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500 | Connecticut Route 121 | Route 121 is a state highway in southern Connecticut running from U.S. Route 1 in Milford to Route 34 near the Orange-Derby line. Route description Route 121 begins at an intersection with US 1 in Milford and heads north, passing underneath I-95 without a junction later, then enters the town of Orange after another . In Orange, Route 121 continues north, intersecting about half a mile later with Derby-Milford Road, a direct route into Derby, and the Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15) at Exit 56 after another . The road continues past the Wilbur Cross Parkway for another until the intersection with Route 34 (Derby Turnpike) in the northern edge of Orange, where Route 121 ends. In Milford, Route 121 is known as North Street, while in Orange, it is known as Grassy Hill Road. History In the 1920s, the current alignment of Route 121 was known as State Highway 195 and was one of the routes between Milford and Derby. In the 1932 state highway renumbering, old Highway 195 became Route 121. In 1941, Route 121 was shortened when US 1 was relocated from Cherry Street to its current route at the Boston Post Road. North Street south of current Route 1 is still signed as the route for the Milford train station. Junction list References External links 121 Category:Transportation in New Haven County, Connecticut Category:Milford, Connecticut Category:Orange, Connecticut |
501 | Anathamna | Anathamna is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. Species Anathamna anthostoma Meyrick, 1928 Anathamna chionopyra Diakonoff, 1953 Anathamna megalozona Meyrick, 1916 Anathamna neospermatophaga Pooni & Rose, 2005 Anathamna ostracitis Meyrick, 1911 Anathamna plana Meyrick, 1911 Anathamna syringias Meyrick, 1911 See also List of Tortricidae genera References External links tortricidae.com Category:Tortricidae genera Category:Olethreutinae Category:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick |
502 | Sassetti Chapel | The Sassetti Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sassetti) is a chapel in the basilica of Santa Trinita in Florence, Italy. It is especially notable for its frescoes of the Stories of St. Francis, considered Domenico Ghirlandaio's masterwork. History Francesco Sassetti (1421–1490) was a rich banker and a member of the Medici entourage, for which he directed the Medici Bank. In 1478 he acquired the chapel of St. Francis in Santa Trinita, after his proposal to add a decoration portraying the saint had been rejected by the Dominicans of Santa Maria Novella, where his family had had a chapel (later also frescoed by Ghirlandaio, and now known as the Tornabuoni Chapel) since the 14th century. He commissioned the execution of the frescoes from the most famed artist of the city, Domenico Ghirlandaio. The date of the contract is that signed next to the portraits of Sassetti and his wife (December 25, 1480), although the work was not carried out until between 1483 and 1486. The central altarpiece, depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds, is dated 1485. Ghirlandaio portrayed numerous figures of contemporary Florentine society in the scenes. All the work shows the importance of the influence of the Flemish school on Ghirlandaio, in particular the Portinari Triptych by Hugo van der Goes, taken by him to Florence in 1483 and now in the Uffizi. The Sassetti Chapel was restored in 2004. Structure The chapel, like the church in which it is located, is in Gothic style, characterized by an ogival arch. The fresco cycle covers three walls framed by fictive architectural elements. The altarpiece is also framed by a painted marble decoration. The two side walls house the tombs of Francesco Sassetti and his wife Nera Corsi, under a gilded arch, a creation of Giuliano da Sangallo. At the side of the altar are kneeling portraits of the two patrons, Nera Corsi on the left and Sassetti on the right: they direct their prayers towards the central altarpiece of the Adoration of the Shepherds, also by Ghirlandaio. Ghirlandaio's frescoes can also be seen in the upper transept wall, outside the chapel. This area was plastered in the 18th century, the paintings being rediscovered only in 1895, which accounts for their poorer state of conservation. The work outside the Sassetti chapel is attributed to the three Ghirlandaio brothers (Domenico, David and Benedetto) and assistants. Its perspective was devised to offer a perfect view from below. The first scene painted above the chapel is the Tiburtine Sibyl Announces Jesus' Coming to Augustus. The Sibyl is probably a portrait of Sassetti's daughter, Sibilla. On the pilaster dividing the Sassetti Chapel from the subsequent one is a painted grisaille statue of David. In the vault of the chapel are the four Sibyls, surrounded by flaming aureoles and holding out banderoles describing their prophetic role as assigned them by Virgil: Hec teste Virgil Magnus, in ultima autem etate; Invisibile verbum palapabitur germinabit. Only the faces of the Sibyls are attributed to Ghirlandaio; the bodies were probably executed by his workshop. The Stories of St. Francis The fresco cycle extends over |
503 | Winkel, Switzerland | Winkel is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography Winkel has an area of . Of this area, 45.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 27.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 21.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (6.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Demographics Winkel has a population (as of ) of . , 11.3% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 23.5%. Most of the population () speaks German (91.2%), with French being second most common ( 1.4%) and English being third ( 1.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (16.9%), the SPS (11.7%) and the CSP (10.4%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 21.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 69.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 9.3%. In Winkel about 86.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Winkel has an unemployment rate of 1.52%. , there were 144 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 25 businesses involved in this sector. 88 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 19 businesses in this sector. 420 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 98 businesses in this sector. Education Students in the primary levels go to the primarschule of Winkel. Students beyond that level attend schools in Bülach. References External links Official website Category:Municipalities of the canton of Zürich |
504 | Turua | Turua is a small village community on the banks of the Waihou River in the Hauraki Plains in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the mouth of the river, 9 kilometres south of the Firth of Thames and 12 km south of Thames. It is connected by road (Hauraki Road) to SH 25 in the north and SH 2 to the south. Turua is a Māori place name meaning "twice seen," referring to reflections in the river. Before European settlement, the town site was a Māori pā surrounded by vast forests of kahikatea that came to be known as the "Turua Woods." In the late 19th century the village of Turua became one of the most important sites of kahikatea exploitation in New Zealand when the family of George and Martha Bagnall bought the Turua sawmill in 1875. Over the next forty years the stands of kahikatea surrounding the town were replaced by small family farms. The population of Turua was 96 people in 39 households in the 2013 New Zealand census. Education Turua Primary School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of as of References Category:Populated places in Waikato Category:Hauraki District |
505 | Gary Hogeboom | Gary Keith Hogeboom (born August 21, 1958) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts and Phoenix Cardinals. He played college football at Central Michigan University. He was a contestant on the CBS reality TV show Survivor: Guatemala. Early years Hogeboom attended Northview High School, where he practice football and basketball. He accepted a football scholarship from Central Michigan University. As a junior in 1978, he became the starter at quarterback in a triple-option wishbone offense, registering 1,095 passing yards, 5 passing touchdowns, 329 rushing yards and 5 rushing touchdowns, while contributing to a 9-2 record. The next year, he posted 1,404 passing yards, 9 passing touchdowns, 417 rushing yards and 9 rushing touchdowns, leading his team to the school's first Mid-American Conference title with a 10-0-1 record. He finished his career with 3,088 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, 957 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns. He had a 19-2-1 records in his 2 seasons as a starter. In total he won 24 games in 28 starts. At the time, he was the school's All-time leader in touchdown passes (19), total offense yards (4,045 yards), pass completions (208), career passing yards (3,088) and was ranked third in passing yards for a season (1,404). In 1989, he was inducted into the Central Michigan Athletics Hall Of Fame. In 1994, he was inducted into the Mid-American Conference Sports Hall of Fame. In 2000, he was inducted into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame. Professional career Dallas Cowboys Hogeboom was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fifth round (133rd overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft. As a rookie, he earned a roster spot following the retirement of Roger Staubach. He was the third-string quarterback in his first 2 seasons. 1982 season In 1982, he passed Glenn Carano on the depth chart for the backup quarterback role behind Danny White. In the 1982 NFC title game against the Washington Redskins, he replaced a concussed White at the start of the second half and helped the team get back in the contest with 2 consecutive scoring drives, until making two critical interceptions, one returned by Darryl Grant for a touchdown that sealed the 31-17 loss. He completed 14 out of 29 attempts for 162 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. He began to garner attention and opened some eyes from Cowboys coaches and players alike with this performance. 1983 season Prior to the 1983 season, the Cowboy players and fans began to lobby for Hogeboom to be the starting quarterback. White had led the team to three straight NFC Championship game appearances after taking over for Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, but couldn't win a Super Bowl. The players also felt that White had betrayed them because of his public support for the NFL team owners during the 1982 NFL players strike. Furthermore, White was seen as quiet and standoffish, unlike the more vocal and personable Hogeboom. The team gave Hogeboom more playing time in the pre-season, where he completed 42 out of 74 attempts for |
506 | Dehnasar Lake | Dehnasar Lake is a high-altitude freshwater lake in Barot Valley, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Geography Dehnasar Lake lies at above mean sea level, in Kangra district. It is near Barot and Joginder Nagar in Mandi district. The lake is situated beside rocky cliffs at the top of the mountain and derives its water from melted snow. It lies frozen under a thick coat of snow during winters. Blizzards and hailstorms are common due to high altitude. Joginder Nagar, the nearest major town, is 20 kilometers away from the lake, while Barot is 12 km away. Trekking Temporary accommodations and tents are raised near the location of the lake during the pilgrimage season that falls in July to September every year. Shepherds are commonly sighted along the trek during pilgrimage, as well as rare herbs and flowers. The base location to trek uphill towards the lake is at Polling village, 9 km northwards Barot which is accessible by road up to Lohardi. The moderately difficult, 14-km, uphill trek opens after June and closes after September. Trekking via Lohardi is the most commonly used and shortest due to its steep gradient. The Thaltukhod trek is more lengthy and time consuming due to gentler slopes. The lake is approachable through another trek that starts from the opposite side of Kullu Valley. It can take more than 3 days to complete to and fro journey using this route. Culture According to the myth, the lake is home to the goddess Parvati, who is said to visit the lake in the Bhadrapada month of the Hindu calendar, which generally falls in August or September. References Category:Lakes of Himachal Pradesh Category:Geography of Kangra district |
507 | My Boyfriend's Back (1993 film) | My Boyfriend's Back is a 1993 American romantic zombie comedy film directed by Bob Balaban which tells the story of Johnny Dingle (Andrew Lowery), a teenage boy who returns from the dead as a zombie to meet Missy McCloud (Traci Lind), the girl he's in love with, for a date. The film received negative reviews. The film's title is a reference to the 1963 song of the same name by The Angels. The original title of the film, Johnny Zombie was changed shortly before the film's theatrical release. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew McConaughey, and Matthew Fox appear in small roles in the film. Plot Johnny Dingle has been in love with Missy McCloud since they were kids and wanted to give her a birthday present he saved up for but never had the confidence to give it. Now a teenager in his senior year he decides with help from his best friend Eddie to create a fake robbery at Missy’s job in hopes his plan to foil the robbery will impress her and go to the prom with him. Unfortunately a real robber gets rid of Eddie and holds Johnny and Missy at gun point. Johnny dies taking the bullet meant for Missy and Eddie returns to knock the robber out with a ketchup bottle. After the funeral Johnny rises from the grave and is greeted by Murray the gravedigger who warns him he can’t leave or risk danger returning to society. Johnny ignores him and goes back to his home surprising his parents and everyone else the next day. Missy is hesitant to be around Johnny but changes her mind when her boyfriend Buck and dim witted friend Chuck discriminates him for being a Zombie. They go on a date and goes well till Missy accidentally rips Johnny’s ear off. Johnny goes to the town doctor Dr.Bronson who tells him to visit a woman named Maggie, whose husband was the first zombie the town encountered long ago. She tells Johnny to his horror he needs to eat the flesh of the living to stop decaying or be dead for good before the prom. Johnny and Missy meet up at the library were he’s attacked by Buck and Chuck resulting in Chuck’s death when he foolishly hits himself in the head with an axe. Johnny eats Chuck to stay alive and now has invoked the wrath of Chuck’s father Big Chuck. Johnny running out of time gives Missy his present; a heart shaped locket with his and her picture in it when they were kids and finally confess his feelings for her. Missy’s dad the sheriff also doesn’t want Johnny around Missy and threatens him to leave town for his own safety. Johnny doesn’t listen and returns to Missy at night but leaves when he bites her arm repulsed with himself although Missy isn’t afraid of him. He’s captured by Dr.Bronson to be dissected into a youth formula due to his zombie cells able to reanimate dead cells but escapes when Big Chuck leads a mob to kill him and Missy and |
508 | Adriano José da Silva | Adriano José da Silva, known as Adriano (born 25 September 1974) is a retired Brazilian football striker. References Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian footballers Category:FC 08 Homburg players Category:1. FC Saarbrücken players Category:Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Category:SC Verl players Category:Karlsruher SC players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:Association football forwards Category:Brazilian football managers Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Germany Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany |
509 | ISO 3166-2:CL | ISO 3166-2:CL is the entry for Chile in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Chile, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 16 regions. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Chile. The second part is two letters. Current codes Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA). Click on the button in the header to sort each column. Changes The following changes to the entry have been announced by the ISO 3166/MA since the first publication of ISO 3166-2 in 1998. ISO stopped issuing newsletters in 2013. See also FIPS region codes of Chile Subdivisions of Chile External links ISO Online Browsing Platform: CL Regions of Chile, Statoids.com 2:CL *ISO 3166-2 Category:Chile-related lists |
510 | List of lakes in Greater Sudbury | Greater Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) is considered a city of lakes containing 330 lakes, and the largest lake contained within a city, Lake Wanapitei with 13,257 hectares. The lakes drain into two main watersheds: to the east is the French River watershed which flows into Lake Huron via Georgian Bay, and to the west is the Spanish River watershed which flows into Lake Huron via the North Channel. Lakes are used for many recreational purposes including boating, swimming, and ice skating in winter. Lakes in Greater Sudbury are also home to numerous species of fish, of which many are caught for sport. A survey conducted between 2000 and 2006 in 43 lakes found the following fish species: eastern blacknose dace, blacknose shiner, bluegill, brook stickleback, bluntnose minnow, brown bullhead, burbot, central mudminnow, cisco (lake herring), common shiner, creek chub, emerald Shiner, fathead minnow, finescale dace, golden shiner, Iowa darter, Johnny darter, lake chub, lake trout, lake whitefish, largemouth bass, common logperch, mottled sculpin, ninespine stickleback, northern pike, northern pearl dace, pumpkinseed, rainbow smelt, rock bass, slimy sculpin, smallmouth bass, splake, spoonhead sculpin, spottail shiner, trout-perch, walleye, white sucker, and yellow perch. Lakes over 10,000 hectares Lake Wanapitei (13,257) (1st) Lakes over 1,000 hectares Lake Panache (8,034.1) (2nd) Kukagami Lake (1,864.8) (3rd) Matagamasi Lake (1,317.10) (4th) Windy Lake (1,129.0) (5th) Vermilion Lake (1,126.6) (6th) Lakes over 100 hectares Whitewater Lake (949.1) (7th) Long Lake (861.3) (8th) Ramsey Lake (792.2) (9th) Fairbank Lake (705.1) (10th) Whitson Lake (473.4) (11th) Ashigami Lake (434.70) (12th) Makada Lake (353.8) (13th) Kelly Lake (340.8) (14th) Nelson Lake (308.8) (15th) Agnew Lake (294.0) (16th) Joe Lake (216.2) (17th) Gordon Lake (180.0) (18th) Meatbird Lake (175.0) (19th) Kusk Lake (174.9) (20th) Ella Lake (166.1) (21st) McFarlane Lake (166.1) (21st) Red Deer Lake (158.1) (23rd) McCharles Lake (150.1) (24rd) Lake Laurentian (128.1) (25th) Lake Nepahwin (127.0) (26th) Skill Lake (112.7) (27th) Brodill Lake (112.1) (28th) Raft Lake (109.6) (29th) Chief Lake (105.2) (30th) Little Lake Panache (102.9) (31st) Simon Lake (102.0) (32nd) Lakes over 10 hectares Richard Lake (83.6) (33rd) Ironside Lake (80.4) (34th) Clearwater Lake (76.0) (35th) Baby Lake (59.3) (36th) Hanmer Lake (54.4) (37th) Tilton Lake (51.7) (38th) Mud Lake (47.8) (39th) T Lake (44.4) (40th) Lohi Lake (41.6) (41st) Frenchman Lake (43.8) (42nd) Crowley Lake (43.5) (43rd) St. Charles Lake (41.3) (44th) Broder 23 (Wolf) Lake (36.9) (45th) Daisy Lake (36.6) (46th) Onwatin Lake (34.2) (47th) Greens Lake (34.0) (48th) Robinson Lake (33.6) (49th) Bethel Lake (31.2) (50th) Perch Lake (31.2) (50th) Middle Lake (28.1) (52nd) Hannah Lake (27.7) (53rd) Linton Lake (27.7) (53rd) Alice Lake (26.7) (55th) Crooked Lake (26.3) (56th) Silver Lake (21.8) (57th) Minnow Lake (20.9) (58th) Big Beaver Lake (20.1) (59th) Camp Lake (19.9) (60th) Little Raft Lake (19.7) (61st) Kasten Lake (17.4) (62nd) Little Beaver Lake (16.9) (63rd) Forest Lake (15.8) (64th) McCrea Lake (15.8) (64th) Bennett Lake (13.6) (66th) Lakes under 10 hectares Little Meatbird Lake (2.1) (67th) References City of Greater Sudbury Lake Information Greater Sudbury * |
511 | Fat choy | Fat choy (; Nostoc flagelliforme) is a terrestrial cyanobacterium (a type of photosynthetic bacteria) that is used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine. When dried, the product has the appearance of black hair. For that reason, its name in Chinese means "hair vegetable". When soaked, fat choy has a soft texture which is like very fine vermicelli. Production Fat choy grows on the ground in the Gobi Desert and the Qinghai Plateau. Over-harvesting on the Mongolian steppes has furthered erosion and desertification in those areas. The Chinese government has limited its harvesting, which has caused its price to increase. This may be one reason why some commercially available fat choy has been found to be adulterated with strands of a non-cellular starchy material, with other additives and dyes. Real fat choy is dark green in color, while the counterfeit fat choy appears black. Chinese culture The last two syllables of this name in Cantonese sound the same as another Cantonese saying meaning "struck it rich" (though the second syllable, coi, has a different tone) -- this is found, for example, in the Cantonese saying, "Gung1 hei2 faat3 coi4" (恭喜發財, meaning "wishing you prosperity"), which is often proclaimed during Chinese New Year. For that reason, this product is a popular ingredient in dishes used for the Chinese New Year. It is enjoyed as an alternative to cellophane noodles. It is mostly used in Cantonese cuisine and Buddhist cuisine. It is sometimes used as a hot pot ingredient. Vietnamese culture Fat choy is also used in Vietnamese cuisine. It is called or (literally "angel's hair") in Vietnamese. Health effects N. flagelliforme has no nutritional value, and also contains beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a toxic amino acid that could affect the normal functions of nerve cells and is linked to degenerative diseases such as ALS, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and dementia. May have positive effects in macrophages and splenocytes white blood cells. No significant difference between laboratory rats fed Nostoc flagelliforme and the control group was found in a study by Takenaka and coworkers. Notes and references Bibliography External links Category:Vegetables Category:Chinese New Year foods Category:Nostocaceae |
512 | Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry | The Memphis–Ole Miss football rivalry, also known as the Mid–South Rivalry, is an American college football rivalry game between the Tigers of the University of Memphis and the Rebels of the University of Mississippi. The rivalry started in 1921. Ole Miss leads the series, 49–12–2. Series history The two schools, separated by just 80 miles, first met in 1921, with Ole Miss winning the first 17 games. Memphis earned a memorable tie in 1963, and won its first game in the series in 1967. From 1962 to 1995, games were played annually (except 1975) in Oxford, Memphis and Jackson MS. In 2015, Memphis upset Ole Miss 37–24. It was the first time the Tigers defeated the Rebels since 2004, and first win over a ranked opponent since 1996. Game results See also List of NCAA college football rivalry games References Category:College football rivalries in the United States Category:Memphis Tigers football Category:Ole Miss Rebels football |
513 | Impulse (software) | Impulse was a digital distribution and multiplayer platform. Originally developed by Stardock to succeed Stardock Central, it was purchased by GameStop in March 2011, and was subsequently rebranded as GameStop PC Downloads, with the client being renamed GameStop App. The client was discontinued in April 2014. Impulse facilitated the purchase, download and updating of software. The platform also provided blogging, friends-list, chat, game matchmaking, achievements and ranking to certain games. Features Impulse helped users purchase and download software. Purchases were tied to an account on GameStop's servers, and could be downloaded from anywhere that allowed the use of the Impulse client. Storefront Impulse provided a storefront that supports localized currencies, territory restrictions and a process for refunds. Publishers and developers that once used the Impulse storefront include Activision, Atari, Ubisoft, Epic Games, THQ, AVG, Iolo Technologies, Gas Powered Games, Hothead Games, Ironclad Games, Popcap Games, and Meridian4. Software management Impulse allowed users to install, update (when desired) and uninstall the software tied to a user's account. Users who purchased Impulse-supported games at retail stores could download the client and install previously purchased software on their computers without the original disc after registration of the game. Impulse was able to create archives of purchased software to be stored on a backup medium, allowing users to revert to an older version if the latest version is not up to expectations. Impulse::Reactor Game developers could make API calls and query information from the Impulse community infrastructure using Impulse::Reactor, a software library which provides DRM/copy protection, achievements, accounts, friends lists, chat, multiplayer lobbies, and cloud storage. Criticism Exclusive patches Impulse, used for delivering patches, was criticised for causing the decline in availability of standalone patches. While it provided convenient and smaller updates for internet-connected users, users without availability of internet access face no other option to update their game via standalone patches. The only other way to update a game was to install Impulse on another connected computer, get an updated copy of the software or game before transferring it to an archive medium where it can be restored to the unconnected computer. However, the process was not feasible for people with limited access on public or corporate computers. The availability of these patches in the event that the company goes out of business is uncertain. Resale limitations Impulse did not support the resale of games. The product was transferable only when a user bought a second copy for another person, via the support system. Re-sales were possible with Game Object Obfuscation, or GOO for short. GOO is GameStop's client-free DRM solution which allows neutrality between competing digital stores. Fences 0.99 controversy Stardock attracted criticism in September 2009 when its desktop organizer Fences 0.99 was bundled with Impulse (requiring Internet Explorer 7 and Microsoft .NET) without notification on the product description or download page. Fences had previously been available as a stand-alone product. Stardock later informed customers of the additional software requirements on the Fences website. History Impulse was launched on June 17, 2008 as a successor to Stardock Central (launched in 2001). While Steam is |
514 | Megan Lee | Megan Lee (born September 18, 1995) is a Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress best known for her role as Sun Hi Song on Make It Pop and her singing talents on YouTube. From February 2013, Megan Lee was signed to Kim Tae-woo's (lead singer of g.o.d) label, Soul Shop Entertainment up until November 2014. Megan Lee was a member of XO-IQ, featured in the Nickelodeon series Make It Pop. She has taken part in season 14 of the American music talent show The Voice, where she was eliminated in the Battle round. Lee has also written music for K-Pop artists such as Exo's Baekhyun and Girls' Generation's Taeyeon. On May 2019, she released her debut extended play, I Am. Biography Lee officially began her professional career in acting, singing, and dancing at the age of 10. She has appeared in numerous national commercials including spots for McDonald's, Verizon, and Nintendo (the Nintendo DS), Bratz, Wal-Mart, Big Lots, Trix as well as TV programs such as the Crash TV series, Kidz Bop, Nickelodeon's iCarly, Nickelodeon's Kid Choice Awards, Disney's Get Connected, 3 Minute Game Show & various independent film projects, and most recently, South Korea's popular show, MBC Star Audition - The Great Birth (위대한 탄생) Season 1 (and Season 2) on one of South Korea's main broadcast networks (MBC). On Season 2 of MBC's Star Audition, Lena Park personally selected Megan over a number of other competitors to be Megan's mentor. She also finished in the Top 13 of contestants at the end of Season 2. Film and television Lee is starring in a Nickelodeon show entitled Make It Pop. She is one of the show's three main stars and plays a character named "Sun Hi Song". The series is being co-produced by Nick Cannon. In 2008, Lee had won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Best Speech Contest at the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards. Megan Lee played Hyori in the Short Film/Music Video, My First Crush, directed by Rocky Jo, with Arden Cho starring as the older Hyori. Also in 2008, Lee starred as "Julie" in several episodes of Disney's TV Series, "Disney Get Connected." She also played "Ji Sun" in an episode of Crash alongside Dennis Hopper, Tom Sizemore, Brian Tee and Kelvin Han Yee. Music Lee writes her own original songs and released three singles as an independent artist, "In The Future", "Love, Laugh & Live" and "Destiny." "Love, Laugh & Live" was Megan's first official music video and was shot and directed by Steve Nguyen. "Destiny" was also made into a music video, and was directed by Timothy Tau. Megan Lee has also released a music video and track with Kim Tae-woo entitled "Oppa". Megan's official debut track during her time on Soul Shop Entertainment was entitled "8dayz" (read as 8 Days), which was released on May 15, 2014. The track features B2ST's Yong Jun-hyung, and is also composed by German composers Andreas Bärtels and Rüdiger Schramm, who also composed a track for veteran K-pop singer Nami. Megan Lee and her vocals are also featured in the g.o.d reunion track, |
515 | Gilberto Zorio | Gilberto Zorio (born 1944) is an Italian artist associated with the Italian Arte Povera movement. Zorio's artwork shows his fascination with natural processes, alchemical transformation, and the release of energy. His sculptures, paintings, and performances are often read as metaphors for revolutionary human action, transformation, and creativity. He is known for his use of materials including: incandescent electric light tubes, steel, pitch, motifs, and processes through the use of evaporation and oxidation. He also creates precarious installations using fragile materials such as Stella di Bronzo and Acidi within his work. Education Zorio studied at the Scuola di arte e di ceramica (School of Arts and Ceramics) and then the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin (1963-1970). Gilberto originally studied painting, but he soon moved on to sculpture and had his first solo show of three-dimensional works in 1967 at the Galleria Sperone, Turin. He continued to live there and teach after he graduated. Early work A lot of Zorio's early work tended toward that which the North American artist Robert Morris identified as a 'dedifferentiation' between the materials and forms of art in post minimalist sculptural practice. This led to Zorio presenting objects that asserted dynamic relationships with their materials and spatial or environmental context. This can be seen in Zorio's semi-cylinder of cobalt chloride which changed color in reaction to the spectator's presence. Throughout his career, Zorio was influenced by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Piero Gilardi, and Mario Merz. Zorio's early pieces done between 1966 and 1968 concretized energy processes. These works utilized the process of chemical reactions or simple physical actions (such as oxidation, evaporation, refining, or electric transmission). These early works are based on autonomous changes taking place within a given system, or on changes caused by outside intervention (e.g., by the viewer). These events and changes take place within the work occurring at a slow pace, turning the weight and impact of time and the relentless rhythm of nature into something tangible. Energy, both on the physical-chemical and emotional level, is common to all these processes. These concepts can be seen in pieces such as: Rosa-blu-rosa, Tenda, Piombi, Senza titolo, 1967 and Senza titolo, 1968. Role in Arte Povera Since his first exhibition at the Galleria Sperone in Turin in 1967, Gilberto Zorio's work has been linked to the history of Arte Povera. These first productions were strange objects, which were results of completed actions or ones that are still under way. Next came his work involving the action and reaction of the artist's body like in Odio ("hate" in Italian), a word inscribed with an ax in a wall. The role of words and speech is essential in these pieces. Zorio participated in the famous exhibition When Attitudes Become Form (1969), organized by Harald Szeemann in Bern. There Zorio presented Torcia, a radical piece where flaming torches, suspended above the ground, fall causing the collapse and destruction of the work itself. In 1969 he also exhibited in Paris for the first time along with New York for the event "Nine at Castelli" where, with Giovanni Anselmo, they were the |
516 | List of songs recorded by Björk | Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk has recorded more than two hundred songs for nine studio albums, two soundtrack albums, a compilation album, five remix albums and three collaboration albums. She is the sole writer and producer of most of the songs included in her albums. She also sometimes plays instruments during her recording sessions. Moreover, she has provided credited and uncredited contributions on songs recorded by other artists, including background vocals, songwriting, remixing and production. After enrolling at the Barnamúsíkskóli in Reykjavík, she started developing an interest in writing and performing. A recording of her rendition of Tina Charles' 1976 song "I Love to Love", sung when she was 10 years old, led to the signing of a record deal with Fálkinn. Her first eponymous solo release (1977), nowadays considered juvenilia, consisted of cover songs. Nonetheless, the album included her first composition, "Jóhannes Kjarval". Thereafter, Björk ventured into music bands experiences, singing as the lead voice of groups like Tappi Tíkarrass, Kukl, The Elgar Sisters and, most notably, The Sugarcubes. While recording with The Sugarcubes, Björk appeared as a background vocalist for fellow artists like Megas, Current 93 and Bless, and some of her original music was included in local music compilations. In 1990 she released Gling-Gló alongside Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, a cover album of Jazz standards. In 1993, after departing from The Sugarcubes, Björk released her first solo album, Debut, which propelled her to international stardom. The album was followed by a series of critically acclaimed recordings, including Post (1995), Homogenic (1997), Vespertine (2001), Medúlla (2004), Volta (2007), Biophilia (2011), Vulnicura (2015), and Utopia (2017). All of her albums were released under One Little Indian Records. Björk has collaborated with a number of artists and songwriters throughout her career, including Nellee Hooper, Sjón, Mark Bell, Anohni and Arca. Björk's recorded output also encompasses songs recorded for motion pictures. She has composed theme songs for The Young Americans (1993), Anton (1996), Being John Malkovich (1999) and Hot Chocolate (2005). Most notably, she created the soundtrack for Dancer in the Dark (2000), directed by Lars von Trier, while also acting as the main protagonist in the film itself, a role which gained her the Best Actress Award at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, whereas her song "I've Seen It All" received a nomination at the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Björk reprised double duty as main actress and composer for Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint 9, for which she recorded an eponymous soundtrack (2005). Her latest contribution for a film is "The Comet Song", recorded for Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010). During the course of her career, Björk's songs and composition were nominated for several music awards. She has received five BRIT Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, one Academy Award nomination, and fourteen Grammy Awards nominations. In 2010, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music awarded her with the prestigious Polar Music Prize, considered the equivalent of the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden, praising "her deeply personal music and lyrics, her precise arrangements and her unique voice". In 2017, Björk |
517 | Adjutant General of Massachusetts | The Adjutant General of Massachusetts is the highest-ranking military official in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is subordinate to the Governor of Massachusetts. The Adjutant General is a member of the Governor's Cabinet and advises the Governor on military and emergency management matters. Duties The Adjutant General is the principal military advisor to the Governor and is also responsible for the organization, training and supervision of the Massachusetts National Guard and the Massachusetts State Defense Force. List of Adjutants General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts References See also Massachusetts National Guard Category:Government of Massachusetts |
518 | Jean-Pierre Egger | Jean-Pierre Egger (born 30 July 1943) is a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Swiss male shot putters Category:Olympic athletes of Switzerland Category:Place of birth missing (living people) |
519 | Phyllonorycter tenuicaudella | Phyllonorycter tenuicaudella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. References tenuicaudella Category:Moths of North America |
520 | Alma City Auditorium and Sale Barn | The Alma City Auditorium and Sale Barn is a historic building in Alma, Nebraska. It was built in 1922–1923. It was used to sell cattle and to host events, like the Harlan County Music Festival in 1948. The 1938 funeral of Ashton C. Shallenberger, who served as the 15th governor of Nebraska from 1909 to 1911, was also held here. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. References Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1923 Category:National Register of Historic Places in Harlan County, Nebraska |
521 | Michael Theodoulou | Michael Theodoulou is a journalist based in Nicosia, Cyprus who reports for the Christian Science Monitor, The Times, National Public Radio, and The Scotsman. He has reported for numerous news outlets over a long career. He frequently reports on Cyprus and the Middle East. He traveled to Iran many times in the 1990s, and his reports on Ayatollah Khomeini are often cited. References Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Cypriot journalists |
522 | Ugandan Australians | Ugandan Australians refers to Australian citizens who are of Ugandan descent or Ugandan-born people who migrated to Australia. The 2011 survey recorded 2,676 Ugandans in Australia. History There was very little migration from Uganda before 1960. In the 1960s there was a gradual growth of Ugandans that immigrated to Australia largely for political reasons, and for many it was for further studies, predominantly graduate school. Immigration records from 1985 cite Ugandans separately from other Africans and show the arrival of 859 immigrants, most fleeing Idi Amin's terror. Of note is the fact that Afro Asian, a group encompassing all brown-skinned people, usually Indians, Pakistani, and Konkani of Goa, are counted in a separate category from Ugandans, although many of them came from Uganda. In 1976, 359 Ugandans arrived, and 241 came in 1977. Immigration fell to less than 150 each year in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a time of political stability in Uganda. Demography Most Ugandans who emigrate go to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. The reason for migration is based on the low economic remuneration for workers in Uganda and the low political stability of the country compared with the west. Also, many Ugandans immigrate for better educational opportunities. Most people migrating come from cities, so that rural emigration is low. Ugandans who want to work in rural areas or in public practice do not usually migrate. Australia is perceived to have better pay and less competition to enter the country. Most students who migrate learned about opportunities for the emigration of their friends and colleagues who had already emigrated, because information on migration in Uganda isn't very accessible. Immigrants with professional employment are geographically scattered, though significant communities have developed in metropolitan areas. Some newly arrived Ugandans receive assistance from Catholic Social Services and other humanitarian relief agencies. Because English is Uganda's official language, many Ugandan Australians do not face significant language barriers. Refugees who lived in rural areas, however, find Australian culture is very different from what they left behind. Australian life poses challenges for those who have not seen escalators, refrigerators, traffic lights, and scan-your-own grocery checkouts. Australia has become home to many, and although numerous Ugandans come home upon accomplishing the goals that brought them to the Australia or North America, for many its home. This has prompted them to forge solidities, associations and clubs to foster unity, brotherhood and goals to bridge and maintain connectivity to their motherland. The solidarities are based on cultural/ethnic backgrounds, with UNAA, as the umbrella association that houses all Ugandans regardless their background, creed, tribe and/or social status. The month of August will see some three major events bring together Ugandans in Australia in rather spectacular flair. These festivities include the Ttabamiruka, the International Community of Banyakigezi. The West has traditionally viewed Ugandans as passive people. Their willing servitude and non-aggressive behavior results from centuries of tribal structure that discouraged individual self-promotion. The culture of the Baganda was authoritarian, and obedience to the king was crucial. Ugandans tend to establish single-family homes where children learn |
523 | Badrehi | Badrehi (, also Romanized as Badreh'ī and Badrah’ī; also known as Badra’ī) is a village in Howmeh-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Eslamabad-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,024, in 481 families. References Category:Populated places in Eslamabad-e Gharb County |
524 | Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics | At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre), but women competed only in foil events. They were held between July 22 and July 31 at the fencing hall of the Sports Complex of the Central Sports Club of the Army (north-western part of Moscow). Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations A total of 182 fencers (133 men and 49 women) from 20 nations competed at the Moscow Games: References External links Official Olympic Report Category:1980 Summer Olympics events 1980 Category:1980 in fencing Category:International fencing competitions hosted by Russia Category:Fencing in the Soviet Union |
525 | Lespinoy | Lespinoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A village situated 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D349 road and in the Canche valley. Population Places of interest The nineteenth century church of Saint-Maurice See also Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References INSEE commune file External links Lespinoy on the Quid website Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais |
526 | Cedar Township, Cowley County, Kansas | Cedar Township is a township in Cowley County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 44. Geography Cedar Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Rock Creek. The streams of Acker Creek, Bear Creek, Branson Creek, Dog Run, Donahue Creek, Rush Creek, Spring Creek, Spring Creek and Whartenby Creek run through this township. References USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) External links City-Data.com Category:Townships in Cowley County, Kansas Category:Townships in Kansas |
527 | The Driver's Seat (novel) | The Driver's Seat is a novella by Muriel Spark. Published in 1970, it was advertised as "a metaphysical shocker". It is indeed in the psychological thriller genre, dealing with themes of alienation, isolation and loss of spiritual values. It was filmed in 1974 starring Elizabeth Taylor and featuring Andy Warhol. In the U.S the film was renamed Identikit. Spark described it as one of her favourite novels. The Driver's Seat was, on 26 March 2010, one of six novels to be nominated for “Lost Man Booker Prize” of 1970, "a contest delayed by 40 years because a reshuffling of the fledgeling competition’s rules that year disqualified nearly a year’s worth of high-quality fiction from consideration." In 2015, it was adapted for the stage for the first time by Laurie Sansom for a National Theatre of Scotland production which premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Plot summary Lise is a spinster, working in an accountancy firm somewhere in Northern Europe, probably Denmark (the location is not explicitly specified). Spark described The Driver's Seat as a 'whydunnit' (and she uses the term in the novel). This is because in the novel's third chapter it is revealed that Lise will be murdered. Hence Spark's novel is an examination, not of what events take place, but why they do. It is eventually revealed that Lise has suffered years of illness; she behaves erratically and often confrontationally, and wears garish, provocative clothing. Lise travels to a South European city, probably Rome, ostensibly to meet her illusory boyfriend. Footnotes External links Category:1970 British novels Category:Novels by Muriel Spark Category:British novellas Category:British novels adapted into films Category:Macmillan Publishers books Category:Psychological thriller novels |
528 | Chart pattern | A chart pattern or price pattern is a pattern within a chart when prices are graphed. In stock and commodity markets trading, chart pattern studies play a large role during technical analysis. When data is plotted there is usually a pattern which naturally occurs and repeats over a period. Chart patterns are used as either reversal or continuation signals. There are 3 main types of chart pattern which are currently used by technical analysts : traditional chart pattern, harmonic pattern candlestick pattern. Traditional Chart Pattern Included in this type are the most common patterns which have been introduced to chartists for more than a hundred years. Below is a list of the most commonly used traditional chart patterns: Reversal Patterns: Double Top Reversal Double Bottom Reversal Triple Top Reversal Triple Bottom Reversal Head and Shoulders Key Reversal Bar Continuation Patterns: Triangle Flag and Pennant Channel Cup with Handle Harmonic Pattern Harmonic Pattern utilizes the recognition of specific structures that possess distinct and consecutive Fibonacci ratio alignments that quantify and validate harmonic patterns. These patterns calculate the Fibonacci aspects of these price structures to identify highly probable reversal points in the financial markets. This methodology assumes that harmonic patterns or cycles, like many patterns and cycles in life, continually repeat. The key is to identify these patterns and to enter or to exit a position based upon a high degree of probability that the same historic price action will occur. Below is a list of commonly used harmonic patterns: Bat Butterfly Gartley Cypher Crab Deep Crab Shark 3 Drives AB=CD 5-0 Traders use the Potential Reversal Zone (PRZ) as an important level of support/resistance in their trading and price action strategy. Candlestick Pattern In technical analysis, a candlestick pattern is a movement in prices shown graphically on a candlestick chart that some believe can predict a particular market movement. The recognition of the pattern is subjective and programs that are used for charting have to rely on predefined rules to match the pattern. There are 42 recognized patterns that can be split into simple and complex patterns. Steve Nison is the one who introduced candlestick pattern from Japan to the West. There are hundreds of candlestick pattern available which are discussed in Steve's book Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques. See also Market trends Trend following Elliot wave Candlestick chart Price action trading References Category:Technical analysis Category:Chart patterns |
529 | Czarnorzeki | Czarnorzeki (, Chornoriky) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Korczyna, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Korczyna, north-east of Krosno, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. References Czarnorzeki |
530 | Masuma Rahman Nabila | Masuma Rahman Nabila is a Bangladeshi television presenter, model and actor. She started her career in 2006 as a TV host. Early life Nabila was born on 8 April 1985 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Her father Lutfar Rahman was appointed as an auditing officer in a private firm. She studied at Bangladesh International School & College in Jeddah. Nabila moved to Dhaka after completing her Secondary School Certificate (SSC). She finished her Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, and completed her B.A (Honours) in English from BRAC University. She is currently living in Dhaka with her family. Modeling Nabila made her modeling debut by doing a short appearance on a TVC in 2006 for sharp blade directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. She has also done some photo shoots for magazine and newspapers. Television career Nabila stepped into the media world with a school magazine show on Banglavision called Ebong Class Er Baire in 2006. Soon after she hosted a live quiz show called Janar ache bolar ache on NTV, Vocab on Banglavision and a live music request show Music Together on Banglavision. She has hosted some big events like BPL opening ceremony and the 100-day countdown to the ICC World Twenty20. Apart from TV show hosting, Nabila had participated in TV commercials for Robi, Fair & Lovely, Banglalink and Dabur Vatika Enriched Coconut Hair Oil etc. She is also a brand ambassador for Parachute Advanced Hair Oil. Television TV fictions Filmography Nabila made her debut in the movie Aynabaji in 2016. The movie was a blockbuster and she has won many awards for her role in the film. Film Web Film Nabila has appeared in many web films also where her performance has been praised by the audience. Radio Show Music Video Advertisements Awards and nominations References Category:Living people Category:VJs (media personalities) Category:Bangladeshi television personalities Category:Bangladeshi female models Category:People from Chittagong Category:1985 births |
531 | Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Band | The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Band is a Caribbean police musical unit in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, located in the capital of the Port of Spain. It was founded in 1866 to provide support to local militia and police units, in absence of an active military band. In 1964, Guillermo Antonio Prospect (also known in English speaking circles as Anthony Prospect) formed the first police steel band. A notable member of the band was Lieutenant Joseph Nathaniel Griffith, who later served as bandmaster of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Band and was previously with the Antiguan Police Band. Another member was Superintendent Enrique Moore, who was present with the band when it went to a tattoo in Berlin in 2003. The band, like other Trinidadian marching bands, owns a steel band. The band maintains a rehearsal space in the capital. It was created and designed by Caribbean Entertainment Technologies, which is a group of broadcast and electrical engineers. There are four rooms located within the compound: a choir room, a steel-pan room, a practice room, and an orchestra room. In 2017, the largest promotion of vand members in the presence of the Commissioner of Police took place, with 23 constables either being promoted to the rank of Corporal or Sergeant. See also Jamaica Constabulary Force Band Royal Barbados Police Band Fanfare du Palais National Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Steel Orchestra References Category:Musical groups established in 1866 Category:Police bands |
532 | John C. Walker | John C. Walker was a physician and prominent Democrat political figure in Indianapolis, Indiana during the American Civil War. In 1861, he was commissioned colonel in command of the 35th Indiana Infantry Regiment ("First Irish"). Disagreements with his superiors, including Governor Morton, led to his removal from command and the issuance of an order for his arrest. He was returned to Indiana on an excuse of medical infirmity. He later participated in Copperhead activity in Indiana, the discovery of which forced him to flee to the United Kingdom for the duration of the war. He returned after hostilities had ceased and resumed practice as a physician. References Griffin, T. K. 1992. The 1st Irish, 35th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865 : a military, political and social history. Thesis, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing Category:People of Indiana in the American Civil War Category:Indiana Democrats Category:Union Army colonels |
533 | John Gill (footballer, born 1932) | John Somers Gill (19 April 1932 – 3 March 2003) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1951 to 1957. A highly talented ruckman with a strong overhead mark, and a delightfully graceful and accurate "palm", he walked straight into the Essendon senior team at 19 years of age. Recruited from the Longerenong Agricultural College, in Horsham, Victoria, he made his debut, two days after his nineteenth birthday, for Essendon's seniors in the first home-and-away match of the 1951 season, on 21 April 1951, when Essendon defeated Melbourne 13.8 (86) to 10.16 (76) at Windy Hill. He won the Crichton Medal in 1954, and finished third in that season's Brownlow Medal count. He represented Victoria in 1955 and 1957. Having missed the 1951 Grand Final due to illness, he played in his first grand final in 1957 but was on the losing side. It turned out to be his last game of football as he retired at the age of just 25 to concentrate on his business career. Fans were shocked at his decision to retire, because he seemed to be just starting to achieve his outstanding potential, and he seemed destined to become one of the all-time great ruckmen. His retirement created the space for the (then) second-string ruckman Geoff Leek's career to blossom. References External links Footystats Diary — Obituary: John Somers Gill Category:1932 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Category:Essendon Football Club players Category:Crichton Medal winners |
534 | HMS Gay Bruiser (P1044) | HMS Gay Bruiser was a Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vosper, Portchester, and launched on 19 December 1952. She was the third ship to be launched in her class. The ship was reported to have been at the Wessex Power Units Yard during the early 1960s. References Category:Gay-class fast patrol boats Category:Royal Navy ship names Category:1952 ships |
535 | Monsac | Monsac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also Communes of the Dordogne department References INSEE Category:Communes of Dordogne |
536 | James Hay (politician) | James Hay (January 9, 1856 – June 12, 1931) served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, was a United States Representative from Virginia and a Judge of the Court of Claims. Education and career Born on January 9, 1856, in Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, Hay attended private schools, then the University of Pennsylvania and received a Bachelor of Laws in 1877 from the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He was a teacher in Harrisonburg, Virginia from 1877 to 1879. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Harrisonburg from 1877 to 1879. He continued private practice in Madison, Virginia from 1879 to 1897. He was a commonwealth attorney for Madison County, Virginia from 1883 to 1896. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1885 to 1891, representing Greene County and Madison County. He was a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1893 to 1897, representing Culpeper County, Rappahannock County, Madison County and Orange County. He was a member of the Democratic State committee in 1888. He was delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888. Congressional service Hay was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives of the 55th United States Congress and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his resignation on October 1, 1916. He was Chairman of the United States House Committee on Military Affairs for the 62nd through 64th United States Congresses. Military preparedness Hay was involved in the "Preparedness Movement" of 1915 to 1916, and in response to which he drafted and pushed through the National Defense Act of 1916. Federal judicial service Hay was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on July 15, 1916, to a seat on the Court of Claims (later the United States Court of Claims) vacated by Judge George W. Atkinson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 17, 1916, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1927. His service terminated on June 12, 1931, due to his death in Madison. He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Madison. Electoral history 1896; Hay was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 55.81% of the vote, defeating Republican Robert J. Walker, NtD (?) J. Samuel Harrisberger, and Independent John F. Forsyth. 1898; Hay was re-elected with 77.05% of the vote, defeating SilD (?) D.C. O'Flaherty. 1900; Hay was re-elected with 63.35% of the vote, defeating Republican C.M. Gibbens. 1902; Hay was re-elected with 64.68% of the vote, defeating Republican Samuel J. Hoffman. 1904; Hay was re-elected with 64.65% of the vote, defeating Republican Charles M. Kelzel. 1906; Hay was re-elected unopposed. 1908; Hay was re-elected with 62.85% of the vote, defeating Republican L. Pritchard. 1910; Hay was re-elected with 57.96% of the vote, defeating Republican John Paul and Independent Hugh S. Lupton. 1912; Hay was re-elected with 71.54% of the vote, defeating Republican George N. Earman and Independent E.C. Garrison. 1914; Hay was re-elected with 86.96% of the vote, defeating Republican |
537 | Quetzalcoatl (disambiguation) | Quetzalcoatl is a Mesoamerican deity. The name can also refer to: Quetzalcóatl International Airport, located in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Quetzalcoatl (Final Fantasy), a character from the Final Fantasy video game series Quetzalcoatl (Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia), a character from the Fate/stay night franchise Quetzalcoatl (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid), a character from the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga series Quetzalcoatlus, a pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America 1915 Quetzálcoatl, a minor planet Cē Acatl Tōpīltzin Quetzalcōātl, Lord of the Toltecs in the 10th century Temple of the Feathered Serpent, Teotihuacan, also known as the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid Quetzacoatl, a mobile game by the developer 1Button SARL Quetzalcoatl, a 1993 album by the band J Church |
538 | Agassiziella alicialis | Agassiziella alicialis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Sri Lanka. References Category:Moths described in 1908 Category:Acentropinae Category:Moths of Sri Lanka |
539 | An Evening with Jill Scott | An Evening with Jill Scott is a concert tour by American recording artist, Jill Scott. Beginning in October 2011, the tour supported the singer's fourth studio album, The Light of the Sun. The tour mainly consisted of Scott performing at various music festivals in Europe and North America. For the first time ever, Jill Scott will also tour Australia in 2013. Shows in Europe were known as: Jill Scott: Live in Europe. Opening acts Anthony Hamilton (Tuscaloosa) DJ Semtex (London—November 30) D'Angelo (Juan-les-Pins) Jones Jnr (Australia) Setlist "Shame" "Hate on Me" "The Way" "Quick" "The Real Thing" "So In Love" "Le BOOM Vent Suite" "Slowly Surely" "It's Love" "Womanifesto "Rolling Hills" "Come See Me" "Cross My Mind" "So Gone (What My Mind Says)" "Crown Royal" "A Long Walk" "Golden" Encore "When I Wake Up" "He Loves Me (Lyzel In E Flat)" "Blessed" Tour dates Festivals and other miscellaneous performances This concert was a part of "Bayfest" This concert was a part of the "ASU Homecoming" This concert was a part of "Jazz in the Gardens" This concert is a part of the "Hampton Jazz Festival" This concert is a part of the "North Sea Jazz Festival" This concert is a part of the "Somerset House Summer Series" Cancellations and rescheduled shows Box office score data External links Scott's Official Website References Category:Jill Scott concert tours Category:2011 concert tours Category:2012 concert tours |
540 | Wyandance | Wyandance may refer to: Wyandance, an alternative spelling of Wyandanch (sachem) (ca. 1620-1660), a sachem of the Montaukett Indians Wyandance, the former name of the town of Wyandanch, New York , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 |
541 | Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa Jr. | Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa Jr. (May 3, 1907 – July 4, 2004) was a professor at Stanford University and an expert on Spanish linguistics, focusing on Spanish American folklore. He was the son of Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa Sr.. Personal life Espinosa was born in 1907 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His parents were Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa Sr. (1880–1958) and Maria Margarita Garcia Espinosa (1886–1958), and he had four siblings. He later married Iraida Espinosa, with whom he had two daughters and a son, Aurelio Ramon Espinosa. He died in Palo Alto in 2004, at the age of 97. Career Espinosa Jr. received his bachelor's degree at Stanford University in 1928 and his doctorate at the University of Madrid (1932). Between 1932 and 1936, he collaborated in the Linguistic Atlas of Spain and Portugal (Atlas Lingüístico de la Península Ibérica ALPI). While he collaborated with the Atlas, he took the time to compile Spanish folklore, although his work was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. He then worked as a Spanish professor at Harvard University and during World War II, he taught Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian at the U.S. Military Academy. In 1945, he was recognized as a member of the Real Academia de la Lengua Española (Royal Spanish Academy). He became a part of Stanford University faculty in 1946, the same year his father retired. He retired and became professor emeritus in 1972, after 22 years at Stanford, holding positions as first the Executive Head of the Department of Modern European Languages, and later the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. With the help of folklorist Julio Camarena Laucirica, at the end of the 1980s, he was able to edit the stories he collected in Castilla and Leon before the Civil War. In 1995, he was recognized in the El Centro Chicano y Latino's Hall of Fame, the year it was established. Works Espinosa did not only publish the folk stories he collected, but he also co-wrote Spanish textbooks that were widely used in college classrooms. Turk, Laurel Herbert, Carlos A. SoleÌ, and Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa. Foundation Course in Spanish. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1989. Print. Mastering Spanish. Laurel Herbert Turk, Aurelio Macedonio Espinosa. Heath, Jan 1, 1979 "Arcaísmos dialectales. La conservación de «s» y «z» sonoras en Cáceres y Salamanca", en Revista de Filología Española, Anejo XIX, 1935. Cuentos populares de España, 3 vols. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1923–1923. Cuentos populares de España. Buenos Aires y México: Espasa-Calpe, 1946. Notes External links Category:1907 births Category:2004 deaths Category:Neomexicanos Category:Linguists from the United States Category:American folklorists Category:Stanford University alumni Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni Category:Stanford University Department of Linguistics faculty Category:Harvard University faculty |
542 | Hostile worlds | Hostile worlds is sociologist Viviana Zelizer's term for the view that the market must be kept separate from intimate, sacred, and otherwise important spheres if they are to retain their value and importance. Zelizer argues that the hostile worlds view assumes "that the entry of instrumental means such as monetization and cost accounting into the worlds of caring, friendship, sexuality, and parent-child relations depletes them of their richness, hence that zones of intimacy only thrive if people erect effective barriers around them." Zelizer contrasts hostile worlds with the "nothing but" view. In contrast to hostile worlds, the "nothing but" view does not divide social relations into separate spheres of money, on the one hand, and intimate relations, on the other. For the "nothing but" view, there is nothing but the market (or culture, or politics). This theory has been productively used to study intimate relations, as in Zelizer's other work, but also to examine care relationships, art and other areas. For example, Olav Velthuis used this to understand the views of contemporary artists and their hostility to investment interests. Erica Coslor found the hostile worlds view the prevalent view for collectors and art lovers, though not necessarily all gallerists. References Category:Economic sociology Category:Sociological theories |
543 | Razi Shirazi | Ayatollah Sayyed Razi Shirazi is a jurist, philosopher and theologian. He is currently the Imam of the Shifa mosque in Yousef Abad, Tehran. Early life Sayyed Razi Shirazi was born in Najaf, Iraq. His family lived in the Al-Emarah region. His father was the Ayatollah Sayyed Muhammad Husayn Shirazi. Shirazi was one of eight children, including five sons and three daughters. Shirazi later immigrated to Iran and settled in the Yousef Abad region of Tehran. Career Shirazi has taught in many different places, such as the Marvi School, the Sepahsalar School (University of Motahhari), and the University of Tehran as a Theology faculty member. Shirazi was the representative of the Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi in the international congress of Bayt-Al Muqaddas. He is currently the Imam of the Shifa mosque in Yousef Abad, Tehran. To date, Shirazi has converted 500 people into the Muslim faith. Works Shirazi has written many works on the subjects of Philosophy, Theology and Jurisprudence. Some of his works include Explaining the Poems of Wisdom (2 volumes, Sharhe Manzoumeh), Al Esfar An Al-Asfar (2 volumes), Criticism and Planning of Ideas, Zolale Hekmat (Commentary of Quran), and Zolale Hekmat (ethics). Teachers Shirazi has studied under many teachers, including Fayyaz Esfahani, Shekh Mojtaba Lankarani, Shekh Muhammad Kazim Shirazi, Abulqasim Khoei and Helli, Abul Hasan Sharani, Muhammad Taqi Amoli, Fazel Tooni, Mirza Ahmad Ashtiani, Allameh Sayyed Abul Hasan Rafiee Qazvini, and Mirza Mehdi Elahi Qomshehee. See also Islamic philosophy References Category:1928 births Category:Living people Category:Iranian philosophers Category:Iranian jurists Category:People from Najaf |
544 | Los Mazatlecos | Los Mazatlecos (The Mazatlan people) is an enforcer gang of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. It is reportedly led by Fausto Isidro Meza Flores. Activities Los Mazatlecos gang were formed in the coastal city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, from where they take their name. Initially, the gang was at the service of the drug lord Alfredo Beltrán Leyva ("El Mochomo") until he was arrested by the Mexican authorities in 2008. After his arrest, Los Mazatlecos shifted their alliance to Alfredo's brother Héctor Beltrán Leyva, the current leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. The group is one of the largest gangs working for the cartel's criminal umbrella. They are in a turf war against the Sinaloa Cartel, and are also responsible for numerous deaths and kidnappings on the Sinaloa and Durango area. References Category:Mexican criminal organizations Category:Beltrán-Leyva Cartel traffickers Category:Gangs in Mexico Category:Mexican Drug War |
545 | Ciban | The Ciban is a right tributary of the river Sebeș in Romania. It discharges into the Sebeș downstream of the Oașa Dam. Its length is and its basin size is . References Category:Rivers of Romania Category:Rivers of Sibiu County |
546 | 12th New York Volunteer Infantry | The 12th New York Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service 3 Month Service of the 12th New York State Militia The 12th New York Volunteer Infantry is sometimes confused with the 12th New York State Militia, a distinguished regiment formed in 1847 and which left New York City on April 21, 1861, for three months' service under the command of Colonel Daniel Butterfield. The 12th New York State Militia was not the same regiment as the 12th New York volunteers, though in February 1862 it did furnish a five-company battalion for the 12th Volunteers, and Henry A. Weeks of the militia regiment took command of the 12th Volunteers as a result. Remaining 12th New York militiamen stayed in New York City with their regiment, which was activated for federal service twice more during the war. Compounding the 12th Volunteers/12th Militia confusion is the fact that Butterfield at one point commanded the brigade in which the 12th New York Volunteers served. Also, as indicated by inscriptions on the 12th New York's monument at Gettysburg, at least some of its veterans considered the two 12th New York regiments to be one and the same. 2 Year The 12th New York Volunteer Infantry was organized at Elmira, New York and mustered in May 8, 1861 for two years' state service under the command of Colonel Ezra L. Walrath. On May 13, 1861 the regiment was re-mustered for three months' federal service and again re-mustered on August 2, 1861 for two years' state service. The regiment was attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. Richardson's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October 1861. Wadsworth's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. Butterfield's 3rd Brigade, Porter's 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, to May 1863. Headquarters, V Corps, to June 1864. The 12th New York Infantry mustered out of the service on May 17, 1863. Men who had enlisted for three years' service were consolidated into two companies and served duty as Provost Guard for Headquarters of V Corps under the command of Captain Henry W. Ryder. These two companies ceased to exist on June 2, 1864 when their members were transferred to the 5th New York Infantry as Companies E and F. Although transferred to the 5th, the two former 12th New York companies remained on duty at corps headquarters. Detailed service Moved to Washington, D.C., May 29, 1861. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until July 16, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16–21. First Battle of Bull Run July 21. Upton's Hill August 27. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until March 10, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 22–24. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Before Yorktown April 11. Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey May 10. Reconnaissance to Hanover Court House May 26. Battle of Hanover Court House May |
547 | Caresana, Piedmont | Caresana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about southeast of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of . Caresana borders the following municipalities: Langosco, Motta de' Conti, Pezzana, Rosasco, Stroppiana, Villanova Monferrato. Demographic evolution External links References Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont |
548 | Treppenhauer | Treppenhauer is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany. Category:Mountains of Saxony |
549 | Colin Forbes Adam | Colin Gurden Forbes Adam CSI DL (18 December 1889 – 12 November 1982) was a British civil servant in the Indian Imperial Civil Service. Adam was the youngest son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet. His older brothers were General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet GCB DSO OBE and Eric Forbes Adam CMG. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. During the First World War he served as an officer with the Indian Expeditionary Force to Mesopotamia and Palestine. In 1920 Adam married The Hon. Irene Constance Lawley, only child of Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock; they had three sons and a daughter: Virginia Mary Forbes Adam (1922-2012), married Hugo Charteris MC. The Rev. Sir Stephen Timothy Beilby Forbes Adam, 4th Baronet (1923-2019) Desmond Francis Forbes Adam (1926-1958) Nigel Colin Forbes Adam (1930-) Adam was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1924. In 1948 Adam published Life of Lord Lloyd, a biography of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd. Adam was a Deputy Lieutenant of Kingston-upon-Hull from 1958–1966. References Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Category:Deputy Lieutenants of the East Riding of Yorkshire Category:1889 births Category:1982 deaths |
550 | Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer | The Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer was an office in the English Exchequer. The Tellers of the Exchequer received any money to be paid into the Exchequer, noted the amount in a book, and sent a copy of the entry, called a Teller's Bill, to the Tally Court so that a tally could be made of it. At the end of each day, the money they had received, as determined by the Bills, was removed from their chests to be deposited in the Treasury. During the reign of Richard I, these officials numbered ten, but by the time of Henry III, they had been reduced to four, which number remained constant until the abolition of the office. With several other offices of the ancient Exchequer, that of Teller of the Receipt was done away with on 10 October 1834; the office's responsibilities were given to the new Comptroller General of the Exchequer. Tellers of the Exchequer (1660-1834) References Haydn's Book of Dignities (1894) Category:Exchequer offices |
551 | Mary Beaumont | Mary Beaumont may refer to: Mary Lawson (actress) (1910–1941), English stage and film actress, married name Beaumont Mary Beaumont (author) (1849–1910), Victorian author Mary Beaumont (died 1632), created Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham in her own right |
552 | Alumni football | Alumni Football is the practice of playing American Football on behalf of your old alma mater. History Alumni football has been around for decades. While there have been a few high schools that have done an alumni football game, there have been several companies that have come and gone attempting to do alumni football games as a business. The first and only one that is still in business, Alumni Football USA, did their first game in 1985, and have done over 1300 games as of November 2016. Current popularity Starting in 2008, Alumni Football USA began spreading Alumni football games across the United States. Since then Alumni Football USA has done over 1000 Alumni football games in 30 states, raising almost $3,000,000 for schools and charities across the country. Types of alumni football There are usually two different types of alumni football. There is flag football and full contact football. Values of the game Alumni football is a modern-day revival of sorts. It has a value far beyond the game itself. It allows for players to reconnect with their football roots and brings teammates across the decades together on one team. Communities are brought together through this fun and exciting venue. Much needed funds are raised for specific needs of each unique community. Legal issues There is some legal discussion on whether schools are able to issue school gear to non-students. There are two main issues at debate. Does a school's insurance cover non-student adults playing in a sport on behalf of the school? In order to disperse equipment to adults that was meant for students, what safety precautions need to be taken in order to protect the student and the adult? Who is governing these safety issues? All equipment needs to be NOCSAE certified before it goes on the body of a student. If it is used after certification by an adult, it could be damaged and be unsafe for use on a student. This damage may not be visible to the eye. That is why reconditioning companies (with NOCSAE Certification) have special machines to test the safety of equipment. Alumni Football USA owns 1200+ sets of football equipment. They are stationed in several areas of the country from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Nashville, Tennessee, to Chicago, Illinois, to Dallas, Texas, and Santa Rosa, California. There are 8 trailers with between 120 and 300 sets of gear in each depending on necessity. All equipment is new to as old as 7 years. All gear is purchased new, and they are the largest owner and purchaser of football related equipment in the world. References Category:Variations of American football |
553 | Breast Cancer Now | Breast Cancer Now is a charity in the United Kingdom which was formed in 2015 by the merger of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It is the United Kingdom's largest breast cancer charity. Its declared "Action Plan" is "by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live". Among other projects the charity provides most of the funding for the Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, which employs 120 scientists and clinicians. The charity's chief executive is Delyth Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Drefelin, and Prince Charles is its patron. In November 2018 research-focused Breast Cancer Now and support-focused Breast Cancer Care announced that they would merge on 1 April 2019, creating a charity with an income of about £45 million. The merged charity is chaired by Jill Thompson, formerly a trustee of Breast Cancer Care, and the chief executive is Delyth Morgan, formerly chief executive of Breast Cancer Now. The combined headquarters are at Breast Cancer Now offices at Aldgate, London. The charity said that it would operate using both names for about a year, when a new logo and name was expected to be introduced. the charity's formal name is "Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now" and it uses the working name "Breast Cancer Now". Breast Cancer Now's flagship fundraising event is their 'wear it pink' campaign. This is one of the UK's biggest fundraising events having raised over £33 million since it launched in 2002. In 2019, the date for the 'wear it pink' campaign was 18 October. See also Cancer in the United Kingdom References External links Category:Cancer organisations based in the United Kingdom Category:Organizations established in 2015 Category:2015 establishments in the United Kingdom Category:Breast cancer organizations |
554 | Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres | These are the results of the men's K-2 1000 metres competition in canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The K-2 event is raced by two-man canoe sprint kayaks. Heats and final took place on December 1. Medalists Heats The 15 teams first raced in three heats. The top three teams in each heat advanced directly to the final. The Finnish team originally finished second in their heat prior to their disqualification. Final References 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 404. Sports-Reference.com 1956 K-2 1000 m results. Men's K-2 1000 |
555 | Mobile home | A mobile home (also trailer, trailer home, house trailer, static caravan, residential caravan or simply caravan) is a prefabricated structure, built in a factory on a permanently attached chassis before being transported to site (either by being towed or on a trailer). Used as permanent homes, or for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are left often permanently or semi-permanently in one place, but can be moved, and may be required to move from time to time for legal reasons. Mobile homes share the same historic origins as travel trailers, but today the two are very different in size and furnishings, with travel trailers being used primarily as temporary or vacation homes. Behind the cosmetic work fitted at installation to hide the base, there are strong trailer frames, axles, wheels, and tow-hitches. History In the United States, this form of housing goes back to the early years of cars and motorized highway travel. It was derived from the travel trailer (often referred to during the early years as "house trailers" or "trailer coaches"), a small unit with wheels attached permanently, often used for camping or extended travel. The original rationale for this type of housing was its mobility. Units were initially marketed primarily to people whose lifestyle required mobility. However, in the 1950s, the homes began to be marketed primarily as an inexpensive form of housing designed to be set up and left in a location for long periods of time or even permanently installed with a masonry foundation. Previously, units had been eight feet or less in width, but in 1956, the 10-foot (3 m) wide home ("ten-wide") was introduced, along with the new term "mobile home." The homes were given a rectangular shape, made from pre-painted aluminum panels, rather than the streamlined shape of travel trailers, which were usually painted after assembly. All of this helped increase the difference between these homes and home/travel trailers. The smaller, "eight-wide" units could be moved simply with a car, but the larger, wider units ("ten-wide", and, later, "twelve-wide") usually required the services of a professional trucking company, and, often, a special moving permit from a state highway department. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the homes were made even longer and wider, making the mobility of the units more difficult. Nowadays, when a factory-built home is moved to a location, it is usually kept there permanently and the mobility of the units has considerably decreased. In some states, mobile homes have been taxed as personal property if the wheels remain attached, but as real estate, if the wheels are removed. Removal of the tongue and axles may also be a requirement for real estate classification. Manufactured home Mobile homes built in the United States since June 1976, legally referred to as manufactured homes, are required to meet FHA certification requirements and come with attached metal certification tags. Mobile homes permanently installed on owned land are rarely mortgageable, whereas FHA code manufactured homes are mortgageable through VA, FHA, and Fannie Mae. Many people who could not afford a traditional site-built home, or did not |
556 | Jerry Calà | Calogero Alessandro Augusto Calà, Known by his stage name Jerry Calà (born 28 June 1951), is an Italian actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer who has written, directed, and acted in multiple film and television projects. He is considered one of the most popular italian actors and comedians of the eighties and nineties in his country. Background Calà was born Calogero Calà in Catania, and as a child he moved first in Milan and then in Verona. He married the italian showgirl Mara Venier in 1984, but divorced three years later. He remarried the businesswoman Elisabetta Castioni in 2002 and in 2003 was born his son Johnny. Career In the early 1970s Calà co-founded together with Umberto Smaila, Franco Oppini and Ninì Salerno a cabaret-ensemble, "i gatti di Vicolo Miracoli". In early 80s, after two films with the group, he started a solo career as leading actor in numerous comedy films, obtaining a great popularity in Italy. In 1993 he starred in the dramatic movie Diary of a Maniac, directed by Marco Ferreri and which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Calà won the award for best actor for the italian film criticism. He debuted as director in 1994 with Chicken Park, a low-budget parody of Jurassic Park. His most famous films are: I fichissimi (1981), Time for Loving (1983), Vacanze di Natale (1983), Vacanze in America (1984) and Yuppies - The italian young people (1986) directed by Carlo Vanzina; I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982) and A Boy and a Girl (1984) directed by Marco Risi; Yuppies 2 (1986) directed by Enrico Oldoini; Bomber (1982) directed by Michele Lupo; At the sports bar (1983) directed by Francesco Massaro; Rimini Rimini (1987) directed by Sergio Corbucci; Professione vacanze (1987) directed by Vittorio De Sisti; Italian brothers (1989) directed by Neri Parenti; Abbronzatissimi (1991) and Abbronzatissimi 2 - A year again (1993) directed by Bruno Gaburro; Diary of a maniac (1993) directed by Marco Ferreri; Vita smeralda (2006) and Torno a vivere da solo (2008) directed by himself. Filmography Arrivano i gatti (1979) Una vacanza bestiale (1980) I fichissimi (1981) Bomber (1982) I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982) In the sports bar (1983) Time for Loving (1983) Vacanze di Natale (1983), also singer A Boy and a Girl (1984) Vacanze in America (1984) Domani mi sposo (1984) Love at First Sight (1985) Yesterday - Vacanze al mare (1985) TV show Yuppies - The italian young people (1986) Il ragazzo del Pony Express (1986) Yuppies 2 (1986) Professione vacanze (1987) Tv show Rimini Rimini (1987) Below zero (1987) Bride and groom (1988) Delitti e profumi (1988) Italian brothers (1989) Pay attention to the perestrojka (1990) Abbronzatissimi (1991) Saint Tropez - Saint Tropez (1992) Diary of a Maniac (1993) Abbronzatissimi 2 (1993) Chicken Park (1994), also director Ragazzi della Notte (1995), also director Gli Inaffidabili (1997), also director Do not call me "dad" (1997) Death Run (1999) The '60's (1999) Vita Smeralda (2006), also director Torno a vivere da solo (2008), also director Happily N'Ever After 2 (2009), italian voice |
557 | Bolpur | Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Shantiniketan. It is 145 km north of Kolkata and is best known for Visva Bharati, the university set up by the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Etymology There is a mythical story that says that Supur was the capital of Raja Surath. He lost his kingdom when he had gone out for conquests, but regained the same with the blessings of goddess Bhavani. In his gratitudinal worship, Raja Surath organised the sacrificial slaughtering of one lakh goats. As a result, the name of place where the sacrificial offerings were made became ‘Bolipur’ – with time it became Bolpur. History About 150 years ago, Bolpur was a small village under supur porgana. Kalikapur a known place of Bolpur was the origin of the typical village in past. There were no rail lines, no developed roads. Paddy land were seen around the village. "Lalmati" (red soil) was found everywhere. Many villages named Sian, Dihipara, Khosakdampur, Paruldanga, Goalpara, Ballavpur, Bandhgara, Surul, Supur, Raipur were the boundary line around Bolpur. East India company established the first railway line in 1859, when the Sahebganj loopline was extended beyond the river Ajay. Bolpur railway station was established in 1860. Along with this, court, police station, sub registry office, etc., were established in old Bolpur. Then people started residing here. Christian missionaries came; they founded a church that was known as Mission compound. Paddy storage house, stationary shops, grocery shops, garment shops etc. were on the east side near Bolpur railway station. About 19 husking machines were here at that time. Maharshi Debendranath Tagore established a centre of religious mediation in Bolpur.Rabindranath Tagore established Visva Bharati Viswavidyalaya in 1921. These were the main reasons for the huge extension, development and popularity of Bolpur. Provincial names proved the upcoming gradual development of Bolpur. Kachharipatti is just beside court house, Trishulapatti is the commercial paddy trading centre. Kalibaroarytala was the service place for Bolpur set up by some initiative people. Netaji made a conference. Here Harisava stood against "Bramhopasana". Every week these two conferences were held in Bolpur. Bijaykrishna Ghoswami, Shivnath Shastri, Shasibhusan Basu like many wisemen gave religious advice. Beside this, prayer committee was set up. Geography Location Bolpur is located at . As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Bolpur covered an area of 13.13km2. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. In the map of Bolpur-Sriniketan CD block on page 718 of District Census Handbook Birbhum (Part A), while the area covered by Shantiniketan is shown as a part of Bolpur, Sriniketan is shown as a part of Surul, a census town. Police station Bolpur police station has jurisdiction over Bolpur Sriniketan community development block. Demography As per the 2011 Census of India, Bolpur had a total population of 80,210, of which 40,468 (50%) were males and 39,742 (50%) |
558 | Linear speedup theorem | In computational complexity theory, the linear speedup theorem for Turing machines states that given any real c > 0 and any k-tape Turing machine solving a problem in time f(n), there is another k-tape machine that solves the same problem in time at most f(n)/c + 2n + 3, where k>1 . If the original machine is non-deterministic, then the new machine is also non-deterministic. The concrete constants 2 and 3 in 2n+3 can be lowered, for example, to n+2. Proof The construction is based on packing several tape symbols of the original machine M into one tape symbol of the new machine N. It has a similar effect as using longer words and commands in processors: It speeds up the computations but increases the machine size. How many old symbols are packed into a new symbol depends on the desired speed-up. Suppose the new machine packs three old symbols into a new symbol. Then the alphabet of the new machine is : It consists of the original symbols and the packed symbols. The new machine has the same number k>1 of tapes. A state of N consists of the following components: the state of ``M``; for each tape: three packed symbols that describe the packed symbol under the head, the packed symbol on the left, and the packed symbol on the right; and for each tape: the original head position within the packed symbol under the head of N. The new machine N starts with encoding the given input into a new alphabet (that is why its alphabet must include ). For example, if the input to 2-tape M is on the left, then after the encoding the tape configuration of N is on the right: {| |- | [ # || _ || a || b || b || a || b || b || a || _ || ...] || || [ # || (_,_,_) || (_,_,_) || (_,_,_) || ...] |- | [ # || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || _ || ...] || || [ # || (_,a,b) || (b,a,b) || (b,a,_) || ...] |} The new machine packs three old symbols (e.g., the blank symbol _, the symbol a, and the symbol b) into a new symbol ((_,a,b)) and copies it the second tape, while erasing the first tape. At the end of the initialization, the new machine directs its head to the beginning. Overall, this takes 2n+3 steps. After the initialization, the state of N is , where the symbol means that it will be filled in by the machine later; the symbol means that the head of the original machine points to the first symbols inside and . Now the machine starts simulating m=3 transitions of M using six of its own transitions (in this concrete case, there will be no speed up, but in general m can be much larger than six). Let the configurations of M and N be: {| |- | [ # || _ || _ || b || |
559 | Lunenburg (provincial electoral district) | Lunenburg is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. From 1867 to 1956, the district included all of Lunenburg County. In 1956, the district was abolished into Lunenburg Centre, Lunenburg East and Lunenburg West. The riding was re-created in 1993 with nearly identical boundaries to Lunenburg Centre, except it lost the area west of the LaHave River (except New Germany) to Lunenburg West. The district also lost the Tancook Islands to Chester-St. Margaret's. The riding includes the towns of Lunenburg and Mahone Bay. Members of the Legislative Assembly This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly: Election results 2017 general election 2013 general election |- |Liberal |Suzanne Lohnes-Croft |align="right"|3,182 |align="right"|37.81 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Pam Birdsall |align="right"|2,768 |align="right"|32.89 |align="right"| |- |Progressive Conservative |Brian Pickings |align="right"|2,465 |align="right"|29.29 |align="right"| |} 2009 general election |- |New Democratic Party |Pam Birdsall |align="right"|3,644 |align="right"|48.82 |align="right"| |- |Progressive Conservative |Peter Zwicker |align="right"|2,049 |align="right"|27.45 |align="right"| |- |Liberal |Rick Welsford |align="right"|1,190 |align="right"|15.94 |align="right"| |- |Independent |Milton Countway |align="right"|457 |align="right"|6.12 |align="right"| |- |} 2006 general election |- |Progressive Conservative |Michael Baker |align="right"|3,969 |align="right"|48.67 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Chris Heide |align="right"|2,790 |align="right"|34.21 |align="right"| |- |Liberal |Rick Welsford |align="right"|1,200 |align="right"|14.71 |align="right"| |- |} 2003 general election |- |Progressive Conservative |Michael Baker |align="right"|3,734 |align="right"|46.36 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Chris Heide |align="right"|2,625 |align="right"|32.59 |align="right"| |- |Liberal |Jim Davis |align="right"|1,695 |align="right"|21.05 |align="right"| |} 1999 general election |- |Progressive Conservative |Michael Baker |align="right"|4,590 |align="right"|51.48 |align="right"| |- |Liberal |Lila O'Connor |align="right"|2,344 |align="right"|26.29 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Marilyn Keddy |align="right"|1,982 |align="right"|22.23 |align="right"| |} 1998 general election |- |Progressive Conservative |Michael Baker |align="right"|3,231 |align="right"|36.10 |align="right"| |- |Liberal |Lila O'Connor |align="right"|3,099 |align="right"|34.62 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Marilyn Crook |align="right"|2,621 |align="right"|29.28 |align="right"| |} 1993 general election |- |Liberal |Lila O'Connor |align="right"|3,982 |align="right"|41.07 |align="right"| |- |Progressive Conservative |Al Mosher |align="right"|3,709 |align="right"|38.26 |align="right"| |- |New Democratic Party |Wade Garrison |align="right"|1,487 |align="right"|15.34 |align="right"| |- } |Independent |Walton Cook |align="right"|517 |align="right"|5.33 |align="right"| |} References External links CBC riding profile Category:Nova Scotia provincial electoral districts |
560 | Ridwan Kodiat | Ridwan Kodiat, born July 11, 1951, the former consecutive national champion of the year 1972 to 1989 and was the first body builder from Indonesia to perform in international body building championship. He was the runner up in New Delhi 1977 and two years later in Manila he also the runner up after Abas Hindawi (Third World Champion of 1978). In Jakarta's SEA Games 1977, he won the title for heavy weight class. References Category:Professional bodybuilders Category:1951 births Category:Living people |
561 | Daniel Gunn (minister) | Daniel Gunn (1774-1848), was a Scottish congregational minister. Gunn was born at Wick in Caithness in 1774, the son of Ingram Gunn, and his wife Elizabeth Miller (or Millar). He was educated at the high school, Edinburgh, and trained for the ministry by Greville Ewing at Glasgow. In 1800 he was sent to be an itinerant minister in Ireland, where he is known to have preached in Waterford and to have assisted J Kelly in Dublin. He may have married, and been widowed, while living in Ireland. In 1807, as a consequence of the unrest in Ireland he moved to Ilfracombe in Devon, where he married Catherine Vye in 1808. In 1810 he became pastor of a small congregation there. He removed in 1813 to Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, and in 1814 to Chard. Catherine died there in 1815 and was buried in the graveyard beside the chapel. In 1816, he married his third wife, Elizabeth Tice, and moved to Christchurch (then Hampshire, now Dorset). His younger brother, John Gunn, replaced him as minister at Chard. John's descendants include Battiscombe Gunn and his son J. B. Gunn. In Christchurch he found a scanty congregation, partly consisting of baptists. He promptly preached a sermon which, as he afterwards said, 'converted all the sensible baptists in the place,' and his congregation soon grew till it numbered a thousand, an extraordinary fact, considering that the whole population of Christchurch and the district within five or six miles was only about 2,500. Yet his preaching was entirely unemotional; no one was allowed to preach emotional religion in his pulpit, and the laymen whom he used to despatch into the neighbouring villages were strictly enjoined to abstain from adding anything to the printed discourses with which he provided them. His Sunday school, which was attended by upwards of four hundred children, attained a very high reputation, and attracted visitors from all parts of the country, even from America. He was almost equally successful in maintaining a day school which he established, and regulated with military precision. Ann Taylor (poet),who met him at Ilfracombe, tells of his laboriously teaching a lad how to hand a chair; he would pitilessly call back a little boy on an unmanageable pony to make him take off his hat to Mrs. Gunn if he had omitted to do so. Yet his personal influence was extraordinary. Even in the matter of subscriptions his will was law; if the collection on Sunday was not what he considered sufficient, he would put in a five-pound note, and send the plates round again. Ann Taylor's enthusiasm for 'the noble highlander' seems to have been shared by all who met him. He was three times married, and lived like a country gentleman at Burton, near Christchurch. He died at Burton on 17 June 1848, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. Daniel had six children: two sons by Catherine Vye (Daniel, 1811 - 1890, and an unnamed son born and died in 1813) and two sons and two daughters by Elizabeth Tice (Eliza, 1818 - 1838, Malachi, |
562 | Ceaușescu's speech of 21 August 1968 | Ceaușescu's speech of 21 August 1968 was a public address by Nicolae Ceaușescu, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party and President of the State Council of Romania, strongly condemning the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. On the night of 20–21 August 1968, five Warsaw Pact nations - the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, and Poland - invaded Czechoslovakia in an effort to quell the reformist ideology of Alexander Dubček, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. On 21 August, in what became his most famous speech, Ceaușescu boldly denounced the invasion in a public address before 100,000 people in Palace Square in Bucharest, and declared that it was a "grave error and constituted a serious danger to peace in Europe and for the prospects of world socialism." His address was perceived as a bold gesture of disobedience to the Soviet Union both at home and abroad. The speech was part of the post-1956 efforts of the Romanian government to sever relations with Moscow. Ceaușescu's response consolidated Romania's independent voice in the next two decades, especially after Ceaușescu encouraged the population to take up arms in order to meet any similar maneuver in the country: he received an enthusiastic initial response, with many people, who were by no means communist, willing to enroll in the newly formed paramilitary Patriotic Guards. See also We will bury you References External links Excerpts of Ceaușescu's 1968 speech (with English subtitles) Category:Socialist Republic of Romania Category:Speeches by heads of state Category:Socialist realism Category:Censorship in Romania Category:1968 in Romania Category:Nicolae Ceaușescu Category:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia Category:Romania–Soviet Union relations Category:August 1968 events Category:1968 speeches |
563 | Arhopala atrax | Arhopala atrax, the dark broken-band oakblue or Indian oakblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm (India, Myanmar to Malaya). Description References Category:Arhopala Category:Butterflies of Asia Category:Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson Category:Butterflies described in 1862 |
564 | Rabbi Assi | Assi II (Assa, Issi, Jesa, Josah, Jose, Hebrew: רבי אסי) was a Jewish Talmudist of the 3rd and 4th centuries (third generation of amoraim) who lived in the Land of Israel. He is known by the name of Yessa in the Jerusalem Talmud. He should not be confused with Rav Assi, who belonged to first generation of amoraim in Babylonia. Biography He was one of the two Palestinian scholars known among their contemporary Jewish Talmudical scholars of Babylonian as "the judges of the Land of Israel" and as "the distinguished priests of the Land of Israel," the other being R. Ammi. Assi was born in Babylonia, where he attended the college of Samuel of Nehardea, but later emigrated in consequence of domestic trouble. On his arrival in Tiberias, Assi had an adventure with a ruffian, which ended disastrously for the latter. Assi was making his way toward the baths, when he was assaulted by a "scorner." He did not resent the assault, except by remarking, "That man's neck-band is too loose," and continued on his way. It so happened that an archon was at that very hour trying a thief, and the scoffer, still laughing at the adventure with Assi, came to witness the trial just when the judge interrogated the culprit as to accomplices. The culprit, seeing the man laughing, thought that it was at his discomfiture, and to avenge himself pointed to the ruffian as his accomplice. The man was apprehended and examined. He confessed to a murder he had committed, and was sentenced to be hanged with the convicted thief. Assi, on returning from the baths, encountered the procession on its way to the execution. His assailant on seeing him exclaimed, "The neck-band which was loose will soon be tightened", to which Assi replied, "Your fate has long since been foretold, for the Bible says, 'Be you not scorners, lest your bands be made strong'." Assi's professional career in the Land of Israel is so closely intertwined with that of R. Ammi that the reader may be referred to the Ammi's article for information on that subject. R. Assi was very methodical in his lectures, making no digressions to answer questions not germane to the subject under discussion; and whenever such were propounded to him, he put off reply until he reached the subject to which they related. Assi became a disciple of R. Johanan, and so distinguished himself that R. Eleazar called him "the prodigy of the age" ("mofet ha-dor"), and legend pictures him accordingly. Concerning the futile longings of many to communicate with the departed spirit of R. Hiyya the Great, legend relates that R. Jose fasted eighty days in order that a glimpse of R. Hiyya might be granted him. Finally Hiyya's spirit appeared, but the sight so affected R. Jose that his hands became palsied and his eyes dim. "Nor must you infer from this," the narrator continues, "that R. Josah was an unimportant individual. Once a weaver came to R. Johanan and said, 'In a dream I have seen the skies fall, but one |
565 | Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir | Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir (; died 27 October 2019) was the kunya used by the official spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 5 December 2016 until 27 October 2019, when he was killed in a U.S. airstrike in northwest Syria. He was a Saudi national. History Abul-Hasan was the successor of Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, who was killed while visiting the Aleppo frontlines in Syria in August 2016. He was believed to have been a foreigner due to his kunya identifying him as "al-Muhajir" meaning "the emigrant". After his death, he was confirmed to be a Saudi national on 31 October. Speeches "And You Will Remember What I [Now] Say To You" – 5 December 2016 "So Be Patient. Indeed, The Promise Of God Is Truth" – 4 April 2017 "And When The Believers Saw The Companies" – 12 June 2017 "So From Their Guidance Take An Example" – 22 April 2018 "The Mujāhidīn’s Assault on the Tower of the Polytheists" – 26 September 2018 "He Was True To God, So [God] Was True To Him" – 18 March 2019 Speculation about identity In an article published in The Atlantic, journalist Graeme Wood postulates that Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir is Texas-born John Georgelas, also known as Yahya Abu Hassan, though he later cast doubt on his theory, and al-Bahrumi was eventually killed in October 2017. Italian media has also speculated that al-Muhajir studied at the Black Swan Rock School of Music in Luserna San Giovanni. Death Muhajir and four others were killed on 27 October 2019 by a Central Intelligence Agency airstrike in Ayn al-Bayda, near Jarablus in northwest Syria, close to the border with Turkey. It came less than 24 hours after ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up during a U.S. raid in Syria's Idlib Province. Muhajir was described as a senior ISIS leader and Baghdadi's "right-hand man." On 29 October, U.S. President Donald Trump stated on social media that al-Baghdadi's "number one replacement" had been killed by American forces, adding: "Most likely would have taken the top spot - Now he is also Dead!" While Trump did not specify a name, a U.S. official later confirmed that Trump was referring to al-Muhajir. On 31 October, ISIS confirmed al-Muhajir and al-Baghdadi's deaths. References Category:2019 deaths Category:Assassinated ISIL members Category:Year of birth missing Category:Deaths by American airstrikes during the Syrian Civil War Category:Place of birth missing |
566 | Oxychilus lentiformis | Oxychilus lentiformis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. Distribution This species is found in: Majorca References Further reading Altaba C. R.. 25 June 2007. Noves espècies del gènere Oxychilus de Mallorca. New species of Oxychilus from Mallorca. Malacofauna Balearica, 1: 17-22, Palma de Mallorca. Category:Oxychilus Category:Endemic fauna of the Balearic Islands Category:Gastropods described in 1882 |
567 | John Newlove | John Newlove (June 13, 1938 – December 23, 2003) was a Canadian poet who was considered to be one of the dominant voices of prairie poetry, though he lived most of his adult life in British Columbia and Ontario. Life Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Newlove lived in a variety of small Saskatchewan towns, in particular Kamsack. He attended the University of Saskatchewan for a year, worked briefly as a social worker, a teacher and at a radio station before embarking on a cross-Canada trip which eventually landed him in Vancouver, British Columbia. He came to prominence in the 1960s as various collections of his poetry were published to critical acclaim. He left Vancouver in May 1967 and took his family to Deep Springs College in California where composer friend Barney Childs was a professor. After several more moves, he and his family ended up in Toronto by 1970 where he worked as senior editor for McClelland and Stewart. It was during this period that he won the 1972 Governor General's Award for "Lies." Various writer-in-residence stints followed his 1974 departure from McCelland and Stewart, including at Concordia University in Montreal, the University of Toronto and University of Western Ontario in London. He lived for several years in Regina in the early 1980s where he served as writer-in-residence at the public library, then in Nelson, British Columbia, where he taught at David Thompson University. Finally, he moved to Ottawa in 1986 and took a position as an editor with the federal Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages; he would spend the rest of his life in that city. His 1986 collection, The Night the Dog Smiled, was short-listed for that year's English language poetry Governor General's Award, and he won the 1984 Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Founders Award. Newlove suffered a stroke in 2001 and died in 2003. Newlove was the subject of two documentaries: New Canadian Writers: John Newlove (1971) which was broadcast on TVO, and What to Make of It All? The Life and Poetry of John Newlove (2006) which was broadcast on Bravo! in 2007. Bibliography Grave Sirs: Poems (1962) Elephants, Mothers & Others (1963) Moving in Alone (1965) "Notebook Pages" (1966) "What They Say" (1967) Black Night Window (1968) The Cave (1970) Lies (1972), winner of the 1972 Governor General's Award for Poetry The Fat Man: Selected Poems (1962–1972) (1977) The Green Plain (1981) The Night the Dog Smiled (1986), nominated for a 1986 Governor General's Award and the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Apology for Absence: Selected Poems 1962–1992 (1993) A Long Continual Argument: The Selected Poems of John Newlove (2007) See also Canadian literature Canadian poetry List of Canadian poets External links Description of John Newlove's archives at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Category:1938 births Category:2003 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian poets Category:Canadian male poets Category:Governor General's Award-winning poets Category:People from Kamsack, Saskatchewan Category:Writers from Ottawa Category:Writers from Regina, Saskatchewan Category:20th-century Canadian male writers |
568 | Brouwer Medal | The Brouwer Medal is a triennial award presented by the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences. The Brouwer Metal gets its name from Dutch mathematician, L. E. J. Brouwer and is The Netherlands’ most prestigious award in mathematics. Recipients 1970 René Thom 1973 Abraham Robinson 1978 Armand Borel 1981 Harry Kesten 1984 Jürgen Moser 1987 Yuri I. Manin 1990 W. M. Wonham 1993 László Lovász 1996 Wolfgang Hackbusch 1999 George Lusztig 2002 Michael Aizenman 2005 Lucien Birgé 2008 Phillip Griffiths 2011 Kim Plofker 2014 John N. Mather 2017 Ken Ribet References Category:Dutch science and technology awards |
569 | Susan Shurin | Susan Shurin (born 1944) is a senior adviser at the National Cancer Institute. From 2006-2014, she served as Deputy and Acting Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Career Before joining the NHLBI, Shurin was Professor of Pediatrics and Oncology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio; Director of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital; Director of Pediatric Oncology at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation at Case Western Reserve University. Shurin joined the NHLBI as Deputy Director in February 2006, coming from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Shurin served as Acting Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) October and December 2009, while also serving as the Deputy Director of the NHLBI. In December 2009, Shurin was named acting director of the NHLBI and served in this role until August 2012. As Deputy Director, Shurin directly managed the $1.6B clinical research portfolio of the NHLBI; as Acting Director, she managed the full $3B annual budget of the Institute, and collaborated with other Institutes and Centers at the NIH. She led the trans-NIH development of policies for sharing genomic data obtained using taxpayer funds, and developed a global health program in non-communicable diseases, focusing on cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. She led renovations of the NHLBI-supported sickle cell disease research programs to direct support enhance patient benefit from research. In July, 2014, Shurin retired from the NHLBI and joined the National Cancer Institute's Center for Global Health as a Senior Adviser to the Center for Global Health. In this capacity, she continues engagement in global biomedical research capacity building, especially in low and LMIC settings, with a focus on cancer prevention and treatment. She currently resides in San Diego, California. Education and Research Shurin received her education and medical training at Harvard University and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her laboratory research focused on the physiology of phagocyte function, recognition and killing of pathogens; mechanisms of hemolysis, red blood cell destruction; and iron overload, a serious chronic condition in which the body absorbs too much iron leading to a buildup in organ tissues. In the late 1970s, Shurin led studies that resulted in the development of desferrioxamine as a chelator to manage transfusional iron overload in chronically transfused persons with thalassemia. Widespread application of this therapy has dramatically transformed the outcome of thalassemia across the globe. Shurin has been active in clinical research in many aspects of pediatric hematology-oncology, including participation in the Children’s Cancer Group (CCG), now the Children's Oncology Group, as well as multiple studies of sickle cell disease and hemostasis. She also served on the Executive Committee of the CCG and founded and chaired the CCG Bioethics Committee. Shurin co-chaired the Physician Scientist Workforce Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH director in 2013-14, and remains involved in implementation of recommendations. Memberships Shurin serves on multiple NIH advisory panels. She has been on the boards or in |
570 | Thomas Edwards-Freeman | Thomas Edwards-Freeman (c. 1726–1808) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780 . Early life Edwards Freeman was the eldest son of Walter Edwards of St. Dunstan’s, London and his wife Mary Freeman, daughter of Richard Freeman of Batsford, Gloucestershire. In March 1742, he succeeded his uncle Richard Freeman in Batsford estates and assumed the additional name of Freeman. He matriculated at Queen’s College, Oxford on 3 February 1744, aged 17. He married Elizabeth Reveley, daughter of Henry Reveley of Newby Wisk, Yorkshire on 23 July 1753. Political career At the 1768 general election, Edwards Freeman was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Steyning on the interest of Sir John Honywood, 3rd Baronet to whom he was distantly related. He seems to have acted completely independently in Parliament. In 1769 he became Director of the South Sea Company. He was reelected MP for Lewes unopposed in 1774 but did not stand again in 1780 . Later life Edwards Freeman died on 15 February 1808, aged 81. His son Thomas was also MP for Steyning.,. References Category:1720s births Category:1808 deaths Category:Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Category:British MPs 1768–1774 Category:British MPs 1774–1780 Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies |
571 | Haskins Medal | The Haskins Medal is an annual medal awarded by the Medieval Academy of America. It is awarded for the production of a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies. Award The Haskins Medal is awarded by a committee of three; a chairman, and two members appointed by the president of the Medieval Academy of America, on a three-year rotating term. The presentation of the medal is announced each spring at the annual meeting of the Academy. Graham Carey designed the Haskins Medal in 1939, and each one has the name of the recipient and the date engraved on the edge. The medal was first awarded in 1940, and is presented in honor of medieval historian Charles Homer Haskins, the founder and second president of the academy. List of Medalists Haskins Medal recipients: 2020: Richard Firth Green, Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 2019: Philip L. Reynolds, How Marriage Became One of the Sacraments: The Sacramental Theology of Marriage from its Medieval Origins to the Council of Trent. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 2018: Brian A. Catlos, Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c. 1050-1614, Cambridge University Press, 2015. 2017: Joel Kaye, A History of Balance, 1250 – 1375. The Emergence of a New Model of Equilibrium and Its Impact on Thought, Cambridge University Press, 2014. 2016: Francis Oakley, The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin Middle Ages, 3 vols., Yale University Press, 2010-2015. 2015: Charles Atkinson, The Critical Nexus: Tone-system, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music, Oxford University Press, 2008. 2014: Ronald G. Witt, The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy, Cambridge University Press, 2012. 2013: John Van Engen, Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 2012: Richard William Pfaff, The Liturgy in Medieval England: A History, Cambridge University Press, 2009. 2011: Caroline Walker Bynum, Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007. 2010: Kathryn Kerby-Fulton, Books Under Suspicion: Censorship and Tolerance of Revelatory Writing in Late Medieval England, University of Notre Dame Press, 2006. 2009: Barbara Newman, God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. 2008: Charles B. McClendon, The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 2007: Thomas F. Madden, Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. 2006: Anne Walters Robertson, Guillaume de Machaut and Reims: Context and Meaning in His Musical Works, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 2005: Michael McCormick, Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce, A.D. 300-900, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 2004: Peter Fergusson and Stuart Harrison, Rievaulx Abbey: Community, Architecture, Memory. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1999. 2003: Mary J. Carruthers, The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400 - 1200. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1998. 2002: Paul |
572 | Duddingston & Craigmillar railway station | Duddingston & Craigmillar Railway Station was a railway station in Scotland on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway. It served the Duddingston and Craigmillar areas of Edinburgh's south side. It was opened on 1 December 1884. Duddingston & Craigmillar station closed in 1962, when passenger rail services were withdrawn from the Edinburgh Suburban line although the line itself was retained for rail freight use. The route continues to be used for freight services to this day, so freight trains avoid Edinburgh's main stations of Edinburgh Waverley and Haymarket, and occasionally diverted passenger trains also pass along this line. Future A local advocacy group, the Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG), is running a campaign for the SSJR line to be re-opened to passenger services, and proposes that it should be operated either as a commuter rail service or as a light rail system to form an extension of the forthcoming Edinburgh Tram Network. Following a petition submitted to the Scottish Parliament in 2007, the proposal was rejected in 2009 by transport planners due to anticipated cost. References Category:Disused railway stations in Edinburgh Category:Former North British Railway stations Category:Railway stations opened in 1884 Category:Railway stations closed in 1962 |
573 | Douglas County, Kansas | Douglas County (county code DG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 110,826, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence. History Early history For millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, although the former country kept title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. 19th century In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Douglas County was established. Douglas County was opened for settlement on May 15, 1854, and was named for Stephen A. Douglas, a senator from Illinois. The county was practically at the center of the Bleeding Kansas years as leaders in Lecompton (the territorial capital) wanted Kansas to be a slave state, whereas leaders in Lawrence wanted Kansas to be a free state. The pro- and anti-slavery settlers held great animosity towards one another, leading to many events, such as the drafting of the Lecompton Constitution (which would have admitted Kansas into the Union as a slave state), the Wakarusa War (1855), the Sack of Lawrence (1856), Battle of Black Jack (1856), and the Lawrence Massacre (1863). The first railroad in Douglas County, the Kansas Pacific, was built through that territory in 1864. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (4.0%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Kansas by land area. Much of its northern boundary is defined by the Kansas River, which flows through Lawrence and provides hydropower at the Bowersock Dam. Lakes Clinton Lake Lone Star Lake Adjacent counties Jefferson County (north) Leavenworth County (northeast) Johnson County (east) Miami County (southeast) Franklin County (south) Osage County (southwest) Shawnee County (northwest) Demographics Douglas County comprises the Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, there were 99,962 people, 38,486 households, and 21,167 families residing in the county. The population density was 219 people per square mile (84/km²). There were 40,250 housing units at an average density of 88 per square mile (34/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 86.1% White, 4.2% Black or African American, 2.6% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.3% of the population. There were 38,486 households out of which |
574 | Code Name: Eternity | Code Name: Eternity is a Canadian science fiction series that ran for 26 episodes starting in 1999. It was later shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States. The plot involves an alien scientist, David Banning, who comes to Earth and assumes human form in order to perfect technology which will radically change Earth's environment to be suitable for habitation by his own species, i.e. planetary engineering. Having discovered the true nature of Banning's plans, a team of assassins is sent to take him down. Banning's forces kill most of them, but the most dangerous one, Ethaniel, escapes and teams up with a human scientist, Dr. Laura Keating, in an attempt to prevent the destruction of Earth and humanity. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was cancelled after one season and ended on a cliffhanger. Echo Bridge Home Entertainment announced Code Name: Eternity: The Complete Series on DVD. Cast Cameron Bancroft as Ethaniel Ingrid Kavelaars as Dr. Laura Keating Andrew Gillies as David Banning Joseph Baldwin as Byder Gordon Currie as Dent Olivier Gruner as Tawrens Jeff Wincott as Breed Episodes Ethaniel's Story The Mission The Hunter The Long Drop The Watery Grave Never Go Home Tawrens Making Love Death Trap The Bounty Hunter Thief Lose Your Dreams 24 Hours Deep Down Fatal Error Sold Out For a Song All the News Laura's Story Project Midas Dark of Night Not a Bite to Eat The Box Underground Chameleon All Fall Down The Shift External links Code Name: Eternity official site (Syfy). Archived from the original on March 7, 2005. Includes episode synopses, character profiles, bios. Category:2000 Canadian television series debuts Category:2000 Canadian television series endings Category:2000s Canadian science fiction television series Category:First-run syndicated television programs in Canada Category:Television series produced in Toronto Category:Television series by Warner Bros. Television |
575 | Somersby | Somersby may refer to: Somersby, Lincolnshire, England Somersby, New South Wales, Australia Other Somersby cider, a Danish brand of cider SS Somersby, a British cargo steamship built in 1930 Sommersby, a 1993 film starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster See also Somerby (disambiguation) |
576 | Angus Macdonell | Angus Macdonell of Collachie (died October 8, 1804) was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Allan McDonell and brother of Alexander Macdonell of Collachie, and came to the estate of William Johnson in the Mohawk Valley of New York in 1773 as part of a large emigration by members of the MacDonell clan. He left that area at the beginning of the American Revolution and was educated in Montreal and Quebec City. He became first clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1792 and an attorney in 1794. When Henry Allcock's election was contested, he ran in an 1801 by-election in Durham, Simcoe & 1st York and won, defeating John Small, clerk of the Executive Council. He introduced the Assessment Act of 1803 which was intended to provide more equal rates. He was also a founding member of the Law Society of Upper Canada and its third treasurer. In October 1804, he was en route to a trial aboard where he would defend a native person charged with murder. The ship sank in a storm on Lake Ontario near Brighton with all hands lost. References External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Category:1804 deaths Category:Canadian lawyers Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Category:People from Highland (council area) Category:Pre-Confederation Quebec people Category:Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Category:Year of birth missing Category:Treasurers of the Law Society of Upper Canada Category:Immigrants to the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) |
577 | George Jarkesy | George Jarkesy (born August 1974) is a hedge fund manager, media commentator, and conservative talk radio show host of the George Jarkesy Radio Show. Career Jarkesy started his career in the mid-1990s in the financial services industry with a New York Stock Exchange member. Over the past two decades he has been an investor in entrepreneurial growth companies. Jarkesy has originated and/or participated in several hundred investments over the past 20 years, including both debt and equity in private, pre-public and public companies. Jarkesy has founded, invested in and helped to build companies engaged in a broad range of industry sectors, including financial consulting, media, real estate, real estate management, employee leasing, light steel manufacturing, livestock management, technology, natural resources, healthcare and biotechnology. As an investor and financial guru, Jarkesy has been a regular guest on shows like the Neil Cavuto show, The Willis Report with Geri Willis, CNBC's Worldwide Exchange, Fox Business's Willis Watch Dogs, Fox's Fox and Friends, CNBC "The Call" with Kudlow Public speaker Jarkesy has been giving speeches at events such as the Tea Party Rally in Conroe Texas where he encouraged attendees to engage and help get out the word about what is happening to our country and to help get out the vote. Founder of National Eagles and Angels Association Jarkesy is the founder of the National Eagles and Angels Association. The NEAA is a nationwide alliance of investors and business angels that support entrepreneurial growth companies. The organization holds daytime workshops for networking and collaborative breakout sessions; provides mentor-ship services; hosts informative podcasts; and hosts online video conferences for solution sharing. The NEAA has chapters in many cities around the country. With monthly and quarterly meetings, entrepreneur are brought together to present their businesses to investors and business angels. Sometimes business is transacted, but always, good contacts and friendships are made. Oftentimes the angels provide mentorship training to the business owners to steer them in a direction of higher profitability. Songwriter Jarkesy was so disappointed with what President Obama was doing to the country, with his unconstitutional Executive Orders, his appointing communists as czars, surrounding himself with advisors with close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, closing down coal mines, and with his targeting Conservatives for persecution via the EPA, the IRS, and the SEC that he wrote a song called The Bad Obama Blues Politics Jarkesy has always been a staunch Republican, and was an Eagle in the Republican party, both donating and bundling large sums of money for candidates up and down the ticket. He spoke out often on the unrest in America, often calling President Obama out for his tactics, being one of the first to call Obama a Communist on air. It was a deep-seated dissatisfaction with what Obama was doing to the country that drove Jarkesy to put together a radio show,The George Jarkesy Radio show where He daily raged against the government over reach, about the abuse of power coming from the Whitehouse, about the administration's use of unelected bureaucrats in the EPA, IRS NSA, FBI and other agencies to |
578 | Wesley Carroll (quarterback) | Wesley Mason Carroll (born September 18, 1988) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Florida International University his junior and senior seasons, after transferring from Mississippi State University in January 2009. Early years Carroll attended Cooperstown Central School in Cooperstown, New York from Grades 3 to 8. He and his family then moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the summer of 2003, where he then attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School that fall. There, he compiled a 38–5 record as the football team's starting quarterback from 2004–2006. He guided Aquinas to three consecutive state championship game appearances, all of which ended in losses to Lakeland High School, who was undefeated and appeared in USA Today's "Super 25" rankings in all three seasons. Aquinas was also ranked in the Super 25 while Carroll was there, 10th in 2005 and 21st in 2006. In his final two seasons at Aquinas, he completed 189 of 342 pass attempts for over 3,300 yards and 53 touchdowns. He was a high school teammate of current Notre Dame offensive linemen Dan Wenger and Sam Young and former Florida defensive back Major Wright. College career Carroll earned the starting quarterback spot as a true freshman at Mississippi State by out-playing incumbent starter Michael Henig. He was selected to the All-SEC freshman team and led the Bulldogs in their victory at the 2007 Liberty Bowl. Despite entering the 2008 season as the Bulldogs' "clear starter", Carroll was replaced by Tyson Lee after some poor performances. Carroll subsequently decided to transfer to FIU. During the 2010 season, Carroll led FIU to a 7–6 season (6–2 conference record) and to its first ever bowl berth and first ever bowl win against the Toledo Rockets at the 2010 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Carroll capitalized on his strong 2010 season by leading FIU to a record of 8–5 and a consecutive bowl game appearance in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. His 2,623 passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns, and 2,615 yards of total offense in 2010 are school records. Carroll attended the Battle of Florida All Star Game on January 21, 2012. He is now pursuing a master's degree in sport management. References External links Official bio at Florida International Official bio at Mississippi State Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Orange, California Category:American football quarterbacks Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football players Category:FIU Panthers football players Category:Players of American football from California |
579 | 2014–15 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team | The 2014–15 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represents the University of South Florida during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 44th season of Basketball for USF, and the second as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls were coached by Orlando Antigua, who was in his first season. The Bulls play their home games at the USF Sun Dome. They finished the season 9–23, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to UConn. Previous season The Bulls finished the season 12–20, 3–15 in AAC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the AAC Tournament to Rutgers. Departures Incoming Transfers Incoming recruits Recruiting Class of 2015 Roster Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Exhibition |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Non-conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| Conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#006747; color:#CFC493;"| American Athletic Conference Tournament |- References Category:South Florida Bulls men's basketball seasons South Florida Bulls South Florida Bulls men's b South Florida Bulls men's b |
580 | Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres | The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the Olympic Oval. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: The following new world and olympic records was set. Results References Category:Men's speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics |
581 | Les Voix intérieures | Les Voix intérieures is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo published in 1837. Category:Poetry by Victor Hugo Category:1837 books Category:French poetry collections |
582 | Sauid Drepaul | Sauid Drepaul (born 14 April 1985) is a Surinamese cricketer. He played in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament. References External links Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana Category:Surinamese cricketers |
583 | Joseph Hermon Cawthra | Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971), born in Baildon in Yorkshire, was an English sculptor. Personal life Joseph Hermon Cawthra was born in Baildon in Yorkshire, the son of Silas and Ellen Cawthra. He studied at Salts Art School in Shipley, the Leeds School of Art, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. He was elected to the Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS). The Royal Academy exhibited models of the Bury war memorial reliefs. Works His works included war memorials, bas reliefs and sculptures, such as that featuring the Earl of Meath on the Earl of Meath Memorial at Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park. War memorials Gallery of additional images Sculptures, statues and reliefs See also Notes References Category:1886 births Category:1971 deaths Category:Modern sculptors Category:English sculptors Category:English male sculptors Category:People from Baildon Category:Alumni of Leeds Arts University Category:20th-century British sculptors |
584 | Stiven Rivić | Stiven Rivić (born 9 August 1985) is a Croatian footballer who plays in Italy for GSD Ambrosiana. Career Born in Pula, Rivić started his career with the youth side of NK Pula. He moved around to a couple of clubs, before returning to NK Pula. Finally, he was signed by Energie Cottbus in 2006. Rivić has thus far been capped for the under-21 national team. He scored his first Bundesliga goal on 6 May 2008 in his side's 1–1 draw against Karlsruher SC. In the next fixture against Hamburg, he scored again as his side gained a vital 2–0 victory. In next season he scored just one goal, and in the same season his club was relegated to 2. Bundesliga. In July 2010, Rivić signed a three-year contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The contract was dissolved prematurely in January 2012. Rivić then joined Prva HNL club Istra 1961 in February 2012. On 6 August 2012, Rivić rejoined Cottbus on a two-year contract. He left the club at the end of the 2013–14 season after they had been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga. On 24 March 2017, Rivic came back into football, joining Hampton & Richmond Borough in England's National League South, the 6th tier of football in the country. Music career Rivić is also a part-time electronic music producer and DJ, his Myspace page is mainly devoted to promote his music. His music is labeled as progressive house music. He has done extensive work with the Georgian progressive house duo Michael & Levan, including starting the Mistique Music label. References External links Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:Sportspeople from Pula Category:Association football midfielders Category:Croatian footballers Category:Croatian expatriate footballers Category:Sint-Truidense V.V. players Category:FC Schalke 04 players Category:NK Istra 1961 players Category:FC Energie Cottbus players Category:Belgian First Division A players Category:Croatian First Football League players Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:Expatriate footballers in Germany Category:Croatia under-21 international footballers Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players |
585 | Safet Halilović | Safet Halilović (3 April 1951 – 10 May 2017) was a Bosniak politician. He was born in (Orahova), Bosanska Gradiška and later attended the University of Sarajevo, graduating in 1974 from the Department of Social studies. He obtained a doctorate in politics during 1988. Halilović was President of "Renaissance", a Bosniak cultural association, from 1990 to 1992. He was President of the Bosniak Cultural Centre, Sarajevo from 1995 to 1998. He entered politics as a member of the Party of Democratic Action. He eventually left said party to join the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, elected as its Secretary General in May, 1996. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 2001. He became Vice-President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001 and served as President in 2002. References Category:1951 births Category:2017 deaths Category:People from Sarajevo Category:Politicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Party of Democratic Action politicians |
586 | Boris Katz | Boris Katz, (born October 5, 1947, Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union, (now Chișinău, Moldova)) is a principal American research scientist (computer scientist) at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and head of the Laboratory's InfoLab Group. His research interests include natural language processing and understanding, machine learning and intelligent information access. His brother Victor Kac is a mathematician at MIT. He was able to get out of the USSR with the help of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, before the end of the cold war. Over the last several decades, Boris Katz has been developing the START natural language system that allows the user to access various types of information using English. Biography Boris Katz was born on October 5, 1947, in Chișinău in the family of Hersh Katz (died 1976) and Hayki (Klara) Landman (born 1921, Lipcani, Briceni District - died 2006, Cambridge, Middlesex County), who moved from Lipcani, a town located in the northern Bessarabian to Chișinău before the war. He graduated from Moscow State University and in November 1978, he left for the United States thanks to the personal intervention of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. He defended his thesis as a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences in 1975 under the supervision of Evgenii M. Landis. He currently lives in Boston and heads the InfoLabresearch team at the Laboratory of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Boris Katz is the creator of the START information processing system (since 1993 - on the Internet), the author of several works in the field of processing, generation and perception of natural languages, machine learning, and accelerated access to multimedia information. Family Brothers - Victor Gershevich Katz, American mathematician, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mikhail Gershevich Katz, Israeli mathematician, graduate of Harvard and Columbia (Ph.D., 1984) universities, professor at Bar-Ilan University, author of the monograph "Systolic Geometry and Topology" (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, vol. 137. American Mathematical Society: Providence, 2007). Daughter - Luba Katz, a bioinformatics scientist (her husband is Alan Jasanoff, a neuroimaging scientist, a professor at MIT, the son of Harvard University professors Jay Jasanoff and Sheila Jasanoff). Past works A Knowledge Entry System for Subject Matter Experts: The goal of SHAKEN project is to enable subject matter experts, without any assistance from AI technologists, to assemble the models of processes and mechanisms so that questions about them can be answered by declarative inference and simulation. Exploiting lexical regularities in designing natural language systems Word sense disambiguation for information retrieval HIKE (HPKB integrated knowledge environment)- a query interface and integrated knowledge environment for HPKB Quantitative evaluation of passage retrieval algorithms for question answering Sticky notes for the semantic web Question answering from the web using knowledge annotation and knowledge mining techniques The role of context in question answering systems References External links Boris Katz Web Page Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:People from Chișinău Category:Moldovan Jews Category:Bessarabian Jews Category:Soviet emigrants to the United States Category:American people of |
587 | 1932 Republican Party presidential primaries | The 1932 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1932 U.S. presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1932 Republican National Convention held from June 14 to June 16, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. As the year 1932 began, the Republican Party believed Hoover's protectionism and aggressive fiscal policies would solve the depression. Whether they were successful or not, President Herbert Hoover controlled the party and had little trouble securing a re-nomination. The Primaries Little-known former United States Senator Joseph I. France ran against Hoover in the primaries, but Hoover was often unopposed. France's primary wins were tempered by his defeat to Hoover in his home state of Maryland and the fact that few delegates to the national convention were chosen in the primaries. Republican Candidates Nominee Withdrew during convention Withdrew before convention The Convention Hoover's managers at the Republican National Convention, which met in Chicago between June 14 and 16, ran a tight ship, not allowing expressions of concern for the direction of the nation. He was nominated on the first ballot with 98% of the delegate vote. The tally was spectacularly lopsided: Both rural Republicans and hard-money Republicans (the latter hoping to nominate former President Calvin Coolidge) balked at the floor managers and voted against the renomination of Vice-President Charles Curtis, who won with just 55% of the delegate votes. See also 1932 Democratic Party presidential primaries References 1932 Category:1932 United States presidential election |
588 | Louisaville | Louisaville is a heritage-listed residence at 2 Wells Street, Balmain, Inner West Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Inglefield House. It was built by William Carss. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. History Surgeon William Balmain was granted 550 acres and most of the area now encompassing Balmain in 1800. In 1801 the entire grant was transferred to fellow surgeon John Gilchrist. Gilchrist never actually lived in NSW and advertised the land for sale in 1823. However, the sale was not a success. He gave power of attorney to his Sydney-based agent and merchant, Frank Parbury, who commissioned Surveyor John Armstrong to subdivide part of the land. In 1836 22, 2-4 acres lots mostly about Balmain East were auctioned for sale by Parbury on behalf of the absentee landowner, Gilchrist. Parbury himself leased/bought 10 acres at the south eastern part of the Waterview Bay and built the first house on the Balmain grant, Waterview House in 1835 (demolished c. 1905). It was later purchased by George Cooper, Comptroller of Customs, who owned/ leased 28 acres adjacent to the west. Cooper subsequently fell victim to the crash of the early 1840s and was declared bankrupt. He had taken out a mortgage to Matthew Henry Marsh, a barrister, pastoralist and parliamentarian just prior and his inability to pay brought about the loss of the Waterview Estate to Marsh. The land was subdivided by A. W. Miekle in 1841 and site became part Marsh's 1843 sale. Melbourne investors and merchants, Joseph Herring and Lesley Alexander Moody bought lots 30 to 34 in Waterview Street from Marsh in March 1843. Lots 30 to 32 were subsequently purchased by William Carss in October 1849 for 80 pounds. It would appear that the improved economic conditions allowed Carrs to construct a house on the land some time between 1849 and 1855 when the land was sold to Zachary Ingold for 1200 pounds. The increase in cost would indicate significant improvements to the land and conveyance included a dwelling called "Inglefield House". Ingold sold to James Yeend, a Sydney innkeeper and prominent Balmain citizen and Municipality of Balmain alderman in 1857. During the early 1860s Yeend sold a 20 feet strip of this land to allow for the construction of Wells Street. His wife continued to reside in the house following his death in 1864. Yeend Street, Yeend Wharf and Yeend Terrace are named after him. Yeend retained the name of the house and his widow stayed on until 1880 when the three lots were sold to William Harris Ariell for 400 pounds. Ariell renamed the house “Louisaville” after his wife. Ariell died in 1882, but the house was enlarged between 1887 and 1896. A mock-Gothic entrance porch, western additions and detached weatherboard structure were added during this time. A Sydney Water plan (Balmain Sheet No. 16) prepared in the late 1880s and revised in the early 1890s shows the house occupying a large roughly square shaped block bounded by Waterview and Wells Streets. It |
589 | 2003 If Stockholm Open – Doubles | Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley. Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Arthurs and Hanley. Seeds Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge (Champions) Wayne Arthurs / Paul Hanley (Final) Jared Palmer / David Rikl (Quarterfinals) Gastón Etlis / Martín Rodríguez (Semifinals) Draw External links 2003 If Stockholm Open Doubles Draw Doubles Category:2003 If Stockholm Open |
590 | Estray | Estray, in law, is any domestic animal found wandering at large or lost, particularly if the owner is unknown. In most cases this includes domesticated animals and not pets. Under early English common law, estrays were forfeited to the king or lord of the manor; under modern statutes, provision is made for taking up stray animals and acquiring either title to them or a lien for the expenses incurred in keeping them. A person taking up an estray has a qualified ownership in it, which becomes absolute if the owner fails to claim the animal within the statutory time limit. Whether the animal escaped through the owner's negligence or through the wrongful act of a third person is immaterial. If the owner reclaims the estray, he is liable for reasonable costs of its upkeep. The use of an estray during the period of qualified ownership, other than for its own preservation or for the benefit of the owner, is not authorized. Some statutes limit the right to take up estrays to certain classes of persons, to certain seasons or places, or to animals requiring care. When public officials, such as a county sheriff impound stray animals, they may sell them at auction to recover the costs of upkeep, with proceeds, if any, going into the public treasury. In some places, an uncastrated male livestock animal running at large may be neutered at the owner's expense. It is common in the US for there to be a required "Notice of Estray" sworn and filed in a local office. The process usually takes a prescribed time to permit the property owner to collect his property. Otherwise, the finder obtains title to the property. See also Abandoned pets Feral Maverick (animal) Waif and stray Rabies References Category:Domesticated animals Category:Legal terminology |
591 | Germania, Wisconsin | Germania is a town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 339 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.2 square miles (93.7 km²), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 339 people, 134 households, and 101 families residing in the town. The population density was 9.4 people per square mile (3.6/km²). There were 142 housing units at an average density of 3.9 per square mile (1.5/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.05% White, 0.59% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.88% Asian, and 1.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.29% of the population. There were 134 households out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.94. In the town, the population was spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 115.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $38,542, and the median income for a family was $45,192. Males had a median income of $30,833 versus $25,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,820. About 5.9% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over. References Category:Towns in Shawano County, Wisconsin Category:Towns in Wisconsin |
592 | Interdigital webbing | Interdigital webbing is the presence of membranes of skin between the digits. Normally in mammals, webbing is present in the embryo but resorbed later in development, but in various mammal species it occasionally persists in adulthood. In humans, it can be found in those suffering from LEOPARD syndrome and from Aarskog–Scott syndrome. Webbing between the digits of the hindfoot is also present in several mammals that spend part of their time in the water. Webbing accommodates movement in the water. Interdigital webbing is not to be confused with syndactyly, which is a fusing of digits and occurs rarely in humans. Syndactyly specifically affecting feet occurs in birds (such as ducks), amphibians (such as frogs), and mammals (such as the kangaroo). Mammals with interdigital webbing Rodents In oryzomyines, a mainly South American rodent group, the marsh rice rat, Pseudoryzomys simplex, and Sigmodontomys alfari all have small webs, which do not extend to the end of the proximal phalanges, whereas Amphinectomys savamis, Lundomys molitor and the members of the genera Holochilus and Nectomys have more expansive webbing, which extends beyond the proximal phalanges. Webbing apparently developed several times in oryzomyines and may also have been lost in some groups. Most ichthyomyines, an exclusively semiaquatic South and Central American rodent group, have small webbing, but members of the genus Rheomys have more expansive webs. Webbing is also present in the Australasian semiaquatic hydromyines (subfamily Murinae) of the genera Baiyankamys, Hydromys, and Crossomys; in the latter, it is most well-developed. The African semiaquatic rodents Colomys goslingi and Nilopegamys plumbeus, also members of the Murinae, lack interdigital webbing. Webbing is present in the hind feet of the coypu (Myocastor coypus) of South America, which is currently classified in its own family. Soricomorphs Among shrews, the members of the genera Chimarrogale of southeastern Asia and Neomys of western Eurasia have interdigital webbing, as does the American water shrew (Sorex palustris) of North America, but it is more well-developed in Nectogale elegans of montane Asia. Webbing is also present in the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus). Tenrecs The tenrec family, which occurs in Africa and mainly on Madagascar, includes several semiaquatic forms, and the small otter-shrews (Micropotamogale) and the aptly named web-footed tenrec (Limnogale mergulus) have developed interdigital webbing. Opossums The water opossum (Chironectes minimus) of South America is the only opossum with interdigital webbing. Carnivorans Several carnivorans have interdigital webbing, including the greater grison (Galictis vittata), the Colombian weasel (Mustela felipei), the Amazon weasel (Mustela africana), and the mink (Neovison vison). All otters have interdigital webbing, in the fore or hind limbs or both, to aid in aquatic propulsion. In sea otters, the webbing is covered with hair, at a density of 3300 hairs per square centimeter. Whales Pits present on the sides of fossil proximal phalanges of pakicetids, ancestral whales, suggest that these animals had interdigital webbing, a development hypothesized to lead to the fluke, spurred by FGF8, a fibroblast growth factor. References Literature cited Braun, J.K. and Díaz, M.M. 1999. Key to the native mammals of Catamarca Province, Argentina. Occasional papers of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural |
593 | Montmorency County, Michigan | Montmorency County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,765. The county seat is Atlanta. History The county was created by the Michigan Legislature in 1840 as Cheonoquet County, after a well-known Chippewa (also known as Ojibwa) Chief, whose name meant Big Cloud. Cheonoquet took part in Indian treaties in 1807, 1815, 1825 and 1837. Renamed Montmorency County on March 8, 1843, it was originally spelled Montmorenci, and historians conjecture this reflects the area's French-Canadian influence: the French Duke of Montmorency purchased a lieutenant governorship in Canada and the first archbishop of Canada—Montmorency-Laval—both could be influences on the county's name. (There was no "Count Morenci" aiding the American Revolution). The county was organized in 1881. The reason for the change in spelling is subject to some dispute. See List of Michigan county name etymologies. The name Montmorency probably means Mountain Moor. Montmorency is a boggy land or moor that is at the top of a broad mount or highland. When the county was organized in 1881, some land area was taken from Cheboygan and Alpena counties. Three townships were divided: Briley, Montmorency and Rust. By 1901 Albert, Hillman Township and Wheatfield were added. Brush Creek, now known as Hillman, was the first county seat. In 1891 the county seat was moved to Atlanta. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.8%) is water. Although it lies on Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Montmorency County is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. Most of the county is covered by state forest land. There is an abundance of lakes, such as Long Lake. Glaciers shaped the area, creating a unique regional ecosystem. A large portion of the area is the Grayling outwash plain, a broad outwash plain including sandy ice-disintegration ridges, jack pine barrens, some white pine-red pine forest, and northern hardwood forest. Large lakes were created by glacial action. Adjacent counties Presque Isle County - northeast Alpena County - east Alcona County - southeast Oscoda County - south Crawford County - southwest Otsego County - west Cheboygan County - northwest Major highways There are no traffic lights in Montmorency county, although a few blinking lights exist at highway junctions. Demographics As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 10,315 people, 4,455 households, and 3,047 families residing in the county. The population density was 19 people per square mile (7/km²). There were 9,238 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile (7/km²). The ethnic makeup of the county was 98.36% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.84% from two or more ethnic groups. 0.65% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any ethnic group. 28.3% were of German, 12.7% English, 9.5% American, 8.8% Irish, 7.6% Polish and 7.4% French ancestry, 98.1% spoke English as their first language. There were 4,455 households out of which 22.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% |
594 | Jericho Forum Commandments | The Jericho Forum® Commandments define both the areas and the principles that must be observed when planning for a de-perimeterised future. Whilst building on “good security”, the commandments specifically address those areas of security that are necessary to deliver a de-perimeterised vision. The commandments serve as a benchmark by which concepts, solutions, standards and systems can be assessed and measured. The Jericho Forum Commandments are issued under a creative commons license and can be found here: https://collaboration.opengroup.org/jericho/commandments_v1.2.pdf See also Collaboration Oriented Architecture de-perimeterisation External links http://www.jerichoforum.org The Jericho Forum Commandments Category:Data security |
595 | Clare, Kentucky | Clare is a rural unincorporated community in southwest Allen County, Kentucky, United States. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Allen County, Kentucky Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky |
596 | Goodall Focus | The Goodall Focus was a Hopewellian culture from the Middle Woodland period peoples that occupied Western Michigan and northern Indiana from around 200 BCE to 500 CE. Extensive trade networks existed at this time, particularly among the many local cultural expressions of the Hopewell communities. The Goodall pattern stretched from the southern tip of Lake Michigan, east across northern Indiana, to the Ohio border, then northward, covering central Michigan, almost reaching to Saginaw Bay on the east and Grand Traverse Bay to the north. The culture is named for the Goodall Site in northwest Indiana. Ceramics Ceramics tend to come from middens and contain expanding and contracting stemmed projectile points and obsidian flakes. Research has been on-going through the 1990s at sites in northwest Indiana, the Galien River Basin, the Kalamazoo River Basin and the Grand River basin. See also Hopewell tradition Norton Mound Group List of Hopewell sites References Further reading The Goodall focus: an analysis of ten Hopewellian components in Michigan and Indiana / Ohio; by George I Quimby, Jr.; Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society, 1941. Hopewell Archeology: The Newsletter of Hopewell Archeology in the Ohio River Valley; 4. Current Research on the Goodall Focus; Volume 2, Number 1, October 1996 External links The Goodall Tradition Project:Northwestern Indiana Hopewell The Newsletter of Hopewell Archeology in the Ohio River Valley The Newsletter of Hopewell Archeology in the Ohio River Valley Key Indiana Hopewell Site Preserved Category:Pre-Columbian cultures Category:2nd-century BC establishments Category:5th-century disestablishments |
597 | New Castle Range Rear Light | The New Castle Range Rear Light is a lighthouse in Delaware, United States, on the Delaware River near New Castle, Delaware. History This range was constructed in 1876 to mark the main channel past Pea Patch Island and Bulkhead Shoal; it took its name from the town, somewhat to the northeast of the lights. The rear tower was integral to its dwelling, a two-story frame house, and was located on a 1-acre plot half a mile from the front light. It was supplanted by a steel skeleton tower in 1953, but the original house remained standing until deliberately burned in 1982 after falling into disrepair and a previous fire in 1975. Notes Category:Lighthouses completed in 1876 Category:Lighthouses in New Castle County, Delaware |
598 | Hartney Airport | Hartney Airport, , was located south southwest of Hartney, Manitoba, Canada. References Category:Defunct airports in Manitoba |
599 | Naked (Marques Houston album) | Naked is the second studio album by American R&B recording artist Marques Houston. It was released by The Ultimate Group and Universal Music on May 24, 2005 in the United States. The album features guest appearances by Joe Budden, Rufus Blaq and fellow former Immature member Young Rome. In the United States, Naked peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200, and peaked at number 5 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Critical reception Allmusic editor Andy Kellman rated the album three out of five stars. He found that "Naked is no deeper than 2003's MH, which most of his fans will find perfectly acceptable. It offers a similar mix of earnest slow jams and sexually frank club tracks. The best moments involve adequate production facsimiles of Just Blaze, Kanye West, and The Neptunes. Another thing that works to Houston's benefit is the shorter running time: Nakeds eleven songs are a lot easier to digest than MHs 17, which also means that there's better quality control." Track listing Charts References Category:2005 albums Category:Albums produced by The Underdogs (production team) Category:Marques Houston albums Category:Universal Records albums |
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