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Mape language Mape is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Mape, Fukac, Naga, Nigac; the latter two may be extinct. References Category:Languages of Morobe Province Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea Category:Huon languages |
Catherine Kariuki Mulika Catherine Kariuki Mulika (née Catherine Kariuki), (born c. 1985), is a Kenyan lawyer, who is a Partner at the law firm of TripleOKLaw Advocates LLP, based in Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. She specializes in Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Media and Technology. Background and education Catherine was born in Kenya, circa 1985. After attending local primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to the University of Nairobi, graduating in 2008, with a Bachelor of Laws degree. After attending the Advocates Training Program at the Kenya School of Law, she was admitted to the Kenyan Bar. She also holds a Certified Public Accountant Certificate II (Section IV), obtained from Strathmore University, in Nairobi. As of 2018, she was pursuing a Master of Business Administration at the University of Nairobi. Career Ms Mulika is a corporate lawyer, advocate of the High Court of Kenya and an expert in the areas of intellectual property law, technology law, media law, and telecommunications law. She is the head of the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Division (TMT Division), at TripleOKlaw Advocates LLP, effective January 2018. According to the website of the company, TripleOKlaw Advocates LLP had 39 lawyers as of 2018. Of these, 9 were Partners, 20 were Associate Attorneys and 10 were Trainee Lawyers. Of the nine Partners, only two were women and Catherine Kariuki Mulika is one of them. She joined the firm in January 2010, as a Senior Associate in the Banking, Finance & Real Estate Division. In January 2018, she was transferred to the Telecommunications, Media and Technology Division and was appointed Team Leader there. In July of that same year, she made Partner at the company. Other considerations In September 2018, Business Daily Africa, a Kenyan, English language, daily newspaper, named Catherine Kariuki Mulika, among the "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018". See also Emma Miloyo Elizabeth Lenjo References External links Website of TripleOKLaw Advocates LLP. Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:Kenyan women lawyers Category:Kenyan lawyers Category:People from Nairobi Category:Kenyan Christians Category:University of Nairobi alumni Category:Kenya School of Law alumni Category:Strathmore University alumni |
Rab Kilgour Robert 'Rab' Kilgour (born 20 October 1956 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Meadowbank Thistle, Whitehill Welfare, Hibernian and St Johnstone. References Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish footballers Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Livingston F.C. players Category:Hibernian F.C. players Category:St Johnstone F.C. players Category:Footballers from Edinburgh Category:Association football defenders |
Sveti Lenart, Cerklje na Gorenjskem Sveti Lenart (; ) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Name The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lenart na Rebri (literally, 'Saint Leonard on the slope') to Lenart na Rebri (literally, 'Leonard on the slope') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms. The name Sveti Lenart was restored in 1994. In the past the German name was Sankt Leonhard. Church The local church is dedicated to Saint Leonard and stands isolated above the village. It was first mentioned in 1499, but was extensively rebuilt at various stages, most recently in the 19th century. References External links Sveti Lenart at Geopedia Category:Populated places in the Municipality of Cerklje na Gorenjskem |
Time-of-flight ultrasonic determination of 3D elastic constants The three-dimensional elastic constants of materials can be measured using the ultrasonic immersion method. This was pioneered by Zimmer and Cost from the National Physical Laboratory in the 1960s. It has mainly been used for polymer composite materials. Knowledge of the elastic constants can be used to feed back into models of the material's behaviour or that of the composite manufacturing process used. Immersion technique The ultrasonic immersion method makes use of a temperature stabilised water bath which has a pair of ultrasonic transducers located on either side of the sample which can be rotated using a stepper motor. The time of flight of an ultrasonic pulse that has been transmitted through the material is measured using an electronic timer that determines the start of the transmitted pulse and the start of the received pulse using threshold detection. This timer is typically accurate to microsecond or better resolution. By rotating the sample, time of flight measurements can be obtained a range of angles of incidence, typically up to 40 degrees. From the time of flight, the phase velocity can be determined as a function of the angle of incidence of the ultrasonic pulse. Using Christoffel's equations, the measured data can be fitted using a least squares numeric method to determine six of the nine elastic constants. By slicing the composite material and re-arranging the slices, the method can be re-applied to obtain the remaining three constants not found from the original measurements. References Zimmer JE, Cost JR. Determination of elastic constants of a uni- directional fiber composite using ultrasonic velocity measure- ments. J Acoust Soc Am 1970;47:795–803. Enderby MD, Clarke AR, Patel M, Ogden P, Johnson AA, "An automated ultrasonic immersion technique for the determination of three-dimensional elastic constants of polymer composites", in Ultrasonics, 1998, vol. 36, no 1–5 (8 ref.), pp. 245–249. Goldmann T, Seiner H, Landa M, "Experimental determination of elastic coefficients of dry bovine bone", in Bulletin of Applied Mechanics 4, 262–275 (2005) Further reading Mechanist’s Jotter 2006 Category:Nondestructive testing Category:Technology stubs |
A Coruña Airport A Coruña Airport , formerly known as Alvedro Airport, is the airport serving the Galician city of A Coruña in northwestern Spain. The airport is located in the municipality of Culleredo, approximately from the city center. It is a part of the network of airports managed by Aena, a Spanish state-owned company responsible for airport management. Air traffic control is provided by Ferronats. In 2019, 1,352,583 passengers used the airport. History Early years On 11 September 1953, the Council of Ministers of Spain ordered the urgent construction of an airport to serve the city of A Coruña. This was the first airport to serve the area, as the hilly topography and meteorological conditions in the region made construction difficult. At the time, the only air service to the province of Galicia was through the Lavacolla Airport in Santiago de Compostela, which opened in 1935. The first airport was built on the Alvedro meseta in the municipality of Culleredo. The original air field was very sparse; subsequent projects included the construction of parking facilities and a terminal. In 1961, radio, and electric monitoring facilities were constructed. In 1962, a terminal building was constructed, and landing lights and other signals were installed on the runway. At the same time, the legislature of A Coruña ordered the construction of a road to connect the airport with the cities of A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela. In 1963, a services building was added to the airport. The construction was completed in May 1963, when the airport was opened to national commercial traffic. The inauguration of the airport took place on 25 May 1963, when the first commercial airliner arrived from Madrid. This first flight was operated by the Spanish Aviaco airline. During 1964, Aviaco operated a Vigo-A Coruña-Santander-San Sebastián-Barcelona line served by Convair 440s. The routing proved to be spectacularly unpopular and unprofitable, and was discontinued after a year of service. A brief attempt in 1971 to run an identical routing was equally unsuccessful. By the end of the 1960s, the airport had begun receiving charter flights from Switzerland and London, England. A customs office was opened in 1979, and an air traffic control room was added in 1990. A number of improvements were made during the 1980s, including an increase of runway gradation of 1 degree 12 minutes and the installation of an Instrument Landing System (ILS). Development since the 1990s By 1994, yearly passenger numbers had surpassed 259,000. Further expansion of the airport and its facilities, including a new terminal building, as well as the urbanization of the surrounding area has prompted continuous growth and the increasing popularity of the airport. In 2001, the airport installed jet bridges and a cargo terminal. Currently the airport has a single runway (03/21), long, and is capable of supporting up to 12 take-offs and landings per hour. Current and future projects include the expansion of parking facilities, an upgrade of the ILS system from Category II to Category III, a short runway expansion, and expanded aircraft parking facilities. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents On 16 August 1973, Aviaco Flight 118 crashed while trying to land at Alvedro Airport. All 85 people on board the aircraft plus one person on the ground were killed. References External links Coruna Category:Airports established in 1963 Category:Buildings and structures in A Coruña Category:Transport in A Coruña |
SkyFire (spacecraft) SkyFire is a planned nanosatellite spacecraft that will fly by the Moon and collect surface spectroscopy and thermography. It is planned to fly on the Space Launch System. Mission Its purpose is that of a Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) technology demonstration using a low-cost 6U CubeSat spacecraft. SkyFire will perform a lunar flyby, collecting spectroscopy and thermography for surface characterization, remote sensing, and site selection. The spacecraft includes two deployable solar arrays and will have a total mass of about . SkyFire was selected in April 2015 by NASA's NextSTEP program (Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships) and awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Space systems worth $1.4 million for further development. Launch SkyFire will fly along other 12 CubeSats as a secondary payload mission on the maiden flight of the Space Launch System. Propulsion SkyFire will also demonstrate a low thrust electric propulsion technology called electrospray propulsion to lower the spacecraft's orbit for additional science and technology mission objectives. See also The 13 CubeSats flying in the Artemis 1 mission Lunar Flashlight will map exposed water ice on the Moon Near-Earth Asteroid Scout by NASA is a solar sail spacecraft that will encounter a near-Earth asteroid BioSentinel is an astrobiology mission SkyFire by Lockheed Martin Lunar IceCube, by the Morehead State University CubeSat for Solar Particles (CuSP) Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map), designed by the Arizona State University EQUULEUS, submitted by JAXA and the University of Tokyo OMOTENASHI, submitted by JAXA, is a lunar lander ArgoMoon, designed by Argotec and coordinated by Italian Space Agency Cislunar Explorers, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3), University of Colorado Boulder Team Miles, by Fluid & Reason, LLC. Florida References Category:CubeSats Category:Missions to the Moon Category:Proposed NASA space probes Category:2021 in the United States Category:2021 in spaceflight |
Tavern Club Tavern Club may refer to: Tavern Club (Boston, Massachusetts), a private club Tavern Club (Cleveland, Ohio), listed on the National Register of Historic Places Tavern Club, a social club that was on Michigan Avenue in Chicago |
Yulia Makhalina Yulia Victorovna Makhalina (), also Yulia, (born 23 June 1968) is a Russian ballet dancer. Since 1986, she has been with the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet where she is a principal dancer. Along with Ulyana Lopatkina, Makhalina is a member of 'the basketball team', a group of Kirov dancers who are characterized for being especially tall and slender. Biography Born in Leningrad, she trained under Marina A. Vasilieva at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, graduating in 1985. Her father, Viktor Makhalin, is an engineer and her mother Anna is an accountant. Makhalina's teachers at the academy reportedly told her she would be only a corps de ballet dancer and after graduation she had signed on with a company in Lvov, but she was accepted into the Kirov after attracting the notice of then artistic director Oleg Vinogradov. Makhalina danced the leading role of Medora in Le Corsaire during her first season with the company. Ghe was approached by Gennady Schreiber to learn the lead role in Swan Lake during her first year with the company, which was an unusual offer for an inexperienced dancer. Olga Moiseyeva, who was renowned for her interpretation of the white swan Odette coached Makhalina for the part. She was often partnered in this ballet by Andris Liepa. In 1990, her interpretation of Odette-Odile with partner Igor Zelensky was filmed at the Mariinsky Theater. A member of the Mariinsky Ballet since 1986, she has performed the leading roles in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire and Anna Karenina. Her repertoire has included the major classical ballets as well as works choreographed by George Balanchine including Theme and Variations, Scotch Symphony, Apollo, The Prodigal Son and Symphony in C. Makhalina's role debuts with the Kirov/Mariinsky included Myrtha (1986) and the title role (1991) in Giselle, Medora (1987) in Le Corsaire, Odette/Odile (1987) in Swan Lake, Gamzatti (1988) and Nikiya (1990) in La Bayadère, Kitri (1989) in Don Quixote, Lilac Fairy (1989) in Sleeping Beauty, title role (1994) in Raymonda, and Countess of Elba (1996) in Goya Divertissement. She has also performed the title roles in Roland Petit's Carmen and in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon. Exotic roles have included Zobeide in Scheherazade and Death in The Youth and Death, while supporting roles have included the evil stepmother in Cinderella. She has also performed as a soloist at the Royal Danish Ballet, Berlin's Deutsche Oper, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and at the Paris Opera. In Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, she has danced in Swan Lake, La Bayadère and The Firebird. In 2014, it was announced that Makhalina would return to Montreal's "Gala des Étoiles du ballet russe", known as "Don des Étoiles" in 1988 when she first appeared at the event. With a repertoire of 40 roles, Makhalina also has outside interests in areas such as architecture and nature. Reviews After a 1989 performance as Myrtha, the Queen of the Wilis in the ballet blanc scene of the Romantic ballet Giselle, a review published in New York Magazine described her as having "extraordinarily long limbs" and a "calm, majestic command" over her body while performing slower movements, but noted that her phrasing became "disconnected" while performing big leaps or petit allegro combinations that require fast footwork. That same year The Washington Post published a review praising her "voluptuous melanchony" in the White Swan Adagio excerpt from the second act of Swan Lake. During the Kirov Ballet's 1992 performance of Swan Lake at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, a reviewer for The New Leader wrote: "Although Makhalina is impressive standing still, when she moves one can |
see what she is missing: liberty. She has 'plastique' but lacks pulse and impulse; each step is labored, exact to a fault." Makhalina received a positive review from New York Magazine in 1995 for her performance as Zobeide in Mikhail Fokines Scheherazade. Dance critic Tobi Tobias wrote that "what was most endearing was her willing participation in a tale that, to a contemporary audience, is likely to seem ludicrously primitive and overblown". Nina Alovert, a well known ballet photographer and writer, wrote that she first took note of Makhalina in 1987 during a performance of Paquita writing that Makhalina "immediately stood out among several young dancers with her 180-degree extension", noting also her "soft landing" during jumps. Like other reviewers, she also noted Makhalina's "physical beauty". Awards Yulia Makhalina has won many prestigious awards including: 1990: Gold Medal, Paris International Ballet Competition 1998: Prix Benois de la Danse 2008: People's Artist of Russia References Yulia Makhalina official Web cite==External links== Category:1968 births Category:Prima ballerinas Category:Russian ballerinas Category:Prix Benois de la Danse winners Category:Living people Category:People from Saint Petersburg Category:People's Artists of Russia Category:Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers Category:Vaganova graduates Category:20th-century ballet dancers |
God Father (2017 film) God Father is an Odia feature film and is the second venture of Chaturbhuja Films produced by Jugansu Sekhar Panda. The film is directed by Ramesh Rout. The music was composed by Abhijit Majumdar and the dialogue written by Dr. Nirmal Nayak. The film stars Siddhanta Mahapatra, Anu Choudhury and the Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant in an item number. The film was released on 1 January 2017. The music was released by Amara Muzik. Plot The story revolves around the life of a man who becomes popular in his village by doing good work and working for the people while surrounded by some gangsters who try to ruin his works. Cast Siddhanta Mahapatra Anu Choudhury Sashreek Samarth Mishra Ananya Mishra Manisha Mishra Daitari Panda Rakhi Sawant as item number "Chuti Kholile" Manoj Mishra Soundtrack The music was composed by Abhijit Majumdar and released by Amara Muzik. References Category:2010s Odia-language films Category:Indian films Category:Films featuring an item number Category:Indian gangster films |
Huayllahuito Huayllahuito (possibly from Aymara waylla Stipa obtusa, a kind of feather grass, wit'u spur, "feather grass spur") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It lies in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, Nuñoa District, southeast of Pucaparina. References Category:Mountains of Peru Category:Mountains of Puno Region |
List of people named Sean Sean is common given name in Ireland. Alternate spellings include Shawn and Shaun. It may refer to: Sean (cartoonist) (born John Klamik 1935-2005), American gay cartoonist Sean Astin (born 1971), American actor Sean Bailey, television and film producer Sean Barrett (disambiguation) Sean Bean (born 1959), English actor Sean Bonniwell (1940–2011), American singer-songwriter, frontman of the rock band The Music Machine Seán Brady (disambiguation) Sean Browne (disambiguation) Sean Byrne (disambiguation) Sean Carroll (disambiguation) Sean Casey (disambiguation) Sean Chu Sean Chiplock Sean Collins (disambiguation) Sean Connery (born 1930), Scottish actor and producer Seán Cummings (born 1968), Canadian playwright, actor, and director Sean Danielsen (born 1982), American guitarist and vocalist Sean Davis (disambiguation) Sean Dillon (disambiguation) Sean Doctor (born 1966), American football player Seán Doherty (disambiguation) Sean Douglas (disambiguation) Seán Dunne (disambiguation) Sean Edwards (disambiguation) Sean Fallon (disambiguation) Sean Farrell (disambiguation) Sean Ferriter, Gaelic footballer Sean Fitzpatrick (born 1963), New Zealand rugby player Sean Fleming (disambiguation) Sean Flynn (disambiguation) Sean Foudy (born 1966), Canadian football player Sean Fraser (disambiguation) Sean French (disambiguation) Sean Gannon (musician), English musician with group The Magic Numbers Séan Garnier (born 1984), French freestyle football star Sean Garrison (born 1937), American retired actor Sean Vincent Gillis (born 1962), American serial killer Sean Gleeson (disambiguation) Sean Green (disambiguation) Sean Gregan (born 1974), English footballer Sean Gunn, American actor Sean Gunn (swimmer) (born 1993), Zimbabwean swimmer Sean Hannity (born 1961), American television host, author, and conservative political commentator Sean Harris, English actor Sean Hayes (disambiguation) Sean Hill (American football) (born 1971), American football player Sean Hughes (disambiguation) Sean Keane (disambiguation) Sean Kelly (disambiguation) Sean Kennedy (disambiguation) Sean Kenney (disambiguation) Sean Lennon (born 1975), American musician and composer, the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Sean Levert (1968–2008), American singer-songwriter, member of the R&B group LeVert Sean Lock (born 1963), English comedian and actor Sean MacManus (disambiguation) Sean Mackin (disambiguation) Sean Maloney (disambiguation) Sean Marshall (disambiguation) Sean Martin (disambiguation) Sean McAdam (disambiguation) Sean McCann (disambiguation) Sean McCarthy (disambiguation) Sean McKenna (disambiguation) Sean McLaughlin (disambiguation) Seán McLoughlin (hurler) (born 1935), Irish retired hurler Seán "Jack" McLoughlin (born 1990), Irish YouTuber Sean McManus (disambiguation) Sean McNamara (disambiguation) Sean McVay (born 1986), American football coach Sean Cameron Michael (born 1969), South African actor, writer, and singer Sean Michaels (disambiguation) Sean Monahan (born 1994), Canadian professional ice hockey player Sean Moore (disambiguation) Sean Morey (disambiguation) Sean Morrison (disambiguation) Sean Murphy (disambiguation) Sean Murphy-Bunting (born 1997), American football player Sean Murray (disambiguation) Sean Newton (born 1988), English footballer Seann William Scott (born 1976), American actor Sean O'Brien (disambiguation) Seán Ó Ceallaigh (disambiguation) Seán O'Connor (disambiguation) Sean O'Grady (disambiguation) Sean O'Neill (disambiguation) Sean O'Sullivan (disambiguation) Sean Parker (born 1979), American internet entrepreneur Sean Paul (born 1973), Jamaican dancehall rapper, singer and record producer Sean Penn (born 1960), American actor, screenwriter, film director, activist, and politician Sean Pertwee (born 1964), English actor Sean Power (disambiguation) Sean Price (1972-2015), American rapper Sean Riley (American football) (born 1974), American football player Sean Rodriguez, American Major League Baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies organization Sean Rogers (disambiguation) Sean Russell (disambiguation) Sean Ryan (disambiguation) Sean Schemmel (born 1968), American voice actor Sean Smith (disambiguation) Seán South (1928-1957), Irish Republican Army volunteer Sean Spencer (disambiguation) Sean Spicer (born 1971), American former White House Press Secretary Sean Tarwater (born 1969), American politician Sean Taylor (disambiguation) Sean Thomas (disambiguation) Seán Treacy (disambiguation) Sean Treacy (disambiguation) Sean Walker (disambiguation) Sean Walsh (disambiguation) Sean Whyte (disambiguation) Sean Williams (disambiguation) Sean Wilson (disambiguation) Sean Young (born 1959), American actress Sean Yseult, American musician Sean Sean |
Matoi (name) Matoi (纏, まとい) can be a given name or a surname. Fictional characters , Main character from Kill la Kill , a character from Z/X , a character from the Tatsumi family in Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive , a character from Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei Category:Japanese unisex given names Category:Japanese-language surnames |
Glenugie Glenugie is a heritage-listed villa at 186 Moray Street, New Farm, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1884 to 1885. It is also known as Archibald House. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Evidence indicates that Glenugie, a two-storeyed timber house, was probably built in 1886-87 on land owned by Mary Barret. Its first recorded resident was M. Davis, a commercial traveller, who lived there until 1888. In that year Thomas Mooney, a successful Brisbane butcher, moved in and he bought the property in 1890. In 1902 Glenugie was sold to the Hon. John Archibald, the proprietor of the Dominion Milling Company and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. After Archibald's death in 1907, it remained the home of his widow until 1929. In May 1929, the Archibald family gave Glenugie to the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches for use as a girls hostel known as Archibald House. After some remodelling, the hostel opened in July 1930. In 1980 it was sold and refurbished as a private home. Description Glenugie is a large two-storeyed timber house with a substantial double storey kitchen wing at the rear, attached by a verandah. The house sits on low brick piers linked by honeycomb infill brick screens. There are double verandahs on all four sides and along the eastern side of the kitchen wing. While the front and side verandahs have cast-iron posts, balusters and valances, the back and kitchen wing verandahs have been enclosed with hopper windows. There are two double storey gabled projections which interrupt the verandahs on the front and western elevations, and a single one on the upper floor at the rear. These have bay windows with elaborate awnings and timber valances, and pierced barge boards on the gables. The hipped roof of corrugated iron incorporates the three gables, two chimneys and numerous ventilators. The external walls of the house are chamferboard while internal walls and ceilings are lined with beaded pine boards and feature cedar joinery. Heritage listing Glenugie was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. As an unusual timber version of the large two-storey verandahed houses fashionable in the 1880s. For its projecting gables, ornate verandah treatment and the exclusive use of timber for both interior and exterior walls which contribute to a composition pleasing in design, scale and detail. As a rare surviving example of the large houses built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. As an unusual timber version of the large two-storey verandahed houses fashionable in the 1880s. As a rare surviving example of the large houses built in New Farm in the late nineteenth century. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. For its projecting gables, ornate verandah treatment and the exclusive use of timber for both interior and exterior walls which contribute to a composition pleasing in design, scale and detail. References Attribution External links Category:Queensland Heritage Register Category:Heritage of Brisbane Category:New Farm, Queensland Category:Houses in Brisbane Category:Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register |
Martina Elhenická Martina Elhenická (born 10 October 1993) is a Czech swimmer. She competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. References Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Czech female swimmers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics |
2009–10 Egyptian Second Division Egyptian Second Division 2009–10 is the 2009–10 season of the Egyptian Second Division competition. A total of 48 teams are divided into 3 groups based on geographical distribution. The top team of each group promotes to the highest Egyptian football level (Egyptian Premier League), The Season started on Wednesday 23 September 2009 and ended on Wednesday 12 May 2010. This season witnessed the promotion of three teams that will play in the Premier League for their first time ever. On 28 April 2010, Smouha became the first team to secure a promotion seat to the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League. Smouha earned promotion in style after an incredible 7-1 win against Abu Qair Semad. A week later, Misr El-Maqasha followed Smouha to the Preimer league. It earned promotion after a 2-0 win against Wadi El Gedid FC at home ground. It was Wadi Degla that sealed the third promotion seat. Wadi Degla defeated Al-Sekka Al-Hadid 3-1 in the last week of the competition. On the other hand, Al-Sekka Al-Hadid, the oldest club in the Middle East, failed to avoid relegation to the Egyptian Third Division. Relegated from 2008–09 Egyptian Premier Division Itesalat 14th Joined Group B Tersana 15th Joined Group B Al-Olympi 16th Joined Group C Promoted from 2008–09 Egyptian Third Division Tanta FC was playing in Group B in 2008–09 Second Division, but in Group C 2009–10 Second Division, that's why we have 4 teams promoted to Group B and 2 teams promoted to Group C in 2009–10 Season. Promoted and relegated after 2009–10 Egyptian Second Division Promoted to 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League Misr El-Maqasha won the Egyptian Second Division (Group A) Wadi Degla won the Egyptian Second Division (Group B) Smouha won the Egyptian Second Division (Group C) Relegated to 2010–11 Egyptian Third Division League tables Group A Group B Gomhoreyat Shepin, the team with the fewest points among the three, relegated directly to Third Division, while a play-off match was scheduled to be played on May 19 at Sekka El Hadeed Stadium in Cairo between Banha and Suez Cement. The match ended in a 1-0 victory for Suez Cement, so Banha joined both Gomhoreyat Shepin and Al-Sekka Al-Hadid to the Third Division. Group C Top 3 teams qualify for the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League. Bottom 3 teams from each group are relegated to the Egyptian Third Division for the 2010–11 season. Results Group A Group B Group C References External links The Egyptian Second Division Table 2009–10 Season RSSSF Second Level 2009–10 All About Egyptian football All About Egyptian Players Best site about Egyptian Football RSSSF competition history Yallakora Egyptian Premier League schedule, match results, and match downloads. Filgoal Egyptian Premier League Live. Category:Egyptian Second Division seasons Category:2009–10 in Egyptian football Egypt |
Kerr Smith Kerr Van Cleve Smith (born March 9, 1972) is an American actor known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series Dawson's Creek, Kyle Brody in The WB supernatural drama Charmed and Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D. He is also known for portraying Carter Horton in Final Destination (2000). He starred in the movie Where Hope Grows (2014). Early life Smith was born in Exton, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara (Hess) and a father who works as a financial advisor. He has a sister named Allison. He attended Peirce Middle School and he graduated from Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania, then studied at the University of Vermont, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. Career Smith began acting with roles on As the World Turns as Teddy Hughes from 1996 to 1997, the films Final Destination (2000) and a cameo in The Broken Hearts Club (2000), written and directed by Dawson's Creek writer Greg Berlanti and as a guest star in The WB's hit show Charmed as Agent Kyle Brody, a love interest for the fourth sister, Paige. When he first appeared as Jack McPhee in the second season of the WB's Dawson's Creek, Smith portrayed a 16-year-old high school student; in reality, the actor was 26. Smith was 31 when the series ended its six-year run in 2003. He was the first man to have an on-screen gay kiss on U.S. television, in season three of Dawson's Creek. In 2002, Kerr Smith starred in the TV film Critical Assembly, alongside Katherine Heigl. The film depicts young activists against trying to stop a catastrophic nuclear explosion. Smith was the last person ever to be pranked on the MTV show Punk'd. In 2007, he appeared in several episodes of the popular TV series CSI: NY as Andrew "Drew" Bedford, the 333 stalker. Kerr Smith also played the radio host Ryan Thomas on The CW's drama series Life Unexpected. Smith guest-starred on the television show NCIS, where he played Jonas Cobb, a naval officer who was the "Port-to-Port Killer," a serial killer who targets Navy personnel. He made his last appearance on the 8th Season finale. As of 2014, Smith plays Robert Quinn on The Fosters. The same year, he starred in the acclaimed movie Where Hope Grows. Personal life Smith married actress Harmoni Everett on June 7, 2003. He filed for divorce on March 20, 2009. Smith is a certified pilot and enjoys motocross. Smith has since remarried and started a holistic health and wellness business called TerraLife Wellness with his wife, Lisa. Filmography Film Television References External links Category:1972 births Category:Male actors from Pennsylvania Category:American male film actors Category:American male soap opera actors Category:American male television actors Category:Living people Category:20th-century American male actors Category:21st-century American male actors Category:University of Vermont alumni |
Megachile bruchi Megachile bruchi is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, making it a cousin of the alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata). It was described by Schrottky in 1909. References Bruchi Category:Insects described in 1909 |
San Giovanni d’Asso San Giovanni d’Asso is a frazione of the comune of Montalcino, province of Siena, Italy. It is located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi. It was a comune until 2017. The hamlet is overlooked by large Castle, now home to a large White truffle museum, and there is a festival celebrating the rare and fragrant tuber each year. The historical centre also houses the churches of San Giovanni Battista (pieve) and San Pietro in Villore, both of medieval origin. Category:Cities and towns in Tuscany Category:Crete Senesi Category:Castles in Italy |
Julia Kamińska Julia Kamińska (born 13 November 1987) is a Polish film and television actress. Kamińska had a lead role in TVN's BrzydUla, the Polish version of Betty la fea, and was in Reguły Gry (Rules of the Game). Early life Kamińska was born in Gdańsk to a family of Polish Catholics. Her father, Krzysztof Kamiński, is a naval engineer and teacher at a university in Trójmiasto. Her mother, Małgorzata Kamińska, is a hydrotechnics engineer. Kamińska began acting in middle school when she joined Wybrzeżak an education-oriented theater group. As part of this project Kamińska took the lead role in Romeo and Juliet alongside actors Szymon Jachimek and Wojciech Tremiszewski. In 2003, she played the role of Gloria in a Wybrzezak/University of Northern Iowa co-production of Dead Poets Society. During her high school years Kamińska also worked as photo model and in 2005 she appeared on the cover of a teen magazine. She also studied German linguistics. In 2006 Kamińska enrolled in the University of Gdańsk's School of Modern Languages. Career In 2005, Kamińska appeared with her brother Christian Kamiński in the TV show Pełną Parą. Later that year, she became a co-host for a local morning children's show called Królestwo Maciusia. In 2006, Kamińska joined the cast of the TV show Ja wam pokażę! playing the character of Tosia. In 2008, Kamińska was cast as the character "Ula" in the TVN show BrzydUla, a Polish remake of the internationally acclaimed Betty la fea. Following the original storyline, Ula falls in love with her boss Marek Dobrzański, played by Filip Bobek. From 2012 Kamińska has been playing a leading role in the sitcom Reguły Gry (Rules of the Game) based on the US hit Rules of Engagement. Taniec z Gwiazdami Kamińska won the 11th season of Polish Dancing with the Stars - Taniec z Gwiazdami. Selected filmography References External links Category:Polish actresses Category:Polish film actresses Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Dancing with the Stars winners Category:Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami |
William de Shareshull Sir William de Shareshull KB (1289/1290–1370) was an English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 26 October 1350 to 5 July 1361. He achieved prominence under the administration of Edward III of England. He was responsible for the 1351 Statute of Labourers and Statute of Treasons. He is briefly mentioned in the poem Wynnere and Wastoure, dating from the 1350s. Early life Shareshull came from humble Staffordshire origins in the village of Shareshill. Career He is mentioned among the advocates in the ‘Year Book’ of Edward II. He received a commission of oyer and terminer on 22 February 1327 and in the two following years. In 1331, when he had risen to the rank of king's serjeant, he was appointed with others to assess a tallage in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Berkshire (25 June). The following year he was one of the council selected by the king to advise him and was ordered on 11 October to attend the approaching parliament in Scotland for the confirmation of the treaty with Edward Balliol. He was made a Knight of the Bath. Judge On 20 March 1333, he was made a judge of the King's Bench, but was removed to the Common Pleas on 30 May following. On 30 November 1340, Edward III returned from the Low Countries and removed the chancellor, treasurer and other prominent officials, among them Shareshull, on a charge of maladministration. He was reinstated on 10 May 1342 and on 2 July 1344 he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer. On 10 November 1345 he was moved back to the Common Pleas, with the title of second justice. He was appointed one of the guardians of the principality of Wales during the minority of the king's son. In 1346 he was styled “councillor and kinsman” of William de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury. Chief judge On 26 October 1350, he was advanced to the headship of the Court of King's Bench and presided over it until 5 July 1357. While holding that office he declared the causes of the meeting of five parliaments, from 25 to 29 Edward III (1351–1355). His functions seem to have more resembled those of a political and parliamentary official than those of a judge. In 1358 Shareshull, Edward de Montagu, and two others, executors of Elizabeth de Montagu, Countess of Salisbury, sued John Runaway in the Court of Common Pleas regarding a reasonable account of the time he was Elizabeth's bailiff in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and her receiver of money. In the last year of his chief-justiceship he was excommunicated by the Pope, for refusing to appear when summoned to answer for a sentence he had delivered against Thomas Lisle, the Bishop of Ely for harbouring a man who had slain a servant of Blanche, Lady Wake. In 1344 some sailors thought Shareshull (there called Sharford) stayed too long at dinner when he was holding assizes in that town. One of them mounted the bench and fined the judge for non-attendance. He took such offense at the joke that he induced the king to take away the assizes from the town and took the liberties of the corporation into his own hands for about a year. Retirement Though retired from the bench, he occupied confidential positions as late as 1361. He lived beyond 1364, in which year he granted his manor of Alurynton in Shropshire to Osney Priory, in addition to lands at Sandford in Oxfordshire, which he had given seven years before. He was a benefactor to the priories of Bruera, near Chester and Dudley. He left a |
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Acute toxicity Acute toxicity describes the adverse effects of a substance that result either from a single exposure or from multiple exposures in a short period of time (usually less than 24 hours). To be described as acute toxicity, the adverse effects should occur within 14 days of the administration of the substance. Acute toxicity is distinguished from chronic toxicity, which describes the adverse health effects from repeated exposures, often at lower levels, to a substance over a longer time period (months or years). It is widely considered unethical to use humans as test subjects for acute (or chronic) toxicity research. However, some information can be gained from investigating accidental human exposures (e.g., factory accidents). Otherwise, most acute toxicity data comes from animal testing or, more recently, in vitro testing methods and inference from data on similar substances. Measures of acute toxicity Regulatory values Limits for short-term exposure, such as STELs or CVs, are defined only if there is a particular acute toxicity associated with a substance. These limits are set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), based on experimental data. The values set by these organizations do not always coincide exactly, and in the chemical industry it is general practice to choose the most conservative value in order to ensure the safety of employees. The values can typically be found in a material safety data sheet. There are also different values based on the method of entry of the compound (oral, dermal, or inhalation). Threshold limit value-time-weighted-average: The maximum concentration to which a worker can be exposed every work day (8 hours) and experience no adverse health effects. Short-Term Exposure Limit, STEL or Threshold limit value-short-term exposure limit, TLV-STEL: The concentration which no person should be exposed to for more than 15 minutes during an 8-hour work day. Ceiling value, CV or Threshold limit value-ceiling, TLV-C: The concentration which no person should ever be exposed to. Experimental values No-observed-adverse-effect level, NOAEL Lowest-observed-adverse-effect level, LOAEL Maximum tolerable concentration, MTC, LC0; Maximum tolerable dose, MTD, LD0 Minimum lethal concentration, LCmin; Minimum lethal dose, LDmin Median lethal concentration, LC50; Median lethal dose, LD50; Median lethal time, LT50 (LT50) Absolute lethal concentration, LC100; Absolute lethal dose, LD100 The most referenced value in the chemical industry is the median lethal dose, or LD50. This is the concentration of substance which resulted in the death of 50% of test subjects (typically mice or rats) in the laboratory. Responses and treatments When a person has been exposed to an acutely toxic dose of a substance, they can be treated in a number of ways in order to minimize the harmful effects. The severity of the response is related to the severity of the toxic response exhibited. These treatment methods include (but are not limited to): Emergency showers used for removing irritating or hazardous chemicals from the skin. Emergency eye washes used for removing any irritating or hazardous chemicals from the eyes. Activated charcoal used to bind and remove harmful substances consumed orally. This is used as an alternative to conventional stomach pumping. References Category:Toxicology |
Martin Hoffman (bridge) Martin Joseph Hoffman (15 November 1929 – 15 May 2018) was a Czech-born British professional bridge player and writer. Biography Hoffman was born in Prague, in what was then the First Czechoslovak Republic (which, in the English-speaking world, was often called Czecho-Slovakia). His father and mother were Herman and Toby. He had a younger brother and two sisters. When he was not yet nine years old, he and his brother were sent to stay with his mother's parents in the Carpathians, where they studied the Torah. After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, his parents were deported to Theresienstadt, where they died. Hoffman, his brother, and his grandparents went into hiding; but in 1944 they were arrested and transported to Auschwitz. A Sonderkommando advised Hoffman to pretend that he was 18, even though he was not yet 14. He was later moved to the Monowitz-Buna, Gross Rosen and Birkenau sub-camps of Auschwitz; and from there he was sent on a death march towards Buchenwald. In 1945, he was liberated by American Army troops, who adopted him as mascot, with the honorary rank of sergeant. After the end of the war, he was relocated to a rehabilitation hostel near Windermere in north-west England. While on a holiday from there, in Torquay in south-west England, he was befriended by a family from Finchley, north London; they offered him a job as a diamond cutter, took him in, and taught him to play whist. He rapidly became addicted to the game. He took up bridge only because some Russian friends asked him to make up a four, and he found the game even more interesting than whist. The diamond trade was not good in the 1950s, and he turned to card-playing for a living; he was a host, that is, a player retained by a bridge club proprietor to make up a table whenever needed but who kept some share of his winnings. He did not play in a duplicate bridge event until the remarkably late age of 35. He and his partner won the event by a wide margin; and he realised for the first time that this was a game he could succeed in as well as enjoy. From then on, he began to offer his services as a paid partner in Europe and beyond, and became widely known as a formidable competitor. His philosophy of bridge is, "[..] I don't consider systems to be particularly important. It is a mistake, in my opinion, to work out a detailed system and stick to it. If you have the reputation of being a player who always makes the book bid and lead you become easy to play against. He was for many years called the best duplicate pairs bridge player in Europe, if not the world. His remarkable autobiography, Bridging Two Worlds, which includes many terrible details about his Holocaust experiences, has now been published by Masterpoint Press. Previously it circulated privately. Accomplishments These include: Crockford's Cup winner: 1981 Spring Foursomes winner: 1969 and 1976 Brighton Pairs, Harold Poster Cup: 1970, 1987 and 2011 Easter Congress Guardian Trophy winner: 1969, 1976 and 1982 National Pairs winner: 1966 Hubert Phillips Bowl winner: 1970 Tollemache Trophy winner: 1967 Master Bridge, a televised programme by Channel 4, winner: 1982. The other contestants included Omar Sharif, Zia Mahmood and Rixi Markus. Publications Notes References Category:1929 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Auschwitz concentration camp survivors Category:British and Irish contract bridge players Category:Contract bridge writers Category:Sportspeople from Prague |
Franz Riederer Franz Riederer was a Swiss weightlifter. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. References Category:Year of birth missing Category:Year of death missing Category:Swiss male weightlifters Category:Olympic weightlifters of Switzerland Category:Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Category:Place of birth missing |
Schimmen van schoonheid Schimmen van schoonheid (English "Shades of beauty") is a collection of short stories, written by Louis Couperus and published by Van Holkema & Warendorf in 1912. It is not known how many copies were printed for the first edition, but this edition was in any case sold out by 1929. The second edition was published in 1962 by Querido in the so-called Salamander series (number 71). Description For the stories in Couperus' book Schimmen van schoonheid Couperus was inspired by classical antiquity and classical mythology. The story De Nacht van Ishthâr is about an Assyrian relief, such as that of Ashurbanipal in the British Museum, which comes to life. The story Frynè represents the triumph of the sensuous beauty, as personified in Phryne. The short story De Doop deals with the conversion of emperor Constantine the Great to Christianity, while De Gladiator takes place in the gladiator school in Ravenna. These two were first published in Het Vaderland. The short story De Obsessie deals with Otto III, who longs for his bride and Het Raadsel is about the visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. Couperus first offered many short stories, to be published in two books, Schimmen van schoonheid and De zwaluwen neêrgestreken, to his publisher L. J. Veen. When Veen refused to accept Couperus' proposal these books were finally published by Van Holkema en Warendorf. Critical reception Couperus' book received a good review by the critic of Het Nieuws van de Dag: "Nobody else but Couperus knows how, by the sound of language and the color of description, to bring life into his characters and stories. He remains a virtuous in the use of words, unique in the Netherlands." In the Algemeen Handelsblad another critic wrote: "It is written down with smooth routine, bitter false and rotten of humanity." In De Gids a very negative review was published and Couperus was called "a mediocre student of Lawrence Alma-Tadema". In 1965, when the second edition was published, a critic of the Gereformeerde Gezinsblad wrote: "As soon as one reads the first sentence of the story one is placed in a completely different time. The world of the literature of Couperus is refined and somewhat decadent." The Leeuwarder Courant wrote that same year: "All the characteristics of his gentleman style are present here. He is airy, lighthearted and ironic." In 1930 actrice Ellen Verano read out the story De Naumachie during a meeting of the Louis Couperus Genootschap. In 1952 Albert Vogel jr, son of Albert Vogel sr., read out Couperus' story De Naumachie during a meeting in Groningen, on the occasion of the publication of the Collected Works of Louis Couperus. In 1953 during a meeting of the Dutch association of housewives Mrs. A.C. Bleeker also read out some stories from Couperus' book. Stories De Nacht van Ishthâr ("Night of Ishtar") Het Raadsel ("The puzzle") Frynè ("Phryne") De Apotheoze ("The apotheosis") De Gladiator ("The gladiator") De Naumachie ("The Naumachia") De Doop ("The baptism") De Meditatie ("The meditation") De Obsessie ("The obsession") Uit de jeugd van San Francesco van Assisi ("From the youth of Francis of Assisi") De Bezitting van Messer Donato ("The estate of Messer Donato") De Samenzwering ("The conspiracy") Benvenuto Maskers ("Masks") Liefde, Wraak en Bloed ("Love, revenge and blood") Lucrezia Het Laatste Venijn ("The last venom") De Laatste Ure ("The last hour") References External links Schimmen van Schoonheid complete digital edition of the book at the Digital Library for Dutch Literature (version: Volledige Werken Louis Couperus #32, ed. H.T.M. van Vliet & J.B. Robert, 1991) - retrieved April 27, 2013. Category:1912 short |
story collections Category:Dutch short story collections Category:Books by Louis Couperus |
Chalo Trust School Chalo Trust School is a Secondary and Primary Christian, Boarding, Co-education school, that is located in Lusaka, Zambia. The school opened its doors in January 2004. At inception, there were only 9 pupils as against 18 teachers. By the end of the year the enrollment stood at 45 students and by the end of April 2005, the number of students had more than doubled to 110 students. In December 2005 the student membership had soared to 131 students. School History and Overview Chalo Trust School was founded by Mr. and Mrs. Chileshe. The Chileshes came to Chamba Valley in 1995, originally using the land for poultry and vegetable farming. In January 2004, the school opened its secondary education section to the public with the name “Chalo” in recognition of children, Chali and Lombe Chileshe. Location Chalo Trust School is located in Lusaka’s Chamba Valley, behind Hybrid Poultry Farm. It is off Great East Road, about fifteen minutes away from both town and the airport. It is situated in an environment suitable for study, conferences, seminars, and camps. Academics Chalo Trust school is a secondary and primary, boarding and day school with several programs on offer for children at different levels of education. The school is affiliated to two examining Boards; The Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) for the Primary Section (Baby Class-Grade 7) and for the Junior Secondary Section (Grade 8-9), and Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) for the Upper Secondary Section (Grade 10-12). Boarding Chalo Trust School is a Christian Boarding School offering boarding facilities for both secondary and primary students. Boarding students live in dormitories with two to four students per dorm for the smaller dorm rooms and four to six students for the bigger, spacious rooms. Each Hostel is complete with its own shower and ablution area, common room and study area. Three meals are served to students each day, as well as snacks at various points of the day. References Category:Boarding schools in Zambia |
Summer of Love (novel) Summer of Love is a novel by Lisa Mason. It is about a time traveler from the year 2467, who goes back in time to the 1967 Summer of Love. Reception Summer of Love was a finalist for the 1994 Philip K. Dick Award. Publishers Weekly described it as "psychedelic" and "quirky", and lauded Mason's "extrapolations (of) future social and environmental conditions" as "intriguing and plausible", but faulted it for having a "(r)ecycled premise and two-dimensional characters". Entertainment Weekly called it "The Terminator in love beads". In 2013, David G. Hartwell included it on the New York Review of Science Fictions list of "200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001". References Category:1994 American novels Category:Novels about time travel Category:1994 science fiction novels Category:American science fiction novels Category:Fiction set in 1967 |
DJ Ricardo! DJ Ricardo! is a Puerto Rican-American DJ and producer. He is best known for conceptualizing, compiling, editing, and mixing the first annual mixed dance compilation series on Ultra Records, known as the DJ Ricardo! presents: Out.Anthems, in celebration of gay pride month. Discography Mixed compilations 2005: Ultra. Dance Mexico (album) Ultra Dance 2006: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out.Anthems 2007: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out.Anthems 2 2008: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out.Anthems 3 2009: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out. Anthems 4 2009: Cuba Con Leche 2010: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out. Anthems 5 2011: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out. Anthems 6 2012: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out. Anthems 7 2013: DJ Ricardo! Presents Out. Anthems 8 References External links Category:American DJs Category:American dance musicians Category:American electronic musicians Category:American house musicians Category:Record producers from New York (state) Category:Club DJs Category:Hunter College alumni Category:LGBT entertainers from Puerto Rico Category:Living people Category:New York City nightlife Category:Musicians from Brooklyn Category:People from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Category:Remixers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Electronic dance music DJs |
Ian Axford Sir William Ian Axford, FRS (2 January 1933 – 13 March 2010) was a New Zealand space scientist who was director of Germany's Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy from 1974 to 1990. Axford's research was focused on the interaction of the sun with the magnetic field of earth (magnetosphere) or the interstellar medium (heliosphere). Life and work Axford studied at Canterbury University in Christchurch for his double bachelor's degrees in science and engineering, followed by a double Master's in science with first class honours and in engineering with distinction, then undertook doctoral studies at the University of Manchester and received his PhD in 1960. After a year at the University of Cambridge in 1960, where he played two matches of first-class cricket for the Cambridge University Cricket Club, Axford then joined the Defence Research Board of Canada, where he published one of his most cited papers: A unifying theory of high-latitude geophysical phenomena and geomagnetic storms, in 1961. He became a professor of physics and astronomy at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York in 1963. He later moved to the University of California, San Diego. Axford became a director at the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy (since renamed the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research) in 1974. He held that position, with a short break in which he was Vice Chancellor of the Victoria University of Wellington from 1982 to 1985, until his retirement in 2001. The institute participated in the international missions Giotto to Halley's Comet, solar observatories Ulysses and SOHO while Axford was director of the institute. The science of all three missions had a strong connection to the activity of the sun: SOHO and Ulysses monitored solar activity, and the Giotto mission was able to monitor the interaction of solar particles with Halley's Comet. Most of Axford's research was associated with the magnetosphere and the heliosphere. He died on 13 March 2010, aged 77, following a long illness. Honours Axford received several awards, for example the John Adam Fleming Medal in 1972, the Tsiolkovsky Medal in 1987, the Chapman Medal, and the Rutherford Medal in 1994. In 1995 he was named New Zealander of the Year. In the 1996 New Year Honours, Axford was appointed as a Knight Bachelor, for services to science. Since 1986 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society in London and since 1993 he was a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. On his 60th birthday, the asteroid 5097 Axford was named in his honour at an astronomical symposium in Germany. References Category:1933 births Category:2010 deaths Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:New Zealand astronomers Category:University of Canterbury alumni Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:Cornell University faculty Category:University of California, San Diego faculty Category:Recipients of the Rutherford Medal Category:Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences Category:People from Dannevirke Category:New Zealand Knights Bachelor Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Category:New Zealand Fellows of the Royal Society Category:People from Napier, New Zealand |
Oosäär Oosäär (also known as Oossaar, Oossäär, Kuradisäär) is a small islet in the Gulf of Riga, belonging to Estonia. Oosäär is approximately long and approximately at its widest, resembling a long, sinuous spit, but not connected to a larger landform. Vegetation is sparse and the island is made up largely of rocks and pebbles. Located a short distance off the coast of Varbla Parish, Oosäär is administered by Pärnu County. References External links Paatsalu Puhkekeskus (in Estonian) Oosäär at GeoApe.com See also List of islands of Estonia Category:Estonian islands in the Baltic Category:Varbla Parish |
Mortimer Davis Sir Mortimer Barnett Davis (February 6, 1866 – March 22, 1928) was a Jewish Canadian businessman and philanthropist. The mansion that he built in Montreal's Golden Square Mile has been renamed Purvis Hall and is today owned by McGill University. Business career Born in Montreal, Quebec, to Samuel Davis and Minnie Falk Davis, he graduated from the High School of Montreal and then joined his elder brothers Eugene Harmon and Maurice Edward in the family's cigar business, S. Davis and Sons. In 1888, S. Davis and Sons purchased another Montreal firm, D. Ritchie and Company. In 1895, the American Tobacco Company purchased D. Ritchie and Company, as well as the American Cigarette Company, another Montreal cigarette manufacturer. Samuel Davis retired from S. Davis and Sons, and Mortimer Davis left the family firm, which remained in the hands of two of his brothers, to become president of the American Tobacco Company of Canada. In 1902, the British-American Tobacco Company Limited was formed by the merger of the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company of England. It later purchased the American Tobacco Company of Canada, which became the Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Ltd., and Mortimer Davis was its first president. The financial power of the empire over which he presided earned him the title of "Tobacco King," which he shares with his great rival, Sir William Christopher Macdonald. In 1917, he was knighted by King George V, becoming the first Canadian-born Jew to receive such an honour. Davis was a director of many companies, including the Union Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Henry Corby distillery (he served as president from 1907 to 1922), Crown Trust Company, Empire Tobacco, and part of the senior management of the Nova Scotia Silver Cobalt Mining Company and the Consolidated Asbestos Mining Company. In addition, he was a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and the Montreal Stock Exchange. Personal life On June 12, 1898, in San Francisco, Davis married Henriette Marie Meyer, daughter of Charles Meyer, a banker and philanthropist. Their only son, Mortimer Davis, junior, died in 1940. Davis was a member of Temple Emanu-El (see Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom (Westmount, Quebec)), which his father had helped to establish. He underwrote the entire $420,000 of a new YMHA (see Federation CJA) building, which opened at Mount Royal, near Park Avenue, shortly after his death. He was a key force in building the Mount Sinai Sanatarium, in Préfontaine. In 1924, Davis divorced his wife in order to marry Eleanor Curran (d. 1963). He spent many of the final years of his life at Les Glaïeuls, his villa in Cannes, where he died in 1928. He is interred within Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. His former residence in the Golden Square Mile (formerly called Sir Mortimer B. Davis House) is now known as Purvis Hall, on the grounds of McGill University. Davis left 75% of his estate to be used for the construction of a Jewish public hospital in Montreal that would bear his name. However, he stipulated that the funds be invested for 50 years to allow them to reach a sum capable of funding a sizable hospital. And so it was that in 1978, $10 million from his estate was donated to the existing Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, which was renamed the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital. His first wife was an active philanthropist and was made an officer of the Légion d'honneur and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She died in 1963. The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, the Lady Davis Fellowship, |
the Lady Davis Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Center (a 7-storey low-rise building of the Technion in Haifa), the Lady Davis Building (the main building of the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem) and the Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center in Haifa, Israel are named in her honour. References Category:1866 births Category:1928 deaths Category:Anglophone Quebec people Category:Businesspeople from Montreal Category:Businesspeople in the tobacco industry Category:Canadian expatriates in France Category:Canadian Knights Bachelor Category:High School of Montreal alumni Category:Jewish Canadian philanthropists Category:Mount Royal Cemetery burials |
Jesse (picture book) Jesse (1988) is a children's picture book written by Australian author Tim Winton and illustrated by Maureen Prichard. It is the story of a small boy exploring the wild countryside beyond his garden gate - all alone. Story When his parents are still sleeping Jesse puts on his gumboots and goes outside to explore. He goes beyond his own yard and out into the country side. He discovers the world beyond his own yard is both friendly and scary. When darkness comes Jesse is lost but he is helped by other animals who lead him home. Review A Montessori Book Review described Jesse as having an "unmistakably Australian landscape" with "lots of sensory details ,,, Lovely picture book that I think children from 2 or 3 up to early adolescence would enjoy thoroughly." Awards 1990 Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Children's Book References Category:1988 children's books Category:Australian picture books Category:Australian children's books |
Signe Livbjerg Signe Livbjerg (21 February 1980) is a Danish sailor. She won the bronze medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the Europe class. References Category:1980 births Category:Olympic sailors of Denmark Category:Danish female sailors (sport) Category:Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Category:Olympic medalists in sailing Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
Sanafir Island Sanafir Island (, ) is an island in the Straits of Tiran east of Tiran Island. It is about it is located at the entrance to the Straits of Tiran, which separates the Gulf of Aqaba from the Red Sea. The island is about 2.5 km from Tiran Island. The island are characterized by floating coral reefs. The island was under Egyptian control in the past but now it is under Saudi Arabia sovereignty on 8 April 2016, after the completion of extradition procedures. On 17 June 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ratified the maritime demarcation agreement between the two countries. It was adopted on maps and official documents on 17 August 2017 and approved by the Egyptian House of Representatives on 14 June 2017, which approved the subordination of the island and its neighbor to Saudi Arabia. The United Nations was notified in accordance with the Charter of Article 102 of the provisions of subsidiarity and sovereignty relating to islands and maritime territory. Etymology The name comes from Coptic ⲥⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩϥⲣⲓ Sanufri which itself comes from Egyptian s.t-n-nfr.t, "place of good profit". Transfer to Saudi Arabia On 9 April 2016, the Egyptian government declared that Sanafir and Tiran Island fall within the territorial waters of Saudi Arabia, as codified in the maritime border agreement signed with the government of Saudi Arabia on the previous day. However, the agreement had to be ratified by the Parliament of Egypt. The proposed deal was quashed by an Egyptian judge, and an Egyptian court gave its final ruling in January 2017, rejecting the deal and affirming Egyptian sovereignty on both the islands, supported by much of the Egyptian public. The proposed deal caused turmoil in Egyptian politics and across the country, erupting mass protests that accused President Sisi of "selling" Egyptian land. On 14 June 2017, Egypt's House Committee on Defence and National Security unanimously approved the transfer of Tiran and Sanafir islands to Saudi Arabia, and the plan was passed by the Egyptian Parliament later the same day. The deal moves forward the idea of building the Saudi–Egypt Causeway. History In World War II, the Egyptian forces on Tiran and Sanafir islands were part of the Egyptian troops protecting Suez canal, according to Egypt's representative at the 659th UN security council meeting on 15 February 1954: In the same meeting, Egypt's representative considered Tiran and Sanafir islands an integral part of the territory of Egypt, since they have been under Egypt's administration since 1906: See also Tiran Island Straits of Tiran References Category:Islands of the Red Sea Category:Islands of Egypt |
Beecroft railway station Beecroft railway station is located on the Main Northern line, serving the Sydney suburb of Beecroft. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line services. History The original Beecroft station opened on 17 September 1886 approximately adjacent to the current Beecroft tennis courts, relocating north to its present site on 7 March 1892. The disused down platform was demolished in the early 1990s. A disused dock platform for produce was located to the west of the platform. As part of the North Sydney Freight Corridor project, an electrified passing loop opened to the west of the station in June 2016. Services Beecroft station is served by a number of bus routes operated by Hillsbus and State Transit. References External links Beecroft station details Transport for New South Wales Category:Railway stations in Sydney Category:Railway stations opened in 1886 Category:Railway stations opened in 1892 Category:Main North railway line, New South Wales |
Amanpur Amanpur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kasganj district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Demographics India census, Amanpur had a population of 9117. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Amanpur has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 20% of the population is under 6 years of age. Now It belongs to newly created district Kasganj. Education Makkhan Lal Inter College (MLIC) is also situated in the city, Baikunthi devi rashtriya shishu sadan Amanpur, komal prasad purv madhyamik vidhyalay, mira devi memorial inter college, nirmala devi higher secondary school, rajveer memorial mahavidhalya amanpur, kushma devi mahavidhalya amanpur, edited by rishabh gupta.(kiit bhubaneswar) References Category:Cities and towns in Kasganj district |
Alpha Gamma Sigma Alpha Gamma Sigma may refer to: Alpha Gamma Sigma (fraternity), a social and professional fraternity in agriculture in the United States Alpha Gamma Sigma (honor society), an honor society for students in California community colleges |
Mike Marquardt Michael Marquardt (born July 10, 1982 in Vista, California) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Arizona State. Marquardt has also been a member of the Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins. Now retired from the NFL, Marquardt enjoys spending time with his family by boating on the river. He also loves smoking meats on his new Traeger. Early years Marquardt attended Rancho Buena Vista High School in Vista, California. He was named a Prep Star magazine All-American and named All C.I.F. and All-league as a senior. He also earned Palomar League Most-Valuable Player honors as a senior when he had 40 tackles and a team-leading 18 sacks while forcing four fumbles and returning one for a touchdown. College career Brigham Young Marquart began his college career at Brigham Young University in 2000, redshirting that year. In 2001, he played in 10 games for the Cougars and had 11 tackles, including five tackles and three sacks. After the 2001 season he served mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He returned for the 2004 season and he played in 11 games, totaling five tackles, including one tackle for loss. Arizona State Marquart sat out 2005 after transferring to Arizona State University. In 2006, he started 12 of 13 games played and was honorable mention All-Pac-10, totaling 25 tackles (18 solo), 7.5 tackles-for-loss, 3.5 sacks. As a senior, in 2007, he started 11 games and again earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 recognition. He totaled 23 tackles (11 solo), two fumble recoveries and 1.5 tackles-for-loss on the year. Both in 2006 and 2007 he was All-Academic Pac-10 and was a semifinalist for the 2007 Draddy Trophy, nicknamed the "Academic Hesiman". Statistics Key: GP - games played; GS - games started; UA - unassisted tackles; AT - assisted tackles; TT - total tackles; T/L - tackles for a loss; Sacks - ; FF – Forced fumble ; FR – Fumbles recovered; PD - passes deflected; Int - interceptions Professional career Pre-draft Marquardt ran a 4.97 forty-yard dash. Cincinnati Bengals After going undrafted in the 2008 NFL Draft, Marquardt signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent. He was waived by the team on July 7. Carolina Panthers Marquardt was then signed by the Carolina Panthers, but was waived on August 6, 2008. Philadelphia Eagles Marquardt was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles on August 10, 2008. He was waived by the team during final cuts, but re-signed to the practice squad on September 1. St. Louis Rams Marquardt was signed by the St. Louis Rams on April 2, 2009, only to be released a month later on May 1. Washington Redskins Marquardt was signed by the Washington Redskins on August 5, 2009 after the team waived defensive tackle Vaka Manupuna. He was waived on August 30. References External links Arizona State Sun Devils bio BYU Cougars bio Philadelphia Eagles bio Washington Redskins bio Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Players of American football from California Category:Latter Day Saints from California Category:American Mormon missionaries in Argentina Category:American football defensive tackles Category:BYU Cougars football players Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football players Category:Cincinnati Bengals players Category:Carolina Panthers players Category:Philadelphia Eagles players Category:St. Louis Rams players Category:Washington Redskins players Category:People from Vista, California |
Nowa Krępa, Przasnysz County Nowa Krępa is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Przasnysz, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. The settlement has a population of 40. References Category:Villages in Przasnysz County |
Sound the Alarm (Booker T. Jones album) Sound the Alarm is the tenth studio album by soul musician Booker T. Jones. It was released in June 2013, and features guest appearances from Gary Clark, Jr., Estelle, Anthony Hamilton and Vintage Trouble. The album marks Jones' return to Stax Records, where he made his name with hits like Green Onions (1962) and his first for the label since Melting Pot in 1971. Track listing References External links Sound the Alarm by Booker T. Jones at iTunes.com Category:Booker T. Jones albums Category:Stax Records albums Category:2013 albums Category:Albums produced by Booker T. Jones Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
David Gregg David Gregg may refer to: David Gregg (minister) (1846–1919), American minister and author David L. Gregg (1819–1868), American diplomat and politician David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1916), farmer, diplomat and Union cavalry general in the American Civil War David Paul Gregg (1923–2001), inventor of the optical disc |
Durbin, North Dakota Durbin is an unincorporated community in Cass County, in the U.S. state of North Dakota. History Durbin was founded in 1881, and given the name of a railroad worker. A post office was established at Durbin in 1881, and remained in operation until 1985. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Cass County, North Dakota Category:Unincorporated communities in North Dakota |
Opole University of Technology Opole University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Opolska; sometimes called in English Technical University of Opole) is a university located in Opole, Poland. The university was founded in 1959 as a consultative branch of Silesian University of Technology. In 1966 it became an independent university known as Wyższa Szkoła Inżynierska w Opolu (Higher School of Engineering in Opole). The name Politechnika Opolska (Opole University of Technology) is used since 1996. The university has over 500 lecturers and over 9000 students. There are seven faculties: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty of Bibin Engg Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer Science Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy Faculty of Economics and Management Faculty of Production Engineering and Logistics Faculty of Technical Systems Engineering In 2008, the Opole University of Technology in Cooperation with the Beijing University of Technology have opened the Opole Confucius Institute. Centre for Cooperation Poland-China Confucius Institute is a non-profit public utility institution whose mission is promoting Chinese language and culture. The Institute is working for the benefit of this University and the Opole local community. The Opole Centre is one of the 200 such offices in the world associated in an international web, whose principal office Hanban (Office of Chinese Language Council International) is situated in Beijing. The Opole University of Technology is also an individual full member of the European University Association (EUA). The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies. External links Official website of the University Department of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Computer Science Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanics and Machine Design Opole Confucius Institute Category:Opole Category:Universities and colleges in Opole Category:Universities and colleges in Poland Category:1966 establishments in Poland |
Atriostella Atriostella is a genus which belongs to the family Microcotylidae and class Monogenea. As all Monogenea, species of Atriostella are ectoparasites that affect their host by attaching themselves as larvae on the gills of the fish and grow into adult stage. This larval stage is called oncomiracidium, and is characterized as free swimming and ciliated. This genus was proposed by Unnithan in 1971 who included in this genus two subgenera: the subgenus Atriostella with a single middorsal unarmed vaginal pore; and the subgenus Biplacunella with a ventral cuticular post-atrial body plaque and a much wider dorsal plaque behind the two unarmed vulvae. Members of the genus Atriostella are characterised by a generally symmetrical haptor, a genital atrium armed with erect long spines of and a muscular penis lobed or not and entirely unarmed. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, 2 species have been attached to this genus: References Category:Microcotylidae Category:Monogenea genera |
The Gift of Asher Lev The Gift of Asher Lev is a novel by Chaim Potok, published in 1990. It is a sequel to Potok's novel My Name Is Asher Lev (1972). Plot summary The brilliant, schismatic Hasidic painter Asher Lev is now a middle-aged man, residing with his wife and children in the south of France. When his beloved Uncle Yitzchok dies, Asher is abruptly summoned back to Brooklyn. Soon after the funeral, he learns that his uncle had secretly been collecting art for many years and has amassed a valuable collection, of which Asher is to be the trustee. Asher is dazzled and makes some tentative efforts to reconcile the Ladover Hasidic community to modern art—for example, by sketching a portrait of his uncle for his grieving father and by teaching a lesson in art appreciation at the school where his daughter has temporarily enrolled. But one of his cousins bitterly resents the art collection and hampers Asher's efforts to use it for charity in his uncle's name. Meanwhile, Asher's parents and the rest of the Ladover community worry because the aging Ladover rebbe has no children and has appointed no successor. What will happen to the Ladover community if the rebbe dies before the Messiah comes? The logical candidate for next rebbe would be Asher's father, Aryeh Lev, who has been one of the rebbe's chief lieutenants for decades, but Asher realizes that the rebbe is reluctant to pass the mantle of authority to Aryeh unless Aryeh has a successor—who cannot be Aryeh's only child, the iconoclast painter. Slowly, Asher realizes that the rebbe and Aryeh both hope that Asher's five-year-old son, Avrumel, will become the ultimate successor to the rebbeship. It is Avrumel who will be "the gift of Asher Lev." Another strand of the plot concerns Asher's wife, Devorah, who is plagued by bitter memories of her parents' deaths in the Holocaust and of her own early childhood, spent in hiding with her cousin Max and his parents. Asher suspects Devorah will seize on her son's eventual succession to rebbeship as some sort of vindication for her family's suffering. In the end, Asher acquiesces in the unspoken plan of succession and decides to save his uncle's art collection until Avrumel grows up, in confidence that Avrumel will know what to do with it. Analysis The novel reflects the then-current debate within the Lubavitcher movement of Hasidim about the anticipated death and succession of their rebbe, Menachem M. Schneerson. The rebbe in both the story and in reality had no children, so succession was a serious issue. The real-life group has not chosen a successor, while the novel reaches a possible solution to the problem in choosing the grandson of a major supporter. There are several parallels between the Ladover group in the novel, and the real-life Lubavitcher group. For example, the Ladovers' headquarters is on 'Brooklyn Parkway', whereas the Lubavitchers' HQ is on Eastern Parkway. The Lubavitchers' secretary was Rabbi Hodakov. In the novel, the Ladovers' secretary is Rabbi Chodorov. Both groups featured a worldwide network of emissaries, a childless rebbe who was widely considered a candidate for Messiah, and a Rebbe who had spent time in Paris and was somewhat worldly in his youth. The novel also hints at the succession in Karlin-Stolin Hasidim, where, when the last prewar rebbe died, his son was only a year old. That son is the current Karlin-Stolin Rebbe, but during his growing years, a subgroup split off and hired a new rebbe, at least temporarily. Perhaps a third book might have dealt with the problems of a |
child-rebbe interregnum in the Ladover group . The novel may also point toward the succession of the Boyan dynasty, in which a son-in-law of the late rebbe, Orthodox but not Hasidic, approved having his son be the next rebbe. Characters Asher Lev – narrator; a middle-aged painter and Ladover Jew who resides in the south of France. Devorah Lev – Asher's wife, an author of children's books. As a small child, Devorah was hidden in a Paris apartment for two years in order to evade the Nazi concentration camps, in which both of her parents perished. Rocheleh Lev – Asher and Devorah's intelligent eleven-year-old daughter. Avrumel Lev – Asher and Devorah's five-year-old son. Max Lobe – Devorah's cousin, a French Jewish artist. John Dorman – An alcoholic, expatriate American novelist; a friend of Asher and Devorah Yitzchok Lev – Asher's supportive uncle who dies in the first chapter; his death inspires a tentative reconciliation between Asher and his father. Cousin Nahum- Asher's cousin who shows him his uncle’s art collection. Cousin Yonkel- Doesn’t like Asher at all he believes Asher and all art is from the other side. He is very rude to Asher throughout most of the story. Aryeh Lev – Asher's father; works for the rebbe traveling to Vienna and Russia to build yeshivas and save Jews from Communist persecution. Rivkeh Lev – Asher's mother, now a professor. Jacob Kahn – a brilliant artist with whom Asher studied as a youth; now an old and dying man. Sequels Potok planned to write a third book about Asher Lev, but he never did so. Notes Category:1990 American novels Category:Alfred A. Knopf books Category:Hasidic Judaism in fiction Category:Jewish American novels Category:Novels by Chaim Potok Category:Sequel novels |
Burning Cane Burning Cane is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Phillip Youmans in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Wendell Pierce, Karen Kaia Livers, Dominique McClellan and Braelyn Kelly. Set in rural Louisiana, we follow Helen Wayne, a deeply religious mother, as she tries to mend both her self-destructive son and the alcoholic pastor of her church. Burning Cane explores both the cyclical nature of vices and dangers of a fundamentalist interoperation of religion. The film was released on October 25, 2019, by Array Releasing. Cast Wendell Pierce as Reverend Tillman Karen Kaia Livers as Helen Wayne Dominique McClellan as Daniel Wayne Braelyn Kelly as Jeremiah Wayne Release The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2019. On September 5, 2019, Array Releasing acquired distribution rights to the film. The film was released theatrically on October 25, 2019, by Array Releasing. Burning Cane premiered on Netflix November 6th, 2019. Reception Burning Cane received generally positive reviews from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 88% approval rating, based on reviews from 32 critics. The site's critical consensus states: "Burning Cane is a compelling look at weighty themes -- and a remarkably assured debut from an impressively talented young filmmaker." Metacritic gives the film a rating of 74 out of 100, based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The film won three awards at Tribeca Film Festival: "Founder Award for Best Narrative Feature", "Best Actor", and "Best Cinematography." See also List of black films of the 2010s References External links Category:2019 films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:2010s drama films Category:American drama films Category:North American film directors Category:American filmmakers Category:Directorial debut films |
Porfiados Porfiados (formerly known as Cría Cuervos) is a punk rock band from Montevideo, Uruguay formed in 1997. Their actual line-up is vocalist and guitarist Leonardo Sereno, guitarist Nicolás Noroña, bassist Diego Palleiro and drummer Pablo Tice. History In 1997, drummer Pablo Tice met bassist Antunez and started the band under the name Cría Cuervos. Vocalist Mauricio Blanco and guitarist Sebastián Tentti joined afterwards rounding up the original line-up. Their first gig happened on October 24, 1997 in El Cielo, a well renowned pub in the underground scene. In 1998 Leonardo Sereno joined the band as vocalist and singer after Mauricio and Sebastián left the band due to personal issues. The trio continued playing live and recorded their debut album Simple which was released in 1999. After many shows they decided it was time to release their second studio album and in 2002 they recorded Ahora ó Nunca, featuring a more evolved punk pop sound. This was one of the first Uruguayan albums to be available online for free. During the next two years they kept performing and in 2004 they took part in Pepsi Bandplugged contest. In 2007 the band released Vendedor de Ilusiones their third album consolidating the band's actual sound. This record was also available for free in their website. It was also the first album to have radio airplay winning the Estamos Rodeados radio contest. Two years later, in 2009, the band recorded the single Maldito Verano which was featured as the presentation of the homonym radio show. Shortly afterwards Antunez left the band, Diego Palleiro started playing the bass in his place and Nicolás Noroña joined the band to play the guitar completing their actual line-up. Current Lineup Leonardo Sereno: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Nicolás Noroña: Lead Guitar Diego Palleiro: Bass Pablo Tice: drums, backing vocals Discography Studio albums Simple (Indie, 1999) Ahora o Nunca (Indie, 2003) Vendedor de Ilusiones (Indie, 2005) Porfiados (Indie, 2010) Episodio 1: Seres Extraños (Indie, 2016) EP'S Maldito Verano (Indie, 2009) A Cielo Abierto (Indie, 2013) Compilations 13 (Trece, 2008) References External links Official Website Category:Pop punk groups Category:Uruguayan rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:1997 establishments in Uruguay |
Migliaro (disambiguation) Migliaro is a frazione of the comune (municipality) of Fiscaglia in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna. Migliaro may also refer to: Places Migliaro, Uruguay, part of Pueblo Lavalleja or Colonia Lavalleja, a village in the Salto Department of northwestern Uruguay. The two populated centres it comprises are called Migliaro and Lluveras People Eugene Migliaro Corporon, American conductor Vincenzo Migliaro (1858–1938), Italian painter born in Naples |
1972 World Orienteering Championships The 4th World Orienteering Championships were held in Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia, 14–16 September 1972. The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women. Medalists Results Women's individual References Category:World Orienteering Championships Category:1972 in Czechoslovak sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia Category:September 1972 sports events in Europe Category:Orienteering in Europe |
Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder associated with a mutation in the enzyme adenine phosphoribosyltransferase. Signs and symptoms Most patients with APRT deficiency have repeated episodes of kidney stones that are not detected by a conventional x-ray study. However, all stones are easily detected by other medical imaging methods such as ultrasound or computerized tomography (CT) scan. A minority of patients develop symptoms of kidney failure. Kidney stones are often associated with severe loin or abdominal pain. Symptoms associated with kidney failure are largely nonspecific such as increased fatigue and weakness, poor appetite, and weight loss. Children with the disease may have similar symptoms as adults. In young children, APRT deficiency can cause reddish-brown diaper spots. Genetics APRT deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. This means the defective gene responsible for the disorder is located on an autosome, and two copies of the defective gene (one inherited from each parent) are required in order to be born with the disorder. The parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive disorder both carry one copy of the defective gene, but usually do not experience any signs or symptoms of the disorder. Characteristics The disorder results in accumulation of the insoluble purine 2,8-dihydroxyadenine. It can result in nephrolithiasis (kidney stones), acute renal failure and permanent kidney damage. More than 300 individuals with this disease have been reported world-wide but it is not known how common this medical problem truly is. Patients with the disease deficiency lack the enzyme adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and therefore have difficulties breaking down dietary substances called purines, resulting in accumulation of a compound called 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (2,8-DHA) that is excreted by the kidneys. Up to 70% of affected patients, have red hair or relatives with this hair color. Diagnosis Treatment References External links Category:Autosomal recessive disorders Category:Kidney diseases Category:Inborn errors of purine-pyrimidine metabolism |
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Saad Mohseni Saad Mohseni (Persian: سعد محسنی; born 23 April 1966) is an Afghan-Australian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of MOBY Group, launched in Afghanistan in 2002 and now active across South and Central Asia and the Middle East. Prior to establishing Moby Group, he headed the equities and corporate finance division of an Australian investment banking firm. Early life Mohseni was born on 23 April 1966 in London, United Kingdom, where his father, Yassin Mohseni, was serving as an Afghan diplomat. Yassin Mohseni served in Kabul, Washington, DC, London, Islamabad, and Tokyo during his 25-year career. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Yassin Mohseni, then serving in Tokyo, resigned from the diplomatic corps and sought asylum. The family relocated to Australia in 1982. Mohseni has two younger brothers, Zaid and Jahid Mohseni, and younger sister Wajma. Mohseni began his banking career as an apprentice at an Australian funds management entity, and later became a commodities and derivatives trader in Melbourne, Sydney, and London, culminating in the management of a trading desk of an Australian investment bank. Return to Afghanistan and launch of media company After the removal of the Taliban government in late 2001, Mohseni and his brothers returned to Afghanistan to participate in the country's reconstruction and launch MOBY Group. They entered the media arena in 2003 by establishing Arman FM, the country's first privately owned radio station. Arman played Western and Afghan pop music, which was groundbreaking after years of Taliban rule, in which all music, television, and independent news had been banned. In 2004, MOBY Group launched TOLO TV, which airs international soap operas, The Voice Afghanistan, Afghan Star, and locally produced dramas. In addition to TOLO TV, MOBY also owns TOLOnews and Lemar TV, a Pashto-language channel. MOBY channels are viewed by over 60 percent of Afghans. MOBY Group's regional expansion In 2009, MOBY launched Farsi1, a general-entertainment satellite channel targeting Persian speakers in the Middle East and West Asia. In 2014, MOBY launched LANA TV in Iraq, the first satellite channel to dub shows into the local Iraqi dialect. MOBY Group now owns 17 businesses operating in seven markets across South and Central Asia and the Middle East, spanning television, radio, production, strategic communications, and digital platforms. References External links Charlie Rose "Saad Mohseni; Rick Levin; the Confidence Code; A Look at the Afghan Elections" (April 2014) Al Jazeera English: Afghanistan's first 24/7 TV channel (8 July 2010) Rachel Maddow: Media as another Front - Saad Mohseni (7 July 2010) Reuters: Afghanistan gets first 24-hour news TV (6 July 2010) Morning Joe (Ken Auletta discussing the Moby Group) (29 June 2010) The New Yorker Profile: Saad Mohseni, Afghanistan's first media mogul (29 June 2010) Rachel Maddow Show "Saad Mohseni on MSNBCs Rachel Maddow" (18 March 2010) On The Media "Saad Mohseni on NPR's On the Media" (5 March 2010)" MSNBC " Saad Mohseni on MSNBC’s Morning Joe" (16 June 2009) The Daily Show " Saad Mohseni speaks to Jon Stewart on the Daily Show" (10 June 2009) Charlie Rose "A Conversation with Saad Mohseni" (January 2008) NPR "Afghan TV Station to Fight Soap Opera Ban" (April 2008) NPR "Emerging Afghan Media Triggering Change" (September 2007) Marketplace/Public Radio "Radical Change on Afghanistan’s Airwaves" (October 2006) ABC Television "Afghan TV" (November 2006) SBS Television "Revolutionary TV (August 2005) Washington Post "David Ignatius: What Afghans Want" (December 2008) Washington Post "Reaching his Prime Time in Afghanistan" (September 2007) New York Times "Amid War, Passion for TV Chefs, Soaps and Idols" (August 2007) Time Magazine "Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan" (December 2006) Fortune |
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Jonas Nordin Jonas Nordin (born 1968) is a Swedish author and historian, and from October 2018 professor in History of books and Libraries at Lund University. Biography Nordin studied history at Stockholm University, and was awarded his Ph.D. in 2000 for his dissertation Ett fattigt men fritt folk. Nationell och politisk självbild i Sverige från sen stormaktstid till slutet av frihetstiden (English title: A poor but free people) (2000), an investigation of the public national and political orientation during Swedish "Great Power Era" (Stormaktstiden) and Age of Liberty (frihetstiden). He became docent 2009 and from 1 October 2018 professor in History of books and Libraries at Lund University. Nordin has received the Swedish literary award Clio Prize (2003), and the Swedish Academy Gustavian Stipendium (Svenska Akademiens gustavianska stipendium) (2014). Selected publications Versailles: slottet, parken, livet, Norstedts, Stockholm 2013, Frihetstidens monarki. Konungamakt och offentlighet i 1700-talets Sverige, Atlantis, Stockholm 2009, Ett fattigt men fritt folk. Nationell och politisk självbild i Sverige från sen stormaktstid till slutet av frihetstiden, B. Östlings bokförl. Symposion, Eslöv 2000, References Biography, Royal Library (in Swedish) Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Swedish-language Wikipedia article. Retrieved on 10 September 2018. Some of the following references are cited by that Swedish-language article: External links Biography, Stockholm University (in Swedish) Biography, Royal Library (in Swedish) Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Swedish historians Category:Swedish scholars and academics Category:Stockholm University alumni Category:People connected to Lund University |
Kelly McLoughlin Kelly McLoughlin is a former association footballer who represented New Zealand at international level. McLoughlin made a solitary official international appearance for New Zealand in a 3–0 win over Singapore on 21 February 1995. References Category:Living people Category:New Zealand association footballers Category:New Zealand international footballers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Association football defenders |
North Macedonia–Ukraine relations North Macedonia–Ukraine relations refers to the bilateral relations of the Republic of North Macedonia and Ukraine. There is a North Macedonian embassy in Kiev, while Ukraine maintains an embassy in Skopje. Ukraine also has a consulate in the North Macedonian city of Bitola. Over the years, there have been several efforts to strengthen relations between the two countries. History Relations between Ukraine and North Macedonia were established on 23 July 1993, when Ukraine recognized the independence of the then Republic of Macedonia. Diplomatic relations were established 20 April 1995 by exchange of notes between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia. In December 1997 in Kiev was opened Embassy of North Macedonia. Diplomatic mission of Ukraine in North Macedonia opened June 2000. Ukraine opened an embassy in the Republic of North Macedonia during November 2001. In July 2019, the two countries signed a deal allowing for visa-free travel for citizens of both countries in the other. Economic cooperation In 2011, a number of buses built in a factory in the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, were exported to North Macedonia, numbering close to 100. Ukrainian buses are used in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. As of that year, the Lviv bus plant was the sole supplier of buses to North Macedonia. Political cooperation A deal was reached between the ministries of culture of the two countries to sell wax figures from a Kiev factory to a cultural museum of North Macedonia in August 2008. It was part of an agreement to expand cooperation between North Macedonia and Ukraine in the fields of culture, education, and science. North Macedonian ambassadors to Ukraine The list of ambassadors of North Macedonia to Ukraine. Vlado Blazhevski Martin Huleski Ilija Isajlovski Aco Spacenoski Stolye Zemjkosky See also Foreign relations of North Macedonia Foreign relations of Ukraine Embassy of North Macedonia, Kiev External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine — Embassies of Ukraine: Republic of North Macedonia References Ukraine Category:Bilateral relations of Ukraine |
Black Knight (company) Black Knight, Inc., formerly known as Black Knight Financial Services, is an American corporation that provides integrated technology, services, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries. On January 3, 2014, Fidelity National Financial acquired Lender Processing Services (LPS) and renamed it to Black Knight Financial Services. On October 2, 2017, upon the completion of a distribution by Fidelity National Financial of its equity interest in Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., the company rebranded as simply Black Knight (). Two attorneys who investigated LPS as part of their work for Florida's Economic Crime Division resigned under pressure from Attorney General Pam Bondi, the recipient of large campaign contributions from LPS. History The mortgage business segment of Fidelity National Information Services was spun off in 2008 to become a fully independent, publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol LPS Jeffery Carbiener, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity National Information Services at the time of the divide, became the first President and Chief Executive Officer of LPS. The 2010 robo-signing scandal exposed mass forgeries and other unethical behavior that was occurring within the company and continued thereafter. In addition to the federal government, states such as Nevada began filing legal proceedings against employees of the company. The consequences of these business practices were featured in an episode of 60 Minutes. Eventually LPS settled with the federal government and other states. On March 14, 2011, the Company's subsidiary, LPS Mortgage Processing Solutions, Inc., acquired PCLender.com, Inc. (PCLender.com). In May 2012, Constellation Software Inc. acquired the assets of the Local Government Solutions division of the Company. In July 2012, the Company acquired LendingSpace, a provider of mortgage loan origination software. On October 5, 2011, LPS named Hugh Harris President and CEO. Prior to coming to LPS, Harris served as President of the Financial Services Technology division at Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Information Services. Before joining Fidelity National Financial, Harris was President and CEO of HomeSide Lending, Inc., where he was responsible for one of the world's largest full-service mortgage companies. On January 3, 2014 LPS was renamed Black Knight Financial Services after being acquired by Fidelity National Financial, which was ranked #314 among Fortune 500 Companies in 2015. LPS product offerings support origination, servicing, portfolio retention and default servicing. Its offerings include LoanSphere MSP, a mortgage loan servicing platform, which is used to service approximately 50 percent of all U.S. mortgages by dollar volume. The company also provides proprietary data and analytics for the mortgage, real estate and capital markets industries. LPS was a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, previously employing approximately 8,000 professionals. On October 2, 2017, upon the completion of a distribution by Fidelity National Financial of its equity interest in Black Knight Financial Services, Inc., the company rebranded as simply Black Knight and began trading under the NYSE symbol BKI (). In August 2018, Black Knight launched LoanSphere Actionable Intelligence Platform to provide lenders with actionable intelligence. On November 06, 2019, PennyMac Financial Services filed an antitrust lawsuit against Black Knight for anti-competitive practices. References Category:Fidelity National Financial Category:Financial services companies established in 2014 Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Category:Financial technology companies Category:Brooklyn, Jacksonville Category:Financial services companies based in Jacksonville, Florida Category:2014 establishments in Florida |
Our Lady Academy (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi) Our Lady Academy (OLA) is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls high school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi. It is the only all-female Catholic school in Mississippi. Background Our Lady Academy was established in 1971 by the Sisters of Mercy at the same location as a previous all-girls high school, St. Joseph Academy, which operated from 1855 to 1967. St. Joseph Academy closed after it was severely damaged by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. There was talk of reopening St. Joseph Academy until Hurricane Camille hit in 1969. Our Lady Academy is an exceptional school that excels in education, standardized test scores, and athletics. The relatively small campus, consisting of only a few buildings and a gym, is located on the beach of Bay St. Louis. OLA's mascot is the Crescent and the teams are known as "The Crescents." The Our Lady Academy soccer team has won 7 state titles in recent years for the 1A/2A/3A division. The volleyball team has many state titles to their name as well. Our Lady Academy was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Classes resumed two months after the storm, sharing resources with nearby all-boys Saint Stanislaus College. The motto for the two schools after Hurricane Katrina was "Two Schools, One Spirit." Notes and references External links School Website Category:Educational institutions established in 1971 Category:Girls' schools in Mississippi Category:Private middle schools in Mississippi Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Biloxi Category:Catholic secondary schools in Mississippi Category:Schools in Hancock County, Mississippi |
Rie Kanda is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Kanda is also known under the names Asamiya Saki, Saitou Aiko, Saeki Ami, Suzuki Mari, Tokiwa Misaki, Mimura Sakiko and Mimura Shoko. Filmography Anime Ah! My Goddess (Tennis club member) (Ep. 1) Demonbane (Al-Azif, Etheldreda) Figure 17 (Minoru Kaneko) Fortune Arterial (Sendō Erika) (2010) Gakuen Alice (Anna, Kawako Usami) (Eps. 3 and 5) Gravitation (Woman) (Ep. 1) Gunparade Orchestra (Natsuko Saitou) Hanaukyo Maid Tai (Maid 1) (Ep. 5) Madlax (Female Student B) (Ep. 2) PaRappa the Rapper (Gallery, Mother) (Eps. 17 and 25) Shrine of the Morning Mist (Izumi Sakibara) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (Information Desk Attendant) Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (Honami Fujieda) Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito (Seiren) Games Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (Popo) Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny (Poe, Dour) Atelier Judie ~The Alchemist of Gramnad~ (Judith Volltone) Demonbane (Al Azif, Etheldreda) Ever 17 (Additional Voices) Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (Shara) Heart de Roommate (Asumi Hirota) Growlanser V (Vanette) Shadow Hearts: From the New World (Hildegard Valentine) Super Robot Wars UX (Al Azif) Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni: Operation Sanctuary (Honami Fujieda) Drama CDs Mix Mix Chocolate (Schoolgirl 2) External links Rie Kanda at the Seyuu Database Category:81 Produce voice actors Category:Living people Category:Japanese voice actresses Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
Deborah Bone Deborah Louise Bone (10 January 1963 – 30 December 2014) was a British mental health nurse who created the Brainbox, co-created Step2 and who became the subject of the Pulp song "Disco 2000", written by her close friend Jarvis Cocker. Early years Bone was born in Sheffield, England, where her mother was friends with the mother of Jarvis Cocker, later a founder member of Pulp. When Bone was 10, her family moved to Letchworth, but she and Cocker remained friends. At the age of 16, she began volunteering at Fairfield Hospital in Stotfold. She was the subject of Cocker's song "Disco 2000", released in 1995, in which he sang: Cocker performed the song at her 50th birthday party. Career Bone qualified as a mental health nurse, eventually working for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust as a service manager for early intervention and adolescent mental health service. While there, she set up their 'Step2 health' service as well as the Brainbox, which was created as a way to assist young people dealing with stress. It was announced in the 2015 New Year's honours list that she had been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for "her services to children’s mental health". Death Bone was affected by the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma. She died at home on 30 December 2014, just eleven days short of her 52nd birthday in 2015 and the day her MBE was announced, and was survived by her husband Colin and two daughters.. References External links Bone's blog Category:1963 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:People from Sheffield Category:Mental health in England Category:English nurses Category:People from Letchworth Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma Category:Deaths from cancer in England |
Kyōhei Kamezawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons for the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). On December 2, 2019, he become free agent. References External links NPB.com Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Chunichi Dragons players Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players Category:Japanese baseball players Category:Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Category:Baseball people from Okayama Prefecture |
With a Song in My Heart (John Pizzarelli album) With a Song in My Heart is a 2008 album by jazz singer and swing jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli, celebrating the music of Richard Rodgers. Track listing "With a Song in My Heart"3:49 "This Can't Be Love"2:27 "I Like to Recognize the Tune"4:36 "It's Easy To Remember"4:13 "Johnny One Note"2:59 "Nobody's Heart"4:12 "Happy Talk"4:25 "Mountain Greenery"2:47 "I Have Dreamed"3:40 "The Lady Is a Tramp"2:34 "She Was Too Good to Me"4:36 "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"2:59 All music composed by Richard Rodgers, with all lyrics by Lorenz Hart, except "Happy Talk", "I Have Dreamed" and "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught", lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Personnel John Pizzarelliguitar, vocals Larry Fullerpiano Martin Pizzarellibass Tony Tedescodrums John Moscatrombone, baritone horn Andy Fuscoalto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Kenny Bergerbaritone saxophone, bass clarinet Tony Kadlechtrumpet, flugelhorn Special guests Bucky Pizzarelliguitar (track 4) Cesar Camargo Marianopiano (track 7) Don SebeskySwing Seven Arrangements References Category:2008 albums Category:John Pizzarelli albums Category:Vocal jazz albums Category:Telarc Records albums |
Subhasis Chaudhuri Subhasis Chaudhuri (born 1963) is an Indian electrical engineer and director at IIT Bombay. He is a former K. N. Bajaj Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He is known for his pioneering studies on Computer vision and is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. the National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian Academy of Sciences, and Indian National Science Academy. He is also a fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2004. Biography Subhasis Chaudhuri, born on 1 March 1963 at Bahutali, a small village in Murshidabad district, West Bengal to Santa and Nihar Kumar Chaudhuri, earned his graduate degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1985. Moving to Canada, he obtained a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary in 1987 and joined the University of California, San Diego for his doctoral studies from where he secured a PhD in 1990. He returned to India the same year and started his career at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay as an assistant professor. He was promoted as an associate professor in 1994 and as a professor in 1998 and in 2005, he became the head of the department of electrical engineering, a post he held till 2008. During this period, he had three sabbaticals abroad; as a visiting professor at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1996) and at University of Paris XI (2002–03) and as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Technical University of Munich (May–June 2007). He continues his service at IIT Bombay as a director and holds the K. N. Bajaj Chair. Chaudhuri is married to Sucharita Chatterjee and the couple has two children, Ushasi and Syomantak. The family lives in Powai, a suburb of Mumbai. Legacy Chaudhuri's work have been mainly in the areas of pattern recognition, image processing, and computer vision. He is known to have developed a number of techniques including a methodology for acquiring super-resolved depth map from defocus and is one of the pioneers of researches in motion-free super-resolution. His work covered the fields of motion estimation, restoration, computational photography and biomedical image analysis which has applications in cytology, microscopy, material science, biomedical science and pharmaceutics. Computational haptics is another area of his researches. He has developed several new methodologies and holds US and Indian patents for a number of them. He has documented his researches by way of several articles; Google Scholar and ResearchGate, online article repositories of scientific articles, have listed many of them. Besides, he has co-authored six books viz. Motion-Free Super-Resolution, Hyperspectral Image Fusion, Blind Image Deconvolution: Methods and Convergence, Depth From Defocus: A Real Aperture Imaging Approach, Video Analysis and Repackaging for Distance Education and Ambulation Analysis in Wearable ECG and edited two more, Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society: An IFIP TC9 (Computers and Society) Handbook and Super-Resolution Imaging. Chaudhuri sat in the editorial boards of several journals including International Journal of Computer Vision of Springer, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and IET Computer Vision of Institution of Engineering and Technology. He chaired a program at the 2005 edition of International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) at Beijing |
and served as the program chair of Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP) held in 2006 at Mumbai; he also co-chaired the 2002 edition of ICVGIP. He has delivered invited or plenary speeches in several conferences including the Fifth National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG) held in December 2015 at Patna and has been involved in external teaching programs of IIT Bombay and other institutions. He serves as a member of the Council of the Indian National Science Academy, the Publications Committee of International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA 2016) and the Advisory Council of the Information Technology Research Academy. As the Dean of International Relations of IIT Bombay, he has been involved in inter-institutional cooperations; spearheading the IITB's efforts to open an off-campus in New York and the establishment of cooperation with International Cooperation Between the Advanced Institute of Manufacturing With High-Tech Innovations (AIM-HI), Taiwan count among them. Patents Visual Object Tracking With Scale and Orientation Adaptation A methodology for tracking objects in a video by segmenting an object in a video and tracking the location of each segments. The method has applications in remote sensing, surveillance and monitoring, and military. Image Object Tracking and Segmentation Using Active Contours A method of segmentation of video images involving identification of object contours and segmenting contours using an estimation of weighted length of contour segments. Device and Method for Automatically recreating a Content Preserving and Compression Efficient Lecture Video A video lesson, which involves merging of video and audio data captured by several fixed cameras placed in the lecture room, requires intense manual labor for converting it into a video lecture. Chaudhuri's method provides recreation of a lecture by automatic merging of the video and audio content by preserving content and compression efficiency. The system eliminates redundant and unstructured data streams. System for creating a capsule representation of an instructional video This method involves generation of a compressed video capsule of a lecture by recognizing activities and segmenting them based on the parameters of talking head, writing hand and slideshow using Hidden Markov model. The process separates the content frames of writing hand and slideshow from the non-content frames of talking head and a capsule is generated by selecting suitable content and non-content frames. System and method for fusing images The method involves identification and segregation of images into plurality of sets and fusing the sets into a fused image. Several such fused images are fused again to generate the desired fused image. Awards and honors Chaudhuri received the Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai Research Award of the Physical Research Laboratory in 2011, followed by the Prof. S. V. C. Aiya Memorial Award of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, the same year. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2004. The Prof. H.H. Mathur Excellence in Research Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay reached him in 2007 and he received the G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research from the K. K. Birla Foundation in 2010. A year later, he was awarded the 2011 NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award. Chaudhuri has received three major research fellowships in his career; starting with Swarnajayanti Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology in 2003, followed by the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship in 2007 and J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2008. The year 2003 brought him two more honors viz. |
the elected fellowships of the National Academy of Sciences, India. and Indian National Academy of Engineering. Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as their fellow in 2005 and he became a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2011. In 2012, he received the elected fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy. Selected bibliography Authored books Edited books Articles See also Facial recognition system Super-resolution imaging Haptic technology Active contour model Notes References External links Further reading Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science Category:1963 births Category:Indian scientific authors Category:Indian electrical engineers Category:Indian computer scientists Category:People from Murshidabad district Category:Bengali people Category:Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur alumni Category:University of Calgary alumni Category:University of California, San Diego alumni Category:Indian Institute of Technology Bombay faculty Category:University of Erlangen-Nuremberg faculty Category:University of Paris faculty Category:Alexander von Humboldt Fellows Category:Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Category:Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India Category:Fellow Members of the IEEE Category:20th-century Indian inventors Category:Living people Category:Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering Category:Engineers from West Bengal Category:20th-century Indian engineers Category:21st-century inventors |
William Hoge William Hoge may refer to: William Hoge (Pennsylvania politician), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania William Hoge (California politician), Member of the California State Assembly William M. Hoge, United States Army general |
Claudio Cucinotta Claudio Cucinotta (born 22 January 1982) is an Italian cyclist. Palmares 2007 National Team Pursuit Champion (with Alessandro De Marchi, Giairo Ermeti and Matteo Montaguti) 6th Scheldeprijs 9th Paris–Bruxelles 2008 National Scratch Champion 1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia 2010 1st Stages 3 & 7 Tour of Japan 8th GP Costa Degli Etruschi References Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Italian male cyclists |
Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide "Bean Torrach, fa Tuar Broide", also known as "A Child Born in Prison", is a 14th-century Early Modern Irish poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh. The Text (extract) The following are the first three verses of the poem, followed by an English translation. Bean torrach, fa tuar broide, do bhí i bpríosún pheannaide, berar dho chead Dé na ndúl, lé leanabh beag sa bhríosún. Ar n-a bhreith do bhí an macámh ag fás mar gach bhfochlocán, dá fhiadhnaibh mar budh each dhún, seal do bhliadhnaibh sa bhríosun. An inghean d’fhagháil bhroise — meanma an leinbh níor lughaide, sí dhá réir gé dho bhaoi i mbroid, mar mhnaoi gan phéin gan pheannaid Translation A pregnant woman (sorrow’s sign) once there was, in painful prison. The God of Elements let her bear in prison there a little child. The little boy, when he was born, grew up like any other child (plain as we could see him there) for a space of years, in prison. That the woman was a prisoner did not lower the baby’s spirits. She minded him, though in prison, like one without punishment or pain. On the subject Review: Athnuachan an traidisiúin . External links http://www.leabharmor.net/leabharmor/Bean%20Torrach,%20fa%20Tuar%20Broide.aspx Category:14th-century poems Category:Irish literature Category:Irish poems Category:Irish texts Category:Early Irish literature Category:Irish-language literature |
Bassin de Lampy The Bassin de Lampy was created during 1777 and 1781 when a dam was placed on the Lampy Valley in the Aude department in south-central France. The reservoir provides a source of water for the Canal du Midi. It was originally proposed in 1665 by the commission created by Louis XIV of France to evaluate Pierre-Paul Riquet's plan for the canal enterprise. The original reservoir in support of the canal was at Bassin de St. Ferréol. In 1776 a link was provided between the canal and the Aude and the Canal de la Robine at Narbonne. This connection and an increase in barge traffic led to a requirement for more water. A short time after the dam was complete, leaks were found. They were stopped by pouring a large quantity of quick lime into the reservoir. The particles of lime thus suspended and were carried into the leaking areas and filled all the openings in the joints of masonry and even into the stone. The feeder canal from the basin to the canal is 52,552m. The basin covers some 24 hectares and contains some 1,600,000 cubic metres of water. It flows into the Bassin de St. Ferréol. References External links Picture Picture Map Notes Every coordinate I have seen for the Lampy Reservoir has the location to the west of the actual water. e.g. Google Earth has the coordinates as Category:Canal du Midi Category:Reservoirs in France |
Natalya Sayko Natalya Petrovna Saiko (, born 12 January 1948) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1969. Selected filmography Confrontation (Противостояние) as Anna Petrova (1985) Sofia Kovalevskaya (Софья Ковалевская) as Yulia Lermontova (1985) Professor Dowell's Testament (Завещание профессора Доуэля) as Angelika, Monika, Eva (1984) Crazy Day of Engineer Barkasov (Безумный день инженера Баркасова) as Zoya Barkasova (1983) Golos (Голос) as Yulia Martynova (1982) Moon Rainbow (Лунная радуга) as Lyudmila Bakulina (1983) Hopelessly Lost (Совсем пропащий) as Mary Jane (1973) References External links Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Russian film actresses Category:Soviet film actresses Category:Actresses from Tallinn Category:Honored Artists of the RSFSR |
So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 4) Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada is a dance reality show and competition that airs on CTV. It is hosted by ETalk correspondent Leah Miller. Auditions Open auditions for this season were held in the following locations, with one or two guest judges joining Jean-Marc, Tré, and Luther at the Judges' Table: Finals Week Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy, Nico Archambault, Sean Cheesman, France Mousseau, Rex Harrington Finals Elimination chart The song played for the eliminated female contestants is "This Is My Now" by Jordin Sparks. The song played for the eliminated male contestants is "Life After You" by Daughtry. Men Women Performances Week 1 (July 11, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy Week 3 (July 25, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Nico Archambault, Mary Murphy Week 5 (August 8, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Dan Karaty, Melissa Williams, Rex Harrington Week 7 (August 22, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Stacey Tookey, Mary Murphy Solos: Week 9 (September 5, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy Group Dances: Top 3 Girls: "What About Us"—ATB (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels) Top 3 Guys: "We Will Rock You''—Queen (Jazz; Choreographer: Melissa Williams) Top 6: "Sail"—Awolnation (Contemporary; Choreographer: Sabrina Matthews) Solos: Result shows Week 1 (July 12, 2011) Group dance: Top 22: "On the Floor"—Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Luther Brown) Solos: New partners: Geisha Chin François Pruneau Week 2 (July 19, 2011) Group dance: Top 20: "Haddipa"—Pritam & Mika Singh (Bollywood; Choreographer: Longinus Fernandes) Solos: Week 3 (July 26, 2011) Group dance: Top 18: "El Tango de Roxanne"—Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman & José Feliciano/"No Pregunto Cuantons Son"—Bajofondo (Tango/Musical theatre; Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo) Solos: Week 4 (August 2, 2011) Group dance: Top 16: "God is Able"—Smokie Norful (Contemporary; Choreographer: Blake McGrath) Solos: Week 5 (August 9, 2011) Group dance: Top 14: " Rumour Has It"—Adele (Jazz; Choreographer: Melissa Williams) Solos: New partners: Yuliya Zavadska Shane Simpson Week 6 (August 16, 2011) Group dance: "Dirty Dancer"—Enrique Iglesias feat. Usher & Lil Wayne (Ballroom; Choreographers: Jean-Marc Généreux and France Mousseau) Solos: Week 7 (August 23, 2011) Group dance: "Heavy in Your Arms"—Florence and the Machine (Contemporary; Choreographer: Sabrina Matthews) Solos: Week 8 (August 30, 2011) Group dance: "Vogue"—Madonna (Jazz; Choreographer: Sean Cheesman) Solos: Week 9 (September 11, 2011) Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Mia Michaels, Rex Harrington, Sean Cheesman, Sergio Trujillo, Mary Murphy, Luther Brown Group dances: Top 22 & Judges: "Showdown"—The Black Eyed Peas (Theatre; Choreographer: Sergio Trujillo) Top 20: "Haddipa"—Pritam & Mika Singh (Bollywood; Choreographer: Longinus Fernandes) Top 3 girls: "What About Us"—ATB (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels) Top 22: "On the Floor"—Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Luther Brown) Top 10: "Marching On"; (Contemporary/September 11 attacks tribute; Choreographer: Stacey Tookey) Top 6: "No Turning Back" (Contemporary; Choreographer: Sean Cheesman) Judges' picks: External links So You Think You Can Dance Canada Category:2011 Canadian television seasons Season 04 |
Lovill Bluff Lovill Bluff () is a rock and snow coastal bluff at the western end of Siple Island, off the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The bluff stands southwest of the summit of Mount Siple and marks the north side of the entrance to Pankratz Bay. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for James E. Lovill, the United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist-in-charge at Byrd Station in 1965. References Category:Cliffs of Marie Byrd Land |
By Moonlight By Moonlight is a book written by Peter Churchill, DSO, Croix de Guerre, published in 1958. It is a fictional book based on the true story of the RAF supplying arms and supplies to the Maquis des Glières, who were the first French resistance group to fight a pitched battle against the Germans in World War II. Churchill worked with the Maquis des Glières during his wartime activities in the French section of the Special Operations Executive. Synopsis By Moonlight is a fictional book based on the true story of the RAF supplying arms and supplies to the Maquis des Glières, who were the first French resistance group to fight a pitched battle against the Germans. Their leader, Tom Morel, whittled down his numbers to 450 picked men of whom 50 were Spaniards, and made them all take an oath "Vivre libre ou mourir" (live free or die) to fight for their freedom. His motto is carved on the stone monument inside the Morette Cemetery on the Annecy-Thones road where 112 men, including their commanding officer, lie as a constant reminder of their epic battle in March 1944. Surrounded by 10,000 soldiers of a German Mountain Division armed with 88-millimetre guns and three-inch mortars, and battered in advance by two squadrons of Stuka Dive Bombers, this handful of men fought against 22 times their number. With the loss of only 12 men they killed 300 Germans before escaping over a snowbound pass. The other 100 graves in the cemetery are fighters were betrayed by the French Militia who recognised them later in the valley, and all were tortured before being executed. References External links Maquis des Glières The Battle of Glières National cemetery of the Glieres French War Cemetery - Glières Resistance Museum of Morette La Balme-de-Thuy Category:Books by Peter Churchill Category:1958 books Category:World War II books |
Tomáš Belic Tomáš Belic (born 2 July 1978) is a Slovak footballer who plays for AFC Nové Mesto nad Váhom. His former club was Spartak Myjava in the Fortuna Liga. Club career Belic previously played for Panionios F.C., 1. FC Brno and FK Teplice in the Czech Gambrinus liga. He has also played for FC Spartak Trnava and FK AS Trenčín in the Slovak Superliga. He signed a two-and-one-half year contract with Panionios on 22 December 2008. Coaching career Belic started as a youth goalkeeper coach at Trenčín. He was promoted to the first team goalkeeper coach in July 2018 under manager Ricardo Moniz. References External links Guardian Football Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Trenčín Category:Slovak footballers Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:FK Dubnica players Category:MŠK Žilina players Category:AS Trenčín players Category:FC Spartak Trnava players Category:FC Zbrojovka Brno players Category:SK Dynamo České Budějovice players Category:MFK Vítkovice players Category:FK Teplice players Category:Panionios F.C. players Category:MŠK Púchov players Category:FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Category:FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Category:Spartak Myjava players Category:Slovak Super Liga players Category:Czech First League players Category:Superleague Greece players Category:Slovak expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate footballers in Greece Category:Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Greece |
Copa Casino The Copa Casino was a casino located in Gulfport, Mississippi (USA). Prior to its destruction in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, it operated a small casino that catered to local residents. The casino was originally housed in a former cruise ship, the Pride of Galveston, then later on a barge built to resemble an on-shore building, but which still floated on water to comply with Mississippi dockside gaming laws. The facility was located in a berth of the Mississippi State Docks. History As one of the two only casinos in Gulfport or Biloxi to not have an attached hotel (Other than Boomtown Casino), the Copa catered to a locals market, featuring low-minimum table games and relatively high paybacks on slot machines and video poker. The storm surge from Katrina swept the barge onto the parking lot of the neighboring Grand Casino Gulfport, with the barge coming to rest against the Grand's parking deck. In December 2005, Harrah's Entertainment announced a deal to sell the former Grand site and remaining assets to the owners of the Copa. The Copa owners are using the new site for the new Island View Casino, which has opened a temporary land-based facility (now allowed after regulations were relaxed after Katrina) in the Grand's former hotel on the north side of Beach Boulevard. The new Phase I facility features the company's first hotel. Category:Defunct casinos in the United States Category:Casinos in Mississippi Category:Buildings and structures in Gulfport, Mississippi |
Walter Bianchi Walter Bianchi (born November 7, 1963 in Aarau, Switzerland) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a defender, usually as a left-back, although he was also capable of playing on the right. Playing career Bianchi made his Serie A debut with A.C. Milan on 13 September 1987, in a 3–1 away win over Pisa. He spent two seasons with the club, who were being coached by Arrigo Sacchi at the time, playing five games in Serie A; he won the 1987–88 Serie A title with the club and the 1988–89 European Cup. His career was hampered by injuries; he had to undergo ten surgeries in twelve years overall. On 28 July 1992, he was hurt in a traffic accident involving the team bus of Hellas Verona F.C. and fell into a coma for several days. He recovered in a few months. Honours Milan Serie A champion: 1987–88. Supercoppa Italiana winner: 1988. European Cup winner: 1988–89. References Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Italian footballers Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Rimini F.C. 1912 players Category:Brescia Calcio players Category:Parma Calcio 1913 players Category:A.C. Milan players Category:Torino F.C. players Category:Cosenza Calcio 1914 players Category:Hellas Verona F.C. players Category:Association football defenders Category:People from Aarau |
Warburton railway line The Warburton railway line just outside Melbourne, Australia, was a railway branching off from the Healesville line at the present terminus, Lilydale. History The route between Lilydale and Warburton was originally proposed to be built as one of four experimental narrow gauge lines, but the recommendation was not accepted and the Warburton line opened as a railway on Wednesday, 13 November 1901. The line from Lilydale to Warburton was slightly over long. The last train ran on Sunday, 1 August 1965, although the official closure was on 29 July 1965. Services Throughout its life the Warburton line had both passenger and goods services (passenger services generally running as a shuttle between Lilydale and Warburton stations), although passenger services dwindled during the later years. Current status Although the track was dismantled in the 1970s, the Warburton line right-of-way is intact, except for a short section leased to Mount Lilydale Mercy College. All the bridges are still in place, except the one that previously crossed the Maroondah Highway. A new bridge, allowing the highway to be safely crossed by cyclists and pedestrians, was completed in 2011. The route formerly used by the line is now the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail, a pedestrian, bicycle and equestrian trail. See also Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail The Official website Visit Warburton - Warburton Valley Community and Economic Development Association (CEDA) Historical Train Photos of Warburton D3 639; Electric E 1106 - WarburtonInfo.com Category:Closed Melbourne railway lines Category:Rail trails in Victoria (Australia) Category:5 ft 3 in gauge railways in Australia Category:Railway lines opened in 1901 Category:Railway lines closed in 1965 Category:1901 establishments in Australia Category:1965 disestablishments in Australia |
1620 Robben Island earthquake The 1620 Robben island earthquake is widely accepted as the oldest recorded earthquake in South African history. It reportedly occurred on 7 April 1620 off Robben Island, with a Mercalli intensity of II–IV (Weak–Light). The event was observed by Augustin de Beaulieu, who was leading a fleet of three ships on Table Bay at the time, who recorded "two startling thunderclaps like cannon shots while ship was becalmed near Robben Island" between 6:00 and 7:00. In 2012, Sharad Master of the South African Journal of Science has disputed the accuracy of the recording of the event, concluding that the thunderclaps were very likely atmospheric phenomena. He argues that it was the slight quake which occurred off Cape Town in 1690 which is actually the oldest recorded one in South Africa which can be verified, of Mercalli intensity III. References Category:Earthquakes in South Africa Category:1620 earthquakes Category:1620s in South Africa Category:Robben Island |
Ab Bidak-e Zilayi Ab Bidak-e Zilayi (, also Romanized as Āb Bīdak-e Zīlāyī; also known as Āb Bīdak) is a village in Zilayi Rural District, Margown District, Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 218, in 43 families. References Category:Populated places in Boyer-Ahmad County |
649 __NOTOC__ Year 649 (DCXLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 649 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire Arab–Byzantine War: Arab naval forces under Abdullah ibn Saad conquer Cyprus, sacking the capital Constantia after a short siege, and looting the rest of the island. The Cypriots agree to pay the same revenue as they have done to Emperor Constans II. Constans II orders Olympius, exarch of the Exarchate of Ravenna, to arrest Pope Martin I on the ostensible grounds that the pope's election has not been submitted to the emperor for approval, but in fact because of the Lateran Council of 649's condemnation of Monothelitism and the Type of Constans. Olympius attempts to gain the support of the citizens of Rome and the bishops, with little success, and perhaps considers the assassination of the Pope. Europe January 20 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. Arabian Empire Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, governor of Syria, develops an Arab navy in the Levant and uses it to confront the Byzantine Empire in the Aegean Sea. It is manned by Monophysitise Christian, Coptic and Syrian Christian sailors. China January 19 – The Tang campaign against Kucha ends after the forces of Kucha surrender, following a 40-day siege led by general Ashina She'er, establishing Chinese control over the northern Tarim Basin (Xinjiang). July 10 – Emperor Tai Zong dies after a 23-year reign, in which he has restored the civil administration in the Chinese Empire. He is succeeded by his son Gao Zong, age 20, who becomes ruler of the Tang dynasty. Japan Emperor Kōtoku has Soga no Kurayamada accused of treason. He strangles himself at the temple of Yamada-dera. Other relatives of the Soga clan are captured and executed. By topic Religion May 14 – Pope Theodore I dies after a 7-year reign, in which he has shown generosity to the poor. He is succeeded on July 5 by Martin I as the 74th pope. October 5 – The Lateran Council of 649, summoned by Theodore and carried forward by Martin, opens. It strongly condemns Monothelitism and the Type of Constans. Births Approximate date – Wang Bo, Chinese poet (d. 676) Xue Ne, Chinese general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 720) Deaths March – John Climacus, Syrian monk and writer (b. c.579) May 2 – Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian and Maphrian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565) May 14 – Pope Theodore I, Jerusalem-born Greek pontiff July 2 – Li Jing, Chinese general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 571) July 6 – Goar of Aquitaine, Catholic priest and hermit (b. c.585) July 10 – Taizong, Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (b. 598) December 3 – Birinus, French-born Bishop of Dorchester in Wessex (b. c.600) Rogallach mac Uatach, Irish king of Connacht (murdered) Soga no Kurayamada, Japanese udaijin Songtsen Gampo, founder of the Tibetan Empire References |
Neil Voss Neil Voss (born October 7, 1974) is a video game composer. Voss' first recognized work was on Tetrisphere for Nintendo 64 in 1997, an acclaimed effort that earned him a "Best Soundtrack" award from Nintendo Power for that year. Later he composed tracks for The New Tetris in 1999, also for Nintendo 64. Voss later moved to working on the Game Boy Advance, producing soundtracks for Racing Gears Advance in collaboration with Orbital Media Inc.. Many of his compositions for the Commodore 64 are available in The High Voltage SID Collection. Background At the early age of 12, Neil Voss began playing with electronic music on his Commodore 64 and this hobby soon became a big part of his life. He later became an underground electronic music developer, but saw his fellow composers signing to game developers, and so he joined H20, a third party developer for Atari’s Jaguar. His first project was Phear, but after Jaguar failed, it was moved to Nintendo and expanded into Tetrisphere. As audio director, Voss produced, composed, and engineered the whole soundtrack for Tetrisphere, which some say made the game a hit. Voss went on to create more hit techno music in the N64 puzzle game, The New Tetris. This soundtrack became an instant favorite. Later, in 2005, Voss worked on Racing Gears Advance for Game Boy Advance. which won for "Best Use of Sound" by IGN. References Composing Tetrisphere – Interview with Neil Voss (Part I) at IGN on June 15, 1998 Interview With Neil Voss (Part II) at IGN on June 16, 1998 Neil Voss: The Melody Behind the Addiction – Interview with Voss at nintendojo External links Performing at Blip Festival in 2006 (video), courtesy of 2PlayerProductions List of Neil Voss' songs at Last.fm Alinear.net – Neil Voss' own business Category:1974 births Category:American male composers Category:21st-century American composers Category:Living people Category:Video game composers Category:People from Tampa, Florida Category:Musicians from Tampa, Florida Category:21st-century American male musicians |
Toledo Mercurys The Toledo Mercurys are a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo Franchise was the first IHL franchise to be granted outside of the Windsor-Detroit area, for the cost of $1000 to Virgil Gladeaux of Toledo. The Mercurys existed 15 seasons in total from 1947 to 1962 with some minor naming variations. Toledo was successful on the ice, being the first IHL team to win multiple Turner Cup championships, and the first to do so consecutively. History The Mercurys won the Turner during their first year of operation in the 1947–48 season. Toledo defeated the Windsor Hettche Spitfires four games to one in the IHL championship series. Team coach and manager Andy Mulligan had signed nine players from his native Manitoba to build the team, including team captain and right-winger Max Labovitch, center Barney O'Connell and left wing Jake Kernahan . The Mercurys later won the United States Amateur hockey title, defeating the Elveth Rangers in two games, and the New York Rovers in three games. In the 1948–49 season, the team played in both the north and south division of the IHL, because the team owners wanted to play more games. The Mercurys of the north division won the J. P. McGuire Trophy that year by capturing the IHL North title. In a rematch of the previous season's IHL championship, Windsor defeated Toledo four games to three. For the 1949–50 season, the team was known as the Toledo Buckeyes while playing in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League. They were sponsored by the former Buckeye Brewing Company in Toledo. The team returned to the IHL in 1950 known again as the Mercurys. Toledo won consecutive Turner Cups in 1950–51 and 1951–52 defeating the Grand Rapids Rockets in the finals both seasons. In the 1955–56 season, the Mercurys played some home games in Marion, Ohio at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, hence being known as the Toledo-Marion Mercurys. The Mercurys split home games between arenas again for the 1959–60 season. The Toledo-St. Louis Mercurys played some home games in St. Louis, Missouri at the St. Louis Arena. The Mercurys franchise folded after the 1961–62 season. The International Hockey League returned to Toledo in 1963, with the Toledo Blades franchise. Season-by-season record Franchise records All-time leaders Single season leaders References External links IHL franchise and championship information A to Z encyclopedia of ice hockey International Hockey League history Manitoba connection with the Toledo, Ohio Mercurys in 1948 Category:International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Category:Sports teams in Toledo, Ohio Category:Eastern Hockey League teams Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1947 Category:Sports clubs disestablished in 1962 Category:1947 establishments in Ohio Category:1962 disestablishments in Ohio |
Trønder rock Trønder rock () is a music and cultural scene developed in the Trøndelag region of Norway in the early 1970s, in which bands and artists merged folk rock inspired rock and roll with cultural characteristics. The term was first coined by journalist in 1972, and has been described by Professor of Music Studies Ole Kai Ledang as "rock music with trøndersk tone" (). However, the term also often includes bands that sing in English, especially . In the book Trønderrock from 1982, authors Gunnar Sand and Nils Toldnes also emphasize the band Prudence and the solo career of the members Terje Tysland and Åge Aleksandersen, but also Hans Rotmo and his band , and , which are more characterized by Norwegian folk music. Today, the term has gained some further use, and is often used as a general term for artists and bands associated with Trøndelag. References Literature External links Hva er Trønderrock? Namsos Rock City music from the middle of Norway Tidenes trønderrock Siste video/lyd: Trønderrock Full krig om trønderrocken Category:Culture in Trøndelag Category:Rock music genres Category:Norwegian styles of music Category:1970s in music |
Salvia nutans Salvia nutans, nodding sage, is a species of Salvia in the family Lamiaceae, native to Central and Eastern Europe and possibly Siberia. It has been introduced into North America as a garden escapee. References nutans Category:Garden plants of Europe Category:Flora of Central Europe Category:Flora of Eastern Europe Category:Flora of Southeastern Europe Category:Plants described in 1753 |
History of Polish intelligence services This article covers the history of Polish Intelligence services dating back to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Commonwealth Though the first official Polish government service entrusted with espionage, intelligence and counter-intelligence was not formed until 1918, Poland and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth had developed networks of informants in neighbouring countries. Envoys and ambassadors had also gathered intelligence, often using bribery. Such agents included the 17th-century Polish poet Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. Polish kings and Polish–Lithuanian military commanders (hetmans) such as Stanisław Koniecpolski maintained intelligence networks. The hetmans were responsible for intelligence-gathering in the Ottoman Empire, its vassal states and disputed territories such as Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania. Intelligence networks also operated in Muscovy and among the restless Cossacks. In 1683, during the Battle of Vienna, the Polish merchant-spy Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki secured a promise of military assistance for Vienna, besieged by the Turkish forces of Kara Mustafa Pasha, and thus facilitated the victory of a Christian European coalition led by Polish King Jan III Sobieski. Kulczycki is reported to have received as reward for his services the Turks' supplies of coffee beans and to have established Vienna's first coffee house. Partitions During the period when Poland had been partitioned (beginning in 1772, until 1918) by three adjacent empires, intelligence played an important role in patriotic Poles' surveillance of their occupiers and in their planning and conduct of successive Polish uprisings. 1914–1918 In 1914 Józef Piłsudski created the Polish Military Organization, an intelligence and special-operations organization which worked alongside the Polish Legions. As such, it was independent of Austro-Hungary and loyal to Piłsudski and to a future independent Poland. 1918–1921 Immediately upon achieving independence in 1918, Poland established armed forces. Reflecting the influence of the French Military Mission to Poland, the Polish General Staff was divided into divisions entrusted with specific tasks: Oddział I (Division I) – Organization and mobilization; Oddział II (Division II) – Intelligence and counterintelligence; Oddziału III (Division III) – Training and operations; Oddział IV (Division IV) – Quartermaster. Division II (colloquially, "Dwójka," "Two") was formed in October 1918, even before Poland had declared her independence. Initially called the "General Staff Information Department," Division II was divided into sections (sekcje): Sekcja I – Reconnaissance and close intelligence; Sekcja II IIa (East) – Offensive intelligence for Bolshevik Russia, Lithuania, the Belarusian People's Republic, Ukraine and Galicia; IIb (West) – Offensive intelligence for Austria, Germany, France and the United Kingdom; Sekcja III – General intelligence and surveillance abroad (East and West); Sekcja IV – Preparation of a front-line bulletin; Sekcja V – Contacts with military and civilian authorities; Sekcja VI – Contacts with attachés in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, Moscow and Kiev; Sekcja VII – Ciphers (i.e., cryptology). An extensive network of domestic and foreign informants developed rapidly. This was due to Poland's poor economic situation, itself the result of over a century of foreign occupation. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Poland's economic and political situation had forced hundreds of thousands to emigrate. With the advent of Polish independence, many émigrés offered their services to Polish intelligence agencies. Others Poles who had been living in the former Russian Empire and were now making their way home through war-torn Russia, provided priceless intelligence on the logistics, order of battle and status of the parties in the Russian Civil War. In Western Europe (especially in Germany, France and Belgium) the Polish diaspora often formed the backbone of heavy industry; some one million people of Polish descent lived in the Ruhr Valley alone. Many of these provided intelligence on industrial production and economic conditions. After the outbreak of the Polish-Soviet |
War in early 1919, intelligence from the east proved vital to Poland's survival against a far superior enemy. A separate organization was formed within Polish Intelligence, taking over most intelligence duties for the duration of the war. This was a Biuro Wywiadowcze (Intelligence Bureau) comprising seven departments: Organisation; Offensive Intelligence "A"; Offensive Intelligence "B"; Offensive Intelligence "C"; Defensive Intelligence; Internal propaganda; Counterintelligence. The fourth department, Offensive Intelligence "C", became the most developed because it carried out all the duties connected with "front-line" reconnaissance and intelligence, as well as "long-range" intelligence and surveillance in countries surrounding Bolshevik Russia, including Siberia (still in the hands of the White Russians), Turkey, Persia, China, Mongolia and Japan. The third department, Offensive Intelligence "B," controlled an intelligence network in European Russia. Additional intelligence was obtained from Russian defectors and prisoners of war who crossed the Polish lines in their thousands, especially after the 1920 Battle of Warsaw. 1921–1939 After the Polish–Soviet War and the Treaty of Riga, Polish Intelligence had to restructure to cope with new challenges. Though Poland had won most of her border conflicts (most notably the war with Russia and the Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–19 against Germany), her international situation was unenviable. By mid-1921, Section II had been restructured into three main departments, each overseeing a number of offices: Organization Department: Organization; Training; Personnel; Finances; Polish ciphers and codes, communication, and foreign press. Information Department: East; West; North; South; Statistics office; Nationalities and minorities; Intelligence Department: Intelligence technology; Central agents' bureau; Counterintelligence; Foreign cryptography (Biuro Szyfrów); Radio intelligence and wire-tapping. Until the late 1930s the Soviet Union was seen as the most likely aggressor and Poland's main adversary. Section II developed an extensive network of agents within Poland's eastern neighbor and other adjoining countries. In the early 1920s Polish intelligence began developing a network for "offensive intelligence." The Eastern Office (Referat "Wschód") had several dozen bureaus, mostly attached to Polish consulates in Moscow, Kiev, Leningrad, Kharkov and Tbilisi. Short-range reconnaissance was carried out by the Border Defense Corps, created in 1924. On a number of occasions, soldiers crossed the border disguised as smugglers, partisans or bandits. They gathered information on the disposition of Soviet troops and the morale of the Soviet populace. At the same time, Soviet forces carried out analogous missions on Polish soil. The situation finally stabilized in 1925; however, such missions continued to occur occasionally. Polish Intelligence produced fairly accurate pictures of the capabilities of Poland's main potential adversaries—Germany and the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, this information was of little avail when war came in September 1939. Good intelligence could not offset the overwhelming superiority of the German and Soviet armed forces. The conquest of Poland took four weeks—too short a time for intelligence services to make a significant contribution. With Poland conquered, her intelligence services had to evacuate their headquarters to allied French and British territories. 1939–1945 Until 1939 Polish intelligence services did not, as a rule, collaborate with the intelligence services of other countries with exception of Imperial Japan. A partial exception was also France, Poland's closest ally; even then cooperation was lukewarm, with neither side sharing their most precious secrets. An important exception was the long-term collaboration between France's Gustave Bertrand and Poland's Cipher Bureau, headed by Gwido Langer. The situation only began to change in 1939, when war appeared certain and Britain and France entered into a formal military alliance with Poland. The most important result of the subsequent information-sharing was the disclosure to France and Britain of Polish techniques and equipment for breaking German Enigma machine ciphers. The initial break into the Enigma ciphers |
had been made in late 1932 by mathematician Marian Rejewski, working for the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau. His work was facilitated, perhaps decisively, by intelligence provided by Bertrand. With the help of fellow mathematicians Henryk Zygalski and Jerzy Różycki, Rejewski developed techniques to decrypt German Enigma-enciphered messages on a regular and timely basis. Six-and-a-half years after the initial Polish decryption of Enigma ciphers, French and British intelligence representatives were briefed on Polish achievements at a trilateral conference held at Cipher Bureau facilities in the Kabaty Woods, just south of Warsaw, on July 26, 1939, barely five weeks before the outbreak of World War II. This formed the basis for early Enigma decryption by the British at Bletchley Park, northwest of London. Without the head start provided by Poland, British reading of Enigma encryptions might have been delayed several years, if it would have gotten off the ground at all. Key Polish Cipher Bureau personnel escaped from Poland on September 17, 1939, on the Soviet Union's entry into eastern Poland, and eventually reached France. There, at "PC Bruno" outside Paris, they resumed cracking Enigma ciphers through the "Phony War" (October 1939 – May 1940). Following the fall of northern France to the Germans, the Polish-French-Spanish cryptological organization, sponsored by French Major Gustave Bertrand, continued its work at "Cadix" in the Vichy "Free Zone" until it was occupied by German forces in November 1942. After the 1939 invasion of Poland, practically all of the General Staff's Section II (Intelligence) command apparatus managed to escape to Romania and soon reached France and Britain. Reactivating agent networks throughout Europe, they immediately began cooperating with French and British intelligence agencies. After the subsequent fall of France, most of Section II ended up in Britain. At that time Britain was in a difficult situation, badly in need of intelligence from occupied Europe after rapid German advances had disrupted its networks and put German forces into areas where Britain had few agents. Following the personal intervention of Churchill and Sikorski in September 1940, cooperation between British and Polish intelligence organizations entered a new phase. The Poles placed their Section II at the disposal of the British, but as a quid pro quo requested and obtained (at that time without any reservations) the right to use, without British oversight, their own ciphers which they had developed in France. The Poles were the only Allied country that was given this unique status, though as the war progressed it was challenged by some agencies of the British government. Due to support from members of the British Special Operations Executive, the Poles kept their ciphers to the end of hostilities. In the first half of 1941 Polish agents in France supplied Britain with intelligence on U-boat movements from French Atlantic ports. The Polish network in France grew to 1,500 members and, before and during Operation Overlord, supplied vital information about the German military in France. Agents working in Poland in the spring of 1941 supplied extensive intelligence about German preparations to invade the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa). Agency Africa was set up in July 1941 in Algiers by Mieczyslaw Zygfryd Slowikowski, Lt. Col. Gwido Langer and Major Maksymilian Ciężki; using the codename "Rygor" (Polish for "Rigor"). Their information was used by the Americans and British to plan the amphibious Operation Torch landings in North Africa in November 1942, the first large-scale Allied landings of the war. Polish spies also documented German atrocities being perpetrated at Auschwitz (Witold Pilecki's report) and elsewhere in Poland against Jewish and non-Jewish populations. Polish intelligence gave the British crucial information on Germany's secret-weapons projects, including |
the V-1 and V-2 rockets, enabling Britain to set back these German programs by bombing the main development facility at Peenemünde in 1943. Poland's networks supplied the western Allies with intelligence on nearly all aspects of the German war effort. Of 45,770 reports received by British intelligence during the war, nearly half (22,047) came from Polish agents. On March 15, 1946, Section II was officially disbanded, and its archives were taken over by Britain. At Section II's dissolution, it had 170 officers and 3,500 agents, excluding headquarters staff. Very likely at least some of the Polish agents continued working directly for Britain during the Cold War. The Polish intelligence contribution to Britain's war effort was kept secret due to Cold War exigencies. In later years, as official British histories were released, the Polish intelligence role barely rated a mention. Only when British wartime decryption of Enigma ciphers was made public in the 1970s, did a Polish contribution begin to become known; even then, however, the early versions published in Britain (and some versions even to the end of the 20th century) claimed that Polish intelligence had only been able to steal a German Enigma machine. The truth, which had previously been disclosed in Bertrand's book and would later be detailed in papers by Marian Rejewski (who had survived the war and lived to 1980), made slow headway against British and American obfuscations, mendacities and fabrications. The Polish Enigma-breaking effort had been much more sophisticated than those English-language accounts made out, and had in fact relied largely on mathematical analysis. Historians' efforts to gain access to documentation of other Polish intelligence operations met with British stonewalling and with claims that the pertinent Polish archives had been destroyed by the British. Polish intelligence supplied valuable intelligence to the Allies; 48% of all reports received by the British secret services from continental Europe in between 1939 and 1945 came from Polish sources. The total number of those reports is estimated about bout 80,000, and 85% of them were deemed high or better quality. Despite Poland becoming occupied, the Polish intelligence network not only survived but grew rapidly, and near the end of the war had over 1,600 registered agents. Western Allies had limited intelligence assets in Central and Eastern Europe, and extensive Polish intelligence network in place proved to be a major asset, even described as "the only allied intelligence assets on the Continent" following the French capitulation. According to , for the Western Allies, the intelligence provided by the Home Army was considered to be the best source of information on the Eastern Front. 1945–1989 Civilian branches On occupying Poland and installing a puppet government, the Soviet Union created new Polish intelligence and internal-security agencies. The Soviet special services had begun training Polish officers as early as 1943. That year, some 120 Poles had begun training at an NKVD school in Kuybyshev (now Samara). At the same time, in NKVD-NKGB schools all over the USSR, hundreds of Germans, Romanians, Czechoslovaks and Bulgarians had also undergone the same training in order to prepare them for work in future special services in their respective countries. In July 1944 in Moscow the temporary Polish puppet government was established by the name of the Polish Committee of National Liberation (Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego), or PKWN. The PKWN was organized as thirteen departments (resorty). One of them was the Department of Public Security (Resort Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego), or RBP, headed by long-time Polish communist Stanisław Radkiewicz. The largest and the most important department in the RBP, Department 1, was responsible for counter-espionage and headed by Roman Romkowski. By |
September 1945 Department 1 had become so large that three additional departments were created, as well as two separate sections. By the close of 1944, the Department of Public Security totaled 3000 employees. On December 31, 1944, the PKWN was joined by several members of the Polish government in exile, among them Stanisław Mikołajczyk. It was then transformed into the Provisional Government of Republic of Poland (Rząd Tymczasowy Republiki Polskiej, or RTRP), and the departments were renamed as ministries. The Ministry of Public Security was responsible for both intelligence and counter-espionage, as well as surveillance of citizens and suppression of dissent. They generally did not employ former officers of the "Dwojka" or follow the traditions of pre-war Polish intelligence services. Personnel were recruited for their "political reliability". New formations were trained by Soviet NKVD experts. Additionally, and especially in the early years (1945–49), Soviet officers in Polish uniforms overlooked their operations. After Joseph Stalin's death in 1953 and the later defection of Col. Józef Światło, the Ministry of Public Security was canceled and replaced by two separate administrations - the Committee for Public Security (Komitet do Spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, or Kds.BP) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych or MSW). The Kds.BP was responsible for intelligence and government protection and. From September 3, 1955 to 28 November 1956, the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army (Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego), which was responsible for the military police and counter-espionage agency, was also controlled by the Kds.BP. The MSW was responsible for the supervision of local governments, Militsiya, correctional facilities, fire rescue and the border and internal guards. The next big changes came in 1956. The Committee for Public Security was canceled and the Ministry of Internal Affairs took over their responsibilities. The MSW assumed control of the political police, under the Służba Bezpieczeństwa. From 1956 to the fall of communism in Poland the MSW was one of the biggest and strongest administrations. During this period its responsibilities included intelligence, counter-espionage, anti-state activity (SB), government protection, confidential communications, supervision of the local governments, militsiya, correctional facilities, and fire rescue. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was divided into departments. The most important of these were the first second and third departments. The first dealt with foreign operations and intelligence gathering, the second with spy activities both by Poland and other countries and the third was responsible for anti-state activities and the protection of the country's secrets. With the exception of its own departments and sections, the MSW also had control over the Militsiya (Komenda Główna Milicji Obywatelskiej or KG/MO), fire rescue (Komenda Główna Straży Pożarnych or KG/SP), territorial anti-aircraft defense, (Komenda Główna Terenowej Obrony Przeciwlotniczej KG/TOP), management of geodesy and cartography, (Główny Zarząd Geodezji i Kartografii) and health services (Centralny Zarząd Służby Zdrowia). Ministry of Internal Affairs also had control over the command of the Internal Security Corp. (Dowództwo Korpusu Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego or KBW), command of the Border Guard (Dowództwo Wojsk Ochrony Pogranicza or KOP), and management of Information of Internal Troops (Zarząd Informacji Wojsk Wewnetrznych). Through the 1980s the MSW had 24,390 staff in Security Services, 62,276 in the Citizen's Militsiya, 12,566 in Motorized Reserves of the Citizens Militia (Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej, or ZOMO), 20,673 in Administratively-Economic Units (Jednostki administracyjno-gospodarcze) and 4,594 in ministry schools, not including students. Military branches The first military special services in Poland after World War II were created in 1943 as part of the Polish military in the USSR. First organ that dealt with military counterespionage was called Directorate of Information by the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army (Zarząd Informacji Naczelnego |
Dowódcy Wojska Polskiego, or ZI NDWP). On November 30, 1944, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army, general Michał Rola-Żymierski, transformed the ZI NDWP into the Main Directorate of Information of the Polish Army (Główny Zarząd Informacji Wojska Polskiego, or GZI WP) in his 95th order. From 30 November 1950, the GZI WP became the Main Directorate of Information of the Ministry of Defense (Główny Zarząd Informacji Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, or GZI MON). In September 1955 GZI MON became part of the Committee for Public Security (Komitet do spraw Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego), which was the successor of Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego, more commonly known as the Urząd Bezpieczeństwa or UB, and the name was changed to the Main Directorate of Information of the Committee for Public Security, or GZI KdsBP. In November 1956 the GZI Kds.BP separated from the Committee for Public Security, and returned to its previous role, becoming again the Main Directorate of Information of the Ministry of Defense. After the reform instituted by Władysław Gomułka in 1956, and the role the GZI played in repressions and executions, the Main Directorate of Information of Ministry of Defense was canceled in 1957 and replaced by the Military Internal Service (Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna, or WSW). The WSW continuously operated as the main military police and counterespionage service until the fall of communism in Poland. The first Polish Military Intelligence after World War II was the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army (Oddział II Sztabu Generalnego Ludowego Wojska Polskiego, or Odział II Szt Gen LWP) and bore the same name as its precursor from before the war. Odział II Szt Gen WP was established on July 18, 1945, but its origins can be traced to May 1943, when the first reconnaissance company was created in Polish Army units in the USSR. Between July 1947 and June 5, 1950, the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army operated within the structure of the Ministry of Public Security together with the civilian intelligence branch as Department VII. On June 5, 1950, it returned to the Ministry of Defense. The first head of Odział II Szt Gen WP was Colonel Gieorgij Domeradzki. In November 1945 this position was occupied by General Wacław Komar, and between October 1950 and March 1951 by soviet officer Konstantin Kahnikov. The last commander of the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army was Igor Suchacki. On November 15, 1951, Polish Defence Minister Konstantin Rokossovsky (in his 88th order) transformed the Second Section of General Staff of the Polish People's Army to Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army (Zarząd II Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego). Internal organization was transformed from sections to directorates and intelligence work among the United States, Great Britain, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria was expanded to countries such as Norway, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Israel. In 1990 the Second Directorate of General Staff of the Polish Army was join with the Military Internal Service (Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna, or WSW), in order to have intelligence and counter-intelligence working under one structure as the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence (Zarząd II Wywiadu i Kontrwywiadu). In 1991 the Second Directorate for Intelligence and Counter-intelligence was transformed into Military Information Services (Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne, or WSI), and continues to function under this name. 1989–present After the changes of 1989 the Służba Bezpieczeństwa was disbanded by the first free government under the prime minister, Tadeusz Mazowiecki. A new agency, called the State Protection Office (Urząd Ochrony Państwa, or UOP) was formed and staffed |
mainly by the former SB officers who successfully passed a verification procedure. Its mission was primarily general espionage and intelligence gathering as well as counter-espionage and fighting against high ranked organized crime. It was commanded by a career intelligence officer but was directly supervised by a civilian government official, Coordinator for the Special Services. Most of the time the agency evaded public attention, although it was dragged into political fighting over appointments of its chiefs, lustration and some perceived failures with organized crime cases. In 2002 the new, post-communist left-wing government reorganized the special services by dividing them into two agencies; the Internal Security Agency (Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego) and Intelligence Agency (Agencja Wywiadu). The move was widely perceived as a way of cleansing the higher ranks of the officers appointed by previous right-wing governments. The military intelligence continued to function under a slightly altered name (Wojskowe Służby Informacyjne- Military Information Services) and without much organizational change; at least none that was visible to the general public. The new Polish conservative government declared dissolution of the WSI and creating new services in October 2005, since the agency skipped serious external reforms after the collapse of communism in 1989. Throughout the transformation the WSI were allegedly involved in dubious operations, arms sales to UN-sanctioned states and corruption scandals. In 2006 the WSI was split into Służba Kontrwywiadu Wojskowego and Służba Wywiadu Wojskowego. Notable operations Operation Simoom, 1990 Notable personnel Feliks Ankerstein Edmund Charaszkiewicz. Roman Czerniawski Józef Englicht Jan Kowalewski. Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki Kazimierz Leski Jan Leśniak. Stefan Mayer. Wiktor Michałowski. Tadeusz Pełczyński Tadeusz Puszczyński Tadeusz Schaetzel Zbigniew Siemiątkowski Mieczysław Zygfryd Słowikowski. Halina Szymańska See also Biuro Szyfrów (Polish General Staff Cipher Bureau) History of the Polish Army. Stare Kiejkuty, home of military unit 2669; allegedly involved in the CIA's network of extraordinary renditions. List of Poles in intelligence List of intelligence agencies of Poland Notes References Michael Alfred Peszke, The Polish Underground Army, the Western Allies, and the Failure of Strategic Unity in World War II, foreword by Piotr S. Wandycz, Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland & Company, 2005, . Władysław Kozaczuk, Enigma: How the German Machine Cipher Was Broken, and How It Was Read by the Allies in World War Two, edited and translated by Christopher Kasparek, Frederick, Maryland, University Publications of America, 1984, . Edmund Charaszkiewicz, Zbiór dokumentów ppłk. Edmunda Charaszkiewicza (Collection of Documents by Lt. Col. Edmund Charaszkiewicz), opracowanie, wstęp i przypisy (edited, with introduction and notes by) Andrzej Grzywacz, Marcin Kwiecień, Grzegorz Mazur, Kraków, Księgarnia Akademicka, 2000, . Mieczysław Rygor-Słowikowski, In the Secret Service: The Lighting of the Torch, translated by George Słowikowski, London, The Windrush Press, 1988, . Józef Kasparek, Przepust karpacki: tajna akcja polskiego wywiadu (The Carpathian Bridge: a Covert Polish Intelligence Operation), Warsaw, Sigma NOT, 1992, . Henryk Piecuch, Brudne gry: ostatnie akcje Służb Specjalnych (seria: "Tajna Historia Polski") [Dirty Games: The Last Special Services Operations ("Secret History of Poland" series)], Warsaw, Agencja Wydawnicza CB, 1998. Category:Espionage Category:Polish intelligence agencies Category:Military history of Poland |
Smolnik-Jurków Smolnik-Jurków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Leśna, within Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. It lies approximately north-west of Leśna, south-west of Lubań, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. References Category:Villages in Lubań County |
Reproductive compensation Reproductive compensation was originally a theory to explain why recessive genetic disorders may persist in a population. It was proposed in 1967 as an explanation for the maintenance of Rh negative blood groups. Reproductive compensation refers to the tendency of parents, seeking a given family size, to replace offspring that are lost to genetic disorders. It may also refer to the effects of increased maternal or parental investment in caring for disadvantaged offspring, seeking to compensate for genetic disadvantage. It is a theory that suggests that behavioral as well as physiological factors may play a role in the level of recessive genetic disorders in a population. According to Andrew Overall of the University of Edinburgh, “Reproductive compensation may be particularly significant where economic or social factors mean that families are small compared to the maximum reproductive rate. Within small families, diseased infants may be more likely to be replaced. As a consequence, parents with otherwise reduced fertility have a greater influence on the frequency of recessive alleles in future generations.” Ian Hastings has argued that reproductive technologies such as embryo sex selection, preimplantation genetic diagnosis with in vitro fertilization, and selective termination of pregnancy may increase the frequency of genetic disorders through reproductive compensation. More recently the reproductive compensation hypothesis has been generalized to include, not only recessive genetic disorders, but in a more general sense, the effects of parental compensation when mate selection or breeding take place under constraints. According to Patricia Adair Gowaty, “The reproductive compensation hypothesis says that individuals constrained by ecological or social forces to reproduce with partners they do not prefer compensate for likely offspring viability deficits.” In human societies, such constraints include the manipulation of female mating options, forced copulation, arranged marriages, assortative mating, and the trading of copulation for access to resources. Whereas heterozygote advantage can explain the persistence of high carrier rates of lethal alleles in certain regions (e.g. sickle-cell disease in Central and West Africa), Johan Koeslag and Stephen Schach have suggested that reproductive compensation might explain why different communities have high carrier rates for differing lethal alleles, despite living in similar or sometimes the same environment. Examples are Tay–Sachs disease amongst Ashkenazi Jews, cystic fibrosis amongst people of West European origin, and phenylketonuria among persons from Ireland. References Category:Autosomal recessive disorders |
Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Belgium participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, with Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT) having selected the 52nd Belgian entry for Eurovision. Tom Dice was selected by VRT to represent Belgium at the Contest, held in Oslo, Norway in May 2010, performed the song "Me and My Guitar". It ended 1st in the Semi-final 1, and brought Belgium's first ever qualification since the introduction of semi-finals. The song placed 6th in the grand final, marking the first top 10 result for Belgium in the 2000s, and also become the most successful entry brought by VRT since the introduction of semi-finals. Background Belgium debuted at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 and since has participated a total of fifty-one times. The country was only absent three times in its history: 1994, 1997, and 2001, when low scores in the previous year's contest prevented re-entry. Belgium won the contest once, in 1986 in Bergen, Norway with the song "J'aime la vie" sung by Sandra Kim. The country achieved second place in 1978 and 2003, however has finished in last place a total of eight times. Since 2005 Belgium has failed to appear in any final of the Contest. Belgium is represented by two broadcasters at the contest (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française (RTBF) and Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep (VRT)), each taking turns sending entries to the contest; RTBF is French-speaking, while VRT is Dutch-speaking (Flemish). All entries prior to 1999 except for 1977, where sung in either French or Dutch, but Belgium has never sent a representative singing in German, its third official language. While VRT usually organizes a long-lasting national final, RTBF has a history of internal selections with varying levels of success, from a second place for Urban Trad in 2003 to a bottom 5 place in the semi-final for The KMG's in 2007. The 2010 Belgian entry was organised by the Flemish broadcaster VRT. While in previous years VRT has held a national final to select the Belgian entries – Eurosong – VRT decided to use a new format for the 2010 Contest, despite huge interest in Flanders for Eurosong, after years of bad placings. Before Eurovision Selection method VRT announced immediately after the 2009 Contest that it would be taking part at Eurovision 2010, in Oslo, Norway. The broadcaster stated that it would consider new possibilities related to an adjustment of the format of Eurosong. In August, with no announcement having been made by VRT concerning Eurosong 2010, the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reported that VRT might choose to hold a partially internal selection for 2010, with two possible options: the broadcaster would either internally select one artist to represent Belgium in Oslo, with a series of televised shows being held to select the song by public vote; or one song would be chosen by VRT and a number of artists would take part in a televised final, with a public vote selecting who would go to Oslo. A number of artists were rumoured to be candidates for selection, including Eurosong '04 runner-up Natalia, Milk Inc. and Eurovision 2003 runner-up for Belgium Urban Trad. VRT revealed in September that Eurosong in its previous format would not be held in 2010 – the broadcaster instead contacting several representatives in the Flemish music industry to find new selection formats. Het Laatste Nieuws published a list of seven criteria, made by VRT, that the Belgian entry should follow for 2010. On 25 November VRT announced that it had selected Tom Dice, runner-up of the Belgian version of The X Factor |
in 2008, internally to represent Belgium at the contest in May. It has been announced that Dice would compose a number of possible entries on his own or in collaboration with other songwriters. Dice's song, "Me and My Guitar", written by Tom, Jeroen Swinnen and Ashley Hickin, was presented on 7 March on an hour-long presentation show, Eurosong 2010: een song voor Tom Dice!, hosted by Bart Peeters from the Eén TV studios. Dice performed a number of other songs during the show, including a covers of Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love", Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody", and Madonna's "Like a Virgin". A number of guests gave Dice suggestions and tips for his performance at Eurovision, including Marcel Vanthilt, Siska Schoeters, André Vermeulen, Peter Van de Veire and Belgium's 2002 entry Sergio. Eurosong 2010: een song voor Tom Dice! received high viewing figures on één, with more than 35% of the market share watching the presentation of "Me and My Guitar", with a drop in viewing figures from previous years due to a change in the format of the show. Chart performance The week after the song presentation, "Me and My Guitar" charted in the official Belgian charts in both Flanders and Wallonia, Ultratop. In the Flemish charts, the song entered at number 2, beaten only by Natalia & Gabriel Ríos' cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", in aid for relief after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. In the Walloon charts "Me and My Guitar" entered at number 24. "Me and My Guitar" also entered into the Dutch Top 100 at number 85. The following week, "Me and My Guitar" went to number one in Flanders and number 18 in Wallonia. Promotion Tom Dice filmed an official music video for "Me and My Guitar" in the United States, which was released in April. Tom Dice promoted his entry for Eurovision in Europe, attending and performing at the Eurovision in Concert preview event in Zaanstad, the Netherlands on 24 April, alongside acts from 17 other countries in Eurovision. Belgium was also the host of a Eurovision party, held in Antwerp on 30 April, with entries from Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Ireland, Malta and Serbia joining Tom Dice in the line-up. Almost all the participants also appeared on regional TV channel TV Limburg. At Eurovision Belgium competed in the first semi-final of the contest on 25 May, and performed 10th on stage, after Poland's Marcin Mroziński and before Malta's Thea Garrett. It ended 1st. Belgium then competed in the final of the contest on 29 May, performing 7th on stage, after Bosnia and Herzegovina and before Serbia. It ended 6th. Split results In the Semi-final 1 Belgium came 1st with 167 points: the public awarded Belgium 3rd place with 146 points and the jury awarded 1st place with 165 points. In the Final Belgium came 6th with 143 points: the public awarded Belgium 14th place with 76 points and the jury awarded 2nd place with 185 points. Points awarded by Belgium Semi-final Final See also Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 2010 References External links Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Category:Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision |
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