IUPHAR/BPS藥理學指南(IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY)、藥理學指南(Guide to PHARMACOLOGY、GtoPdb)是的藥理學知識庫,由國際基礎藥理學與臨床藥理學聯合會及聯合開發。旨在提供所有藥理學靶標的簡明概述,所有人均可訪問。

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 Ensembl
 UniProt
 Entrez
 PubChem
 ChemSpider
 ChEMBL
 ChEBI
 KEGG
  (OMIM)
 DrugBank
 Protein Data Bank

The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY is an  website, acting as a portal to information on the biological targets of licensed drugs and other small molecules. The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (with GtoPdb being the standard abbreviation) is developed as a joint venture between the  (IUPHAR) and the  (BPS). This replaces and expands upon the original 2009 IUPHAR Database (standard abbreviation IUPHAR-DB). The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY aims to provide a concise overview of all pharmacological targets, accessible to all members of the scientific and clinical communities and the interested public, with links to details on a selected set of targets. The information featured includes pharmacological data, target, and gene nomenclature, as well as curated chemical information for ligands. Overviews and commentaries on each target family are included, with links to key references.

背景與發展
The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY was initially made available online in December 2011 with additional material released in July 2012. Maintained by a team of curators based at the University of Edinburgh, the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY is developed by an international network of contributors, including the editors of the . As with the original IUPHAR-DB, the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Committee on Receptor Nomenclature and Drug Classification  (NC-IUPHAR), acts as the scientific advisory and editorial board for the database. Its network of over 500 specialist advisors (organized into ~90 subcommittees) contribute expertise and data. The current PI and Grant holder of the GtoPdb project is Prof. . The development and release of the first version of the GtoPdb in 2012 were described in an editorial published in the  entitled 'Guide to Pharmacology.org- an update'. The IUPHAR-DB is no longer being developed and all the information contained within this site is now available through the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (IUPHAR-DB links should now re-direct).

內容和功能
The target groups currently included on the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY are:

 Enzymes
 s
 Ion channels
 s
 s
 Transporters
 Other protein targets including s, s and

Information for each target group is subdivided into families based on classification, with a separate data page for each family. Within each page, targets are arranged into lists of tables, with each table including the protein and gene nomenclature for the target with links to gene nomenclature databases, and listing selected ligands with activity at the target, including agonists, antagonists, inhibitors and radioligands. Pharmacological data and references are given and each ligand is hyperlinked to a ligand page displaying nomenclature and a chemical structure or peptide sequence, along with synonyms and relevant database links. The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY also includes a list of all ligand molecules included on the site, subdivided into categories including small organic molecules (including mammalian metabolites, hormones and neurotransmitters), synthetic organic molecules, s, peptides, inorganic molecules and antibodies. A complete list of all the approved drugs included on the website is also available via the ligand list. The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY is being expanded to include clinical information on targets and ligands, in addition to educational resources.
Search features on the website include quick and advanced search options, and receptor and ligand searches, including support for ligand structures using chemical structures. Other features include 'Hot topic' news items and a recent receptor-ligand pairing list.

IUPHAR Guide to IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Between November 2015 and October 2018, the  supported a project to develop the IUPHAR Guide to IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY  (GtoImmuPdb), based on the GtoPdb schema. The GtoImmuPdb is an open-access resource that brings an immunological perspective to the high-quality, expert-curated pharmacological data found in the existing IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY. Protein targets and ligands relevant to immunopharmacology have been tagged and curated into GtoImmuPdb. These have also been associated with new immunological data types such as immunological processes, cell types, and disease. GtoImmuPdb provides a knowledge base that connects immunology with pharmacology, bringing added value and supporting research and development of drugs targeted at modulating immune, inflammatory or infectious components of the disease.

The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY
The Guide to PHARMACOLOGY includes an online, open-access database version of the , previously "The Guide to Receptors and Channels" available in HTML, PDF and printed formats. A hard copy summary of the online database is published as The Concise Guide to Pharmacology 2017/2018  as a series of papers as a bi-annual supplement to the .

未來方向
Following funding from the , from 2012 to 2015 the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY was expanded to include the biological targets of all prescription drugs and other likely targets of future small molecule drugs. Overviews of the key features of a wide range of targets are provided on the summary view pages, with detailed view pages providing more in-depth information on the properties of a selected subset of targets. As of January 2018 the  is supporting a new extension to develop the Guide to Malaria Pharmacology. The core GtoPdb continues to be supported by the .

另見

參考

外部鏈接
 IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY
 2021 edition  of the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (published in BJP)
 International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
 British Pharmacological Society (BPS)
 British Journal of Pharmacology
 Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY
 Wellcome Trust
 Medicines for Malaria Venture

生物學資料庫
藥理學

Guide to Pharmacology


The Henry Lischer House is a historic building located in the Hamburg Historic District in Davenport, Iowa, United States. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The house was individually listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993.

Henry Lischer
The home is associated with Henry Lischer, the owner and publisher of one of Davenport's German-language newspapers, Der Demokrat. The paper was founded by Theodor Gülich in November 1851. Lischer and his partner, Theodor Olshausen, bought the paper in 1856. Both were German immigrants who became newspapermen in St. Louis, Missouri. At its inception the paper was aligned with the political philosophy, and financial support, of the Democratic Party. However, it was a "free paper" that was not beholden to party doctrines and supported the right of freedom and human rights. It began to support the positions of the Republican Party. It was opposed to slavery and printed a supportive obituary to abolitionist John Brown. Lischer and Olshausen left Davenport in 1860 to return to St. Louis where they took over the Westliche Post. The new owners of Der Demokrat experienced financial problems as a result of their radical views and the economic downturn as a result of the American Civil War. Lischer, who still had a financial interest in the paper, returned to Davenport and became its sole owner for the next 40 years. After the Civil War, editorials in the paper fought the prohibition of alcohol, which was supported by the Republican Party. Even after the state of Iowa successfully passed prohibition laws in 1882, Scott County remained defiant with the support of the paper. Lischer's sons continued their father's work after his death.

House
The Italian Villa style house was designed by Davenport architect W.L. Carroll. Contracts for construction were let in 1868 to Frank Kurk as the contractor and Frank Noe for the brickwork. It sits high on a bluff above the street. In 1874 Lischer and his son-in-law and next door neighbor Frederick G. Clausen built the stone wall and the staircases that led from the sidewalk to their respective residences.

References

Houses completed in 1870
Italianate architecture in Iowa
Houses in Davenport, Iowa
Davenport Register of Historic Properties
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Davenport, Iowa
Historic district contributing properties in Iowa

Henry Lischer House


A clione is a genus of sea slug.  They are also called sea butterflies and sea angels.

There are 16 species of Clione. They live in the ocean.   The body is small, and the brain and heart are pink so they show through the clear body.  People like to put them in aquariums.

Name

It is said that it was discovered by Captain Fipp of England in 1773 during whale watching off the coast of Greenland carrying the King of England.  The origin of the name is said to be "Clio" which means "a blessing woman", one of the nine goddesses of literary arts in Greek mythology, Muses.  The official name is Clione Limacina. It means the goddess of the sea like a slug. Clione is known as "the angel of drift ice" or "the fairy of drift ice", which is said to come with drift ice and leave with drift ice.  It is translucent, has a red head and tail, and has spread wings, making it a mascot of the Sea of Okhotsk in winter.

Food

Children of Clione eat plankton and become carnivorous when they grow up a little. The food they eat is limited, and they only eat Limakina, who is the same companion and has a shell. Six tentacles come out from the head and capture the Limacina.  And it is a method of slowly absorbing the nutrients of the Limakina and eating it. They eat like a devil regardless of appearance.

Life cycle

Fertilization occurs 4 hours after copulation, and the female lays jelly-like eggs into the sea.  The phytoplankton is breeding season at that time therefore, Clione's spawning season is off the coast of Vancouver in spring. The Sea of Okhotsk has a spawning season from late autumn to early summer.

It is reported that the number of eggs laid is approximately 150 to 200 in the small group with a body length of 1 cm and  approximately 1200 to 2800 in the large group with a body length of 4 to 8 cm.  And Clione matures in about one year and is said to have a life span of  two to three years.

Range

Clione is a bipolar distribution species that is distributed in the cold waters of the waters surrounding the Arctic and Antarctica.  Its distribution is shallower than 200m on the surface of the open ocean in cold waters.

References

Gastropods

Clione


The DuWoong wetland is a coastal sand dune in South Korea.  The DuWoong wetland is located in the south of the Sinduri coastal sand dune at Sinduri beach, Wonbukmeon, Taean, South Chungcheong Do. Its coastal length is 3.4 km and its width is 500 m, which is relatively wide. The Sinduri coastal sand dune was formed by sands carried to the coast many years ago.

Characteristics
The DuWoong wetland is a typical sand dune wetland. The term "sand dune wetland" denotes wetlands formed by sand dunes, but the DuWoong wetland is the only one which has the form of a lake with water. Unlike other wetlands, the DuWoong wetland's base is formed with sand, and it does not allow sea water to penetrate even though it is located at the seashore.  This distinction results from underground water which forms a large fresh water lake that prevents sea water from penetrating through to the coastal sand dune.

Importance to people
Although sand dunes may be considered useless land, in fact the region acts as a bridge connecting coastal ecology and inland ecology. It also protects the coastline and farmland from hurricanes and storm surges. People feel relaxed while watching the sand dunes. At sunset, seagulls flying over the sand dunes give mental comfort to visitors, and the location is recognized as one of the eight most beautiful scenic spots in Teaan.

The DuWoong wetland is designated a National Treasure of South Korea by the Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea and also as an Ecosystem Preserved Area by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. In 2002, the Ministry of Environment designated DuWoong wetland as a "Wetland Protection Area". In December 2007, the DuWoong wetland was designated a Ramsar wetland.

Organisms in DuWoong wetland
Animals
 Korean Golden Frog (Rana Plancyi chosen)
 Narrow-mouthed frog (Kaloula borealis)
 Chinese sparrow hawk (Accipiter soloenisis)
 Little Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
 Broad-billed roller (Eurystomus orientalis)
 Skylark (Alauda arvensi)

Insects
 Garden Cicindelidae (Cicindela transbaicalica)
 Ant lion (Myrmeleontidae)

Plants
 Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
 Water lily (Nymphaea teragona)
 Wild rice (Zizania latitolia)
 Reed (Phragmites communis)
 Sedge (family Cyperaceae)
 Seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)
 Dune wild rye (Elymus mollis)

Landforms of South Chungcheong Province
Landforms of South Korea
Taean County
Wetlands of South Korea
Dunes of Asia

Duung wetland


Mr. Moto Is So Sorry was originally published in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post from July 2 to August 13, 1938, and was first published in book form in 1938. It is the fourth of six Mr. Moto novels and can also be found in the omnibus Mr. Moto's Three Aces published in 1939.

The Moto novels are spy fiction and adventure novels set in the Orient, which in the 1930s was considered mysterious and exotic. Mr. Moto is a spy for the Imperial Japanese government and often deals with people who are accidentally involved in his work.

Marquand traveled to China to gather information and atmosphere for his Moto novels. Millicent Bell, Marquand's biographer, states: "In Mr. Moto Is So Sorry, Marquand went back once more to his memories of 1934, and his hero's journey duplicates Marquand's own arrival in China, although there is considerably more melodramatic incident along the fictional journey."

Plot
Calvin Gates, an American, is traveling through Japan to mainland Asia. He boards a train which will eventually take him to Mongolia to join a scientific expedition.  On the train is Sylvia Dillaway, a sketch artist, also on her way to the Gilbreth Expedition.  Accompanying her is Boris, her Russian guide.  When Mr. Moto appears, Boris becomes agitated and gives Dillaway a cigarette case made of silver inlaid with gunmetal, bearing a scenic design.

Later at a stopover Boris is killed in Gates' hotel room.  Mr. Moto comes in to clean things up and tells Gates that he knows of his past and why he is traveling to Mongolia.  Gates is on the run from the police because his uncle believes that he stole money from his business.  Moto asks about the cigarette case and realizes that Dillaway must have it.  Moto wants the cigarette case to get to where it is headed, so he leaves the case with Dillaway.

Knowing that the cigarette case is dangerous, Gates plots with Dillaway to make it seem like the case was stolen from her hotel room.  Moto, however, suspects Gates and has him searched at a train stop.  Gates and Dillaway continue on their journey with the cigarette case.

At the next stop Captain Hamby comes on board.  He was sent by Gilbreth to escort Dillaway to Ghuru Nor where the expedition is.  However, his actual mission is to get the cigarette case to his Russian allies.  The case includes a coded message meant for the Russian Army.  He thinks the Japanese want to stop the message but doesn't understand why Mr. Moto would want the message to get through.

After a misunderstanding, Gates no longer wants anything to do with this business and gives the cigarette case to Dillaway.  He leaves the train in Peking and is immediately picked up by Major Ahara of the Japanese Army, who wants to stop the cigarette case from getting to the Russians.  Gates is rescued by Moto who explains how the Russian Army is poised to take Inner Mongolia but is waiting for the  message which will tell when the Japanese Army will move toward Ghuru Nor.  However, he does not explain why he wants the message to get through.

Gates goes along with Moto and they fly to Kalgan to meet  Dillaway and Hamby.  Gates finds Dillaway and Dr. Gilbreth captive by Hamby in the compound of a caravan trader named Holtz.  Hamby is negotiating the sale of the cigarette case between the Russians and the Japanese for Prince Wu, ruler of Ghuru Nor.

Moto is brought in and reveals that he wanted the Russians to know the Japanese Army's plans to judge the strength and conviction of the Russians.  Major Ahara is convinced that Moto is a traitor and is killed by Hamby when he tries to escape.  The Russian spy Shirov, who was present to negotiate for the case, agrees with Moto that one should die depending on how the Russian Army takes the news of the Japanese Army's plans.

Gates negotiates for his life and the lives of the expedition while they await the Russian Army's reply.  Shirov kills himself when told they will do nothing against the Japanese Army.  At Moto's suggestion, Prince Wu has Hamby killed because he killed Ahara.  Moto and Japan win the rights to the Mongolian trade routes, thereby moving deeper into China.

Characters
Calvin Gates – An American from New York City
Sylvia Dillaway - An American artist from the Mid-West
Mr. I. A. Moto - Imperial spy for the Japanese government
Boris - Russian guide and spy
Captain Sam Hamby - Former Australian Army officer, currently working for Prince Wu
Major Ahara - Japanese Army officer
General Shirov - Russian spy and the brother to Boris
Prince Wu - Ruler of Ghuru Nor
Holtz - German trader in charge of the camel trade routes

Themes
The West (and America in particular) is portrayed as an outsider who know nothing of what is going on in the East.  Gates and Dillaway, the two Americans are oblivious to the machinations of the Japanese and the Russian armies as they wrestle for control of China.  Millicent Bell, Marquand's biographer said that Gates is,
…a man under a cloud, whose mission to China is purely personal, and who is so indifferent to politics that he allows himself to be thought a Japanese spy.

Moto feels a kinship towards Americans, often referring to his time spent there.  Though Moto does not always understand their actions or motivations he is able to manipulate Gates into fitting his plans.  Major Ahara, Moto's political opposite, does not like America and looks forward to the day they go to war.  These multiple factions within the Japanese government are often referred to in Marquand's Moto novels and figure in making Mr. Moto's job difficult by giving him many fronts to fight against.  This duality may have given the pre-WWII reading audience a chance to see the Japanese as multi-dimensional people at a time when Japan was still mysterious.

References

External links

1938 American novels
American spy novels
Novels first published in serial form
Novels set in China

Mr. Moto Is So Sorry


Olivier Ker Ourio (born 1964 in Paris, from a family originally from Réunion) is a jazz musician of Breton ancestry known for playing Chromatic harmonica. He has worked with Bruce Arnold, Franck Amsallem, David Kikoski, and Annie Ebrel among others. He has also shown an interest in Reunion Creole music and Celtic music.

References

Musicians from Réunion
Jazz harmonica players
1964 births
Living people

Olivier Ker Ourio


Paul Apreku Twum-Barimah is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Dormaa East constituency in the Bono region of Ghana.

Early life and education
Barimah was born on 23 May 1982 and hails from Kobedia-Asupra in the Bono region of Ghana. He had his SSSCE in 2000. He had his bachelor's degree in Sociology & Information Studies in Social Science in 2006. He further had his MSc in Communications and Public Affairs in 2012. He had his LLB in General Law in 2018. He also had his certificate in Oil, Gas & Petroleum Management in 2020.

Career
Barimah was the Head of Event and Production at Radio Universe. He was also the Station Manager at RGU radio. He was the Media mechanical and engineering manager at EXP Ghana. He was also the Assistant Communication Officer at the British High Commission. He was also the Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Manager for Zen Petroleum. He was also the Development Communication Coordinator for SADA. He was also at the Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs for ENI Ghana Exploration & Production Limited.

Political career
He is a member of NPP and currently the MP for Dormaa East Constituency. He won the parliamentary seat with 16,679 votes whilst the NDC aspirant Racheal Owusuah had 11,383 votes. He was adjudged as the best first term member of Parliament in the year 2022.he was recognize by Watch Parliament and Civil Societies based on his in-depth research and analysis works, Contributions at committee meetings, Valuable contributios in the floor of Parliament and many more.

Committees
He is a member of the Special Budget Committee, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Privileges Committee, Roads and Transport Committee, Mines and Energy committee and also a member of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee.

Personal life
Barimah is a Christian.

Philanthropy
In December 2021, he donated food and other assorted items to about 200 widows in the Dormaa East constituency. He also gave hospital beds and medical equipment to the Wamfie District Hospital. He also donated working equipment and tools to about 400 apprentices and workers in Wamanafo and Wamfie.

References

Living people
Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
New Patriotic Party politicians
1982 births
21st-century Ghanaian politicians
People from Bono Region

Paul Apreku Twum Barimah


Red Dragon is a 2002 crime thriller movie based on the book of the same name. It was directed by Brett Ratner with Anthony Hopkins returning for the role of Hannibal Lecter and Edward Norton as Dr. Will Graham.

Cast
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Edward Norton as Dr. Will Graham
Ralph Fiennes as Francis Dolarhyde / The Tooth Fairy
Harvey Keitel as Jack Crawford
Emily Watson as Reba McClane

Other websites

2000s horror thriller movies
2000s crime thriller movies
2000s psychological movies
2002 horror movies
2002 crime movies
2000s English-language movies
American horror thriller movies
American crime thriller movies
German crime movies
German thriller movies
German horror movies
Hannibal Lecter movies
Movies directed by Brett Ratner
Movies about cannibalism
Movies about abduction
Movies set in the 1980s
Universal Pictures movies
Movies set in Baltimore
Movies set in Missouri

Red Dragon (movie)


Willem van Brederode (1226/30 in Santpoort – 3 June 1285 in Velsen) was Lord of Brederode.

Life
He was the son of Dirk I van Brederode and Alvaradis van Heusden. William was only recognised as lord of Brederode in 1244, partially because he was a minor before that. Van Brederode accompanied William II, Count of Holland in his campaign against rebels above the Rhine in the Ruhr in 1248/49, and again in a campaign against the West Frisians in 1256. He was knighted in 1255, and appointed bailiff of Kennemerland in 1269. On 25 June 1282 he was awarded the rights to Goudriaan, Hardinxveld, Papendrecht, Peursum and Slingeland. William died in 1285 and was buried in the Brederode-chapel of the Engelmundus-church in Velsen.

Family and Children
In 1254 William married Hildegonde van Voorne, and they had six children:

Dirk II van Brederode, 1256–1318, William's successor
Alverade van Brederode, 1258 – after 1323
Rikairde van Brederode, ca. 1263 – after 1303
Floris I (Florentius) van Schoten (Adrichem), ca. 1265 – 1327
Aleid van Brederode, 1260–1333
Theodoricus de Scouten, before 1297 – unknown
William Ver Margrietsone van Brederode, unknown – after 1317
Theodorius van Schoten, 1270 – unknown

References
 Johannes a Leydis, Opusculum de gestis regalium abbatum monasterii sancti Athalberti ordinis sancti Benedicti in Egmonda (written between 1477 and 1484).
 Willem Procurator, (translated M. Gumbert-Hepp; J.P. Gumbert (ed.), Kroniek. Hilversum, Publisher Verloren, 2001

1285 deaths
William I
Year of birth uncertain
People from Velsen
13th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire

William I van Brederode


The William G. LeDuc House, also known as the LeDuc Historic Estate, located at 1629 Vermillion Street in Hastings, Minnesota, United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  It was built over several years, and completed in 1865, by William Gates LeDuc who came to Minnesota in 1850 from Ohio.  He was an attorney who represented a party to a suit involving Vermillion Falls,  southeast of the homesite.  As payment for his services, Le Duc received the land where he built his house. LeDuc was a Civil War veteran and U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture under President Hayes (1877–1881).

The estate is an unusually complete example of the Carpenter Gothic style of Andrew Jackson Downing, a pioneer in American landscape architecture. William, and his wife Mary, used Downing's book, Cottage Residences, as inspiration for their home (Downing himself had died in 1852). The home was the first property to be acquired by the Minnesota Historical Society in the late 1950s but sat empty until 2005, when it was acquired by the City of Hastings. The Dakota County Historical Society partnered with the city to provide programing and interpretative services. $1.2 million was raised to restore the home and grounds to their former glory.

Construction on the LeDuc house began in 1862 and was completed in 1866.  Following LeDuc's service as Quartermaster in the Civil War, the family moved into the unfinished home in August, 1865.  In March, 1865 he had been brevetted a brigadier general for "efficiency, intelligence and zeal in the discharge of his duties".

William G. LeDuc came to St. Paul, Minnesota Territory in 1850 from Ohio to open a book store and law office.  In 1854 he purchased a quarter share in the town of Hastings from Alexander Faribault.  In 1856, he and his wife Mary Bronson LeDuc, with their two daughters moved downriver to Hastings, where they had also acquired two wheat farms and 160 acres with a small grist mill on the falls of the Vermillion River. It was on this property that William and Mary decided to build their dream home.

They chose a Gothic Revival home featured in a later edition of Andrew Jackson Downing's Cottage Residences. Downing was a landscape architect and author, whose reputation as a horticulturist was widespread.  He inspired Americans to surround their homes with the beauty of nature and encouraged the use of good design even in planning farmsteads.  William and Mary chose three Downing designs for their rural home site; their residence, Carriage Barn and Ice House.  The estate is an unusually complete example of the Gothic Revival style of Andrew Jackson Downing.

Carroll Simmons, a friend of the LeDuc grandchildren, purchased the home in 1940 for his antique business.  In 1958 he donated the home and outbuildings with 4 acres of land to the Minnesota Historical Society, with the agreement that he would continue using it for his antique business until he retired, which wasn't until 1986.  Between 1986 and 2003 the future of the property was uncertain.  Although it was the first property acquired by MHS, they had opened other house museums by the time they took possession.  Needed repairs were done on the house and carriage barn, but the property stood empty.

Citizen groups actively sought out ways to fulfill Carroll Simmons' vision of having the LeDuc house open to the public.  In 2002 the Minnesota Legislature apportioned 1.2 million dollars in bonding funds for MHS to preserve the house and bring it up to current building codes.  Agreements were executed between the Minnesota Historical Society, the City of Hastings and the Dakota Country Historical Society, which resulted in city ownership and DCHS management of the site.

The site opened for tours on May 22, 2005.  June 24, 2005, the Society deaccessioned the LeDuc House to the City of Hastings. As part of the agreement, the Society transferred $604,000 of net assets provided by Carroll Simmons for endowment, repairs and maintenance of the LeDuc House.

References

Original Record (Civil War) I Vol. 52, Part I, pg. 663.
This Business of War; Recollections of a Civil War Quartermaster, William G. LeDuc, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1963
Hastings Star Gazette, 3-20-2003
Minnesota Historical Society Annual Report, 2005

Bibliography

External links
 Dakota County Historical Society Website

Carpenter Gothic architecture in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Hastings, Minnesota
Historic house museums in Minnesota
Houses completed in 1865
Houses in Dakota County, Minnesota
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Minnesota state historic sites
Museums in Dakota County, Minnesota
Carpenter Gothic houses in the United States
1865 establishments in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Dakota County, Minnesota

William G. LeDuc House


The 1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 May 1989 at the Misano circuit.

500 cc race report
Before the race, riders were concerned about the track surface, considering it too slippery, and should it rain, even dangerous.

Dry track and dark clouds for the green light with Kevin Schwantz on pole. Pierfrancesco Chili got a good start and led briefly, then Schwantz, Wayne Rainey and Christian Sarron settled into the lead. Short afterwards, the rain started and Schwantz raised his hand to stop the race.

The top riders had a meeting and decided they wanted a practice session before restarting in the wet, but the request was refused by the race organizers and the riders decided to boycott the race. Eddie Lawson says, "This place is unique in that the track surface is very, very slippery, and when it has water on it you can't ride on it. All the top riders felt it was too dangerous, and it is, and so we didn't ride. It's as simple as that. … We go to plenty of racetracks where we test all week, in the sunshine, and then it starts to rain; well, we put rain tires on and we race. This place, you can't do that. Regardless of not testing or anything else, you just can't ride in the wet, it's just too dangerous. It was unfortunate."

A notable dissenter is Chili, who wants to race, along with other riders. Chili manages to stay upright in the downpour and wins the race, with Lawson sarcastically cheering from the stands and Sarron blowing a kiss.

500 cc classification

References

Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
Nations
Motorcycle

1989 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix


Edward Lhuyd  ( , ; occasionally written Llwyd in line with modern Welsh orthography; 1660 – 30 June 1709) was a Welsh naturalist, botanist, herbalist, alchemist, scientist,  linguist, geographer and antiquary. He is also named in a Latinate form as Eduardus Luidius.

Life
Lhuyd was born in 1660, in Loppington, Shropshire, England, the illegitimate son of Edward Lloyd of Llanforda, Oswestry, and Bridget Pryse of Llansantffraid, near Talybont, Cardiganshire in 1660. His family belonged to the gentry of south-west Wales. Though well-established, the family was not wealthy. His father experimented with agriculture and industry in a manner that impinged on the new science of the day. The son attended and later taught at Oswestry Grammar School and went up to Jesus College, Oxford in 1682, but dropped out before graduation. In 1684, he was appointed to assist Robert Plot, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (then in Broad Street), and replaced him as such in 1690, holding the post until his death in 1709.

While working at the Ashmolean, Lhuyd travelled extensively. A visit to Snowdonia in 1688 allowed him to compile for John Ray's Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Britannicorum a list of flora local to that region. After 1697, Lhuyd visited every county in Wales, then travelled to Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man. In 1699, it became possible through funding from his friend Isaac Newton for him to publish the first catalogue ever of fossils: Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia. These had been collected in England, mostly in Oxford, and are now held in the Ashmolean.

Lhuyd received a MA honoris causa from the University of Oxford in 1701 and a fellowship of the Royal Society in 1708.

In 1696 Lluyd transcribed much of the Latin inscription on the 9th-century Pillar of Eliseg near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire. The inscription subsequently became almost illegible due to weathering, but Lhuyd's transcript seems to have been remarkably accurate.

Lhuyd was also responsible for the first scientific description and naming of what we would now recognize as a dinosaur: the sauropod tooth Rutellum impicatum (Delair and Sarjeant, 2002).

The first written record of a trilobite was by Lhuyd in a letter to Martin Lister in 1688 and published (1869) in his Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia. It is a fleeting mention, and he simply identifies his find as a "skeleton of some flat fish". The trilobite is nowadays identified as Ogygiocarella debuchii Brongniart, 1822.

Pioneering linguist
In the late 17th century, Lhuyd was contacted by a group of scholars led by John Keigwin of Mousehole, who sought to preserve and further the Cornish language. He accepted their invitation to travel there to study it. Early Modern Cornish was the subject of a paper published by Lhuyd in 1702; it differs from the medieval language in having a considerably simpler structure and grammar.

In 1707, having been assisted in his research by a fellow Welsh scholar, Moses Williams, Lhuyd published the first volume of Archæologia Britannica. This has an important linguistic description of Cornish, noted all the more for the understanding of historical linguistics it shows. Some of the ideas commonly attributed to linguists of the 19th century have their roots in this work by Lhuyd, who was "considerably more sophisticated in his methods and perceptions than [Sir William] Jones".

Lhuyd noted a similarity between two linguistic families: Brythonic or P–Celtic (Breton, Cornish and Welsh) and Goidelic or Q–Celtic (Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic). He argued that the Brythonic originated in Gaul (France) and the Goidelic in the Iberian Peninsula. He concluded that as the languages were of Celtic origin, those who spoke them were Celts. From the 18th century, peoples of Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales were known increasingly as Celts. They are seen to this day as modern Celtic nations.

Death and legacy
On his travels, Lhuyd developed asthma, which eventually led to his death from pleurisy in Oxford in 1709. He died in his room in the Ashmolean Museum aged just 49 and was buried in the Welsh aisle of the church of St Michael at the Northgate.

The Cretaceous bryozoan species Charixa lhuydi (originally described as 'Membranipora' lhuydi) is named in his honour. The Snowdon lily (Gagea serotina) was for a time called Lloydia serotina after Lhuyd.

Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd, the National Naturalists' Society of Wales, is named after him. On 9 June 2001 a bronze bust of him was unveiled by Dafydd Wigley, a former Plaid Cymru leader, outside the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth, next to the National Library of Wales. The sculptor was John Meirion Morris; the inscription on the plinth, carved by Ieuan Rees, reads "" ("linguist, antiquary, naturalist").

References

Works

Further reading

External links

Archaeologia Britannica (1707). Downloadable pdf at The Internet Archive
Biography of Edward Lhuyd from the Canolfan Edward Llwyd, a centre for the study of science through Welsh
Lithophylacii Britannici ichnographia (1699) – full digital facsimile from Linda Hall Library

1660 births
1709 deaths
Scientists from Shropshire
People educated at Oswestry School
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Celtic studies scholars
Welsh botanists
Pre-Linnaean botanists
Welsh curators
Fellows of the Royal Society
People associated with the Ashmolean Museum
Language comparison
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17th-century Welsh scientists
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Qubo ( ; stylized as qubo) was an American television network for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Owned by Ion Media, it consisted of a 24-hour free-to-air television network often mentioned as the "Qubo channel" (available as a digital terrestrial television service on owned-and-operated stations and some affiliates of corporate sister Ion Television, as well as on some pay-TV providers), associated website with games and programs available through video on demand, and a weekly programming block on Ion Television, along with Ion Life, later known as Ion Plus.

Following Ion Media's acquisition by the E. W. Scripps Company, it ceased operations on February 28, 2021.

History

Formation
In May 2006, Ion Media Networks, NBCUniversal (which owned a 32% interest in Ion Media at the time), Corus Entertainment, Scholastic Corporation and Classic Media (now part of NBCUniversal's DreamWorks Animation) announced plans to launch a new, multi-platform children's entertainment brand known as Qubo, oriented towards providing "educational, values-oriented programming" targeted towards children between 5 and 14 years of age. The brand would encompass programming blocks on NBCUniversal and Ion's respective flagship broadcast television networks (NBC, Telemundo and Ion Television), a video on demand service, a website, and a standalone 24-hour network to be carried as a digital subchannel on terrestrial television stations owned by Ion Media Networks and by pay-TV providers.

Qubo president Rick Rodríguez (who formerly served as a programming executive at Discovery Communications) stated in a 2008 interview with Multichannel News that Qubo was designed as a bilingual brand, offering programming in both English and Spanish (with the latter's audio available through the SAP audio feed on most programming, along with the "CC3" closed captioning channel for Spanish text). While Qubo would initially carry Spanish-language dubs of its programming for both its Telemundo block and (through the SAP audio feed) the standalone 24-hour network, Rodríguez did not rule out the possibility of developing original children's programming geared to Hispanic and Latino audiences through Qubo in the future. He felt that the market for Spanish-language children's programming had been underserved by existing outlets (such as Telemundo and Univision), and envisioned the possibility of programming which could "bridge the gap" and educate Spanish-speaking children on the English language, and vice versa.

The Qubo brand was intended to represent a "building block for kids," as reflected by its logo. The name "Qubo" was chosen because it had a "fun" sound, and the root word, "cube", was nearly crosslingual in both English and Spanish (cubo).

Launch
Qubo launched on September 9, 2006, with the premiere of weekend morning blocks on NBC (which aired exclusively on Saturday mornings, replacing Discovery Kids on NBC, a weekly block programmed by the Discovery Kids cable network) and Telemundo (which aired on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, replacing Telemundo Kids). This was followed by the September 15 introduction of a daytime block on Ion Television (then known as i: Independent Television), which initially aired on Friday afternoons. At launch, its programming included the first-run animated series Dragon (produced by Scholastic), Jacob Two-Two,  Babar, and Jane and the Dragon (produced by Canada-based animation studio Nelvana), alongside VeggieTales and its spin-offs 3-2-1 Penguins! and Larryboy: The Cartoon Adventures (produced by Classic Media subsidiary Big Idea) – marking the first time that VeggieTales had ever been broadcast as a television program.

All shows listed on the initial schedule made their official debuts on US television. Jacob Two-Two, however, was the only exception as that show previously aired with its Spanish dub on the predecessor of Telemundo's Qubo block, Telemundo Kids. The show premiered there on January 9, 2005, and was the only show from that block to transition to Qubo en Telemundo.

VeggieTales and its spin-offs incorporated lessons related to Christian teachings; initially, this religious content was edited out of the original VeggieTales broadcasts on Qubo at the request of NBC's standards and practices department. The move, however, drew criticism from the conservative watchdog group Parents Television Council, which filed a complaint against NBC. A representative for NBC replied in a statement that the editing conformed to guidelines within the network's broadcast standards "not to advocate any one religious point of view". VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer also expressed discontent with the edits, stating that he was not informed that religious content would be removed from the series, and that he would have refused to sign a contract with Qubo if he had known of the decision beforehand. Vischer said, "I would have declined partly because I knew a lot of fans would feel like it was a sellout or it was done for money." Still, Vischer added that he understood NBC's wish to remain religiously neutral, and said, "VeggieTales is religious, NBC is not. I want to focus people more on 'Isn't it cool that Bob and Larry are on television?'"

In December 2006, a Spanish-language version of the Qubo website was launched. The 24-hour Qubo network launched on Ion Media Networks' terrestrial stations on January 8, 2007 at 6:00 a.m., with Theodore Tugboat being the first program to air on the network at launch. The feed replaced a 3 hour timeshift of the main Ion network for the West Coast of the United States. The network initially included a schedule of children's programming in rolling four-hour blocks; Ion intended to attempt carriage of the channel on pay-TV providers. In May of that year, NBCUniversal sold its minority stake in Ion Media Networks to Citadel LLC. On December 3, 2007, Qubo expanded its programming offerings to include shows from other producers, as well as some programs that were already airing on Ion Television's Qubo block. In addition, the rolling schedule was expanded to a six-hour block, which repeated four times per day.

In January 2008, Ion Media Networks and Comcast reached an agreement to continue carrying Ion's digital terrestrial channels, including Qubo and Ion Life. In August 2008, Qubo introduced guidelines for advertisers in an effort to help fight childhood obesity, committing to only accept advertisements for products which meet nutritional guidelines determined by the network in partnership with childhood obesity expert Goutham Rao. Qubo also began to air a series of public service announcements featuring characters from its programs in association with the Ad Council, the United States Olympic Committee and the Department of Health and Human Services, advocating exercise and healthy living.

In May 2009, Ion Media Networks filed an inquiry with the Federal Communications Commission to attempt must-carry subscription television carriage to expand Qubo's distribution to other providers. Later in May 2010, Ion signed carriage agreements with Advanced Cable Communications and Blue Ridge Communications, as well as deal with Comcast's Colorado Springs system to add Qubo on the providers' digital tiers.

Ion acquisition of partner stakes
With NBCUniversal dropping out of the joint venture following its acquisition by Comcast, it was announced on March 28, 2012, that NBC and Telemundo would discontinue their Qubo blocks and replace them with NBC Kids and MiTelemundo on July 7. Both blocks would be programmed by PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented television network that came under NBCUniversal ownership as part of the merger. This left Ion Television as the only remaining network with a Qubo-branded programming block (with Ion Media acquiring NBCUniversal's interest in the venture).

Ion Media Networks acquired the stakes in Qubo held by Classic Media (which became DreamWorks Classics in 2012 after its acquisition by DreamWorks Animation), Scholastic Corporation and Corus Entertainment in 2013, with all three companies retaining program distribution partnerships with the network. The Qubo block on Ion Television was rebranded as the "Qubo Kids Corner" on January 4, 2015, concurrent with the block's move from Friday to Sunday mornings. On September 8, 2020, the block also began airing on Ion Plus during Monday mornings due to E/I commitments, since they had eight stations in the network that had DT1 main-channel carriage rather than subchannel carriage.

Scripps purchase, network closure
On September 24, 2020, the E. W. Scripps Company announced an agreement to buy Ion Media for $2.65 billion. The transaction, which closed on January 7, 2021, saw Ion Television, Ion Plus, Qubo and infomercial service Shop Ion integrated into Scripps' Katz Broadcasting subsidiary (operator of fellow multicast networks Court TV, Court TV Mystery, Bounce TV, Laff and Grit).

On January 14, 2021, Scripps announced that it would discontinue Ion Plus, Qubo, and Shop Ion effective February 28. The spectrum allocated to the networks on the former Ion Media stations was repurposed to carry the Katz-owned networks starting March 1, with the initial slate of Ion Television O&Os adding those networks following the expiration of Scripps/Katz's existing contracts with other broadcasting companies the day prior, and other stations following suit as contracts with existing affiliates expire throughout 2021 and 2022; in markets where major network affiliates operated by Scripps already carry a Katz-owned network, some will be offloaded to the Ion stations to free up limited spectrum capacity during the ATSC 3.0 transition.

After March 1, Scripps began to utilize an outside-sourced three-hour block of programming on Ion Television Friday mornings in order to meet their E/I burden without any Qubo branding, including Finding Stuff Out and Science Max (both were past Qubo series), as well as Xploration Station programs from Steve Rotfeld Productions. The Qubo website redirected to the main Ion website shortly thereafter, then completely shut down. Ion Plus, which converted to an advertiser-supported network on the Samsung and Vizio smart TV platforms, also dropped Qubo programming from its schedule, as it is now outside of FCC purview and requirements.

The network's oncoming sign-off went unacknowledged on-air outside occasional ticker announcements. Some affiliates abruptly switched the night of February 26 to other Katz networks, while others were switched automatically at the end of the 28th at the master control level, at which point the network ceased operations.

Programming

Qubo featured archived content from the programming libraries of NBCUniversal, Corus Entertainment, Scholastic Corporation, DreamWorks Animation, Classic Media, Trilogy Animation Group, WildBrain, Nelvana, 9 Story Media Group and Splash Entertainment, with its programs targeted all ages 5 to 14. Though there was a first agreement of the two companies - NBCUniversal, and Ion Media - to produce a new series for the network and program block each year, Qubo only produced three original series: My Friend Rabbit (2007–08), Turbo Dogs (2008-11), and season 1 of Shelldon (2009–12). Qubo regularly broadcast series aimed at preschoolers during the morning and afternoon hours, while series aimed at older children were featured as part of the network's evening schedule.

Programming on Qubo and its companion blocks on Ion Television and Ion Plus accounted for all educational programming content on Ion Television's owned-and-operated stations and certain Ion affiliates that carry the 24-hour channel, relieving the network from the responsibility of carrying programs compliant with guidelines dictated by the Children's Television Act on its other subchannel services. This allowed Ion to carry Ion Shop, HSN and QVC without overlaying any E/I programming on those subchannels.

On September 27, 2010, Qubo launched "Qubo Night Owl", (running from 12:00 to 6:00 a.m. ET) featuring classic animated series, many of which came from the Filmation library then owned by Classic Media. After Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks in 2012, the latter let the agreement with Qubo for the Filmation library lapse August 2013, and the block was restructured to feature a mixture of animated and live-action series sourced only from the remaining distribution partners. The block was discontinued on January 8, 2019 as Ion Media decided to reduce the amount of religious and paid programming on Ion Television and Ion Plus by shifting those hours to Qubo's overnight schedule between 1:00 to 6:00 a.m. Eastern.

Affiliates

, Qubo had current and pending affiliation agreements with 67 television stations encompassing 34 states and the District of Columbia. The network has an estimated national reach of 58.83% of all households in the United States (or 183,832,858 American families with at least one television set). Like parent network Ion Television, the network's stations almost exclusively consisted of network-owned stations (with the exception of Louisville, Kentucky affiliate WBNA). Qubo's programming was available by default via a national feed that was delivered directly to cable and satellite providers in markets without a local Ion Television station that carries the network.

Qubo did not have any over-the-air stations in several major markets, most notably Toledo, Ohio; San Diego, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Green Bay, Wisconsin; and Cincinnati, Ohio. A key factor in the network's limited national broadcast coverage is the fact that Ion Media Networks did not actively attempt over-the-air distribution for the network on the digital subchannels of other network-affiliated stations (in contrast, its parent network Ion Television – which had similarly limited national coverage following the digital television transition – had begun subchannel-only affiliation arrangements through agreements with NBC Owned Television Stations' Telemundo Station Group subsidiary and Nexstar Media Group during 2014 and 2015), with very few stations that contractually carry the network's programming (with limited exceptions in markets such as Louisville, Kentucky and Anchorage, Alaska). As a result, Ion Media Networks owned most of Qubo's station base.

References

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Bob Shannon (born 1945) is an American former high school football coach. He is best known for coaching the East St. Louis Flyers to six Illinois and two national championships.

Early life
Robert Lavern Shannon was born 1945 in Port Gibson, Mississippi.

Career
Shannon achieved a record of 192-34 in 20 seasons at East St. Louis. In 1985 he was selected as the USA Today High School Football Coach of the Year along with taking the High School Football National Championship.  Shannon accused the school district of condoning corruption.  He claimed the athletic director stole from the district.  He left in 1995 after the school board backed the athletic director, who later pleaded guilty to stealing $90,000 from athletic accounts.  Janet Reno awarded Shannon the United States Attorney General Award, an award rarely given outside of law enforcement, for his efforts to fight corruption.  He coached Alton and Christian Brothers College High School before retiring from coaching in 2007 at the age of 63.

Shannon and the East St. Louis Flyers were the subject of the book The Right Kind of Heroes, by newspaper reporter Kevin Horrigan, who is now a columnist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The book chronicles the Flyers' 1990 and 1991 seasons, during which they lost the state championship and then won it back. Shannon coached pro football players Dana Howard and Bryan Cox and baseball player Homer Bush, then a high school football star during his tenure at East St. Louis.  Two years after retiring, Shannon was inducted into the St. Louis Metro Football Coaches Association hall of fame.

George H. W. Bush recognized Shannon as "a beacon of hope in a sea of despair." Bill Clinton named Shannon one of his 53 faces of hope during his 1992 presidential campaign.  Shannon was selected for overcoming difficulties and leading his team to success.  He was invited to lunch prior to the inauguration with Clinton and attended the inauguration.

References

1945 births
Living people
High school football coaches in Illinois
High school football coaches in Missouri
People from Port Gibson, Mississippi
Players of American football from East St. Louis, Illinois
Players of American football from Mississippi
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Maria Farneti (8 December 1877 — 17 October 1955) was an Italian soprano singer.

Early life
Maria Farneti was born at Forlì, the daughter of Domenico Farneti and Clementina Babini. She studied voice with Virginia Gazzuoli, at the Liceo Rossini in Pesaro.

Career

Farneti, "said to be the greatest beauty on the Italian stage", made her official debut in 1899, as Mimi in La bohème in Sansepolcro. In 1900 she sang at Bologna with Enrico Caruso. In 1902 she made her North American debut and sang in Pietro Mascagni's Iris in New York. In 1906 she gave her interpretation of Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly in Rome and Naples, and she was well-reviewed in Ariane in 1908. She sang on tours of South America, at theatres in Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, in 1911 and 1913. She was the first to sing the title role of Mascagni's Isabeau. Her last stage role was in Puccini's La Rondine in 1917.

She made recordings in 1910 (for Edison), 1914-1917 (for Fonotipia Records), and 1930-1931 (for Columbia). In 1922 she coached Irish soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan for a performance of Madama Butterfly.

Personal life
Farneti married a lawyer, Luigi Riboldi, in 1917, and spent her retirement in a villa on Lake Como. The Riboldis were friends with Arturo Toscanini and his wife, into the 1940s. Maria Farneti died in 1955, aged 78 years. There is a street named for her in Forlì, and another in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2015, there was a musical commemoration in Forlì to mark sixty years since her death.

References

External links

Roberta Paganelli, Maria Farneti nel cielo di Puccini e Mascagni (Grafikamente 2015).  A biography published for the 60th anniversary of Farneti's death.

1877 births
1955 deaths
Italian opera singers

Maria Farneti


Pseudozizeeria maha, the pale grass blue, is a small butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844.

Subspecies
The subspecies of Pseudozizeeria maha are-

 Pseudozizeeria maha maha Kollar, 1844 – Pakistan, north and northeast India, Indochina
 Pseudozizeeria maha ossa Swinhoe, 1885 – south India
 Pseudozizeeria maha okinawana (Matsumura, 1929) – Okinawa
 Pseudozizeeria maha diluta (C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865]) – Yunnan
 Pseudozizeeria maha saishutonis (Matsumura, 1927) – Korea
 Pseudozizeeria maha argia (Ménétriès, 1857) – Japan

Description

Wet-season brood

Male. Upperside silvery light blue with a satiny sheen in certain lights. Forewing: the apical half of the costa narrowly and the terminal margin for varying widths fuscous black, bounded outwardly on the latter by an obscure anteciliary black line. Hindwing: the costa broadly, the termen somewhat more narrowly fuscous black as in the forewing, with the width of this dark edging similarly variable; in addition there is a very diffuse and ill-defined subterminal series of spots darker than the fuscous margin. Underside: brownish grey. Forewing: a spot in cell, a transverse lunule on the discocellulars, and a transverse anteriorly inwardly curved series of eight discal spots, black; the transverse lunule and each spot encircled with a narrow white edging; the posterior two spots of the discal series geminate (paired). Beyond these are a postdiscal and a subterminal series of short transverse dusky black spots followed by an anteciliary black line; the ground colour between the discal and postdiscal series and between the latter and the subterminal series of spots posteriorly paler than on the rest of the wing. Hindwing: a transverse, subbasal, slightly sinuate line of four spots, a short, slender, lunular line on the discocellulars, and a very strongly curved discal series of eight small spots, black; the lunule and each spot encircled with a narrow edging of white; the posterior two spots of the discal series geminate as on the forewing; beyond these as on the forewing there is a double line of dusky spots, only more lunular, with between them and between the discal and postdiscal series the ground colour in the same way followed by slightly paler; an anteciliary fine black line. Cilia of both forewings and hindwings whitey brown, darker anteriorly on the forewing. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, shafts of the antennae ringed with white; in fresh specimens the thorax and abdomen with a little light blue pubescence; beneath: palpi, thorax and abdomen white.

Female upperside: brownish black; the basal halves of the wings slightly suffused with light blue, anteciliary black lines on both forewings and hindwings, and on the latter wing an obscure subterminal series of spots as in the male. Underside, similar, only the ground colour darker, the markings larger and more clearly defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male, but with no blue pubescence on the thorax and abdomen on the upperside.

Dry-season brood

Male upperside: pale bluish grey with, in some specimens, a pinkish undertone. Forewing: as in the wet-season brood, but the black terminal edging much reduced in width in some specimens to a transverse, somewhat diffuse, very narrow band that borders the anteciliary black line on the inner side, in others to a much broader similar band that coalesces with the anteciliary black line and occupies about the outer sixth of the wing. This edging along the termen is sometimes even, sometimes it widens from a slender anteciliary at and above the tornus to a broad black patch at the apex of the wing.

Hindwing: the terminal black edging much narrower proportionately than in wet-season specimens, most often reduced to a slender black anteciliary line with a series of black spots on the inner side, bordering and sometimes coalescing with the line. Underside: as in the wet-season brood but the ground colour paler, in some specimens much paler, the markings on both forewings and hindwings similar, with frequently the terminal markings obsolescent, sometimes entirely absent or only indicated anteriorly on each wing. Cilia whitish. Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen as in the wet-season specimens.

Female similar to the female of the wet-season brood, but more like the male, with the light silvery-blue suffusion very irregular, but generally extended much further outwards from the base. Underside: as in the male, the ground colour slightly darker. Other variations exist:

Antenna, head, thorax and abdomen similar to those of the male.

Food plants
The eggs are laid on the host plants and the larvae hatch to feed on them. The plants include members of the Oxalidaceae including Oxalis corniculata, some Leguminosae and Acanthaceae.

Other studies
A study in Japan used this species to detect the side-effects of transgenic Bt corn, particularly by way of pollen falling onto leaves of the Oxalis host plants. No significant effect was found in that study.

Other Japanese studies showed increased abnormalities in individuals of this species subjected to radiation following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Additionally, there are different studies on the recent migrations of the species to northern climates, where cold habitat leads to the increase of modifications of wing color pattern, found in northern margin populations of Japan.

In popular culture
The eighth studio album (Dark Sky Island) of Irish singer-songwriter Enya featured the song "Pale Grass Blue", inspired by the butterfly.

Gallery

See also
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

General reading

Polyommatini
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies described in 1848

Pseudozizeeria maha


is a 2011 Japanese splatter film directed and co-written by Takanori Tsujimoto. The film stars Natsuki Kato, Yuma Ishigaki and Yasuaki Kurata. It involves two detectives who hunt down a serial killer. The film was shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2011.

Production
Producer and star of the film Yasuaki Kurata wanted to make a film with a female protagonist which led to an idea about making a vampire film.
Kurata hired director Takanori Tsujimoto as it was his first horror film he worked on and Tsujimoto was known for his horror films. Kurata gave Tsujimoto the elements he wanted in the film (vampires, female protagonists and opportunities for extended action fight scenes) and had him build a story around them.
Screenwriter Eiichi Yonekawa wrote a script involving two police detectives in Tokywo who are trying to catch the serial killer. Using it as a framework, Tsujimoto added large elements that would involve fake blood.

The action scenes in the film were inspired by Hong Kong action cinema. Kurata compared the Hong Kong style to the Japanese style by saying that "Hong Kong films are about over-action, or overdoing it; whereas Japanese action is often too subtle. It doesn't satisfy the audience in the same way. I prefer Hong Kong style myself, but keep in mind that wire work was not used in Hong Kong until 'Chinese Ghost Story' (1987). My production company introduced wire action to Japanese films, about nine years ago, in a film called 'Yellow Dragon'."

Cast
 Natsuki Kato as Sayoko Mitarai
 Yuma Ishigaki as Tetsuo Nojima
 Yasuaki Kurata  as Genjiro Mishima
 Yamaguchi Karin  as Masayo Mitarai, Sayoko's mother
 Ayaka Morita  as Mika Hazuki
 Koji Nakamura  as Ranma Yasuda
 Masahiro Nagai  as Akihisa Ozu
 Yoju Takashima  as Tatsuya Yamamura

Release
The film's Japanese title translates as Red Tears. Producer Yasuaki Kurata stated that for overseas distribution that the English title will be Sword of Blood. The film was also released under the title Monster Killer. Red Tears premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 24, 2011.

Notes

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The Supplier Credit Guarantee Program (SCGP) is a US Export Credit Guarantee Program that covers credit terms up to 180 days. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) guarantees a portion (up to 65%) of payments due from foreign buyers under financing that the exporters have extended directly to the buyers. These direct credits must be secured by dollar-denominated promissory notes signed by the importers.

If an importer fails to make any payment as agreed, the exporter or assignee (e.g., a U.S. financial institution) must submit a notice of default. The CCC pays any filed claim for loss, if found to be in good order. The SCGP targets specific U.S. agricultural products, with an emphasis on high-value products and market growth potential.

References

United States Department of Agriculture
Export credit agencies

Supplier Credit Guarantee Program


Joseph Alleine (baptised 8 April 1634 – 17 November 1668) was an English Nonconformist pastor and author of many religious works.

Life
Alleine belonged to a family that had originally settled in Suffolk. As early as 1430, some of the descendants of Alan, Lord of Buckenhall settled in Wiltshire around Calne and Devizes. These were the immediate ancestors of "worthy Mr Tobie Alleine of Devizes", father of Joseph, who was the fourth of a large family, born at Devizes early in 1634. His elder brother Edward, who was a clergyman, died in 1645; and Joseph entreated his father that he might be educated to succeed his brother in the ministry.

In April 1649 he entered Lincoln College, Oxford, and on 3 November 1651 he became scholar of Corpus Christi College. On 6 July 1653, he took the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and became a tutor and chaplain of Corpus Christi, preferring this to a fellowship. In 1654 he had offers of high preferment in the state, which he declined; but in 1655 George Newton of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, sought him for assistant and Alleine accepted the invitation. Almost coincident with his ordination as associate pastor came his marriage with Theodosia Alleine, daughter of Richard Alleine. Theodosia was a cousin but it is not known how close a cousin. She was said to have been "bred to work" and she soon opened a boarding school at George Newton's house, which was said to have twenty and sometimes thirty boarders.

He found time to continue his studies, one part of which was his Theologia Philosophica (a lost manuscript), a learned attempt to harmonize revelation and nature, which was admired by Richard Baxter. He associated on equal terms with founders of the Royal Society. These scientific studies were, however, kept in subordination to his religious work.

After the Uniformity Act 1662 Alleine was among the ejected ministers. With a fellow nonconformist minister also ejected from his pulpit, John Westley (not to be confused with his more famous grandson, John Wesley, founder of Methodism), Alleine then travelled about preaching. For this he was put into prison, indicted at sessions, bullied and fined. His Letters from Prison were an earlier Cardiphonia than John Newton's.

In 1663 he was imprisoned and his wife stood by him during that year at Ilchester; he was released on 26 May 1664. In 1665 the Five Mile Act was passed, requiring expelled ministers to move at least five miles, and they moved to a house in an "obscure place" at Wellington, near Taunton. However they were still harassed and they stayed with friends and moved again to Taunton, Fullands. That house is said to be still extant and was the home of John Mallack. There they held another "secret" service, and Joseph was again arrested in July 1655.

His chief literary work was An Alarm to the Unconverted (1672), otherwise known as The Sure Guide to Heaven, which had an enormous circulation. His Remains appeared in 1674.

Death
Worn out by the continued persecution, he died in November 1668; and the mourners, remembering their beloved minister's words while yet with them, "If I should die fifty miles away, let me be buried at Taunton", found a grave for him in St Mary's chancel. No Puritan nonconformist name is so affectionately cherished as is that of Joseph Alleine. His wife and others created An Account of the Life and Death of That Excellent Minister of Christ, the Rev. Joseph Alleine. Written by Richard Baxter, Theodosia Alleine, and Other Persons, to Which are Added His Christian Letters.

Works
Joseph Alleine's Alarme went through numerous editions and abridgements across the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; versions appeared in Welsh and German, and were published in Scotland and North America. It was also an important text to John Wesley, abridged and printed by him, and sold through Methodist catalogues and booksellers. Some of the most important editions are listed below, together with Alleine's other published works (mostly posthumous).

A Call to Archippus, [London: s.n.], 1664
An Alarme to Unconverted Sinners, London, 1672
Divers Practical Cases of conscience, Satisfactorily Resolved, London, 1672
A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism, London, 1672
Mr. Joseph Alleines Directions, for Covenanting vvith God, London, 1674
Remaines, London, 1674
The True Way to Happiness, London, 1675
A Sure Guide to Heaven: or An Earnest Invitation to Sinners to Turn to God, London, 1688
Hyfforddwr Cyfarwydd I'r Nefoedd, London, 1693
Christian Letters Full of Spiritual Instructions, London, [1700?]
Mr. Joseph Alleine's Rules for Self-Examination, Boston, [174-?]
The Saint's Pocket-Book, Glasgow, 1742
The Works of the Truly Pious and Learned Mr Joseph Allan, Edinburgh, 1752
Useful Questions, Whereby a Person may Examine himself Every Day, Philadelphia, 1753
The Shorter Catechism Agreed Upon by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster. To Which is Added, Some Serious Questions very Proper for True Christians to Ask Themselves Every Day, by the Late Reverend Mr.Joseph Allaine. Also a Cradle Hymn, by the Reverend Dr. Isaac Watts, New-London, 1754
The Voice of God in His Promises, London, 1766
The Believer's Triumph in God's Promises, London, 1767
A Remedy of God's Own Providing for a Sinner's Guilty Conscience, [London?, 1770?]
An Admonition to Unconverted Sinners, (London, 1771)
Earail Shurachdach Do Pheacaich Neo-Iompaichte, Dunedin, 1781
An Abridgement of Alleine's Alarm to Unconverted Sinners, London, 1783
Joseph Alleins Grundlegung zum thatigen Christenthum, Lancaster, 1797
An Earnest Invitation to the Reader to Turn to God, Grantham, 1799

Books still in print by Joseph Alleine include:
A Sure Guide To Heaven, ,
An Alarm to the Unconverted, ,

References

Baxter (ed.), Life

Palmer None. Mem. iii. 208
Wood Athenae, iii. 819

External links

1634 births
1668 deaths
Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Ejected English ministers of 1662
English evangelicals

Joseph Alleine


Henri Velandia (sometimes styled as Henry Velandia) (born July 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan dancer. He is most notable for his performance on season 1 of the Univision television program Mira Quién Baila ('Look Who's Dancing').  He is the founder and lead instructor of HotSalsaHot, a salsa dance school located in Princeton, NJ.

Mira Quién Baila
Mira Quién Baila (MQB) debuted on Sunday, September 12, 2010, at 8 p.m. EST and was viewed by an estimated 8.8 million people.  On September 8, 2010, Chevrolet, Target and AT&T were announced as the lead corporate sponsors of the program. Henri performed with Jackie Guerrido, weather anchor and journalist, and placed second overall.

Other dance activities
Velandia founded HotSalsaHot, a salsa school in the central New Jersey area in 2005.

Henri performed  at the Miami Salsa Congress in Miami, FL, on August 6, 2010.  HSH students performed there at the semi-professional level on August 7, 2010.  On April 18, 2010, Henri and his sister Claudia received second place in the open division at the College Showdown Latin Dance Competition at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Henri also performs and trains in modern dance. Velandia performed at Dancers in the Square in Princeton, NJ, on July 16, 2010, in a piece choreographed by Marie Alonzo Snyder.  The performance was reviewed by Princeton student Joshua J. Vandiver, who Velandia met in 2006 and married in Connecticut on 29 August 2010.

Immigration battle
Velandia's application for a work visa later that year was denied and he was threatened with deportation despite being the spouse of a U.S. citizen because his marriage is not recognised at a federal level due to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This case was taken up by LGBT rights activists campaigning against DOMA and the non-recognition of state-sanctioned same-sex marriages for immigration purposes.

After a protracted battle in which Vandiver unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a green card for Velandia, Velandia's deportation was cancelled and he received formal notification of this on 29 June 2011.

References

External links
 HotSalsaHot official site

Dance teachers
Living people
Venezuelan LGBT dancers
LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people
1983 births
Salsa dancers

Henri Velandia


Yair Naveh (, born 5 September 1957) is a major general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In 1975, he was drafted into the IDF where he served in all positions in the Golani Infantry Brigade from Company Commander to Brigade Commander. He lives in Zikhron Ya'akov.

Naveh was previously the head of Israeli Home Front Command until nominated by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his post as Central Command chief. It is believed by some Israelis that Sharon nominated Naveh because he is the highest ranked religious officer and that as head of Central Command, he would be forced to carry out the evacuation of West Bank settlements in 2005.

Naveh holds a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science, as well as a master's degree in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies.

Naveh predicted that King Abdullah would fall and that he would be Jordan's last king, drawing an angry reaction from Jordan, for which Israel had to apologize on Naveh's behalf.

In 2008 Naveh's name was tied in with the alleged instructions to assassinate commanders in Palestinian terrorist organizations contrary to a court order. This alleged involvement was revealed through the documents leaked to Haaretz journalist Uri Blau by Naveh's former secretary, Anat Kamm.

After his military service, Naveh was appointed as CEO of CityPass, the consortium building the Jerusalem Light Rail. In October 2010, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the appointment of Major General Yair Naveh, 53, as IDF Deputy Chief of Staff replacing Maj.-Gen. Benny Gantz. He was recommended for the post by the IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi.

On 1 February 2011, General Naveh was appointed as the stopgap IDF Chief of Staff, and was expected to succeed outgoing Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi on 14 February 2011.  Naveh was appointed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak after Gen. Yoav Galant's appointment was withdrawn by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Ultimately, Benny Gantz was confirmed for the job and Naveh remained Deputy Chief of Staff until January 2013. He retired from the military in 2015.

The following is a list of positions Major General Yair Naveh has held during his service in the IDF:

 1989: Commander of the Brigade along the border with Lebanon.
 1991: Commander of the Golani Unit.
 1994: Head of Safety Department of the Ground Forces.
 1996: Chief Infantry and Paratroops officer.
 1999: Commander of the Gaza Division.
 2001: Chief of Staff of Army Headquarters.
 2003: Awarded rank of Major General and appointed as GOC Homefront Command.
 2005: Appointed GOC Central Command.
 2010: Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of IDF.

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Dyes Inlet is an inlet on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington, USA. Silverdale, Washington is located on the north shore of the inlet and has a marina, waterfront park, boat ramp, and boardwalk. The west shoreline is part of Chico, Washington and the east shoreline is Tracyton, Washington. Dyes Inlet is connected to Port Orchard via the Port Washington Narrows, Port Washington being an earlier name for the inlet.  It was named for John W. W. Dyes, a taxidermist with the Wilkes Expedition of 1841. Chico Creek and Clear Creek are the major fresh waterways that drain into the inlet. Both creeks have heavy salmon runs during the fall.

Dyes Inlet has hosted Unlimited Light Hydroplane races. The inlet is also referenced in Death Cab for Cutie's song 'Northern Lights' on their ninth studio album Thank You for Today.

References

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Inlets of Washington (state)
Bodies of water of Kitsap County, Washington

Dyes Inlet


Nirbaak () (2015) is an Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Sushmita Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Ritwick Chakraborty and Anjan Dutt. This is the first Bengali film for Sushmita Sen.  The film was released in Kolkata on 1 May 2015 and 15 May 2015 across rest of India.

Cast
 Sushmita Sen
 Anjan Dutt
 Jisshu Sengupta
 Ritwick Chakraborty
 Biswajit Chakraborty
 Anindya Banerjee

Plot
Affection: The story begins with the protagonist (Anjan Dutt) who is schizophrenic, suffering at the same time from multiple personality disorder. He loves himself. He speaks little and in his daily routine he plays the role of himself as husband, his wife and he writes letter at the same time to his deceased mother (played by himself). In the opening scene, Anjan wakes up on his birthday, spends much time caring for self, going out alone and studying a book titled 'Make Yourself Unforgettable' while sitting at a park. Then comes Sushmita Sen who is also a regular visitor to the park and tries to share her own griefs (although most of the conversations are inaudible to the audience). At the end of the conversation, Anjan gives only one statement 'Love Yourself' and leaves. Later that day Anjan goes to a restaurant and cuts his birthday cake alone, eating it and spreading the cream all over his face (all of these he did in such a way as if he was not actually doing this, as if he were seating with his imaginary girlfriend, wife or live-in-partner). At night, he is being shown as a drunk who has just returned after spending the whole day outside. Then he plays his 'affectionate' part by masturbating while believing that he is on his bed with his partner. Next day he meets with an accident in his bathroom when he slips in his bathtub. He was then shown to be severely injuring his head and was being taken to a hospital.

Lust: Sushmita lives in Calcutta. She is an author. She loves her city very much and does not want to leave it for the sake of her boyfriend (Jisshu Sengupta). Here the protagonist is actually a tree in the park, which is visited by Sushmita on a regular basis. She is only shown smooching her boyfriend and the camera is rolled in such a way as if to make us believe that the tree, under which she is sitting, is actually watching her close with lust. Then one day she falls asleep under the tree. The tree is then shown to make love with her platonic ally ejaculating juice from its small branch (which is in the shape of a penis). Then enters Jisshu and the two are talking on the issue that whether Sushmita should leave with her boyfriend. Each time Jissu tries to propose her, the tree distracts him in some way or other indirectly. That night the tree is shown to dream of Sushmita playing sometimes as a beautiful dancing woman and at the other time as a dominant mistress to the tree. But in the same night, Jisshu wins her confidence and she decides to leave with him. On the same night a cyclone strikes Kolkata and  the tree is shown with its branches broken and scattered, the next morning.

Jealousy : When Sushmita comes to Jisshu's flat in an unnamed city, she is given a not so warm welcome by Jisshu's female dog 'Bingi' (the protagonist). Bingi is actually in love with Jisshu and 'it' thinks Sushmita as its rival stealing all 'its' precious moment with Jisshu. One day when Jisshu was gone for office, 'Bingi' attacks Sushmita and bites her. Jisshu, after returning home, when learns about this, attacks 'Bingi' with his belt. Later Jisshu and Sushmita decides to leave 'Bingi' at Jisshu's mom's place. When Jisshu was driving, Bingi tried to flee causing an accident. In that accident Sushmita dies, Jisshu goes into coma and Bingi remains unscathed.

Love: Ritwick Chakraborty plays the role of a caretaker of a morgue who is in love with the dead body of Sushmita. He dreams of dead Sushmita as his love of life. He becomes obsessed with her. The day she is about to be taken from the morgue by her relatives, some goons come in the morgue and tell Ritwick to leave the group leader with one of the dead bodies, possibly Sushmita's. Although the goon's intention was not particularly clarified in the movie, the implied meaning is that the goons were wanting to do acts of necrophilia. Ritwick protests and the goons mercilessly beat him to death. The time when Ritwick is shown being beaten, a close up of dead Sushmita (now the protagonist) showed as if she was smiling at what Ritwick was doing for her.

Separation: The film ends with the scene showing that Ritwick is now dead and is being set in the morgue as Sushmita's body at the same time is being taken out, depicting the sense of separation between the two dead bodies.

References

External links

Films set in Kolkata
Films set in West Bengal
Bengali-language Indian films
2010s Bengali-language films
2015 films
Films directed by Srijit Mukherji
Films about pets
Films about dogs

Nirbaak


Willard Morse Mitchell (February 14, 1879 - June 15, 1955) was a Canadian artist and architect best known for his miniature watercolour paintings. They were mostly nature scenes.

He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, being the youngest of six children. He attended Rothesay Collegiate and later studied art and architecture in Saint John. He was married in 1904 and that year he moved to Amherst, Nova Scotia. For nearly two decades, he worked as an architect and made paintings in Amherst. He moved to Belleville, Ontario in 1923 and in 1927 he removed to Montreal where he focused exclusively on the sale of his art as souvenir pieces. He died in Montreal in 1955.

He is noted for painting very small pieces of art, often no more than 150 square centimetres in size. Many of his latter works depict scenes from rural Quebec. He made his own hand-carved frames and printed paper backings for his pieces that told the story behind the scene depicted; thus he made several versions of the same picture. Mitchell would copy his most popular scenes using carbon paper on top of watercolour paper, making each scene appear as an original.

Watercolours
It is said Mitchell made upwards of 100 each of his most appreciated pictures. These competent works are actively sought out by collectors. Known titles include:
*Manoir Richelieu at Murray Bay, PQ'Canada', 2"x3",
*Cape Trinity from Cape Eternity, on the Saguenay River, PQ'Canada', 2"x3",
*Indian Church, Tadoussac, PQ, P.Q., 2"x3",
The Old Indian Church, Tadoussac, PQ,
A view of the log Chateau of the Seigniory Club at Montebello, P.Q.,
*A Turn in the Road near Manoir Richelieu, Murray Bay, P.Q., 3"x4",
Old Time Bookstore (St. Catherines Street, Montreal),
*An Old Fashioned Caleche, P.Q., 3"x4",
*Cape Trinity, on the Saguenay River, P.Q by moonlight, P.Q., 2"x3",
Dutch fishing boats becalmed at sunset,
The famous little Bonsecour church in Montréal, P.Q.,
Slow moving ox,
*The French habitant still likes his clay-covered bake oven, P.Q., 3"x4",
*The Island of Orleans, P.Q., 4"x5",
The Little Red Sleigh,
St. Jovite, P.Q.: Skiers in a winter afternoon in St. Jovite,
The famous Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence near Quebec City,
*Ripple of the tide kept up a quiet conversation with the shore, Thousand Islands, 3"x4",
*Water gigglin at the sunlight, Alexandria Bay, 3"x4",
*Wrought iron trees against stain glass sky, Thousand Islands, 3"x4",
McGill College, Montreal: The main entrance gates to the grounds of McGill College,
*Eastern Township, P.Q.: Charming scene showing the St. Francis River, P.Q., 2"x3",
*The Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal, P.Q., 3"x4",
*Cap Eternity,Saguenay, P.Q., 2"x3",
Gaspé,
Laurentian Farm,
Laurentian Skier,3"x4","Nowadays, the most enthralling form of outdoor activity is skiing, and Quebec is more enthusiastic than most places. 1943, P.Q.,
Beautiful Lac Guidon, Shawbridge, P.Q.,
Skiers, 3"x4", "The dazzling white blanket that had been spread across the valley and tucked into the tall pines on the hills",
Lake L'Achigan in the Laurentian Mountains, P.Q.,
Landscape at beautiful Lac Mercier, 1951, P.Q.,
Beautiful Lac Tremblant, P.Q.,
*The famous village of Percé, P.Q., 3"x4",
*famous Tantramar hay marshes at Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada., 2.5"x3.5",
*A view of the bob-sleigh run at Murray Bay, P.Q., 3"x4",
*Idle Moments, 12"x9.5"
*Percé Rock, 4"x3"
*Val Morin, 4"x3"
*Dominion Square, Montreal, Quebec 3"x4", 1951
*Victoria Jubilee Bridge,  4"x3"
*Christ Church Cathedral, Montréal, Quebec, 3"x4"
*Late Snow Over Beautiful Lake Raymond, Val Morin Station, 1944, Genuine, signed water color, hand carved frame, 3"x4"

Other work
His furniture designs were also notable. One of his pieces (ca. 1920) was purchased for the permanent collection of the New Brunswick Museum in 1994.

External links
 Online auction catalogue featuring four works
 New Brunswick Museum
 Hewson-Van Snick House, Amherst, building designed by Mitchell.
 Cumberland County Museum

References
 Undated notes about Willard Morse Mitchell, Cumberland County Museum, Amherst, Nova Scotia

1879 births
1955 deaths
20th-century Canadian painters
Canadian male painters
Artists from Saint John, New Brunswick
Canadian architects
20th-century Canadian male artists

Willard M. Mitchell


Maisonneuve was a former provincial electoral district in the Montreal region of Quebec, Canada.

It was created for the 1912 election from part of Hochelaga electoral district. Its final election was in 1985.  It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

It was named after the founder of Ville-Marie (now Montreal), Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

Members of the Legislative Assembly / National Assembly

 Jérémie-Louis Décarie, Liberal (1912–1919)
 Adélard Laurendeau, Parti ouvrier (1919–1923)
 Jean-Marie Pellerin, Conservative Party (1923–1927)
 William Tremblay, Parti Ouvrier (1927–1931)
 Charles-Joseph Arcand, Liberal (1931–1935)
 William Tremblay, Conservative Party – Union Nationale (1935–1939)
 Joseph-Georges Caron, Liberal (1939–1944)
 Joseph-François-Albert Gatien, Union Nationale (1944–1952)
 Alcide Montpetit, Liberal (1952–1956)
 Lucien Tremblay, Union Nationale (1956–1962)
 Marcel Dupré, Liberal (1962–1966)
 André Léveillé, Union Nationale (1966–1970)
 Robert Burns, Parti Québécois (1970–1979)
 Georges Lalande, Liberal (1979–1981)
 Louise Harel, Parti Québécois (1981–1989) (re-elected in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in 1989)

References
 Election results (National Assembly)
 Election results (QuebecPolitique.com)

Maisonneuve

Maisonneuve (provincial electoral district)


Áed mac Colggen (died 738) was a king of the Uí Cheinnselaig of Leinster. Some sources incorrectly make him joint king of Leinster with Bran Becc mac Murchada, but it appears that Áed was main ruler of Leinster in 738. His father Colcú mac Bressail (died 722) was called king of Ard Ladrann (near Gorey, Co.Wexford) at his death obit in the annals in 722 which mention that he was killed. He was the great-great grandson of  Crundmáel Erbuilc (died 656), a King of Leinster, and was a member of the Sil Chormaic sept.

Biography
The date of his succession to the Uí Cheinnselaig throne cannot be dated with certainty. The annals record  that the Ui Cheinnselaig king Laidcnén mac Con Mella was slain at the Battle of Maistiu (Mullaghmast in south County Kildare) in 727 by the Leinster king Dúnchad mac Murchado (died 728). The king lists in the Book of Leinster, have him succeeded by Élothach mac Fáelchon who ruled for seven years before being slain by Áed mac Colggen at the Battle of Oenbethi who then is listed as king.

In 722 Leinster faced an invasion by Fergal mac Máele Dúin of the Cenél nEógain, High King of Ireland, seeking to impose his overlordship on Leinster. Their armies under the king Murchad mac Brain Mut (d.727) met at the battle of Allen where Fergal was killed. The saga Cath Almaine preserves the story of this battle and mentions that Áed mac Colggen fought for Leinster where he is referred to as heir-apparent.

Áed appears as a rival to the Leinster throne during the reign of  Fáelán mac Murchado (died 738)  at a time when Cathal mac Finguine (died 742), King of Munster, was attempting to assert his rights over Leinster during a time of Uí Neill weakness. In 732 Aed and the southern Laigin (Laigin Desgabair) repulsed the Munstermen.

Áed, along with many other kings, was killed in battle against Fergal's son Áed Allán at Áth Senaig in 738. This fight (known as the Battle of the Groans) is described at length in the Irish annals. Áed was slain in single combat with Áed Allán and his supposed co-ruler Bran Bec also died there. The Annals of Ulster say:
And men say that so many fell in this great battle that we find no comparable slaughter in a single onslaught and fierce conflict throughout all preceding ages. After the crushing defeat at Áth Senaig, the Uí Dúnlainge dominated the kingship of Leinster for fully three centuries until Diarmait mac Maíl na mBó became king of Leinster in 1042.

Aed was succeeded as king of Uí Chennselaig by his brother Sechnassach mac Colggen (died 746/747). Áed's son Eterscél mac Áeda (died 778) was later king of the Uí Cheinnselaig.

Notes

References

 Annals of Ulster at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
 Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
 Book of Leinster,Rig Laigin at CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Wiley,Dan M., Battle of Allen, The Cycle of the Kings

External links
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork includes: Gein Branduib (original & translation), Annals of Ulster, Annals of Tigernach, Annals of Innisfallen and others.

738 deaths
Kings of Leinster
Kings of Uí Cheinnselaig
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Year of birth unknown

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The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG) is a United Arab Emirates (UAE) private equity company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is a member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family. He is also the Minister of Presidential Affairs for the UAE. It was first thought that Abu Dhabi United Group is a part of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, a sovereign wealth fund owned by Abu Dhabi. But Abu Dhabi United Group had denied connection to the government of Abu Dhabi.

The Group bought Manchester City Football Club.  The deal was announced on 1 September 2008. It was made between the club's former owner Thaksin Shinawatra, former Prime Minister of Thailand, and ADUG.

The American educated Sulaiman Al-Fahim was the public face of ADUG during the beginning of the takeover.  He is often called the "Donald Trump of Abu Dhabi". The takeover was completed on 23 September 2008.

References

Companies of the United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi United Group


The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ in your abdomen. It stores about 50 ml of acidic liquid (bile) until the body needs it for digestion. That liquid helps digest fat. The gallbladder is about 7-10cm long in humans. It is dark green in color because of the bile in it. It is connected to the liver and the duodenum by the biliary tract.

Anatomy of the digestive system

Gall bladder


The Old Navarino castle () is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which it sits; the other is the Ottoman-built New Navarino. It is frequently known simply as Palaiokastro or Paliokastro (, "old castle"). It occupies the site of the Athenian fort at the 425 BC Battle of Pylos.

Name
In Frankish times, under the Principality of Achaea, it was known as ' ("Cane Harbour") or  in French, with some variants and derivatives: in Italian ,  or , in medieval Catalan , in Latin , / ( or ) in Greek, etc. In the late 14th/early 15th centuries, when it was held by the Navarrese Company, it was also known as , and called  (, "village of the Spaniards") by the local Greeks.

History
The castle sits atop an imposing  rock formation on the northern edge of the bay, flanked by sheer cliffs; the naturally defensible site has probably been occupied since classical times. Although there are no physical barriers to access, the castle ruins have been declared "closed" because the structure is considered dangerous.

In 1204, following the Fourth Crusade, the Peloponnese or Morea came under the rule of the Principality of Achaea, a Frankish Crusader state. According to the French and Greek versions of the Chronicle of the Morea, the castle was built by Nicholas II of Saint-Omer, the lord of Thebes, who in  received extensive lands in Messenia in exchange for ceding his wife's possessions of Kalamata and Chlemoutsi to the princely domain. According to the Greek version, he intended this as a future fief for his nephew, Nicholas III, although the Aragonese version attributes the construction to Nicholas III himself, a few years later. According to the medievalist Antoine Bon, a construction under Nicholas II in the 1280s is more likely, possibly in the period 1287–89 when he served as the viceroy () of Achaea. Despite Nicholas II's intentions, however, it is unclear whether his nephew did indeed inherit Navarino. If he did, it remained his until his death in 1317, when it and all the Messenian lands of the family reverted to the princely domain, as Nicholas III had no children.

The fortress remained relatively unimportant thereafter, except for the naval battle in 1354 between Venice and Genoa, and an episode in 1364, during the conflict between Mary of Bourbon and the Prince Philip of Taranto, due to Mary's attempt to claim the Principality following the death of her husband, Robert of Taranto. Mary had been given possession of Navarino (along with Kalamata and Mani) by Robert in 1358, and the local castellan, loyal to Mary, briefly imprisoned the new Prince's , Simon del Poggio. Mary retained control of Navarino until her death in 1377. At about this time, Albanians settled in the area, while in 1381/2, Navarrese, Gascon and Italian mercenaries were active there. From the early years of the 15th century, Venice set its eyes on the fortress of Navarino, fearing lest its rivals the Genoese seize it and use it as a base for attacks against the Venetian outposts of Modon and Coron. In the event, the Venetians seized the fortress themselves in 1417 and, after prolonged diplomatic manoeuvring, succeeded in legitimizing their new possession from the Prince of Achaea, Centurione II Zaccaria, in 1423.

In 1423, Navarino, like the rest of the Peloponnese, suffered its first Ottoman raid, led by Turakhan Bey, which was repeated in 1452. It was also at Navarino that Emperor John VIII Palaiologos embarked in 1437, heading for the Council of Ferrara, and where the last Despot of the Morea, Thomas Palaiologos, embarked with his family in 1460, following the Ottoman conquest of the Despotate of the Morea. After 1460, the fortress, along with the other Venetian outposts and Monemvasia and the Mani Peninsula, were the only Christian-held areas in the peninsula. Venetian control over Navarino survived the First Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–79), but not the Second (1499–1503): following the Venetian defeat in the Battle of Modon in August 1500, the 3,000-strong garrison surrendered, although it was well provisioned for a siege. The Venetians nevertheless recaptured it shortly after, on 3/4 December, but on 20 May 1501, a joint Ottoman land and sea attack under Kemal Reis and Hadım Ali Pasha retook it.

In 1572/3, the Ottoman chief admiral (Kapudan Pasha) Uluç Ali Reis built the New Navarino fortress, to replace the outdated Frankish castle, and the latter declined rapidly in importance: the new fortification covered better the main practical entrance to the bay towards the south, especially as the narrower northern entrance was blocked in 1571 by ships scuttled in the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto; the new site also had a more secure water supply. By the late 16th century, the old castle had only a token garrison, and it became increasingly dilapidated and partly ruined through the 17th century. During the Morean War, the Ottomans concentrated their defenses at the new castle, and the old castle's 100-man garrison surrendered to the Venetians under Francesco Morosini without a battle on 2 June 1686. Along with the rest of the Peloponnese, the fortresses remained in Venetian hands until 1715, when the Ottomans recaptured them. The Venetians considered either improving or demolishing the fortress, but ended up making few modifications before it was retaken by the Ottomans. Neither were any major repairs or improvements made by the Ottomans, though it was garrisoned with a token force. In April–June 1770, the area was temporarily held by the Russians, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74 and the Russian-inspired Orlov Revolt in Greece.

After the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in March 1821, the Greeks captured the New Navarino fortress and slaughtered its garrison on the first week of August 1821. The area remained in Greek hands until 1825, when Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt captured the old castle on 29 April, followed by New Navarino on 11 May. The Ottoman-Egyptian garrison remained there until it was handed over to the French troops under General Nicolas Joseph Maison in spring 1828. The French found the old castle essentially a ruin.

References

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Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century
Castles and fortifications of the Principality of Achaea
Medieval Messenia
Buildings and structures in Messenia
Pylos
13th-century fortifications in Greece

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Demi Moore (born November 11, 1962 as Demi Gene Guynes) is an American actress. She became well known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood. She is best known for her roles in Ghost, A Few Good Men, Disclosure, Indecent Proposal, and G.I. Jane.

She has been married to musician Freddy Moore and actors Bruce Willis and Ashton Kutcher. All her marriages ended in divorce. She has three daughters by Willis: Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. She dated Tobey Maguire in 2002 to 2003.

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