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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElecTRONica

ElecTRONica

End of Line Club

ElecTRONica / Features / End of Line Club

English: End of Line Club at ElecTRONica

ElecTRONica was a nighttime event at Disney California Adventure, part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Located in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot section of the park, ElecTRONica premiered on October 8, 2010. The attraction featured music, dancing, beverages and a re-creation of Flynn's Arcade from the Tron franchise. For a limited time, guests could also watch a sneak preview of the 2010 film Tron: Legacy in the Muppet*Vision 3D theater. The attraction was discontinued on April 15, 2012, and was replaced two months later by Mad T Party, another nighttime event based on Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Based on the night club located inside the Grid during Tron: Legacy, the End of Line Club served glowing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Among the alcoholic options were Glowjito mojitos and blinking Digitini martinis. Non-alcoholic choices included Coke Zero and Laser Light Lemonade. A nearby food truck offered nachos and chocolate cake.

The End of Line Club was a Tron-themed bar and lounge.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Chambers

Diane Chambers

Creation and casting

Diane Chambers / Development / Creation and casting

English: This photo with Shelley Long at the 1996 Cable ACE Awards. I was a Judge for Comedy at the time with my twin sister Jennie Frankel. The Awards were last presented in 1997.

Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show Cheers, portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles. After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress. She has an on-off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone and a one-year relationship with Frasier Crane, who later becomes a main character of the series and Frasier. When Long left the series during the fifth season, the producers wrote her character out. After that, they added her permanent replacement Rebecca Howe, a businesswoman played by Kirstie Alley, in the sixth season. Shelley Long made a special guest appearance in the series finale as Diane in the eleventh and final season. Long also appeared in Frasier as Diane's fantasy counterpart in Frasier's dreams and the actual Diane in a crossover episode "The Show Where Diane Comes Back". Other actresses auditioned for the role of Diane Chambers. Producers decided to give Long the role primarily for her scenes with Ted Danson as Sam. Critical reception for the character has been mostly positive.

According to Shelley Long, Diane looks more intelligent than she really is. She uses books and academics to communicate with others, usually unsuccessfully. After a series of events which bring her scorn and ridicule, Diane realizes that she knows little about the real world and the bar, and must learn about the world without using books. Wendie Malick auditioned for the role of Diane; she later appeared in Frasier as Ronny Lawrence. Bess Armstrong was offered a role, but she turned it down. Long was initially reluctant to audition, expecting to be offered the role straight out. The producers took a meeting with her and were able to coax her into reading for the part; according to Glen Charles when Long read "that was it, we knew that we wanted her." Before the final decision was made, the list of actresses was narrowed down to three: Long, Lisa Eichhorn, and Julia Duffy. The three actresses were paired with the three finalists for the role of Sam (Long was paired with Ted Danson), and each pair auditioned in front of the producers and NBC executives. The NBC executives praised the test scenes between Long and Danson, so the creators chose Long. Julia Duffy later appeared as one of Diane's friends in "Any Friend of Diane's", a 1982 episode of Cheers. Diane is full of gumption and chutzpah, but quite frequently, she doesn't have the vaguest idea [about] what's going on. However, the producers are cooperative, [and] they have agreed Diane will change. One of my fears of television is 'Do I want to play the same character seven, eight, maybe 10 years?' But it wouldn't be that bad because Diane has a lot of room to grow and still be funny. It's because she cares so deeply. — Shelley Long, Rome News-Tribune When the character was conceived, Diane was to be an executive businesswoman who would have a "love-hate" relationship with ex-baseball player Sam Malone (Ted Danson); their relationship was inspired by the romantic movies of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Instead, she became a pretentious college student. When Long left the series in 1987, the producers reverted to the original concept for Diane to use with Diane's replacement Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley).

Long at the 1996 Cable ACE Awards

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Lark

Studebaker Lark

1963

Studebaker Lark / Second generation (1962-1963) / 1963

English: 1963 Studebaker Lark Sedan

The Studebaker Lark is a compact car that was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966. From its introduction in early 1959 until 1962, the Lark was a product of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In mid-1962, the company dropped "Packard" from its name and reverted to its pre-1954 name, the Studebaker Corporation. In addition to being built in Studebaker's South Bend, Indiana, home plant, the Lark and its descendants were also built in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 1959 to 1966 by Studebaker of Canada Limited. The cars were also exported to a number of countries around the world as completed units and completely knocked down kits which were then assembled at a local factory. Lark-based variants represented the bulk of the range produced by Studebaker after 1958 and sold in far greater volume than the contemporary Hawk and Avanti models. Beginning with the 1963 Cruiser, the Lark name was gradually phased out of the company catalog and by early 1964, Lark-based models were being marketed under Commander, Daytona and Cruiser nameplates only. The Studebaker company, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1952, ceased automobile production in 1966.

For 1963, Stevens again restyled the Lark. The dated wrap-around windshield was eliminated and the entire "greenhouse" was lightened via the use of thinner door and roof pillars. Doing away with the thick framing that had been a much-criticized feature of Studebaker's bodies since 1953 imparted a much more modern appearance. Inside the cars, a completely new instrument panel with full instrumentation (sans idiot lights) was installed, although the designers were not able to integrate the available air conditioning into the panel; the evaporator and vents were still hung beneath the dash in a space-robbing box. For the ladies, an "Exclusive Beauty Vanity" with a mirror and makeup tray was fitted in the glove box compartment on most models. Just in case anyone would forget that Studebaker's glove box contained the vanity feature, the fronts were adorned with the word "Vanity" in golden script. Aside from the Avanti, the biggest product news for Studebaker in 1963 was the introduction of the novel sliding-roof Wagonaire. Designed by Stevens, the Wagonaire was perhaps the greatest advance in station wagons since the late-1940s introduction of the all-steel body. Dealers found that while buyers were curious in the sliding roof of the Wagonaire, many were hesitant to consider them seriously. When combined with reports of water leakage that many of the early models experienced, management deemed that a less exotic fixed roof wagon was needed. These were added at mid year. Elsewhere in the lineup, the Cruiser was given heavy promotion as a sensibly sized luxury car. The brochures referred to it as "America's First and Only Limousette." To separate it from the Lark, Studebaker eliminated the "Lark" lettering from the front fenders and added fancier side trim. Inside, buyers could choose luxurious broadcloth upholstery, lending credence to Studebaker's luxury push for the Cruiser. The Daytona line was expanded for 1963, adding the new Wagonaire to the continuing convertible and hardtop. A new Custom trim level, which used side trim similar to that used on the 1962 Daytonas, stepped into the Regal's former place. Daytonas received new side trim that started as a narrow molding on the front fenders and widened toward the rear. The basic design of this trim was shared with the Cruiser. With the elimination of the Deluxe Lark, this left the formerly "hi-line" Regal models demoted to Studebaker's base model when the 1963 cars were introduced. Regals were simple badged as "Lark" and received a thin stainless steel trim piece that extended from the tip of the front fender to the end of the rear fender. While the interiors were plain, they were far from spartan. The Regal line shared the newly introduced padded dash, with vanity, with its higher priced sister models, and the vinyl interior for some exterior colors featured three colors and textures of vinyl, but with less tufting. Buyers could also option a Regal with any of the engine and transmission choices found in the higher priced models. In mid-1963, Studebaker introduced the Standard series, a totally stripped line of Larks in the vein of the 1957-58 Scotsman, bumping the Regal up a notch in the model hierarchy. While it — like the Cruiser at the other end of the line — was obviously a Lark, it bore no Lark nameplates, just "Studebaker" scripts (first used on 1956 Hawks) on the front fenders. In addition, the Standard, in keeping with its frugal image, carried no side trim, and had a plainer interior with no vanity, just a simple glove box with a lid that opened at the top. Mainly promoted as a fleet vehicle, the Standard offered good value; the two-door sedan carried a base price of only US$1,935. This price was very competitive with other companies' small- and mid-sized cars. On the engineering front, disc brakes made by Bendix (first offered on the Avanti) were made available; at $97.95, they were a good value and greatly improved the cars' stopping power. In the engine lineup, in addition to the existing six-cylinder and V8 engines of the past, new options were added for the 1

1963 Studebaker Lark Sedan

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Mouton

Alexandre Mouton

Early life

Alexandre Mouton / Early life

Français : Portrait du gouverneur de la Louisiane Alexandre Mouton (jeune)

Alexandre Mouton was a United States Senator and the 11th Governor of Louisiana.

He was born in Attakapas district (now Lafayette Parish) into a wealthy plantation-owning Acadian family. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Georgetown College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Lafayette Parish. He married Zelia Rousseau, the granddaughter of Governor Jacques Dupré, and they had 13 children before her death. In 1829, he married Emma Kitchell Gardner; this marriage had six children.

Alexandre Mouton

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_Barba-Jacob

Porfirio Barba-Jacob

Porfirio Barba-Jacob

Monumento a Porfirio Barba Jacob obra del maestro Rodrigo Arenas Betancur, bronce y concreto, 5.50 m de alto. Parque central del Municipio de Santa Rosa de Osos. Antioquia, Colombia.

Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, to parents Antonio María Osorio and Pastora Benítez, he was raised by his grandparents in Angostura. In 1895 he started his travels, first through Colombia, and from 1907 to Central America and the United States, before finally settling down in 1930 in Mexico City. Around 1902 in Bogotá, he founded the literary magazine "El cancionero antioqueño", which he managed under the pseudonym Marín Jiménez. Short after, he wrote the novel "Virginia", which was never published because the original manuscript was confiscated by the mayor of Santa Rosa for alleged immorality. In 1906 he moved to Barranquilla where he adopted the pseudonym Ricardo Arenales. He continued to use this pseudonym until 1922 when in Guatemala he adopted a new pseudonym which he would use for the rest of his life: Porfirio Barba-Jacob. Around 1907, still in Barranquilla, he wrote his first poems, such as "Árbol viejo", "Campiña florida", and his most famous work, "Canción de la vida profunda".

Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez (July 29, 1883 – January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, to parents Antonio María Osorio and Pastora Benítez, he was raised by his grandparents in Angostura. In 1895 he started his travels, first through Colombia, and from 1907 to Central America and the United States, before finally settling down in 1930 in Mexico City. Around 1902 in Bogotá, he founded the literary magazine "El cancionero antioqueño" (The Antioquian songbook), which he managed under the pseudonym Marín Jiménez. Short after, he wrote the novel "Virginia", which was never published because the original manuscript was confiscated by the mayor of Santa Rosa for alleged immorality. In 1906 he moved to Barranquilla where he adopted the pseudonym Ricardo Arenales. He continued to use this pseudonym until 1922 when in Guatemala he adopted a new pseudonym which he would use for the rest of his life: Porfirio Barba-Jacob. Around 1907, still in Barranquilla, he wrote his first poems, such as "Árbol viejo", "Campiña florida", and his most famous work, "Canción de la vida profunda" (Song of the deep life). During his journey through Central America, Mexico and the US, he contributed to many magazines and journals. He befriended Porfirio Díaz, which led to his fleeing to Guatemala, then to Cuba, for disagreeing with Manuel Estrada. In 1918 he returned to Mexico, where it is said that he wrote a biography of Pancho Villa. In 1922 he was expelled by Álvaro Obregón and fled again to Guatemala, from where he was again expelled in 1924 by Jorge Ubico. Barba-Jacob then went to El Salvador, and after being deported by Alfonso Quiñones, travelled to Honduras, New Orleans and Cuba. In 1927 he returned to Colombia and, after some recitals and contributions to the Colombian journal El Espectador, he left Colombia on what would be his last trip. He died in 1942 of tuberculosis in Mexico City. Four years after his death, on 11 January 1946, his ashes were claimed by the Colombian government and were returned to the Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres.

Bronze and concrete monument to Porfirio Barba Jacob in the central municipal park of Santa Rosa de Osos in Antioquia, Colombia. The sculpture is by Rodrigo Arenas Betancur.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P5%2B1

P5+1

2015 negotiations on last solutions and final agreement

P5+1 / 2015 negotiations on last solutions and final agreement

English: The P5+1 and E.U. ministers met for the first time collectively on July 6, 2015, in the Palais Coburg Concert Hall after Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang made it to Vienna. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

The P5+1 refers to the UN Security Council's five permanent members; namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States; plus Germany. The P5+1 is often referred to as the E3+3 by European countries. It is a group of six world powers which, in 2006, joined together in diplomatic efforts with Iran with regard to its nuclear program.

Last meetings before nuclear agreement

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dux_de_Lux

Dux de Lux

History

Dux de Lux / History

English: Portrait of Charles Chilton taken by an unidentified photographer in 1895.

The Dux de Lux, originally called Llanmaes, was a popular beer garden and restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand, that is part of the Arts Centre. The building, initially a private home, became the home of the student union of the University of Canterbury at this central city site before the tertiary institution moved to the suburb of Ilam. It is listed as a Category II heritage building by Heritage New Zealand. The building was closed following the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, with the restaurant and bar moving to various suburban premises.

The merchant John Lewis commissioned the building with Francis Petre as his private residence, and it was constructed in 1883, in a Tudor Revival style similar to Pinner House in Dunedin, another Petre design. Lewis gave it the Welsh name of Llanmaes, which means 'the church in the meadow'. The house changed ownership to Dr Colin Graham Campbell in 1899, who onsold it to Dr Charles Chilton in 1904. Chilton was a zoologist, the first rector to be appointed in Australasia, and the first person to be awarded a D.Sc. degree in New Zealand. He lived in the building until 1911 and sold it to Eliza Vincent. When Vincent died, the building was purchased by the University in 1926. For the next three years, the building was used as the rector's residence. Canterbury College, from which the University of Canterbury developed, was first established in 1872. Either in 1875–1876 on in 1877, the Benjamin Mountfort-designed clock tower was the first building erected by the college on the block bounded by Worcester, Rolleston, Hereford and Montreal Streets. Llanmaes was the last building on the block purchased by the college. The Canterbury Students' Association was formed in 1894. An immediate issue was to find a suitable place for students to meet, but it was not until 1921 that a tearoom was set aside for this purpose. Regarded as a temporary solution, the students pursued the idea to have their own building. V. R. J. Hearn won a design competition with his entry in Gothic Revival style, in keeping with the college's older buildings. The estimated cost of £30,000 proved to put this aim out of reach. The board of the university suggested that Llanmaes, which had just been purchased, could be used by the students. Although the Students' Association rejected the idea, the architects Collins and Harman were tasked with developing plans for extending the building. The architects were sympathetic to the original design and continued with the original style of English Domestic Revival style architecture. An addition, low brick walls around the street frontage, was made in 1928–1929 by Collins and Harman. From 1929, the building served as the Student Union. While a 1954 fire damaged much of the interior, construction in 1955–1956 added a dining room and three meeting rooms. After the student union had moved out, the building was converted into a bar, music venue, and restaurant. The Dux de Lux, which is Latin for Masters of the Finest, opened in late 1978. New Zealand band Salmonella Dub will release the single Same Home Town in 2013 in honour of their 20th birthday. The single is dedicated to the Dux de Lux as their early Christchurch venue.

Charles Chilton in ca 1895

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrano_Basso

Garrano Basso

Garrano Basso

Garrano Basso is a village in the province of Teramo. This province is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The village, which had a population of 109 as of 2001, is a frazione of the city of Teramo. Relative to the city center, the village is 7.49 kilometers northwest, via the SS81 Piceno-Aprutina state road.

Garrano Basso is a village in the province of Teramo. This province is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The village, which had a population of 109 as of 2001, is a frazione (part) of the city of Teramo. Relative to the city center, the village is 7.49 kilometers northwest, via the SS81 Piceno-Aprutina state road.

Location of the province of Teramo

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crypt_(Kings_Island)

The Crypt (Kings Island)

Tomb Raider: The Ride (2002–2007)

The Crypt (Kings Island) / Ride experience / Tomb Raider: The Ride (2002–2007)

English: The entrance for Tomb Raider: The Ride at Kings Island

The Crypt was an indoor Giant Top Spin ride located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Former park owner Paramount Parks collaborated with HUSS Park Attractions to design and manufacture the ride, which opened as Tomb Raider: The Ride on April 5, 2002. The flat ride featured a variety of special effects that correlated with the theme of the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from Paramount Pictures. Under new ownership by Cedar Fair, Kings Island removed all references to the film from both the ride and its indoor queue line following the 2007 season. It reopened as The Crypt in 2008. An outdoor, smaller version of the ride opened at sister park Kings Dominion in 2005 as Tomb Raider: FireFall.

In the attraction's Tomb Raider: The Ride incarnation, the attraction's entry plaza featured a special edition Land Rover Defender parked by the ride's entrance to represent Lara Croft's presence at the site. Atmospheric music (some sampling the movie's score) played throughout the plaza and into the queue. Upon entering the building, guests found themselves walking on catwalks over artifacts and rubble while passing under ceilings supported by a seemingly temporary bamboo structure. A large antechamber, featuring large stone monkey warrior statues from the film, sectioned off one cycle's worth of guests into three rows. As the ride's original score intensified, ancient gears could be heard tumbling into place as a light aligned to illuminate the Triangle of Light featured on the elaborately-carved door located in front of riders. Once the light is aligned, the door began to slide open with accompanying sound and fog effects, allowing guests to enter the pre-show room. Once in the pre-show area, the door would slide closed. The pre-show room featured the statue of Brahma used in the film and a large oval projection screen that raised out of the altar beneath the statue. A video played to explain the foundation of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, establishing the ride's storyline to be centered around the Triangle of Light, an ancient artifact capable of controlling time, which is sought by Croft in the film. Once the pre-show video had ended, the entire left wall of the room rose, revealing the "secret" entrance to the sixty-foot-tall altar chamber of the god Shiva and allowing riders to board the vehicle, maintaining the same rows from the prior room. The ride featured an original soundtrack composed by Rob Pottorf, sound effects from The Bakery, and voiceovers from Angelina Jolie, along with other members of the film's cast. The ride lifted riders up toward the eyes of a carving of Shiva on the forward wall. His eyes (embedded with automated lights) scanned the car, and fire and ice emblems held in two of his six hands illuminated. The ride then flipped through the darkness before stopping with riders looking straight up at razor-sharp icy stalactites on the ceiling. It released, flipped again, and came to a stop, holding riders looking straight down on "lava pits", pools of water cascading from a massive volcano stretching up the chamber's back wall. In time with the music, the lava would begin to jump up, as fountains narrowly avoided splashing riders. After another flip through the darkness, the ride circled around the bottom of its arc, looking up at the god on the wall. As fog and lights filled the room, the fire and ice effects went off at once as, in time with the audio track, the god screamed and her fire, ice, and eyes went dark. He appeared to "wake up" once more as one final blast of fog emanated from the base of the ride structure, nearly contacting riders before fading away (this used as a device to keep riders engaged during the ride's lengthy homing procedure before the bridges could lower to allow guests to disembark). For the majority of its time as Tomb Raider: The Ride, the ride included four inversions, extended "hang time" over the lava pits, a god with piercing eyes and fire and ice emblems, fog effects, and a synchronized musical score composed specifically for the ride, lasting 2:30.

The entrance and queue line when it was known as Tomb Raider: The Ride

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Crows

Austin Crows

Zilker Park

Austin Crows / Zilker Park

English: Skyline of Austin, Texas from Zilker Metropolitan Park

The Austin Crows is a United States Australian Football League team, based in Austin, Texas, United States. It was founded in 2002. They play in the Mid American Australian Football League. The Crows are a mix of Australians, Americans and many other nationalities as well as a wide range of ages and backgrounds.

The Crows practice at iconic Zilker Park in downtown Austin with the city skyline in the background.

The Austin Crows train at Zilker Park in Austin.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahay_Nakpil-Bautista

Bahay Nakpil-Bautista

Bahay Nakpil-Bautista

English: The photo taken at the front-right side view of the house from the Bautista Street.

The Nakpil-Bautista House is one of the old houses found in the district of Quiapo, Manila. It was built in 1914 by Arcadio Arellano. The two-house originally sits on two lots, having a total area of 500 square meters. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared the house as a cultural property on August 25, 2011. Today, the house is a museum showcasing items of the Katipunan, paintings, among others.

The Nakpil-Bautista House (Tagalog, Bahay Nakpil-Bautista) is one of the old houses found in the district of Quiapo, Manila. It was built in 1914 by Arcadio Arellano. The two-house originally sits on two lots, having a total area of 500 square meters. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines declared the house as a cultural property on August 25, 2011. Today, the house is a museum showcasing items of the Katipunan, paintings, among others.

View from the street

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukinfield_Junction

Dukinfield Junction

Wooden Canal Boat Society

Dukinfield Junction / Wooden Canal Boat Society

The Forget-Me-Not, a working wooden canal boat owned by the Wooden Canal Boat Society is berthed at thePortland Basin, on the Ashton Canal in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside. Traditional painting.

Dukinfield Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Peak Forest Canal, the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal meet near Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. The area has been designated by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council as a conservation area. It is adjacent to Portland Basin, and the names are often used as synonyms by boaters, whilst locals refer only to Portland Basin. Strictly speaking, Portland Basin is the wide area on the main line of the canal. The arm under the junction bridge and the aqueduct over the River Tame were built by the Ashton Canal, and the junction with the Peak Forest canal was historically at the southern end of the aqueduct.

The Portland Basin hosts the Wooden Canal Boat Society which has restored and works six traditional narrowboats. The Society was formed as a charitable company limited by guarantee in 1996, and took over the assets of the former Wooden Canal Boat Trust in 1997. It became a registered charity in 1998, and the first boat was moved to Portland Basin Museum in 1996.

Forget me not (1927), at the basin in September 2010

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitryon_38

Amphitryon 38

Amphitryon 38

Polski: Pokaz Amfitriona 38 w Starym Teatrze w Karkowie - 1948.

Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously.

Amphitryon 38 is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously.

Amphitryon 38 performance at Helena Modrzejewska National Stary Theater in Kraków, 1948

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_King%27s_Nympton

Manor of King's Nympton

Sir Lewis Pollard (died before 1569)

Manor of King's Nympton / Descent of the manor / Pollard / Sir Lewis Pollard (died before 1569)

English: Arms of Prust of Thorry, Hartland, Devon: Gules, on a chief argent two estoiles sable (Vivian, Heralds' Visitations of Devon, 1895, p.629)

The Manor of King's Nympton was a manor largely co-terminous with the parish of King's Nympton in Devon, England.

Sir Lewis Pollard (died before 1569), eldest son and heir, was a serjeant-at-law and served as Recorder of Exeter from 1548. He married Joan Prust, daughter and heiress of Hugh Prust, Esquire, (died 1559) of Thorry, near Hartland (alias Thorvey, etc.), who married secondly Sir John Perrot (1528–1592), Lord Deputy of Ireland. The Prust family were settled at "Gorven" from at the latest 1199, a deed of which date is recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Devon as mentioning John Prust of Gorven. Hugh Prust (died 1559) was the second son of John Prust of Thorry by his wife Agnes. Thorry had been held by an unnamed tenant in 1299 from the Abbot of Hartland for the rent of 1 lb of pepper, due annually at Michaelmas. It was still held in 1566 (from overlord unknown) at the same rent, by the "heirs of Hugh Prust", i.e. the Pollards. In 1530 Hugh Prust gave to St Nectan's Church, Hartland, the set of surviving bench-ends showing his initials "H P" each in its own shield. Hugh Prust was one of the largest tenants of the lands of Hartland Abbey as revealed by the Valor Ecclesiasticus made in 1535 preparatory to its dissolution. Amongst his lands were the lease of the manor of Bykyngton (i.e. Abbots Bickington) which he had leased from the Abbey for 40 years paying £12 per annum rent. This manor became the seat of his descendant Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet (died 1701). Hugh Prust was described in a contemporary document as "a man of great wealth and of fair land and living" and had a private chapel at Thorry served by the cleric John Horwell (died 1553), the prior of Hartland Abbey before its dissolution in 1539, who also served as mass-priest in St Mary's Guild, at the sole expense of Hugh Prust. Hugh Prust's other lands held from Hartland Abbey in 1566 were: the whole of: Friar's Hill, Holepark, Thorry and Wembsworthy; part of Elmscott, Hardisworthy, Pitt and Higher Velly. In addition the widow Katherine Prust (possibly the widow of Hugh Prust or of his brother Richard Prust (died 1550) of Wollesworthy) held possibly as her dower: part of Fursdon and Natcott. Lewis Pollard died before 1569 and his infant sons became wards of Sir John Chichester (died 1569) of Raleigh. He left the following children: Sir Hugh Pollard, eldest son and heir (see below). Lewis Pollard, second son, married Cecilia Chichester, sixth daughter of Sir John Chichester and widow of Thomas Hatch. Thomasine Pollard (died 1539), married Admiral Sir George Carew (c. 1504 – 1545), who drowned in the Mary Rose. Frances Pollard, who married Sir John Uggan of Pembroke. Susan Pollard, who married firstly John Copleston and secondly Sir Anthony Rouse.

Arms of Prust of Thorry, Hartland: Gules, on a chief argent two estoiles sable[17]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoalbuminemia

Hypoalbuminemia

Malnutrition or malabsorption

Hypoalbuminemia / Causes / Malnutrition or malabsorption

العربية: صُورة ترجع لِأواخر عقد الستينيَّات من القرن العشرين، تُظهر طفلة مريضة جالسة، تُعاني من مرض كواشيوركور شأنها شأن الكثير من الأطفال الذين عُثر عليهم في مُخيمات اللاجئين خِلال الحرب الأهليَّة النيجيريَّة. الكواشيوركور هو مرضٌ ينجم عن عوز الپروتين الحاد، وهذه الطفلة، التي تسببت نوعيَّة حميتها الغذائيَّة بِهذا المرض، كانت تُعاني أيضًا من عوارض مُختلفة بما فيها وذمة الساقين والقدمين، وبهتان لون الجلد، وتساقط الشعر، وفقر الدم، وانتفاخ المعدة، ولمعان الجلد. أُنشأ الكثير من مُخيمات الإغاثة في سبيل تقديم المُساعدات الغذائيَّة لِلقرويين في المناطق المُحيطة بِمواقع النزاع. English: This late 1960s photograph shows a seated, listless child, who was among many kwashiorkor cases found in Nigerian relief camps during the Nigerian–Biafran war. Kwashiorkor is a disease brought on due to a severe dietary protein deficiency, and this child, whose diet fit such a deficiency profile, presented with symptoms including edema of legs and feet, light-colored, thinning hair, anemia, a pot-belly, and shiny skin. A large number of relief camps were established for nutrition assessment and feeding operations for the local villagers around the war zone. Español: Tomada a finales la década de 1960, esta fotografía muestra a una niña lánguida sentada; uno de muchos casos de personas afectadas por el kwashiorkor encontradas en campamentos de socorro nigerianos durante la guerra entre Nigeria y Biafra. Français : Photo de la fin des années 1960 montrant une jeune fille atteinte de kwashiorkor, l'un des nombreux enfants atteints de ce mal lié à la malnutrition présents dans les camps de réfugiés nigériens au cours de la guerre du Biafra. Cette maladie se manifeste ici par un œdème de l’abdomen (grand ventre protubérant) et des extrémités, une atteinte des cheveux et de la peau, et une anémie. Italiano: Uno dei tanti bambini affetti da kwashiorkor presenti nei campi di accoglienza durante la guerra del Biafra Українська: Дитина, хвора на квашіоркор, у таборі для біженців під час громадянської війни у Нігерії (1967—1970)

Hypoalbuminemia is a medical sign in which the level of albumin in the blood is low. This can be due to decreased production in the liver, increased loss in the gastrointestinal tract or kidneys, increased use in the body, or abnormal distribution between body compartments. Patients often present with hypoalbuminemia as a result of another disease process such as sepsis, cirrhosis in the liver, nephrotic syndrome in the kidneys, or protein-losing enteropathy in the gastrointestinal tract. One of the roles of albumin is being the major driver of oncotic pressure in the bloodstream and the body. Thus, hypoalbuminemia leads to abnormal distributions of fluids within the body and its compartments. As a result, associated symptoms include edema in the lower legs, ascites in the abdomen, and effusions around internal organs. Laboratory tests aimed at assessing liver function diagnose hypoalbuminemia. Once identified, it is a poor prognostic indicator for patients with a variety of different diseases. Yet, it is only treated in very specific indications in patients with cirrhosis and nephrotic syndrome. Treatment instead focuses on the underlying cause of the hypoalbuminemia.

Kwashiorkor is a disease of malnutrition characterized by decreased protein intake and amino acid deficiency resulting in hypoalbuminemia and a characteristic physical presentation. This is an extreme example of how malnutrition can result in hypoalbuminemia. More typical is malnutrition-associated hypoalbuminemia in the elderly, who appear thin and frail but not with the rounded abdomen and edema seen in Kwashiorkor. Albumin is an acute negative phase respondent and not a reliable indicator of nutrition status Low albumin levels can also indicate chronic malnutrition from protein losing enteropathy. This is often caused or exacerbated by ulcerative colitis, but can also be seen in cardiac disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. Broadly, protein-losing enteropathy can be caused by increased lymphatic pressure in the gastrointestinal tract as in lymphangiectasis, mucosal erosion-induced lack of absorption as in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and other diseases of malabsorption without mucosal erosions as in Celiac disease. Eosinophilic gastritis presents with epigastric pain, peripheral blood eosinophilia, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia.

A girl with the physical signs and symptoms of Kwashiorkor, which is an extreme form of malnutrition-associated hypoalbuminemia.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_6959_Class_6990_Witherslack_Hall

GWR 6959 Class 6990 Witherslack Hall

GWR 6959 Class 6990 Witherslack Hall

English: GWR 6959 Modified Hall 4-6-0 No. 6990 'Witherslack Hall' departs Quorn tender first on the Great Central Railway.

6990 Witherslack Hall is a steam locomotive. It was built at Swindon by British Railways to a Great Western Railway design in 1948. It took part in the 1948 Locomotive Trials, on 24th and 25 June 1948, running on the Great Central Main Line from Marylebone.

6990 Witherslack Hall is a steam locomotive. It was built at Swindon by British Railways to a Great Western Railway design in 1948. It took part in the 1948 Locomotive Trials, on 24th and 25 June 1948, running on the Great Central Main Line from Marylebone.

Witherslack Hall at Quorn & Woodhouse in May 2018

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchroscope

Synchroscope

Synchroscope

English: Photograph of a synchroscope taken by me.

In AC electrical power systems, a synchroscope is a device that indicates the degree to which two systems are synchronized with each other. For two electrical systems to be synchronized, both systems must operate at the same frequency, and the phase angle between the systems must be zero. Synchroscopes measure and display the frequency difference and phase angle between two power systems. Only when these two quantities are zero is it safe to connect the two systems together. Connecting two unsynchronized AC power systems together is likely to cause high currents to flow, which will severely damage any equipment not protected by fuses or circuit breakers.

In AC electrical power systems, a synchroscope is a device that indicates the degree to which two systems (generators or power networks) are synchronized with each other. For two electrical systems to be synchronized, both systems must operate at the same frequency, and the phase angle between the systems must be zero (and two polyphase systems must have the same phase sequence). Synchroscopes measure and display the frequency difference and phase angle between two power systems. Only when these two quantities are zero is it safe to connect the two systems together. Connecting two unsynchronized AC power systems together is likely to cause high currents to flow, which will severely damage any equipment not protected by fuses or circuit breakers.

This synchroscope was used to synchronize a factory's power plant with the utility's power grid.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parahupehsuchus

Parahupehsuchus

Description

Parahupehsuchus / Description

Anterior dorsal region of Parahupehsuchus longus (WGSC 26005). Bone identifications: arf, anterior rib facet extending from the parapophysis; da, dermal armor; dia, diapophysis of the neural arch; f, forelimb; lg, lateral gastralia; mg, median gastralia; ns1, first segment of neural spine; ns2, second segment of neural spine; para, the main facet of parapophysis; ri, rib. Scale is 1 cm. Note that ribs and gastralia overlap in a complex manner and the double rib articulation prevents rib motion.

Parahupehsuchus is an extinct genus of hupehsuchian marine reptiles from the Early Triassic of China. The genus is monotypic, known from the single species Parahupehsuchus longus and based on a single specimen. Like other hupehsuchians, it possesses a suite of features not seen in any other group of reptiles, including an elongated torso, a tail nearly as long as the rest of the body, short and paddle-like limbs, extra bones in the fore- and hind limbs, thick ribs and gastralia, neural spines of the vertebrae split into two parts, and bony plates over the neural spines. It differs from other hupehsuchians in having an even more elongated body and wider ribs that touch along their edges and have no spaces between them. The ribs connect with gastralia on the underside of the torso to form a bony "tube" around the body wall.

Parahupehsuchus longus is known from a single type specimen, WGSC 26005, found in an outcrop of the Early Triassic (Olenekian) Jialingjiang Formation in Yuan'an County, Hubei Province, China, in 2011. WGSC 26005 consists of a mostly complete left half of a skeleton lacking the skull and most of the tail. The torso of Parahupehsuchus is very elongated; it has 38 dorsal vertebrae, 10 more than in Hupehsuchus and the unnamed hupehsuchian IVPP V4070. The rib cage of Parahupehsuchus is narrow and tube-shaped, unlike the barrel-shaped rib cage of Hupehsuchus. The ribs of Parahupehsuchus are unlike those of any other hupehsuchian. They are wide and flat, touching edge-to-edge to form a bony tube across the torso. Rows of gastralia on the underside of the torso form a bottom wall enclosing this tube. Each rib articulates with two dorsal vertebrae, wedged between the diapophysis and parapophysis of the vertebra in front of it and an anterior rib facet extending from the parapophysis of the vertebra behind it. Each rib sweeps backward from its connection with the vertebrae. The gastralia, which overlap the bottom ends of the ribs, sweep forward.

Diagram showing the armor and torso

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demidovsky_District

Demidovsky District

Culture and recreation

Demidovsky District / Culture and recreation

Русский: Усадьба путешественника Пржевальского Н. М. (филиал музея-заповедника) (Смоленская область, Демидов, посёлок Пржевальское, Советская улица, 49) This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 6710087000 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!

Demidovsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Velizhsky District in the northwest, Rudnyansky District in the southwest, Smolensky District in the south, and with Dukhovshchinsky District in the east. The area of the district is 2,514.02 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the town of Demidov. Population: 14,039; 18,167; 24,237. The population of Demidov accounts for 52.2% of the district's total population.

The estate formerly owned by the geographer and explorer of Central Asia Nikolay Przhevalsky in the urban-type settlement of Przhevalskoye, as well as a number of archaeological sites, are designated cultural monuments of federal significance. The Przhevalsky Estate has been converted to a memorial museum.

Nikolay Przhevalsky Estate, Przhevalskoye.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_shoe

Saddle shoe

Saddle shoe

English: Saddle shoes

The saddle shoe, also known as "saddle oxford", is a low-heeled casual shoe, characterized by a plain toe and saddle-shaped decorative panel placed mid foot. Saddle shoes are typically constructed of leather and are most frequently white with a black or dark blue saddle, although any color combination is possible. Saddle shoes are worn by both men and women in a variety of styles ranging from golf cleats to school uniform shoes. They have a reputation as the typical shoes of school-girls, especially in the 1940s.

The saddle shoe, also known as "saddle oxford", is a low-heeled casual shoe, characterized by a plain toe and saddle-shaped decorative panel placed mid foot. Saddle shoes are typically constructed of leather and are most frequently white with a black or dark blue saddle, although any color combination is possible. Saddle shoes are worn by both men and women in a variety of styles ranging from golf cleats to school uniform shoes. They have a reputation as the typical shoes of school-girls, especially in the 1940s.

Saddle shoe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthia

Parthia

Under the Arsacids

Parthia / History / Under the Arsacids

English: A second century BC helmet with hellenistic influences protects the head of a Parthian warrior from Nysa. Español: Un casco del siglo II a. C. con influencias helenísticas protege la cabeza de un guerrero parto de Nisa.

Parthia is a historical region located in north-eastern Iran. It was conquered and subjugated by the empire of the Medes during the 7th century BC, was incorporated into the subsequent Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC, and formed part of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire following the 4th-century-BC conquests of Alexander the Great. The region later served as the political and cultural base of the Eastern-Iranian Parni people and Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire. The Sasanian Empire, the last state of pre-Islamic Iran, also held the region and maintained the Seven Parthian clans as part of their feudal aristocracy.

From their base in Parthia, the Arsacid dynasts eventually extended their dominion to include most of Greater Iran. They also quickly established several eponymous branches on the thrones of Armenia, Iberia, and Caucasian Albania. Even though the Arsacids only sporadically had their capital in Parthia, their power base was there, among the Parthian feudal families, upon whose military and financial support the Arsacids depended. In exchange for this support, these families received large tracts of land among the earliest conquered territories adjacent to Parthia, which the Parthian nobility then ruled as provincial rulers. The largest of these city-states were Kuchan, Semnan, Gorgan, Merv, Zabol and Yazd. From about 105 BC onwards, the power and influence of this handful of Parthian noble families was such that they frequently opposed the monarch, and would eventually be a "contributory factor in the downfall" of the dynasty. From about 130 BC onwards, Parthia suffered numerous incursions by various nomadic tribes, including the Sakas, the Yuezhi, and the Massagetae. Each time, the Arsacid dynasts responded personally, doing so even when there were more severe threats from Seleucids or Romans looming on the western borders of their empire (as was the case for Mithridates I). Defending the empire against the nomads cost Phraates II and Artabanus I their lives. The Roman Crassus attempted to conquer Parthia in 52 BC but was decisively defeated at the Battle of Carrhae. Caesar was planning another invasion when he was assassinated in 44 BC. A long series of Roman-Parthian wars followed. Around 32 BC, civil war broke out when a certain Tiridates rebelled against Phraates IV, probably with the support of the nobility that Phraates had previously persecuted. The revolt was initially successful, but failed by 25 BC. In 9/8, the Parthian nobility succeeded in putting their preferred king on the throne, but Vonones proved to have too tight a budgetary control, so he was usurped in favor of Artabanus II, who seems to have been a non-Arsacid Parthian nobleman. But when Artabanus attempted to consolidate his position (at which he was successful in most instances), he failed to do so in the regions where the Parthian provincial rulers held sway. By the 2nd century AD, the frequent wars with neighboring Rome and with the nomads, and the infighting among the Parthian nobility had weakened the Arsacids to a point where they could no longer defend their subjugated territories. The empire fractured as vassalaries increasingly claimed independence or were subjugated by others, and the Arsacids were themselves finally vanquished by the Persian Sassanids, a formerly minor vassal from southwestern Iran, in April 224.

A sculpted head (broken off from a larger statue) of a Parthian soldier wearing a Hellenistic-style helmet, from the Parthian royal residence and necropolis of Nisa, 2nd century BC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumizaki_Station

Izumizaki Station

Izumizaki Station

日本語: 東北本線泉崎駅

Izumizaki Station is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the village of Izumizaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Izumizaki Station (泉崎駅, Izumizaki-eki) is a railway station on the Tōhoku Main Line in the village of Izumizaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Izumizaki Station in March 2009

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980

1980

January

1980 / Births / January

English: Nick Carter performing at iPlay America in Freehold, NJ in March 2016.

1980 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1980th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 980th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1980s decade.

January 1 Richie Faulkner, British rock guitarist Karina Jacobsgaard, Danish tennis player Mark Nichols, Canadian curler Elin Nordegren, Swedish model January 2 Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist Robert Rivas, American politician January 3 Federico Luzzi, Italian tennis player (d. 2008) Telly Leung, American actor, singer and songwriter January 4 Erin Cahill, American actress Greg Cipes, American actor D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian Happy Salma, Indonesian actress, model, and writer January 5 Garette Ratliff Henson, American actor Bennie Joppru, American football player Jill Krowinski, American politician January 6 – Pascual Romero, American musician January 7 – Hele Kõrve, Estonian actress and singer January 8 Adam Goodes, Australian rules footballer Rachel Nichols, American actress Sam Riley, English actor January 9 Sergio García, Spanish golfer Wang Zulan, Hong Kong actor January 10 – Sarah Shahi, American actress January 11 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player January 12 – Amerie, American singer January 13 LaKisha Jones, American singer María de Villota, Spanish racing driver (d. 2013) January 14 Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Costa Rican politician, 48th President of Costa Rica Amber Brock, American author Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor, model and singer Cory Gibbs, American footballer Monika Kuszyńska, Polish singer and songwriter Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer Yūko Kaida, Japanese voice actress January 15 – Jason Capel, American basketball coach January 16 Albert Pujols, Dominican Major League Baseball player Michelle Wild, Hungarian actress Lin-Manuel Miranda, Puerto Rican-American actor, composer, and writer January 17 Zooey Deschanel, American actress, singer and musician Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian-American dance champion, choreographer and instructor January 18 Estelle, British singer and actress Julius Peppers, American football player Jason Segel, American actor and comedian January 19 Luke Macfarlane, Canadian actor and singer Jenson Button, British racecar driver D Double E, English grime MC Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player January 20 Philippe Cousteau Jr., American-French oceanographer Philippe Gagnon, Canadian Paralympic swimmer Kim Jeong-hoon, South Korean singer and actor Brigitte Olivier, Belgian martial artist Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player Matthew Tuck, Welsh singer and guitarist January 21 Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer Kevin McKenna, Canadian footballer January 22 Jake Grove, American football player Christopher Masterson, American actor January 24 Nyncke Beekhuyzen, Dutch actress Suzy, Portuguese singer January 25 Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete Xavi, Spanish footballer Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler January 26 Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress Danny Dietz, American U.S. Navy SEAL (d. 2005) January 27 – Marat Safin, Russian tennis player January 28 – Nick Carter, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys) January 29 Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli actress and model Jason James Richter, American actor January 30 Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter Wilmer Valderrama, American actor January 31 April Lee Hernández, American film actress Tiffany Limos, American actor

Nick Carter

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Lombardi

Armando Lombardi

Armando Lombardi

Italiano: Armando Lombardi

Armando Lombardi was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including ten years as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.

Armando Lombardi (12 May 1905 – 4 May 1964) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including ten years as Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil.

Armando Lombardi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Combat_Rifle

Advanced Combat Rifle

Phase III

Advanced Combat Rifle / Phase III

The Advanced Combat Rifle was a United States Army program, started in 1986, to find a replacement for the M16 assault rifle. Under the stress of battle the average soldier with an M16 may shoot a target at 45 meters, but hit probability is reduced to one out of ten shots on target by 220 meters. Because of this, the ACR program was initiated in the late 1980s to create a weapon that could double the hit probability. The ACR program was preceded by older programs such as the Special Purpose Individual Weapon. The program ended in 1990 after an expenditure of approximately US$300 million.

Phase III began in August 1989, when AAI, Colt, HK, and Steyr entered weapon testing.

From top to bottom, ACR test rifles from AAI, HK, Steyr, and Colt

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_v._Texas

Tucker v. Texas

Dissent

Tucker v. Texas / Opinion of the Court / Dissent

English: Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice of the United States. The left side of Stone's face was darkened by the uploader for more uniformity.

Chief Justice Harlan Stone portrait

Tucker v. Texas, 326 U.S. 517, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a state statute making it an offense to distribute literature in a federal government-owned town was an improper restriction on freedom of the press and religion.

Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, Justice Stanley F. Reed and Justice Harold H. Burton construed this case as showing a conviction for refusing, at the request of its authorized agent, to leave premises which are owned by the United States and which have not been shown to be dedicated to general use by the public. They, therefore, would have upheld the conviction for the reasons given in the dissent in Marsh.

Justice Harlan Stone, author of dissenting opinion

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament

Political groups of the European Parliament

Group cohesion

Political groups of the European Parliament / Analyses / Group cohesion

Faas 2002 Group cohesion in the European Parliament.PNG. Faas 2002 Group cohesion A 2002 paper from European Integration online Papers (EIoP) by Thorsten Faas gave cohesion figures for the Groups in the European Parliament. Those figures were: approx 90%: PES,ELDR,G/EFA approx 80%: EPP-ED approx 70%: UEN approx 65%: EUL/NGL approx 50%: TGI approx 45%: NI approx 35%: EDD Coloration In order to allow the chart to be used on all wikis, the chart has no annotations in English. The colours follow the convention established on English Wikipedia and are coloured to the following schema:    Conservative/Christian Democrat (EPP-ED)    Social Democrats (PES)    Communist/Far-Left (EUL/NGL)    Liberal/Centrist (ELDR)    National Conservatives (UEN)    Green/Regionalist (G/EFA)    Heterogeneous (TGI)    Independents (NI)    Eurosceptics (EDD) For details on English Wikipedia conventions and the groups, see en:Political groups of the European Parliament.

The political groups of the European Parliament are the parliamentary groups of the European Parliament. The European Parliament is unique among supranational assemblies in that its members organise themselves into ideological groups as in traditional national legislatures. The members of other supranational assemblies form national groups. The political groups of the European Parliament are usually the formal representation of a European political party in the Parliament. In other cases, they are political coalitions of a number of European parties, national parties, and independent politicians. The political groups of the European Parliament are strictly forbidden to campaign during the European elections since this is the exclusive responsibility of the European political parties. Each political group is assumed to have a set of core principles, and political groups that cannot demonstrate this may be disbanded.

Cohesion is the term used to define whether a Group is united or divided amongst itself. Figure 1 of a 2002 paper from European Integration online Papers (EIoP) by Thorsten Faas analysed the Groups as they stood in 2002. The results for each Group are given in the adjacent diagram with the horizontal scale scaled so that 0% = totally split, 100% = totally united. The results are also given in the table below. G/EFA, PES and ELDR were the most united groups, with EDD the most disunited.

2002 Group cohesion (see description for sources).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Domenico,_Rieti

San Domenico, Rieti

San Domenico, Rieti

Italiano: Il campanile della chiesa di San Domenico a Rieti (Lazio), che spunta da dietro le mura medioevali, fotografato da Piazza Marconi English: St. Domenico church's bell tower, behind the medioeval walls, as seen from Marconi square. Rieti, Lazio, Italy.

San Domenico is a Roman Catholic church and the adjacent former Dominican convent is located on the Piazza della Beata Colomba in the medieval center of the city of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy.

San Domenico is a Roman Catholic church and the adjacent former Dominican convent is located on the Piazza della Beata Colomba in the medieval center of the city of Rieti, region of Lazio, Italy.

Bell-tower of San Domenico

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Bianco

Paolo Bianco

Paolo Bianco

English: Umberto Del Core, Orazio Russo, Cristian Silvestri and Paolo Bianco during a training of Catania Calcio, in Massannunziata Italiano: Umberto Del Core, Orazio Russo, Cristian Silvestri e Paolo Bianco durante un allenamento del Calcio Catania, a Massannunziata

Paolo Bianco is an Italian football coach and former footballer who played as a defender.

Paolo Bianco (born 20 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and former footballer who played as a defender.

Umberto Del Core, Orazio Russo, Cristian Silvestri and Paolo Bianco during a training of Catania Calcio, in Massannunziata

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Canning,_1st_Viscount_Stratford_de_Redcliffe

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe

English: This picture was taken from a book titled "The life of the Right Honourable Stratford Canning, viscount Stratford de Redcliffe" by Stanley Lane-Poole published by Longmans, Green and Co. in London in 1888. Türkçe: Bu resim "The life of the Right Honourable Stratford Canning, viscount Stratford de Redcliffe" başlıklı Stanley Lane-Poole tarafından yazılmış ve Longmans, Green and Co. tarafından Londra'da 1888 yılında yayınlanmış bir kitaptan alınmıştır.

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, KG, GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A member of the noble House of Stratford and cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the United States of America between 1820 and 1824 and held his first appointment as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1825 and 1828. He intermittently represented several constituencies in parliament between 1828 and 1842. In 1841 he was re-appointed as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, a position he held for the next 17 years. In 1852 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, probably in reference to his supposed descent from the great 15th-century merchant family of Canynges of Redcliffe near Bristol. However, despite his illustrious diplomatic career, Canning's hopes of high political office were frequently dashed.

Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, KG, GCB, PC (4 November 1786 – 14 August 1880) was a British diplomat and politician who became best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. A member of the noble House of Stratford and cousin of George Canning, he served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to the United States of America between 1820 and 1824 and held his first appointment as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1825 and 1828. He intermittently represented several constituencies in parliament between 1828 and 1842. In 1841 he was re-appointed as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, a position he held for the next 17 years. In 1852 he was elevated to the peerage as Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, probably in reference to his supposed descent from the great 15th-century merchant family of Canynges of Redcliffe near Bristol. However, despite his illustrious diplomatic career, Canning's hopes of high political office were frequently dashed.

Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in 1814, aged 29.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

Forced perspective

Forced perspective

Čeština: Potěmkinovy schody Italiano: La scalinata Potěmkin English: Potemkin Stairs Русский: Потёмкинская лестницаFrançais : L'escalier Potemkin, à Odessa, rendu célèbre par le film Le Cuirassé Potemkine Українська: Потьомкінські сходи в Одесі

Forced perspective is a technique which employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. It has uses in photography, filmmaking and architecture.

Forced perspective is a technique which employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. It has uses in photography, filmmaking and architecture.

The Potemkin Stairs in Odessa extend for 142 metres (466 ft), but give the illusion of greater depth since the stairs are wider at the bottom than at the top

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Chandler

Wilson Chandler

New York Knicks (2007–2011)

Wilson Chandler / Professional career / New York Knicks (2007–2011)

Amar'e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks addresses fans at the team's open practice session in October 2010.

Wilson Chandler is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He has previously played for Zhejiang Guangsha of the Chinese Basketball Association during the 2011 NBA lockout and the NBA's New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets. He played college basketball for the DePaul Blue Demons for two years before declaring for the 2007 NBA draft, where he was a first-round selection of the Knicks. Chandler is listed at 6 ft 8 in. and 225 lbs. He can play both forward positions.

In April 2007, Chandler decided to enter his name in the 2007 NBA draft after careful consideration. Before entering the draft, he hired Chris Grier as his agent. He had not worked out for many teams prior to the draft. He was injured in Atlanta before being able to work out with any other teams. The Knicks talked to his agent and told him they were interested in him. Isiah Thomas, the team's general manager, had very good contacts at DePaul University and knew about him from watching him play in college. On June 28, 2007, Chandler was taken 23rd overall in the 2007 NBA draft by the Knicks. In his first game on November 13, 2007, he recorded 8 points, 2 rebounds and a steal. He had his best game on April 6, 2008, scoring 23 points vs. the Orlando Magic. He finished the season averaging 7.3 points per game. In the 2008–09 season under head coach Mike D'Antoni, Chandler saw his role with the Knicks expand. He finished the season averaging 14.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, while playing in all 82 games. Chandler had a breakout game against the Toronto Raptors, scoring 32 points on 12-23 shooting, including 6-10 from beyond the arc. Chandler participated in the 2009 Rookie Challenge, where he was tied for most rebounds on the sophomore squad. In 65 games in 2009–10, Chandler averaged 15.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists. On November 11, 2010 in a loss to the Golden State Warriors, Chandler had his front tooth inadvertently knocked out by former teammate David Lee. Chandler sat out for a few minutes before returning to the game to finish with 27 points and 3 blocks. On February 9, 2010 Chandler set a new career-high with 35 points against the Sacramento Kings, but the Knicks lost 118-114. Chandler assisted teammate Nate Robinson in the dunk contest during the All-Star Weekend. In the dunk, Nate Robinson used Chandler's back as a trampoline to dunk the basketball. During the season Chandler provided a clutch play down the stretch in a game against the Atlanta Hawks. Chandler had struggled all game but came up with a big block on a Josh Smith dunk attempt. The blocked shot was rebounded by Al Horford, who attempted a put-back but released the shot too late according to the referees. The Knicks once again finished the season with a poor record at 29-53, missing the playoffs. The Knicks made moves such as trading for Tracy McGrady in order to have cap space to make a big signing during the offseason and put talent around Chandler. The big signing ended up being Amar'e Stoudemire. Chandler scored 22 points in a season opening win for the new-look Knicks on October 27, 2010. On January 6, 2011, Knicks GM Donnie Walsh indicated his intentions to sign Chandler to a long-term deal. Chandler was enjoying his best season as a Knicks and embraced the new sixth man role coach Mike D'Antoni appointed him to. Chandler would come off the bench and play positions 2 to 4 on the floor. During the season Chandler also became one of the best shot-blocking wing players. Chandler's best game of the season was a 31-point effort against the San Antonio Spurs on January 4, 2011. The Spurs at the time were the NBA's best team and were easily defeated under Chandler's big game.

Chandler (right) in October 2010

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osakidetza

Osakidetza

Biscay

Osakidetza / Main healthcare facilities / Biscay

Galdakaoko Ospitalea

Osakidetza is the institution created in 1984 in charge of the public healthcare system in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, belonging to the National Health System, created in 1986 and that substituted INSALUD. The transfer of responsibilities to the Basque government in matters of healthcare was done during the administration of Carlos Garaikoetxea as Lehendakari, after the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country in 1979. It is a public healthcare service with a great number of facilities that take care of the needs of the Basque citizens. Its chief is the Secretary of Health of the Basque Government.

Barakaldo-Sestao Integrated Sanitary Organization Barrualde-Galdakao Integrated Sanitary Organization Bilbao-Basurto Integrated Sanitary Organization University Hospital Basurto (Bilbao) Santa Marina Hospital (Bilbao) Cruces University Hospital (Barakaldo) San Eloy Hospital (Barakaldo) Biscay Mental Health Network Ezkerraldea-Enkarterri-Cruces Integrated Sanitary Organization Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital Gorliz Hospital Urduliz-Alfredo Espinosa Hospital Uribe Integrated Sanitary Organization Urduliz Hospital

Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo (Biscay).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ildefonso_Pueblo,_New_Mexico

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico

English: Ansel Adams, 1942, 79-AAP-2 "Dance, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, 1942," two Indians descending wooden stairs, carrying drums; another Indian and child near by. In 1941 the National Park Service commissioned noted photographer Ansel Adams to create a photo mural for the Department of the Interior Building in Washington, DC. The theme was to be nature as exemplified and protected in the U.S. National Parks. The project was halted because of World War II and never resumed. The holdings of the National Archives Still Picture Branch include 226 photographs taken for this project, most of them signed and captioned by Adams. Almost all are in the public domain. https://www.archives.gov/research/ansel-adams/ License "The vast majority of the digital images in the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) are in the public domain. Therefore, no written permission is required to use them. We would appreciate your crediting the National Archives and Records Administration as the original source. For the few images that remain copyrighted, please read the instructions noted in the "Access Restrictions" field of each ARC record." https://www.archives.gov/faqs/ This image is Public Domain -- see https://www.archives.gov/research/ansel-adams/

Drummers at San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1942. Ansel Adams, photographer

San Ildefonso Pueblo is a census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, and a federally recognized tribe, established c. 1300 C.E. The Pueblo is self-governing and is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 524 as of the 2010 census, reported by the State of New Mexico as 1,524 in 2012, and there were 628 enrolled tribal members reported as of 2012 according to the Department of the Interior. San Ildefonso Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos, and the pueblo people are from the Tewa ethnic group of Native Americans, who speak the Tewa language.

San Ildefonso Pueblo (Tewa: P'ohwhóge Owingeh [p’òhxʷógè ʔówîŋgè] "where the water cuts through") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, and a federally recognized tribe, established c. 1300 C.E. The Pueblo is self-governing and is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 524 as of the 2010 census, reported by the State of New Mexico as 1,524 in 2012, and there were 628 enrolled tribal members reported as of 2012 according to the Department of the Interior. San Ildefonso Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos, and the pueblo people are from the Tewa ethnic group of Native Americans, who speak the Tewa language.

Drummers at San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1942. Ansel Adams, photographer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imai_Station

Imai Station

Imai Station

Imai station east entrance(Nagano-shi, Nagano, Japan)

Imai Station is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Imai Station (今井駅, Imai-eki) is a railway station in the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

East entrance of Imai Station, August 2006

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Republic_of_Ragusa

Coat of arms of the Republic of Ragusa

History

Coat of arms of the Republic of Ragusa / History

English: Painting of Ragusa from 1667, kept today in Dubrovnik archives; arms in upper corner. Italiano: Vista di Ragusa alla metà del XVII secolo. Vista di Ragusa nel periodo immediatamente precedente il disastroso terremoto del 1667. Vista di Ragusa quando ancora era un'isola e non esisteva lo "Stradun" o "Stradone", "Corso". A destra è la città di Ragusa, cinta da mura; a sinistra vi è l'insediamento slavo di "Dubrovnik". Español: Vista de Ragusa en el siglo XVII. Српски / srpski: Грб Дубровачке републике: на мапи града под Срђем из 1667. године. Hrvatski: Slika panorame Dubrovnika s početka 17. stoljeća s grbom Republike u gornjem lijevom uglu.

The Coat of arms of the Republic of Ragusa was the heraldic symbol of the historical Republic of Ragusa. It is today used in a variant for the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its basic appearance is based on the coat of arms of the Árpád dynasty.

During the intermittent administration of Dubrovnik by Byzantine Empire, which lasted until 1205, the use of heraldic symbols such as coat of arms was not in practice. The city used Byzantine imperial flags until 1171. When Dubrovnik passed to the Republic of Venice the official symbol became the Lion of Saint Mark. With the end of the Venetian rule all the symbols of the previous government were removed, with only one stone tablet remaining showing the Venetian lion.

Painting of Dubrovnik (17th century) - arms in upper corner

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hodgson

Joel Hodgson

Work after MST3K

Joel Hodgson / Work after MST3K

English: Joel Hodgson at Dragon*Con 2008

Joel Hodgson is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating Mystery Science Theater 3000 and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, MST3K was listed as "one of the top 100 television shows of all time" by Time. From 2007 to 2013, Hodgson was part of the "movie riffing" project Cinematic Titanic with several of his fellow MST3K alumni, performing live and producing content for DVDs and direct download. He has also served as Creative Lead for Media at Pennsylvania technology firm Cannae.

After MST3K, Hodgson formed Visual Story Tools (VST) with his brother Jim Hodgson. They created a special for an interactive sketch comedy program called The TV Wheel for HBO, which Joel produced and hosted. It aired only once, on Comedy Central, after the last new Comedy Central episode of MST3K. Over the years Hodgson and his brother Jim maintained a side project that utilized the repurposing of movie footage with digital effects; codenamed "jollyfilter." Hodgson's other post-MST3K projects and contributions include Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, You Don't Know Jack, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Everything You Need to Know. In 1999, Hodgson played a recurring role as a disco-loving clothing store salesman and DJ on the television show Freaks and Geeks. Hodgson was featured as the cover story in the November 1996 issue of Genii magazine. In 2007, he portrayed Blackbeard the pirate in two episodes of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd and recently joined fellow MST3K alum Frank Conniff's monthly comedy revue Cartoon Dump, helming his self-created puppet "Dumpster Diver Dan." He has since starred in the science fiction computer game Darkstar: The Interactive Movie as Scythe Commander Kane Cooper. Joel also reunited with Jerry Seinfeld as a guest on his web show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. In 2013, he reprised his role as Joel Robinson for a brief cameo appearance in two episodes of the fourth season of Arrested Development, along with Trace Beaulieu as Crow. Since 2013, he has been voicing recurring character Mayor Bill Dewey in the Cartoon Network original animated series Steven Universe. In 2015, he appeared as Zalien Fletcher, a long-haired, laid-back, dim-witted engineer on the Paul Feig produced space comedy Other Space, which premiered on Yahoo! Screen on April 14, 2015. Fellow Mystery Science Theater 3000 alum Trace Beaulieu also appears as Zalien's robot pal Art, an homage to MST3K.

Hodgson at Dragon Con, 2008

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia

Alexander II of Russia

First marriage

Alexander II of Russia / Marriages and children / First marriage

Alexander II was the Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. The tsar was responsible for other reforms, including reorganizing the judicial system, setting up elected local judges, abolishing corporal punishment, promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system, imposing universal military service, ending some privileges of the nobility, and promoting university education. After an assassination attempt in 1866, Alexander adopted a somewhat more reactionary stance until his death. Alexander pivoted towards foreign policy and sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there were another war. He sought peace, moved away from bellicose France when Napoleon III fell in 1871, and in 1872 joined with Germany and Austria in the League of the Three Emperors that stabilized the European situation.

In 1838–39, as a young bachelor, Alexander made the Grand Tour of Europe which was standard for young men of his class at that time. One of the purposes of the tour was to select a suitable bride for himself. He stayed for three days with the maiden Queen Victoria, who was already Queen although she was one year younger than him. The two got along well, but there was no question of marriage between two major monarchs. Alexander went on to Germany, and in Darmstadt, he met and was charmed by Princess Marie, the 15-year-old daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse. On 16 April 1841, aged 23, Tsarevitch Alexander married Marie in St. Petersburg; the bride had previously been received into the Russian Orthodox Church, taking the new name of Maria Alexandrovna. (Marie was the legal daughter of Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Wilhelmina of Baden, although some gossiping questioned whether the Grand Duke Ludwig or Wilhelmina's lover, Baron August von Senarclens de Grancy, was her biological father. Alexander was aware of the question of her paternity.) The marriage produced six sons and two daughters: Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (30 August 1842 – 10 July 1849), nicknamed Lina, died of infant meningitis in St. Petersburg at the age of six Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia (20 September 1843 – 24 April 1865), engaged to Princess Dagmar of Denmark Emperor Alexander III (10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) he married Princess Dagmar of Denmark on 9 November 1866. They had six children. Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909) he married Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 28 August 1874. They had five children. Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich (14 January 1850 – 14 November 1908) he married Alexandra Zhukovskaya in 1870. They had one son. Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (17 October 1853 – 24 October 1920) she married Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 23 January 1874. They had six children. Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) he married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine on 15 June 1884. Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia (3 October 1860 – 24 January 1919) he married Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark on 17 June 1889. They had two children. He remarried Olga Karnovich on 10 October 1902. They had three children. Empress Maria Alexandrovna died of tuberculosis on 3 June 1880, at the age of fifty-five.

Emperor Alexander II and his wife, Empress Maria, with their son, the future Alexander III by Sergei Lvovich Levitsky 1870

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Stevenson

Clare Stevenson

Early challenges

Clare Stevenson / Director WAAAF / Early challenges

English: MELBOURNE, VIC. THE AIR COMMANDANT OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE (WAAAF), HER EXCELLENCY LADY (ZARA) GOWRIE, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL, TAKES THE SALUTE DURING THE MARCH PAST. WITH HER IS GROUP OFFICER CLARE STEVENSON, CONTROLLER WAAAF; SQUADRON OFFICER M. F. MILLER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

Three women in dark military uniforms standing to attention on a platform

Clare Grant Stevenson, AM, MBE was the inaugural Director of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, from May 1941 to March 1946. As such, she was described in 2001 as "the most significant woman in the history of the Air Force". Formed as a branch of the Royal Australian Air Force in March 1941, the WAAAF was the first and largest uniformed women's service in Australia during World War II, numbering more than 18,000 members by late 1944 and making up over thirty per cent of RAAF ground staff. Born and educated in Victoria, Stevenson was an executive with the Berlei company when she was appointed Director WAAAF. Initially ranked squadron officer, she rose to become group officer by April 1942. Stevenson resumed her civilian career following her discharge from the Air Force in 1946. Long active in adult education and social welfare, she helped form aid organisations including the Carers Association of New South Wales after retiring from Berlei in 1960. Stevenson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to the community and to female veterans.

In her role as Director, Stevenson was responsible for training, morale and welfare of all WAAAF staff. Philosophically committed to equal opportunity regardless of gender and social background, from the outset she had to deal with discrimination by government authorities, many of whom had been against the creation of such a service. The Minister for Defence, Harold Thorby, declared that "aviation takes women out of their natural environment, the home and the training of the family", and several senior Air Force officers, including the man later known as the "Father of the RAAF", Air Marshal Richard Williams, and the Director of Personnel Services, Group Captain Joe Hewitt, also fought the proposal. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett, a Royal Air Force commander who appreciated how the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) had proved itself during the Battle of Britain in 1940, supported its establishment but lost some interest after his preferred choice as Director, his daughter Sybil-Jean, a serving WAAF officer, was ruled out. The Federal government decreed that WAAAF staff would be paid two-thirds of what a male doing the equivalent trade received. They could be arbitrarily dismissed for disciplinary offences without recourse to a court-martial, could only enter RAAF messes by invitation, and could expect to be saluted as a courtesy, not as a rule. Author Joyce Thomson contends that such conditions made the women "uniformed civilians". Women were at first enrolled for renewable twelve-month periods rather than enlisted as permanent staff; only in 1943 did the WAAAF become part of the Permanent Air Force. Stevenson considered housing, uniforms, and recruit training to be her first priorities after taking up her appointment. On arriving at No. 1 WAAAF Depot in Malvern, Victoria, she was "shattered at the prison-like atmosphere of the place". She drew on her retail experience to organise the WAAAF and to design its uniform. Stevenson was promoted to wing officer on 1 October 1941, and group officer on 1 April 1942, which was to be the highest rank attained by a serving WAAAF member. She took an active interest in recruitment, her liberal social outlook evinced by her determination that single women with children should not be barred from entry to the WAAAF. To establish high standards, Stevenson personally interviewed all WAAAF officer trainees and briefed as many of them as possible before they were posted to a new job. She was quoted in the Adelaide Advertiser as saying, "When interviewing applicants, I always point out the hardships of the service, so that no one will come in on a rush of enthusiasm and regret it later." Stevenson also worked to maintain the morale of personnel, encouraging officers to attend group leadership courses and organise leisure and sporting activities for their staff. Colonel Sybil Irving, the head of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS), who observed first hand the WAAAF's training methods before large-scale AWAS recruitment commenced, later declared that Stevenson "did the most pertinent pioneering work" in gaining acceptance for women in the armed forces. For her part, Stevenson considered the role of Director "a difficult job and often a lonely one".

Group Officer Stevenson (centre) with honorary Air Commandant of the WAAAF, Lady (Zara) Gowrie (left), and the Deputy Director WAAAF, Squadron Officer Miller (right), Melbourne, November 1942

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brentford_F.C._players_(1%E2%80%9324_appearances)

List of Brentford F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

Players

List of Brentford F.C. players (1–24 appearances) / Players

English: Photo of Steve Tilson taken by myself following the game between Tamworth and Lincoln City on 8 October 2011 at The Lamb Ground in Tamworth.

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions. All players who have played between 1 and 24 such matches are listed below.

Southend United winger Steve Tilson made two appearances on loan in 1993. He later managed the Shrimpers to successive promotions from League Two to the Championship in the mid-2000s.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatolist,_Kardzhali_Province

Zlatolist, Kardzhali Province

Zlatolist, Kardzhali Province

Iron bridge to Zlatolist

Zlatolist is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in the Krumovgrad municipality of the Kardzhali Province. It is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the Krumovitsa River. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks. Zlatolist Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.

Zlatolist (Bulgarian: Златолист) is a village in southern Bulgaria, located in the Krumovgrad municipality of the Kardzhali Province. It is situated in the Eastern Rhodopes on the banks of the Krumovitsa River. The majority of its population consists of ethnic Turks. Zlatolist Hill on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the village.

This iron bridge above Krumovitsa river connect Zlatolist with the rest of the world

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anganur

Anganur

Anganur

English: Anganur School1

Anganur is a village in the Sannasinallur panchayat Sendurai taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India, located 14 km from Sendurai and 8 km from Tittakudi. The river called as Chinna aaru crossing this village. Thol Thirumavalavan, the Dalit activist, was born here.

Anganur is a village in the Sannasinallur panchayat Sendurai taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India, located 14 km from Sendurai and 8 km from Tittakudi. The river called as Chinna aaru (small river) crossing this village. Thol Thirumavalavan, the Dalit activist, was born here.

Anganur School1

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_of_Lisieux

Thérèse of Lisieux

Birth and infancy

Thérèse of Lisieux / Life / Birth and infancy

English: Maison natale de Sainte Thérèse et des bienheureux Louis et Zélie Martin, ses parents

Thérèse of Lisieux, born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as "The Little Flower of Jesus", or simply "The Little Flower.” Thérèse has been a highly influential model of sanctity for Catholics and for others because of the simplicity and practicality of her approach to the spiritual life. Together with Francis of Assisi, she is one of the most popular saints in the history of the church. Pope Pius X called her "the greatest saint of modern times". Thérèse felt an early call to religious life, and overcoming various obstacles, in 1888 at the early age of 15, she became a nun and joined two of her older sisters in the cloistered Carmelite community of Lisieux, Normandy. After nine years as a Carmelite religious, having fulfilled various offices such as sacristan and assistant to the novice mistress, and having spent her last eighteen months in Carmel in a night of faith, Thérèse died at the age of 24, from tuberculosis.

Soon after her birth in January 1873, the outlook for the survival of Thérèse Martin was uncertain. Because of her frail condition, she was entrusted to a wet nurse, Rose Taillé, who had already nursed two of the Martin children. Rose had her own children and could not live with the Martins, so Thérèse was sent to live with her in the forests of the Bocage the Semallé. On 2 April 1874, when she was 15 months old, she returned to Alençon where her family surrounded her with affection. "I hear the baby calling me Mama! as she goes down the stairs. On every step, she calls out Mama! and if I don't respond every time, she remains there without going either forward or back." (Madame Martin to Pauline, 21 November 1875) She was educated in a very Catholic environment, including Mass attendance at 5:30 a.m., the strict observance of fasts, and prayer to the rhythm of the liturgical year. The Martins also practiced charity, visiting the sick and elderly and welcoming the occasional vagabond to their table. Even if she was not the model little girl, her sisters later portrayed, Thérèse was very responsive to this education. She played at being a nun. Described as generally a happy child, she also manifested other emotions, and often cried: "Céline is playing with the little one with some bricks... I have to correct poor baby who gets into frightful tantrums when she can't have her own way. She rolls in the floor in despair believing all is lost. Sometimes she is so overcome she almost chokes. She's a nervous child, but she is very good, very intelligent, and remembers everything." At 22, Thérèse, then a Carmelite, admitted: "I was far from being a perfect little girl". From 1865 Zélie had complained of breast pain and in December 1876 a doctor told her of the seriousness of the tumour. Feeling death was imminent, Madame Martin had written to Pauline in spring 1877, "You and Marie will have no difficulties with her upbringing. Her disposition is so good. She is a chosen spirit." In June 1877 she left for Lourdes hoping to be cured, but the miracle did not happen: "The Mother of God has not healed me because my time is up, and because God wills me to repose elsewhere than on the earth." On 28 August 1877, Zélie died, aged 45. Her funeral was conducted in the Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Alençon. Thérèse was barely 4½ years old. Her mother's death dealt her a severe blow and later she would consider that "the first part of her life stopped that day". She wrote: "Every detail of my mother's illness is still with me, specially her last weeks on earth." She remembered the bedroom scene where her dying mother received the last sacraments while Thérèse knelt and her father cried. She wrote: "When Mummy died, my happy disposition changed. I had been so lively and open; now I became diffident and oversensitive, crying if anyone looked at me. I was only happy if no one took notice of me... It was only in the intimacy of my own family, where everyone was wonderfully kind, that I could be more myself." Three months after Zélie died, Louis Martin left Alençon, where he had spent his youth and marriage, and moved to Lisieux in the Calvados Department of Normandy, where Zélie's pharmacist brother, Isidore Guérin lived with his wife and their two daughters, Jeanne and Marie. In her last months Zélie had given up the lace business. After her death, Louis sold it. Louis leased a pretty, spacious country house, Les Buissonnets, situated in a large garden on the slope of a hill overlooking the town. Looking back, Thérèse would see the move to Les Buissonnets as the beginning of the "second period of my life, the most painful of the three: it extends from the age of four-and-a-half to fourteen, the time when I rediscovered my childhood character, and entered into the serious side of life". In Lisieux, Pauline took on the role of Thérèse's Mama. She took this role seriously, and Thérèse grew especially close to her, and to Céline, the sister closest to her in age.

Rue Saint-Blaise's house at Alençon: The family home and Thérèse's birthplace

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Town_Eco_Park

New Town Eco Park

Areas

New Town Eco Park / Areas

English: Butterfly_eco_park

New Town Eco Park is an urban park in New Town, Kolkata and the biggest park so far in India. The park is situated on a 480 acres plot and is surrounded by a 104 acres waterbody with an island in the middle. The park was conceptualised by Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee in July 2011. West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation is the overarching body coordinating the construction of the park, along with different other government bodies responsible for implementation of different works inside the park. The park has been divided into three broad parts; 1 ecological zones like wetlands, grasslands, and urban forest, 2 theme gardens and open spaces, 3 and urban recreational spaces. The Eco Park is further divided into different sub-parts according to the different types of fauna planted. The copy of Seven Wonders of the world are also constructed in this park for the people to visit it. According to the plan, the park will have different areas like wild flower meadows, a bamboo garden, grasslands, tropical tree garden, bonsai garden*, tea garden, Cactus Walk*, a heliconia garden*, a butterfly garden, a play area and an amphitheatre.

According to the masterplan made by Bengal Urban Infrastructure Development Limited, the park has been divided into the following areas: Active Zone - Consisting of Visitor center, Restaurants, Food courts, Urban Museum, Crafts Haat, Seven Wonders Theme Area (North) - Consisting of Maidan (open field), Amphitheatre, children's play area, Chinese garden, formal garden, Bonsai garden, Cactus walk, Butterfly garden, heliconia garden and mist house and bamboo garden Theme Area (South) - Play area, tea plantation, Water garden and utility area Lake Zone - A bridge connecting the island, Bengali restaurant, Sculpture court, Lakefront Promenade, Wildflower meadows 3 different Eco-zones consisting of wetlands, grasslands, tropical and mixed-moist deciduous forests.

Entrance of the Butterfly Garden

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuhiro_Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

Nobuhiro Suwa

Deutsch: Nobuhiro Suwa besucht während der Viennale 2009 die Vorführung seines Films Yuki & Nina im Gartenbaukino in Wien. English: Nobuhiro Suwa attending the screening of his movie Yuki & Nina during the Vienna International Film Festival 2009, Gartenbaukino/Vienna.

Nobuhiro Suwa is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University.

Nobuhiro Suwa (諏訪 敦彦, Suwa Nobuhiro, born May 28, 1960 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese film director working in Japan and France. His directorial works and screenplays often make use of improvisation techniques. Currently, Suwa is the President of Tokyo Zokei University.

Nobuhiro Suwa at the Vienna International Film Festival 2009

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam

Guam

World War II

Guam / History / World War II

Italiano: Bpmbardieri B-52G del SAC schierati a Guam nella base Anderson per partecipare all'operazione Linebacker II

Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, along with the Northern Mariana Islands. The capital city of Guam is Hagåtña, and the most populous city is Dededo. Guam has been a member of the Pacific Community since 1983. The inhabitants of Guam are American citizens by birth. The indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorros, who are related to other Austronesian peoples of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Taiwan. In 2016, 162,742 people resided on Guam. The territory has an area of 210 square miles and a population density of 775 per square mile. In Oceania, it is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. Among its municipalities, Mongmong-Toto-Maite has the highest population density at 3,691 per square mile, whereas Inarajan and Umatac have the lowest density at 119 per square mile. The highest point is Mount Lamlam at 1,332 feet above sea level. Since the 1960s, the economy has been supported by two industries: tourism and the United States Armed Forces.

During World War II, Guam was attacked and invaded by Japan on Monday, December 8, 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In addition, Japan made major military moves into Southeast Asia and the East Indies islands of the South Pacific Ocean against the British and Dutch colonies, opening a new wider Pacific phase in the Second World War. The Japanese renamed Guam Ōmiya-jima (Great Shrine Island). The Northern Mariana Islands had become a League of Nations mandate assigned to Japan in 1919, pursuant to the Treaty of Versailles of 1919. Chamorros indigenous island people from the Northern Marianas were brought to Guam to serve as interpreters and in other capacities for the occupying Japanese force. The Guamanian Chamorros were treated as an occupied enemy by the Japanese military. After the war, this would cause resentment between the Guamanian Chamorros and the Chamorros of the Northern Marianas. Guam's Chamorros believed their northern brethren should have been compassionate towards them, whereas having been administered by Japan for over 30 years, the Northern Mariana Chamorros were loyal to the Japanese government. The Japanese occupation of Guam lasted for approximately 31 months. During this period, the indigenous people of Guam were subjected to forced labor, family separation, incarceration, execution, concentration camps and forced prostitution. Approximately 1,000 people died during the occupation, according to later Congressional committee testimony in 2004. Some historians estimate that war violence killed 10% of Guam's then 20,000 population. The United States returned and fought the Battle of Guam from July 21 to August 10, 1944, to recapture the island from Japanese military occupation. More than 18,000 Japanese were killed as only 485 surrendered. Sergeant Shoichi Yokoi, who surrendered in January 1972, appears to have been the last confirmed Japanese holdout, having held out for 28 years in the forested back country on Guam. The United States also captured and occupied the nearby Northern Marianas Islands. North Field was established in 1944, and was renamed for Brigadier General James Roy Andersen of the old U.S. Army Air Forces as Andersen Air Force Base.

B-52 at Andersen Air Force Base, during Operation Linebacker II in the Vietnam War, 1972

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Afghanistan

COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan

Pakistan's response

COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan / Impacts / Effects on travel / Pakistan's response

Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visited military and civilian personnel assigned to Regional Command-East, Nangarhar province, Sept. 5. Allen received a briefing and walking tour of Torkham Gate area of operations during his visit and thanked U.S. and Afghan forces for their service and sacrifice. ISAF is a key component of the international community's engagement in Afghanistan, assisting Afghan authorities in providing security and stability while creating the conditions for reconstruction development. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Michael O'Connor) (Released)

The COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Afghanistan when its index case, in Herat, was confirmed on 24 February 2020. As of 26 August, there have been 38,113 positive cases, with 29,037 recoveries and 1,401 deaths across all 34 provinces in the country. Kabul Province has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan at 14,877, followed by Herat with 6,090 cases, and then Balkh with 1,985.

In response to Afghanistan's and Iran's cases, Pakistan closed its border at Chaman with Afghanistan for at least three weeks, starting on 2 March, as both countries confirmed rising number of cases over the weeks. On 13 March, all land borders with Pakistan were closed. It was also announced that Pakistan would completely seal its land border with Afghanistan from 16 March for at least two weeks. On 21 March, Pakistan reopened its border with Afghanistan. On 4 April, Pakistan announced that the Chaman and Torkham borders will open between 6 and 9 April for stranded Afghans to return to their country at the request of the Afghan Government.

The Torkham border crossing.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Shorten

Bill Shorten

Entry into politics

Bill Shorten / Political career / Entry into politics

English: Bill Shorten outside Jason Wood's Boronia electoral office during the Dec'1st anti-WorkChoices rally. [1].

William Richard Shorten is an Australian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2013 to 2019. Shorten was first elected as the member of parliament for Maribyrnong in 2007, and was a cabinet minister in the Gillard and Rudd Governments from 2010 to 2013. Born in Melbourne, Shorten studied law at Monash University. He worked in politics and in law before becoming an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union in 1994. He was elected State Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the AWU in 1998 before becoming AWU National Secretary in 2001. In this role, Shorten played a prominent role as a negotiator following the Beaconsfield Mine collapse in 2006, which first brought him to national prominence. Shorten was elected to the House of Representatives in 2007 for the Division of Maribyrnong and was immediately appointed a parliamentary secretary. Following the 2010 election, he was promoted to the Cabinet, serving first as Assistant Treasurer, then as Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation and Minister for Workplace Relations in the Gillard Government.

Prior to the 1996 federal election, aged 28, Shorten contested Labor preselection for the Division of Maribyrnong. He was defeated by Bob Sercombe, who went on to retain the seat for Labor at the election. In February 1998, Shorten won preselection for the safe Labor seat of Melton at the 1999 state election. He was not a resident of the electorate, located on the rural–urban fringe to Melbourne's north-west. He subsequently resigned as a candidate in order to become state secretary of the AWU. In 2005, Shorten announced that he would again seek preselection for the Division of Maribyrnong, challenging Bob Sercombe (the sitting member and a member of the Beazley shadow ministry). Justifying his challenge to an incumbent Labor MP, Shorten said, "...we haven't won a federal election since 1993. When your footy team loses four consecutive grand finals, you renew the team." On 28 February, Sercombe announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy for re-selection, a few days before the vote of local members in which Shorten was expected to poll very strongly. As a result, Shorten was selected unopposed to contest the seat. During the Beaconsfield Mine collapse, Shorten, as National Secretary of the AWU, played a role as a negotiator and commentator on developments in the immediate aftermath and the ensuing rescue operations. The mine rescue operations drew mass national media coverage, and raised Shorten's political profile ahead of the 2007 election.

Shorten speaking at an anti-WorkChoices rally in 2006

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Oregon_Ballot_Measures_66_and_67

2010 Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67

See also

2010 Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 / See also

Sign advocating a no vote on w:Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 (2010). Sign may be too simple to be copyrighted.

Measures 66 and 67 are two ballot referenda that were on the January 26, 2010 special election ballot in the US state of Oregon, which proposed tax increases on corporations and on households making US$250,000 and individuals making $125,000 to help balance the state's budget. The measures referred two bills passed by the Oregon state legislature on June 11, 2009, and signed by Governor Ted Kulongoski on July 20, 2009, to the voters for approval. They were approved and became effective February 25, 2010.

List of Oregon ballot measures Oregon tax revolt

Sign campaigning for a no vote on the measures in rural Yamhill County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_de_Havilland_Vampires

List of surviving de Havilland Vampires

Aircraft on display

List of surviving de Havilland Vampires / Aircraft on display

Royal Military Museum Brussels, Musée Royal de l'Armée, Koninklijk Museum van het Leger en de Krijgsgeschiedenis

This is a list of surviving de Havilland Vampires and variant aircraft.

de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T.11 in Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, Brussels, Belgium

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Henry_Landseer

Albert Henry Landseer

Albert Henry Landseer

English: A pencil portrait of Albert H. Landseer, a member of the 10th South Australian Parliament, which was printed in a supplement to Frearson's Monthly Illustrated Adelaide News, July 1881 issue. It is an extract from a single sheet containing 46 bust portraits of members of the 10th South Australian Parliament.

Albert Henry Landseer was a businessman and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He was a pioneer of the River Murray steamboat trade. Albert Landseer was born in London in 1829 the only son of Henry Landseer and his wife Lucy. He was a cousin of the noted animal painter Sir Edwin Landseer, who sculpted London's famed Trafalgar Square lions. He studied sculpture under a Mr Johnson, but abandoned art and migrated to South Australia in 1848.

Albert Henry Landseer (10 February 1829 – 27 August 1906) was a businessman and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. He was a pioneer of the River Murray steamboat trade. Albert Landseer was born in London in 1829 the only son of Henry Landseer and his wife Lucy. He was a cousin of the noted animal painter Sir Edwin Landseer, who sculpted London's famed Trafalgar Square lions. He studied sculpture under a Mr Johnson, but abandoned art and migrated to South Australia in 1848.

Albert Landseer as a Member of the South Australian Parliament in 1881

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuskasing

Kapuskasing

Internment camp

Kapuskasing / History / Internment camp

English: Ukrainian Cemetery of Kapuskasing Internment Camp, Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

Kapuskasing is a town on the Kapuskasing River in the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada, approximately 92 kilometres east of Hearst. The town was known as MacPherson until 1917, when the name was changed so as not to conflict with another railway stop in Manitoba.

During World War I, the town was the site of one of the largest internment camps in Canada. The camp held over 1,300 German, Austrian, and Turkish prisoners, though the majority were Canadian residents of Ukrainian descent who had emigrated from the provinces of Bukovina and Galicia, their homeland, which at the time were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the first wave of Ukrainian emigration to Canada prior to 1914. Prisoners were employed in the construction of buildings and clearing of land for a government experimental farm on the west side of the Kapuskasing River. Isolation provided ideal security for the minimum security camp, as the railway was the only access to the remote location. Prisoners who attempted to escape into the bush were turned back by endless muskeg and clouds of mosquitoes or minus-40 degree temperatures in winter. In 1917, most were paroled to help relieve labour shortages. Afterwards, the camp was used briefly for prisoners of war and political radicals until its closure in 1920. A small cemetery is all that remains of the internment camp near the Kapuskasing Airport where victims of the 1918 influenza epidemic were laid to rest. An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate the Kapuskasing Internment Camp's role in Ontario's heritage.

Ukrainian Cemetery of Kapuskasing Internment Camp

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway,_Michigan

Norway, Michigan

Norway, Michigan

English: Norway, MI

Location within Dickinson County

Norway is a city in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,845 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Norway is a city in Dickinson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,845 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Iron Mountain, MI–WI Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Location within Dickinson County

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad_(Glee)

Ballad (Glee)

Reception

Ballad (Glee) / Reception

English: Jane Lynch on December 4, 2008.

"Ballad" is the tenth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 2009, and was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Ballad" sees the glee club split into pairs to sing ballads to one another. Rachel is paired with club director Will and develops a crush on him. Quinn's parents learn that Quinn is pregnant, and she moves in with Finn and his mother when her own parents evict her. Gregg Henry and Charlotte Ross guest-star as Quinn's parents Russell and Judy Fabray, and Sarah Drew appears as Suzy Pepper, a student with a former crush on Will. Romy Rosemont returns as Finn's mother, Carole Hudson. The episode features covers of seven songs, including a mash-up of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police and "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap. Studio recordings of all songs performed in the episode were released as singles, available for digital download. "Ballad" was watched by 7.29 million US viewers and received mixed reviews from critics.

"Ballad" was watched by 7.29 million US viewers and attained a 3.2/8 rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. It was the highest-rated program on the night of broadcast with adults 18–34 and teens. In Canada, it was the twentieth most watched show in the week of broadcast, attaining 1.74 million viewers. In the UK, the episode was watched by 2.149 million viewers (1.752 million on E4, and 397,000 on E4+1), becoming the most-watched show on E4 and E4 +1 for the week, and one of the most-watched show on cable for the week, as well as the most-watched episode of the series at the time. The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Elizabeth Holmes for The Wall Street Journal was disappointed that cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester did not appear in the episode, though was pleased that the pregnancy plot appeared to be coming to an end. Bobby Hankinson for the Houston Chronicle was also pleased the pregnancy plot moved towards a conclusion, and called "Ballad" one of the best episodes of Glee to date, commenting: "it's increasingly clear that the episodes without the messy adult drama are the strongest." Eric Goldman for IGN observed that "Ballad" proved Glee is capable of delivering a "pretty solid" episode without Jane Lynch's presence, rating the episode 8/10. Zap2it's Liz Pardue felt the absence of Lynch, but praised Chris Colfer's performance as Kurt. Mike Hale of The New York Times did not miss Sue's presence in the episode, and wrote that "Ballad" contained some scenes which were "as honestly emotional as any since this series began, most of them involving Kurt and Finn". Gerrick D. Kennedy for the Los Angeles Times appreciated the episode for subverting expectations, by having Finn's mother react supportively to the news of Quinn's pregnancy, rather than the more affluent and financially capable Fabrays. Dan Snierson for Entertainment Weekly opined that "Ballad" was not as good as the preceding episode, "Wheels", but that overall: "it did offer up a few choice cuts and fun moments while advancing one big story line". James Poniewozik of Time agreed that "Ballad" was not as good as "Wheels", commenting: "it's amazing how Glee can career from excruciating to transcendent within a single episode." The Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn, watching Glee for the first time, deemed the episode "deliriously, deliciously bad", deriding the casting of young adult actors as teenagers, the "one-dimensional stock characters" and the "kitschy plots". Zorn questioned: "So do people actually like this show, or just revel in its over-the-top, spectacular and, I admit, compelling badness?"

The absence of Jane Lynch was lamented by several critics.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esztergom

Esztergom

History

Esztergom / History

English: The Cathedral of Esztergom, Hungary.Magyar: Az esztergomi bazilika. [Nagyboldogasszony és Szent Adalbert prímási főszékesegyház] This is a photo of a monument in Hungary. Identifier: 6238

Esztergom is a city in northern Hungary, 46 kilometres northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there. Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. Esztergom is the seat of the prímás of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the former seat of the Constitutional Court of Hungary. The city has the Keresztény Múzeum, the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary. Its cathedral, Esztergom Basilica is the largest church in Hungary.

Esztergom is one of the oldest towns in Hungary. Esztergom, as it existed in the Middle Ages, now rests under today's town. The results of the most recent archeological excavations reveal that the Várhegy (Castle Hill) and its vicinity have been inhabited since the end of the Ice Age 20,000 years ago. The first people known by name were the Celts from Western Europe, who settled in the region in about 350 BC. A flourishing Celtic settlement existed on the Varhegy until the region was conquered by Rome. Thereafter it became an important frontier town of Pannonia, known by the name of Salvio Mansio, Salvio, or Solva. By the seventh century the town was called Stregom and later Gran, but soon reverted to the former, which evolved into Esztergom by the thirteenth century. The German and Avar archaeological finds found in the area reveal that these people settled there following the period of the migrations that were caused by the fall of the Roman Empire. At about 500 AD, Slavic peoples immigrated into the Pannonian Basin. In the 9th century, the territory was mostly under Frankish control, and it might have been part of Great Moravia too. In Old Slavonic language, it was called Strěgom ("guard"), as it was strategic point of control for the Danube valley. The Magyars entered the Pannonian Basin in 896 AD and conquered it systematically, succeeding fully in 901. In 960, the ruling prince of the Hungarians, Géza, chose Esztergom as his residence. His son, Vajk, who was later called Saint Stephen of Hungary, was born in his palace built on the Roman castrum on the Várhegy (Castle Hill) around 969–975. In 973, Esztergom served as the starting point of an important historical event: during Easter of that year, Géza sent a committee to the international peace conference of Emperor Otto I in Quedlinburg. He offered peace to the Emperor and asked for missionaries. The prince's residence stood on the northern side of the hill. The center of the hill was occupied by a basilica dedicated to St. Adalbert, who, according to legend, baptised St. Stephen. The Church of St. Adalbert was the seat of the archbishop of Esztergom, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary. By that time, significant numbers of craftsmen and merchants had settled in the city. Stephen's coronation took place in Esztergom on either Christmas Day 1000 or January 1, 1001. From the time of his rule up to the beginning of the 13th century, the only mint for the country operated here. During the same period, the castle of Esztergom ("Estergon Kalesi" in Turkish ) was built. It served not only as the royal residence until the Mongol siege of Esztergom in 1241 (during the first Mongol invasion), but also as the center of the Hungarian state, religion, and Esztergom county. The archbishop of Esztergom was the leader of the ten bishoprics founded by Stephen. The archbishop was often in charge of important state functions and had the exclusive right to crown kings. The settlements of royal servants, merchants and craftsmen at the foot of the Várhegy (Castle Hill) developed into the most significant town during the age of the Árpád dynasty– these being the most important area of the economic life of the country. According to the Frenchman Odo of Deuil, who visited the country in 1147, "the Danube carries the economy and treasures of several countries to Esztergom". The town council was made up of the richest citizens of the town (residents of French, Spanish, Dutch, and Italian origin) who dealt with commerce. The coat of arms of Esztergom emerged from their seal in the 13th century. This was the town where foreign monarchs could meet Hungarian kings. For example, Emperor Conrad II met Géza II in this town (1147). Another important meeting took place when the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa visited Béla III. The historians traveling with them all agree on the richness and significance of Esztergom. Arnold of Lübeck, the historian with Frederick Barbarossa, called Esztergom the capital of Hungarian people ("quae Ungarorum est metropolis"). In the beginning of the 1

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Huaman_Festival

Lord of Huaman Festival

Lord of Huaman Festival

English: Caballos De Paso En Huaman

Lord of Huaman Festival, is a patronal feast celebrated every year in the Peruvian town of Santiago de Huamán, at west part of Trujillo city. This Christian celebration has been held for more than 300 years.

Lord of Huaman Festival, is a patronal feast celebrated every year in the Peruvian town of Santiago de Huamán, at west part of Trujillo city. This Christian celebration has been held for more than 300 years.

Paso Horses in Huaman Festival

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaulette

Epaulette

Epaulette

Русский: Российская империя. Знаки различия вооруженных сил. Эполеты, составные части (на примере эполета подполковника 46-й Артиллерийской бригады). 1. Подбой 2. Пуговица 3. Корешок 4. Контрпогончик 5. Звёздочки 6. Спецзнак 7. Поле 8. Шифровка 9. Шейка (ободок) 10. Бахрома Deutsch: Russisches Kaiserreich bis 1917, Rangabzeichen der Streitkräfte. Epaulette, Bestandteile und Aufbau (hier am Beispiel Oberstleutnant 46. Artilleriebrigade. 1. Futter 2. Knopf 3. Rücken 4. Konter (Abschluss, Begrenzung) 5. Rangsterne (hier: Oberstleutnant) 6. Korpsabzeichen (hier: Artillerie) 7. Epaulettemnfeld 8. Chiffre, Signatur, Initialen (hier: 46. Brigade) 9. Steg, Kranz 10. Fransen English: Russian Empire until 1917, rank insignia of the armwed forces. Epaulette, components and structure (as exampel a lieutenant colonel of the 46th Artillery brigade). 1. Lining 2. Button 3. Koren (spine)? 4. Сounter-rank slide / attentes? 5. Pips? 6. Special rank insignia? 7. Epaulett´s field 8. Ciphertext? 9. Skirt? 10. Fringe Français : Empire russe. Composition d'une épaulette (lieutenant-colonel, 46 Artillerie brigade). 1. ? 2. Button 3. Attente 4. ? 5. ? 6. ? 7. Corps ou Ecusson 8. ? 9. Tournante 10. Frange

Epaulette is a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations. In the French and other armies, epaulettes are also worn by all ranks of elite or ceremonial units when on parade. It may bear rank or other insignia, and should not be confused with a shoulder mark – also called a shoulder board, rank slide, or slip-on – a flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform. Epaulettes are fastened to the shoulder by a shoulder strap or passenten, a small strap parallel to the shoulder seam, and the button near the collar, or by laces on the underside of the epaulette passing through holes in the shoulder of the coat. Colloquially, any shoulder straps with marks are also called epaulettes. The placement of the epaulette, its color and the length and diameter of its bullion fringe are used to signify the wearer's rank. At the join of the fringe and the shoulderpiece is often a metal piece in the form of a crescent. Although originally worn in the field, epaulettes are now normally limited to dress or ceremonial military uniforms.

Epaulette (/ˈɛpəlɛt/; also spelled epaulet) is a type of ornamental shoulder piece or decoration used as insignia of rank by armed forces and other organizations. In the French and other armies, epaulettes are also worn by all ranks of elite or ceremonial units when on parade. It may bear rank or other insignia, and should not be confused with a shoulder mark – also called a shoulder board, rank slide, or slip-on – a flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform (although the two terms are often used interchangeably). Epaulettes are fastened to the shoulder by a shoulder strap or passenten, a small strap parallel to the shoulder seam, and the button near the collar, or by laces on the underside of the epaulette passing through holes in the shoulder of the coat. Colloquially, any shoulder straps with marks are also called epaulettes. The placement of the epaulette, its color and the length and diameter of its bullion fringe are used to signify the wearer's rank. At the join of the fringe and the shoulderpiece is often a metal piece in the form of a crescent. Although originally worn in the field, epaulettes are now normally limited to dress or ceremonial military uniforms.

Components and structure the epaulette of an Imperial Russian lieutenant colonel, 46th Artillery Brigade 1. Lining 2. Button 3. Spine? 4. Attente/shoulder strap 5. Stars (or pips) 6. Branch insignia 7. Field 8. Unit number 9. Neck (bezel) 10. Fringe[clarification needed]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail%C3%BCfterl

Mailüfterl

Mailüfterl

English: This picture is a photo of the transistor computer "Mailüfterl" built by Heinz Zemanek in 1955 Deutsch: Dieses Bild ist ein Photo des Transistorrechners "Mailüfterl" gebaut von Heinz Zemanek ab dem Jahr 1955

Mailüfterl is a nickname for the Austrian Binär dezimaler Volltransistor-Rechenautomat, an early transistorized computer. Other early transistorized computers included TRADIC, Harwell CADET and TX-0. Mailüfterl was built from May 1956 to May 1958 at the Vienna University of Technology by Heinz Zemanek. Heinz Zemanek had come to an agreement with Konrad Zuse, whose company Zuse KG would finance the work of Rudolf Bodo, who helped build the Mailüfterl, also that all circuit diagrams of the Z22 were supplied to Bodo and Zemanek, and that after the Mailüfterl project Bodo should work for the Zuse KG to help build the transistorized Z23. The first program, computation of the prime 5,073,548,261, was executed in May 1958. Completion of the software continued until 1961. The nickname was coined by Zemanek: Even if it cannot match the rapid calculation speed of American models called "Whirlwind" or "Typhoon", it will be enough for a "Wiener Mailüfterl". The computer has 3,000 transistors, 5,000 diodes, 1,000 assembly platelets, 100,000 solder joints, 15,000 resistors, 5,000 capacitors and about 20,000 metres of wire. It is 4 meters wide, 2.5 meters high, and 50 centimeters deep.

Mailüfterl is a nickname for the Austrian Binär dezimaler Volltransistor-Rechenautomat (binary-decimal fully transistorized computing automaton), an early transistorized computer. Other early transistorized computers included TRADIC, Harwell CADET and TX-0. Mailüfterl was built from May 1956 to May 1958 at the Vienna University of Technology by Heinz Zemanek. Heinz Zemanek had come to an agreement with Konrad Zuse, whose company Zuse KG would finance the work of Rudolf Bodo, who helped build the Mailüfterl, also that all circuit diagrams of the Z22 were supplied to Bodo and Zemanek, and that after the Mailüfterl project Bodo should work for the Zuse KG to help build the transistorized Z23. The first program, computation of the prime 5,073,548,261, was executed in May 1958. Completion of the software continued until 1961. The nickname was coined by Zemanek: Even if it cannot match the rapid calculation speed of American models called "Whirlwind" or "Typhoon", it will be enough for a "Wiener Mailüfterl" (Viennese May breeze). The computer has 3,000 transistors, 5,000 diodes, 1,000 assembly platelets, 100,000 solder joints, 15,000 resistors, 5,000 capacitors and about 20,000 metres (66,000 ft) of wire. It is 4 meters (13') wide, 2.5 meters (8') high, and 50 centimeters (20") deep. The machine was comparable in calculating power to what were then considered small vacuum tube computers. Zemanek later said about his project that it was a "semi-illegal" undertaking of an assistant professor, which he and a group of students realized without official authorization, and hence without financial support, from the university. In 1954 he traveled to Philips in the Netherlands, where he asked for a donation in kind. Transistors, invented seven years before and just beginning to be available commercially, were very difficult to obtain in quantity at any price, but Zemanek received a commitment for 1,000 rather slow hearing-aid transistors, and Philips finally shipped a total of 4,000 high-quality transistors to the Austrians.

Today the Mailüfterl is in the Technisches Museum Wien

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https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_velocity

Angular velocity

Angular velocity

In physics, the angular velocity specifies the angular speed at which an object is rotating along with the direction in which it is rotating. It is a vector quantity. The SI unit of angular velocity is radians per second. But it may be measured in other units as well. When it is measured in cycles or rotations per unit time, it is often called the rotational velocity and its magnitude the rotational speed. Angular velocity is usually represented by the symbol omega. The direction of the angular velocity vector is perpendicular to the plane of rotation, in a direction which is usually specified by the right hand rule.

In physics, the angular velocity specifies the angular speed at which an object is rotating along with the direction in which it is rotating. It is a vector quantity. The SI unit of angular velocity is radians per second. But it may be measured in other units as well (such as degrees per second, degrees per hour, etc.). When it is measured in cycles or rotations per unit time (e.g. revolutions per minute), it is often called the rotational velocity and its magnitude the rotational speed. Angular velocity is usually represented by the symbol omega (Ω or ω). The direction of the angular velocity vector is perpendicular to the plane of rotation, in a direction which is usually specified by the right hand rule.

Angular velocity describes the speed of rotation and the orientation of the axis about which the rotation takes place. The direction of the angular velocity vector will be along the axis of rotation; in this case (counter-clockwise rotation) the vector points toward the viewer.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Yale_University_people

List of Yale University people

Cabinet members, chairpersons/administrators and advisers

List of Yale University people / Law and politics / Cabinet members, chairpersons/administrators and advisers

Nederlands: Robert Marjolin in Hiltonhotel te Rotterdam, rechts minister Andriessen links Robert Marjolin 29 oktober 1964

Yalies are persons affiliated with Yale University, commonly including alumni, current and former faculty members, students, and others. Here follows a list of notable Yalies.

The following have worked within the cabinet for their respective governments. Dean Acheson (B.A, 1915), Secretary of State in the Truman presidential administration James Jesus Angleton (B.A. 1941), chief of CIA Counterintelligence Staff (1954–1974) Michael J. Astrue (B.A. 1978), Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (2007–2013) Les Aspin (B.A. 1960), Secretary of Defense, congressman (D–Wisconsin) (1971–1993) McGeorge Bundy (B.A. 1940), former cabinet official, National Security Advisor (1961–1966) Jay Carney (B.A. 1987), White House Press Secretary in the Obama administration, 2011–2017 Ashton Carter (B.S. 1976), physicist, Harvard University professor, and United States Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration John Chafee (B.A. 1947), Governor of Rhode Island (1962–69), Secretary of the Navy (1969–72), U.S. senator (R-Rhode Island, 1976–99) (also listed under Senators and Governors) Fredrick Chien (M.A. 1959, Ph.D. 1962), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (1990-96), Speaker of the National Assembly (1996-99), President of Control Yuan (1999-2005) John M. Clayton (1815), secretary of state in the Zachary Taylor administration, senator (AJ-Delaware, 1829–1836; W-Delaware, 1845–1849; O-Delaware 1853–1856) (also listed under Senators) Hillary Clinton (J.D. 1973), U.S. Secretary of State (2009–2013), U.S. senator (D-New York, 2001–2009) William H. Donaldson (B.A. 1954), chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2003–2005), co-founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, founder and former dean of the Yale School of Management, president of the New York Stock Exchange William M. Evarts (1837), secretary of state in the Rutherford B. Hayes administration, U.S. senator (R-New York, 1885–91) (also listed under Senators) Olu Falae, Finance Minister of Nigeria (1989–1991), presidential candidate (1999) David Frum (B.A. and M.A. 1982), White House speech writer in the Bush administration (2000) who coined the phrase "Axis of Evil" Roswell Gilpatric (B.A. 1928), Deputy Secretary of Defense (1961–1964), presiding partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (1966–1977) T. Keith Glennan (B.S. 1927), first administrator of NASA Austan Goolsbee (B.A. 1991, M.A. 1991), Chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors (2010–2011), professor of economics, University of Chicago Porter Goss (B.A. 1960), CIA director (2004–2006), Florida congressman Stephen Hadley (J.D. 1972), national security advisor Robert S. Ingersoll (1937), deputy secretary of state and ambassador to Japan under presidents Nixon and Ford John Kerry (B.A. 1966), U.S. senator (D-Massachusetts, 1985–2013) United States Secretary of State (2013–2017) Lewis Libby (B.A. 1972), former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, principal figure in the Plame Affair Robert Marjolin (Economics, 1934), French Marshall Plan implementer and European Commissioner William McChesney Martin, Jr. (B.A. ca. 1926), the ninth and longest-serving chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Steven Mnuchin (B.A. 1985), secretary of the treasury (2017–) in the Trump presidential administration Rogers Morton (B.A.), Secretary of Interior and Secretary of Commerce John Negroponte (B.A. 1960), first director of national intelligence (2005–present), first ambassador to post-Saddam Iraq (2004–2005) Urjit Patel, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, (2016–) Wilbur Ross (B.A.), secretary of commerce (2017–) in the Trump presidential administration Robert Rubin (LL.B. 1964), secretary of the treasury (1995–1999) in the Clinton presidential administration Henry L. Stimson (B.A. 1888), secretary of state in the Hoover presidential administration Alphonso Taft (B.A. 1833, Law), attorney general and secretary of war in the Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration Strobe Talbott (B.A. 1968), deputy secretary of state (1994–2001) in the Clinton presidential administration, president of the Brookings Institution Cyrus Vance (B.A. 1939, Law 1942), secretary of state in the Carter presidential administration Janet Yellen (Ph.D. 1971), Chair of the Federal Reserve (2014–2018)

Robert Marjolin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starosel_Gate

Starosel Gate

Starosel Gate

Starosel Gate on Livingston Island, Antarctica seen from the Bransfield Strait

Starosel Gate is a 150-m wide pass of elevation 500 m situated between St. Naum Peak and the north extremity of Balchik Ridge in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Providing overland access from Boyana Glacier to upper Macy Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the settlement of Starosel in central Bulgaria.

Starosel Gate (Staroselska Porta \sta-ro-'sel-ska 'por-ta\) is a 150-m wide pass of elevation 500 m situated between St. Naum Peak and the north extremity of Balchik Ridge in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Providing overland access from Boyana Glacier to upper Macy Glacier. Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05. Named after the settlement of Starosel in central Bulgaria.

Starosel Gate from Bransfield Strait, with St. Naum Peak to the left, Balchik Ridge to the right, and Boyana Glacier in the foreground.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Starosel-Livingston.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1023

NGC 1023

NGC 1023

English: NGC 1023 (with faint NGC 1023A off right arm) imaged using amateur telescope (8" SCT).

NGC 1023 is a barred lenticular galaxy, a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. Distance measurements vary from 9.3 to 19.7 million parsecs. The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of ×10⁷ M☉. The black hole was discovered by analyzing the dynamics of the galaxy. NGC 1023 is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, under the category "Galaxies with Nearby Fragments" under the number 135. A number of small galaxies have been found around NGC 1023, the collection of which is labelled the "NGC 1023 group."

NGC 1023 is a barred lenticular galaxy, a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. Distance measurements vary from 9.3 to 19.7 million parsecs (30 to 64 million light-years). The supermassive black hole at the core has a mass of (4.4±0.5)×10⁷ M☉. The black hole was discovered by analyzing the dynamics of the galaxy. NGC 1023 is included in Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, under the category "Galaxies with Nearby Fragments" under the number 135. A number of small galaxies have been found around NGC 1023, the collection of which is labelled the "NGC 1023 group."

Barred lenticular galaxy NGC 1023

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washitsu

Washitsu

Washitsu

Tatami room with shoji I took this photograph and contribute it to the public domain.

A washitsu, meaning "Japanese-style room", and frequently called a "tatami room" in English, is a Japanese room with traditional tatami flooring. Washitsu also usually have sliding doors, rather than hinged doors between rooms. They may have shōji and, if the particular room is meant to serve as a reception room for guests, it may have a tokonoma. In the past, almost all Japanese rooms were washitsu, and Japanese people slept on futons laid on the tatami and sat directly on the tatami or on zabuton set on the tatami. Nowadays, many Japanese houses have only one washitsu, which is sometimes used for entertaining guests, and most rooms are Western-style. Many new construction Japanese apartments do not have washitsu at all, instead using linoleum or hardwood floors. The size of a washitsu is measured by the number of tatami mats, using the counter word jō, which, depending on the area, are between 1.5 m² and 1.8 m². Typical room sizes are six or eight tatami mats in a private home. There are also half-sized mats, as in a 4.5-tatami room.

A washitsu (和室), meaning "Japanese-style room(s)", and frequently called a "tatami room" in English, is a Japanese room with traditional tatami flooring. Washitsu also usually have sliding doors (fusuma), rather than hinged doors between rooms. They may have shōji and, if the particular room is meant to serve as a reception room for guests, it may have a tokonoma (alcove for decorative items). In the past, almost all Japanese rooms were washitsu, and Japanese people slept on futons laid on the tatami and sat directly on the tatami or on zabuton set on the tatami. Nowadays, many Japanese houses have only one washitsu, which is sometimes used for entertaining guests, and most rooms are Western-style. Many new construction Japanese apartments do not have washitsu at all, instead using linoleum or hardwood floors. The size of a washitsu is measured by the number of tatami mats, using the counter word jō (畳), which, depending on the area, are between 1.5 m² and 1.8 m². (See tatami.) Typical room sizes are six or eight tatami mats in a private home. There are also half-sized mats, as in a 4.5-tatami room. The furniture in a washitsu may include a low table at which a family may eat dinner or entertain guests, while sitting on zabuton or a low chair intended for use on tatami. A kotatsu, which is a particular type of low table that contains a heating element used in the wintertime, may also be provided; this is particularly important as most Japanese homes do not have central heating. The antonym is yōshitsu (洋室), meaning "Western-style room(s)". Another term for washitsu is nihonma (日本間), and the corresponding term for yōshitsu is yōma (洋間).

This washitsu has tatami flooring and shoji (doors).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Argentine_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

1943 Argentine coup d'état

1943 Argentine coup d'état

Español: Portadas de los diarios "La Razón" y "El Día" anunciando la caída del gobierno de Castillo

The 1943 Argentine coup d'état, also known as the Revolution of '43, was a coup d'état on 4 June 1943 that ended the government of Ramón Castillo, who had been fraudulently elected to the office of vice-president before succeeding to the presidency in 1942 as part of the period known as the Infamous Decade. The military was opposed to Governor Robustiano Patrón Costas, Castillo's hand-picked successor, a major landowner in Salta Province and a primary stockholder in the sugar industry. The only serious resistance to the military coup came from the Argentine Navy, which confronted the advancing army columns at the Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics.

The 1943 Argentine coup d'état, also known as the Revolution of '43, was a coup d'état on 4 June 1943 that ended the government of Ramón Castillo, who had been fraudulently elected to the office of vice-president before succeeding to the presidency in 1942 as part of the period known as the Infamous Decade. The military was opposed to Governor Robustiano Patrón Costas, Castillo's hand-picked successor, a major landowner in Salta Province and a primary stockholder in the sugar industry. The only serious resistance to the military coup came from the Argentine Navy, which confronted the advancing army columns at the Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics.

A newspaper announcing the beginning of the coup.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tern

Common tern

Territory

Common tern / Behaviour / Territory

Sterna hirundo English: A juvenile Common Tern on the Atlantic shore, Massachusetts, USA.

The common tern is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light grey upperparts, white to very light grey underparts, a black cap, orange-red legs, and a narrow pointed bill. Depending on the subspecies, the bill may be mostly red with a black tip or all black. There are a number of similar species, including the partly sympatric Arctic tern, which can be separated on plumage details, leg and bill colour, or vocalisations. Breeding in a wider range of habitats than any of its relatives, the common tern nests on any flat, poorly vegetated surface close to water, including beaches and islands, and it readily adapts to artificial substrates such as floating rafts. The nest may be a bare scrape in sand or gravel, but it is often lined or edged with whatever debris is available. Up to three eggs may be laid, their dull colours and blotchy patterns providing camouflage on the open beach.

The common tern breeds in colonies which do not normally exceed 2,000 pairs, but may occasionally number more than 20,000 pairs. Colonies inland tend to be smaller than on the coast. Common terns often nest alongside other coastal species, such as Arctic, roseate and Sandwich terns, black-headed gulls, and black skimmers. Especially in the early part of the breeding season, for no known reason, most or all of the terns will fly in silence low and fast out to sea. This phenomenon is called a "dread". On their return to the breeding sites, the terns may loiter for a few days before settling into a territory, and the actual start of nesting may be linked to a high availability of fish. Terns defend only a small area, with distances between nests sometimes being as little as 50 cm (20 in), although 150–350 cm (59–138 in) is more typical. As with many birds, the same site is re-used year after year, with a record of one pair returning for 17 successive breeding seasons. Around 90% of experienced birds reuse their former territory, so young birds must nest on the periphery, find a bereaved mate, or move to another colony. A male selects a nesting territory a few days after his arrival in the spring, and is joined by his previous partner unless she is more than five days late, in which case the pair may separate. The defence of the territory is mainly by the male, who repels intruders of either sex. He gives an alarm call, opens his wings, raises his tail and bows his head to show the black cap. If the intruder persists, the male stops calling and fights by bill grappling until the intruder submits by raising its head to expose the throat. Aerial trespassers are simply attacked, sometimes following a joint upward spiralling flight. Despite the aggression shown to adults, wandering chicks are usually tolerated, whereas in a gull colony they would be attacked and killed. The nest is defended until the chicks have fledged, and all the adults in the colony will collectively repel potential predators.

This autumn juvenile in Massachusetts has a white forehead, having lost the ginger colouration characteristic of younger birds

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_Test_Site

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site

English: A payload launch vehicle carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on Dec. 3, 2001, for a planned intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean. The target vehicle, a modified Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile, will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The interceptor is planned to hit the target more than 140 miles above the Earth during the midcourse phase of the warhead's flight.

The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site, is a missile test range in Marshall Islands. It covers about 750,000 square miles and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll, Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility for U.S. missile defense and space research programs. The Reagan Test Site is under the command of the US Army Kwajalein Atoll, or USAKA.

The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site (formerly Kwajalein Missile Range), is a missile test range in Marshall Islands (Pacific Ocean). It covers about 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km²) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalein Atoll (on multiple islands), Wake Island, and Aur Atoll. It primarily functions as a test facility for U.S. missile defense and space research programs. The Reagan Test Site is under the command of the US Army Kwajalein Atoll, or USAKA (pronounced /uːˈsɑːkə/).

An exoatmospheric kill vehicle (kinetic penetrator, mid-phase) is launched from Meck Island on 3 December 2001

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_turbine

Gas turbine

Tanks

Gas turbine / In surface vehicles / Tanks

Marines from 1st Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, load a Honeywell AGT1500 gas turbine engine from an M1A1 Abrams tank engine back into the tank at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Location: TA COYOTE

A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of continuous and internal combustion engine. The main elements common to all gas turbine engines are: an upstream rotating gas compressor a combustor a downstream turbine on the same shaft as the compressor. A fourth component is often used to increase efficiency, to convert power into mechanical or electric form, or to achieve greater thrust-to-weight ratio. The basic operation of the gas turbine is a Brayton cycle with air as the working fluid: atmospheric air flows through the compressor that brings it to higher pressure; energy is then added by spraying fuel into the air and igniting it so that the combustion generates a high-temperature flow; this high-temperature pressurized gas enters a turbine, producing a shaft work output in the process, used to drive the compressor; the unused energy comes out in the exhaust gases that can be repurposed for external work, such as directly producing thrust in a turbojet engine, or rotating a second, independent turbine that can be connected to a fan, propeller, or electrical generator.

The Third Reich Wehrmacht Heer's development division, the Heereswaffenamt (Army Ordnance Board), studied a number of gas turbine engine designs for use in tanks starting in mid-1944. The first gas turbine engine design intended for use in armored fighting vehicle propulsion, the BMW 003-based GT 101, was meant for installation in the Panther tank. The second use of a gas turbine in an armored fighting vehicle was in 1954 when a unit, PU2979, specifically developed for tanks by C. A. Parsons and Company, was installed and trialed in a British Conqueror tank. The Stridsvagn 103 was developed in the 1950s and was the first mass-produced main battle tank to use a turbine engine, the Boeing T50. Since then, gas turbine engines have been used as auxiliary power units in some tanks and as main powerplants in Soviet/Russian T-80s and U.S. M1 Abrams tanks, among others. They are lighter and smaller than diesel engines at the same sustained power output but the models installed to date are less fuel efficient than the equivalent diesel, especially at idle, requiring more fuel to achieve the same combat range. Successive models of M1 have addressed this problem with battery packs or secondary generators to power the tank's systems while stationary, saving fuel by reducing the need to idle the main turbine. T-80s can mount three large external fuel drums to extend their range. Russia has stopped production of the T-80 in favor of the diesel-powered T-90 (based on the T-72), while Ukraine has developed the diesel-powered T-80UD and T-84 with nearly the power of the gas-turbine tank. The French Leclerc tank's diesel powerplant features the "Hyperbar" hybrid supercharging system, where the engine's turbocharger is completely replaced with a small gas turbine which also works as an assisted diesel exhaust turbocharger, enabling engine RPM-independent boost level control and a higher peak boost pressure to be reached (than with ordinary turbochargers). This system allows a smaller displacement and lighter engine to be used as the tank's power plant and effectively removes turbo lag. This special gas turbine/turbocharger can also work independently from the main engine as an ordinary APU. A turbine is theoretically more reliable and easier to maintain than a piston engine since it has a simpler construction with fewer moving parts, but in practice, turbine parts experience a higher wear rate due to their higher working speeds. The turbine blades are highly sensitive to dust and fine sand so that in desert operations air filters have to be fitted and changed several times daily. An improperly fitted filter, or a bullet or shell fragment that punctures the filter, can damage the engine. Piston engines (especially if turbocharged) also need well-maintained filters, but they are more resilient if the filter does fail. Like most modern diesel engines used in tanks, gas turbines are usually multi-fuel engines.

Marines from 1st Tank Battalion load a Honeywell AGT1500 multi-fuel turbine back into an M1 Abrams tank at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, February 2003

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Harel

Dan Harel

Dan Harel

Dan Harel, Commander Israeli Defense Force Artillery

Aluf Dan Harel is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Harel is currently serving as the Director General of the Ministry of Defense.

Aluf Dan Harel (Hebrew: דן הראל‎; born 1955) is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Harel is currently serving as the Director General of the Ministry of Defense.

Maj. Gen. Dan Harel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adnation

Adnation

Adnation

Nepenthes adnata

Adnation in Angiosperms is the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower, e.g. stamens to petals". This is in contrast to connation, the fusion among a single whorl.

Adnation in Angiosperms is the fusion of two or more whorls of a flower, e.g. stamens to petals". This is in contrast to connation, the fusion among a single whorl.

The tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes adnata is named for its adnate leaf bases

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westonzoyland

Westonzoyland

Aviation

Westonzoyland / History / Aviation

English: Aerial photograph of Weston Zoyland Airfield, England.

Westonzoyland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Somerset Levels, 4 miles south east of Bridgwater.

To the east of the village is the former RAF Weston Zoyland (1926–68) Airfield, which was used for a variety of duties, including air combat and the transport of airborne ground troops to France during World War II. Today it now houses an airstrip on the north side for the Westonzoyland Microlight Aircraft Club — the 'Zoyboyz'. Microlight aircraft fly from the base for both recreation and as part of Sky Watch, a Civil Air Patrol, whose mission is "Keeping an eye out from the air for anyone in distress either on land or sea". A second airstrip called Middlezoy Aerodrome started operating in 2018 on the south side of RAF Weston Zoyland a hangar & original Nissen hut have been recently been erected. Restoration of various types including some Piston Provosts are ongoing. A Meteor T.7 gate guard can be seen from the A372 main road. Sedgemoor Radio Control Flying Club fly on the east side of the airfield

Weston Zoyland airfield, 22 April 1944. Devoid of aircraft prior to the 442d Troop Carrier Group moving in during June.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Church

Peace Church

Peace Church

English: Front of Peach Church, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72001114

Peace Church, also known as Die Frieden Kirche, is an historic Reformed and Lutheran church located in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1798 by a Reformed congregation, and is a ​2 ¹⁄₂-story limestone building with a five-bay front and three-bay sides. In 1806 the local Lutheran congregation was invited "in peace" to share the building for services. The interior features a wine glass pulpit, balcony around three sides, and organ built in 1807. Its builder, Martin Rupp, also built the Johannes Eberly House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Peace Church, also known as Die Frieden Kirche, is an historic Reformed and Lutheran church located in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1798 by a Reformed congregation, and is a ​2 ¹⁄₂-story limestone building with a five-bay front and three-bay sides. In 1806 the local Lutheran congregation was invited "in peace" to share the building for services. The interior features a wine glass pulpit, balcony around three sides, and organ built in 1807. Its builder, Martin Rupp, also built the Johannes Eberly House. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Front of building

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Alstonefield

St Peter's Church, Alstonefield

St Peter's Church, Alstonefield

English: St. Peter, Alstonefield.

The Church of St Peter in Alstonefield, Staffordshire Moorlands, England is a grade I listed Anglican parish church. The oldest parts are 12th century; it has been extended and refurbished in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries and in 1870. Anglo-Saxon crosses found on the site, and the dedication to St Peter, support the belief that there was an earlier Saxon church on the site. In the churchyard is a memorial stone to Ann Green, who died 11 April 1518. This is believed to be the oldest legible gravestone in England. The stone is circular in shape, with wording carved on the edge and on one flat surface. In 2010 lead worth £14,000 was stolen from the church roof. Fund-raising to replace it led to the now annual Leaden Boot Challenge, a 26.2 miles walk or run to be completed within 12 hours, which now raises funds for other local causes. The church is in the Deanery of Alstonefield and the Diocese of Lichfield.

The Church of St Peter in Alstonefield, Staffordshire Moorlands, England is a grade I listed Anglican parish church. The oldest parts are 12th century; it has been extended and refurbished in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries and in 1870. Anglo-Saxon crosses found on the site, and the dedication to St Peter, support the belief that there was an earlier Saxon church on the site. In the churchyard is a memorial stone to Ann Green, who died 11 April 1518. This is believed to be the oldest legible gravestone in England. The stone is circular in shape, with wording carved on the edge and on one flat surface. In 2010 lead worth £14,000 was stolen from the church roof. Fund-raising to replace it led to the now annual Leaden Boot Challenge, a 26.2 miles (42.2 km) walk or run to be completed within 12 hours, which now raises funds for other local causes. The church is in the Deanery of Alstonefield and the Diocese of Lichfield.

The church in 2005

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilshire_Park,_Los_Angeles

Wilshire Park, Los Angeles

History and landmarks

Wilshire Park, Los Angeles / History and landmarks

English: Graph building activity between 1905 and 2006 in Wilshire Park

Wilshire Park is a residential district in the Central Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California.

Wilshire Park is a neighborhood of one- and two-story historic Dutch Colonial, Spanish Colonial, American Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional, and Mediterranean style single-family homes, duplexes, and multi-family homes. on tree-lined streets of mature magnolias, oaks, and sycamores. The first recorded residence in Wilshire Park was built in 1908. The transitional Prairie School style home (right) is an example of the work of architect Lloyd Wright. The neighborhood also features a 1938 apartment complex by the only female architect in Los Angeles at the time, by Edith Mortensen Northman. Most of Wilshire Park was fully built out by 1926. The graph shows the pattern of development. There are three Wilshire Park homes designated as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments (LAHCM): the William J. Weber House, pictured above, designed by Lloyd Wright and built in 1921; the A.W. Black Residence, designed by John Frederick Soper and built in 1913; and the William J. Hubbard Residence designed by Allen Kelly Ruoff and Arthur C. Munson, and built in 1923. The area has served as a film and television production location, dating back to the days of the 1925 Buster Keaton comedy classic Seven Chances. With the 1960s, one Wilshire Park home (at 837 5th Avenue) attained TV immortality by serving as the exterior for the Douglas family home on the long-running series, My Three Sons.

Year Built Graphs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_River

Michigan River

Michigan River

The Michigan River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately 69 miles long, in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains a rural part of the eastern side of North Park in eastern Jackson County. The river issues from Michigan Lakes, a chain of alpine lakes at 11,208 ft, along the continental divide in southeast Jackson County just east of Nokhu Crags. It descends north then west to flow past the south end of Cameron Pass, and descends from the pass along the route of State Highway 14, past Gould, then northwest through the ranch country of North Park, where it becomes a largely braided stream with a wide river bottom. It passes just east of Walden, and receives the Illinois River from the south just north of Walden. It joins the North Platte from the south approximately 5 miles downstream to the north.

The Michigan River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately 69 miles (111 km) long, in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains a rural part of the eastern side of North Park in eastern Jackson County. The river issues from Michigan Lakes, a chain of alpine lakes at 11,208 ft (3,416 m), along the continental divide in southeast Jackson County just east of Nokhu Crags. It descends north then west to flow past the south end of Cameron Pass, and descends from the pass along the route of State Highway 14, past Gould, then northwest through the ranch country of North Park, where it becomes a largely braided stream with a wide river bottom. It passes just east of Walden, and receives the Illinois River from the south just north of Walden. It joins the North Platte from the south approximately 5 miles (8 km) downstream to the north.

The Michigan River from SH 14 near Gould

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interphase

Interphase

Interphase

English: Diagram showing the changes which occur in the centrosomes and nucleus of a cell in the process of mitotic division. (Schäfer.) This plate originally showed six stages, it now just shows phase I, interphase. Gray's Anatomy plate:Diagram showing the changes which occur in the centrosomes and nucleus of a cell in the process of mitotic division. (Schäfer.) This plate originally showed six stages, it now just shows phase I, interphase.

Interphase is the portion of the cell cycle that is not accompanied by observable changes under the microscope, and includes the G1, S and G2 phases. During interphase, the cell grows, replicates its DNA and prepares for mitosis. A cell in interphase should not be confused with a cell in quiescent state, which represents most of the cell’s lifetime. The term quiescent is misleading since a quiescent cell is very busy synthesizing proteins, copying DNA into RNA, engulfing extracellular material, processing signals, to name just a few activities. The cell is quiescent only in the sense of cell division.Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life. During interphase, the cell copies its DNA in preparation for mitosis. Interphase is the 'daily living' or metabolic phase of the cell, in which the cell obtains nutrients and metabolizes them, grows, reads its DNA, and conducts other "normal" cell functions. This phase was formerly called the resting phase. However, interphase does not describe a cell that is merely resting; rather, the cell is living and preparing for later cell division, so the name was changed.

Interphase is the portion of the cell cycle that is not accompanied by observable changes under the microscope, and includes the G1, S and G2 phases. During interphase, the cell grows (G1), replicates its DNA (S) and prepares for mitosis (G2). A cell in interphase should not be confused with a cell in quiescent state, which represents most of the cell’s lifetime. The term quiescent (i.e. state of dormancy) is misleading since a quiescent cell is very busy synthesizing proteins, copying DNA into RNA, engulfing extracellular material, processing signals, to name just a few activities. The cell is quiescent only in the sense of cell division (i.e. the cell is out of the cell cycle, G0).Interphase is the phase of the cell cycle in which a typical cell spends most of its life. During interphase, the cell copies its DNA in preparation for mitosis. Interphase is the 'daily living' or metabolic phase of the cell, in which the cell obtains nutrients and metabolizes them, grows, reads its DNA, and conducts other "normal" cell functions. This phase was formerly called the resting phase. However, interphase does not describe a cell that is merely resting; rather, the cell is living and preparing for later cell division, so the name was changed. A common misconception is that interphase is the first stage of mitosis, but since mitosis is the division of the nucleus, prophase is actually the first stage. In interphase, the cell gets itself ready for mitosis or meiosis. Somatic cells, or normal diploid cells of the body, go through mitosis in order to reproduce themselves through cell division, whereas diploid germ cells (i.e., primary spermatocytes and primary oocytes) go through meiosis in order to create haploid gametes (i.e., sperm and ova) for the purpose of sexual reproduction.

An illustration of interphase. The chromatin has not yet condensed, and the cell is undergoing its normal functions.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taha_Hussein_Museum

Taha Hussein Museum

Taha Hussein Museum

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Taha Hussein Museum is a historic house museum and biographical museum in Cairo, Egypt. It is about the life, teaching, and residence of Taha Hussein, who was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals and a figurehead for the Al-Nahda—Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.

Taha Hussein Museum is a historic house museum and biographical museum in Cairo, Egypt. It is about the life, teaching, and residence of Taha Hussein, who was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals and a figurehead for the Al-Nahda—Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.

Taha Hussein

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_hallmarks

Silver hallmarks

Silver hallmarks

English: Hallmarks on British sterling (L-R): Crown signifying city of Sheffield, lion passant, Letter n of a style dating piece to 1905, maker's insignia for Walker & Hall.

A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other markings to indicate date of manufacture and additional information about the piece. In some countries, the testing of silver objects and marking of purity is controlled by a national assayer's office. Hallmarks are applied with a hammer and punch, a process that leaves sharp edges and spurs of metal. Therefore, hallmarking is generally done before the piece goes for its final polishing. The hallmark for sterling silver varies from nation to nation, often using distinctive historic symbols, although Dutch and UK Assay offices no longer strike their traditional hallmarks exclusively in their own territories and undertake assay in other countries using marks that are the same as those used domestically.

A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate date of manufacture and additional information about the piece. In some countries, the testing of silver objects and marking of purity is controlled by a national assayer's office. Hallmarks are applied with a hammer and punch, a process that leaves sharp edges and spurs of metal. Therefore, hallmarking is generally done before the piece goes for its final polishing. The hallmark for sterling silver varies from nation to nation, often using distinctive historic symbols, although Dutch and UK Assay offices no longer strike their traditional hallmarks exclusively in their own territories and undertake assay in other countries using marks that are the same as those used domestically.

Hallmarks on British sterling (L-R): Crown signifying city of Sheffield, lion passant, Letter n of a style dating piece to 1905, maker's insignia for Walker & Hall.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Race_27

The Amazing Race 27

Leg 9 (Poland → India)

The Amazing Race 27 / Race summary / Leg 9 (Poland → India)

English: The View of taj from Mahtab Bagh, Agra

The Amazing Race 27 was the twenty-seventh installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. It featured eleven teams of two, with each team centered on a pre-existing relationship between the cast members such as marriage, dating, or best friends. Teams competed in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize. This season premiered on September 25, 2015. Dating news reporters Kelsey Gerckens and Joey Buttitta were the winners of this season.

Airdate: November 20, 2015 Kraków (Kraków John Paul II International Airport) to Delhi, India (Indira Gandhi International Airport) New Delhi (New Delhi Railway Station) to Agra (Agra Cantonment Railway Station) Agra District (Yamuna River – Hathi Ghat) Agra (Johri Bazar – Hanuman Temple) Mathura District (Chhata Bazar) Agra (Bijli Ghar Chauraha Roundabout) Agra (Mehtab Bagh overlooking the Taj Mahal) In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a bicycle to transport a bundle of Indian saris to the bank of the Yamuna River, where they were shown how to tie them in a traditional way for washing. Once all of the saris were correctly tied, they had to wash them in a basin, transport them across the beach, and lay them out to dry to receive their next clue. For their Speed Bump, Tanner & Josh each had to perform the Roadblock, one after the other. The Detour was a choice between Cans or Candy. In Cans, teams had to load and secure 120 metal cooking-oil cans onto a flatbed bicycle and pedal through the crowded streets to New Taj Oil Company, where they had to unload the cans to receive their next clue. In Candy, teams had to cut small pieces from winter melons, which are used to make an Indian candy called petha. Once the pieces weighed in at one maund (90 lb), they had to deliver pre-packaged petha to Pancchi Petha Candy Store to receive their next clue. Additional tasks At the Hanuman Temple in Johri Bazaar, teams received a traditional Indian blessing before receiving their next clue. After the Detour, teams had to travel to "Moonlight Garden", known locally as Mehtab Bagh, across the river from the Taj Mahal to find the leg's Pit Stop.

Mehtab Bagh in Agra, overlooking the Taj Mahal, served as the Pit Stop for this leg of the Race.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

Early life

Fernando Pessoa / Early life

Casa onde nasceu Fernando Pessoa, no Largo de São Carlos em Lisboa

Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese language. He also wrote in and translated from English and French. Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he created approximately seventy-five others, of which three stand out, Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos and Ricardo Reis. He did not call them pseudonyms because he felt that they did not capture their true independent intellectual life and instead called them heteronyms. These imaginary figures sometimes held unpopular or extreme views.

Pessoa was born in Lisbon on 13 June 1888. When Pessoa was five, his father, Joaquim de Seabra Pessôa, died of tuberculosis and on 2 January of the following year, his younger brother Jorge, aged one, also died. After the second marriage of his mother, Maria Magdalena Pinheiro Nogueira, a proxy wedding to João Miguel dos Santos Rosa, Fernando sailed with his mother for South Africa in early 1896 to join his stepfather, a military officer appointed Portuguese consul in Durban, capital of the former British Colony of Natal. In a letter dated 8 February 1918, Pessoa wrote: There is only one event in the past which has both the definiteness and the importance required for rectification by direction; this is my father's death, which took place on 13 July 1893. My mother's second marriage (which took place on 30 December 1895) is another date which I can give with preciseness and it is important for me, not in itself, but in one of its results – the circumstance that, my stepfather becoming Portuguese Consul in Durban (Natal), I was educated there, this English education being a factor of supreme importance in my life, and, whatever my fate be, indubitably shaping it. The dates of the voyages related to the above event are (as nearly as possible): 1st. voyage to Africa – left Lisbon beginning January 1896. Return – left Durban in the afternoon of 1st. August 1901. 2nd. voyage to Africa – left Lisbon about 20th. September 1902. Return – left Durban about 20th. August 1905. The young Pessoa received his early education at St. Joseph Convent School, a Roman Catholic grammar school run by Irish and French nuns. He moved to the Durban High School in April 1899, becoming fluent in English and developing an appreciation for English literature. During the Matriculation Examination, held at the time by the University of the Cape of Good Hope (forerunner of the University of Cape Town), in November 1903, he was awarded the recently created Queen Victoria Memorial Prize for best paper in English. While preparing to enter university, he also attended the Durban Commercial High School during one year, taking night classes. Meanwhile, Pessoa started writing short stories in English, some under the name of David Merrick, many of which he left unfinished. At the age of sixteen, The Natal Mercury (edition of 6 July 1904) published his poem "Hillier did first usurp the realms of rhyme...", under the name of C. R. Anon (anonymous), along with a brief introductory text: "I read with great amusement...". In December, The Durban High School Magazine published his essay "Macaulay". From February to June 1905, in the section "The Man in the Moon", The Natal Mercury also published at least four sonnets by Fernando Pessoa: "Joseph Chamberlain", "To England I", "To England II" and "Liberty". His poems often carried humorous versions of Anon as the author's name. Pessoa started using pen names quite young. The first one, still in his childhood, was Chevalier de Pas, supposedly a French noble. In addition to Charles Robert Anon and David Merrick, the young writer also signed up, among other pen names, as Horace James Faber, Alexander Search, and other meaningful names. In the preface to The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa wrote about himself: Nothing had ever obliged him to do anything. He had spent his childhood alone. He never joined any group. He never pursued a course of study. He never belonged to a crowd. The circumstances of his life were marked by that strange but rather common phenomenon – perhaps, in fact, it’s true for all lives – of being tailored to the image and likeness of his instincts, which tended towards inertia and withdrawal. The young Pessoa was described by a schoolfellow as follows: I cannot tell you exactly how long I knew him, but the period during which I received most of my impressions of him was the whole of the year 1904 when we were at school together. How old he was at this time I don’t know, but judge him to have 15 or 16. [...] He was pale and thin and appeared physically to be very imperfectly developed. He had a narrow and co

Pessoa's birthplace: a large flat at São Carlos Square, just in front of Lisbon's opera.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firdos_Square

Firdos Square

Firdos Square

Français : une mosquée à Bagdad en 2003

Section of Firdos Square in foreground, with Ramadan Mosque behind.

Firdos Square is a public open space in central Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after the Persian word Firdows, which means "paradise". The site has been the location of several monumental artworks.

Firdos Square (Arabic: ساحة الفردوس‎, romanized: Sāḥat al-Firdaus) is a public open space in central Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after the Persian word Firdows, which means "paradise". The site has been the location of several monumental artworks.

Section of Firdos Square in foreground, with Ramadan Mosque behind.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiskey_Park

Comiskey Park

All-Star Games

Comiskey Park / Special baseball events / All-Star Games

English: Outside of Old Comiskey Park Chicago 1986

Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-southwest side of the city. The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than 6,000 Major League Baseball games. Also, in one of the most famous boxing matches in history, the field was the site of the 1937 heavyweight title match in which Joe Louis defeated then champion James J. Braddock in eight rounds that launched Louis' unprecedented 11-plus year run as the heavyweight champion of the world. The Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League also called Comiskey Park home when they weren't playing at Normal Park, Soldier Field or Wrigley Field. They won the 1947 NFL Championship Game over the Philadelphia Eagles at Comiskey Park. Much less popular than the Bears, the Cardinals had their last season at Comiskey in 1958, and they left for St. Louis in March 1960. The Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League called Comiskey Park home from 1941–1950.

Comiskey Park was the site of three Major League Baseball All-Star Games, and each marked a turn in the direction of dominance by one league or the other: The first-ever All-Star Game was held in 1933. It began as a promotion by Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, in connection with the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition being held on Chicago's lakefront. The Americans defeated the Nationals, helped in part by a home run by Babe Ruth, who was nearing the end of his career, but could still swing a mighty bat. The game also inaugurated a stretch when the Americans dominated, winning 12 of the first 16 (skipping 1945 because of wartime travel restrictions). The park next hosted the July classic in 1950, a game best remembered for Ted Williams' collision with the outfield wall that broke his elbow and ended his playing season. Less remembered is that it began a turnaround for the Nationals, who won the game in extra innings and started to win frequently, a trend that continued for more than three decades, building up an astounding 30 wins against only 6 losses and 1 tie (during 1959–62, two games were held each year). The 50th Anniversary All-Star Game in 1983 was held at Comiskey Park in commemoration of the first All-Star Game at that same venue. The American League's lopsided win, including the first-ever grand slam in an All-Star Game, by Fred Lynn, turned out to signal an end to the National League's dominance in the mid-summer classic. During the last eight years of the park's existence the Americans went 5–3. Hosting a winning All-Star Game was also a good omen for the Sox, as they won their division in 1983, the first baseball title of any kind in Chicago since the Sox won the 1959 pennant. Comiskey Park was the most frequent home to the Negro League East-West All-Star Game from 1933 to 1960. The Negro Leagues' All-Star Game achieved higher attendance in some years than its Major League Baseball counterpart, thanks in part to Comiskey's high attendance capacity.

Comiskey Park in 1986

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coras_(spider)

Coras (spider)

Coras (spider)

English: Coras genus female spider, 4 mm body length. Collected 36° N 80° W. Species is probably Medicinalis. Photographed with a digital microscope. Gamma adjusted.

Coras is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898. It has fifteen described species that occur in eastern North America from Nova Scotia south to Florida. They can be readily distinguished from other genera in the subfamily by their anterior median eyes being larger than the anterior lateral eyes, whereas in other genera the reverse is true, along with a number of more technical reproductive features. The type species is Coras medicinalis. These spiders are frequently found at or near ground level, or in cellars of houses, where they construct small and rather messy sheet webs on the ground and attached to nearby more elevated things. These webs are small in area and are connected to tubular retreats with simple signal or catching threads radiating from entrance. The middle eyes in the lower or front row are as large as or larger than the eyes that flank them on the outside. The epigynum has projections at its forward corners. The legs have indistinct gray rings.

Coras is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Eugène Simon in 1898. It has fifteen described species that occur in eastern North America from Nova Scotia south to Florida. They can be readily distinguished from other genera in the subfamily by their anterior median eyes being larger than the anterior lateral eyes, whereas in other genera the reverse is true, along with a number of more technical reproductive features. The type species is Coras medicinalis (so named because its web was used in medicine). These spiders are frequently found at or near ground level, or in cellars of houses, where they construct small and rather messy sheet webs on the ground and attached to nearby more elevated things. These webs are small in area and are connected to tubular retreats with simple signal or catching threads radiating from entrance. The middle eyes in the lower or front row are as large as or larger than the eyes that flank them on the outside. The epigynum has projections at its forward corners. The legs have indistinct gray rings.

Coras species, probably C. medicinalis

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Widney

Joseph Widney

Later years

Joseph Widney / Later years

English: Widney Hall from 1915

Joseph Pomeroy Widney, M.D. D.D. LL.D, was an American doctor, educator, historian, and religious leader. After the American Civil War led him to medicine, he followed his brothers to California where he received his medical degree. He saw southern California as a "Garden of Eden". In Los Angeles he was a founder of the Los Angeles Medical Society. He was a strong proponent of the new University of Southern California, and became its second President and the founding Dean of its School of Medicine. The Los Angeles Public Library was one of his major interests. His real estate interests in California flourished, and he was an early environmentalist as well as promoter of the new metropolis. He believed deeply in Los Angeles becoming a major city with a seaport. The city would use water from across local mountains, and would recreate Lake Cahuilla. He was a founder of the Church of the Nazarene in Los Angeles, as well as a Methodist pastor. He published many books, mainly on his views about California and its history, but only Race Life of the Aryan Peoples was commercially published. He died at 96, having seen Los Angeles become a major city and seaport.

Widney attributed his longevity to living simply and keeping busy. At age 94, Widney advocated "no liquor, no tobacco, no drugs. I'm not a fanatic on liquor, but to me it is a medicine. I keep it around and take it when I need it. But there is no excuse whatever for tobacco or drugs". He recommended at least eight hours sleep each night and short naps throughout the day. He died at 10:50 am on July 4, 1938, in his home in Highland Park, Los Angeles, aged 96. After services held in his home, he was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery at Boyle Heights on July 6, 1938. In March 1939 the new Crippled Children's High School was renamed the Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School. This school is for those aged 13 to 22 with special educational needs. The Widney Alumni House at the University of Southern California, the university's original building, was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (No. 70) on December 16, 1970. The University of Southern California honors its distinguished graduates by presenting the Widney Alumni Award. His portrait was painted by American artist Orpha Mae Klinker, and a bust of Widney was sculpted by Emil Seletz.

Widney Hall in 1915

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xestobium

Xestobium

Xestobium

Deutsch: Xestobium plumbeum am 24.4.2017 südlich von Mannheim

Xestobium is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 described species in Xestobium.

Xestobium is a genus of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 described species in Xestobium.

Xestobium plumbeum

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Christmas_Tree

Grove Christmas Tree

History

Grove Christmas Tree / History

The Grove Christmas Tree at the The Grove at Farmers Market in Los Angeles, California.

The Grove Christmas Tree is an approximately 100-foot Christmas tree that is lit every year at The Grove at Farmer's Market in Los Angeles, California. In 2002, it was the tallest Christmas tree in the Los Angeles area and attracted about 90,000 visitors a day during the holiday season.

The tradition of lighting The Grove Christmas Tree takes place in mid-November after it was begun in 2002 by real estate developer and businessman Rick J. Caruso. He aimed to make the tree the centerpiece of his retail and entertainment complex, The Grove in Los Angeles, during the Christmas season. In time, the popularity of the annual lighting ceremony eventually rivaled that of the famed Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting mid-town Manhattan, New York. The Grove Christmas Tree measures 100 to 110 feet while the Rockefeller Center tree is only about 75 to 90 feet. The first white fir tree used for the event was harvested from the Mount Shasta region in Northern California in 2010. The following year, a 100-foot white fir was decorated with more than 10,000 lights and 15,000 ornaments, setting the precedent for successive Christmas trees for The Grove at Farmers Market.

The Grove Christmas Tree in November 2009

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson,_New_South_Wales

Paterson, New South Wales

Present township of Paterson

Paterson, New South Wales / History / Present township of Paterson

English: Paterson rural scene viewing village to the south west from Keppies Rd. the rising ground to left and right of the photo forms the beginning of the Paterson valley.

Paterson is a small township in the lower Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Located within Dungog Shire it is situated on the Paterson River. It is in the middle of what was once dairy, timber and citrus country and is now more significantly a feeder town for the nearby mining industry in the Upper Hunter and the city of Newcastle.

The present township of Paterson, situated six kilometres to the north of the original military station at Old Banks, was the third to be surveyed in the Hunter Valley after Newcastle and Maitland, but was not proclaimed until 1833. With the continuing settlement of the district, Paterson soon became an important tidal river port and service centre to the surrounding community. Many early settlers were Scots and hence a Presbyterian Church preceded an Anglican establishment. Indeed, St Ann's, opened in 1842, is said to be the oldest Presbyterian Church on mainland Australia. The river trade began to decline in the 1850s as the road to Maitland improved. Timber mills were established by the 1870s. In its heyday Paterson had four stores, five hotels, two shipyards, a sawmill, a tannery, four blacksmiths, two butchers, a bakery and a boarding school for girls. Shipbuilding also commenced with the development of the river trade and considerable supplies of tobacco were grown, as well as grains, grapes, wine, citrus fruits and cotton were transported by steamboats to Morpeth, Newcastle and Sydney. By the time the railway arrived in 1911 the long-term decline of river transportation had taken its toll. With ironic symbolism the railway line passed directly over the wharf and a mishap during the construction of the railway bridge in 1909 sunk one of the local boats, the Anna Maria, which had been contracted to carry the BHP made girders. The boat was salvaged but was nearly destroyed again when a spark from a steam train set it ablaze. The last steam boats visited the area in the 1930s. Throughout the 20th century agriculture has been the major source of local income. Citrus production was particularly strong at the turn of the century, with an estimated 30,000 cases being handled at the port each year. At the 2006 census, Paterson had a population of 345 people.

Viewing south to Paterson village. The rising ground to left and right forms the mouth of the Paterson Valley

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_AAA_Texas_500

2010 AAA Texas 500

Practice and qualifying

2010 AAA Texas 500 / Report / Practice and qualifying

NASCAR driver en:Elliott Sadler in August 2007 at en:Bristol Motor Speedway. Cropped from original.

The 2010 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on November 7, 2010, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth race during the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. The race was won by Denny Hamlin of the Joe Gibbs Racing team. Matt Kenseth finished second, and Mark Martin clinched third. There were nine cautions and thirty-five lead changes among fourteen different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Hamlin's eighth win in the 2010 season, and his second at Texas Motor Speedway. The result moved him to first in the Drivers' Championship, 33 points ahead Jimmie Johnson in second. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, 40 ahead of Toyota and 91 ahead of Ford, with two races remaining in the season. A total of 156,000 people attended the race.

Three practice sessions will be held before the Sunday race — one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final practice session lasted 60 minutes. During the first practice session, Biffle, for the Roush Fenway Racing team, was quickest ahead of Edwards in second and Juan Pablo Montoya in the third position. Kenseth was scored fourth, and Elliott Sadler managed fifth. Regan Smith, Paul Menard, Martin Truex Jr., Johnson, and A. J. Allmendinger rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. Forty-nine cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three were able to race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Sadler clinched his eighth pole position during his career, with a time of 27.363, his first since May, 2006 at Talladega Superspeedway. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Biffle. Edwards qualified third, Montoya took fourth, and David Ragan started fifth. Johnson, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified seventeenth, while Hamlin was scored thirtieth. The six drivers that failed to qualify for the race were J. J. Yeley, Scott Riggs, Michael McDowell, Jeff Green, Josh Wise, and Brian Keselowski. Once the qualifying session completed, Sadler commented, "I’m feeling Superman today! I could sit here and say it is me, or this or that, but [crew chief] Todd Parrott is the man. He can do so much as a crew chief. He is good for me from the mental side and we have been qualifying so much better here the last six weeks or so... that is a really fast lap for me. I got all I can get out of it." On the next morning, Kyle Busch was quickest in the second practice session, ahead of Edwards and Truex in second and third. Ryan Newman was fourth quickest, and Burton took fifth. Stewart, Montoya, Kurt Busch, Bowyer, and Biffle followed in the top-ten. Other drivers in the chase, such as Hamlin, was eighteenth, and Harvick, who was thirty-first. During the third, and final practice session, Kyle Busch, with a fastest time of 28.696, was quickest. Ragan and Truex followed in second and third with times of 28.765 and 28.884 seconds. Kurt Busch managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Smith and Sam Hornish Jr. Sadler was scored seventh, Menard took eighth, Gordon was ninth, and Johnson took tenth.

Elliott Sadler (pictured in 2007) won the pole position, after having the fastest time of 27.636 seconds.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimmis

Wimmis

Religion

Wimmis / Religion

Deutsch: Wimmis, die reformierte Kirche im Morgenlicht

Wimmis is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

From the 2000 census, 1,771 or 76.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 211 or 9.1% were Roman Catholic. Of the rest of the population, there were 15 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.65% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 79 individuals (or about 3.41% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 44 (or about 1.90% of the population) who were Muslim. There were 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 110 (or about 4.75% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 81 individuals (or about 3.50% of the population) did not answer the question.

Wimmis castle church

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Marche

Music of Marche

Musical venues and activities

Music of Marche / Musical venues and activities

Depicted person:  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

The music of the Marche, a region of Italy, has been shaped by the fact that the entire region is a collection of small centers of population. There is no cultural giant to be found—no Florence or Naples—that might have shaped the cultural and musical expressions of the entire region. There is not a town in the region with more than 100,000 population, but there are 246 total towns, and they support no fewer than 113 theaters, a cultural building boom that started in the late 18th century. Historically, the entire area was home to a great number of monasteries and abbeys in the Middle Ages, institutions that had choirs and were active in the musical lives of the inhabitants. That period is still obscure and is currently the subject of musicological research. In the modern age, the region has a vibrant musical life.

Historically, the city of Ancona was known as a small center for music agencies, music printers and makers of stringed instrument. The main theater is the Teatro delle Muse ("Theater of the muses"), now reopened after reconstruction in the wake of a World War II bombing. It is the home of the Marche Philharmonic Orchestra. The town of Jesi has the Teatro Pergolesi and supports the Pergolesi Foundation, both named for this "favorite son" composer and one of the great names in the music of the 18th century in Italy. Ascoli Piceno is the site of the historic Teatro Ventidio Basso whereas Fermo is home to Teatro dell'Aquila and a new music conservatory. The town of Fermo is home to the International Orchestra of Italy, a fine private orchestra with a 20-year history of concerts in Italy and abroad. Macerata is the site of the remarkable Arena Sferisterio. Flanked by neo-classical columns, it is an outdoor venue for music, or almost anything else, having been built in the 1820s as a sports field. The town of Civitanova Marche has the S. Giacomo Auditorium, which hosts an annual festival of contemporary music. The town of Pesaro is the birthplace of Rossini, one of the giants of Italian music. As one might expect, many things are named for him, including the Teatro Rossini and the Rossini Conservatory. His birthplace is marked, as well, and the Rossini Foundation sponsors an annual festival dedicated to his music. The town of Urbino has the Teatro Sanzio, built in the 1840s, and the town of Fano has an important Jazz Festival each year.

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2015

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Semi-final

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 / At Eurovision / Semi-final

English: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät Deutsch: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät

Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Aina mun pitää", written and performed by punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. In February 2015, Finnish broadcaster Yle organised the national final Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. "Aina mun pitää" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät emerged as the winner. In the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät garnered media interest because the band is composed of persons with developmental disabilities. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, Finland failed to qualify to the final, placing sixteenth and last out of the 16 participating countries with 13 points.

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät took part in technical rehearsals on 11 and 15 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 18 and 19 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries. The stage show featured the members of Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät in a band set-up: vocalist Kari Aalto, guitarist Pertti Kurikka, bassist Sami Helle and drummer Toni Välitalo. Stage lighting was the most prominent feature of the performance with the background LED screens displaying industrial brick walls. At the end of the show, Finland failed to qualify to the final and was not announced among the top ten nations. It was later revealed that Finland had placed sixteenth and last, receiving a total of 13 points.

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät at a dress rehearsal for the first semi-final

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Duttweiler_Institute

Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

Deutsch: GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Umgebung

The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute is an independent think-tank and the oldest organisation of its kind in Switzerland. It is located in Rüschlikon, near Zurich. The GDI is located on the edge of the Park im Grüene. Established on 1 September 1963, the research institute was conceived by and named after the founder of Migros, Gottlieb Duttweiler. Taking his principle of "Focus on people and not on capital" as its starting point, the GDI researches and debates issues relating to the fields of consumption, trade and society, and current topics of relevance to business and society. It is owned by the "Im Grüene" Foundation, which is co-financed by Migros, Switzerland's largest retailer. Its research is published quarterly in the "GDI Impuls" magazine and published studies as well as the Gottfried Duttweiler Prize.

The Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) is an independent think-tank and the oldest organisation of its kind in Switzerland. It is located in Rüschlikon, near Zurich. The GDI is located on the edge of the Park im Grüene. Established on 1 September 1963, the research institute was conceived by and named after the founder of Migros, Gottlieb Duttweiler. Taking his principle of "Focus on people and not on capital" as its starting point, the GDI researches and debates issues relating to the fields of consumption, trade and society, and current topics of relevance to business and society. It is owned by the "Im Grüene" Foundation, which is co-financed by Migros, Switzerland's largest retailer. Its research is published quarterly in the "GDI Impuls" magazine and published studies as well as the Gottfried Duttweiler Prize.

Gottlieb Duttweile Institute in Rüschlikorn near Zurich

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_tax_in_the_United_States

Corporate tax in the United States

Overview

Corporate tax in the United States / Overview

English: United States Corporate Income Tax as Percent Share of GDP, 1946 - 2009.

Corporate tax is imposed in the United States at the federal, most state, and some local levels on the income of entities treated for tax purposes as corporations. Since January 1, 2018, the nominal federal corporate tax rate in the United States of America is a flat 21% due to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. State and local taxes and rules vary by jurisdiction, though many are based on federal concepts and definitions. Taxable income may differ from book income both as to timing of income and tax deductions and as to what is taxable. The corporate Alternative Minimum Tax was also eliminated by the 2017 reform, but some states have alternative taxes. Like individuals, corporations must file tax returns every year. They must make quarterly estimated tax payments. Groups of corporations controlled by the same owners may file a consolidated return. Some corporate transactions are not taxable. These include most formations and some types of mergers, acquisitions, and liquidations. Shareholders of a corporation are taxed on dividends distributed by the corporation.

Corporate income tax is imposed at the federal level on all entities treated as corporations (see Entity classification below), and by 47 states and the District of Columbia. Certain localities also impose corporate income tax. Corporate income tax is imposed on all domestic corporations and on foreign corporations having income or activities within the jurisdiction. For federal purposes, an entity treated as a corporation and organized under the laws of any state is a domestic corporation. For state purposes, entities organized in that state are treated as domestic, and entities organized outside that state are treated as foreign. Some types of corporations (S corporations, mutual funds, etc.) are not taxed at the corporate level, and their shareholders are taxed on the corporation's income as it is recognized. Corporations which are not S Corporations are known as C corporations. The US tax reform legislation enacted on 22 December 2017 (Public Law (P.L.) 115-97) changed the law of 'worldwide' to 'territorial' taxation in the US. The changed law includes the imposing of tax only on income derived within its borders, irrespective of the residence of the taxpayer. this system aimed at eliminating the need for complicated rules such as the controlled foreign corporation (CFC or Subpart F) rules and the passive foreign investment company (PFIC) rules that subject foreign earnings to current U.S. taxation in certain situations. Hence, P.L. (115-97) permanently reduced the 35% CIT rate on resident corporations to a flat 21% rate for tax years beginning after 31 December 2017. Corporate income tax is based on net taxable income as defined under federal or state law. Generally, taxable income for a corporation is gross income (business and possibly non-business receipts less cost of goods sold) less allowable tax deductions. Certain income, and some corporations, are subject to a tax exemption. Also, tax deductions for interest and certain other expenses paid to related parties are subject to limitations. Corporations may choose their tax year. Generally, a tax year must be 12 months or 52/53 weeks long. The tax year need not conform to the financial reporting year, and need not coincide with the calendar year, provided books are kept for the selected tax year. Corporations may change their tax year, which may require Internal Revenue Service consent. Most state income taxes are determined on the same tax year as the federal tax year. Groups of companies are permitted to file single returns for the members of a controlled group or unitary group, known as consolidated returns, at the federal level, and are allowed or required to do so by certain states. The consolidated return reports the members' combined taxable incomes and computes a combined tax. Where related parties do not file a consolidated return in a jurisdiction, they are subject to transfer pricing rules. Under these rules, tax authorities may adjust prices charged between related parties. Shareholders of corporations are taxed separately upon the distribution of corporate earnings and profits as a dividend. Tax rates on dividends are at present lower than on ordinary income for both corporate and individual shareholders. To ensure that shareholders pay tax on dividends, two withholding tax provisions may apply: withholding tax on foreign shareholders, and “backup withholding” on certain domestic shareholders. Corporations must file tax returns in all U.S. jurisdictions imposing an income tax. Such returns are a self-assessment of tax. Corporate income tax is payable in advance installments, or estimated payments, at the federal level and for many states. Corporations may be subject to withholding tax obligations upon making certain varieties of payments to others, including wages and distributions treated as dividends. These obligations are generally not the tax of the corporation, but the system may impose penalties on the corporation or its officers or employees for failing to withhold and pay over such taxes.

Corporate income tax as a share of GDP, 1946–2009.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Dugdale

Stephen Dugdale

Popish Plot

Stephen Dugdale / Popish Plot

English: Playing card depicting Stephen Dugdale, perjuror in the Popish Plot

Stephen Dugdale was an English informer, and self-proclaimed discoverer of parts of the Popish Plot. He perjured himself on numerous occasions, giving false testimony which led to the conviction and execution of numerous innocent men, notably the Catholic nobleman Lord Stafford, the Jesuit Provincial Thomas Whitbread, and the prominent barrister Richard Langhorne.

Dugdale gave evidence before the justices of the peace, who issued warrants for the apprehension of George Hobson and George North. Although he professed to have broken open letters from Paris to Evers and others, he had little but hearsay evidence, and pretended to have destroyed the most dangerous documents on the eve of his departure. His evidence was further weakened by the inability of the authorities to find Francis Evers, who remained free throughout the Plot. He gave evidence against the "five popish lords" (Lord Stafford, Earl of Powis, Lord Arundell of Wardour, Lord Belasyse and Lord Petre) in October 1678. On 24 December 1678 he swore an information before two magistrates, Thomas Lane and J. Vernon in Staffordshire. His initial reception by the Government was extremely favourable : he was "a man of sense and temper", intelligent, educated and well-spoken, in marked contrast to the disreputable earlier informers like Titus Oates. His testimony, in the early stages, was so plausible that even Charles II, who had previously been a complete sceptic on the subject, "began to think there was somewhat in the Plot"; while Chief Justice William Scroggs found him entirely convincing, as did many others, for "somewhat in his air disposed people to believe him". By the time his unsavoury past came to light he had done a great deal of harm. Despite his deep sense of grievance against Lord Aston he seemed at first rather hesitant about actually accusing him of complicity in the Plot, but eventually did so: Aston was accordingly sent to the Tower of London. Dugdale charged John Tasborough and Mrs. Ann Price with soliciting him to sign a paper of recantation of his evidence, and offering him a £1,000 reward for it. In February 1679 these persons were tried and convicted at the king's bench; Price had been Dugdale's fellow-servant and sweetheart at Tixall. Afterwards Dugdale led a shifty, vagabond life, giving evidence and writing pamphlets, at first associating chiefly with William Bedloe, Oates, and Edward Turberville, but eventually turning against Stephen College and confronting Oates.

Playing card of 1679 showing Stephen Dugdale, engraving after Francis Barlow.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Stephen_Dugdale_%28playing_card%29.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_Historic_State_Park

Fayette Historic State Park

Fayette Historic State Park

Furnace complex at Fayette Historic State Park, near Fayette, Michigan; original at http://chuckcarroll.smugmug.com/gallery/926320_vvbcg/1/42340243_mPQsF/Original

Fayette Historic State Park is the state park of the historic town of Fayette in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the Big Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan, between Snail Shell Harbor and Sand Bay, on the southern side of the Upper Peninsula, about 17 miles south of US 2. Fayette was the site of an industrial community that manufactured charcoal pig iron between 1867 and 1891. The town has been reconstructed into a living museum, showing what life was like in this town in the late 19th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Fayette Historic State Park is the state park of the historic town of Fayette in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located on the Big Bay de Noc of Lake Michigan, between Snail Shell Harbor and Sand Bay, on the southern side of the Upper Peninsula, about 17 miles south of US 2. Fayette was the site of an industrial community that manufactured charcoal pig iron between 1867 and 1891. The town has been reconstructed into a living museum, showing what life was like in this town in the late 19th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

The blast furnace complex

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_jewels

Crown jewels

Vatican

Crown jewels / Europe / Vatican

English: Papal Tiara in silver with gems and pearls in the Treasury of the Basilica of St. Peter at the Vatican. Deutsch: Tiara aus Silber, mit Edelsteinen und Perlen. Diese Tiara wird zur Krönung der Statue von St.Peter verwendet. Tesoro della basilica die San Pietro

Crown jewels are the objects of metalwork and jewellery in the regalia of a current or former monarchy. They are often used for the coronation of a monarch and a few other ceremonial occasions. A monarch may often be shown wearing them in portraits, as they symbolize the power and continuity of the monarchy. Additions to them may be made, but since medieval times the existing items are typically passed down unchanged as they symbolize the continuity of the monarchy. Typical items in Europe include crowns, sceptres, orbs, swords, ceremonial maces, and rings, all usually in gold or silver-gilt and heavily decorated with precious and semi-precious gemstones, in styles which go back to the Middle Ages and are normally very conservative to emphasize the continuity of the monarchy. Many working collections of Crown Jewels are kept in vaults or strongrooms when not in use and can be seen by the public. The Crown Jewels of many former monarchies can also be seen in museums, and may still represent national cultural icons even for countries that are now republics, as for example in Hungary, where the Holy Crown of Hungary has been re-incorporated in the coat of arms of Hungary.

The regalia of the papacy are kept in the Vatican City. For further Information, see Papal regalia and insignia. The triregnum is a headgear with three crowns or levels, also called the triple tiara or triple crown. "Tiara" is the name of the headdress, even in the forms it had before a third crown was added to it. For several centuries, Popes wore it during processions, as when entering or leaving Saint Peter's Basilica, but during liturgies they used an episcopal mitre instead. Paul VI used it on 30 June 1963 at his coronation, but abandoned its use later. None of his successors have used it. The Ring of the Fisherman, another item of papal regalia, is a gold ring decorated with a depiction of St. Peter in a boat casting his net, with the name of the reigning Pope surrounding it. The Papal ferula, a staff topped by a crucifix, is the staff used by the pope.