Israel Silva Matos de Souza  (born 24 June 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.

Club career
Silva started his career in Brazil but his best years as a soccer player came when he went to play in Guatemala. He started at Deportivo Teculután for whom he scored 34 goals and moved on to Xelajú MC and scored twelve goals taking them to a final and won by beating Marquense. Then CSD Municipal put their eye on him and he was transferred there in December 2007. He did not have the best season so the team let him go. Deportivo Jalapa decided to buy him and little by little he became the player he once was. An offer to play in Greece was presented and left to play in Kerkyra FC.

Silva is Xelajú's all-time leader with 176 goals, helping the club win the league championship in 2012.

Naturalization
During the time that Silva was playing in Guatemala he decided to give up his Brazilian citizenship to receive the Guatemalan. He is said that he would love to play for the Guatemala national football team.

External links
 Profile at theplayersagent.com
 Player profile - AO Kerkyra

References

1981 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Guatemalan men's footballers
Club Xelajú MC players
C.S.D. Municipal players
A.O. Kerkyra players
F.C. Motagua players
C.D. Real de Minas players
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
Antigua GFC players
C.D. Marathón players
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
Men's association football forwards
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
Footballers from São Paulo


David Huff or Dave Huff may refer to:

 David Huff (baseball) (born 1984), American pitcher
 David Huff (drummer) (born 1961), American drummer of White Heart and Giant
 David C. Huff (1936-2019), American politician and member of the Kansas House of Representatives
 David Huff, guitarist of David and the Giants, active 1960s
 David Huff, professor of geography and marketing, creator of the Huff model for retail trade analysis.

See also
David Hough (disambiguation)


The Yale Quartet was a string quartet based at Yale University composed of musicians in the Yale School of Music and formed and led by violinist  Broadus Erle (formerly of the New Music Quartet) from the time he arrived at Yale in 1960. The Yale Quartet is especially acclaimed for their classic recordings of the Beethoven late string quartets, made for the Vanguard label during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
. Violist David Schwartz, who began with the quartet, was later replaced by renowned violist Walter Trampler. Original 2nd Violinist Yoko Matsuda was succeeded by Syoko Aki in 1967; Aki still teaches at Yale, having joined the  faculty in 1968 and violoncellist Aldo Parisot retired from Yale in 2018 at the age of 99, following a 60-year tenure there; he died in December 2018, shortly after his 100th birthday.
After Broadus Erle's premature death in 1977, the Yale Quartet disbanded.
The Tokyo Quartet was the quartet-in-residence at Yale for most of the period since the late 1970s, until the Brentano String Quartet was appointed to the position in 2013. The Yale's celebrated recordings of the last five Beethoven quartets for Vanguard  have been reissued on compact disc, as have their only other recordings, of two Mozart quartets, K.421 and K.575, and the Brahms piano quintet with André Previn.

Personnel
1st violin:
Broadus Erle

2nd violin:
Yoko Matsuda (1964-1967)
Syoko Aki

Viola:
David Schwartz
Walter Trampler

Cello:
Aldo Parisot

Recordings

Beethoven Quartets Op 127 & 131: Erle-Aki-Schwartz-Parisot; Op 132: Erle-Matsuda-Schwartz-Parisot; Op 130, 133, 135: Erle-Aki-Trampler-Parisot). Originally issued on LP: Vanguard Cardinal Series Set VCS-10101.
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor op 34 (issued 1973), HMV LP ASD 2873 (Erle-Aki-Trampler-Parisot, André Previn piano
Mozart Quartets in D minor K 421 and D major K 575, Cardinal LP VCS 10019 (Erle-Matsuda-Schwartz-Parisot).

References

American string quartets
Musical groups established in 1960
Yale University musical groups
Yale School of Music
1960 establishments in Connecticut


Sarah Rebecca Rachel Leah Horowitz (1715–1795), known as Leah Horowitz, was a rabbinic and kabbalistic scholar, who wrote in Yiddish. She was the author of Tkhinne imohes (Supplication of the Matriarchs). She lived in Bolechów, Poland.

Life
Horowitz was the daughter of Jacob Yokl ben Meir Ha-Levi Horowitz (1680–1755) and Reyzel bat Heshl. Her father was a member of the famed kloiz of Brody. Horowitz was one of some seven children. Three of her brothers were rabbis, of whom the most eminent was Isaac (known as "Itsikl Hamburger", 1715–1767), rabbi of Hamburg, Altona, and Wandsbek. There was also a sister, named Pessil. There is some doubt about the identity of another brother and sister. As the sister of eminent brothers, Leah disproves the old canard that the only educated women in her time were the daughters of learned rabbis who had no sons.

Leah's early life was spent in Bolechów, in Polish Galicia (now Bolekhiv, Ukraine), where her father was the rabbi. When he became rabbi of Brody in 1735, his son Mordecai succeeded him as rabbi of Bolechów. Leah remained in Bolechów, continuing to live as a young married woman in the home of her brother. Her husband at this time was Aryeh Leib, son of the rabbi of Dobromyl, Ukraine; later she was married to Shabbetai ben Benjamin ha-Cohen Rappoport, rabbi of Krasny, Russia. It is unknown whether she had any children.

Scholarly work
Even as a young, Leah was renowned for her exceptional learning. In an era when many women did not learn to read, and those who did rarely learned more than the rudiments of Hebrew, Horowitz studied the Talmud with commentaries and also read some kabbalistic works. The memoirist Ber of Bolechów reports that when he was a boy of twelve, Leah helped him prepare for his Talmud lesson with her brother, the rabbi Mordecai. "She would begin to recite the words of Talmud or Rashi by heart, in clear language, explaining it well as it was written there, and I learned from her words. And when the rabbi awoke from his sleep, I knew how to explain the passage in the Talmud to him properly." In the same passage, Ber refers to her as "the learned and famous Mistress Leah, of blessed memory". Other authors also knew of her reputation for learning. The anonymous work Sefer Ozar Sihot Hakhamim describes her as "a great scholar, well-versed in the Talmud" and recounts her Talmudic discussion with another learned lady, Dinah, the wife of Saul Halevi (chief rabbi of The Hague from 1748 to 1785).

Although very few Eastern European Jewish women before the nineteenth century have left writings, Leah was the author of the Tkhinne of the Matriarchs, an eight-page, trilingual prayer for the Sabbath before the New Moon. (As is often the case, the place and date of publication are not mentioned in most of the printed editions.) The work contains a Hebrew introduction, a piyyut (a liturgical poem) in Aramaic, and a Yiddish prose paraphrase of the poem. This text, which has historical importance as one of the few extant works written by an eighteenth-century Eastern European Jewish woman, testifies that its author was far more learned than the norm. (Another work, Tkhinne Moyde Ani, has been erroneously attributed to her.)

Leah Horowitz was passionately concerned with the religious place and role of Jewish women and she was keenly aware of her own anomalous status as a learned woman. She addressed these issues explicitly in the Hebrew introduction to her tkhinne, and by implication in the Aramaic piyyut and the Yiddish paraphrase. Leah was concerned to establish the legitimacy of her own involvement in "Torah study", that is, in Talmudic and halakhic discussion. Furthermore, this is perhaps the only pre-modern text in which an Ashkenazic woman discusses the significance of women's prayer, the proper way for women to pray and the circumstances under which women should and should not submit to their husbands' authority. However, Leah's arguments were largely lost to her contemporaries. After the first few editions, the Hebrew introduction and the Aramaic piyyut were no longer printed, leaving only the Yiddish portion of the text. Presumably, most women could not read Hebrew or Aramaic, while most men were not interested in reading a tkhinne by a woman, even if a portion of it was in the Holy Tongue.

Nonetheless, in her Hebrew introduction Leah argues that women's prayer has the power to bring the messianic redemption if women learn to pray "properly". She states further that because women's prayer can bring the redemption, women should pray in synagogue every day, morning and evening, and she laments the fact that this is not the practice in her day. Leah has a kabbalistic understanding of prayer: true prayer is not for human needs, but for the reunification of the sundered sephirot (divine attributes) of Tiferet and Shekhinah. Because most women have little knowledge of mystical literature and concepts, Leah's purpose in writing this text is to teach women without specialized knowledge how to pray properly, that is, for the sake of the redemption of the Shekhinah from her exile, with weeping. Following kabbalistic sources, Leah attributes great power to tears.

Elaborating on what was already a focus of women's piety, the blessing of the new moon in synagogues, she provides a framework that she believed could bring redemption. In the Yiddish portion of her text (accessible to her female readers), Leah laments the bitterness of the exile and names the New Moon as a time of favor. The protection of each of the four biblical matriarchs is invoked. The central model she presents is the midrashic trope of the children of Israel going into exile, weeping at Rachel's grave. Rachel, a common symbol for the Shekhinah, then entreats the Holy Blessed One (Tiferet), with tears, to redeem the Israelites from their exile. He is so moved by her plea that He agrees to bring the redemption. Leah suggests that women in her day should follow the example of the children of Israel, and of "our faithful Mother Rachel". Together with Leah's images of the other matriarchs, her Yiddish tkhinne, like her introduction, combines an appreciation of women's traditional roles with an assertion that women have far more spiritual power than is usually recognized.

References

Sources
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0009_0_09238.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/653224/Yiddish-literature

1715 births
1795 deaths
Yiddish-language writers
Kabbalists
18th-century Polish Jews
Jewish women writers


Donald Ranvaud (5 December 1953 - 5 September 2016) was a British film producer and film journalist.

Ranvaud had producing roles on a number of Oscar-nominated films including The Constant Gardener (2005), City of God (2002), Central Station (1998) and Farewell My Concubine (1993). He is now best known for his work in the Latin American film industry, especially in Brazil and Bolivia.

Early career

From 1976–88, Ranvaud taught at the University of Warwick (English and comparative literature) and the University of East Anglia (film studies) and also at the College of South Wales (film theory). During this time he also worked as a freelance journalist for MFB, Sight and Sound, The Guardian, La Repubblica and American Film, as well as founding the independent cinema and media magazine Framework, which he edited until 1988. He published several books on Italian cinema and directed documentary items for C4 magazine programmes and RAI 1, including portraits of Paul Schrader, Raul Ruiz, Cui Jian, Laurie Anderson and David Mamet.

In April 1989 Ranvaud was hired as Head of Selection at the European Script Fund, which was established in January 1989 by Renee Goddard (Secretary General) as part of the MEDIA Programme of the Commission of the European Community. He stayed on for 18 months, selecting numerous feature film projects from across Europe for develop funding; during this time the Media Programme was fully integrated into EC policy.

Death
Ranvaud was on the jury of the 2016 Montreal World Film Festival. He was taken to the hospital after calling for assistance in his hotel room in Montreal on the night of the last day of the festival. He was treated for a heart disorder.

Film production

Ranvaud worked as a producer full-time after 1989, working with directors and in countries that would soon become prominent in the world of independent film: in China from 1989 to 1993, he produced Life on a String and Farewell My Concubine; in Latin America from 1994 to present, he produced Central do Brasil, Familia Rodante, Xango de Baker Street, Lavoura Arcaica, Babilonia 2000, Madame Sata, and City of God, garnering a total of 12 Oscar nominations. He was also executive producer on The Constant Gardener by Fernando Meirelles in Kenya.

Alongside productions, he managed sales at Videofilmes, Bouquet Multimedia and Sogepaq as well as helping to set up the Wild Bunch.

As Buena Onda's Creative Director since 2003, Ranvaud continued to discover filmmakers, helping them to access world markets. He was an ambassador for Latin American cinema, setting up joint ventures with Cinergia in Costa Rica for Centro America, and with the Puerto Rico Film Fund. After establishing the film school La Fabrica with Roberto Lanza in Cochabamba, Bolivia, he set up an Institute for 2nd features, theatre and cinema (Artes Andes Americas), together with Cesar Brie's Teatro de los Andes in Yotala, Bolivia.

Since early 2005, first as Head of International Relations with Rain Networks, Brasil, and later independently, Ranvaud focused on what he considered to be the central question for the future of a possible cinema – a cost-effective distribution platform.
Ranvaud’s final film as a producer is a still-unfinished first feature titled “Sweet Democracy,” 2016, with Italian Nobel-prize winning thesp Dario Fo among the cast. It is directed by Italy’s Michele Diomà.

Filmography

References

External links

1953 births
2016 deaths
Italian emigrants to the United Kingdom
British film producers
Academics of the University of Warwick
Academics of the University of East Anglia
British male journalists
20th-century British businesspeople


MorphoSys AG is a biopharmaceutical company founded in 1992. The company is headquartered near Munich, Germany and has a wholly owned subsidiary, MorphoSys US Inc., in Boston MA in the US. The company has various antibody, protein and peptide technologies that it uses to discover and develop both proprietary and partnered drug candidates. The company has more than 100 drugs in its wider pipeline that are being investigated for a variety of diseases. While many of these are being developed in partnership with pharma and biotech companies, MorphoSys also has a proprietary pipeline with a focus on cancer and autoimmune diseases.

MorphoSys AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the US Nasdaq stock exchange.

History
The Company was founded in 1992. In 1999, MorphoSys listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "MOR".

In 2004, MorphoSys and Novartis entered into a strategic partnership for the research and development of biopharmaceuticals, which was expanded in 2007. Additional discovery partnerships included: Bayer (1999), Roche (2000), Centocor (now Janssen Biotech, 2000), Schering AG (2001) and Pfizer (2003).

In 2008, the company’s first proprietary antibody MOR103 (now otilimab) entered clinical development. Following the publication of promising results in rheumatoid arthritis, MorphoSys signed a license agreement with GlaxoSmithKline for otilimab. In 2019, GlaxoSmithKline initiated a phase 3 clinical development program with otilimab (now GSK3196165).

In 2010, MorphoSys signed a license agreement with Xencor Inc. for MOR208 (now tafasitamab).

In July 2017, the first of MorphoSys’ platform drugs received US marketing approval. Guselkumab (brand name Tremfya), which was developed and is being commercialized by Janssen Biotech a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, was first approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in the United States, the European Union and Canada.

In April 2018, following a US initial public offering in which the company raised $239 million, American depositary shares of MorphoSys began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange, also under the symbol "MOR."

In 2018, the company established a wholly owned US subsidiary, MorphoSys US Inc..

In December 2019, based on positive clinical trial results, the company submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the FDA for tafasitamab in combination with lenalidomide for the treatment of relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The submission was accepted for filing in February 2020, and a decision on the filing is expected in August 2020.

In January 2020, MorphoSys and Incyte Corporation signed a collaboration and license agreement for the global development and commercialization of tafasitamab. On March 3, 2020, the agreement received antitrust clearance and thus became effective.

In March 2020, MorphoSys announced that the FDA had accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for filing and granted priority review for tafasitamab, setting a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date of August 30, 2020.

On July 31, 2020, Monjuvi (tafasitamab-cxix) was approved by the U.S. FDA in combination with lenalidomide for the medical treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, including DLBCL arising from low grade lymphoma, and who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT).

Pipeline
As of December 2020, MorphoSys had 116 drug candidates which are developed by MorphoSys and other pharmaceutical companies, 28 of which were in clinical development. Two antibodies developed by MorphoSys are already approved and marketed.

Tafasitamab (MOR208) is a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against CD19 in clinical development for the treatment of B-cell malignancies. Tafasitamab is being evaluated in several clinical trials, alone and in combination with other anti-cancer drugs.

Felzartamab (MOR202)is a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against CD38 for the treatment of anti-PLA2R-positive membranous nephropathy, an autoimmune disease affecting the kidneys. In 2017, MorphoSys entered into a regional licensing agreement with I-Mab Biopharma to develop and commercialize Felzartamab (called TJ202 by I-Mab) in Greater China. Felzartamab (MOR202/TJ202) is currently under investigation by I-Mab in three clinical trials.

Otilimab (MOR103/GSK3196165) is a fully human monoclonal antibody directed against GM-CSF. The program is outlicensed to GlaxoSmithKline. Otilimab is currently under investigation in a Phase 3 trial in rheumatoid arthritis that started in July 2019.
On March 2nd, 2023, MorphoSys announced that the company would end its preclinical research programs and cease all related activities. According to the press release, this step is justified by challenges in the pharmaceutical market, which are forcing the company to optimize its cost structure and to focus all resources more on oncology products in the mid to late stage of development.

Technology

MorphoSys has discovered a number of antibody technologies that are use for drug development.

MorphoSys’ main technology is HuCAL (Human Combinatorial Antibody Library), which is a collection of more than ten billion fully human antibodies in the form of a phage display bank and a system for their optimization.

Another technology recently developed is the OkapY bispecific antibody technology. MorphoSys’ OkapY technology is a new proprietary “2+1” bispecific antibody format with the hysicochemical properties to simplify the development and large-scale production of such molecules.

References

External links

MorphoSys US Inc.
Xencor Inc.
I-Mab Biopharma
Lanthio Pharma B.V.

Biotechnology companies of Germany
Biotechnology companies established in 1992
1992 establishments in Germany
Companies in the TecDAX
Companies in the MDAX
Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Companies listed on the Nasdaq


Trachelyopterichthys anduzei is a species of driftwood catfish endemic to Venezuela where it is found in the upper Orinoco River basin.  It grows to a length of 14.0 cm.

References

Auchenipteridae
Taxa named by Carl J. Ferraris Jr.
Taxa named by Justa María Fernández R.
Fish described in 1987
Fish of South America


Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus, the striped woodcat, is a species of driftwood catfish found in the upper Amazon River basin in the countries of Brazil, Peru and Venezuela.  It is also found as an aquarium fish.  It reaches a length of 15.0 cm.

References

Auchenipteridae
Fish described in 1858
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Fish of Peru
Taxa named by Rudolf Kner


Ane Cathrine "Anna" Sterky née Nielsen (1856–1939) was a Danish-Swedish politician (Social Democrat), trade union organiser, feminist and editor, chiefly active in Sweden.

Sterky worked as a seamstress in Denmark, where she was active in the Danish trade union movement. In 1891, she moved to Sweden with the Swedish trade union organiser Fredrik Sterky, with whom she had a relationship; they never married, but she used his surname.

She was a pioneer in her work to build up trade unions for women, and she also worked for the creation of a social democratic women's group within the party. She was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1900 to 1925, chairwoman of the Women's Trade Union (1902–1907), editor of the magazine Morgonbris together with Maria Sandel (1904–1909) and honorary chairwoman of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden (1920–1925).

References

 Gunhild Kyle och Eva von Krusenstjerna (1993). Kvinnoprofiler. Norstedts Tryckeri AB Stockholm: Natur & Kultur. .
 Stig Hadenius, Torbjörn Nilsson & Gunnar Åselius (1996). Sveriges historia. Borås: Bonnier Albs. .

Further reading

1856 births
Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians
Swedish trade unionists
1939 deaths
20th-century Swedish women politicians
20th-century Swedish politicians
19th-century Swedish politicians
Swedish feminists
Danish emigrants to Sweden
Socialist feminists
19th-century Swedish women politicians


Trachycorystes cratensis is a species of driftwood catfish endemic to Brazil where it is found in the state of Ceará in the Granjeiro River basin.  It grows to a length of 6.1 cm.

References

Auchenipteridae
Fish described in 1937
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Taxa named by Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro


Jesús Eduardo Amaral FAIA (1927 – September 9, 2020) is a Puerto Rican architect and educator. As partner in the firm Amaral y Morales, he produced some of Puerto Rico's most notable modern architecture primarily from 1950 to 1970. He is the founder and first head of the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico (1966–1969).

Amaral was born in 1927 in Humacao, Puerto Rico. He studied civil engineering (1948) and architecture (1951) at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning in Ithaca, NY. With architect Efrer Morales (1928–1992) he formed Amaral y Morales (1956–1969), one of Puerto Rico's pioneering modern firms. In 1966 he founded the School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico, the island's first architecture school. He was both President of Puerto Rico's Institute of Architects, as well as President of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was elevated to the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows in 1978. He was the recipient of the Henry Klumb Award in 1985. In 2000 he was given a Honoris Causa Doctorate by the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.

Some of his most significant buildings include the Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, the Hotel Delicias, and the School of Law at the Interamerican University in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In 2011, the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico published the monographic book "Jesús Eduardo Amaral, Arquitecto" written by Andrés Mignucci FAIA.

Jesús Eduardo Amaral died on September 9, 2020, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

References

External links
 AIA College of Fellows

1927 births
2020 deaths
Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni
People from Humacao, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican architects
20th-century Puerto Rican engineers
20th-century American engineers
Urban designers


Trachycorystes trachycorystes, the black catfish, is a species of driftwood catfish found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.  It is also sold in the aquarium trade.  It grows to a length of 35 cm.

References

Auchenipteridae
Fish described in 1840
Fish of South America
Fish of Brazil


Shlomo Grofman is a leading Israeli real estate developer businessperson.

Biography

Shlomo Grofman is a central figure in many sectors of the Israeli business community and is widely acknowledged as one of the most prominent and innovative real estate entrepreneurs.

Shlomo Grofman is the active chairman of Faire Fund (First American Israeli Real Estate Fund), which he established together with former Israeli Ambassador Zalman Shoval. A private equity fund with a capital of 90 million US dollars, Faire Fund is involved in locating and managing investments such as HaYarkon 96 in real estate development in Israel. Additional, Mr. Grofman is chairman of Shoval Grofman Real Estate Limited.

Shlomo Grofman is currently acting also as chairman of Grofman Holdings Ltd. (a private investment company), Sarel Medical Supplies and Equipment Ltd. (Israel's largest medical supplies company) and Ayalon Holdings Ltd (the mother company of Ayalon Insurance a company listed on the Stock Exchange).

In July 2016 Shlomo Grofman was endorsed by the Governments of Kenya Israel to serve as the Honorary Consul of Kenya in Israel.

Shlomo Grofman serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International March of the Living; and as the Ambassador of the Sheba Medical Center in the United States, and member of the Board of Directors of the Sheba Medical Center New York.

From 1978 to 1996 Shlomo Grofman served as managing director and CEO of Africa Israel Investment Company Ltd. During Mr. Grofman's tenure, Africa Israel has developed into a conglomerate with substantial holdings and interests in real estate development and construction, insurance, industry, energy, hotels and tourism. While Mr. Grofman led Africa Israel, he initiated and supervised highly prosperous investments in residential development, office buildings, shopping malls, industrial parks and hotels. One of the highlights in Africa Israel's diversified real estate activity was the development of new neighborhoods: Savion, Givat Savion, Savioney Aviv, Savioney Gan, Kiryat Hasvionim, Neve Savion and Savioney Yam. These neighborhoods and the brand name Savion have become a synonym for a modern, high standard, fully equipped residential environment. Shlomo Grofman has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Denya Cybus Ltd., wholly owned subsidiary of Africa Israel and one of Israel's leading construction and infrastructure companies.

Shlomo Grofman established and developed two major hotel chains in Israel – Holiday Inn and Howard Johnson. As an appreciation for his outstanding achievements in introducing those chains to the Israeli market he was awarded several prizes. From 1992 to 1996 he served as chairman of the board of Holiday Inn Hotels EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Mediterranean & Africa), and member of the World Board of Directors of Holiday Inn International. From 1996 to 1999 he was a member of the World Board of Directors of Howard Johnson Hotels & Inns.

Shlomo Grofman is closely acquainted with the banking and insurance industries. From 1986 to 1988 he was a member of the executive committee of Bank Leumi LeIsrael Ltd. (Israel's second largest bank) and head of the bank's non-banking and financial services division. From 1986 to 1995 he served as the chairman of the board of Migdal Insurance Group. (Israel's largest insurance group) in which the Italian insurance giant Generali held a controlling stake.

Mr. Grofman was a member of the board of directors of Carmel Investment Group Ltd (public investment company) and of Ayalon Holdings Ltd. (investment, properties, holdings and insurance) and as the Chairman of Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.

Shlomo Grofman has been involved in numerous voluntary and nonprofit activities. Among other things, he was governor of Rotary Israel and a special advisor of the World President of Rotary International. He also served as the Chairman of the Friends of the Weitzman Institute. Mr. Grofman is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Interdisciplinary Center for Law, Politics and Business in Herzliya, Chairman of Yuval – the Ensemble for Jewish and Cantorial Music and Member of the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce.

References

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Israeli businesspeople
Living people
Tel Aviv University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)


Bed and Breakfast are two albums released by Spookey Ruben. Originally released as singular albums in 2001 and 2002, they were re-packaged to a two cd set for worldwide release in 2006. In 1997, Spookey delivered tapes of what was then two EP-length releases, Bed and Breakfast. TVT wasn't too keen on what they heard, and grew increasingly nervous about the concept behind the double release. He returned to work on more demos, while his frustration grew, and this turned out to be the truncated version of these two albums, Modes of Transportation Vol. 2: What's a Boy to do?. Music videos were released for, "Brand New Game", "Glenn, Take Care", "Sex Traffic" and "Shauna". They are available on his Myspace.

Describing the albums in 2001 to Exclaim Magazine, Spookey states: "Bed is the slower songs, Breakfast is the fast songs," he begins. "Bed is red and Breakfast is green, like stop and go. Breakfast has this '80s digital watch [on its back cover] and Bed has the old cuckoo clock. The production is kinda like that Bed is more towards the '70s and Breakfast leans into the '80s. Breakfast is the short and sweet poppy songs, Bed is deeper, the lyrics are heavier and the songs are slower. [For inside booklets] Breakfast is cartoons and Bed is this heavy dictionary. Bed should be listened to completely in the dark. For ideal listening pleasure, Breakfast ought to be dubbed to a cassette on an original Sony Walkman and you should be on a treadmill with your leg warmers on." Each track relates to a time period between 1:00am - 23:00pm

Bed
 Good Night, Sleep Tight
 When You Fall In Love with Someone Who's in Love with Someone Else
 Favourite Movie
 Kubla Khan
 Glenn, Take Care
 Trick Boy Wonder
 Hey Now, Behave Now
 Deja Vu
 9am: Who's Got the Inside Scoop On You?
 Roncesvalles
 Memory / Lazy
 N.Kinski

Breakfast
 Wakey wakey
 The Office
 Over And Out
 Brand New Game
 Shauna
 Sex Traffic
 My Female Friends
 Born on Labor Day
 Suddenly The Sun
 Public Puberty
 Overhills
 Why Did I Do What I Did?

Production
 Written, Produced, and all instruments - Spookey Ruben
 Co-producer - Glen Salley
 Computer (Cubase, Mac) - Malcolm Sweeney
 Drums - Stephan Szczesniak (tracks: 2, 4, 9)
 Engineer – Glen Salley (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9)
 Mastered by - Darius Szczepaniak
 Mixed by - Michael Jack (tracks: 2, 5, 9, 10)
 Digital Audio Support - Chris Simon
 Other Illustrations - Bulent Akman, Chris Lee (3)
 Photography – Stephen Chung
 Recorded by - Spookey Ruben (tracks: 1, 4 to 7, 10 to 12)
 Recorded By, Mixed by - Ben Eisen (tracks: 6, 7, 11, 12)

Reviews

The music blog Autopia states: Somewhere between the musical stylings of Human League, Islands and Kennedy lies Spookey Ruben. It's like indie music for kids but still directed towards adults. The songs are whimsical, bright, and bouncy with a dash of electro-prog thrown in.

References

External links
 Purchase the album
 iTunes Store
Hi-Hat's Website

Spookey Ruben albums
2005 albums

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Leanne Shapton (born June 25, 1973) in Mississauga, Ontario is a Canadian artist and graphic novelist, now living in New York City. Her second work, Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry, was optioned for a film slated to star Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman. The novel, which takes the form of an auction catalog, uses photographs and accompanying captions to chronicle the romance and subsequent breakup of a couple via the relationship's significant possessions or "artifacts".

Shapton's first work, Was She Pretty?, was a nominee for the Doug Wright Award, a Canadian award for comics and graphic novels, in 2007. It explored, via a series of line-drawn illustrations, the issues of relationship jealousy and insecurity as told through the imagined superior traits of the subjects' exes.

Shapton is also an art director for newspapers and magazines. Formerly associated with Saturday Night, Maclean's and the National Post in Canada, she has worked as art director for the op-ed page at The New York Times. She has created hand lettering for a number of book covers, including Chuck Palahniuk's 2003 novel Diary. She is also a partner in J&L Books.

Her autobiographical book Swimming Studies (2012) deals with her youth as a national competitive swimmer, who made it as far as the 1988 and 1992 Canadian Olympic trials. It is a "meditation on the gruelling years of training, the ways swimming is refracted through her memory now". It won the National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography).

Shapton created the "armpit sex drawing" for Spike Jonze's 2013 film Her.

Guestbook, a collection of short writings and images, is slated for publication in 2019.

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1973 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian novelists
Canadian contemporary artists
Canadian graphic designers
Canadian women graphic designers
Canadian graphic novelists
Canadian women novelists
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The New Yorker people


Bagrichthys hypselopterus is a species of bagrid catfish found in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.  This species reaches a length of 40.0 cm and is commercially fished for human consumption.

References

Bagridae
Fish of Asia
Fish of Thailand
Freshwater fish of Malaysia
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Fish described in 1852


Studio System by Gracenote, formerly known as Baseline StudioSystems, is an American e-commerce company.  It was founded in 1982 and licenses its commercial entertainment database, known as Studio System.  It is owned by Gracenote, a subsidiary of Nielsen Holdings.

History
James Monaco founded Baseline in 1982.  Their primary product, an entertainment database, was launched in 1985.  Monaco left Baseline in 1992, and Paul Kagan Associates purchased it the following year.  Big Entertainment purchased the database in 1999 and subsequently renamed themselves to Hollywood.com.  The same year, Creative Planet purchased The Studio System, a rival database founded in 1987, from Brookfield Communications.  In 2004, Hollywood.com's parent company, Hollywood Media, purchased The Studio System and merged the two databases.  Two years later, The New York Times Company purchased the now-renamed Baseline StudioSystems and integrated it into NYTimes.com, only to sell it back to Hollywood.com in 2011.  Gracenote, a subsidiary of Tribune Media, purchased Baseline in 2014, citing a desire to better compete against competitor Rovi. Tribune sold the Gracenote subsidiary to Nielsen Holdings in 2017, including the Studio System.

Database
Before its 2004 merge with the Studio System, the database was called Baseline.  The combined database, now marketed under the Studio System name, includes information on films, television shows, filmographies, and box office data.  After being purchased by Gracenote, it now includes their metadata from the former Tribune Media Services.  It is subscription-based.  Its data goes back to 1896 and includes works currently in production.

See also
 AllMovie
 Internet Movie Database

References

External links

Companies established in 1982
Online film databases
American film websites


The province of Jambi in Indonesia is divided into regencies which in turn are divided administratively into districts or kecamatan.

The districts of Jambi, with the regency each falls into, are as follows:

Air Hangat Timur, Kerinci
Air Hangat, Kerinci
Bajubang, Batang Hari
Bangko, Merangin
Batang Asai, Sarolangun
Batang Merangin, Kerinci
Bathin II Babeko, Bungo
Batin XXIV, Batang Hari
Betara, Tanjung Jabung Barat
Danau Kerinci, Kerinci
Dendang, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Depati Tujuh, Kerinci
Gunung Kerinci, Kerinci
Gunung Raya, Kerinci
Hamparan Rawang, Kerinci
Jambi Luar Kota, Muaro Jambi
Jambi Selatan, Jambi
Jambi Timur, Jambi
Jangkat, Merangin
Jelutung, Jambi
Jujuhan, Bungo
Kayu Aro, Kerinci
Keliling Danau, Kerinci
Kumpeh Ulu, Muaro Jambi
Kumpeh, Muaro Jambi
Kumun Debai, Kerinci
Limbur Lubuk Mengkuang, Bungo
Limun, Sarolangun
Mandiangin, Sarolangun
Maro Sebo Ilir, Batang Hari
Maro Sebo Ulu, Batang Hari
Maro Sebo, Muaro Jambi
Mendahara, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Merlung, Tanjung Jabung Barat
Mersam, Batang Hari
Mestong, Muaro Jambi
Muara Bulian, Batang Hari
Muara Bungo, Bungo
Muara Sabak, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Muara Siau, Merangin
Muara Tabir, Tebo
Muara Tembesi, Batang Hari
Muko Muko Batin VII, Bungo
Nipah Panjang, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Pamenang, Merangin
Pasar Jambi, Jambi
Pauh, Sarolangun
Pelawan Singkut, Sarolangun
Pelawan, Sarolangun
Pelayangan, Jambi
Pelepat Ilir, Bungo
Pelepat, Bungo
Pemayung, Batang Hari
Pengabuan, Tanjung Jabung Barat
Pesisir Bukit, Kerinci
Rantau Pandan, Bungo
Rantau Rasau, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Rimbo Bujang, Tebo
Rimbo Ilir, Tebo
Rimbo Ulu, Tebo
Sadu, Tanjung Jabung Timur
Sarolangun, Sarolangun
Sekernan, Muaro Jambi
Serai Serumpun, Tebo
Singkut, Sarolangun
Sitinjau Laut, Kerinci
Siulak, Kerinci
Sumay, Tebo
Sungai Bahar, Muaro Jambi
Sungai Manau, Merangin
Sungai Penuh, Kerinci
Tabir Ulu, Merangin
Tabir, Merangin
Tamiai, Kerinci
Tanah Kampung, Kerinci
Tanah Sepenggal, Bungo
Tanah Tumbuh, Bungo
Tebo Ilir, Tebo
Tebo Tengah, Tebo
Tebo Ulu, Tebo
Tengah Ilir, Tebo
Tungkal Ilir, Tanjung Jabung Barat
Tungkal Ulu, Tanjung Jabung Barat
VII Koto Ulu, Tebo
VII Koto, Tebo

Jambi


"Happy Without You" is a song by Norwegian recording artist Annie from her debut album, Anniemal (2004). Written and produced by Annie and Timo Kaukolampi, the song was released as the album's third single in July 2005.

Critical reception
"Happy Without You" received mixed reviews from pop music critics. In a review for Slant Magazine, Sal Cinquemani praised the song for its "mix of live drums and...synth-guitar solo". William B. Swygart of Stylus Magazine wrote that the song was not "particularly hooky or catchy".

Track listings
CD single
(ANNIEMIX #01CD; Released 2005)
"Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
"Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
"Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

12" single
(ANNIEMIX #001; Released 2005)
"Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
"Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
"Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

Digital download
(Released )
"Happy Without You" (Riton vocal mix) – 4:44
"Happy Without You" (SebastiAn remix) – 5:10
"Happy Without You" (Riton instrumental) – 4:42

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Anniemal.

 Annie – lead vocals, production
 Abdissa Assefa – percussion
 Timo Kaukolampi – production
 Tuomo Puranen – bass
 Yngve Sætre – mixing

References

External links

2004 songs
2005 singles
679 Artists singles
Annie (singer) songs
Songs written by Annie (singer)


Coco is a 2009 French comedy film written, directed, and starring Gad Elmaleh. The film is based on a character sketch he created for his one-man show "La Vie Normale". The film earned $8.5 million in its opening weekend at the French box office, and went on to gross $11.7 million in the European market. Although it was a box office success, Coco was not well received by critics. It received only one star out of four from Première, Paris Match, and Télérama, and two stars from Elle and Le Journal du Dimanche.

Synopsis
Coco is a wealthy Maghrebi Jewish businessman and an immigrant to France. After 15 years of financial success (due to his invention of a new type of sparkling water) he decides to throw an enormous bar mitzvah celebration for his son Samuel. Determined that the celebration will be the most fantastic event of the year, Coco alienates his entire family as he plans for the gala.

Cast

Gad Elmaleh : Coco
Pascale Arbillot : Agathe
Jean Benguigui : Zerbib
Manu Payet : Steve
Ary Abittan : Max
Daniel Cohen : Mimo
Noémie Lvovsky : Brigitte
Gladys Cohen : Évelyne
Nicolas Jouxtel : Samuel
Léane Grimaud : Julia
Gérard Depardieu : The cardiologist
Enrico Macias : The tailor
Jacques Spiesser : The prefect
François Berland : Monsieur Daumergue
Charlotte Desgeorges : Patricia
Étienne Draber : Mronsieur Colfontaine
Anne Haybel : Madame Colfontaine
Alexandre Knafo : Lucas
Fariza Kraria : Madame Zamzem
Laurence Oltuski : Chloé
Ahmed Riyasat : Chandra
Alexis Sellam : Melloul
Isaac Sharry : Isaac
Mercedès Zarka : Aunt Mercedès

References

External links

2009 films
Films about Jews and Judaism
2000s French-language films
French comedy films
2009 comedy films
2000s French films


Bagrichthys macropterus, the false black lancer, is a species of bagrid catfish found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.  It grows to a length of 30.0 cm and is commercially fished for human consumption.

References

Bagridae
Fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of China
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Freshwater fish of Malaysia
Fish of Thailand
Fish described in 1854


Nohmul (or Noh Mul) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located on the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, in what is today northern Belize. The name Nohmul may be translated as "great mound" in Yucatec Maya. It is the most important Maya site in northern Belize. The site included a large pyramid, about  tall, built around 250 BC. Most of the pyramid was destroyed in May 2013 by contractors tearing it apart for rocks and gravel to use to fill roads, leaving only the core of the pyramid behind.

History
Nohmul was occupied initially during the Preclassic era of Mesoamerican chronology (c.  to ). By the 5th century, monumental construction at the site had effectively ceased and the site seems to have been largely abandoned save for some scattered rural-domestic activities. After a hiatus in construction activities of several centuries, Nohmul was reoccupied and large-scale building resumed, with maximal activity seen during the Late Classic era (c. 7th–10th centuries). The site was densely developed and occupied into the 12th century.

Built above the Hondo River to control the region's trade routes, the site was occupied for centuries. At its height, it was the seat of government for an area spanning approximately . Later pre-Columbian residents built structures of the northern Yucatán type over those erected in the Classic era. Some of these more recent constructions covered the front of older stairways. These newer constructions include one that resembles El Caracol, Chichen Itza in Chichén Itzá. These later constructions are evidence supporting the theory that outsiders from the Yucatán settled in Nohmul.

Site description
Nohmul is  north of Orange Walk Town and occupies about  making it the largest Maya site in northern Belize. The site includes about 700 visible mounds ranging from 10 to 30 meters in diameter and from 1 to 5 meters in height.

Nohmul is noted for its unusual layout, with the urban or ceremonial precinct spanning the crest of a limestone ridge overlooking the Hondo River, a permanent river that forms the modern border between Mexico and Belize. The urban precinct consists of two separate clusters of structures, an East Group and West Group, linked by a raised causeway, or sacbe. The East Group is the larger and has been more extensively excavated. The two groups of buildings have a total of ten plazas. Combined, these complexes include more than 80 separate structures. Most of them were constructed either in the Preclassic or Classic period, although there is evidence of additional building activity in the early Postclassic.

Archaeology

The first published reference to Nohmul occurs in Thomas Gann's 1897 paper "On the Contents of Some Ancient Mounds in Central America". Gann performed several excavations at the site between 1908 and 1936. Several of the artifacts collected by Gann are now housed at the British Museum in London.

Prehistoric features at the site were first mapped in 1973 by Norman Hammond. Hammond returned with a small team in the 1980s to do a series of excavations known as The Nohmul Project.

2013 damage
On May 13, 2013, the largest structure at Nohmul was almost completely destroyed. Contractors used excavators and bulldozers to remove large portions of the central pyramid for its limestone content to fill roads in nearby Douglas Village with gravel. Prior to the destruction, the pyramid had a footprint of approximately 50 by 52 meters and was approximately 17 meters tall. More than 70% of the structure was destroyed. The heavy equipment belonged to De-Mar's Stone Company, a company owned by UDP politician Denny Grijalva. Although the structure was on privately owned land, by law, all pre-Columbian sites are under national government protection in Belize.

John Morris of the Belizean Institute of Archaeology said that the workers would have known that they were bulldozing Maya ruins as the tall structure was unmistakable. Jaime Awe, head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology, noted that the pyramid mound could not have been mistaken for a natural hill as the landscape is otherwise flat and the ruins were well-known.

After a lengthy investigation, charges were levied on June 27, 2013 against four individuals: foreman Javier Nunez, excavator driver Emil Cruz, and the managing directors of De-Mar's Stone Company, Denny and Emelda Grijalva. In April 2016, Javier Nunez, Denny Grijalva, and Emelda Grijalva were found guilty on two charges: removing earth from an ancient monument without permission and willfully damaging an ancient monument. Each of them was fined BZ$6000, and the De-Mar's Stone Company was also fined BZ$6000. Denny Grijalva apologized for the destruction and said that his company would work with the government to ensure that it would not happen again.

Similar destruction occurred at the nearby San Estevan site in 2005, as well as at many other ancient sites throughout Belize. Professor Norman Hammond of Boston University, who worked on Belizean archaeological sites extensively during the 1980s, told the Associated Press that "bulldozing Maya mounds for road fill is an endemic problem in Belize".

See also

 El Paraíso, a pyramid in Peru destroyed in 2013 by property developers

Notes

References

External links

Buildings and structures demolished in 2013
Maya sites in Belize
Orange Walk District
Maya sites that survived the end of the Classic Period


Bagrichthys majusculus is one of seven species of bagrid catfish in the genus Bagrichthys. It is endemic to Thailand.

References

Bagridae
Endemic fauna of Thailand
Fish of Thailand
Fish described in 2002


The saturated squeeze is a type of squeeze play in the card game of Bridge.

The key feature of the saturated squeeze is that it involves threats in all four suits, and all four threats are necessary for the squeeze to function. Accordingly, saturated squeezes can only occur in notrump contracts, and they are always non-simultaneous, with each defender being squeezed in turn as one or more winners are cashed in a suit guarded by the other defender.

At least 20 positions exist, with different arrangements of menaces and entries. The following diagram demonstrates the simplest form of saturated squeeze:

Here West has the only diamond stopper, East has the only club stopper, and the major suits are protected by both defenders. When the ace of clubs is cashed, West must abandon one of the majors, and now cashing the top diamonds squeezes East between that major and clubs.

Here is an example of a more complex saturated squeeze ending:

This time West has the  club stopper, East has the diamond stopper, and once again the major suits are protected by both defenders. Declarer cashes the diamond ace, on which West cannot discard a club, and

(i) if West discards the spade, declarer continues with the diamond king (discarding a club from the South hand), forcing West to abandon hearts as well. Now declarer can cash either club winner to squeeze East in three suits.

(ii) if West discards a heart, and then discards another heart on the king of diamonds (again, South discards a club), declarer next cashes the king of clubs. East must retain the heart and diamond stoppers, so must discard a spade. Now cashing the top hearts  squeezes West in the black suits.

References
  Saturated Squeezes, Bridge World, August 2003, p. 4.

Contract bridge squeezes


Roknia is a necropolis in the Guelma region of north-east Algeria consisting of more than 7000 dolmens spread over an area of 2 km.

See also

 Megalith

Notes

External links
 Dolmens of Roknia

Communes of Guelma Province
Archaeological sites in Algeria
Megalithic monuments
Cities in Algeria


Henry Gordon "Hank" Blade (April 28, 1920 – February 8, 2003) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 24 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. He spent the majority of his career, which lasted from 1939 to 1954, with the Kansas City Pla-Mors of the United States Hockey League. Blade was born in Peterborough, Ontario.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

External links

1920 births
2003 deaths
Canadian ice hockey centres
Chicago Blackhawks players
Ice hockey people from Peterborough, Ontario
Kansas City Pla-Mors players
Milwaukee Sea Gulls players
Ottawa Senators (QSHL) players
Pittsburgh Hornets players


Bagrichthys micranodus is a species of bagrid catfish endemic to Indonesia where it is found in western Borneo.  It grows to a length of 18.5 cm.

References

Bagridae
Freshwater fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Fish described in 1989


Bagrichthys obscurus is a species of bagrid catfish which is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam where it is found in the Chao Phraya, Bang Pakong and Mekong drainages. It grows to a length of 24.9 cm.

References

Bagridae
Fish of Asia
Fish of Thailand
Fish described in 1999


Dana S. Nau is a Professor of Computer Science and Systems Research at the University of Maryland Department of Computer Science in College Park, where he has done research in automated planning and scheduling, game theory, cognitive science, and computer-aided engineering.  He has many PHD students, including Qiang Yang who graduated in 1989. He has more than 300 publications and several best-paper awards. Some of his accomplishments include the discovery of game tree pathology, the development of the SHOP and SHOP2 HTN planning systems, and the book Automated Planning: Theory and Practice (). He is a Fellow of the AAAI and in 2022 he was elected as a Fellow of the AAAS.

Honors
1996 – Fellow, AAAI
2013 – Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
2022 – Fellow, AAAS

References

External links
 Dana Nau's home page

Living people
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Artificial intelligence researchers
American computer scientists
Duke University alumni
Missouri University of Science and Technology alumni
Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
1951 births


Bagrichthys vaillantii is one of species of bagrid catfish in the genus Bagrichthys. This fish is endemic to Indonesia where it is found in the Mahakam River basin in eastern Borneo.

The fish is named in honor of Léon Vaillant (1834-1914) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. He described this species in 1902 but had used a preoccupied name so it had to be renamed.

References

Bagridae
Fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Fish described in 1906
Taxa named by Canna Maria Louise Popta


Ronald or Ron Warner may refer to:

Ron Warner (American football) (born 1979), American football player
Ron Warner (baseball) (born 1968), American baseball player and manager
Ronnie Warner (born 1965), American actor, producer and writer


Ronald Michael "Pop" Warner (born December 2, 1968) is an American professional baseball coach and former minor league manager who is the third base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). His professional career began in 1991 and its entirety has been spent in the Cardinals' organization.

Career
Warner was selected in the 17th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft after graduating from the University of Wyoming. During his pro playing career (1991–1999) he played every infield position (although he was primarily a shortstop and second baseman) as well as corner outfield positions, and even pitched in three games. He threw and batted right-handed, stood  tall and weighed . His career peaked at Triple-A with 307 games played between 1997 and 1999 with the Louisville and Memphis Redbirds. In 792 minor league games, he rang up 594 hits, including 40 home runs, and batted .267.

In 2000, Warner retired as a player and spent the season as the batting practice pitcher for the Major League Cardinals. After working as a minor league coach from 2001 to 2002, he received his first managerial assignment in 2003 in the Rookie-level Appalachian League. He was a minor league coach again in 2004, then resumed his managerial career in the Cardinal farm system in 2005, progressing from Class A (Palm Beach Cardinals) in 2005–2006 to Double-A (Springfield Cardinals) from 2007 to 2011.  He was named manager of the Memphis Redbirds on November 21, 2011. On December 10, 2014, Warner was named the Cardinals' roving minor league infield coordinator and was replaced as manager of the Redbirds by Mike Shildt. Through eleven seasons as a manager, Warner has compiled a record of 734–730 (.501).

Midway through the 2017 season, the Cardinals promoted Warner to the big league staff in a general coaching role. He returned to the minors for the following season but became the Cardinals' bench coach on July 14, 2018, after manager Mike Matheny was fired and current bench coach Shildt was named interim manager. For the 2019 season, Warner became third base coach.

References

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1968 births
Living people
Arkansas Travelers players
Baseball players from Los Angeles
Hamilton Redbirds players
Louisville Redbirds players
Memphis Redbirds players
Major League Baseball third base coaches
St. Louis Cardinals coaches
Savannah Cardinals players
Wyoming Cowboys baseball players
Memphis Redbirds managers
People from Alhambra, California


Fingerling or Fingerlings may refer to:

 Fingerling (fish), the development stage of young fish at which the fins can be extended and scales started developing
 Fingerlings (toy), line of robotic toys
 Fingerling potato, a small potato
 Fingerling, a musical measurement

Fiction
Pinkeltje, translated as "Fingerling", a finger-sized gnome character in 1939-1977 children's books by Dutch writer Dick Laan
Pinkeltje (film), a 1978 Dutch film based on the book series
Detective Fingerling, a character in The Number 23

Music
Fingerlings (album), by Andrew Bird
Winged Eel Fingerling, guitarist

See also
 Fingering (disambiguation)


The Birkenkopf () is a prominent hill in Stuttgart, Germany. At an elevation of 511m, is almost 260m higher than city centre. It is in part a Schuttberg, an artificial hill built from the ruins and rubble from World War II.

During the war, 53 Allied bombing missions destroyed over 45% of Stuttgart, and nearly the entire city center. Between 1953 and 1957, 1.5 million cubic meters of rubble were cleared and moved to the hill, which resulted in an increase in height of around 40 meters. At the summit there are many recognizable facades from ruined buildings. The locals colloquially call the Birkenkopf "Monte Scherbelino", which roughly translates as "Mount Shards" but in an expression alluding to Italian. One of the pieces of rubble has a plaque attached to it, which says: Dieser Berg nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg aufgetürmt aus den Trümmern der Stadt steht den Opfern zum Gedächtnis den Lebenden zur Mahnung. This translates roughly as: This mountain, after World War II piled up from the ruins of the city, stands as a memorial to the victims and a reminder to the living.

From the summit the whole city center can be seen, and on a clear day the view extends to the Swabian Alb, to the Black Forest, and the lowlands of Württemberg. On the summit there is a steel cross, which in 2003 replaced the original 1953 wooden cross. In the summer, early morning services are held here on Sundays.

References

External links
 Stuttgarter Zeitung: Der Birkenkopf (in German)
 360° Panorama of the Birkenkopf (in German)
 Attractions in Stuttgart

Geography of Stuttgart
Mountains and hills of Baden-Württemberg
Germany in World War II


Pere Oller (fl. 1394 - 1442) was a Catalan Gothic sculptor.

From 1395 to 1399 he served as an apprentice on the choir of Barcelona Cathedral. He then relocated to Girona, where the keystone of a vault from the chapel of Pia Almoina is attributed to him, as well as the tomb of Bishop Berenguer de Anglesola in the Girona Cathedral. Other works thought to be his include the tomb of Pere Roure (died 1413) in Saint Vicente, Besal.

A letter of King Alfonso V of Aragon (1416–58) to the Abbot of Poblet, dated 21 January 1417 states that Oller was commissioned to create the tomb of King Ferdinand I of Aragon (reg 1412-16), Alfonso's father, at the Poblet Monastery. The tomb itself is no longer extant, but some fragments survive. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has a sculpture of a mourner by Oller, from Ferdinand's tomb as does the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago.

Also attributed to him are the tomb of Bishop Berenguer de Anglesola, in the Girona Cathedral and the chapel of Sancha Ximenis de Cabrera in the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia.

References

Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
Sculptors from Catalonia
Gothic sculptors
15th-century Spanish sculptors
Spanish male sculptors
Medieval Catalan artists
15th-century Catalan people


Norton is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center and Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 census. Home of Wheaton College, Norton hosts the Dell Technologies Championship, a tournament of the PGA Tour held annually on the Labor Day holiday weekend at the TPC Boston golf club.

History

Winnecunnet Lake was an ancient fishing, hunting, and camping site known for thousands of years by Indigenous Pokanoket and Mattakeeset families. In the old days before dams and other obstructions, rivers running gently into the lake and swamplands around it provided canoe routes north to Lake Massapoag and south to the Taunton River. Growing tall in the lowlands along two of Norton’s main waterways—Wading and Rumford—- and continuing further along their convergence into Three Mile River, a thick forest of cedar trees grew dark and intertwined together. These swampy forests were places of safety in the winter, when the wet uneven ground was frozen over and the thick tree branches kept families and animals alike more shaded from the wind and snow.

The deep inland swamps of Norton remained unsettled by English colonists for many years after their initial arrival on the Massachusetts coast. But by the late 1640s, the townships of Rehoboth and Taunton were looking to expand their bounds to the north, south, and west. The settlement of Rehoboth bought the lands north of it—what would become Attleboro—from Wamsutta in the 1666 North Purchase. Taunton, too, was looking to acquire more land to develop into meadows and pastureland, cutting the forests back and using the felled timber to feed the construction and fuel industries. The forests and swampland of Norton were first legally settled by European colonists after the Taunton North Purchase in 1668. This deed of purchase from Metacomet entitled the men of Taunton to the lands above their current settlement—in the upland forests, cedar swamps, rivers, meadows, and lakes that would become established as Norton, Mansfield, and Easton. In 1686, more payments to access rights for the North Purchase lands were made by Taunton men to Josias Wampatuck, a descendent of Chickatabut. During King Philip’s War, “a group of twenty Taunton men, fearing attack" against their settlement "followed the Three Mile River to its confluence… at the Coweset (Wading) and Rumford Rivers and the thick swamp between them,” attacking women and children who were sheltering there. In this fight, at Norton's so-called "Lockety Neck," the men murdered or otherwise participated in the killing of Weetamoo, the saunkskwa leader of the Pocasset Wampanoag people. There is a memorial plaque on Pine Street commemorating her and other Wampanoag people killed in this battle.

When Norton was first settled in 1669 it was called North Taunton for its location on the northern border of Taunton, Massachusetts.
The town was renamed "Norton"—after Norton, Oxfordshire, England, where many early settlers had originated—when the town was officially established on March 17, 1710.  Parts of Norton were set out as Easton on December 21, 1725, and as Mansfield on April 26, 1770.

Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian sachem also known as "King Phillip", used to camp at a cave made by huge glacial rocks resting on top of each other, just north-east of Lake Winnecunnet. Every Norton school child has been entertained with the legend of King Phillip's Cave.

The bandstand within the town center was originally erected using donated funds during the first Gulf War, in honor of the veterans who served from Norton.

In elementary school, students were told the story of the "Devil's Foot Print", where Major George Leonard sold his soul to the devil. The devil's foot print can be seen at Norton's Joseph C. Solmonese Elementary School, on land which was once Leonard's farmland. Every 26 years, the school unburies a time capsule, the last of which was buried in 1999. The time capsule will be opened next in 2026.  The Sun Chronicle describes:

Norton is a small but slowly-evolving town. So it was in December 1997, when a traffic light was installed at the intersection of routes 123 and 140 in Norton. It was the town's first full traffic light and, in a manner of speaking, it declared "Norton isn't Mayberry anymore."

Norton is also a location in the claimed paranormal Bridgewater Triangle.

Geography and transit

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 3.72%, is water. Norton is generally low and swampy. The waters of the area are fed by the Wading River and the Canoe River, both of which feed into the Taunton River downstream. The two largest bodies of water in town are the Norton Reservoir, north of the center of town, and Winnecunnet Pond on the east (on the north side of I-495), which is fed by the Canoe River and feeds into the Mill River.

Lake Winnecunnet is Norton’s only natural body of water. Classified as a kettle pond, it formed over 13,000 years ago when a large chunk of glacial ice rested there and gradually melted, creating the lake as the climate slowly warmed.

The town, an irregular polygon generally oriented from northeast to southwest, is bordered by Easton to the northeast, Taunton to the southeast, Rehoboth to the south, Attleboro to the southwest, and Mansfield to the northwest. Norton is approximately 27 miles south-southwest of Boston, and 15 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island.

Norton is served by Interstate 495 and Massachusetts Routes 123 and 140, which meet at the center of town. There is an exit off I-495 for Route 123 in the eastern part of town, and 140's exit to the interstate lies just north of the Mansfield town line. One route of the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) runs through town, linking the two cities on either side. The Middleboro Subdivision passes through the town, with 4.5 miles (7.35 km) of railroad track crossing the southern quarter of town, linking lines in Attleboro and Taunton. The Providence/Stoughton Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system has stops in both Attleboro and Mansfield nearby, providing rail access to Providence and Boston. The nearest municipal airport is in neighboring Mansfield, with the nearest national and international flights being either from Boston's Logan International Airport or T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Transportation
The town is bisected southeast to northwest by Interstate 495, as well as Massachusetts Route 140 from north to south and Massachusetts Route 123 from southwest to northeast.  Exit 10 off I-495 links the highway with Route 123.  Exit 9 (Bay Street, Taunton) and Exit 11 (Route 140, Mansfield) are just over the town lines.  Route 140 and Route 123 intersect at the center of town, by the town green. Although it is not officially signed as such, many fans attending concerts and events at the Xfinity Center (formerly the Tweeter Center, and originally the Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts) reach the venue by driving along Route 123 to Route 140.  The town is also a part of the Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (or GATRA) bus line. The nearest MBTA station is in Mansfield.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,036 people, 5,872 households, and 4,474 families residing in the town. These residents are often referred to as either "Nortonites" or "Nortonians", though the term "Norts" is often used in colloquial context. The population density was .  There were 5,961 housing units at an average density of .  The racial makeup of the town was 92.15% White, 1.16% African American, 0.13% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 4.47% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population.

There were 5,872 households, out of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 19.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.22.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 12.6% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 7.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males.

According to a 2016 estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $80,806, and the median income for a family in 2016 was estimated at $104,176. Males had a median income of $51,133 versus $33,149 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,876.  About 2.2% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

Government

State and national government
The town is a part of three separate state representative districts; precinct one belonging to the Fourth Bristol district (which includes all of Rehoboth, Seekonk and part of Swansea), precinct two belonging to the Fourteenth Bristol district (which includes parts of North Attleborough, Attleboro and Mansfield as well), and precincts three through five belonging to the First Bristol district (whose district includes Mansfield Center and Foxborough).  The town is a part of the state senate district of the Bristol and Norfolk district, stretching from Dover to the north to Rehoboth and Seekonk to the south. James Timilty served as State Senator until 2017 for the Bristol & Norfolk district. Upon his retirement, he was succeeded by State Senator Paul Feeney. State Representatives Steven S. Howitt and Frederick J. Barrows serve the Town. Norton is patrolled by Troop H (Metro Boston District), Third (Foxborough) Barracks of the Massachusetts State Police.

On the national level, the town is part of Massachusetts Congressional District 4, which is represented by Joseph P. Kennedy III.  The state's senior Senator, newly elected in 2012, is Elizabeth Warren and the state's junior Senator is currently Ed Markey.

Town government and services

The town has an open town meeting form of government, with a town manager and a board of selectmen governing the town.  The town is served by the central police station (next to the town hall on Route 123), three fire stations (Station 2 on Route 123, Station 1 in Chartley (currently closed), and Station 5 (Fire Alarm) in Barrowsville), and two post offices (Norton, next to the town center and Wheaton College; and Chartley, near the Attleboro line along Route 123). The town's public library is located next to the town hall, although the original still stands on Route 140 at the town green. There is also a senior center located along Route 123 near the high school.

Education

Norton has its own public school system, Norton Public Schools. There are three elementary schools: L.G. Nourse Elementary School (K–3) on the east side, J.C. Solomonese Elementary School (Pre-K–3) in Chartley, and H.A. Yelle Elementary School (4–5) near the center of town. The Norton Middle School (6–8) is located in Chartley. Norton High School (9–12) is located near the center of town, next to the H.A. Yelle School. The school colors are purple and white and their mascot is a lancer.

High school students may also attend Southeast Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Easton or Bristol County Agricultural High School, otherwise known as "Bristol Aggie", in Dighton free of charge. There are two private schools in town, Life Church, a Baptist school which serves grades K–12, and the Pinecroft School on 33 Pine Street. Many students also attend private or parochial schools in the surrounding communities. Norton is also home to Wheaton College.

Notable people
 Troy Brown, former New England Patriots wide receiver
 George L. Clarke (1813–1890), Mayor of Providence 1869–1870, was born in Norton
 Jonathan Eddy, colonel in the American Revolution

See also

 Greater Taunton Area
 Shpack Landfill Superfund site
 Taunton River Watershed

References

External links

 Town of Norton official website
 Norton Community Television
 Norton Public Schools
 Norton Public Library
 Norton Youth Football

Greater Taunton Area
Populated places established in 1669
Providence metropolitan area
Towns in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Towns in Massachusetts
1669 establishments in Plymouth Colony


Communication for Development (C4D) is all the different types of communication that need to take place in societies if sustainable democratic development is to occur.

The approach to Communication for Development (C4D) has evolved over the years. Initially developed after World War II as a tool for diffusion of ideas, communication initiatives primarily involved a one-way transmission of information from the sender to the receiver. This includes large-scale media campaigns, social marketing, dissemination of printed materials, and 'education-entertainment'. Since then, C4D has broadened to incorporate interpersonal communication: face-to-face communication that can either be one-on-one or in small groups. This came alongside the general push for more participatory approaches to development and greater representation of voices from the South. The belief is that while mass media allows for the learning of new ideas, interpersonal networks encourage the shift from knowledge to continued practice.

Communication for development has thus come to be seen as a way to amplify voice, facilitate meaningful participation, and foster social change. The 2006 World Congress on Communication for Development defined C4D as a social process based on dialogue using a broad range of tools and methods. It is also about seeking change at different levels including listening, building trust, sharing knowledge and skills, building policies, debating and learning for sustained and meaningful change. Such two-way, horizontal approaches to communication include public hearings, debates, deliberations and stakeholder consultations, participatory radio and video, community-based theatre and story-telling, and web forums.

It encompasses access to and exchange of information, dialogue, creation of knowledge and open access to knowledge, development communication, strategic communication, participatory communication, expressive culture, media, information and communications infrastructure and technologies.

C4D recognises that communication processes often reflect power relations and aims to address this by enabling people's capacities to understand, negotiate and take part in decision-making that affects their lives.

The growing interest in this sector lead to the first World Congress on Communication for Development organized by the FAO ComDev Team, The World Bank and The Communication initiative in Rome, Italy, in October 2006.

Communication for Development is built around four axes:

 Com4Prom: Communication for Promotion promotes development aid in donor countries to justify how and why development aid resources are spent.
 Com4Imple: Communication for Implementation facilitates the implementation of development aid on developing countries by explaining development programmes to local populations.
 Com4Power: Communication for Empowerment gives power to local population to report on the implementation of the development aid they receive from donor countries.
 Com4Coord: Communication for Coordination allows donor entities to coordinate their activities on a global scale through a series of coordination tools and rules.

Com4Prom: Promoting development aid in donor countries

Promotion of cooperation for development in donor countries aims to explain why and how aid programmes funds are spent in developing and emerging countries. The communication targets two audiences: the public at large concerned by general aspects of development and field actors concerned by technical aspects.

Communication strategists in charge of promoting general aspects of development aid among donor countries' citizens consider that Com 4 Prom requires "serious" formats to reach the audience to be produced by journalists and documentaries makers. News mainly focus on things that "go wrong", shaping information as catastrophic. On the other hand, documentaries, even if very interesting and shot with the highest standards, are too frequently tagged as "boring" by broadcasters and consequently pushed in the late hours of week days or early week-end TV grid's slots. Therefore, news create a negative image of development aid, made of tensions and disasters meanwhile documentaries are only seen by few already convinced TV viewers who know what the subject is about. The more people watch information on development aid, the more they feel that nothing changes over the years: the situation is catastrophic, no progress is made. Citizens are driven to despair and turn inactive. This lack of interest and participation facilitates the reduction of development public funding and brings less citizens' support to NGOs.

To reduce the missing link between donors and reality in the field, Com4Prom focuses on Positive Communication, showing successes and concrete results and using trendy and participatory formats that turn audiences into participatory citizens and active consumers. Participatory citizens support cooperation projects in developing countries and volunteer on NGOs' activities. They push governments to implement the 0.7% budget target for development and ask them to support, implement and respect international conventions through multilateral organisations. Active consumers care about their ethical and ecological print, supporting fair trade. They push corporate companies to implement and extend their corporate social responsibility programs.

References

Further reading

 World Congress on Communication for Development - Lessons, Challenges, and the Way Forward (2007)
 Panos London, At the heart of change: The role of communication in sustainable development (2007)
 Panos London, The case for communication in sustainable development (2007)
 June Lennie, Evaluating Communication for Development  (2013)

External links
 FAO ComDev
 FAO ComDev on twitter
 Panos London
 The Communication Initiative Network
 UNICEF C4D
 C4D Network
 Communication for Sustainable Development Initiative (CSDI)
 Center for Communication and Sustainable Development for All (CECOSDA)

Food and Agriculture Organization
World Bank
Human communication


Hunted is the fifth novel of the House of Night fantasy series written by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. The book was published on March 10, 2009, by St. Martin's Press, an extension of Macmillan Publishers. By February 2010, according to Publishers Weekly it had already sold 950.000 copies. Since, it was translated in more than 20 languages.

The book picks up after the events in Untamed. Kalona has sprung free of his prison and reigns over the minds and hearts of the fledglings at the Tulsa House of Night. Zoey and her friends hide deep under Tulsa, but they will soon learn that they can't hide forever and soon they'll have to get together to send him and Neferet away.

Plot
Zoey and her friends help Stevie Rae heal after the events at the end of Untamed – the arrow did not kill her, but took most of her lifeblood, so Kalona could be freed from the earth. Zoey and Stevie Rae reconcile, and the latter introduces Zoey's group to some of the red vampyre fledglings. Aphrodite lets Stevie Rae feed on her to heal, which forms an Imprint between them. When Erik follows Zoey on her way to her room they kiss, but then Erik gets too rough and scares her. Erik and Zoey get back together, though Zoey's not entirely sure due to Erik's possessiveness. Kalona starts getting into Zoey's dreams to seduce her, and calls her A-ya.

Kramisha, a red fledgling, is revealed to also express prophecies through her poetry, and Zoey gives her the title of Poet Laureate. This is how they find their first clue. One of Kramisha's poems states that Kalona and Neferet will be banished when Night, Humanity, Blood, Spirit and Earth come together, but Zoey doesn't know who will represent these elements.

Heath arrives at the tunnels, and Zoey goes outside to talk to him, much to Erik's anger. Heath tries to reconcile with her, but to no avail. A Raven Mocker attacks them and critically wounds Zoey. She drinks from Heath to heal and they Imprint again, but she is still weakened. Kramisha gets exited and loses her control a little when she sees Heath (a human), leading Zoey to realize that the red fledglings may still have problems with their self-control. Darius finally declares that Zoey needs exposure to more adult vampyres to survive, and she is forced to return to the House of Night, much to Neferet's pleasure. She finds out that Kalona's presence has caused the fledglings and the vampyres to turn their backs on Nyx. Kalona's favorite son, Rephaim, and Darius get into a fight. Kalona intercedes and gives Darius a huge scar which upsets Aphrodite.

Zoey successfully persuades Stark to turn back to the good side. He becomes the second red vampyre when he pledges his Warrior's Oath to Zoey and she accepts. Zoey discusses the situation with Lenobia and, upon analyzing Kramisha's poem again, finds out that she is Night, Blood is Stevie Rae, Humanity is Aphrodite, Sister Mary Angela is Spirit, and Grandma Redbird is Earth.

Zoey and her friends set fire to the school as a diversion and escape on horseback to the Benedictine Abbey. Zoey and the other people mentioned in the poem open a circle and send everyone else inside. Neferet, Kalona and Stark arrive quickly afterwards in an SUV, followed by the Raven Mockers. Neferet and Kalona take turns at threatening and cajoling Zoey but she finally accepts the truth: that although A-ya is a part of her, she will choose her own destiny. She rejects Kalona. Neferet orders Stark to shoot Zoey but he says that Zoey is his heart and aims at her while thinking of himself. Realizing what will happen, Zoey uses the elements to stop the arrow and knocks him out in the process. Night, Humanity, Blood, Spirit, and Earth complete the spell and banish Neferet and Kalona. Zoey's Mark spreads to across her scar. She is deeply in pain because she had to say goodbye to Kalona, and knows that the fight isn't over yet.

Characters

Zoey Redbird
Nyx
Erik Night
Stevie Rae
Neferet
Heath Luck
Aphrodite
Kalona
Sylvia Redbird – Zoey's grandmother
Darius – A son of Erebus
James Stark

Reception
In its opening week, the book ranked 1st in the New York Times, USA Today Top 150 Bestseller List, where it remained for 54 weeks.

"Forced by circumstance to grow up quickly, Zoey's emotional and spiritual evolution is fascinating. The Cast duo breathes life and vibrancy into the characters and makes each one an integral part of the saga. Awesome and unforgettable as always!"(Romantic Times)

"The most masterful part of the writing lies in how the authors take on serious issues sex, peer pressure, bullying, parental alienation, religion, and substance abuse and weave them into the text.  It is a refreshing perspective that doesn't feel like preaching."(Tulsa World)

References

External links
Hunted on the official website
Hunted on the publisher's website

2009 American novels
American young adult novels
American fantasy novels
American horror novels
Vampire novels
American romance novels
American vampire novels
House of Night series


Isaac Wilson (16 February 1822 – 22 September 1899) was an English industrialist and Liberal politician.

Wilson was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of Isaac Wilson and Mary Jowitt. He was related to the Pease family and in 1841 went to Middlesbrough where he managed a pottery in Commercial Street. Later, with Edward Gilkes, he established the Tees Engine Works at the corner of Commercial Street and Grey Street. The firm manufactured locomotives and other products for railway engineering on Teesside and in 1865, merged into a larger concern known as Hopkins, Gilkes & Co. Wilson was also a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. In 1850 he moved to Nunthorpe Hall. He contributed to the building of a school for 35 children in Nunthorpe in 1855 and was largely responsible for its maintenance

Wilson became involved in local politics and in 1854 became Mayor of Middlesbrough. He was elected at a by-election in July 1878 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1892 general election. He was President of the Teesside Chamber of Commerce from 1879 to 1887.

After Wilson's death aged 77, Nunthorpe Hall was occupied by Joseph Albert Pease  MP.

Wilson was fiercely anti-drinking but is commemorated by the former J.D. Wetherspoon Isaac Wilson public house in Middlesbrough.

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1899 deaths
Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Deiodinase (or "Monodeiodinase") is a peroxidase enzyme that is involved in the activation or deactivation of thyroid hormones.

Types

Types of deiodinases include:

Iodothyronine deiodinases catalyze release of iodine directly from the thyronine hormones. They are selenocysteine-dependent membrane proteins with a catalytic domain resembling Peroxiredoxins (Prx). Three related isoforms, deiodinase type I, II, and III, contribute to activation and inactivation of the initially released hormone precursor T4 (thyroxine) into T3 (triiodothyronine) or rT3 (reverse triiodothyronine) in target cells. The enzymes catalyze a reductive elimination of iodine (the different isoforms attack different thyronine positions), thereby oxidizing themselves similar to Prx, followed by a reductive recycling of the enzyme.

Iodotyrosine deiodinase contributes to breakdown of thyroid hormones. It releases iodine, for renewed use, from iodinated tyrosines resulting from catabolism of iodothyronines. Iodotyrosine deiodinase employs a flavin mononucleotide cofactor and belongs to the NADH oxidase/flavin reductase superfamily.

Starvation response

In starvation or severe stress, deiodinase type 1 is inhibited which lowers circulating levels of T3 (due to it being the main source of peripherally converted T3 from T4 in the plasma), causing a decrease in the metabolic rate. Intuitively, if plasma levels of T3 fall, there would be a compensatory rise in TSH, the secretion of which is inhibited by T3. However, because type 2 deiodinase mediates the conversion of T4 to T3 within the pituitary and CNS, and because caloric restriction does not affect this enzyme, local T3 levels in the pituitary are normal.Thus, the thyrotrophs (endocrine cells in pituitary) in the pituitary continue to have adequate amounts of T3, and no compensatory rise in TSH occurs.
This effect of caloric restriction makes sense for someone who is starving because it tends to conserve body stores of fuel. On the other hand, this effect makes it more difficult to lose weight intentionally while dieting.

Selenium

Selenium in iodothyronine deiodinase, as selenocysteine, plays a crucial role in determining the free circulating levels of T3. Selenium deficiency can have implications in fall of T3 levels.

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Amata Municipality () is a former municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Amata parish and Drabeši parish, but in 2009 it absorbed Nītaure parish, Skujene parish and Zaube parish, too. The administrative centre is located in the "Ausmas" homestead near Drabeši.

On 1 July 2021, Amata Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Cēsis Municipality, reverting back to the pre-2009 parishes.

Twin towns — sister cities

Amata was twinned with:
 Alytus, Lithuania

See also
Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

Former municipalities of Latvia


The Shawl is a short story first published by Cynthia Ozick in 1980 in The New Yorker. It tells the story of three characters: Rosa, Magda, and Stella on their march to and internment in a Nazi concentration camp.  The Shawl is noted for its ability to instill in the reader the horror of the Holocaust in less than 2,000 words.

Plot summary
The story follows Rosa, her baby Magda, and her niece Stella on their march to a Nazi Concentration camp in the middle of winter. They are described as weak and starving during the march.  Stella's knees are described as "tumors on sticks."  Rosa is said to be a "walking cradle" because she constantly carries Magda close to her chest wrapped in her shawl. Rosa contemplates handing Magda off to one of the villagers watching their march, but decides that the guards would most likely just shoot them both. Rosa says the shawl is "magic" when Magda sucks on it because it sustained Magda for three days and three nights without food. Stella observes that Magda looks Aryan, but Rosa sees the observation as some kind of threat to Magda.  At the camp, Rosa continues to hide Magda, but is in constant fear that someone will discover and kill her.  One day, Stella takes Magda's shawl away to warm herself.  Without her shawl, Magda, who hadn't made a sound since the march, begins screaming for her "Ma." Rosa hears the screaming, but does not run to Magda because the guards will kill them both. Instead, she runs to get the shawl and begins waving it in the hope that Magda will see it and calm down. She is too late and watches as the Nazi guards pick Magda up and throw her into the electric fence, killing her.  Rosa stuffs the shawl into her mouth to stop herself from screaming.

In the novel version, the story continues in the United States, after the war is over.

Origin of The Shawl
Ozick was inspired to write The Shawl by a line in the book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.  The book mentioned a real event, a baby being thrown into an electric fence.  Ozick was struck by the brutality of the death camp and felt inspired to write about that event.

References

1980s short stories
World War II short stories
Short stories set in Europe


Drusti Parish () is an administrative unit of Smiltene Municipality, Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of Cēsis District.

Towns, villages and settlements of Drusti parish
 Drusti

Parishes of Latvia
Smiltene Municipality


Dzērbene Parish () is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is one of the 21 parishes in this municipality (Before the administrative reform of 2009, Dzērbene Parish was one of the 21 parishes in the former Cēsis District).

References

Parishes of Latvia
Cēsis Municipality
Vidzeme


A list of motorcycles produced under the Harley-Davidson brand.

Pre-war

Hummer/American Lightweight

Aermacchis sold as Harley-Davidsons
Aermacchi motorcycles sold in US with Harley-Davidson badging.

Touring

Small twins (Model W / 45 / K-series / Sportster)

FX/FXR/FXD/FLD/Dyna

Softail

Military

Trikes

Adventure Touring

See also
V-Rod Models

References

External links

Harley-Davidson
Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States
Harley


Ineši Parish () is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.

References

Parishes of Latvia
Cēsis Municipality
Vidzeme


Rusa IV (died 585 BC) was king of Urartu from 590 BC to 585 BC. Rusa IV was the son and a successor of Rusa III, and the successor of Sarduri IV. His name is mentioned on a number of clay tablets found at Karmir Blur (near Yerevan, Armenia), including tablets bearing his own royal inscriptions. However, almost nothing is known about his reign. He is possibly the Hrachya (Armenian: Հրաչյա) mentioned by the Armenian historian Moses of Khorene.

See also

 List of kings of Urartu

References
 Գ. Ղափանցյան, Ուրարտուի պատմությունը, Yerevan, 1940, pp. 143–152 (in Armenian)
 Пиотровский Б. Б., Ванское царство (Урарту),  Moscow, 1959 (in Russian)
 Арутюнян Н. В., Биайнили (Урарту), Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, 1970 (in Russian).
 Арутюнян Н. В., Некоторые вопросы последнего периода истории Урарту // Древний Восток, Published by Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, Yerevan, No. 2, 1976 (in Russian)
 Дьяконов И. М., Последние годы Урартского государства по ассиро-вавилонским источникам // Вестник Древней Истории, No 2, 1951 (in Russian)

Urartian kings
6th-century BC monarchs in Asia
585 BC deaths
Year of birth unknown


Drew Central High School (DCHS) is a public secondary school in Monticello, Arkansas, United States.  It is part of Drew Central School District, which serves rural Drew County and a small section of Monticello. It in a section of the Monticello city limits that is within the Drew Central Schools boundaries, adjacent to the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM). It, along with other schools in the district, resides on  of land leased by the university to the school district. Dependent minor residents of the UAM housing for married students and students with families, HHFA Apartments, are assigned to this district. Additionally Wilmar is in the Drew Central district, as is the unincorporated area of Selma.

The principal of the High School is Mr Kenny Pennington. The district's other schools are the Elementary School and the Middle School. All three share the same campus in Monticello. At the High School, there are some 400 students in grades 7 to 12. The average class size is less than 25.

The school's athletic teams are named the Pirates and the journalism staff produces a monthly newspaper titled Pirate Now.

Academics
The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Drew Central offers two levels of curriculum: College Prep, and General. The College Prep curriculum must be completed by students to be eligible for:
 Academic Challenge Scholarship (requires a 2.50 GPA)*
 Seal on graduation diploma (requires a 2.75 GPA)
 Unconditional admission to an Arkansas higher institution of learning (2.0 GPA)*
 Honor graduate status/member of National Honor Society (3.50 GPA)

The school participates in the Arkansas Scholars program of the Arkansas Business and Education Alliance.

Athletics
The Drew Central mascot and athletic emblem is the Pirate with red and white serving as the school colors.

For 2012–14, the Drew Central Pirates participate in the 3A Classification from the 3A Region 8 Conference as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association.

 Boys' sports comprise football, cross country, basketball, baseball, tennis, cheerleading, track and dance. In 1983 and 1984, the boys basketball team won consecutive state championships & in 1975, the boys basketball team won state.
 Girls' sports consist of cross country, basketball, tennis, cheerleading, dance team, track and softball. In 1987, the girls basketball team won a basketball championship. In spring 2000, the girls tennis team won a tennis championship.

Discipline

Disciplinary programs for student misconduct at Drew Central are Detention Hall, in-school suspension, and out-of-school suspension, depending on the seriousness of the infraction. In extreme cases a student may be recommended for expulsion from the school.

Detention Hall takes place each day at 7:00 am.

Drew Central High also offers a corporal punishment program, under which a student chooses a paddling (swats) instead of attending Detention Hall. Students wishing to receive swats must report to the office at the beginning of their lunch period on the day they are scheduled to attend Detention Hall. After being spanked in the office they are then free to join the normal school lunch.

In the case of tardies, the corporal punishment option is available only after the third tardy in each nine-week grading period. After a sixth tardy the student is assigned to In-School Suspension.

The school administration may also decide to administer a paddling in other cases, particularly for fighting, except where parents have signed a form requesting exemption from corporal punishment. In the latter case, alternative discipline will be assigned, which may include suspension.

The district also operates the Drew County School-Within-A-School (SWAS) Program, a boot camp providing an alternative to long-term suspension or expulsion of junior high and high school aged students in the Drew Central and Monticello School Districts. Students are exposed to a rigorous program of physical training, leadership development, community service and academics in a highly disciplined environment. The program is staffed by full-time certified police officers.

References

External links

 Drew Central School District

Monticello, Arkansas
Public high schools in Arkansas
Schools in Drew County, Arkansas


Jaunpiebalga Parish () is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia.

Towns, villages and settlements of Jaunpiebalga parish
 Jaunpiebalga
 Abrupe

Parishes of Latvia
Cēsis Municipality
Vidzeme


Adralés is one of 54 parishes in Cangas del Narcea, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The parish consists of three villages: Adralés, Villar de Adralés and El Altu Santarvás. The village of Adralés is three kilometres southeast of the capital of Cangas del Narcea.

The economy of Adralés has always been based primarily on cattle farming. Due to the village's proximity to the town of Cangas del Narcea, farmers from Adralés have always been present at its markets and were even able to supply it with milk, whereas most villages of the municipality only raised cattle for their meat as they were unable to transport or preserve milk. At present most inhabitants of Adralés are retired farmers or young people who work in Cangas.

In previous centuries many people emigrated to Cuba and the Philippines from this area. In fact, "Adrales" is a common surname in the Philippines, originating from this Asturian province.

Throughout the 19th century and continuing until the 1970s, Adralés lost most of its population to emigration. Most emigrants made their way to Madrid as night watchmen. A considerable number emigrated to Argentina and Venezuela, while in the 1960s and 1970s almost every household in the village had sent one of its members to Switzerland.

Famous inhabitants

José Calvo Martínez, secretary general of the Unión de Campesinos Asturianos (Union of Asturian Farmworkers) since 1995

Aurelio Ordás Rodríguez (1942- ), founder and three-time president of the Asturian Centre in Basel, Switzerland and local director of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party in Basel. Emigrated to France in 1961 and later to Switzerland. He was also the director of other Spanish immigrant associations in Switzerland.

Daniel Ordás Menéndez (1974- ), son of Aurelio Ordás Rodríguez, lawyer and secretary general of the SSWP in Switzerland from 2001 to 2004; ex-member of the Executive Commission of the Federation of the SSWP in Europe; member of the Federal Committee of the SSWP; founder and president of the Association of Spanish Employers and Freelancers in Switzerland.

Parishes in Cangas del Narcea