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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conasprella%20aphrodite
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Conasprella aphrodite
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Conasprella aphrodite is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 24 mm. Their shell shape and design may differ, but will always be a cone shape. Their shell colors will vary from a light brown with white flecks to all black.
When these snails feel threatened, they can shoot poison from their mouths that are in the shape of needles.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, New Caledonia and the Ryukyus, Japan.
References
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Rabiller M. & Richard G. , 2014. Conus (Gastropoda, Conidae) from offshore French Polynesia: Description of dredging from TARASOC expedition, with new records and new species. Xenophora Taxonomy 5: 26-49
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
aphrodite
Gastropods described in 1979
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyimyindaing%20Township
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Kyimyindaing Township
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Kyimyindaing Township (, ; also Kyeemyindaing Township, Kyimyindine, or Kyi Myin Dine, and anglicised as Kemmendine) is located in the western part of Yangon, and shares borders with Kamayut Township in the north, the Yangon River and Twante Township in the west, Sanchaung Township in the east, and Ahlon Township in the south. It consists of 21 wards.
Etymology
"Kyimyindaing" derives from the Mon language term "Kamaingdeung" (; ), which means "walled town."
Education
The township has 15 primary schools, three middle schools and five high schools, and is home to the School for the Blind Kyimyindine.
Population
A population of 111,514 people reside in Kyimyindaing Township with 52.8% being female residents and 47.2% being male residents.
Landmarks
The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Kyimyindaing township.
References
Townships of Yangon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor%20Smith
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Mayor Smith
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Mayor Smith may refer to:
Scott Smith (American politician), mayor of Mesa, Arizona
Bill Smith (Alberta politician) mayor of Edmonton, Alberta
See also
Caleb Smith Woodhull, mayor of New York from 1849 to 1851
Smith (surname)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battey%E2%80%93Barden%20House
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Battey–Barden House
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The Battey–Barden House is an historic house in Scituate, Rhode Island, US. It is a -story wood-frame structure with a large central chimney. A -story kitchen ell extends from the rear of the main block. The main block's construction date is uncertain, with architectural evidence suggesting it was built between about 1816 and 1831. It was probably built around 1824 for Horace Battey, a farmer and shopkeeper. The house is particularly notable for the stencilwork on its interior walls.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1980.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Federal architecture in Rhode Island
Houses in Providence County, Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Scituate, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Balligand
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Jean-Pierre Balligand
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Jean-Pierre Balligand (born 30 May 1950) was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the 3rd constituency of the Aisne department from 1981 to 2012. He is a member of the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste) and worked in association with the SRC parliamentary group.
References
1950 births
Living people
People from Aisne
Politicians from Hauts-de-France
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Deputies of the 7th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 9th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Lake%20Airport
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Indian Lake Airport
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Indian Lake Airport is a privately owned, closed airport located in Indian Lake, Pennsylvania, United States.
The airport was constructed in 1966 to serve the new, growing community of Indian Lake. In its original configuration, it had a single paved northeast-southwest runway (4/22) measuring . By 1975, the northwest-southeast runway, 14/32, had been added. The original runway was abandoned by 1993, and the entire airport was closed in 1999. As of 2006, the airport was listed for sale for US$7,000,000.
Accidents
According to FAA records, there has been only one fatal accident involving Indian Lake Airport. On June 13, 1968, a student pilot attempting to land in instrument meteorological conditions crashed north of the airport. The NTSB concluded that the pilot had attempted operation beyond his ability level and experienced spatial disorientation.
References
Airports in Pennsylvania
Defunct airports in Pennsylvania
Transportation buildings and structures in Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Register%20of%20Historic%20Places%20listings%20in%20Quay%20County%2C%20New%20Mexico
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Quay County, New Mexico
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Quay County, New Mexico.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
There are 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed. All of the places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties with the single exception of the Arch Hurley Conservancy District Office Building.
Current listings
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See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico
References
Quay
National Register of Historic Places in Quay County, New Mexico
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTKJ-LP
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WTKJ-LP
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WTKJ-LP, channel 19 is a Christian religious television station in Watertown, New York. It has broadcast on Channel 19 in Watertown since August 2008.
WTKJ was originally a low-power independent in Philadelphia, New York; the station was sold by Tammy M. Celenza in June 2007 to EICB TV for $7,000. In 2017, WTKJ was transferred to Edge Spectrum, a company that seeks to use upcoming ATSC 3.0 standards to datacast via low-power UHF stations such as WTKJ.
Digital transition
As a low-power station, WTKJ-LP was not required to transition to digital broadcasting when full-power stations do so in 2009. It has voluntarily applied to flash-cut to digital operation on its existing frequency, UHF 19, with 1500 watts but has not yet made this transition.
WTKJ may be subject to co-channel interference by adjacent-market WSYT-DT 19 Syracuse as that station goes to its full licensed digital power, having abandoned former analogue channel UHF 68 in Syracuse, New York.
References
External links
TVfool coverage map for WTKJ-LP 19 Watertown
TVfool coverage for co-channel WSYT-DT 19 Syracuse
TKJ-LP
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20aplustre
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Conus aplustre
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Conus aplustre, common name the black-end cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 27 mm. The shell is rather stoutly turbinated, smooth, thin, somewhat inflated, and striate towards the base. Its color is yellowish white, with irregular yellowish brown or ash faint bands, and lines of white and chestnut articulations. The spire is depressed. The apex is pointed.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.
References
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the 'Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 169–197
Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new species of the Genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 116–119
Brazier, J. 1870. Descriptions of three new species of marine shells from the Australian coast. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1): 108–109
Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
Wilson, B. (1994) Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Vol. 2 Neogastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
aplustre
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1843
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20arangoi
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Conus arangoi
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Conus arangoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 45.5 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.
References
Sarasúa, H. 1977. Dos nuevas formas Cubanas del género Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana 165: 1–5
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
arangoi
Gastropods described in 1977
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Rayfield
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Lee Rayfield
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Lee Stephen Rayfield (born 30 September 1955) is the current Bishop of Swindon.
Education and medical career
Rayfield was educated at the University of Southampton, where he gained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) honours degree in Biology in 1978. He then studied for his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from St Mary's Hospital Medical School (Paddington, Greater London), being awarded his doctorate in 1981, after which he remained as a post-doctoral researcher until 1984. His final medical post was as a lecturer in immunology at UMDS (Borough & Waterloo, Greater London). As an immunologist, he has contributed to a number of journals and textbooks. A keen amateur runner and cyclist, he has been married since 1978, with three children.
Ministry
In 1991, Rayfield went to Ridley Hall, Cambridge to study for the ministry, after which he was made a deacon at Petertide (4 July) 1993 at Chelmsford Cathedral and ordained a priest the Petertide following (26 June 1994), at Waltham Abbey, both times by John Waine, Bishop of Chelmsford. His ministerial career began with a curacy at Woodford, London (1993–1997) after which he held his only incumbency, as Priest in Charge (1997–2004, and later Vicar, 2004–2005) of St Peter's Furze Platt (Maidenhead, Berkshire). While at Furze Platt, he was additionally a part-time chaplain at St Mark's Hospital, Maidenhead (from 1997), and Area Dean of Maidenhead (from 2000; the deanery changed to Maidenhead and Windsor from 2003). He has also been a member of the Society of Ordained Scientists (SOSc) since 1995, and served on the Gene Therapy Advisory Committee (2000–2009) and on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority since 2012.
He became the Bishop of Swindon, the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Bristol, in 2005: he was ordained and consecrated a bishop on 8 June by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and installed at Bristol Cathedral on 18 June. Rayfield was Acting Bishop of Bristol after the retirement of Mike Hill in September 2017, until the election of Vivienne Faull in July 2018.
Styles
Doctor Lee Rayfield (1981–1993)
The Reverend Doctor Lee Rayfield (1993–2005)
The Right Reverend Doctor Lee Rayfield (2005–present)
References
1955 births
People educated at Marlborough College
Alumni of the University of Southampton
Academics of the University of London
21st-century Church of England bishops
Living people
Bishops of Swindon (previously Malmesbury)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Decool
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Jean-Pierre Decool
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Jean-Pierre Decool (born 19 October 1952 in Bourbourg, Nord) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Nord department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
In 2012, Decool said that the French army must breed more carrier pigeons, claiming that the Chinese army had decided to ramp up its own carrier pigeon training efforts. Decool said that carrier pigeons could play a key role in a crisis in which other communications systems started breaking down. His statements were widely reported in the media.
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Nord (French department)
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Popular Right
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Senators of Nord (French department)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Map%20%28EP%29
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Street Map (EP)
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Street Map is an EP of new studio recordings from the Innocence Mission. Limited to 5,000 copies, the release is their first since 2000's Christ Is My Hope to be sold though their website without the involvement of a record label.
Originally intended to preview their next studio LP, an update to their website in September 2009 revealed that after further recording, the next LP "turned out to be a mostly new group of songs, with maybe one song from Street Map." In March 2010, however, it was announced that no songs found on Street Map would appear on the upcoming album. My Room in the Trees was released in July.
The EP also contains one previously released recording. "A Thousand Miles" was originally available on the charity compilation Evensong in 2000. The track has been re-mastered for this release.
Track listing
Personnel
Karen Peris: Vocals, Guitars, Field Pump Organ and Piano
Don Peris: Guitars, Background Vocals and Drums
Mike Bitts: Upright and Electric Bass
Album credits
Recorded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by Don Peris
Engineered and Mixed by Don Peris
References
2008 EPs
The Innocence Mission albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319%20C.D.%20Primeiro%20de%20Agosto%20season
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2018–19 C.D. Primeiro de Agosto season
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The 2018–19 season of Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is the club's 41st season in the Girabola, the Angolan Premier football League and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Angolan football. In 2019, the club is participating in the Girabola, the Angola Cup and the 2018–19 CAF Champions League.
FAF Penalty
As a result of a match-fixing investigation launched by the Angolan Football Federation (FAF) on the 17th round match between Desportivo da Huila and 1º de Agosto, each team forfeited 3 points and a $5,000 fine.
Squad information
Players
Staff
Pre-season transfers
Mid-season transfers
Overview
CAF Champions League
Preliminary round
Results summary
Angolan League
League table
Match Details
Results
Results summary
Results by round
Results overview
Angola Cup
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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Scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary record
Season progress
See also
List of C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players
External links
Official website
Facebook profile
Zerozero.pt profile
Match schedule
References
C.D. Primeiro de Agosto seasons
Primeiro de Agosto
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Road%20to%20Hollywood
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The Road to Hollywood
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The Road to Hollywood is a 1947 American film released by Astor Pictures that is a combination of several of Bing Crosby's Educational Pictures short subjects. The title was designed to draft off Paramount Pictures' "Road to..." film series starring Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour; Hope and Lamour do not appear in the film.
Plot
Bud Pollard narrates a biography of Bing Crosby stringing together the following short subjects:
"I Surrender Dear" (1931)
"One More Chance" (1931)
"Billboard Girl" (1931)
"Dream House" (1931)
Cast
Bing Crosby as Himself (archive footage)
Luis Alberni as The Marquis, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
Bud Pollard as Himself (Host / Narrator)
Ann Christy as Betty Brooks, from Dream House (archive footage)
Patsy O'Leary as Ethel Bangs, from One More Chance / Mrs. McCullough, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
George C. Pearce as Mary's Father, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
Arthur Stone as Ethel's Uncle Joe, from One More Chance / Jerry, Bing's friend from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
Dick Stewart as Jerry, Bing's Chum from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
Lincoln Stedman as Whitman, Mary's Fiancé, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
Kathrin Clare Ward as Mother Brooks, from Dream House (archive footage)
James Eagles as Mary's Brother, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
Matty Kemp as Percy Howard, Bing's Rival, from One More Chance (archive footage)
Eddie Phillips as Reginald Duncan, from Dream House (archive footage)
Marion Sayers as Peggy, Bing's Sweetheart, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
Julia Griffith as Ethel's Mother, Bing's Future Mother-in-Law, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
George Gray as George Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
Vernon Dent as A Film Director, from Dream House (archive footage)
Alice Adair as Ethel Dobbs, from I Surrender Dear (archive footage)
Marjorie Kane as Mary Malone, from Billboard Girl (archive footage)
Soundtrack
All sung by Bing Crosby
From "I Surrender Dear"
"I Surrender Dear"
"At Your Command"
"Out of Nowhere”
"A Little Bit of Heaven" (Ernest R. Ball / J. Keirn Brennan)
From "One More Chance"
"Just One More Chance"
"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
"I Surrender Dear" (parody)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
From "Dream House"
"Dream House" (Earle Foxe / Lynn F. Cowan)
"It Must Be True" (Harry Barris / Gus Arnheim / Gordon Clifford)
"When I Take My Sugar to Tea” (Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Pierre Norman)
From "Billboard Girl"
"Were You Sincere?" (Vincent Rose / Jack Meskill)
"For You”
References
External links
1947 films
1947 musical comedy films
American musical comedy films
English-language films
American black-and-white films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20archon
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Conus archon
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Conus archon, common name the magistrate cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The spire is concavely elevated, not coronated. The body whorl is smooth and slightly striate below. The shell is irregularly marbled with chestnut and white, with equidistant chestnut revolving lines bearing white spots. The length of the shell varies between 38 mm and 70 mm
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the West Coast of Mexico and Central America (the Gulf of California to Panama)
References
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
archon
Gastropods described in 1833
Taxa named by William Broderip
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Wolfe%20Field
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Joe Wolfe Field
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Joe Wolfe Field is a baseball field in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. The field is home to the North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league based in New England. The park was built in 1986, with the SteepleCats first utilizing the facility at their inception in the 2002 NECBL season. It has a seated capacity of 1,800 spectators, with additional seating and standing areas located down either foul line. The dimensions of the field are 325 ft. down the lines, 358 ft. in the gaps, and 385 ft. in dead center field. The park faces south in the Noel Field Athletic Complex. The field is lighted for night play with 8 light poles.
In 2012, the Division III MCLA Trailblazers baseball team of the nearby Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts played three home games at Joe Wolfe Field. The facility is also used by the baseball teams of Drury High School and Charles H. McCann Technical High School, both located in North Adams. Joe Wolfe Field also hosts other youth sports leagues.
History
Joe Wolfe Field was built in 1986 on the site of Noel Field. Noel had served as North Adams' main baseball venue for decades, but its grandstand and playing surface had become outdated. In building Joe Wolfe, a new grandstand and lighting structures were added, and the field itself was renovated.
Then-mayor of North Adams John Barrett III and local sports figure Joe Wolfe were key to fundraising for and building the park. When Wolfe died in November 1986, shortly after the field's construction, Barrett and others involved in the development decided to name the field after Joe Wolfe. In addition to his involvement in the field's construction, Wolfe played semi-professional baseball, coached youth teams, and worked in local sports organizations.
In 2005, the field was renovated. An electronic scoreboard and concession stand were added, and the backstop was improved.
6,714 fans attended a July 4, 2006, game against the Holyoke Giants, won by Holyoke 3–2. The attendance mark is an NECBL record for regular season, postseason, and All-Star games.
The field hosted the 2007 NECBL All-Star Game. The visiting South Division All-Stars won the game, which was attended by 4,210 fans.
SteepleCats attendance
The following is a list of North Adams SteepleCats attendance figures at Joe Wolfe Field dating back to the team's inception in the 2002 season.
External links
SteepleCats website
NECBL website
Joe Wolfe Field photo gallery at digitalballparks.com
Notes
New England Collegiate Baseball League ballparks
Baseball venues in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in North Adams, Massachusetts
Tourist attractions in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
1986 establishments in Massachusetts
Sports venues completed in 1986
College baseball venues in the United States
High school baseball venues in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state%20dye%20laser
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Solid-state dye laser
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Solid-state dye lasers (SSDL) were introduced in 1967 by Soffer and McFarland. In these solid-state lasers, the gain medium is a laser dye-doped organic matrix such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), rather than a liquid solution of the dye. An example is rhodamine 6G-doped PMMA. These lasers are also referred to as solid-state organic lasers and solid-state dye-doped polymer lasers.
Organic gain media
In the 1990s, new forms of improved PMMA, such as modified PMMA, with high optical quality characteristics were introduced. Gain media research for SSDL has been rather active in the 21st century, and various new dye-doped solid-state organic matrices have been discovered. Notable among these new gain media are organic-inorganic dye-doped polymer-nanoparticle composites. An additional form of organic-inorganic dye-doped solid-state laser gain media are the ORMOSILs.
High performance solid-state dye laser oscillators
This improved gain medium was central to the demonstration of the first tunable narrow-linewidth solid-state dye laser oscillators, by Duarte, which were later optimized to deliver pulse emission in the kW regime in nearly diffraction limited beams with single-longitudinal-mode laser linewidths of ≈ 350 MHz (or ≈ 0.0004 nm, at a laser wavelength of 590 nm). These tunable laser oscillators use multiple-prism grating architectures yielding very high intracavity dispersions that can be nicely quantified using the multiple-prism grating equations.
Distributed feedback and waveguide solid-state dye lasers
Additional developments in solid-state dye lasers were demonstrated with the introduction of distributed feedback laser designs in 1999 and distributed feedback waveguides in 2002.
See also
Dye lasers
Laser dyes
Laser linewidth
Organic laser
Organic photonics
Polymer
Tunable lasers
Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator
References
Solid-state lasers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer%27s%20Quarters
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Officer's Quarters
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Officer's Quarters may refer to:
Officers Quarters, Washington Navy Yard, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Officer's Quarters (Tucson, Arizona), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pima County, Arizona
Officer's Quarters (Fort Gibson, Oklahoma), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Muskogee County, Oklahoma
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Door
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Jean-Pierre Door
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Jean-Pierre Door (born 1 April 1942 in Sully-sur-Loire) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Loiret department, and is a member of The Republicans.
He won the 2018 Loiret's 4th constituency by-election.
References
1942 births
Living people
People from Loiret
Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
The Republicans (France) politicians
The Social Right
Modern and Humanist France
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
French cardiologists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Dufau
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Jean-Pierre Dufau
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Jean-Pierre Dufau (born 5 July 1943 in Capbreton) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Landes's 2nd constituency from 1997 to 2017 as a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.
References
1943 births
Living people
People from Landes (department)
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conasprella%20arcuata
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Conasprella arcuata
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Conasprella arcuata, common name the arched cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, and in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Peru. Type locality near Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
References
Broderip W. J. & Sowerby G. B. (1829). Observations on new or interesting mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal, 4: 359–379, pl. 9
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
arcuata
Gastropods described in 1829
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Vincent Haddelsey
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Vincent Haddelsey (1934 – 29 August 2010) was an English naïve painter, who focused on landscapes and horses.
Early life
Vincent Haddelsey was born in Bargate, Grimsby, England, on April 13, 1934. He was the only child of Sam Haddelsey, and Mary Lucy (nee Tierney). His father was a lawyer, and his grandfather and great-grandfather had also worked in the legal profession. At the end of the Second World War, the family moved to Canwick, a rural village just outside Lincoln. Canwick House had stables, and was surrounded by farms which still used shire horses for agricultural work, all of which taught him to look on horses as part of life. He attended the Catholic boarding school Ampleforth College in Yorkshire, England, and during the holidays enjoyed riding out with the Blankney Hunt and being on foot with the Cranwell Beagles, which led to his lifelong skill in horsemanship.
His two grandmothers were gifted painters, and when he was eight his maternal grandmother started him off with oils by giving him her own paint box, brushes and palette. He never had a formal art lesson, not even at school - he mostly taught himself.
Career
When he was 18 Haddelsey emigrated to British Columbia, where he worked for several years in a construction camp, while struggling to paint in the winter. He became fascinated by the indigenous peoples and their collective folk art. This experience, which he described as a 'collective folk memory', led to his collaboration with the author Gordon Robinson in the production of Tales of Kitamaat (1956) for which Haddelsey provided the illustrations. This book was a collection of traditional stories told by the H'aisla people of British Columbia, collected by Robinson, himself a H'aisla, the hereditary Chief of the Beaver Clan.
In 1965 Haddelsey travelled to Mexico, where he intended to paint members of the Charros tribe. He took part in a rodeo and was as a result invited to become the member of a Mexican association of elite horsemen. He then moved to Paris where he established himself as an artist, and in 1969 won the International Grand Prix for naif painters at Lugano.
In 1971 Haddelsey published The Horse, Our Heritage which explored the equestrian world in some detail, from the Household Cavalry to polo. The book included a selection of Haddelsey's pictures, as well as his explanatory line drawings. In this collection, Haddelsey wrote the text himself, but for his next book he collaborated with equestrain author and journalist Caroline Silver to produce a 64-page showcase of his equestrian paintings. This was Haddelsey's Horses: The Paintings of Vincent Haddelsey (1978) consisting of full-page colour plates of his work, with a text provided by Silver. "Many of Haddelsey's paintings tell a story," writes Silver: one tells of a bull who wouldn't eat, who ends up on a pub sign, another tells of a ghost who hitches a ride on a mororbike, then disappears (despite this, horses feature in both paintings). 1978 was also the year of Haddelsey's marriage - to Caroline Silver (who had divorced her first husband in 1970).
In 1980, Vincent Haddelsey went on a journey to Inner Mongolia, where he studied and painted the Mongolian Pony. Various paintings resulted from this trip.
In 1989 Vincent travelled to Chile staying with his cousin Margaret Lunt (née Millen) whose husband John was stationed with the British Embassy as the Defence Attache. Vincent visited a number of Quasimodo horse gatherings and drew many sketches and pencil drawings of the riders and horses of Chile.
Preferring to be known as an ‘equestrian painter’ rather than an artist, Haddelsey exhibited widely, and has paintings included in the Royal collection among others. He died on 29 August 2010 in Paris, having suffered from dementia during the final years of his life.
Works
Paintings
Gstaad
Village of the Fourth Banner, Inner Mongolia (1980 or later)
Herding Cattle, Inner Mongolia (1980 or later)
Books
Gordon Robinson, illustrated by Vincent Haddelsey, Tales of Kitamaat, Northern Sentinal Press, British Columbia, 1956
Vincent Haddelsey, The Horse, Our Heritage, Arthur Niggli, 1971, ISBN 3721200497, 9783721200492
Vincent Haddelsey, with Caroline Silver, Haddelsey's Horses: The Paintings of Vincent Haddelsey, Jonathon Cape, London 1978
Further reading
Grimsby Evening Telegraph, "Help we're FIN-ished", 1 February 2003
Theodore F. Wolff, "Not just another cute scene", Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 1985
References
1934 births
People from Grimsby
20th-century English painters
English male painters
21st-century English painters
2010 deaths
20th-century English male artists
21st-century English male artists
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Conus ardisiaceus
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Conus ardisiaceus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 55 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Muscat and Oman.
References
Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
ardisiaceus
Gastropods described in 1845
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Comanche Independent School District
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Comanche Independent School District is a public school district based in Comanche, Texas (USA).
Located in Comanche County, a very small portion of the district extends into Mills County.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
Schools
Comanche High School (Grades 9-12)
Jefferies Junior High School (Grades 7-8)
Comanche Middle School (Grades 4-6)
Comanche Elementary School (Grades PK-5)
High school
The High school's principal is Vincent Pierce.
Between the 2007-2008 and the 2008-2009 school years, Comanche High School moved from UIL conference 3A to conference 2A.
References
External links
Comanche ISD
School districts in Comanche County, Texas
School districts in Mills County, Texas
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Gustine Independent School District
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Gustine Independent School District is a public school district based in Gustine, Texas, United States.
The district has three schools that serve students in prekindergarten through grade 12.
Academic achievement
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
Special programs
Athletics
Gustine High School plays six-man football.
See also
List of school districts in Texas
References
External links
Gustine ISD
School districts in Comanche County, Texas
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Eads Mill, West Virginia
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Eads Mill is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Eads Mill is located on the Bluestone River, northwest of Athens.
References
Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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Teddy Pendergrass is the debut solo album from the American R&B/soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1977.
It did well for a debut album, reaching #17 on the US Billboard 200 and #5 on the Billboard R&B album chart. Two singles were released: "I Don't Love You Anymore"; and "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me", reaching #41 pop & #5 R&B; and R&B #16, respectively.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated
"You Can't Hide from Yourself" 4:08
"Somebody Told Me" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 5:15
"Be Sure" 5:19
"And If I Had" 4:26
"I Don't Love You Anymore" 4:01
"The Whole Town's Laughing at Me" (Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham) 4:30
"Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:55
"The More I Get, the More I Want" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:26
Personnel
Teddy Pendergrass - vocals
Roland Chambers, Dennis Harris - guitar
Dexter Wansel, Victor Carstarphen, Ron Kersey - keyboards, synthesizers
Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman, Jimmy Williams - bass
Keith Benson, Karl Chambers, Charles Collins - drums, percussion
Larry Washington - bongos, congas
MFSB - strings, horns
Bobby Martin, Jack Faith - arrangements
Technical
Ed Lee - album design, artwork
Frank Laffitte - photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Later samples
"You Can't Hide from Yourself"
"Portrait of a Masterpiece" by The D.O.C. from the album No One Can Do It Better
"And If I Had"
"Devil's Pie" by D'Angelo from the album Voodoo
"Cradle to the Grave" by Mobb Deep from the album The Infamous
"Easy Easy Got to Take It Easy"
"Not Enough" by Little Brother from the album The Minstrel Show
References
External links
Teddy Pendergrass-Teddy Pendergrass at Discogs
1977 debut albums
Teddy Pendergrass albums
Albums produced by Kenneth Gamble
Albums produced by Leon Huff
Albums arranged by Bobby Martin
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
Philadelphia International Records albums
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Singapore International Foundation
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The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) (Abbreviation: SIF; Chinese: 新加坡国际基金会; Malay: Yayasan Antarabangsa Singapura) is a not-for-profit organisation established on 1 August 1991.
Arts for Good
Arts and culture can aid sustainable development, particularly in fostering inclusive societies and promoting sustainable urban living.
The Arts for Good initiative enables collaborations between Singaporean artists and their international counterparts to promote awareness of social issues and share best practices, as well as galvanise greater community involvement to effect positive change.
Friendship Express
Fifty Asian youths of eight nationalities – Burmese, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Filipino, Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai – participated in the Singapore International Foundation's inaugural Friendship Express programme for bridging communities from 11 to 23 June 2012.
Young Social Entrepreneurs
The Young Social Entrepreneurs Programme is designed to help participants learn the fundamentals of starting a social enterprise. During the programme, participants work on refining business plans while becoming exposed to numerous social enterprises via specially arranged field trips. The programme encourages participants to share knowledge & experience in the areas of business plan development, enterprise structure, social impact assessment and fundraising.
Young Business Ambassadors
The Young Business Ambassadors (YBA) Programme was first mooted at the second meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee in Singapore on 22 February 1999.
Apart from creating opportunities for young professionals to interact, network and share vocational experiences, the programme started with the aim of promoting strategic trade and investment opportunities between Singapore, China and Australia.
The Singapore-Australia YBA Programme was inaugurated in March 2000 with Australian partner Asialink Centre. As SIF's first YBA programme, the new initiative was endorsed by private and public sectors in Singapore and Australia.
The Singapore-Chinese YBA programme was inaugurated in 2004, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between SIF, the Shanghai Municipal Office for the Introduction of Foreign Experts and the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries. The first batch of 23 Singapore-China YBAs started their 10-week stint in both countries in June 2004.
Visits
SIF promotes people-to-people links between Singaporeans and the world. We give our friends a better understanding of who we are, what we believe in and how we live through visits, exchanges, and cultural diplomacy programmes, such as the SIF Distinguished Visitors Programme, the Eminent Southeast Asians Programme, Temasek Programme, and the Singapore Encore series.
Through these platforms and activities, we share with the world community Singapore's culture and way of life.
Past Programmes
Singapore Executive Expeditions
The Singapore Executive Expeditions (SXX) formed in 2005, is expressly designed to provide cross-cultural exposure to executives within the framework of an overseas expedition. Expeditions are held in environments of selected locations to give first-hand appreciation of the cultural heritage, political and social realities and the challenges of international development work.
SXX courses are designed to strengthen participants’ capacity to lead in diverse cultural environments, develop trustworthy relationships, and become world-ready executives with a sense of global citizenship.
Youth Expedition Project
The Youth Expedition Project (YEP) was an initiative pioneered by SIF that took thousands of young Singaporeans on community service expeditions to China, India, and the ASEAN nations between 2000 and 2005.
Launched in 2000 by then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the vision behind YEP was for Singapore youths to become active and responsible world citizens, and to inspire them through meaningful overseas community service to make a difference to the lives of others, at home and abroad.
YEP at SIF concluded on 31 October 2005. The project is now under the purview of the National Youth Council. In its final year, SIF sent 48 teams of 14 young people each to aid Sri Lanka in recovering from the 2004 tsunami crisis.
See also
Japan Foundation
Korea Foundation
Koyamada International Foundation
SHMZ
References
External links
Singapore International Foundation Homepage
Foundations based in Singapore
1991 establishments in Singapore
Organizations established in 1991
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Jean-Pierre Dupont (born 19 June 1933) is a member of the National Assembly of France.
Dupont was born in Algiers, Algeria. He represents the Corrèze department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was President of the Corrèze General Council from 1992 to 2008.
References
1933 births
Living people
People from Algiers
Pieds-Noirs
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Index of New Mexico–related articles
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The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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.nm.us – Internet second-level domain for the state of New Mexico
4 Corners
Four Corners Monument
32nd meridian west from Washington
32nd parallel north
33rd parallel north
34th parallel north
35th parallel north
36th parallel north
37th parallel north
103rd meridian west
104th meridian west
105th meridian west
106th meridian west
107th meridian west
108th meridian west
109th meridian west
A
A Nuevo México
Acoma Pueblo website
Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
Adjacent states:
Agriculture in New Mexico
Airports in New Mexico
Alameda Park Zoo
Alamo Bend Navajo Indian Reservation
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo Public Library
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque the Magazine
Aldo Leopold Wilderness
American black bear
Amphibians in New Mexico
Ancestral Puebloans (Native American)
Apache Nation (Native American)
Aquaria in New Mexico
commons:Category:Aquaria in New Mexico
Arboreta in New Mexico
commons:Category:Arboreta in New Mexico
Archaeology of New Mexico
:Category:Archaeological sites in New Mexico
commons:Category:Archaeological sites in New Mexico
Architecture of New Mexico
Art museums and galleries in New Mexico
commons:Category:Art museums and galleries in New Mexico
Artists of New Mexico
Así Es Nuevo Méjico lyrics
Astronomical observatories in New Mexico
commons:Category:Astronomical observatories in New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Aztec Ruins National Monument
B
Bandelier National Monument
Basilica of San Albino
Battle of Albuquerque
Battle of Cañada
Battle of Canada Alamosa
Battle of Cookes Canyon
Battle of Embudo Pass
Battle of the Florida Mountains
Battle of Glorieta Pass
Battle of Mount Gray
Battle of Peralta
Battle of Pinos Altos
Battle of Placito
Battle of Valverde
Biscochito
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Bizcochito
Blue Grama
Blue Range Wilderness
Bolo tie
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Botanical gardens in New Mexico
commons:Category:Botanical gardens in New Mexico
Bouteloua gracilis
Bridges in New Mexico
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
Buildings and structures in New Mexico
commons:Category:Buildings and structures in New Mexico
C
Cabañuelas
Callophrys mcfarlandi
Capital of the State of New Mexico
Capitol of the State of New Mexico
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness
Carson National Forest
Casinos in New Mexico
Caves of New Mexico
commons:Category:Caves of New Mexico
Census statistical areas in New Mexico
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chile con frijoles
Chili pepper
Cibola National Forest
Cicuye Pueblo
Cienega affair
Cimarron Range
Cimarron River
Cnemidophorus neomexicanus
Pueblo de Cochiti website
Coelophysis bauri
Colorado Plateau
Comanche Nation (Native American)
Communications in New Mexico
commons:Category:Communications in New Mexico
Confederate Territory of Arizona, 1861–1865
Coronado y Luján, Francisco Vásquez de
Counties of the State of New Mexico
commons:Category:Counties in New Mexico
Cuisine of New Mexico
Culebra Range
Culture of New Mexico
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commons:Category:New Mexico culture
Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad website
D
Dams in New Mexico
Demographics of New Mexico
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Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Dinétah - traditional homeland of the Diné in northwestern New Mexico
E
Economy of New Mexico
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commons:Category:Economy of New Mexico
Education in New Mexico
:Category:Education in New Mexico
commons:Category:Education in New Mexico
Eight Northern Pueblos
El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument
El Paso del Norte
El Rito Presbyterian Church
Elections of the State of New Mexico
commons:Category:New Mexico elections
Environment of New Mexico
commons:Category:Environment of New Mexico
Estado de Nuevo México
Everybody is somebody in New Mexico
F
Festivals in New Mexico
commons:Category:Festivals in New Mexico
Fiestas de Santa Fe
Films set in New Mexico
First Battle of Mora
Flag of the State of New Mexico
Forts in New Mexico
Fort Union
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commons:Category:Forts in New Mexico
Four Corners
Four Corners Monument
G
Gadsden Purchase of 1853
Gallina
Gallinas massacre
Geococcyx californianus
Geography of New Mexico
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commons:Category:Geography of New Mexico
Geology of New Mexico
commons:Category:Geology of New Mexico
Ghost towns in New Mexico
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commons:Category:Ghost towns in New Mexico
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Gila National Forest
Gila Wilderness
Government of the State of New Mexico website
:Category:Government of New Mexico
commons:Category:Government of New Mexico
Governor of the state of New Mexico
List of governors of the Spanish colony of New Mexico
List of governors of the Mexican territory of New Mexico
List of governors of the U.S. territory of New Mexico
List of governors of the U.S. state of New Mexico
Great Seal of the State of New Mexico
Greater roadrunner
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
H
Heritage railroads in New Mexico
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Highway routes in New Mexico
Hiking trails in New Mexico
commons:Category:Hiking trails in New Mexico
History of New Mexico
Historical outline of New Mexico
History of slavery in New Mexico
Territorial evolution of New Mexico
New Mexico Territory
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commons:Category:History of New Mexico
U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
Hopi Nation (Native American)
Hospitals in New Mexico
Hot air balloon
Hot springs of New Mexico
commons:Category:Hot springs of New Mexico
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Images of New Mexico
commons:Category:New Mexico
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center website
Insignia of the State of New Mexico
Islands in New Mexico
Isleta Pueblo (Shiewhibak) website
J
Jemez Pueblo website
Jicarilla Apache
K
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Keresan languages
Kiowa National Grassland
Tanoan languages
L
La Fonda on the Plaza
La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís, colonial capital 1610-1680 and 1692–1821, provincial capital 1621-1846
Laguna Pueblo website
Lakes of New Mexico
commons:Category:Lakes of New Mexico
Land grants in New Mexico
Land of Enchantment
Land of Enchantment lyrics
Landmarks in New Mexico
commons:Category:Landmarks in New Mexico
Languages of New Mexico
Las Cruces
Las Vegas affair
Latir Peak Wilderness
Lincoln National Forest
Lists related to the State of New Mexico:
List of airports in New Mexico
List of amphibians in New Mexico
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
List of census statistical areas in New Mexico
List of cities in New Mexico
List of colleges and universities in New Mexico
List of counties in New Mexico
List of dams and reservoirs in New Mexico
List of forts in New Mexico
List of ghost towns in New Mexico
List of governors of the Spanish colony of New Mexico
List of governors of the Mexican territory of New Mexico
List of governors of the U.S. territory of New Mexico
List of governors of the U.S. state of New Mexico
List of high schools in New Mexico
List of highway routes in New Mexico
List of New Mexico state parks
List of hospitals in New Mexico
List of individuals executed in New Mexico
List of islands in New Mexico
List of lakes in New Mexico
List of law enforcement agencies in New Mexico
List of mountain ranges of New Mexico
List of museums in New Mexico
List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
List of newspapers in New Mexico
List of people from New Mexico
List of power stations in New Mexico
List of radio stations in New Mexico
List of railroads in New Mexico
List of Registered Historic Places in New Mexico
List of rivers of New Mexico
List of school districts in New Mexico
List of state parks in New Mexico
List of state prisons in New Mexico
List of symbols of the State of New Mexico
List of television stations in New Mexico
List of United States congressional delegations from New Mexico
List of United States congressional districts in New Mexico
List of United States representatives from New Mexico
List of United States senators from New Mexico
List of valleys of New Mexico
Louisiana Purchase of 1803
M
Maps of New Mexico
commons:Category:Maps of New Mexico
Mass media in New Mexico
Matachines
Mescalero (Native American)
Mesilla, Confederate Territory of Arizona, CSA territorial capital 1862
Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico lyrics
Missions in New Mexico
Monuments and memorials in New Mexico
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Mountains of New Mexico
Mount Taylor
commons:Category:Mountains of New Mexico
Museums in New Mexico
:Category:Museums in New Mexico
commons:Category:Museums in New Mexico
Music of New Mexico
commons:Category:Music of New Mexico
:Category:Musical groups from New Mexico
:Category:Musicians from New Mexico
N
Nambé Pueblo website
National Forests of New Mexico
commons:Category:National Forests of New Mexico
National Monuments in New Mexico
National Parks in New Mexico
National Wilderness Areas of New Mexico
National Wildlife Refuges in New Mexico
Natural gas pipelines in New Mexico
Natural history of New Mexico
commons:Category:Natural history of New Mexico
Nature centers in New Mexico
commons:Category:Nature centers in New Mexico
Navajo Nation (Native American)
Navajo people
Neomexicano
New Mexico chile
New Mexico music
New Mexican cuisine
New Mexican Spanish
New Mexico website
:Category:New Mexico
commons:Category:New Mexico
commons:Category:Maps of New Mexico
New Mexico spadefoot toad
New Mexico State Capitol
New Mexico State Fair
New Mexico State Police
New Mexico State University
New Mexico wine
New Mexico whiptail
Newspapers in New Mexico
NM – United States Postal Service postal code for the State of New Mexico
Nuevo México
O
O Fair New Mexico lyrics
Ohkay Owingeh (O'ke Oweenge) website
Old Spanish Trail
Oñate Salazar, Juan de
Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis
Outdoor sculptures in New Mexico
commons:Category:Outdoor sculptures in New Mexico
P
Palace of the Governors
Pecos Pueblo
Pecos River
Pecos Wilderness
Pedro de Peralta
Penitentes
People from New Mexico
:Category:People from New Mexico
commons:Category:People from New Mexico
:Category:People by city in New Mexico
:Category:People by county in New Mexico
:Category:People from New Mexico by occupation
Pepsis grossa
Peralta, Pedro de
Petroglyph National Monument
Picuris Pueblo website
Pilabó Pueblo
Piñon pine
Pinto bean
Pinus edulis
Piro Nation (Native American)
Pojoaque Pueblo website
Politics of New Mexico
Popé
Protected areas of New Mexico
commons:Category:Protected areas of New Mexico
Pueblo Revival Style architecture
Pueblo Revolt
Puebloan peoples (Native American)
Pueblos in New Mexico: (Native American)
Acoma Pueblo website
Cicuye Pueblo abandoned
Pueblo de Cochiti website
Isleta Pueblo (Shiewhibak) website
Jemez Pueblo website
Laguna Pueblo website
Nambé Pueblo website
Ohkay Owingeh (O'ke Oweenge) website
Pecos Pueblo abandoned
Picuris Pueblo website
Pilabó Pueblo abandoned
Pojoaque Pueblo website
San Felipe Pueblo website
San Ildefonso Pueblo website
Sandia Pueblo (Nafiat) website
Santa Ana Pueblo website
Santa Clara Pueblo website
Santo Domingo Pueblo website
Senecú Pueblo abandoned
Taos Pueblo website
Tesuque Pueblo (Te Tsugeh Oweengeh) website
Teypana Pueblo abandoned
Zia Pueblo website
Zuñi Pueblo website
Puyé Cliff Dwellings
R
Radio stations in New Mexico
Railroad museums in New Mexico
commons:Category:Railroad museums in New Mexico
Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation
Red River Canyon affair
Religion in New Mexico
:Category:Religion in New Mexico
commons:Category:Religion in New Mexico
:Category:Religious buildings and structures in New Mexico
Rio Bravo del Norte
Rio Chama
Rio Grande
Rio Grande cutthroat trout
Rio Grande Gorge
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Rio Grande Railroad
Rio San Juan
Rivers in New Mexico
Rock formations in New Mexico
commons:Category:Rock formations in New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
S
Sacramento Mountains
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Felipe Pueblo website
San Ildefonso Pueblo website
San Juan de los Caballeros, first colonial capital 1598-1610
San Juan Mountains
San Juan River
Sandia hairstreak butterfly
Sandia Mountain Wilderness
Sandia Pueblo (Nafiat) website
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Santa Ana Pueblo website
Santa Clara Pueblo website
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Jean-Pierre Giran
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Jean-Pierre Giran (born 9 January 1947 in Marseille) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Var department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
References
1947 births
Living people
Politicians from Marseille
Rally for the Republic politicians
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Gaullism, a way forward for France
The Popular Right
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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Conus arenatus
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Conus arenatus, common name the sand-dusted cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 90 mm. The shell is stoutly turbinated, coronated on the spire. The color of the shell is white, sprinkled in a waved longitudinal manner with very small, close brown dots, sometimes forming indistinct bands. The aperture has usually a light flesh-color.
Distribution
This marine species is occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific; and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia). The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean off Israel, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.
References
Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
Tryon, G.W. 1883. Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 5
Dautzenberg, P. 1937. Gastéropodes marins. 3-Famille Conidae'; Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. Le Prince et la Princesse Lé Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 2(18): 284 pp, 3 pls
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1.
Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press 209 pp.
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian Shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
Barash, A. & Danin, Z. 1972. The Indo-Pacific species of Mollusca in the Mediterranean and notes on a collection from the Suez Canal. Israel Journal of Zoology 21: 301–374
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papeete les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Coomans, H.E., Moolenbeek, R.G. & Wils, E. 1981. Alphabetical revision of the (sub) species in recent Conidae 4. aphrodite to azona with the description of C. arenatus bizona, nov. subsp. Basteria 45(1–3): 3–55
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
arenatus
Gastropods described in 1792
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%20grande%20%28song%29
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Da grande (song)
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"Da grande" is first single from Alexia's second hits compilation album Da grande and was released on CD in 2005 (Sony Code 675758). The CD contained two tracks, with the second track being the international English version of "Dimmi come..."/"Don't You Know", that saw a release in some territories outside Italy in 2002. It was the first Alexia release not to feature her on the cover.
The song was performed at the 2005 Sanremo Festival, where it came second in the women's category. Upon its release, the single entered the Italian charts at number 18.
The title translates as "From Large", with Alexia singing how her great love will surprise a man, making his dreams come true.
Music video
A videoclip was filmed for the single, the first time since 2003's "Egoista" and this would be the last video Alexia would film until 2008's "Grande Coraggio". The video features a giant Alexia walking and dancing round a city.
Chart performance
References
2005 singles
Alexia (Italian singer) songs
Songs written by Alexia (Italian singer)
Sanremo Music Festival songs
Sony Music singles
2005 songs
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Victor Fétique
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Victor François Fétique (Mirecourt 1872 – 1933) was a prominent French archetier (bowmaker) from a family of bowmakers.
Victor, son of Charles-Claude Fétique a violin maker. He learned his craft in Mirecourt with J. B. Husson, Sigisbert Fourrier Maline and Émile Miquel. Later he went on to work for Charles Nicolas Bazin II, before joining Caressa et Français in 1901. He established his own shop in 1913 at 72 rue Myrha in Paris (18th arrondissement). Other than his son, Marcel Gaston Fétique, and his brother Jules Fétique, Claude Thomassin, Auguste Toussain, Claude Rémy, Louis Morizot, Paul Weidhaas and Andre Richaume worked for him. Andre Vigneron (fils) was also known to have made bows for Victor Fetique.
Signed his bows "Vtor Fétique." His bows are patterned after those of François Nicolas Voirin, though less distinct.
Victor Fétique and his workshop made bows for numerous other music houses, including: Collin-Mezin, Granier à Marseille, Caressa & Francais, Chanot & Chardon, J.B.L. Corolla (stamped Nadegini), Paul Jombar, Maucotel & Dechamp, Lucien Schmitt, and Alfred Vidoudez in Geneva.
He was awarded for his personal production the title Meilleur Ouvrier de France (1st Craftsman of France).
"Victor's best bows can be superb playing tools. Some examples which are mounted in G/T, are quite stunning." Gennady Filimonov
"Victor Fetique was capable of producing some very good bows, but the attention of his atelier seemed to focus on quantity, and thus the output is frequently of a more commercial quality." Stefan Hersh
"It is difficult to define the style of a craftsman who worked for such a short time. As already told, his productions consists mainly of two parts. His personal one is influenced by the two schools who shaped him. In his first period he is influenced by his Maestro Charles Nicolas Bazin, later on he will get closer to the Parisian taste of that time: Sartory-Lamy. After the start of his health problems, also the bow quality is affected and has a sharp decrease. Those one made for him, follow his own stylistic shapes but not everybody has the same gifted hands and, as mentioned, the results are not always up to the expectations. In the last period, thanks to the closeness with his nephew Andre Richaume, excellent craftsman who will won an award as best "Ouvriers de France", his quality improves. Andrè builds for his uncle beautiful bows, many mounted in tortoise and gold and he devotes his last years of his life to smooth the way for his descendant." Paolo Sarri (translated from Italian)
"Fetique, Victor: Very hard bows. Firm. Dense sound especially when dense wood used. Some (maybe a minority) poor examples from workshop stamped with his name. These can be short grained, for example. Very tense. Like a German bow but far far warmer in sound. Limited flexibility. Detache works well, however. Fascinating bows; probably the hardest French bow to have been made." Roland Herrera
References
Dictionnaire Universel del Luthiers - René Vannes 1951,1972, 1985 (vol.3)
Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers - William Henley 1970
1872 births
1933 deaths
Luthiers from Mirecourt
Bow makers
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Conus aristophanes
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Conus aristophanes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 47 mm. The shell is violaceous gray, somewhat clouded with pink-white. The revolving lines are milk-white, interrupted by chestnut short dashes and spots. The interior of the aperture is chocolate, with a central white band. spire is more or less raised, striate or sometimes nearly smooth, with or without tubercles. The body whorl is striate, the striae usually granulous towards the base, and sometimes throughout.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines; Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji; also off Mozambique.
References
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
aristophanes
Gastropods described in 1857
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Ban Chom
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Ban Chom is a village in Phouvong District in Attapeu Province of southeastern Laos.
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Populated places in Attapeu province
Phouvong District
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Johan Falkenberg
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Johan Christian Falkenberg (8 October 1901 – 12 July 1963) was a Norwegian épée and foil fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.
During the Second World War, Falkenberg was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement, leading Milorg districts 22, 23, 40 and 41 from 1943 onwards. For his service, Falkenberg was awarded the Defence Medal 1940–1945, as well as French and British decorations.
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External links
1901 births
1963 deaths
Norwegian male épée fencers
Olympic fencers of Norway
Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Oslo
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Conus armadillo
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Conus armadillo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The subspecies Conus armadillo gabryae L. Raybaudi, 1989 is a synonym of Conus gabryae Röckel & Korn, 1992 in turn a synonym of Conus australis Holten, 1802
Description
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 79 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Taiwan, the Philippines; Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea and the Loyalty Islands.
References
Shikama, T. 1971. On some noteworthy marine Gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University 2 18: 27–35
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
armadillo
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The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of , with the second and third places were taken by Romain Bardet () and Nairo Quintana (), respectively.
Mark Cavendish of won the opening stage to take the general classification leader's yellow jersey. rider Peter Sagan won the second stage to claim yellow and held onto it until the fifth stage when Greg Van Avermaet () took the stage and the yellow jersey. Van Avermaet lost ground in the mountainous eighth stage, finishing over 25 minutes behind the stage winner Froome, who took the yellow jersey. Froome retained the yellow jersey through to stage 17 and extended his lead further following a strong performance in the stage 18's mountain time trial. Bardet won the mountainous 19th stage and moved into second place overall and despite crashing in the rain, Froome was able to extend his lead. He then held the lead into the finish in Paris.
The points classification was won by Sagan, who won three stages. 's Rafał Majka won the mountains classification. rider Adam Yates, in fourth place overall, won the young rider classification. The team classification was won by and Sagan was given the award for the most combative rider. Cavendish won the most stages, with four.
Teams
Twenty-two teams participated in the 2016 edition of the Tour de France. The race was the 18th of the 28 events in the UCI World Tour, and all of its eighteen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race. On 2 March 2016, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations: , , and . The presentation of the teams – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place in the town square of Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, on 28 June, two days before the opening stage held in the region. Each team arrived in World War II military vehicles, commemorating the Normandy landings.
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 33 were competing in their first Tour de France. The riders came from 35 countries; France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany all had 10 or more riders in the race. Riders from ten countries won stages during the race; British riders won the largest number of stages, with seven. The average age of riders in the race was 30 years, ranging from the 22-year-old Sondre Holst Enger () to the 42-year-old Matteo Tosatto (). Of the total average ages, was the youngest team and the oldest.
The teams entering the race were:
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Pre-race favourites
In the run up to the 2016 Tour de France, Chris Froome () was seen by many as the top pre-race favourite for the general classification. His closest rivals were thought to be Nairo Quintana () and Alberto Contador (). The other riders considered contenders for the general classification were Richie Porte (), Thibaut Pinot (), Fabio Aru (), Vincenzo Nibali (), who won the 2014 Tour and the 2016 Giro d'Italia, Romain Bardet (), and Tejay van Garderen ().
Froome, who won both the 2013 and 2015 editions of the race, had shown his form during the season with overall victories in two stage races, the Herald Sun Tour and the Critérium du Dauphiné, a race considered to be the warm-up for the Tour. The runner-up in the 2013 and 2015 Tours, Quintana, had won three stage races in the lead up to the Tour, the Volta a Catalunya, the Tour de Romandie, and the Route du Sud. Contador, winner of the 2007 and 2009 Tours, found success in stage races during the season, winning the Tour of the Basque Country and placing second at Paris–Nice and the Volta a Catalunya.
The sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins on the flat or hilly bunch sprint finishes were Peter Sagan (), Marcel Kittel (), André Greipel (), Mark Cavendish (), Alexander Kristoff (), John Degenkolb () and Michael Matthews (). Sagan, the world road race champion and winner of the points classification in the four previous Tours, had won the one-day classics, Gent–Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders, and two stages of the Tour of California during the season before the Tour. Kittel's 2016 season had been successful up to the Tour as he had amassed a total of nine wins from sprints, most notably, two stages of the Giro and the Scheldeprijs one-day race. He also won both the general and points classifications of the Dubai Tour. Greipel's season total of wins so far was eight, with three Giro stages. Cavendish's form was not clear as his season was mostly spent training for the omnium track event at the Olympic Games the month following the Tour. Although Kristoff's total of wins in the season was eight, they were not in major races. Degenkolb had spent the majority of his season recovering from an injury and it was thought he could pose a threat. Matthews only had two wins so far in the season, both at Paris–Nice, including the race's points classification.
Route and stages
On 24 November 2014, ASO announced that for time the first time in Tour history the department of Manche would host the 2016 edition's opening stages (known as the Grand Départ), before further details of the first three stages held in Manche were released on 9 December 2014. On 15 January 2015, the organisers confirmed that the race would visit Andorra, for the fifth time in history; after the 1964, 1993, 1997 and 2009 editions. The principality hosted the finish of the ninth stage, the first rest day and start of stage ten. The entire route was unveiled by race director Christian Prudhomme on 20 October 2015 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The defending champion Chris Froome said after the route was announced that he expected the course to suit him better than the previous year's course. "I think it's going to take a complete cyclist – but the stage that certainly stands out for me is Mont Ventoux", he added.
The first stage started at the Mont Saint-Michel island monastery and finished north on at Utah Beach. The second stage was held between Saint-Lô and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. The third stage left Manche in Granville and headed south to the finish in Angers. Stage four took the race further south, between Saumur and Limoges, with the fifth stage crossing the elevated region of Massif Central to the finish at the Le Lioran mountain resort. Stage six headed to Montauban before the entrance to the Pyrenees in stage seven. This mountain range also hosted two further stages: a roller-coaster stage eight and the finish in Andorra in stage nine. The following three stages, 10 to 12, crossed the south of the country eastwards to Mont Ventoux. After an individual time trial, stage 14 took the race northwards through the Rhône Valley, which was followed by a stage that took the race into the Jura Mountains. Stage 16 ended with a finish in Bern, Switzerland. The next four stages took place in and around the Alps, before a long transfer took the Tour to the finish with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris.
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of , longer than the 2015 Tour. The longest mass-start was the fourth at , and stage 21 was the shortest at . The race featured a total of in individual time trials and four summit finishes: stage 9, to Andorra-Arcalis (Andorra); stage 12, to Chalet Reynard (Mont Ventoux); stage 17, to Finhaut-Émosson (Switzerland); and stage 19, to Saint Gervais-les-Bains. The highest point of elevation in the race was the -high Port d'Envalira mountain pass on stage ten. There were seven hors catégorie (English: beyond category) rated climbs in the race. There were sixteen new stage start or finish locations. The second rest day took place in Bern after stage 15.
Race overview
Grand Départ and journey south
The first stage's bunch sprint finish was won by Mark Cavendish, who gained the race leader's yellow jersey; he also claimed the green jersey as the leader of the points classification, with Paul Voss () taking the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification. Alberto Contador crashed and lost 55 seconds. Peter Sagan took victory in stage two with an uphill sprint in Cherbourg, putting him in the yellow and green jerseys. Jasper Stuyven of led the mountains classification. General classification rivals Contador and Richie Porte both lost time. The bunch sprint in Angers was won by Cavendish in a photo finish with André Greipel. Cavendish's win was his 28th in the Tour and drew him level with Bernard Hinault at second on the all-time list; Cavendish also took the green jersey. Another photo finish followed in the next stage with Marcel Kittel beating 's Bryan Coquard. Sagan claimed back the green and Thomas De Gendt () the polka dot. Greg Van Avermaet of won the fifth stage after he was the only rider to survive from an early breakaway. He took the lead of the general classification by over five minutes. Stage six was won by Cavendish, who beat Kittel and claimed the green jersey.
Pyrenees and transition
In stage seven, the first in the Pyrenees, Steve Cummings () soloed over the final climb, the Col d'Aspin, and descended into the finish at Lac de Payolle where he took victory. Van Avermaet came fifth and extended his lead. 's Adam Yates attacked the chasing group and as he passed underneath the one kilometer to go arch it collapsed on top of, and injured, him. In the following stage Chris Froome attacked the front of the race of overall favourites as they passed the summit of the Col de Peyresourde, descending to the finish in Bagneres de Luchon to take a solo victory by thirteen seconds. This put him in the yellow jersey, sixteen seconds ahead of Yates in second, with Rafał Majka () taking the polka dot. In the Tour's queen stage, the ninth, Tom Dumoulin of broke clear of the large breakaway to claim the win at the Andorra-Arcalis. Thibaut Pinot took the lead of the mountains classification. Contador abandoned the race, citing a fever which had developed overnight. The next day was the first rest day of the Tour. Another breakaway succeeded in stage ten, with using their advantage of having three riders in the small group to give Michael Matthews the win. Sagan, who came second, took the lead in the points classification.
On stage eleven, Sagan forced a move in the final with his teammate Maciej Bodnar, who were followed by Froome and his teammate Geraint Thomas. They opened up a lead of over twenty seconds and held it to six seconds at the finish, where Sagan beat Froome in a sprint. A successful breakaway saw De Gendt win stage twelve at the finish at Chalet Reynard, which was changed from the intended summit finish at Mont Ventoux, later, due to dangerous winds. In the chasing group of overall favourites, a leading group of Porte, Froome and Bauke Mollema () crashed into the back of a camera motorbike that was stopped by the encroaching spectators. Froome's bike was unrideable and he was forced to run until he was given a bike from a neutral service car; although it did not fit him he managed to ride until he received his team bike. The race jury gave Froome and Porte the same time as Mollema, who later criticised the jury's decision, suggesting that they would have acted differently if he was the one to go down. De Gendt took the lead of the mountains classification. Stage thirteen's individual time trial was won by Dumoulin, 1:03 ahead of Froome, who extended his lead over his nearest rival (Mollema) to one minute and forty-seven seconds. Cavendish won his fourth stage the next day with a bunch sprint at the Parc des Oiseaux.
Alps and finale
rider Jarlinson Pantano won stage fifteen after a sprint with fellow surviving breakaway rider Majka. In next stage, Sagan won his third stage from a select group of sprinters that had traversed a cobbled climb from the finish in Bern. The next day was the second rest day. In stage seventeen, as the race entered the Alps, 's Ilnur Zakarin attacked a breakaway and held off a chasing Pantano to take the win at the summit finish by the Émosson Dam. In the following stage's mountain time trial Froome beat second-placed Dumoulin by 21 seconds and extended his lead to three minutes and 52 seconds overall, with Mollema keeping second. In stage nineteen, the general classification leaders descended the wet roads of the unclassified penultimate climb at the head of the race, with only Costa surviving from the breakaway. Romain Bardet attacked after a series of crashes that included Froome and Mollema. Froome took Thomas's bike and got back to the group, but Mollema was left isolated and finished over four minutes behind the stage winner Bardet, who had passed Costa in the final and soloed to the finish at the Le Bettex ski station. Froome's lead was increased to 4' 11", with Bardet moving up from fifth to second. In stage twenty Jon Izaguirre () took the win in Morzine, attacking on the wet descent from a three rider group that led over the final climb of Col de Joux Plane.
The final stage in Paris was won by Greipel, his second consecutive Champs-Élysées stage win. Froome finished the race to claim his third Tour de France, becoming the first man since Miguel Indurain in 1995 Tour to officially defend his title. He beat second-placed Bardet by four minutes and five seconds, with Nairo Quintana third, a further sixteen seconds down. Sagan won the points classification with a total of 470, 242 ahead of Greipel in second. Majka won the mountains classification with De Gendt and Pantano second and third respectively. The best young rider was Yates, two minutes and sixteen seconds ahead of second-placed Louis Meintjes (). finished as the winners of the team classification, over eight minutes ahead of second-placed . Of the 198 starters, 174 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris, beating the previous record high of 170 set in the 2010 Tour.
Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2016 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the two individual time trials. The first three riders got 10, 6 and 4 seconds, respectively. If a crash had happened within the final of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour. The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.
The third classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. Double points were awarded on the summit finishes on stages 9, 12, 17 and 19. The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1991. The leader wore a white jersey.
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie. The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets.
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship". No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage. The winner wore a red number bib the following stage. At the conclusion of the Tour, Peter Sagan won the overall super-combativity award, again, decided by a jury.
A total of €2,295,850 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €500,000, with the second and third placed riders getting €200,000 and €100,000 respectively. All finishers of the race were awarded with money. The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000. The team classification winners were given €50,000. €11,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2–20. There were also three special awards each with a prize of €5000. The Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given to the first rider to pass Goddet's memorial at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet on stage eight, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given to first rider to pass the summit of the highest climb in the Tour, the Port d'Envalira on stage ten, and the Prix Bernard Hinault, given to the rider with fastest ascent of the Côte de Domancy on stage eighteen. Thibaut Pinot won the Jacques Goddet, Rui Costa won the Henri Desgrange and Richie Porte won the Bernard Hinault.
In stage two, Marcel Kittel, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Mark Cavendish wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
In stages three and five, Mark Cavendish, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Peter Sagan wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.
Final standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
UCI rankings
Riders from the WorldTeams competing individually, as well as for their teams and nations, for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings. Riders from both the WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams also competed individually and for their nations for points that contributed towards the new UCI World Ranking, which included all UCI road races. Points were awarded to the top twenty (World Tour) and sixty finishers (World Ranking) in the general classification and to the top five finishers in each stage. The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him up to third in the World Tour and second in the World Ranking. Peter Sagan held the lead of both rankings. 's strong showing put them in the lead of the World Tour team ranking, replacing . Spain and France remained the leaders of the WorldTour and World Ranking nation rankings, respectively.
See also
2016 in men's road cycling
2016 in sports
2016 La Course by Le Tour de France
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
2016 in French sport
2016 UCI World Tour
July 2016 sports events in France
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Conasprella armiger
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Conasprella armiger is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 35 m. Maximum recorded depth is 227 m.
References
Rehder, H. A. & Abbott, R. T. 1951. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 41 (1): 22, figure 1–6.
Clench, W. J. and Pulley, T. E. 1952. Notes on some marine shells from the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Conus. Texas Journal of Science 1:59-58, 1 pl.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
Crosse H. (1858). Observations sur le genre Cone et description de trois espèces nouvelles, avec un catalogue alphabétique des Cônes actuellement connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 2, 10: 113–127, pl. 2 [March 1858], 150–157 [April 1858], 199–209
Kiener, L.C. (1844–1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
The Conus Biodiversity website
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José Rufino Reyes y Siancas (también conocido como Jose Reyes) (November 15, 1836 – January 31, 1905) was a Dominican composer, known for writing the music in the Dominican national anthem. Among his other works are compositions of waltzes and marches. He also wrote secular and religious music.
Biography
José Rufino Reyes was born Santo Dominigo, Dominican Republic, on November 15, 1836. He was the son of Rafael Reyes, a poor retailer, and María Merced Siancas. They had two other children, Manuel María Reyes Siancas (b.1821) and Francisco Reyes Siancas. Reyes had no formal education and was raised in cottage dwelling. He was a military soldier, where he studied music with the director of the military band, Juan Bautista Fonseca. He learned various musical instruments, with primary focus on the cello.
National anthem
In 1882, alongside Emilio Prud'Homme, he wrote the music for what would later become the national anthem of the Dominican Republic. The following year on August 7 he premiered the composition in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the restoration of the Republic with lyrics written by Prud'Homme, during a ceremony held at the Lodge La Esperanza. The composition was then again performed on February 27, 1884, in honor of Juan Pablo Duarte in the theater of the Republic during the occasion of the arrival of Duarte's remains in the country, which were deposited in the Chapel of the Immortals.Today his face is on the 2,000 Dominican peso bill next to Emilio Prud'Homme
In 1885, the composition received its greatest public praise when it was performed by the military band teacher Betances, in the Cathedral Square and its popularity then increased on the fiftieth anniversary of the Republic. In 1896 it was nominated to be the official anthem of the country unsuccessfully. On 7 June 1897, the Congress of the Dominican Republic passed an act adopting "Himno Nacional" with the original music and revised lyrics as the country's official national anthem; however, then-President Ulises Heureaux (1846–1899) vetoed the act because the lyric's author, Prud'homme, was an opponent of the president and his administration.
Death
José Rufino Reyes died on January 31, 1905, without seeing the national anthem being formalized. His remains were laid to rest by the words of Federico Henriquez y Carvajal. In 1916, the Congress tried once again without results to formalize the anthem. Eventually on May 3, 1934, due to a message sent to Congress by the dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, a law was passed which established Reyes' composition as the official anthem of the Dominican Republic.
References
1835 births
1905 deaths
19th-century Dominican Republic people
Dominican Republic musicians
Dominican Republic composers
Dominican Republic military personnel
National anthem writers
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Glendenning is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glendenning or Glendening is also a surname, of Scottish Gaelic origin.
Glendenning may also refer to:
People with the surname
Glendening
Frances Hughes Glendening, former First Lady of Maryland
Luke Glendening, American ice hockey player
Parris Glendening, American politician, Governor of Maryland
Sarah Glendening, American actress
Glendenning
Barry Glendenning, Irish sports journalist
Bob Glendenning, English footballer
Candace Glendenning, English actress
John M. Glendenning, Canadian politician
Maurice L. Glendenning, founder of the House of Aaron religious sect
Phil Glendenning, Australian refugee advocate, life member of the Refugee Council of Australia
Raymond Glendenning, BBC radio sports commentator
Other uses
Kidwell, West Virginia, formerly also known as Glendenning
See also
Glendinning, a surname
David Glendenning Cogan, American ophthalmologist (given name)
Kill Johnny Glendenning, a play
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Emil Najman
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Emil Najman (21 January 1907 - 22 August 1989) was a Yugoslav pediatrician who in 1952 (with ) described the Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome.
References
1907 births
1987 deaths
Yugoslav pediatricians
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Conasprella articulata
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Conasprella articulata, common name the Nada cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 29 mm. The shell is chestnut-colored, with revolving lines articulated with chocolate and white, a central white band and another below the angle of the spire.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and off the Mascarene Basin; also off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, New Caledonia and off Queensland, Australia.
References
Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1873. Descriptions of five new Cones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 145–146, pl. 15, figs. 1–5
Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1881. Description of eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 635–639
Azuma, M. & Toki, R. 1970. Description of a new cone shell from Kii Peninsula, Honshu. Venus 29(3): 77–80
Shikama, T. 1970. On some noteworthy marine Gastropoda from southwestern Japan (II). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University 16: 19–27, 1 pl.
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. . 159 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
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Kayvan Novak
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Kayvan Novak (; born 11 November 1978) is a British actor and comedian. He co-created and starred in the comedy series Fonejacker from 2006 to 2008 with a one-off in 2012, winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) in 2008.
He also portrayed Waj in the 2010 comedy film Four Lions, and he plays the vampire Nandor the Relentless in the mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows.
Early life
Novak was born in London to Iranian parents. He was privately educated at Highgate School and the Fine Arts College in Hampstead, before attending the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
Novak initially appeared on various British shows, including Family Affairs, Holby City, and Spooks. In 2005, he and Ed Tracy created Fonejacker, a prank call show as part of Channel 4's Comedy Lab strand. After the pilot, he was given a Christmas special and a six-part series, which began airing on 5 July 2007 on E4; and 7 September 2007 on Channel 4. In November 2009, he appeared on the Channel 4 show The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, playing a bomb-disposal officer. In April 2010, Novak began appearing in a spin-off of Fonejacker called Facejacker, in which he adopted various disguises, including several characters heard in Fonejacker. Novak announced on BBC Radio 1 in May 2012 that the character Terry Tibbs, a mainstay of both shows, would be getting a spin-off chat show; this aired in August 2012. Novak played Simon in the Channel 4 sitcom pilot Bad Sugar.
Novak filmed a scene for This Is England '86 which was cut from the final broadcast, but appears in the DVD extras. He was also one of the main characters in the television show Sirens, which began on 27 June 2011 on Channel 4 in the UK. Novak also featured in two episodes of Phone Shop, the first in Series 1, entitled "The First Temptation of Chris", and the second in Series 2, entitled "Revenge of the Razz". He played area manager Razz Prince. In addition to acting, Novak has made appearances as himself on shows Soccer AM, 8 out of 10 Cats, Celebrity Big Brother's Little Brother, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Novak appeared as an intelligence officer in the Academy Award-winning film Syriana. In 2008, he appeared in micro-budget B-movie The Blue Tower. He also appeared in the 2010 comedy Four Lions, in which he played the dim-witted Waj, a role for which he won the award for Best Comedy Performance in a British Film at the 2010 British Comedy Awards, beating fellow actor Nigel Lindsay, who was nominated for his role in the same film.
Novak appeared as Alok in the first series of BBC Radio 4 comedy Fags, Mags and Bags. He has provided voice work for three video games: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo. He also voiced various characters in the ITV spoof sketch show Headcases, and in the 2012 Channel 4 animated series Full English. He lent his vocals to British band Beady Eye's 2013 song "Flick of the Finger".
In 2013, he appeared as Effy Stonem's boss in the Skins episode "Skins Fire". He voiced a Cyberman head called Handles in the Doctor Who 2013 Christmas special "The Time of the Doctor". He had a starring role in the last episode of the first series of Uncle as Mo, the boss of a fictional record label. In 2014, he played Paul in the second episode ("A Quiet Night In") of Inside No. 9. Also in 2014, he appeared in Episode 1, Series 3 of Rev. as the Imam, Yussef Hasan.
Since 2015, he has voiced the character of Brains in the revived ITV series Thunderbirds Are Go. In 2015, he featured in the sitcom Asylum as "Rafael". In May 2015, he appeared in a new comedy series called SunTrap on BBC1. In May 2017, Novak appeared in Channel 4's Britain Today, Tonight.
In 2019, Novak was cast as the vampire Nandor The Relentless in the mockumentary comedy horror television series What We Do In The Shadows. The show is based on the 2014 film of the same name.
Novak speaks fluent Persian, as seen on the second episode of Season 2 (“Ghosts”) of What We Do in the Shadows.
In 2021, he released eight episodes of "All New Fonejacker Podcast" on Audible and starred as Roger in Disney's Cruella.
Personal life
Novak is a fan of Liverpool FC.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
21st-century English male actors
Comedians from London
English male comedians
English male film actors
English male television actors
English male video game actors
English male voice actors
English people of Iranian descent
Male actors from London
People educated at Highgate School
People from Cricklewood
Pranksters
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The Socialists and affiliated group () is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS).
History
The first socialist parliamentary group emerged in 1893 under the Third Republic, with the socialists remaining present in the Chamber of Deputies through the end of the republic in 1940, resuming within the National Assembly during the brief period of the Fourth Republic.
The first socialist group of the Fifth Republic was formed in the 1st National Assembly on 9 December 1958 with 47 deputies, under the name of the socialist group (groupe socialiste), and was re-formed with 66 seats on 6 December 1962 following legislative elections. On 3 April 1967, the Federation of the Democratic and Socialist Left group (groupe de la Fédération de la gauche démocrate et socialiste) was formed, consisting of 121 deputies. Following the poor performance of the FGDS in the 1968 legislative elections, with the group re-formed on 11 July 1968 including only 57 deputies, and François Mitterrand subsequently resigned on 7 November, followed by Guy Mollet on 22 December, marking the end of the FGDS. The associated FGDS group in the National Assembly, however, survived until its eventual dissolution on 3 October 1969, when the socialist group (groupe socialiste) was formed, with deputies transferring to the new group.
Following the 1973 legislative elections in which the Socialist Party (PS) competed for the first time, a parliamentary group was formed with the radicals of the MRG (now known as the PRG) with the name Socialist Party and radicals of the left group (groupe du Parti socialiste et des radicaux de gauche) on 2 April, with 102 deputies in total. In subsequent years, the group was simply re-formed as the socialist group (groupe socialiste), starting on 3 April 1978 with 113 seats following legislative elections, on 2 July 1981 with 285 seats following legislative elections, on 1 April 1986 with 212 seats following legislative elections, on 16 July 1988 with 275 seats following legislative elections, on 2 April 1993 with 57 seats following legislative elections, on 12 June 1997 with 250 seats following legislative elections, and on 25 June 2002 with 141 seats following legislative elections. The group was reconstituted under a new name following the 2007 legislative elections; including 204 deputies, with 186 members and 18 related, it took the name of the Socialist, Radical and Citizen group (groupe socialiste, radical et citoyen), abbreviated as SRC; on 11 July 2007, it was renamed again to become the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group (groupe socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche).
The name was again changed following the 2012 legislative elections; initially named the Socialist, Republican and Citizen group (groupe socialiste, républicain et citoyen) on 26 June, the name was subsequently changed to the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican group (groupe socialiste, écologiste et républicain) on 24 May 2016, after the departure of six "reformist" deputies from the ecologist group to join the socialist group amid the Denis Baupin affair and a split within Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) over support for Hollande's government left it with too few deputies to constitute a parliamentary group.
In the 2017 legislative elections, the Socialists suffered a historically poor performance, securing only 30 seats in the National Assembly. Despite being few in number, divisions within the group over support for the new government persisted, with a number sympathetic to the ideas of president Emmanuel Macron. The most recent president of the group, Olivier Faure, was re-elected on 22 June with 28 votes against Delphine Batho with 3 votes; he subsequently announced on 27 June that the name of the socialist group would change to the "New Left group" (groupe Nouvelle Gauche). At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 31 deputies, including 3 associated members.
The group was reduced by one member after the election of Joël Aviragnet was annulled, forcing a by-election, by the Constitutional Council on 18 December 2017. After Faure was elected as First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, he was succeeded by Valérie Rabault on 11 April 2018, who secured 21 votes against 7 for Guillaume Garot following the withdrawal of Boris Vallaud that morning.
List of presidents
Historical membership
See also
Socialist and Republican group
References
External links
Notices and portraits of deputies
Changes in the composition of groups
National Assembly (France)
Parliamentary groups in France
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A Game of Death is a 1945 American adventure film directed by Robert Wise. It is a remake of Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game", about a madman who hunts human prey on his personal island habitat. It stars John Loder and Audrey Long. In the original story and 1932 movie, the madman is a Russian. In this version the madman is a German.
Cast
John Loder as Don Rainsford
Audrey Long as Ellen Trowbridge
Edgar Barrier as Erich Kreiger
Russell Wade as Robert Trowbridge
Russell Hicks as Mr. Whitney
Jason Robards Sr. as The Captain
Noble Johnson as Carib
Edmund Glover as Quartermaster (uncredited)
Production
The film was originally called The Most Dangerous Game. Audrey Long was signed in January 1945. Edgar Garrier joined shortly afterwards. The movie used out-takes from RKO's 1932 production of "The Most Dangerous Game" with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray.
References
External links
Review of film at Variety
1945 films
1945 adventure films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
Films based on short fiction
Films directed by Robert Wise
Films about hunters
Films set on fictional islands
RKO Pictures films
Films about death games
Films based on thriller novels
American adventure films
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
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Third-seeded Anna Chakvetadze was able to overcome Jelena Janković to emerge the victor of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Singles Competition.
Seeds
Jelena Janković (final)
Ana Ivanovic (quarterfinals)
Anna Chakvetadze (champion)
Dinara Safina (semifinals)
Daniela Hantuchová (semifinals)
Katarina Srebotnik (first round)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (first round)
Alona Bondarenko (Quarterfinal)
Draw
Finals
Section 1
Section 2
External links
Draws
Women's Singles
Ordina Open
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Yolanda Ramos (Cerdanyola del Vallès, 4 September 1968) is a Spanish actress, comedian and scriptwriter.
She has taken part in several shows of the theatre groups El Terrat and La Cubana. In the last years, she has become very popular thanks to her impersonations in Homo Zapping and her TV conductor role in Volver (2006).
She is married to Mario Matute and they have one child, Charlotte, born in 2013.
In September 2020, while filming in Mauritius, during COVID-19 pandemic, she tested positive for COVID-19.
TV
MasterChef Celebrity 4 - Contestant: 5th classified (2019)
Benvinguts a la família (2018)
Villaviciosa de al lado (2016)
Tu cara me suena - Contestant: 9th classified (2016)
El intermedio (2006-2008)
7 Vidas (2006)
Buenafuente (2005)
Homo Zapping (2003–2005)
Los más (2005)
Vitamina N (2002–2004)
Me lo dijo Pérez (1999)
References
External links
Yolanda Ramos's photos
1968 births
Living people
Actresses from Catalonia
Spanish television actresses
Spanish comedians
Spanish stand-up comedians
Spanish vedettes
21st-century Spanish actresses
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William A. Owens, (November 2, 1905 — December 9, 1990), was an American writer, folklorist and educator.
Biography
Owens was born in Pin Hook, Lamar County, Texas. He was born into rural poverty, his father died when he was only a few days old and was educated at a one-room school. He worked his way through college attending East Texas State Normal College in Commerce (now Texas A&M-Commerce), Paris Junior College and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor of arts in English in 1932. He received a PhD in English from the University of Iowa in 1941.
In 1940, Owens made a live recording of Roosevelt "Grey Ghost" Williams singing "Hitler Blues," a song written by Williams. The song received mention in TIME magazine and was broadcast by BBC Radio on a program hosted by Alistair Cooke in 1940 about the American musical response to World War II. This recording was instrumental to the development of Williams' career.
Owens was in the United States Army from June 1942 to October 1945 and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his work in the intelligence service in the Philippines. He served in Luzon, Philippines with the 306th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment. He became a technical sergeant and later commissioned as a second lieutenant.
Owens taught at Wesley College in Greenville, Texas, Mississippi State College in Starkville and Texas A&M College in College Station, Texas. He taught at Columbia University from 1945 to 1974. He is the father of author and professor Jessie Ann Owens.
Partial bibliography
Slave Mutiny: The Revolt of the Schooner Amistad (1953) An account of the slave rebellion on the schooner La Amistad
Look to the River (New York, Atheneum, 1963)
This Stubborn Soil: A Frontier Boyhood (1966) An autobiographical account of growing up in Pin Hook, Texas
Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb (1969), Garden City, New York: Doubleday
A Season of Weathering (1973)
Eye-Deep in Hell (1989) An autobiographical account of his time in the intelligence service in the Philippines
References
External sources
Handbook of Texas Online
William T Pilkington William A Owens, Southwest Writers Series (Number 17, 1968)
Owens Centennial Celebration Paris Junior College
Trantham, Ann Caldwell. A Readers Theatre Script Based on the Writings of William A. Owens, thesis, August 1977; Denton, Texas. (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc663281/: accessed March 9, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; .
1905 births
1990 deaths
Texas A&M University–Commerce alumni
People from Lamar County, Texas
Southern Methodist University alumni
University of Iowa alumni
Writers from Texas
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
20th-century American writers
20th-century American male writers
United States Army officers
United States Army personnel of World War II
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Conus artoptus
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Conus artoptus, common name the tender cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 79 mm. The shell is narrow, cylindrical, and encircled by minutely granose striae. Its color is whitish, broadly three-banded by oblong longitudinal clouds of orange-brown, the interstices brown-spotted.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indo-Malaysia, the Solomon Islands, in the Sulu Sea, off Vanuatu and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1833. Conus. pls 24-37 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) (ed). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd).
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new species of the Genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 116-119
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
artoptus
Gastropods described in 1833
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Berkeley Mill Village
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Berkeley Mill Village is a historic district encompassing the mill village of Berkeley in Cumberland, Rhode Island. The village is roughly bounded by Martin Street and Mendon Road on the north and east, railroad tracks to the west, and St. Joseph Cemetery to the south. The village, including a mill complex and mill employee housing, was built in 1872 by the Lonsdale Company. Most of the residential structures built are two-story brick duplexes, although Mendon Street is lined with a number of fine Queen Anne Victorian houses. A c. 1892 Stick-style church building (now used for non-religious purposes), stands on Mendon Street at the northern end of the district.
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence County, Rhode Island
References
Populated places in Providence County, Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Cumberland, Rhode Island
Historic districts in Providence County, Rhode Island
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Davis%20Cup%20Europe%20Zone%20Group%20III
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2018 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
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The Europe Zone was the unique zone within Group 3 of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2018. The zone's competition was held in round robin format in two different locations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Ulcinj, Montenegro, from 3 to 7 April 2018. The two winning nations won promotion to Group II, Europe/Africa Zone, for 2019.
Participating nations
Inactive nation
Draw
Date: 3–7 April
Location 1: Tennis Club Lokomotiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (clay) Location 2: Ulcinj Bellevue, Ulcinj, Montenegro (clay)
Format: Round-robin basis. Two pools of four teams at each venue. The winners of each pool play-off against each other to determine which nation will be promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2019. Two promoted – one from each venue.
Seeding
1Davis Cup Rankings as of 5 February 2018
Draw
Pool A (Plovdiv)
Pool B (Plovdiv)
Pool A (Ulcinj)
Pool B (Ulcinj)
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-team ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-team ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two teams remain tied), then (c) Davis Cup rankings.
Playoffs
and promoted to Group II in 2019.
Round Robin
Pool A (Plovdiv)
Bulgaria vs. Albania
Macedonia vs. Iceland
Bulgaria vs. Iceland
Macedonia vs. Albania
Bulgaria vs. Macedonia
Iceland vs. Albania
Pool B (Plovdiv)
Monaco vs. San Marino
Cyprus vs. Andorra
Monaco vs. Andorra
Cyprus vs. San Marino
Monaco vs. Cyprus
Andorra vs. San Marino
Pool A (Ulcinj)
Latvia vs. Greece
Montenegro vs. Armenia
Latvia vs. Montenegro
Greece vs. Armenia
Latvia vs. Armenia
Montenegro vs. Greece
Pool B (Ulcinj)
Moldova vs. Liechtenstein
Malta vs. Kosovo
Moldova vs. Malta
Liechtenstein vs. Kosovo
Moldova vs. Kosovo
Malta vs. Liechtenstein
Play-offs
Promotional play-offs
Bulgaria vs. Monaco
Montenegro vs. Malta
3rd to 4th play-offs
Macedonia vs. Cyprus
Greece vs. Moldova
5th to 6th play-offs
Iceland v Andorra
Latvia vs. Liechtenstein
7th to 8th play-offs
Albania vs. San Marino
Armenia vs. Kosovo
References
External links
Official Website
Europe Zone Group III
Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Kucheida
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Jean-Pierre Kucheida
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Jean-Pierre Kucheida (born 24 February 1943 in Liévin) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the 12th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais département, and is a member of the Socialist Party which is affiliated to the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group. He is of Polish descent.
References
1943 births
Living people
People from Liévin
French people of Polish descent
Socialist Party (France) politicians
Politicians from Hauts-de-France
Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor%20Herriot
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Trevor Herriot
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Trevor Herriot is a Canadian naturalist and writer; he is best known as a bird expert.
Herriot seen in major publications, including Canadian Geographic and The Globe & Mail. He has also written several books, and received many awards, including the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence.
Herriot regularly provides media commentary on the topics of nature and environmental issues. Such commentary includes a regular call-in segment on Blue Sky, a regional CBC Radio program in Saskatchewan.
Personal life
Herriot lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Recognition
Awards
In 2017, Herriot was awarded the Cheryl and Henry Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence, awarded for his body of acclaimed literary work.
Herriot's first book, River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage, won the following awards:
Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize,
the Canadian Booksellers Association's Libris Award for Best First-Time Author,
the Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award and,
the Regina Book Award
Herriot's second book, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, was shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General's Awards.
River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction at the 2000 Governor General's Awards.
Media
Herriot has a media presence. He has been featured in news outlets, published books, and appeared on broadcasts.
News
Herriot has been featured on:
National news outlets (e.g., CBC)
Urban news outlets (e.g., Edmonton Journal)
Local news outlets
Books
Herriot's writing frequently delves into the spiritual aspects of connecting with the natural world.
He has authored or co-authored the following books:
2000. River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage
2009. Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds
2011. Jacob's Wound: A Search for the Spirit of Wildness
2014. The Road Is How: A Prairie Pilgrimage through Nature, Desire
2016. Towards a Prairie Atonement by Trevor Herriot and afterword by Norman Fleury.
2017. Islands of Grass
2021. Backyard Bird Feeding: A Saskatchewan Guide by Trevor Herriot and Myrna Pearman
Notable works
Towards a Prairie Atonement received some coverage in the Regina Leader Post.
Backyard Bird Feeding: A Saskatchewan Guide revived some coverage in The Western Producer, a local publication.
"Well-known writer and naturalist Trevor Herriot provided the Saskatchewan perspective to Myrna Pearman’s work. The combined knowledge, experience and talents of these two writers and bird lovers has resulted in a beautiful, engaging and informative handbook."
Broadcasts
2021. CBC Radio, Birdline with Trevor Herriot and Myrna Pearman
References
Living people
21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers
Canadian nature writers
Canadian spiritual writers
Canadian magazine writers
Canadian naturalists
Writers from Regina, Saskatchewan
Canadian radio personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzales%20Independent%20School%20District
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Gonzales Independent School District
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Gonzales Independent School District is a public school district based in Gonzales, Texas (USA).
Located in Gonzales County, a small portion of the district extends into Caldwell County.
The school district was recently engaged in a scandal over the use of prison jumpsuits as school uniforms. Opponents cited possible violations of the first amendment and it was rumored that the ACLU was involved.
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
In 2021 the district realigned its grades.
Schools
Gonzales High School (Grades 9-12)
Gonzales Junior High (Grades 7-8) From fall 2021 it will be grades 6-8.
North Avenue 6th Grade Center (Grades 6) - From fall 2021 it will be North Avenue Intermediate Campus, grades 3-5.
Gonzales Elementary (Grades 3-5) - From fall 2021 it will be grades K-2.
East Avenue Primary (Grades 1-2) - From 2021 it will no longer be used for classes and instead will house the district headquarters and offices of curriculum and instruction, special services, and technology.
Gonzales Primary Academy (Grades PK-K) - From fall 2021 it will be preschool and early childhood special education only.
References
External links
Gonzales ISD
School districts in Gonzales County, Texas
School districts in Caldwell County, Texas
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Jean-Pierre Marcon
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Jean-Pierre Marcon (born 21 February 1949 in Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Haute-Loire's 1st constituency from 2007 to 2012 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was the substitute candidate for Laurent Wauquiez in the 2007 election and replaced Wauquiez when he was appointed to the government. He did not contest the 2012 election.
References
1949 births
Living people
People from Haute-Loire
Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damber%20Singh%20Sambahamphe
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Damber Singh Sambahamphe
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Damber Sing Sambahamphe () is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (UML). In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Panchthar-2 constituency, winning 12402 votes.
References
Living people
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
People from Panchthar District
Year of birth missing (living people)
Nepal MPs 1991–1994
Nepal MPs 1999–2002
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco%20Independent%20School%20District
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Cisco Independent School District
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Cisco Independent School District is a public school district based in Cisco, Texas, United States. Located in Eastland County, a very small portion of the district extends into Callahan County.
Cisco Junior College was originally part of the district until 1956, when it became a stand-alone entity.
Rupert N. Richardson, a Texas historian who was later the president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, was principal at Cisco High School from 1915 to 1916.
In 2009, the school district was rated "recognized" by the Texas Education Agency.
Schools
Cisco High School (grades 9–12)
Cisco Junior High (grades 6–8)
Cisco Elementary (grades PK–5)
References
External links
School districts in Eastland County, Texas
School districts in Callahan County, Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Casale
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Jean Casale
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Sous Lieutenant Jean Pie Hyacinthe Paul Jerome Casale, was a French World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. He was one of the few aces that survived the entire course of fighter aviation in the war.
Early life
Jean Pie Hyacinthe Paul Jerome Casale, was born on 24 September 1893 in Olmeta-di-Tuda, Corsica.
Early military service
The marquis joined the military on 1 October 1913. He was posted to the 8eme Régiment de Chasseurs as an enlisted soldier. When World War I began, he requested transfer to aviation duty, with his reassignment coming after exactly one year of service. He received Pilot's Brevet No. 837 on 20 April 1915. One month later, on 20 May, he was assigned to 1er Groupe d'Aviation. He quickly moved on to Escadrille 8 as a pilot flying Maurice Farmans, as he was promoted to Caporal there on 5 June. His fellow pilots gave him the nickname of "Marquis de Monferrato", in reference of the italian city of Casale Monferrato, but Jean Casale never had any nobility title, nor any link with this italian city.
Success as a flying ace
He scored a pioneering aerial victory on 8 July 1915. He was posted to Escadrille 23 for a bit, and was promoted to Sergeant on 21 August 1915. He then switched to Escadrille 67 on 21 January 1916. He returned to Escadrille 23 on 1 March 1916. Casale was awarded the Médaille militaire on 19 May 1916. On 15 August, he was promoted to Adjutant. He scored his second win on 2 September 1916. By 10 December, he was an ace, with an observation balloon and four enemy planes shot down, including one shared with Maxime Lenoir.
On 7 March 1917, Marquis Casale was honored with an appointment as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. On 24 June, he received a temporary commission as Sous Lieutenant. He also added four more aerial victories scattered through 1917, with his ninth coming on 21 September.
Having been decorated with the Légion d'honneur and the Médaille militaire, as well as commissioned, he transferred to Escadrille 156 on 6 March 1918 to fly a Spad. He had no success there, and was posted onwards to Escadrille 38, which was also equipped with Spads. There he shared a balloon with Georges Madon on his day of arrival, 1 June 1918; he was then credited with three more enemy airplanes, with the final victory on 1 November 1918.
Postwar
Casale was killed in a flying accident on 23 June 1923 while flying a four-engine Blériot 115.
Honors and awards
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
"Pursuit pilot of exceptional strength and bravery. Since the battle of Verdun, he has had more than 90 combats, returning several times with his plane riddled by enemy bullets. Decorated with the Médaille militaire in May 1916, he has since downed five enemy aircraft. On 11 February 1917, he attacked a balloon, strafing it to a very low altitude. Pursued during the course of this attack by two enemy planes, he engaged them in the most violent combat at 10 kilometers behind their lines; he returned with his plane badly damaged. Two wounds, four citations in army orders." (Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur citation)
Médaille militaire
"Pilot of exceptional courage who, for more than a year, has rendered distinguished service in an Army Corps Escadrille, then in a pursuit Escadrille. Specializing in reconnaissances of long duration, he always executed these missions by having numerous and difficult aerial combats. On 26 April 1916, attacked by two enemy planes, he put them to flight successively and continued his reconnaissance although his plane was seriously hit by enemy bullets. Already cited in army orders." (Médaille militaire citation)
Sources of information
References
Nieuport Aces of World War 1. Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2000. , .
Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918 Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey. Grub Street, 1992. , .
External links
Biography, list of aerial victories, color profiles of his planes
French World War I flying aces
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
1893 births
1923 deaths
Flight altitude record holders
French aviation record holders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Engstr%C3%B6m%20%28basketball%29
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Carl Engström (basketball)
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Carl Engström (born September 26, 1991) is a Swedish professional basketball player.
College statistics
External links
Eurobasket.com profile
RealGM profile
1991 births
Living people
Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball players
BC Nevėžis players
Centers (basketball)
Korvpalli Meistriliiga players
People from Ystad
Palencia Baloncesto players
Södertälje Kings players
Swedish men's basketball players
Swedish expatriate basketball people in Estonia
Swedish expatriate basketball people in Lithuania
Swedish expatriate basketball people in Saudi Arabia
Swedish expatriate basketball people in Spain
Swedish expatriate basketball people in the United States
Tartu Ülikool/Rock players
Uppsala Basket players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Wetzel
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Ray Wetzel
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Ray Wetzel (September 22, 1924 – August 17, 1951) was an American jazz trumpeter. Critic Scott Yanow described him as "greatly admired by his fellow trumpeters".
Career
Wetzel played lead trumpet for Woody Herman from 1943 to 1945 and for Stan Kenton from 1945 to 1948. He recorded in 1947 with the Metronome All-Stars, Vido Musso, and Neal Hefti, and married bass player Bonnie Addleman in 1949. While with the Charlie Barnet Orchestra in 1949, he played trumpet alongside Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, and Rolf Ericson. He played with his wife in Tommy Dorsey's ensemble in 1950 and with Kenton again in 1951.
While touring with Dorsey in 1951, he was killed in a car crash at the age of 27. He never recorded as a leader. He is credited with composing the Stan Kenton tune 'Intermission Riff'.
Discography
With Stan Kenton
Artistry in Rhythm (Capitol, 1946)
Encores (Capitol, 1947)
A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (Capitol, 1947)
Stan Kenton's Milestones (Capitol, 1950)
Stan Kenton Classics (Capitol, 1952)
Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955)
References
1924 births
1951 deaths
20th-century American male musicians
20th-century American musicians
20th-century trumpeters
American jazz trumpeters
American male jazz musicians
American male trumpeters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.%20K.%20V.%20Desikachar
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T. K. V. Desikachar
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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar (21 June 1938 – 8 August 2016), better known as T. K. V. Desikachar, was a yoga teacher, son of the pioneer of modern yoga as exercise, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. The style that he taught was initially called Viniyoga although he later abandoned that name and asked for the methods he taught to be called "yoga" without special qualification.
Biography
Desikachar was born in Mysore, son of the pioneer of modern yoga Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, under whom he studied. He moved to Madras (now Chennai) in the early 1960s. He had trained as an engineer, but, inspired by his father's teachings, he studied under his father in the 1960s, and from the 1970s he taught in many parts of the world. He published many books, especially the 1995 The Heart of Yoga. During his thirty years of study, Desikachar learned the practice and application of yoga techniques and texts, for therapeutic, exercise, and spiritual purposes.
Desikachar developed Viniyoga, a term from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This approach is claimed to be holistic and aligned with the Yoga Sutras.
In 1976 Desikachar and A. G. Mohan founded the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM), a yoga therapy clinic and yoga center in Madras, India, as a non-profit public charitable trust. Under Desikachar’s leadership, it offered teacher training and individual instruction in asana, pranayama, meditation, yoga philosophy, and Vedic chanting. It conducted research into the impact of yoga on people suffering from schizophrenia, diabetes, asthma, and depression. It has been recognized by the Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of the Department for Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. The institution is a public registered charity, identified by the Department of Family Health and Welfare of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Family
His wife, Menaka Desikachar, taught yoga and Vedic chanting at KYM and continues to do so at Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation (KHYF), founded in 2016. Bushan Desikachar, Dr. Kausthub Desikachar and Mekhala Desikachar are his three children. Kausthub is the Chief Executive and a senior teacher and yoga therapy consultant at KHYF. Kausthub was the Executive Trustee of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) till 2012, when he stepped down after sexual misconduct allegations.
Death
Desikachar died on 8 August 2016 in Chennai, India at the age of 78.
Bibliography
Desikachar authored books that include
Desikachar, T. K. V. (1995). The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice. Rochester, VM: Inner Traditions International.
Desikachar, T. K. V., with Kausthub Desikachar and Frans Moors (2001). The Viniyoga of Yoga: Applying Yoga for Healthy Living, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
Desikachar, T. K. V. (2003). Nathamuni’s Yoga Rahasya. Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, India
References
1938 births
2016 deaths
Indian yoga gurus
People from Mysore
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20asiaticus
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Conus asiaticus
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Conus asiaticus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
There is one subspecies: Conus asiaticus lovellreevei G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993 (synonym: Conus lovellreevei G. Raybaudi Massilia, 1993).
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 52 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Japan and in the South China Sea off Vietnam.
References
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
Gallery
Conus asiaticus lovellreevei
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
asiaticus
Gastropods described in 1985
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgotha%20%28oratorio%29
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Golgotha (oratorio)
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Golgotha is an oratorio for five soloists, orchestra, organ, piano and mixed choir composed by Frank Martin from 1945 to 1948, premiered in Geneva on 29 April 1949 under the direction of Samuel Baud-Bovy.
Movements
First part
Introduction choir: Père! Père! Père! Jusqu'à quel point nous as-Tu donc aimés!.
Les Rameaux.
Le Discours du Temple.
La Sainte Cène.
Gethsémané.
Second part
Introduction dialogue: Que dirais-je, Que ferais-je?.
Jésus devant le Sanhédrin.
Jésus devant Pilate.
Le Calvaire.
Dialogue of conclusion: O Mort! Où est ton aiguillon?.
(texts from the four Gospels and Confessions of Augustine).
Bibliography
Frank Martin, Lettres à Victor Desarzens (introduction, notes et index by Peter Sulzer); L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1988.
Maria Boeke Martin, Souvenirs de ma vie avec Frank Martin; L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1990.
Harry Halbreich, Frank Martin: esquisse biographique et personnelle - Genèse et naissance de Golgotha, considérations générales - Frank Martin comments "Golgotha" - Brief analytical overview of the score; Erato Records STU 70497-Club Gutenberg, January 1975 (recording "canned" on 1, 2 and 3 November 1968, expression in quotation marks from the composer to conductor of 25 September 1968).
Frank Martin and Jean-Claude Piguet, Entretiens sur la musique; La Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1967 (a text based on interviews broadcast on Radio Suisse Romande during the 1966-1967 season).
Roger Boss, Frank Martin, Introduction to the concert of 18 February 1962; Concert program for the 40th anniversary of the Société chorale de La Chaux-de-Fonds (1922-1962) Cover of ERATO's compact disc with the lyrics of Harry Halbreich (citing Frank Martin through the Entretiens sur la musique) and Frank Martin himself about his "Messe pour double chœur a capella" attached to the Golgotha''.
References
External links
Golgotha lyrics on frankmartin.org
Golgotha (Martin) on Discogs
Frank Martin: GOLGOTHA on YouTube
Compositions by Frank Martin
1948 compositions
Oratorios
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangsan-dong
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Bangsan-dong
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Bangsan-dong is a legal dong, or neighbourhood of the Jung-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Euljiro 3, 4, 5ga-dong.
See also
Administrative divisions of South Korea
References
External links
Jung-gu Official site in English
Jung-gu Official site
Jung-gu Tour Guide from the Official site
Status quo of Jung-gu
Resident offices and maps of Jung-gu
Neighbourhoods of Jung-gu, Seoul
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Manuel Soto
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Manuel Soto may refer to:
Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto (born 1951), Mexican politician
Manuel Soto (athlete) (born 1994), Colombian athlete
Manoel Soto (1944–2019), Spanish politician, also spelled as Manuel Soto
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%20of%20Rain
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Children of Rain
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The Children of Rain was a 1960s folk trio from New York City, consisting of brother and sister Pam and Denis Meacham and singer/songwriter Alan Ross.
The group released the second-ever 45 rpm single of the famed 1960s’ anthem "Get Together" — later a classic by The Youngbloods — on Dot Records (45-16868) in April 1966.
Pam and Alan married in late 1967, forming the folk-rock group Ross Legacy and releasing Makes You Wanna Sigh, written by Pam’s brother and former Children of Rainer Denis, on the Philips label (40620) in 1969. At the encouragement of Music City mogul Buddy Killen, producer of R&B immortal Joe Tex and countless country stars, including Dolly Parton, Dottie West and Roger Miller, Pam & Alan Ross moved to Nashville in late August 1969. Killen produced the duo and published Alan’s songs with Tree Publishing Company from September 1969 through 1971. The couple appeared on over 300 television shows emanating from Nashville, from 1969–75. Ross went on to a 34-year career as a jingle writer/producer and studio session singer, his voice heard on over 1,100 commercial soundtracks for radio and TV. He continues today as a recording and occasional performing artist under the name wm Alan Ross.
Followers of record discographies, however, will not find the name Children of Rain under any Dot Records collections. Due to an inadvertent error on the label's part, their recording was released under the name Pam Meacham and the Children of Rain. Discographies continue to err, listing Pam's name only as the artist of record, and at that, misspelling it as Pam Meecham.
But the dauntingly sparse information on the group didn’t prevent British music journalist Rob Cochrane from tracking them down in the summer of 2017—51 years after their only release on Dot. Cochrane was drawn initially to their music via the group’s melancholic and wistful name—observed in March 2017 on an online auction. Cochrane shelved out $200 to purchase a rare eight-song acetate of the Children of Rain recorded at Delta Recording Corp., in New York City in late 1966, to see if the music matched the level of the group’s name. “They possess a spirited but haunting melancholia, a stunning back-bone of considered song-craft,” says Cochrane in his Sept. 2017 article on the Children of Rain for Culture Catch, “and had they fared better at the hands of time they would now undoubtedly be revered as innovators.”
In response to Cochrane’s article, the Children of Rain released the album "Revisited" globally, via CDBaby.com, on Dec. 11, 2017.
External links
RossMusic.net
website
Joe Martino's Promise: A Fable of Lost Folk by Robert Cochrane, Sept. 12, 2017, Culture Catch
American folk musical groups
Dot Records artists
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Conus ateralbus
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Conus ateralbus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 29 mm and 48 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean, where it is restricted to the coast of the island of Sal, Cape Verde.
References
Kiener L.C. 1844–1850. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 2. Famille des Enroulées. Genre Cone (Conus, Lam.), pp. 1–379, pl. 1-111 [pp. 1–48 (1846); 49–160 (1847); 161–192 (1848); 193–240 (1849); 241-[379](assumed to be 1850); plates 4,6 (1844); 2–3, 5, 7–32, 34–36, 38, 40–50 (1845); 33, 37, 39, 51–52, 54–56, 57–68, 74–77 (1846); 1, 69–73, 78–103 (1847); 104–106 (1848); 107 (1849); 108–111 (1850)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
ateralbus
Gastropods described in 1845
Gastropods of Cape Verde
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner%2C%20West%20Virginia
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Gardner, West Virginia
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Gardner, West Virginia may refer to:
Gardner, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County
Gardner, Mercer County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mercer County
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Tesco Hudl 2
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The Hudl 2 was a tablet computer that was produced for British retailer Tesco and manufactured by Pegatron. It was announced in October 2014 as the successor to the original Tesco Hudl, which was released on 30 September 2013. The device featured an 8.3-inch screen, a 1.83 GHz quad-core processor and 16 GB of internal flash memory. The tablet was originally launched with Android 4.4.2 KitKat and was officially upgradeable to Android 5.1 Lollipop.
On 23 October 2015, Tesco announced that the Hudl 2 had been discontinued and that no successor was planned.
History
The Hudl 2 was announced at a launch event on 3 October 2014 with the tagline "We want to show you the bigger picture", accompanied by the hashtag "#Letshudl".
Hardware
Design
The Hudl 2 was available in eight colours. It has a soft coating on its back and a large front bezel. When held in landscape it was much wider and slightly slimmer than the original Hudl, though it was the same height. At 420 grams it was heavier than its predecessor and competitors; the original Hudl weighed 370g whilst the Nexus 7 (2013) weighs only 290g.
Screen and input
The Hudl 2 had an 8.3" IPS panel, LCD display with a resolution of HD 1920×1200 and a pixel density of 273 ppi. This was a significant improvement over the older model, which had a 7-in 1400×900 LCD display with a pixel density of 242 ppi. The screen was less bright than the older model. The screen featured a multi-touch capacitive panel, and contained within the device was a gyroscopic sensor, 3-axis accelerometer and an ambient light sensor. It is possible to connect the Hudl to an external display through use of the onboard HDMI port.
Audio and output
The Hudl 2 had speakers on the back of the device, in the format of speaker holes in two rows at each side of the tablet. There was also a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack.
Battery
Tesco claimed that the battery could last up to 8 hours (depending on use), an hour more than the original Hudl.
Storage
The Hudl 2 came with 16GB of internal storage, of which approximately 9GB was available to the user. The total storage capacity of the Hudl 2 was expandable through the microSD card slot up to 32GB. With the 5.1 Lollipop update, the Hudl 2 officially supported 128GB cards (formatted FAT32).
Accessories
There was a wide range of accessories available for the Hudl 2. Tesco offered:
stylized cases
a variety of styli
a pair of children’s headphones
earbud headphones
screen protectors
car charging kits
Software and applications
The tablet ran on Google’s Android operating system, giving it some advanced features such as voice search. It had access to Google’s collection of apps including Chrome and Google Maps. It also had some of the same software as the first Hudl such as BlinkBox, allowing the user to purchase or rent films. The Hudl 2 came with new e-reader software for viewing e-books. As it is Tesco's product, there was an emphasis on encouraging the users to continue or start shopping in Tesco by having services such as Tesco Direct and Tesco Bank in folders available from the home-screen. The 'My Tesco' launcher was present as it was for the first Hudl, allowing the users to access shopping interests such as their Clubcard account or to find their nearest Tesco store.
Child use
Tesco promoted the Hudl 2 as a family tablet. Their dedicated child safety app came bundled in an attempt to achieve this goal. This app let a user create a separate account for each user and limited accessible web content based on the user's age range. Other features of the child safety app included being able to control the amount of time users are allowed to use the device each day and the ability to block entire apps from users.
Reception
With its low price of £129, most expected the Hudl 2 to be similar to its predecessor, an accessory to laptops. Instead reviewers were impressed by the specifications of the tablet for its price point. Chris Finnamore of ExpertReviews rated it 5/5, calling it a "vast improvement" over the Hudl 1. CNET wrote "it has more than enough to satisfy most families and its wealth of parental control information will help you arm your kids with the knowledge they need to stay safe online". The parental control options were lauded by other reviewers as well; AndroidCentral described how "owners are asked if they wish to configure the hudl2 to block sensitive content, restrict the amount of time a child can use the product, and more". A shared point of praise among reviews was that of the Hudl 2’s strong push towards family and less savvy customer usage. The Independent were particularly impressed with the Get Started app. They said "Get Started offers comprehensive and clear tips on how to use the tablet for everything from shopping to gaming, as well as showing some basic security measures and ways to share the Hudl safely among family members".
Despite the many successes of the Hudl 2, reviewers were displeased with some of the more fundamental specifications. The five megapixel camera was described as "shoddy" by The Independent, and many reviewers were unimpressed with the battery life. As with many tablets, the Hudl 2 came with several preinstalled apps of varying usefulness which cannot be removed but can be disabled. The "My Tesco" launcher is preinstalled as the default launcher, though has been described as "sluggish" by TechRadar.
Discontinuation
On 23 October 2015, Tesco announced that it would no longer be stocking the Hudl 2 although it would continue offering technical support to existing owners. While it did not explain the reason behind the decision, the company had been pursuing a strategy to focus on its core bricks-and-mortar grocery business which had already seen it sell off or close its video streaming and e-book operations. The announcement came one week after Tesco had announced that it had no plans for a Hudl 3 and "nothing planned at the moment" in the sector. According to Marketing Magazine, a number of key people who had worked on the Hudl project, including its lead Android engineer and product managers, were no longer with Tesco.
References
External links
Tablet computers
Tesco
Touchscreen portable media players
Tablet computers introduced in 2014
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral%20bridge
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Integral bridge
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An integral bridge contains no expansion joints to accommodate enlargement due to increased temperature. Horizontal (axial) movements due to thermal expansion and braking loads are instead transferred to the fill adjacent to the abutment. The omission of the expansion joint removes a pathway for the penetration of chloride-bearing road salts to the bridge's sub-structure. In the United Kingdom there is a presumption that most new short to medium length bridges will be of the integral type.
An early example of an integral bridge is masonry arch bridge. Some of the earliest examples of integral bridges in reinforced concrete were constructed as part of the United Kingdom's M1 motorway in 1959.
Description
An integral bridge contains no expansion joints, spanning monolithically from abutment to abutment. Movement due to thermal expansion and contraction or braking loads is accommodated by the end walls or abutments. Where intermediate supports are specified (e.g. bridge piers) these may also serve to resist thermal expansion movements.
The omission of the expansion joint removes a significant maintenance and durability issue, as it serves as a point of ingress for road salts which allows the abutment, piers and deck soffit concrete to come under chloride attack that can cause degradation and eventual span failure. A 1989 British study showed that the majority of expansion joints surveyed in existing bridges had failed and allowed water (and hence salt) ingress.
The movement experienced at the abutment in an integral bridge is an order of magnitude greater than those designed with movement joints. The size of movement depends on the stiffness of the bridge structure and the fill adjacent to the abutment (which is subject to compaction). The movement is largest in the upper portion of the abutment, where thermal effects are greatest. Highways England specify that integral bridges should be designed to limit movement to . Due to repeated expansion and contraction cycles the backfill adjacent to the abutment is subject to ratcheting, whereby the material's stiffness is increased. The maximum stiffness level is reached after around 100–200 thermal expansion cycles.
Types
Highways England recognises four types of integral bridge, defined by the construction of their abutments:
Frame abutments where the abutment acts as a retaining wall to the surrounding fill, connecting to the deck in a manner that allows for transfer of bending moments, shear forces and axial loads.
Embedded abutments, extending to a depth below the retained fill with restraint provided by the embedded length.
Bank pad abutments, designed to move horizontally to accommodate expansion and contraction of the deck. These must be of adequate weight (or a deck flexible enough) to avoid uplift forces due to differential settlement.
End screen abutments, which act only to retain the surrounding fill and transfer horizontal loads from the bridge deck to the fill. The vertical loads are transferred from the deck by means of a separate support system. The supports may be designed to take only vertical loading or accommodate the horizontal movement.
Where bridge bearings are used on an integral bridge (as is often the case for end screen abutment types) the structure is sometimes referred to as semi-integral.
Use
It is widely accepted that short to medium length bridges should be designed as integral structures to minimise maintenance requirements. Highways England's Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (applicable to the whole of the UK and many parts of it, including the section on integral bridges, applying to the Republic of Ireland) states that all bridges with deck length less than and skew of less than 30 degrees should be designed as integral structures unless there is a compelling reason to do otherwise.
References
Bridges by structural type
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scianna%20antigen%20system
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Scianna antigen system
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The Scianna blood antigen system consists of seven antigens. These include two high frequency antigens Sc1 and Sc3, and two low frequency antigens Sc2 and Sc4.
The very rare null phenotype is characterised by the absence of Sc1, Sc2 and Sc3.
The antigens are caused by changes in the erythroid membrane associated protein (ERMAP).
History
This blood group system was discovered in 1962 when a high frequency antigen was detected in a young woman (Ms. Scianna) who had experienced several late pregnancy losses due to haemolytic disease of the fetus.
References
Antigens
Blood
Cell biology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastia%20%E2%80%93%20Poretta%20Airport
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Bastia – Poretta Airport
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Bastia – Poretta Airport (, ) is an airport serving Bastia on the French mediterranean island of Corsica. It is located south southeast of Bastia at Lucciana, both of which are communes of the Upper Corsica department.
History
In 1944, during World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force. On 31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the legendary French pilot, took off from this airport and disappeared, on a reconnaissance flight over France in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
USAAF combat units assigned:
414th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 5 February–July 1944; 5 September – 13 October 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
527th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, (Twelfth Air Force), 12 July-23 September 1944, P-47 Thunderbolt
416th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), 14–23 August 1944, P-61 Black Widow
417th Night Fighter Squadron, (Twelfth Air Force), February–April 1944; 25 April – 7 September 1944, Bristol Beaufighter
5th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
23rd Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, (3d Reconnaissance Group), 11 July – 24 September 1944, P-38/F-5 Lightning
111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, (XII Tactical Air Command), 21 July – 27 August 1944, P-51/F-6 Mustang
42nd Bombardment Wing was headquartered at the airfield, 21 September – 24 November 1944.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
References
External links
Bastia Airport (official site)
Aéroport de Bastia-Poretta at Union des Aéroports Français
Airports in Corsica
Airport
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in France
Buildings and structures in Haute-Corse
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Whelan%20%28politician%29
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Tim Whelan (politician)
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Timothy R. Whelan is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was sworn in January 2015. A resident of Brewster, Massachusetts, he was elected as a Republican to represent the 1st Barnstable district.
Whelan is a former state police sergeant.
See also
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
References
External links
Legislative website
Campaign website
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Republicans
People from Brewster, Massachusetts
Living people
American state police officers
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Walby
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Kate Walby
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Kate Walby (née Webster) is a broadcast journalist, and was a presenter for ITV Yorkshire's Calendar, but is currently a reporter for Lookaround.
Based in Leeds, but originally from the Isle of Man, Walby was previously a reporter and presenter for the ITV Border regional news programme Lookaround. Whilst at Border, she covered the Carlisle floods of January 2005. Walby returned to Lookaround in late 2014.
From 2006 to 2014 Walby was a District Correspondent for the Leeds and West Yorkshire area and the main Friday female co-presenter of Calendar presenting alongside Duncan Wood, John Shires, Jon Hill and David Hirst, and was one of the faces of ITV Yorkshire.
References
Manx people
Living people
British reporters and correspondents
English television journalists
English women journalists
ITN newsreaders and journalists
ITV regional newsreaders and journalists
British television newsreaders and news presenters
British radio journalists
English radio personalities
British women television journalists
Women radio presenters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20attenuatus
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Conus attenuatus
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Conus attenuatus, common name the thin cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; also off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 28 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 10 m. Maximum recorded depth is 81 m.
References
Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
Rabiller M. & Richard G. (2019). Conidae offshore de Guadeloupe : Description du matériel dragué lors de l'expédition KARUBENTHOS 2 contenant de nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 24: 3–31.
External links
Reeve L.A. (1843–1844). Monograph of the genus Conus. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 1, pl. 1-47 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [pl. 1-3 without imprinted date, assumed to be January 1843; stated dates: pl. 4, January 1843; pl. 5, june 1843; pl. 6-7, March 1843; pl. 8-10, April 1843; pl. 12-13, May 1843; pl. 11, 14–16, June 1843; pl. 17-19, July 1843; pl. 20-23, August 1843; pl. 24-26, September 1843; pl. 27-28, October 1843; pl. 29-35, November 1843; 36–39, December 1843; pl. 40-43, January 1844; pl. 44-47, February 1844]
Reeve, L. A. (1844 ["1843"]). Descriptions of new species of shells figured in the ‛Conchologia Iconica'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 168–197
Sowerby, G.B. II (1857–1858). Monograph of the genus Conus. In: G.B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus Conchyliorum, vol. 3(17): 1–24, pls. 187–195 [1–9](1857); 3(18): 25–56, pl. 196-210 [10–24] (1858). London, privately published
Adams A. (1854 ['1853"]). Descriptions of new species of the genus Conus, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 21: 116–119
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
attenuatus
Gastropods described in 1844
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie%20Berthiaume
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Donnie Berthiaume
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Donald R. Berthiaume Jr. is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, sworn in January 2015. A resident of Spencer, Massachusetts, he was elected as a Republican to represent the 5th Worcester district. Berthiaume is a former Spencer selectman.
See also
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
References
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Republicans
People from Spencer, Massachusetts
Living people
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lula%20kebab
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Lula kebab
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Lula kebab (, ) is a type of kebab cooked on skewers. It is made from minced meat. It is a specialty of Armenian, Azerbaijani, and other cuisines of countries in South Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
Ingredients
Mutton (or minced sheep and beef meat by 50:50)
Onion
Sheep tail fat
Salt
Pepper
Sumac (optional)
Lavash (optional)
Preparation
The soft portion of the mutton is ground with onion using a meat grinder and mixed with pepper and salt. There should be 400 grams of onion in per 1 kilogram of minced meat. This ratio is followed, to make it stay on the skewer. The meat mash is mixed well and stored in a cold for an hour. Later the mince is extracted from the refrigerator and is mixed well. The mince is wrapped around the skewer. The mince gets slightly long form on a slightly wide skewer. Then it gets fried on coal barbecue, called a mangal. It's cooked for 10-15 minutes. The kebab is served between the lavash. Sprinkling sumac on it is optional.
See also
Kebab
Adana kebab
Şiş köfte
List of kebabs
References
Armenian cuisine
Azerbaijani cuisine
Skewered kebabs
Middle Eastern grilled meats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorman%20Independent%20School%20District
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Gorman Independent School District
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Gorman Independent School District is a public school district based in Gorman, Texas (USA).
The district is located in Eastland County and a small portion of the district extends into Comanche County. Gorman ISD has two campuses - Gorman High (Grades 7-12) and Maxfield Elementary (Grades PK-6).
In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
References
External links
Gorman ISD
School districts in Eastland County, Texas
School districts in Comanche County, Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clythraschema%20chabrillacii
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Clythraschema chabrillacii
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Clythraschema chabrillacii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Clythraschema. It was described by Thomson in 1857.
References
Hemilophini
Beetles described in 1857
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Kul Bahadur Gurung
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Kul Bahadur Gurung () is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress party. Gurung has worked as general secretary of the party. He had been Minister of Education in the cabinet of Girija Prasad Koirala in 1997.
Nepali Congress has raised Gurung as the candidate for the President Election 2015.
A resident of Ilam District, Gurung had fought for democracy and spent many years in jail for the same charge.
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the assembly from the Ilam-3 constituency, winning 16,286 votes. At 73 years, Gurung was the oldest assembly member elected through the First Past the Post system. He was the acting chairman of the Constituent Assembly until the election of Subhas Chandra Nemwang to the post. The first session of the first Constitution Assembly chaired by Gurung ended the 270 years old monarchy in Nepal and declared Republic.
In July 2008, there were reports that Gurung is associated with a dissident tendency inside the Nepali Congress.
See also
Gurung
References
Education ministers
Living people
Nepali Congress politicians from Province No. 1
Education ministers of Nepal
Nepalese Buddhists
1935 births
Nepal MPs 1994–1999
Gurung people
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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Gaslands
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Gaslands is a tabletop game of post-apocalyptic car combat published by Osprey Publishing in November 2017. It is designed to be played with toy cars, such as Matchbox and Hot Wheels die-cast vehicles. Players ram, skid and race their way through the wreckage of a burnt-out Earth. The game was designed by Mike Hutchinson.
The setting for the game is an alternate history where Mars was colonized in the 1980s. Tensions between Earth and Mars grew into all-out war, with Mars eventually emerging as the victor. In the setting of the game, "Gaslands" is a reality-TV show featuring car combat between desperate people seeking out an existence on the devastated Earth.
A second edition of the game, Gaslands Refuelled, was announced released in October 2019.
Awards
Gaslands won both the Judges Award and the People's Choice Award for Best Miniatures Rules at the 2018 UK Game Expo.
References
External links
Official Gaslands website
Wargames introduced in the 2010s
Post-apocalyptic games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Muratore
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Matt Muratore
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Mathew J. Muratore is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since January 2015. A resident of Plymouth, Massachusetts, he was elected as a Republican to represent the 1st Plymouth district. Muratore is a former Plymouth selectman.
See also
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
References
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Republicans
People from Plymouth, Massachusetts
Living people
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20aurantius
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Conus aurantius
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Conus aurantius, common name the golden cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Distribution
This marine snail occurs off the Netherlands Antilles and off the Virgin Islands.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 70.4 mm. The shell has an elevated, tuberculated spire. The surface is irregularly clouded with chestnut or orange and white, and minutely marked with interrupted narrow brown or orange revolving lines, more or less broken up into articulations. Upon the lower half of the body whorl these lines become striae, and are distantly, minutely granular.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 1.5 m. Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.
References
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
aurantius
Gastropods described in 1792
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Smiley
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Bill Smiley
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William B. Smiley (1856 in Baltimore, Maryland – July 11, 1884 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a professional baseball player who primarily played second base in the American Association for the St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Baltimore Orioles for one season in 1882.
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1856 births
1884 deaths
Baltimore Canaries players
St. Louis Brown Stockings (AA) players
Baltimore Orioles (AA) players
Major League Baseball second basemen
Baseball players from Baltimore
Erie (minor league baseball) players
Winona Clipper players
Buffalo (minor league baseball) players
Binghamton Crickets (1870s) players
Lynn Live Oaks players
Worcester (minor league baseball) players
Capital City of Albany players
Rochester Hop Bitters players
Baltimore (minor league baseball) players
Rochester (minor league baseball) players
Brooklyn Atlantics (minor league) players
Washington Nationals (minor league) players
Albany (minor league baseball) players
Wilmington Quicksteps (minor league) players
Richmond Virginias players
19th-century baseball players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Love%20Trap%20%281929%20film%29
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The Love Trap (1929 film)
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The Love Trap is a 1929 American comedy film directed by William Wyler and starring Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton and Robert Ellis. It was made as a part-sound film, with a soundtrack for the last few scenes.
Synopsis
A young woman meets a millionaire, but his family suspect her of being a gold digger.
Cast
Laura La Plante as Evelyn Todd
Neil Hamilton as Paul Harrington
Robert Ellis as Guy Emory
Jocelyn Lee as Bunny
Norman Trevor as Judge Harrington
Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Harrington
Rita La Roy as Mary Harrington
References
Bibliography
Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
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1929 films
Films directed by William Wyler
1929 comedy films
1920s English-language films
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Nicholas Ferraro
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Nicholas Ferraro (May 30, 1928 – December 21, 1984) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on May 30, 1928, in Astoria, Queens, New York City. He attended Public School No. 85, Junior High School No. 141, and William Cullen Bryant High School. He graduated from Seton Hall College, and in 1953 from Brooklyn Law School. He practiced law in New York City, and entered politics as a Democrat. He married Virginia Kachadrian, and they had three children. They lived in Jackson Heights, Queens. In 1957, he was appointed as an assistant district attorney of Queens County.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1973, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th, 179th and 180th New York State Legislatures. In November 1973, he was elected D.A. of Queens County.
He was D.A. of Queens County from 1974 to 1976. Upon taking office, he appointed his cousin Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011) as an Assistant D.A. In November 1976, he was elected to the New York Supreme Court.
He was a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1977 to April 1984 when he resigned from the bench, and resumed his private practice.
He died on December 21, 1984, in the City Hospital Center in Elmhurst, Queens, after a heart attack.
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1928 births
1984 deaths
People from Queens, New York
New York (state) Democrats
New York (state) state senators
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Seton Hall University alumni
Queens County (New York) District Attorneys
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American lawyers and judges of Italian descent
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Conus auratinus
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Conus auratinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 120 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Central and the West Pacific Ocean.
References
Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
* Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
auratinus
Gastropods described in 1982
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Surrey Theatre
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The Surrey Theatre, London began life in 1782 as the Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy, one of the many circuses that provided entertainment of both horsemanship and drama (hippodrama). It stood in Blackfriars Road, near the junction with Westminster Bridge Road, just south of the River Thames in what is now the London Borough of Southwark.
History
The Royal Circus was opened on 4 November 1782 by the composer and song writer, Charles Dibdin (who coined the term "circus" for that usage), aided by Charles Hughes, a well-known equestrian performer. The entertainments were at first performed by children with the goal of its being a nursery for young actors. Delphini, a celebrated buffo, became manager in 1788 and produced a spectacle including a real stag-hunt. Other animal acts followed, including the popular dog act Gelert and Victor, lecture pieces, pantomimes and local spectacles. The popular comedian John Palmer then managed the theatre until 1789, when he was committed to Horsemonger Lane Gaol as "a rogue and a vagabond".
It continued in use until 1810, although it had a troubled existence, being burnt down in 1799 and again on 12 August 1805. Rebuilt in 1806 by the German architect of the Old Vic, Rudolph Cabanel, it was converted into a theatre by Robert Elliston. He renamed it the Surrey Theatre, being determined to perform Shakespeare and other plays. He reopened on Easter Monday and to avoid trouble with the law, which did not allow dialogue to be spoken without musical accompaniment except at the two patent theatres, he put a ballet into every such production, including Macbeth, Hamlet, and Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem. Contemporary reviewers noted that the Lambeth streets teemed with prostitutes.
Elliston left in 1814, and the Surrey became a circus again until Thomas Dibdin reopened it as a theatre in 1816. The arena where the equestrian exercises had been displayed was converted into a large pit for spectators, and the stables became saloons. Fanny Fitzwilliam and Sally Brook starred in melodramas, but the theatre had little success overall. John Baldwin Buckstone made his first London appearance at the theatre, on 30 January 1823, as Ramsay in The Fortunes of Nigel. George Holland also appeared at the theatre, in 1826.
When Elliston returned in 1827, the theatre's fortunes changed. In 1829, Douglas Jerrold's melodrama Black-Eyed Susan, with T. P. Cooke as William, the nautical hero, ran for over 300 nights, which was extraordinarily successful for the time. Elliston made his last appearance at this theatre on 24 June 1831, twelve days before he died. Osbaldiston then took over and, among other plays, produced Edward Fitzball's Jonathan Bradford; or, the Murder at the Roadside Inn, which ran for 260 nights. Productions of Dickens dramas, among others, followed. Ira Aldridge, the first successful black actor, appeared here in the 1840s. C. Z. Barnett's adaptation, A Christmas Carol; or, The Miser's Warning played in 1844. Richard Shepherd, who succeeded Alfred Bunn in 1848, remained at the theatre until 1869 and established its reputation for 'rough-and-tumble' transpontine melodrama.
On 29 January 1865, during the last scene of the pantomime Richard Coeur de Lion, a fire began above the chandelier. The audience evacuated safely, but before the cast could leave the entire theatre was plunged into darkness, as the gas supervisor cut the gas supply to prevent an explosion. Panic ensued backstage, but the cast were led to safety through the burning scenery by the efforts of Green (acting manager), Rowella (the 'clown'), Evans (the 'pantaloon'), Vivian (the 'sprite') and others. The cast, still in their flimsy stage clothes, were conveyed to their lodgings in a fleet of cabs, provided by the police. In less than ten minutes the interior was ablaze, and the theatre was burnt down shortly after midnight.
A new theatre, designed by John Ellis, seating 2,161 people in four tiers, opened on 26 December 1865. Little of note took place until 1881, when George Conquest took over, staging melodramas, many of them written by himself, and pantomimes.
The Surrey flourished until his death in 1901. The theatre was remodelled by Kirk and Kirk, as a music hall, but did not prosper, becoming a cinema in 1920. It finally closed in 1924, and the building was demolished in 1934. The site is now occupied by modern flats.
Notes
References
Earl, John and Michael Sell. Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950, pp. 250 (Theatres Trust, 2000)
Knight, William G. A Major London 'Minor': The Surry Theatre 1805-1865. London: STR, 1997.
Raymond, George. Memoirs of Robert William Elliston, Comedian. Olivier (1946)
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer and James Elmes, Metropolitan Improvements; Or London in the Nineteenth Century London: Jones & Co. (1827-1831); Reissued, New York: Benjamin Blom (1968), pp. 134 et. seq.
Walford, Edward. "Blackfriars Road: The Surrey Theatre and Surrey Chapel" in Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 368–83. Accessed on 3 March 2007.
Profile of the theatre
Article about the theatre, requires registration
External links
Statistical information
Antique print image of the theatre
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Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
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Lawrence Webb
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Lawrence Webb is an academic administrator and politician from Falls Church, Virginia. He was elected in 2008 to the Falls Church City Council, becoming the first openly gay, African-American elected official in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He ran for re-election in 2012 but lost. He was elected to the Falls Church City School Board in November 2013. Webb was selected by his fellow board members to serve as chair of the board in 2017. He ran and was re-elected in 2017 to the school board and was selected to serve a second year as chair of the board.
Biography
Born in Kenbridge, Virginia, Webb earned a B.A. in Mass Communications and a graduate Certificate in Public Management from Shenandoah University, where he was the first African-American elected president of the Student Government Association. He interned at the Virginia State Senate Clerk's office and in two Capitol Hill offices, one with former Virginia Senator Chuck Robb.
Webb worked as an assistant director of admissions at the University of Mary Washington. Webb is currently a Senior Enrollment Specialist at Bowie State University. He was previously employed by Shenandoah University in the admissions and alumni affairs offices. He founded the James Farmer Scholarship Program.
Former Governor Mark Warner appointed Webb to the board of the Department of Correctional Education in 2004, and rose to the chairmanship in 2010 a position he held until 2012. Webb was appointed in 2015 by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to the Virginia Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice and Prevention. A resident of Falls Church since 2004, Webb had served three years on the city's Recreation & Parks Advisory Board prior to his election to city council.
He lives with his partner Clifton Taylor. His candidacy was supported by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. He is the first openly gay African American elected official in the commonwealth of Falls Church.
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Politicians from Falls Church, Virginia
Virginia city council members
Living people
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LGBT people from Virginia
School board members in Virginia
People from Kenbridge, Virginia
Shenandoah University alumni
University of Mary Washington people
Bowie State University
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Year of birth missing (living people)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20L%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bi%20Camp
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A Lưới Camp
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A Lưới Camp (also known as A Lưới Special Forces Camp, LZ Stallion or Ta Bat Airfield) is a former U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base in the A Sầu Valley southwest of Huế in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
History
The 5th Special Forces Group first established a base here in 1962 to monitor communist infiltration into the A Sầu Valley. The base was located along Route 548, 40 km southwest of Huế.
The base was abandoned in 1966 due to increased pressure from the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces and the A Sầu Valley became a major PAVN base area supporting operations throughout the Central Highlands.
In April 1968 during Operation Delaware the 1st Cavalry Division briefly reoccupied A Lưới. The 8th Engineer Battalion rebuilt the airfield to handle Fairchild C-123 Provider and Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft.
On 26 April 1968 C-130B #60-0298 was hit by enemy fire while on approach to the camp airfield, the aircraft crashed and burnt on the airfield, the remains of 5 of the 8 crewmen were recovered
In August 1968 the 101st Airborne Division briefly reoccupied A Lưới during Operation Somerset Plain.
In 1969 the 101st Airborne returned to A Lưới during Operation Kentucky Jumper.
Current use
The base has been turned over to farmland and sits adjacent to the Ho Chi Minh Highway.
References
External links
Photos and video of the area in October 2017
Installations of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Installations of the United States Army in South Vietnam
Buildings and structures in Thừa Thiên Huế province
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Conus aureus
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Conus aureus, common name the aureus cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of envenoming humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Subspecies
Conus aureus paulucciae G. B. Sowerby III, 1887
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia, Tuamotu, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia and from Japan to Queensland, Australia.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm. The shell is subcylindrical, with fine revolving striae. It has an orange-brown color, very finely reticulated with chestnut, with larger subtriangular spots of white, aggregated into masses and bands at the shoulder, middle and base. There are usually a number of longitudinal streaks of chestnut running over the orange-brown reticulated spaces.
References
Bruguière, M. 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers. Paris : Panckoucke Vol. 1 i–xviii, 757 pp.
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 15: 263–286, 422–442
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
aureus
Gastropods described in 1792
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbicella%20explanata
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Columbicella explanata
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Columbicella explanata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and the only species in the genus Columbicella. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1990.
References
Hemilophini
Beetles described in 1990
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban%20Dak-Lay
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Ban Dak-Lay
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Ban Dak-Lay is a village in Phouvong District in Attapeu Province of southeastern Laos.
References
Populated places in Attapeu province
Phouvong District
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Martha Cope
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Martha Cope is a British actress, known for her various roles in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She has appeared in many British programmes including Holby City, Men Behaving Badly, Peak Practice and Family Affairs between 2002 and 2003 when she played the role of Anna Gregory. In 2021, she joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Sandy Gibson.
Life and career
Cope was born to parents Renny Lister and Kenneth Cope, both of whom were actors. Throughout her career, she has made appearances in television series including Doctors, Men Behaving Badly, Peak Practice, Holby City and Family Affairs. Then in 2021, she was cast in the role of Sandy Gibson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Filmography
References
External links
British television actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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John Poland
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John Poland (born 21 November 1996) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half for the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States.
Early life
Born in Ballinora, County Cork, the second eldest of four children, Poland first played rugby for Sundays Well, where his father had also been a player, and attended Presentation Brothers College, captaining the team during the Munster Schools Rugby Senior Cup. He also played hurling and football for Ballinora GAA, where he played on several inter-county development sides. Initially, he played as a fly-half or centre, before converting to scrum-half. Poland has been capped at under-19 and Under-20 level for Ireland, and joined the Munster sub-academy in July 2015.
Club rugby
Poland played his club rugby with Cork Constitution during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons, winning several trophies while there. He moved to UCC ahead of the 2017–18 season and was an integral part of the side that was promoted to the division 1A of the All-Ireland League for the 2018–19 season.
Professional career
Munster
Poland was an integral part of the Munster A team that won the 2016–17 British and Irish Cup. He was used as a replacement in round 1 against London Welsh, missed the round 3 clash against Rotherham Titans due to exam commitments, was used as a replacement again in round 4 against Rotherham, before starting against Doncaster Knights in the rescheduled round 2 and round 5, Ulster A in the quarter-final, Ealing Trailfinders in the semi-final and Jersey Reds in the final. Poland made his senior competitive debut for Munster on 10 February 2018, coming off the bench in the provinces' 33–5 win against Zebre in the 2017–18 Pro14.
New England Free Jacks
Poland joined American Major League Rugby side New England Free Jacks in October 2019 upon concluding his degree in finance at University College Cork, in time for the sides inaugural season in 2020. He scored four tries in the 5 regular season games and had 4 try assists. Poland scored a brilliant individual try which was awarded try of the week in week 4.
Ireland
Poland was capped for Ireland U20 during the 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, earning the Man-of-the-Match award during the sides opening 35–24 loss to Wales U20 on 5 February 2016.
Honours
Munster A
British and Irish Cup:
Winner (1): 2016–17
Cork Constitution
All-Ireland League Division 1A:
Winner (1): 2016–17
Bateman Cup:
Winner (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
Munster Senior Cup:
Winner (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
All Ireland U20 League:
Winner (1): 2016–17
University College Cork
All-Ireland League Division 1B:
Winner (1): 2017–18
References
External links
New England Free Jacks Profile
Munster A Profile
U20 Six Nations Profile
Living people
1996 births
Rugby union players from County Cork
People educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork
Irish rugby union players
Sundays Well RFC players
Cork Constitution players
University College Cork RFC players
Munster Rugby players
New England Free Jacks players
Irish expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in the United States
Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Rugby union scrum-halves
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus%20auricomus
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Conus auricomus
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Conus auricomus, common name the gold-leaf cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 32 mm and 69 mm. The cylindrical shell shows revolving striae throughout. Its reticulated pattern uniform in the size of the meshes, interrupted by three or four broad, uniform orange-brown bands. The convex spire is maculated.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.
References
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. . 159 pp
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1–23
External links
The Conus Biodiversity website
Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
auricomus
Gastropods described in 1792
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Tucker%20%28politician%29
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Paul Tucker (politician)
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Paul F. Tucker is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the current House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy. A member of the Democratic Party, Tucker was first elected in 2014 to represent the 7th Essex district, which consists of Salem, Massachusetts. Tucker is a former Salem police chief.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In addition to serving as the House Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, Tucker sits on the Joint Committee on Education, Joint Committee on the Judiciary, Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, and House Committee on Ways and Means.
See also
2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
References
Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Democrats
Politicians from Salem, Massachusetts
Living people
American municipal police chiefs
21st-century American politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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