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Single-member district | Electoral district with one representative in a legislature | A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner voting, winner-takes-all, or single-member constituencies.
A number of electoral systems use single-member districts, including plurality voting (first-past-the-post), two-round systems, instant-runoff voting (IRV), approval voting, range voting, Borda count, and Condorcet methods (such as the Minimax Condorcet, Schulze method, and Ranked Pairs). Of these, plurality and runoff voting are the most common.
In some countries, such as Australia and India, members of the lower house of parliament are elected from single-member districts; and members of the upper house are elected from multi-member districts. In some other countries like Singapore, members of parliament can be elected from both single-member districts as well as multi-member districts. |
Paul Cranmer | Canadian gridiron football player (born 1969) | Paul Cranmer (born November 27, 1969) is a former Canadian football player who played two seasons in the CFL with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts. He was selected by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the fourth found of the 1993 CFL Draft. Cranmer played college football at Grand Valley State University. He is the son of halfback Dave Cranmer. |
Moro Naba Kougri | 36th king of the Ouagadougou Mossi kingdom | Naba Kougri (born Moussa Congo) (1914 – 8 December 1982) was, according to the traditional order, the 36th Mogho Naba of Ouagadougou, the king of the Mossi people of Burkina Faso. He was the son of the previous Mogho Naba, Sagha II. He reigned from 1957 to his death on 8 December 1982. |
Margaret Verrall | English parapsychologist (1857–1916) | Margaret de Gaudrion Verrall (née Merrifield; 21 December 1857 – 2 July 1916) was a classical scholar and lecturer at Newnham College, Cambridge. Much of her life and research was concerned with the study of parapsychology, mainly in order to examine how psychic abilities might demonstrate the abilities, breadth and power of the human mind. She began to exhibit and develop psychic abilities herself around 1901, and became both a recipient and analyst of many cross-correspondences produced by psychics, most notably the Palm Sunday scripts. |
Scrubgrass Run | Stream in Pennsylvania, USA | Scrubgrass Run is a long 1st order tributary to Chartiers Creek in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. |
Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman lightweight | Wrestling at the Olympics | The Greco-Roman lightweight competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics was part of the wrestling programme.
The competition used a form of double-elimination tournament. Rather than using the brackets that are now standard for double-elimination contests (and which assure that each match is between two competitors with the same number of losses), each wrestler drew a number. Each man would face off against the wrestler with the next number, provided he had not already faced that wrestler and that the wrestler was not from the same nation as him (unless this was necessary to avoid byes).
When only three wrestlers remain (the medalists), the double-elimination halts and a special final round is used to determine the order of the medals. |
Richardson's Canal House | Historic commercial building in New York, United States | Richardson's Tavern is a historic Erie Canal inn and tavern located in the hamlet of Bushnell's Basin in Perinton, Monroe County, New York. Believed to be the only remaining establishment from the canal's earliest years, it dates to about 1818 when it was a stop on the stage coach route along the Irondequoit Valley and Irondequoit Creek, between Rochester and Canandaigua. Several expansions occurred during the 19th century. The tavern operated as a hotel until 1917 when it was converted to four apartments. In 1978, after having been abandoned since 1972, it was converted for use as a restaurant, Richardson's Canal House. See also: The restaurant opened on Valentine's Day 1979. It has become one of the most noted restaurants in the county, and has even garnered nationwide recognition.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. |
Madagascar national football team | Men's national association football team representing Madagascar | The Madagascar national football team, nicknamed Barea after the island's zebu, is the national team of Madagascar and is controlled by the Malagasy Football Federation. It has never qualified for the finals of the World Cup. It took part in its first Africa Cup of Nations in 2019. Among its biggest wins was a 1–0 home victory over Egypt in the qualification rounds of the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations until being surpassed by a recent 2–0 win over Nigeria in the group stage of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Reflecting the official name of the country at the time, the team was known as the Malagasy Republic national football team between 1958 and 1975. |
Konstantin Usov | Ukrainian politician | Konstantin Glebovich Usov (, ; born 9 July 1988) is a Ukrainian politician, People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the VIII convocation (2014-2019), and the member of the Kyiv City Council.Стало відомо, хто проходить до Київради: список Since 11 February 2021, Usov has been serving as the Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration for self-governing. Until the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he coordinated the activities of the Centers for Administrative Services (CAS), the Department of Registration of the Kyiv City State Administration, and the Department of Transport of the Kyiv City State Administration.Розпорядження "Про призначення Усова К.Г."Іn Kyiv laid out a large coat of arms of UkraineKyiv City council appoints four new Klitschko dpties on self-governmentRed Bull Drift Cars Confiscated After Unauthorized Promo Shoot at Ukrainian Cathedral |
Cirrhimuraena chinensis | Species of fish | Cirrhimuraena chinensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Cirrhimuraena chinensis at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856.Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from China and Papua New Guinea, in the western Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum standard length of 54.8 centimetres. |
Governor General's Award for English-language poetry | Canadian literary award | This is a list of recipients and nominees of the Governor General's Awards award for English-language poetry. The award was created in 1981 when the Governor General's Award for English language poetry or drama was divided.Governor General's Literary Awards at The Canadian Encyclopedia. |
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus | Species of millipede | Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus is a species of millipede in the family Julidae. |
Monogenetic volcanic field | Type of volcanic field | A monogenetic volcanic field is a type of volcanic field consisting of a group of small monogenetic volcanoes, each of which erupts only once, as opposed to polygenetic volcanoes, which erupt repeatedly over a period of time. The small monogenetic volcanoes of these fields are the most common subaerial volcanic landform.
Many monogenetic volcanoes are cinder cones, often with lava flows, such as Parícutin in the Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field, which erupted from 1943 to 1952. Some monogenetic volcanoes are small lava shields, such as Rangitoto Island in the Auckland volcanic field. Other monogenetic volcanoes are tuff rings or maars. A monogenetic field typically contains between ten and a hundred volcanoes. The Michoacán-Guanajuato field in Mexico contains more than a thousand volcanoes and is exceptionally large.
Monogenetic fields occur only where the magma supply to the volcano is low or where vents are not close enough or large enough to develop plumbing systems for continuous feeding of magma. Monogenetic volcanic fields can provide snapshots of the underlying region beneath the surface, and may be useful in studying the generation of magma and the composition of the mantle since the single eruption produced would match that of the chamber from which it erupted. The magma supplying such fields is thought to have rapidly ascended from its source region, with only short resident times (decades or less) in shallow magma chambers. |
Antal Benda | Hungarian handball player | Antal Benda (14 April 1910 – 29 January 1997) was a Hungarian field handball player. who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Palánka in the Južna Bačka District of Serbia.
He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics as part of the Hungarian field handball team, which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches.
He died on 29 January 1997 in Budapest, Hungary. |
Essam Ali | Egyptian footballer | Essam Ali is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a centre forward for Ismaily SC. |
José Bento Pessoa | Portuguese cyclist | José Bento Pessoa (7 March 1874, in Figueira da Foz – 7 July 1954, in Lisbon)Correia, Romeu (2013). Casino da Figueira da Foz, ed. José Bento Pessoa – Biografia (PDF) 2 ed. [S.l.] was a Portuguese cyclist. He was the holder of the 500m world record,«José Bento Pessoa recordista mundial em 1897» (PDF). Federação Portuguesa de Ciclismo (Portuguese Cycling Federation) that in 1897 won the Spanish National Road Race Championships.Sánchez, Ray (May 22, 2015). «Y Madrid aprendió a montar en bici» (in spanish). El Mundo José was also a founding partner of the Ginásio Club Figueirense. The official name of Estádio Municipal José Bento Pessoa was given in his honor. |
Zigula people | Ethnic group from Tanga Region, Tanzania | The Zigula or Zigua (Wazigua in Swahili) are a Bantu ethnic and linguistic people hailing from far northern Pwani Region and western southern Tanga Region. In Tanga Region they are the majority in Handeni District, northern Kilindi District and also a historically significant population in south of the Pangani River in Pangani District. They speak the Zigula language. In 1993, the Zigua population was estimated to number 355,000 people.
The Zigua are considered as the parent tribe of the Shambaa people, the Bondei people and the Ngulu people, which today all live in north-eastern Tanzania. For instance, the king Mbegha, who was to become the leader of the Shambaa people and the grandfather of the Shambaa ruler Kimweri ye Nyumbai (†1862), was born among the Zigua. |
Andrew Buchan | British actor | Andrew Buchan (born 19 February 1979) is an English stage and television actor known for his roles as Mark Latimer in the ITV drama Broadchurch (2013–17), as Scott Foster in the BBC political drama Party Animals (2007), as John Mercer in ITV drama series The Fixer (2008–09), and as William Garrow in BBC period drama Garrow's Law (2009–11). |
Christafari | American Christian reggae band | Christafari is a Christian reggae band formed in 1989. It is centered on the personality of ordained religious minister Mark Mohr (born October 23, 1971), an American, born-again Christian. Until the age of 17, Mohr was a Rastafarian. |
Jumbo Brown | American baseball player (1907–1966) | Walter George "Jumbo" Brown (April 30, 1907 – October 2, 1966) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Giants. His professional career spanned from 1925 to 1941.
During his major league career, Brown had a 33–31 win–loss record with a 4.07 earned run average and 29 saves, leading the National League twice. He is known mostly for his large size, weighing during his playing days. Until Walter Young and Jonathan Broxton made their MLB debuts, Brown was the heaviest player to ever play in the major leagues. |
Universiti Tun Abdul Razak | Malaysian university | Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK) is a premier private university in Kuala Lumpur. The university was established on 18 December 1997 and is one of the earliest private universities in Malaysia, widely known as Kuala Lumpur's Premier School of Business & Government. The Chancellor, Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid has headed the university since 2012. |
Aspergillus funiculosus | Species of fungus | Aspergillus funiculosus is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. Aspergillus funiculosus produces the funiculolides A-D and the antibiotic funicin. |
Acianthera calypso | Species of plant | Acianthera calypso is a species of orchid plant native to Ecuador. |
Burkholderia | Genus of bacteria | Burkholderia is a genus of Pseudomonadota whose pathogenic members include the Burkholderia cepacia complex, which attacks humans and Burkholderia mallei, responsible for glanders, a disease that occurs mostly in horses and related animals; Burkholderia pseudomallei, causative agent of melioidosis; and Burkholderia cepacia, an important pathogen of pulmonary infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Burkholderia species is also found marine environment. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized Burkholderia cepacia from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
The Burkholderia (previously part of Pseudomonas) genus name refers to a group of virtually ubiquitous Gram-negative, obligately aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that are motile by means of single or multiple polar flagella, with the exception of Burkholderia mallei, which is nonmotile. Members belonging to the genus do not produce sheaths or prosthecae and are able to use poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) for growth. The genus includes both animal and plant pathogens, as well as some environmentally important species. In particular, B. xenovorans (previously named Pseudomonas cepacia then B. cepacia and B. fungorum) is renowned for being catalase positive (affecting patients with chronic granulomatous disease) and its ability to degrade chlororganic pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. The conserved RNA structure anti-hemB RNA motif is found in all known bacteria in this genus.
Due to their antibiotic resistance and the high mortality rate from their associated diseases, B. mallei and B. pseudomallei are considered to be potential biological warfare agents, targeting livestock and humans. |
Revocation | Act of recall or annulment | Revocation is the act of recall or annulment. It is the cancelling of an act, the recalling of a grant or privilege, or the making void of some deed previously existing. A temporary revocation of a grant or privilege is called a suspension. |
Dick Buckley | American radio presenter | George R. "Dick" Buckley (August 26, 1924 – July 22, 2010) was an American radio presenter who had hosted the jazz program, Jazz with Dick Buckley, on Chicago Public Radio. His program, which was on WBEZ from 1977 through 2008, tended toward jazz of the 1930s and 1940s, or what he has called "Golden Era" jazz. In the early eighties, he also hosted a jazz program on WXFM. Buckley had previously been involved with jazz shows on WAIT, WNIB, and WAAF. Buckley is known for his rich baritone voice and encyclopedic knowledge of jazz. |
Amblyseius januaricus | Species of mite | Amblyseius januaricus is a species of mite in the family Phytoseiidae. It is found in Europe. |
Selama Mint Cheikhne Ould Lemrabott | Politician | Selama Mint Cheikhne Ould Lemrabott (born in 1973) is a minister in the government of Mauritania. |
Trek73 | 1973 video game | TREK73 is a computer game based on the original Star Trek television series. It was created in 1973 by William K. Char, Perry Lee, and Dan Gee for the Hewlett-Packard 2000 minicomputer in HP Time-Shared BASIC. The game was played via teletype. Alt URL Trek73 is so big that it needs the CHAIN feature of HP2000 BASIC.
Unlike many other Trek-themed games of the era, Trek73 is not derived from the well known Star Trek by Mike Mayfield. Trek73 simulates multi-ship starship combat in a smaller play area and does not include the more strategic elements of the original, like starbases and the galactic map layout.
Like most BASIC programs from the 1970s, there are dozens of minor variations on the original. Dave Korns adapted the code to support smart terminals, using the cursor control characters on the Hazeltine 2000 to produce an in-place updating display. In the mid-1980s, Dave Pare and Chris Williams translated the original BASIC version into C and Jeff Okamoto, Peter Yee, and others corrected and enhanced the source code. These versions are widely available for Unix-like and DOS operating systems. |
Binary Domain | 2012 video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio | is a third-person shooter video game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2012 and Microsoft Windows in April 2012. The game is set in Tokyo, Japan, in the year 2080. It features innovative artificial intelligence technology.
The game is set in a world where global warming has caused worldwide flooding, leaving much of the world uninhabitable. As a result, robots were used as the main labor force. The game features a consequence system, which decides how non-playable characters in the squad view and trust the player in story mode. The game also features seven different multiplayer modes, with five classes being available for players to choose.
It was conceived by Toshihiro Nagoshi, who created the Yakuza video game series. The characters of Binary Domain were created with making realistic personalities and behavior in mind. The Consequence System was created to make the game as a competitive game in the third-person shooter genre. The game received mixed to positive reviews upon launch, with critics praising the game's story and Consequence System. However, it received criticisms regarding its voice recognition system. The game sold only 20,000 copies in North America by April 2012. |
1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team | American college football season | The 1978 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs were not invited to a bowl game despite being eligible. After the season, head coach Bob Tyler resigned. |
John Walker (cricketer, born 1768) | English cricketer | John Walker (1768 – 3 September 1835), was a noted professional cricketer in the late 18th century. His career spanned the 1789 to 1806 seasons and he played mainly for Surrey and various representative sides, including Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
He was born in Churt, near Frensham, Surrey, and belonged to a cricketing family, his brothers being the more famous Tom and Harry Walker.
John Walker was a useful batsman who made either 50 or 51 known appearances in first-class cricket matches. He has been credited with 682 runs in 98 innings with a highest score of 35. He has also been credited with 23 catches and 1 (bowled) wicket. His fielding statistics are made uncertain by scorecards stating "c Walker" when he was playing alongside one or both of his brothers. His appearances total depends on whether it was he or James Wells who played for All-England against Hampshire in 1794: S&B records Wells but adds that Walker is included in another account. It is possible that Walker was selected and Wells stood in for him.Haygarth, p.175.
Walker continued to play in local cricket until his death which was caused by an accident on the field. He had tripped over a tuft of grass and ruptured himself. He died from complications nine days later, in Thursley, Surrey.
In Scores & Biographies, Arthur Haygarth states that Walker lived in Thursley for 41 years and was a grocer because he had confused him with the John Walker that created the Johnnie Walker whisky brand. |
Hon'inbō Dōchi | Japanese Go player | Hon'inbō Dōchi (本因坊道知, 1690–1727) was a professional Go player. |
Lundi Msenge | South African rugby union player | Lundi Msenge (born 21 January 1999) is a South African rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup. His regular position is wing.
Msenge was named in the side for the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division. He made his Currie Cup debut for the Pumas against the in Round 1 of the 2022 Currie Cup Premier Division. |
Fédération Internationale Féline | International federation of cat registries | The Fédération Internationale Féline (FIFé) (in English "International Feline Federation") is a federation of cat registries. There are currently forty-two member organizations in forty countries. Membership spans Europe, South America, and Asia. FIFé is one of the nine members of the World Cat Congress. |
Ronnie Laws | American jazz saxophonist | Ronald Wayne Laws (born October 3, 1950) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and smooth jazz saxophonist, and singer. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws, jazz vocalist Eloise Laws and the older brother of Debra Laws. |
Osmorhiza depauperata | Species of flowering plant | Osmorhiza depauperata is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names bluntseed sweetroot and blunt-fruited sweet-cicely. |
Stomopteryx diplodoxa | Species of moth | Stomopteryx diplodoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1936. It is found in Tunisia.
The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are blackish with a sinuous irregular white streak from the costa towards the base very obliquely to near the dorsum beyond the middle. There is a narrow irregular-edged straight transverse white fascia at two-thirds. The hindwings are grey.Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (20): 624. |
Överkalix study | Epigenetics study conducted in Sweden | The Överkalix study () was a study conducted on the physiological effects of various environmental factors on transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. The study was conducted utilizing historical records, including harvests and food prices, in Överkalix, a small isolated municipality in northeast Sweden. The study was of 303 probands, 164 men and 139 women, born in 1890, 1905, or 1920, and their 1,818 children and grandchildren. 44 were still alive in 1995 when mortality follow-up stopped. Mortality risk ratios (RR) on children and grandchildren were determined based on available food supply, as indicated by historical data.
Among the sex-specific effects noted; a greater body mass index (BMI) at 9 years in sons, but not daughters, of fathers who began smoking early. The paternal grandfather's severe change in food supply was only linked to the cardiovascular mortality RR of grandsons and not granddaughters. The paternal grandmother's food supply was only associated with the granddaughters' cardiovascular mortality risk ratio. The grandmother having a severe change in food supply (especially from good to poor) was associated with a twofold higher cardiovascular mortality (RR).
This transgenerational inheritance was observed with exposure during the slow growth period (SGP). The SGP is the time before the start of puberty, when environmental factors have a larger impact on the body. The ancestors' SGP in this study, was set between the ages of 9-12 for boys and 8–10 years for girls. This occurred in the SGP of both grandparents, or during the gestation period/infant life of the grandmothers, but not during either grandparent's puberty. The father's poor food supply and the mother's good food supply were associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular death.
Only the female probands experienced a twofold higher mortality RR when the paternal grandmother had good food availability during her SGP, compared to the mortality risk of those whose paternal grandmothers had poor food supply during the SGP.
Using the same data, another investigation highlighted that a sharp change in food availability in paternal grandmothers' resulted in an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in granddaughters adults' life. Such an effect was not observed in other grandparents. The grandparents were considered exposed if they experienced drastic change in their early life ranging from embryo to 13 years old.
Sex-specific effects can be due to parental imprinting, a process that results in allele-specific differences in transcription, DNA methylation, and DNA replication timing. Imprinting is an important process in human development, and its deregulation can cause certain defined disease states of other imprinted human disease loci. The establishment of parental imprints occurs during gametogenesis as homologous DNA passes through sperm or egg; subsequently during embryogenesis and into adulthood, alleles of imprinted genes are maintained in two "conformational"/epigenetic states: paternal or maternal. Thus, genomic imprints template their own replication, are heritable, can be identified by molecular analysis, and serve as markers of the parental origin of genomic regions.
The estimation of percentage of human genes subject to parental imprinting is approximately one to two percent, currently parental imprinting has been identified in fewer than 100 distinct named genes. |
Sean Patrick Maloney | American politician | Sean Patrick Maloney (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from . The district includes Newburgh, Beacon, and Poughkeepsie. A member of the Democratic Party, Maloney ran for New York Attorney General in 2018, losing to Letitia James in the primary.
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Hanover, New Hampshire, Maloney earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia. He entered politics as a volunteer for Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns and later served as his senior West Wing adviser and White House Staff Secretary.
Before being elected to Congress, Maloney worked as a software company executive and as an attorney. He was elected to the U.S. House in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Nan Hayworth. He campaigned as a moderate and is a member of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. He is the first openly gay person elected to Congress from New York. He has served as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee since 2021. In the November 8, 2022, general election, he lost his seat to Republican Mike Lawler. |
Jérémy Abadie | French footballer | Jérémy Abadie (born 17 October 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays for as a midfielder for AS La Châtaigneraie. |
Eliachna digitana | Species of moth | Eliachna digitana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Chile (Ñuble Province, Santiago, Maule Region) to Argentina (Chubut Province). The habitat ranges from coastal Nothofagus forests to arid uplands.
The length of the forewings is for males and for females. The ground colour of the forewings ranges from gold grey to red brown with dark brown reticulations. The hindwings are brownish grey with faint mottling. Adults have been recorded on wing from October to April. |
Shell Glacier | Glacier in Antarctica | Shell Glacier () is a western lobe of the Mount Bird icecap. It descends steeply in the valley north of Trachyte Hill and Harrison Bluff in the center of the ice-free area on the lower western slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59, because of the marine shell content of the moraines.
Category:Glaciers of Ross Island |
Plasma stealth | Proposed aircraft stealth technology | Plasma stealth is a proposed process to use ionized gas (plasma) to reduce the radar cross-section (RCS) of an aircraft. Interactions between electromagnetic radiation and ionized gas have been extensively studied for many purposes, including concealing aircraft from radar as stealth technology. Various methods might plausibly be able to form a layer or cloud of plasma around a vehicle to deflect or absorb radar, from simpler electrostatic or radio frequency discharges to more complex laser discharges. It is theoretically possible to reduce RCS in this way, but it may be very difficult to do so in practice. Some Russian systems e.g. the 3M22 Zircon (SS-N-33) and Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles have been reported to make use of plasma stealth. |
Lipochaeta lobata | Species of shrub | Lipochaeta lobata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name shrubland nehe. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it can be found in coastal dry shrublands and dry forests on Oahu, Maui, and Niihau.
There are two varieties of this species. One, var. leptophylla, is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.USFWS. L. lobata var. leptophylla Species Profile. Listed Plants. |
Reginald W. Gibson | American judge (1927–2018) | Reginald W. Gibson (July 31, 1927 – December 8, 2018) was a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims from 1982 to 1995.
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia to McCoy and Julia Gibson, Gibson was educated in the public schools of Washington, D.C.,Joint Committee on Printing, Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998) (June 1997), p. 856. and served in the U.S. Army in the aftermath of World War II, from 1946 to 1947.Federal Judicial Center page for Reginald W. Gibson. He then received a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Union University in 1953, also attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1952 and 1953, and received an Bachelor of Laws from Howard University School of Law in 1956. He was an agent of the Internal Revenue Service, in the United States Department of the Treasury from 1957 to 1961, and then a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice from 1961 to 1971. He was a senior and later general tax attorney for the International Harvester Company in Chicago, Illinois, from 1971 to 1982. |
7α-Methyl-19-norandrostenedione | Chemical compound | 7α-Methyl-19-norandrostenedione (MENT dione), or 7α-methyl-19-norandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione, also known as trestione, as well as 7α-methylestr-4-ene-3,17-dione, is a synthetic anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) and a derivative of 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone).Na, S., Yum, T., Choi, H., Jung, H., Pang, K., & Kim, Y. (2012). Detection of metabolites of mentabolan, a pro-anabolic steroid never marketed, in human urine by GC/MS and GC/MS/MS analysis. 제 49 회 한국분석과학회 추계학술대회, 229-229. It may act as a prohormone of trestolone (7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone; MENT). MENT dione has been sold on the Internet under the name Mentabolan as a "dietary supplement". |
Nathan Smith (ice hockey, born 1998) | American ice hockey player | Nathan Smith is an American professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Tucson Roadrunners in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of United States national team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. |
Ruben Ayala (politician) | American politician | Rubén Samuel Ayala (March 6, 1922 – January 4, 2012) was an American politician. Ayala served as the first elected Mayor of Chino, California from 1964 to 1966, and a California State Senator for twenty-four years from 1974 to 1998. |
Isozaki Station | Railway station in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan | is a passenger railway station on the Minato Line in the city of Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Hitachinaka Seaside Railway. |
Andrew Morse | Television executive | Andrew Morse (born March 10, 1974) is an American journalist and television news executive. He was the Executive Vice President of CNN US, as well as EVP and chief digital officer of CNN Worldwide from 2013 until 2022. Morse is also the co-founder of Great Big Story, a digital storytelling network. He previously held executive, editorial and production roles at ABC News and Bloomberg L.P. |
1967 SMU Mustangs football team | American college football season | The 1967 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Hayden Fry, the Mustangs compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a conference mark of 3–4, placing sixth in the SWC. |
Bath city walls | Defensive structure encircling Bath, England | Bath's city walls (also referred to as borough walls) were a sequence of defensive structures built around the city of Bath in England. Roman in origin, then restored by the Anglo-Saxons, and later strengthened in the High medieval period, the walls formed a complete circuit, covering the historic core of the modern city, an area of approximately Mayor of Bath Roman Bath including the Roman Baths and medieval Bath Abbey. In the present-day however, the walls have largely disappeared, though the route they took is evident from the street layout; one of the gates partially remains. |
Special Boat Service | British special forces unit of the Royal Navy | The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The SBS can trace its origins back to the Second World War when the Army Special Boat Section was formed in 1940. After the Second World War, the Royal Navy formed special forces with several name changes—Special Boat Company was adopted in 1951 and re-designated as the Special Boat Squadron in 1974—until on 28 July 1987 when the unit was renamed as the Special Boat Service after assuming responsibility for maritime counter-terrorism. Most of the operations conducted by the SBS are highly classified, and are rarely commented on by the British government or the Ministry of Defence, owing to their sensitive nature.
The Special Boat Service is the maritime special forces unit of the United Kingdom Special Forces and is described as the sister unit of the British Army 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (22nd SAS), with both under the operational control of the Director Special Forces. In October 2001, full command of the SBS was transferred from the Commandant General Royal Marines to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet. On 18 November 2003, the SBS were given their own cap badge with the motto "By Strength and Guile". The SBS has traditionally been staffed mostly by Royal Marines Commandos. |
1992–93 New Jersey Devils season | National Hockey League season. | The 1992–93 New Jersey Devils season was the franchise's 11th season in New Jersey. The Devils finished fourth in the Patrick Division with a record of 40 wins, 37 losses and seven ties for 87 points. However, they lost the Patrick Division Semi-final to the Presidents' Trophy-winning Pittsburgh Penguins in five games.
The Devils were coached by Herb Brooks, who had led the U.S. men's ice hockey team to victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The team was captained by defenseman Scott Stevens.
In 1992–93 the Devils debuted a new color scheme – they kept the red and white, but replaced the green with black. The red, white and black color scheme is still in use today. |
Christopher Taylor (Australian footballer) | Australian rules footballer | Christopher Taylor (born 31 May 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He played one game in the 1987 season, but was delisted at the end of the season. |
Skirgaila | Grand Duke of Lithuania | Skirgaila (; ; , also known as Ivan/Iwan; ca. 1353 or 1354 – 11 January 1397 in Kiev (Kyiv); baptized 1383/1384 as Casimir) was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his brother Jogaila from 1386 to 1392. He was the son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver. |
Jan Jansz. Treck | Dutch Golden Age still-life painter | Jan Jansz. Treck (1606, Amsterdam, 25 September 1652 DTB Stadsarchief) was a still-life painter during the Dutch Golden Age.The Dutch painters: 100 seventeenth century masters by Christopher Wright, p.104 Treck used economy in the number of his objects.The language of painting (1949) |
Super middleweight | Weight class used in combat sports | Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports."BoxRec Boxing Records". BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-06-07. |
ŠK Prameň Kováčová | Slovak football club | ŠK Prameň Kováčová is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Kováčová. |
Mohsen Al-Duhaylib | Saudi Arabian weightlifter | Mohsen Hussain Al-Duhaylib (born 1 May 1994) is a Saudi Arabian weightlifter who competes in the 69 kg category. He placed sixteenth at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and also competed in the similar weight category at the 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. |
Valda Unthank | Australian cyclist | Valda Emily Unthank (née Garnham, 1909 – 21 June 1987) was an Australian cyclist who held numerous records for long distance cycling, mostly set during 1938-39, most notably the women's seven day record.
Valda was born in 1909 as "Emily Garnham" at Lilliput, Victoria to William and Edith Garnham (née Blackburne). In 1933 she married John Leslie Roberts "Jack" Unthank, a Councillor at the Victorian League of Wheelmen. Little is known of her early years until her first reported cycling record in 1935, covering the from Prahran to Wonthaggi in 5 hours 5 mins.
What first established Unthank's reputation though was the ride in October 1938 from Adelaide to Melbourne covering in 33 hours 43 minutes. Unthank was sponsored by Austral bikes, a brand within the Malvern Star group, and the rides were organised by Jack O'Donohue, publicity manager for Bruce Small Ltd.
This was followed shortly after by riding from Launceston to Burnie and return on 14 November 1938, setting the 12 hour Australian women's record of and rode on to set the Australian women's record in 12h 8 min.
In March 1939 Unthank set a New South Wales hour record of . In June Unthank traveled to Queensland where she set a new 12 hour record of before returning to Victoria to set the record in 51 min 40 sec.
1939 culminated in riding over seven days for what was claimed as a women's world record, bettering the set by Joyce Barry in September 1938. Unthank was supported by another Malvern Star rider, Ossie Nicholson, who had set the world endurance record for distance in a calendar year in 1933, and 1937, as well as the Australian men's seven day record of in 1938. The seven day record was also sponsored by the Metropolitan Gas Company who supplied a "modern gas kitchen" to cook all Unthank's meals. Unthank also appeared in an advertisement for Peters Ice Cream ("The health food of a nation") along with Hubert Opperman. Unthank's seven day record was eclipsed in March 1940 by the next Malvern Star woman rider, Pat Hawkins who rode .
World War II saw Unthank retire, although she returned for events competing on bicycle rollers to raise money for the Red Cross.
Unthank died in June 1987 at the age of 78.Ancestry: Valda Emily Unthank in the Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009 |
Robert Behringer | American physicist | Robert P. Behringer (October 26, 1948 – July 10, 2018) was an American physicist based at Duke University, whose research first dealt with critical phenomena and transport properties in fluid helium, such as Rayleigh–Bénard convection, and since 1986 was involved with granular material, where his most notable achievements were in the development of the technique of photoelasticity to study spatio-temporal fluctuations. This enabled him to extract vector forces from images of photo-elastic disks, which are models for granular materials. His research demonstrated the strongly fluctuating nature of granular flows. Another aspect of his research involved the concept of jamming in granular materials.
A native of Baltimore and the son of Frederick and Elizabeth Behringer, he obtained his BSc in Physics at Duke University in 1970, his PhD in Physics in 1975 also at Duke University, with Horst Meyer as his mentor, and was a research associate at Bell Labs under the direction of Guenter Ahlers from 1975 -77. A faculty position at Wesleyan University was the next step and in 1982 he was appointed by Duke University, where he became a James B. Duke Professor in 1994. |
Razali Alias | Singaporean footballer and coach | Razali Alias (1961 – 27 January 2012) was a Singaporean football player and coach. |
Automotive industry in Canada | Overview of the automotive industry in Canada | The automotive industry in Canada consists primarily of assembly plants of foreign automakers, most with headquarters in the United States or Japan, along with hundreds of manufacturers of automotive parts and systems, a sector represented by the APMA.
Canada is currently the thirteen-largest auto-producing nation in the world, and seventh largest auto exporter by value, producing 1.4 million vehicles and exporting $32 billion worth of vehicles in 2020. Canada's highest rankings ever were the second-largest producer in the world between 1918 and 1923 and third-largest after World War II.
Automotive manufacturing is one of Canada’s largest industrial sectors, accounting for 10% of manufacturing GDP and 23% of manufacturing trade. Canada produces passenger vehicles, trucks and buses, auto parts and systems, truck bodies and trailers, as well as tires and machine, tools, dies and molds (MTDM). The auto industry directly employs more than 125,000 people in vehicle assembly and auto parts manufacturing, and another 380,000 in distribution and aftermarket sales and service. |
Mamad Puteh | Malaysian politician | Dr. Haji Mamad Puteh (born 5 August 1956) is a Malaysian politician and the current Assembly Member for Kuala Berang in Terengganu under PAS ticket for the second time.
Mamad was elected for the first time to be in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly by representing Kuala Berang during 1999 election with 7,707 votes. after 2004 election, his seat was stolen by Komarudin Abdul Rahman from Barisan Nasional. He once again took over the seat in 2018 with the majority of 1,070.
Mamad was born in Kampung Rhu Dua, Marang, Terengganu and currently staying in Kampung Sungai Petai, Kuala Berang for more than 30 years. |
Janet Martin | American singer and film actress | Janet Martin was an American film actress and singer.Martin p.27 She appeared in a number of Republic Pictures' films during the 1940s. |
Chirapsina hemixantha | Species of moth | Chirapsina hemixantha is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in India and Vietnam.Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 5. Archipini and Sparganothini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
The wingspan is 30–32 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is ferruginous cream with more rust suffusions especially in terminal part of the wing. The strigulation (fine streaking) is rust coloured and the markings are pale rust with much darker, linear edges. The hindwings are cream orange.
The larvae are polyphagous.HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants |
Bricklayers and Masons F.C. | U.S. soccer team | Bricklayers and Masons F.C., also known as Chicago Bricklayers, was a U.S. soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois which joined that city's Association Football League in 1914. Over the next twenty years, Bricklayers won two Peel Cups and was the runner up in the 1928 and 1931 National Challenge Cup. |
Gansu ultramarathon disaster | Fatal marathon event in China | On 22 May 2021, twenty-one professional runners died from hypothermia out of the 172 competing in a government-run 100 kilometer (62 mi) trail running race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest in Jingtai County, Gansu, China.
When the cold front struck, rain and possibly graupel were carried by gust reaching level 9 (75–88 km/h; 47–54 mph). The apparent temperature ("body feel") dropped from at 10:00 to from 11:20 to 13:50. Many runners collapsed unconscious from hypothermia while reaching the checkpoint. The organizers were unaware of the scope of the disaster because they did not assign any staff between checkpoints and they did not know the distressed point was in mobile phone signal blind spots. The collapsed runners did not survive and rescuers did not arrive until 19:00. The dead were from the lead pack due to the timing of the cold front, while the slower runners survived. The number of fatalities and the fatality rate surpassed the U.S.-China joint in 1986 in Sichuan. |
William Eteki Mboumoua | Cameroonian politician and diplomat | William Aurélien Eteki Mboumoua (20 October 1933 – 26 October 2016) was a Cameroonian political figure and diplomat. He had a long career as a minister in the government of Cameroon; from 1961 to 1968, he was Minister of National Education, and from 1984 to 1987, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Etéki Mboumoua was also Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) from 1974 to 1978. Later Eteki Mboumoua was President of the Cameroon Red Cross.Jeune Afrique L'intelligent, issues 2,102–2,111 (2001), page 41 . |
Saban Romanovic | Serbian footballer | Saban Romanovic is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward. |
Late Night (film) | 2019 film by Nisha Ganatra | Late Night is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Nisha Ganatra from a screenplay also produced by Mindy Kaling. It stars Emma Thompson as a popular TV host who hires a new writer (Kaling) to keep from getting replaced. Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, John Lithgow, Denis O'Hare, Reid Scott, and Amy Ryan also star.
The project was first announced in 2016, with Fox 2000 Pictures set to produce Kaling's script and Paul Feig signed on to direct. In August 2017, Ganatra replaced Feig and the film was picked up by FilmNation Entertainment. Much of the cast joined in April 2018 and filming began later that month in New York City. Following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2019, Amazon Studios bought the domestic distribution rights for a record $13 million.
Late Night was theatrically released in the United States on June 7, 2019. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its social satire and commentary, screenplay, as well as Thompson's performance. For her performance, Thompson received a nomination at the 77th Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. |
Sarah Isabella McElligott | New Zealand cook and fruit-stall holder | Sarah Isabella McElligott (28 November 1883 – 8 February 1986) was a New Zealand cook and fruit-stall holder. She was born in Kawarau Gorge, Central Otago, New Zealand on 28 November 1883. |
Reggie Herring | American football player and coach (born 1959) | Reginald Wayne Herring (born July 3, 1959) is an American football coach and former player and most recently the linebackers coach for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). A former linebacker at Florida State University, he began his coaching career in 1981. He has now coached for 36 years across college and the NFL. Herring arrived in Denver to coach linebackers in 2015 after previous stops in the league with Chicago (2014), Houston (2002–03, ’11-13) and Dallas (2008–10). Herring has coached nine linebackers who have made Pro Bowl appearances during their careers, including outside linebackers DeMarcus Ware (9), Mario Williams (4), and Connor Barwin (1), and inside linebackers Zach Thomas (7), Keith Brooking (5), Lance Briggs (7), Brian Cushing (1), Sean Lee (2) and DeMeco Ryans (2). Herring also served as the interim head football coach for the University of Arkansas in the 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic. |
Hummel Field | Airport in Virginia, United States of America | Hummel Field is a public use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) east of the central business district of Saluda, in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the County Board of Supervisors. |
Bahu Beti | 1965 film | Bahu Beti is a 1965 Hindi film starring Mala Sinha and Joy Mukherjee in the lead roles. |
Polyoxymethylene | Engineering thermoplastic polymer | Polyoxymethylene (POM), also known as acetal, polyacetal, and polyformaldehyde, is an engineering thermoplastic used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction, and excellent dimensional stability. As with many other synthetic polymers, it is produced by different chemical firms with slightly different formulas and sold variously by such names as Delrin, Kocetal, Ultraform, Celcon, Ramtal, Duracon, Kepital, Polypenco, Tenac and Hostaform.
POM is characterized by its high strength, hardness and rigidity to −40 °C. POM is intrinsically opaque white because of its high crystalline composition but can be produced in a variety of colors. POM has a density of 1.410–1.420g/cm3.
Typical applications for injection-molded POM include high-performance engineering components such as small gear wheels, eyeglass frames, ball bearings, ski bindings, fasteners, gun parts, knife handles, and lock systems. The material is widely used in the automotive and consumer electronics industry. POM's electrical resistivity is 14×1015 Ω⋅cm making it a dielectric with a 19.5MV/m breakdown voltage.Acetal (Polyoxymethylene) |
Eddie Martinez (artist) | American visual artist | Eddie Martinez (born 1977) is a New York-based artist best known for large-scale paintings that feature bold color, urgent line and brushwork, and graphic shapes and forms.Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review," The New York Times, February 12, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2020.Howard, Christopher. Eddie Martinez," Artforum, April 2013. Retrieved September 29, 2020.Coggins, David. "Eddie Martinez at ZieherSmith," Art In America, October 2006. His style combines painting and drawing, abstraction and representation, and a casual approach to materials with an eclectic iconography of figurative elements.The New Yorker. "Eddie Martinez," February 17, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2020.Small, Rachel and Barry McGee. "Barry McGee x Eddie Martinez," Interview, September 12, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2020. While contemporary in his choice of materials and subjects, he bridges a wide range of historical influences, including CoBrA, Action painting, neo-expressionism and Philip Guston, and classical conventions of portraiture, still life and allegorical narrative, filtered through the lens of daily experience and popular culture.Blair, Courtney Willis. "Studio Visit: Eddie Martinez," Forbes, March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2020.Powers, Bill. "'I Needed to Figure Out Something I Could Make Myself': A Talk With Eddie Martinez," ARTnews, January 25, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2020.Millar, Amy. Eddie Martinez, Ocula, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2020.Miller, Ken (ed.). Revisionaries; A Decade of Artists in Tokion, New York: Abrams, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
Martinez has exhibited internationally, including solo museum shows at the Bronx Museum of the Arts,Schwendener, Martha. "What To See In New York Art Galleries This Week," The New York Times, January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2020. The Drawing Center,Scott, Andrea K. "Four Drawing Shows To See Now," The New Yorker, October 25, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2020. Yuz Museum Shanghai,Pricco, Evan. "Eddie Martinez: Fast Serve," Juxtapoz, March 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020. and Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit,Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. "Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie," Exhibitions. Retrieved September 29, 2020. and group exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery in London and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, among others.Saatchi Gallery. Eddie Martinez, Artists. Retrieved July 27, 2020.CASS Sculpture Foundation. Eddie Martinez, Artists. Retrieved September 29, 2020. His work belongs to public institutions including the Bronx Museum, Morgan Library & Museum, Marciano Collection, Saatchi Collection, and Colección Jumex (Mexico City).Phillips. "Energy & Dynamism: Eddie Martinez." Retrieved September 29, 2020. Martinez is married to artist Sam Moyer, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.Herriman, Kat. "How Five New York Artist Couples Share Space," The New York Times, February 11, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2020. |
Casuarina obesa | Species of tree | Casuarina obesa, commonly known as swamp she-oak or swamp oak, is a species of Casuarina that is closely related to C. glauca and C. cristata. The Noongar peoples know the plant as Goolee, Kweela, Kwerl and Quilinock. |
Acinia aurata | Species of fly | Acinia aurata is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Acinia of the family Tephritidae. |
Ituri batis | Species of bird | The Ituri batis or Chapin's batis (Batis ituriensis) is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae which is found in the humid forests of eastern central Africa. |
George Frederick Bensell | American painter | George Frederick Bensell (January 10, 1837 – May 26, 1879) was an American artist and illustrator, usually known as George Bensell, G. F. Bensell or George F. Bensell. He is best known for his paintings and role in forming the Philadelphia Sketch Club. |
Xenocrasoides | Genus of beetles | Xenocrasoides soukai is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae, the only species in the genus Xenocrasoides.Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. |
5-HT1A receptor | Serotonin receptor protein distributed in the cerebrum and raphe nucleus | The serotonin 1A receptor (or 5-HT1A receptor) is a subtype of serotonin receptor, or 5-HT receptor, that binds serotonin, also known as 5-HT, a neurotransmitter. 5-HT1A is expressed in the brain, spleen, and neonatal kidney. It is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), coupled to the Gi protein, and its activation in the brain mediates hyperpolarisation and reduction of firing rate of the postsynaptic neuron. In humans, the serotonin 1A receptor is encoded by the HTR1A gene. |
Benjamin P. Ablao Jr. | American film director | Benjamin James Perez Ablao Jr. (born ) is an independent (indie film) filmmaker and actor from the United States. He is the founder of B.P.A. Productions Group, Inc., a registered corporation with the State of Delaware. Not limited to any one particular genre, he has produced award-winning films ranging from comedyBenjamin P. Ablao Jr to drama to artistic to horror. |
Mansour Guettaya | Tunisian middle-distance runner | Mansour Guettaya (born 26 December 1949) is a Tunisian former middle distance runner who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. |
American Family Association | American nonprofit organization promoting fundamentalist Christian values | The American Family Association (AFA) is a Christian fundamentalist 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States."Put On The Virtual Armor." AFA Journal. May 2001. Retrieved on September 15, 2007."CyberPatrol Blocks Conservative Christian Site over Anti-Gay Content ." American Library Association. June 1998. Retrieved on September 15, 2007. It opposes LGBT rights and expression, pornography, and abortion.Who is AFA? . American Family Association. Retrieved on June 17, 2007. It also takes a position on a variety of other public policy goals. It was founded in 1977 by Donald Wildmon as the National Federation for Decency and is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Part of the religious right, the AFA defined itself as "a Christian organization promoting the biblical ethic of decency in American society with primary emphasis on television and other media," later switching their stated emphasis to "moral issues that impact the family." It engages in activism efforts, including boycotts, buycotts, action alert emails, publications on the AFA's web sites or in the AFA Journal, broadcasts on American Family Radio, and lobbying."'American Family Association' Attacks Ford's Family-Friendly Policies After Failed Disney Boycott ." GLADD. June 1, 2005. Retrieved on June 17, 2007. The organization is accredited by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) and posted a 2011 budget of over $16 million.ECFA budget report- Retrieved September 25, 2012 AFA owns 200 American Family Radio stations in 33 states, seven affiliate stations in seven states, and one affiliate TV station (KAZQ) in New Mexico.AFR radio and TV stations - Retrieved September 25, 2012Peter H Stone, Bara Vaida, "Christian Soldiers" National Journal. Washington, December 4, 2004. Volume 36, Issue 49, pg. 3596
AFA has been listed as an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) since November 2010 for the "propagation of known falsehoods" and the use of "demonizing propaganda" against LGBT people. |
Waana Morrell Davis | New Zealand teacher, politician and administrator | Waana Morrell Davis QSO was a New Zealand Māori teacher, city councillor for Palmerston North, a founding member of Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, chairperson of Toi Māori Aotearoa and a member of the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Davis was affiliated with the Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Kahungunu iwi. |
Elephant Butte (Arches National Park) | Hill; highest point in Arches National Park, Utah | Elephant Butte is a 5,653-ft summit in Grand County, Utah. It is located within Arches National Park, and is the highest point in the park. Like many of the rock formations in the park, Elephant Butte is composed of Entrada Sandstone. Elephant Butte is a flat-topped cap surrounded by numerous towers and fins including Parade of Elephants. Double Arch is also a natural feature of Elephant Butte and was used as a backdrop for the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Precipitation runoff from Elephant Butte drains east into the nearby Colorado River. The first ascent was made September 8, 1953, by Alex Cresswell and Fred Ayres. |
My Aunt from Honfleur (1931 film) | 1931 film | My Aunt from Honfleur (French: Ma tante d'Honfleur) is a 1931 French comedy film directed by André Gillois and starring Florelle, Jim Gérald and Jeanne Cheirel.Goble p.849 It is based on the 1914 play My Aunt from Honfleur by Paul Gavault. Produced in 1931 it was not given a full release until March the following year. |
Chondroteuthis | Extinct genus of molluscs | Chondroteuthis is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods. |
Acalolepta corpulenta | Species of beetle | Acalolepta corpulenta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1935. It is known from New Britain and the Solomon Islands.BioLib.cz - Acalolepta corpulenta. Retrieved on 8 September 2014. |
Yari | Japanese straight-headed spear | is the term for a traditionally-made Japanese blade (日本刀; nihontō)The Development of Controversies: From the Early Modern Period to Online Discussion Forums, Volume 91 of Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication, Author Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, Publisher Peter Lang, 2008, , P.150The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology, Complete Idiot's Guides, Authors Evans Lansing Smith, Nathan Robert Brown, Publisher Penguin, 2008, , P.144 in the form of a spear, or more specifically, the straight-headed spear. The martial art of wielding the is called . |
1915: A Novel of Gallipoli | 1979 novel by Roger McDonald | 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli is the debut novel by Roger McDonald, published in 1979. |
Stefan de Bod | South African cyclist | Stefan de Bod (born 17 November 1996) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . |
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USS Preston (DD–19) was a in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the third ship named for Samuel W. Preston. |
Sponvika | Village in Halden municipality, Norway | Sponvika is a village in Halden municipality, Norway. Its population in 2006 was 413. |
Ben Page | American soccer player | Ben Page (born April 9, 1985 in Woodstock, Georgia) is a former American soccer player. |
Alessandro Curmi | Maltese composer | Alessandro Curmi (17 October 1801 – April 1857) was a Maltese composer and pianist. Born in Valletta, he studied privately with Pietro Paolo Bugeja and then under Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli and Giacomo Tritto at the San Pietro a Maiella Conservatory in Naples from 1821 to 1827. He later became a member of Bologna's Accademia Filarmonica.
As a composer Curmi was primarily focused on writing operas. His first opera, Gustavo d'Orxa, was received enthusiastically at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples in 1827. His greatest success, Elodia di Herstall, came at the Teatro di San Carlo in 1842. According to Curmi's personal friend and fellow composer Paolino Vassallo, Curmi was invited to London to compose three operas for the Royal Opera, London while on a brief visit to Paris (where he wrote the cantata Sancte Paule) in 1843. The three operas, La rosièr, La reine des fates, and Lodoïska were all performed there in 1844.
Curmi returned to Paris in the winter of 1845 with the intent of composing a grand opera. However, these plans never came to fruition because of the political situation in France. Instead Curmi composed the orchestral fantasia in six sections, La rivoluzione, which was also heard in Malta in 1853. He died in Naples in 1857. |