Rævebakkevej Water Tower, situated on Rævebakken, 36 m above sea level, is the oldest surviving water tower in Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1905 to a National Romantic design by Andreas Theil and decommissioned in 1972.

History

Background

The planning of a modern water supply and sewer system in Gentofte began when Niels Andersen became chairman of the parish council in 1888.

The summer of 1897 was unusually hot and sunny and many wells in Hellerup. Bregnegård Waterworks opened at Mantziusvej in 1900 and so did Gentofte's first water tower at H. A. Clausensvej close to Gentofte Church. They supplied Hellerup, Skovshoved, Ordrup and Gentofte with water. The system reached Vangede in 1902 and Jægersborg in 1903. The water tower was designed by Johan Schröder. The water tank had a capacity of 432 cubic metres and the water surface was located 50 metres above sea level. The site where it was built was located 26 metres above sea level and had previously belonged to Gentofte Rectory. The water was led from six pumping stations to a collection well and from there through three sand filters to the water tower at H. A. Clausensvej.

The water tower at Ræveskovsvej

The population of Gentofte Municipality increased from 14,470 om 1901 to 20,709 in 1906. The growing population created a need for a second water tower. A site which comprised Rævebakken, a 36m tall hill located circa 500 to the northeast of Vangede, was therefore acquired from the  Brogården estate in 1904. The water tower was built in 1905. It was designed by the architect Andreas Thejll with collaboration with Asger Ostenfeld.

Ermelunden Waterworks, a second waterworks, opened in 1907. Sjælsø Waterworks was inaugurated in 1936.

Decommissioning
Gentofte Municipality's population peaked in 1952 at 89,142 and Tuborg Breweries increased its production increased dramatically, leading to new capacity problems for its water supply system. It was therefore decided to build a new and taller water tower at jægersborg station. Jægersborg Water Tower was inaugurated in 1956. The water tower at Ræveskovsvej was decommissioned in 1972.

Descruption

The tower is designed in the National Romantic style. The design is remniscient of that of the gunpowder magazine in Frederikshavn. It is built in reinforced concrete and stands on a foundation of boulders. The water tank has a capacity of just over 1,000 cubic metres and is supported by pillars. The windows are small and arched. Above the entrance is Gentofte's old coat of arms featuring three church bells as well as the year '1905'. The roof is finished by a small copper-clad spire with Weather vane. Just below the roof is a walkway.

See also
 Copenhagen Waterworks

References

External links

 Buildings in Gentofte Municipality, Gentofte Local Historic Society

Water towers in Copenhagen
Buildings and structures in Gentofte Municipality
1905 establishments in Denmark
Buildings and structures completed in 1905

Ræveskovsvej Water Tower


Edward Bowers (1822-1870) was an American painter of genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits.

Bowers was born in Maryland, and in Baltimore created his early paintings including Italian Peasant, The Monk, and Teaching Young Vampa to Read. By 1854 he resided in Philadelphia, exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1856 to 1860, at the Washington, D.C. Art Association in 1857, and at the New York's Artists' Fund Society in 1860 and 1861. He returned to Baltimore in 1860 or 1861, was drafted into the Union Army in 1863, and mustered out in 1865, after which he returned to Baltimore where he opened a studio on the 100 block of East Monument Street. From 1865 to 1867 Bowers spent time in Detroit, and exhibited at the Maryland Historical Society in 1868.

In 1861 Bowers was elected to the National Academy of Design. His work is collected in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University.  His painting, Fruit and Wine (1865) in Boston is his best known work.

References
 Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions biography
 AskArt biography

19th-century American painters
1822 births
1870 deaths
Painters from Maryland

Edward Bowers (painter)


Cameron Wight (born 5 April 1985) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.

The son of former Collingwood player Terry Wight, he was picked in the 2002 AFL Draft at pick 49 from the Calder Cannons.

At the end of the 2009 season, Wight was delisted by the Bulldogs.

In November 2010 it was announced that Wight would be playing at Greenvale in the Essendon District Football League under new senior coach Anthony Rock.

References

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Western Bulldogs players
1985 births
Living people
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
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Lionel Aron Peña, Jr., known as Aaron (born June 8, 1959) is an American attorney and politician who for 10 years represented House District 40 in the Texas House of Representatives, a seat he was first sworn into on January 14, 2003. On November 25, 2011, Rep. Aaron Peña announced that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term in office. He ended his tenure with the Texas House of Representatives on January 8, 2013 and returned to his work as an attorney and advisor in the private and public sectors. Currently Peña is employed with the Texas General Land Office, serving under the leadership of Land Commissioner George P. Bush.

Early life and education
Lionel Aron Peña, Jr., was born in Austin, Texas, to Lionel Aron Peña, Sr. and Sylvia Alamia Peña. The Peña and Alamia families originated in the Rio Grande Valley in Deep South Texas. His parents had moved to Austin so that his father could attend the University of Texas Law School. To support the family, Peña's parents worked at the Texas Capitol Complex—his mother for State Comptroller Zollie Steakley and father as a Texas House Committee Clerk. Peña spent the first few years of his life in a home on the banks of Waller Creek, two blocks from the State Capitol, now the location of the Dell Medical School.

After two years in Austin, the family returned to South Texas and settled in the city of Edinburg. "Little A" is the nickname given to Aaron as a young child.

Peña graduated from Edinburg High School in 1977. Thereafter, Peña attended Pan American University, now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He thereafter moved to Austin where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Texas in May 1984. During his undergraduate studies, Peña worked as a legislative assistant at the State Capitol. Like his father before him, Peña studied to be a lawyer, receiving his Juris Doctor in May 1987 from Texas Southern University School of Law in Houston. Peña immediately returned to Edinburg to raise his family and to practice law.

Early legal career
In May 1988, Peña was licensed to practice law by the State Bar of Texas. In his first years of practice, Peña took on an employment case as his first jury trial which was perceived to be unwinnable. The case resulted in a sizable verdict and marked the beginning of a successful career in the field of labor and employment law. In December 1995, Peña became board certified by the State Bar of Texas in the area of Labor and Employment Law. Peña served on the State Bar of Texas' governing board for Labor and Employment attorneys. After seventeen years of working almost exclusively as a plaintiff's lawyer, Peña began working exclusively as a civil defense lawyer. He twice earned the distinction and title "Super Lawyer" by Texas Monthly.

State legislature
Representative Peña was first elected in 2002 and served five terms in the Texas Legislature representing District 40.

Early in his legislative career, Peña was selected to serve on the Appropriations Committee. Later, in his third term, Peña served as the Chairman of House Committee of Criminal Jurisprudence. In his fourth term, the Representative served as the Vice-Chairman of the Elections Committee and as Chairman of the House Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness. His fifth and final term saw him chair the House Committee on Technology.

At his arrival to the Texas Legislature, Peña was one of the early national pioneers in the use of social media. His digital communications to his constituents, novel at the time, were featured in national magazines and newspapers. In 2006, Capitol Inside named the Representative's website one of the Top 5 in the state. The National Conference of State Legislatures and the Council of State Governments invited Peña to present seminars at annual meetings to highlight his innovative approach to communicating with constituents.

In his first session, the Representative was a member of the so-called "Killer D's", a group of Texas House Democrats who left the state of Texas for Ardmore, Oklahoma during the week of May 12, 2003 and prevented a quorum in the House. The Killer D's left to prevent House consideration of redistricting legislation.

On December 14, 2010, Peña stated that Texas Democrats have strayed too far from his conservative views thus causing him to run in the next election as a Republican in Hidalgo County which has never before elected a Republican to office. Peña and State Representative Allan Ritter of Nederland in Texas's 21st district have switched political parties giving the Republican Party a 101–49 supermajority in the Texas House of Representatives.

On January 24, 2011, the Hispanic Republican Conference of Texas was formed. Representative Peña was elected the founding chairman of the organization; and on February 2, 2011 was formally sworn in by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.  The Hispanic Republican Conference of Texas was formed to represent the interests of districts with a significant percentage of Hispanic populations represented by Republican legislators.

On November 25, 2011, Rep. Aaron Peña announced that he would not seek re-election to a sixth term in office. He issued a letter that was published in the McAllen Monitor that explained that his decision was made after a court-drawn redistricting map moved him into a neighboring Democratic district. His 10-year tenure with the Texas House of Representatives ends on January 8, 2013.

On January 27, 2012, a poll conducted by a local radio station asked the question, "Would you like to see Edinburg Representative Aaron Peña unretire and run for reelection?" The poll resulted in 65% of the respondents wanting Peña to seek reelection.

Legislative achievements
A state operated drug treatment center in South Texas was one of the primary objectives Peña sought to achieve when he initially ran for public office. In 2007, the representative secured funding to bring such a facility to Edinburg. The center opened as the John Austin Peña Memorial Center in 2011.

Peña has served as a strong advocate for education. He filed numerous bills that aimed to raise teacher pay. The University of Texas-Pan American has seen continued growth in part because of the successful legislative projects championed by Representative Peña. These include a $40 Million dollar Fine Arts Center, a $25 Million dollar Student Wellness Center, $5 Million additional dollars for the Regional Academic Health Center at UT - Pan American, as well as continued growth in the university's operating budget.

During the 81st Legislative session, Peña sponsored legislation that gave birth to a much-needed medical school in the Rio Grande Valley.

An increase in state funding for local parks in South Texas has always been a priority. In 2007, the Representative secured significant increases in parks funding for his community. Of particular interest was the funding he secured for the development of a park at the new Edinburg Boys and Girls Club facility.

As a result of legislation (HB 109) championed by Representative Peña, the Children's Health Insurance Program increased access to healthcare for tens of thousands of children in Texas.

After repeated attempts, Peña passed legislation granting the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Edinburg hero Freddy Gonzalez in 2007. Similarly, during the 81st Legislative session, Peña passed HCR 5, which awarded the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to another Edinburg war hero, Pedro Cano.

During the 82nd Legislative session, Peña negotiated the placement of a call center providing 400 jobs in his home town.

Private sector and notable public service
On May 31, 2009, as Representative Peña was about to turn 50 years of age, he was commissioned a Major in the Texas State Guard. The Texas State Guard is one of three branches of the Texas military forces. Major General Chris Powers administered the oath for the commission directed by Governor Rick Perry and the Adjutant General. The Representative serves as a Staff Judge Advocate serving in the Command Headquarters in Austin. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Capitol on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives. Speaker Joe Straus and Brigadier General, Raymond Peters joined family members on the rostrum during the ceremony.

Immediately after serving in the legislature, Peña assumed the role of Senior Vice President at Crosswind Media and Public Relations.  Peña went on to serve as an Assistant General Counsel in the Texas Department of Agriculture under the leadership of Commissioner Todd Staples. Following the election of George P. Bush to Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, Commissioner Bush asked him to act as the agency's Director of Litigation. He further serves as a government relations liaison for the agency with a particular focus on the Alamo and Veterans' issues. At present date he continues to work with the agency.

Peña was appointed to serve on the 29-member Alamo Citizens Advisory Committee organized to study and present advisory recommendations for the redevelopment of Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas.

Noteworthy speeches and appearances
 March 1, 2019: "The Alamo Master Plan" at the Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting in Corpus Christi, TX.
March 18, 2014 Peña was invited by President Barack Obama and the Department of Defense to attend the Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House for Army Pvt. Pedro Cano. Accepting the medal on behalf of her late father was Dominga Perez. Attending the service were other members of the Cano family. Peña is credited for calling additional attention to the life and service of Army Pvt. Pedro Cano during his tenure as State Representative.
In 2012 Peña attended the Republican National Convention as an alternate delegate.  Peña was elected and served as a national delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2004 (Boston) and 2008 (Denver). Peña also served on the national Democratic Party's platform committee that drafted the national platform adopted at the 2000 (Los Angeles) Democratic National Convention.
 April 30, 2012: Peña gave a speech honoring his community for receiving a record third Inspiration Award from the College Board –
 August 19, 2006: Peña gave the Commencement Speech (see video, text) at the University of Texas–Pan American.
 Peña's final argument speeches from his work as a trial attorney are published in Million Dollar Arguments for sale to attorneys around the country.
 May 28, 2004: Peña appeared on NOW with Bill Moyers to discuss migrant farmworkers from South Texas.

Committee assignments

Representative Peña was selected as committee chairman during three sessions of the legislature: the House Committee for Criminal Jurisprudence, House Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness, and House Committee on Technology.

Below is a list of Peña's committee assignments in the 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, and 82nd Texas Legislative Sessions.

78th Session
 Criminal Jurisprudence
 Pensions & Investments
 Sex Offenders Statutes (select committee)

79th Session
 Criminal Jurisprudence – Chairman of Budget & Oversight
 Appropriations
 Subcommittee on Criminal Justice
 Subcommittee on Government Efficiency & Operations
 Binational Alcohol and Substance Abuse Committee
 House Administration
 Interim Committee on Power of Eminent Domain

80th Session
 Chairman of Criminal Jurisprudence
 Ways & Means
 Joint Select Committee on the Texas Youth Commission

81st Session
 Vice Chairman of Elections
 Ways & Means
 Redistricting
 Chairman of Select House Committee on Emergency Preparedness

82nd Session
 Chairman of Technology
 Redistricting
 Voter Identification and Voter Fraud
 Homeland Security and Public Safety

Awards and honors

 American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Award
 McAllen Chamber of Commerce Teddy Roosevelt Award
 Texas Federation of Republican Women Champion of Freedom Award
 TLR Civil Justice Leadership Award (2010, 2011)
 Texas Retailers Association Champion for Retailers Award
South Texas Health Systems Community Leader Appreciation Award
 Boys and Girls Clubs, Edinburg 2009 Legislative Partner Award
 Texas State Firemen's and Fire Marshalls' Association Fire Service of Texas Appreciation Award
 Malayalee Association of the Rio Grande Valley Community Service Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions in social, economic and cultural development of the Rio Grande Valley.
 Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) Law & Order Award in recognition of service to the Texas criminal justice system during the Regular 80th Session. As Chairman of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, he exhibited a respect for the victims of crime while maintaining a balanced approach for a fair and effective criminal justice system.
 Texas Association of Realtors Honor Roll for his work protecting private property rights in the 80th Legislative Session. Peña championed legislation reducing property taxes and worked to protect South Texas ranch lands and private property owners from the excesses of eminent domain.
 Capitol Inside Top Negotiator The non-partisan news site, Capitol Inside, identified Representative Peña as a top House negotiator of the 80th Legislative Session. Peña was named to more conference committees than any other member of the Texas House of Representatives. As a result, the Valley representative mediated many of the important pieces of legislation of that session, according to the news site.
 The Texas Humane Legislation Network The Texas Animal Humanitarian Award The non-profit organization that speaks on behalf of animal welfare agencies in Texas awarded Rep. Peña their highest award for his efforts to address the growing problems of animal cruelty, dog fighting, and the criminal activity surrounding these events.
 The Century Council's State Legislative Award The Century Council is an advocacy group promoting responsible alcohol use. Rep. Peña received the award for his "outstanding commitment to fight drunk-driving and underage drinking". Each December, the Representative makes considerable effort to participate in "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month".

Family history
 Representative Peña's great uncle, Juan Alamia, served as a Rough Rider with President Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish–American War.
 Early Rio Grande Valley pioneers Jose Roman Alamia and Olivia Vela Alamia are the representative's great grandparents. Alamia served as Hidalgo County's first tax assessor and collector and participated in the development of Hidalgo County. On October 14, 1908, Alamia along with other elected officials on horseback forcibly moved the county seat from the City of Hidalgo, Texas by placing the county records on four wagons pulled by mule teams to an undeveloped parcel of land now known as Edinburg. Edinburg has since been the capitol of county government for Hidalgo County.
 Jose Roman Alamia, Jr. was elected Hidalgo County District Attorney in 1950 and later served as the District Judge of the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo County. In 1972, he served as the Administrative Judge of the 5th Judicial District, which covers most of South Texas.
 Lionel Aron Peña, Sr., the representative's father, served as an Edinburg City Commissioner and City Attorney in the early seventies.
Adrienne Peña Garza, Peña's daughter, is the Chairwoman of the Hidalgo County Republican Party. She was sworn in June 2018, becoming the first woman to assume that role in the county's history.

Election history

2010

2008

2006

2004

2002

Notes

External links
Aaron Pena on Twitter
 Aaron Pena on Facebook
House Website
Pena's Youtube Channel

Members of the Texas House of Representatives
Texas lawyers
1959 births
Living people
American politicians of Mexican descent
Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Texas
Texas Democrats
Texas Republicans
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
Politicians from Austin, Texas
People from Edinburg, Texas
21st-century American politicians

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Darwell Reservoir lies to the west of Mountfield, East Sussex, England.  The reservoir provides water for Southern Water customers.
The reservoir covers around 156 acres (63.4 hectares) and is just over a mile long. Work began on its construction in about 1937 and it was completed in 1949. It was officially opened by the Duke of Norfolk on 23 October the following year.  When it was filled, 9 cottages, including Birchford Cottages, Darwell Furnace Farm and cottages associated with it, were lost under the water. A pipeway was laid in the 1980s takes water to Beauport Park to supply Hastings.

The Darwell Reservoir is surrounded by ancient woodland, including the Darwell Wood a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Which is a broadleaved woodland of 92.9 acres (37.6 hectares), which is dissected by streams draining into the reservoir from the north.

Cranbrook and District Angling Club has the sole fishing rights at the reservoir.

References

External links
Fishing Darwell Reservoir
Darwell water level (Southern Water)

Drinking water reservoirs in England
Reservoirs in East Sussex

Darwell Reservoir


Introduction to Life () is a 1963 Soviet drama film about World War II seen through the eyes of a young boy from Leningrad. It won a Special Jury Prize at the 24th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot
The Great Patriotic War is nearing the end. In a train two youths, Volodya (Boris Tokarev) and Valya (Natalia Bogunova) returning from evacuation to Leningrad cross paths for a few minutes. The plot carries them to their first random encounter that takes place in the summer of 1941 at a crowded refugee station. The period of growing adolescents, their introduction to adult life occurs in the arduous years of war. During the bombing of the evacuation train near the Mga station, dies the mother (Lyubov Sokolova) of Valya and her younger sister Lucy (Lida Volkova). After long wanderings in orphanages, the girls are found by their own aunt and they find shelter in her house.

The fate of Volodya Jakubowski develops in a difficult way; mother (Nina Urgant) is divorced from his own father (Yuri Volkov), who has long had another wife and son Oleg (Nikolai Burlyayev), a half-brother of Volodya. In evacuation the mother is trying to arrange her personal life, and gets close to the army captain (Stanislav Checkan). Not wanting to burden her, the teenager takes a job at a defensive aircraft factory and moves to a hostel. There he finds a good friend - Romka (Valery Nosik). Learning that the woman is pregnant, the captain breaks up with Volodya's mother. The unfavorable reputation of a "loose" woman, a baby girl born without a father, make her unable to rent decent accommodation. The teen takes has a difficult time coping with his mother's unhappy personal life, and goes to Leningrad to his father, so that he would issue a due summons to the city from which the blockade was only recently lifted. Jakubowski Sr. initially refuses to help (facts about the mothers infidelity are discovered) but matured Volodya is insistent and gets what he wants. The father objects to communication between Volodya and Oleg however the teenagers are introduced and become friends.

Cast
Boris Tokarev as Volodya Yakubovsky
Nina Urgant as mother of Volodya
Yuri Volkov as Volodya's father
Nikolai Burlyayev as Oleg
Natalia Bohunova as Valya
Lida Volkova as Lyusa
Lyubov Sokolova as mother of Valya and Lyusa
Lyubov Malinovskaya as Dusya
Valeriy Nosik as Romka
Viktor Avdyushko as Bobrov

External links

1963 drama films
1963 films
Soviet drama films
Russian drama films
Films directed by Igor Talankin
Soviet World War II films
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1960s Russian-language films

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The Jackson Laboratory (often abbreviated as JAX) is an independent, non-profit biomedical research institution which was founded by Clarence Cook Little in 1929. It employs over 3,000 employees in Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California; Farmington, Connecticut; Shanghai, China; and Yokohama, Japan. The institution is a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and has NIH Centers of Excellence in aging and systems genetics. The stated mission of The Jackson Laboratory is "to discover the genetic basis for preventing, treating and curing human diseases, and to enable research and education for the global biomedical community."

The laboratory also provides more than 13,000 strains of mouse models to more than 2,400 organizations in 68 countries around the world. Additionally, JAX is the home of the Mouse Genome Informatics database, and an international hub for scientific courses, conferences, training and education.

Major research areas
The Jackson Laboratory has two research campuses, the Jackson Laboratory for Mammalian Genetics located in Bar Harbor, Maine, and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine located in Farmington, Connecticut. Each campus maintains affiliations with a variety of other academic institutions. In the Bar Harbor location, cooperative Ph.D. training is offered in conjunction with the University of Maine and Tufts University. At the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, cooperative Ph.D. training is offered in conjunction with the University of Connecticut Health Center.
There are more than 60 faculty members maintaining independent labs across these campuses, who perform research in six primary areas:
 Cancer: The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center (JAXCC) has a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center. Cancer areas of focus include: brain, leukemia, lung, lymphoma, prostate, breast; cancer initiation and progression; cancer prevention and therapies
 Development/reproductive biology: birth defects, Down syndrome, osteoporosis, fertility
 Immunology: HIV/AIDS, anemia, autoimmunity, cancer immunology, immune system disorders, lupus, tissue transplant rejection, vaccines
 Metabolic diseases: atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity
 Neurobiology: blindness, Alzheimer's, deafness, epilepsy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, neurodegenerative diseases
 Neurobehavioral disorders: autism, addiction, depression

History
The Jackson Laboratory was founded by Clarence Cook Little, a former University of Maine and University of Michigan president, in 1929 in Bar Harbor, Maine under the name Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory with the purpose of discovering the causes of cancer and other diseases through research on mammals. The campus was built on 13 acres of land donated by George Dorr. Initial funding for the laboratory campus came from Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford, and from Roscoe B. Jackson, a one-time head of the Hudson Motor Car Company, for whom the institution is named. As well as providing funds for the first laboratory building, Roscoe B. Jackson provided support for the first five years of operation.

The sale of mouse animal models began in 1933 with early sales to the United States Public Health Service and The Jackson Laboratory now provides a high proportion of the mice used in biomedical research  In particular, the C57BL/6J strain, which is widely used and cited is maintained at The Jackson Laboratory. The demand for mice generated at The Jackson Lab increased in 1937 when the Surgeon General supported a grant from National Cancer Institute to the lab that made mice produced there a de facto industry standard due to federal standardization requirements because it was the only large-scale mouse provider before World War II.

The research performed at The Jackson Laboratory is associated with at least 26 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine via research, resources, or educational programming. Some notable findings from the institution include:
 Established that cancer is a genetic disorder, a novel concept before the Laboratory's founding in 1929.
 Dr. Leroy Stevens first described cells that can develop into different tissues – today known as stem cells.
 Dr. Elizabeth Russell performed the first bone marrow transplants in a mammal, leading to new treatments for blood and immunological diseases.
 Dr. George Snell won the Nobel Prize in 1980 for providing an in-depth understanding of the immune system's major histocompatibility complex, making organ transplants possible.
 Dr. Douglas L. Coleman discovered the hormone leptin, central to obesity and diabetes research, earning him the Shaw Prize, the Albert Lasker Award, the Gairdner International Award, Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine, and the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine.
 Use of cancer avatars – mice with implanted human tumors – to test targeted therapies for cancer patients.
 Recent research has provided insight into cancer stem cells and treatments for leukemia; progress with type 1 diabetes and lupus; and a breakthrough in extending mammalian life span.

Highlights

A grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds the development of new computational tools to understand how multiple genes interact in complex diseases.
The National Institute on Aging provides $25 million to develop new treatments, future therapies based on precision modeling.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds phase 2 of the Knockout Mouse Production and Phenotyping Project (KOMP2).
Researchers link mutations to butterfly-shaped pigment dystrophy, an inherited macular disease.
Jackson Laboratory researchers discover mutation involved in neurodegeneration.
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine opens in Farmington, Connecticut in October 2014.
In October 2020, it received a $11.8M USD grant from Harold Alfond Foundation.

The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center
The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center (JAXCC) first received its National Cancer Institute designation in 1983 in recognition of the foundational cancer research conducted there. The JAXCC is one of seven NCI-designated Cancer Centers with a focus on basic research.

The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center has a single program, Genetic Models for Precision Cancer Medicine, composed of three biological themes: cancer cell robustness, genomic and genetic complexity, and progenitor cell biology. The themes emphasize the systems genetics of cancer and translational cancer genomics, and all are supported by the JAX Cancer Center's technological initiatives in mouse modeling, genome analytics and quantitative cell biology.

The Morrell Park fire
On May 10, 1989 a flash fire destroyed the Morrell Park mouse production facility. The fire lasted for five hours, requiring over 100 firefighters from 15 companies and a total of 16 trucks for the fire to be contained. Four workers of the Colwell Construction Company who were installing fiberglass wallboard in the room where the fire broke out were injured, one with burns over 15 percent of his body. While none of the foundation strains were lost, 300,000 production mice (about 50% of their stock) died, resulting in a national shortage of laboratory mice and the layoff of 60 employees.

This was the second fire to severely affect the laboratory; the 1947 fire that burned most of the island destroyed most of the laboratory, and its mice. Worldwide donations of funds and mice allowed the lab to resume operations in 1948.

Acquisitions
In October 2021, Jackson Lab bought Japan-based research animal business from Charles River Laboratories International for US$63 million.

Research resources
 Hosts the Mouse Genome Informatics database

Business model
The Jackson Laboratory is recognized by the IRS as a public charity. According to organization literature, revenue comes primarily from the sale of materials and services (~70%) and from government support (~25%). Less than 5% of 2012 revenue came from charitable donations.

Notable researchers
Edison Liu
Nadia Rosenthal
Charles Lee
Muriel Davisson
George Weinstock
Leroy Stevens
Elizabeth Russell
George Snell

Controversy
In 2013, a jury in Maine found that Jackson Laboratory did not violate that state's whistleblower protection law when they fired an employee who claimed to have been terminated after reporting her concerns about the treatment of animals to the National Institutes of Health Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare. The worker accused the laboratory of "allowing mice to suffer and then die in their cages instead of euthanizing them" and of cutting off the toes of mice to identify them. Jackson Laboratory denied the allegations and stated the worker was fired for her confrontational demeanor.

In 2009, Jackson Laboratory was fined $161,680 by the EPA for improperly handling and storing hazardous materials.

See also
 Highseas, a former Bar Harbor summer estate owned by the laboratory
 Animal Testing

References

Mount Desert Island
Buildings and structures in Bar Harbor, Maine
Medical research institutes in the United States
Cancer organizations based in the United States
Companies based in Hancock County, Maine
Scientific organizations established in 1929
Medical and health organizations based in Maine
Research institutes in Maine
Research institutes in California
Research institutes in Connecticut

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Erminold was a Benedictine abbot. He was given to Hirschau Monastery, in Würzburg, Germany, as a small child. In 1110, he became the abbot of Lorsch, resigning and returning to Hirschau when his election was disputed. In 1117, Erminold became abbot of Prüfening. There he was assaulted by a lay brother and slain on 7 January 1121. The means of the murder was the use of a piece of timber, and the motive was the Abbot's excessive strictness.

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General José Antonio Salcedo y Ramírez, known as "Pepillo" (1816–1864) was a 19th-century President of the Dominican Republic.

Early life

Salcedo was born in Madrid, Spain from Criollo (white creole) parents of Spanish heritage who had been stationed in Spain for over a year, as part of the traditional Grand Tour of rich Latin American Criollos to Spain.

The names of his parents were José María Salcedo and Luisa Ramírez y Marichal, both Cuban-born Dominicans (many Dominicans fled the island due to the Napoleonic wars, the Haitian slave revolt and the political instability from 1795 to 1809: about 4,000 went to Cuba and 100,000 did so to Venezuela while scores exiled in Puerto Rico and Mexico; many Dominicans and their foreign-born children eventually returned to the island).

Leaving Spain, the family returned to Cuba when Salcedo was a year old before settling in the lands of their ancestors in the Cibao valley. He grew up near the border of Haiti where he managed large tracts of land, herds of livestock, and a rich timber business in the towns of Hatillo Palma, Estero Balsa, and Botoncillo in the northwest.

Civil war and presidency
Salcedo led a civil war which aimed at the restoration of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Restoration War began on August 16, 1863, and by September 14, 1863 a Provisional Government was established, over which the general presided.

After he became the 1st head of state of the Dominican Republic, the general was opposed by the Nationalist movement, who viewed his policies as favoring those supporting the annexation of the country.

Assassination
On October 15, 1864, Head of State Salcedo sent word to his wife (who lived in Guayubín) about the opposition, with a young soldier who was nearly in his mid-twenties named Ulises Heureaux. Later on the same day, he was assassinated by Coronel Agustín Masagó by order of General Gaspar Polanco.

Personal life
Salcedo married Águeda Rodríguez of Guayubín, Monte Cristi. Together they had at least four children: José Tomás (born 1841 and married Rosa Elvira Brea in 1869), Antonia (born 1846), Cristina (born 1851), and Julia (married Rosendo Batista in 1888) Salcedo y Rodríguez. Antonia Salcedo married and had a daughter with another Restoration figure, Dionisio Troncoso (1834–1891), named Antonia María Troncoso y Salcedo. A great granddaughter of Pepillo, Genoveva Cruz, was 95 in 2017.She is still alive and celebrated her 101 birthday, I know this as she is my aunt grandmother, her sister Ana Mercedes Cruz was my grandmother. The descendants of Pepillo Salcedo are many.

Honors
The town of Pepillo Salcedo, in Monte Cristi province, was named in his honor.

References

1816 births
1864 deaths
19th-century Dominican Republic politicians
1860s assassinated politicians
Politicians from Madrid
Presidents of the Dominican Republic
People of the Dominican Restoration War
Military personnel from Madrid
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
Spanish expatriates in the Dominican Republic
White Dominicans
Assassinated presidents in North America

José Antonio Salcedo


Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838–1928) was a California botanist and curator of the herbarium at Stanford University. A number of plants were named in his honor, including Allium parishii, Atriplex parishii, Boechera parishii, Chaenactis parishii, Cheilanthes parishii, Delphinium parishii ssp. pallidum, Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii, Ericameria parishii, Erigeron parishii, Eriogonum parishii, Eschscholzia parishii, Euphorbia parishii, Galium parishii, Grusonia parishii, Heuchera parishii, Lycium parishii, Malacothamnus parishii, Mimulus parishii, Orobanche parishii ssp. brachyloba, Orobanche parishii ssp. parishii, Perideridia parishii, Phacelia parishii, Plagiobothrys parishii, Puccinellia parishii, Silene parishii, Solanum parishii, Stipa parishii, Symphoricarpos parishii, Tauschia parishii, Trichostema parishii, Viguiera parishii, and others.

After studying at New York University in 1858, he became a professor and then participated for four years at the American Civil War. With his brother, he bought a ranch near San Bernardino in 1872 and studied the flora of southern California. His collection of plants of this region led him to undertake a collaboration with Charles Christopher Parry and C. G. Pringle. His herbarium was sold to Stanford University in 1917.

References

 Parish, S. B. (Samuel Bonsall) (1838-1928), University and Jepson Herbaria Archives, University of California, Berkeley

American botanists
1838 births
1928 deaths
Stanford University people

Samuel Bonsall Parish


Gryllotalpa orientalis is a species of mole cricket in the family Gryllotalpidae, commonly known as the oriental mole cricket. It is found in much of Asia and Australasia. At one time, this species was misidentified as G. africana and thought to have a widespread distribution in both Africa and Asia, but in the 1980s, G. orientalis was recognised as a separate species. It is a polyphagous pest, damaging crops by gnawing their roots.

Morphology and biology
This mole cricket is plump, yellowish-brown, and paler beneath, and about 20 mm long. It has short filiform antennae, fore legs designed for digging, and a large, oblong pronotum. The wings project slightly from beneath the fore wings. After mating underground, the female builds a nesting chamber deep in the soil and lays about 200 oval eggs that hatch after 10 days. The nymphs remain in their nest for the first 2-3 weeks, guarded by the female.  A newly hatched nymph has a blueish-white prothorax and legs. Later instars are grayish-black with white markings, and the last nymphal stage is similar to the adult and exhibits short wing pads. The whole lifecycle lasts for 1-3 years depending on the climatic conditions. The adults and late-instar nymphs spend the winter underground at a depth around 1 m.

Distribution
The oriental mole cricket is found in Russia and other parts of the former USSR, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hawaii, where it seems to have arrived from Asia before 1896.

Ecology
The oriental mole cricket lives underground in damp soil, digging a network of passages. Its natural habitat include damp, rich soils such as flood plains and the banks of streams and ponds, as well as arable land and gardens. The burrow has vertical and horizontal passages and may be complex in structure, with different parts being used for different purposes. The mole cricket feeds on the roots, tubers, and rhizomes of plants, and also on insects, earthworms, and other invertebrates. It comes to the surface and undertakes flight in the evenings and at night, and is attracted to light sources. A mass emergence after wintering may take place when the temperature rises to 12-15°C. Besides birds and insectivorous mammals, its natural enemies include ants, which feed on the eggs, beetles, which eat the larvae, nematodes, and mites. Fungal diseases may be devastating during winters with sudden rises of temperature and thaws.

Economic significance
In Hawaii, sugarcane crops have been attacked by this cricket, and its tunneling activities have caused damage to the banks of irrigation ditches. In Asia, the cricket gnaws roots and tubers and causes damage to wheat, barley, oats, rice, maize, beans, vegetable crops, potatoes, and sugar beets. Measures to control the pest include deep ploughing, trapping, soil fumigation, poison baits, and the application of insecticides. In Australia,  damage is sometimes done to rice crops in raised nursery beds or in upland conditions. In wetland rice, the crickets can be seen swimming between plants.

Biological control in Hawaii
Larra is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae, the members of which are parasitoids of mole crickets. After several unsuccessful attempts to introduce these wasps to Hawaii, in 1925, Larra polita from the Philippines was successfully introduced and succeeded in establishing itself. Little comment has been given since 1930 on the damage being done by the oriental mole cricket in Hawaii, and this may be due to the presence of these wasps.

References

External links
Sound recordings of Gryllotalpa orientalis on BioAcoustica

Gryllotalpidae
Agricultural pest insects
Insects described in 1838
Insects of Asia

Gryllotalpa orientalis


Capital punishment was abolished in Togo in 2009. Togo last executed in 1978. Prior to the death penalty's de jure abolition, Togo was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice."

Togo acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 Sep 2016. Togo voted in favor of the 2020 United Nations moratorium on the death penalty resolution.

References

Togo
Law of Togo

Capital punishment in Togo


Dumfriesshire Black and Tan Foxhounds were a pack of foxhounds kennelled at Glenholm Kennels, Kettleholm, near Lockerbie until they were disbanded in 2001. They were established by Sir John Buchanan Jardine, author of Hounds of the World (1937), after the First World War. The hounds are believed to have originally been created by crossing Bloodhound/Grand Bleu de Gascogne/English Foxhound. They were larger than standard foxhounds and were black and tan. There is a pack descended from them in France, known as Equipage de la Roirie, and they are used also by the Equipage Pique Avant Nivernais as staghounds, along with the Français Blanc et Noir hound.

These large hounds were also crossed with the Dumfriesshire otterhounds during the foundation of the Otterhound pack. Since the Second World War, the Dumfriessire hound has been used to improve speed and agility in several clean boot hunting bloodhound packs; as one example, Eric Furness introduced Dumfriesshire hound blood into his Peak bloodhounds.

Dumfriesshire hounds starred as bloodhounds in The Thirty Nine Steps with Robert Powell, which was partly filmed in the Kettleholm area.

References

Dog breeds originating in Scotland
Hounds
Extinct dog breeds

Dumfriesshire hound


ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer is a professional certification for professionals specializing in information security management systems (ISMS) based on the ISO/IEC 27001 standard. This professional certification is intended for information security professionals wanting to understand the steps required to implement the ISO/IEC 27001 standard (as opposed to the ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor certification which is intended for an auditor wanting to audit and certify a system to the ISO/IEC 27001 standard).

This certification is provided by numerous organizations, and several of these organisations provide training courses to prepare the professionals. Some personnel certification bodies offer ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer training courses such as BEHAVIOUR, and IRCA. Attending the course and passing the exam is not sufficient for an individual to use the credentials of Lead Implementer as professional and implementation experience is required. The specific requirements to obtain a certificate stating the qualification of "ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer" vary depending on the organisation issuing the certificate. Usually, all these programs are accredited or are in compliance with the ISO/IEC 17024 standard.

The course usually consists of around forty hours (four days) of training and a final exam on the fifth day, or with a limited time for scheduling. This certification is different from the ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor certification which is targeted for information security professionals who want to audit the ISO/IEC 27001 standard rather than implement it. Most of the five-day ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer courses require some prerequisite knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001 but the content of the courses may vary, depending on the certification program and/or certification body.

The professionals that hold the ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer certification, have the required knowledge and expertise to conduct and lead ISO/IEC 27001 internal and external ISMS implementation projects, either, as supporting his/her organisation in the implementation of an ISMS or, as part of de deliver of information security consultancy services with the goal of supporting organisations in the implementation of an ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS and advancing for certification.

The main benefit from achieving the ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer certification is the recognition that the individual has the required skills in information security, the ISO/IEC 27001 standard, and the implementation best practices to ensure compliance with the ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS requirements.

The main ISO/IEC 27001 implementer certifications normally follow these designations:
 Provisional ISMS Implementer or Associate ISMS Implementer
 ISMS Implementer
 Lead ISMS Implementer

References

Other information security certifications
 Certified Information Systems Security Professional
 Certified Information Security Manager
 Certified Information Security Professional from GAQM

External links
 International Accreditation Forum
 ISO
 BEHAVIOUR

Information technology qualifications
27001

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer


The Flying Dogtor is an early Australian animated television series made by Crawford Productions between 1962 and 1964. It was shown on the Australian Television Network, which later became the Seven Network.

Its central character is a Great Dane who conducts a medical practice by aeroplane in outback Australia, similar to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

The series was devised and written by the leading Melbourne architect Robin Boyd.

Characters
 The Great Dogtor Dane - the Flying Dogtor
 Granny Goanna
 Liz Lizard
 The bush children
 Colin Kanga
 Polly Possum
 Katie Koala
 Crafty Carson Carpetbag - the sneaky snake from Steamy Swamp
 Elvis Eagle - the bodgie bird
 Old Man Redback

Production
The show was produced by Hector Crawford. Cartoons were drawn by Joy Murray and Janice Male who studied together at Melbourne Technical College (now RMIT University). The cameraman was Ian Crawford. All characters' voices were read by Roly Barlee who was well known in Melbourne radio. Script and character advice was provided by Dr E.A. Murray, a lecturer in psychology, and Jean Lawson, a school counsellor.

The theme music was written and performed by Horrie Dargie and his quintet. Additional music came from a small 78 rpm record library, together with characters' voices, narration and some basic sound effects were added together to produce a master sound mix.

The animation technique was basically a moving plane running across the frame from left to right. The plane was about 5 inches high made of thick high quality art paper. It was pulled through by an electric motor in a machine that was also designed and built by Robin Boyd.

Episode list

 The Great Doctor Dane
 Crafty's Secret Hideout
 Fire!
 Fireworks

References
 Helleur, I. "A canine Kildare is star of TV series", PIX, 8 August 1964.
 The National Collection. National Film and Sound Archive. 17 April 2007 <http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/>

External links
 The Flying Dogtor at the National Film and Sound Archive

Seven Network original programming
Australian children's animated television series
Aviation television series
1962 Australian television series debuts
1964 Australian television series endings
Animated television series about dogs
Black-and-white Australian television shows

The Flying Dogtor


The gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR), also known as the luteinizing hormone releasing hormone receptor (LHRHR), is a member of the seven-transmembrane, G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family. It is the receptor of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). The GnRHR is expressed on the surface of pituitary gonadotrope cells as well as lymphocytes, breast, ovary, and prostate.

This receptor is a 60 kDa G protein-coupled receptor and resides primarily in the pituitary and is responsible for eliciting the actions of GnRH after its release from the hypothalamus. Upon activation, the LHRHr stimulates tyrosine phosphatase and elicits the release of LH from the pituitary.

Evidence exists showing the presence of GnRH and its receptor in extrapituitary tissues as well as a role in progression of some cancers.

Function
Following binding of GnRH, the GnRHR associates with G-proteins that activate a phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns)-calcium second messenger system. Activation of the GnRHR ultimately causes the release of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

Genes
There are two major forms of the GNRHR, each encoded by a separate gene (GNRHR and GNRHR2).

Alternative splicing of the GNRHR gene, GNRHR, results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. More than 18 transcription initiation sites in the 5' region and multiple polyA signals in the 3' region have been identified for GNRHR.

Regulation
The GnRHR responds to GnRH as well as to synthetic GnRH agonists. Agonists stimulate the receptor, however prolonged exposure leads to a downregulation effect resulting in hypogonadism, an effect that is often medically utilized. GnRH antagonists block the receptor and inhibit gonadotropin release. GnRHRs are further regulated by the presence of sex hormones as well as activin and inhibin.

Ligands

Agonists

Peptides
 Azagly-nafarelin
 Buserelin
 Deslorelin
 Fertirelin
 GnRH
 Gonadorelin
 Goserelin
 Histrelin
 Lecirelin
 Leuprorelin
 Nafarelin
 Peforelin
 Triptorelin

Antagonists

Peptides
 Abarelix
 Cetrorelix
 Degarelix
 Ganirelix
 Ozarelix

Non-peptides
 Elagolix
 Linzagolix
 Opigolix
 Relugolix
 Sufugolix

Pharmacoperones
Current research is looking into pharmacoperones, or chemical chaparones that promote the shuttling of mature Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GNRHR) protein to the cell surface, leading to a functional protein. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor function has been shown to be deleteriously effected by point mutations in its gene. Some of these mutations, when expressed, cause the receptor to remain in the cytosol. An approach to rescue receptor function utilizes pharmacoperones or molecular chaperones, which are typically small molecules that rescue misfolded proteins to the cell surface. These interact with the receptor to restore cognate receptor function devoid of antagonist or agonist activity. This approach, when effective, should increase therapeutic reach. Pharmacoperones have been identified that restore function of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor.

Clinical implications

Defects in the GnRHR are a cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH).

Normal puberty begins between ages 8 and 14 in girls and between 9 and 14 in boys. Puberty, however, for some children can come much sooner (precocious puberty) or much later (delayed puberty). In some cases pubertty cases never occurs and thereby contributes to the estimated 35-70 million infertile couples worldwide. Among children, the abnormally early or late onset of puberty exerts intense emotional and social stress that too often goes untreated.

The timely onset of puberty is regulated by many factors and one factor that is often referred to as the master regulator of puberty and reproduction is GnRH. This peptide hormone is produced in the hypothalamus but gets secreted and acts upon GnRHRs in the anterior pituitary to exert its effects on reproductive maturation.

Understanding how GnRHR functions has been key to developing clinical strategies to treat reproductive-related disorders.

See also
 GnRH modulator

References

External links

G protein-coupled receptors
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and gonadotropins

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor


The Seppman Mill (sometimes spelled Seppmann Mill) is a former windmill in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States, now preserved in Minneopa State Park.  It was built by Louis Seppmann, a German immigrant, between 1862 and 1864 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.  The sails and internal machinery have been removed.

Construction
Seppmann was born in Westphalia, Germany in 1835 and emigrated to the United States at age 17.  He settled in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, five years later, in 1857.  He made his living as a stonemason.  In 1862 he used his earnings to begin constructing a wind-powered gristmill on his own land.  Seppmann was only somewhat familiar with windmills from his homeland, but drew on his "considerable natural talent for mechanics and invention."

Seppmann, with help from some fellow masons, built the first  of the walls before being interrupted by financial difficulties and the outbreak of the Dakota War of 1862.  He resumed work the next summer, joined now by neighbor Herman Hegley.  Using a ramp and a wheelbarrow to convey material up the growing structure, they finished construction in 1864.  Seppmann carved most of the wooden machinery himself with an axe, except for two metal cog wheels and the millstones, which had to be purchased from St. Louis for $600.

Physical description

The stone walls are  high and conical.  At the base the diameter is  and the walls are  thick, but taper to  across and  thick at the top.  The mill is capped with a wooden dome that could be pivoted on a track to catch the prevailing winds.  There was a small platform on the outside of the dome where the miller liked to sit and smoke his pipe.  The wooden arms, covered with sailcloth, spanned .  The mill had five floors, though some were very short and only held machinery.

Starting the mill
Seppmann was not a farmer, so to test the finished mill he had to borrow money and buy grain.  As the American Civil War was still raging, grain was quite expensive and the bank charged him 25% interest in advance for his loan.  Seppmann also needed to hire an expert to start up the mill and show him how to operate it.  However, there was no wind for four or five weeks and the expert eventually gave up and went home.  The first light wind didn't blow until a Sunday, but Seppmann was opposed to working on the Sabbath until his partner Hegley convinced him that if God had provided the first wind in over a month on a Sunday it must be okay.

However without the expert's help, Seppmann and Hegley immediately clogged the millstone.  Thinking more speed would help, they put on full sail.  Instead the rising wind set the arms spinning so fast the operators couldn't stop it.  The wooden parts grew so hot that the windmill was in danger of catching fire.  Meanwhile, a crowd of onlookers had gathered outside, eager to see Seppmann's curiosity finally in operation and surprised that it seemed to be running so fast it might tear itself apart.  In desperation Seppmann tossed something into the gears, but it shattered and a piece was flung away with such force that it shot a hole through the rim of Seppmann's hat.  At last Seppmann and Hegley were able to unfurl some of the sails and halt the mill.  Ultimately they learned that the clog was due to poor dressing of the millstones and after making improvements, including a better brake, were operational by late September.

Operation
In a good wind the mill could grind 150 bushels of wheat in a day, producing fairly good quality flour.  Farmers came from as far  away to have their grain milled.  In 1866 Seppmann married and bought out his partner Hegley, giving shares instead to his new in-laws.  The Seppmanns initially lived in a small stone house next to the windmill, which was converted to a warehouse in the 1870s after they moved to a new home.

Lightning struck the mill in June 1873 and blasted off two of the arms.  Seppmann replaced them, but seven years later a tornado knocked off two arms again.  By then technological advances and competition from other mills made it unprofitable to repair.  Seppmann continued to operate the mill with the two surviving arms, making animal feed.  Finally a storm in 1890 damaged the remaining arms and Seppmann ceased operations.

Later history

Over the next 40 years the mill deteriorated and the warehouse was torn down entirely.  In 1929 Louis Seppmann's son Alfred donated the windmill to be added to Minneopa State Park.  The Blue Earth County Historical Society conducted repairs before the  parcel was transferred to the state in 1931.

The mill site was originally separated from the state park by over a mile and public access was difficult.  The Minnesota State Highway Department built a parking area off Highway 68 in the mid-1950s.  In the late 1960s Seppmann heirs and other landowners sold the intervening land to the state so the park could be expanded into one contiguous property.  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources spent $65,000 carrying out repairs to the mill and reconstructing the warehouse.  The mill's exterior was repaired, interior structures refurbished, doors and windows replaced, and the roof reshingled.

The internal mechanisms have been dismantled, and neither the mill nor the warehouse interiors are open to the public.  Park managers hope someday to restore the machinery and the arms.

References

External links

Buildings and structures in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Flour mills in the United States
German-American culture in Minnesota
Grinding mills on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Industrial buildings completed in 1864
Wind power in Minnesota
1864 establishments in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Windmills on the National Register of Historic Places

Seppman Mill


The desman is an insectivore in the mole family, the Talpidae.

It is a diving insectivore. It is in the tribe Desmanini (and subfamily Desmaninae). The tribe has only two  species in Eurasia. There is one in Russia and the other in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and Pyrenees. Both species are vulnerable.

Soricomorphs

Desman


The Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore was an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts active in the northern region, especially around Venice and possibly around Verona, between 1440 and 1470.  His name is derived from a choir book decorated for the Benedictine monks of San Giorgio Maggiore in that city.  Stylistically, he appears to have been aware of the work of Pisanello.  His miniatures are highly naturalistic, although bound by formal and decorative restraints.

References
 Master of the Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore at the Getty Museum

15th-century Italian painters
Manuscript illuminators
Antiphonal Q of San Giorgio Maggiore, Master of the
Painters from Verona
Year of birth unknown


EUROPAfest is an international music festival held every May in Bucharest, Romania. The festival is the only one in Europe which presents four music genres in a single event: jazz, blues, pop, and classical music, bringing together bands and classical musicians from 45 countries. The festival includes competitions, workshops, master classes, jam sessions, and concerts.

History
The festival concept started in 1993 and called Jeunesses Musicales International Festival. It hosted only classical music events, but the idea of the festival was changed in 2002. With the name EUROPAfest, three more music genres were added: jazz, blues and pop. In 2005 the festival came under the patronage of Princess Margarita and Prince Radu. Every year, the EUROPAfest brings more than 300 musicians from 45 countries.

Activities

The first day is dedicated to celebrating Europe Day – with jazz, blues, pop, and classical music performed. Besides the European celebration, the Opening Gala includes performances by international artists, speeches by public and diplomatic personalities, and a presentation of the program for the following days. For the next days, the festival offers jazz, blues, and pop concerts performed by European musicians, both in traditional and unconventional concert venues. Jazz, blues, and pop concerts take place every day of the festival. National and international musicians perform in Bucharest.

Instrumentalists and vocalists up to the age of 35 participate in the Bucharest International Jazz Competition, playing jazz to the audience and to jury members On its last edition, the competition takes place in the Auditorium Hall in the Royal Palace and at the Art Center Tinerimea Romana, ArCub.

Jeunesses International Music Competition involves violin, flute, clarinet, piano and composition. It has three age categories up to the age of 30. Usually, the competition has around 100 musicians from 35–40 countries. The jury is made up of distinguished professors and international performers. The competition is followed by jam sessions and workshops under the guidance of international specialists. Jam sessions are organized between competitors and jazz musicians. Both jazz and classical musicians can attend workshop.

Caffe Festival introduces the idea of concerts in unconventional venues. Concerts of jazz, blues, or pop take place in pubs, clubs, coffee houses, or terraces. The Caffe Festival has been held in Hard Rock Cafe Bucharest, Clubul Taranului, and Cafe L'Estaminet.

EUROPAfest ends with the Gala, an evening when the best musicians of the festival perform and the public has the chance to find out the prize-winners of the contests. The night culminates with performances and jam sessions. The Royal House of Romania Diploma is given to a company which was a partner of the festival.

See also
 List of jazz festivals
 Festivals in Romania
 List of classical music competitions
 List of music festivals

References

External links
 EUROPAfest on Facebook
 EUROPAfest on MySpace
 EUROPAfest on YouTube

Music festivals in Romania
Music festivals established in 1993
International music awards
Romanian music awards
Classical music festivals in Romania
Jazz festivals in Romania
Culture in Bucharest
Spring (season) events in Romania

EUROPAfest


James Gibson Van Alstyne (born 1966 in Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School. After high school, Van Alstyne attended Stanford University, where he learned to play poker.

Van Alstyne was formerly employed as an engineer before becoming a professional blackjack player, using card-counting techniques to give himself an edge. He wears a baseball cap to disguise himself from casino security, and continues to wear the cap whilst playing poker.

Van Alstyne made three money finishes in Omaha poker tournaments at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) between 1994 and 1998. In 1999, he made his first money finish in the main event, finishing in 16th place. Van Alstyne finished in the "TV bubble" position (7th) of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Aruba Ultimate Poker Classic event in September 2005. He went on to make his first WPT TV final table in the season 4 championship event, finishing in 5th place, winning $439,475.  In that event, James came in as the chip-leader, but lost the lead early—and almost 40% of his chips—on a bluff against Joe Bartholdi, who was second in chips. The bluff put Bartholdi in prohibitive chip position, and he eventually went on to win the event. A few more hits to Alstyne's stack followed, after which a visibly shaken Alstyne was knocked out in 5th place. In the post-game interview with Courtney Friel, Alstyne said, "I just feel horrible. This is the worst final table performance in the history of poker. This was just absolutely, unbelievably bad poker."

As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,300,000.

Van Alstyne is a music fan, and often wears music T-shirts when playing poker, including those of The Ramones and The Clash. He is also a fan of Echo & the Bunnymen, and rates David Lynch's film Mulholland Drive as his favourite film.

World Series of Poker Bracelets

External links
 Interview
 Hendon Mob tournament results

American poker players
American blackjack players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Living people
1966 births
People from Columbus, Georgia
Date of birth missing (living people)

James Van Alstyne


The Indian meridian, in longitude 97° 14′ 30″ west from Greenwich, extends from Red River to the south boundary of Kansas, and, with the base line in latitude 34° 30′ north, governs the surveys in Oklahoma east of 100° west longitude from Greenwich (all of Oklahoma except the Oklahoma panhandle).

This line was chosen arbitrarily as part of the land survey of 1870 conducted by E. N. Darling and Thomas H. Barrett, at an arbitrary point about one mile south of Fort Arbuckle (about six miles west of present Davis, Oklahoma). From this initial point, the north–south line was designated as the Indian meridian and the East–West line was designated as the Indian baseline.

The Indian Meridian initial point is listed in the National Register of Historic Places with ID #70000533.

See also
List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States

References

Sources

External links

Meridians and base lines of the United States
Named meridians
Geography of Oklahoma

Indian meridian


A very common programming language for accessing a database is called SQL. Many of these databases use the mathematical concept of relations to store the data. NoSQL is a term for databases that do not use relations, to store the data in the database. Relational databases have the benefit of being able to guarantee that all the data stored in the database is consistent. The drawback of this is that the cost of indexing the data grows with the amount of data.

NoSQL approaches do not give strong guarantees about consistency, but they are able to better handle the situations where relational database systems have problems coping.

NoSQL is a non-relational DBMS, that does not require a fixed schema, avoid joins, and is easy to scale.

The purpose of using a NoSQL database is for distributed data stores with humongous data storage needs.

NoSQL is used for Big data and real-time web apps. For example, companies like twitter, Facebook, google collect terabytes of user data every single day.

NoSQL DBs could be grouped as follows, but these are archetypes rather than strict boundaries :

 Wide Column Stores, like Cassandra.
 Key Value Stores, like Redis.
 Document DBs, like CouchDB.
 Graph DBs, like Neo4j.

References

Database modeling

NoSQL


Donald King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter, known for his involvement in several historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction and civil cases against him, as well as allegations of dishonest business practices by numerous boxers.

King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Tomasz Adamek, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Chris Byrd, John Ruiz, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr., Azumah Nelson, Gerald McClellan, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Christy Martin. Some of these boxers sued him for allegedly defrauding them. Most of the lawsuits were settled out of court. Mike Tyson was quoted as saying, "He did more bad to black fighters than any white promoter ever in the history of boxing."

King has been charged with killing two people in incidents 13 years apart. In 1954, King shot a man in the back after spotting him trying to rob one of his gambling houses; this incident was ruled a justifiable homicide. In 1967, King was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for stomping one of his employees to death. For this, he served three years and eleven months in prison.

Early life
King was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended school and graduated from John Adams High in 1951.

After dropping out of Kent State University, he ran an illegal bookmaking operation out of the basement of a record store on Kinsman Road, and was charged with killing two men in incidents 13 years apart. The first was determined to be justifiable homicide after it was found that King shot Hillary Brown in the back and killed him while he was attempting to rob one of King's gambling houses in 1954. In 1967, King was convicted of second-degree murder for the second killing after he was found guilty of stomping to death an employee, Sam Garrett, who owed him $600.

While he served his term at the Marion Correctional Institution, he began self-education; according to his own words, he read everything in the prison library he could get his hands on.

Having been released in 1972, King was pardoned in 1983 by Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes, with letters from Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, George Voinovich, Art Modell, and Gabe Paul, among others, being written in support of King.

Career
King entered the boxing world after convincing Muhammad Ali to box in a charity exhibition for a local hospital in Cleveland with the help of singer Lloyd Price. Early on he formed a partnership with a local promoter named Don Elbaum, who already had a stable of fighters in Cleveland and years of experience in boxing. In 1974, King negotiated to promote a heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, popularly known as "The Rumble in the Jungle". The fight between Ali and Foreman was a much-anticipated event. King's rivals all sought to promote the bout, but King was able to secure the then-record $10 million purse through an arrangement with the government of Zaire.

King arranged Ali's 1975 fight against journeyman Chuck Wepner. It is widely believed the fight inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for Rocky (1976).

King solidified his position as one of boxing's preeminent promoters the following year with the third fight between Ali and Joe Frazier in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, which King deemed the "Thrilla in Manila". Aside from promoting the premier heavyweight fights of the 1970s, King was also busy expanding his boxing empire. Throughout the decade, he compiled an impressive roster of fighters, many of whom would finish their career with Hall of Fame credentials. Fighters including Larry Holmes, Wilfred Benítez, Roberto Durán, Salvador Sánchez, Wilfredo Gómez, and Alexis Argüello would all fight under the Don King Productions promotional banner in the 1970s.

For the next two decades, King continued to be among boxing's most successful promoters. Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Aaron Pryor, Bernard Hopkins, Ricardo López, Félix Trinidad, Terry Norris, Carlos Zárate, Azumah Nelson, Andrew Gołota, Mike McCallum, Gerald McClellan, Meldrick Taylor, Marco Antonio Barrera, Tomasz Adamek, John Ruiz, and Ricardo Mayorga are some of the boxers who chose King to promote many of their biggest fights.

Outside of boxing, he was the concert promoter for The Jacksons' 1984 Victory Tour. In 1998, King purchased a Cleveland-based weekly newspaper serving the African-American community in Ohio, the Call and Post, and as of 2011 continued as its publisher.

King was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2008.

Personal life

Don King's wife, Henrietta, died on December 2, 2010, at the age of 87. They had one biological daughter, Debbie, a son, Eric and adopted son Carl, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

King is politically active and supported Barack Obama in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. During the previous election, he had made media appearances promoting George W. Bush, which had included attendance at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

On June 10, 1987, King was made a 'Mason-at-Sight' by "Grand Master" Odes J. Kyle Jr. of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ohio, thereby making him a Prince Hall Freemason. In the following year, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane letters degree from Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, by University President Dr. Arthur E. Thomas.

King has conducted an annual turkey giveaway each Christmas for several years, in which he distributes two thousand free turkeys to needy South Floridians.

Controversies
King has been investigated for possible connections with organized crime. During a 1992 Senate investigation, King invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned about his connection to mobster John Gotti.

When IBF president Robert W. "Bobby" Lee, Sr. was indicted for racketeering in 1999, King was not indicted, nor did he testify at Lee's trial, though prosecutors reportedly "called him an unindicted co-conspirator who was the principal beneficiary of Lee's machinations."

Lawsuits and prosecutions

Muhammad Ali
King has been involved in many fraud litigation cases with boxers. In 1982, he was sued by Muhammad Ali for underpaying him $1.1 million for a fight with Larry Holmes. King called in an old friend of Ali, Jeremiah Shabazz, and handed him a suitcase containing $50,000 in cash and a letter ending Ali's lawsuit against King. He asked Shabazz to visit Ali (who was in the hospital due to his failing health) and get him to sign the letter and then give Ali the $50,000. Ali signed. The letter even gave King the right to promote any future Ali fights. According to Shabazz, "Ali was ailing by then and mumbling a lot. I guess he needed the money." Shabazz later regretted helping King. Ali's lawyer cried when he learned that Ali had ended the lawsuit without telling him.

Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes has alleged that over the course of his career King cheated him out of $10 million in fight purses, including claiming 25% of his purses as a hidden manager. Holmes says he received only $150,000 of a contracted $500,000 for his fight with Ken Norton, and $50,000 of $200,000 for facing Earnie Shavers, and claims King cut his purses for bouts with Muhammad Ali, Randall "Tex" Cobb, and Leon Spinks, underpaying him $2 million, $700,000, and $250,000, respectively. Holmes sued King over the accounting and auditing for the Gerry Cooney fight, charging that he was underpaid by $2 to $3 million. Holmes sued King after King deducted a $300,000 'finder's fee' from his fight purse against Mike Tyson; Holmes settled for $150,000 and also signed a legal agreement pledging not to give any more negative information about King to reporters.

Tim Witherspoon
Tim Witherspoon was threatened with being blackballed if he did not sign exclusive contracts with King and his stepson Carl. Not permitted to have his own lawyer present, he signed four "contracts of servitude" (according to Jack Newfield). One was an exclusive promotional contract with Don King, two were managerial contracts with Carl King, identical except one was "for show" that gave Carl King 33% of Witherspoon's purses and the other gave King a 50% share, more than is allowed by many boxing commissions. The fourth contract was completely blank.

Other examples include Witherspoon being promised $150,000 for his fight with Larry Holmes, but receiving only $52,750. King's son Carl took 50% of Witherspoon's purse, illegal under Nevada rules, and the WBC sanctioning fee was also deducted from his purse. He was forced to train at King's own training camp at Orwell, Ohio, instead of Ali's Deer Lake camp which Ali allowed Witherspoon to use for free. For his fight with Greg Page he received a net amount of $44,460 from his guaranteed purse of $250,000. King had deducted money for training expenses, sparring partners, fight and airplane tickets for his friends and family. Witherspoon was never paid a stipulated $100,000 for his training expenses and instead was billed $150 a day for using King's training camp. Carl King again received 50% of his purse, despite Don King Productions falsely claiming he had only been paid 33%.  HBO paid King $1,700,000 for Witherspoon to fight Frank Bruno. Witherspoon got a purse of $500,000, but received only $90,000 after King's deductions. Carl King received $275,000. In 1987, Witherspoon sued King for $25 million in damages. He eventually settled for $1 million out of court.

Mike Tyson
Former undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson has described King, his former promoter, as "ruthless", "deplorable", and "greedy". In 1998, Tyson sued King for $100 million, alleging that the boxing promoter had cheated him out of millions over more than a decade. The lawsuit was later settled out of court, with Tyson receiving $14 million.

Terry Norris
In 1996, Terry Norris sued King, alleging that King had stolen money from him and conspired with his manager to underpay him for fights. The case went to trial, but King settled out of court for $7.5 million in 2003. King also acceded to Norris's demand that the settlement be made public.

ESPN

In 2005, King launched a $2.5 billion defamation suit against the Walt Disney Pictures–owned ESPN, the makers of SportsCentury, after a documentary alleged that King had "killed, not once, but twice", threatened to break Larry Holmes' legs, had a hospital invest in a film that was never made, cheated Meldrick Taylor out of $1 million, and then threatened to have Taylor killed. Though the documentary repeated many claims that were already made, King said he had now had enough. King's attorney said "It was slanted to show Don in the worst way. It was one-sided from day one, Don is a strong man, but he has been hurt by this."

The case was dismissed on summary judgment with a finding that King could not show "actual malice" from the defendants, and that King had failed to prove that any of the challenged statements were false. The judgment also pointed out that the studio had tried on a number of occasions to interview King for the documentary, but he had declined; while not suggesting that King had a legal obligation to do so, the court sympathized with ESPN's circumstances on those grounds. King appealed the decision and, 3 years later, the Second District Court of Appeals upheld the summary judgment, but disagreed with the original finding that none of the statements were false. In any case, Judge Dorian Damoorgian ruled, "Nothing in the record shows that ESPN purposefully made false statements about King in order to bolster the theme of the program or to inflict harm on King".

Lennox Lewis
In May 2003, King was sued by Lennox Lewis, who wanted $385 million from the promoter, claiming King used threats to pull Tyson away from a rematch with Lewis.

Chris Byrd
In early 2006, Chris Byrd sued Don King for breach of contract, and the two eventually settled out of court under the condition that Byrd would be released from his contract with King.

Donald Trump
On September 21, 2016, King caused controversy when introducing Donald Trump at a campaign event at a black church in Cleveland by using the word "nigga" seemingly by accident. In King's speech, he expressed his view that black people cannot achieve success in the United States by acting like white people, stating: "If you're poor, you are a poor negro -- I would use the n-word -- but if you're rich, you are a rich negro. If you are intelligent, intellectual, you are intellectual negro. If you are a dancing and sliding and gliding nigga -- I mean negro -- you are a dancing and sliding and gliding negro."

Media appearances
King appeared in the 2-part Miami Vice episode "Down for the Count". (Season 3, Episodes 12/13)

King acted in a small role as more or less himself in The Last Fight (1982) and in the comedy Head Office (1985). He also had another brief cameo as himself in the film The Devil's Advocate (1997). He also appeared in a season 4 episode of Knight Rider, titled "Redemption of a Champion".

King made an appearance in the documentaries Beyond the Ropes (2008) and Klitschko (2011).

King appeared in Moonlighting episode "Symphony in Knocked Flat" (Season 3, Episode 3) as himself.

Media portrayals

As a character
 In 1995, HBO aired Tyson, a television movie based upon the life of Mike Tyson, in which King was portrayed by actor Paul Winfield.
 In 1997, Ving Rhames played King in a television movie, Don King: Only in America which aired on HBO. Rhames won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of King.
 In 1998, for the tenth episode of South Park'''s first season, "Damien", Jesus and Satan are pitted against one another in a boxing match to decide the conflict between good and evil; a character spoofing Don King appears,  promoting Satan and the fight.
 In its first season, In Living Color featured a one-time sketch titled "King: The Early Years", set in a schoolyard in 1939, in which the narrator first leads viewers to believe that Martin Luther King Jr. got his start in childhood as a peacemaker between two fighting classmatesuntil "King" is revealed as a young Don King (portrayed by Damon Wayans), who promoted the schoolyard scuffle.
 In the episode "My Brother's Keeper" of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Carlton is portrayed as Don King in one of Will's dreams.
 In Celebrity Deathmatch, King's death was a running gag during the series' first season. In the final episode of the second season, he was matched against Donald Trump, with King being killed again, this time in the ring.
 He was portrayed by Dave Chappelle in a skit about a "Gay America", as promoting a boxing match between two gay boxers.
 King helped create the video game Don King Presents: Prizefighter for the Xbox 360, which he promoted on IGN's podcast, Three Red Lights, and another called Don King Boxing for Wii. There is also a Nintendo DS version of Don King Boxing.
 King was featured in the 2001 film Ali, promoting the Rumble in the Jungle title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. He was portrayed by Mykelti Williamson in the film.

Characters based on King
The character of George Washington Duke, the flamboyant boxing promoter in the film Rocky V (1990), is modeled at least in part on Don King, even using King's famous catchphrase "Only in America!"
"The Homer They Fall", a 1996 episode in season 8 of the animated series The Simpsons, features a boxing promoter, Lucius Sweet (voiced by Paul Winfield), whose appearance is modeled on King, especially his hairstyle. In fact, Homer Simpson comments that Sweet is "exactly as rich and as famous as Don King, and he looks just like him, too!"
In the 2005 Xbox video game Jade Empire, a character named Qui The Promoter is based on Don King, including personality and his speech patterns.
In the 2016 indie video game Punch Club'', A character named Din Kong is modeled after King. In this game, Kong serves as the player's fight promoter in one of the conclusions of the game.

Awards and honors
1997: International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
2008: Gaming Hall of Fame inductee
2015: Street in Newark, New Jersey renamed Don King Way
2016: Shaker Boulevard in Cleveland renamed Don King Way

References

External links
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Yeroskipou () is a coastal toun in Cyprus, east o Paphos. Its current population is approximately 7,000 an it is the seicont lairgest municipality in the Paphos Destrict. Yeroskipou, wi its remarkable five-domed Byzantine kirk o Agia Paraskevi, an its Fowk Airt Museum, is a popular tourist destination. It is kent especially for the production o Cyprus Delight (loukoumia or lukum). The toun is the anerlie place in the warld which haes protectit geographical indication (PGI) for the popular dessert.

History

Accordin tae local tradition, and as is impleed in the etymology o the toun's name, Yeroskipou wis the steid, in Greek meethology, o goddess Aphrodite's sacred gardens. Hence its name — "yeros" (ιερός, holy) an "kipou" (from κήπος, garden) — means "holy garden". Auncient pilgrims frae Nea Paphos passed through Yeroskipou afore reachin the temple o Aphrodite at Kouklia.

The Classical writer Strabo mentions Yeroskipou, cawin the settlement Hierokepis. Mony ither travellers hae written that in the coastal plain o Yeroskipou there wur centuries auld olives an carob trees.

In the 11t century, the five-domed Byzantine kirk o Agia Paraskevi wis built in the middle o present day settlement. It is an aa mentioned that at Moulia, a coastal locality o the toun, the miraculous icon o Panagia o Khrysorogiatissa wis foond bi the monk Ignatios, who carriet it tae Rogia muntain frae whaur the monastery teuk its name.
In 1811 Sir Sidney visitit Yeroskipou an met Andreas Zimboulakis, appointin him as a vice-consul o Breetain. Zimboulaki, who wis born in Kefalonia, settled in Yeroskipou an his duties as vice-consul wur tae protect the interests o Breetain. The hoose o Zimboulaki  whaur mony personalities wur hostit, wis bought in 1947 bi the Depairtment o Antiquities, tae be convertit intae Fowk Airt Museum.

A Breetish firm set up a factory for silk production in 1925. Hunders o wirkers baith frae Yeroskipou an the surroondin veelages wur employed in it. Housomeivver, the factory closed in 1952. It is an aa mentioned that at Yeroskipou there wis an aw a linen-processin factory.

The current mayor o the municipality o the toun is Tasos Kouzoupos.

Gallery

Twinnins
  Agia Paraskevi, Greece (2000)

References
 Touring Guide of Pafos bi George an Christina Karouzis

Populatit places in Paphos Destrict

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Paul Allen Ebert (August 11, 1932 – April 21, 2009) was a director of the American College of Surgeons and athlete.  He had been Chairman of the Departments of Surgery at both Cornell University Medical College and the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, as well as the President of the American College of Cardiology, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Society of University Surgeons, and the Western Thoracic Surgical Association.  Before earning his medical degree, he was an All-American in both baseball and basketball at the Ohio State University. He was born in Columbus, Ohio.

Athlete
As a student at Ohio State Ebert was 6'4", 188 lbs.  He was a forward and center on the school's basketball team and a pitcher on the baseball team.  He was a charter member of the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame, inducted in 1977.

In basketball Ebert was a first-team All-Big Ten selection and voted team MVP every year he played for the Buckeyes, 1951–52, 1952–53, and 1953–54.  He led his team in scoring in each of those years. He finished his collegiate basketball career with the team record in points scored (1,436), surpassed in 1956 by Robin Freeman.  Ebert scored 516 points in his senior year, becoming the first Ohio State player to score at least 500 points in a season.  That year Ebert served as team captain and was named a third-team All-America selection by the United Press International.

In baseball Ebert had a career 21–8 record as a pitcher.  He led his team in both wins and strike outs every year he played.  He finished his collegiate career with the Ohio State single-season (94) and career (223) record for strike outs, surpassed in both categories by Steve Arlin in the mid-1960s.  Ebert was a consensus first team All America selection as a senior. Ebert was selected to the USA Baseball team that Won Silver at the Pan American Games in Mexico 1955,he went 2–0 and was the pitcher of record with 18 strikeouts.

After college Ebert spent two summers playing semi-pro baseball in Marshall, Minnesota. At the end of the first summer in Marshall he returned to Columbus to be married to Louise Joyce Parks and to begin medical school at Ohio State.  Ebert received offers to sign with the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates, but under the bonus baby rules of the time he would have been required to stay with the major league club for two years and could not have attended medical school.

Surgeon
Ebert received his M.D. degree from Ohio State University in 1958. He had internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital under Alfred Blalock, and then spent two years as a Senior Assistant Surgeon at the National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He specialized in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. He is considered one of the world's outstanding pediatric heart surgeons.

Ebert's stature in his field quickly grew. He became a Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. From 1971 to 1975 he was Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Cornell University Medical College and from 1975 to 1986 he was Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. He was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1968, and assumed the directorship of the College in November 1986.

Ebert was the 1989 recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the highest honor the National Collegiate Athletic Association may confer on an individual, awarded to a distinguished citizen of national reputation based on outstanding life accomplishment.

Father
After marrying Louise Joyce Parks, Paul and Joyce went on to have 3 children.  Leslie Ebert Buhlman, Mike Ebert and Julie Ebert-McQuillan. Grandparents to 5 children.  Holly, Rudy, Claire and Paul Buhlman and Danyon Ebert-McQuillan.

Ebert died of an acute myocardial infarction on April 21, 2009. He was 76 years old.

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Margate is a small seaside town on the Channel Highway between  North-West Bay and the Snug Tiers,  south of Kingston in Tasmania, Australia. It is mostly in the Kingborough Council area, with about 4% in the Huon Valley Council LGA. Margate is also part of the Greater Hobart statistical area.

Location and features
At the 2006 census, Margate had a population of 1,368, although more people live in the immediate region around the town. Margate is part of the Kingborough Council and is a frequent stop for those travelling south towards Snug, Kettering or Bruny Island. Vineyards, grazing fields and stands of trees surround the town and its approaches. The town itself has a range of shops, schools and religious buildings as well as several notable features, including the Dru Point Bicentennial Park on the edge of North-West Bay.

Recent history has seen Margate strongly affected by the building boom of the early 2000s with new housing developments in almost all directions. This in some ways reflects demographic themes within the population. A fair percentage of the population commute into the greater Hobart area while the rest are employed locally in either the service industry or commercial enterprises such as the Tassal fish factory or the Austal shipyard. Margate Primary School has been declared a "big winner" from the 2009 Australian federal budget, receiving $2.5 million for new buildings. However the local ABC Learning centre narrowly avoided closure.  More recently the residents of Margate were found by the Sunday Tasmanian's National Health Test, to be the "happiest in the state".

At the northern approach to Margate, just east of the Channel Highway is the final resting place of the TGR M class locomotive, MA3, also known as the Margate Train. The locomotive is "plinthed" near a former Henry Jones IXL apple barn that is now a second hand and antique warehouse. The locomotive has a number of carriages which serve as retail outlets and a pancake cafe.

Margate is also home to the Channel Heritage Centre, a museum telling the history of life in the region around the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.

History
In 1792 Bruni D'Entrecasteaux sailed up the channel now bearing his name, charting the coastline and naming features. He named the large bay at the top of the channel North West Bay. The expedition anchored there to collect fresh water and many Aboriginal Tasmanians were observed in the area. In January 1802, the French explorer, Nicolas Baudin anchored in the bay to collect fresh water, food and wood. An observatory was set up on a small island at the mouth of the North West Bay River to observe a solar eclipse and a number of Aboriginal people were encountered during the expedition's stay. Baudin's two ships were forced to remain in the bay because of adverse wind conditions and did not leave until 17 February 1802.

The original Margate township was along Beach Road because coal burning steamers would bring all the supplies by sea. Margate Post Office opened on 1 July 1866, and the primary school opened in 1869. From 1906 to 1922, the Sandfly Colliery Tramway ran from Margate Wharf to the coal mine at Kaoota. The jetty was about  long, and could service ships drawing .

In June to July 2016, the town held a week of celebrations and festivals to celebrate 150 years since it was gazetted.

References

External links

Margate Online Access Centre
Channel Heritage Centre
Margate Primary School
Channel Christian School

Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Kingborough Council
Localities of Huon Valley Council

Margate, Tasmania


Hilldyke is a hamlet, lying partly in East Lindsey, and partly in the Borough of Boston, in Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately  north from the town of Boston, and on the A16 road.

Hilldyke is within an area of arable farmland, and contains a few small businesses. Population figures have reduced over the past 30 years, and now numbers about 12.

Hilldyke's public house, the Pied Bull, closed in the 1960s, although the site of the pub is still named as a local landmark for directions.

External links

 Satellite image from Google

Hamlets in Lincolnshire
Borough of Boston
East Lindsey District

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Georg Richard Lewin (25 April 1820 – 1 November 1896) was a German dermatologist.

Biography
He was born in Sondershausen and died in Berlin. He was educated at the universities of Halle and Berlin, graduating as doctor of medicine in 1845. After a postgraduate course at the universities of Vienna, Würzburg, and Paris he settled in Berlin, where he practised as a specialist first in otology, and later in dermatology and syphilis. In 1862 Lewin was admitted to the medical faculty of his alma mater as privat-docent in otology. In 1865 he became chief physician in the department of dermatology and syphilis at the Charité Hospital, and in 1868 was appointed assistant professor.

In 1880 Lewin became a member of the imperial department of health, and in 1884 received the title of "Geheimer Medicinalrat." In the same year, through the influence of Otto von Bismarck, Lewin's clinic was divided into two departments, Lewin retaining the class in syphilis, while Ernst Schweninger, Bismarck's physician, was appointed chief physician for dermatology. This action of the government aroused much indignation in the medical faculties of most of the universities of Germany, and much public sympathy was expressed for Lewin.

Lewin was very successful in his profession. He introduced several new methods in the treatment of syphilis and in dermatology, among which may be mentioned the subcutaneous injection of mercuric chloride and the spray application in diseases of the throat. His mercury sublimate injections for the treatment of syphilis were to be administered daily. Carriage horses delivered the costly therapy, and were referred to as "Sublimatsschimmel" [sublimate greys].

Publications
He was an industrious writer, and contributed many essays to the medical journals:
"Klinik der Krankheiten des Kehlkopfes," 2d ed., Berlin, 1863;
"Inhalationstherapie und Krankheiten der Respirationsorgane," 2d ed., ib. 1865;
"Behandlung der Syphilis Durch Subcutane Sublimatinjectionen," ib. 1869.

References

Pagel, Biog. Lex.;
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon

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1896 deaths
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