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# LFC TV
LFCTV (Liverpool F.C. TV) is the dedicated official channel for English football club Liverpool F.C. which launched on 20 September 2007. It was formerly offered as part of the Setanta Sports package, but is currently a stand-alone channel.
The channel has also always been broadcast live on the club's official website as part of the e-Season Ticket subscription, the site's premium content offering.
On 28 October 2014, LFCTV launched in HD on Sky channel 455. At the same time, it became a premium channel.
On 1 June 2018, the standard-definition channel closed on Sky, and did so on Virgin Media on 30 January 2019.
## History
Following its entry into the UK sports market, Setanta Sports offered to create dedicated sports channels for numerous football clubs. These included LFCTV plus Arsenal TV, Celtic TV and Rangers TV, which operated in a similar manner to the existing and independently operated MUTV and Chelsea TV. Setanta declined to put a value on each of the initial three-year deals, but included rights payments from Setanta to each club, as well as payments for a package of marketing and promotional rights.
Launched in September 2007, with branding designed by Michael Sutton-Long at Liquid TV, the channel is broadcast seven days a week between the hours of 10:00 UTC and 01:30 UTC. Following the demise of Setanta Sports GB, it was available free-to-view on Sky and it was available on Virgin Media's XL Pack until 28 October 2014, when the HD version launched. It is also available via the club's premium online subscription package, LFCTV Online.
On 14 October 2009, the channel made history by becoming the first club channel to broadcast a World Cup qualifying match live, when it showed the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 5 match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Spain, which Spain went on to win 5-2, which resulted in them finishing their group with a 100% record.
LFCTV moved studios in Summer 2010 and for a period stopped broadcasting live shows, the broadcasting hours were also reduced to 12 hours per day. On 12 July 2010 the channel resumed live broadcasting from their new studio which has views of the Royal Liver Building and the Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool behind the set.
From August 2011, the club started to broadcast a pre-match show for an hour live from Anfield before each home game from an outside studio in one of the hospitality boxes in the centenary stand, with a live show also at half time and at full time. LFCTV broadcast a live build-up show from outside Wembley Stadium from the morning and right up to kick-off time of both the 2012 FA Cup Final and 2012 Football League Cup Final. They also broadcast a live post game analysis show after both finals, with exclusive coverage and interviews from the Liverpool dressing room after the victorious League cup final.
For the 2012–13 season the channel broadcast full match commentary of each home game with commentary from Steve Hunter and a guest, usually Gary Gillespie or David Fairclough. During the commentary live pictures of the crowd inside the stadium is shown and also pictures of the commentary team.
For the 2013–14 season the pre-match and post match coverage for home matches is presented from the TV studio in the Centenary Stand at Anfield with live match commentary of all home and away matches provided with the screen displaying the match score and match time.
## Channel content
- Exclusive interviews with staff and players
- Full ninety-minute replays of every Liverpool match in the Premier League, Champions League and League Cup, including post match coverage & studio analysis
- Pre-match coverage of all Liverpool home games in live @ anfield
- Pre match analysis and chat in Big Match Build Up every Friday at 18.00
- Live news programme, 'You're on LFCTV' at 18.00GMT (repeated at 22.30GMT) Every Monday
- Classic matches including the top one hundred Premier League games
- Many Liverpool friendlies and all reserve games are broadcast live
- Interactive studio discussions and call-in show, "This is Anfield" with former Liverpool players, supporters, celebrity fans and football experts
- Goals, Goals, Goals shows Liverpool goals on various themes including goals from players from a particular era, season, position, against certain teams etc.
- LFC's Most Wanted is a countdown of the most watched videos on the official website.
- Documentaries based on the club's history
- News from in and around the training ground with 'Inside Melwood'.
- "60 Minutes with" interviews with current and past players.
- The John Barnes show which was first shown in 2007. The show sees former player Barnes interviewing past players and personalities from the club in a talk show type setting.
- "John Bishop meets..." where comedian and lifelong Liverpool fan John Bishop talks to former players about their experience and time at the club.
- Celebrity Kop Club where famous Liverpool fans are interviewed about their love for the club.
- Press Box a chat with regional journalists about reds news.
- Kop Talkin - A chat covering all reds news over the week.
- #LFCWORLD
- LFC360
- LFC's Most Exciting Games - A countdown of Liverpool's top 100 most exciting Premier League games. This was first shown during the summer of 2012.[7]
- The Liverpool Library - Each programme features a new or recently released LFC themed book with an interview with the author.[8]
- Thursday Night Live - A live studio show featuring guest interviews and previews of the weekends game. This show started for the 2013–14 season and replaced the previous show Friday Night Live.
- LFC Now- Daily news bulletin with all of the latest news from the club with interviews and match highlights.[9]
## Presenters
- Peter McDowall - Lead TV presenter and commentator, pitchside announcer
- Claire Rourke - since 2007[10]
- Paul Salt - Real Radio presenter
- Sophie Fairclough - David Fairclough's Daughter
- John Barnes - former Liverpool and England footballer presented the John Barnes Show in 2007
- John Bishop - comedian and lifelong fan.
- Alastair Mann - Freelance TV Presenter.
- Peter Stevenson - Freelance TV Presenter.
- Steve Hothersall - Radio City presenter.
- Mark Benstead - freelance TV presenter
- Rosanna Davison - briefly in 2013, former Miss World, daughter of Chris de Burgh.[11]
- Amanda Burden - USA based presenter since December 2013.[12]
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# Rob McKelvey
Rob McKelvey (born August 2, 1969) is an American professional golfer who played on the Nationwide Tour.
McKelvey joined the Nike Tour (later Buy.com Tour and Nationwide Tour) in 1996. In his rookie year on Tour, he recorded three top-10 finishes with his best result coming at the Nike Dominion Open where he finished in a tie for second. From 1997 to 1999 he recorded five top-10 finishes with his best result being a tie for third. He picked up his first win on tour in 2000 at the Buy.com Louisiana Open. He continued to play on Tour until 2004.
## Professional wins (2)
### Buy.com Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| --- | ----------- | ---------------------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ----------- |
| 1 | Apr 2, 2000 | Buy.com Louisiana Open | −14 (66-68-72-68=274) | 1 stroke | Ian Leggatt |
### T. C. Jordan Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| --- | ------------ | ------------------ | --------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- |
| 1 | Jul 11, 1993 | B&A Travel Classic | −11 (72-66-68-71=277) | 1 stroke | Steve Pope |
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# 2024 Hawaii Amendment 1
A referendum on Amendment 1 to the Constitution of Hawaii was held on 5 November 2024. The amendment repealed the Hawaii legislature's ability to limit marriage to heterosexual couples, reversing the 1998 Hawaii Amendment 2. The majority of the voters backed the measure; it succeeded in all four of Hawaii's major counties. The wording of the ballot language proved confusing to a number of voters, who were unsure of what the amendment accomplished. The amendment passed simultaneously with similar ones in California and Colorado.
## Background
In 1993, the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage violated the state's constitution in Baehr v. Miike. However in 1998, Amendment 2 was approved via a referendum, allowing the Hawaii legislature to ban same-sex marriage. Hawaii ultimately legalized same-sex marriage in 2013, becoming the 15th state to do so and preceding Obergefell v. Hodges by two years. Following the United States Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and hints by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas towards reconsidering Obergefell v. Hodges, activists have raised concerns over the ruling's future. Ballot measures in Hawaii, California and Colorado were intended to safeguard same-sex marriage if the decision was ever overturned.
## Legislative process
In 2023, a coalition of local organizations was formed to repeal Constitutional Amendment 2. Senator Chris Lee and Representative Adrian Tam announced their support for the campaign and pledged to push for the passage of legislation repealing the amendment. A constitutional amendment was introduced to the State Legislature on January 24, 2024 by Representative Scott Saiki. It passed the House on March 5 by 43 votes to 6, and the Senate on April 9 by 24 votes to 1. Senator Mike Gabbard, well-known for his opposition to same-sex marriage in the 1990s, gave a public apology in the Senate Judiciary Committee and voted to repeal the amendment in the final vote on the Senate floor. As Amendment 1, it was approved on November 5, 2024 with 56% of the vote. Constitutional amendments require a majority of all votes cast; taking the blank votes and overvotes into account, the measure passed by 51–40 percent. It was approved in all counties except Kalawao, and on all islands except Niʻihau and Molokaʻi.
| Political affiliation | Voted for | Voted against | Absent (Did not vote) |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Democratic Party | 42 - Micah Aiu - Terez Amato - Della Au Belatti - Cory Chun - Luke Evslin - Sonny Ganaden - Cedric Gates - Mark Hashem - Daniel Holt - Natalia Hussey-Burdick - Greggor Ilagan - Linda Ichiyama - Kirstin Kahaloa - Jeanné Kapela - Darius Kila - Lisa Kitagawa - Bertrand Kobayashi - Trish La Chica - Rachele Lamosao - Nicole Lowen - Lisa Marten - Rose Martinez - Scot Matayoshi - Tyson Miyake - May Mizuno - Dee Morikawa - Nadine Nakamura - Mark Nakashima - Scott Nishimoto - Richard Onishi - Amy Perruso - Mahina Poepoe - Sean Quinlan - Scott Saiki - Jackson Sayama - Gregg Takayama - Jenna Takenouchi - Andrew Takuya Garrett - Adrian Tam - David Tarnas - Chris Toshiro Todd - Kyle Yamashita | 1 - Sam Satoru Kong | 2 - Elle Cochran - Justin Woodson |
| Republican Party | 1 - Kanani Souza | 5 - David Alcos - Diamond Garcia - Lauren Matsumoto - Elijah Pierick - Gene Ward | – |
| Total | 43 | 6 | 2 |
| Total | 84.3% | 11.8% | 3.9% |
| Political affiliation | Voted for | Voted against | Absent (Did not vote) |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | --------------------- |
| Democratic Party | 23 - Henry Aquino - Stanley Chang - Lynn DeCoite - Donovan Dela Cruz - Brandon Elefante - Carol Fukunaga - Mike Gabbard - Troy Hashimoto - Les Ihara Jr. - Lorraine Inouye - Dru Kanuha - Jarrett Keohokalole - Michelle Kidani - Ron Kouchi - Chris Lee - Angus McKelvey - Donna Mercado Kim - Sharon Moriwaki - Karl Rhoads - Tim Richards III - Joy San Buenaventura - Maile Shimabukuro - Glenn Wakai | – | – |
| Republican Party | 1 - Brenton Awa | 1 - Kurt Fevella | – |
| Total | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 96.0% | 4.0% | 0.0% |
## Position
### Parties
The Democratic Party of Hawaii backed the amendment, while the Republican Party of Hawaii neither endorsed nor opposed it.
### Current and former elected officials
Josh Green, the Governor of Hawaii, supported the amendment, as did the former Governors David Ige and John D. Waiheʻe III. It was also backed by Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Ed Case, as well as former Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson and numerous other officials.
### Organizations
Organizations such as ACLU of Hawaiʻi, Japanese American Citizens League, Hawai`i LGBT Legacy Foundation, Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Change 23 Coalition, Papa Ola Lōkahi, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawai'i State AFL-CIO, Hawaii Workers Center, Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, Rainbow Family 808, Highgate Hawaii, Equality HI, Common Cause Hawaii, O'ahu Jewish 'Ohana and Interfaith Alliance of Hawai'i supported the amendment.
## Results
As of November 13, 2024, the State of Hawaii released a final summary of votes.
### Results by county
"Yes" performed moderately well across the state, winning four of five counties and performing the best in Hawai'i County.
| County | Yes # | Yes % | No # | No % |
| -------- | ------- | ------ | ------- | ------ |
| Hawai'i | 43,973 | 57.31% | 32,749 | 42.69% |
| Honolulu | 177,669 | 55.64% | 141,655 | 44.36% |
| Kalawao | 7 | 46.67% | 8 | 53.33% |
| Kauai | 14,167 | 54.06% | 12,039 | 45.94% |
| Maui | 32,229 | 56.61% | 24,699 | 43.39% |
#### By congressional district
"Yes" won both congressional districts.
| District | Yes, % | No, % | Representative |
| -------- | ------ | ----- | -------------- |
| 1st | 57% | 43% | Ed Case |
| 2nd | 55% | 45% | Jill Tokuda |
## Noes
1. ↑ Voters were asked: "Shall the state constitution be amended to repeal the legislature's authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?"
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# Dusti Bongé
Dusti Bongé (née Eunice Lyle Swetman, 1903–1993) was an American painter who worked from the 1930s through the early 1990s. She is considered Mississippi's first Abstract Expressionist painter and its first Modernist artist.
## Early life and education
Dusti Bongé, née Eunice Lyle Swetman, was the youngest of three children born to a prominent Biloxi, Mississippi, banking family. When she was young, Bongé was attracted to the arts and wrote, produced, directed and acted in plays starring other neighborhood children on the wide gallery of the family's beachfront home. Her interest in theater continued into adulthood. Because her passion for acting was frowned upon by her family, she struck a deal that if she first completed college she would be allowed to go to a drama school. She graduated high school at the age of sixteen and completed her four year college curriculum in two years. She graduated from Blue Mountain College in northeastern Mississippi, going on to Lyceum Arts Conservatory in Chicago, where she studied acting and played bit parts on the stage. It was then she received her nickname, Dusti, from friends because they teased her about constantly washing her dusty face when she would return home through the bustling, dirty streets of the growing city. With spelling adjusted, the nickname stuck. While in Chicago, Bongé met and fell in love with Arch Bongé, a Nebraska “cowboy artist,” who was taking classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. They married in 1928. In 1924, she moved to New York.
## Career
Bongé started her career when she moved to New York in 1924 where she acted on the stage and in films. Bongé decided to give up her acting career when she discovered she was pregnant with her son Lyle Bongé.
Bongé moved back to her home town of Biloxi in 1934 after she and Arch decided they did not want to raise Lyle in New York. Bongé began to explore painting after leaving acting to start a family.
### Early work
Bongé showed promise as a painter and Arch encouraged her to work with him. After Arch's death from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1936, Bongé sought solace in the studio where they had worked together and began to paint seriously. Bongé's early work depicted scenes of Biloxi, partly inspired by Archie’s renderings of the waterfront and cityscape. Bongé also produced a series of still life compositions as well as a variety of self portraits. Her early work was representational but showed her ability to move from a realist to a much more modernist style.
### Surrealism
In 1938, she began to experiment with Surrealism and worked in that style of over a decade. “As time passed,” she recalled, “I became more comfortable with my work and my pictures became more and more abstract.” Initially Bongé exhibited her work in Biloxi and New Orleans. Bongé exhibited her work at the Contemporary arts Gallery in New York City in 1939. This was her first exhibition in New York. The Betty Parsons Gallery opened in New York in 1946, and Dusti forged a relationship with the Abstract Expressionist dealer who would represent her for many years. Bongé created a series of works now referred to as the Circus series. The circus offered very rich subject matters for her to experiment with in her work, whether in color, composition, or content. In the early 1950s, her Surrealist style developed further as she began her depictions of “keyhole people.”
### Abstract Expressionism
The years 1953-1956 mark a transitional period in her work as she moves fully into Abstract Expressionism, the style in which she seemed to find her greatest satisfaction. Some of the work from this period features angular forms and paint surfaces that are etched and textured. Betty Parsons gave her her first solo exhibition in April 1956.
Bongé continued to work in a similar abstract style in the 1960s, but with a darker palette. As a New York Herald Tribune critic noted in 1960: “Dusti Bongé, artist of the deep south, appears at the Betty Parsons Gallery with forceful and determinedly non-objective paintings. Having her third show here, Miss Bongé is perhaps more dramatic at this moment than she has ever been. Her canvases are extremely vigorous, dark-keyed and spacious.” Her final show at the Parsons gallery was in 1975, but she continued to create a very strong body of work, including some monumental oil paintings, through the next decade.
### Later Work
In the 1980s Bongé continued to make a body of abstract work. Her work from this period explores conceptual themes such as the transcendent Buddhist concept of the "Void" During this period of exploring conceptual themes she painted her "Void" series. This series focused on circle shapes in abstract form and illustrated emptiness.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, small format watercolor paintings many on Joss paper (sheets of bamboo or rice paper centered with a small square of gold or silver leaf) that was available at the local Asian markets and was traditionally used in Buddhist ceremonies. This became her preferred medium. “It became a special challenge,” she said, “to make it seem as if I had placed that little square right there.” She painted her last work in 1991.
## Personal life
Dusti met her husband while they both were going to school in Chicago. Arch was working a doorman and opened a door for Dusti. They were married in 1928.
Dusti and Arch Bongé's only child, Lyle Bongé, was born November 5, 1929. Lyle was drawn to art from spending time with his mother in her studio, inspiring him to pursue photography.
While Bongé enjoyed success by being a part of the New York art scene she preferred to paint in her home town of Biloxi where she raised her son and continued to have success in her career.
Although in later years, she had an active social life, dated and had numerous proposals, Dusti never remarried.
## Exhibitions
Bongé's first exhibition was in the Contemporary arts Gallery in New York in 1939.
Bongé continued to show in New York at Betty Parsons Gallery beginning in the mid 1940s, She had her first solo exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1956. Bongé continued to show at Betty Parson's until 1976. Bongé had solo exhibitions at Betty Parson's in 1958, 1960, and 1962. She had her final exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1975.
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art held an exhibition of Bongé's work in 2019 called "Piercing the Inner Wall: The Art of Dusti Bongé." The exhibition followed the release of “Dusti Bongé, Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans & New York,”
Bongé's work has been exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans; the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi; the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi; the Mississippi Museum of Art; and the Mobile Museum of Art. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Mississippi Museum of Art; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; the Mobile Museum of Art; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; and the Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as well as a number of private collections throughout the United States.
In 2023 her work was included in the exhibition Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-1970 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.
## Museum collections
- Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY [22]
- The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC[3]
- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS [23]
- Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS [24]
- Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL[12]
- Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA[12]
- Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO[12]
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY [25]
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA[12]
- University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Hattiesburg, MS [26]
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# Cell-based therapies for Parkinson's disease
Cell-based therapies for Parkinson's disease include various investigational procedures which transplant specific populations of cells into the brains of people with Parkinson's disease. The investigation of cell transplantation therapies followed the discovery that the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta resulted in the motor symptoms of the disease. Thus, cell transplantation has focused on various dopamine producing cells throughout the body.
## List of cell-based sources
- fetal ventral mesencephalic tissue (human and porcine)
- human dopamine progenitor cells derived from autologous induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
- adrenal medulla
- sympathetic ganglia
- carotid body
- retinal pigment epithelium
- embryonic stem cells
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- mesenchymal stem cells
### Adrenal medulla
The first cell-based therapy investigated for Parkinson's disease utilized the adrenal medulla. The adrenal medulla is the innermost part of the adrenal gland and contains neural crest derived chromaffin cells which secrete norepinephrine, epinephrine and to a far lesser extent dopamine into the blood. Autotransplantation of adrenal medullary tissue into the brains of animal models of Parkinson's disease showed minimal benefits. Despite this, open-label trials were undergone in humans which showed only modest benefits. Following these initial disappointing results however, a trial in Mexico demonstrated significant motor benefits in two patients with Parkinson's disease who had undergone the procedure. This publication incited widespread interest in the field and over the next few years hundreds of patients received adrenal medulla transplants. It was only when a registry was set up to consolidate all the data was it revealed that most patients did not benefit from the procedure to any significant extent. Furthermore, postoperative complications such as psychiatric disturbances were realized. These combined findings eventually led to the abandonment of this transplant procedure, which was largely flawed from the start.
### Carotid body
The carotid body is a group of chemoreceptor cells located at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. It includes two populations of cells; glomus (type I) cells and sustentacular (type II) cells. Glomus cells are derived from the neural crest and secrete dopamine in response to hypoxemia (low level of oxygen in the blood). Based on their ability to secrete dopamine and also glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), these cells have been investigated as an intrastriatal autograft therapy for patients with Parkinson's disease. A clinical trial exploring this initially demonstrated motor benefits, unfortunately these benefits disappeared after 6–12 months, in correlation with poor survival of the grafted cells.
### Retinal pigment epithelium
The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a single layer of melanin containing cells located between the neural retina and the choroid. Retinal pigment epithelial cells synthesize dopamine and secrete the neurotrophic factors glial-cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Initial trials of intrastriatal allografts of cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells attached to microcarriers (Spheramine, Bayer Schering Pharma AG) demonstrated
### Stem cells
Researchers have differentiated ESCs into dopamine-producing cells with the hope that these neurons could be used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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# Campuses of the University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong's main campus covers 160,000 square metres (1,700,000 sq ft; 40 acres) of land on Pok Fu Lam Road and Bonham Road in Lung Fu Shan of Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island. The university also has a few buildings in Sandy Bay Gap. HKU buildings are some of the few remaining examples of British colonial architecture in Hong Kong. The university lends its name to HKU station, the main public transport access to the campus (and the Lung Fu Shan and Shek Tong Tsui neighbourhoods), opened on 28 December 2014.
The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is situated 4.5 km southwest of the main campus, in the Southern District near Sandy Bay and Pok Fu Lam. The medical campus includes Queen Mary Hospital, the William M.W. Mong Building and research facilities. The Faculty of Dentistry is situated in the Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Sai Ying Pun.
The university also operates the Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre, which occupies 95,000 square metres (1,020,000 sq ft; 23 acres) of land in the New Territories, and the Swire Institute of Marine Science at the southern tip of the Cape d'Aguilar Peninsula on Hong Kong Island.
## The Main Building
Constructed between 1910 and 1912, the Main Building of the University of Hong Kong is the university's oldest structure and was sponsored by Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody and designed by Architect Messrs Leigh & Orange. It is built in the post-renaissance Edwardian Baroque style with red brick and granite and has two courtyards. The main elevation is articulated by four turrets with a central clock tower (a gift from Sir Paul Chater in 1930). The two courtyards were added in the south in 1952 and one floor in the end block in 1958. The building was originally used as classrooms and laboratories for the Faculty of Medicine and Engineering and was later the home of departments within the Faculty of Arts. The central Great Hall (Loke Yew Hall) is named after Loke Yew, a Malayan benefactor of the university in its early years. It became a declared monument in 1984.
## Swire Building
In around 1980, the Swire Group sponsored the building of a new residential hall in the eastern end of the campus. Because of the sponsorship, the new student residence was named Swire Building. The building was officially opened by Mr. John Anthony Swire CBE on 11 November 1980. In 1983, the colour orange was chosen to be the hall colour in the second annual general meeting since the colour was used as the background colour during the first open day of Swire Hall and no other halls were using orange as their hall colour.
In 1983, Mrs. J. Lau (Director of Centre Media Resources) provided a design for the hall logo. The Swire Hall Students' Association, HKUSU, then made some amendments to that design. The logo shows the words 'S' and 'H'. The design of the word 'S' looks like two hands holding each other, signifying that all hall-mates should co-operate with each other, and promoting the hall motto 'Unity and Sincerity'.
## Hung Hing Ying Building
Financed by Sir Paul Chater, Professor G. P. Jordan and others, Hung Hing Ying Building was opened in 1919 by the Governor of Hong Kong Sir Reginald Stubbs and housed the students' union. After World War II, the building was used temporarily for administrative purposes. The East Wing was added in 1960. The building was converted into the Senior Common Room in 1974. It was named in honour of Mr Hung Hing-Ying in 1986 for his family's donations to the university. The building was subsequently used again for administrative purposes, and housed Department of Music and the Music Library until early 2013. It is currently used by the Development & Alumni Affairs Office. The two-storey Edwardian style structure is characterised by a central dome and the use of red brick to emulate the Main Building opposite. The building became a declared monument in 1995.
## Eliot Hall and May Hall
Eliot Hall, named after Charles Eliot, who was the first vice chancellor, serves as an office building. May Hall, named after Governor of Hong Kong Francis Henry May, is also an office building. Eliot opened in 1914 and May opened in 1915. In 1969 Old Halls was formed whilst Eliot, Lugard, and May halls combined. The university razed the Lugard section in 1992, and the remaining sections became the separate Eliot and May halls.
## Hornell Hall
Hornell Hall is a hall for male students though it has no dormitories.
## Lugard Hall
Lugard Hall was demolished.
## Tang Chi Ngong Building
The Tang Chi Ngong Building is on the campus. The idea to establish a school of Chinese was proposed in the inter-war period. Construction of the premises began in 1929 following a donation from Tang Chi-ngong, father of the philanthropist Sir Shiu-kin Tang, after whom the building was named. It was opened by Sir William Peel, Governor of Hong Kong, in 1931 and since then further donations have been received for the endowment of teaching Chinese language and literature. The building has been used for other purposes since the 1970s but the name remained unchanged. At present, it houses the Centre of Asian Studies. This three-storey flat-roofed structure is surfaced with Shanghai plaster and became a declared monument in 1995.
## Dormitories
In 2017 the university announced plans to make a new 1,228-student, 17-storey dormitory from pre-made components.
## Centennial Campus
To provide additional space for students under the new four-year undergraduate curriculum the Centennial Campus was built at the western end of the main campus, which was previously occupied by the Water Supplies Department.
The university in 2007 was determining what the new campus would be like. To make space for this campus, the university established new reservoirs in caverns below ground and put the new buildings where the former reservoirs were.
The construction of the campus started in late 2009, and was completed in 2012, the first year of the introduction of the new academic structure in Hong Kong. In 2012, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences moved to the Centennial Campus.
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# Damian Le Bas (writer)
Damian James Le Bas (born 11 May 1985) is a British writer and journalist from West Sussex in England best known for his book The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain.
## Life
Le Bas is the son of the artists Damian Le Bas and Delaine Le Bas. He grew up in Worthing, attending Christ's Hospital school and then reading Theology at St John's College, Oxford. His work as a journalist has included editorship of Travellers Times.
In 2018 he presented the BBC documentary A Very British History: Romany Gypsies.
In 2019, he was part of a panel discussion on the theme of Identity at the Alpine Fellowship.
In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Masters of Education by the University of Chichester.
## Bibliography
In 2018, Le Bas published The Stopping Places: A Journey Through Gypsy Britain, a mixture of memoir, travel writing and an exploration of Romani history in Britain. In June 2018, the book was featured on BBC Radio 4 as book of the week.
Before its publication, The Stopping Places won a 2016 Jerwood Award supporting authors writing their first major commissioned non-fiction work.
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# Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School
Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning School (often referred to as Gaynor McCown ELS, or simply McCown) is a public school located in the New Springville section of Staten Island, New York.
## History
Gaynor McCown ELS was named after former NYC Outward Bound director Rosemary Gaynor McCown. The school was founded in 2007 and shares a campus with CSIHSIS and Marsh Avenue Expeditionary Learning School.
Traci Frey was the Principal of the school from 2009 to 2019, she was later replaced by Maggie Bailey Tang.
## Sports
Gaynor McCown ELS shares PSAL sports team with CSIHSIS
PSAL Girls sports include Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Flag Football, Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, and Wrestling.
PSAL Boys sports include Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Fencing, Indoor Track, Soccer, Tennis, and Wrestling.
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# Tochiya Station
Tochiya Station (栃屋駅, Tochiya-eki) is a railway station in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Toyama Chihō Railway.
## Lines
Tochiya Station is served by the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line, and is 42.8 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Dentetsu-Toyama.
## Station layout
The station has one ground-level side platform serving a single bi-directional track. The station is unattended.
## History
Tochiya Station was opened on 5 November 1922.
## Adjacent stations
| « | « | Service | » | » |
| Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line | Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line | Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line | Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line | Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line |
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| Limited Express: Does not stop at this station | | | | |
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## Surrounding area
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# Lachambre
Lachambre (French pronunciation: [laʃɑ̃bʁ]; German: Kammern) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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# Yrjö Sotiola
Yrjö Sotiola (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1992) was a Finnish footballer. He played in eleven matches for the Finland national football team from 1935 to 1948. He was also part of Finland's squad for the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He played his whole club career for Helsingin Palloseura in first and second tiers of Finnish football pyramid. In premier league he played 179 games and scored 60 goals. He won Finnish football championship in 1934 and 1935 seasons.
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# Tumburu
Tumburu (Sanskrit: तुम्बुरु, romanized: Tuṃburu) is the foremost among the gandharvas, the celestial musicians of Hindu mythology. Accounts depict him performing in the courts of the deities Kubera and Indra, and as singing the praises of Vishnu. He is said to lead the gandharvas in their singing.
## Legend
### Origin
Tumburu is described as the son of Sage Kashyapa, and his wife, Pradha. Along with the other three gandharva sons of Kashyapa, Bahu, Haha, and Huhu, he is renowned for his sweet and pleasant speech.
Tumburu is often described as the best among the gandharvas in his musical talent. A "mighty singer and musician", he sings in presence of the devas. Besides Narada and Gopa, he is also regarded as the king of songs.
### Rivalry with Narada
The Bhagavata Purana considers Narada to be the teacher of Tumburu. The scripture mentions that Tumburu accompanied him on a visit to the court of Yudhishthira. Narada and Tumburu are said to sing the glories of Vishnu.
The Adbhuta Ramayana mentions that Tumburu was the best of all singers, and is rewarded by Vishnu. Narada, a devotee of Vishnu, became jealous of Tumburu. Vishnu tells Narada that Tumburu was dearer to him as he loved songs of praise, rather than austerities that were performed by Narada. He sent Narada to an owl named Ganabandhu, to learn music. After learning from the owl, Narada sets to conquer Tumburu. When he reaches Tumburus's house, he sees Tumburu surrounded by wounded men and women, who he discovers are the musical Ragas and Raginis, injured by his bad singing. Humiliated, Narada leaves, and finally learns to exceed the gandharva's talents by learning the seven svaras first from the deity Krishna's secondary wives, Jambavati and Satyabhama, and then his favourite wife, Rukmini.
### Status
Tumburu is mentioned as the courtier of Indra – the king of Svarga – as well as of Kubera, the god of wealth. He is described as a follower of Kubera; his songs are said to be usually heard when passing Kubera's abode on Gandhamandana mountain. Tumburu is described as the special friend of Kubera, and leads the gandharvas in music and singing, which is performed by gandharvas and kinnaras. Tumburu is described as a "lord of gandharvas", along with other lords like Haha-Huhu, Parvata, Citraratha. Tumburu is sometimes mentioned as a muni (sage), rather than a gandharva. Tumburu is also described to lead gandharvas to watch the battles of men, and goes to Mount Meru to worship with the divine sage Narada.
### Relationships
Tumburu is also described as the preceptor of the apsara – celestial dancer – Rambha. He is sometimes described as wedded to her. He is thought to be as "the martial hero" of the gandharvas, "yet one of the few yielding to love". In another reference, he is described to have two daughters, Manovatī and Sukeśā, called Pancacudas collectively, and who ride the Sun's chariot in the months of Chaitra and Madhu (Vaisakha). Tumburu is said to preside over months Madhu and Madhava (Magha).
### South Indian tradition
In South India, Tumburu is often portrayed horse-faced. He holds the instrument veena that he plays as he sings. In another hand, he holds wooden cymbals, that he beats to maintain the rhythm. A South Indian legend records that Tumburu once performed severe austerities and pleased Shiva. Tumburu asked Shiva to travel the universe, skill in music and singing, and the ability to reside with and serve Shiva. Shiva blessed him and granted the boons that he sought.
## Literature
### Mahabharata
In the Mahabharata, Tumburu appears in many instances related to the Pandava brothers – the primary protagonists of the epic. Tumburu gifts Yudhishthira a hundred horses, and also attends his ashvamedha yagna ("horse-sacrifice"). He also stays in Yudhishthira's court for some days.
Tumburu also attends the birth celebrations of the Pandava Arjuna, and welcomes him in Svarga (heaven) when he visits his father, Indra. "A friend of Arjuna", Tumburu also keenly watches Arjuna's battle fought against the Kauravas – the primary antagonists of the epic, and cousins of the Pandavas – on the side of Virata. Tumburu also grants Arjuna his gandharva weapon.
Tumburu also grants Shikhandi - an ally of the Pandavas - his war-horses.
### Ramayana
The Ramayana mentions that Rama – the avatar of Vishnu, and his brother Lakshmana, encounter a rakshasa called Viradha, while in exile in the forest. This rakshasa was the cursed Tumburu. Tumburu once offended Kubera by not bringing Rambha before Kubera at the stipulated time. Enraged, Kubera cursed him to be born as a rakshasa. Kubera also decreed that Tumburu would be freed from the curse when Rama would slay him. Accordingly, Tumburu was born as Viradha, the son of giant Jaya and his wife, Shatahrada. Viradha had two long arms and a fierce appearance. He rushed at Sita, Rama's wife, and caught hold of her, and starting running again. Rama and Lakshamana followed him, compelling him to set Sita down. Then, they sat on the rakshasa's shoulders and chopped off his arms. As Viradha was still alive, the brothers decided to bury him alive. Viradha then told his story to Rama and acquired the form of Tumburu, liberated from the curse and returned to the home of the gandharvas.
### Kathasaritsagara
The Kathasaritsagara mentions that Tumburu's curse was responsible for the separation of the couple – King Pururavas and the apsara Urvashi. Pururavas was once visiting heaven, when Rambha was performing before her preceptor, Tumburu. Pururavas insulted her by finding a fault in her dance. When Tumburu questioned Pururavas's knowledge of the divine dances of heaven, the king responded that his wife Uravashi had taught him more than what Tumburu knew about the subject. Agitated, Tumburu cursed the king that he would be separated from Urvashi, till he performs a penance to Vishnu. The gandharvas then kidnapped Urvashi, resulting in the fruition of the curse.
## In popular culture
The musical instrument tambura is believed to either be a cognate, or named after Tumburu. | enwiki/28034140 |
# Elita Karim
Dilshad Karim Elita, better known as Elita Karim, is a Bangladeshi singer, journalist, versatile performer, anchor and voice artist. She is the vocalist of Raaga.
## Early life
Karim was born on 4 September 1982. She graduated in English literature from North South University.
## Career
In 2001, Karim released her first song in a band mixed album "Amar Prithibi" (lit. 'My world'). In 2009, she released a song entitled "Ontohin" with singer Mahadi Faisal. On 24 May 2015, her first solo studio album Elita was released. Karim made her debut as an actress in a serial Mukim Brothers which was broadcast on Channel i based on Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's story, written and directed by Ashfaque Nipun. Her acting in the drama was praised. She works as a journalist for a Bangladeshi English daily named The Daily Star.
In 2021, Karim earned Humphrey Fellowship at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Arizona State University.
## Personal life
Karim married Ashfaque Nipun on 29 May 2015. Her brother Imrul Karim Emil is also a popular singer in Bangladesh. He is the vocalist of the Bangladeshi pop rock band Shunno.
## Albums
### Original
| No. | Title | Length |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |
| 1. | "Ure Jete Chai" | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Maya" | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Godhuli" (dusk) | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Landphoner Dingulote Prem" (love in the days of landphones) | 2:39 |
| 5. | "Bolona" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "Bhenge Gelo Jorota" | 4:33 |
| 7. | "Apekkha" (waiting) | 5:35 |
| 8. | "Emon Keno Holo" (why this happened?) | 5:35 |
| Total length: | Total length: | 38:12 |
### Mixed
| Album Name | Song Name | Singers | Year |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
| Rajotto | Chowa | Elita | 2014 |
| Ontohin | Hridoy (Duet) Nijhum Raat (Duet) Bhorer Shishir (Duet) Harano Akash | Elita & Mahadi Mahadi & Elita Elita & Mahadi Elita | 2009 |
| Okaron | | | 2010 |
Akash Ebong Tumi (featured by Joy Shahriar) - 2015
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# Mishab, Isfahan
Mishab (Persian: ميشاب, also Romanized as Mīshāb) is a village in Kachu Rural District, in the Central District of Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14, in 9 families.
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# Isgandar Chandirli
Isgandar Chandirli Huseyn oglu (Azerbaijani: İsgəndər Çəndirli Hüseyn oğlu) is an Azerbaijani politician, Ex-director of State Procurement Agency of Azerbaijan Republic.
He was appointed the Director of the State Procurement Agency in the November 19, 2008 reshuffle of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan. He has been a proponent of switching to full electronic bidding in purchase and sale transactions of the government.
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# Bob Rumball
Robert Leslie Rumball OC OOnt (October 2, 1929 – June 1, 2016) was a pastor and advocate for the deaf and those with special needs.
After studying at University of Toronto, he began his career as a football player, playing at the varsity level before playing professionally for the Canadian Football League in the position of half-back for the Ottawa Rough Riders. After four seasons in Ottawa, he was traded to Toronto where he played one season for the Argonauts.
During this time, he attended Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago in the off seasons, and preached on Sundays at various churches. He was introduced to Deaf culture while preaching at the Evangelical Church of the Deaf, located at the time in downtown Toronto, and began a lifetime of advocacy. He learned American Sign Language to communicate with Toronto's Deaf population, and give their needs a voice.
Realizing they needed a place of their own, Rumball purchased land in 1960 to establish the Ontario Camp of the Deaf in 1960, and opened the Ontario Community Centre for the Deaf (now called the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf) in 1979.
The Bob Rumball Canadian Centre of Excellence for the Deaf houses numerous programs and services, including the Evangelical Church of the Deaf, a preschool, a long-term care home, and the Ontario Association for the Deaf. The centre is managed by his son, Derek Rumball.
Rumball's work has been recognized with many honours, including the Order of Ontario, the Order of Canada, and appointment as a Citizenship Court Judge. Rumball died at the age of 86 in Parry Sound Ontario on June 1, 2016.
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# Jan Jutte
Jan Jutte (born 1 October 1953) is a Dutch illustrator of children's literature. He received the Gouden Penseel award several times for his work.
## Career
Jutte made his debut as illustrator in 1983 with his illustrations in Annie M. G. Schmidt's book Het Beertje Pippeloentje. In the years that followed Jutte illustrated the books of various Dutch authors, including Toon Tellegen, Guus Kuijer, Edward van de Vendel, Bibi Dumon Tak, Ienne Biemans and Doeschka Meijsing.
In 1993, he illustrated the book Lui Lei Enzo written by Rindert Kromhout. Kromhout won the Zilveren Griffel award and Jutte won the Gouden Penseel award for this book. Jutte also won the Gouden Penseel award in 2001 for his illustrations in the book Tien stoute katjes written by Mensje van Keulen and in 2004 for the book Een muts voor de maan written by Sjoerd Kuyper.
## Awards
- 1994: Pluim van de maand, Liselotje op het potje[1]
- 1994: Gouden Penseel, Lui Lei Enzo (written by Rindert Kromhout)[1]
- 2001: Gouden Penseel, Tien stoute katjes (written by Mensje van Keulen)[1]
- 2002: Pluim van de maand, Ruimtereis (April 2002)[1]
- 2004: Gouden Penseel, Een muts voor de maan (written by Sjoerd Kuyper)[1]
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# Kai Zen (actress)
Kai Zen (born February 6, 2012) is an American actress known for portraying June in the 2020 Netflix film Feel the Beat, Pepper in Eureka!, and Phyla in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
## Career
In 2017 she promoted children's clothing and consumer brands. In 2018 she appeared in a commercial for Xfinity. She made her screen debut with the American Housewife program. She then acted in the Netflix film titled Feel the Beat. In 2022 she joined the voice cast of Eureka!, a television series broadcast on Disney Junior, where she voices Pepper. In 2023, she played Phyla in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
## Filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
### Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| ---- | --------------------------------- | --------------------- | --------------- |
| 2019 | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Loop group | Voice |
| 2020 | Feel the Beat | June | |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Kid in classroom | Voice |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Phyla | |
| 2025 | In Your Dreams † | Eight-Year-Old Stevie | Post-production |
| TBD | Reminisce † | Maya | Post-production |
### Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| 2020 | American Housewife | Supporting role | Season 4, episode 13 |
| 2020 | The Rocketeer | River | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Amphibia | Young Anne Boonchuy | Voice, episode: "Lost in Newtopia" |
| 2021 | South Park | Looper | Voice, episode: "South Park: Post Covid" |
| 2022 | Spidey and His Amazing Friends | Girl | Voice, episode: "An Egg-Cellent Adventure" |
| 2022–2023 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Young Sir Luthera | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2022–2023 | Eureka! | Pepper | Voice, main role |
| 2024 | Creature Commandos | Little Girl 2 | Voice, episode: "Chasing Squirrels" |
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# Pugnose shiner
The pugnose shiner (Notropis anogenus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis. It is in the family Leuciscidae which consists of freshwater shiners, daces and minnows. Its distribution has been decreasing due to the removal of aquatic plants in order to create swimming beaches and boating access in freshwater lakes and is now mostly found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
## Distribution
The pugnose shiner is a non-abundant species of Notropis and within the United States, it is distributed across parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. It is native to North America and its historic range was from eastern Ontario and Western New York to North Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, ending in the St. Lawrence River drainage. The population that was once in North Dakota is now thought to be extirpated due to turbidity and uprooted vegetation within the freshwater lakes and streams. This minnow can also be found in a few areas of Canada but those ranges have also decreased throughout time so now the Canadian population mostly lies within Ontario.
## Description
The pugnose shiner is a type of minnow that can live for up to 3 years and is able to reach sizes between 20–60mm, although it is about 47mm on average. It has a lateral dark stripe on the side of its body that runs from the tip of the caudal fin, through the eye, and to the nose tip. It has a small, terminal mouth angled upwards, giving it the pug-nose appearance. The abdominal region is yellow, and it has a clear-colored tail fin. Each fish has about 34–37 round, silver cycloid scales covering its body which has a fusiform shape to help the pugnose shiner swim against the constant stream currents. The pelvic fins are in the abdominal position. Because it is a ray-finned species, the fin rays are used as elements to support the skeletal features. The pugnose shiner has an 8-rayed dorsal fin on top of the dusky-colored back, a feature separating it from the pugnose minnow. This fish is also the only Minnesota Notropis species that has a darkly pigmented peritoneum.
## Ecology
Although it is not an abundant species, the pugnose shiner can be found inhabiting weedy, clear lakes and slow-moving streams throughout its temperate, freshwater range. When temperatures are warmer, this fish is found in shallow water but when it cools down in the winter months, it is found in waters as deep as 2 meters. The pugnose shiner is a great indicator for healthy ecosystems because it is very sensitive to its environment because it is intolerant to turbidity. Their diets tend to consist of filamentous algae and cladocera (water fleas), eggs, insects, worms, and anything else under 2mm. Their predators consist of any omnivorous fish that is larger than this shiner. They are mid to low level consumers and therefore take little part in the transfer of nutrients.
## Reproduction
The pugnose shiner reaches sexual maturity between the ages of 1 and 2 for both the male and female genders. They are an oviparous species and spawning and fertilization occur in summer between May and July. The female distributes her eggs in shallow water in areas of dense vegetation in which she lays between 530 and 1275 eggs. Once the eggs are fertilized, they generally hatch within one or two days. This species does not spend energy in parental investment so after the eggs are laid and fertilized, the male and female leave the eggs. In pugnose shiners, sexual dimorphism occurs and they have a polygynandrous mating system, meaning that both males and females have multiple mates. Sexes are physically different in that the males' pelvic fins go beyond the anal openings while the females' don't.
## Conservation status
The conservation status of the pugnose shiner has been changing quite a bit in the past few years. This is partly because its status is dependent on where the species population is. In Canada, the pugnose shiner is currently listed as endangered but the status varies by state in the United States. This species has been declining through the upper midwest because of turbidity, decreasing vegetation, and invasive species within its home. There are multiple subpopulations of pugnose shiner but there is limited connection between the different populations because of low dispersal potential. It was listed as Near Threatened in 2010 but as of 2014, the pugnose shiner has been of Least Concern status. It has patterns of population decline so it is continually on concern conservation attention.
## Etymology
The pugnose shiner genus name Notropis comes from Greek descent and it is a name given to shriveled-like specimens. It translates to the words "back keel". The species name anogenus is also from Greek descent and it translates to "without a chin".
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# Jihan Nurlela
Jihan Nurlela Chalim (born 22 April 1994) is an Indonesian politician who is the vice governor of Lampung since 20 February 2025. She had previously served as a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the Lampung Province from 2019 to 2024.
## Education
Jihan Nurlela obtained her early education at the Islamic Boarding School of Futuhiyyah Islamic Boarding School Mranggen in Demak, and Al-Ishom Gleget Islamic Boarding School in Jepara. After this, she had also graduated with a medical degree from the Lampung University.
## Career
Jihan Nurlela began her career as a doctor amid graduating from university. During the province's electoral period for DPR, she won with a total of 810,373 votes. Since 1 October 2019, she would be among the province's elected representative member to the DPR. Despite this being her first political election, she managed to secure a senatorial seat for Lampung. According to her, the regions of East and Central Lampung provided the majority of the support. She claims there is a higher chance of duplication data when additional support requirements are collected.
## Personal life
Jihan Nurlela was born in Sumberrejo of Bojonegoro Regency on 22 April 1994. She has two siblings: Sasa Chalim, a current student at Lampung University's Faculty of Medicine, and Chusnunia Chalim, an elder sister who serves as the Deputy Governor of Lampung. She stated that her father is a farmer, and live in a family that is involved in politics.
On 20 February 2020, Jihan Nurlela exchanged vows in front of the Kaaba at the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. She is wed to Arya Ady Nugroho, a physician as well.
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# 1905–06 Sheffield Shield season
The 1905–06 Sheffield Shield season was the 14th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.
## Table
| Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
| --------------- | --- | - | - | - | --- |
| New South Wales | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Victoria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| South Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
## Fixtures
| 11–15 November 1905 Scorecard |
| (H) South Australia | v | Victoria |
| 244 (85.2 overs) John Pellew 87 Jack Saunders 5/76 (29.2 overs) | | 526 (184.1 overs) Warwick Armstrong 165 Jack Reedman 4/111 (46.1 overs) |
| 134 (37.3 overs) Joe Darling 36 Jack Saunders 4/46 (19 overs) | | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| 15–18 December 1905 Scorecard |
| (H) South Australia | v | New South Wales |
| 359 (99.1 overs) Clem Hill 146 Monty Noble 3/65 (22.1 overs) | | 556 (143.2 overs) Austin Diamond 164 Albert Wright 5/150 (40.2 overs) |
| 115 (31.2 overs) Algy Gehrs 33* Leonard Garnsey 6/48 (15.2 overs) | | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| 23–28 December 1905 Scorecard |
| (H) Victoria | v | New South Wales |
| 367 (111 overs) Tom Warne 115 Tibby Cotter 3/78 (29 overs) | | 805 (215.3 overs) Monty Noble 281 Frank Laver 2/184 (52.3 overs) |
| 185 (49.2 overs) Tom Warne 56 Tibby Cotter 3/56 (17 overs) | | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
| 30 December 1905 – 4 January 1906 Scorecard |
| South Australia | v | Victoria (H) |
| 181 (79.5 overs) Norman Claxton 67 Warwick Armstrong 4/26 (23.5 overs) | | 183 (77.2 overs) Barlow Carkeek 52 Albert Wright 7/66 (24.2 overs) |
| 378 (150.3 overs) Norman Claxton 199* Warwick Armstrong 4/82 (49 overs) | | 256 (87.4 overs) Warwick Armstrong 64 Joe Travers 3/34 (12.4 overs) |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| 6–10 January 1906 Scorecard |
| South Australia | v | New South Wales (H) |
| 257 (81.5 overs) Algy Gehrs 101 Leonard Garnsey 4/70 (20.5 overs) | | 269 (87.1 overs) James Mackay 105 Norman Claxton 4/44 (20 overs) |
| 188 (96.2 overs) Charlie Dolling 83* Tibby Cotter 3/47 (29 overs) | | 1/177 (38 overs) James Mackay 102* Jack Reedman 1/48 (9 overs) |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| 26–30 January 1906 Scorecard |
| (H) New South Wales | v | Victoria |
| 263 (51.4 overs) Victor Trumper 101 Jack Saunders 7/122 (25 overs) | | 215 (81.3 overs) Peter McAlister 53 Tibby Cotter 5/83 (27 overs) |
| 394 (92 overs) Monty Noble 123 Jack Saunders 5/140 (32 overs) | | 297 (101.2 overs) Peter McAlister 128 Tibby Cotter 4/64 (28.2 overs) |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
## Statistics
### Most Runs
James Mackay 559
### Most Wickets
Jack Saunders 27
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# Johann von Gott Fröhlich
Johann von Gott Fröhlich (1 March 1780, in Bissingen – 31 January 1849, in Munich) was a German classical philologist and educator.
He studied theology in Dillingen (from 1797) and law at Landshut (1802–04), and afterwards taught classes at gymnasiums in Kempten (from 1804), Amberg (from 1811) and Munich (from 1817). From 1823 up until his death, he served as rector at Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich.
## Published works
- Tragōdiai: Philoktetes, Elektra, die Trachinerinnen, 1815 – Tragedies: Philoctetes, Electra, The Trachiniae.
- Kritische Versuche über Sophokles Tragödien - Issues 1-2, 1823 – Critical essays on Sophocles' tragedies.
- Einige Stellen in Horatius Oden und Satiren kritisch behandelt, 1837 – On Horace's odes and satires (critiques).
- Anzeige der neuesten Ausgabe des Velleius von Kritz, 1843 – On the latest version of Velleius by Justus Friedrich Kritz.
- Q. Valerii Catulli Veron. liber... : Vorschläge zur Berichtigung des Textes (with Karl Lachmann, 1849) – On Catullus; suggestions for amendment of text.
- Ueber die in Demosthenes' Rede Über die Krone enthaltene Grabschrift auf die bei Chäronea gefallenen Athenäer, 1852 – On Demosthenes' speech in regards to Athenians killed at the Battle of Chaeronea.[3][4]
- Denkrede auf Johann von Gott Fröhlich, 1849 by Leonhard von Spengel (a commemoration).[5]
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# John Holland Rose
John Holland Rose (28 June 1855 – 3 March 1942) was an influential English historian who wrote famous biographies of William Pitt the Younger and of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. He also wrote a history of Europe, entitled The Development of the European Nations among other historical works. He was Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge between 1919 and his retirement in 1934.
## Career
Holland Rose was born in Bedford in 1855. He was educated at Bedford Modern School where he was an exhibitioner, at Owens College, Manchester, and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
In 1911–1919, Holland Rose was a reader in modern history at the University of Cambridge. He was the first Vere Harmsworth Professor of Naval History at the University of Cambridge between 1919 and his retirement in 1933. He was an honorary member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Holland Rose was the basis for C. P. Snow's fictional character M. H. L. Gay (see "Years of Hope: Cambridge, Colonial Administrator in the South Seas, and Cricket" by Philip Snow).
## Family life
In 1880, Holland Rose married Laura K. Haddon; they had one son, Charles and two daughters.
He died on 3 March 1942.
## Selected works
- A Century of Continental History, 1780–1880 (London: E. Stanford, 1891; 2nd ed. 1906) read online
- The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789–1815 (Cambridge University Press, 1894, 1904, 1919, 1925) read online
- The Rise of Democracy (London: Blackie and Son, 1897, 1904, 1912) read online
- The Rise and Growth of Democracy in Great Britain (Chicago: Stone, 1898) read online
- The Life of Napoleon I (2 vols.) (1902;[9] 11th ed. 1935) read online
- The French Revolution: A History, by Thomas Carlyle (ed.) (London: G. Bell, 1902) read online
- Napoleonic Studies (London: G. Bell, 1904, 1914) read online
- Select Despatches from the British Foreign Office Archives, Relating to the Formation of the Third Coalition Against France, 1804–1805 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1904) read online
- The Development of the European Nations; 1870–1921 (6th ed.). New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1922. Retrieved 22 September 2018 – via Internet Archive. read online
- Dumouriez and the Defence of England Against Napoleon (with Alexander Meyrick Broadley) (London: J. Lane, 1908) read online
- A History of Malta During the Period of the French and British Occupations, 1798–1815 (by William Hardman) (ed. John Holland Rose) (London: Longman, Green and Company, 1909) read online
- William Pitt and National Revival (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911) read online
- William Pitt and the Great War (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911) read online
- The Personality of Napoleon: The Lowell Lectures for 1912 (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912, 1930) read online
- Pitt and Napoleon: Essays and Letters (London: C. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912) read online
- How the War Came About. London: The Patriotic Publishing Co., 1914
- The Origins of War: Lectures Delivered in the Michaelmas Term, 1914 (Cambridge University Press, 1914) read online
- The Origins of the War, 1871–1914 (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915) read online
- Germany in the Nineteenth Century: Five Lectures by J. H. Rose, C. H. Herford, E. C. K. Gonner, and M. E. Sadler, with an introductory note by Viscount Haldane, ed. C.H. Herford (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1915) read online
- Nationality as a Factor in Modern History (London: Rivingtons, 1916) read online
- Nationality in Modern History (New York: Macmillan and Company, 1916) read online
- Why We Carry On (London: T.F. Unwin, 1918) read online
- Naval History and National History: The Inaugural Lecture Delivered to the University of Cambridge on Trafalgar Day, 1919 (Cambridge University Press, 1919) read online
- Lord Hood and the Defence of Toulon (University of Cambridge Press, 1922) read online
- The Indecisiveness of Modern War, and Other Essays (Kennikat Press, 1927) read online
- Contributor to The Thinkers of the Revolutionary Era (1930)[8]
- The Mediterranean in the Ancient World (Cambridge University Press, 1933) read online
- Man and the Sea: Stages in Maritime and Human Progress (W. Heffer and Sons, 1935) read online
- Co-editor of and contributor to The Cambridge History of the British Empire[8]
- Chapters in The Cambridge Modern History (vols. viii and ix), and The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy (vol. i)[8]
- Articles in English Historical Review, Edinburgh, Nineteenth Century and After, Contemporary Review, Cambridge Historical Journal, et al.[8]
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# Don Wallace (footballer)
Donald Neville Wallace (11 August 1898 – 10 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL). | enwiki/46588470 |
# A Landscape at Sunset
A Landscape at Sunset is a 1773 landscape painting by the French artist Joseph Vernet. It portrays a view of a harbour bathed in sunshine on a summer's day with fisherman bringing on their catch.
It was commissioned by King of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski as one of a pair of landscapes along with A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas. After the deal fell through, the paintings were instead bought by the British general Clive of India. Both are now in the collection of the National Gallery in London.
## Bibliography
- Barker, Emma. Art & Visual Culture 1600-1850: Academy to Avant-Gard. Tate Enterprises, 2013.
- Conisbee, Phillip. French Paintings of the Fifteenth Through the Eighteenth Century. National Gallery of Art, 2010.
- Della Dora, Veronica. Where Light in Darkness Lies: The Story of the Lighthouse. Reaktion Books, 2022.
- Lipinski, Lisa Kim. Monet and Impressionism: Boats and Boating. 1985.
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# Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1861
Party of Rights of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1861 is political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It was founded at the end of 1990 as a pendant of Croatian Party of Rights 1861 from Croatia. President of party is Vlado Musa, and party's headquarters is in Sarajevo.
They define themselves as a "multi-ethnic party for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, no matter on ethnical origin and religion, who bealive in united Bosnia and Herzegovina". As their Croatian sister-party they are barely active in politics in 2010s.
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# Karl Brocks
Karl Adolf Christian Brocks (29 January 1912 – 29 May 1972) was a German meteorologist who was a member of the Geophysical (later Meteorological) Institute of Hamburg University. In 1960 he was appointed full professor and head of the Institute. During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
## World War II awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and regimental adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 123[2]
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# Sickle and Hammer (film)
Sickle and Hammer (Russian: Серп и молот, romanized: Serp i molot) is a 1921 Russian silent drama film directed by Vladimir Gardin. It is an agit-film that is longer than the usual at six reels because the norm is two reels only or twenty minutes. The story is about a peasant worker who went to the city to become a factory worker, then he eventually fights in the World War and after this, he returns to his own village as a Red Army commander.
## Plot
Fleeing from the family of the wealthy peasant Kulak, the farm laborer Andrei, along with his beloved Agasha Gorbova and her brother Petr from a poor peasant family, moves to the capital, Moscow, in search of work. After securing a job, Andrei marries Agasha. However, World War I and then the October Revolution separate the couple for a long time.
## Cast
- Aleksandr Gromov as Ivan Gorbov
- Anatoli Gorchilin as Pyotr
- N. Zubova as Agasha
- Vsevolod Pudovkin as Andrey
- Sergey Komarov
- Ye. Bedunkevich
- N. Belyakov
- Anna Chekulaeva
- A. Golovanov
- Y. Kaverina
- M. Kudelko
- Feofan Shipulinsky
- N. Vishnyak
## Bibliography
- Sargeant, Amy. Vsevolod Pudovkin: Classic Films of the Soviet Avant-garde. I.B.Tauris, 2001.
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# Chiaraviglio
Chiaraviglio is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Enrichetta Chiaraviglio-Giolitti (1871-1959), Italian philanthropist and activist
- the siblings Germán Chiaraviglio (born 1987) and Valeria Chiaraviglio (born 1989), Argentine pole vaulters
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# Kachi-kachi Yama
Kachi-kachi Yama (かちかち山, kachi-kachi being an onomatopoeia of the sound a fire makes and yama meaning "mountain", roughly translates to "Fire-Crackle Mountain"), also known as Kachi-Kachi Mountain and The Farmer and the Badger, is a Japanese folktale in which a tanuki is the villain, rather than the more usual boisterous, well-endowed alcoholic.
## Story
### The trouble-makingtanuki
As the story goes, a man caught a troublesome tanuki in his fields, and tied it to a tree to kill and cook it later. When the man left for town, the tanuki cried and begged the man's wife who was making some mochi, a sweet rice dish, to set him free, promising he would help her. The wife freed the animal, only to have it turn on her and kill her. The tanuki then planned a foul trick.
Using its shapeshifting abilities, the tanuki disguised itself as the wife and cooked a soup, using the dead woman's flesh. When the man came home, the tanuki served him the soup. After the meal, the tanuki reverted to its original appearance and revealed its treachery before running off and leaving the poor man in shock and grief. Before the tanuki left, he laughed the man to scorn and said, “You wife-eating old man you! Did not you see the bones under the floor?”. Though the man chased after the tanuki, the tanuki got away.
### The rabbit joins in
The couple had been good friends with a rabbit that lived nearby. The rabbit approached the man and told him that it would avenge his wife's death. Pretending to befriend the tanuki, the rabbit instead tortured it through various means, from dropping a bee's nest on it to 'treating' the stings with a peppery poultice that burned.
The title of the story comes from the especially painful trick that the rabbit played. While the tanuki was carrying a heavy load of kindling on his back to make a campfire for the night, he was so burdened that he did not immediately notice when the rabbit set fire to the kindling. Soon, the crackling sound reached its ears and it asked the rabbit what the sound was. "It is Kachi-Kachi Yama" the rabbit replied. "We are not far from it, so it is no surprise that you can hear it!". Eventually, the fire reached the tanuki's back, burning it badly, but without killing it.
### A boat made of mud
The tanuki challenged the rabbit to a life or death contest to prove who was the better creature. They were each to build a boat and race across a lake in them. The rabbit carved its boat out of a fallen tree trunk, but the foolish tanuki made a boat of mud. In other versions the rabbit built both boats.
The two competitors were evenly matched at first, but the tanuki's mud boat began dissolving in the middle of the lake. As the tanuki was failing in its struggle to stay afloat, the rabbit proclaimed its friendship with the human couple, and that this was the tanuki's punishment for its horrible deeds. In other versions the rabbit strikes the tanuki with his oar to ensure he sinks.
The rabbit then goes back to the old man's home and tell him about the vengeance, much to the relief of the old man. He thanks the rabbit for his deed.
### Variations
There are other versions that alter some details of the story, such as the severity of what the tanuki did to the woman and how the tanuki got the mud boat.
## Modern-day references
Mt. Kachi Kachi and its Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway refer to this story and have statues depicting portions of the story.
Shikoku Tanuki Train Line railway station in Japan uses the slogan "Our trains aren't made of mud", a direct reference to the "Kachi-Kachi Yama" tale.
In the anime Kuroko no Basuke (S3E7), when Ryota Kise exclaims in excitement about his first game as a starter for Teiko, Atsushi Murasakibara says that he will hold them back and sink them like a mud boat, with Shintaro Midorima then directly referencing Kachi-kachi Yama
The video game Keio Flying Squadron's story was inspired by the folktale, only with a bunny girl, Rami Nanahikari, riding on her dragon Spot to retrieve her ancient family's stolen key from the super intelligent tanuki, Dr. Pon Eho. Game designer Satoru Honda created and chose Rami as the main protagonist because he believed that just because a rabbit was the main character did not mean that it had to be an actual rabbit, and thought about bunny girls when thinking about them. The manual for the game's sequel, Keio Flying Squadron 2, even has firewood and boats made of mud listed in Dr. Pon's profile as his dislikes, in reference to the story.
In the video game Super Mario Sunshine, in the level "Noki Bay", Mario meets a "Tanooki" who gives free rides on mud boats, a clear reference to the boat that the tanuki in this tale used. While these boats can stay afloat, they will dissolve if they stay still for too long or if they bump into something.
Another reference in a Nintendo product can be found in the internal name for their in-house, custom NES emulator (named Kachikachi) that comes pre-installed on the NES Classic Edition.
In the anime Hoozuki no Reitetsu, the rabbit is one of the best torturers in Hell, who goes into a blind rage when someone says the word tanuki/raccoon.
In the anime Heya Camp, the main characters visit Mt. Kachi Kachi and relate the tale while riding the ropeway. They incorrectly recall the details, however, mixing in portions of the fable The Tortoise and the Hare as well as leaving out the grim tone of the original, including the statement of, "They all lived happily ever after." All this serves to confuse the other sightseers in the cable car with them.
In the anime BNA, characters on an opposing sports team taunt the main character Michiru (a tanuki Beastman) by saying she should be building a mud boat instead of playing baseball.
In the mobile video game The Battle Cats, there is a unit in the game called Kachi-Kachi. The unit is a modernized version of the wood-carrying part of the story. The raccoon is carrying wood, and a cat has a flamethrower, which is shooting at the raccoon. The raccoon ducks and the fire blows to the enemy. At level 10, it evolves into Fire Squad Kachiyama. This unit is a raccoon who is controlling the hose of a fire truck, with many cats driving it, however, unlike real fire trucks, this fire truck shoots actual fire balls. At level 30 using catfruit it evolves into Kachiyama Assault Brigade and the fire truck gains color, as well as gaining more speed and changing its ability.
In the Ace Attorney stage play "Turnabout Gold Medal", there is a scene where protagonist Phoenix Wright and opposing prosecutor Franziska Von Karma argue in virtual reality over elements of the story as the rabbit and the tanuki, respectively.
In the anime Urusei Yatsura, a child proclaims "It's Kachi-Kachi Yama!" upon seeing main character Ataru running while his clothes were set on fire by supporting character Ten.
In the manga False Child the shape-shifting tanuki protagonist picks out this book from the library before being dissuaded from choosing it by her surrogate mother figure.
A passing reference to this story occurs in the animated film Pom Poko (1994, Studio Ghibli).
## Background
Kachi-Kachi Yama is a Satoyama(里山,さとやま, Japanese term applied to the border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land.) The daily life of people in old times close to nature made many Japanese folktales. Also, we can understand their lifestyle and the feeling of nature from Japanese folktales.
## Osamu Dazai version
Osamu Dazai rewrote Kachi-Kachi Yama with his original interpretation in Otogi-zōshi (お伽草紙, a Japanese collection of short stories), a fatal story where the rabbit is a beautiful teenage girl who is ingenuous and cruel, and the tanuki is a stupid man who is in love and stays compliant with her.
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# Go A
Go_A (Ukrainian: Ґоу_Ей) is a Ukrainian folktronica band formed in 2012. The band represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, performing "Shum", and placed fifth in the final.
The band's name was made by combining the English word "Go" with the Greek letter "Alpha", which symbolizes the beginning of everything, and the band's name is symbolic for "return to the roots".
The band includes vocalist Kateryna Pavlenko from Nizhyn, keyboardist and percussionist Taras Shevchenko from Kyiv, Ihor Didenchuk from Lutsk (also a member of rap group Kalush), and Ivan Hryhoriak from Bukovyna.
The band sings near-exclusively in the Ukrainian language.
## History
The group was founded after keyboardist and percussionist Taras Shevchenko, not related to the poet of the same name, met folk singer Kateryna Pavlenko in 2012. In December 2012, the first song "Koliada" (Коляда) was released.
The band gained attention after the release of the single "Vesnianka" (Веснянка), which won the national competition The Best Track in Ukraine 2015. For six weeks, the song stayed at number one on the 10Dance chart of the Kiss FM radio station in Ukraine and was awarded Discovery of the Year by the radio station.
In November 2016, Go_A released their debut album Idy na zvuk (Іди на звук; Follow the Tune) via Moon Records Ukraine. The album consists of ten songs, including "Vesnjanka". In early 2017, they released a Christmas single "Shchedryi vechir" (Щедрий вечір) in collaboration with Katya Chilly.
### Eurovision Song Contest (2020–21)
On 22 February 2020, Go_A, performing "Solovey", earned the right to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 by winning both the public vote and the jury vote in the Ukrainian national final. was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Suspilne announced that the band would represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. On 4 February 2021, it was announced that "Shum" would be the song that Go_A would be performing in Rotterdam at the Eurovision Song Contest. "Shum" placed fifth, with 364 combined public and jury points. However, in the public vote, "Shum" placed second with 267 points. Band member Ihor Didenchuk is also a member of rap group Kalush, which won the contest for Ukraine the following year.
### Post-Eurovision Song Contest (2021–present)
The band played shows in Europe in late 2022 and early 2023.
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Go_A performed "Shum" during the flag parade in the show's final, alongside past Ukrainian entrants including Jamala, Tina Karol, and Verka Serduchka. They also appeared on stage during Duncan Laurence's performance of "You'll Never Walk Alone" during the interval.
## Band members
- Kateryna Pavlenko – lead vocals
- Taras Shevchenko – keyboards, mixing, percussion
- Ihor Didenchuk – sopilka, percussion, upright bass, backing vocals
- Ivan Hryhoriak – guitars
## Discography
### Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | LTU |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Idy na zvuk | - Released: 1 November 2016 - Format: Digital download - Label: Moon Records | 56 |
### Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UKR Air | BEL (FL) | GER | IRE | LTU | NLD | SWE | SWI | UK | US Elec | Album |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| "Kolyada" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Vesnyanka" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Idy na zvuk |
| "Shchedryy vechir" (with Katya Chilly) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rano-ranenko" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Solovey" | 2020 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dobrym lyudyam na zdorovya" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Shum" | 2021 | 17 | 29 | 66 | 37 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 36 | 59 | 20 | Non-album singles |
| "Kalyna" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rusalochki" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Vorozhyla" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dovbush (soundtrack) |
| "Dumala" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Krip" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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# A Yank in the R.A.F.
A Yank in the R.A.F. is a 1941 American war drama film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Betty Grable and John Sutton. Released three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, it is considered a typical early-World War II production. Originally titled The Eagle Squadron, it is based on a story by "Melville Crossman", the pen name for then-20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck. It follows an American pilot who joins the Royal Air Force (RAF), during a period when the United States was still neutral.
## Plot
In 1940, American-built North American Harvard training aircraft are flown to the border with Canada, where they are towed across the frontier for use by Britain. (The procedure is necessary to avoid violating the Neutrality Acts, as the United States is still neutral.) Cocky American pilot Tim Baker decides to fly across the border to Trenton, Ontario, and winds up in trouble with the military authorities, unconvincingly claiming he was looking for Trenton, New Jersey. The officer in charge suggests he ferry Lockheed Hudson bombers to Britain instead, pocketing $1,000 per trip.
In London, he runs into his on-again off-again girlfriend Carol Brown, who works in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force by day and stars in a nightclub by night. She is none too pleased to see him, calling him a "worm" for his womanizing ways, lying, and long absence, but he is confident she still harbors strong feelings for him.
He decides to enlist in the Royal Air Force (RAF). Meanwhile, Brown attracts the appreciative attention of two RAF officers, Wing Commander John Morley and Flying Officer Roger Pillby. Morley persists in seeing Brown, despite being told at the outset that there is another man. Pillby is unable to persuade either Baker or Morley to introduce him.
After completing training, Baker is disappointed to be assigned to Morley's bomber squadron, rather than one equipped with fighters. He becomes further disgruntled when his first mission is to "bomb" Berlin with propaganda leaflets as Morley's co-pilot during the Phoney War. Pillby pilots another bomber in the raid.
When Baker is late for their date (sidetracked by meeting an old buddy from America), Brown accepts Morley's invitation to spend a weekend at his country estate. There, Morley asks her to marry him. When she tells Baker about it (without revealing who her suitor is), he offers to marry her himself, but in an insultingly casual way. She tells him that they are through. Back at the base, the two rivals learn of each other's involvement with the same woman. Before they can do anything about it, however, the Germans invade the Netherlands and Belgium, and they are given an urgent mission to bomb Dortmund, Germany, this time with real ordnance.
During the nighttime raid, their bomber is hit, disabling one of their two engines. Pillby descends to their aid, knocking out searchlights, but is shot down in flames and perishes. Morley orders his crew to bail out, but Baker disobeys and lands the aircraft on a Dutch beach. Spotting a line of advancing German soldiers, they hide in a nearby building, only to be taken prisoner by a German officer there. A crewman sacrifices himself, enabling the other two to dispatch the German and escape by motorboat.
Baker wakes up in a British hospital, the victim of exposure. Once discharged, he goes to see Brown, pretending to have a broken arm, but shows himself to be a liar once more. Nonetheless, he produces an engagement ring and forces it onto her finger. After receiving a telephone call from Morley breaking their date, Brown informs Baker that all leaves have been canceled.
Reserves are called up to make up fighter pilot losses, and Baker is reassigned to a Spitfire for the Battle of Dunkirk. He downs two Luftwaffe fighters before being shot down. Carol cannot hide her distress when she cannot find out whether he is alive or not. Morley takes her to the docks, where ships returning from the Dunkirk beaches are bringing back survivors. When Baker debarks, Carol rushes to him and shows him she is still wearing his ring.
## Cast
As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):
- Tyrone Power as Tim Baker
- Betty Grable as Carol Brown
- John Sutton as Wing Commander John Morley
- Reginald Gardiner as Flying Officer Roger Pillby
- Donald Stuart as Corporal Harry Baker
- Ralph Byrd as Al
- Richard Fraser as Thorndyke
- Denis Green as Flight Lieutenant Redmond
- Bruce Lester as Flight Lieutenant Richardson
- Gilchrist Stuart as Wales
- Lester Matthews as Group Captain
- Frederick Worlock as Canadian Major
- Ethel Griffies as Lady Fitzhugh
- Morton Lowry as Squadron Leader Macbeth
- Fortunio Bonanova as Headwaiter
- James Craven as Instructor
- Dennis Hoey as Intelligence Officer
- Claud Allister as Officer-Motorist (uncredited)
- Charles Irwin as Uniformed Man (uncredited)
## Production
With principal photography shot from April to July 1941, A Yank in the R.A.F. leaned heavily on the headline news of the Battle of Britain. The film begins with U.S. North American Harvard trainers arriving very near the U.S./Canada border at the Emerson, Manitoba crossing, as a means of complying with provisions of the Neutrality Acts prohibiting aid to combatants. The depiction of R.C.M.P. and R.C.A.F. officials meeting the aircraft as they were towed across the border is a bit of Hollywood license, but the incident is mainly accurate, although aircraft were usually towed by a team of horses rather than motor vehicles.
The sequence showing the Dunkirk evacuation was filmed at Point Mugu, California, and involved more than 1,000 extras. The film was shot entirely on Hollywood sound stages, Twentieth Century-Fox back lots, and locations in California.
With complete cooperation from the RAF, including extensive use of RAF stock footage, the studio was allowed to film actual aerial battles shot by a camera-equipped aircraft. In the original version of the film, the hero (Power), died at Dunkirk, but after the RAF expressed concerns that morale would be jeopardized, the scene was re-shot, with Baker surviving. Herbert Mason, a recipient of the Military Cross for his gallantry in the Battle of the Somme, directed the RAF flying sequences. He was credited onscreen as Major Herbert Mason.
In order to stage some of the airfield scenes realistically, the prop department turned out a group of accurate Spitfire and Messerschmitt replica fighters to go along with actual Lockheed Hudson bombers built in the nearby Lockheed factory at Burbank, California. All the flying sequences were under the direction of long-time Hollywood pilot Paul Mantz, whose team of stunt pilots included Frank Clarke.
The screen credits read "Tyrone Power with Betty Grable". The pairing of Twentieth Century-Fox's two leading stars was an opportunity to cash in on the studio's bankable star-power and to promote Grable in more serious roles. In reality, A Yank in the R.A.F. was a mélange of light romantic musical and wartime drama. According to Robert Osborne, Power felt that Grable's song-and-dance numbers were out of place in the film, but Grable, believing her popularity was based on her singing, dancing, and well-known bare legs, got her way, and the scenes remained.
## Reception
Despite the studio's insistence that it was a light-hearted look at war and not a propaganda film, A Yank in the R.A.F. joined the ranks of films that focused on the activities of Americans who had already gone to war, including Warner Brothers' Captains of the Clouds and the British/American production, Flying Fortress. It gave Grable dramatic scenes that expanded her range; a crying scene reportedly took more than six hours to film.
When released in September 1941, A Yank in the R.A.F. was popular with audiences and critics alike. The New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther considered it a, "... thoroughly enjoyable show ... thrilling" and filled with "pulsing action".
It was 20th Century Fox's second-most successful film of 1941, after the Academy Award-winning How Green Was My Valley.
Some contemporary reviewers are more critical, decrying the unrealistic portrayal of Britain at war. Recent re-releases on video and the 2002 DVD also brought negative reviews citing its content and the filmmaker's approach to such a serious subject. Other modern reviews remain positive. Allmovie notes that: "The action sequences are quite gripping and very well done. The special effects work for the time is top notch, and the cinematography is very effective."
A Yank in the R.A.F. was nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects (Fred Sersen, Edmund H. Hansen) at the 14th Academy Awards.
## Home media
A Yank in the R.A.F. was released on DVD on May 21, 2002, in the U.S. and May 3, 2004, in the U.K. (followed by another release on March 12, 2012). It was also released on September 4, 2000, in the U.K. as part of a Tyrone Power Collection box set. | enwiki/2056428 |
# Arienti
Arienti is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Luigi Arienti, (1937-), Italian race cyclist.
- Stefano Arienti, (1961-), Italian artist.
- Héctor Arienti, (1957- ) Argentine Scientific[1][2][3][4][5]
- Carlo Arienti (1800-1873), Italian painter.
- Zenón Arienti, (1879-1949), Swiss. Builder, entrepreneur in Argentina[6]
- Luis Alberto Arienti, Argentine medical doctor[7]
- Carolina Arienti Lattanzi, (1771-1818), Italian writer, journalist, poet, and early figure in the Italian feminist movement.
- Guido Novak von Arienti (1859-1928), Austro-Hungarian lieutenant field marshal.
- Sabadino degli Arienti, (1445-1510), Italian humanist, author, poet and prose writer.
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# Helmut Kretschmar
Helmut Kretschmar (born 3 February 1928) is a German classical tenor who spent most of his career performing in concerts and recitals with major orchestras and at important music festivals internationally. Although he focused his career mainly within the concert repertoire, Kretschmar did appear two times on the opera stage, notably singing in the world premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's Moses und Aron in 1954. Possessing a rich and warm lyric tenor voice, Kretschmar excelled in the concert repertoire of Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Joseph Haydn, and Felix Mendelssohn. Also an admired interpreter of Lieder, Kretschmar performed and recorded a number of works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Hugo Wolf.
## Biography
Kretschmar was born in Kleve (Niederrhein). He studied at the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt with Kurt Thomas and Hans Emge followed by further studies at the Musikhochschule Detmold under Professor Frederick Husler . He won first prize in the singing competition for the German colleges of music in 1953. That same year, he embarked on a career as a concert tenor, often appearing in the oratorios and other concert works of Mendelssohn and Haydn. He sang the role of the Youth in the world premiere of Arnold Schoenberg's Moses und Aron on the 12 March 1954 under conductor Hans Rosbaud. His only other opera role was as Florestan in Beethoven's Fidelio which he recorded. In 1958 he won the Big Art Prize of the Country North-Westphalia.
In 1960, he became a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Detmold, becoming a full professor in 1961, a position he held for several decades. Not too long after he joined the faculty, Kretschmar met pianist Renate Fischer, also a professor at Detmold, whom he married. Between 1960 and 1962, he sang at several important music festivals where he excelled in the works of Handel and Bach, including the Berliner Festspiele, the Bach Festival in Lüneburg, the Bach Festival in Heidelberg, and the Göttingen International Handel Festival among others. This was soon followed by performances with major orchestras and major concert halls both in Germany and on the international stage, including appearances in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Paris, Madrid, London, India, South Korea, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. In addition to Handel and Bach, Kretschmar's recital and concert repertoire included many works by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Claude Debussy. He often appeared in Lieder recitals with his wife as his accompanist before his retirement.
Kretschmar made many recordings during his career, including performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B minor, Beethoven's Missa solemnis, Haydn's The Seasons, and Schubert's Mass in A flat major among many others. He has recorded for the Marken, Columbia, Decca, DGG, L'Oiseau Lyre, Vox, Philips, Discophiles Français, and Edition Schwann music labels.
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# Soukup
Soukup (feminine Soukupová) is a Czech occupational surname, denoting a person involved in trade. Notable people include:
- Aneta Soukup (born 1978), Canadian tennis player
- Hana Soukupová, Czech model
- Irena Soukupová, Czech rower
- Jan Soukup, Czech karateka and kickboxer
- Janay DeLoach Soukup, American athlete
- Jaroslav Soukup, Czech biathlete
- Jaroslav Soukup (director), Czech film director and producer
- Martha Soukup, American writer
- Matthew Soukup, Canadian ski jumper
- Miroslav Soukup, Czech football manager
- Ondřej Soukup, Czech composer
- Petra Soukupová, Czech author
- Věra Soukupová, Czech opera singer
- Vladimír Soukup, Czech classical composer
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# Parayan Thullal
Parayan Thullal is a dance and poetic performance form prevailed in the state of Kerala, India. This one of the three major thullal forms prevailing in Kerala. Others are Ottan Thullal and Sheethankan Thullal. Usually, it is conducted in the morning time. The Sanskrit metre Mallika is commonly used in this art form.
## Performing
The tempo of this art form is very slow. The performer explains the meanings of the songs by using gestures. The dance element is very little in this art form and most of the time the performer will stand erect. Usually the stories of Parayan thullal deals with spiritual matters.
## Costume
The costume of Parayan thullal resembles Shesha. The person performing the art wears the dress and crown in the shape of snake. A red cloth is worn on the waist. The face will be adorned with yellow paint.
## List of some Parayan Thullals
- Sabhapravesham
- Thripuradahanam
- Kumbhakarnavadham
- Dakshayagam
- Keechakavadham
- Pulindeemoksham
- Sundopasundopakhyanam
- Nalayanicharitham
- Harichandracharitham
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# David Reed (artist)
David Reed (born 1946) is a contemporary American conceptual and visual artist.
## Art
David Reed is known as a colorist and for creating long, narrow abstract paintings on canvas that are hung either lengthwise or vertically and feature several images resembling enlarged photographs of swirling brushstrokes juxtaposed in a single painting. Reed's paintings are engaged in a crossover between film, the electronic media and everyday culture. Besides being a fine arts painter, he is also an installation sculptor, a video artist, a lecturer on contemporary art and art history, and an exhibition curator. He has a fondness for the art from the Baroque and works by Degas and Delacroix.
### VertigoProject
In discussing paintings by John McLaughlin, the artist and dealer Nicholas Wilder once remarked to David Reed that owners of his paintings often move them into their bedrooms, in order to live with them more intimately. Reed saw in this practice his own aspiration to be a "bedroom painter." For his project "Two Bedrooms in San Francisco," Reed inserted images of his paintings into scenes from Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (film), which take place in the bedrooms of the film's two main characters, Judy and Scottie. The modified film clips run continuously on television monitors as part of ensembles, which include life-size replicas of the two beds as they appear in the film and the very paintings that had been inserted in the film.
## High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975
David Reed was the adviser for the exhibition High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975 curated by Katy Siegel, which traveled to Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro in North Carolina from August 6 to October 15, 2006; Katzen Arts Center at American University in Washington, D.C., from November 21, 2006, to January 21, 2007; National Academy of Design in New York City from February 15 to April 22, 2007; Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum in Mexico City from May 25 to September 9, 2007; Neue Galerie Graz in Graz from December 14, 2007, to February 24, 2008; and Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe from March 28 to June 1, 2008.
## Life
David Reed grew up in California. He attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1966 and the New York Studio School in New York, where he studied primarily with Milton Resnick as well as Mercedes Matter and Esteban Vicente while on a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in 1967. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 1968. After getting his degree, he moved to New York City and, though he wasn't officially enrolled at the New York Studio School at the time, he attended Philip Guston's seminar there and continued to participate in other activities at the school. He has lived and worked in the city continuously since 1971. In 1969 he had a son, the novelist John Reed. His uncle O.P., aunt Rosemary, and great-uncle August Biehle, were all painters. As a gallerist, O.P. discovered John McLaughlin (artist), later a great influence on Reed as a teenager.
David Reed is the recipient of many awards, including the Roswell Museum and Art Center grant, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, and the Ursula Blickle Foundation Art Award. Reed is a member and President Emeritus of American Abstract Artists.
He is represented by Gagosian Gallery, Gallery Nathalie Obadia, Galerie Anke Schmidt in Cologne, Germany, and Häusler Contemporary in Zurich, Switzerland. His works on paper are represented by Peter Blum Gallery in New York.
## Museum collections
David Reed’s works of art are included in numerous private and public collections around the world, including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama, the Blanton Museum of Art of the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City, Cincinnati Art Museum in Ohio, Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Daros Collection in Zürich, Diözesanmuseum in Freising, Fonds National d'Art Contemporain in Paris, Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Auvergne in France, General Mills in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Kunst Museum Winterthur in Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, the Maslow Collection in Shavertown, Pennsylvania, Minneapolis Institute of Art, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, MUMOK in Vienna, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in San Diego, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, Neues Museum Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Reed College in Portland, Oregon, Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Roswell Museum and Art Center in Roswell, New Mexico, Goetz Collection in Munich, Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Ulrich Museum of Art of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, and Weatherspoon Art Gallery of University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Greensboro, North Carolina.
## Publications
- David Reed is featured in Tony Godfrey's overview of painting of the last 40 years, “Painting Today.”[13]
- Kienbaum Artists' Books published 24 working drawings by Reed in “Rock Paper Scissors.”[14]
- David Reed: You Look Good in Blue (Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst, 2005)[15]
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# Teleportation in fiction
Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction and fantasy literature, film, video games, and television. In some situations, teleporting is presented as time traveling across space.
The use of matter transmitters in science fiction originated at least as early as the 19th century. An early example of scientific teleportation (as opposed to magical or spiritual teleportation) is found in the 1897 novel To Venus in Five Seconds by Fred T. Jane. Jane's protagonist is transported from a strange-machinery-containing gazebo on Earth to planet Venus.
A common fictional device for teleportation is a "wormhole". In video games, the instant teleportation of a player character may be referred to as a warp.
## List of fiction containing teleportation
### Multiple media types
- Nearly every entry in the Star Trek franchise features a transporter system of some type to various levels of prominence.
### Written fiction
- William Shakespeare invoked a concept resembling teleportation in The Tempest (1610–1611).[3]
- Edward Page Mitchell's 1877 story The Man Without a Body details the efforts of a scientist who discovers a method to disassemble a cat's atoms, transmit them over a telegraph wire, and then reassemble them. When he tries this on himself, the telegraph's battery dies after only his head has been transmitted.[4]
- "Travel by Wire!" is a science fiction short story by English writer Arthur C. Clarke. His first published story, it was first published in December 1937. This story is a humorous record on the development of the "radio-transporter" (actually a teleportation machine), and the various technical difficulties and commercial ventures that resulted.
- In Alfred Bester's 1956 novel The Stars My Destination, psionic displacement/teleportation has become commonplace. This story is the origin of the term jaunt in the sense of personal teleportation (spelled "jaunte" in the book, from the surname, "Jaunte", of the first person to do so).[relevant?][5]
- "The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in 1981. In the story teleportation is commonplace with the "Jaunting" technology (the term is a homage to Bester's earlier novel). It revolves around a family going on a business trip with the Jaunt and the dire consequences when the procedure goes wrong.
- Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series features dragons that can teleport themselves, their bonded riders and any passengers or cargo they may be carrying anywhere their rider can visualize clearly enough.
### Television
- In Buck Rogers (serial) (1939) the "elevator" is explained as "by radioactivity it breaks down the atoms of the body to their component parts and reversing polarity reassembles them wherever desired"
- Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) established the "transporter beam" as a means of landing personnel on a planet. (Captain Kirk never actually said, "Beam me up, Scotty" in those exact words.)
- In the ITV 1970s children's sci-fi series The Tomorrow People and its Nickelodeon remake, a group of teenagers have the ability of psychic teleportation. This was referred to as "jaunting" as in Bester's novel.
- In the BBC 1970s sci-fi series Blake's 7, one or more crew members can be teleported in the teleportation bay onboard the Liberator Spaceship.
- The Transformers introduced a character named Skywarp who was capable of teleporting from place to place.[6] Transformers also utilize a device called a "Space Bridge" to travel, usually from Cybertron to a planet in another solar system. Some Transformers like the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen iteration of Jetfire carry onboard Space Bridges.
- In the Kidsongs 1991 video: "Very Silly Songs", the Kidsongs Kids and their silly adult friends, Willy and Jilly, say the magic words "One and a two and a bop bam boom" to teleport themselves from one place of Silly-Dillyville to another.
- In the show Once Upon A Time, magic users have the ability to teleport themselves and others in clouds of magical smoke.
### Films
- The 1958 film The Fly and its 1986 remake involve a scientist who invents a teleportation process and tests it on himself, unaware that a fly is in the teleporter pod with him.
- The 1976 film Logan's Run features a teleportation network called "the circuit", which is used to bring people together for casual sex.[7]
- Dr. Manhattan frequently teleports in the 2009 film Watchmen in one scene to the planet Mars.
- Teleportation also plays an important role in the 2025 film The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
### Comics
- The Dan Dare adventures in the Eagle used a "telesender", originally invented by the Treens. A running joke was that Dan Dare's assistant Digby always arrived upside down. Its first appearance was in Voyage to Venus, published in 1950.[8]
- The Marvel comic books feature many mutants and other characters with teleportation powers, such as Azazel, Nightcrawler, Magik, Locus, Lila Cheney, Amanda Sefton, Madelyne Pryor, Blink, The Wink, Paragon, Silver Samurai, and Eden Fesi. The character Spot can open holes he can teleport himself or even parts of himself through.[9]
### Video games
Teleportation as a game mechanic is very common across various genres of video games, generally referred to as warps. Player characters in games may sometimes be transported instantly between game areas, for example. Such warp mechanics can be incorporated into the world as science-fiction or fantasy elements, or might function as a timeskip during relatively uninteresting travel time. From a player's perspective, such a timeskip can be experienced as teleportation.
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# Yankton College
Yankton College was a private liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with the Congregational Christian Churches (later the United Church of Christ). Yankton College produced nine Rhodes Scholars, more than any other South Dakota higher education institution, and a United States Senator. According to the following list published by the Rhodes Trust, Yankton College produced more Rhodes Scholars per capita than most large universities in the U.S.
## History
Founded in 1881, it was the first institution of higher learning in the Dakota Territory. The man primarily responsible for the college's establishment was Joseph Ward, a local pastor and educator who is one of the two South Dakotans represented in the National Statuary Hall.
Yankton College closed in December 1984, and its campus became the site of Federal Prison Camp, Yankton, which opened four years later.
## Campus
The campus was declared the Yankton College Historic District in 1982 due to the presence of a group of buildings designed by architect George Grant Elmslie. Between 1927 and 1932, Elmslie designed seven structures for the college, of which several were built:
- Campus Library (1927/1928)
- Forbes Hall of Science (1929)
- Look Chapel, project (1929)
- Power plant (1930)
- Look Dormitory for Men (1931)
- Conservatory of Music (1932)
- Gymnasium, project (1932)
The college's athletic teams were known as the Greyhounds. The football stadium (Crane–Youngworth Field) is now used as the home field for the Yankton High School Bucks and Mount Marty University Lancers football teams.
Yankton College began football in 1894. In 1917 they became one of the charter members of the South Dakota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. From 1960 to 1980 Yankton competed in the Tri-State Conference with private schools in Iowa and Nebraska. Yankton returned to the SDIAC in 1981, remaining until the school closed. The most successful seasons were as members of the Tri-State.
## Notable alumni
- Lyle Alzado, former National Football League All-Pro defensive lineman.
- Rich Bisaccia, former interim head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.
- Gabor Boritt, the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College[7]
- Joseph H. Bottum, 27th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota and a member of the United States Senate[8]
- Amanda Clement (1888–1971), first paid female umpire[9]
- Agnes Fenenga (1874–1949), American missionary in Turkiye and Syria
- Riley Gardner, psychologist[10]
- Les Goodman, former running back in the National Football League[11]
- Alvin Hansen, Harvard College economics professor[12]
- David P. Hardy, co-founder Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia Charter School, President, Girard College, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Commonwealth Foundation
- Michael Jaffe, TV and film producer[13]
- Fred Kirschenmann, professor and leader in the sustainable agriculture movement.
- Nancy Lenehan, American actress[14]
- Ruben Mendoza, strength and conditioning coach and a former guard in the National Football League[15]
- Earl Rose, Dallas County medical examiner at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy[16]
- Dean Wink, former defensive end in the National Football League and member of the South Dakota House of Representatives[17]
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# Jeffrey Frame
Jeffrey W. Frame is an American atmospheric scientist and professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is known for observational and modeling studies of severe convective storms and for teaching meteorology. He was a scientist for VORTEX2 and other field research programs.
## Early life and education
Frame is from Michigan. He and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan (UM) with a B.S. in Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences in 2001. Moving on to the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) for graduate studies, he earned a M.S. in 2003 with the thesis The Interaction of Simulated Squall Lines with Complex Terrain and a Ph.D. in 2008 with the dissertation The Dynamical Impact of Anvil Shading on Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms.
## Career
Since 2010 he has been an instructor and assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Frame is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and Chi Epsilon Pi. He participated in the International H2O Project (IHOP), Radar Observations of Tornadoes and Thunderstorms Experiment (ROTATE), Verification of the Origin of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 (VORTEX2), co-PI of Ontario Winter Lake-effect Storms (OWLeS), and other field experiments. He participated with the Doppler on Wheels (DOW) team for the ROTATE, VORTEX2, and OWLeS projects and as mobile mesonet leader for IHOP. He also participated in the DOW's deployment for teaching purposes at UIUC.
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# Alcı, Acıpayam
Alcı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Acıpayam, Denizli Province in Turkey. Its population is 1,061 (2022).
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# Nausori International Airport
Nausori International Airport (IATA: SUV, ICAO: NFNA), also known as Luvuluvu, is the secondary international airport in Fiji, behind Nadi International Airport. It is situated in Nausori on the southeastern side of Viti Levu, Fiji's main island. Nausori Airport is roughly 23 km (14 mi) (approximately a 45-minute drive) from Fiji's capital city, Suva. It was first constructed by U.S. Navy Seabees in 1942.
As of 2018, a 20-year master plan was under preparation for Nausori Airport, expected to include a complete refurbishment and upgrade of the airport, creating a facility for the international passengers and a domestic hub for Fiji.
At one time Air Pacific (now Fiji Airways) had its headquarters on the property of the airport. A $60 million project to extend and widen the runway to 2148 m was completed in 2021.
## Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Fiji Link | Cicia, Funafuti, Kadavu, Koro, Labasa, Lakeba, Nadi, Rotuma, Savusavu, Taveuni, Vanua Balavu, Vunisea |
| Northern Air | Gau, Koro, Labasa, Levuka, Moala, Nadi, Rotuma, Savusavu, Taveuni |
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# Introduction to the Enemy
Introduction to the Enemy is a 1974 American documentary film about Vietnam, filmed and directed by Haskell Wexler. Shot in the spring of 1974 and released before the end of the year, the film examines the human costs of the Vietnam War. The camera follows American actress Jane Fonda and her husband Tom Hayden, already known in their home country for antiwar activism, as they make inquiries regarding the war's effects and legacy among Vietnamese people from all walks of life.
## Plot and style
The film presents the experiences of Fonda, Hayden, and their infant son Troy as they traveled throughout Vietnam in the spring of 1974 – after U.S. military involvement had largely ended but before the ultimate end of the war. Their journey goes from the capital city Hanoi in the North through the demilitarized zone down to Quang Tri province in the South. The trip was deemed "a tour in support of the Vietnamese people", and the film was intended to show the universality of human lives among "the enemy" in the Vietnam War.
The film largely avoids dramatic details of war and politics and instead focuses more on the day-to-day lives of average people. Fonda and Hayden visit farmers, doctors, artists, soldiers, trade unionists, and even fellow actors and filmmakers in a Hanoi movie studio. One of the key points that it attempts to express is that the Vietnamese people did not hold the American people in contempt as a result of the decade-long Vietnam War, always distinguishing between people and their governments. Fonda described the message of the film, as one of peace and unity. She noted that, while American involvement in Vietnam had officially ended in 1973, the film helped to raise much-needed awareness of American culpability and the ongoing struggle of the Vietnamese.
Critics noted its gentle and unhurried style: Nora Sayre described it as a "quiet, moving film", while Molly Haskell praised it as endearingly modest in its approach, "a tiny jewel of a film". Fonda herself calls the film "slow-moving" but intentionally so, mimicking as it does the traditional pace of daily life in Vietnam.
Still, at least one scene breaks the languidity with a shock. An undetected landmine exploded during production, killing a nearby man offscreen as cameras rolled. Wexler captured Fonda's horrified reaction, and this was left in the final cut. She later described the moment as possibly the most powerful in the entire film, remarking with irony: "How many times as an actress I was paid to cry...."
## Production and distribution
Introduction to the Enemy was the first release of Fonda's newly founded production company, the Indochina Peace Campaign (later rebranded as IPC Films). Cinematography was by Wexler with assistance by Pham Viet Tung. Film editing was handled by Christine Burill and Bill Yahraus.
The film was released to select theaters in November 1974. Fonda and Hayden went on an accompanying lecture tour, speaking at screenings throughout the U.S. and beyond. As a commercial release, it was a box office failure, but an expected one. Beyond its limited release, it was frequently donated to antiwar groups and shown free of charge. In interviews, Fonda spoke of the imperative to spread the message of the film.
## Reception and legacy
Writing in The New York Times, Nora Sayre called the film "pensive and moving" but others were less admiring. The Times' associate editor, Walter Goodman, labeled the film as "Communist propaganda", and complained acidly that it plays upon sentimentality by constantly veering among shots of "beautiful children, bombed-out-towns, beautiful children, workers making bicycles... and beautiful children". An editorial in a Louisiana newspaper called it "an unabashed publicist's job" for the North Vietnamese. The Hollywood trade journal Variety simply dismissed it as an example of the filmmakers' self-dramatization and radical chic (and even scornfully remarked upon Fonda's "incongruously dippy smile").
Molly Haskell wrote a highly positive review, with particular approval for how "Wexler's cinematography beautifully captures the twin landscapes of destruction and rebirth". The film is emblematic of Wexler's personal brand of leftist politics as displayed in his other works, from the 1971 documentary Interviews with My Lai Veterans to the 1978 big-budget drama Coming Home (also starring Fonda). Nonetheless, after his death in 2015, Wexler's obituaries generally gave only minimal descriptions of Introduction, and at least one major newspaper described it simply as "notorious".
From her involvement with the film (and with radical politics in general), Fonda suffered some repercussions, but she defiantly described them only as "a loss of cynicism, and a loss of irrelevance." Her professional career continued to move briskly forward. She starred in the Hollywood-made comedy Fun with Dick & Jane, a box office success in 1977, and went on to a lengthy body of work. Hayden went on to serve in the California State Assembly and Senate. He and Fonda divorced in 1989.
The film was shown at the 2015 Vienna International Film Festival, and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on March 7, 2016.
### Bibliography
- McIsaac, Paul (1974). "An Introduction to the Enemy: an interview with Jane Fonda". Pacifica Radio Archives. Series BC2167. New York. Pacifica Radio. WBAI.
- Ross, Steven J. (2011). Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199911431.
- Streible, Dan (2013). Aitken, Ian (ed.). The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. London: Routledge. p. 407. ISBN 978-1136512063.
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# Evan M. Whidden
Evan McDonald Whidden (9 July 1898 - 11 March 1980) was a Canadian Christian minister and academic whose career included being President of Brandon College, Dean of Theology at Acadia University, and chairman of the founding conference of the Atlantic Ecumenical Council. An annual scholarship is awarded at Acadia University in his honor.
He was the son of Howard Primrose and Katherine Louise (Ganong) Whidden, and married Frances Margaret Billington in 1941.
Evan was listed in the Canadian Who’s Who in 1951.
Evan and Frances had three children: Howard John born 22 June 1943, Roberta "Robie" Katherine born 13 March 1945 who resided in San Francisco, California and Eric Christopher born 5 March 1947 who resides in Orlando, Florida. They also had four granddaughters: Elinor Whidden (b.1976), Margaret Whidden (b.1978), Erica Whidden (b.1978) and Hilary Whidden (b.1980).
## Career
- 1915-1918 World War I, CFA, CEF, France
- 1921 educated in Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba BA
- 1921 Reabow, Ontario
- 1921-1933 Tabernacle Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1925 McMaster University, Toronto, Ontario MA
- 1925 Palmerston, Ontario
- 1928 Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, BD
- 1928-1935 student pastorates, east end, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- 1934 General Ministry Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 1935-1936 Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1936 professor of theology and head of department, Brandon College, Brandon, Manitoba, where he was college president for a time
- circa 1951 Dean of Theology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; retired 1967.
## Books
Evan was the author of:
- Whidden, Evan M. (c. 1969). Pilgrimage from yesterday : lessons from history for Atlantic United Baptists. Saint John, N.B.: Union Jubilee Committee, United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces. pp. [37] p., 23 cm.
- Whidden, Evan M. (c. 1965). A philosophy of higher education as functioning in a Christian university. Wolfville, N.S.: Acadia University. pp. 63 leaves, 28 cm.
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# Lay a Little Lovin' on Me
"Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" is a 1970 song written by Jeff Barry, Robin McNamara, and Jim Cretecos and recorded by Robin McNamara. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was McNamara's only hit. "Lay A Little Lovin' On Me" also peaked at number 6 (for two weeks) on Canada's national RPM Top 100 singles chart in August 1970 (#80 YearEnd), and at number 49 in Australia in 1970. It wasn't his only charting single in Canada - the follow-up single, "Got To Believe In Love", reached number 62.
## Cover versions
- A cover version was released by country singer Jody Miller in 1979. Miller's version reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[7]
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# Ladislav Jakl
Ladislav Jakl (born 17 December 1959) is a Czech musician and journalist who served as the Secretary for political affairs under President Václav Klaus. He also ran for the presidency in the 2013 presidential election as a candidate of Party of Free Citizens but he was not able to gather the required number of signatures.
## Personal life
He studied journalism at Charles University. He worked in different positions until 1989. He worked as journalist for Lidové noviny after 1989. State Security had a file on him a possible collaborator. He refused to collaborate according to his words.
Jakl was married to Dana Jaklová from 1984 to 2005 when the couple divorced.
## Political career
Jakl was member of parliament from 1990 to 1991. He was elected as a candidate of Civic Forum. He became collaborator of Václav Klaus in 1997. He became Klas's secretary when Klaus was elected president in 2003.
Party of Free Citizens offered him candidature for Czech president in 2013 election. Jakl participated in party's primaries and received 88% of votes he was the only candidate. Jakl didn't participate in the election because he failed to gather 50,000 of signatures and failed to meet requirements for registration as an official candidate.
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# Laurie Bristow
Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow KCMG (born 23 November 1963) is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021, notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2007 and British Ambassador to Russia from 2016 to 2020. He is now President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge.
## Education
Bristow was educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in 1986. He received a PhD in English literature from the University of Cambridge in 1990, with a thesis called "Ezra Pound: Poetry and Public Speaking". He also gained an MBA in 2001 from The Open University.
## Career
Bristow joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. In the winter of early 1992, after attending a year of Romanian language training in the UK, he was posted to Bucharest, Romania, where he worked for three years as second secretary. He then returned to the FCO in London, where he worked in the European Union department. From 1996 to 1998 he served as private secretary to the Minister of State for Europe. After a year of Turkish language training, he worked in Ankara, Turkey as head of the political section from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2003 he worked in Rome at the NATO Defence College. In 2003 he worked on the Iraq policy unit at the FCO.
Bristow was British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 18 February 2004 to 2007. He was minister (deputy head of mission) in Moscow from 2007 to 2010. He then returned to London as Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, from 2010 until 2012. He subsequently replaced Thomas Drew as Director, Intelligence and National Security. In 2015, he was succeeded by Jonathan Allen and appointed to be Ambassador to Russia, a role he served in from January 2016. In response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, he had "difficult conversations" with the Russian government about deterrence. His tenure ended in January 2020, and he was succeeded by Deborah Bronnert. In March 2020 he was appointed Regional Ambassador for COP26 - China, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa, jointly at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Cabinet Office.
Bristow succeeded Alison Blake as Ambassador to Afghanistan in June 2021. As Kabul fell to the Taliban on 15 August 2021 and people attempted to flee Afghanistan, Bristow remained at Kabul's airport, personally processing visa applications of British and Afghan nationals. Bristow flew back to the UK on 29 August, announcing that the Embassy would operate from Qatar "for the time being".
In October 2022, Bristow became President of Hughes Hall, a postgraduate college of the University of Cambridge.
## Honours
Bristow was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) "for services to British foreign policy interests and national security" in the 2015 New Year Honours and promoted as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2019 New Year Honours.
## Personal life
Bristow is married to Fiona and has two sons.
## Books
Bristow's memoir, Kabul: Final Call, recounting the evacuation from Afghanistan during the fall of Kabul, was published in April 2024.
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# Chemistry (Smash)
"Chemistry" is the sixth episode of the American television series, Smash. The episode aired on March 12, 2012.
## Plot
Ivy (Megan Hilty) comes down with laryngitis, Julia (Debra Messing) keeps bumping into Michael (guest star Will Chase), Eileen (Anjelica Huston) and Ellis (Jamie Cepero) talk at a bar, Karen (Katharine McPhee) performs for a bar mitzvah.
## Production
Recurring guest stars include Will Chase as actor Michael Swift.
One of the cover songs already announced is "Shake It Out" by Florence + the Machine performed by Katharine McPhee. Additionally, "History is Made at Night" performed by Megan Hilty, Chase and the cast of Marilyn will make a reappearance in this episode, having first been heard in the episode "The Cost of Art", and Hilty's solo version of "Let Me Be Your Star" first heard in the pilot will be heard in the episode. Also, Hilty's version of Jessie J's "Who You Are" was also in the episode. Only "History is Made at Night" was made available as a single on iTunes.
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# Podocarpus urbanii
Podocarpus urbanii is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found only in Jamaica.
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# Pinocchio en hiver (Kalinka)
"Pinocchio en hiver (Kalinka)" is a song by the French virtual singer Pinocchio. Released as a single in October 2005, it debuted at number 8 in France.
The song also appeared on Pinocchio's debut album, Mon Alboum!, which was released a month later.
## Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
| --- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| 1. | "Pinocchio en hiver" (Radio Edit) | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Pinocchio en hiver" (Version instrumentale) | 3:00 |
| 3. | "Pinocchio en hiver" (Vidéo compatible Mac/PC) | 3:00 |
## Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
| --------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) | 12 |
| France (SNEP) | 8 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) | 40 |
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# Kemallı, Ezine
Kemallı is a village in the Ezine District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Its population is 318 (2021).
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# Jalognes
Jalognes (French pronunciation: [ʒalɔɲ]) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
## Geography
Jalognes is in the river Bennelle about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Bourges.
## Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| ---- | ---- | ------ |
| 1962 | 388 | — |
| 1968 | 423 | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 354 | −16.3% |
| 1982 | 295 | −16.7% |
| 1990 | 271 | −8.1% |
| 1999 | 285 | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 296 | +3.9% |
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# Lawrence Cobb
Lawrence Conley Cobb (May 7, 1894 – February 11, 1945) served in the California State Assembly for the 58th district from 1931 to 1935 and during World War I he served in the United States Army.
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# Splitterring
The Splitterring (German compound combining Splitter (splinter or fragment) and Ring (ring)) was a fragmentation sleeve for the M24 and M43 stick grenades, developed by the Heer in 1942. German stick grenades had only a thin steel casing surrounding the explosive charge, which relied principally on blast for effect; the addition of a Splitterring gave it greatly increased anti-personnel fragmentation ability.
A Splitterring was also developed for the never issued Panzerfaust 150 anti-tank weapon late in World War II. Combined with a time delay detonation of the Panzerfaust 150's projectile, it enabled the weapon to achieve air bursts above troops' positions.
## Background
Concussion grenades are best used in enclosed spaces such as buildings or bunkers, which contain the blast for maximum effect; anti-personnel fragmentation grenades are designed to be effective against personnel in the open. The Splitterring was a simple cylindrical steel sleeve, with either a smooth or serrated surface, clipped in place over the head of a stick grenade with three keepers around the base, and secured with a tension ring. This easy modification allowed a single type of grenade to be manufactured and carried by soldiers, whereas other nations often produced separate types of concussion and anti-personnel grenades.
A similar sleeve was fitted as a standard item to the Soviet RGD-33 Grenade.
## Sources
1. ↑ Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck by Rottman, Gordon L. Shumate, Johnny, pp. 24.
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# Rabbit Lake mine
Rabbit Lake is the second largest uranium milling facility in the western world, and is the longest-operating uranium production facility in Saskatchewan. The facility is located approximately 800 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the northeast edge of the uranium rich Athabasca Basin. The closest community is Wollaston Lake, about 40 kilometres by lake or air. Rabbit Lake was the first Canadian mine to offer a seven-days-in / seven-days-out commuter system of staffing.
Access is provided by Highway 905. Production at Rabbit Lake was suspended in April 2016.
## Operations
The Rabbit Lake deposit was discovered in 1968 and production started in 1975 using open-pit mining methods. The Rabbit Lake pit was mined out in 1984. Exploration resulted in the discovery of additional deposits in the area.
| Rabbit Lake Deposits | Rabbit Lake Deposits | Rabbit Lake Deposits | Rabbit Lake Deposits | Rabbit Lake Deposits |
| Name | Discovered | Commenced | Depleted | Comments |
| -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Rabbit Lake | 1968 | 1975 | 1984 | |
| Collins Bay A-zone | 1971 | 1995 | 1997 | |
| Collins Bay B-zone | 1977 | 1985 | 1991 | |
| Collins Bay D-zone | 1979 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Eagle Point | 1980 | 1994 | - | Production hiatus from 1998 to 2002 due to depressed uranium prices. Production halted again in 2016. |
The Eagle Point deposit is being mined using underground mining methods. Between 1975 and 2011, Rabbit Lake has produced 186.3 million pounds U3O8. Recent exploration drilling has extended mine life to 2017.
When the current refurbishments are complete, Rabbit Lake Mill will be positioned to undertake toll milling for future uranium mines in the area. Since an agreement was signed between AREVA and Cameco in late 2011, Rabbit Lake is no longer planned to process Cigar Lake Mine ore when it begins production in 2013, the McClean Lake mill will process all of the ore from that mine.
## Reserves
As of December 31, 2013, proven and probable reserves are 1,642,100 tonnes at 0.56% U3O8. (20.3 Million pounds U3O8)
## Awards
The Rabbit Lake mine has been awarded the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum's John T. Ryan Trophy for the best safety record for metal mines several times. This award is given to the metal mine with the best safety record for the previous year.
National Trophy
- 1989
- 2001
Regional Trophy — Prairies and Northwest Territories
- 2003
## Ownership
100% owned and operated by Cameco Corporation.
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# Teodoro Paredes
Teodoro Paul Paredes Pavón (born 1 April 1993) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Unión Comercio.
## Career
### Club
Paredes started his senior football career in Paraguay with Cerro Porteño, he made his debut for the team on 18 May 2011 in a Paraguayan Primera División draw with Guaraní. He made another six appearances in the 2011 season before making zero in 2012. Eighteen league matches followed for Paredes in 2013 and 2014 though, prior to him leaving Cerro Porteño on loan to join Sol de América. He participated in twenty-seven top-flight fixtures for Sol de América before returning to his parent club. Ahead of the 2016 season, Paredes completed a loan move to fellow Primera División team Rubio Ñu.
However, he returned to Cerro Porteño in May 2016 after just four appearances for Rubio Ñu. Notably, Parades was sent off in his final Rubio Ñu game; vs. Guaraní. Upon arriving back home, he was sent out on loan once again as this time he agreed to sign for Argentine Primera División club Atlético de Rafaela for the 2016–17 campaign. His debut came on 28 August in a league match with Atlético Tucumán. July 2017 saw Paredes go back to Cerro Porteño, where he subsequently featured twice more for the club before leaving on loan for a fourth time in July 2018. Newell's Old Boys loaned him on 30 July.
### International
Parades played for Paraguay U17s and Paraguay U20s at international level. He won nine caps for the U20s, with three of those nine matches coming at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.
## Career statistics
As of April 18 2024.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| -------------------------- | ------------ | --------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ---------- | ---------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----- | ----- |
| Cerro Porteño | 2011 | Paraguayan Primera División | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2012 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2013 | Paraguayan Primera División | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2015 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2016 | Paraguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2017 | Paraguayan Primera División | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | 2018 | Paraguayan Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cerro Porteño | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Sol de América (loan) | 2015 | Paraguayan Primera División | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| Rubio Ñu (loan) | 2016 | Paraguayan Primera División | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Atlético de Rafaela (loan) | 2016–17 | Argentine Primera División | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 0 |
| Newell's Old Boys (loan) | 2018–19 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 |
| Bolívar | 2019 | Bolivian Primera División | 19 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| Bolívar | 2020 | Bolivian Primera División | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Bolívar | Total | Total | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Sportivo San Lorenzo | 2020 | Paraguayan Primera División | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Jorge Wilstermann | 2021 | Bolivian Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cumbayá | 2022 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 1 |
| Cumbayá | 2023 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 27 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 3 |
| Cumbayá | Total | Total | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
| Unión Comercio | 2024 | Peruvian Primera División | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 180 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 194 | 7 |
1. ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina and Copa Paraguay
2. ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
3. ↑ Two appearances in 2013 Copa Libertadores, two appearances in 2013 Copa Sudamericana
## Honours
Cerro Porteño
- Paraguayan Primera División: 2013 Clausura
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# Castle Hall Academy
Castle Hall Academy (formerly Castle Hall School before becoming an academy in 2011, and Castle Hall Academy before and after joining IMPACT in 2018) is a mixed 11–16 Academy in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Language College status. 174 pupils at age 11 are taken in annually. Preference is given to those who live within the catchment area.
## Possible school closure plans overturned in January 2010
In September 2008, the local authority decided on a plan to overhaul education in North Kirklees. This plan would see the permanent closure of the school and the remainder of its pupils merging with pupils at the Mirfield Free Grammar.
An action group made up of parents and local residents calling itself R.E.A.C.H. (Retain Education at Castle Hall) was quickly formed to campaign against the controversial proposal. Groups dedicated to saving the school also exist on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. At a meeting in Dewsbury Town Hall on 1 April 2009, the decision to close was delayed and referred back to Kirklees Council's Cabinet for review.
On 19 June 2009 Kirklees Council are expected to publish the statutory notice of closure for Castle Hall and the statutory notice of proposal (planning) for the expansion of Mirfield Free Grammar School. Protesters have planned a large public demonstration to take place around the school on that date.
These plans were overturned on 12 January 2010 by Schools Adjudicator, Canon Richard Lindley. The school is no longer due to close.
The GCSE results of 2009 were the best in the school's recent history with 73% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*-C. This ranked Castle Hall as the best non-selective state school in Kirklees.
The school is a popular and oversubscribed academy.
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# Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art (神戸市立小磯記念美術館, Kobe Shiritsu Koiso Kinen Bijutsukan) is an art museum that opened on Rokkō Island in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1992. The collection includes some 2,500 works by Koiso Ryōhei, as well as those of artists associated with the yōga painter and the city.
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# Hesperolinon micranthum
Hesperolinon micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the flax family known by the common name smallflower dwarf flax. It is native to the west coast of North America from Oregon to Baja California. It may occur in Nevada. It grows in a number of open habitats, often on serpentine soils. This is a spindly annual herb producing a very thin stem 5 to 20 centimeters in height. Its small, sparse leaves are linear in shape. The tiny flowers have five white or pink-veined white petals each less than four millimeters long and protruding stamens with white or purple anthers.
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# Buckleria brasilia
Buckleria brasilia is a species of moth in the genus Buckleria known from Brazil. Its host plant is Drosera graminifolia. Moths in this species take flight in May and have a wingspan of about 11-12 millimetres. The specific name refers to Brazil.
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# Obstructive uropathy
Obstructive uropathy is a structural or functional hindrance of normal urine flow, sometimes leading to renal dysfunction (obstructive nephropathy).
It is a very broad term, and does not imply a location or cause.
## Presentation
Symptoms, less likely in chronic obstruction, are pain radiating to the T11 to T12 dermatomes, anuria, nocturia, or polyuria.
## Causes
It can be caused by a lesion at any point in the urinary tract.
Causes include urolithiasis, posterior urethral valves and ureteral herniation.
## Diagnosis
Diagnosis is based on results of bladder catheterization, ultrasonography, CT scan, cystourethroscopy, or pyelography, depending on the level of obstruction.
## Treatment
Treatment, depending on cause, may require prompt drainage of the bladder via catheterization, medical instrumentation, surgery (e.g., endoscopy, lithotripsy), hormonal therapy, or a combination of these modalities.
Treatment of the obstruction at the level of the ureter:
- Open surgery.
- Less invasive treatment: laparoscopic correction.
- Minimal invasive treatment: Overtoom procedure: dilatation with cutting balloon catheter followed by introduction of the pyeloplasty balloon catheter. This balloon is inflated with pure contrast agent via the pusher and remains in situ in the ureter to keep the previous treated stricture dilated while the expanded urothelium heals. Urine can drain through the central channel of this catheter.
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# Strawberry generation
Strawberry generation (Chinese: 草莓族; pinyin: Cǎoméi zú; or 草莓世代; cǎoméi shìdài) is a Chinese-language neologism used in Taiwan for Taiwanese people born from 1990s onwards who "bruise easily" like strawberries – meaning they cannot withstand social pressure or work hard like their parents' generation; the term refers to people who are perceived as insubordinate, spoiled, selfish, arrogant, and sluggish in work.
The term arises from the perception that members of this generation have grown up being overprotected by their parents and in an environment of stability, in a similar manner to how strawberries are grown in protected greenhouses and command a higher price compared to other fruits. The term gained prominence in the Taiwanese press, as it could be a way to designate a rising demographic or psychographic in terms of consumer behavior.
Worsened working conditions, low wages, and low career achievement with high academic degrees -- These have become a common pain among the youth in Taiwan. They lose their will to seek their dream and submit to reality, but defamation and discrimination are still against them by society. Age seems like a sin in a career, and an excuse for employers to exploit their employees. Tell me, what kind of fairness behind these?
On the other hand, young people in Taiwan usually express their animosity against the term. In a 2012 survey, the term has become the most hated label among the youth. Some of them criticize the term as an excuse for not improving working conditions, and ignoring intergenerational equity in Taiwan.
## Ironic usage
In an ironic reference to the term, a 2008 student-led political movement in Taiwan started the Wild Strawberries Movement. This movement was in response to the visit of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) chairman Chen Yunlin to the island. Police actions on protests aimed at Chen suppressed the display of Taiwan's national flag and the playing of Taiwanese songs. This prompted a group of 400 students in Taipei, Taiwan, to begin a sit-in in front of the Executive Yuan in protest of Taiwan's Parade and Assembly Law (Chinese: 集會遊行法).
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# Nuestra Belleza Durango 2010
Nuestra Belleza Durango 2010, was held at the 1,000-seat Centro de Convenciones, Hotel Holiday, Durango, Durango on July 1, 2010. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Vanessa Crispín of Gómez Palacio was crowned the winner. Crispín was crowned by outgoing Nuestra Belleza Durango titleholder, Marcela Maynez. Eight contestants competed for the state title.
## Results
### Placements
| Final Results | Contestant |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------- |
| Nuestra Belleza Durango 2010 | - Vanessa Crispín |
| Suplente / 1st Runner-up | - Patricia Pérez |
| 2nd Runner-up | - Adriana Flores |
### Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
| ----------------- | --------------------- |
| Miss Photogenic | - Cristina de la Rosa |
| Miss Congeniality | - Adriana Flores |
| Miss Elegance | - Adriana Flores |
## Judges
- Carlo Antonio Rico - Producer of Nuestra Belleza México
- Paty Brogeras - Regional Coordinator of Nuestra Belleza México
- Ivonne Izcaplewsky - Televisa Representative Artists
- Anabel Solis - Nuestra Belleza Mundo México 2009
- Jimena Navarrete - Nuestra Belleza México 2009
## Background Music
- Villas del Oeste
## Contestants
| Contestant | Age | Height | Hometown |
| ----------------------- | --- | ------ | ------------- |
| Adriana Flores | 20 | 1.75 | Durango |
| Alondra Ochoa | 21 | 1.73 | Durango |
| Alondra Soto | 22 | 1.68 | Durango |
| Cristina de la Rosa | 22 | 1.74 | Gomez Palacio |
| Isabel Nava | 22 | 1.70 | Durango |
| Karla Salazar | 21 | 1.71 | Durango |
| Patricia Linden Pérez | 22 | 1.72 | Durango |
| Vanessa Crispín Herrera | 19 | 1.73 | Gomez Palacio |
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# Frederick Cornelius Alston
Frederick Cornelius Alston (1895—1987) was an American painter, illustrator, and educator. He is known for his landscapes, portraits, and paintings of urban life.
## Biography
Alston was born on October 31, 1895, in Wilmington, North Carolina into a Black family. He studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts, and Shaw University.
In 1930, Alston took the position of art director at Sumner High School in St. Louis. His work is in the collection of the Tuskegee Institute, where he taught architectural rendering from 1922 to 1924.
In 1933, he participated in the "1933 Exhibition of the Work of Negro Artists" at the Art Centre in New York City, sponsored by the Harmon Foundation. Alston exhibited work in the St. Louis Citizens Art Commission, the St. Louis Society of Independent Artists, and the Urban League of St. Louis.
Alston died on August 1, 1987, in Columbia, Maryland.
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# Storey and Van Egmond
Storey and Van Egmond was an architectural partnership in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, that functioned from 1907 to 1924. Initially, the principals were Edgar M. Storey (1863-1913) and William Gysbert Van Egmond (1883-1949).
## Edgar M. Storey
Edgar M. Storey (1863-1913) was born in Cherry Valley, Prince Edward County, Ontario on September 16, 1863. He worked in the office of R. P. White in Brooklyn, New York, from 1880 to approximately 1893. During his time in Brooklyn, he married Phoebe Laturney of Kingston, Ontario.
He left Brooklyn to begin his own practice in Kingston, Ontario in approximately 1893. In 1905 or 1906, he moved to Regina where he practiced architecture with his son Stanley. In 1906, he hired William Van Egmond as a drafter.
Edgar Storey died in Regina on August 24, 1913.
## William Gysbert Van Egmond
William Gysbert Van Egmond (1883-1949), known by the nickname "Van", was born September 16, 1883, in Egmondville, Ontario. After moving to Toronto, he attended the Beaux Arts School and later worked as a drafter for the Toronto firm of Gowinlock (Gouinlock?) and Baker. (Sources vary in their spelling.)
Van Egmond worked for a few years as a drafter in New York City. In January 1906 he married Mabel Isabel Ball of Toronto, and the couple moved to Regina. For a few months, Van Egmond managed the Regina branch office for Saskatoon-based architect Walter W. LaChance. LaChance was notorious for having a difficult personality, and it is not surprising that the employment relationship was short-lived. Later that same year, Van Egmond changed jobs to work for Edgar Storey.
The following year, in 1907, Van Egmond was elevated to partner, creating the firm of Storey and Van Egmond. Over the coming years, a long-term rivalry developed between Storey and Van Egmond, on one hand, versus Van Egmond's old employer, Walter LaChance, as they often competed for government contracts.
The January 1915 issue of the trade magazine, Construction, was devoted to the city of Regina. In it, Van Egmond authored a lengthy article titled "Public Buildings at Regina", highlighting many of his firm's buildings as well as those of other firms. An earlier article in the same magazine, from 1909, "Regina the Model City of the West" is very similar in emphasizing Storey and Van Egmond's work. This 1909 article does not list an author, but it was likely either written by Van Egmond or written with his close cooperation.
Van Egmond died of a heart attack on October 9, 1949, during an automobile trip from Stoughton, Saskatchewan to Regina.
## Successor firms
After Edgar Storey's death in 1913, Van Egmond continued to operate under the firm's name, Storey and Van Egmond, until 1924.
The firm often collaborated with Ernest E. Poole, founder of Poole Construction Limited (PCL), in Regina and southern Saskatchewan communities.
After 1924, the firm was reconstituted as Van Egmond and Storey, a partnership between Van Egmond and Storey's son, Stanley Edgar Storey (1888-1959).
In 1949, due to Van Egmond's death, the firm was reconstituted as Storey and Marvin (Stanley Storey and Wendell E. Marvin). After Stanley Storey died in 1959, Wendell Marvin continued to practice architecture as a solo practitioner while retaining the name Storey and Marvin.
In 1965, the firm Marvin and Vanstone was created, of which the principals were Wendell E. Marvin and Alan Vanstone (1920-1982).
## Notable commissions
All are extant unless otherwise specified. In chronological order:
### Storey and Van Egmond (1907-1924)
- King's Hotel (1907, demolished), 1756 Scarth Street, Regina. Demolished in 1978 for Cornwall Centre.[5]
- Old Court House, Saskatoon (1907, demolished), Third Avenue and 21st Street East, Saskatoon.
- Battleford Court House (1907-1909), 291 23rd Street, Battleford, Saskatchewan. This is a National Historical Site and Provincial Heritage Property.
- Land Titles Building (Saskatoon) (1909-1910), 311 21st Street East, Saskatoon.[7] The structure is a Provincial Heritage Property.
- Land Titles Building (Moose Jaw) (1910), 76 Fairford Street West, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. A Provincial Heritage Property.
- Melville Town Hall (1910), 430 Main Street, Melville, Saskatchewan. This is a Provincial Heritage Property and a Municipal Heritage Property.
- Saskatoon Collegiate Institute (1910), 411 11th Street East at Victoria Avenue, Saskatoon.[7] Now known as Nutana Collegiate.
- Credit Foncier (1911), 1870 Cornwall Street at 12th Avenue, Regina. Now used for law offices.
- Land Titles Building (Arcola) (1912), 301 Main Street, Arcola, Saskatchewan. A Provincial Heritage Property.
- Eddy Apartments (1912), 1901 14th Avenue at Rose Street, Regina. Now known as Hampton House Apartments. Designated a Municipal Heritage Property.
- Normal School (1913), 1831 College Avenue, Regina. Sources differ as to whether the date was 1912 or 1913. Now Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios.
- Craik Town Hall (1913), 1st Avenue and 3rd Street, Craik, Saskatchewan. Designated as a Municipal Heritage Property.
- Bartleman Apartments (1914), 2212 Cornwall Street, Regina. Designated as a Municipal Heritage Property.
### Van Egmond and Storey (1925-1949)
- Doll’s House, also known as Isabelle Lockhart Residence (1928), 2812 McCallum Avenue, Regina. Built for Van Egmond's daughter; designated a Municipal Heritage Property.
- Weston Bakery Building (1929), 1377 Hamilton Street, Regina. City of Regina intends to pass a bylaw to designate as a Municipal Heritage Property.[8]
- Balfour Apartments (1930), 2305 Victoria Avenue at Lorne Street, Regina. Designated as both a Municipal and a Provincial Heritage Property.
## Gallery
- Battleford Court House (1907)
Battleford, Saskatchewan
- Land Titles Building (1909-1910)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Land Titles Building (1910)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon Collegiate Institute (1910)
Now Nutana Collegiate
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Craik Town Hall (1913) built by Poole Construction Limited (PCL)
Craik, Saskatchewan
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# Ross Creek (Central Queensland)
Ross Creek is a creek in the Shire of Livingstone in Central Queensland, Australia. It rises in the locality of Taroomball and flows into the Coral Sea between the localities of Yeppoon to the north and Cooee Bay to the south.
## Geography
The Scenic Highway connects Yeppoon with Cooee Bay and other southern towns; it crosses Ross Creek via the Henry Beak Bridge (23°08′19″S 150°45′07″E / 23.13856°S 150.75194°E).
## Amenities
There is a park, boat ramp, and public barbecues at the mouth of the creek. Markets are held every month.
Ross Creek is known for its fishing. On the incoming tide, the creek fills to near capacity. Man-made stone walls on either side of the creek, plus a sandy beach at the mouth provide plentiful fishing spots. Whiting, flathead, and silver bream are common catches.
On the low tide, muddy sandbars on the southern side of the bridge are revealed and are a popular place for pumping for yabbies.
## Flora and fauna
Sandy at its mouth, Ross Creek becomes muddier on the other side of the bridge and is popular for mud crabs. Hectares of low-lying land either side of Ross Creek fills at high tide, providing the perfect environment for mangroves to grow. In turn, the mangroves give shelter to crustaceans, prawns, and fish. Queensland Government studies have identified ten different species of mangrove in the Ross Creek-Fig Tree Creek system.
Ross Creek is also famous as a breeding ground for colonies of flying foxes. The mangroves provide a permanent home for approximately 2,000 black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto), as well as a seasonal camp for several hundred thousand little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus).
## History
The Livingstone Bridge was built across Ross Creek in 1926 to facilitate land development in Cooee Bay. It was replaced in 1972 by the Henry Beak Bridge, named after former Livingstone Shire Council Chairman Henry Beak.
Several trawlers still berth in Ross Creek, the remnants of an intensive sea scallop fishing industry based at Ross Creek up until Rosslyn Bay took shape in the 1970s.
Also visible on the eastern wall by the creek mouth are the remains of a concrete-and-stone saltwater pool that was built in the 1950s as a safe swimming place for children.
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# Konchalovsky
Konchalovsky is a Russian surname.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876–1956), Russian painter;
- Andrei Konchalovsky (born 1937), Russian film writer and director, grandson of Pyotr.
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# Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 11,492 at the 2020 census.
## Geography
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is located at 37°53′19″N 122°32′23″W / 37.888526°N 122.539609°W. It is bordered by Mill Valley to the north and Sausalito to the southeast. It is about 10 minutes north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge by car. California State Route 1 (also known as Shoreline Highway and the Pacific Coast Highway) runs through the Valley and is the road most often used to access western Marin County. Nearby landmarks include the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods National Monument, Tennessee Valley and Muir Beach.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km2), of which 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2), or 1.31%, are water.
## Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
| --------------------- | ------ | ---- | ---- |
| 2000 | 10,691 | | — |
| 2010 | 10,735 | | 0.4% |
| 2020 | 11,492 | | 7.1% |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |
### 2020
The 2020 United States census reported that Tamalpais-Homestead Valley had a population of 11,492. The population density was 2,452.9 inhabitants per square mile (947.1/km2). The racial makeup of Tamalpais-Homestead Valley was 80.9% White, 0.6% African American, 0.3% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.9% from other races, and 11.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.3% of the population.
The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.
There were 4,460 households, out of which 35.2% included children under the age of 18, 59.0% were married-couple households, 5.4% were cohabiting couple households, 22.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 22.5% of households were one person, and 11.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 3,148 families (70.6% of all households).
The age distribution was 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.5% aged 18 to 24, 17.9% aged 25 to 44, 32.6% aged 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males.
There were 4,678 housing units at an average density of 998.5 units per square mile (385.5 units/km2), of which 4,460 (95.3%) were occupied. Of these, 78.1% were owner-occupied, and 21.9% were occupied by renters.
### 2023 estimates
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 12.3% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 90.5% spoke only English at home, 5.0% spoke Spanish, 2.8% spoke other Indo-European languages, and 1.6% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 98.8% were high school graduates and 79.1% had a bachelor's degree.
The median household income was $238,158, and the per capita income was $114,931. About 2.3% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line.
## Education
Most of the CDP is in the Mill Valley Elementary School District. Some of it is in the Sausalito Marin City School District. All of it is in the Tamalpais Union High School District.
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# German submarine U-149 (1940)
German submarine U-149 was a Type IID U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 25 May 1940 by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 278. She was launched on 19 October 1940 and commissioned on 13 November with Kapitänleutnant Horst Höltring in command.
U-149 began her service life with the 1st U-boat Flotilla. She was then assigned to the 22nd flotilla, where she remained for the rest of the war, including time on a single patrol.
She surrendered on 5 May 1945 and was sunk as part of Operation Deadlight on 21 December.
## Design
German Type IID submarines were enlarged versions of the original Type IIs. U-149 had a displacement of 314 tonnes (309 long tons) when at the surface and 364 tonnes (358 long tons) while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was 250 long tons (254 t), however. The U-boat had a total length of 43.97 m (144 ft 3 in), a pressure hull length of 29.80 m (97 ft 9 in), a beam of 4.92 m (16 ft 2 in), a height of 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in), and a draught of 3.93 m (12 ft 11 in). The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines of 700 metric horsepower (510 kW; 690 shp) for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 410 metric horsepower (300 kW; 400 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 0.85 m (3 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 80–150 metres (260–490 ft).
The submarine had a maximum surface speed of 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph) and a maximum submerged speed of 7.4 knots (13.7 km/h; 8.5 mph). When submerged, the boat could operate for 35–42 nautical miles (65–78 km; 40–48 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph); when surfaced, she could travel 3,800 nautical miles (7,000 km; 4,400 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). U-149 was fitted with three 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes at the bow, five torpedoes or up to twelve Type A torpedo mines, and a 2 cm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft gun. The boat had a complement of 25.
## Operational career
U-149's one patrol was carried out within the confines of the Baltic Sea, but she did sink the Soviet submarine M-99 on 27 July 1941, north-west of Dagö Island before returning to her base at Gotenhafen, (now Gdynia in modern Poland).
### Fate
The boat surrendered at the German island of Heligoland on 5 May 1945. She was transferred from Wilhelmshaven to Loch Ryan in preparation for Operation Deadlight and was sunk on 21 December 1945 at 55°40′N 08°00′W / 55.667°N 8.000°W.
## Summary of raiding history
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Tonnage | Fate |
| ------------ | ---- | ----------- | ------- | ---- |
| 27 June 1941 | M-99 | Soviet Navy | 206 | Sunk | | enwiki/36438731 |
# Khovanov homology
In mathematics, Khovanov homology is an oriented link invariant that arises as the cohomology of a cochain complex. It may be regarded as a categorification of the Jones polynomial.
It was developed in the late 1990s by Mikhail Khovanov.
## Overview
To any link diagram {\displaystyle D} representing a link {\displaystyle L}, we assign the Khovanov bracket {\displaystyle \left[D\right]}, a cochain complex of graded vector spaces. This is the analogue of the Kauffman bracket in the construction of the Jones polynomial. Next, we normalise {\displaystyle \left[D\right]} by a series of degree shifts (in the graded vector spaces) and height shifts (in the cochain complex) to obtain a new cochain complex {\displaystyle C(D)}. The cohomology of this cochain complex turns out to be an invariant of {\displaystyle L}, and its graded Euler characteristic is the Jones polynomial of {\displaystyle L}.
## Definition
This definition follows the formalism given in Dror Bar-Natan's 2002 paper.
Let {l} denote the degree shift operation on graded vector spaces—that is, the homogeneous component in dimension m is shifted up to dimension m + l.
Similarly, let [s] denote the height shift operation on cochain complexes—that is, the rth vector space or module in the complex is shifted along to the (r + s)th place, with all the differential maps being shifted accordingly.
Let V be a graded vector space with one generator q of degree 1, and one generator q−1 of degree −1.
Now take an arbitrary diagram D representing a link L. The axioms for the Khovanov bracket are as follows:
1. [ø] = 0 → Z → 0, where ø denotes the empty link.
2. [O D] = V ⊗ [D], where O denotes an unlinked trivial component.
3. [D] = F(0 → [D0] → [D1]{1} → 0)
In the third of these, F denotes the `flattening' operation, where a single complex is formed from a double complex by taking direct sums along the diagonals. Also, D0 denotes the `0-smoothing' of a chosen crossing in D, and D1 denotes the `1-smoothing', analogously to the skein relation for the Kauffman bracket.
Next, we construct the `normalised' complex C(D) = [D][−n−]{n+ − 2n−}, where n− denotes the number of left-handed crossings in the chosen diagram for D, and n+ the number of right-handed crossings.
The Khovanov homology of L is then defined as the cohomology H(L) of this complex C(D). It turns out that the Khovanov homology is indeed an invariant of L, and does not depend on the choice of diagram. The graded Euler characteristic of H(L) turns out to be the Jones polynomial of L. However, H(L) has been shown to contain more information about L than the Jones polynomial, but the exact details are not yet fully understood.
In 2006 Dror Bar-Natan developed a computer program to calculate the Khovanov homology (or category) for any knot.
## Related theories
One of the most interesting aspects of Khovanov's homology is that its exact sequences are formally similar to those arising in the Floer homology of 3-manifolds. Moreover, it has been used to produce another proof of a result first demonstrated using gauge theory and its cousins: Jacob Rasmussen's new proof of a theorem of Peter Kronheimer and Tomasz Mrowka, formerly known as the Milnor conjecture (see below). There is a spectral sequence relating Khovanov homology with the knot Floer homology of Peter Ozsváth and Zoltán Szabó (Dowlin 2018). This spectral sequence settled an earlier conjecture on the relationship between the two theories (Dunfield et al. 2005). Another spectral sequence (Ozsváth-Szabó 2005) relates a variant of Khovanov homology with the Heegaard Floer homology of the branched double cover along a knot. A third (Bloom 2009) converges to a variant of the monopole Floer homology of the branched double cover. In 2010 Kronheimer and Mrowka exhibited a spectral sequence abutting to their instanton knot Floer homology group and used this to show that Khovanov Homology (like the instanton knot Floer homology) detects the unknot.
Khovanov homology is related to the representation theory of the Lie algebra {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {sl}}_{2}}. Mikhail Khovanov and Lev Rozansky have since defined homology theories associated to {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {sl}}_{n}} for all {\displaystyle n}. In 2003, Catharina Stroppel extended Khovanov homology to an invariant of tangles (a categorified version of Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants) which also generalizes to {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {sl}}_{n}} for all {\displaystyle n}.
Paul Seidel and Ivan Smith have constructed a singly graded knot homology theory using Lagrangian intersection Floer homology, which they conjecture to be isomorphic to a singly graded version of Khovanov homology. Ciprian Manolescu has since simplified their construction and shown how to recover the Jones polynomial from the cochain complex underlying his version of the Seidel-Smith invariant.
## The relation to link (knot) polynomials
At International Congress of Mathematicians in 2006 Mikhail Khovanov provided the following explanation for the relation to knot polynomials from the view point of Khovanov homology. The skein relation for three links {\displaystyle L_{1},L_{2}} and {\displaystyle L_{3}} is described as
{\displaystyle \lambda P(L_{1})-\lambda ^{-1}P(L_{2})=(q-q^{-1})P(L_{3}).}
Substituting {\displaystyle \lambda =q^{n},n\leq 0} leads to a link polynomial invariant {\displaystyle P_{n}(L)\in \mathbb {Z} [q,q^{-1}]}, normalized so that
{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}P_{n}(unknot)&=q^{n-1}+q^{n-3}+\cdots +q^{1-n}&&n>0\\P_{0}(unknot)&=1\end{aligned}}}
For {\displaystyle n>1} the polynomial {\displaystyle P_{n}(L)} can be interpreted via the representation theory of quantum group {\displaystyle U_{q}(sl(n))} and {\displaystyle P_{0}(L)} via that of the quantum Lie superalgebra {\displaystyle U_{q}(gl(1|1))}.
- The Alexander polynomial {\displaystyle P_{0}(L)} is the Euler characteristic of a bigraded knot homology theory.
- {\displaystyle P_{1}(L)=1} is trivial.
- The Jones polynomial {\displaystyle P_{2}(L)} is the Euler characteristic of a bigraded link homology theory.
- The entire HOMFLY-PT polynomial is the Euler characteristic of a triply graded link homology theory.
## Applications
The first application of Khovanov homology was provided by Jacob Rasmussen, who defined the s-invariant using Khovanov homology. This integer valued invariant of a knot gives a bound on the slice genus, and is sufficient to prove the Milnor conjecture.
In 2010, Kronheimer and Mrowka proved that the Khovanov homology detects the unknot. The categorified theory has more information than the non-categorified theory. Although the Khovanov homology detects the unknot, it is not yet known if the Jones polynomial does. | enwiki/2639906 |
# .50 Beowulf
The .50 Beowulf (12.7x42mmRB) is a 12mm caliber rifle cartridge developed by Bill Alexander of Alexander Arms for use in an AR-15 rifle.
## Design and specifications
The cartridge utilizes a rebated rim, sized to match the rim of the 6.5mm Grendel round. The case body is very similar in dimensions to the .500 S&W Magnum revolver cartridge, being slightly longer and fully tapered for automatic feeding in the weapon.
The round is intended to improve stopping power greatly at short- to medium-range as compared to the standard 5.56×45mm NATO round. One of its advertised uses is at vehicle checkpoints, since the heavy bullet's flight path is not easily deflected by auto glass or standard vehicle body panels.
## Design limitations
With normal bullet weights between 300 and 400 grains (19 and 26 g), overall cartridge length shorter than that of an AR-15 magazine well, and holding to pressures of 33,000 psi limited by the AR bolt strength system, the .50 Beowulf is best described as a low-velocity, heavy caliber, making its ballistics roughly equivalent to those of early .45-70 Government rounds rather than the higher pressure rounds tolerated by lever-action rifles such as the Marlin Model 1895.
## Proprietary status
The .50 Beowulf is a proprietary caliber developed as a specialized cartridge. Alexander Arms and Delta Firearms oversees all aspects of the production of the system and related accessories. Their reluctance to divulge information has been a source of irritation to some writers. Because Alexander Arms holds a trademark on the name .50 Beowulf, a number of other companies produce weapons and ammunition reverse-engineered to the same dimensions under the name 12.7x42mm.
## Sporting uses
Although much has been written about its tactical uses, the .50 Beowulf is gaining recognition as a sporting cartridge. It is becoming more widely recognized as being usable for a wide variety of North American game, including deer, moose, and black bear.
## Similar cartridges
The cartridge has its lineage in the .50 Action Express, starting with the L.A.R. Grizzly and in modern times, the Magnum Research Desert Eagle pistol, with significant modification to improve functionality and safety in the AR-15 rifle. | enwiki/12522836 |
# HMS Kashmir (F12)
HMS Kashmir (F12) was a K-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s, named after the princely state of Kashmir in British India.
## Description
The K-class destroyers were repeats of the preceding J class, except that they were not fitted for minesweeping gear. They displaced 1,690 long tons (1,720 t) at standard load and 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) at deep load. The ships had an overall length of 339 feet 6 inches (103.5 m), a beam of 35 feet (10.7 m) and a draught of 9 feet (2.7 m). They were powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 484 long tons (492 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 183 officers and men.
The ships were armed with six 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII guns in twin mounts, two superfiring in front of the bridge and one aft of the superstructure. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, they had one quadruple mount for 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns and two quadruple mounts for the 0.5 inch Vickers Mark III anti-aircraft machinegun. The K-class ships were fitted with two above-water quintuple mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. The ship was fitted with two depth charge throwers and one rack for 20 depth charges.
## Construction and career
Kashmir was laid down by Thornycroft in Southampton in October 1937, launched on 4 April 1939 and commissioned on 26 October 1939.
In company with the destroyers Kingston and Icarus, Kashmir attacked the German submarine U-35 in the North Sea on 29 November 1939, forcing the U-boat to scuttle.
Kashmir was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers belonging to StG 2 and led by Hubertus Hitschhold, south of Crete in position 34°40′N 24°10′E / 34.667°N 24.167°E. | enwiki/10516313 |
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