1953
IAAF Grand Prix
IAAF World Outdoor Meetings


Croydon station may refer to:

In Australia:
Croydon Station, a pastoral lease and sheep station in the Pilbarra area of Western Australia
 Croydon railway station, Adelaide, Australia
 Croydon railway station, Melbourne, Australia
 Croydon railway station, Queensland, a stop on the Gulflander train
 Croydon railway station, Sydney, Australia
 West Croydon railway station, Adelaide, Australia

In the United Kingdom:
 East Croydon station, the main railway station in Croydon, London
 West Croydon station, in Croydon, London
 South Croydon railway station, in Croydon, London

In the United States:
Croydon station (SEPTA), a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA

See also
Croydon (disambiguation)


Kanina  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Limanowa, within Limanowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately  south-east of Limanowa and  south-east of the regional capital Kraków.

References

Kanina


is a Japanese word for "the roaring of the sea".  is also a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Possible writings
Narumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"
as a given name
成美, "achieve, beauty"
成実, "achieve, truth"
as a surname
成実, "achieve, truth"
成海, "achieve, sea"
鳴海, "the roaring of the sea"
The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People with the name

Given name
Narumi Kakinouchi (成美, born 1962), Japanese manga artist, animator, director, and character designer
, Japanese woman murdered in France
, Japanese modern pentathlete
, Japanese women's footballer
Narumi Takahashi (成美, born 1992), Japanese pair skater
Narumi Takahira (成美, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
Narumi Tsunoda (なるみ, born 1962), Japanese voice actress
Narumi Yasuda (成美, born 1966), Japanese actress
Narumi Hidaka (奈留美, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
, Japanese AV idol

Surname
August S. Narumi, Bronze Wolf recipient
Kyoko Narumi (鳴海 杏子, born 1986 ), Japanese voice actress
Riko Narumi (成海, born 1992), Japanese actress and model
Takeshi Narumi (鳴海), a Japanese novelist and scriptwriter

Fictional characters

Given name
Narumi (鳴海), a character from the manga and anime series Alice Academy
Narumi Yatadera, a character from the Touhou Project

Surname
Ayumu Narumi (鳴海), the main character in the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
Kiyotaka Narumi (鳴海), the brother of Ayumu Narumi from the manga and anime series Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning
Kiyotaka Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
Shogo Narumi (鳴海), a character in the manga series Beauty Pop
Shizuto Narumi (成海), a minor character in the manga and anime series Yakitate!! Japan
Yui Narumi (成実), a character in the anime series Lucky Star
Shōhei Narumi (鳴海), a character in the video games Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army and Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
Akiko Narumi (鳴海), the lead female character of Kamen Rider W
Soukichi Narumi (鳴海), Akiko's father and former boss of one of the lead characters in Kamen Rider W
Daisuke Narumi, a character in the Kuroko no Basuke

See also
Narumi-juku (鳴海宿), the fortieth of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō
Narumi Station (鳴海駅), a train station located in Nagoya

Japanese feminine given names
Feminine given names
Japanese-language surnames


Nhân Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thượng Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Tân Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Xuân Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Lâm Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hưng Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Phúc Trạch is a rural commune (xã) and village in Hương Khê District, Hà Tĩnh Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Hà Tĩnh province
Communes of Hà Tĩnh province


Mỹ Trạch is a rural commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hạ Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


The 2003 K2 League was the first season of the Korea National League. It was divided into two stages, and the winners of each stage qualified for the championship playoff.

Regular season

First stage

Second stage

Championship playoff

Summary

Results

Goyang Kookmin Bank won 5–4 on aggregate.

See also
 2003 in South Korean football
 2003 Korean FA Cup

References

External links

Korea National League seasons
K


Bắc Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thanh Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It has an area of 23.80 km², population in 2019 is 13,669 people, population density reaches 574 people/km².

References

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hải Phú is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Trung Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Liên Trạch is a commune (xã) and village in Bố Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Cam Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Kim Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Ngân Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Ngư Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Ngư Thủy Bắc, formerly known as Ngư Hòa, is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam. In 2009, it had a population of 3,584 and an area of .

References

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Cnesia is a genus of 4 species of black flies. They are distributed in Argentina and Chile.

Species
C. dissimilis (Edwards, 1931)
C. gynandrum (Edwards, 1931)
C. ornata Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973
C. pusilla Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973

Literature cited

Simuliidae
Culicomorpha genera
Fauna of Chile
Fauna of Argentina
Insects of South America


Phong Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Phú Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

References

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Sen Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Tân Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thái Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thanh Thủy is a commune (xã) and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Xuân Hoá is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Yên Hoá is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Trung Hoá is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Tân Hoá is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Starting from November 2022, the local authorities of the village, in cooperation with the Department of Tourism of Quang Binh Province, have developed a project to turn Tan Hoa into a community tourism village operated by local people themselves. The website of this project is https://tanhoavillage.com/

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Minh Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hồng Hoá is a commune (referred to as 'xã') and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hóa Tiến is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hóa Hợp [hoa˦ həp˧] is a commune and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Geography
Hoa Hop commune is located in the center of Minh Hoa district. To the east, it borders Xuan Hoa commune The West borders on Dan Hoa commune To the south, it borders Hoa Son commune and Trung Hoa commune The North borders with Hoa Tien, Hoa Phuc and Hong Hoa communes.

Hoa Hop commune has an area of 51.84 km², and its population in 2019 is around 3,560 people with population density reaching 69 people/km².

Ho Chi Minh Road runs through Hoa Hop commune.

Administration
Hoa Hop commune is divided into 8 villages: Da Nang, Lam Hoa, Lam Khai, Tan Binh, Tan Hoa, Tan Loi, Tan Thuan, Tan Tien.

Economy
The local economy is mainly agriculture and forestry.

Travel
In the commune, there is a scenic spot of Mo Minh Hoa Waterfall on the Khe Ve river, about 400 meters from Ho Chi Minh Road. 17°51′45″N 105°52′21″E. The service is organized into Thac Mo tourist area in Lam Sum village, about 6 km from the administrative center of the commune.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hóa Sơn is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

As of 1999, Hóa Sơn has a population of 1,411 with an estimated population density of 8 people per km². It covers an area of 174.88 km².

References

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hóa Phúc is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hóa Thanh is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Dân Hoá is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thượng Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Trọng Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Minh Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Lương Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hải Ninh is a rural commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Duy Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Vĩnh Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hàm Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hiền Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Xuân Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


An Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.

An Ninh was the birthplace of Monsignor Philippe Trần Văn Hoài.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Gia Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Tân Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. This commune is 20 km south of the district capital town, Quan Hau. It has an area of 11.567 km2, population as of 2006 was 5,161 inhabitants. To the south it borders communes of Vạn Ninh and An Ninh, to the southeast it borders Hồng Thủy in district of Lệ Thủy, to the east is communes of Gia Ninh, to the north is commune of Duy Ninh, to the west is commune of Hiền Ninh. The communes contains six villages: Quảng Xá, Hòa Bình, Nguyệt Áng, Thế Lộc, Hữu Tân, and Tân Thành.

References

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Vạn Ninh is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Nouvelle Air Ivoire was an airline in Côte d'Ivoire. It was founded in 1999. In 2000, the airline merged into Air Ivoire.

See also
 List of defunct airlines of Côte d'Ivoire

External links
Airline History

Airlines established in 1999
Airlines disestablished in 2000
Defunct airlines of Ivory Coast
1999 establishments in Ivory Coast
2000 disestablishments in Ivory Coast


Trường Xuân is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Ninh District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Apantesis phalerata, also known as the harnessed tiger moth, is a moth species of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841.

In North America, this species' range extends from Ontario, Quebec and Maine to Florida, Texas, and South Dakota and are active from April to September in the southern range and from May to August in the north.

As caterpillars, they feed on grasses, garden crops, shrubs, and trees, such as Trifolium (clover), Spartina (cordgrass), Taraxacum (dandelion), and Plantago (plantain) species, as well as other low-growing plants. Like all butterflies and moths, harnessed tiger moths undergo a complete metamorphosis, with four life cycle stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa, and adult. The cocoon is constructed mostly from larval hairs.

A. phalerata have a wingspan of . Like other tiger moths, it employs aposematism in order to discourage predators. The harnessed tiger moth is predated upon by bats, which employ echolocation as their primary sensory mechanism for detecting prey, and are thus not discouraged by bright colors.

References

External links
butterfliesandmoths entry

Moths described in 1841
Arctiina
Moths of North America


The Jingde Record of the Transmission of the Lamp (), often referred to as The Transmission of the Lamp, is a 30 volume work consisting of putative biographies of the Chan Buddhist and Zen Buddhist patriarchs and other prominent Buddhist monks. It was produced in the Song dynasty by Shi Daoyuan (). Other than the Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall, it represents the first appearance of "encounter dialogues" in the Chan tradition, which in turn are the antecedents of the famous kōan stories.

The word Jingde (景德), the first two characters of the title, refers to the Song dynasty reign name, which dates the work to between 1004 and 1007 CE. It is a primary source of information for the history of Chan Buddhism in China, although most scholars interpret the biographies as largely hagiography. The lives of the Zen masters and disciples are systematically listed, beginning with the first seven buddhas (Gautama Buddha is seventh in this list).  The "Lamp" in the title refers to the "Dharma", the teachings of the Buddhism. A total of 1701 biographies are listed in the book. Volumes 1 to 3 are devoted to the history of Indian Buddhism, and the history of Buddhism in China starts in chapter 4 with Bodhidharma. Volume 29 is a collection of gathas, and volume 30 is a collection of songs and other devotional material.

The List of the Patriarchs

The Seven Budas
 Vipashin
 Shikhin
 Vishvabhu
 Kakusandha
 Kanakamuni
 Kāśyāpa
 Shakyamuni

The Twenty-Eight Indian Patriarchs
 Mahakāśyāpa
 Ānanda
 Sanakavāsa
 Upagupta
 Dhritaka
 Michaka
 Vasumitra
 Buddhanandi
 Buddhamitra
 Parsva
 Punyayasas
 Aśvaghoṣa
 Kapimala
 Nāgārjuna
 Kanadeva
 Rahulata
 Sanghanandi
 Gayasata
 Kumorata
 Jāyatā
 Vasubandhu
 Manorhita
 Haklena
 Āryasimha
 Bashyashita
 Punyamitra
 Prajñātara
 Bodhidharma

The Six Chinese Patriarchs
 Bodhidharma
 Huike
 Sengcan
 Daoxin
 Hongren
 Huineng

Bibliography

 The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp (Volumes 1-8), Daoyi, Yang Yi & Randolph S. Whitfield

11th-century Buddhism
Zen texts
Zen patriarchs
Chan Buddhism
Chinese Buddhist texts
Song dynasty literature
11th-century Chinese books


Quảng Đông is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. As of 2019, it had a population of 5,285, with a population density of 200 people/km².

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Cảnh Dương is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Phú is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Xuân is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Phúc is a ward (phường) of Ba Đồn town, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Thọ is a ward (phường) of Ba Đồn town, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Liên Trường is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Tiến is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quảng Lưu is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Quang Kim is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Lào Cai province


Quảng Hợp is a commune (xã) and village in Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Wells Tower (born April 14, 1973) is an American writer of short stories, non-fiction, feature films and television. In 2009 he published his first short story collection, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) to much critical acclaim. His short fiction has also been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, McSweeney's, Vice, Harper's Magazine, A Public Space, Fence and other periodicals. In 2022, he wrote the screenplay for the feature film Pain Hustlers, starring Emily Blunt and directed by David Yates, which was bought by Netflix for $50 million.

Early life, education, and early career
Tower was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up in North Carolina. He played guitar in the punk band Hellbender for six years beginning his senior year of high school.

He received a B.A. in anthropology and sociology from Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. After graduating from Wesleyan, he traveled around the United States doing odd jobs. He began his professional career when he convinced an editor at The Washington Post Magazine to publish an article about a carnival worker.

Tower is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, the 2002 Plimpton (Discovery) Prize from The Paris Review, and a Henfield Foundation Award.

Writing career

Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Tower's first short story collection, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned in 2009. The book was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review by Edmund White and in the New York Times by Michiko Kakutani. Kakutani picked it as one of her ten best books of 2009. It was also a finalist for The Story Prize. The short story from which the collection's title is taken is about a community of Vikings growing older.

In June 2010, Tower was named as one of The New Yorker magazine's "20 under 40" luminary fiction writers. On June 10, 2010, he was presented with the Tenth Annual New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, a $10,000 prize for an American writer under 40.

His work was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2010. Since 2010, his nonfiction reporting has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing three times, for "Own Goal" (2011), originally published in Harper's Magazine and a finalist for a National Magazine Award for Profile Writing; "Welcome to the Far East Conference" (2012), originally published in GQ; and "Who Wants to Shoot an Elephant?" (2015), also originally published in GQ.

In 2014, Tower was a finalist for two National Magazine Awards in Essays and Criticism for "The Old Man at Burning Man" and in Fiction for "The Dance Contest."

On May 22, 2022, Netflix paid $50 million for global rights to the conspiracy film Pain Hustlers, written by Tower, directed by David Yates, and starring Emily Blunt. Tower's original screenplay was inspired by Evan Hughes’ nonfiction book The Hard Sell, which was published January 2022.

Tower’s unproduced screenwriting credits include The True American for director Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, and Framed for George Clooney's Smokehouse Productions and Netflix. His unproduced television writing credits include the dramatic series Paper for Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment and HBO, and the series Mayor for Alec Baldwin and HBO.

Personal life

As of 2009, Tower divides his time between Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York.

Bibliography
"Who Wants to Shoot an Elephant?", GQ, October 2, 2017
"No Amount of Traffic or Instagrammers or Drunks Can Take the Magic Out of (Semi-) Wilderness", Outside, June 7, 2016
"The Old Man at Burning Man", GQ, August 31, 2015
"The Great Paper Caper", GQ, November 1, 2014
"From Wells Tower’s ‘The Dance Contest'", McSweeney's, Issue 44
"The Elvis Impersonator, the Karate Instructor, a Fridge Full of Severed Heads, and the Plot 2 Kill the President", GQ, September 29, 2013
"In Gold We Trust", GQ, January 6, 2012
"Welcome to the Far East Conference", GQ, April 17, 2011
"Moto", ESPN, March 2, 2011
"Own Goal", Harper's Magazine, June 2010
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009
"The Thing with Feathers", Outside, March 1, 2006
"The Brown Coast," The Paris Review, Spring 2002 (No. 161)
"Retreat," McSweeney's, Issue 30 (March 2009)
"Executors of Important Energies", McSweeney's, Issue 14 (September 2004)
"Down Through The Valley", The Paris Review, September 2001 (No. 159)
"Leopard", The New Yorker, November 10, 2008
"Door In Your Eye", A Public Space, Winter 2008 (Issue 05)
"Wild America", Vice, December 2, 2000
"On the Show", Harper's Magazine, May 2007
"Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned", Fence, Fall/Winter 2002 (Vol. 4, No. 2)

References

External links
 David Sedaris Reads Wells Tower for The New Yorker fiction podcast
 An Interview with Wells Tower, The Brooklyn Review
 "Books to give you hope: Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned", The Guardian
 Wells Tower at Macmillan Books
 Review of Everything Ravaged Everything Burned by Michiko Kakutani, from The New York Times
 The World We Live In Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned review by Deborah Eisenberg from The New York Review of Books
 An Interview with Wells Tower on KRUI's The Lit Show
 The Still Lives of Wells Tower by Paul Maliszewski, from The Brooklyn Rail

American short story writers
Wesleyan University alumni
Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
1973 births
Living people
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Writers from North Carolina


Lâm Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Hương Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thanh Hóa () is a rural commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thanh Thạch is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Kim Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Sơn Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. Its population is about 16,000.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Lê Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thuận Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Đồng Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Thạch Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Đức Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


The USATF New York Grand Prix is an annual athletics meeting held at Icahn Stadium in New York City, United States.

The event was part of the IAAF Grand Prix from 2007 to 2009. For 2010 it was promoted to the top-level Diamond League through 2015. It was known as the Reebok Grand Prix, and the Adidas Grand Prix until 2015.

For the 2016 Diamond League, the New York meet was replaced by Rabat, Morocco. Local organizers the same day said they would announce plans to carry on the meet as a street event in New York. The meeting was eventually replaced in 2016 by the Adidas Boost Boston Games.

After a six-year hiatus, the meet returned in 2022 under its current name as a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet.

World records
Over the course of its history, two world records have been set at the Adidas Grand Prix.

Meeting records

Men

Women

References

External links
 Diamond League – New York Official Web Site

2005 establishments in New York City
2005 in sports in New York City
2016 disestablishments in New York (state)
2016 in sports in New York City
2000s in Manhattan
2010s in Manhattan
Diamond League
IAAF Grand Prix
Randalls and Wards Islands
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016
Recurring sporting events established in 2005
Sports competitions in New York City
Track and field competitions in the United States
Track and field in New York City
World Athletics Continental Tour meetings


Phong Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Airtransivoire (ATI) was an airline in Côte d'Ivoire. It was founded in 1973. In 1979, all operations ceased.

See also
 List of defunct airlines of Côte d'Ivoire

External links
Airline History

Airlines established in 1973
Airlines disestablished in 1979
Defunct airlines of Ivory Coast


Mai Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Ngư Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Tiến Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Châu Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Cao Quảng is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Văn Hóa is a commune (xã) and village in Tuyên Hóa District, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


List of presidents of the National Assembly of Mali.

Below is a list of office-holders:

References

Politics of Mali
Mali, National Assembly
Presidents of the National Assembly (Mali)


Interivoire, formally known as Societé Ivoirienne de Transport Aerien was an airline of the Ivory Coast.  It was founded in 1978 and ceased operations in 1979.

See also
 List of defunct airlines of Côte d'Ivoire

References

Airlines established in 1978
Airlines disestablished in 1979
Defunct airlines of Ivory Coast
Companies based in Abidjan
Ivorian companies established in 1978


Jan Morávek (born 1 November 1989) is a Czech footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Bohemians 1905 and the Czech Republic national team.

Career

Club career
Morávek began his career 1995 with Bohemians 1905 and was promoted to the first team in 2006, playing his debut on 8 June 2007 against 1. HFK Olomouc. He played his first game for Bohemians 1905 in the Czech First League on 12 November 2007 against Sparta Prague.

After a successful tryout with German club Schalke 04 in November 2008, he signed a four-year contract on 24 March 2009. He joined the club on 1 July 2009 for a fee of €2.5 million. In summer 2010, Schalke loaned Morávek to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the season. After half a season back with Schalke, he signed a six-month loan with FC Augsburg in January 2012.

International
Morávek played six matches and scored two goals for the Czech Republic U18 national team. He was a member of the Czech Republic U21 national team where he has played nine matches.

On 3 March 2010, Morávek made his debut for the senior side of his country in the 0–1 loss against Scotland in a friendly match after coming on as a substitute for Jaroslav Plašil in the second half of the game.

Career statistics

Honours

Club
Schalke 04
 DFL-Supercup: 2011

International
Czech Republic U21
UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2011

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Footballers from Prague
Czech men's footballers
Czech Republic men's international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Czech First League players
Bundesliga players
Regionalliga players
Bohemians 1905 players
FC Schalke 04 players
FC Schalke 04 II players
1. FC Kaiserslautern players
FC Augsburg players
FC Augsburg II players
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Czech National Football League players


Loose chippings are loose gravel or stone fragments on a road surface and form a hazard to vehicles using that road. It may come from the road's chip seal. Causes include:
 Unbound surplus aggregate not removed from the surface when the road is resurfaced.
 Raveling of a chip seal or asphalt concrete pavement. This is usually the result of a poor bond between the asphalt and the aggregate. As a result, the aggregate breaks free from the road surface.
 Raveling caused by mechanical wear from snowplows or studded snow tires.
 Gravel deposited on the road by erosion of cut sections above the road.
 Gravel carried onto the road by tyres of a vehicle that was driven onto a gravel shoulder, or entered a paved road from a gravel road.

Excessive speed while driving through loose chippings damage both the road and vehicles. Loose chippings can reduce traction and cause loss of control. This is a special hazard to motorcyclists and bicyclists, who may lose their balance and fall if their tires start sliding. Loose chippings can be picked up by tyres and damage them, or may be spun off to become high speed missiles, which may injure or damage other persons or vehicles on the road.

Loose chippings may accumulate on verges, where they may choke drainage channels.

In many countries, road signs are put up, requiring vehicles to drive at a low speed. In the UK, these temporary traffic signs will require the driver to proceed at 20 mph.

Other uses

Some English placenames contain "Chipping", from an old word for "market". As a result, "Loose Chippings" is sometimes used humorously as a fictional place name.

References

Road transport


In mathematics, vector multiplication may refer to one of several operations between two (or more) vectors. It may concern any of the following articles:
 Dot product – also known as the "scalar product", a binary operation that takes two vectors and returns a scalar quantity. The dot product of two vectors can be defined as the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors and the cosine of the angle between the two vectors. Alternatively, it is defined as the product of the projection of the first vector onto the second vector and the magnitude of the second vector. Thus,
 Cross product – also known as the "vector product", a binary operation on two vectors that results in another vector. The cross product of two vectors in 3-space is defined as the vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the two vectors whose magnitude is the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors and the sine of the angle between the two vectors. So, if  is the unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by vectors  and ,
 Exterior product or wedge product – a binary operation on two vectors that results in a bivector. In Euclidean 3-space, the wedge product  has the same magnitude as the cross product  (the area of the parallelogram formed by sides  and ) but generalizes to arbitrary affine spaces and products between more than two vectors.
 Geometric product or Clifford product – for two vectors, the geometric product  is a mixed quantity consisting of a scalar plus a bivector. The geometric product is well defined for any multivectors as arguments.
 A bilinear product in an algebra over a field.
 A Lie bracket for vectors in a Lie algebra.
 Hadamard product – entrywise or elementwise product of tuples of scalar coordinates, where .
 Outer product - where  with  results in a  matrix.
 Triple products – products involving three vectors.
 Quadruple products – products involving four vectors.

Applications
Vector multiplication has multiple applications in regards to mathematics, but also in other studies such as physics and engineering.

Physics

 The use of the cross product can help determine the moment of force, also known as torque. It can also be used to calculate the Lorentz force exerted on a charged particle moving in a magnetic field.
 The dot product is used to determine the work done by a constant force.

See also
Scalar multiplication
Matrix multiplication
Vector addition
Vector algebra relations

Operations on vectors
Multiplication


Caribarctia cardinalis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1985. It can be found in the Dominican Republic.

References

Arctiinae
Moth genera
Moths of the Caribbean


Daniel Adam Cortes (born March 4, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the seventh round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. He also played in the Kansas City Royals organization.

Professional career

Chicago White Sox
Cortes began his professional career in  with the Rookie-Level Bristol White Sox of the Appalachian League. While playing under manager Jerry Hairston, Cortes went 1–4 with a 5.17 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 15 games, even started. Baseball America ranked Cortes as the 22nd best prospect in the White Sox organization.

In  Cortes began his season with the Class-A Kannapolis Intimidators of the South Atlantic League. He went 3–9 with a 4.01 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 20 games, 19 starts. He was then traded to the Kansas City Royals along with pitcher Tyler Lumsden in exchange for pitcher Mike MacDougal on July 24.

Kansas City Royals
Cortes finished the 2006 season with the Class-A Burlington Bees of the Midwest League. He went 1–2 with a 6.69 ERA with 30 strikeouts in seven games, all starts.

In  Cortes played for the Class-A Advanced Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League. He went 8–8 with a 3.07 ERA with 120 strikeouts in 23 games, all starts. He was named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Week for the week of August 20 to August 26. Cortes was again awarded Pitcher of the Week for the week of August 27 to September 2.

He played for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Texas League in . Cortes went 10–4 with a 3.78 ERA with 109 strikeouts in 23 games, all starts. Before the season he was ranked as the second best prospect in the Royals' organization by Baseball America. He was also named to the Texas League All-Star team. He did miss playing time while on the disabled list. The Royals recognized Cortes as the top pitcher for the Double-A Naturals and he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League at the end of the '08 season.

In January,  Cortes received the "Paul Splittorff Pitcher of the Year Award" from the Royals. He attended spring training with the Royals in '09 as a non-roster invitee. Cortes was named a "Player to Watch" by MLB.com before the season. He went 6–6 with a 3.92 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 16 games, 15 starts with the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals. On July 10 he was traded by the Royals with Derrick Saito to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Yuniesky Betancourt.

Seattle Mariners
After the trade Cortes was assigned to the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. Cortes went 1–5 with a 4.94 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 10 games, all starts. He was added to the Mariners 40-man roster on November 20.

On December 12, 2011, the Mariners announced via their Twitter feed that Cortes had been non-tendered along with catcher Chris Gimenez.

Washington Nationals
Cortes signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on January 4, 2012. His contract was voided on February 29, after he failed his physical with the Nationals.

Arizona Diamondbacks
Cortes signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 15, 2013.

Personal life
Cortes, who had taken a summer job at a sporting goods store, was taken bowling by his new co-workers and when he attempted to leave the bowling alley he was stabbed after trying to break up a confrontation between his co-worker and the stabber. His co-worker died and Cortes was hospitalized. He questioned if he would be able to pitch again since the injury was on his throwing arm. He did however make a full recovery.

On January 1, 2009, Cortes was arrested on charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct in Fayetteville, Arkansas. According to police accounts, Cortes was arrested after he allegedly urinated on a fence outside Grub's Bar & Grille. After five hours in jail, Cortes was released when he posted a $655 bond.

References

External links

1987 births
Living people
Águilas de Mexicali players
Bristol White Sox players
Burlington Bees players
Cardenales de Lara players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Kannapolis Intimidators players
Lake Elsinore Storm players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mobile BayBears players
Northwest Arkansas Naturals players
Seattle Mariners players
Baseball players from Pomona, California
Surprise Rafters players
Tacoma Rainiers players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
Tucson Padres players
West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
Wilmington Blue Rocks players
York Revolution players


Erol is a Turkish given name or surname meaning "brave".
This name is shared by the following people:

Given name
 Erol Alkan (born 1974), Turkish Cypriot DJ, artist and record producer
 Erol Erdal Alkan (born 1994), Turkish footballer
 Erol Bekir (born 1974), Macedonian-Swedish footballer and manager player
 Erol Bulut (born 1975), Turkish footballer
 Erol Bilgin (born 1987), Turkish weightlifter
 Erol Büyükburç (1936–2015), Turkish pop music singer and composer
 Erol Çevikçe (born 1937), Turkish politician
 Erol Erdinç (born 1945), Turkish classical pianist and conductor
 Erol Erduran, Turkish Cypriot educator and writer
 Erol Evcil (born 1966), Turkish businessman
 Erol Evgin (born 1947), Turkish pop singer, composer and film actor
 Erol Gelenbe, Turkish-French academic, computer scientist, electronic engineer and applied mathematician
 Erol Günaydın (1933–2012), Turkish theater and film actor
 Erol Güngör (1938–1983), Turkish sociologist
 Erol Iba (born 1979), Indonesian footballer
 Erol Kaymak, Turkish Cypriot academic
 Erol Kemah (born 1961), Turkish sport wrestler
 Erol Keskin (1927–2016), Turkish footballer
 Erol Mütercimler (born 1954), Turkish journalist, columnist and academic
 Erol Onaran (1934–2005), Turkish-American businessman
 Erol Otus, American artist and game designer
 Erol Ozensoy (born 1953), Turkish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessman
 Erol Sabancı (born 1938), Turkish billionaire banker
 Erol Sabanov (born 1974), Bulgarian-German footballer of Turkish origin
 Erol Sander (born 1968), Turkish-German actor
 Erol Taş (1928–1998), Turkish film actor
 Erol Togay (1950–2012), Turkish footballer
 Erol Toy (1936–2021), Turkish writer
 Erol Tuncer (born 1938), Turkish engineer, bureaucrat and politician
 Erol Uenala, Turkish-Swiss industrial and metal musician

Surname
 Altan Erol, Turkish professional basketball player
 Cemre Erol (born 1992), Turkish volleyball player
 Didem Erol, Australian-born Turkish-American actress, model, and TV host
 Esra Erol (footballer) (born 1985), Turkish footballer
 Esra Erol (TV presenter) (982), Turkish television presenter.
 Metin Erol (born 1987), Turkish footballer
 Safiye Erol (1902–1964), Turkish novelist

See also
 Errol (disambiguation), English given name

Turkish-language surnames
Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names


Ivoirienne de Transportes Aeriens (ITA) is a cargo airline in Côte d'Ivoire. It was founded in 2007.

Fleet
The Ivoirienne de Transports Aériens fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2017):

See also
 List of defunct airlines of Côte d'Ivoire

References

External links
Airline history

Airlines established in 2007
Ivorian companies established in 2007
Airlines of Ivory Coast


The following is the order of battle for the Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 AD).

Cao Cao forces
 Imperial Chancellor (丞相) Cao Cao
 (Acting) General Who Attacks the South (征南將軍) Cao Ren
 Army Protector and Commandant (都督護軍) Zhao Yan, coordinated the units commanded by the following seven officers:
 General of Tiger's Might (虎威將軍) Yu Jin
 General Who Defeats Bandits (盪寇將軍) Zhang Liao
 General Who Pacifies the Di (平狄將軍) Zhang He
 General Who Defeats Barbarians (破虜將軍) Li Dian
 Zhu Ling
 Lu Zhao (路招)
 Feng Kai (馮楷)
 General Who Sweeps Across the Wilderness (橫野將軍) Xu Huang
 General of Uplifting Martial Might (奮武將軍) Cheng Yu
 Palace Counsellor (太中大夫) Jia Xu
 Administrator of Runan (汝南太守) Man Chong

Total strength of combined land and naval forces: ≈800,000 (according to Cao Cao's claim); ≈220,000–240,000 (according to Zhou Yu's estimations)

Sun Quan forces
 General Who Attacks Barbarians (討虜將軍) Sun Quan
 Central Army Protector (中護軍) Zhou Yu, served as the Left Chief Controller (左都督).
 General of the Household Who Defeats Bandits (盪寇中郎將) Cheng Pu, served as the Right Chief Controller (右都督).
 Colonel Who Praises the Army (贊軍校尉) Lu Su
 General of the Household Who Attacks Barbarians (征虜中郎將) Lü Fan
 General of the Household Who Sweeps Across the Wilderness (橫野中郎將) Lü Meng
 General of the Household (中郎將) Han Dang
 Commandant of Danyang (丹陽都尉) Huang Gai
 Commandant of Vehemence (承烈都尉) Ling Tong
 Chief of Yichun (宜春長) Zhou Tai
 Gan Ning

Total strength of combined land and naval forces: ≈30,000

Liu Bei and Liu Qi forces
 General of the Left (左將軍) Liu Bei
 Lieutenant-General (偏將軍) Guan Yu
 General of the Household (中郎將) Zhang Fei
 Zhuge Liang
 Administrator of Jiangxia (江夏太守) Liu Qi

Total strength of combined land and naval forces: ≈20,000

References

 Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
 Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).
 Sima, Guang (1084). Zizhi Tongjian.

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Red Cliffs 208
Red Cliffs 208
Orders of battle
200s conflicts


Bahad 16 (; lit: Training base 16) is a training base (bahad) belonging to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) under the command of the Home Front Command Search and Rescue (SAR) unit.  Because it is the only SAR training base, Bahad 16 is synonymous with the SAR unit itself. Since 2021 it is located at the , Ramla, which is also the headquarters of the Home Front Command. Previously it was located within the disestablished Tzrifin base.

This unit should not be confused with Unit 669. Bahad 16 is a domestic search and rescue unit, primarily operating in times of natural disasters, while Unit 669 is the Israeli Air Force's Tactical Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) unit that operates behind enemy lines.

History
IDF Home Front Command Search and Rescue unit was a re-organization of HaGaHa, the Israeli civil defense force.  It was created in February 1992 following the Gulf War, which, as the most threatening war to Israel's homeland since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, led to a perceived need for more security beyond the border.

Purpose
The SAR unit serves as a ready unit for natural disasters (such as earthquakes and floods), for civil disasters (such as the Versailles wedding hall disaster), and for response to deliberate military or para-military attacks (such as with Katyusha, Grad or Scud rockets or with IEDs).

During Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, four-man teams from the unit were attached to infantry units in Jenin and Ramallah. There, teams facilitated troop movement by breaking openings in walls between houses (known as mouse-holing/Rhizome Manoeuvre).

Operations
Since its formation, the unit has operated both in Israel and abroad, including in Greece, Turkey, Haiti, Brazil and Buenos Aires.

Nepal (2015)
Following deadly earthquakes, Israel operated the largest humanitarian presence in Nepal, with over 250 doctors and rescue personnel.
 Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2010)
Following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake two teams were sent from the unit as part of a large Israeli delegation.
 Beit Yehoshua, Israel (2006)
Train Wreck
 Tel Aviv, Israel (2006)
Collapsed building due to a gas explosion
 Nairobi, Kenya (2006)
Following the collapse of a five-story building in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 23, 2006, Bahad 16 & Yachtza forces arrived 23 hours after the disaster. At that stage, two people were still buried under the building and special techniques (tunneling and scalping) were required to secure their evacuation. The two people were evacuated and both recovered after a short stay in hospital.
 Jaffa, Israel (2005)
A crane collapsed on a building
 Revidim, Israel (2005)
Train Wreck
 Jerusalem (2001)
Following the collapse of the Versailles wedding hall, Bahad 16 & Yachtza forces arrived within an hour of the disaster.  During the rescue operation 23 bodies were excavated and 3 people were removed alive.
 Gölcük, Turkey (1999)
After the İzmit earthquake, Israeli forces were sent to assist with rescue efforts at the Gölcük Naval base.

References

Military units and formations of Israel
Military installations of Israel


This is a list of songs that topped the Belgian Walloon (francophone) Ultratop 40 in 1998.

See also
1998 in music

References

External links
 Ultratop 40

1998 in Belgium
1998 record charts
1998


Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Vaucluse. It is contested over three days. The first edition was held in 2007; it is classified as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Winners

External links
Official Website

Recurring sporting events established in 2007
2007 establishments in France
UCI Europe Tour races
Cycle races in France


FC Druzhba Maykop () is a Russian association football club from Maykop, Republic of Adygea, founded in 1963. It is playing in the third-tier Russian Second League. Their biggest achievement was reaching the semifinal of the Russian Cup in the 1992/93 cycle. The club was known as Urozhai Maykop from 1963 to 1968.

Current squad
As of 12 September 2023, according to the Second League website.

Reserve squad

Druzhba's reserve squad played professionally as Druzhba-d Maykop and Kommunalnik-Druzhba-d Maykop in the Russian Third League in 1995 and 1996 respectively.

References

External links

Association football clubs established in 1963
Football clubs in Russia
Sport in Maykop
1963 establishments in Russia


Sobhan (1968 – 6 January 2008) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked in Telugu films. He was best known for his work in the film Varsham (2004).

Career
Sobhan went to Chennai in 1989 to join the film industry. He initially worked for a film called Rowdyism, which was stalled after 10 days of shooting. He then joined Tripuraneni Varaprasad alias Chitti Babu as co director for Raithu Bharatham, He then joined Ram Gopal Varma as a co-director for Anaganaga Oka Roju. Later, he started his profession as a writer for Krishna Vamsi's film Sindhooram and worked with him for Murari, and also acted in films like Kshana Kshanam and  Oka Raju Oka Rani. Later, he directed a few episodes of Malayalam TV serial Navaneetha (2000). During the making of Murari, he was in touch with Mahesh Babu, and that led to the film Bobby. Sobhan was known for his able hand in scripting. He helped many directors during the script sessions of many super hit films.

Death
Sobhan died on 6 January 2008, from cardiac arrest, at the age of 40. He was in the middle of narrating a story to Bhumika Chawla, when he complained of chest pain and collapsed. She and her husband, Bharath Thakur, immediately rushed him to Image Hospitals in Madhapur. The doctors declared that he was brought dead. He is survived by his wife, Soujanya, and two sons, including actor Santosh Shoban. His elder brother, comedian Lakshmipati, died that same year.

Filmography
As director
 Bobby (2002)
 Varsham (2004)
 Chanti (2004)

As actor
 Oka Raju Oka Rani (2003)

As dialogue writer
 Murari (2001)

References

External links

21st-century Indian film directors
Telugu film directors
2008 deaths
1968 births
Date of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Indian film directors
Indian screenwriters
Telugu screenwriters
21st-century Indian screenwriters
Telugu male actors
Indian male actors
21st-century Indian actors
Male actors in Telugu cinema


In the early 20th century, Zacarías García Villada discovered the Nodicia de kesos on the backside of a tenth-century parchment recording a gift to the monastery of San Justo y Pastor, which was located in either Chozas de Abajo or Ardón del Esla in the Kingdom of León. It is a list of the cheeses used up by the monastery in various activities, either as food or as payment. Its orthography is reflective of early Iberian Romance pronunciation and diverges sharply from classical Latin. It predates any distinction between the Leonese language and Castilian. The conventional title of the list comes from its first three words (incipit) and means "list of cheeses", similar to modern Spanish noticia / lista / relación de (los) quesos.

The document is one of the texts that Ramón Menéndez Pidal used in his work Origins of Spanish (1926) to give an account of the state of peninsular romances in the 10th century.

The original is currently kept in the archives of the Cathedral of León, under the name Manuscript 852v.

An "extraordinary parallel" to the Nodicia is found on a Visigothic slate from the late 6th or early 7th century, found in Galinduste. The graffito identifies itself as a Notitia de casios.

Text
1st column

List of /cheeses that spent brother /Semeno: in the work/ of the brothers in the vi /neyard /near Saint Just,/ 5 cheeses; in the /other of the abbot, /2 cheeses; in [the one that]/ they put this year, / 4 cheeses; in the one /of Castrillo, 1; /in the main vineyard, 22nd column

/that they took as war tribute, /2, to the tower; that they took to Cea, /2, when they car- /ved the table; 2 that /they took to León; 2/..s...en /u...re... /...que... /...c... /...e...u /...other (?) /... /g... Uane Ece'' /another that to- /ok Gomi's nephew /de do...a...; 4 that they spe- /nt when the king /came to Rozuela; /1 when Salvador /came there.

References

Leonese language
10th century in the Kingdom of León
10th-century Christian texts
10th-century manuscripts
Spanish-language manuscripts
Earliest known manuscripts by language
History of accounting
Spanish cheeses


Pettson and Findus () is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Swedish author Sven Nordqvist. The books feature an old farmer (Pettson) and his cat (Findus) who live in a small ramshackle farmhouse in the countryside in around the 1950's. The first of the Pettson och Findus books to be published was Pannkakstårtan in 1984 (first published in English in 1985 as Pancake Pie).

To date, nine story books have been published in Swedish, plus a puzzle book, song book and cook book. The books have worldwide book sales of over 15 million and have been translated into 55 languages. There are two alternative English translations of the characters' names: in the books published in the UK by Hawthorn Press, as well as those published in English by Swedish publisher Opal, they have the original names, Pettson and Findus, while in the books published in the USA by Carolrhoda Books they are called Festus and Mercury.

In addition to the books, there are also three Pettson and Findus 75-minute-long animated films, an animated TV series of 26 25-minute parts, computer games and board games. In December 1993, the Swedish TV company SVT broadcast one of the Pettson and Findus stories, Tomtemaskinen (The Mechanical Santa), as its annual Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar (Christmas calendar), with one 15-minute part shown each day up until Christmas Eve. In 2000 the world of Pettson and Findus was recreated full scale at the Junibacken Children's Museum in Stockholm.

The setting for the stories
Pettson is an old farmer who lives in a ramshackle falu red-painted wooden farmhouse in the Swedish countryside. He is presumably a widower, as in Pettson Goes Camping he tells of a planned camping trip with his wife in his youth, but no children are mentioned. His neighbours regard him as a bit odd. However, he does have the company of a cat, Findus. Findus is dressed in a green-striped costume and wears a cap. Pettson and Findus can converse with each other, and the cat can stand up on his two hind legs like a human - Findus thus appears and behaves as if he were a small child. However, Findus, unlike Pettson, is aware of other "small creatures" (called mumbles) living in the house, who play havoc with Pettson's belongings. Each of the books takes off from simple events, such as gardening, going fishing, preparing for Christmas, and so on. It emerges in one of the later books, When Findus was little and disappeared, that the cat had been given to Pettson as a kitten, and that he had arrived in a cardboard box with the text "Findus Fresh Peas" on the side - hence the inspiration for the choice of a name.

The Pettson and Findus books
Pancakes for Findus /  Pancake Pie (2007) /  The Birthday Cake (NorthSouth Books, 2015) (Original: Pannkakstårtan, 1985)
Findus and the Fox / a.k.a. The Fox Hunt (2009) /  The Fox Chase (NorthSouth Books, 2015) (Original: Rävjakten, 1986)
Findus at Christmas / a.k.a. Merry Christmas Festus and Mercury (2011) (Original: Pettson får julbesök, 1989)
Findus Plants Meatballs / a.k.a. A Rumpus in the Garden / a.k.a. Festus and Mercury: Ruckus in the Garden (2013) /  A Ruckus in the Garden (NorthSouth Books, 2018) (Original: Kackel i grönsakslandet, 1990)
Findus Goes Fishing / a.k.a. Festus and Mercury: Wishing to go Fishing (2016) (Original: Stackars Pettson, 1991)
Findus Goes Camping / a.k.a. Pettson Goes Camping / a.k.a. Festus and Mercury Go Camping (2010) /  The Camping Trip (NorthSouth Books, 2017) (Original: Pettson tältar, 1992)
The Mechanical Santa (Tomtemaskinen, 1994)
The Rooster's Minute (Tuppens minut, 1996)
When Findus was Little and Disappeared (2008) /  Findus Disappears! (NorthSouth Books, 2014) (Original: När Findus var liten och försvann, 2001)
Findus Moves Out (2012) (Original: Findus flyttar ut, 2012)
Findus, Food and Fun / a.k.a. Puzzle with Findus (2014) (Original: Pyssla med Findus)
Pettson and Findus Song book (Original: Pettson och Findus sångbok)
Pettson and Findus cookbook (Original: Pettson och Findus kokbok)
Keeping Up With Findus (2019) (Original: Kan du ingenting, Pettson?, 2019)

The Pettson and Findus films
Pettson & Findus – The cat and the old man years (Pettson och Findus – Katten och gubbens år), 1999.
Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten (Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten), 2000.
Pettson & Findus – Pettson's Promise (Pettson och Findus – Tomtemaskinen), 2005
Pettson & Findus – Forget-Abilities (Pettson och Findus – Glömligheter), 2009.
Pettson & Findus: Fun Stuff (Pettson och Findus - Roligheter), 2014.
Pettson och Findus - Juligheter, 2016.Pettson och Findus - Findus flyttar hemifrån'', 2018

The Pettson and Findus farm

On the premises of Julita manor, Sven Nordkvist helped build a farm designed after the books. The author himself has created some of furniture and interior. Everything on the farm has been designed in a 2:3 scale, adapted to the size of the children.

TV series
A TV series, also titled Pettson and Findus, aired on KiKA in 2000. The series was written by Sven Nordqvist, music by Naima and was produced by TV-Loonland AG and ZDF.

References

External links

Characters in children's literature
Series of children's books
Novels set in Sweden
Swedish children's literature
Literary characters introduced in 1984
1984 Swedish novels
Literary duos
Fictional Swedish people
Fictional farmers
Fictional cats
1984 children's books
Male characters in literature
Animal characters in literature
Children's books set in Sweden
Children's books set on farms
Children's books set in the 1950s
Book series introduced in 1984


Đồng Hải is an urban ward (phường) in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It covers an area of 1.93 km2 and has a population of 5,957.

Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Asian Securities and Investments Federation (ASIF) is an association of finance and investment professionals throughout Asia and Oceania with 7 member societies. The association seeks to serve the finance and investment community by fostering high professional standards, including examinations and accreditation, and facilitating communication among member societies. ASIF also promotes education through such activities as annual conferences, publications and educational programs.

History
Formed in 1979 under the name Asian Securities Analysts Council (ASAC), it was subsequently renamed to Asian Securities Analysts Federation (ASAF) in 1995 and to its present title in December 2008.

ASIF Member societies
  Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)
 The Securities Analysts Association of China (SAAC)
 Securities Analysts Association, Chinese Taipei (SAA, CT)
 Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI)
 The Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ)
 The Korea Certified Investment Analysts Association (KCIAA)
 Securities Analysts Association, in Thailand (SAA, Thailand)

Executive committee
Chairman
 Yasuhiro Maehara, President & CEO, The Security Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ), (Deputy Chairman of ACIIA)

Deputy Chairman
 Lin Yixiang, President, The Securities Analysts Association of China (SAAC) (Chairman of ACIIA)
Directors
 Craig Lindsay, President, Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI)
 Russell Thomas, CEO & MD, Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia)

Standing Committees
 Education Committee, Chair, Naoko Mori (SAAJ)
 Advocacy Committee, Chair, Russell Thomas (Finsia)
 Communications Committee, Chair, Kazumichi Karita (SAAJ)

References
 Asian Securities and Investment Federation

External links
 Asian Securities and Investment Federation
 Financial Services Institute of Australasia
 The Securities Analysts Association of Chinese Taipei
 The Securities Association of China
 Hong Kong Securities Institute
 The Council for Portfolio Management and Research
 Iranian Institutional Investors Association
 The Securities Analysts Association of Japan
 The Korea Certified Investment Analysts Association
 Institute of Finance Professional New Zealand Inc
 The Association of Certified International Investment Analysts

Analyst societies
Business and finance professional associations


Gradient pattern analysis (GPA) is a geometric computing method for characterizing geometrical bilateral symmetry breaking of an ensemble of symmetric vectors regularly distributed in a square lattice. Usually, the lattice of vectors represent the first-order gradient of a scalar field, here an M x M square amplitude matrix. An important property of the gradient representation is the following: A given M x M matrix where all amplitudes are different results in an M x M gradient lattice containing  asymmetric vectors. As each vector can be characterized by its norm and phase, variations in the  amplitudes can modify the respective  gradient pattern.

The original concept of GPA was introduced by Rosa, Sharma and Valdivia in 1999. Usually GPA is applied for spatio-temporal pattern analysis in physics and environmental sciences operating on time-series and digital images.

Calculation

By connecting all vectors using a Delaunay triangulation criterion it is possible to characterize gradient asymmetries computing the so-called  gradient asymmetry coefficient, that has been defined as:
,
where  is the total number of asymmetric vectors,  is the number of Delaunay connections among them and the property
is valid for any gradient square lattice.

As the asymmetry coefficient is very sensitive to small changes in the phase and modulus of each gradient vector, it can distinguish complex variability patterns (bilateral asymmetry) even when they are very similar but consist of a very fine structural difference. Note that, unlike most of the statistical tools, the GPA does not rely on the statistical properties of the data but
depends solely on the local symmetry properties of the correspondent gradient pattern.

For a complex extended pattern (matrix of amplitudes of a spatio-temporal pattern) composed by locally asymmetric fluctuations,  is nonzero, defining different classes of irregular fluctuation patterns (1/f noise, chaotic, reactive-diffusive, etc.).

Besides  other measurements (called gradient moments) can be calculated from the gradient lattice. Considering the sets of local norms and phases as discrete compact groups, spatially distributed in a square lattice, the gradient moments have the basic property of being globally invariant (for rotation and modulation).

The primary research on gradient lattices applied to characterize weak wave turbulence from X-ray images of solar active regions was developed in the  Department of Astronomy at University of Maryland, College Park, USA. A key line of research on GPA's algorithms and applications has been developed at Lab for Computing and Applied Mathematics (LAC) at National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil.

Relation to other methods

When GPA is conjugated with wavelet analysis, then the method is called Gradient spectral analysis (GSA), usually applied to short time series analysis.

References

Geometric algorithms
Signal processing


Ilona and Judit Gófitz (Hungarian: Gófitz Ilona és Judit; in contemporary publications: Helen and Judith of Szőny), also known as the Hungarian Sisters, were conjoined twins from Szőny, Hungary who lived from October 19, 1701 to February 8, 1723. The sisters, who were pygopagus (joined at the pelvis), were examined by doctors and exhibited to curious crowds throughout Europe. At the age of nine, the pair retired to a convent in Presburg, Kingdom of Hungary, where they spent the rest of their lives. They died within hours of each other.

After seeing them in London, Alexander Pope wrote a poem about the sisters:

Two sisters wonderful to behold, who have thus grown as one,
That naught their bodies can divide, no power beneath the sun.
The town of Szoenii gave them birth, hard by far-famed Komorn,
Which noble fort may all the arts of Turkish sultans scorn.
Lucina, woman's gentle friend, did Helen first receive;
And Judith, when three hours had passed, her mother's womb did leave.

One urine passage serves for both; one anus, so they tell;
The other parts their numbers keep, and serve their owners well.
Their parents poor did send them forth, the world to travel through,
That this great wonder of the age should not be hid from view.
The inner parts concealed do lie hid from our eyes, alas!
But all the body here you view erect in solid brass.

References

Further reading

Conjoined twins
1701 births
1723 deaths
Hungarian twins


Enfield Shaker Historic District may refer to:

 The Enfield Shaker Museum in Enfield, New Hampshire, and its historic district
 The Enfield Shakers Historic District (Connecticut) in Enfield, Connecticut


Đồng Phú is an urban ward (phường) in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It covers an area of 3.81 km2 and has a population of 8016.

Đồng Hới
Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Kenneth Kendrick (May 1913 – after 1943) is an English former professional footballer who made 10 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham. He played as a forward.

Kendrick was born in the Bartley Green district of Birmingham. He began his football career with Bromsgrove Rovers and Halesowen Town before joining Football League First Division club Birmingham, where his father Billy had been trainer for some years, in 1936. He made his debut on 23 January 1937 in a 2–1 defeat at home to Charlton Athletic. He played infrequently over the next couple of seasons and retired due to injury in 1944.

References

1913 births
Year of death missing
Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Bromsgrove Rovers F.C. players
Halesowen Town F.C. players
Birmingham City F.C. players
English Football League players


Đồng Sơn is an urban ward (phường) in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It covers an area of 19.65 km2 and has a population of 8815.

Đồng Hới
Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Sergio García (born 1980) is a Spanish golfer.

Sergio García may also refer to:

 Sergio García Ramírez (born 1938), Mexican jurist and politician
 Sergio García Michel (1945–2010), Mexican film director
 Sergio García de Alba (born 1955), Mexican businessman and politician
 Sergio C. Garcia (born 1977), first undocumented immigrant to be admitted to practice as an attorney by the State Bar of California
 Sergio García (footballer, born 1982), Mexican footballer
 Sergio García (footballer, born 1983), Spanish footballer
 Sergio García (judoka) (born 1987), Mexican judoka
 Sergio García (swimmer) (born 1989), Spanish swimmer
 Sergio García (footballer, born 1989) (born 1989), Spanish footballer
 Sergio Garcia (actor) (born 1990), Filipino actor
 Sergio García (skater) (born 1990), Spanish vert skater
 Sergio García Mut (born 1991), Spanish footballer, see 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
 Sergio García (boxer) (born 1992), Spanish boxer
 Sergio García (footballer, born 1996), Spanish footballer
 Sergio García (motorcyclist) (born 2003), Spanish motorcycle rider

See also
Sergi Garcia (disambiguation)


Bắc Nghĩa is an urban ward (phường) in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It covers an area of 7.76 km2 and has a population of 6981.

Đồng Hới
Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


The Association of Galilée Valley communes () is a former administrative association of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine. It was created in December 1997. It was merged into the Communauté de communes Fave, Meurthe, Galilée in January 2014, which was merged into the new Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges in January 2017. Positioned 15 minutes to the east of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, bordering the ridge that forms the mountainous frontier between Alsace and Lorraine, the association has its administrative offices at Ban-de-Laveline. Seven of the association's ten communes are within the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park.

Composition
Created at the end of 1997, initially comprising just three communes, the association ultimately consisted of 10 communes as follows:
 Ban-de-Laveline (1997)
 Bertrimoutier (1999)
 Combrimont (1999)
 La Croix-aux-Mines (2003)
 Frapelle (1999)
 Gemaingoutte (1997)
 Lesseux (1999)
 Neuvillers-sur-Fave (1999)
 Raves (1999)
 Wisembach (1997)

References

Galilee Valley


Wade in the Water is an album by Ramsey Lewis, issued in 1966 on Cadet Records. The album rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.

Critical reception
The track "Hold It Right There" won a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance - Vocal or Instrumental.

Singles
The album's title track got to No. 3 on the Billboard Top Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side 1
"Wade in the Water" 	(Traditional)  (3:46)
"Ain't That Peculiar" 	(Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin)  (2:48)
"Tobacco Road' 		(John D. Loudermilk)  (4:34)
"Money in the Pocket" 	(Joe Zawinul)  (2:41)
"Message to Michael" 	(Burt Bacharach, Hal David)  (3:09)

Side 2
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Stevie Judkins, Sylvia Moy) (5:44)
"Hold It Right There" 	(Richard Evans)  (2:24)
"Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (3:07)
"Mi Compasion" 		(Esmond Edwards)  (3:06)
"Hurt So Bad"            (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Robert Harshman)  (3:04)

Personnel
 Ramsey Lewis – keyboards
  John Avant – trombone
  Cleveland Eaton – bass
  Richard Evans – arrangements, conductor
 Maurice White – drums
Technical
 Bob Kidder, Bruce Swedien – recording engineer
Don Bronstein – cover photography

References

Ramsey Lewis albums
1966 albums
Albums produced by Esmond Edwards
Cadet Records albums


Đức Ninh Đông is an urban ward (phường) in Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, in Vietnam. It covers an area of 3.13 km2 and has a population of 4726.

Đồng Hới
Populated places in Quảng Bình province
Communes of Quảng Bình province


Jeanette Pickersgill (30 November 1813 – 20 March 1885) was an English painter, She was the first person to be legally cremated in the United Kingdom, at Woking Crematorium in Surrey.

Life
She was born Jeannette Caroline Grover in 1813 in Amsterdam. She married the artist Henry Hall Pickersgill on 20 July 1837 at St Anne's, Soho. He died 7 January 1861.

She published a volume of poetry in 1827 entitled Tales of the Harem. She exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1848 and 1863. The 1881 Census lists her as an annuitant living at 59 Dorset Square in Regent's Park in London. On her death The Times described Pickersgill as "a well-known figure in literary and scientific circles".

Cremation and aftermath

Pickersgill was cremated six days after her death. The great concern at the time was that the person may not be actually dead, and the thought of being burned alive was too shocking for the Victorians to contemplate. Due to this concern, two doctors certified that Pickersgill was dead.

The cremation took one hour and 15 minutes. The notes in the cremation register record that the remains were later taken, in the 20th century, to Golders Green Crematorium's East Columbarium.

By year's end, only three cremations had taken place out of 597,357 deaths in the UK.  At that time cremation was championed by the Cremation Society of Great Britain. By 1901, with six crematoria established, only 427 cremations took place out of 551,585 deaths - less than one-tenth of one percent. However, by the end of the century (2000), over 240 crematoria were in use. Over 70% of the deceased were cremated (437,609 out of 611,960 deaths).

See also
 Dr. William Price, eccentric Welsh physician and advocate of cremation

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Ernest Alfred Sykes (27 December 1915 – 1997) was an English professional footballer who made eight appearances in the First Division of the Football League playing for Birmingham. He played as a full back.

Sykes was born in Temple Normanton, Derbyshire. He played for Sutton Town before joining Birmingham in March 1936. He made his debut on 10 April 1936, in a 2–2 draw at home to Manchester United. Sykes played only rarely over the next two seasons, and moved to Cardiff City in the 1939 close season. He played only three games for the club before the Football League was suspended for the duration of the Second World War, and retired in 1944.

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Bushey Hall Golf Club, founded by Robert Stewart Clouston in 1889, is one of the oldest parkland golf courses in Hertfordshire. Originally opened as a nine-hole course, it was extended to the full 18 holes by 1893 and is now a 6,005-yard course.

Bushey Hall history
The first captain of Bushey Hall Golf Club was A. J. Balfour who accepted presidency at the first official meeting on 24 March 1890.

Throughout Bushey's history the club was run by a series of different proprietors, who through various measures ensured the club thrived.  The fairways received an enviable reputation and the clubhouse was extended to cover two storeys with an open veranda overlooking the 18th hole for £1,100.

First and Second World Wars
During both the world wars the club was requisitioned by the government, during the first used as a training depot for the Brigade of Guards and during the second as a base for American forces. Unlike the First World War, during the Second World War play was allowed at the course, although access to the clubhouse was restricted. The club was a part of the Coats Mission, a plan to evacuate the Royal Family in the case of a German invasion.

Recent history
In 1986, the freehold of the course and club was sold to London-based hotel group Veladail Leisure, who now own and operate the club.  Over half a million pounds has recently been spent on new tees, irrigation systems, golf buggies, equipment for maintaining the course and refurbishing the club house.

In October 2019 the course closed.  The reason for this was due to the clubhouse being demolished, to be replaced with 32 new flats.  A new clubhouse is due to be built on the site and the clube re-opened in 2021.

Rumours linking course to Watford F.C.

Early 2020 rumours of Watford F.C. purchasing the site and building a new stadium have started to circulate around social media platforms, with plans and artistic impressions being shared.

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Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional (Vuelta a Chihuahua) was a stage race held annually in October in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.  The Vuelta a Chihuahua was first contested in 2005, as part of the UCI America Tour schedule, and was run over seven stages (days).  The Chihuahua's diverse geography, including mountains, forests, and farmland, contributed to the challenge of the race.

In 2009, the UCI upgraded the Vuelta a Chihuahua from a 2.2 to a 2.1 event. In 2010, the Vuelta a Chihuahua was dropped from the UCI America Tour, but was still ran that year, and 2011, as a standalone event. The Vuelta a Chihuahua ceased after the 2011 event.

Winners

External links
  Official website
 Cycling News: Vuelta Chihuahua Internacional (2009 results)

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William Taylor (1869 – after 1891) was an English professional footballer who made six appearances in the Football Alliance for Small Heath.

Taylor was born in Smethwick, which was then in Staffordshire. He played for Langley Green Victoria before joining Small Heath in 1891 on the recommendation of Fred Wheldon. He played six games in the Football Alliance and four in the FA Cup, scoring one goal, but the club were unable to find a playing position which suited both Taylor and the team, and he left for Quinton at the end of the 1891–92 season.

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Red Patriot was a publication by the Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist), it articulated an anti-revisionist outlook on Irish politics and Marxist-Leninist agenda.
Initially Maoist the CPI-ML moved away from Mao and sided with an Albanian articulation of Communism - Hoxhaism. Initially published by the forerunner to the CPI-ML, Irish Revolutionary Youth and launched in 1969, It was produced irregularly throughout the partys history, sometimes as a weekly, sometimes monthly, it was relaunched in 1982 after two years unpublished on the partys twelfth anniversary. It was replaced in 1984 by The Voice of Revolution itself replaced by Marxist-Leninist Weekly.

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Atmospheric-pressure plasma (or AP plasma or normal pressure plasma) is a plasma in which the pressure approximately matches that of the surrounding atmosphere – the so-called normal pressure.

Technical significance
Atmospheric-pressure plasmas matter because in contrast with low-pressure plasma or high-pressure plasma, no reaction vessel is needed to maintain pressure. Depending on the generation principle, these plasmas can be employed directly in the production line. This eliminates the need for cost-intensive chambers for producing a partial vacuum as used in low-pressure plasma technology.

Generation
Various forms of excitation are distinguished:
 AC (alternating current) excitation
 DC (direct current) and low-frequency excitation
 Excitation by means of radio waves
 Microwave excitation

Atmospheric-pressure plasmas that have attained any noteworthy industrial significance are those generated by DC excitation (electric arc), AC excitation (corona discharge, dielectric barrier discharge, piezoelectric direct discharge and plasma jets as well as 2.45 GHz microwave microplasma).

DC plasma jet
By means of a high-voltage discharge (5–15 kV, 10–100 kHz) a pulsed electric arc is generated. A process gas, usually oil-free compressed air flowing past this discharge section, is excited and converted to the plasma state. This plasma passes through a jet head to the surface of the material to be treated. The jet head determines the geometry of the beam, and is at earth potential to hold back potential-carrying parts of the plasma stream.

Microwave plasma jet
A microwave system uses amplifiers that output up to 200 watts of power radio frequency (RF) power to produce the arc that generates plasma. Most solutions work at 2.45 GHz. A new technology provides ignition and highly efficient operation with the same electronic and couple network. This kind of atmospheric-pressure plasmas is different. The plasma is only top of the electrode. That is the reason the construction of a cannula jet was possible.

Applications
Manufacturers use plasma jets for, among other things, activating and cleaning plastic and metal surfaces to prepare them for adhesive bonding and painting. Sheet materials up to several meters wide can be treated today by aligning a number of jets in a row. Surface modification achieved by plasma jets is comparable to the effects obtained with low-pressure plasma.

Depending on the power of the jet, the plasma beam can be up to 40 mm long and attain a treatment width of 15 mm. Special rotary systems allow a treatment width per jet tool of up to 13 cm.
Depending on the required treatment performance, the plasma source is moved at a spacing of 10–40 mm and at a speed of 5–400 m/min relative to the surface of the material being treated.

A key advantage of this system is it can be integrated in-line in existing production systems. In addition the activation achievable is distinctly higher than in potential-based pretreatment methods (corona discharge).

It is possible to coat varied surfaces with this technique. Anticorrosive layers and adhesion promoter layers can be applied to many metals without solvents, providing a much more environmentally friendly solution.

See also
Laser Schlieren Deflectometry
List of plasma (physics) articles
Dielectric barrier discharge
Plasma pencil

References

Citations

Bibliography
 Tendero C., Tixier C., Tristant P., Desmaison J., Leprince P.: Atmospheric pressure plasmas: A review; Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy; Volume 61, Issue 1, January 2006, pp 2–30.
 Förnsel P.: Vorrichtung zur Oberflächen-Vorbehandlung von Werkstücken (Device for surface pretreatment of workpieces); DE 195 32 412
 EU-IP4Plasma e-learning portal: Basic facts on the fourth state of matter and its technical use
 Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung (IFAM): Plasmatechnik und Oberflächen (Plasma technology and surfaces) – PLATO
 Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP Greifswald e.V.)
 Generation of atmospheric plasma and effect on surfaces - Flash animations
 Pulsed Atmospheric Arc Technology
 Atmospheric Plasma Treatment Explained in Simple Terms from the UK manufacturer Henniker Plasma
 Plasmatreat US LP: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment
  Basics of microwave driven atmospheric plasma

Plasma types