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6904568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceful%20World%20%28album%29 | Peaceful World (album) | Peaceful World is the eighth studio album (a double-LP) by rock band The Rascals, released on May 5, 1971. It peaked at number 122 on the Billboard 200 chart. The single "Love Me" reached number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
History
Vocalist Eddie Brigati left the Rascals in August 1970, with guitarist Gene Cornish leaving the following month. By October, a new lineup of the Rascals was assembled featuring original members Felix Cavaliere (vocals/keyboards) and Dino Danelli (drums), and several new players, including ex-Paul Butterfield Blues Band guitarist Buzz Feiten and vocalist Annie Sutton. Peaceful World was the first album featuring this new version of the band. It was also the Rascals' first album for the CBS/Columbia label, after almost six years with Atlantic Records.
Many of the songs on Peaceful World were jazz-influenced, as opposed to the "blue-eyed soul" style of the Rascals' heyday; the title track, in particular, was a long piece featuring improvisation and multiple extended solos.
Peaceful World was reissued along with The Island of Real on the BGO label in 2008.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, critic Jim Newsom praised the album and wrote Peaceful World was "a wonderful blend of soul, jazz, and funk that never found an audience.. Despite its lack of commercial success, this was an artistic triumph for Felix Cavaliere... his ambitious album took the Rascals to the place Cavaliere had been headed over the course of the last couple of albums—but, sadly, the fans didn't follow." Robert Christgau admired the change of direction the album took to jazz, but also wrote; "Yet in the end the jazz musicians he's signed on—Fathead Newman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Ron Carter—aren't especially well-suited to popularize Coltrane and Pharoah and Sun Ra. And even if Felix were singing enough, he wouldn't be singing very good stuff—composition has never been his strength..."
In his review for the reissue of Peaceful World/The Island of Real, critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album " Peaceful World is a sprawling yet very focused collection of songs... The remarkable aspect of this gorgeous record is that it sounds vintage but not dated. The production is clean, the funk is in the cut, and the communication between musicians in the charts is tight."
Track listing
All songs by Felix Cavaliere; except "In and Out of Love" & "Icy Water" by Buzzy Feiten
Side 1
"Sky Trane" – 5:47
"In and Out of Love" – 3:13
"Bit of Heaven" – 3:30
"Love Me" – 3:48
Side 2
"Mother Nature Land" – 3:31
"Icy Water" – 4:31
"Happy Song" – 3:42
"Love Letter" – 5:27
Side 3
"Little Dove" – 6:30
"Visit to Mother Nature Land" – 5:04
"Getting Nearer" – 8:57
Side 4
"Peaceful World" – 21:25
Personnel
Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
Dino Danelli – drums
Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar, bass, background vocals
Annie Sutton – vocals
Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
Gerald Jemmott – bass
Robert Popwell – bass
Chuck Rainey – bass
William Salter – bass
Hubert Laws – flute
Alice Coltrane – harp
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
Ron Carter – bass
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano sax, tenor sax
Molly Holt – background vocals
Buddy Buono – background vocals
Cynthia Webb – background vocals
Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
Joe Newman – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Jon Robert Smith (born 1946) – saxophone
Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
James Green, Jerry Lee Smith - recording engineer
Bob Irwin - mastering engineer
References
1971 albums
The Rascals albums
Albums produced by Felix Cavaliere
Columbia Records albums |
6904575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd%20Fellows%20Hall%20%28Covington%2C%20Kentucky%29 | Odd Fellows Hall (Covington, Kentucky) | The Odd Fellows Hall in Covington, Kentucky is located at the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Madison Avenue. It was constructed in 1856 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, and was the center of Covington's civic and political life for most of the Victorian era. When the American Civil War ended, victorious Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was honored with a reception there.
In 1900, the body of William Goebel, the only U.S. governor to be assassinated in office, lay in state there, as an estimated 10,000 people filed past.
In the 1950s, a roller skating rink filled the second-floor ballroom, famous for its -high ceiling suspended by a truss system.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was deemed notable as "one of the city's earliest commercial structures." The building was assessed to be "especially noteworthy in the method of construction. In order to accommodate large, unbroken interior spaces, iron tie rods were employed to support the floors. In addition to its architectural distinction, the structure is a well-known local landmark having served as the center for both civic and social activities in downtown Covington."
In May 2002, a major fire almost destroyed the entire building. It was reduced to its front facade, back wall, and a three-story column of smoke and charred debris. A new team has restored the hall, with its first tenant taking occupancy in March 2006.
References
External links
The Grand Banquet Hall
Photos of the interior of the restored building
Odd Fellows Hall rises from the ashes
Odd Fellows fire a profound loss
National Register of Historic Places in Kenton County, Kentucky
Odd Fellows buildings in Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Covington, Kentucky
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky |
17337242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20JC%20Football%20Conference | Northeast JC Football Conference | The Northeast Football Conference is a football conference for NJCAA teams located in the northeast United States.
Current members
Former members
Berean Institute (disbanded)
Cayuga County CC (disbanded)
Alfred State (NCAA Division III)
Dean (NCAA Division III)
Erie CC (independent)
Nassau (independent)
Hudson Valley CC (independent)
Louisburg (independent)
SUNY-Canton (NCAA Division III)
SUNY-Morrisville (NCAA Division III)
Champions
See also
National Junior College Athletic Association
NJCAA National football championship
List of community college football programs
External links
Northeast Football Conference
NJCAA conferences
College football-only conferences in the United States |
20476135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant%20Secretary%20of%20State%20for%20Consular%20Affairs | Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs | The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management. From 1953 to 1977, the position was called Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. The bureau is "responsible for the welfare and protection of U.S. citizens abroad, for the issuance of passports and other documentation to citizens and nationals, and for the protection of U.S. border security and the facilitation of legitimate travel to the United States" as described by the bureau's website.
List of the Assistant Secretaries of State for Security and Consular Affairs, 1953—77
List of the Assistant Secretaries of State for Consular Affairs, 1977–present
References
External links
Information about the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs by the State Department Historian
Bureau of Consular Affairs Website
1953 introductions
Visa policy of the United States
Immigration to the United States
Consular affairs |
17337243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru%20Mfaume | Kaoru Mfaume | Kaoru Mfaume is an American-born entertainment producer who has worked extensively in the anime industry. He first worked with Island Pictures in 1995 and then joined Manga Entertainment as an Acquisitions and Production Manager in 1996. He continued to work in Acquisitions until 2005 when he became Managing Director. Some of his high-profile anime projects include Dead Leaves, Blood: The Last Vampire, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Street Fighter Alpha: Generations and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. After leaving Manga Entertainment in 2007, Mfaume founded Endeleizo Co., Ltd, an intellectual property management, production and consultation company. In 2011, he founded Arigato Blueprint, a project supporting communities and institutions that are in need of help in the disaster areas in Japan, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
References
External links
Living people
American people of Japanese descent
American people of Tanzanian descent
American expatriates in the United Kingdom
American expatriates in Japan
Japanese people of Tanzanian descent
Year of birth missing (living people) |
17337247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%20of%20Hearts%20%28TV%20play%29 | Queen of Hearts (TV play) | Queen of Hearts is a television play, written by Paula Milne, directed by Tim King, and produced by Brenda Reid. It was first shown BBC2 on Sunday 11 August 1985, and on repeated 28 August 1985.
Content
Queen of Hearts starred Shakespearean actress Lorna Heilbron as Ann Drury, a bored, frustrated, but attractive middle-class housewife living in an area where prostitution had begun to arouse comment. Two factors encouraged Mrs Drury briefly to try out being a prostitute herself: an admission by her husband (Paul Jesson) that he himself had once consorted with a call girl and her trying on some black lingerie belonging to her teenaged daughter (Dominique Barnes) while she was alone in the house. Her experience with a client gave her a fresh sense of her sexuality, though her husband's rather underwhelmed response when she sought to entice him with lace underwear and stockings had the effect of returning her to her previous rather staid existence.
Notes
BBC Television shows
1985 television plays
1985 in British television |
20476153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%20the%20City%20Meets%20the%20Sea | Where the City Meets the Sea | "Where The City Meets The Sea" is the lead single from the Australian rock band The Getaway Plan's debut album Other Voices, Other Rooms. It reached #28 on the ARIA chart.
Track listing
CD single
Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36
The Flood - 3:49
Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46
iTunes EP
Where The City Meets The Sea - 3:36
The Flood - 3:49
Where The City Meets The Sea (Nova 100 acoustic recording) - 3:46
Streetlight (Live on Triple J)
Charts
The song debuted and peaked at #28, before falling to #39, then exiting top 50. Two weeks later it made two more appearances in the top 50 before exiting again
Weekly charts
End of year charts
Release history
References
2008 singles
2008 songs |
17337250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrima | Lagrima | Lagrima is a melodic black/death metal band from Beirut, Lebanon. It is currently a two-man band, due to members constantly coming and going. As the band's founding member, Tarek Yazbek, quoted:
"The band line up has changed continuously due to a different reasons. Now I (Tarek Yazbek) have turned Lagrima into one man-band member featuring guest musicians.''
Band members
Current members
Bilal Al-Aghar - vocals (2010–2014)
Tarek Yazbek - guitar Bass Drum Machines Synth (2003–present)
Discography
Albums
Hannibal Ad Portas (2012)
Classical guitar composition
Lágrima is also the title of a classical guitar piece by Francisco Tárrega.
References
Musical groups established in 2003 |
20476227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde%20Mangold | Hilde Mangold | Hilde Mangold (20 October 1898 – 4 September 1924) (née Proescholdt) was a German embryologist who was best known for her 1923 dissertation which was the foundation for her mentor, Hans Spemann's, 1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the embryonic organizer, "one of the very few doctoral theses in biology that have directly resulted in the awarding of a Nobel Prize". The general effect she demonstrated is known as embryonic induction, that is, the capacity of some cells to direct the developmental trajectory of other cells. Induction remains a fundamental concept and area of ongoing research in the field.
Biography
Hilde Proescholdt was born in Gotha, Thuringia, a province in central-eastern Germany on October 20, 1898. She was the middle daughter of soap factory owner Ernest Proescholdt and his wife Gertrude. She attended the University of Jena in Germany for two semesters in 1918 and 1919 and then transferred to the University of Frankfurt in Germany where she also spent two semesters. It was here that she saw a lecture by the renowned embryologist Hans Spemann on experimental embryology.
This lecture inspired her to pursue her education in this field. After Frankfurt, she attended the Zoological Institute in Freiburg. It was here that she met and married her husband, , who was Spemann’s chief assistant (and, incidentally, a supporter of the Nazi Party). Under Spemann's direction, she completed her 1923 dissertation, entitled “Über Induktion von Embryonalanlagen durch Implantation artfremder Organisatoren”, or “Induction of Embryonic Primordia by Implantation of Organizers from a Different Species.”
After earning her PhD in zoology, Hilde moved with her husband and infant son, Christian, to Berlin. Shortly after the move, Hilde died from severe burns as a result of a gas heater explosion in her Berlin home. She never lived to see the publication of her thesis results. Her son died in World War II.
Key experiments
Mangold performed very delicate transplantation experiments with embryos (a feat even more impressive before the discovery of antibiotics to prevent infection after surgery). She demonstrated that tissue from the dorsal lip of the blastopore grafted into a host embryo can induce the formation of an extra body axis, creating conjoined twins. Crucially, by using two species of newt with different skin colors for host and donor, she showed that the amphibian organizer did not form the extra axis by itself, but recruited host tissue to form the twin (although the full implications of this result were not understood until a year after her death). This was the basis of the discovery of the "organizer", which is responsible for gastrulation.
See also
Developmental biology
Embryogenesis
Theodor Boveri
August Weismann
References
External links
Explanation of the Spemann-Mangold experiment from a Nature Reviews article
1898 births
1924 deaths
20th-century German biologists
20th-century German women scientists
German embryologists
German women biologists
accidental deaths in Germany
University of Jena alumni
Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
People from Gotha (town) |
17337267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asita | Asita | Asita or Kaladevala or Kanhasiri was a hermit ascetic depicted in Buddhist sources as having lived in ancient India. He was a teacher and advisor of Suddhodana, the father of the Buddha, and is best known for having predicted that prince Siddhartha of Kapilavastu would either become a great chakravartin or become a supreme religious leader; Siddhartha was later known as Gautama Buddha.
The name Asita literally means 'not clinging' while Kanhasiri means 'dark splendour'. Asita is described as a tāpasa, a practitioner of asceticism.
Biography
The Theravada tradition depicts Asita as an advisor and chaplain to Sihahanu, the grandfather of Gotama Buddha. He was the teacher of Suddhodana, and then served him as he had his father. At the time of the birth of the Buddha, he had retired by permission of Suddhodana and was living in the forest as an ascetic.
A vision alerted Asita of the birth of the Bodhisattva Gotama, causing him to leave the forest and travel to see the infant, where he prophesied that he would become either a 'wheel turning monarch' (chakravartin) or a Buddha. Disappointed that his own life would end before the Buddha awakened and began preaching, he ordained his nephew, Nalaka, so that he would be able to hear the Buddha's teachings. Nalaka is called Naradatta in the Lalitavistara.
Names and Related Figures
Asita was known under several alternate names or nicknames, and Buddhaghosa attributed his name to his dark complexion. He was known as Kanha Devala, Kanha Siri or Siri Kanha, and Kāla Devala.
Another sage or rishi known as Asita Devala is sometimes confused with him in literary sources- this second Asita Devala was a sage from ancient times who was reborn as a disciple of the Buddha. This confusion may explain why in the Lalitavistara Sūtra there are two versions of Asita's prophecy- one where Asita visits Suddhodana as described in the Pali sources, and another where Asita is a hermit living in the Himalayas who never meets Suddhodana but perceives the birth of the Buddha due to his supernatural powers.
The Pali tradition also records a pratyekabuddha called Asita, and a man who lived at the time of Sikkhi Buddha who was reborn as a disciple of Gotama Buddha.
Early Western scholars related Asita to Simeon, who blessed Jesus as an infant.
References
History of Buddhism in India
Precursors in religion
6th-century BC Indian people |
20476257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villines%20Mill | Villines Mill | Villines Mill, also known as Boxley Mill or Whiteley Mill, was originally built c. 1840 by Abner Casey in the Buffalo River valley, in what is now Buffalo National River. After becoming known as Whiteley Mill, the mill was at the center of a Civil War skirmish known as the Battle of Whiteley's Mill. The mill was rebuilt in 1870 and replaced with a larger mill, becoming known as Villines Mill after the new owner. After three generations of Villines, the mill closed in the 1960s. The mill is included in the Big Buffalo Valley Historic District.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton County, Arkansas
References
External links
Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Newton County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Newton County, Arkansas
Historic district contributing properties in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo National River |
20476331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gathering%20of%20Heroes%3A%20Legend%20of%20the%20Seven%20Swords | Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords | Gathering of Heroes: Legend of the Seven Swords is a 2018 American science fiction fantasy action film starring Martin Kove, Christopher Atkins and Trygve Lode. It was shot in 4K on the RED ONE digital cinema camera in Colorado, USA.
Plot
In the mystical realm of Ryntia, the forces of the underworld are aligning to unleash a plague of evil upon the surface. The deadly bat-like Blood Reavers, the Goblin Hordes, the Saurian Maurauders, the Orcish Warmongers and the feline Shadowcat mercenaries have pledged their respective clans to the service of Bre'Gwen, queen of the deep elves. Together they seek to destroy the human and Elven kingdoms and rule all of Ryntia in the name of evil.
However even with their combined strength, Bre'Gwen's forces are no match for the powerful Grayraven kingdom led by the majestic king, Garrick Grayraven. To ensure their success, Bre'gwen forges an alliance with an unlikely human who holds the secret to acquiring a powerful artifact that will allow them to summon and control an army of undead warriors from centuries past. Guided by fragmented visions, a mysterious Oracle gathers seven unlikely heroes to face the threat. A heroic knight, a deep elf sorceress, an eccentric bard, a silver elf druid, a righteous paladin, a barbarian huntress, and a brooding thief are the only ones capable of stopping this evil at its source but first they must embark upon a quest to find the legendary seven swords of Draconus.
Cast
Martin Kove as Galaron the Brave
Christopher Atkins as King Greyraven
Trygve Lode as the Oracle
Mark Steven Grove as Ghar Blackmane
Debra Marshall as Reina
Kirk Montgomery as Lord Aurin
Sam Del Rio as Jeris
Michelle Dover as Queen Bre'gwen
Sera N. Salazar as Isabelle
Lauren Melone as Kyriani
Lucky McQueede as Shalomin Songsteel
Brian Cahill as Caldir
Kristie Griever as Tari
External links
American films
English-language films
2010s fantasy films |
6904579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Province%20of%20Potenza | List of municipalities of the Province of Potenza | The following is a list of the 100 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy.
List
References
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
External links
Potenza |
6904584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumee%20High%20School%20%28Ohio%29 | Maumee High School (Ohio) | Maumee High School is a public high school in Maumee, Ohio, southwest of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Maumee City School District. Their mascot and sports teams are known as the "Maumee Panthers". They are members of the Northern Lakes League and their rivals are Perrysburg Yellow Jackets and Anthony Wayne Generals.
Maumee High School is one of only four high schools that have a Heisman Trophy on display, donated by alum Richard Kazmaier, who won it while at Princeton University.
Maumee High School was accused of assigning students videos by PragerU, a right-wing propaganda website, on October 20, 2020.
Notable alumni
Michael Graves (fighter), professional MMA fighter currently with Titan Fc
Robert Knepper, actor (who was on Prison Break on Fox)
Richard Kazmaier, football player (1951 Heisman winner who gifted trophy to high school); namesake of school stadium
Steve Mason, Southern California radio broadcaster
Bellal Joseph, trauma surgeon for Gabby Giffords after her assassination attempt
Richard Kazmaier Stadium
Richard Kazmaier Stadium is on the north side of the Maumee High School campus. In addition to football, track, and soccer, it hosts marching band, drum, and drumline competitions.
Maumee Performing Arts Center at Maumee High School
Thanks to donations from local businesses (Ed Schmidt Auto Group, Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, the Andersons, the Buehrer Group, Fifth Third Bank, St. Luke’s Hospital, and the Maumee Rotary Foundation), a long-awaited theater was completed on the school campus. Prior to its construction, Maumee High was one of few in the region without a theater. Instead, productions commenced at other venues or Gateway Middle School, one mile away. They have recently performed such plays as Take Her, She's Mine, My Fair Lady, The Servant of Two Masters, Guys and Dolls, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz.
The Maumee Performing Arts Center at Maumee High School also served as temporary host to the Toledo Opera, Toledo Ballet, and others from late November 2007 through March 2008, after a fire closed the Valentine Theater.
References
External links
District Website
High schools in Lucas County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio |
6904588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%20Wildlife%20Center | Alabama Wildlife Center | The Alabama Wildlife Center is a wildlife rehabilitation and education center located in Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the largest such center in the state.
The center treats injured or orphaned native birds from across the state of Alabama from over 100 different species. Every year, AWC receives almost 2,000 avian patients.
The Alabama Wildlife Center's education program focuses on conservation education and the preservation of Alabama's biodiversity and avian resources. AWC's programming reaches over 30,000 people annually from Alabama and beyond.
History
The center was founded in Birmingham in 1977 by Anne Miller as an all-volunteer organization to meet the need for the rescue and rehabilitation of native Alabama wildlife. By 1981, Miller left her job as a zookeeper with the Birmingham Zoo to run the center full-time. In 1987, the state of Alabama, in recognition of the center's service, donated the use of a closed restaurant inside Oak Mountain State Park. Currently the state covers the cost of the building maintenance and most utilities, while the center is responsible for capital improvements and operating expenses.
The center was recognized as a "Best of the Road" destination in the 2006 edition of the Rand McNally road atlas.
Exhibits
While not all of the animals being treated at the center will be on display at once, visitors have the opportunity to observe many of the patients through one-way windows. The nursery, solarium and Backyard Wildlife Demonstration Garden are located inside the building. Adjacent to the main building are the Raptor Wing and Freedom Flight, where large birds on the cusp of release are housed. Nearby is the Treetop Nature Trail, where otherwise-healthy birds unable to be released into the wild may be observed in a natural setting along an elevated boardwalk.
External links
Official website
Slideshow from the Shelby County Reporter
Landmarks in Alabama
1977 establishments in Alabama
Wildlife rehabilitation and conservation centers
Animal welfare organizations based in the United States
Buildings and structures in Shelby County, Alabama
Tourist attractions in Shelby County, Alabama |
6904590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdsmen%20of%20the%20Sun | Herdsmen of the Sun | Herdsmen of the Sun () is a 1989 documentary film by Werner Herzog.
The film explores the social rituals and cultural celebrations of the Saharan nomadic Wodaabe tribe. Particular focus is given to the Gerewol celebration, which features an elaborate male beauty contest to win wives.
Although the film may be considered to be ethnographic, Herzog commented that: "[My films] are anthropological only in as much as they try to explore the human condition at this particular time on this planet. I do not make films using images only of clouds and trees, I work with human beings because the way they function in different cultural groups interests me. If that makes me an anthropologist then so be it."
References
External links
1989 films
West German films
1980s German-language films
1989 documentary films
German documentary films |
6904597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20discharger | Static discharger | Static dischargers, also called static wicks or static discharge wicks, are devices used to remove static electricity from aircraft in flight. They take the form of small sticks pointing backwards from the wings, and are fitted on almost all civilian aircraft.
Function
Precipitation static is an electrical charge on an airplane caused by flying through rain, snow, ice, or dust particles. Charge also accumulates through friction between the aircraft hull and the air. When the aircraft charge is great enough, it discharges into the surrounding air. Without static dischargers, the charge discharges in large batches through pointed aircraft extremities, such as antennas, wing tips, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and other protrusions. The discharge creates a broad-band radio frequency noise from DC to 1000 MHz, which can affect aircraft communication.
To control this discharge, so as to allow the continuous operation of navigation and radio communication systems, static dischargers are installed on the trailing edges of aircraft. These include (electrically grounded) ailerons, elevators, rudder, wing, horizontal and vertical stabilizer tips. Static dischargers are high electrical resistance (6-200 megaohm) devices with a lower corona voltage and sharper points than the surrounding aircraft structure. This means that the corona discharge into the atmosphere flows through them, and occurs gradually.
Static dischargers are not lightning arrestors and do not affect the likelihood of an aircraft being struck by lightning. They will not function if they are not properly bonded to the aircraft. There must be a conductive path from all parts of the airplane to the dischargers, otherwise they will be useless. Access panels, doors, cowls, navigation lights, antenna mounting hardware, control surfaces, etc., can create static noise if they cannot discharge through the static wick.
History
The first static dischargers were developed by a joint Army-Navy team led by Dr. Ross Gunn of the Naval Research Laboratory and fitted onto military aircraft during World War II. They were shown to be effective even in extreme weather conditions in 1946 by a United States Army Air Corps team led by Capt. Ernest Lynn Cleveland.
Dayton Granger, an inventor from Florida, received a patent on static wicks in 1950.
See also
Pan Am Flight 214
Precipitation (meteorology)
Electrostatic discharge
Triboelectric effect
Ground loop (electricity)
References
Electrical engineering
Electrodes |
20476337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Register%20of%20Historic%20Places%20listings%20in%20Augusta%20County%2C%20Virginia | National Register of Historic Places listings in Augusta County, Virginia |
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Augusta County, Virginia.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
There are 55 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark.
Current listings
|}
See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Staunton, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places listings in Waynesboro, Virginia
References
Augusta |
6904608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Douglas | Sandra Douglas | Sandra Marie Douglas (born 22 April 1967) is a female English former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Career
Douglas was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. She competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where she ran her lifetime best of 51.41 secs to reach the semifinals of the 400 metres, before going on to win a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, with her teammates Phyllis Smith, Jennifer Stoute and Sally Gunnell. Douglas also competed for England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
International competitions
National titles
UK Championships 400 metres (1992)
AAA Indoor Championships 400 metres (1991)
References
1967 births
Living people
People from Chipping Campden
Sportspeople from Gloucestershire
English female sprinters
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Olympic female sprinters |
23576604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305%20Los%20Angeles%20Lakers%20season | 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season | The 2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and 45th in the city of Los Angeles. The previous season had ended with a crushing defeat in five games to the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 NBA Finals, despite the Lakers being heavily favored. The 2004–05 season is best remembered as a tough one for the Lakers, winning only 34 games and missing the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. It was also the Lakers first season since 1995-96 without either center Shaquille O'Neal, who was traded to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Brian Grant, and future draft picks, or point guard Derek Fisher, both of whom had been instrumental in the Lakers' previous three championship victories, on the roster. The Lakers had the worst team defensive rating in the NBA.
Phil Jackson was also fired in the offseason and replaced by former Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich. However, in February of 2005, Tomjanovich's struggle with bladder cancer has been diagnosed since 2003 and forced him to resign after an 24–19 start into the season and be replaced by Jackson's assistant coach Frank Hamblen for the rest of the season. Following the season, Butler was traded to the Washington Wizards, Hamblen was fired as head coach and Vlade Divac retired.
For this season, the Lakers slightly changed their uniforms added the secondary logo to their shorts they remained in used until 2018.
The Lakers would not miss the playoffs again until 2014. This was the first team since the 1998–99 Chicago Bulls and last until the 2014–15 Miami Heat to miss the playoffs after making a Finals appearance as well as the last until the 2014–15 Heat to miss the playoffs after losing the previous year's Finals.
Draft picks
Roster
Player Salaries
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
Player statistics
Awards and records
Kobe Bryant, All-NBA Third Team
Transactions
Kareem Rush was traded to the Charlotte Bobcats on December 6, 2004, for a 2005 2nd round draft pick and a 2009 2nd round draft pick.
References
Los Angeles Lakers seasons
Los Angle
Los Angle
Los Angle |
6904614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6teborgs%20IF | Göteborgs IF | Göteborgs IF (full name Göteborgs Idrottsförbund) is a now defunct Swedish football club which was located in Gothenburg. They won the Swedish Championship in 1903. The club was founded in 1900 when the three clubs Göteborgs Velocipedklubb, Skridskosällskapet Norden and Idrottssällskapet Lyckans Soldater merged.
Achievements
Swedish Champions
Winners (1): 1903
Cups
Svenska Mästerskapet:
Winners (1): 1903
Footnotes
A. The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.
References
Defunct football clubs in Sweden
Football clubs in Gothenburg
Association football clubs established in 1900
1900 establishments in Sweden |
23576605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias-Marie%20Duval | Mathias-Marie Duval | Mathias-Marie Duval (7 February 1844 – 28 February 1907) was a French professor of anatomy and histology born in Grasse. He was the son of botanist Joseph Duval-Jouve (1810–1883).
Biography
He studied medicine in Paris, and later served as prosector in Strassburg. In 1873 he became agrégé, subsequently becoming director of the anthropological laboratory at the École des Hautes Etudes and an anatomy professor at the École Supérieur des Beaux-Arts. In 1885 he replaced Charles-Philippe Robin (1821–1895) as professor of histology at the medical faculty in Paris. In 1892 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine. He was also a member of the International Society for the History of Medicine.
Duval is remembered for research involving placental development in mice and rats, and was the first to identify trophoblast invasion in rodents. With Austrian-American gynecologist Walter Schiller (1887–1960), Schiller Duval bodies are named, which are structures found in endodermal sinus tumors.
Selected writings
Sur la structure et usages de la rétine. Thesis for agrégé- 1873
Manuel du microscopie. 1873, second edition- 1877.
Précis de technique microscopique et histologique, ou introduction pratique à l’anatomie générale. (with an introduction by Charles-Philippe Robin). Paris, J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1878. 315 pages.
Précis de l'anatomie à l'usage des artistes, 1881.
Leçons sur la physiologie du système nerveux, 1883.
Le placenta des rongeurs. Journal de l'anatomie et de la physiologie normales et pathologiques de l'homme et des animaux, Paris, 1891, 27: 24–73, 344–395, 513–612.
Le placenta des rongeurs. Paris, Felix Alcan, 1892.
Précis d'histologie, Paris, 1897, 1900.
Histoire d'anatomie plastique: les maîtres, les livres et les échorchès, (With Edouard Coyer). Paris: Picard & Kann, 1898.
See also
A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière
References
Mathias-Marie Duval @ Who Named It
1844 births
1907 deaths
People from Grasse
University of Paris faculty
French anatomists
French histologists |
6904621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20and%20Unity | Freedom and Unity | "Freedom and Unity" is the official motto of the U.S. state of Vermont. The motto was first adopted in 1788 for use on the Great Seal of the Vermont Republic. Ira Allen designed the Vermont seal and is often credited as its author. Allen's 1798 book The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont cites many contributions by him to Vermont's founding but does not claim credit for the motto. Following Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791, the legislature once more approved the use of the motto for the new state seal. Vermont's first governor, Thomas Chittenden, cited the state motto in his epitaph: "Out of storm and manifold perils rose an enduring state, the home of freedom and unity."
Meaning
There is general agreement that Vermont's motto is about the idea of balancing two seemingly opposite ideals: the personal freedom and independence of the individual citizen, with the common good of the larger community. Writer and Vermont resident Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) wrote the following about her adopted state: "the Vermont idea grapples energetically with the basic problem of human conduct – how to reconcile the needs of the group, of which every man or woman is a member, with the craving for individual freedom to be what he really is."
These two forces have mostly endured in Vermont's history, both freedom, and unity, expressing distinct parts of the Vermont identity. Vermont's motto is believed to have been the inspiration for Daniel Webster's famous Liberty and Union speech before the United States Senate. Use of the exact motto is found in two quite different political groups. The left-center Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) used the motto Freedom and Unity before World War II. In the United Kingdom, a right-center party, the English Democratic Party (not to be confused with the similarly named English Democrats Party) which seeks protection of English culture and opposing European unity, also uses the exact motto. The current national motto of Germany, adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952, is also quite similar Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit translating as Unity and Justice and Freedom. The coat of arms of the Swiss canton of Vaud reads "Liberté et Patrie" - freedom and fatherland.
Uses and applications
By Vermont statute the motto Freedom and Unity is applied to the Great Seal of Vermont, the coat of arms of Vermont, and the flag of Vermont. The motto can be found above the central doors of the Vermont Supreme Court, and above the rostrum in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House.
Tanzania
Tanzania's official motto is the Swahili phrase Uhuru na Umoja, which translates as "Freedom and Unity".
See also
"Stella quarta decima fulgeat", the state's official Latin motto
References
Crampton, William G. Webster's Concise Encyclopedia of Flags & Coats of Arms. Crescent Books: 1985. .
Duffy, John J., et al. Vermont: An Illustrated History. American Historical Press: 2000. .
Duffy, John J., et al. The Vermont Encyclopedia. University Press of New England: 2003. .
Potash, P. Jeffrey, et al. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society: 2004. .
Zieber, Eugene, Heraldry in America: The Civic Armorial Bearings of American States. Greenwich House: 1974.
External links
Vermont Historical Society exhibition ''Freedom and Unity: One ideal, Many Stories
Vermont State Statutes describing application of the state motto
State mottos of the United States
Symbols of Vermont
New England
1791 establishments in Vermont
National symbols of Tanzania |
23576609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Donovan | Leslie Donovan | Leslie D. "Les" Donovan, Sr. (May 5, 1936) was a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 27th district from 1997 to 2017. He was the Assistant Majority Leader in 2001 and was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 2000. He was a Kansas Representative from 1992 to 1997.
He is an auto dealer from Wichita.
Committee assignments
Donovan served on these legislative committees:
Assessment and Taxation (chair)
Judiciary
Transportation
Sponsored legislation
Legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Donovan includes:
An amendment to have supreme court justices' appointments subject to consent of the senate.
A resolution to create a budget stabilization fund
A bill regarding campaign finance reform
Major donors
Some of the top contributors to Les Donovan's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:
Kansas Republican Senatorial Committee, Koch Industries, Kansas Contractors Association, Kansas Association of Realtors, Kansas Medical Society, Kansas Bankers Association
Financial, insurance and real estate companies were his largest donor group.
Elections
2012
Donovan was unopposed in the 2012 Republican primary. He defeated Democratic nominee Diana Cubbage in the general election, by a margin of 20,773 to 10,922 — 65.5 percent to 34.5 percent. In their primaries, Donovan had won 7,455 votes; Cubbage 1,044 votes.
Cubbage, a Wichita educator, had been unopposed in the 2012 Democratic Primary.
She had been endorsed by the Kansas Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Kansas and the AFL-CIO.
References
External links
Kansas Senate
Project Vote Smart profile
Follow the Money campaign contributions
1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008
Kansas state senators
Living people
Kansas Republicans
1936 births
21st-century American politicians
Conservatism in the United States
20th-century American politicians |
6904627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrift%20Drug | Thrift Drug | Thrift Drug was a U.S. pharmacy chain founded in 1935 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The company was purchased by JCPenney in 1968, and was expanded greatly thereafter, serving as the flagship chain of JCPenney's pharmacy group. The chain did not hide its affiliation with JCPenney, as it had JCPenney catalog merchandise pickup centers inside many of its locations, as well as signs advertising "JCPenney Catalog Center". Stores also accepted the JCPenney credit card for purchases.
In 1996, JCPenney purchased Eckerd, another pharmacy chain. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) objected to the purchase on antitrust grounds, stating that ownership of Eckerd would give JCPenney a dominant position in the drug store business in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina through its ownership of Thrift Drug, Rite Aids in the Carolinas, and Eckerd. The FTC ultimately approved the transaction, but as a condition of approval, in 1997 JCPenney and Thrift were required to divest 14 Thrift drug stores in Charlotte and 20 Thrift stores in Raleigh-Durham, as well as all 110 Rite Aid locations in the state of North Carolina and that chain's 17 locations in Charleston. As a result, JCPenney divested 164 stores in the Carolinas. The divested stores were purchased by an investment group led by former Thrift Drug executives who left JCPenney after the Eckerd transaction. These stores became the Kerr Drug chain, using the name of a former Carolinas chain acquired by JCPenney in 1995.
After acquiring Eckerd, in 1997 JCPenney merged Thrift Drug and all other pharmacy chains into the larger Eckerd chain (now CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid).
One enduring legacy of Thrift Drug was in the 1977 movie Slap Shot, when a Thrift Drug located in downtown Johnstown, Pennsylvania was shown in the background during a shot of downtown Charlestown (the town that Johnstown portrayed in the film), alongside other now-defunct retailers such as Woolworth (which still exists today as Foot Locker but closed their namesake chain in 1997) and competitor Revco (which was later acquired by CVS Pharmacy). Also shown was a location of Thrift Drug's nominal successor (through Eckerd) and fellow Pennsylvania pharmacy, Rite Aid. Due to Rite Aid's connection to Thrift Drug through Eckerd, Rite Aid, as well as CVS which also purchased many Eckerd stores, accept JCPenney credit cards despite having otherwise had no corporate affiliation with JCPenney.
References
Defunct pharmacies of the United States
Retail companies disestablished in 1997
Rite Aid
JCPenney
Retail companies established in 1935
Health care companies based in Pennsylvania |
23576611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%20Schwartz | Milton Schwartz | Milton Schwartz may refer to:
Milton Schwartz (spy), American
Milton Lewis Schwartz (1920–2005), U.S. federal judge
A character in Marjorie Morningstar (novel) |
6904628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omealca%2C%20Veracruz | Omealca, Veracruz | Omealca Municipality is a municipality of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. The municipal seat is Omealca.
Etymology
Omealca means place between two rivers in nahuatl, due to it being next to Blanco river and above a subterranean one.
Climate
Omealca's has a very diverse range of climates, as it is next to the state of Puebla and Oaxaca, meaning that besides having Veracruz's tropical climate, it also has Puebla's mountainous climate and Oaxaca's arid climate.
Municipalities of Veracruz |
6904629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Auderset | Alain Auderset | Alain Auderset is a Swiss Christian author of bandes dessinées (Franco-Belgian comics) and is best known for his comics albums Willy Grunch, Marcel, and ROBI.
Biography
Born on 27 October 1968 in Grenchen, Switzerland, Auderset was converted to Christianity after reading the French comic magazine Tournesol as a child. Later, passionate for drawing, he studied graphic arts and began to draw comic strips. In 2001 he released his first book, Conventional Wisdom, which has been translated into six additional languages (German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Danish) since it was originally published in French.
His books ROBI (2005) and Willy Grunch (2008) have both won the International Prize for French Language Christian Comics at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Currently Auderset is self-publishing and claims he has sold approximately 110,000 copies of all his books.
Auderset is also a performance artist as well as a guitarist for the band Saahsal in which his wife Eliane is the lead singer. Since 2010 Auderset has been doing a stand-up comedy routine entitled "The Non-practicing Atheist," touring both in Europe and the Canadian province of Québec. During his last Québec tour in 2013 he was interviewed during a service at a church in Drummondville, QC, which was broadcast live through their website. He was also interviewed on CKZW radio in Montreal.
In 2012 Moondog Animation Studio in Charleston, South Carolina, raised US$117,534.00 through a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter to produce five pilot episodes of The life and trials of Willy Grunch, based on Auderset's stories and art. The five pilots were completed and released in early 2013, and further episodes are slated to begin production in late 2016 as part of an additional Kickstarter project.
Currently Auderset lives in Saint-Imier with his wife and their four children.
Bibliography
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues (Conventional Wisdom), Atelier Auderset, 2001
Alain Auderset, Marcel Book 1, Atelier Auderset, 2004
Alain Auderset, ROBI, Atelier Auderset, 2005
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues II (Conventional Wisdom 2), Atelier Auderset, 2006
Alain Auderset, Willy Grunch, Atelier Auderset, 2008
Alain Auderset, Les vacances de Marcel (Marcel’s vacations – Marcel Book 2), Atelier Auderset, 2010
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues III (Conventional Wisdom 3), Atelier Auderset, 2012
Alain Auderset, Marcel Book 3, Atelier Auderset, 2014
Prizes
Angoulême 2006: Special jury distinction for Idées reçues
Angoulême 2007: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for ROBI pour les intimes
Albuquerque 2007 : ICCC2 People's Choice Awards – 1st, 3rd and 4th places
Angoulême 2009: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for Willy Grunch
References
External links
Alain Auderset's website
Migros Magazine (Switzerland) Alain Auderset: la foi qui déplace les bulles
L'Est Républicain (France) La foi et l’optimisme
1968 births
Living people
Converts to Christianity
Swiss-French people
Swiss comics artists
Swiss Christians |
6904630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajay%20River | Ajay River | Ajay (/ˈədʒɑɪ/) is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The catchment area of Ajay River is .
See also
List of rivers of India
References
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=147477
Rivers of Bihar
Rivers of Jharkhand
Rivers of West Bengal
Rivers of India |
23576614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigby%20Swift | Rigby Swift | Sir Rigby Philip Watson Swift (7 June 1874 – 19 October 1937) was a British barrister, Member of Parliament and judge. Born into a legal family, Swift was educated at Parkfield School before taking up a place in his father's chambers and at the same time studying for his LLB at the University of London. After completing his degree in January 1895 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn on 26 June. He took up a place in his father's chambers, and his work steadily increased. After the death of his father on 26 September 1899 he took over the chambers, and by 1904 he was earning 3,000 guineas a year.
By 1909 he was considered the most prestigious junior barrister in Liverpool, and in 1910 he became the Conservative Member of Parliament for St Helens. He moved to London in 1911, and was made a King's Counsel in 1912. His work continued to increase, and by 1916 he was earning 10,000 guineas a year. In the same year he became Recorder of Wigan and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. In 1917 he defended Frederick Handel Booth in Gruban v Booth, and in 1918 he represented the Air Ministry in front of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Women's Royal Air Force.
On 21 June 1920 he was made a judge of the High Court of Justice by the Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead, and became the youngest High Court judge at the time. In 1921 he heard the "Sinn Féin case", an application of the controversial Treason Felony Act 1848, and his decision in Nunan v Southern Railway Company [1923] 2 K.B. 703 was an important one in relation to exclusion clauses and liability, and was referenced by Lord Hanworth in the later case Thompson v LMS Railway. Swift died on 19 October 1937 while still a High Court judge, and was buried in Rotherfield.
Early life and education
Swift was born on 7 June 1874 at Hardshaw Hall, Lancashire to Thomas Swift and his second wife Emily. The male members of the family were mostly lawyers - Thomas Swift was a solicitor, three of his sons also became solicitors, his brother was a registrar and his cousin, Sir John Rigby was a barrister and later judge. After John Rigby became a King's Counsel in 1880, Thomas Swift switched paths and became a barrister. He specialised in criminal work, and served as counsel in the trial of Florence Maybrick. His career change had a great impact on the family - they moved from Lancashire to Liverpool (where Thomas Swift's chambers were) and Rigby Swift was undoubtedly influenced by his father's career when it came to choosing one of his own.
After some time spent with a governess, Swift began formal education at the age of 10 when he attended a small preparatory school. The school was not a good one - Swift later wrote that "I was immoderately bullied... during the whole time I was there I think I learnt nothing." In May 1886 he moved to Parkfield School, where he became head boy and held a "kindly, easy authority". In 1892 he began studying to become a barrister in a way completely unique - by working at his father's set of chambers from the age of 17. Standard practice was for a student to do a law degree and study the legal theory, before moving to a set of chambers as a pupil to learn the practical application of the law. Swift instead studied both simultaneously, and became noticed by the solicitors of Liverpool before he was even called to the Bar. At this time he became a friend of Arthur Greer, later Baron Fairfield.
As well as the practical work in his father's chambers, Swift also studied at the University of London, gaining an LLB in January 1895 before he was 21, and frequently spoke at the Liverpool Law Students Society, where he debated with Henry McCardie. On 26 June 1895 he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn by Joseph Chitty, and became qualified to practice as a barrister.
At the Bar
Swift's first proper case took place in November 1895 at the High Court of Justice in front of Mr Justice Cave - a case he won, although he felt that he had worked "horribly". His work increased over the next two years, and in 1897 he acted as a junior for John Bigham QC, later a High Court Judge. Swift would occasionally appear in court against his father, and the two were noted for deliberately baiting each other. By 1899 he was earning 462 guineas in a year, over twelve times what he was earning when he was first called to the Bar. His first murder case was in 1899, and although he lost he was commended by the judge (Mr Justice Wills) for the "great taste and propriety" of his final argument.
On 26 September 1899 his father, Thomas Swift, fell ill on the way home from chambers and died on the bus. With Thomas Swift dead, Rigby Swift had to decide what to do with his father's chambers. Although it would cause significant financial hardship for Swift and his clerk, he decided to run the chambers himself. This soon turned out to be a wise move - many of Thomas Swift's clients chose to stay on with Rigby, and in 1899 he defended the United Alkali Company from a lawsuit resulting from a large explosion at their chemical plant in St Helens. In the same year another two barristers joined the chambers, one of whom later became a High Court judge. By the end of 1900 Swift had earned over 1000 guineas. In 1902 he was earning 2,000 guineas a year, and by 1904 he was earning 3,000. By 1909 he was considered the most prestigious junior barrister (a barrister who isn't a Queen's Counsel) in Liverpool.
Politics and King's Counsel
In January 1910, Swift ran for Member of Parliament for St Helens on the Conservative Party ticket. The seat had previously been Conservative-held, but since 1906 had been controlled by the Labour Party with a safe majority of 1,411 votes. Swift campaigned hard, but despite his work and a "brilliant incursion" by F. E. Smith, Swift was defeated 6,512 votes to 5,717, leaving the sitting Labour member (Thomas Glover) with a majority of 795. Swift ran for the same seat again in the December election, the previous government having lasted only 11 months. The campaign was more hard-fought than the previous one, and was described as "one of the fiercest elections ever contested in a red-hot constituency". When the results were announced, Swift had won with 6,016 votes to Glover's 5,752, a narrow majority of 264.
Now that he was a Member of Parliament, Swift applied to become a King's Counsel (KC). The Lord Chancellor (Lord Loreburn) rejected his application because of the custom that a prospective KC should first open a practice in London. In 1911 he moved to London, something which initially cut into his income as solicitors were not aware of him. When the new Lord Chancellor Lord Haldane promoted a new set of KCs in 1912, Swift was among them. From this point onwards his share of cases began to improve.
In 1913 he defended Cecil Chesterton in the libel trial over his coverage of the Marconi scandal, along with Ernest Wild KC. In opposition was "as formidable a team as ever conducted a prosecution" – Edward Carson, later Baron Carson, F. E. Smith, later the Earl of Birkenhead, and Richard Muir. The allegations by Chesterton were so extreme that a criminal libel case was launched. Chesterton lost, but the case brought Swift's name to the attention of London solicitors.
In 1916 he became Recorder of Wigan. The same year he was made a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and by this point was earning 10,000 guineas a year. He disliked going out of London, and doubled his fees to a minimum of 200 guineas for cases outside London. Despite this the more money he charged, the more cases he got. He also followed a rule that meant he would only deal with one case at a time - again this failed to cut down the number of solicitors looking to employ him, because they appreciated a barrister who would dedicate all his working hours to their particular case. In 1917 he defended Frederick Handel Booth in Gruban v Booth, and in 1918 he represented the Air Ministry in front of the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Women's Royal Air Force.
Judge
In June 1920 he received an invitation from Lord Birkenhead, the Lord Chancellor, to become a judge of the High Court of Justice. He was formally appointed on 21 June, along with Edward Acton, and was knighted on 12 August. When appointed he was 46, and was the youngest High Court judge at that time. His appointment was considered a good one by the press; The Times wrote that "no appointment could be met with greater approval - we might even say enthusiasm - in the legal profession and among the public than that of Mr. Rigby Swift", while the Daily Mail wrote that "Mr. Rigby Swift has long been marked out for judgeship". After 1934 he occasionally sat as an additional judge in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
In 1934 in court during a libel action brought by Aleister Crowley (after a statement that Crowley practised black magic), black and white magic were solemnly discussed in court before Mr Justice Swift. The plaintiff said that he had founded a community in Sicily for the purpose of studying white magic.
Sinn Féin case
In 1921 Swift heard a case (known at the time as the Sinn Féin case) in which the controversial Treason Felony Act 1848 was applied. From 1920 to 1921 Manchester had been targeted by IRA forces who mounted an incendiary campaign against the city, setting fire to over 40 buildings between November 1920 and April 1921. On 2 April the police raided the local IRA headquarters, and in the ensuing fight one IRA member was killed and another wounded. A further nineteen were captured, and they went on trial at the next Assize Court. They were charged under the Treason Felony Act based on their membership of the IRA and of Sinn Féin. This was the first time that anyone had been charged simply for being a member of Sinn Féin, and was seen by the British government as a landmark case, with the Attorney General Sir Gordon Hewart acting as the prosecution.
The trial began on 4 July and lasted for six days. The proceedings were heavily guarded - Swift was escorted into court by armed police, the court itself was surrounded by armed patrols and the public were not allowed to watch the proceedings. Witnesses were brought over from Ireland under armed guard and given complete anonymity. The argument of the defence was a weak one, and was not accepted by the defendants themselves, who argued that they were prisoners of war and that their actions were therefore not covered by normal criminal law. Neither Swift or the jury were convinced, however, and after being found guilty the men were sentenced to between three and fifteen years of penal servitude.
Nunan v Southern Railway Company
A case of Swift's with important implications for the common law was Nunan v Southern Railway Company [1923] 2 K.B. 703. Nunan was a workman who was killed in an accident caused by the negligence of railway employees. Under the Fatal Accidents Act his widow could claim compensation from the railway company, but the case was complicated because of an exclusion clause on the ticket he was using which limited the company's liability to £100. The widow argued that the exclusion clause was only binding on her husband when he was alive, and that it did not affect parliamentary statute such as the Fatal Accidents Act.
Swift decided that while the ticket bound Nunan, his widow was right in saying that the clause did not affect parliamentary statute, and he awarded her £800. His judgment played an important part in and was referenced in the later decision of Lord Hanworth in Thompson v LMS Railway.
Divorce
During the 1920s the Divorce Court was massively backlogged, with even the Lord Chancellor Lord Birkenhead helping deal with cases. Despite this the backlog continued to grow, and in 1920 Swift was seconded to the Divorce Court to deal with cases. Many of them were deliberately arranged divorces, with one party sending the other a letter reading along the lines of "Please divorce me. Here is a bill from - Hotel, I was there with a man who wishes to throw his lot in with mine". In 1925 Swift was again seconded to the Divorce Court, and began to get frustrated with the arranged divorces. On 22 April, while hearing a case, he exclaimed that the arranged divorces were "a perfect farce", included elements of collusion and that he had half a mind to send the cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions. His comments were widely reported by the press, and he apologised the next day, saying that he was simply disgusted by a system in which one party had to pretend to commit adultery to get a divorce.
Frederick Nodder
Shortly before his death, in March 1937 Swift presided at the trial at Warwick Winter Assizes of Frederick Nodder, who was charged with abducting Mona Tinsley, aged 10, who had not been seen since leaving school on 5 January 1937. His conduct of the trial was marked by bad-tempered interruption, sarcastic comments (chiefly directed at defence counsel Maurice Healy), and unjustified complaints that documents had been withheld. When the jury convicted, Swift in passing sentence referred to the continued mystery about Mona Tinsley's fate: "What you did with that little girl, what became of her, only you know. It may be that time will reveal the dreadful secret which you carry in your breast." Three months later Mona Tinsley's body was recovered from a nearby river, and Nodder was subsequently convicted of murder and hanged.
Death
On 15 April 1937 his wife, Lady Swift, had a large heart attack. She survived for four days before finally dying on 19 April. Swift returned to work and his life continued, but it was "continuation from mere momentum" rather than any desire to live. On 15 October he had a heart attack, and on 19 October, exactly six months after his wife's death, he died at home and was buried in a graveyard in Rotherfield.
References
Bibliography
External links
1874 births
1937 deaths
Alumni of the University of London
Queen's Counsel 1901–2000
Knights Bachelor
British barristers
Members of Lincoln's Inn
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
People from Rotherfield
Politicians from Lancashire |
20476353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Florida%20State%20Seminoles%20football%20team | 2005 Florida State Seminoles football team | The 2005 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and competed in the Atlantic Division.
The Seminoles won their division and competed in the ACC title game, defeating Virginia Tech in the inaugural championship game.
Recruits
The Seminoles recruiting class was ranked No. 2 in the nation behind only Southern California by Rivals.com, but never panned out. On a reevaluation in 2012, Rivals.com listed it among the most disappointing recruiting classes of the decade.
Schedule
Rankings
Post season
Florida State finished the season ranked number 23 in both the final AP and Coaches college football polls. Florida State's trip to the Orange Bowl marked the 24th consecutive post season bowl game under Bobby Bowden.
NFL draft
Six seniors and two juniors would go on and be drafted in the 2006 NFL Draft.
All-star games
References
Florida State
Florida State Seminoles football seasons
Atlantic Coast Conference football champion seasons
Florida State Seminoles football |
23576616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Precious%20Prize%20of%20Gravity | The Precious Prize of Gravity | The Precious Prize of Gravity is the third studio album by international indie rock band Bellini.
Track listing
"Wake Up Under a Truck" – 3:34
"Numbers" – 3:04
"Daughter Leaving" – 3:08
"Susie" – 3:50
"Tiger's Milk" – 3:03
"The Man Who Lost His Wings" – 4:26
"Save The Greyhounds"- 2:41
"The Thin Line"-4:18
"The Painter"-2:44
"A Deep Wound"-3:14
References
Bellini (band) albums
2009 albums |
20476358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Lake%20%28Michigan%29 | Blue Lake (Michigan) | Blue Lake is a lake with a marshy shoreline that is located in southern Alger County, Michigan in the middle of the Hiawatha National Forest. It is located about a mile north of the intersection of Federal Forest Highway 13 and Delta County Road 440 and just north of the county line with Delta County and just west of the county line with Schoolcraft County. The only lodging on the lake and for several miles are the cabins of the Hiawatha Resort situated near the Midway General Store.
Some of the wildlife living near the lake include beaver, otter, mink, sandhill cranes, muskrat, geese, herons, and ducks. The national forest offers many game animals including black bear, white-tailed deer, woodcock, and grouse. Other nearby lakes include Hugaboom Lake, Mowe Lake, Corner-Straits Chain of lakes, Ironjaw Lake, and Round Lake.
See also
List of lakes in Michigan
References
Lakes of Alger County, Michigan
Lakes of Michigan |
6904656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu-class%20destroyer%20escort | Isuzu-class destroyer escort | The Isuzu class destroyer escort was a destroyer escort (or frigate) class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the early 1960s. The latter batch (Kitakami and Ōi) were quite different from the earlier two vessels in their propulsion and weaponry, so sometimes they were classified as the "Kitakami-class".
This class was the first JMSDF surface combatant adopted shelter-deck design. Propulsion systems varied in each vessels because the JMSDF tried to find the best way in the propulsion systems of future DEs. The design concept of this class and the CODAD propulsion system of the Kitakami-class became prototype of them of the latter DEs and DDKs such as and .
The gun system was a scale-down version of the , four 3"/50 caliber Mark 22 guns with two Mark 33 dual mounts controlled by a Mark 63 GFCS. Main air-search radar was a OPS-2, Japanese variant of the American AN/SPS-12.
In the earlier batch, the main Anti-submarine armament was a Mk.108 Weapon Alpha. The JMSDF desired this American brand-new ASW rocket launcher earnestly, but then, it became clear that it was not as good as it was supposed to be. So in the latter batch, it was changed with a M/50, Swedish 375mm quadruple ASW rocket launcher. And later, Weapon Alpha of the earlier batch was also replaced by a Type 71, Japanese version of the M/50.
Ships
References
See also
Frigate classes
Frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
23576624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Top%2050%20Index | Russell Top 50 Index | The Russell Top 50 Index measures the performance of the largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. It includes approximately 50 of the largest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and represents approximately 40% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000.
The index, which was launched on January 1, 2005, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^RU50.
Investing
Prior to January 27, 2016, the index was tracked by an exchange-traded fund, the Guggenheim Russell Top 50 Mega Cap ETF (). The ETF switched to the S&P 500 Top 50 Index.
Top 10 holdings
Apple Inc. ()
Microsoft Corp ()
Amazon.com ()
Meta Platforms ()
Alphabet Inc Cl A ()
Alphabet Inc Cl C ()
Berkshire Hathaway Inc ()
Johnson & Johnson ()
Procter & Gamble ()
Visa Inc. ()
(as of October 31, 2020)
Top sectors by weight
Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Health Care
Industrials
Financials
See also
S&P 100
Russell Investments
Russell 2000 Index
Russell 1000 Index
Russell Top 200 Index
References
External links
Russell Indexes
Russell Investment Group
Index Construction and Methodology
Yahoo! Finance page for ^RU50
American stock market indices |
6904662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made%20to%20Love%20Magic | Made to Love Magic | Made to Love Magic is a 2004 compilation album of outtakes and remixes by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It features a previously unreleased solo acoustic version of "River Man", dating from early 1968, and the song "Tow the Line", a previously unheard song from Drake's final session in July 1974. The compilation reached #27 on the UK Albums Chart.
Track listing
All songs are written by Nick Drake.
"Rider on the Wheel" – 2:38
"Magic – Orchestrated Version 2" – 2:45
"River Man – Cambridge Version" – 4:02
"Joey" – 3:04
"Thoughts of Mary Jane" – 3:39
"Mayfair – Cambridge Version" – 2:12
"Hanging on a Star" – 3:24
"Three Hours – Alternate Version" – 5:12
"Clothes of Sand" – 2:31
"Voices" – 3:45
"Time of No Reply – Orchestrated Version" – 2:47
"Black Eyed Dog" – 3:28
"Tow the Line" – 2:20
Notes
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 9 & 12 are stereo remasters from Time of No Reply; track 5 is usually titled "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" on other releases.
Track 2 is "I Was Made to Love Magic" from Time of No Reply, sped-up, with a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
Tracks 3 and 6 are Cambridge-era dorm demos (spring 1968)
Track 7 is a different take than the version originally released on Time of No Reply (February 1974)
Track 8 is a different take than the version originally released on Five Leaves Left, and features Rebop Kwaku Baah on congas (March 1969)
Track 10 is a remastered version of "Voice from the Mountain" from Time of No Reply
Track 11 has a posthumously added string arrangement by Robert Kirby
Track 13 is possibly the last song Drake ever committed to tape (July 1974)
Personnel
Nick Drake performs vocals and Steel-string guitar on all songs, except where indicated otherwise.
References
Nick Drake compilation albums
Albums produced by Joe Boyd
2004 compilation albums
Island Records compilation albums |
23576626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%20and%20Harrisburg%20Railway | Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway | The Baltimore and Harrisburg Railway was a railroad that operated in Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The 59 miles (95 km) main line ran from Emory Grove, Maryland to Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, with a 6 miles (9.7 km) branch from Valley Junction, Pennsylvania (east of Hanover) to Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania; and later extensions to Highfield, Maryland and York, Pennsylvania.
The railroad was formed from a merger of the Hanover Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad, the Bachman Valley Railroad and the Baltimore and Hanover Railroad in 1886. It was acquired by the Western Maryland Railway in 1917.
History
The railroad was chartered by the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1886. In 1889 the railroad constructed a western extension from Orrtanna to Highfield, Maryland, where it connected with the Western Maryland Railway. In 1893 it completed a eastern extension from Porters Sideling, Pennsylvania (east of Hanover) to York.
At its formation, the company was controlled by the Western Maryland Railway by means of a 99-year lease, and the Western Maryland bought the company in 1917. The original Hanover Branch Railroad portion of track between Hanover Junction and Valley Junction was abandoned and removed circa 1930.
See also
List of defunct Maryland railroads
List of defunct Pennsylvania railroads
References
Bibliography
Defunct Maryland railroads
Defunct Pennsylvania railroads
Predecessors of the Western Maryland Railway
Railway companies established in 1886
Railway companies disestablished in 1917
American companies established in 1886
American companies disestablished in 1917 |
20476362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawzia%20Fahim | Fawzia Fahim | Fawzia Abbas Fahim (born December 9, 1931, in Al-Fayoum, Egypt) is an Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist known for her work on the anti-tumoral effects of snake venom and iodoacetate. She is currently Professor of Biochemistry at Ain Shams University, Egypt. Fahim has also made important contributions to infant and occupational health, and pollution issues in Egypt.
Fahim worked as a Demonstrator in the Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry at Cairo University, from 1957 to 1962. She received a governmental grant from the United Kingdom, October 1962 – June, 1965, where she attended Birmingham University. In 1966 she served as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Ain Shams University. In 1975 Fahim became an associate professor and in 1980 she became a full professor, the position she still holds.
Fahim was head of the Department of Biology and Natural Sciences, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, at Ain Shams University from 1983 to 1989.
Fahim received her B.Sc. from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1954 and her Master of Science in chemistry from Cairo University in 1962. In 1965 she got her Ph.D. from Birmingham University, England. She is the author, or co-author, of over 80 scientific papers.
Personal life
In 1959 Fahim married Salah El-Din Mohamed El-Mahdi, a professor of Design and Theory of Machines at the Faculty of Engineering, Ain-Shams University. He died in 1998. They had 3 children.
References
Personal Interviews, November 2008 and March 2009.
Selected publications
1931 births
Egyptian scientists
Living people
Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Cairo University alumni
Cairo University faculty
Ain Shams University faculty
Egyptian writers
People from Faiyum Governorate |
23576643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koras%E2%80%93Russell%20cubic%20threefold | Koras–Russell cubic threefold | In algebraic geometry, the Koras–Russell cubic threefolds are smooth affine complex threefolds diffeomorphic to studied by . They have a hyperbolic action of a one-dimensional torus with a unique fixed point, such that the quotients of the threefold and the tangent space of the fixed point by this action are isomorphic. They were discovered in the process of proving the Linearization Conjecture in dimension 3. A linear action of on the affine space is one of the form , where and . The Linearization Conjecture in dimension says that every algebraic action of on the complex affine space is linear in some algebraic coordinates on . M. Koras and P. Russell made a key step towards the solution in dimension 3, providing a list of threefolds (now called Koras-Russell threefolds) and proving that the Linearization Conjecture for n=3 holds if all those threefolds are exotic affine 3-spaces, that is, none of them is isomorphic to . This was later shown by Kaliman and Makar-Limanov using the ML-invariant of an affine variety, which has in fact been invented exactly for this purpose.
Earlier than the above referred paper, Russell noticed that the hypersurface has properties very similar to the affine 3-space like contractibility and was interested in distinguishing them as algebraic varieties. This now follows from the computation that and .
References
3-folds |
23576651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%202500%20Index | Russell 2500 Index | The Russell 2500 Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies (19% of total capitalization) in the Russell 3000 Index, with a weighted average market capitalization of approximately $4.3 billion, median capitalization of $1.2 billion and market capitalization of the largest company of $18.7 billion.
The index, which was launched on June 1, 1990, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^R25I.
Top 10 holdings
Huntington Bancshares ()
Hologic ()
Mid-America Apartments ()
Quintiles IMS Holdings ()
Alaska Air Group ()
Idexx Laboratories ()
Snap-on ()
Arch Capital Group ()
Lear Corporation ()
E-Trade Financial ()
(as of December 31, 2016)
Top sectors by weight
Financial Services
Producer Durables
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Health Care
See also
Russell Investments
Russell 2000 Index
Russell 1000 Index
References
External links
Russell page for Russell 2500 index
Russell Indexes
Russell Investment Group
Index Construction and Methodology
Yahoo! Finance page for ^R25I
American stock market indices |
6904668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%3A%20You%20Get%20What%20You%20Play%20For | Live: You Get What You Play For | Live: You Get What You Play For is a live album by rock band REO Speedwagon, released as a double-LP in 1977 (and years later as a single CD omitting "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "Little Queenie"). It was recorded at Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, the Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, Kiel Auditorium in Saint Louis, Missouri and Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom in Atlanta, Georgia. It peaked at number #72 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1977. The song "Ridin' the Storm Out" reached #94 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, but has since become a classic rock radio staple. The album went platinum on December 14, 1978.
The Japanese CD reissue, released in 2011, restores the album and songs to its original full length by including both "Gary's Guitar Solo" and "Little Queenie", which were omitted in the original single CD release due to time constraints. Sony Music also released the unedited double LP Epic master on its Legacy Label for Compact Disc in 2011 as well.
Track listing
All songs written by Gary Richrath, except where noted.
Side one
"Like You Do" – 6:43
"Lay Me Down" (Neal Doughty, Alan Gratzer, Terry Luttrell, Gregg Philbin, Richrath) – 3:34
"Any Kind of Love" – 3:33
"Being Kind (Can Hurt Someone Sometimes)" (Kevin Cronin) – 6:27
Side two
"Keep Pushin'" (Cronin) – 3:59
"(Only A) Summer Love" – 6:06
"Son of a Poor Man" – 5:25
"(I Believe) Our Time Is Gonna Come" (Cronin) – 4:46
Side three
"Flying Turkey Trot" – 2:34
"Gary's Guitar Solo"+ – 6:10
"157 Riverside Avenue (Doughty, Gratzer, Luttrell, Philbin, Richrath) – 7:35
"Ridin' the Storm Out" – 5:34
Side four Encores
"Music Man" (Cronin) – 2:29
"Little Queenie"+ (Chuck Berry) – 4:45
"Golden Country" – 8:12
Total length – 77:18
(+) Appeared on the original double-LP release of the album, but omitted from the original single CD release. They are included on the 2011 Japanese "remaster" two-CD release.
Personnel
Kevin Cronin – lead vocals (except on "Only a Summer Love"), rhythm guitar
Gary Richrath – lead guitar, lead vocals on "Any Kind of Love" and "Only a Summer Love"
Neal Doughty – keyboards
Gregg Philbin – bass, backing vocals
Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals
Production
Production as listed in album liner notes.
John Stronach - production, engineering
John Henning - production, engineering, mixing
Gary Richrath - production, mixing
Bruce Hensal - engineering
Pete Carlson - engineering
Jack Crymes - engineering
Kelly Kotera - engineering
Rick Sanchez - engineering
Mike Klink - engineering
Vartán Kurjian - illustration
Justin Carroll - illustration
Tom Steele - design
Lorrie Sullivan - photography
Charts
Album
Singles
Certifications
Release history
Notes
References
REO Speedwagon albums
1977 live albums
Epic Records live albums
Albums produced by Gary Richrath |
20476413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trude%20Feldman | Trude Feldman | Gertrude Bella Feldman (August 13, 1924 – January 23, 2022) was an American reporter, columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps and State Department Press Corps. She regularly wrote for McCall's magazine and for The New York Times Syndicate, The Washington Post, as well as numerous other media, especially publications for the Jewish community. Feldman interviewed every U.S. president from Lyndon B. Johnson until George W. Bush; and every U.S. vice president from Hubert Humphrey to Al Gore. She was a contributing editor for World Tribune.com.
Early and personal life
Gertrude Bella Feldman was born in Los Angeles on August 13, 1924. Her father was a rabbi and her mother was an author who wrote about Judaism. Feldman was a teacher at Hebrew schools in New York and Los Angeles, and worked on the 1960 film Exodus as both a Hebrew language coach and an extra.
Feldman lived in Washington, D.C., and died there on January 23, 2022, at the age of 97.
Career
Feldman began her career in journalism with the coverage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann 1961–62. She retired in 2007.
Presidential correspondent
Feldman interviewed every American president from Lyndon B. Johnson to George W. Bush (including Harry Truman, in his post presidential years (1968, 1971, 1972).
President Jimmy Carter, in a 1977 interview with Feldman, hinted that efforts to promote an Arab-Israeli settlement might have to be suspended. Carter elaborated on this new approach in another interview with her that startled the Arabs. It was a generous face-saving offer to the Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin by Carter, giving Israel the opportunity to accept the notions of withdrawal from the West Bank and of participation by the Palestinians in a gradual, limited process of self-determination.
As his 75th birthday approached, Ronald Reagan scheduled an interview with Feldman on the afternoon of January 28, 1986. At 11:38 that morning, however, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated after liftoff, killing its crew of seven. While the president postponed his State of the Union speech, which had been scheduled for that evening, he did not postpone the interview.
Feldman covered George H. W. Bush from when he became a congressman from Texas in 1967. She interviewed him as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as vice president, and as president. Her 3-part series — "George Bush at 75" — was published in The Wall Street Journal beginning on February 5, 1996, was internationally syndicated, and was inserted in the Congressional Record by Senators Richard Lugar and Joseph I. Lieberman. She also interviewed Bush in 1993, and again after a 10-day mission to the Middle East.
President Bill Clinton granted his first post-apology interview to Feldman, who did not ask him about the scandal, but about the Yom Kippur tradition of the Day of Atonement. On August 1, 1996, the Wall Street Journal Opinion Page published a Feldman interview with President Clinton in which he said:
But the truth is, no one knows what the optimum rate of growth without inflation is. The only thing I've tried to do in dealing with the Federal Reserve was to show that I would be responsible in getting the deficit down, but I didn't want to get in the way of economic growth.
In her October 2004 interview with President George W. Bush, he said, "The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it".
State Department correspondent
Feldman interviewed every U.S. Secretary of State, from Dean Rusk to Colin L. Powell. (Her interview with Condoleezza Rice was conducted in the White House when she was U.S. National Security Advisor, soon to become the 66th Secretary of State.)
Middle East writings
Feldman wrote from, and about, the Middle East since she covered the 122 sessions of the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. There, and in Haifa, and in Cyprus, she was an 'extra' in the film Exodus.{CN}} Later, she accompanied former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on her five-day Middle East trip – her last before her death in 1962.
On Mideast issues, Feldman interviewed every Israeli prime minister, including the first, David Ben-Gurion, to Ariel Sharon, with the exception of Ehud Olmert.
Four months after Anwar Sadat's historical 1977 peace mission to Jerusalem, he and his wife Jehan visited Washington, DC, where both were interviewed by Feldman at Blair House.
Controversy
Feldmen's writings were generally positive, upbeat, and friendly to her interview subjects. However, they occasionally ventured into controversial territory. In a December 1985 article for the Dallas Morning News, "McFarlane casualty of power", she reported on the resignation of National Security Adviser Robert C. "Bud" McFarlane, attributing the departure to
...subordinates whose efforts to protect their bosses with excessive zeal often hinder constructive advice and input.
Too often, staff members, rather than working for a high official, act as if they "own" him. Such possessiveness results in abuse of authority, creates obstacles and leads to misconceptions. ...
McFarlane did not volunteer the real reasons — persistent malevolence and belligerancy within the administration which resulted in the undermining of policies.
Her interview articles on the Middle East were not just friendly to Israeli leaders, but to Arab leaders as well, and she gently argued for open dialogue and an even-handed approach to a just and lasting peace in the region.
In March 2001, Feldman had her press pass suspended for 90 days for having looked through a press aide's desk late at night.
See also
J Street
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Americans for Peace Now
Jewish Voice for Peace
Council for the National Interest
Israel lobby in the United States
References
External links
World Tribune.com: Gerald Ford at 90 reflects on his presidency...
West Wing Story: The Characters Of The White House Press Corps: They May Not Be As Visible As Sam Or Cokie Or Tim, But They'll Put The President On The Spot, Provide Comic Relief And, If You're Not Looking, Rifle Through Your Desk Drawers, Martha Brant | Newsweek Web, May 16, 2001.
1924 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American Jews
20th-century American journalists
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American journalists
American columnists
American reporters and correspondents
Jewish American writers
People from Hollywood, Los Angeles
The New York Times writers
The Washington Post journalists
Writers from Los Angeles |
23576657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%20the%20Drift | Mind the Drift | Mind the Drift is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Big Business.
Track listing
"Found Art" - 3:34
"Gold and Final" - 3:32
"Cats, Mice." - 3:52
"I Got It Online" - 3:59
"The Drift" - 3:40
"Ayes Have It" - 4:17
"Cold Lunch" - 3:33
"Theme From Big Business II" - 8:43
"Cold Lunch (Demo)" (Bonus Track) - 3:40
"The Drift (Demo)" (Bonus Track) - 3:48
"Send Me A Postcard" (Bonus Track) - 2:45
Personnel
Big Business
Jared Warren - bass, lead vocals
Coady Willis - drums
Toshi Kasai - guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Technical personnel
Phil Elk and Big Business – recording
Cameron Nicklaus - second engineer
Sadaharu Yagi - second engineer
JJ Golden - mastering
James O'Mara - layout and execution
References
2009 albums
Hydra Head Records albums
Big Business (band) albums |
20476485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%20riots | Jos riots | Jos riots can refer to:
2001 Jos riots
2008 Jos riots
2010 Jos riots |
6904674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celina%20Jesionowska | Celina Jesionowska | Celina Jesionowska (later names Gerwin and Orzechowska, born 3 November 1933 in Łomża) is a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres and, during the last part of her career, in the 400 metres. She competed for Poland in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Teresa Wieczorek, Barbara Janiszewska and Halina Richter.
Jesionowska also competed in three European Championships:
1954 in Bern, where she was eliminated in the 100 metres semi-finals, and took fifth place in the 4 x 100 metres relay with her team mates Marią Ilwicką, Barbarą Lerczak and Marią Kusion.
1958 in Stockholm, where she won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with the same team, and reached the semi-finals in the 200 and 100 metres.
1966 in Budapest, where she was eliminated in the first round qualifiers for the 100 metres.
Throughout her career, Jesionowska was a competitor with the Central Military Sports Club "Legia" Warsaw (CWKS "Legia" Warsaw), through which she attained seven Polish championships:
400 metres - 1964, 1965 and 1966.
4 × 100 metres relay - 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960.
Cultural influence
In 1976, Jesionowska appeared in an episode of the TV series The Way It Was which showcased the 1960 Summer Olympics, in which she gained her bronze medal.
Personal bests
Jesionowska's published personal bests include:
100 metres - 11.8 seconds
200 metres - 23.8 seconds
400 metres - 55.4 seconds
80 meters hurdles - 11.0 seconds
Long jump - 5.85 metres
References
1933 births
Polish female sprinters
Olympic bronze medalists for Poland
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Poland
Living people
People from Łomża
European Athletics Championships medalists
People from Białystok Voivodeship (1919–1939)
Sportspeople from Podlaskie Voivodeship
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Legia Warsaw athletes
20th-century Polish women
Olympic female sprinters |
6904684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Helmet | Golden Helmet | Golden Helmet may refer to:
Golden Helmet (Poland), an annual Polish speedway event
Golden Helmet of Pardubice, an annual Czech speedway event
Kultainen kypärä, a Finnish ice hockey award given to the best player in Liiga.
Guldhjälmen, a Swedish ice hockey award
Casque d'Or (English: Golden Helmet), a 1952 French film |
23576672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Microcap%20Index | Russell Microcap Index | The Russell Microcap Index measures the performance of the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market. It makes up less than 3% of the U.S. equity market. It includes 1,000 of the smallest securities in the Russell 2000 Index based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and it also includes up to the next 1,000 stocks. , the weighted average market capitalization for a company in the index was $535 million; the median market cap was $228 million. The market cap of the largest company in the index was $3.6 billion.
The index, which was launched on June 1, 2005, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^RUMIC.
Records
In February 2021, during the everything bubble, a record 14 members of the index exceeded the market capitalization of the smallest member of the S&P 500 Index.
Investing
The Russell Microcap Index is tracked by the iShares Micro-Cap ETF ().
Top 10 holdings
Mercury Systems ()
Centerstate Banks ()
Lakeland Financial ()
Merit Medical Systems ()
Team Inc ()
Patrick Industries ()
Synergy Pharmaceuticals ()
Hanmi Financial ()
Aerie Pharmaceuticals ()
Stewart Information Services ()
(as of December 31, 2016)
Top sectors by weight
Financial Services
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Producer Durables
See also
Russell Investments
Russell 2000 Index
Russell 1000 Index
References
External links
FTSE Russell Index Fact Sheet
FTSE Russell Indexes
FTSE Russell Investment Group
Index Construction and Methodology
Yahoo! Finance page for ^RUMIC
American stock market indices
Financial services companies established in 1981
1981 establishments in the United States |
6904692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakluyt%20%26%20Company | Hakluyt & Company | Hakluyt & Company is a British strategic advisory firm. The company is headquartered in London and has subsidiary offices in New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Singapore, Mumbai, Chicago and Sydney.
Hakluyt avoids publicity, but is regarded as having a reputation for discretion and effectiveness among its client base. Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). The company has recruited several former British spies and journalists from The Financial Times.
The firm is chaired by Paul Deighton, and the other members of the board include managing partner Varun Chandra, Les Fagen, and Jean Tomlin.
Corporate governance
Hakluyt's international advisory board comprises senior figures with backgrounds in business and government. It is chaired by Niall FitzGerald, KBE, former CEO and chairman of Unilever, and its current members are:
M. S. Banga – partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and former chairman and managing director, Hindustan Unilever
Professor Sir John Bell – Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Sir Douglas Flint CBE – chairman, Standard Life Aberdeen
Dr Jurgen Grossmann – founder and shareholder, Georgsmarienhutte Holding GmbH
Muhtar Kent – former CEO and chairman, The Coca-Cola Company
Irene Lee – chairman, Hysan Development Co. Limited
Sir Iain Lobban – former director, UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Trevor Manuel – former minister of finance, South Africa
Lubna Olayan – CEO and deputy chairperson, Olayan Financing Company
Sandi Peterson – former group worldwide chairman, Johnson & Johnson and independent director, Microsoft Corporation
Alfonso Prat-Gay – former minister of the economy and President of the Central Bank of Argentina
Sir John Rose – former chairman, Hakluyt & Company
Shuzo Sumi – former president and chairman, Tokio Marine Holdings and chairman of the board, Sony Corporation
Ambassador Louis Susman – former US ambassador to the UK
Ratan Tata, GBE – chairman emeritus, Tata Sons
The former president and chairman of Mitsubishi Corporation, Minoru (Ben) Makihara, KBE, served on the advisory board of the firm from 2004 to 2020.
References
External links
Companies based in the City of Westminster
Consulting firms established in 1995
Management consulting firms |
6904717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Ludwig | Bob Ludwig | Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Bryan Ferry, Paul McCartney, Nirvana, Bruce Springsteen and Daft Punk
resulting in over 3,000 credits. He is the recipient of numerous Grammy and TEC Awards.
Biography
At the age of eight in South Salem, New York, Ludwig was so fascinated with his first tape recorder, that he used to make recordings of whatever was on the radio. Ludwig is a classical musician by training, having obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, New York. He was also involved in the sound department at Eastman, as well as being principal trumpet of the Utica Symphony Orchestra. Inspired by Phil Ramone when he came to Eastman to teach a summer recording workshop, Ludwig ended up working as his assistant. Afterwards, he was contacted and offered work with Ramone at A&R Recording. Together, they did sessions on projects with The Band, Peter, Paul & Mary, Neil Diamond and Frank Sinatra.
After a few years at A&R, Ludwig received an offer from Sterling Sound, where he eventually became a vice president. After seven years at Sterling, he moved to its competitor, Masterdisk, where he was vice president and chief engineer. In December 1992, Ludwig left Masterdisk to start his own record mastering facility in Portland, Maine, named Gateway Mastering Studios, Inc. He, along with Adam Ayan are the two mastering engineers who work at Gateway Mastering.
Work
Ludwig's mastering credits include albums for many major classic artists, such as the Kronos Quartet, and rock acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Phish, Rush, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, Metallica, Gloria Estefan, Nirvana, The Strokes, Queen, U2, Sting, The Police, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Beck, Guns N' Roses, Richie Sambora, Tool, Simple Minds, Bryan Ferry, Tori Amos, Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Bee Gees, Madonna, Richard Wood, Supertramp, Will Ackerman, Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead, Elton John, Daft Punk and Alabama Shakes.
He has occasionally undertaken larger projects, such as remastering the entire back catalogues of Rush, Dire Straits, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Rolling Stones.
Ludwig cites his most musically satisfying projects as: the CD reissue of Music From Big Pink (The Band), There's a Riot Goin' On (Sly and the Family Stone), Led Zeppelin II, Painted from Memory (Bacharach & Costello), Spirit (Jewel), Loreena McKennitt, and Ancient Voices of Children (George Crumb).
Ludwig remains an active influence in the music industry. As a judge for the 8th and 10th-14th annual Independent Music Awards, his contributions helped assist the careers of upcoming independent artists. Ludwig is active in the Audio Engineering Society and is a past chairman of the New York AES section. He was Co-Chair of the Producers and Engineers Wing for 5 years and is presently on the Advisory Council of the P&E Wing of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Awards and recognition
Grammy Awards
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|Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sings Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
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|Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)
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APRS
2012: Association of Professional Recording Services Sound Fellowship - received 27 October 2012
Audio Engineering Society
2015: AES Gold Medal
References
External links
SoundStage! interview
1940s births
Living people
American audio engineers
Engineers from New York (state)
Grammy Award winners
Latin Grammy Award winners
Mastering engineers
People from South Salem, New York
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23576687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Aleynikov | Sergey Aleynikov | Sergey Aleynikov (born 1970) is a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer. Between 2009 and 2016, he was prosecuted by NY Federal and State jurisdictions for the same conduct of allegedly copying proprietary computer source code from his employer, Goldman Sachs, before joining a competing firm. His first prosecution in federal court in New York ultimately resulted in acquittal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The outcome of his second prosecution and trial in New York state court was a split verdict dismissed by court, which acquitted him on all counts. One count in that order of dismissal was later overturned by New York Court of Appeals, which took a very broad interpretation of the statute, and on recommendation of prosecutors he was sentenced to time served without punishment. The same New York Court of Appeals denied his petition to appeal on double jeopardy grounds. His story inspired Michael Lewis's bestseller Flash Boys.
Career
Around 1990, Sergey Aleynikov emigrated from the Soviet Union to the United States. From 1998 to 2007, he worked at IDT Corporation, writing software to better handle high volumes of phone calls.
He authored a telecommunications patent and contributed to a number of open-source Erlang and C++ projects. He also published several Perl modules on CPAN.
Aleynikov was employed for two years, from May 2007 to June 2009, at Goldman at an ultimate salary of $400,000. He left to join Misha Malyshev's Teza Technologies, a competing high-frequency trading firm which offered to triple his pay.
In May 2010, Aleynikov founded Omnibius, LLC, a consulting services firm for financial clients.
Federal prosecution and acquittal
On July 3, 2009, he was arrested by FBI agents at Newark Liberty International Airport after Goldman raised the alarm over a suspected policy violation reported by Goldman on July 1, 2009, two days prior to his arrest. He was accused by the FBI of improperly copying computer source code that performs "sophisticated, high-speed and high-volume trades on various stock and commodity markets", as described by Goldman. The events leading to his arrest are covered by Michael Lewis in his 2014 book Flash Boys. According to Assistant United States Attorney Joseph Facciponti, "the bank has raised the possibility that there is a danger that somebody who knew how to use this program could use it to manipulate markets in unfair ways.". Facciponti's words in the courtroom contradicted to what David Viniar, Goldman's CFO, said a few days later on the earnings call that the sustained losses would be "very, very immaterial". Aleynikov acknowledged downloading some source code, but maintained that his intent was to collect exclusively open-source software that is not proprietary to his then-employer.
On February 10, 2010, a 3-count indictment was handed down by a federal grand jury in Manhattan. The counts included theft of trade secrets (count 1), transportation of stolen goods (count 2), and illicit obtainment of data from a protected computer (count 3).
On July 16, 2010, Aleynikov moved to dismiss the indictment for failure to state an offense under any of the three statutes invoked: the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, the National Stolen Property Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. He argued that the acts he was accused of did not constitute a crime. On September 3, 2010, the federal judge, Denise Cote, dismissed the count 3 but denied the rest of the motion.
In December 2010, Aleynikov had a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Certain trial proceedings were not public. On December 10, he was convicted of the remaining two counts, including theft of trade secrets and transportation of stolen property. Later, he was sentenced to 97 months (8 years) in prison, three years of supervised release following his prison sentence, and a $12,500 fine, despite the recommendation of the Federal Probation Service of suggesting a 24 month (2 years) sentence.
Three weeks before sentencing, Aleynikov was incarcerated on request of the government, as he was judged to be more of a after separating from his wife.
In March 2011, Aleynikov appealed the conviction, asking the Second Circuit to review the District Court's decision denying his original motion to dismiss the indictment for failure to state a claim.
On February 16, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument on his appeal and, later that day, unanimously ordered his conviction reversed and a judgment of acquittal entered, with opinion to follow. Aleynikov was released from custody the next morning.
On April 11, 2012, Dennis Jacobs, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, published a unanimous decision in a written opinion stating:
In the course of these events, Aleynikov has spent a year in prison for crimes he did not commit, has divorced, has lost his savings, and, according to his lawyer, "[his] life has been all but ruined" as a result.
The government did not seek reconsideration of the Second Circuit's ruling, thus ending federal action against Aleynikov.
Later, on December 18, 2012, the Congress enhanced the 1996 Economic Espionage Act, in order to cover similar acts in future rulings, in a law referred to as the "Theft of trade secrets clarification act of 2012".
NY State prosecution
Arrest, trial, and acquittal
On August 9, 2012, Aleynikov was re-arrested and charged by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., on behalf of New York State, with "unlawful use of secret scientific material" (2 counts) and "unlawful duplication of computer-related material" (1 count) based on the same conduct. The state prosecution was initiated based on a complaint signed by the same federal agent, Michael McSwain, who led the investigation underlying the failed federal prosecution. Aleynikov's lawyer, Kevin Marino, accused Goldman Sachs of being behind the government's aggressive prosecution. Marino sharply criticized the Manhattan District Attorney's office for charging Aleynikov after his federal conviction had been overturned and he had already served a year in prison:
On September 27, 2012, Aleynikov pleaded not guilty to all state charges and rejected the prosecutors' plea offer of accepting a single count offense and serving no jail time. On April 5, 2013, Aleynikov lost his motion to dismiss based on double jeopardy. In rendering the decision, New York State Supreme Court Justice Ronald Zweibel stated that Aleynikov's acquittal in federal court only precluded the federal government from retrying Aleynikov. The state of New York, as a separate sovereign, could continue pursuing charges against him.
On June 20, 2014, upon reviewing the evidence, Justice Ronald Zweibel published a 71-page opinion in which the court ruled that the FBI "did not have probable cause to arrest defendant, let alone search him or his home." The arrest was "illegal", and Aleynikov's "Fourth Amendment rights were violated as a result of a mistake of law." Besides finding that he was arrested illegally without probable cause, the court excluded the majority of evidence passed by the FBI to state prosecutors, as that property was supposed to be returned to Mr. Aleynikov upon acquittal.
On May 1, 2015, following a trial before a New York state jury, he was cleared of the unlawful computer-related material duplication charge but found guilty of one count of unlawfully using secret scientific material. The jury deadlocked on the third count. On July 6, 2015, Justice Daniel P. Conviser dismissed the two remaining charges finding that, as a matter of law, Aleynikov did not violate the statute, and no rational jury could convict him of those charges. In his opinion, he wrote:
The statute criminalizing unlawful use of secret scientific material was enacted in 1967 but rarely utilized. The word "tangible" had never been defined by the New York Penal Law or in any reported court decision involving that statute. The one reported decision in which the statute did receive legal scrutiny — People v Russo (131 Misc 2d 677 [Suffolk County Ct 1986, Copertino, J.]) — was not informative with respect to the issues here.
NY State Appeal
On April 4, 2016, almost nine months after Aleynikov was acquitted by the NY Supreme Court, the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office filed an appeal seeking to reinstate the guilty verdict, arguing that
Defense attorney Kevin Marino denounced Mr. Vance's actions:
On January 24, 2017, Aleynikov's conviction was reinstated by the First Department of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. The appellate court found the trial court's reasoning—that an electronic copy of the code was not a "tangible" reproduction—made "little sense," as a compact disc and a thumb drive are both "unquestionably tangible." The appellate court also found that the trial court erred in concluding that Aleynikov lacked "intent to appropriate," holding that the evidence "permits a rational inference that defendant intended to exercise permanent control over the use of Goldman's source code, as opposed to a short-term borrowing." Aleynikov's lawyer has stated that he will seek "immediate leave to appeal" the decision.
In the opinion on the 330.30 motion, the trial court's judge criticized decision of the appellate court:
On April 20, 2017 New York Court of Appeals granted Aleynikov's motion to appeal the reversal decision of the intermediate New York's appellate court. The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Appellate Division on May 3, 2018, and he was sentenced to time served. Aleynikov's lawyer, Kevin Marino, criticized the conviction, and indicated that he will appeal the outcome:
Malicious prosecution lawsuit
Aleynikov sued the FBI agents who arrested him for malicious prosecution. The judge dismissed the case with respect to Aleynikov's federal prosecution, finding that the agents were warranted in believing that Aleynikov had violated the National Stolen Property Act and the Economic Espionage Act. Aleynikov's malicious prosecution claims in connection with his prosecution in New York state court were stayed pending the District Attorney's appeal of the New York trial court's decision to set aside his conviction.
See also
United States v. Agrawal
References
External links
United States of America v. Sergey Aleynikov Complaint
Reuters Special Coverage on Sergey Aleynikov
The Guardian
Former Goldman Sachs employee charged with stealing trade secrets
Goldman grabs hi-tech hacker
Bloomberg News
Goldman Sachs Loses Grip on Its Doomsday Machine by Jonathan Weil
Ex-Goldman Programmer Described Code Downloads to FBI
What's The Deal With That Goldman Sachs Programmer? by NPR Planet Money.
Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer? by Michael Lewis, VanityFair
Conviction Overturned & Complete Acquittal
Acquittal Order
Ex-Goldman programmer's conviction overturned
Court overturns conviction of ex-Goldman's programmer
Goldman secrets
Computer programmers
Living people
Goldman Sachs people
Soviet emigrants to the United States
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
Russian businesspeople in the United States
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6904730 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace%20Fiennes | Eustace Fiennes | Sir Eustace Edward Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 1st Baronet (29 February 1864 – 9 February 1943), known as Sir Eustace Fiennes, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and colonial administrator.
Background
Fiennes was born in Reading, Berkshire, the second son of John Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 17th Baron Saye and Sele and his wife, Lady Augusta Hay-Drummond, a daughter of the 11th Earl of Kinnoull. He was educated at Malvern College,
In 1894, Fiennes married Florence Agnes Fletcher née Rathfelder (from Constantia, Cape Town). They lived in Windlesham and Sunningdale and had two children: John Eustace (1895–1917, Battle of Arras) and Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 2nd Baronet (1902–1943).
Military career
Fiennes fought in the North-West Rebellion in 1885, was stationed in Egypt from 1888 to 1889, and took part in the expedition to Mashonaland in 1890. He was commissioned into the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1895, and promoted Lieutenant on 29 April 1899. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Fiennes volunteered for service in South Africa, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Imperial Yeomanry on 3 February 1900, serving in the 40th (Oxfordshire) company of the 10th Battalion. He left London the same day on board the SS Montfort. He was promoted captain in 1901, major in 1905, and lieutenant-colonel in 1918. He fought in Flanders and the Dardanelles during World War I.
Political career
At the 1906 general election, Fiennes was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury and with a brief interruption in 1910, held the seat until the 1918 general election. He was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to Winston Churchill (then First Lord of the Admiralty) from 1912 to 1914. Created a baronet in 1916, Fiennes left the Commons two years later to become Governor of the Seychelles and was then Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1921 to 1929.
Fiennes died in 1943 aged 78 and his title was inherited by his son who died the same year. His grandson, the famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, inherited the title on his birth in 1944. Through his grandfather the 16th Baron Saye and Sele, Fiennes is also related to the actors Ralph and Joseph Fiennes.
Notes
References
External links
Fiennes, Hon Eustace, Captain Oxfordshire Yeomanry. www.angloboerwar.com.
Leigh Rayment's : list of MP's by Constituency
Fiennes Family, 1100 – 2004
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British Army personnel of World War I
Governors of the Leeward Islands
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44501532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Beauty/American%20Psycho | American Beauty/American Psycho | American Beauty/American Psycho (sometimes abbreviated as AB/AP) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on January 16, 2015 through Island Records as the follow-up to the band's comeback album Save Rock and Roll (2013). The band wrote music while on tour with Paramore mid-2014 and it developed into a new album.
The album's release was preceded by the 4× Platinum top 10 lead single "Centuries", released September 9, 2014 while the album was still being completed. The album's title track was released as the second single in the UK on December 15, 2014, receiving a radio premiere a month before on November 24, 2014. American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 album chart, with 218,000 album-equivalent units in its first week alone and becoming the band's third No. 1 album, later being certified gold UK and Canada. On March 1, 2016, the album was certified platinum in the US for 1 million units.
In support of the record, Fall Out Boy played at Soundwave in Australia, made TV appearances, and have embarked two concert tours: the American Beauty/American Psycho Tour, the Boys of Zummer Tour, and the Wintour. On October 30, a remix album entitled Make America Psycho Again was released with a different rapper on each song, which drew in over 13,000 equivalent copies in its debut week.
Background and recording
Fall Out Boy began writing for their sixth studio album in the summer of 2014 while still promoting their previous release Save Rock and Roll (2013) on the Monumentour concert tour with fellow American band Paramore. Recording began soon after, with the track "Centuries" being the first of the songs to be written and recorded. By late November, all the songs were written and the album was 80% complete but still needed finishing. While making their previous album, the band was just beginning to realise that music recording methods have differed since their hiatus, but have fully embraced the changes for recording American Beauty/American Psycho. Producer Jake Sinclair made the band realise that parts recorded as demos on laptops are able to make it to the final product.
Since the release of "Centuries", the band stated that the album could be released as early as "early 2015". Regarding its sound, bassist Pete Wentz described the new material as "David versus Goliath", as Wentz stated: "[Brian Hiatt] tweeted[,] "[The] problem with modern rock is it [isn't modern,]" something [I] and we had been feeling in general. [Rock] should not be relegated to a quaint little corner of Guitar Center for dads to find. [In] reaching out to SebastiAn we wanted to make something that was a throwback instead futuristic." According to Patrick Stump, "All I can say is, some people will love it. Some people will hate it. The four of us like it a lot, so we're happy".
Composition
Music
The album's sound has been described as pop, pop punk, and pop rock. The band felt influences from playing with different artists and expanded on boundaries further than Save Rock and Roll did. Stump's goal was to make a more stylistically cohesive album than Save Rock and Roll, "where you pick any track and it sounds like it's from the same album". He wanted an album that "understood what it was the whole time". Meanwhile, Wentz was focused on making rock music relevant to pop culture (and thus requiring radio play) that could also be played in big venues; maintaining their legacy as a "big currently relevant rock band." Wentz said, "Rock 'n' roll is this progressive idea, [with] room to be dangerous and futuristic. To think it's this idea that has to be set in stone is just, like, making it not only not dangerous but this quaint little thing. It's not what it is to me. To fence yourself into this little area and chain yourself to the doghouse has never been what I thought rock music was." Guitarist Joe Trohman said of the album, "Musically, it has hip hop grooves with guitars on it," with "more in your face guitar than Save Rock and Roll". In an industry increasingly focused on singles, Stump still regards the music album as an important form of art—"I put a ton of thought into this new record, making sure it was an experience where the running order matters and the keys and tempo and everything. It all matters to me because records still matter to me."
"Centuries" contains a sample of the song "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega re-recorded by American singer Lolo for the track, which Stump described as "a tip of the hat" to, as the band wanted to "re-inject" it into pop culture. The song "American Beauty/American Psycho" samples Mötley Crüe's song "Too Fast for Love". Annie Zaleski of Alternative Press described it as a "mix of fluid grooves, punky riffs and outré pop sensibilities." The title track is Patrick Stump's favorite track from the album; he stated, "It's the right level of artistically interesting, but also just fun." The track "Uma Thurman" is named after the American actress, and samples The Munsterss theme song. Thurman heard the song and allowed the band to legally use her name. "Irresistible" is an "arena-rocking" horn-driven song about deadly love, with lyricist Pete Wentz drawing inspiration from the fatal attraction between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. The track "Fourth of July" includes a heavy sample of the song "Lost It To Trying" by Son Lux from the 2013 album Lanterns. "Twin Skeleton's (Hotel in NYC)" contains a psychedelic bridge.
Lyrics
As the band's primary lyricist, Wentz felt that he had "more perspective" on his personal life to write more about it. "The idea behind some of the songs is addressing modern love or what's going on with my head and my life [more] than Save Rock and Roll did. I think Save Rock and Roll was a little more broader when it came to that." "Centuries" was written with the aim to inspire. Some topical issues including the 2014 Ferguson unrest are addressed. Wentz stated, "as an artist that has a platform, there's certain things that if you believe, you should say." However, he restated that Fall Out Boy is not a political band.
Title and artwork
The "American Beauty" half of the album's title comes from the album by the Grateful Dead and the 1999 film. The "American Psycho" half references the book by Bret Easton Ellis and the subsequent 2000 film. The album artwork features a teenage boy (Jake Karlen) with stars and stripes painted on half of his face, standing in front of a white house. Karlen auditioned to model for the cover; the photoshoot took place in Los Angeles. Karlen said, " They wanted to see something very dark and angry, very angry. I think I pulled it off. I think I did pretty good."
Promotion
TV performances
On November 24, 2014, the band announced the album's title and release details for January 20, 2015. They next played it on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with Suzanne Vega as a special guest on October 29, 2014. The band performed "Centuries" on The Voices season finale with contestant Matt McAndrew in December 2014. The band also performed "Centuries" at the People's Choice Awards on January 7, 2015, which Billboard called the "most memorable" performance of the night.'People's Choice Awards 2015′ Announces Attendees And Performances CBS. Retrieved December 25, 2014. To begin their album release week television blitz, the band played "Centuries" on the morning The Today Show and again on the late night talk show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 21 January.Fall Out Boy Tweet on Jimmy Fallon twitter.com/falloutboy. Retrieved January 2015. A guest appearance on the morning talk show Live! with Kelly and Michael was televised on January 23. On January 25, 2015 the band performed at the National Hockey League All-Star Game exhibition event. A performance for troops at Luke Air Force Base as a pre-Super Bowl event was set for January 30 to air live on VH1. Fall Out Boy starred in a Pepsi TV ad which aired during the 57th Grammy Awards, performing "Uma Thurman" in record-pressing plant.who saw us on tv? got to play inside of a vinyl falloutboy.com. Retrieved February 13, 2015. Fall Out Boy performed "Centuries" and "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" on CBS's The Talk on March 12 and it aired in Australia on March 29. In early April the band performed "Immortals" on Japanese TV show Sukkiri!! ( スッキリ!!). Fall Out Boy will be the first inductees to the "Hall of Wood" at the 2015 MtvU Woodie Awards and will also perform. They had won the Streaming Woodie award for "Grand Theft Autumn" at the first ceremony in 2004.
Tours
The band played several shows in support of the record, such as at the Soundwave in Australia and a headlining performance in a stadium at RodeoHouston. Moreover, the band planned a world tour, consisting of more than 50 dates across North America and Europe. The American leg will be co-headlining with American rapper Wiz Khalifa under the name The Boys of Zummer'''. The second American leg of the tour was announced October 2015, for Wintour. It began February 25th 2016, in Puerto Rico and ended on March 27 in San Francisco, California. Wintour was co-headlined with PVRIS and AWOLNATION, with a few other special guests during different dates.
The American Beauty / American Psycho touring cycle ended August 28, 2016 at the Reading and Leeds Festival. The show had a special clip of an upcoming short film called 'Bloom'. The show was performed with pyromaniacs and acrobatics.
Singles
"Centuries" was released as the album's lead single on September 8, 2014 and peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its 20th week. It reached No. 13 on Mainstream Top 40 and No. 4 on Alternative Songs as a crossover success. A gladiator-style music video directed by Syndrome was later released on October 14, 2014 and features a cameo from American rapper Rick Ross.
The title track premiered on BBC Radio 1 on November 24, 2014 and released a month later on December 15, 2014 as the album's second UK single. Its music video also premiered the same day.Fall Out Boy's "American Beauty/American Psycho" Music Video is Creepy, Nonsensical and Cinematic Music Times. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
"Uma Thurman" was released to United States modern rock radio as the album's third single week ending February 10, 2015. On January 12, it was released for digital download as the third promotional song and overall the fifth preceding American Beauty/American Psycho, and reached the top position on iTunes. "Irresistible" was released as the third UK single, and its music video was released on February 19, 2015.
Other songs
"Immortals" was released on October 14, 2014 and is featured in the 2014 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Big Hero 6. Disney asked the band to write and perform the song for the film's sequence in which the Big Hero 6 team is transformed from a group of super smart individuals to a band of high-tech heroes. An alternative version is featured on the album.
As part of a pre-order deal on iTunes, the song "The Kids Aren't Alright" was additionally released as a promotional single on December 15, 2014. The full album track listing and artwork was also revealed with the preorder. Two additional digital songs were announced for January 5 and January 12 respectively. The first, "Irresistible", immediately debuted at No. 1 on iTunes.#1 song falloutboy.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015. It has been described as a "booming, brass-backed anthem."
On January 13, 2015, all the unreleased songs from the album were streamed onto the band's Vevo channel.
Reception
Commercial performanceAmerican Beauty/American Psycho debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 192,000 first week sales and 218,000 equivalent album units. It became Fall Out Boy's third No. 1 album and second highest sales week behind Infinity on Highs 260,000 debut. 204,000 individual song sales and almost 9 million streams made up AB/APs 26,000 non-album equivalent units.Rockers Fall Out Boy tops Billboard album chart Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
A week before the album's release, forecasters predicted that it would sell 150,000 copies in its opening week, before being upgraded to 175,000-200,000 days later due to estimates that the album would strongly reach 100,000 digital preorders at the time of release.FALL OUT BOY'S PRICING PLAY hitsdailydouble.com. Retrieved January 28, 2015. After 1.5 days of sales, Billboard predicted that first week album sales could reach 190,000, with over 220,000 in equivalent album units. In its second week, it fell to No. 6 with 55,000 equivalent album units, a 75% decline. It dropped to No. 13 in its third week and has spent twenty-four weeks in the top 20. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 18, 2015, and Platinum on February 24, 2016. As of October 2015, the album has sold 572,000 copies in the US.
In Canada, American Beauty/American Psycho also debuted at No. 1 with 14,000 first week sales, becoming the band's second Canadian No. 1 and fourth Canadian top 10.Nielson Tweet on official accounts Nielson official Twitter. Retrieved February 13, 2015. On March 24, 2015, it was certified Gold in Canada for 40,000 shipments. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart. In Australia, it debuted at No. 3 behind Mark Ronson, whose Uptown Special debuted at No. 2, while Taylor Swift's 1989 reigned at No. 1. The record became the band's fourth consecutive top 10 in Australia. American Beauty/American Psycho was also in a close sales race to the top position against Mark Ronson on the UK Albums Chart and led by 1500 copies mid-week, but fell short by the end of the tracking week to debut at No. 2 with 31,497 first week sales (1883 units behind No. 1). However, it made No. 1 on the UK Albums Download Chart. On June 8, 2015, it was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for 100,000 copies shipped. The album saw a No. 6 debut in Ireland.
Critical response
American Beauty/American Psycho received mostly positive reviews upon its release. The aggregate review site Metacritic gave the album a 72 out of 100 based on 15 reviews. Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave it an A, commending the band for being able to make "big-venue sing-alongs that also reward deep headphone analysis." He appreciated the tracks "Favorite Record" and "Fourth of July," stating that they are "thrillingly layered." Evan Lucy of Alternative Press gave the album 4 stars out of 5, mentioning the heavy sampling in some of the album's songs: "The more interesting aspect of American Beauty/American Psycho is the band's newfound emphasis on samples," calling the band as a whole "newly reinvented." He went on to praise Stump's vocals, Wentz's lyrics, and stated that "Fall Out Boy are currently producing some of the most interesting music of their career." Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave an equally positive review, awarding the album 4 stars out of 5. She praised the band's "nervy ambition" on the album and called it "one of their better releases."
Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club also gave the album a positive review. She wrote that "American Beauty/American Psycho's playful musical vibe masks lyrics plagued by flashbulb memories of failed relationships and ill-fated romantic dalliances. Thankfully, there's no self-pity in sight on these songs, only heightened self-awareness." The Los Angeles Times was also highly positive while commenting negatively on the second half of the album. "The result, at least for the first half, is almost comically exciting, one fist-pump adrenaline rush after another...Alas, Stump and his bandmates run out of steam by the end of American Beauty/American Psycho." AllMusic was also fairly positive. "Fall Out Boy have taken great efforts to incorporate whatever was happening on the charts, an inclination that isn't quite as necessary in the great digital disassociation of the 2010s, yet this inclination does give American Beauty/American Psycho a bit of a kinetic kick." "Uma Thurman" has often been identified as the centrepiece of the album.
On the other hand, Collin Brennan of Consequence of Sound gave a more mixed review. He felt that the album lacked direction, stating that "Fall Out Boy loses its way more often than not in its latest stab at rock radio dominance." He furthermore opined that the songwriting was lacking as a result of the album's heavy use of samples. Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone also gave a mixed review. "Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley's most virtuosic playing is buried under blaring production, reducing what might be Metallica-heavy riffage into background buzz." However, the reviewer had some positive comments as well: "When everything connects – like on the single "Centuries" – FOB are a glorious nexus of Seventies glitter rock, Eighties radio pop, Nineties R&B and Aughts electro stomp." The album was ranked at number 5 in Alternative Presss "10 Essential Records of 2015" list. Cassie Whitt of Alternative Press wrote that the band pushed their fan base with "rock songs structured like hip-hop tracks". The album was ranked at number 26 on AbsolutePunk's top albums of 2015 list.
Track listingNotes signifies an additional producer
signifies a co-producerSample credits "American Beauty/American Psycho" contains samples of "Too Fast for Love", written by Nikki Sixx and performed by Mötley Crüe
"Centuries" contains elements of "Tom's Diner", written and performed by Suzanne Vega
"Uma Thurman" contains samples from "Munsters TV Theme", written by Jack Marshall and Bob Mosher
"Fourth of July" samples "Lost It to Trying", written by Ryan Lott and performed by Son Lux
PersonnelFall Out Boy Andy Hurley – drums, percussion
Pete Wentz – bass guitar
Joe Trohman – guitar, keyboards, lap steel guitar, programming, guitar engineering
Patrick Stump – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion, vocal engineering (all tracks); engineering (1, 2, 10)Additional musicians Jake Sinclair – background vocals, keyboards, percussion, programming
Lolo – additional vocals (3)
Michael Bolger – horns (1)Technical'''
Pete Lyman – mastering
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (1, 3, 5)
Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing (2, 4, 6–9, 11)
Jake Sinclair – mixing (10)
Todd Stopera – engineering (1, 10)
Samuel Kalandjian – engineering (3)
Geoff Swan – mixing assistance (1, 3, 5)
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
On January 13, 2015, Fall Out Boy streamed the album on their website and YouTube channel after the album was leaked online fifteen days early.
The album was made available on vinyl on May 4, 2015.
References
Citations
Sources
External links
American Beauty/American Psycho at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
2015 albums
Albums produced by J. R. Rotem
Fall Out Boy albums
Island Records albums |
23576690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocentrum%20microchilum | Trichocentrum microchilum | Trichocentrum microchilum is a species of orchid found from Mexico (Chiapas) to El Salvador.
References
External links
microchilum
Orchids of Chiapas
Orchids of El Salvador |
6904737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachitomi | Rachitomi | The Rachitomi were a group of extinct Palaeozoic labyrinthodont amphibians, according to an earlier classification system. They are defined by the structure of the vertebrae, having large semi-circular intercentra below the notochord and smaller paired though prominent pleurocentra on each side above and behind, forming anchoring points for the ribs.
This form of complex backbone was found in some crossopterygian fish, the Ichthyostegalia, most Temnospondyli and some Reptiliomorpha. Primitive reptiles kept the complex rachitomous vertebrae, but with the pleurocentra being the more dominant. As a phylogenetic unit, the Rachitomi thus are a paraphyletic unit.
References
Prehistoric amphibians |
44501533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina%20Dorneanu | Irina Dorneanu | Irina Dorneanu (born 3 March 1990 in Suceava) is a Romanian rower. She finished 4th in the eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
She was also part of the Romanian women's eights who won the European championships in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, and won bronze in 2015.
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Romanian female rowers
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of Romania
European Rowing Championships medalists
Sportspeople from Suceava |
23576694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%20Small%20Cap%20Completeness%20Index | Russell Small Cap Completeness Index | The Russell Small Cap Completeness Index measures the performance of the companies in the Russell 3000 Index excluding the companies in the S&P 500. , the index contains 2,561 holdings. It provides a performance standard for active money managers seeking a liquid extended benchmark, and can be used for a passive investment strategy in the extended market. Weighted average market capitalization is approximately $15.4 billion.
The index, which was launched on April 1, 2000, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^RSCC.
Top 10 holdings
Square Inc. ()
Uber Technologies ()
Zoom Video Communications ()
Twilio Inc. ()
Moderna ()
Workday Inc. ()
DocuSign ()
Veeva Systems ()
Lululemon Athletica ()
Roku Inc. ()
()
Top sectors by weight
Financial Services
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Producer Durables
Health Care
See also
Russell Indexes
Russell 2500 Index
Wilshire 4500
References
External links
Russell Index Fact Sheet
Yahoo! Finance page for ^RSCC
American stock market indices |
6904740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Hermann%20Quincke | Georg Hermann Quincke | Georg Hermann Quincke FRSFor HFRSE (; November 19, 1834 – January 13, 1924) was a German physicist.
Biography
Born in Frankfurt-on-Oder, Quincke was the son of prominent physician Geheimer Medicinal-Rath Hermann Quincke and the older brother of physician Heinrich Quincke.
Quincke received his Ph. D. in 1858 at Berlin, having previously studied also at Königsberg and at Heidelberg. He became privatdocent at Berlin in 1859, professor at Berlin in 1865, professor at Würzburg in 1872, and in 1875 was called to be professor of physics at Heidelberg, where he remained until his retirement in 1907. His doctor's dissertation was on the subject of the capillary constant of mercury, and his investigations of all capillary phenomena are classical.
In September 1860, Quincke was one of the participants in the Karlsruhe Congress, the first international conference of chemistry worldwide. He and Adolf von Baeyer represented the University of Berlin in Congress.
Quincke also did important work in the experimental study of the reflection of light, especially from metallic surfaces, and carried on prolonged researches on the subject of the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter, modifying the dissociation hypothesis of Clausius.
"Quincke's interference tube" is an apparatus used to demonstrate interference phenomena of sound waves.
Quincke received a D. C. L. from Oxford and an LL. D. from Cambridge and from Glasgow and was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1885 he published Geschichte des physikalischen Instituts der Universität Heidelberg.
Quincke died in Heidelberg at age 89. It is believed that Quincke was the last living participant of the Karlsruhe Congress.
See also
Streaming current
Notes
References
"Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke". Who Named It? (Retrieved January 23, 2007).
1834 births
1924 deaths
19th-century German physicists
People from Frankfurt (Oder)
People from the Province of Brandenburg
University of Königsberg alumni
Heidelberg University alumni
Heidelberg University faculty
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Humboldt University of Berlin faculty
University of Würzburg faculty
Foreign Members of the Royal Society |
44501555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrario%20Ortiz%20Montoro | Sagrario Ortiz Montoro | Sagrario María del Rosario Ortiz Montoro (born 5 November 1967) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2008 to 2009 she served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Puebla.
References
1967 births
Living people
Politicians from Puebla
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians |
44501571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara%20Petersen | Sara Petersen | Sara Petersen may refer to:
Sara Petersen (badminton) (born 1975), New Zealand badminton player
Sara Petersen (hurdler) (born 1987), Danish 400 metres hurdler |
6904746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard%20to%20Find | Hard to Find | Hard to Find may refer to:
"Hard to Find", a song by The American Analog Set from their 2003 album Promise of Love
"Hard to Find", a song by Codeine from the EP Barely Real
"Hard to Find", a song by The National from their album Trouble Will Find Me
"Hard to Find", a song by Skillet from their 2013 album Rise |
23576699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizoner | Horizoner | Horizoner is the debut studio album by American metal band Bloodhorse.
Track listing
"A Good Son" - 9:55
"A Passing Thought to the Contrary" - 4:29
"The Old Man" - 6:58
"Nonhossono" - 4:32
"Close, But Never So" - 2:53
"Aphoristic" - 2:38
"Morning Burial" - 7:26
"Paranoiac" - 3:46
"In Horror" - 6:49
References
2009 debut albums
Bloodhorse (band) albums |
6904757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett%20Strommen | Garrett Strommen | Garrett Strommen is an American actor, entrepreneur, author, and visual artist born on October 8, 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Career
Before his big break in the movie I Dreamed of Africa with Daniel Craig and Kim Basinger in 2000, he got his start in Italy with school productions. He lived in Rome, for over 8 years where he attended St. Stephen's International School and went on to win the Reverend Wilbur C. Woodhams Medal for excellence in the arts. His father is Kim Strommen, who served as Dean of Temple University Rome's study abroad campus for 25 years and his mother is Genell Miller, a visual artist and art professor. In 2006 he graduated from the prestigious creative writing program at UCLA cum laude. He is currently the founder and president of Strommen Inc., a private language instruction and translation company and an angel investor in Rufus Labs. Acting roles include recurring roles in the TV drama 7th Heaven, an appearance as the victim in Cold Case and an appearance on Without a Trace. Recently, he was in an episode of CSI: NY, Heroes (TV series) and a cameo in "Dead of Night," a film based on the Italian comic book Dylan Dog.
He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. He likes painting and sculpting.
External links
Strommen
1982 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people |
44501577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathouisia%20pantherina | Rathouisia pantherina | Rathouisia pantherina is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rathouisiidae.
The specific name pantherina is from Latin word "pantherinus", that means "panther-like", referring to the predatory nature of the slug.
Distribution
This species occurs in China.
Description
Rathouisia pantherina is smaller than Rathouisia leonina.
Ecology
Rathouisia pantherina is a predatory carnivorous slug.
References
Rathouisiidae
Gastropods of Asia
Invertebrates of China
Gastropods described in 1882
Taxa named by Pierre Marie Heude |
23576713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%3A%20Philanthropy | Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy | Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy is a 2009 Italian non-profit fan made film series created by Hive Division, a team of Italian students and filmmakers. It is a film based on the highly successful Metal Gear video game series. It is written, directed and edited by Giacomo Talamini, a 27-year-old Italian student filmmaker who also stars in the movie as Solid Snake.
History
Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy was conceived in 2002 when Talamini and school friend Gianluca were playing Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. The game had a significant impact on the two and they decided to create a film based on the series. Using equipment they had lying around, they started work on what is now known as the Old Project. After two years, production came to a halt. They had released a trailer but interest in the project was dying.
In 2005, the group (who was then known as Shamrock Creations) met in Venice to discuss the direction of the project. They refocused their aim and renamed themselves Hive Division after Gianluca left the group. The new project was called the New Project. Recruiting almost 40 people, Hive Division continued work on the film and started shooting at different locations around Italy, until July 2008 when the building used in the final scene was demolished. In winter 2008, they found an alternate location and filming continued. In March 2009, filming was complete and post-processing began. Aoife Ní Fhearraigh, whose song "The Best is Yet to Come" was used for the Metal Gear Solid Soundtrack, came into the studio towards the end of production to offer her vocal talent for use in "Will There Be an End", the ending theme to the movie.
The movie features a number of Italian actors, and the script was dubbed by voice actors to recreate the game's iconic style of voice work (in particular, an imitation of David Hayter's Solid Snake).
Plot
The movie is divided into three parts, the first part entitled "The Overnight Nation" is sixty-nine minutes long and follows Snake as he joins Philanthropy, an organization created in order to stop Metal Gears around the world. Snake (Giacomo Talamini) teams up with Elizabeth Laeken (Patrizia Liccardi) and Pierre Leclerc (Nicola Cecconi) as they attempt to find out what's really going on in "The Overnight Nation". The movie is set in 2007, taking place before or right after the first part of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
A quote from Hive Division states:
Philanthropy explores ideas such as genetics, which is a recurring theme in the Metal Gear series; memetics, the study of how culture, habits, and information evolve, expand, how it is used and abused.
Parts two and three were planned for a release in 2014, but due to licensing issues with Konami it was announced to be cancelled. The first twelve minutes of Part 2 are viewable on the network.
Cast
Starring
Giacomo Talamini as Solid Snake and Armstech PMC Trooper
Patrizia Liccaridi as Elizabeth Laeken
Nicola Cecconi as Pierre Leclerc
Marco Saran as Harrison Bishop
Giovanni Contessotto as Abraham Bishop
Andrea Furlan as Vitalij
Enrico Pasotti as Aran
Voice Acting
Philipp Sacramento as Solid Snake
Lucien Dodge as Pierre Leclerc and Harrison Bishop
Laura Post as Elizabeth Laeken
Adam Behr as Abraham Bishop
Glenn X Govan as Vitalij
William Martin as Otacon
Alessandro Schiassi as Russian Pilot
Alberto Vazzola as Russian Pilot
Jonathan Ealam as Newscaster
Post Production
Visual Effects Supervisor: Alessandro Schiassi
3D Lead Artist: Alberto Vazzola
Concept Artist: Lamberto Azzariti
Budget
Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy was funded entirely by Hive Division who invested almost €10,000 (£9,000 GBP/$13,000 USD) in the production. Most of this went towards obtaining equipment and props.
Reception
PlayStation Official Magazine UK praised the CGI work and remarked at the locations of scenes within the movie while Destructoid.com claims the movie will be better than its Hollywood counterpart.
Game series' creator Hideo Kojima has stated that he has watched the movie and was moved by the love of the film makers towards Metal Gear Solid, commenting that it was very well made and he's anxious to watch the next part.
This stands in contrast to Konami's decision to decline the authorization of the sequel on licensing grounds.
Availability
Released 27 September 2009 the movie is available as a free download from the website and is also available for online stream through Vimeo, an online video sharing website.
References
External links
Recent project: In Memoria
Metal Gear
Live-action films based on video games
Fan films
2000s science fiction films
2009 films
Italian science fiction films
Films set in 2007
Works based on Konami video games
Italian films |
20476525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Johnson%20%28news%20anchor%29 | Rob Johnson (news anchor) | Robert S. Johnson (born April 1, 1968) is an American communications consultant who was previously a news anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago.
Early life and education
Johnson went to grade school in St. Louis, Missouri. Johnson and his family moved to Brussels, Belgium when he was in 8th grade, and Johnson graduated from the International School of Brussels in 1986. Johnson earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana in 1990. He is a graduate brother of DePauw's Lambda chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
Professional career
He joined WBBM-TV in Chicago in August 2006 from WLS-TV where he had worked since 1998 as weekend anchor and reporter. He co-anchored the evening news until March 2019.
In October 1998, Johnson joined WLS-TV in Chicago as a weekend news anchor and general assignment reporter. In August 2006, he subsequently moved to WBBM-TV as news anchor and as a general assignment reporter. In June 2007, the station promoted Johnson to be its evening news anchor. He ultimately teamed with Irika Sargent on the weeknight news. On March 13, 2019, CBS Chicago announced that his contract with the station would not be renewed.
He subsequently joined a company as a communications consultant.
Personal
Johnson, his wife Stacey, and son live in Hinsdale, Illinois.
References
External links
WBBM-TV Profile
Living people
1968 births
Television anchors from Chicago
American television reporters and correspondents
DePauw University alumni
People from Hinsdale, Illinois
American male journalists |
44501578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama%20Steps%20Out | Mama Steps Out | Mama Steps Out is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Edward Norris. The film was released on February 5, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
After inheriting a fortune, the Cuppy family of Fort Wayne, Indiana go to France to "broaden" their cultural outlook, although father Leonard (Guy Kibbee), a perfume manufacturer, and daughter Leila (Betty Furness) are not as enthusiastic as mother Ada (Alice Brady). On the way to France, Leila sees Chuck Thompson (Dennis Morgan), a singer on board their ship, whom she used to know, but he refuses to return her enthusiastic attempts to start a romance. Hoping to change his mind, Leila convinces her parents to take a villa in Antibes, where Chuck is appearing with Ferdie Fisher's band. Meanwhile, Ada is bored with staying at the villa and only meeting Americans. When a local priest (Frank Puglia) comes asking for money to save his church, Ada asks him to introduce her to some "cultural" Europeans.
Cast
Guy Kibbee as Leonard 'Len' Cuppy
Alice Brady as Ada Cuppy
Betty Furness as Leila Cuppy
Dennis Morgan as Chuck Thompson
Gene Lockhart as Mr. Sims
Edward Norris as Ferdie Fisher
Gregory Gaye as Dmitri 'Didi' Shekoladnikoff
Ivan Lebedeff as Coco Duval
Heather Thatcher as Nadine Wentworth
Frank Puglia as Robert Dalderder
Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Jeanne
References
External links
1937 films
English-language films
American comedy films
1937 comedy films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by George B. Seitz
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) |
6904767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky%20Walker | Nicky Walker | Joseph Nicol Walker (born 29 September 1962) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs in Scotland and England. Walker was selected for many Scotland squads during the 1990s, earning two international caps.
Football career
Club
A product of Highland League club Elgin City, Walker signed for Leicester City aged 17. He didn't settle in the Midlands though, and returned to Scotland within the year, signing for Motherwell in 1981. Two years later he signed for Rangers, where he soon established himself as their first choice goalkeeper. The arrival of Chris Woods as part of the Souness revolution meant that Walker lost his place. Walker did play in the 1987 Scottish League Cup Final against Aberdeen, which Rangers won after a penalty shoot-out.
Walker joined Heart of Midlothian in a £125,000 deal in 1990. His time at Tynecastle developed into a see-saw battle with Henry Smith for the starting goalkeeping role, both men earning international recognition when in the Hearts first team but enduring significant spells on the sidelines. Smith eventually won the duel and, after a loan spell with Burnley, Walker moved to Partick Thistle in 1994 in a part-exchange deal for Craig Nelson.
Firhill proved a happy home for Walker, and he enjoyed his most consistent period in the West of Glasgow. When Thistle were relegated in 1996, his form was sufficient to earn a £60,000 move to high-flying Aberdeen. He left Pittodrie in 1999 after he was supplanted by Derek Stillie, winding down his career with short spells at Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
International
Walker earned two international caps for Scotland, making his debut in a 1–0 defeat by Germany in 1993. His only other appearance was three years later, against the United States. Walker was selected as a reserve goalkeeper in the Scotland squad for UEFA Euro 1996.
Personal life
Walker's family company is Walkers Shortbread, based in the Speyside village of Aberlour, Morayshire, in north east Scotland. He joined the firm following his retirement from football, becoming a director.
References
External links
London Hearts Profile
1962 births
Living people
Footballers from Aberdeen
Scottish footballers
Scotland international footballers
Scotland B international footballers
UEFA Euro 1996 players
Elgin City F.C. players
Leicester City F.C. players
Motherwell F.C. players
Rangers F.C. players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Burnley F.C. players
Partick Thistle F.C. players
Aberdeen F.C. players
Ross County F.C. players
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Association football goalkeepers
Highland Football League players |
23576725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%E2%80%9368%20Libyan%20Premier%20League | 1966–68 Libyan Premier League | The 1966–68 Libyan Premier League was the 4th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963.
Overview
Al-Tahaddy Benghazi won the championship.
League standings
Final
Al-Tahaddy Benghazi 2-0 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Al-Tahaddy Benghazi won the championship.
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
Libya
Libya
Premier League
Premier League |
6904775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeling%20%28book%29 | Reeling (book) | Reeling is Pauline Kael's fifth collection of movie reviews, covering the years 1972 through 1975. First published in 1976 by Little Brown, the book is largely composed of movie reviews, ranging from her famous review of Last Tango in Paris to her review of A Woman Under the Influence, but it also contains a longer essay entitled "On the Future of Movies" as well as a book review of The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book, by fellow The New Yorker dance critic Arlene Croce. In 2010, four film critics polled by the British Film Institute listed Reeling among their favorite books related to cinema.
Reeling is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom.
References
1976 non-fiction books
Books of film criticism
Books about film
Books by Pauline Kael
American non-fiction books
Little, Brown and Company books |
23576726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodamnia%20rubescens | Rhodamnia rubescens | Rhodamnia rubescens, the scrub stringybark, brush turpentine, or brown malletwood, is an evergreen rainforest tree of the myrtle family Myrtaceae, that is native to Eastern Australia. Identified by a stringy type of bark and triple-veined leaves, it grows in a variety of different rainforests from the Batemans Bay region (35° S) of southeastern New South Wales to Gympie (27° S) in southeastern Queensland. It is not seen in the cool temperate rainforests. The pathogen myrtle rust threatens the existence of Rhodamnia rubescens.
Description
This small to medium tree can attain a height of up to and a trunk diameter of . The bark is reddish brown, brittle, scaly and "stringy", similar to its relative, Syncarpia glomulifera (the turpentine tree). Its base is channelled, fluted or somewhat buttressed.
The opposite leaves are simple, not toothed, pointed, elliptical in shape, and around long. They are clearly triple-veined, with one central vein and two curved veins closely following the outline of the leaf. The net venation is visible on both sides. The leaves are downy underneath and have a greyish colour. The oil dots are transparent and visible with a hand lens. The tree's small branches are scaly with the same reddish bark as the trunk; the new shoots are covered in minute hairs.
White fragrant flowers form on panicled cymes from August to October. The fruit is a small berry, initially red then turning to shiny black as it matures from October to December. The berries can measure up to in diameter. The fruit is eaten by various birds, including the brown cuckoo dove, figbird, green catbird and rainbow lorikeet. Removing the seed from the fleshy aril is advised to assist germination. Regeneration with cuttings is possible.
References
(other publication details, included in citation)
Rhodamnia rubescens at NSW Flora Online Retrieved 12 July 2009
External links
Myrtales of Australia
Trees of Australia
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Queensland
rubescens
Taxa named by George Bentham |
44501585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million%20Short | Million Short | Million Short is a web search engine from Toronto-based startup Exponential Labs. The search engine, which brands itself as “more of a discovery engine,” allows users to filter the top million websites on the internet out of their search, resulting in a unique set of results and placing an emphasis on content discovery. This approach to search is also designed to combat the impact that aggressive black and grey hat SEO practices have on mainstream search results.
History
Million Short was conceived in 2012 by Exponential Labs. The program gathers results like any other engine, then uses web rankings to exclude the most popular sites before producing its final results. More recently the company has continued to develop its own search technology and web crawling capacities, and uses proprietary data to help inform the Million Short search results.
Upon its April 2012 launch, Million Short earned significant attention, first from online communities such as Reddit and Hacker News, and then from both blogs and mainstream publications.
The months following Million Short's launch saw a number of updates to the engine, including international support, mobile and tablet optimization, browser search extensions, design updates, and voice search.
Marketing and related projects
Following the initial interest in Million Short, Exponential Labs launched a series of projects related to Million Short, both as marketing endeavors and expansions on the search engine's initial premise.
Million Tall
Billed as the “inverse” of Million Short, Million Tall is another search engine created by Exponential Labs that indexes and displays results from only the top million sites on the internet (i.e., those that Million Short excludes). The project launched in July 2012, intended to highlight the frequency with which leading search engines display results from the same small number of websites. Its tagline asks: “Imagine a search engine that only indexed the top 1 million sites on the web. Would you even notice?”
Million Short It On
In September 2012, Exponential Labs released Million Short It On, a site presenting a blind test between Million Short and Google search results. Users were presented with two sets of unbranded results for a given term, and instructed to determine which results were more useful. The project was based— both in name and concept— on Bing It On, a similar marketing campaign launched earlier that year, which, in turn, drew inspiration from the Pepsi Challenge in the 1970s.
Million Short DNS
December 2012 saw the release of Million Short DNS, a series of domain name system servers programmed to exclude specific domains on the internet, redirecting them instead to an error page. Servers are available to exclude either the top million, hundred thousand, ten thousand, thousand, or hundred sites on the internet.
In addition to redirecting the URLs of excluded domains, the servers will not load any content hosted on these domains. In some cases this results in missing images, typefaces, or JavaScript files, lending a radically different browsing experience even to sites that are not excluded.
References
External links
Million Tall
Million Short It On
Million Short DNS
Internet search engines
Search engine software
Internet properties established in 2012 |
23576733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C3%AAs | Drês | Drês is the sixth album released by Brazilian band Nando Reis e os Infernais. The singer Ana Cañas guest appeared on the track "Pra Você Guardei o Amor". The song "Ainda Não Passou" nominated for the 2009 Latin Grammy Award of Best Brazilian Song (Portuguese Language). As of August 2010, the album sold around 18,000 copies.
The name of the album is a portmanteau of the words "Dri" (nickname of his ex-girlfriend
Adriana Lotaif) and "três" (three, the number of songs dedicated to her in the album: "Hi, Dri!", "Driamante" and the title-track).
Track listing
"Hi Dri"
"Ainda Não Passou" (It Still Didn't Pass) - 3:16
"Drês" - 4:16
"Conta" (Account) - 4:42
"Só Pra So" (Only for So) - 3:25
"Mosaico Abstrato" (Abstract Mosaic) - 4:38
"Pra Você Guardei o Amor" (For You I Kept Love) (featuring Ana Cañas) - 5:43
"Livre Como um Deus" (Free as a God) - 5:11
"Driamante" (Driamond) - 2:39
"Hoje Eu te Pedi em Casamento" (Today I Proposed to You) - 3:19
"Mil Galáxias" (A Thousand Galaxies) - 3:33
"Baby, Eu Queria" (Baby, I Wanted to) - 3:00
Personnel
Nando Reis – Lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Carlos Pontual – Electric guitar
Alex Veley – Keyboards
Felipe Cambraia – Bass guitar
Diogo Gameiro – drums
References
External links
2009 albums
Nando Reis e os Infernais albums |
44501589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula%20Community%20Health | Peninsula Community Health | Peninsula Community Health was a community interest company created in October 2011 as not-for-profit service provider by Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust.
It ran 14 community hospitals in Cornwall: Bodmin Hospital, Camborne Redruth Community Hospital, St Ives (Edward Hain Community Hospital), Falmouth, Fowey, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Newquay, Penzance (Poltair Community Hospital), St Austell, Saltash (St Barnabas Community Hospital), Isles Of Scilly (St Mary's Community Hospital), and Bude (Stratton Community Hospital). In July 2015, it decided to give up the hospital contract as uneconomic.
Andrew George, MP for St Ives, and the local campaign group Health Initiative Cornwall criticised community hospitals being taken out of the NHS and welcomed the idea of merging the company with the NHS providers in Cornwall, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
In May 2013, it set up a new company, PCH Dental, to deliver community dental services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The ten beds at Poltair Hospital were closed in 2014. The local campaign group West Cornwall HealthWatch says the "service is almost at breaking point, with no sign of an early improvement", but according to the Clinical Commissioning Group "Beds continue to be available at Edward Hain and Helston community hospitals for anyone who needs one." Campaigners claim "They are running at dangerously high 95 per cent occupancy levels, are unable to accept patients from the acute sector who need re-enablement, and are unable to discharge patients due to a lack of nursing home beds and care-at-home services."
A Care Quality Commission inspection in 2015 found good safe care was provided across community inpatient, adult, urgent care, and children and young people’s services, but end of life care services were rated “requires improvement” in relation to safety.
Nearly 2,000 staff and all of the assets were transferred to Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on 31 March 2016. The Poltair hospital was sold.
See also
Healthcare in Cornwall
List of NHS trusts
References
Health in Cornwall
Community interest companies
Companies based in Cornwall |
6904783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20to%20the%20Bars | Back to the Bars | Back to the Bars is a live album by rock musician Todd Rundgren, which was released as a double LP in 1978.
The album was recorded during week-long stints in New York City (The Bottom Line), Los Angeles (The Roxy), and Cleveland (The Agora). The music featured the best of Rundgren's most commercial work spanning seven of the eight solo albums released in the 1970s up to, but not including his most recent at the time. This effort was in place of rumors of a re-release of his out-of-print first two LPs, Runt, and Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren. The only offering from those were "The Range War", and the bulk of the material came from Something/Anything?, A Wizard, a True Star, Todd, Initiation, and Faithful. The finale included past and present members of Rundgren's Utopia: Roger Powell, Kasim Sulton, John Wilcox, John Siegler, Ralph Schuckett and Moogy Klingman. Also joining in were the Hello People: Norman Smart, Greg Geddes, Bobby Sedita, and Larry Tasse. Special guest stars were Rick Derringer, Spencer Davis, Daryl Hall, John Oates, and Stevie Nicks.
Despite a hard push to replicate the success of Frampton Comes Alive!, Back to the Bars did not generate any significant singles or lift for Rundgren.
Track listing
All tracks written by Todd Rundgren; except where indicated.
Side one
"Real Man" – 4:47 (Original album: Initiation (1975))
"Love of the Common Man" – 4:25 (Original album: Faithful (1976))
"The Verb 'To Love'" – 8:00 (Original album: Faithful (1976))
"Love in Action" – 3:44 (Original album: Oops! Wrong Planet (1977))
"A Dream Goes on Forever" – 2:42 (Original album: Todd (1974))
Side two
"Sometimes I Don't Know What to Feel" – 4:13 (Original album: A Wizard, a True Star (1973))
"The Range War" – 2:56 (Original album: Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971))
"Black and White" – 5:34 (Original album: Faithful (1976))
"The Last Ride" – 6:03 (Original album: Todd (1974))
"Cliché" – 4:12 (Original album: Faithful (1976))
"Don't You Ever Learn?" – 5:53 (Original album: Todd (1974))
Side three
"Never Never Land" (Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Jule Styne) – 2:50 (Original album: A Wizard, a True Star (1973))
"Black Maria" – 5:41 (Original album: Something/Anything (1972))
"Zen Archer" – 5:43 (Original album: A Wizard, a True Star (1973))
Medley: "I'm So Proud" (Curtis Mayfield) / "Ooh Baby Baby" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Smokey Robinson) / "La la Means I Love You" (Thom Bell, William Hart) / "I Saw the Light" – 11:09 (Original album: A Wizard, a True Star (1973) & Something/Anything (1972))
Side four
"It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" – 4:27 (Original album: Something/Anything (1972))
"Eastern Intrigue" – 5:43 (Original album: Initiation (1975))
"Initiation" – 6:49 (Original album: Initiation (1975))
"Couldn't I Just Tell You" – 4:05 (Original album: Something/Anything (1972))
"Hello It's Me" – 4:27 (Original album: Something/Anything (1972))
Charts
Personnel
Sides 1 and 4 (except hello it's me)
Todd Rundgren – lead vocals, guitar, piano on "A Dream Goes on Forever"
Utopia:
Roger Powell – keyboards, synthesizers, vocals
Kasim Sulton – bass, vocals
John Wilcox – drums, vocals
Sides 2 and 3
Todd Rundgren – lead vocals, guitar
Moogy Klingman – piano
John Siegler – bass
John Wilcox – drums, vocals
The Hello People:
Greg Geddes – lead, backing vocals
Bobby Sedita – rhythm guitar, saxophone, vocals
Norman Smart – drums on "The Range War", vocals
Larry Tasse – synthesizer, vocals
Guest artists
Spencer Davis – harmonica on "The Range War"
Ralph Schuckett – organ on "I Saw the Light" Medley
Rick Derringer – guitar on "Hello It's Me"
Stevie Nicks, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Kasim Sulton, Spencer Davis – vocals on "Hello It's Me"
Technical notes
Hipgnosis – sleeve design and photography
Richard Creamer, Chuck Pulin, Kevin and Michael Ricker – live photography
Rob Davis – guitar technician
Paul Lester – liner notes
Tom Edmonds – mixing
Todd Rundgren – production, mixing
References
Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
Albums produced by Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren albums
1978 live albums
Albums recorded at the Bottom Line
Albums recorded at the Roxy Theatre
Bearsville Records live albums
Rhino Records live albums |
23576753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocentrum%20pumilum | Trichocentrum pumilum | Trichocentrum pumilum is a species of orchid found from Brazil to northeastern Argentina.
References
External links
pumilum
Orchids of Argentina
Orchids of Brazil |
23576754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370%20Libyan%20Premier%20League | 1969–70 Libyan Premier League | The 1969–70 Libyan Premier League was the 6th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963.
Overview
Al-Ahly Benghazi won the championship.
Final
Al-Ahly Tripoli 1-2 ; 1-2 Al-Ahly Benghazi
Al-Ahly Benghazi won the championship.
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
Libya
Premier League |
6904790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo%20Christian%20Schools | Toledo Christian Schools | Toledo Christian Schools is a non-denominational, co-educational Christian school in Toledo, Ohio.
Mission
Toledo Christian Schools working with Christian families, provides a college-preparatory Bible-centered educational program to educate, disciple, and prepare students to follow Christ and impact culture.
Academics
Classical Christian Education
Notable alumni
Matt Hammitt, Christian singer, songwriter and author
References
Christian schools in Ohio
Education in Toledo, Ohio
Private schools in Ohio |
20476526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi%20Ogata%20%28shoot%20boxer%29 | Kenichi Ogata (shoot boxer) | , born January 26, 1975) is a Japanese super welterweight shoot boxer, fighting out of Cesar Gym in Asakusa. He was the first Japanese national champion of shoot boxing at Super welterweight. He is the winner of S-cup in 2006 and the finalist of 2008 S-cup.
His real name is still Kenichi Ogata, but it is written as "尾形健一".
Biography
Young age
Kenichi Ogata was born in town of Yuya, Yamaguchi, Japan on January 26, 1975. "Yuya", his hometown, was merged with other towns into Nagato City in 2005. He graduated from Nagato High School.
Debut
He debuted in November 1994 as a professional shoot boxer.
On May 9, 1997, he participated Super Fight in the event of Shoot Boxing World Tournament 1997, and fought against Dany Bill from France. He was knocked down with right cross and knocked down with right upper cut again during 5R. His second threw the towel into the ring just after 2nd knock down. After this bout, he was hospitalized because of nose broken.
On October 12, he participated "'97 The Festival of Martial Arts Special" as the representative of shoot boxing and fought against Sitisak Tor Anuson who was the champion of Lumpinee Stadium at Junior welterweight. This event was promoted by World Karate Association, but it is not WKA established in USA. Ogata was knocked out by cut with right elbow during 5R. After this bout, he was hospitalized because of Orbital blowout fracture.
On April 26, 1998, he fought against Gilbert Ballantine from Netherlands in the event of "RKS Presents Shoot the Shooto XX". This was the comeback bout after he had been beaten by Sitisak and Bill. He won by the unanimous decision after 5R. He was going to be retired if he lost.
On October 20, 2001, he had the first Mixed martial arts(MMA) bout against Curtis Brigham at lightweight in the event of Rings because the Shoot Boxing Association had cooperation with Rings. He was beaten in 43 seconds by choke.
On July 7, 2002, he participated Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2002 to fight against Ngkau Spain under KOK rule of Rings in MMA bout, but the bout was resulted as draw after 3R.
Winning national title
He fought against Seiichiro Nishibayashi for the vacant first Japanese national title at "Junior falconweight" on June 4, 1998, and he cut Nishibayashi's bottom eyelid when he kicked head, and knocked down with punches during 3R. Nishibayashi stood up, but referee stopped the bout because of too much bleeding, and Ogata won by TKO at 2:15 during 3R and became the first champion. "Junior falconweight" was renamed to "Super seagullweight", and renamed to welterweight again on November 20, 2001, but Ogata's title was changed to Super welterweight, not welterweight.
On November 14, 1998, he challenged Ramon Dekkers' WPKL World Junior middleweight championship (-69.85 kg) in Chiyoda, Tokyo, but he was knocked out with left hook at 2:58 during 4R. Ogata was knocked down with left hook in the end of 1R, and with right cross during 3R.
On November 1, 2000, he participated K-1 J-MAX 2000 as the representative of shoot boxing, and fought against Sakon Kubosaka. He knocked out Kubosaka by left body shot with left knee during 5R.
On February 24, 2004, Ogata participated K-1 World MAX 2004 Japan Tournament and fought against Kozo Takeda in the quarter-final. He knocked down Takeda with left hook during 1R, but Ogata's second threw their towel into the ring just after 2R starts because he had hurt his leg during 1R when he stepped into Takeda to knock down. He explained that his left knee was injured badly in a bout on February 1, and he managed to train only for 4–5 days because of hematoma and Strain of his calf of his leg, moreover, he could not bend his knee more than 90 degrees. His condition had been bad, but he decided to participate because of promise. The result of this bout is announced as Takeda's victory by the unanimous decision after 3R in the official website, but it is wrong.
Winning S-cup 2006
On November 3, 2006, Ogata participated Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006. In the quarter-final, he knocked down Damacio Page with left body shot in 1R, but he was knocked down with right hook after that. Ogata knocked out Page with 2 knock downs by left body shots during 2R. In the semi-final, Ogata defeated Hiroki Shishido by the unanimous decision. In the final, Ogata knocked down Andy Souwer with right hook during 1R and won by the unanimous decision. Ogata won the tournament of S-cup as the second Japanese.
On November 30, 2007, he announced that he returns his title of Super welterweight in the beginning of the event because he was suggested to return his title by Caesar Takeshi when he consulted about his bad performance in bouts caused by his poor health. Caesar Takeshi answered "If you feel so, you should return your belt and try as much as possible from nothing to the end, and quit when you are convinced." during consulting.
Retirement
On November 2, 2010, he announced his retirement during the press conference of S-cup 2010, and he said he had a plan to hold his retirement ceremony in S-cup 2010. According to his explanation, he tried to continue his career, but he was stopped by doctor as his cervical vertebrae had not been recovered since the bout against Andy Souwer on November 24, 2008.
Titles
Professional
SHOOT BOXING
1998 Shoot Boxing Japan Super Welterweight (Falconweight) Champion
Record
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| 2009-06-01 || Loss ||align=left| Tyler Toner || Shoot Boxing 2009 Bushido 3rd || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right high kick) || 1 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2008-11-24 || Loss ||align=left| Andy Souwer || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2008 Final || Saitama, Saitama, Japan || KO (3 knockdowns) || 2 || 2:11
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2008-11-24 || Win ||align=left| Luiz Azeredo || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2008 Semi-final || Saitama, Saitama, Japan || KO (Right hook) || 2 || 2:11
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2008-11-24 || Win ||align=left| Kenji Kanai || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2008 Quarter-final || Saitama, Saitama, Japan || KO (Right straight) || 2 || 2:58
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2008-09-12 || Win ||align=left| Jason Scerri || Shoot Boxing 2008 Tamashi - Road to S-cup - 5th || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Referee stoppage) || 3 || 0:56
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2008-05-28 || Win ||align=left| Doo-Suk Oh || Shoot Boxing 2008 Tamashi - Road to S-cup - 3rd || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2007-10-28 || Loss ||align=left| Brian Lo-A-Njoe || Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2007 || Sumida, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right hook) || 2 || 0:44
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2007-07-28 || Loss ||align=left| Adam Higson || Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 3rd || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2007-05-25 || Win ||align=left| Xu Yan || Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 2nd || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Body shot with left knee) || 3 || 0:56
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2007-02-25 || Loss ||align=left| Big Ben Kesa Gym || Shoot Boxing 2007 Mu-So 1st || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right hook) || 2 || 1:04
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-11-03 || Win ||align=left| Andy Souwer || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006 Final || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-11-03 || Win ||align=left| Hiroki Shishido || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006 Semi-final || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-11-03 || Win ||align=left| Damacio Page || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2006 Quarter-final || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left body shot) || 2 || 1:14
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-09-23 || Win ||align=left| Takashi Ohno || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo ΟΡΘΡΟΣ Series 5th" || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-07-07 || Win ||align=left| Ryan Diaz || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo ΟΡΘΡΟΣ Series 4th" || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-05-26 || Win ||align=left| Paul Smith || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo ΟΡΘΡΟΣ Series 3rd" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Punches) || 2 || 2:57
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2006-03-25 || Win ||align=left| Kim Yeon Jong || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo ΟΡΘΡΟΣ Series 2nd" || Tokyo, Japan || TKO || 4 || 1:35
|- bgcolor=
| 2006-02-09 || Ex ||align=left| Andy Souwer || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 2006 Neo ΟΡΘΡΟΣ Series 1st" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || No Decision || 1 || 2:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2005-11-25 || Win ||align=left| Karimi Shonan || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 20th Anniversary Series Final" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right straight) || 3 || 0:53
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2005-06-26 || Loss ||align=left| Chi Bin Lim || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 20th Anniversary Series 3rd" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Doctor stoppage, cut) || 2 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2005-03-06 || Win ||align=left| Shane Wiggand || WSBA "Shoot Boxing 20th Anniversary Series First" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (3 knockdowns) || 2 || 1:44
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2005-01-23 || Win ||align=left| Serkan Yilmaz || Shoot Boxing 2005 Ground Zero Fukuoka || Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 6 (Ex.1) || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2004-12-03 || Win ||align=left| Peter Kaljevic || WSBA "∞-S Vol.6" || Osaka, Osaka, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2004-09-19 || Loss ||align=left| Katel Kubis || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2004 Quarter-final || Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan || TKO (Doctor stoppage, cut) || 1 || 1:32
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2004-04-18 || Win ||align=left| Jake Hattan || WSBA "∞-S Vol.2" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Towel thrown) || 2 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2004-02-24 || Loss ||align=left| Kozo Takeda || K-1 World MAX 2004 Japan Tournament || Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Towel thrown) || 1 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2004-02-01 || Win ||align=left| Ngkau Spain || WSBA "∞-S Vol.1" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (3 knockdowns)|| 2 || 2:22
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2003-12-07 || Win ||align=left| Vladislav Klikfeld || WSBA "S" of the World Vol.6" || Osaka, Osaka, Japan || KO (3 knockdowns) || 2 || 1:32
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2003-06-01 || Loss ||align=left| Shane Chapman || WSBA "S" of the World Vol.3" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2003-04-13 || Win ||align=left| Ryland Mahoney || WSBA "S" of the World Vol.2" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Body shot) || 3 || 1:50
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2002-11-04 || Loss ||align=left| Andy Souwer || WSBA "The age of "S" Vol.5" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2002-05-13 || Win ||align=left| Jeremy Allen || WSBA "The age of "S" Vol.3" || Osaka, Osaka, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2002-03-31 || Win ||align=left| Tony Valente || WSBA "The age of "S" Vol.2" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || TKO (3 knockdowns) || 3 || 2:54
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2002-02-01 || Win ||align=left| Jermaine Pielow || WSBA "The age of "S" Vol.1" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || KO (Right hook) || 4 || 2:37
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2001-11-20 || Win ||align=left| Daniel Silva || WSBA "Be A Champ 4th Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || KO (Middle kick) || 2 || 2:36
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2001-09-25 || Win ||align=left| Hong Guo || WSBA "Be A Champ 3rd Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || TKO (Gave up) || 4 || 0:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2001-07-9 || Loss ||align=left| Daniel Dawson || X-Plosion On Jupiter || Gold Coast, Australia || TKO (Corner Stop/Knee to Body) || 3 ||
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2001-04-30 || Win ||align=left| Jong-Gong Kim || WSBA "Be A Champ 2nd Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || KO (3 knockdowns) || 1 || 4:33
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2000-11-30 || Win ||align=left| Elizabeth Oliver || WSBA "Invade 5th Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2000-11-01 || Win ||align=left| Sakon Kubosaka || K-1 J-MAX 2000 || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left body shot) || 5 || 2:03
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2000-09-20 || Win ||align=left| David Morrow || WSBA "Invade 4th Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Punches) || 1 || 1:44
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2000-05-21 || Win ||align=left| Kit Cope || WSBA "Invade 3rd Stage" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1999-06-10 || Loss ||align=left| Douglas Alan Evans || WSBA "Against 1999 2nd" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || KO || 1 || 1:34
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1999-03-10 || Win ||align=left| David Solomon || WSBA "Against 1999 1st" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Towel thrown) || 1 || 1:31
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1999-04-24 || Loss ||align=left| John Wayne Parr || MAJKF || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || KO (Left hook) || 2 || 1:49
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1998-11-14 || Loss ||align=left| Ramon Dekkers || WSBA "Ground Zero Tokyo" || Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan || KO(Left hook) || 4 || 2:58
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor=
| 1998-09-05 || Ex ||align=left| Taro Minato || WSBA "SB the Coming Generation" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || No Decision || 2 || 2:00
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1998-07-17 || Win ||align=left| Ryuji Goto || WSBA "SK-XX 3rd" || Osaka, Osaka, Japan || TKO(dislocation) || 3 || 0:54
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1998-06-04 || Win ||align=left| Seiichiro Nishibayashi || WSBA "SK-XX 2nd" || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo || TKO (Cut) || 3 || 2:15
|-
! style=background:white colspan=9 |
|-
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1998-04-26 || Win ||align=left| Gilbert Ballantine || WSBA "RKS Presents Shoot the Shooto XX" || Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1997-10-12 || Loss ||align=left| Sitisak Tor Anuson || WKA "'97 The Festival of Martial Arts Special" || Sumida, Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right elbow) || 5 || 1:39
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1997-05-09 || Loss ||align=left| Dany Bill || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 1997, Super Fight || Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Towel thrown) || 5 || 1:42
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1997-03-23 || Win ||align=left| Lafayette Lawson || WSBA || || KO || 1 ||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1996-07-14 || Win ||align=left| Marcelo Oliveira Aguiar || Shoot Boxing - S Cup 1996 || Koto, Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1996-05- || Win ||align=left| Takashi Ito || MAJKF || Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan || Decision || 5 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 1996-01-27 || Loss ||align=left| Tatsuya Suzuki || Shootfighting Carnival Ground Zero Yokohama - Fighting Festival - || Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
|- bgcolor="#c5d2ea"
| 2002-07-07 || Draw ||align=left| Ngkau Spain || Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2002, Super Fight || Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan || Draw (0-0) || 3 || 5:00
|- bgcolor="#FFBBBB"
| 2001-10-20 || Loss ||align=left| Curtis Brigham || Rings "World Title Series" || Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan || Submission (Choke) || 1 || 0:43
|-
| colspan=9 | Legend:
Mixed martial arts record
|-
| Draw
| align=center| 0-1-1
| Narkou Spain
| Draw
| Shoot Boxing - S-Cup 2002
|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Kanagawa, Japan
|
|-
| Loss
| align=center| 0-1
| Curtis Brigham
| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
| Rings: World Title Series 4
|
| align=center| 1
| align=center| 0:43
| Tokyo, Japan
|
Titles
1st Shoot Boxing Japanese Junior falconweight (Super welterweight) Champion (Defense: 0)
2008 Shoot boxing World tournament 2nd place
2006 Shoot boxing World tournament champion
See also
List of male kickboxers
List of K-1 Events
References
External links
Kenichi Ogata Shoot boxing profile
1975 births
Living people
Japanese male kickboxers
Welterweight kickboxers
Japanese male mixed martial artists
Lightweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing shootboxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
Japanese male judoka
Sportspeople from Tokyo |
23576778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neihu%20metro%20station | Neihu metro station | The Taipei Metro Neihu station () is located in the Neihu District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on Wenhu line.
Station overview
This two-level, elevated station features two side platforms, two exits, and platform elevators located on the north and south sides of the concourse level.
History
22 February 2009: Neihu station construction is completed.
4 July 2009: Begins service with the opening of Brown Line.
Station layout
Around the station
Lake Square
Qingbai Park
Huguang Open-air Market
American Institute in Taiwan (new planned location)
Bihu Elementary School
Kangning Elementary School
Jinbi Temple
References
Wenhu line stations
Railway stations opened in 2009 |
23576785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Botella | Juan Botella | Juan Botella Medina (4 July 1941 – 17 July 1970) was a Mexican diver. He was born in Mexico City.
He competed for Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, where he won the bronze medal in the men's springboard event.
He died on July 17, 1970 in Basurto, Mexico City, working on his thesis on architecture, because of hypertension suffering for a long time.
References
External links
Juan Botella's profile at Sports Reference.com
1941 births
1970 deaths
Mexican male divers
Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic divers of Mexico
Divers from Mexico City
Olympic medalists in diving
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in diving
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Divers at the 1959 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games |
6904807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Margetson | Philip Margetson | Major Sir Philip Reginald Margetson (2 January 1894 – 5 December 1985) was an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police.
Military service
Margetson was educated at Marlborough and then went on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1915 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was promoted lieutenant on 25 December 1915, and temporary captain on 20 February 1916. He reverted to Lieutenant on 27 April 1916. In the 1916 King's Birthday Honours he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action. In January 1918 he became an instructor with an officer cadet unit as an Acting Captain. In 1919 he became second-in-command of the 1/4th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force) (which was then part of the Army of Occupation) in the rank of Acting Major. On 1 January 1923 he was finally promoted to the substantive rank of captain, while serving as adjutant of the 1st Battalion. On 1 October 1928 he became Staff Captain of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, an appointment he held until 1 October 1932. On 1 January 1933 he became a Brevet Major.
Police career
On 31 December 1933, Margetson retired from the Army, transferring to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. He joined the Metropolitan Police, entering directly as a chief inspector and taking the position of senior administrative officer at No.4 District (South London) headquarters on 1 December 1933. He was later promoted to Superintendent and took command of "R" Division (Blackheath). In August 1936 he was promoted to Chief Constable and became deputy commander of No.2 District (North London). In February 1938 he was transferred to the same post in No.1 District (West Central London), and in October 1938 to the same post in No.3 District (East London). In February 1940 he was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner at "A" Department (Operations and Administration) of Scotland Yard and in August 1940 he was given command of No.1 District. In March 1946 he received the new rank of commander.
In June 1946, he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner "D" (Personnel and Training) and in October he transferred to become Assistant Commissioner "A" (Operations and Administration). In 1950, he applied for the vacant office of Commissioner of the City of London Police. The job went to one of his colleagues, Arthur Young, who had succeeded him as Assistant Commissioner "D".
In 1947 he was made an Officer of the Venerable Order of Saint John. He was created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1948 New Year Honours and raised to Knight Commander (KCVO) in the 1953 Coronation Honours. In 1955 he was promoted to Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John. He received the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) for Distinguished Service in the 1956 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Later life
He retired on 2 January 1957 (his 63rd birthday) and joined the board of Securicor, serving as chairman from 1960 to 1973, when he became honorary president. He was instrumental in the disarming of cash in transit security guards in 1964, having always disliked the idea of private guards carrying firearms.
In 1918, Margetson married Diana Thornycroft, daughter of Sir John Thornycroft. They had two sons; the elder was killed in action in 1943.
The National Portrait Gallery holds two 1957 photographic portraits of Margetson by Elliott & Fry.
Notes
References
Obituary, The Times, 11 December 1985
External links
Photographic portrait of Margetson in the National Portrait Gallery
1894 births
1985 deaths
British Army personnel of World War I
Royal Scots Fusiliers officers
Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Recipients of the Military Cross
English recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
Metropolitan Police recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
People educated at Marlborough College
Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
23576795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori%20Middle%20School | Montessori Middle School | Montessori Middle School is a Montessori school, grades 5 through 8, located in Louisville, Tennessee. The facility was built in 2008 on a rural property once a cattle farm. It is the first Montessori school for adolescents in East Tennessee and one of the first in the Southeast.
Teaching philosophy
The land-based school follows the "erdkinder" or "earth children" philosophy of Maria Montessori. In keeping with this land-based model, Montessori Middle is a producing member of the Maryville Farmers' Market
Events
Events at the school have included a six-week summer day camp program in June and July 2009 and a Farm Festival in May 2008.
References
External links
Montessori Middle School blog
Montessori schools in the United States
Private middle schools in Tennessee
Schools in Blount County, Tennessee |
6904812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botamochi | Botamochi | is a wagashi (Japanese confection) made with glutinous rice, regular rice (ratio of 7:3, or only glutinous rice), and sweet azuki paste (red bean paste). They are made by soaking the rice for approximately 1 hour. The rice is then cooked, and a thick azuki paste is hand-packed around pre-formed balls of rice. Botamochi is eaten as sacred food as offering during the weeks of the spring and the autumn Higan in Japan.
Another name for this kind of confection is , which the origin and the definition of is in argument but some people say uses a slightly different texture of azuki paste but is otherwise almost identical, it is made in autumn and some recipe variations in both cases call for a coating of soy flour to be applied to the ohagi after the azuki paste.
The two different names are, some people say, derived from the Botan (peony) which blooms in the spring and the Hagi (Japanese bush clover or Lespedeza) which blooms during autumn.
Botamochi is the modern name for the dish kaimochi (かいもち) mentioned in the Heian Period text Uji Shūi Monogatari (宇治拾遺物語).
The proverb , literally "a botamochi falls down from a shelf", means "receiving a windfall", "a lucky break".
The term is also used for a specific pattern of Bizen ware with two, three or five round marks, as if the marks of the small balls of rice cakes were left on the plate.
See also
Higan
Mochi
References
Wagashi |
44501590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20record%20progression%20track%20cycling%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%201%20km%20time%20trial | World record progression track cycling – Men's 1 km time trial | This is an overview of the progression of the world track cycling record of the men's 1 km time trial as recognised by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
Progression
Professionals (1949–1989)
Amateurs (1949–1989)
Open (from 1986)
References
Track cycling world record progressions |
6904823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS%20Ishikari | JS Ishikari | JS Ishikari (DE-226) was the first destroyer escort with a gas turbine engine and surface-to-surface missiles of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She is the successor of the earlier . Entering service in 1981, she remained active until 2007 when she was decommissioned.
Design
At first, this ship was planned to belong to the new ship classification, PCE (Patrol Coastal ships, Escort) to replace small submarine chasers and old destroyer escorts with limited anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability against new nuclear-powered submarines. But finally, it was decided to change her classification to the ordinary destroyer escort. This class is quite epoch-making for the destroyer escorts of the JMSDF as follows:
The CODOG propulsion system. This was the first ship with the gas turbine engine in the JMSDF. The Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B manufactured by the Kawasaki Heavy Industries under license was used for boosting. The cruising engine is the Kawaksaki 6DRV 35/44 diesel engine developed by the Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI).
The centre-superstructure style. Whereas the JMSDF was inclined to adopt the flush decker style, in this ship, the superstructure is at the center of the ship to save space. This was a very controversial decision, and because of this decision, there has been criticisms about the oceangoing capability of this ship.
The simplified but sufficient C4ISR system was installed aboard the ship. The design was not equipped with air-search radar unlike her predecessors. Alternatively she had the OPS-28 surface search and target acquisition radar which could deal with low-altitude aircraft and missiles. The FCS-2 gun fire-control system also had air-searching capability. As the tactical data processing system, she had the OYQ-5 being capable of receiving data automatically from other ships via Link-14 (STANAG 5514; the data link with the Radioteletype).
The design also had a brand-new weapon systems. The Ishikari design was equipped with eight Boeing Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles as the key weapon system whereas traditional Japanese frigates were specialized in anti-submarine warfare. According to this mission concept, its predecessor's Mark 16 GMLS for the ASROC system was removed. A modern Otobreda 76 mm gun replaced its predecessor's older 3-inch gun and automation greatly reduced the number of crew needed.
Construction and history
The ship was built at the Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Tamano office at Tamano, Okayama. She was commissioned on 28 March 1981, and was deployed at the Ominato District Force (home-ported at Mutsu, Aomori). The Ominato District is the northernmost district of the JMSDF and forefront against the Russian Pacific Fleet. It was decided that Ishikari was too small to continue production, so the vessel was succeeded by the two years later.
Gallery
References
Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006
Frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding
1980 ships |
44501595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%ADbal%20Ostoa%20Ortega | Aníbal Ostoa Ortega | Aníbal Ostoa Ortega (born 10 May 1949) is a Mexican politician currently affiliated with National Regeneration Movement and serving as a senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress from the state of Campeche. In 2009 he served as a federal deputy in the final six months of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Campeche, taking the place of Deputy Layda Elena Sansores San Román.
References
1949 births
Living people
Politicians from Campeche
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Citizens' Movement (Mexico) politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
Morena (political party) politicians
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Members of the Congress of Campeche
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico) for Campeche
Senators of the LXIV and LXV Legislatures of Mexico |
6904833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Forward | Martin Forward | Martin Forward is a British, Methodist Christian lecturer and author on religion and Professor of History at Aurora University, Illinois. He has taught Islam at the Universities of Leicester, Bristol and Cambridge, and had spent a period of time in India where he was ordained into the Church of South India. He was also a senior tutor and lecturer in Pastoral and Systematic Theology (Wesley House, Cambridge), and was a member of the Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity. Currently, he is the Executive Director of Aurora University's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action and the Helena Wackerlin Professor of Religion, and has participated in numerous Interfaith dialogues. He has authored a number of books related to Islam and Christianity, such as "Muhammad: A Short Biography" and "Jesus: A Short Biography" respectively.
Books
Muhammad: A Short Biography (1998). Oxford: Oneworld. .
The Failure Of Islamic Modernism?: Syed Ameer Ali's Interpretation Of Islam (1999). Peter Lang Publishing. .
References
External links
The Prophet Muhammad: A mercy to mankind.
Christian scholars of Islam
Academics of the University of Leicester
Academics of the University of Bristol
Academics of the University of Cambridge
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Aurora University faculty
Writers from Illinois
British theologians
Staff of Wesley House |
20476560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skim%20%28comics%29 | Skim (comics) | Skim is a Canadian graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Jillian Tamaki. Set in 1993, in a Toronto Catholic girls high school, it is about an outsider girl called Skim.
Plot
Skim is a "not slim" sixteen-year-old Japanese-Canadian who is a student at an all-girls Catholic school. She is known as a Goth, and practices Wicca. When popular girl Katie Matthews gets dumped by her athlete boyfriend, who days later kills himself, the entire school goes into mourning overdrive. With the school counsellors breathing down her neck and the popular clique (including Katie's best friend Julie Peters) forming a new club, Girls Celebrate Life (GCL), in its wake, Skim finds herself in the crosshairs, deepening her "depression". And if things cannot get more complicated, Skim starts to fall for an equally quirky teacher.
Characters
Kimberly Keiko Cameron, aka "Skim": a Wiccan, Gothic, Japanese-Canadian schoolgirl.
Katherine Farmar of The Irish Times wrote that Kim is "an unwilling outsider", "overweight, introspective, too cynical to fit in with the “normal” kids [...] but not cynical enough to maintain a veneer of cool aloofness".
Her ethnic background is relevant to two scenes in the comic, including an incident at Julie Peters' birthday party where Kim and another girl are kicked out of the party. Suzette Chan of Sequential Tart stated that Kim does not frequently "stake her identity" on her Japanese Canadian background.
Lisa Soor: Skim's best friend (and fellow Wiccan), although they are beginning to drift apart.
Jacqueline Danziger-Russell, author of Girls and Their Comics: Finding a Female Voice in Comic Book Narrative, stated that the comic normally depicts Lisa as "a rude and selfish girl". Kim does not tell Lisa about her feelings for Ms. Archer, and the girls drift apart. Marni Stanley, author of "Unbalanced on the Brink: Adolescent Girls and the Discovery of the Self in Skim and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki," stated that Lisa "is not very nice to [Kim]." In the conclusion the girls are not as close friends as they were but still are friends; Lisa finds her first love even though she previously does not believe in love.
Ms. Archer: The school's English and drama teacher, also the only teacher at the school that Skim respects, although she is flaky.
Ms. Archer gives a lot of attention to Kim, who is infatuated with her; Danziger-Russell stated that the attention is "unhealthy". Kim and Ms. Archer kiss, but Ms. Archer leaves the school afterwards, causing Kim to perceive abandonment. Danzinger-Russell stated that after Ms. Archer ends their relationship, Kim "feels a confused mixture of rage, sadness, and self-pity."
Ms. Archer lives on Deneuve Street, a reference to Catherine Deneuve.
Katie Matthews: a popular girl at the school, the former girlfriend of John and former best friend of Julie. She later befriends Skim, becoming closer after she defends Katie during the dance. Katie becomes estranged from the GCL girls. Danziger-Russell wrote that Katie "turns out to be a deceptively deep and respectful friend, the type of friend that Lisa never was." Katie appears on the final page in the area where Kim previously develops her relationship with Ms. Archer. Danziger-Russell stated it is up to the reader to determine whether Katie and Kim become romantically involved.
John Reddear: Katie's former boyfriend. A star volleyball player at a neighboring boys' school. After dumping Katie, he kills himself by overdosing on his mother's heart medication. He is rumored to be gay.
Stanley stated that the purpose of the rumors is to show Kim's classmates' low opinion of homosexuality; according to Stanley the story is not definitive on John's sexuality but the veracity of the rumors is immaterial to the story.
Julie Peters: Another popular girl, Katie's best friend (at first) and founder/president of the GCL Club. Skim later confronts her for what she really is: "a know-it-all pain in the butt".
John A. Lent described her in the International Journal of Comic Art as Skim's school's "authoritative teen drama queen" who determines the "touchy-feely" tone there.
Anna Canard: Another GCL Club member, whom Lisa associates with more as the story progresses. She's a big-mouthed, boy-crazy gossip, although Katie thinks (as to Skim) that she's a big slut and has the cold sores to prove it.
Development
Skim was originally thought of as a "gothic Lolita story", and what eventually became part I of the story was run as a 30-page preview in an indie magazine. Mariko Tamaki wrote the story much like a play's script, and Jillian Tamaki illustrated the novel as she saw fit.
Art style
The splash pages usually have Kim's diary entries rather than speech bubbles as the narrative vehicle.
Jillian Tamaki stated that she was influenced more by ukiyo-e than she initially believed.
Reception
Reception was positive. In their review, Publishers Weekly called Skim an "auspicious graphic novel debut" with a "fine ear for dialogue" that is "rich in visuals and observations". Paul Gravett called it "the most sophisticated and sensitive North American graphic novel debut of the year." In Kliatt it said that the narrative manages to avoid the usual cliches of a coming of age story. The Suzanne Alyssa Andrew of Toronto Star compared the story to Dead Poets Society and Heathers. Elizabeth Spires of The New York Times wrote that it "deepens with successive rereadings."
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center recommended Skim for ages 14 and up, saying that Skim's struggles have universal qualities. The Metro News praised that the narrative voice sounds authentic.
Skim was listed as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2009 Great Graphic Novels for Teens award. Skim also won the 2008 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel.
Skim was nominated in four categories in the 2009 Eisner Awards and won Best Book at the 2009 Doug Wright Awards.
Skim was a finalist for the 2008 Governor General's Awards in the children's literature category. The Canada Council for the Arts, the award program's administrator, faced some criticism around the fact that the nomination was credited to Mariko Tamaki, who wrote the graphic novel's text, but not to her cousin and co-creator Jillian Tamaki, who drew the illustrations. Jillian later said she was "extremely disappointed" that she had not been included in the nomination. Two prominent Canadian graphic novelists, Seth and Chester Brown, circulated an open letter to the Canada Council asking them to revise the nomination, arguing that unlike a more traditional illustrated book, a graphic novel's text and illustration are inseparable parts of the work's narrative, and that both women should accordingly be credited as equal co-authors. Their letter was also endorsed by other prominent Canadian and American graphic novelists, including Lynda Barry, Dan Clowes, Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware and Julie Doucet, as well as by Chris Oliveros of Canadian comic and graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly, and Peter Birkemore of Toronto comic store The Beguiling. Melanie Rutledge, a spokesperson for the Canada Council, responded that it was too late to revise the nominations for the 2008 awards, but that the council would take the feedback into account in the future.
Later, both Jillian and Mariko Tamaki applied for and received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts to launch Skim in Spain.
References
Stanley, Marni (Vancouver Island University). "Unbalanced on the Brink: Adolescent Girls and the Discovery of the Self in Skim and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki" (Chapter 12). In: Abate, Michelle Ann and Gwen Athene Tarbox (editors). Graphic Novels for Children and Young Adults: A Collection of Critical Essays. Univ. Press of Mississippi, April 27, 2017. , 9781496811684.
Reference notes
Further reading
Fink, Marty. "It Gets Fatter: Graphic Fatness and Resilient Eating in Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's Skim." Fat Studies. Volume 2, 2013. Issue 2: Visual Representations of Fat and Fatness. p. 132-146. 10.1080/21604851.2013.779875. Published online: 22 May 2013.
Chan, Suzette. "This Is the Story of Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki. So Read On.." Sequential Tart. October 2005.
External links
Skim at House of Anansi Press
Skim at Groundwood Books' website
Skim at Jillian Tamaki Illustration
Mariko Tamaki's official website
"Thinking in Comics: A Roundtable on the Present and Future of the Graphic Novel featuring Matt Kindt, Hope Larson, Nate Powell, Dash Shaw, James Sturm, Jillian Tamaki, and Will Wilkinson" in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (26.1)
2000s LGBT novels
2008 Canadian novels
Canadian graphic novels
Canadian LGBT novels
Doug Wright Award winners for Best Book
Fiction set in 1993
Ignatz Award winners for Graphic Novel
LGBT-related graphic novels
Novels set in Toronto
Books by Mariko Tamaki
Canadian bildungsromans |
44501602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doto%20bella | Doto bella | Doto bella is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was described from the Izu Peninsula, Japan. It is widely distributed on the Pacific Ocean coasts of Japan and the Japan Sea coasts. A species from Indonesia has previously been identified as Doto bella but is now thought to be an undescribed species.Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Apr 7). Comment on Doto from Indonesia by Tony Wu. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is transparent white with a diffuse, sub-epidermal layer of black pigment which is faint in some specimens and very dense in others. The ceratal tubercles are slightly stalked with globular tips which have a large black spot which is partly obscured by white glands in the terminal tubercle. The digestive gland is usually yellow. The outer half of the rhinophores is black.
EcologyDoto bella'' has been photographed on a colony of a hydroid, probably in the family Aglaopheniidae on which it presumably feeds.
References
Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1938 |
20476577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant%20Secretary%20of%20State%20for%20Intelligence%20and%20Research | Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research | The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research is the head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) within the United States Department of State. Before 1986, the head of INR was the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. The Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research reports to the United States Deputy Secretary of State. Since September 2021, Brett M. Holmgren has served as the Assistant Secretary of State for INR.
Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research, 1986–present
The office of "Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research" was renamed "Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research" on August 18, 1986.
List of directors of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1957–1986
References
External links
List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Intelligence and Research by the State Department Historian
Bureau of Intelligence and Research Website |
23576831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Swedish%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles | 2009 Swedish Open – Men's singles | Tommy Robredo was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Juan Mónaco.
Robin Söderling won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–4), against Juan Mónaco.
Seeds
The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
External links
Main draw
Qualifying draw
Swedish Open - Men's Singles
Swedish Open
Swedish |
23576832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371%20Libyan%20Premier%20League | 1970–71 Libyan Premier League | The 1970–71 Libyan Premier League was the 7th edition of the competition since its inception in 1963.
Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Al-Ahly Tripoli won the championship.
League standings
References
Libya - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Libyan Premier League seasons
Libya
Premier League |
44501603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolically%20healthy%20obesity | Metabolically healthy obesity | Metabolically healthy obesity or metabolically-healthy obesity (MHO) is a disputed medical condition characterized by obesity which does not produce metabolic complications.
Characteristics
No universally accepted criteria exist to define putative MHO, but definitions generally require the patient to be obese and to lack metabolic abnormalities such as dyslipidemia, impaired glucose tolerance, or metabolic syndrome.
MHO individuals display less visceral adipose tissue, smaller adipocytes, and a reduced inflammatory profile relative to metabolically unhealthy obese individuals. As a result, it has been argued that cardiometabolic risk might not improve significantly as a result of weight loss interventions.
Epidemiology
Prevalence estimates of MHO have varied from 6 to 75 percent, and it has been argued that between 10 and 25 percent of obese individuals are metabolically healthy. One study found that 47.9% of obese people had MHO, while another found that 11% did. It seems to be more prevalent in women than men, and its prevalence decreases with age.
Outcomes
Some research suggests that metabolically healthy obese individuals are at an increased risk of several adverse outcomes, including type 2 diabetes, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular events. Other research also suggests that although MHO individuals display a favorable metabolic profile, this does not necessarily translate into a decrease in mortality. Research to date has produced conflicting results with respect to cardiovascular disease and mortality. MHO individuals are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease compared to metabolically healthy non-obese individuals, but they are also at a lower risk thereof than individuals who are both unhealthy and obese. A 2016 meta-analysis found that MHO individuals were not at an increased risk of all-cause mortality (but were at an increased risk of cardiovascular events). The relatively low risk of cardiovascular disease among people with MHO relative to metabolically unhealthy obese people has been attributed to differences in white adipose tissue function between the two groups.
See also
Health at Every Size
References
Obesity
Pseudoscience |
20476620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant%20Secretary%20of%20State%20for%20Diplomatic%20Security | Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security | The Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security is the head of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security reports to the Under Secretary of State for Management.
Gentry O. Smith was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security on August 9, 2021.
Assistant Secretaries of State for Diplomatic Security, 1987—present
References
External links
Official website
Profile from State Department Historian
Bureau of Diplomatic Security |
20476732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja%20Hindu%20Rao | Raja Hindu Rao | Raja Hindu Rao was a Maratha nobleman, the brother-in-law of Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia of Gwalior, and the brother of Baiza Bai, the regent of the Indian princely state of Gwalior. Following the Revolt of 1857, he shifted to Delhi where he was on friendly terms with the British Resident. According to Emily Eden, sister of the then Governor General of India, Lord Auckland: "On a Revolution at Gwatia he retired to Delhi, where he now principally resides, and where he is well known in European society, with which he is fond of Mixing. Hindoo Rao is a very constant attendant on the person of the Governor-General wherever he may be in the neighbourhood of Delhi; making a point, generally, of joining his suite and riding with him on his morning marches." His residence was a scene of a major battle in Delhi during the Revolt of 1857 and has long since been converted into the Hindu Rao Hospital, a well known Government hospital in Malka Ganj, North Delhi.
See also
Scindia
Gwalior State
Maratha
Maratha Empire
References
External links
Online Gallery British Library
Indian people of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
People from Gwalior
Indian royalty |
44501613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathouisia%20tigrina | Rathouisia tigrina | Rathouisia tigrina is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rathouisiidae.
The specific name tigrina is from Latin word "tigrinus", that means "tiger-like", referring to the predatory nature of the slug.
Distribution
This species occurs in China.
Description
Rathouisia tigrina is smaller than Rathouisia leonina.
Ecology
Rathouisia tigrina is a predatory carnivorous slug.
References
Rathouisiidae
Gastropods of Asia
Invertebrates of China
Gastropods described in 1882
Taxa named by Pierre Marie Heude |
20476783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patoc | Patoc | Patoc is a strongly fumarolic stratovolcano in the Philippines. Patoc is located in Mountain Province, part of the Cordillera Central range, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. It is located 6 cadastral kilometres north of Bontoc, at latitude 17.147°N (17°8'48"N), longitude 120.98°E (120°58'48"E).
Physical features
Elevation is reported as above sea level, and is described by the Smithsonian Institution as displaying strong fumarolic activity.
A stream and village on the west side are named Mainit (a Tagalog word for "hot"). There are hot springs at the village of Mainit, one of which has been successfully commercialised for tourists.
Eruptions
There are no reports of eruptions.
Geology
Rock type is predominantly andesite.
Listings
The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program lists Patoc as strongly fumarolic. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has not listed Patoc or any volcanic related activity at this location.
See also
List of active volcanoes in the Philippines
List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines
List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Pacific ring of fire
References
External links
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) List of Volcanoes
Stratovolcanoes of the Philippines
Subduction volcanoes
Volcanoes of Luzon
Mountains of the Philippines
Landforms of Mountain Province |
6904851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductal%20carcinoma%20in%20situ | Ductal carcinoma in situ | Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as intraductal carcinoma, is a pre-cancerous or non-invasive cancerous lesion of the breast. DCIS is classified as Stage 0. It rarely produces symptoms or a breast lump one can feel, typically being detected through screening mammography.
In DCIS, abnormal cells are found in the lining of one or more milk ducts in the breast. In situ means "in place" and refers to the fact that the abnormal cells have not moved out of the mammary duct and into any of the surrounding tissues in the breast ("pre-cancerous" refers to the fact that it has not yet become an invasive cancer). In some cases, DCIS may become invasive and spread to other tissues, but there is no way of determining which lesions will remain stable without treatment, and which will go on to become invasive. DCIS encompasses a wide spectrum of diseases ranging from low-grade lesions that are not life-threatening to high-grade (i.e. potentially highly aggressive) lesions.
DCIS has been classified according to the architectural pattern of the cells (solid, cribriform, papillary, and micropapillary), tumor grade (high, intermediate, and low grade), and the presence or absence of comedo histology. DCIS can be detected on mammograms by examining tiny specks of calcium known as microcalcifications. Since suspicious groups of microcalcifications can appear even in the absence of DCIS, a biopsy may be necessary for diagnosis.
About 20–30% of those who do not receive treatment develop breast cancer. It is the most common type of pre-cancer in women. There is some disagreement on its status as a cancer; some bodies include DCIS when calculating breast cancer statistics, while others do not.
Terminology
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) literally means groups of "cancerous" epithelial cells which remained in their normal location (in situ) within the ducts and lobules of the mammary gland. Clinically, it is considered a premalignant (i.e. potentially malignant) condition, because the biologically abnormal cells have not yet crossed the basement membrane to invade the surrounding tissue. When multiple lesions (known as "foci" of DCIS) are present in different quadrants of the breast, this is referred to as "multicentric" disease.
For statistical purposes, some count DCIS as a "cancer", whereas others do not. When classified as a cancer, it is referred to as a non-invasive or pre-invasive form. The National Cancer Institute describes it as a "noninvasive condition".
Signs and symptoms
Most of the women who develop DCIS do not experience any symptoms. The majority of cases (80-85%) are detected through screening mammography. The first signs and symptoms may appear if the cancer advances. Because of the lack of early symptoms, DCIS is most often detected at screening mammography.
In a few cases, DCIS may cause:
A lump or thickening in or near the breast or under the arm
A change in the size or shape of the breast
Nipple discharge or nipple tenderness; the nipple may also be inverted, or pulled back into the breast
Ridges or pitting of the breast; the skin may look like the skin of an orange
A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels such as warmth, swelling, redness or scaliness.
Causes
The specific causes of DCIS are still unknown. The risk factors for developing this condition are similar to those for invasive breast cancer.
Some women are however more prone than others to developing DCIS. Women considered at higher risks are those who have a family history of breast cancer, those who have had their periods at an early age or who have had a late menopause. Also, women who have never had children or had them late in life are also more likely to get this condition.
Long-term use of estrogen-progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for more than five years after menopause, genetic mutations (BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes), atypical hyperplasia, as well as radiation exposure or exposure to certain chemicals may also contribute in the development of the condition. Nonetheless, the risk of developing noninvasive cancer increases with age and it is higher in women older than 45 years.
Diagnosis
80% of cases in the United States are detected by mammography screening. More definitive diagnosis is made by breast biopsy for histopathology.
Treatment
There are different opinions on the best treatment of DCIS. Surgical removal, with or without additional radiation therapy or tamoxifen, is the recommended treatment for DCIS by the National Cancer Institute. Surgery may be either a breast-conserving lumpectomy or a mastectomy (complete or partial removal of the affected breast). If a lumpectomy is used it is often combined with radiation therapy. Tamoxifen may be used as hormonal therapy if the cells show estrogen receptor positivity. Research shows that survival is the same with lumpectomy as it is with mastectomy, whether or not a woman has radiation after lumpectomy. Chemotherapy is not needed for DCIS since the disease is noninvasive.
While surgery reduces the risk of subsequent cancer, many people never develop cancer even without treatment and the associated side effects. There is no evidence comparing surgery with watchful waiting and some feel watchful waiting may be a reasonable option in certain cases.
Radiation therapy
Use of radiation therapy after lumpectomy provides equivalent survival rates to mastectomy, although there is a slightly higher risk of recurrent disease in the same breast in the form of further DCIS or invasive breast cancer. Systematic reviews (including a Cochrane review) indicate that the addition of radiation therapy to lumpectomy reduces recurrence of DCIS or later onset of invasive breast cancer in comparison with breast-conserving surgery alone, without affecting mortality. The Cochrane review did not find any evidence that the radiation therapy had any long-term toxic effects. While the authors caution that longer follow-up will be required before a definitive conclusion can be reached regarding long-term toxicity, they point out that ongoing technical improvements should further restrict radiation exposure in healthy tissues. They do recommend that comprehensive information on potential side effects is given to women who receive this treatment. The addition of radiation therapy to lumpectomy appears to reduce the risk of local recurrence to approximately 12%, of which approximately half will be DCIS and half will be invasive breast cancer; the risk of recurrence is 1% for women undergoing mastectomy.
Mastectomy
There is no evidence that mastectomy decreases the risk of death over a lumpectomy. Mastectomy; however, may decrease the rate of the DCIS or invasive cancer occurring in the same location.
Mastectomies remain a common recommendation in those with persistent microscopic involvement of margins after local excision or with a diagnosis of DCIS and evidence of suspicious, diffuse microcalcifications.
Sentinel node biopsy
Some institutions that have encountered high rates of recurrent invasive cancers after mastectomy for DCIS have endorsed routine sentinel node biopsy (SNB). However, research indicates that sentinel node biopsy has risks that outweigh the benefits for most women with DCIS. SNB should be considered with tissue diagnosis of high risk DCIS (grade III with palpable mass or larger size on imaging) as well as in people undergoing mastectomy after a core or excisional biopsy diagnosis of DCIS.
Prognosis
With treatment, the prognosis is excellent, with greater than 97% long-term survival. If untreated, DCIS progresses to invasive cancer in roughly one-third of cases, usually in the same breast and quadrant as the earlier DCIS. About 2% of women who are diagnosed with this condition and treated died within 10 years. Biomarkers can identify which women who were initially diagnosed with DCIS are at high or low risk of subsequent invasive cancer.
Epidemiology
DCIS is often detected with mammographies but can rarely be felt. With the increasing use of screening mammography, noninvasive cancers are more frequently diagnosed and now constitute 15% to 20% of all breast cancers.
Cases of DCIS have increased 5 fold between 1983 and 2003 in the United States due to the introduction of screening mammography. In 2009 about 62,000 cases were diagnosed.
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20476811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Dusup%20Orazm%C3%A4mmedow | Ýusup Orazmämmedow | Ýusup Orazmämmedov is a professional Turkmen football player. He currently plays for FC Merw from Mary.
International Career Statistics
Goals for Senior National Team
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Turkmenistan international footballers
Living people
1986 births
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44501626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20Black%20%28businessman%29 | Stanley Black (businessman) | Stanley Black (born 1932) is an American real estate investor and philanthropist from Beverly Hills, California. He is the founder and chairman of the Black Equities Group. Through his company, he is the owner of 18 million square feet of commercial real estate in 35 states.
Early life
Stanley Black was born to a Jewish family in 1932. His father, Jack Black, led the Textile Division at the United Jewish Fund. His mother, Victoria Black, was a philanthropist. The Jack and Victoria Black Parkway at the Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, a non-profit organization which helps struggling families, was named in their honor. His father died when he was twenty-one years old.
Career
He started his career at the Buckeye Realty & Management Corporation, a real estate development company founded by George Konheim. In 1955, he co-founded KB Management, a construction company, with Arthur Kaplan, a friend of his father's. It later became a real estate development company with over $375 million in holdings. The firm closed down in 1985, when Arthur Kaplan died. In 1985, Black and his son Jack founded the Black Equities Group, a real estate investment company. Through the company, he owns more than 18 million square feet of commercial real estate in thirty-five American states. Some of his tenants are Wendy's, Burger King and Office Depot.
He has published five editions of Thoughts to Live By, a booklet with eighty sayings of business advice.
Philanthropy
Black is a donor to Jewish organizations. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles ORT College, a non-profit two-year Jewish college part of World ORT, where the American ORT Stanley and Joyce Black Family Building is named for he and his wife. He has made charitable contributions to the City of Hope, the Anti-Defamation League, Jewish Big Brothers, the American Friends of Tel Aviv University, the American Friends of the Hebrew University, The Guardians of the Jewish Home for the Aging, and Yeshiva Gedolah/Michael Diller High School. He also co-chaired a fundraiser for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. He has donated to the Boy Scouts of America, the Los Angeles Music Center, and the Union Rescue Mission. Moreover, he is a large supporter of the Jewish Vocational Services, a non-profit organization which helps Jews who are unemployed in Southern California find work again. Additionally, he helped establish the Goldsmith Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. In June 2016, he unveiled a new Torah he commissioned in Israel for the Temple of the Arts, a synagogue based at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
Black has supported healthcare organizations. In 2000, he donated US$1 million to the Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services for the establishment of the Joyce and Stanley Black Family Special Care Facility. In January 2012, he donated US$5 more million, which led to the Joyce and Stanley Black Family Campus. In 2004, he made a large donation to the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), which renamed its garden the Joyce and Stanley Black and Family Healing and Meditation Garden. In 2013, he donated another US$15 million to the CHLA. As a result, the former Gateway Building facing Sunset Boulevard was renamed the Joyce and Stanley Black Family Building. In September 2014, and again on September 27, 2015 he held fundraisers for Wells Bring Hope, a non-profit organization which drills wells in Niger to bring water to rural communities. He has been a long-term supporter of the Chai Center in Los Angeles, and will serve as the 'Dinner Chair' for the Chai Center's annual Banquet in 2018.
Personal life
He was married to Joyce Black, the daughter of Jacob and Frieda Gottlieb. A philanthropist, she served on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Opera. They had three children: Jack Black; Jill Black Zalben; and Janis Black Warner. He resides in Beverly Hills, California.
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People from Beverly Hills, California
American real estate businesspeople
American business executives
Philanthropists from California
Jewish American philanthropists
1932 births
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