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41023646	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20Serrano%20Alonso	Jaime Serrano Alonso	Jaime Serrano Alonso (born 30 April 1979 in Barcelona) is an S9 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, winning a gold medal and World Record in the 400 meter freestyle race and a silver medal in the 200 meter individual medley race. He swam with the Spanish paralympic team between 1997 and 2002 in three European championships, two world championships and in the Sydney Paralympic Games. References External links 1979 births Living people Spanish male freestyle swimmers Spanish male medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Spain Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers from Barcelona S9-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
41023650	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Soler%20Mart%C3%ADn	Samuel Soler Martín	Samuel Soler Martin (born May 18, 1979, in Plasencia, Cáceres) is an S3 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 200 meter freestyle race. He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics where he did not medal. References Spanish male freestyle swimmers Living people 1979 births Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers for Spain People from Plasencia Sportspeople from the Province of Cáceres S3-classified para swimmers
41023651	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20tenontias	Proeulia tenontias	Proeulia tenontias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile in Valparaíso and Maule regions. References Moths described in 1912 Proeulia Endemic fauna of Chile
41023656	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edoardo%20Navone	Edoardo Navone	Edoardo Navone (Rome, 1844–1912) was an Italian painter of rural scenes, in a Realist style. Biography He was a resident of Rome, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. He worked principally in watercolor, and painted laborers and animals in the Roman countryside. Among his works: Buttero; Costumi del Lazio; Ciociara. At the 1883 Mostra Nazionale of Rome and the 1884 Mostra at Turin, he exhibited: Al passeggio and La zingara. References 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1844 births 1912 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists
41023665	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique%20Tornero%20Hern%C3%A1ndez	Enrique Tornero Hernández	Enrique Tornero Hernández (born 30 May 1980 in Plasencia, Cáceres) is an S9 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle race and a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter 34 points freestyle relay. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle race. References External links 1980 births Living people Spanish male backstroke swimmers Spanish male medley swimmers Spanish male freestyle swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Spain Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics People from Plasencia Sportspeople from the Province of Cáceres S9-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
41023673	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20Javier%20Torres%20Ramis	Vicente Javier Torres Ramis	Vicente Javier "Xavi" Torres Ramis (born 14 June 1974 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands) is an S5 swimmer from Spain. Personal Torres was born on 14 June 1974 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands. In May 2012, he was a presenter at the International Film Festival Maremostra Ocea. In November 2013, he participated in a program run by the Programa ADOP Empleo to train Paralympic athletes in developing business communication and entrepreneurship skills. Swimming Torres is an S5/SM4 swimmer from Spain. He has held four world records in his classification. In 2010, Torres competed at the Tenerife International Open. Before the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championship in the Netherlands, he went to a swimming camp with the national team that was part of the Paralympic High Performance Program (HARP Program). Eindhoven, Netherlands hosted the 2010 World Swimming Championships at which he competed. He qualified for the 50 meter breaststroke finals after posting the eighth best qualifying time. He finished seventh overall. In the 50 meter butterfly, he finished tenth after failing to qualify for the finals. He was one of four Spanish swimmers at the World Championships that were affiliated with CTEIB, an institute created by the Government of the Balearic Islands intended to provide an education to elite high-performance sportspeople. He set a minimum Spanish qualifying time for the London Paralympic Games at the Son Hugo Municipal Swimming Pool in February 2012. In May 2012, he trained in Palma de Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. Paralympics Torres competed at the 1992 Sumner Paralympics 1996 Summer Paralympics, 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. In 1992 he won 2 goles, 2 silver and 1 bronze. In 1996, he won a gold medal in the 150 meter individual medley, a silver in the 4 x 50 meters 20 point freestyle relay and a bronze in the 4 x 50 meters 20 point medley relay. In 2000, he finished first in the 150 meter individual medley, in the 4 x 50 meters 20 point freestyle relay and in the 4 x 50 meters 20 point medley relay. In 2000, he won a bronze in the 50 meter breaststroke. In 2004, he won a silver in the 150 meter individual medley and a bronze in the 4 x 50 meters 20 point medley relay. In 2008, he won a silver medal in the 150 meter individual medley. References External links (1998) (1992–2004) (2002–2012) 1974 births Living people Spanish male breaststroke swimmers Spanish male butterfly swimmers Spanish male medley swimmers Paralympic swimmers for Spain Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Paralympic medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships Sportspeople from Palma de Mallorca S5-classified para swimmers
41023677	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett%20Lindholm	Garrett Lindholm	Garrett Lindholm (born August 10, 1988) is an American football placekicker who is currently a free agent. He played for Tarleton State in college. He is best known for kicking a 64-yard field goal to send Tarleton to overtime against Texas A&M–Kingsville in his senior season. Professional career Early career Lindholm signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2013, but was released in July. Lindholm was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts, where he played in 3 preseason games mostly as a kickoff specialist. He was released priors to the Colts 3rd preseason game. Milwaukee Mustangs In 2011, Lindholm was assigned to the Milwaukee Mustangs of the Arena Football League (AFL). St. Louis Rams Lindholm played the 2012 preseason with the St. Louis Rams. Lindholm received an opportunity to kick for the Rams, but was competing with Greg Zuerlein who was drafted, and eventually won the job. Lindholm was released following the Rams' 3rd preseason game. Arizona Rattlers In 2013, Lindholm was assigned to the Arizona Rattlers. Lindholm lead the AFL in Field Goals made (7), and was the league leader in points (179). Lindholm was named the AFL's Kicker of the Year following the conclusion of the regular season. His longest made field goal was from 47 yards. His efforts helped the Rattlers capture their second consecutive ArenaBowl Championship. San Antonio Talons On January 30, 2014, Lindholm was assigned to the San Antonio Talons. New Orleans VooDoo On March 26, 2015, Lindholm was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo. When the VooDoo ceased operations August 9, 2015, Lindholm became a free agent. Orlando Predators On August 12, 2015, Lindholm was assigned to the Orlando Predators. Los Angeles KISS On August 6, 2016, Lindholm was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. References External links NFL bio Tarleton State bio 1988 births Living people Tarleton State Texans football players Milwaukee Mustangs (2009–2012) players Arizona Rattlers players San Antonio Talons players New Orleans VooDoo players Orlando Predators players Los Angeles Kiss players American football placekickers Players of American football from Pflugerville, Texas
41023688	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A0%20Ti%C3%AAn%20province	Hà Tiên province	Hà Tiên (; ) was a former province of South Vietnam originally formed in 1832 and disestablished in 1956. Its capital was Hà Tiên. History In 18 century, a small town "Hà Tiên" was established by Mo Jiu (Mạc Cửu), whom was a Chinese emigrant. Many works incorrectly referred to Hà Tiên as "Panthaimas", confusing Hà Tiên with Banteay Meas. It was variously spelled as Panday-mas (Khmer), Ponteamass (English), Phutthaimat () or Banthaimat (), Ponthiamas or Pontheaymas (French), Pontiano (Robert's Map, 1751), Panthai-mas, Bantaimas, Pontiamas, Pontaimas, Bantay-mas, Banteay M’eas, Pontiamas, Pontiamasse, Po-taimat, and infinite other variations. Mạc Cửu later switched allegiance to the Nguyễn lords of Vietnam. Since 1708, the region became Vietnamese Hà Tiên trấn, however, Hà Tiên trấn enjoyed a high degree of autonomy until 1777. Former governors of Hà Tiên trấn include Mạc Cửu, Mạc Thiên Tứ, Trần Liên and Mạc Tử Sinh. Hà Tiên trấn was disestablished and changed to Hà Tiên province in 1832. It was one of Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam. After the Cochinchina Campaign it was ceded to France and later became a part of French Cochinchina. On 1 January 1900, Hà Tiên province was divided into the 3 provinces: Hà Tiên, Rạch Giá, Bạc Liêu. In 1901, Hà Tiên province contained two prefectures (phủ), including An Biên and Quảng Biên. In 1950, Hà Tiên province and Long Châu Hậu province were merged into the new established Long Châu Hà Province. In 1954, Long Châu Hà province was disestablished and divided into three provinces: Hà Tiên, Châu Đốc, Long Xuyên. On 22 October 1956, Hà Tiên province and Rạch Giá province merged to Kiên Giang province. The former Hà Tiên province divided into two districts, Hà Tiên and Phú Quốc, both were parts of Kiên Giang Province. References Former provinces of Vietnam States and territories established in 1832 Southeast (Vietnam)
41023692	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%20men%27s%20national%20youth%20handball%20team	Denmark men's national youth handball team	The Denmark national youth handball team is the national under–18 Handball team of Denmark. Controlled by the Danish Handball Federation it represents Denmark in international matches. History Youth Olympic Games Youth European Olympic Games World Championship European Championship References External links Official website Handball in Denmark Men's national youth handball teams Handball Youth sport in Denmark
41023700	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20limaria	Proeulia limaria	Proeulia limaria is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Coquimbo Region, Chile. The wingspan is 23 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream white, suffused with pale ochreous cream and cream, sprinkled with brownish grey, grey and brownish in the dorsal portion of the wing. The hindwings are cream, in the basal half mixed with pale brownish. Etymology The species name refers to the Limarí Province. References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023714	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20onerata	Proeulia onerata	Proeulia onerata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile in Ñuble Region and Maule Region. References Moths described in 1995 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023744	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Antonio%20Aguiriano	José Antonio Aguiriano	José Antonio Aguiriano Forniés (9 August 1932 – 14 May 1996) was a Spanish socialist politician who served during the first and constituent legislatures of the Congress of Deputies, representing Álava. He also was a member of the Basque Parliament between 1980 and 1981. Honours Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (20 June 1984) Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross, 17 May 1996 (posthumous) References 1932 births 1996 deaths Members of the 1st Basque Parliament Members of the constituent Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) People from Vitoria-Gasteiz Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians University of Zaragoza alumni Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit
41023760	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Vidal%20Fuster	Daniel Vidal Fuster	Daniel Vidal Fuster (born 30 December 1975 in Burriana, Castellón) is an S6 swimmer from Spain. He competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He finished first in the 50 meter butterfly race, the 4 x 50 meter medley relay and the 4 x 50 meter freestyle relay race. He finished second in the 50 meter freestyle race. He raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He finished second in the 50 meter freestyle race. He finished third in the 50 meter butterfly race and the 4 x 50 meter medley relay. He raced at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. He finished second in the 4 x 50 meter freestyle relay race. He finished third in the 4 x 50 meter medley relay. He finished fourth in the 50 meter freestyle race. He finished fifth in the 50 meter butterfly race. At the 2009 IPC European Swimming Championship in Reykjavík, Iceland, Vidal finished in the top three in at least one of his races. In 2010, he raced at the Tenerife International Open. References External links Spanish male freestyle swimmers Spanish male butterfly swimmers Living people 1975 births Paralympic gold medalists for Spain Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Sportspeople from Castellón de la Plana Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers for Spain S6-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
41023763	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315%20Women%27s%20FIH%20Hockey%20World%20League	2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League	The 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the second edition of women's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina. The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as 7 highest placed teams apart from the five continental champions qualified. Argentina won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating New Zealand 5–1 in the final. Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2. Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 51 teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Scotland would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as Great Britain as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked Russia. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (20) Schedule Round 1 Round 2 – The Czech Republic withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place. Semifinals – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and France took their place. Final Final ranking Reference: Not specified References Women's FIH Hockey World League 2014 in women's field hockey 2015 in women's field hockey
41023781	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315%20Men%27s%20FIH%20Hockey%20World%20League	2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League	The 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the second season of the men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in July 2014 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia and finished in December 2015 in Raipur, India. The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics as the 6 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualified. Australia won the tournament's Final round for the first time after defeating Belgium 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating the Netherlands 3–2 on a penalty shootout after a 5–5 draw. Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 56 teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2013 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 8 teams ranked between 12th and 19th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) Schedule Round 1 Round 2 – Fiji and Sri Lanka withdrew from participating and Oman and Ukraine took their place. Semifinals Final Final ranking FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows: References Men's FIH Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League
41023782	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Nycum	Susan Nycum	Susan H. Nycum is a lawyer who specialises in computer security and intellectual property issues. She worked at the law firm of Chickering and Gregory in San Francisco and then became a partner at the law firm Baker & McKenzie where she headed its IT and intellectual property group. She was a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and a member of its council. She was an early member of its special interest group for higher education, SIGUCCS, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2004. She was Chairwoman of the National Information Systems Advisory Panel in the early 1980s. Nycum earned a degree from Ohio Wesleyan University. She attended Duquesne University School of Law and graduated from Stanford Law School. Nycum has worked with fellow information security researcher Donn B. Parker. They co-authored the 1973 study Computer Abuse, a minor classic that was one of the first attempts to define and document computer-related crime. Nycum is a computer law scholar and has produced studies on the laws surrounding software patents. She has served as an advisor for the United States government as well as several foreign governments. She approved funding for the Internet in her role as an advisory board member for the National Science Foundation. Publications Computer Abuse — Stanford Research Institute, 1973 Your Computer and the Law — Prentice-Hall, 1975 Liability for Malfunction of a Computer Program — Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal Vol. 1 (1979-1980) Troublesome Computer Contract Areas — University of Southern California, 1982 Software Proprietary Rights — Prentice-Hall, 1982 Women Leading: Making Tough Choices on the Fast Track — Stephen Greene Press, 1988 References External links Susan H. Nycum, Oral history interview, 5 June 2013. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota Personal home page Living people California lawyers Computer law scholars Duquesne University School of Law alumni Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Stanford Law School alumni People associated with Baker McKenzie Year of birth missing (living people)
41023789	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvia%20Vives%20Montlle%C3%B3	Silvia Vives Montlleó	Silvia Vives Montlleó (born August 17, 1974, in Barcelona) is an S8 swimmer from Spain. She has a disability and is an S8-type swimmer. She competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly race and silver in the 100-meter backstroke race. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100-meter 34 points medley relay and the 200-meter individual medley. References Living people 1974 births Spanish female backstroke swimmers Spanish female breaststroke swimmers Spanish female medley swimmers Paralympic silver medalists for Spain Paralympic bronze medalists for Spain Swimmers from Barcelona Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic swimmers for Spain S8-classified para swimmers Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships 20th-century Spanish women
41023800	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20mauleana	Proeulia mauleana	Proeulia mauleana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Maule Region of Chile. The wingspan is 21.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is ochreous yellow, but cream costally and pale brownish rust in the dorsal half. The hindwings are cream, but the anal area is pale brownish. Etymology The species name refers to the type locality. References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023804	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmes%20Aerodrome	Lemmes Aerodrome	Lemmes Aerodrome, was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located West-Northwest of the commune of Lemmes, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. Overview The airfield was one of the major airfields used by the French Air Service about Verdun, from early 1916 to the end of the war, with Vadelaincourt other major airfield touching it. For probably some operational reason, the American 186th Aero Squadron moved here from nearby Souilly Aerodrome on 7 November 1918, already back there on 24 November, after the Armistice had been signed. Eventually, the airfield was returned to agricultural use. Today it is a series of cultivated fields located northwest of Lemmes. The airfield was located west of the D 1916, which takes its symbolic number from the fact that it was the only road always open during the Battle of Verdun for bringing supplies to the city and the front units. See also List of Air Service American Expeditionary Force aerodromes in France References Series "D", Volume 2, Squadron histories,. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C. External links World War I sites of the United States World War I airfields in France
41023812	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoufous%20Formation	Aoufous Formation	The Aoufous Formation is a geological formation that contains some of the vertebrate assemblage of the Kem Kem Group, of Late Cretaceous date. Two other formations comprise the Kem Kem beds: the underlying Ifezouane Formation and the overlying Akrabou Formation. Description The Aoufous Formation was first reported by Dubar (1948) as part of the “Sillon Preafricain”. Dubar described it from a lithological point of view as consisting mainly of clay-sandstones and green marls with gypsum. Dubar dated the sediments to the Albian / Cenomanian stages. Later, Sereno et al. (1996) reported an informal division of the Kem Kem Beds: a lower red sandstone unit ("gres infrecenomanien") and an upper marley unit ("marne versicolores a gypse"). Because of the absence of hiatuses between and within the three formations, the represented time scale is of around 8 million years, covering the time from the Early Cenomanian to the Middle Turonian. The Aoufous Formation is exposed from the Anti-Atlas and High Atlas mountain ranges up to the Sahara craton, in the southeastern part of Morocco. The formation is thick. Geological history In the early Mesozoic Era, the main displacement of the African continent was from south to north, in the direction of Europe. The Atlantic Ocean was opening with high rates of expansion. This caused the uplift of the western part of Morocco, causing exposure of Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks, and prevented a continuous deposition of Mesozoic sediments in western Morocco. In the Jurassic, most of modern Morocco had already emerged. The first marine transgression is dated to the Early Barremian. During the Barremian-Aptian, two elongated marine gulfs extended northwards along the Middle-Atlas and from the western Essaouira Basin. In the Early Cretaceous, Northern Africa was covered with deltaic and brackish environments. These deposits comprise the Kem Kem Beds and thus the Aoufous Formation too. Age The Aoufous Formation shows a similar fauna to that one found in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt. In both these formations, Carcharodontosaurus saharicus and Spinosaurus aegyptiacus are found. In addition, several species of crocodilians and fishes are shared. The Bahariya Formation is well dated to the Early Cenomanian. The rare microfossils found in the Aoufous Formation were not helpful in dating these sediments. For these reasons, the age of the Aoufous Formation is considered early Cenomanian. Facies The Aoufous Formation is characterized by three facies: variegated claystones, gypsum layers and dolomitic limestones. Claystones contain organic matter. Vertebrate remains (mostly fishes) are found in these claystones. No calcitic shells are found there, but apatitic microfossils are present. Quartz and marcasite (typical of a reducing environment) are quite frequent. In carbonaceous facies, vertebrate fossils are present. The dolomitisation of these sediments destroyed any organic presence in them. Gastropods, thin-shelled and thick-shelled ostracods and some rare agglutinated foraminifers are present in this facies. Quartz is present with different morphologies, suggesting eolian (wind-based) and fluvial (river-based) transport. In the gypsum layers, fossils are absent. These layers testify to long periods of dryness connected to evaporation of salty waters. The facies and the fossil remains suggest a paleoenvironment as a coastal lagoon or a paralic sebkha. OT1 OT1 is a locality ( away from Tafraout) characterized by lenses of claystone. Several fossil articulated fishes, gastropods and crustaceans specimens were recovered from this locality. The stratigraphic position of these lenses of claystone lies within the Aoufous Formation. Several features differentiate this facies from the others that are commonly encountered in the Aoufous Formation, and, for this reason, they are usually described apart. The fauna of these lenses is characterized from three cladistians (Serenoichthys kemkemensis and two other unnamed genera), an indeterminate actinopterygian, and the oldest known freshwater acanthomorph (Spinocaudichthys oumtkoutensis). The paleoenvironment of OT1 has been interpreted as a quiet lake, where the process of fossilization was quite rapid (soft tissues are generally preserved). Vertebrate assemblage Because fossils from the formation are usually retrieved by local people who are untrained as geologists, it is difficult to know the exact provenance of many of them. For this reason, the provenance of a fossil from the Ifezouane and the Aoufous Formations is not generally specified; in any case the two formations seem to present the same fauna. The most common vertebrate remains belong to the elasmobranch fish Onchopristis numidus. Another seven elasmobranchs are reported: Asteracanthus aegyptiacus, Distobatus nutiae, Tribodus sp., Lissodus sp., Haimirichia amonensis, Cretoxyrhinidae indet., and Marckgrafia lybica. Lungfish fossils are referred to Ceratodus humei and Neoceratodus africanus. Coelacanth remains are referred to Mawsonia lavocati and to the genus Axelrodichthys. Several taxa of Cladistia and two genera of seminiomorphs (an unnamed Lepidotes-like species and Oniichthys falipoui) are recovered in the Kem Kem beds. Teleosteans are represented by Cladocyclus pankowskii, Palaeonotopterus greenwoodi, Erfoudichthys rosae and Concavotectum moroccensis. Amphibians are also present: Kababisha sp., the pipid frog Oumtkoutia anae and non-pipids frogs. Turtles are represented by several species: Dirqadim schaefferi, the podocnemidids Hamadachelys escuilliei, the bothremydids Galianemys whitei and G. emringeri, and the araripemydids Araripemys sp. Crocodilians are commonly found; four species are present: Elosuchus cherifiensis, a genus belonged to the Trematochampsidae, Araripesuchus rattoides and Laganosuchus maghrebensis. In regards to dinosaurs, a rebbachisaurid (Rebbachisaurus garasbae) and some ornithischian footprints were recovered in the Kem Kem Beds; the most important presence belongs to theropods. Among theropods, two carcharodontosaurids (Carcharodontosaurus saharicus and Sauroniops pachytholus), one spinosaurid (Spinosaurus aegyptiacus), two ceratosaurs (Deltadromeus agilis and an unnamed abelisaur) and an unnamed dromaeosaur characterize the assemblage. Pterosaurs are also present, although their fossils are extremely rare and enigmatic: an azhdarchid, an ornithocheirid, a tapejarid and a pteranodontid are recognized. See also Geology of Morocco Wadi Milk Formation References Bibliography Cavin L., et al. 2010. Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences 57, 391-412 Further reading Dubar, G., 1949. Carte geologique provisoire du Haut Atlas de Midelt, echelle au 1/ 200 000e. Notice explicative, Notes et Memoires du Service Geologique du Maroc, 59bis, 60 p. J.-C. Rage and D. Dutheil. 2008. Amphibians and squamates from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 285:1-22 Sereno, P.C., Larsson, H.C.E., 2009. Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from the Sahara. ZooKeys 28, 1–143. Sereno, P.C., Wilson, J.A., Larsson, H.C.E., Sues, H.-D., 1994. Early Cretaceous dinosaurs from the Sahara. Science 266, 267–271 P. C. Sereno, D. B. Dutheil, M. Iarochene, H. C. E. Larsson, G. H. Lyon, P. M. Magwene, C. A. Sidor, D. J. Varricchio, and J. A. Wilson. 1996. Predatory dinosaurs from the Sahara and Late Cretaceous faunal differentiation. Science 272:986-991 Geologic formations of Morocco Upper Cretaceous Series of Africa Cretaceous Morocco Cenomanian Stage Sandstone formations Shale formations Marl formations Lagoonal deposits Evaporite deposits Paleontology in Morocco Errachidia Province
41023825	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20paronerata	Proeulia paronerata	Proeulia paronerata is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream white, suffused with pale ochreous cream and cream and sprinkled with brownish grey, grey and with brownish in the dorsal portion of the wing. The hindwings are cream, in the basal half mixed with pale brownish. The forewings of the females are whitish, strigulated (finely streaked) with olive cream suffused with grey in the terminal third. Etymology The species name refers to the similarity with Proeulia onerata, plus the Greek prefix par (meaning near). References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023834	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317%20Men%27s%20FIH%20Hockey%20World%20League	2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League	The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the men's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India. The Semifinals of this competition will also serve as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify. Australia won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating Argentina 2–1 in the final match. India won the third place match by defeating Germany 2–1. From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League. Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, several teams were announced to compete. The 11 teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the 9 teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) Schedule Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final Final ranking FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows: References Men's FIH Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League FIH Hockey World League
41023860	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317%20Women%27s%20FIH%20Hockey%20World%20League	2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League	The 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League was the third edition of the women's field hockey national team league series and last season of the World League. The tournament started in April 2016 in Singapore and finished in November 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. The Semifinals of this competition also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup as the 10/11 highest placed teams apart from the host nation and the five continental champions qualify. The Netherlands won the tournament's Final round for a record second time after defeating host nation New Zealand 3–0 in the final match. South Korea won the third place match by defeating England 1–0. From 2019 onwards, the tournament was replaced by Pro League. Qualification Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, several teams were announced to compete. The eleven teams ranked between 1st and 11th in the FIH World Rankings current at early 2015 received an automatic bye to the Semifinals while the nine teams ranked between 12th and 20th received an automatic bye to Round 2. Those twenty teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) Schedule Round 1 Round 2 – Fiji withdrew from participating and Hong Kong took their place. – Azerbaijan withdrew from participating and Turkey took their place. – France withdrew from participating. Semifinals Final Final ranking FIH issued a final ranking to determine the world ranking. The final ranking was as follows: References Women's FIH Hockey World League 2016 in women's field hockey 2017 in women's field hockey
41023868	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Raymer	Herbert Raymer	Herbert James Raymer (1874-1956) was the Dean of Nelson from 1933 to 1934. Raymer was educated at the University of Cambridge and ordained in 1899. His first post was a curacy in Ossett. After this he served as: a missionary priest at St Cyprian, Durban; Secretary of the SPG for Yorkshire; Rector of Pittsworth, Queensland; and Chaplain at All Saints, Kobe. He then held incumbencies in Skelmanthorpe, Ovenden and Selly Oak until his appointment as Dean. Afterwards he was the Chaplain at Bromley College. He died on 25 May 1956. References 1874 births 1956 deaths Alumni of the University of Cambridge Deans of Nelson
41023881	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs%20Aizp%C3%BAn%20Tuero	Jesús Aizpún Tuero	Jesús Aizpún Tuero (17 June 1928 – 29 December 1999) was a Spanish politician from the Navarrese People's Union. He served as member of the first five legislatures of the Congress of Deputies. He served also as member of the Navarrese Parliament. References 1928 births 1999 deaths People from Pamplona Members of the 1st Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 3rd Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Navarrese People's Union politicians Politicians from Navarre
41023912	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell%2C%20Colorado	Roswell, Colorado	Roswell, now annexed into the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was a coal mine settlement near the northern bluffs of Colorado Springs and a 19th-century railroad junction. The town was located at roughly the present intersection of Fillmore Street and North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. History The town of Roswell, built north of Colorado Springs in 1889, was named for a man from New York, Governor Roswell P. Flower, who felt that Colorado Springs' climate was only second to Saranac, New York for its curative benefits for tuberculosis patients. (See Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs). By 1899, he was an investor in mining and the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway. The town was located on Monument Creek at the junction of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RG) and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroads (CRI&P). The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad had reached the area about 1875 and in 1889, Roswell had a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) yard. Roswell had a stone Rock Island Round House and an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway bridge over the CRI&P railway. There were 448 residents in 1900. In 1902, Roswell was a "considerable settlement". Its streets included: Brewster, Cable, Elm (a northern city boundary), Holly, Laurel, Low, Myrtle, Parker, Poplar, Rock Island, Roswell, Sage, and part of Cedar. Roswell had a school, Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Roswell Hotel by 1903. That year, the Roswell Park had an equestrian race track and a ballpark. According to the 1910 United States Federal census, there were 426 residents in Roswell (El Paso County precinct 22). By 1911, the population had reduced to 250 people. By 1919, Roswell was a transfer station for coal loads from the Pikeview mine to the north and the Keystone mine to the east. In the 1940s, the Roswell race track was used as an automobile speedway. Notes References 1880 establishments in Colorado Populated places established in 1880 Geography of Colorado Springs, Colorado Neighborhoods in Colorado Rail junctions in the United States Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations Former Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad stations
41023934	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas%20lights%20in%20Medell%C3%ADn	Christmas lights in Medellín	Christmas lights in Medellín, known in Spanish simply as the "Lighting" (El Alumbrado) or more officially the EPM Lights (Alumbrados EPM), is a traditional seasonal event in Medellín, Colombia, where the city hangs millions of Christmas lights and holds light shows and other cultural events. Since the 1990s, the main locations of the lights have been on and around the Medellín River and La Playa Avenue, although the event has expanded to include over one hundred other locations around the city. The event usually lasts from the beginning of December until the beginning of January, and the lights are designed and sponsored by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the city's public utilities company. Because of its attraction to tourists, the event has gotten bigger each year, with a widening availability of energy resources and budgets, and increasing participation by local citizens. The ceremony traditionally began on 7 December, the Day of the Little Candles and the unofficial start to the Christmas season in Colombia. However, in recent years the lighting has begun sooner to accommodate the increase in tourism. All recreational parks and all the museums have free entry for children under 12 years old, and the Museum of Antioquia admission is free for everyone during this season. In the month of December 2012, the Lighting of Medellin was selected among the top ten cities to view holiday lights by the National Geographic website. Route The starting point of the Lighting is on La Playa Avenue, and its main attraction is on the Medellín River. The main route of lighting starts at the Pablo Tobon Uribe Theater, down La Playa to Bolívar Park. Since 2013, a projector there plays videos on the façade of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín. The route then takes Carabobo Street to San Juan Street, then by that road to the Medellin River, and parallel the river, from the San Juan Bridge to the Guayaquil Bridge. Overall, the Lighting can be viewed from over 100 parks, as well as several other avenues and streets in Medellín. Other notable areas with lights include Botero Park, Nutibara Hill, 70th Street, 80th Street, 33rd Avenue and Las Palmas Road. History The first public lighting for Christmas in Medellín took place in 1851 at Plaza Mayor, which today is the location of a large convention center. The tradition of Christmas lighting in Medellín began again in 1955, when Empresas Públicas de Medellín consolidated as a public utilities company. For the holiday season, part of the city was modestly adorned with special lights jointly contributed by EPM, the government, and the press. Local citizens would go out at 6 p.m. to walk along La Playa Avenue and look at the lights. By 1967, EPM assumed the role as the creative team for the city's lights each year, and therefore decided their design, installation, and costs. Over time, these lighting systems were broadening in scope and becoming one of the biggest tourist attractions in Medellin in the year-end season. EPM has offered its flagship lights every year since then, only modified in 1992, when the Colombian energy crisis forced EPM to suspend the lighting for that year. Mi Rio Project In the 1990s, the Medellín government endorsed a strategy of sustainable development for the city, which included a project called Mi Río (My River) that sought to clean up the Medellín River. As part of this plan, citizens living near the river were encouraged to pick the themes for the seasonal Christmas lights that would adorn the city and the river itself. Over time, the avenues along the Medellín River became one of the main points to view the lighting as a result of these plans. 2006-11 Seasons The official slogan for the lights in 2006 was "Colombia is light". EPM invested in 12.5 million lights that year. In December 2008, EPM used 14.5 million multicolored lights, in addition to rope lights, light projectors, and screens for the holiday design throughout the city, which was estimated to have cost 6,200 million pesos (approx $2.6 million). That year's lighting employed approximately 1,000 people for the season, which lasted from 1 December to 15 January. For the 2009 season, the Christmas festival began on 5 December. That year, the EPM Intelligent Building debuted a new outdoor fountain. For the Christmas season, the fountain was adorned with sophisticated multimedia effects for color, water movement, and sound. In 2011, the lighting began on 3 December, four days earlier than usual, to accommodate tourism. 2013 season For the 2013 Christmas season, the city planned to hang over 27 million lights and 472 miles of rope lights in 90 points. The slogan for this year was "Our Christmas" and its theme was the history and traditions of Antioquia. The manager of EPM, Federico Restrepo said that the lights would "highlight Christmas customs and traditions" of the communes and districts. The lighting began on 1 December at 6 p.m. and ended on 6 January. A 10-minute video was played on the façade of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín in Bolívar Park. In five segments, the video played the history of the construction of the cathedral, the evolution of transportation in Medellin, as well as its art, culture, architecture, wealth of natural resources, and major Christmas attractions. Another show was presented on the western side of the EPM Intelligent Building, called "The Wonders of Colombia". This 12-minute show was narrated by three characters known as Gotica, Copetón and Linda Calle. On the corner of Oriental Avenue and La Playa, a "House on the Corner" was created out of a metal frame, mesh, paper and LED rope lights. The construction represents the typical architectural style of Antioquian houses. The eastern side of the Guayaquil Bridge featured an interactive water screen that used properties of water conductivity for people to make drawings and figures using sprays, sponges, brushes, pencils or their own hands with the water. The Alumbrado was visited by approximately 4 million people that year, with approximately 60,000 visitors daily. 2014 season This was the first year that EPM wanted to create a story, and not just a theme, for the Lighting. They asked citizens to submit their ideas for the story's central theme. EPM received 1,555 responses, which predominately featured three concepts: fairy tales, magic worlds, and personal values that can create an equal and peaceful society. EPM chose "values" as the theme and the slogan for this year's Alumbrado is "Values illuminate Christmas". The story they created centers on a girl named Paloma who travels on a boat on the river of peace (the Medellín River) and makes stops along the way on various ports to learn about different human values. The 2014 celebration began on 29 November at 7:00 p.m. at the fountain near EPM's Smart Building. Visitors can view the lights from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Juan Fernando Sierra is this year's design coordinator. The lighting will have over 30 million LED lights, 800 kilometers of rope lights, 11 tons of metallic decorative paper, and 170 tons of ironwork, among other things. The total cost was about $9 million (21 billion pesos). The festival ran until 12 January 2015. Again this year, a 10-minute video will be projected onto the façade of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín in Bolívar Park that will play every hour from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This year the video will feature Paloma and her journey on the river. Interactive, remote views of the river will be available for tablets, desktops, smart phones, and public kiosks located in malls in Oviedo, Puerta del Norte, Unicentro, Explora Park, Viva Laureles, Florida and Premium Plaza. Also for the first time this year, a sector of lighting in the area of Las Palmas, will be powered by solar energy through 100 panels independent of the traditional power grid. Gallery See also Natal Luz Festival of Northern Lights References External links Official Website Christmas in Medellín on Facebook (Official Page) Tourist attractions in Medellín Christmas events and celebrations Culture in Medellín
41023936	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20talcana	Proeulia talcana	Proeulia talcana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile's Maule Region. The wingspan is 20 mm. The proximal half of the forewings is cream brown, suffused and strigulated (finely streaked) with brown and reddish between strigulae. The hindwings are cream grey. Etymology The species name refers to Talca Province where the type locality is situated. References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023947	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%A4rtr%C3%A5	Bjärtrå	Bjärtrå is a parish of the province of Ångermanland in Sweden. Since 1974 it has been administered as part of the Kramfors Municipality. The parish has an area of 158 square kilometres, and in the year 2000 there were 1,687 inhabitants. The locality of Lugnvik and parts of Sandslån, Klockestrand, and Strinne, lie within Bjärtrå. The parish was established in the Middle Ages. In 1862 the rural district of Bjärtrå was created. In 1974 this was merged into the municipality of Kramfors. Round Barn The Bjärtrå round barn (pictured) is a wooden building believed to have been constructed about 1848. In 1958 it was bought by a history society, which continues to maintain it. Notes Populated places in Kramfors Municipality Ångermanland
41023960	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joi%20Bangla	Joi Bangla	Joi Bangla is an EP by Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, issued in August 1971 on Apple Records. The recording was produced by George Harrison and its release marked the first in a series of occasional collaborations between the two musicians that lasted until the Chants of India album in 1997. Shankar recorded the EP in Los Angeles, to help raise international awareness of the plight faced by refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, in advance of his and Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh shows at Madison Square Garden, New York. Side one of the disc consists of two vocal compositions sung in Bengali, of which the title track was a message of unity to the newly independent nation, formerly known as East Pakistan. The third selection is a duet by Shankar and sarodya Ali Akbar Khan, supported by Alla Rakha on tabla, a performance that presaged their opening set at the Concert for Bangladesh. Joi Bangla was the first of four Shankar-related releases on the Beatles' Apple label, closely followed by the Raga soundtrack album. The EP has been out of print since soon after its release. Of the three tracks, only "Oh Bhaugowan" has been reissued – on the Harrison-compiled Ravi Shankar: In Celebration box set (1996). Background A Bengali by birth, Ravi Shankar was deeply concerned by the plight of the cyclone- and war-ravaged people of East Pakistan during the first six months of 1971. To help raise funds to try to alleviate the misery, he turned to his friend George Harrison, then riding a wave of popularity with the success of his first post-Beatles solo album, All Things Must Pass. Within six weeks, Madison Square Garden in New York was booked for two UNICEF shows on Sunday, 1 August; Western stars such as Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell had pledged to be there; and Harrison's purpose-made single "Bangla Desh" was receiving airplay on US radio. Shankar later described it as a "miracle", the speed at which Harrison had made things happen. According to Shankar, speaking in London later in August, Harrison wrote "Bangla Desh" within three hours of their conversation about the refugee crisis. Shankar said he then wrote "Joi Bangla" as an improvisation on Harrison's melody. Recording With the Apple documentary film Raga in post production and awaiting release, the Beatles' record label would also be issuing a Shankar benefit disc, a three-track EP. For the sessions in mid July, most likely held at the Record Plant West like Harrison's, Shankar wrote a new composition, "Joi Bangla", which became the EP's title track. As with the Raga soundtrack album, Joi Bangla was produced by Harrison. Harrison's single had targeted listeners in the West with its call to "Relieve the people of Bangla Desh". Shankar instead addressed the victims themselves, as his "distant relatives" and his guru's family were among the tens of thousands pouring into neighbouring India. The lyrics are sung in Bengali, Shankar's first language. Apple's picture sleeve provided an English translation, in which Shankar calls on Bangladeshis to "be triumphant", and for unity "beyond conscience or creed". The song title translates as "Victory to Bangladesh" and was taken from "Joy Bangla", the slogan adopted by the Bangladesh Forces (Mukti Bahini) during the war. In India at this time, "Joi Bangla" was a form of greeting between people sympathetic to Bangladesh's struggle for independence. The EP's other vocal performance was "O Bhaugowan". In this song, Shankar provided what author Peter Lavezzoli describes as "a prayer for help", asking: "O God, where have you gone / ... Sickness, cyclones, floods / Are upon us / Do you not care for us?" The final selection, "Raga Mishra Jhinjhoti", was a sitar and sarod jugalbandi (duet) in dadra tal, featuring Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, with Alla Rakha on tabla. According to a note on the picture sleeve, the piece was inspired by the folk melodies of Bengal. Release Apple Records issued the Joi Bangla EP in America on 9 August (as Apple 1838) − eight days after the Concert for Bangladesh shows − and on 27 August in Britain (Apple 37). In an interview with Rolling Stone on 3 August, Shankar expressed relief that months of personal anguish over the crisis had come to an end, saying, "With George's single, 'Bangla Desh', my single, the film that has been made of the concert, the [live] album coming out and whatever the gate monies from this concert ... it will all add up to a substantial amount." He added that the funds raised would be minuscule relative to the size of the problem, but young people had been galvanised, and: "It is like trying to ignite – to pass on the responsibilities as much as possible to everyone else. I think this aim has been achieved." The songs on side one of the record were credited to "Ravi Shankar & Chorus", while side two's duet was credited to Shankar, Khan and Rakha. Khan's name also appeared on the picture sleeve's front cover, given equal billing as Shankar, while Rakha's appeared on the reverse. In The Spectator, Duncan Fallowell wrote of Shankar's gesture towards his homeland: Ravi Shankar decided to make public his concern for the events in Bengal in the only way which now makes sense, by supporting the Free Bengal movement against the horrifying brutality of their military overlords from West Pakistan ... With the same destination in view, Apple have released George Harrison's record, Bangla Desh, and one also from Mr Shankar, Joi Bangla, at 49 pence each, both worth it. The first is George at his most sinuous and plaintive ... the second has the kind of high spirits encountered in musicals shown at the Godeon [Cinema], Southall (these musicals by the way, produced in prodigious quantities, are – let me warn you – tragically addictive). Record World recognised Shankar as Bengal's "foremost musician" whose new release coincided with "the eyes of the world focused on the tragedy of Bangla Desh". Cash Box described "Joi Bangla" as "Intriguing raga sparkling with the George Harrison production touch". The reviewer said that the chorus singing added a degree of commercial appeal and the song was sure to gain extensive play on FM and underground radio. In January 1972, Billboard listed "Joi Bangla" and "Oh Bhaugowan" together at number 4 in a chart compiled by Poland's Music Clubs' Co-Ordination Council. Legacy Shankar and Harrison's efforts to raise awareness of the refugees' plight ensured that the crisis became a central issue in the West. In mid August 1971, Shankar told Melody Maker that Indian music was now more popular than ever before in the West, adding that he, Rakha and their accompanists might perform some of the songs at his upcoming concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Following the example set by Shankar and Harrison's topical records, Allen Ginsberg wrote the poem "September on Jessore Road", after visiting the area, and Joan Baez wrote "Song for Bangladesh", released in 1972. Joi Bangla was the only extended-play release by an Apple Records artist (discounting promotional EPs, where two or more acts from the Apple roster were combined). Among latter-day reviewers, author Alan Clayson considers the title track "more melodiously uplifting than any other of George [Harrison]'s Indo-pop productions". Writing on the occasion of the Concert for Bangladesh film's DVD release in 2005, Francis C. Assisi, a reviewer for The Canadian India Times in the early 1970s, recalled the juxtaposition of reading about the "holocaust" caused by the Bangladesh Liberation War and the regional cyclone, and seeing his two-year-old son "joyfully revelling in the recently released Ravi Shankar–Ali Akbar Khan duet 'Joi Bangla'". In his book on Harrison's musical career, Simon Leng describes "Raga Mishra Jhinjhoti" as "stirring ... [a] masterful performance" and similarly highlights "Oh Bhaugowan" for its "impassioned and moving appeal for divine assistance". The songs on Joi Bangla received little in the way of repackaging after their original 1971 release. "Oh Bhaugowan" was included on the In Celebration box set (1996), appearing on disc four, which contains, in the words of AllMusic critic Bruce Eder, "the lion's share of the 1970s vintage material recorded under the auspices of Harrison, as well as capturing Shankar working in a vocal music mode (including his own vocals, which are astonishingly beautiful and affecting)". Track listing All selections written by Ravi Shankar, except where noted. Side one Credited to Ravi Shankar & Chorus "Joi Bangla" – 3:18 "Oh Bhaugowan" – 3:35 Side two Credited to Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan with Alla Rakha "Raga Mishra Jhinjhoti" (PD) – 6:52 Personnel Ravi Shankar – vocals, sitar, direction Ali Akbar Khan – sarod Alla Rakha – tabla G.S. Sachdev – bansuri Sanjukta Ghosh – vocals Shubho Shankar – vocals, sitar Harihar Rao – ektara George Harrison – unspecified unnamed "Chorus" singers and musicians – harmonium, percussion References Sources Keith Badman, The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001, Omnibus Press (London, 2001; ). Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik, All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975, Ballantine Books (New York, NY, 1976; ). Alan Clayson, George Harrison, Sanctuary (London, 2003; ). The Editors of Rolling Stone, Harrison, Rolling Stone Press/Simon & Schuster (New York, NY, 2002; ). George Harrison, I Me Mine, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA, 2002; ). Olivia Harrison, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Abrams (New York, NY, 2011; ). Peter Lavezzoli, The Dawn of Indian Music in the West, Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ). Simon Leng, While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison, Hal Leonard (Milwaukee, WI, 2006; ). 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41023964	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20macrobasana	Proeulia macrobasana	Proeulia macrobasana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile in the Araucanía and Bío Bío regions. The wingspan is 18 mm. The proximal half of the forewings is cream suffused with ferruginous in the basal and dorsal parts of the wing. The hindwings are cream in the costal area and brownish grey in the remaining parts. Etymology The species name refers to the large basal broadening of the uncus and is derived from Greek makros (meaning large). References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41023979	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%20women%27s%20national%20youth%20handball%20team	Denmark women's national youth handball team	The Denmark women's youth national handball team is the national under–17 handball team of Denmark. Controlled by the Danish Handball Federation, it represents Denmark in international matches. History Youth Olympic Games record World Championship record European Championship record Team Coaching staff References External links The Danish Handball Association Handball in Denmark Women's national youth handball teams Handball
41023990	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knob%20Hill%2C%20Colorado	Knob Hill, Colorado	Knob Hill, is a neighborhood of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, and is located northeast of downtown Colorado Springs. History Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind The Colorado Institute of the Education of the Mutes (now Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind) was founded by Jonathan R. Kennedy and opened on April 8, 1874. The school began with a Territorial appropriation of $5,000. It first operated in a rented house with seven students. Kennedy, who had worked at the Kansas State School for the Deaf, was the director of the school. He and his wife had children who attended the school. William Jackson Palmer donated land to build a permanent school on Knob Hill, east of Colorado Springs. In 2014, there are 500 students across the state. Union Printers Home The Childs-Drexel Home for Union Printers was dedicated on May 12, 1892. It was run by the International Typographical Union to take care of ill and elderly patients. The home was bought by Heart Living Centers in 2014. Tesla Experimental Station The inventor Nikola Tesla's wireless power experimental station was located on Knob Hill at a site near the current Kiowa and Foote Streets, between the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind and the Union Printers' Home. It was built and operated in 1899 and was torn down in 1904. A street car came to Knob Hill, at that time at the edge of the prairie. St. Francis Hospital The St. Francis Hospital was built on Institute Heights at the east end of Pike's Peak Avenue, near the Knob Hill street car line. Other The Pikes Peak Gun Club was on Knob Hill near the city limits. The Knob Hill Auction Company held monthly auctions on the hill to sell horses. Livestock was sold weekly on Knob Hill, where there was also a nearby cafe. Annexation In 1950, 3,612 people lived in Knob Hill. On June 14 of that year, Knob Hill was annexed into Colorado Springs and became the Knob Hill neighborhood. References Further reading External links 1952 establishments in Colorado Geography of Colorado Springs, Colorado Hills of the United States Landforms of Colorado Neighborhoods in Colorado
41023994	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314%20Port%20Vila%20Premier%20League	2013–14 Port Vila Premier League	The 2013–14 TVL Premier League or 2013–14 Port Vila Premier League is the 20th season of the Port Vila Premier League top division. The top four of the league qualify for the 2014 VFF National Super League. The season lasted from October 18, 2013 to March 22, 2014. Amicale FC were the champions and Yatel FC relegated to the 2014–15 TVL First Division. Teams Amicale FC Erakor Golden Star Ifira Black Bird Shepherds United Spirit 08 Tafea FC Tupuji Imere Yatel FC Standings Rounds Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Goal scorers References External links Port Vila Football League seasons Vanuatu Vanuatu 2013–14 in Vanuatuan football
41023998	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Tamar%20%281758%29	HMS Tamar (1758)	HMS Tamar or Tamer was a 16-gun Favourite-class sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy. The ship was launched in Saltash in 1758 and stationed in Newfoundland from 1763 to 1777. From 21 June 1764 to mid-1766, under Commander Patrick Mouat, she accompanied the Dolphin on a circumnavigation of the globe during which the latter's commander, Capt. Byron, took possession of and named the Falkland Islands in January 1765. Her Captain on 1 January 1775 is listed as Cpt. Edward Thornborough, with ship's name spelled Tamer. The warship hosted South Carolina's royal governor, Lord William Campbell, beginning in September 1775, when increasingly-violent patriot activity drove the governor from his home on the mainland. She was renamed HMS Pluto when she was converted into a fire ship in 1777. The French privateer Duc de Chartres captured her on 30 November 1780. Her subsequent fate is unknown. Citations References External links Sloops Ships of the Royal Navy 1758 ships
41024035	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archytas%20%28disambiguation%29	Archytas (disambiguation)	Archytas (428–347 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist Archytas can also refer to: Archytas of Amphissa, a Greek poet who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BCE Archytas of Mytilene, an ancient Greek musician whose date is uncertain Archytas (crater), a lunar impact crater Archytas (fly), a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae 14995 Archytas, a main-belt asteroid
41024048	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmidang	Murmidang	Murmidang is a village in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. It has 106 houses. The Rammam river flows from this place. Geography The following areas surround Murmidang: north - Kolbong; south - Rammam river; west - Sikkim; east - Dharbari. Prakash Khel maidan, established in 2000, is the main playground of Murmidang. Agriculture Murmidang is famous for rice (paddy) cultivation. Other agricultural products include corn, millet, beans and potato. Squash farming is on the rise. Orange is a cultivated here. All vegetables and fruits are supplied to markets in Siliguri. Population The total population of the village is about 1000. References Villages in Darjeeling district
41024059	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo%20Mart%C3%ADn%20Arteaga	Pablo Martín Arteaga	Pablo Martin Arteaga (born September 27, 1965, in Valladolid) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 2.5 point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team lost to the United States to finish fourth. References Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1965 births Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Valladolid 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people
41024060	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Cobos%20Ben%C3%ADtez	José Cobos Benítez	José Cobos Benítez (born 2 January 1963 in Málaga) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 3-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References External links 1963 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Sportspeople from Málaga 20th-century Spanish people
41024061	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Rodr%C3%ADguez%20Navarro	Manuel Rodríguez Navarro	Manuel Rodriguez Navarro (born January 8, 1969, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 4-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1969 births Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Las Palmas 20th-century Spanish people
41024062	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Henares	Antonio Henares	Antonio Henares Sierra (born 21 November 1956) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is 4 point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth after being defeated by the United States 66–60 in the bronze medal game. References External links 1956 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Málaga 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people
41024063	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustaquio%20Mira%20Ramos	Eustaquio Mira Ramos	Eustaquio Mira Ramos (born 2 January 1962 in Sevilla) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 3-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References External links Eustaquio Mira Ramos at the Fundación Andalucía Olímpica 1962 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Seville
41024064	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Jos%C3%A9%20Lara%20Ortiz	Juan José Lara Ortiz	Juan Jose Lara Ortiz (born November 30, 1965, in Sevilla) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is 1 point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1965 births Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Seville
41024065	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20P%C3%A9rez%20Luna	Manuel Pérez Luna	Manuel Perez Luna (born 1 April 1966 in Málaga) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 2-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1966 births Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Málaga 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people
41024066	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Mar%C3%ADa%20Sol%C3%A9%20Chavero	José María Solé Chavero	José María Solé Chavero (born 3 July 1969 in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Catalonia) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 1-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References External links 1969 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics People from Catalonia
41024067	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Berzal%20Burgos	Manuel Berzal Burgos	Manuel Berzal Burgos (born February 16, 1962, in Madrid) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1962 births Basketball players from Madrid Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics 20th-century Spanish people
41024068	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20de%20Paz	Diego de Paz	Diego de Paz Pazo (born 25 September 1971) is a Spanish wheelchair basketball player. Wheelchair basketball De Paz is 4 point player. National team He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His selection to represent Spain at the 2011 European Championships was made in March. He was chosen for the 2012 team ahead of Jonatan Soria and José Luis Robles. He played wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. His team was fifth. They beat Germany 67–48 to finish fifth. It was the first time the Spain national team had qualified for the Paralympics in 16 years. In London, he was coached by Oscar Trigo. His team finished fifth overall. He played in the game against South Africa and Germany. He scored 11 points in the game against the United States. In the Paralympics, he ranks 9th in history in the total number of three point shots made at the Games. Following the conclusion of the London Games, he retired from international competition. He cried openly on court following his last game. Club In 2011, he played for Once Andalucía. References External links (1992, 1996) (2012) 1971 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Seville
41024069	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs%20Torres%20Fern%C3%A1ndez	Jesús Torres Fernández	Jesús Torres Fernández (born 2 May 1960 in Madrid) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 2-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References External links 1960 births Living people Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Madrid
41024070	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20L%C3%B3pez%20Riaza	Eduardo López Riaza	Eduardo López Riaza (born 29 December 1964 in Pozuelo de Alarcón) is a wheelchair basketball athlete from Spain. He has a physical disability: he is a 1-point wheelchair basketball player. He played wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. His team was fourth. References External links Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors Spanish men's wheelchair basketball players Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Spain Living people 1964 births Wheelchair basketball players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Madrid 20th-century Spanish people
41024073	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Weeks%20%28priest%29	George Weeks (priest)	George Edward Weeks (26 December 1868 – 25 August 1941) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the Dean of Nelson from 1916 to 1923. Weeks was born in Portsmouth, the son of George Horatio Weeks. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge (B.A. 1890; M.A. 1896), Durban University (B.D. 1901) and Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. 1910; LL.D. 1911). He was ordained in 1893. His first post was a curacy at St George in the East, Stepney After this he was at St James, Hatcham then a naval chaplain. He held incumbencies in Durban, South Kensington and Lowestoft before his time as Dean. Afterwards he was Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney. He married Marian Frances Sophia Simmonds in 1894. He died in 1941. References 1868 births 1941 deaths Clergy from Portsmouth Deans of Nelson Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Australian headmasters English emigrants to Australia
41024114	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagkesar%20seed%20oil	Nagkesar seed oil	Nagkesar oil is extracted from seeds of the nagkesar tree (Mesua ferrea, Hindi: नागकेसर). It belongs to the Calophyllaceae family. It is an East Indian evergreen tree and is often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume. It is the source of hardwood used for railroad ties. It is Sri Lanka's national tree. Etymology The generic name is after J. Mesue (777–857) and the specific epithet is from Latin, meaning 'belonging to iron', in reference to its famed and very hard, durable timber. Common names It is commonly known as Ceylon ironwood, cobra's saffron, Indian rose chestnut, ironwood tree, mesua, poached egg tree Common names in India Hindi− नाग चम्पा (Nag champa, नागकेसर( Nagkesar ) Urdu− नर्मिश्क, Narmishka Tamil− Tadinangu, நாகப்பூ( nagappu), நாகேசுரம் (nakecuram) Marathi− Thorlachampa, नागचंपा (nagchampa), नागकेशर (nagakeshara) Malayalam− (Vainavu, ചുരുളി (churuli Assam− নোক্তে (Nokte ), নাহৰ (Nahor), নাগেশ্বৰ (Nageshwar) Meitei− নাগেসৰ (Nageshor ) Telugu−నాగకేసరము (nagakesaramu) Sanskrit नागकेशर (nagakesarah), नागपुष्प( nagapuspah) Kannada− ನಾಗ ಕೇಸರಿ( nagakesari), ನಾಗ ಸಮ್ಪಿಗೆ (nagasampige) Bengali− নাগকেশর (nagkesar, পুন্নাগ (punnaga) Gujarati− નાગચંપા( nagachampa) Kashmiri− नागकेसर (nagkesarah) Common name in other countries English− Ceylon ironwood, Cobra's saffron, Indian rose-chestnut, Iron-wood tree, Sembawang tree (Singapore) Italian− Croco di cobra German− Nagassamen Arabic− Narae-kaisar Russian− Indiiskoe zheleznoe derevo, Mezua zheleznaia, Mezuia zheleznaia, Nagakeshara (from Hindi), Zheleznoe derevo. Burmese− Gungen, Kenga Chinese- : Tie li mu, (Taiwan) Japanese− Tagayasan Thai- : Bhra na kaw, Bunnak (Boon naak), Ka ko (Karen), Gaa gaaw, Gam gaaw, Kam ko (Shan), Saan phee daawy, Saraphi doi (Chiang Mai) Habitat M. ferrea reaches up to height.The tree is native to Sri Lanka, India, southern Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, the Philippines, Malaysia and Sumatra, where it grows in evergreen forests, especially in river valleys. In the Himalayas and India the tree can grow at altitudes up to and in Sri Lanka up to . It is the only ironwood forest in the dry zone with wet zone vegetation. Morphology Tree M. ferrea is a small to medium-size evergreen It grows up to tall, often buttressed at the base with a trunk up to in diameter. It has simple, narrow, oblong, dark green leaves long, with a whitish underside. The emerging young leaves are red to yellowish pink and droop. The wood is hard, heavy and strong at about . Its density is 1.12 ton/m3. Flowers Its flowers are terminal or axillary, bisexual, solitary or in an up to nine-flowered open panicle, pedicel with small paired bracts. It has four decussate sepals sub-orbicular, persistent and variously enlarged and thickened in fruit. Stamens are numerous, free or connate only at the base, ovary superior (1-2 celled) each cell with one to two axillary ovules. They are slender with a peltate to four-lobed stigma. The flowers are diameter, with four white petals. The flowers are used to make an incense and to stuff pillows. Fruits The fruit is a capsule, usually globule, often beaked, thinly woody, usually dehiscing with two to four valves before falling, often exuding resinous droplets. One fruit contains one to four seeds. Fruits are reddish, conical hard and ovoid. The fruit diameter is 3.0" and nearly woody. Fruits are ovoid, long with persistent calyx. The seeds are dark brown fleshy oily cotyledons. Fruits weigh from each. Seeds The fruit contains one round or three conical brown, shiny, seeds consisting of the kernel (cotyledons, 36.6%) within a fibrous outer cover (50% seed) and brittle shell (13.4%). M. ferrea seeds contained lipids (66.91-70.23 g %), moisture (4.02-5.05 g %), ash (1.46-1.50 g %), total protein (6.99-7.19 g %), water-soluble protein (2.98-3.11 g %), starch (5.51-5.85 g %), crude fiber (1.22-1.98 g %), carbohydrate (15.88-18.68 g %). The energy value is 700.55-724.15 kcal/100 g. Physical properties and composition The major fatty acids in nagkesar oil are oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitic acid. Polyphenols and volatiles can contribute an unpleasant odour. These include the 4-phenyl coumarins mesuol, mammeisin, mesuagin and mammeigin. See also Mesua ferrea Nagkesar Trees of India References Vegetable oils
41024116	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20%28film%20series%29	Red (film series)	Red is a series of American action comedy films inspired by the limited comic-book series of the same name created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage. The film stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, and Karl Urban with German film director Robert Schwentke directing a screenplay by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber. In the film version, the title is derived from the designation of the status of agent Frank Moses (Willis), meaning "Retired, Extremely Dangerous". The first film, Red, was released on October 15, 2010. A sequel, Red 2, was released on July 19, 2013. In May 2013, Lionsgate re-signed Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber to write a third installment. In August 2015, NBC announced that they were developing a Red television series with the Hoeber brothers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mark Vahradian. Comic books Films Television In August 2015, NBC announced that they were developing a Red television series with the Hoeber brothers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and Mark Vahradian. Cast and crew Cast Additional crew and production details Reception Box office performance Critical reaction See also Outline of James Bond References External links Red Lionsgate franchises Film series introduced in 2010 Action film series American film series Comedy film series DC Comics franchises
41024117	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20longula	Proeulia longula	Proeulia longula is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile in the Bío Bío and Maule regions. The wingspan is 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is whitish, preserved in the costal part of the wing and in the form of some spots in the postmedian and apical areas. The strigulae (fine streaks) and dots are rust and the dorsal half of the wing is rust brown. The hindwings are whitish, the anal area grey. Etymology The species name refers to some elongate parts of the genitalia and is derived from Latin longus (meaning long) and ula (a suffix expressing a diminution). References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41024149	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20paradox	Cat paradox	Cat paradox may refer to Buttered cat paradox Falling cat problem Schrödinger's cat
41024161	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20schouteni	Proeulia schouteni	Proeulia schouteni is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Chile in the Maule and Bío Bío regions. The wingspan is 21 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream yellow in the distal third suffused and/or strigulated (finely streaked) with pale ferruginous. The hindwings are cream, mixed with pale brownish in the anal and cubital parts. Etymology The species is named in honour of Mr. Rob T. A. Schouten. References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41024170	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo%20Anaya%20Gudi%C3%B1o	Alfredo Anaya Gudiño	Alfredo Anaya Gudiño (born 8 November 1950) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Michoacán. He also served as Deputy during the LV Legislature References 1950 births Living people Politicians from Michoacán Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians 21st-century Mexican politicians Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo alumni 20th-century Mexican politicians Municipal presidents in Michoacán Members of the Congress of Michoacán Deputies of the LXII Legislature of Mexico Deputies of the LV Legislature of Mexico Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for Michoacán
41024172	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proeulia%20chancoana	Proeulia chancoana	Proeulia chancoana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Maule Region of Chile. The wingspan is 17 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is ferruginous cream with indistinct more ferruginous reticulation (a net-like pattern) and strigulation (fine streaks). The hindwings are greyish brown, but paler basally, with traces of dark reticulation. Etymology The species name refers to the type locality. References Moths described in 2010 Proeulia Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41024181	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdamWorks	AdamWorks	AdamWorks, LLC (AdamWorks), is an American engineering and manufacturing organization specializing in designing, tooling and manufacturing of composite structures and mechanical systems. History The company was founded in 2007 to pursue composites engineering/manufacturing projects in government, defense, space, commercial, and alternative energy markets. Since its inception, AdamWorks has designed and built a variety of spacecraft pressure vessels, aerospace and aircraft structures, radomes, pods and pod systems, unmanned aerial vehicle structures, with a portfolio of products flying on over 17 different military and civilian aircraft. Services Engineering Tooling Design and Manufacture Build to print structures Reverse engineering Rapid prototyping Static Testing Production engineering Production manufacturing Projects UAV Sensor Pod Design and Fabrication to support Wide Area Airborne Sensor (WAAS) Integration, including full Environmental Control System (ECS) integration Tooling Design, Fabrication, Parts Design and Fabrication for Primary Structure for a suborbital spacecraft funded under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) and Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Initiative Design, tooling, and manufacture of a Multi-Sensor Fairing Assembly housing a multi-spectral sensor integrated onto a Boeing 700-series test bed aircraft Radomes, Composite Pallets, Operator Workstations, and Airborne Server rack integration supporting conversion of a cargo aircraft into an ISR platform Fabrication of sub-orbital space vehicle pressure vessel for the Space Tourism Industry DARPA-funded man-portable wind-generator power project Structural engineering services for composite compound coaxial Joint Multi-Role demonstrator helicopter designed by prime contractor (AVX Aircraft Company) for the US Army's Future Vertical Lift initiative Milestones AdamWorks receives its ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2011. Facility Expansion (2011) Delivery of Dream Chaser flight test vehicle (12/11/2011) AdamWorks is a Finalist for Colorado Companies To Watch (April, 2013) References External links AdamWorks, LLC official website Engineering companies of the United States Aerospace companies of the United States Companies based in Centennial, Colorado Technology companies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Colorado
41024183	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loredana	Loredana	Loredana is a feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) in her novel Mattea (1833), and later used by Luciano Zuccoli in L'amore di Loredana (1908). It may have been inspired by the real-life Venetian surname Loredan, itself from the toponym Loreo, Veneto, which originated from its Latin name Lauretum, meaning laurel. It is a common name in Italy and Romania. There is a related version without the opening letter l, Oredana, because is wrongly perceveid as an article (L'Oredana) and thus removed. The name may refer to: Loredana (actress) (1924–2016), Italian actress Loredana Bertè (born 1950), Italian singer Loredana Boboc, Romanian gymnast Loredana De Petris (born 1957), Italian politician Loredana Dinu, Romanian épée fencer Loredana Errore, Romanian-born Italian singer Loredana Groza, Romanian singer Loredana Lanzani (born 1965), Italian-American mathematician Loredana Marcello (died 1572), Dogaressa of Venice Loredana Toma, Romanian female weightlifter Loredana Zefi, Swiss rapper References Romanian feminine given names Italian feminine given names Feminine given names
41024203	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near%20polygon	Near polygon	In mathematics, a near polygon is an incidence geometry introduced by Ernest E. Shult and Arthur Yanushka in 1980. Shult and Yanushka showed the connection between the so-called tetrahedrally closed line-systems in Euclidean spaces and a class of point-line geometries which they called near polygons. These structures generalise the notion of generalized polygon as every generalized 2n-gon is a near 2n-gon of a particular kind. Near polygons were extensively studied and connection between them and dual polar spaces was shown in 1980s and early 1990s. Some sporadic simple groups, for example the Hall-Janko group and the Mathieu groups, act as automorphism groups of near polygons. Definition A near 2d-gon is an incidence structure (), where is the set of points, is the set of lines and is the incidence relation, such that: The maximum distance between two points (the so-called diameter) is d. For every point and every line there exists a unique point on which is nearest to . Note that the distance are measured in the collinearity graph of points, i.e., the graph formed by taking points as vertices and joining a pair of vertices if they are incident with a common line. We can also give an alternate graph theoretic definition, a near 2d-gon is a connected graph of finite diameter d with the property that for every vertex x and every maximal clique M there exists a unique vertex x in M nearest to x. The maximal cliques of such a graph correspond to the lines in the incidence structure definition. A near 0-gon (d = 0) is a single point while a near 2-gon (d = 1) is just a single line, i.e., a complete graph. A near quadrangle (d = 2) is same as a (possibly degenerate) generalized quadrangle. In fact, it can be shown that every generalized 2d-gon is a near 2d-gon that satisfies the following two additional conditions: Every point is incident with at least two lines. For every two points x, y at distance i < d, there exists a unique neighbour of y at distance i − 1 from x. A near polygon is called dense if every line is incident with at least three points and if every two points at distance two have at least two common neighbours. It is said to have order (s, t) if every line is incident with precisely s + 1 points and every point is incident with precisely t + 1 lines. Dense near polygons have a rich theory and several classes of them (like the slim dense near polygons) have been completely classified. Examples All connected bipartite graphs are near polygons. In fact, any near polygon that has precisely two points per line must be a connected bipartite graph. All finite generalized polygons except the projective planes. All dual polar spaces. The Hall–Janko near octagon, also known as the Cohen-Tits near octagon associated with the Hall–Janko group. It can be constructed by choosing the conjugacy class of 315 central involutions of the Hall-Janko group as points and lines as three element subsets {x, y, xy} whenever x and y commute. The M24 near hexagon related to the Mathieu group M24 and the extended binary Golay code. It is constructed by taking the 759 octads (blocks) in the Witt design S(5, 8, 24) corresponding to the Golay code as points and a triple of three pairwise disjoint octads as lines. Take the partitions of {1, 2, ..., 2n + 2} into n + 1 2-subsets as points and the partitions into n − 1 2-subsets and one 4-subset as lines. A point is incident to a line if as a partition it is a refinement of the line. This gives us a near 2n-gon with three points on each line, usually denoted H'''n. Its full automorphism group is the symmetric group S''2n+2. Regular near polygons A finite near -gon S is called regular if it has an order and if there exist constants , such that for every two points and at distance , there are precisely lines through containing a (necessarily unique) point at distance from . It turns out that regular near -gons are precisely those near -gons whose point graph (also known as a collinearity graph) is a distance-regular graph. A generalized -gon of order is a regular near -gon with parameters See also Finite geometry Polar space Partial linear space Association scheme Hall–Janko graph Notes References . . . . . . . . . Incidence geometry Finite geometry Families of sets
41024210	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varifula%20fulvaria	Varifula fulvaria	Varifula fulvaria is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Valparaíso Region, Chile. References Moths described in 1852 Euliini Endemic fauna of Chile
41024221	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varifula%20trancasiana	Varifula trancasiana	Varifula trancasiana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Bío Bío Region of Chile. The wingspan is 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is clear white with brownish markings with dark brown and blackish brown spots mainly along the edges. The hindwings are pale grey brown, but paler basally. Etymology The species name refers to the type locality. References Moths described in 2010 Euliini Moths of South America Taxa named by Józef Razowski Endemic fauna of Chile
41024234	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnett%20USD%20365	Garnett USD 365	Garnett USD 365 is a public unified school district headquartered in Garnett, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Garnett, Greeley, Westphalia, Welda, and nearby rural areas. History In 1971 voters in USD 365 defeated a $1.7 million bond issue to build a new high school on a 1,447 no to a 740 yes count. In 2008 Gordon Myers, the USD 365 superintendent, retired. Donald Blome, who had been the superintendent of Burlingame USD 454 school district, was hired as the new superintendent that year. Schools The school district operates the following schools: Anderson County High School in Garnett Garnett Elementary School in Garnett Greeley Elementary School in Greeley Mont Ida Elementary School in Welda Westphalia Elementary School in Westphalia See also Kansas State Department of Education Kansas State High School Activities Association List of high schools in Kansas List of unified school districts in Kansas References External links School districts in Kansas Education in Anderson County, Kansas
41024239	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Engler	Henry Engler	Henry Willy Engler Golovchenko (born 1946 in Paysandú) is a Uruguayan neuroscientist. Student at the University of the Republic, he obtained his BA-level degree in 1970. During the late 1960s and early 1970s he was a prominent member of the Tupamaros. For that reason he spent 13 years in jail during the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay. Later he emigrated to Sweden, where he obtained his PhD at the University of Uppsala. In 2002 he injected for the first time in healthy volunteers and Alzheimer's patients the substance PIB (Pittsburgh compound B) to detect amyloid plaques in the brain. The results were presented at the World Alzheimer's Conference in Stockholm. References 1946 births People from Paysandú Uruguayan people of Ukrainian descent Uruguayan people of German descent University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni Uppsala University alumni Uruguayan neuroscientists Uruguayan expatriates in Sweden Living people
41024247	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20off%20Zuwarah	Battle off Zuwarah	The Battle off Zuwarah (19/20 January 1943) was a naval night encounter during the Second World War. The battle took place in Libyan waters between the Royal Navy and the . An Italian flotilla of small minesweepers and auxiliary vessels evacuating Tripoli was destroyed by two British destroyers. Background On 15 January 1943, Kelvin and , blockading the port of Tripoli in Libya, had forced the to retire damaged and then sunk the 4,537 Gross register tonnage (GRT) D'Annunzio, a merchant ship trying to escape from Tripoli, on 15 January. On the night of 19/20 January, the British destroyers and patrolled off Zuwarah, Libya to cut off the escape of the last Italian ships from Tripoli. Prelude On the night of 19/20 January, the British destroyers Kelvin and Javelin patrolled off Zuwarah, Libya to cut off the escape of the last Italian ships from Tripoli. The Type 271 radar on Javelin detected ships heading towards the Tunisian coast from the direction of Tripoli. The ships were the Tripoli minesweeping flotilla (Lieutenant Giuseppe Di Bartolo), which had been ordered to leave the city for Tunisia and then to Italy, to avoid capture. The flotilla was made up of four small minesweeping tugs (RD 31, RD 36, RD 37 and RD 39, of which RD 36 and 37 had Italian crews); the trawler Scorfano (the largest ship in the convoy); the small tanker Irma; the auxiliary minesweepers DM 12 Guglielmo Marconi (a requisitioned brigantine); R 26 Angelo Musco and R 224 Cinzia (two former fishing vessels); the auxiliary patrol vessel V 66 Astrea (a motor sailing vessel) and the pump boat S. Barbara (towed by Scorfano). Battle Javelin and Kelvin moved to intercept the Italian ships and fired star shells to illuminate the ships. The British mistook the vessels for an Italian convoy. The Italians, under heavy fire, were able neither to fight back effectively (the RD minesweepers being armed with a 76 mm gun and two 6.5 mm machine-guns each, while the other ships carried only machine guns) nor to escape (having lower speed than the destroyers). RD 36, the flotilla leader, tried to cover the retreat of the other ships but was soon sunk with all hands. The other vessels, fleeing towards the coast to allow their crews to escape, were picked off one-by-one. RD 37 and Scorfano were sunk with no survivors; Marconi was set on fire but all of her crew escaped before she sank and Irma was finished off with a torpedo. Aftermath Analysis By the morning of 20 January, the flotilla had been annihilated. Kelvin had expended 300 rounds of her 4.7-inch guns and Javelin 500 rounds. Javelin and Kelvin quickly headed for Malta, where they arrived safely the next day. RD 36 and its crew were awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valour for the action against overwhelming odds. Casualties The Italians suffered casualties and the survivors either swam ashore or were picked up by Italian vessels the next day. Footnotes References Further reading Battle of the Tripoli Convoy 1943 in Italy Naval battles of World War II involving Italy Zuwarah Conflicts in 1943 January 1943 events
41024254	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive%20%28TV%20series%29	Beehive (TV series)	Beehive is a British sketch comedy series which was broadcast in 2008. It stars Australian comedian Sarah Kendall and British comedy actresses Alice Lowe, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, and Clare Thomson, who wrote much of the show's material. Producer Siobhan Rhodes stated prior to production that the show would be about funny women, who do not feature regularly on TV. The show also features Habib Nasib Nader and Jack Whitehall. Recurring sketches The politically incorrect South African flight attendants titled Air Afrikaans is a recurring sketch, as is a parody of Sex and the City. Reviews Initial reviews of Beehive praised the show's colourful costumes and inventive material, but the majority drew unfavourable comparisons with earlier all-female comedy show Smack the Pony. References External links 2008 British television series debuts 2008 British television series endings 2000s British comedy television series E4 sketch shows English-language television shows Television series by Banijay
41024261	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Bautista%20Aguirre	Juan Bautista Aguirre	Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (Daule, Ecuador, April 11, 1725 - Tivoli, Italy, June 15, 1786) was a notable poet and writer from colonial South America. He is considered one of the precursors of Hispanic and Ecuadorian poetry. Biography Aguirre was the son of the militia captain Carlos Aguirre Ponce de Solis and Teresa Carbo Cerezo, both from Guayaquil. He studied at the San Luis Seminary College in Quito, where he lived for thirty years (almost half of his life). In 1758 he entered the Society of Jesus. Aguirre taught in Quito at the San Gregorio Magno University until the Jesuits were expelled from Spanish America in 1767. On August 20 of that year he left South America from Guayaquil bound for Faenza, Italy, where the Jesuits of Quito had taken refuge. Once in Italy, Aguirre was the superior of the Jesuit convent school in Ravenna and rector of the college in Ferrara. After the Order of the Jesuits was terminated by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, he settled in Rome under the papacy of Pope Pius VI. He was a friend of the bishop of Tivoli, Monsignor Gregorio Bamaba Chiaramonti, future Pope Pius VII. Aguirre wrote poems of varying topics, including religious, moral, and love poems. 1725 births 1786 deaths People from Daule Canton Ecuadorian Jesuits Ecuadorian people of Basque descent Ecuadorian poets Ecuadorian male poets 18th-century Ecuadorian people 18th-century poets 18th-century male writers Jesuits expelled from the Americas
41024263	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honesty%20%28Editors%20song%29	Honesty (Editors song)	"Honesty" is a song by British post-punk revival band Editors. It was released digitally on 25 November 2013, as the third single to promote the band's fourth studio album, The Weight of Your Love. Composition "Honesty" was written by Edward Lay, Russell Leetch, Justin Lockey, Tom Smith and Elliott Williams. The song is a "string-driven midtempo ballad," and "a soaring, vulnerable number complete with Tom Smith's signature baritone vocals- and a touch of falsetto. The atmospheric track continues to build in momentum as it proceeds, telling the familiar tale of a broken heart atop an anthemic chorus, dramatic drums and spectacular strings." Music video A music video for the song, directed by Favourite Colour: Black, was released on 21 October 2013. It was filmed on 20 September 2013 around Soho and Shaftesbury Avenue in London. It features "a hen party, a young streetwise girl and a scary-looking vagrant." "It's all shot from my point of view, and I kind of encounter all these 'undesirables' along the way," said Editors' frontman Tom Smith in an interview with XFM. Track listing Charts References Editors (band) songs 2013 songs 2013 singles PIAS Recordings singles Songs written by Edward Lay Songs written by Russell Leetch Songs written by Tom Smith (musician) Songs written by Justin Lockey Songs written by Elliott Williams Song recordings produced by Jacquire King
41024306	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITS%20Group%20Corporation	CITS Group Corporation	The CITS Group Corporation () is a state-owned leisure and tourism corporation based in Beijing, China. With registered capital of , the group is one of the largest Chinese tourism enterprises. It is primarily engaged in travel services, duty-free trade and real estate development and management. Among its major subsidiaries include CITS Head Office, China Duty Free Group, CITS Real Estates, etc. The group is also the holding company of CITS Corporation Ltd, a domestically listed joint-stock corporation (). References Tourism in China Chinese companies established in 1954 2016 mergers and acquisitions
41024323	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act%20III%20Communications	Act III Communications	Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was started in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications to The Coca-Cola Company. In a Wall Street Journal interview in 1988, Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are always more than three acts and that he expects there to be an Act IV and V. Act III is Lear's business vehicle and is unconnected to his other activities as a political activist and philanthropist. Act III notable investments and ventures Among the many activities of Act III Communications is a minority interest in Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP); ownership interest in Concord Music Group (later merged with VRP to create Village Roadshow Entertainment Group); Act III Broadcasting; Act III Theatres; Act III Publishing; and Act III Television, a joint venture formed with Columbia Pictures Television in February 1989; and Act III Merchandising which handles the merchandising for The Princess Bride among other properties. Act III Broadcasting was divested for approximately $500 million in 1994/95 to ABRY Partners; Act III Theatres was divested to KKR in 1997 for just under $700 million, while Concord Music Group was divested in 2013 to Wood Creek Capital for $115 million. Act III/Lear continues to own the two Rob Reiner-directed films it produced, Stand By Me and The Princess Bride. Act III/Lear continues to hold an interest in Village Roadshow Pictures/Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. Village Roadshow Pictures Through a group led by Act III Communications, in January 2006, Norman Lear and his partner Hal Gaba purchased 50% of Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP), the Los Angeles-based, U.S. film production arm of Village Roadshow Limited, one of Australia's leading entertainment and media companies. Their entity, Crescent Film Group, included long-time associate Michael Lambert through Lambert Media Group and Clarity Partners as investors. Crescent invested $115 million for the interest in VRP. The Australian parent, Village Roadshow Limited (VRL) also operates movie theaters; film production and distribution in Australia; TV and Video distribution; radio stations; and theme parks including "Warner Movie World." VRP co-produces and/or co-finances 6-8 movies per year. Historically a long-term partner with Warner Brothers, VRP moved its distribution to Sony Pictures in 2014. VRP's library includes films such as The Great Gatsby, Winter's Tale, The Lego Movie, the Matrix trilogy, Miss Congeniality, Training Day, Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and others. This interest has been diluted with subsequent expansion and re-capitalizations of VRP but remains a significant interest for Act III. Village Roadshow Pictures used the $115 million invested by Crescent to repay an inter-company loan of $100 million owed to its parent company, as well as pay a $15 million dividend to the existing VRP shareholders and management. Concord Music Group Norman Lear is also chairman emeritus of the Concord Music Group (aka Concord Records), one of the world's largest independent record and music publishing companies, which was acquired by Lear and his associate Hal Gaba in 1999 and divested to Wood Creek Capital in 2013. Concord is one of the leading producers and distributors of classic and contemporary Jazz musicians and also owns the legendary Stax label, which it acquired in 2004 as part of the Fantasy Records acquisition. Concord was acquired as a labor of love at the urging of Lear's long-time associate and then-CEO of Act III Communications, Hal Gaba. Gaba was CEO of Act III from late 1990, when he succeeded Tom McGrath, until his death in 2009. Gaba had long dreamed of owning a record company, and in 1999, he developed the Concorde opportunity. The Concord Music Group had/has an extensive roster of household name artists that includes one of Gaba's favorite singers, who was also a personal friend - Frank Sinatra (Gaba produced a live tribute show regarding Frank Sinatra that included marrying archival film footage with live performances called Sinatra, His Voice, His World that played Radio City Music Hall). Other artists on Concord's labels include Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Sergio Mendes, and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Concord Records started a relationship with Starbucks in 2003 that reached a high point with the release of Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles' last recording. The album went on to win 8 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In early 2007, Concord and Starbucks launched a joint venture record label – Hear Music. With guaranteed distribution at thousands of Starbucks stores, the label attracted Paul McCartney, who left EMI for the new label. James Taylor, John Mellencamp, and Joni Mitchell all recorded for Hear Music before the partnership was terminated by Starbucks, which was reacting to the general decline in physical sales of recorded music that made the label unprofitable. Village Roadshow Entertainment Group In 2008, Concord Music Group merged into Village Roadshow Pictures to form Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG). Investors in VREG included the shareholders of Crescent as shown above, as well as Australia's Village Roadshow Limited and Tailwind Capital.Concord Music Group was sold to Wood Creek Capital, an affiliate of Mass Mutual Insurance in 2013 for approximately $115 million. Film productions Stand by Me (1986) - distributed by Columbia Pictures The Princess Bride (1987) - distributed by 20th Century Fox Breaking In (1989) - distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company Pyrates (1991) - distributed by Act III Communications Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) - distributed by Universal Pictures Theater productions Arsenic and Old Lace (play, comedy, revival) - produced by Act III Productions (June 26, 1986 - January 03, 1987), starring Jean Stapleton and Tony Roberts; opened on Broadway following a national tour Television productions Sunday Dinner - (1991) CBS (6 episodes) The Powers That Be - (1992-1993) NBC (21 episodes) 704 Hauser - (1994) CBS (6 episodes) Channel Umptee-3 (animated) - (1997-1998) WB (13 episodes) Tait Stages - (2013) AXS TV (13 episodes) America Divided (miniseries) - (2016) EPIX (5 episodes) One Day at a Time - (2017-2020) Netflix/Pop (46 episodes) Shareholders Act III was initially formed by Lear as a 100% controlled investment and management vehicle for his post-Embassy Communications business activities. In January 1989, Tractebel S.A., a large Belgian utility company with interests in Cable TV in Europe, acquired a 20% equity stake in Act III Communications for $30 million, placing a value on the start-up venture's equity of $150 million. Tractebel was headed by Baron Philippe Bodson, who oversaw the formation of Tractebell from the merger of Tractionel and Electrobel. Société Générale de Belgique (SGB) holds 50.3% of Tractebel's stock. SGB, Belgium's largest holding company, is in turn controlled by France's Suez-Lyonnaise, the holding giant formed by the merger of Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux in early 1997. Tractebel sold its shares back to Act III and related parties in 1991. References External links 1985 establishments in the United States Mass media companies established in 1985 Mass media companies of the United States Norman Lear
41024331	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%20hammerhead	Carolina hammerhead	The Carolina hammerhead (Sphyrna gilberti) is a species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae, found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Their pupping grounds are in nearshore waters off the southeastern U.S. with the highest concentrations found in Bulls Bay, South Carolina. The Carolina hammerhead has also been found in nearshore waters off of Brazil. It was formally described in 2013. It is currently classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List due to overfishing and habitat degradation. Little is known about the habits of the species. It is a sister species to S. lewini. The Carolina hammerhead is named in honor of Carter Gilbert, who unknowingly recorded the first known specimen of the shark off Charleston, South Carolina, in 1967. Dr. Gilbert, who was the curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961–1998, caught what he believed was an anomalous scalloped hammerhead shark with 10 fewer vertebrae than a typical scalloped hammerhead. It was not confirmed to be a different species altogether until Quattro's discovery in 2013. References Carolina hammerhead Natural history of South Carolina Carolina hammerhead
41024343	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Blakey	Donald Blakey	Donald A. Blakey (born February 5, 1936, in Washington, D.C.) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives representing District 34. Education Blakey earned his BS in physical education from Delaware State College (now Delaware State University), his MA from University of Maryland, College Park, and his PhD in theatre arts from Pacific Western University (now California Miramar University). Elections 2012 Blakey was unopposed for the September 11, 2012 Republican Primary and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 5,680 votes (56.7%) against Democratic nominee Theodore Yacucci and Independent Party of Delaware candidate Douglas Beatty. 2006 When Republican Representative Gerald Buckworth retired and left the District 34 seat open, Blakey was unopposed for the September 12, 2006 Republican Primary and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 3,560 votes (56.1%) against Democratic nominee M. Jeanine Kleimo. 2008 Blakey was unopposed for the September 9, 2008 Republican Primary and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 6,229 votes (61.3%) against Democratic nominee G. Bruce Hamilton. 2010 Blakey was unopposed for the September 17, 2010 Republican Primary and won the four-way November 2, 2010 General election with 5,015 votes (61.7%) against Democratic nominee Jill Fuchs, Independent Party of Delaware candidate Johnathan Marango, and Independent Michael Tedesco. References External links Official page at the Delaware General Assembly Campaign site 1936 births Living people African-American state legislators in Delaware California Miramar University alumni Delaware State University alumni Delaware State University faculty Republican Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives People from Dover, Delaware Politicians from Washington, D.C. University of Maryland, College Park alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people
41024376	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotophaeus%20blackwalli	Scotophaeus blackwalli	Scotophaeus blackwalli, also known as the mouse spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Gnaphosidae. It is a ground spider and does not create webs. Instead it hunts for insects and other spiders at night and uses its enlarged spinnerets to produce a sticky silk to subdue its prey. It is also an opportunistic scavenger. Females also use their silk to build protective nests for their eggs. Description The adult males of these spiders reach 9mm in length, maturing in the early summer, while females reach 12mm, and can be found until autumn. The carapace is dark brown while the abdomen is brown/grey with hairs resembling the body of a mouse, hence the common name of 'mouse spider'. The legs are brown with thick pubescence. The male has a small scutum on the dorsum of the abdomen. Distribution and habitat Scotophaeus blackwalli is native to Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey and Iran. It has been introduced to North America, Peru, and Hawaii. It is commonly found around and inside houses in Britain, usually in the Autumn, and also under bark and in holes in walls in warmer parts of Europe. It hunts nocturnally. Subspecies Scotophaeus blackwalli isabellinus (Simon, 1873) — Corsica, Italy, Croatia Scotophaeus blackwalli politus (Simon, 1878) — France References External links Scotophaeus blackwalli, Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme Gnaphosidae Spiders of Europe Spiders of West Asia Spiders described in 1871
41024385	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20May%20%28barge%29	Edith May (barge)	Edith May is a wooden Thames sailing barge built in Harwich, Essex, in 1906. She was used to carry various cargoes (mainly grain) until 1952, when a diesel engine was fitted, after which she was used in various Thames Sailing Barge matches, winning several. She was a museum ship for a time, and was restored in 2010 to offer charter trips on the River Medway. Her winter moorings are at Lower Halstow, where she opens during the weekend as a tearoom. History The Thames sailing barge Edith May was built for her original owners, William Barrett of 153 Mornington Road, Leytonstone, Essex and her first skipper was Captain Howard. She was then sold to Alfred Sully (also known as G.F. Sully based in London), who managed the barge from just after the First World War. They owned many Thames sailing barges at that time, with Edith May the smallest barge. The barge continued in the ownership of Sully's throughout her working life, carrying cereal products, wheat, barley etc. between East Anglia and London. Her largest cargo was 133 tons of wheat (from Manitoba, Canada), but more typically she would carry around 120 tons. In 1952 an auxiliary engine was fitted (a Ford diesel engine of 120 hp). In 1953, she won the Thames Barge Sailing match under the skippership of Chubb Horlock. It was believed to be the Coronation Match of that year. In September 1957, she was converted into a motor barge at Colchester. Then Vernon Harvey bought the barge from trade and she was re-rigged with the gear from the famous racing barge, Veronica when her career ended in 1963. Regarded as a latter day racing Queen, the Edith May dominated the Sailing Barge Matches of the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s and to this day her reputation is still revered amongst bargemen. After 1961, she was re-rigged by Jack Spitty (an Essex-born barge skipper) for the owner. In January 1961, she operated as a motor barge, skippered by Bob Childs, a local bargeman. Bob in his retirement, wrote the book Rochester Barges. In 1971, Jack Spitty (aged 79) also won the Blackwater Sailing barge race. She was sold and moved to Liverpool during the 1980s (to become a museum ship) before returning to Maldon in 1987.Sea Breezes Publications August 2011. To operate as a charter barge. She sat in St Katharine Docks, London (while owned by Roger Angus), for several years and was not maintained very well. Then on 7 October 1999 she was bought by Geoff Gransden who moved her to Lower Halstow on the River Medway. Current usage In September 2009, a sail maker began measuring up for new sails. On 21 November 2009, she was open to the public for an exhibition of local artists (from the Medway area). She then opened to the public every weekend after that date. In January 2010, she was award a sustainability grant of £1500 for her sails, which was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships. She held a launch party on Saturday 10 July 2010. In 2010, she attended the Rochester Sweeps and Charles Dickens Festivals. In 2011 she was featured in Yachting Monthly, under the title 'An Essex girl back in the groove'. In April 2012, she became the Flagship of the Year 2012 and awarded £1,000 from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK. Martyn Heighton,(Director, National Historic Ships UK) was quoted In September 2012, the 82nd Thames Sailing Barge Match took place. Cambria won and Edith May came fifth behind Thalatta, Lady of the Lea and Pudge. The Edith May team were delighted to receive the Flagship award from National Historic Ships at their presentation ceremony aboard on Wednesday 24 October 2012. The Princess Royal handed out the certificate, complimenting the barge on a very busy season. In 2013 another Thames Barge Match took place. Edith May battled among nine other barges in various classes, coming second in the Champion staysail class. She sails from Rochester, Chatham, Queenborough and Lower Halstow (which is also her Winter mooring point). Since 2007, the Edith May has hosted a popular weekend tea-room. Media In 1966, Jack Spitty became the Skipper in several matches. Anglia Television produced a programme about Jack Spitty and his barge Edith May as part of the Bygones series. In April 2012, Edith May was selected for Avenue of Sail in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on 3 June 2012. According to Guinness World Records, this was the largest ever parade of boats, surpassing the previous record of 327 vessels. In 2016, Lower Halstow creek and the Barge is featured in the Wonder Woman film, pretending to be a location in Belgium. Gallery References External links Thames Barge Edith May at Lower Halstow Thames sailing barges 1906 ships Individual sailing vessels Ships built in Harwich Transport on the River Thames Sailing ships of the United Kingdom Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels
41024386	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20volume%20method%20for%20unsteady%20flow	Finite volume method for unsteady flow	Unsteady flows are characterized as flows in which the properties of the fluid are time dependent. It gets reflected in the governing equations as the time derivative of the properties are absent. For Studying Finite-volume method for unsteady flow there is some governing equations > Governing Equation The conservation equation for the transport of a scalar in unsteady flow has the general form as is density and is conservative form of all fluid flow, is the Diffusion coefficient and is the Source term. is Net rate of flow of out of fluid element(convection), is Rate of increase of due to diffusion, is Rate of increase of due to sources. is Rate of increase of of fluid element(transient), The first term of the equation reflects the unsteadiness of the flow and is absent in case of steady flows. The finite volume integration of the governing equation is carried out over a control volume and also over a finite time step ∆t. The control volume integration of the steady part of the equation is similar to the steady state governing equation's integration. We need to focus on the integration of the unsteady component of the equation. To get a feel of the integration technique, we refer to the one-dimensional unsteady heat conduction equation. Now, holding the assumption of the temperature at the node being prevalent in the entire control volume, the left side of the equation can be written as By using a first order backward differencing scheme, we can write the right hand side of the equation as Now to evaluate the right hand side of the equation we use a weighting parameter between 0 and 1, and we write the integration of Now, the exact form of the final discretised equation depends on the value of . As the variance of is 0< <1, the scheme to be used to calculate depends on the value of the Thus\\ Different Schemes 1. Explicit Scheme in the explicit scheme the source term is linearised as . We substitute to get the explicit discretisation i.e.: where . One thing worth noting is that the right side contains values at the old time step and hence the left side can be calculated by forward matching in time. The scheme is based on backward differencing and its Taylor series truncation error is first order with respect to time. All coefficients need to be positive. For constant k and uniform grid spacing, this condition may be written as This inequality sets a stringent condition on the maximum time step that can be used and represents a serious limitation on the scheme. It becomes very expensive to improve the spatial accuracy because the maximum possible time step needs to be reduced as the square of 2. Crank-Nicolson scheme : the Crank-Nicolson method results from setting . The discretised unsteady heat conduction equation becomes Where Since more than one unknown value of T at the new time level is present in equation the method is implicit and simultaneous equations for all node points need to be solved at each time step. Although schemes with including the Crank-Nicolson scheme, are unconditionally stable for all values of the time step it is more important to ensure that all coefficients are positive for physically realistic and bounded results. This is the case if the coefficient of satisfies the following condition which leads to the Crank-Nicolson is based on central differencing and hence is second order accurate in time. The overall accuracy of a computation depends also on the spatial differencing practice, so the Crank-Nicolson scheme is normally used in conjunction with spatial central differencing 3. Fully implicit Scheme when the value of Ѳ is set to 1 we get the fully implicit scheme. The discretised equation is: Both sides of the equation contain temperatures at the new time step, and a system of algebraic equations must be solved at each time level. The time marching procedure starts with a given initial field of temperatures . The system of equations is solved after selecting time step . Next the solution is assigned to and the procedure is repeated to progress the solution by a further time step. It can be seen that all coefficients are positive, which makes the implicit scheme unconditionally stable for any size of time step. Since the accuracy of the scheme is only first-order in time, small time steps are needed to ensure the accuracy of results. The implicit method is recommended for general purpose transient calculations because of its robustness and unconditional stability References Computational fluid dynamics
41024389	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski%20skins	Ski skins	Climbing skins are strips that attach to the bottom of Nordic, alpine touring or randonnée skis to help while ascending backcountry slopes. They are designed to be removed for skiing downhill. They are typically attached to the skis via a loop on the ski tip, a hook on the tail, and adhesive on the base of the skin. They are called skins because they resemble sealskin, from which the first ski skins were made. They are typically made from nylon or mohair or a combination thereof, and are designed to let the ski slide forward on snow but not backward. They are usually narrower than the ski to allow the ski edges to get a grip. Some ski resorts permit skinning. History Various ethnic groups living in the Arctic regions created a means of transportation across the ice and snow surfaces of their regions, with innovations such as the ski. Attuned to maximizing the use of their materials, one outcome of their innovation was the use of animal skins to gain traction in traveling. As these groups were nomadic, the technology of skis for transportation was integral to continual movement across the region, as well as in maximizing transportation speed while reducing energy expenditure. Materials Common materials for manufacturing skins are mohair and nylon. Mohair normally glides better on the forward movement, but provides less grip compared to nylon skins. Mohair skins also tend to pack lighter and easier. Nylon on the other hand has increased durability, especially when used in harsher, icier snow conditions, or on rocks. Depending on regional snow conditions, skiers will tend to prefer one or the other. As a rule of thumb, if snow in the region is softer and more powdery, mohair is preferred. In regions where icy conditions are more likely, nylon is normally the preferred choice. Some companies sell mixed skins using mohair and nylon fibers on the same skin. See also Ski touring References External links Nordic skiing Skiing equipment
41024408	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now%20You%20See%20Me%2C%20Now%20You%20Don%27t%20%28album%29	Now You See Me, Now You Don't (album)	Now You See Me, Now You Don't is the 25th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in August 1982. The album is largely a mix of lightly veiled and more overtly gospel-message tracks, together with a few non-gospel tracks. It reached No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart, No. 1 in Denmark, No. 21 in Australia and No. 19 in New Zealand. It was certified Gold in the UK. The lead single from the album, "The Only Way Out" was released in July 1982, reaching No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart. With this foundation, the album peaked at No. 4 on its debut in early September, matching the chart placing of Richard's previous two studio albums. Follow-up single "Where Do We Go from Here" was released in September, but stalled at No. 60. In Germany, "It Has to Be You, It Has to Be Me" was released as a single instead, and reached number 36 in a five-week chart run. Late in November, "Little Town" was lifted from the album to become Richard's first Christmas song to be released as a single. It reached No. 11 in the UK in December. Background Richard first went public about his Christian faith in June 1966. The following year he released Good News, his first album of traditional gospel songs. It mixed rock-tinged American gospel with traditional hymn performances. Richard followed it up with further gospel and Christian albums intermingled between releases of his mainstream pop albums, About that Man (primarily spoken-word, 1970), His Land (a film soundtrack, 1970), Help it Along (a live album, 1974) and Small Corners (his second studio gospel album, 1978). Richard had also begun intermingling gospel tracks into some of his mainstream pop albums, starting with "Such is the Mystery" on his 1976 album I'm Nearly Famous, and continuing on 1977's Every Face Tells a Story. From then on, more gospel songs that he considered to be musically high-calibre became available to him; he included three gospel songs on his 1981 album Wired for Sound. For his 1982 follow-up album (which became Now You See Me, Now You Don't), Richard planned a fully-fledged gospel album. He chose to produce it together with Craig Pruess. A quote from Pruess identifies two particular goals Richard had in mind for the album: "He wanted this album to be more heavyweight and wanted to break away from the pop sound. He approached it to prove a point. He didn't want his gospel albums to be regarded as inferior to his other albums. He felt they could be as good as anything else he did. He wanted to fuse his beliefs and his enthusiasm with his professional life." The resultant album is not made up entirely of overtly gospel songs though, and has been described as a "gospel album in disguise" in the liner notes of the 2002 digitally remastered CD re-release. In reflection on the album, Richard himself said "I knew people would say the album is neither one thing nor the other. But it was very satisfying for me not to have to divide my musical tastes in two and produce an album simply offering music that I enjoyed." The track "Thief in the Night" was originally recorded by Christian trio Nutshell on their 1979 album Believe It or Not. Richard also went on to record an orchestral version of the song with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for his 1983 live album Dressed for the Occasion and later included it on his 1985 CCM compilation album Walking in the Light. Critical reception Billboard magazine in 1982 gave a positive albeit brief review of the album, saying "Richard has made some of the best pop singles of recent years, and several cuts here are worthy to join that list." It went on to describe the album as "[continuing] the pattern of his recent LPs, concentrating on sleek, buoyant pop tracks that bristle with excitement. There are also a few ballads for balance, including two traditional pieces - 'The Water is Wide' and 'Little Town,' where a new melody was put to the Christmas favourite 'Oh Little Town of Bethlehem'." Track listing Side one "The Only Way Out" (Ray Martinez) – 3:20 "First Date" (Aleksander John, Nicholas Battle) – 3:33 "Thief in the Night" (Paul Field) – 3:50 "Where Do We Go from Here" (Chris Eaton) – 2:53 "Son of Thunder" (Mart Jenner, John Perry) – 3:58 "Little Town" (Traditional; lyrics by Phillips Brooks, music by Chris Eaton) – 4:03 Side two "It Has to Be You, It Has to Be Me" (David Cooke, Paul Field) – 4:17 "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional; arranged by Cliff Richard and Craig Pruess) – 3:50 "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" (Aleksander John, Stephen Turner) – 3:00 "Be in My Heart" (John Perry) – 4:38 "Discovering" (Chris Eaton) – 4:50 Bonus tracks (2002 re-issue) "Under the Influence" (Garth Hewitt) – 2:49 (from the B-side of "The Only Way Out" single, 1982) "Love and a Helping Hand" (Cliff Richard) – 3:06 (from the B-side of "Little Town" single, 1982) "You, Me and Jesus" (Cliff Richard) – 2:17 (from the B-side of "Little Town" single, 1982) Personnel As per the album liner notes: Cliff Richard – lead and backing vocals Mart Jenner, Paul Westwood, Bill Roberts – electric guitar John Clark – electric and acoustic guitars Mark Griffiths, Andy Pask – bass guitar Graham Todd – acoustic piano, electric piano Dave Cooke – Oberheim OB-X synthesizer Graham Jarvis – drum kit, cymbals, toms Craig Pruess – acoustic piano, synthesizers, electronic percussion, sequencers and autoharp Mel Collins – saxophone Paul Hart – electric violin Peter Skellern – acoustic piano Mo Foster – fretless bass Dave Mattacks – drum kit Backing vocals – Tony Rivers, Nigel Perrin Solo vocal on "Little Town" – Nigel Perrin The Mike Sammes Singers (on "Be In My Heart") – Mike Sammes, Enid Heard, Valerie Bain, Carole Allum, Angela Young, Michael Clarke, Danny Street and Tom Saffery Orchestra on "Little Town" Conductor – Martyn Ford Arrangement – Craig Pruess Vocal arrangement – Tony Rivers Dave Arnold – tympani, chimes Trumpets – John Wilbraham, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Paul Cosh, Ted Hobart, Michael Laird, Gerry Ruddock, Mark Emney and Simon Ferguson French horns – Jeff Bryant, John Pigneevy, Chris Larkin, John Rooke, Robin Davies and Phillip Eastop Bass trombones – Geoff Perkins and Steve Saunders Tenor trombones – John Iveson, Dave Purser, Michael Hext, David Whitson, Paul Beer and Roger Brenner Double basses – Ian Anderson, Michael Brittain and Chris Laurence Production Recorded at EMI Abbey Road during September 1981 (Engineer John Walker assisted by Tony Richards). Strawberry Studios during January 1982 (Engineer John Walker assisted by Steve Cook). Strawberry Studios during March and April 1982 (Engineer Keith Bessey assisted by Steve Cook). EMI Abbey Road March 25 and 26 1982 for the orchestra (Engineer John Kurlander). Mixed at The Townhouse, April and May 1982 (Engineer Keith Bessey assisted by Howard Grey) Mastered by Gordon Vicary and Keith Bessey at The Townhouse. Charts and certifications Charts Certifications External links Magazine article: Cliff Richard - music making and his latest LP 'Now You See Me... Now You Don't' by Mike Beecher, December 1982, Electronics & Music Maker archive at mu:zines Retrospective review: From Mainstream to CCM: Cliff Richard's Story by Philips Mayaab, 3 March 2019, ccmclassic.com, New Hope Management References 1982 albums Cliff Richard albums EMI Records albums Contemporary Christian music albums by English artists Albums recorded at Strawberry Studios
41024412	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Glose	Bill Glose	Bill Glose (born Riverside, California) is an American journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He is best known for winning the 2001 F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award and for writing Half a Man, a poetry collection about his Gulf War experience. Personal life Born into a US Air Force family, Bill Glose spent much of his childhood on military bases in foreign countries—Japan, then Okinawa, then England. His father, John Glose, was a fighter-bomber pilot who flew an F4 Phantom during the Vietnam War. In 1979, John was stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton Roads and ever since Bill has called Virginia his home. Glose graduated from Virginia Tech in 1989 with a BS in Civil Engineering. After graduation, Glose was commissioned as an Army officer and paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. He commanded a rifle platoon in combat during the Gulf War and later commanded a Delta (anti-tank) platoon. He earned Airborne, Ranger, Jumpmaster and Combat Infantryman badges during his military career. After he got out of the Army in 1995, Glose spent three years working in factories in Chicago and Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1998, he walked away from his production career to become a full-time writer. In 2009, Glose began a walk across Virginia that would eventually zigzag through every region in the state, cross each of the six state borders (including Washington DC), and eventually cover over 1,500 miles. The start point was the First Landing Monument in Virginia Beach and the endpoint was the Cumberland Gap in Tennessee. Among his many adventures during this walk he petted a full-grown buffalo, kissed a fawn on the mouth, rode on the country's last pole-driven ferry, jumped off a cliff into a water-filled quarry, and participated in a world-record-setting skinny dip at a naturist resort. Writing career As a freelancer, Bill Glose has written hundreds of articles and essays for The Writer, The Sun (magazine), Southern Arts Journal, and numerous other publications. During the 1999 college football season he wrote for The Pigskin Post as their Big East correspondent. That same year, he began reviewing books for The Virginian-Pilot, which led to his position as a contributing editor at Virginia Living (March 2003-April 2020). In 2005, Glose became a feature writer for Super Lawyers magazine, interviewing and writing profiles about top national lawyers. He has also worked as a technical writer for Newport News Shipbuilding and as a writing coach with Professional English, where he coached NASA scientists, business managers and students. Glose has also written many short stories and poems for Rattle (magazine), Narrative Magazine, and The Missouri Review, among others. In describing his stance on writing in many genres, he said, “Articles are my meat and potatoes; fiction and poetry, the dessert.” His fiction has been published in four countries (United States, Canada, England, Ireland) and has won numerous awards. In 2000, he launched the literary journal Virginia Adversaria, serving as its publisher and editor-in-chief. One of his highlights during the journal's three-year existence was publishing a short story, “The Cherry Man,” by Khaled Hosseini before Hosseini became internationally famous. From 2015 to 2016, Glose served as the Vice President for the Eastern Region of the Poetry Society of Virginia and from 2020 to 2023, he served as the Society's President Pro Tempore. Garrison Keillor selected Glose as the featured poet on The Writer's Almanac for July 1, 2017 Glose has written extensively about his and other veterans' combat experiences. His Lit Hub essay, After Combat, Writing the Horrific Stories of War, details his process of writing fiction about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2021, his fifth book of poetry, Postscript to War, was a finalist for the Library of Virginia Award for Poetry. In 2022, St. Martin's Press published Glose's All the Ruined Men, a collection of linked short stories about veterans facing difficulties at home after years of war. The Millions named All the Ruined Men one of the most anticipated books of the second half of 2022. and in 2023, All the Ruined Men, won the Library of Virginia Award for Fiction. Awards 2023 Winner of The Library of Virginia Award for Fiction 2020 Winner of The Dateline Award for Excellence in Journalism (Trade Journal category) 2020 Winner of The Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award 2019 Winner of The Robert Bausch Fiction Award 2019 Winner of Missouri Humanities Council Award for Veteran's Poetry 2018 Winner of The Heroes' Voices Poetry Contest 2017 Winner of Missouri Humanities Council Award for Veteran's Interviews 2016 Winner of the October Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge (Artist's Choice) 2016 Winner of Missouri Humanities Council Award for Veteran's Poetry 2011 Daily Press Poet Laureate 2008 West Virginia Poetry Society Morgantown Chapter Award 2004 Virginia Press Association First Place Award for Sports News Writing 2001 F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award First place awards from Poetry Society of Virginia for: The Bess Gresham Memorial (2020); The Sarah Lockwood Memorial (2019); The Charlotte Wise Memorial (2019); The Honoring Fatherhood Award (2017, 2018); The Judah, Sarah, Grace and Tom Memorial (2018); The Raymond Levi Haislip Memorial Award (2017); The "Handy Andy" Prize (2017); The Nancy Byrd Turner Memorial Award (2016) Books All the Ruined Men. St. Martin's Press. 2022. Postscript to War. Main Street Rag Press. 2020. Virginia Walkabout. San Francisco Bay Press. 2018. Personal Geography. David Robert Books. 2016. Half a Man. FutureCycle Press. 2013. Ten Twisted Tales (as editor). San Francisco Bay Press. 2008. The Human Touch. San Francisco Bay Press. 2007. Chapbooks Memory of Spring. Orchard Street Press. 2021. Child of the Movies. Finishing Line Press. 2019. Reviews Publishers Weekly: “Glose writes knowingly about the emotions that assault soldiers coming home from a combat zone and confronting a world that no longer makes sense... This sterling collection stands with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried.” Kirkus Reviews: “Glose adds his impressive voice to those of writers like Kevin Powers and Phil Klay...A collection of painfully honest and consistently empathetic glimpses of modern American soldiers in war and peace.” Richard B. Myers (General, USAF, Ret. 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff): “Bill Glose's poetry brings the last 12 years of war in the Middle East and Central Asia into sharp focus. He elicits all the many emotions that a soldier experiences and allows us a rare glimpse into how the people fighting and those caught up in conflict see war. Everyone will learn from this work.” Jackie Mohan: “Virginia is in good hands as Glose's well-honed expertise with language and lyricism takes the reader on a journey across the state. While some poems ruminate on nature more generally, his poems are strongest when he describes the quirks and histories of specific locations, from Tangier Island to the James River to Norfolk, such as how Norfolk got its mermaids. His poems also tell the stories of the people he encountered along his way, from notable figures of times long gone, such as Capt. John Smith, to the lives of Virginians today.” Lyn C. A. Gardner: “This accomplished collection by a Hampton Roads' poet touches both the horrors and wonders of human life, providing philosophical reflections about life and relationships and taking the time to understand and empathize with both strangers and family. Starting from his own encounters but reaching far beyond them, Bill Glose succeeds admirably at the difficult task of making the poet's specific, personal experience universal.” References External links The Writer's Almanac, The Writer's Almanac, 1 July 2017. Cutting to the Bones, “Chris Rice Cooper”. 27 May 2014. New works from Tidewater poets, The Daily Press. 21 October 2013 Author Spotlight: Bill Glose, Amoskeag: The Literary Journal of Southern New Hampshire University. 17 October 2012 New Literary Magazine Showcases Local Talent, The Daily Press, 19 August 2000 Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male journalists United States Army personnel of the Gulf War 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets American fiction writers United States Army officers 20th-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American male writers
41024429	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Bancroft	Mary Bancroft	Mary Bancroft (October 29, 1903, Boston – January 10, 1997, New York City) was an American novelist and spy and a member of the Bancroft family, which at one time owned Dow Jones & Company. In 1942, while living in Switzerland, Bancroft was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, and both worked and had a romantic relationship with Allen Dulles. Her most important work was with Hans Bernd Gisevius, a German military intelligence officer who supplied her with details of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. After the war, Bancroft settled in New York and became a novelist. Life Bancroft was born in Boston to Mary (Cogan) and Hugh Bancroft. Her mother died from an air embolism shortly after giving birth to Mary. Her father married Jane Wallis Waldron Barron in 1907 and Mary was raised her step-grandfather Clarence W. Barron. Bancroft studied at Smith College in Massachusetts, but dropped out after a year. From 1926 to 1932, Mary Bancroft resided in New York City, New York and spent some of that time attending socials at the apartment of her friend from Massachusetts, Ruth Forbes Paine, and Paine's husband, George Lyman Paine Jr. After divorcing her first husband Sherwin Badger she went on a boat trip to Europe in summer 1933 together with her still married - but now separated - friend, Ruth Forbes Paine known more simply as Ruth Paine, where she met a Swiss accountant, Jean Rufenacht, who became her second husband. She moved to Zurich, Switzerland in 1934, where she learned excellent French and German, and became a close friend and student of Carl Jung, who cured her of chronic attacks of sneezing. Following the US entry into World War II, Bancroft was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, although she was not initially aware of the fact, being asked by a US Embassy contact to write analyses of German policy based on German public sources for Swiss and American newspapers. She was then introduced to Allen Dulles in Zurich in December 1942 and went on to have a romantic relationship with him, based on Dulles' proposition that "We can let the work cover the romance, and the romance cover the work." Dulles assigned Bancroft to work with Hans Bernd Gisevius, a German military intelligence officer who supplied her with details of the planned 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler; Bancroft soon developed a romantic relationship with Gisevius too. After the war, with her relationship with Dulles cooling, Bancroft became close friends with Dulles' wife Clover, who told her she was aware of their relationship and approved. She remained close friends with Clover until the latter's death in 1974. After the war Bancroft settled in New York and became close friends with Henry Luce. She became "a leading champion of Jung's psychology in the United States", lecturing on the subject and publishing articles in academic journals. She also published several novels in the 1950s, and an autobiography in 1983. Books Upside Down in the Magnolia Tree. Little, Brown (1952) The Inseparables. Little, Brown (1958) Autobiography of a Spy. New York: William Morrow (1983). . References External links Papers of Mary Bancroft, 1862-1997. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. 1903 births 1997 deaths People of the Office of Strategic Services Novelists from Boston American women novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers
41024452	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaya%20VSP%204000%20series	Avaya VSP 4000 series	The Avaya Virtual Services Platform 4000 series (VSP 4000) are products that, in computer networking terms, are standalone switch/routers (layer 2/layer 3) designed and manufactured by Avaya for Ethernet-based networks. The VSP 4000 hardware is a derivative of the earlier Ethernet routing switch 4000 series, leveraging certain shared components, but implementing a new, completely different, operating system derived from the virtual service platform 9000 series. The role of the VSP 4000 is to extend fabric-based network virtualization services to smaller, remote locations, thereby creating a single service delivery network. The VSP 4000 offers a range of network virtualization services that are based on Avaya's extended implementation of Shortest Path Bridging; marketed as the 'Avaya VENA Fabric Connect' technology. The first software release supports: Layer 2 virtualized services that extend VLANs across the fabric (including across subnets and long distances) Layer 3 virtualized services that interconnect and extend VRFs across the fabric Native routing between layer 2 and layer 3 virtualized services for access to shared services IP shortcut routing that enables direct layer 3 connectivity between individual end-points without requiring deployment of an additional IGP (e.g. OSPF). These capabilities are positioned are supporting the following deployment scenarios: Virtualized small and mid-sized Enterprise Distributed enterprise Deployments would be made to facilitate the following business situations: End-to-end traffic separation for multi-tenancy or for security / regulatory compliance (i.e. PCI DSS) Integrated video surveillance History The first VSP 4000 models were made available in April 2013. The first models delivered in the series were: VSP 4850GTS, a 1RU Layer 2/Layer 3 Switch that is equipped with 48 x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports (including two common Uplink ports offering SFP connectivity) plus 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports that feature SFP+ physical connectivity. VSP 4850GTS-PWR+, a similar product the VSP 4850GTS, with the addition of supporting 802.3at Power-over-Ethernet Plus (PoE+) on the copper ports. VSP 4850GTS-DC, a similar product the VSP 4850GTS, but with DC power instead of AC. In June 2014, a further model was added: VSP 4450GSX-PWR+, a 1RU Layer 2/Layer 3 Switch that is equipped with 36 x 1000BASE-SFP ports, 12 x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports that support 802.3at PoE+, plus 2 x 10GBASE-SFP+ Ethernet ports (that also support Gigabit SFPs). See also Avaya Government Solutions Stackable switch Terabit Ethernet References External links Avaya Virtual Services Platform 4000 Series Fact Sheet Avaya VSP 4000 Network architecture
41024472	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities%2C%20towns%20and%20locations%20in%20Bardhaman%20district	Cities, towns and locations in Bardhaman district	The cities, towns and locations in Bardhaman district, a former district in West Bengal, India, are divided among six subdivisions, which contain 2 municipal corporations, 9 municipalities and 31 community development blocks. The community development blocks in turn contain census towns and out-growths, as well as rural areas. Bardhaman district has 70 official urban units and many other smaller towns and villages. As of 2001 the total population was 6,919,698, of which 4,347,275 was rural and 2,572,423 was urban. The total area was of which was rural and was urban. Subdivisions Subdivisions contain Municipal Corporations and Municipalities, classified as urban, and predominantly rural community development blocks. The subdivisions as of 2001 were: Community development blocks and municipal areas Subdivisions are divided into community development blocks and municipal areas (M). Community development blocks contain Census Towns and Out Growths, which are classified as urban, and rural areas. The community development blocks and municipal areas as of 2001 were: Urban units Urban units include Municipal Corporations (MC), Municipalities (M), Census Towns (CT) and Out Growths (OG), As of 2001 they were: Other locations Other villages include Amgoria, Badulia, Bamshore, Channa village, Charanpur, Gangpur, Gonna Serandi, Jhamatpur, Kaigram, Kasba, Kuara, Kumirkola, Majida, Muidhara, Pahalanpur, Paharhati, Palitpur, Panchula, Putsuri, Routhgram, Sankari, Srikhanda, Uchalan and Udaypur Kalna Burdwan. References Purba Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district
41024482	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagen%20Lighthouse	Skagen Lighthouse	Skagen Lighthouse (), also known as Skagen's Grey Lighthouse (Det Grå Fyr), is an active lighthouse northeast of Skagen in the far north of Jutland, Denmark. Designed by architect Niels Sigfred Nebelong, it was brought into operation on 1 November 1858. Description Skagen's first lighthouse, the White Lighthouse (Det Hvide Fyr), designed by Philip de Lange and completed in 1747, was the first lighthouse in Denmark to be built in brick. The Skagen Lighthouse which replaced it consists of an unpainted round brick tower with a lantern and gallery, reaching a height of . The two-storey keeper's house to which it is attached is painted bright yellow. When it was built it was more or less at the centre of the Skagen Odde peninsula, but as a result of coastal erosion, it is now very near the Kattegat coast to the southeast. The lighthouse has a two-tonne rotating lens resting on mercury. Originally there was a five-wicked paraffin lamp which was successively replaced with a 1000-watt then a 1500-watt electric lamp. Today there is a 400-watt sodium lamp which every four seconds can be seen up to away. Until 1952, Skagen Lighthouse was the country's tallest. Dueodde Lighthouse on Bornholm is now just one meter higher. In 2017, the lighthouse was launched as a new international bird center Skagen Grey Lighthouse - Center for Migratory birds. The center consists of an interactive exhibition and a working bird observatory -Skagen Bird Observatory. Skagen and the Grenen area is known for its wide range of migrating birds, so the lighthouse is a perfect place for birdwatching. Open to visitors The lighthouse is open to visitors from April to October. Daily opening hours are 10:00 to 16:00 from April to mid-June and from September to October. In the high season from mid-June until the end of August the opening hours are from 10:00 to 17:00. See also List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark References Literature Lighthouses completed in 1888 Lighthouses in Denmark Buildings and structures in Skagen Tourist attractions in the North Jutland Region Niels Sigfred Nebelong buildings
41024498	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazomet	Dazomet	Dazomet is a common soil fumigant that acts as a herbicide, fungicide, slimicide, and nematicide. Applications Dazomet is a chemical used to kill pests that inhibit plant growth through gaseous degradation. Dazomet is used as a soil sterilant on a variety of sites such as golf courses, nurseries, turf sites, and potting soils. Dazomet is used for soil sterilization as an alternative to methyl bromide. Although less effective it is still used to kill pests because of its comparatively lower toxicity. Dazomet is applied to wet soil, which causes dazomet itself to decompose into a gaseous form, which is what actively controls pests. The decomposition of dazomet releases methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) a gas toxic to pests that would prevent or kill plant growth. Dazomet has also been proven to be effective in the prevention of Phellinus noxius, or brown root rot disease. Synthesis Dazomet is synthesized from carbon disulfide (CS2) and diluted methylamine (CH3NH2). After stirring for 1-2 hours, an oily substance is formed, which is the intermediate methyldithiocarbamic acid (HS2CNHCH3). Then, formaldehyde (CH2O) is added to the intermediate to form and precipitate out the dazomet. Form, color, and smell Dazomet takes the form of colorless crystals. Dazomet is described as having a weakly pungent smell. Toxicology and safety Dazomet is irritating to the eyes and its degradation product, MITC, is a dermal sensitizer. Dazomet is very toxic to aquatic organisms, and also acutely toxic to mammals. Exposure to dazomet can occur through several means; interaction with unincorporated granules, inhalation of it decomposition product, MITC, and/or water runoff. Stability and shelf life Dazomet is stable at temperatures up to 35°C; it is sensitive to temperature >50°C and to moisture. Dazomet has a shelf life of at least two years when stored below 50°C. Mass spectrum The molecular ion peak of dazomet is at 162 m/z. There are two major fragment peaks, one at 89 m/z and one at 42 m/z. The fragment peak at 89 m/z represents the loss of MITC, which is the major, gaseous degrade of dazomet. Patents Patent #US5989597 Ambrose Rajamannan was the inventor of the novel process of continuously and instantaneously sterilizing soil using a water-activated fumigant. Dazomet is one water-activated fumigant that could be used. This process ensures 100% activation of the fumigant. Therefore, less fumigant would be needed to ensure that the soil would be completely sterilized. Patent #CN1543787 See under References Herbicides Insecticides Nematicides Dithiocarbamates
41024510	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare%20Thomson	Clare Thomson	Claire Thomson is a UK-based actor most well known for her appearances in comedy shows like Katy Brand's Big Ass Show and Cardinal Burns. She has also appeared at the Liverpool Playhouse in the role of Renee of No Wise Men. Career Thomson collaborated with Sarah Kendall, Alice Lowe and Barunka O'Shaughnessy in 2008 to produce the comedy sketch show Beehive for digital channel E4. References British actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people British comedians
41024522	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Tour%20de%20France	2015 Tour de France	The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 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 taken by riders Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, respectively. 's Rohan Dennis won the first stage to take the general classification leader's yellow jersey. rider Fabian Cancellara claimed it on the second, only to lose it after crashing out on the following stage. This put Froome in the lead, after the Tour's first uphill finish. He lost the position to 's Tony Martin at the end of the fourth stage, but Martin's withdrawal from the race after a crash at the end of the sixth stage put Froome back into the lead. He extended this lead during the stages in the Pyrenees and defended it successfully against attacks from Quintana during the final stages that took place in the Alps. Froome became the first British rider to win the Tour twice, after his 2013 victory. Peter Sagan of won the points classification. Froome also won the mountains classification. The best young rider was Quintana, with his team, Movistar, the winners of the team classification. Romain Bardet of was given the award for the most combative rider. André Greipel () won the most stages, with four. Teams Twenty-two teams participated in the 2015 edition of the Tour de France. The race was the 18th of the 28 events in the UCI World Tour, and all of its seventeen UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited, and obliged, to attend the race. On 14 January 2015, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the five second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations, one of which, , was to become the first African-registered trade team to participate in the race's history. The team presentation – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place at Lepelenburg Park in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 2 July, two days before the opening stage held in the city. Each team arrived in small boats along the Oudegracht canal. Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, therefore the start list contained a total of 198 riders. Of these, 45 were riding the Tour de France for the first time. The riders came from 32 countries; France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland all had 10 or more riders in the race. Eritrean riders Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus, both of , became the first black Africans to compete in the Tour de France. Riders from nine countries won stages during the race; German riders won the largest number of stages, with six. The average age of riders in the race was 29.67 years, ranging from the 21-year-old Kudus to 41-year-old Matteo Tosatto (). Of the total average ages, was the youngest team and the oldest. The teams entering the race were: Pre-race favourites In the lead up to the Tour, the main contenders for the general classification, known in the media as the 'big four', were Chris Froome (), Alberto Contador (), Nairo Quintana () and Vincenzo Nibali (). All had won at least one Grand Tour, amassing a total of twenty Grand Tour podiums. Former Tour de France winners Froome (2013) and Contador (2007 and 2009) returned to the race having crashed out of the 2014 edition. The other riders considered contenders were Tejay van Garderen (), Thibaut Pinot (), Joaquim Rodríguez (), followed by 's Jean-Christophe Péraud and Romain Bardet. Froome had shown his form during the season with overall victories at the Vuelta a Andalucía and the Critérium du Dauphiné, a race considered to be the warm-up for the Tour. Contador had earlier in the season won the Giro d'Italia and was aiming to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to achieve the Giro-Tour double. He was also aiming to hold all three Grand Tour titles simultaneously, having won the 2014 Vuelta a España. Thirteen days before the start of the Tour, Contador won the Route du Sud, defeating Quintana by seventeen seconds. Quintana placed second in the 2013 Tour, winning the mountains and young rider classifications. He was absent in 2014 as he concentrated on the Giro d'Italia, which he won. His major victory of the 2015 season was the Tirreno–Adriatico. The defending champion Nibali was considered a contender, although his best result of the season was tenth in the Tour de Romandie, and placed thirteenth at the Dauphiné. The sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins on the flat or hilly bunch sprint finishes were Alexander Kristoff (), Mark Cavendish (), André Greipel (), Peter Sagan () and John Degenkolb (). Kristoff and Cavendish both showed their form during the season coming into the Tour, with eighteen and twelve wins, respectively. Greipel was also a contender, spearheaded by his sprint train, much like Cavendish. Three-time consecutive winner of the points classification Sagan was expected to have a hard time repeating as winner due to the changes in the classification's point structure and also due to the fact he had to ride in support of Contador. Degenkolb, who won the one-day classic races Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix in the season, would take the lead of the team due to the absence of the 2014 Tour's four-stage winner Marcel Kittel, who was not selected due to lack of fitness. Route and stages On 8 November 2013, the ASO announced Utrecht would host the 2015 edition's opening stages (known as the Grand Départ). It was the sixth time the Tour had started in the Netherlands, a record for a country outside France. The previous five were: 1954, in Amsterdam; 1973, in Scheveningen; 1978, in Leiden; 1996, in 's-Hertogenbosch; and 2010, in Rotterdam. Utrecht paid the ASO a reported €4m to host the Grand Départ. The full route of the Tour was unveiled on 22 October 2014 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. At the event, the race director Christian Prudhomme described it as "atypique" (English: "atypical"), adding "If you do not climb, you will not win the Tour in 2015." The most noticeable differences were the lack of time trial kilometers and the mountainous terrain. After the first stage in Utrecht, the second stage left the city to finish in the region of Zeeland in the south of the Netherlands. The third began in Antwerp, Belgium, and concluded at the Mur de Huy, a steep climb known for its inclusion in the one-day classic race La Flèche Wallonne. Stage four started in Seraing, before ending in Cambrai, France; it featured seven cobbled sectors with a combined distance of . Stages five to nine crossed northern France westwards, beginning in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and ending in Brittany. A long transfer took the race to the south of the country for next three stages through the Pyrenees, which include the Tour's most climbed mountain, the Col du Tourmalet, on stage eleven. Stages 13 to 16 formed a continuous four-stage journey that navigated eastwards to the Alps; four stages took place in and around the mountain range. A second long transfer took the Tour back to the north-east to finish with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of , shorter than the 2014 Tour. The longest mass-start stage was the fourth at , and stage 21 was the shortest at . The opening individual time trial was – although it was too long to be classified a prologue – and the team time trial on stage 9 was . Of the remaining stages, seven were officially classified as flat, five as medium mountain and seven as high mountain. Stages 3 and 8, although classified as flat, finished at the -high Mur de Huy and -high Mûr-de-Bretagne respectively. There were six summit finishes: stage 10, to La Pierre Saint-Martin; stage 11, to Cauterets; stage 12, to Plateau de Beille; stage 17, to Pra-Loup; stage 19, to La Toussuire to Les Sybelles; and stage 20, to Alpe d'Huez. On 25 June, it was announced that due to a landslide, the route of stage twenty would be changed, bypassing the Col du Galibier and instead climbing the Col de la Croix de Fer. The stage distance, however, remained intact. The highest point of elevation in the race was the -high Col d'Allos mountain pass on stage seventeen. There were seven hors catégorie (English: beyond category) rated climbs in the race. The Tour included six new start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage 9, in Pau, and after 16, in Gap. Race overview Grand Départ and journey west The race's opening individual time trial stage in Utrecht was won by Rohan Dennis of by a margin of five seconds over 's Tony Martin, with 's Fabian Cancellara a further second down. Dennis set the record for the fastest average speed in a time trial at the Tour, with . His win put him in the race leader's yellow jersey. On stage two, crosswinds along the coastal route to the finish in Zeeland caused the peloton (the main group) to split into echelons, resulting in time gaps between riders. The stage ended in a bunch sprint, won by André Greipel, putting him in the green jersey as the leader of the points classification. Dennis was in a group that finished one minute twenty-eight seconds in arrears. Cancellara finished third placed in the stage and took the race lead, profiting from a time bonus missed by Martin, who came in ninth. The general classification favourites that gained time from being in the leading group of twenty-six were Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and Tejay van Garderen; the other favourites finished in the same group as Dennis. On the third stage, the race was neutralised following a major crash from the finish which put six of riders out of the race, including Cancellara. The peloton continued to the final climb, the Mur de Huy, where Joaquim Rodríguez held off Froome to take the stage by one second. Rodríguez was awarded the first the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification and Froome took the yellow, while also gaining time over the other general classification favourites. It was the third day in succession Martin ended in second place overall, and to three different riders. The partially cobbled fourth stage saw Martin take the victory and the yellow jersey with an attack on the lead group from the finish in Cambrai. On the fifth stage, a bunch sprint occurred and Greipel got the better of it by beating Peter Sagan and Mark Cavendish, respectively. In the sixth stage, Zdeněk Štybar of won after escaping on the concluding small ascent in the port city of Le Havre. A crash in the final kilometer forced Martin to abandon the Tour with a broken collarbone, the second yellow jersey wearer to surrender after Cancellara. A record was set after the stage, with Daniel Teklehaimanot becoming the first black African to lead the mountains classification. Although Froome now led the race, no rider wore the yellow jersey on stage seven as Martin had finished the stage and earned the right to wear it. Cavendish won the seventh from a bunch sprint in Fougères, Brittany. Froome was awarded the yellow jersey after the stage. Stage eight, finishing atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne, saw the first French victory of the Tour, with rider Alexis Vuillermoz launching an attack inside the final kilometer to take the victory. The general classification favourites finished together except Vincenzo Nibali who lost ten seconds. Sagan moved into the green jersey. won stage nine's team time trial by one second over . The squad of Nairo Quintana, , came in third, four seconds in arrears. Alberto Contador's in fourth, twenty-eight seconds down, and Nibali's following, a further seven seconds behind. The first rest day took place the following day in Pau. Pyrenees and Massif Central Stage ten was the race's first arrival at altitude with the finish at La Pierre Saint-Martin in the Pyrenees. The day's breakaway was caught and passed on the final climb by a select group. Froome attacked with remaining to take the win, with teammate Richie Porte and Quintana a minute in arrears. The stage saw time gaps open up across the general classification leaders. The biggest loser was Nibali, who came in twenty-first, over four minutes behind Froome, who increased his lead to second placed Tejay van Garderen to two minutes and fifty-two seconds. Froome took the polka dot jersey and Greipel the green. Stage eleven was another mountainous stage; it was won by Rafał Majka (), who was part of the early breakaway and attacked on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet. He soloed across the line in Cauterets one minute ahead of second-placed Dan Martin (). The green jersey returned to Sagan. Rodríguez gained his second victory of the race on stage twelve; he was part of an early twenty-two rider breakaway that reached the final climb to Plateau de Beille. Froome kept his lead intact. Stage thirteen saw the escapees being brought inside the one kilometer to go marker (known as the flamme rouge). Greg Van Avermaet of took the uphill victory ahead of the chasing Sagan. On stage fourteen, a twenty-four rider breakaway reached the final climb, the Côte de la Croix Neuve. After the breakaway had fractured, Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet led over the summit, before Steve Cummings of overtook them to take the victory at Brenoux Airport on the plateau above Mende. Sagan was part of the breakaway, amassing maximum points at the intermediate sprint. Over four minutes after Cummings had finished, Froome outsprinted Quintana while the other general classification favourites were slightly distanced. Quintana moved into second place overall, displacing Van Garderen. Stage fifteen had for principal difficulty the Col de l'Escrinet climb, which saw most of the sprinters succeeding at passing the climb in the lead group, with the notable exception of Cavendish. Greipel won his third stage of the Tour, followed by John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff, respectively. On the next stage, featuring the Col de Manse as the final climb, Rubén Plaza () escaped the leading group of breakaway riders on the ascent. Sagan chased him down the descent, but to no avail as Plaza soloed to victory in Gap. The next day was the second rest day, spent in Gap. Alps and finale Stage seventeen, the first of four Alpine stages, saw third placed overall Van Garderen withdraw from the race with illness. The stage was won by 's Simon Geschke, who escaped from the breakaway with under remaining to win in Pra-Loup. Fifth placed overall Contador crashed on the descent of the Col d'Allos, losing over two minutes to race leader Froome. On stage eighteen, Bardet attacked the breakaway close to the summit of the Col du Glandon and opened a gap on descent before riding solo to victory in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Bardet moved up to tenth overall and became joint first with Rodríguez in the mountains classification, displacing Froome. In the Tour's queen stage, nineteenth, Nibali broke away from the general classification group close to the summit of the Col de la Croix de Fer to bridge and pass the breakaway group and win at La Toussuire - Les Sybelles. Quintana came in second, forty-four seconds later, with Froome coming in a further thirty. In the Tour's penultimate stage, a select group of riders attacked on the Col de la Croix de Fer and made it to the finish on Alpe d'Huez, where they met the disintegrate early breakaway. Pinot attacked passed the breakaways to take the victory ahead of the encroaching Quintana, who came in second after attacking the chasing general classification group on the Alpe. Quintana gained a margin of eighty seconds over Froome, but it was not enough and had to settle for second place overall. The final stage in Paris was won by Greipel, his fourth victory of this year's Tour. Froome finished the race to claim his second Tour de France, becoming the first British rider to win the race on two occasions. He beat second-placed Quintana by seventy-two seconds, with his teammate Alejandro Valverde third. Froome also claimed the mountains classification, the first time a rider had won both since Eddy Merckx in 1970. Although he failed to win any stages during the race, Sagan won his fourth consecutive points classification with a total of 432, 66 ahead of Greipel in second. The best young rider was Quintana, followed by Bardet and 's Warren Barguil, respectively. finished as the winners of the team classification, over fifty-seven minutes ahead of second-placed . Of the 198 starters, 160 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris. Classification leadership and minor prizes There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2015 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) returned to the Tour for the first time since the 2008 edition. For all stage finishes, excluding the two time trial stages, the three first finishers of stages earned bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds respectively. Of the reintroduction, race director Christian Prudhomme said: "We want to open up the race, we want the race to be decided on any day of the Tour." 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. Rain on the final stage forced the final times of the general classification to be taken on the first crossing of the finish line before the ten laps of the cobbled Champs-Élysées. Riders were required to cross the finish line on the final lap to receive their times. 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 system was also changed. A stage win was worth 50 points instead of 45, second place awarded 30 instead of 35 and third 20 instead of 30. The sprint points rule change aimed to make a stage win more valuable. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The new system was in effect only on the Tour's six stages classified as flat (stages 2, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 21). On seven stages (the cobble stage and six hillier stages, namely stages 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, 14 and 16) the rider who won received 30 points, 25 for the second rider, and so on. For the mountain stages (stages 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20) and the individual time trial (stage 1), the winner received 20 points. No points were awarded for the team time trial on stage nine. 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-, first-category and hors catégorie, with the more difficult climbs rated lower. Double points were awarded on the summit finishes on stages 10, 12, 17, 19 and 20. 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 1990. 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, excluding the team time trial; 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 has 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, Romain Bardet won the overall super-combativity award, again, decided by a jury. A total of €2,030,150 was awarded in cash prizes in the race. The overall winner of the general classification received €450,000, with the second and third placed riders got €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. Team prizes were available, with €10,000 for the winner of team time trial and €50,000 for the winners of the team classification. €8,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race. There were also two 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 in stage eleven, and the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier in stage twenty. Due to a route change the Souvenir Henri Desgrange was replaced with the Col d'Allos in stage seventeen. Rafał Majka won the Jacques Goddet and Simon Geschke won the Henri Desgrange. In stage two, Tony Martin, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Rohan Dennis wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Additionally, Tom Dumoulin, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey for the same reason. In stage seven, no rider wore the yellow jersey after Tony Martin, who was first in the general classification, withdrew from the race due to injury. In stage nine, Warren Barguil, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because Peter Sagan wore the green jersey as leader of the points classification. In stage ten, Nairo Quintana, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because Peter Sagan wore the green jersey as leader of the points classification. Additionally, Bartosz Huzarski, awarded in stage eight, wore the red number bib as no combativity award was awarded after stage nine. In stages eleven and twelve, Richie Porte, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Chris Froome wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stages thirteen to eighteen, Joaquim Rodríguez, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Chris Froome wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. In stage twenty one, Romain Bardet, who was third in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Chris Froome wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Nairo Quintana, who was second wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. Final standings General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification UCI World Tour rankings Riders from the WorldTeams competing individually, as well as for their teams and nations, for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings. Points were awarded to the top twenty finishers in the general classification and to the top five finishers in each stage. The 238 points accrued by Chris Froome moved him up to second in the individual ranking, behind Alejandro Valverde. Despite 's strong showing, took over the lead of the team ranking due to Froome's points. With three riders in the top ten, Spain remained the leaders of the nation ranking. See also 2015 in men's road cycling 2015 in sports 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France Notes References Bibliography Further reading External links 2015 2015 UCI World Tour 2015 in French sport 2015 in Dutch sport July 2015 sports events in France 2015 Tour de France 2015 Tour de France
41024554	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra%20%28Within%20Temptation%20album%29	Hydra (Within Temptation album)	Hydra is the sixth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It was released on January 31, 2014 in Europe and on February 4, 2014 in North America. The album contains guest appearances by singer Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage), rapper Xzibit, metal vocalist Tarja Turunen (ex-Nightwish) and alternative rock singer Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum). The first single, "Paradise (What About Us?)", was released on September 27, 2013, and featured Turunen as guest vocalist. The second single, "Dangerous", was released on December 20, in which Jones provided the male vocals. This is the first album by Within Temptation to be recorded with three guitarists, with Stefan Helleblad making his Within Temptation studio debut on Hydra since his addition to the band shortly after the release of The Unforgiving in 2011. Hydra is also the first Within Temptation album to feature Robert Westerholt's growling techniques since the band's debut album, Enter in 1997. Background and composition The writing process of the album began in 2012, and at the first half of the year the band had six songs written already. The album was originally scheduled to be released worldwide in September, by their new label, BMG and in the Netherlands by Universal Music. On June 16, without finishing the whole album, the band went on to record the first music video for the new album. During a series of statements about the recording progress of the album, Westerholt stated that the album would contain death growls. In mid-May, bassist Jeroen van Veen went to the studio to record the bass base for the first five songs. The band eventually got a North American sign deal with Nuclear Blast. The band also established a licensing deal with Dramatico for the United Kingdom release of the album. Once the drumming and vocal recording were complete, the final guitar recordings started on August 26 and finished on October 22. On August 30, the band announced that the lead single "Paradise (What About Us?)" would be released as an EP, also set to feature three tracks from the upcoming album in their demo form, being them "Let Us Burn", "Silver Moonlight" and "Dog Days". Upon making this announcement, den Adel said: "By releasing these demos we want to invite you in our home studio and show how we capture song ideas at an early stage of creating a new album. These demo versions are far from their final sound on the album, but will give you a hint of what we're working on. It will be fascinating to hear how the end result will sound like, once the album is released.". After announcing that the lead single would contain a guest musician, on September 13 the band officially announced that Tarja Turunen was set to appear as a special vocalist on the title song. The album's name was revealed on November 8, along with the official track list, all guest musicians and the cover art, designed by Romano Molenaar, the same artist who made the cover for The Unforgiving. The album title refers to the great variation in musical genres the band improves on with each new release. About the concept, guitarist Robert Westerholt says: "Hydra is a perfect title for our new album, because like the monster itself, the record represents the many different sides of our music." According to the ancient Greek mythology, the Hydra was a giant multi-headed serpent that, for each severed head, sprang forth two more in their place. As the title, the sound composition of the album was said to be varied, as Westerholt said, also referring to the album title, that they "wanted it to be a real Within Temptation record, but heavier, more musically challenging, pushing borders and frontiers with new elements and influences, and at the same time bring back more from our early metal roots... a bit like the past and future at the same time." During an interview for Ultimate Guitar Archive, den Adel said that the main improvement on the last two records, in which is the transition to the symphonic metal itself to a more varied and multi-oriented sound, came from the fact that the band was considering itself "being in a box" where it could only sound in a restricted way inside its own genre and, having sold out all the possible elements in their 2007 release The Heart of Everything, the band decided to "let all boundaries go musically where [they] were not allowed to go" and improve their sound with "anything [that] can come out" and fit on the album. Structure and inspirations On answering a fan during a Q&A session on Twitter, den Adel commented that the main inspiration for the songs on the album were "the big things in life". The first track, "Let Us Burn", is more guitar-oriented with less orchestrations and presents an air of melancholy, in order to propose "real direct emotion in a way". "Dangerous", the second track and second single, is about thrill seekers and daredevils, illustrating people who need to live on the edge. The song contains fast riffs, distorted synthesizers, an over-use of drum bass in comparing with the band typical musical structures and features a fast and heavy uptempo nature that matters well the subject as also the music video, that features renowned skydiver Jokke Sommer performing gliding through the air and pulling off stunts. "And We Run" was the band's first track ever to contain rap vocals in an unexpected duet with American rapper Xzibit. According to den Adel, the main fact that the band decided to invite him was his open-mind for experimenting. The song introduces itself with a piano and den Adel's clean singing right to chorus when she uses her high voice until Xzibit enters, contrasting with his rap vocals and dark, deep voice. Xzibit was allowed to do his parts in his own way as the band wanted it to be original and coming from the rapper's perspective. According to Westerholt, there was an initial criticism about the collaboration, as it appeared to run so far from their original musical style, and then an unexpected praise for the song. The first track to be revealed was "Paradise (What About Us?)". As it is closer to their symphonic metal roots, the band choose to invite musical genre fellow and former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen, as it is also on her comfort zone. On collaborating with Turunen, den Adel stated that they "immediately clicked, not only creatively but personally" as "it felts completely natural that [they] would do this together". The song features many strings, fast drums, heavy guitars and orchestrations as den Adel delivers a lighter and more natural tone and Turunen a deeper and more powerful singing. Lyrically the song is about collectivity and it is based on the speech given by retired four-star general Peter van Uhm on May 4, 2013, which addressed the importance of not thinking only of "yourself" or "them", but "us". On reviewing the earlier EP, critic Simon Bower described it as "every female fronted metal fan utopian song" mainly because of the cited duet. Promotion On July 12, the first material came to the public eye, with the band revealing a teaser trailer, with no title or song titles revealed. In the next month, the band announced the title of the lead single, "Paradise (What About Us?)", also uploading a teaser trailer revealing some lyrics and a guitar solo in anticipation for the release. The music video and EP were released on September 27. On October 25 and 26, den Adel and Westerholt presented an unknown number of songs to the press. The official teaser trailer came out on November 8, along with the official announcement of the album name and release dates. On November 21, the band revealed that it was working again with director Patric Ullaeus, who made the video of "Mother Earth", on two new music videos to promote the album, being them "Dangerous" featuring Howard Jones, which was released on December 20, and "Whole World is Watching" featuring Dave Pirner. At the end of November, Sharon traveled to Finland to start promoting the album on a radio station and present it to the press in France, Germany and the United Kingdom. On December 4, the first show of the upcoming promotional tour to have the tickets to be sold out was the one at the Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam. During the promotional travelings, den Adel gave critics and radio stations access to the recording, and the first public impression from the album came through German radio station Rock Antenne, which classified the album as "fast" and "heavy" and gave it a score of 5/5. The third single, "Whole World Is Watching", was the chosen song for the album promotion in Poland, debuting on the Polish national radio station Polskie Radio Program III on January 10, 2014, in a special version featuring Polish singer Piotr Rogucki. The band then went on a special trip to the United States to promote a listening party in Los Angeles on January 24, with the presence of den Adel, Westerholt and Jolie, a signing session in New Jersey and to promote the album on radio stations. In the meantime, the band appeared for the first time on the cover of an American magazine. A few days later, on January 15, 2014, the main version of the song, featuring Pirner, was released as a promotional song on Dutch/Belgian radio station Q-music. As heading back to Europe, the band went on to visit popular Dutch radio stations such as 538 and 3FM and television programs for interviews and acoustic performances. On January 20, the band announced a try-out show for the upcoming tour at the Effenaar, in Eindhoven (NL), to be held on February 20, having the tickets sold out on the same day. The tour was originally planned to start in January 2014, but it was postponed to a month later, so the band could polish more the songs before releasing the album and also have more time to rehearsals for the following tour. After this period of radio and television appearances for acoustic performances and interviews, the band is embarked on the Hydra World Tour, engaging on a try-out show on February 20 at the Effenaar, Eindhoven. Tickest for the show were completely sold out at the same day it was put on sale. The first official show occurred on February 26, in Helsinki, Finland, and the arena tour was scheduled to pass primarily in Europe before the summer festivals season. Due to great demand, additional shows were announced and several venues were changed to larger ones with the intention to accommodate more people. At the end of the European leg, the tour had an attendance of over 120.000 people. Critical reception Hydra received critical acclaim upon release. The first public impression from the album, through German radio station Rock Antenne, described the album as "fast" and "heavy", giving it a score of 5/5. Music magazine Reflections of Darkness scored the album 10/10, classifying it more "earthly and modern" in comparing with the previous releases that featured a more "celestial romance and coldness" atmosphere. While commenting the new "fashionable influences" due to the special guests and other musical directions, the review ended alleging that "still symphonic metal and progressive elements are [there] for those who are never tired of flawlessness, who value high-quality music and who are no strangers to the classical heritage." Rustyn Rose, from Metalholic webzine, also praised the album by giving it a score of 9.3 out of 10, primarily referring to the band's return to "its heavier and dramatic foundation" while also "continuing to grow and expand its boundaries". About the guest singers, the reviewer commented that the song styling was diverse, but the band managed well to put the genres crossing on their own style. At the end of the review, Rose called it "a masterful recording." British website Rock n Reel awarded the album 4 out 5 stars, also pointing the "mix of styles" presented in the record, especially the introduction of rap verses (making it as a rap/nu metal styles) in the track "And We Run" and comparing the collaboration with Xzibit to that of Linkin Park and Jay-Z, while commenting that "it works pretty well". Besides that, reviewer classified the album as "full of synths, airy guitars, excellent backing vocals and harmonies." Eric Hunker, from American website The Front Row Report, praised the album and lamented their low popularity in the United States while crowding arenas in their native land, saying that "Hydra is bound to thrust them onto the global stage and finally garner them the attention and respect they so richly deserve" while calling them "musical geniuses". Hunker alleged that "Hydra finds [Within Temptation] further pushing their boundaries, exploring new elements and influences, while at the same time revisiting their heavier metal roots" and gave the album a score of 9.5 out of 10. Adam Rees, from Metal Hammer, placed the album number 20 at the Metal Hammer staff best of 2014 list. Critics' lists Accolades Commercial performance The album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart on February 9, 2014, making it the band's highest charting album in the country, with The Unforgiving charting at number 23. In the Netherlands, Hydra marked the band's return to the first position on the charts since the release of The Heart of Everything in 2007, as The Unforgivings peak position was number two. The album also reached the number one position on the Czech Republic album charts, making it their first number-one album outside the Netherlands. The album was also the first one to enter the US Billboard 200 in a top 20 position, charting at the number 16 and selling over 15,000 copies in the first week of release, a position far better than the predecessor The Unforgiving, which reached number 50. The album also reached number one on the American Top Hard Rock album charts. At that time, Hydra also became the group's highest charted album in Austria, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Considering the great reception of both the album and tour on the North American market, Nuclear Blast opted to release a re-issue of the out-of-print albums Enter and The Dance on November 10, 2014, in order to give people access to the band's early material. Track listing Deluxe box set a 2CD Media Book (the entire premium version of the album, including the bonus tracks mentioned above) a double vinyl gatefold a songbook with all of the lyrics a CD with instrumental versions from tracks 1 to 10 an exclusive WT guitar pick packaged in an LP size Deluxe Box Set Personnel Within Temptation Sharon den Adel – lead vocals Ruud Jolie – lead guitar Robert Westerholt – rhythm guitar, growling vocals on tracks 6 & 9 Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards Jeroen van Veen – bass Mike Coolen – drums Additional musicians Howard Jones (ex-Killswitch Engage, Light the Torch and Blood Has Been Shed) – clean male vocals on track 2 Xzibit – rap vocals on track 3 Tarja Turunen – vocals on track 4 David Pirner (Soul Asylum) – vocals on track 10 Piotr Rogucki (Coma) – vocals on track 10 (Polish edition) Frank van Essen – violin Jonas Pap – cello Production Daniel Gibson – producer and programming Robert Westerholt – producer Juno Jimmink – additional production Arno Krabman – editing, bass engineer, drum editing, drum engineering Stefan Helleblad – editing and Guitar engineer Ruud Jolie – guitar engineer Martijn Spierenburg – orchestration and orchestra production Stefan Glaumann – mixing Ted Jensen – mastering Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Release history References Within Temptation albums 2014 albums Nuclear Blast albums Universal Music Netherlands albums BMG Rights Management albums
41024576	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Outten	William Outten	William Robert "Bobby" Outten (October 1, 1948 – March 17, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2005 to 2019, representing District 30. Outten earned an AA in business administration from Delaware Technical Community College. He died in 2020 at the age of 71. Electoral history In 2004, Outten won the general election with 4,644 votes (59.3%) against Democratic nominee Kimberly Robbins to replace retiring Republican George Quillen. In 2006, Outten won the general election with 3,521 votes (63.4%) against Democratic nominee Robert Price, who had run in 2004 but lost the primary election to Kimberly Robbins. In 2008, Outten was unopposed in the general election, winning 6,921 votes. In 2010, Outten was unopposed in the general election, winning 5,514 votes. In 2012, Outten won the general election with 5,906 votes (91.9%) against Libertarian nominee Gordon Smith. In 2014, Outten won the general election with 3,489 votes (65.7%) against Democratic nominee Jonathan Gallo and Libertarian nominee Gordon Smith. In 2016, Outten won the general election with 6,337 votes (70.7%) against Democratic nominee Charles Groce. References External links Official page at the Delaware General Assembly 1948 births 2020 deaths Republican Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians People from Harrington, Delaware People from Milford, Delaware
41024623	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314%20Green%20Bay%20Phoenix%20men%27s%20basketball%20team	2013–14 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team	The 2013–14 Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was fourth year coach Brian Wardle. The Phoenix played their home games at the Resch Center and were members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 24–7, 14–2 in Horizon League play to claim the Horizon League regular season championship. They lost in the semifinals of the Horizon League tournament to Milwaukee. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where the lost in the first round to Belmont. Roster Schedule \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"\| Regular season \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"\| Horizon League tournament \|- !colspan=9 style="background:#006633; color:#FFFFFF;"\| NIT Green Bay Phoenix Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball seasons Green Bay Wiscon Wiscon
41024625	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20Antitrust%20Anti-Retaliation%20Act%20of%202013	Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2013	The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2013 () is a bill that would protect whistleblowers who report violations of United States antitrust law. The bill would have whistleblowers first file a retaliation claim with the United States Department of Labor before going to federal court. The bill passed the United States Senate during the 113th United States Congress. Background The bill was written in response to a July 2011 report from the Government Accountability Office on whistleblowing and price fixing. Provisions of the bill This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2013 would prohibit discharging or in any other manner discriminating against a whistleblower in terms and conditions of employment because: (1) the whistleblower provided information to the employer or the federal government concerning a violation of antitrust law or another criminal law committed in conjunction with a potential violation of antitrust law; or (2) the whistleblower participated in, or otherwise assisted, an investigation relating to such a violation. The bill would allow a whistleblower who alleges discharge or other discrimination to seek relief: (1) by filing a complaint with the Secretary of Labor; or (2) if the Secretary has not issued a final decision within 180 days of filing such complaint, to bring an action at law or equity. The bill would entitle a whistleblower who prevails in any such action to all relief necessary to make such whistleblower whole. Procedural history Senate The Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act of 2013 was introduced into the Senate on January 22, 2013 by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D, VT). It was referred to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. On November 4, 2013, the Senate voted to pass the bill with unanimous consent. Debate and discussion The National Whistleblowers Center supported the bill and encouraged readers to write to their Senators about the bill. The executive director Stephen Kohn said that "this bill is a major step forward in plugging a loophole in the patchwork of whistleblower protection that currently exists." See also List of bills in the 113th United States Congress Notes/References External links Library of Congress - Thomas S. 42 beta.congress.gov S. 42 GovTrack.us S. 42 OpenCongress.org S. 42 WashingtonWatch.com S. 42 Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress Whistleblower protection legislation Whistleblowing in the United States
41024645	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daishowa-Marubeni%20International%20Ltd%20v%20Canada	Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd v Canada	Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd v Canada is a significant case of the Supreme Court of Canada concerning the application of Canadian income tax law, as well as the purposive interpretation of statutes. Background Daishowa‑Marubeni International Ltd., a company owned by Daishowa Paper Manufacturing and Marubeni Corporation, operated pulp mills in Peace River, Alberta and in Quesnel, British Columbia. Through separate subsidiaries in High Level, Alberta ("High Level") and Red Earth Creek, Alberta ("Brewster"), it carried on the business of harvesting logs and manufacturing finished timber. At the beginning of 1999, the subsidiaries were amalgamated into the parent company. High Level was sold later in 1999 to Tolko Industries Ltd., and Brewster in 2000 to Seehta Forest Products. Both transactions included the sale of timber licences, each of which is considered to be a "timber resource property" under the Income Tax Act (Canada). Under Alberta law, consent was granted for the transfer of such licences subject to the condition that the purchaser assume all obligations relating to the reforestation of the land covered by the licence. In filing its 1999 and 2000 tax returns Daishowa did not include the amounts relating to the assumption of such liabilities as part of the proceeds of disposition relating to the sale of such properties. The Minister of National Revenue asserted that it should have been part of such amount, relying on the definition set out in the Act at s. 248(1): The Minister accordingly reassessed, adding into the proceeds of disposition $11,000,000 in respect of High Level and $2,966,301 in respect of Brewster, based on the estimated cost in DMI's accounting records, and accordingly adjusted Daishowa's taxable income for the years in question. Daishowa appealed the reassessment to the Tax Court of Canada, contending that the fair market value of those liabilities was not determinable at the time of closing and thus should not be included. The courts below At the TCC, Miller J allowed DMI's appeal of the Minister's reassessment in part. He agreed with the Minister, observing: However, he held that it was not appropriate to add the entire estimated cost of the obligations to the proceeds, preferring to restrict the amount added back to the estimated cost that would take place within the 12 months following each sale, plus 20 percent of the estimated cost of the activities that would take place thereafter. The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Daishowa's appeal, allowed the Minister's cross-appeal and set aside the Judge's decision. In his ruling, Nadon JA (as he then was) agreed with Miller J as to the whether assumption of liabilities formed part of consideration, but held that there was no basis for reducing the value in question: Mainville JA dissented, arguing that the reforestation obligations depressed the value of the timber resource properties, and thus resulted in a lower purchase price than would otherwise have been obtained for the sale. Daishowa appealed the FCA ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada. At the SCC Appeal was allowed, and the matter was returned to the Minister for appropriate reassessment. In a unanimous ruling, Rothstein J dealt with two issues: Are the reforestation liabilities to be included in the proceeds of disposition because the vendor is relieved of a liability or are they integral to and run with the forest tenures? Does it make any difference that the parties agreed to a specific amount of the future reforestation liability? On the first issue, he held: Mainville J was correct in stating that the obligations much like needed repairs to property are a future cost embedded in the forest tenure that serves to depress the tenure's value at the time of sale. as the cost of reforestation is not a distinct existing liability of the vendor, the assumption of such cost is thus excluded from proceeds of disposition independent of whether the cost is absolute or contingent. the Minister's approach, which would have resulted in different values for the vendor's proceeds of disposition and the purchaser's adjusted cost base, is thus avoided, as "an interpretation of the Act that promotes symmetry and fairness through a harmonious taxation scheme is to be preferred over an interpretation which promotes neither value." On the second issue: the Minister and the lower courts were mistaken in relying on the company's accounting estimates as a basis for their reasoning any amount that the parties assigned to the reforestation obligations in the sale agreement was simply a factor in determining the fair market value of the forest tenures It is also irrelevant that Daishowa estimated the cost of future reforestation to compute its income for accounting purposes, as financial accounting and income tax calculation serve distinct purposes Impact In Daishowa, the SCC made a distinction between obligations that do not affect the value of assets (such as mortgages) and those that affect the value of property (such as the need for repairs). The assumption of the former would be included in the proceeds of disposition, while assumption of the latter would reduce the value (and therefore the purchase price) of the property. This suggests that the distinction can be made based on whether a liability can be described as being embedded in a specific property right or not, which causes the following questions to arise: would pension deficits or post-retirement benefit obligations affect the value of property rights such as workforce in place or goodwill? should an agreed estimate of such liabilities be included in proceeds of disposition to the vendor? should the assumption of such obligations be reflected as an addition to the cost of assets acquired by the purchaser, and does such an addition occur at the time of acquisition or when such expenses are actually incurred? During the SCC's hearing of the case, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, acting as an intervener, submitted that statutory obligations to reclaim mined land may be so physically connected to the process of mining itself that the obligations cannot be separated from the property right. Rothstein J declared in obiter: While of considerable economic significance to Canadian resource industries, and praised by observers as reflecting commercial common sense, Daishowa also has great importance in assessing the SCC's "modern" approach to statutory interpretation. Although not as extensive in its use of the purposive approach as it was in Rizzo Shoes or in its earlier case of Stubart Investments Ltd. v. The Queen, it did employ a more restrained approach as seen in Copthorne Holdings Ltd. v. Canada where Rothstein J (in his decision there) observed that interpretation should not be based on "a value judgment of what is right or wrong nor with theories about what tax law ought to be or ought to do." Further reading (comment on FCA decision) References Supreme Court of Canada cases Taxation in Canada 2013 in Canadian case law Taxation case law Marubeni Nippon Paper Industries
41024658	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyuk	Hyuk	Hyuk, also spelled Hyeok, or Hyok, is a Korean masculine given name, an element in two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 12 hanja with the reading "hyuk" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Single syllable People Kim Hyeok (independence activist) (1915–1945), independence activist Byun Hyuk (born 1966), South Korean film director and screenwriter An Hyuk (born 1968), North Korean defector who escaped from the Yodok concentration camp Kim Hyuk (born 1972), South Korean judo practitioner Jang Hyuk (born 1976), South Korean actor Kwon Hyuk (born 1983), South Korean baseball player Kim Hyuk (footballer) (born 1985), South Korean football player Hyuk Shin (born 1985), South Korean-born American music producer Jeong Hyuk (born 1986), South Korean football player Dean (South Korean singer) (born Kwon Hyuk, 1992), South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer Oh Hyuk (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of Hyukoh Jin Hyuk, South Korean television director People with the stage name or nickname Hyuk include: Im Hyuk (born Im Jung-hyuk, 1949), South Korean actor Hyuk (singer) (born Han Sang-hyuk, 1995), South Korean singer, member of VIXX First syllable Hyuk-gi Hyuk-jae Hyuk-jun Hyuk-kyu Hyuk-min Hyuk-soo Hyuk-woo Second syllable Dong-hyuk Jae-hyuk Jin-hyuk Jong-hyuk Joon-hyuk Kwang-hyok Min-hyuk Si-hyuk See also List of Korean given names References Korean masculine given names Masculine given names
41024659	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20College%E2%80%93Harvard%20men%27s%20basketball%20rivalry	Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry	The Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Boston College Eagles basketball team of Boston College and Harvard Crimson basketball team of Harvard College. The two teams' geographical proximity has made the rivalry an intense one. History After many years of domination by Boston College, Harvard, led by coach Tommy Amaker, won every game it played against Boston College from 2008 to 2014. The 2008–09 Harvard team defeated No. 17 Boston College on January 7, 2009 for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history. The 2008–09 recruiting class was the first time an Ivy League institution was ranked in the top 25 by ESPN. The 2009–10 Harvard team also won their December 9 rematch with Boston College by a 74–67 margin. Despite this, the Eagles still hold the overall advantage in the rivalry. Results References College basketball rivalries in the United States Boston College Eagles men's basketball Harvard Crimson men's basketball
41024660	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend%20%28Tyler%20Medeiros%20song%29	Girlfriend (Tyler Medeiros song)	"Girlfriend" is a song from Canadian pop singer Tyler Medeiros and was the debut single off his debut EP TM. The song features guest vocals from fellow CP Records labelmate and cousin Danny Fernandes. The song was released on October 26, 2010 on iTunes. Lyrically, the song is a 'boy-meets-girl' story in that he will do anything for her if she was his 'girlfriend'. The song peaked at number 90 on the Canadian Hot 100. Music video On November 16, 2010 Tyler held a contest on his Facebook page in which one lucky fan would get a chance to appear in his video. Shooting for the video started on November 30, 2010 in Mississauga, Ontario at Playdium. The video was helmed by Marc André Debruyne. Chart performance The song debuted at number 100 on the Canadian Hot 100 on the week of March 12, 2011 before falling off the next week. On the week of March 26, 2011 the song re-charted and reached a new peak at number 90. References External links 2010 debut singles 2010 songs Danny Fernandes songs CP Music Group singles Songs written by Danny Fernandes
41024668	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Horachek	Peter Horachek	Peter Horachek (born January 26, 1960) is currently an assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). Horachek was previously a long-time assistant coach for the Nashville Predators, as well as the interim head coach of the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Horachek played junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals. Although he was not selected in an NHL Entry Draft, he signed a minor league contract with the Rochester Americans and had a long career in the American Hockey League (AHL) and International Hockey League (IHL). He later played with the Flint Generals, where he scored a career-high 86 points in 1984, and with the Flint Spirits. He began his coaching career when he was promoted to serve as an assistant during his final campaign with the Spirits. Horachek started the 2013–14 season as head coach of the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Florida Panthers. On November 8, 2013, he was named the Panthers' interim head coach, replacing Kevin Dineen. On April 29, 2014, Panthers general manager Dale Tallon announced the team had fired Horachek, who would not remain with the organization. Horachek was appointed as an assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 11, 2014, and named him the interim head coach of the team on January 7, 2015, after Randy Carlyle was fired from the position. On January 9, 2015, Horachek was named head coach of Toronto for the remainder of the 2014–15 season. Under his direction, Toronto recorded a 9–28–5 record in 42 games as the team struggled throughout the second half of the season, resulting in a 15th-place finish in the Eastern Conference. Horachek was fired on April 12, 2015, one day after the 2014–15 regular season ended, along with general manager Dave Nonis, assistant coaches Steve Spott and Chris Denis and goaltending coach Rick St. Croix. NHL coaching record See also List of NHL head coaches References External links Peter Horachek's profile at EliteProspects.com 1960 births Living people Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey forwards ECHL coaches Flint Generals players Flint Spirits players Florida Panthers coaches Ice hockey people from Ontario Milwaukee Admirals coaches Nashville Predators coaches New Jersey Devils coaches New Jersey Devils scouts Oshawa Generals players Rochester Americans players Saginaw Generals players Toronto Maple Leafs coaches
41024687	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Tyrrell%20%28priest%29	Charles Tyrrell (priest)	Charles Tyrrrell was the Dean of Nelson from 1993 until 2009. References Deans of Nelson Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)
41024711	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serang%20virus	Serang virus	Serang virus (SERV) is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped, novel RNA orthohantavirus. Natural reservoir SERV was first isolated from the Asian house rat (R.Tanezumi) in Serang, Indonesia in 2008. Virology Phylogenetic analysis based on partial L, M and S segment nucleotide sequences show SERV is novel and distinct among the hantaviruses. It is most closely related to Thailand virus (THAIV) which is carried by the great bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica). Nucleotide sequence comparison suggests that SERV is the result of cross-species transmission from bandicoots to Asian rats. See also Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome Seoul virus References External links Serang virus strain details Viral diseases Hantaviridae Zoonoses Hemorrhagic fevers Rodent-carried diseases Serang
41024728	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankharikathi%20massacre	Shankharikathi massacre	Shankharikathi massacre () refers to the killings of unarmed Hindu men by the Razakars in Shankharikathi market, Alukdia village of greater Khulna district in Bangladesh on 4 November 1971. 42 Hindus were killed in the massacre. Background Shankharikathi market is located in Alukdia village, which now falls under Kachua Upazila in Bagerhat District of Khulna Division. In 1971 it was within the Bagerhat sub-division of erstwhile greater Khulna district. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf Ali formed the Razakar force at Khan Jahan Ali Road in Khulna with 96 Jamaat members. The Razakars had set up camp all over erstwhile greater Khulna, including the Daibagyahati camp in present-day Bagerhat District. In the middle of July a group of Razakars forcibly converted around 200 Hindus to Islam at the Shankharikathi market. The Hindus were given Islamic names and forced to consume beef, an act considered a sacrilege for Hindus. Killings On 3 November, the Mukti Bahini had attacked a Razakar camp in Daibagyahati, now in Morrelganj Upazila of Bagerhat District. During the attack, the Razakars captured Mahadev Saha, who happened to be from Alukdia village. On the afternoon of 4 November, a contingent of armed Razakar from the Daibagyahati Razakar camp, led by Commander Mujibur Rahman Mollah, arrived in Alukdia village with Mahadev Saha in captivity. They encircled the Shankharikathi market from three sides and rounded up around 90 Hindu males of various ages. The captive Hindus were tied up in pairs and made to stand in a line. With the blow of a whistle, they were shot by the Razakars. 42 Hindus died while the rest survived with injuries. The Razakars looted some of the adjacent Hindu villages and set them on fire. On the evening of 6 November, the local villagers rescued the wounded from the Shankharikathi market. Later the Razakars forced the villagers to take the corpses of the deceased to the banks of Bishkhali River, where they were buried. Commemoration On 4 November 2010, the victims of the massacre were officially commemorated for the first time through a ceremony. Later a plaque with the names of the victims on it were erected at the site of the killings. Investigations On 9 January 2013, a nine-member team of the International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) visited Shankharikathi to investigate the war crimes committed by A. K. M. Yusuf. The massacre in Shankharikathi was committed by a unit of the Razakar forced founded by Yusuf. According to investigating officer Mohammad Helal Uddin, Sirajul Islam Master was the platoon commander of the Razakar unit. See also Chuknagar massacre Dakra massacre References 1971 in Bangladesh Massacres of Bengali Hindus in East Pakistan Massacres in 1971 1971 in Pakistan 1971 Bangladesh genocide Massacres committed by Pakistan in East Pakistan Massacres of men November 1971 events in Asia Violence against men in Asia
41024730	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adetomyrma%20cassis	Adetomyrma cassis	Adetomyrma cassis (from Latin cassis, "helm", referring to the shape of its genital capsule) is a species of ant endemic to Madagascar. Description Adetomyrma cassis is only known from a single male collected in the Ambatovaky Reserve, Madagascar. The male of A. cassis is distinguished easily from other Adetomyrma males by a distinct and flatted projection on the posterior portion of the paramere. This projection is not separated from the paramere by a deep notch as in A. bressleri. This genital character observed in Adetomyrma cassis is completely unique and sufficient to regard this male as a distinct species. References Amblyoponinae Blind animals Insects described in 2012 Hymenoptera of Africa Endemic fauna of Madagascar
41024731	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Hurd%20%28priest%29	Michael Hurd (priest)	Michael (John) Hurd was the Dean of Nelson from 1981 until 1993. He was born in 1944, educated at the University of Otago and ordained in 1968. After curacies in Anderson's Bay and Tauranga he was Vicar of Tapanui. References Deans of Nelson 1944 births University of Otago alumni Living people Date of birth missing (living people)
41024738	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Superta%C3%A7a%20C%C3%A2ndido%20de%20Oliveira	1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira	The 1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 16th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, the annual Portuguese football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). The 1994 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was contested over two legs, and opposed Benfica and Porto of the Primeira Liga. Benfica qualified for the SuperCup by winning the 1993–94 Primeira Divisão, whilst Porto qualified for the Supertaça by winning the 1993–94 Taça de Portugal. The first leg which took place at the Estádio da Luz, saw 1–1 result as Rui Filipe scored for Porto and Vítor Paneira for Benfica. The second leg which took place at the Estádio das Antas finished goalless (1–1 on aggregate), which led to the Supertaça being replayed in June 1995. The replay which took place at Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes in France, saw the Dragões defeat the Encarnados 1–0 thanks to Domingos Paciência goal which would claim the Portistas an eighth Supertaça. First leg Details Second leg Details Replay Details References Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira 1994–95 in Portuguese football S.L. Benfica matches FC Porto matches

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