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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Liberty,_Ohio

Mount Liberty, Ohio

Mount Liberty, Ohio

Locator map of the unincorporated community of Mount Liberty in Knox County, Ohio, United States.

Mount Liberty is an unincorporated community on the border between the Milford and Liberty Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43048. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 36 and State Route 3.

Mount Liberty is an unincorporated community on the border between the Milford and Liberty Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43048. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 36 and State Route 3.

Location of Mount Liberty in Ohio

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Chapelle-R%C3%A9anville

La Chapelle-Réanville

La Chapelle-Réanville

mairie de La Chapelle-Réanville - Eure (France)

Town hall

La Chapelle-Réanville is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Chapelle-Longueville.

La Chapelle-Réanville is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Chapelle-Longueville.

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

Trams in Irkutsk

History

Trams in Irkutsk / History

English: Trams in Irkutsk in 1982

Trams in Irkutsk form the main surface transport network in Irkutsk, the capital of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The tramway was founded in 1947 and currently operates 7 lines.

The first plans to create a tram system in Irkutsk appeared at the end of the 19th century, but initial plans to build a horsecar network were rejected by city authorities as too expensive and unreliable. The next iteration proposed an electric network, and the city government approved two lines, one crossing the Angara River and another bisecting the city north-south. However, implementation was stalled by the Russian Revolution in 1917. Construction of the first line was started on July 5, 1945. According to the initial calculations of the designers, the tram system of the city was supposed to transport 44 million passengers annually (the average Irkutsk citizen makes 133 trips). Three routes were planned: 1) from the station to the tram depot on Krasnoyarskaya ul., 9.5 km long, the planned completion time of construction is 1947; 2) to the Leninsky district through the Irkutny bridge, 9 km long, the planned time for the end of construction is 1948; 3) through r. Ushakovka to the street. Barricade and st. Workers Headquarters, the planned completion time is 1950. There were plans to lay a tram track on Circum-Baikal Street. In 1950-1951, work was carried out on the construction of tram tracks. In 1952, the decision was revised and the dismantling of the tracks . The construction was carried out using the “people's construction” method - daily, 24 urban enterprises allocated 300–800 people for construction . The construction involved Japanese prisoners of war. 1946 - On November 7, the first line of the tramway was commissioned. Due to the failure of the deadline, the opening was postponed to December 31, and then to 1947. On August 3, 1947, route No. 1 “Station - Central Market” was launched (4 km one-track). 1948 - On September 12, six new trams from Leningrad entered the city highway. During the year of operation, the tram carried 2.5 million passengers . 1949 - at the end of May, the laying of second tracks began: from the railway station to ul. Stepan Razin, from Soviet Street. to the central market. By the end of the year, 5 km of tracks were laid. The total length of the route was 10 km. There are 14 trams in the park (most of them are from Leningrad). Received 8 cars: four from Leningrad and Chelyabinsk. The Leningrad trams were decorated with the inscriptions: "To workers from Irkutsk from Leningrad." For all the time of operation of the tram line (1947-1949), 11 million people were transported. The own overhaul of the cars started on August 1 - a tram came out on the route, which was repaired in the Irkutsk depot . 1950 - route number 2 "Station - Trampark." Started laying the way from the station to the Sverdlovsk market. 1952 - the passenger turnover of the Irkutsk tram was 17 million passengers a year . 1961 - Route number 1 is extended from the station to the campus. 1964 - route number 3 "Volzhskaya Street - Central Market". 1968 - route number 4 "Central Market - Pre 1968 - route number 4 "Central Market - Working Suburb". 1983 - route number 5 "Central Market - Sunny". 1990 - the Irkutsk tram transported the maximum number of passengers - 51.6. million people 1999 - 36.9 million people transported 2001 - transported 42.2 million people. 2002 - from December the fare rose to 5 rubles. 2003 - March 29, a strong fire occurred in the tram depot. 46.4 million people transported 2004 - from January 1, the fare was 7 rubles. 2005 - transported 27.4 million people. 2006 - after a long break (since 1992) the renovation of the tram fleet began - 2 cars were purchased KTM-19. 2007 - the Irkutsk tram transported 25.1. million people Route number 2 was extended for several months from the train station to the campus - this option did not catch on. The direction of movement of the 4th route along the stop has changed. The central market - before the tram was moving counterclockwise, while on the street. Baikal moved in the opposite direction of the traffic. 2008 - transported 24.8 million people. 6 KTM-19 tramcars purchased. Since January 1, the fare has grown to 10 rubles. During the year, 8 trams were written of

Tram RVZ-6 in 1982

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

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Education

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod / Organization / Education

English: The front entrance of Resurrection Lutheran School of the WELS in Rochester, MN.

The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of 2019, it had a baptized membership of 353,753 in 1,276 congregations, with churches in 47 US states and 4 provinces of Canada. The WELS also does gospel outreach in 40 countries around the world. It is the third largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. The WELS school system is the fourth largest private school system in the United States. The WELS is in fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, a worldwide organization of Lutheran church bodies of the same beliefs.

The WELS school system is the fourth largest private school system in the United States. As of 2012, WELS churches and associations operate 406 early childhood centers, 334 elementary schools, 23 high schools, 2 colleges, and 1 seminary across the nation, enrolling over 41,000 students in its institutions of learning. The WELS maintains four schools of ministerial education: two college preparatory schools Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Luther Preparatory School; a pre-seminary and teacher training college, Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota; and a seminary for training pastors, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, located in Mequon, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Lutheran College, a liberal arts college in Milwaukee, is affiliated with, but not operated by, the WELS.

Resurrection Lutheran School, a WELS elementary school (Pre-K-8), in Rochester, Minnesota

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

Jim Ka To

2013 World Endurance Championship

Jim Ka To / 2013 World Endurance Championship

Silverstone 6 Hours 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)

Jim Ka To is a race car driver who competed in the 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and currently competes in the China Touring Car Championship. The son of Hong Kong street car racer Jim Chong Shing, he started racing at an early age at the Zhuhai International Circuit. He showed great potential in the China Formula Campus series and was sent by Formula Racing Developments to La Filière in France to be trained to become a racing driver. Upon his return, he took pole position in the Asian Formula 2000 race in Macau at the age of 16. But his single-seater career has stagnated since then. In 2011, he decided to move to touring cars.

On 8 March 2013, KCMG announced that Jim will partner Alexandre Imperatori and Matt Howson to drive its no.47 Morgan-Nissan LMP2 entry at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, part of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The trio finished the race 6th in class and 12th overall, 5 laps behind the class winner. Chinese driver Ho Pin Tung will take his place in the team for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Jim at the Silverstone 6 Hours with KCMG in 2013.

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

Bronica

SQ series

Bronica / Bronica models / SQ series

Español: Cámara fotográfica Bronica de medio formato English: Camera Bronica medium format

Bronica also Zenza Bronica was a Japanese manufacturer of classic medium-format roll film cameras and photographic equipment based in Tokyo, Japan. Their single-lens reflex system-cameras competed with Pentax, Hasselblad, Mamiya and others in the medium-format camera market.

SQ: Introduced August 1980 as replacement and successor to Bronica's classic and increasingly bulky Nikkor-lens based cameras, production discontinued September 1984. Modular 6x6 cm traditional "square film" medium-format SLR camera system with leaf shutter lenses. SQ-A: Introduced January 1982, production discontinued December 1991. The SQ-A was a refinement of the SQ. The contact pin array for the viewfinder was increased from six to ten gold contacts, allowing for auto metering capability with the AE finder S. Also, a mirror lock-up lever was added. The film-backs were modified slightly, with the ISO dial for the original film-backs having white and orange numerals, and the new with silver. The darkslide was changed to the locking style; to lock required both the new grey handle slide and the new silver numeral ISO dial back. All accessories for SQ cameras fit the SQ-A, however the AE finder cannot physically mount on the SQ; a safety defeat pin prevents attachment. SQ-Am: Introduced August 1982, production discontinued March 1991. Motorized film-advance only version of SQ-A body. Uses six additional AA batteries. SQ-Ai: Introduced December 1990, production discontinued December 2003. Added the following functionality to the SQ-A. Ability to add the motor drive SQ-i and off the film (TTL-OTF) metering with select flash guns. These changes required the addition of a circuit board which also required the battery compartment to be "flattened." The single 6v cell was replaced with four 1.5 volt "button" cells. A bulb 'B' setting was added to the shutter speed selector. The film-back was also modified again with the introduction of the SQ-Ai, relocating the ISO dial to the rear of the film-back (rather than on top) to allow the speed setting to be seen better with a prism attached. Exposure compensation control was also added to the new SQ-Ai film-back, with the ISO range extended to 6400. SQ-B (Basic): Introduced April 1996, production discontinued December 2003. The SQ-B was a manually operating SLR evolved from the SQ-Ai, built to primarily satisfy the needs of professional "studio" photographers who work with hand-held light meters, studio or portable flash equipment and various other accessories. Thus, motorized film-advance and through-the-lens metering (TTL) functionality were not present, as well as B (bulb exposure) and T (time exposure), as found on other SQ-series models. T (time exposure), however, was available when utilizing the appropriate SQ-series Zenzanon-S/PS lenses which incorporated the time (T) exposure lever function; by default the Zenzanon-PS/B 80mm f/2.8 lens which accompanied the SQ-B model did not include this feature. All SQ-series accessories and lenses were interchangeable with the SQ-B with few exceptions.

Zenza Bronica SQ-Ai with Zenzanon-PS f4 40mm lens

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

Philadelphia Science Festival

Philadelphia Science Festival

English: Philadelphia Science Festival Carnival, seen from the steps of the Franklin Institute

The Philadelphia Science Festival is an annual free science festival held in Philadelphia. The festival is organized and managed by the Franklin Institute. The inaugural event was held from April 15, 2011, through April 28, 2011. Subsequently, the festival has been held every year in the second half of April. The festival stretches over a number of days and features events held throughout the city. It culminates with a Festival on Saturday that is typically held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

The Philadelphia Science Festival is an annual free science festival held in Philadelphia. The festival is organized and managed by the Franklin Institute. The inaugural event was held from April 15, 2011, through April 28, 2011. Subsequently, the festival has been held every year in the second half of April. The festival stretches over a number of days and features events held throughout the city. It culminates with a Festival on Saturday that is typically held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Philadelphia Science Festival Carnival

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

Stadium Australia

Stadium Australia

English: View of ANZ Stadium during State of Origin Game II 2018.

Stadium Australia, commercially known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park, in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company the Stadium Australia Group until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government. The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field.

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Interior view during Game II of the 2018 State of Origin

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

Angelino Dulcert

Dalorto 1325 Map

Angelino Dulcert / Dalorto 1325 Map

English: Part of the portolan chart commonly known as the 1325 map of Angelino Dalorto (prob. same person as Angelino Dulcert, real name probably Angelino Dulceto or Dulceti, and this chart really dated 1330). It is held in the collection of Prince Corsini in Florence. This image is cropped. The full Dalorto portolan includes more of North Africa and Eastern Europe, the Black Sea, the Middle East, and parts of northern Europe and the Baltics.

Angelino Dulcert, probably also the same person known as Angelino de Dalorto, and whose real name was probably Angelino de Dulceto or Dulceti or possibly Angelí Dolcet, was an Italian-Majorcan cartographer. He is responsible for two notable 14th-century portolan charts, the "Dalorto" chart of 1325 and the "Dulcert" chart of 1339. The latter is the first portolan known to have been produced in Palma, and considered the founding piece of the Majorcan cartographic school. He is also believed to be the author of a third undated and unsigned chart held in London.

Angelino "Dalorto" is known for a portolan chart commonly dated 1325 (now revised to 1330), privately held by the Prince Corsini collection in Florence. Its signature was traditionally read as "Hoc opus fecit Angelinus de Dalorto ano dñi MCCXXV de mense martii composuit hoc" (and since re-read as "Angelinus de Dulceto'" and "ano dñi MCCXXX", thus the revision of the name to "Dulceto" and the year to 1330). In many ways, the 1325 Dalorto portolan marks a transition point in European portolans, between the Genoese and Majorcan cartographic schools. For the most part, Dalorto follows the restrained coast-focused Italian style, exemplified by the early portolans of his Genoese predecessor Pietro Vesconte, but he also begins moving away from its sparseness by illustrating inland details, such as miniature cities, mountain ranges and rivers, a tendency will flourish in the later Majorcan school. Indeed, some of Dalorto's details here presage the standard Majorcan stylings (e.g. Red Sea colored red, the Atlas Mountains shaped like a palm tree, the chicken-foot Alps, the Danube's "hillocks"). Among its advances in geographic knowledge, the Dalorto map gives a better picture of northern Europe (particularly the Baltic Sea) than its predecessors. The Dalorto chart is also the first to depict the legendary island of Brasil, as circular disk-shaped island southwest of Ireland. It is denoted by the caption "Insula de monotonis siue de brazile" ("isle of sheep (?) or of brasil").

Part of 1325 portolan of Angelino Dalorto

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

Westrail N class

History

Westrail N class / History

English: Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) N class diesel-electric locomotive no N1879 at Bunbury Harbour, Western Australia.Kodachrome slide converted by Kaiser Baas Photo Maker Pro into a digital image.

The N class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Comeng, Bassendean for Westrail between 1977 and 1979.

Eleven were built all for use on the Western Australian narrow gauge network, primarily to haul mineral trains in the south east. Between July 1982 and June 1983, the first four members of the class had their vacuum brake equipment replaced with Westinghouse air brake systems, and were redesignated as the NA class. While liked by crews for their ride quality and power, they suffered from reliability problems and most were withdrawn in the early 1990s. The last were withdrawn in 1997. In January 1995 two of the NA class were converted to standard gauge using bogies from Mount Newman Alco M636s, and redesignated as the NB class. In February 1998 these two were sold to Austrac Ready Power, Junee. These were sold in 2004 to Patrick Port Link, Adelaide and again in September 2011 to Australian Locolease who redesignated as the 18 class and leased them to El Zorro for use in Victoria. Austrac also purchased NA1874 but it was sold without use to South Spur Rail Services in 2001 and converted for standard gauge operation in January 2006. It was scrapped in 2014.

N1879 at Bunbury in December 1986

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

Altinaghree Castle

Altinaghree Castle

English: Drone shot of Ogilbys Castle Donemana

Altinaghree Castle or Liscloon House, known locally as Ogilby's Castle, is a large, derelict building situated outside Donemana, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been built around 1860 by William Ogilby.

Altinaghree Castle or Liscloon House, known locally as Ogilby's Castle, is a large, derelict building situated outside Donemana, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been built around 1860 by William Ogilby.

Drone view of Ogilby's Castle

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

Silver as an investment

Coins and rounds

Silver as an investment / Investment vehicles / Coins and rounds

American Eagle. Design by Adolph Alexander Weinman Removed background, cropped, and converted to PNG with Macromedia Fireworks. This image depicts a unit of currency issued by the United States of America. If this is an image of paper currency or a coin not listed here, it is solely a work of the United States Government, is ineligible for US copyright, and is therefore in the public domain in the United States.Fraudulent use of this image is punishable under applicable counterfeiting laws. As listed by the United States Secret Service at money illustrations, the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (31 CFR 411), permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:1. The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;2. The illustration is one-sided; and3. All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contain an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use. Certain coins contain copyrights licensed to the U.S. Mint and owned by third parties or assigned to and owned by the U.S. Mint [1]. For the United States Mint circulating coin design use policy, see [2]; for the policy on the 50 State Quarters, see [3]. Also: COM:ART #Photograph of an old coin found on the Internet

Silver may be used as an investment like other precious metals. It has been regarded as a form of money and store of value for more than 4,000 years, although it lost its role as legal tender in developed countries when the use of the silver standard came to a final end in 1935. Some countries mint bullion and collector coins, however, such as the American Silver Eagle with nominal face values. In 2009, the main demand for silver was for industrial applications, jewellery, bullion coins, and exchange-traded products. In 2011, the global silver reserves amounted to 530,000 tonnes. Collectors of silver and other precious metals who collect for the purpose of investment are commonly nicknamed stackers, with their collections dubbed as stacks. The motivations for stacking silver varies between collectors. Millions of Canadian Silver Maple Leaf coins and American Silver Eagle coins are purchased as investments each year.

Silver coins include the one ounce 99.99% pure Canadian Silver Maple Leaf and the one ounce 99.93% pure American Silver Eagle. Coins may be minted as either fine silver or junk silver, the latter being older coins made of 90% silver. U.S. coins 1964 and older (half dollars, dimes, and quarters) are generally accepted to weigh 24.71 grams of silver per dollar of face value, which at their nominal silver content of 90%, translates to 22.239 g of silver per dollar. All U.S. dimes, quarters, halves and 1 dollar pieces contained 90% silver since their introduction up until 1964 when they were discontinued. The combined mintage of these coins by weight exceeds by far the mintages of all other silver investment coins. All United States 1965-1970 and one half of the 1975-1976 Bicentennial San Francisco proof and mint set Kennedy half dollars are "clad" in a silver alloy and contain 40% silver. Junk-silver coins are also available as sterling silver coins, which were officially minted until 1919 in the United Kingdom and Canada and 1945 in Australia. These coins are 92.5% silver and are in the form of (in decreasing weight) Crowns, Half-crowns, Florins, Shillings, Sixpences, and threepence. The tiny threepence weighs 1.41 grams, and the Crowns are 28.27 grams (1.54 grams heavier than a US$1). Canada produced silver coins with 80% silver content from 1920 to 1967. Other hard money enthusiasts use .999 fine silver rounds as a store of value. A cross between bars and coins, silver rounds are produced by a huge array of mints, generally contain a troy ounce of silver in the shape of a coin, but have no status as legal tender which makes them lose favorable VAT status in those countries where lower or zero-rate VAT exists for silver coins. Produced in a wide variety of different designs, ranging from reproductions of existing coin designs to wholly original shapes and patterns, rounds can be ordered with a custom design stamped on the faces or in assorted batches.

American Silver Eagle bullion proof coin

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

Doreen Valiente

The Pagan Front, National Front, and further publications: 1970–84

Doreen Valiente / Biography / The Pagan Front, National Front, and further publications: 1970–84

English: National Front march in Yorkshire, Great Britain. 1970s.

Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente was an English Wiccan who was responsible for writing much of the early religious liturgy within the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. An author and poet, she also published five books dealing with Wicca and related esoteric subjects. Born to a middle-class family in Surrey, Valiente began practicing magic while a teenager. Working as a translator at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, she also married twice in this period. Developing her interest in occultism after the war, she began practicing ceremonial magic with a friend while living in Bournemouth. Learning of Wicca, in 1953 she was initiated into the Gardnerian tradition by its founder, Gerald Gardner. Soon becoming the High Priestess of Gardner's Bricket Wood coven, she helped him to produce or adapt many important scriptural texts for Wicca, such as The Witches Rune and the Charge of the Goddess, which were incorporated into the early Gardnerian Book of Shadows. In 1957, a schism resulted in Valiente and her followers leaving Gardner in order to form their own short-lived coven.

Living in Brighton, Valiente took up employment in a branch of the Boots pharmacist. In 1971 she appeared on the BBC documentary, Power of the Witch, which was devoted to Wicca and also featured the prominent Wiccan Alex Sanders. That same year, she was involved in the founding of the Pagan Front, a British pressure group that campaigned for the religious rights of Wiccans and other Pagans. In November 1970 she developed a full moon inauguration ritual for local branches of the Front to use and on May Day 1971 she chaired its first national meeting, held at Chiswick, West London. It was she who developed the three principles that came to be central to the Pagan Front's interpretation of their religion: adherence to the Wiccan Rede, a belief in reincarnation, and a sense of kinship with nature. In April 1972 her husband Casimiro died; he had never taken an interest in Wicca or esotericism and Valiente later claimed that theirs had been an unhappy relationship. Newly widowed, she soon had to move as the local council decided that her home was unfit for human habitation; she was relocated into council accommodation in the mid-1960s tower block of Tyson Place in Grosvenor Square, Brighton. Her flat was described by visitors as cramped, being filled with thousands of books. It was there that she met Ronald Cooke, a member of the apartment block's residents' committee; they entered into a relationship and she initiated him into Wicca, where he became her working partner. Together they regularly explored the Sussex countryside, and went on several holidays to Glastonbury, further considering moving there. She also joined a coven that was operating in the local area, Silver Malkin, after it was established by the Wiccan High Priestess Sally Griffyn. During the early 1970s, Valiente became a member of a far right white nationalist political party, the National Front, for about eighteen months, during which she designed a banner for her local branch. Valiente's biographer Philip Heselton suggested that the party's nationalistic outlook may have appealed to her strongly patriotic values and that she might have hoped that the Front would serve as a political equivalent to the Pagan movement. At the same time she also became a member of another, more extreme far right group, the Northern League. However, she allowed her membership of the National Front to lapse, sending a letter to her local branch stating that although she respected its leader John Tyndall and had made friends within the group, she was critical of the party's opposition to women's liberation, gay rights, and sex education, all of which she lauded as progressive causes. Heselton has also suggested that Valiente may have joined these groups in order to investigate them before reporting back to Britain's intelligence agencies. It was also in the early 1970s that she read John Michell's The View Over Atlantis and was heavily influenced by it, embracing Michell's view that there were ley lines across the British landscape that channelled earth energies. Inspired, she began searching for ley lines in the area around Brighton. She also began subscribing to The Ley Hunter magazine, for which she authored several articles and book reviews. Valiente came to see the public emergence of Wicca as a sign of the Age of Aquarius, arguing that the religion should ally with the feminist and environmentalist movements in order to establish a better future for the planet. In 1973, the publishing company Robert Hale brought out Valiente's second book, An ABC of Witchcraft, in which she provided an encyclopaedic overview of various topics related to Wicca and esotericism. In 1975, Hale published Valiente's Natural Magic, a discussion of what she believed to be the magical usages and associations of the weather, stones, plants, and other elements of the natural world. In 1978 Hale then published Witchcraft for Tomorrow, in which Valiente proclaimed her belief that Wicca was ideal for the dawning Age of Aquarius and espoused James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis. It also explained to the reader

Valiente involved herself in a regional branch of the National Front (National Front demonstration pictured)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics

Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

English: That's how main entrance to Excel looked like in 2011

Tuvalu competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its second appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of three competitors: two short-distance runners, Tavevele Noa and Asenate Manoa, and one weightlifter, Tuau Lapua Lapua. All three qualified for the games through wildcard places because they did not meet the qualification standards. Lapua was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Manoa carried it at the closing ceremony. Noa and Manoa failed to advance beyond the preliminary rounds of their events although the latter established a new national record for the women's 100 metres, while Lapua placed 12th in the men's featherweight weightlifting competition.

Tuau Lapua Lapua participated on Tuvalu's behalf in the men's featherweight (62 kilogram) weightlifting competition. He was the oldest person to represent Tuvalu at age 21 and had not participated in any previous Olympic Games. Lapua qualified for the games by earning a wildcard place based on his performance at the 2012 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Apia, Samoa. Before his event he said that he was delighted to compete in the competition and wanted to make Tuvalu proud. His event took place in 31 July, and included 14 athletes in total. During the event's snatch phase, Lapua was given three attempts. He successfully attempted to lift over 90 kilograms of weight in his first two attempts, but did not achieve this objective on the third attempt. Lapua then attempted 130 kilograms during the clean and jerk phrase of the event, successfully lifting it in all three of his attempts. Overall, the combination of Lapua's highest scores in snatch (108) and clean and jerk (135) yielded a score of 243 points and 12th place.

ExCeL London where Lapau competed in his weightlifting event.

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

Saltdal

Notable people

Saltdal / Notable people

English: Norwegian historian and politician Ludvig Kristensen Daa. Engraving. Norsk bokmål: Den norske historikeren og politikeren Ludvig Kristensen Daa. Stikk.

Saltdal is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Lønsdal. The 2,216-square-kilometre municipality is the 26th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Saltdal is the 185th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,671. The municipality's population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period.

Ludvig Kristensen Daa (1809 in Saltdal – 1877) a Norwegian historian, ethnologist, auditor, editor of magazines and newspapers, educator and politician Arne Hjersing (1860 in Saltdal – 1926) a Norwegian painter Bernhoff Hansen (1877 in Rognan – 1950) a Norwegian wrestler, gold medallist in the 1904 Summer Olympics Erling Engan (1910 in Saltdal – 1982) a Norwegian politician Trygve Henrik Hoff (1938 in Rognan – 1987) a Norwegian singer, composer, songwriter and writer Ragnhild Furebotten (born 1979 in Saltdal) a Norwegian fiddler, folk musician and composer Lena Kristin Ellingsen (born 1980 in Saltdal) a Norwegian actress

Ludvig Kristensen Daa, 1877

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

Josh Perry

Newcastle Knights

Josh Perry / Playing career / Club career / Newcastle Knights

English: picture of a tackle in rugby league - manly sea eagles vs roosters in june 08, brookie oval, sydney, australia. Eagles won 42-0 (hooray!)

Josh Perry is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative prop, he played in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 NRL Premiership, and played in the Super League for St Helens.

Perry made his first-grade début in round 17 of the 2000 season playing for Newcastle against the New Zealand Warriors at EnergyAustralia Stadium on 27 May. Perry played at prop forward in the 2001 NRL Grand Final-winning Newcastle team that defeated the Parramatta Eels, 30–24 at Stadium Australia on 30 September in an upset victory. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Newcastle club traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Perry played at prop forward in Newcastle's loss. In the 2005 NRL season, Perry was limited to only seven appearances for Newcastle as the club endured a horror year on the field and finished last. In the 2006 NRL season, the club turned their fortunes around by qualifying for the finals. Perry played in the club's 50-6 elimination final loss against the Brisbane Broncos at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Perry playing for Manly

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wachapreague_(AGP-8)

USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)

The Leyte campaign begins

USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) / United States Navy service / World War II / The Philippines campaign / The Leyte campaign begins

English: U.S. Navy motor torpedo boat tender USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refueling a PT boat en route from Palau to Leyte

USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) was a motor torpedo boat tender in commission in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, seeing service in the latter part of World War II. After her Navy decommissioning, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1972 as the cutter USCGC McCulloch, later WHEC-386, the fourth ship of the U.S. Coast Guard or its predecessor, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, to bear the name. In 1972 she was transferred to South Vietnam and served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Ngô Quyền. Upon the collapse of South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and she served in the Philippine Navy from 1977 to 1985 as the frigate RPS Gregorio del Pilar and from 1987 to 1990 as BRP Gregorio del Pilar.

On 13 October 1944, Wachapreague sailed in company with the motor torpedo boat tenders USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) and USS Willoughby (AGP-9), the seaplane tender USS Half Moon (AVP-26), and two United States Army craft for Leyte, 1,200 nautical miles (2,222 kilometers) away. The 45 torpedo boats, 15 of which were assigned to each motor torpedo boat tender, were convoyed by the larger ships, refuelled while underway at sea – with Wachapreague slowing to nine knots (17 km/hr) periodically to fuel two torpedo boats simultaneously, one alongside to starboard and one astern, eventually replenishing the fuel supply of all 15 of her brood – and successfully completed the voyage under their own power. A brief two-day respite at Kossol Roads, Palau, for repairs and a further refueling of the PT boats, preceded the final leg of the voyage. While Wachapreague dropped anchor at northern San Pedro Bay off Leyte, her PT boats, fresh and ready for action immediately, entered Leyte Gulf on 21 October 1944, the day after the initial landings on Leyte. On 24 October 1944, Wachapreague shifted to Liloan Bay, a small anchorage off Panoan Island, 65 nautical miles (120 kilometers) south of San Pedro Bay, which scarcely afforded the ship room to swing with the tide. Soon after her arrival at Liloan Bay, Wachapreague contacted the Philippine guerrilla radio network for a mutual exchange of information as to Japanese forces in the area.

USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) refuels a PT boat on 20 October 1944 during the voyage from Palau to Leyte.

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

Peopling of Thailand

Hmong–Mien migration from China via Laos

Peopling of Thailand / Hmong–Mien migration from China via Laos

Taken at Coc Ly market, Sapa, Vietnam 2004

The peopling of Thailand refers to the process by which the ethnic groups that comprise the population of present-day Thailand came to inhabit the region.

Like the Lolo, many of the Hmong–Mien ethnic groups are among the hill tribes in Thailand. Their population is clustered in the northeastern region of Thailand near the Laotian border. The Hmong–Mien of Thailand generally migrated from China in the second half of the 19th century through Laos, where they established themselves for some time prior to their arrival in Thailand. An exception to the China-Laos-Thailand migration pattern is the Iu Mien people, who apparently passed through Vietnam during the 13th century, prior to entering Thailand through Laos. The Iu Mien arrived in Thailand approximately 200 years ago, contemporaneously with a large number of other Hmong–Mien migrants.

Women in traditional Hmong dress

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Range_(Rocky_Mountains)

Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains)

Rainbow Range (Rocky Mountains)

English: Panoramic Landscape View of Berg Lake Basin in Mount Robson Provincial Park in Rocky Mountains of British Columbia Canada This photo was taken in a protected area in Canada, Wikidata item Mount Robson Provincial Park (Q1950710) English: vast provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km². The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta

The Rainbow Range is a small subrange of the Park Ranges subdivisions of the Northern Continental Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the border between Alberta and British Columbia in Mount Robson Provincial Park. Its highest summit, and the highest in the Canadian Rockies, is Mount Robson 3,954 m, followed by nearby Resplendent Mountain 3425 m and Mount Kain 2863 m.

The Rainbow Range is a small subrange of the Park Ranges subdivisions of the Northern Continental Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the border between Alberta and British Columbia in Mount Robson Provincial Park. Its highest summit, and the highest in the Canadian Rockies, is Mount Robson 3,954 m (12,972 ft), followed by nearby Resplendent Mountain 3425 m (11241 ft) and Mount Kain 2863 m (9393 ft).

Lynx Mountain, Rearguard Mountain, Resplendent Mountain, Mount Robson, and Berg Lake

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

Isabelle Leymarie

Isabelle Leymarie

English: Portrait of Isabelle Leymarie

Isabelle Leymarie Portrait

Isabelle Leymarie is a French musicologist, writer, pianist, filmmaker, translator and photographer.

Isabelle Leymarie is a French musicologist, writer, pianist, filmmaker, translator and photographer.

Isabelle Leymarie in 2006

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_B._Won_Pat_International_Airport

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport

Passenger terminal

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport / Facilities / Passenger terminal

English: Semi-permanent barriers separating arrival and departure foot traffic in the passenger terminal of Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is a hub for Asia Pacific Airlines and for United Airlines, serving as the latter's Pacific Ocean hub. It is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana, and is the only international airport in the territory. The airport is named after Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam, an agency of the Government of Guam.

The current passenger terminal's first phase was completed on September 10, 1996. The 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m²) terminal included a new customs and immigration hall and a 710 space parking lot. In August 1998 the second phase of the current passenger terminal opened. The expansion program that opened the current terminal had a cost of $741 million. The terminal has three levels. The basement level houses arrival facilities, including customs and baggage claim. The basement also houses the GIAA Airport Police and GIAA Arcade offices and the Hafa Adai Gardens. The apron level (the departure level) houses the ticketing counters. The third floor houses the departure gates, immigration facilities, and GIAA administrative offices. Since all flights require customs or immigration inspection, the airport's post-security concourse and gate area was not designed to separate arriving and departing passengers. The only normal passenger entrance is through security and the only normal exit is through immigration. Except for the few gates designated for Honolulu arrivals, which route passengers directly to customs, all other gates do not have a separate arrival corridor. Arrival passengers walk directly into the gates waiting area, and in the past could actually purchase food or merchandise before entering the immigration hall. The original design is said to be compliant with security standards at the time of opening. However, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. government began to require separation of uninspected arrival passengers. The airport initially used a system of chairs, moving sidewalks, retractable belts and security/police staffing to usher arriving passengers from the gate to the immigration hall without coming into physical contact with departing passengers. In recent years, semi-permanent movable walls separate much of the length of the terminal building into two halves, decreasing the need for human staffing and those lighter objects previously in use.

Semi-permanent barriers separating arrival and departure passengers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnsingen

Münsingen

Economy

Münsingen / Economy

English: USM U. Schärer Söhne AG, office furniture manufacturer in Münsingen, Switzerland.

Münsingen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipality of Tägertschi also merged. The village lies on the River Aare between the cities of Bern and Thun.

Münsingen's most important enterprise is the firm of USM (Ulrich Schaerer Münsingen), internationally known producers of office furniture. As of  2011, Münsingen had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. As of 2008, there were a total of 5,778 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 1,485 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 91 businesses in this sector. 4,245 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 398 businesses in this sector. There were 5,729 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.4% of the workforce. In 2008 there were a total of 4,680 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 37, of which 36 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,386 of which 1,042 or (75.2%) were in manufacturing and 327 (23.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,257. In the tertiary sector; 756 or 23.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 56 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 153 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 63 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 113 or 3.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 188 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 400 or 12.3% were in education and 1,175 or 36.1% were in health care. In 2000, there were 3,211 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,464 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 31.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 38.1% used a private car.

USM factory in Münsingen

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

University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine

Deans

University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine / Deans

Norsk bokmål: Den norske legen og professoren Michael Skjelderup (1769–1852).

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Oslo is the oldest and largest research and educational institution in medicine in Norway. It was founded in 1814, effectively as a Norwegian continuation of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, the only university of Denmark-Norway until 1811. It was Norway's only medical faculty until the Cold War era. The faculty has around 1,000 employees, 2000 students and 1400 PhD candidates. The faculty is headquartered at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, with important campuses at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål and several other hospitals in the Oslo area. The Faculty consists of three institutes and one center: Institute of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Institute of Health and Society and Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway. The Dean is the Faculty's chief executive. From 2011 to 2018, Frode Vartdal has been the elected dean. In September 2018, Ivar Prydtz Gladhaug was elected new dean at the Faculty of medicine for 2019-2022.

Frode Vartdal 2011– Finn Georg Brun Wisløff 2007–2010 Stein A. Evensen 1998–2006 Gunnar Tellnes 1998 Jon Dale 1996-1998 Per Jørgen Wiggen Vaglum 1990–1996 Erik Thorsby 1989–1990 Kaare R. Norum 1986–1989 Ivar Hørven 1980–1986 Morten Harboe 1977–1980 Bjarne A. Waaler 1974–1977 Jon Utheim Lundevall 1971–1974 Haakon Natvig 1968–1970 Thore Lie Thomassen 1967 Alf Brodal 1964-1966 Axel Christian Smith Strøm 1956-1963 Georg Henrik Magnus Waaler 1953-1955 Torleif Bjarne Dale 1946-1952 Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn 1941-1945 Theodor Kristian Brun Frølich 1938-1940 Otto Lous Mohr 1935-1937 Johan Gustav Edvin Bruusgaard 1932-1934 Ragnar Vogt 1929-1931 Johan Nicolaysen 1926-1928 Kristian Emil Schreiner 1923-1945 Kristian Kornelius Hagemann Brandt 1922 Axel Holst 1919-1921   Peter Fredrik Holst 1917-1919 Hjalmar August Schiøtz 1914-1916 Francis Gottfred Harbitz 1911-1913 Hagbarth Strøm 1909-1910 Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck 1907-1908 Søren Bloch Laache 1905-1906 Poul Edvard Poulsson 1904 Axel Holst 1901-1903 Edvard Schønberg 1899-1900 Sophus Torup 1897-1898 Gustav Adolf Guldberg 1895-1896 Edvard Schønberg 1893-1894 Johan Storm Aubert Hjort 1891-1892 Hjalmar Heiberg 1889-1890 Julius Nicolaysen 1887-1888 Emanuel Frederik Hagbarth Winge 1885-1886 Edvard Schønberg 1883-1884 Jacob Worm Müller 1881-1882 Johan Storm Aubert Hjort 1879-1880 Hjalmar Heiberg 1877-1878 Julius Nicolaysen 1875-1876 Emanuel Fredrik Hagbarth Winge 1871-1874 Joachim Andreas Voss 1869-1870 Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1867-1868 Frants Christian Faye 1865-1866 Joachim Andreas Voss 1863-1864 Andreas Christian Conradi 1861-1862   Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1859-1860 Frederik Holst 1857-1858 Christen Heiberg 1855-1856 Carl Wilhelm Boeck 1853-1854 Frants Christian Faye 1851-1852 Andreas Christian Conradi 1849-1850 Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1847-1848 Christen Heiberg 1846 Frederik Holst 1845 Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1844 Christen Heiberg 1843 Frederik Holst 1842 Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1841 Michael Skjelderup 1840 Frederik Holst 1839 Christen Heiberg 1838 Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1837 Nils Berner Sørenssen 1836 Frederik Holst 1834-1835 Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1833 Nils Berner Sørenssen 1832 Michael Skjelderup 1830-1831 Frederik Holst 1828-1829 Nils Berner Sørensen 1826-1827 Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1825 Michael Skjelderup 1816-1824

Michael Skjelderup, the first dean and the first professor of medicine at the university

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

George Dassios

George Dassios

Prof. George Dassios in 2018

George Dassios is a Greek mathematician, scholar and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.

George Dassios (Greek: Γεώργιος Δάσιος) is a Greek mathematician, scholar and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.

George Dassios

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

Tanjong Pagar

History

Tanjong Pagar / History

Tanjong Pagar is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones.

Since 1600s, Tanjong Pagar, located between the docks and the town, was an enclave for the thousands of Chinese and Indian dock workers who had migrated to Singapore from the mid-19th century. With all the traffic between the docks and the town, Tanjong Pagar was also lucrative ground for rickshaw pullers awaiting clients. So prevalent was their presence that in 1904, the government established a Jinricksha Station at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road. From the time the docks began operations in 1864, land values in Tanjong Pagar rose, attracting wealthy Chinese and Arab traders to buy real estate there. The proliferation of impoverished workers led to overcrowding, pollution and social problems such as opium smoking and prostitution. Tanjong Pagar generally deteriorated into an inner city ghetto. By World War II, Tanjong Pagar was a predominantly working class Hokkien area with an Indian minority. In the mid-1980s, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be gazetted under the government's conservation plan. When the conservation project was completed, many of the area's shophouses were restored to their original appearance. But although a few traces of the old Tanjong Pagar remain – an old swimming pool, the odd street cobbler – the face of Tanjong Pagar has changed. Today, Tanjong Pagar has become a fashionable district, filled with thriving businesses, cafés, bars and restaurants.

The Jinricksha Station is Singapore's last reminder of the once ubiquitous rickshaw.

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

Manx runestones

Br Olsen;191B (Braddan (III), MM 136)

Manx runestones / Braddan parish / Br Olsen;191B (Braddan (III), MM 136)

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The Manx runestones were made by the Norse population on the Isle of Man during the Viking Age, mostly in the 10th century. Despite its small size, the Isle of Man stands out with many Viking Age runestones, in 1983 numbering as many as 26 surviving stones, which can be compared to 33 in all of Norway. So many of them may appear on the Isle of Man because of the merging of the immigrant Norse runestone tradition with the local Celtic tradition of raising high crosses. In addition, the church contributed by not condemning the runes as pagan, but instead it encouraged the recording of people for Christian purposes. Sixteen of the stones bear the common formula, "N ... put up this cross in memory of M", but among the other ten there is also a stone raised for the benefit of the runestone raiser. The Manx runestones are consequently similar to the Scandinavian ones, but whereas a Norwegian runestone is called "stone" in the inscriptions, even if it is in the shape of a cross, the runestones that were raised in the British isles are typically called "crosses". There are also two slabs incised with Anglo-Saxon runes at Maughold.

This stone cross is found in the church Braddan. The inscription consists of short-twig runes and it is dated to the 980s. The runemaster is identified as man named Thorbjörn, who also made Br Olsen;193A, below. It has been badly damaged since it was recorded. Latin transliteration: utr : risti : krus : þono : aft : fro(k)(a) [: f](a)(þ)[ur sin : in :] (þ)[urbiaurn : ...] Old Norse transliteration: Oddr reisti kross þenna ept Frakka, fǫður sinn, en Þorbjǫrn ... English translation: "Oddr raised this cross in memory of Frakki, his father, but ... ..."

Br Olsen;191B

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

Hajong people

Traditional ornaments

Hajong people / Traditional ornaments

English: Traditional Hajong Ornaments. In this photo, you can see the Harsura, Koromphul, Katabaju, Buila, Not, Paye'l pata and Bak Kharu

The Hajong are a tribal group native to the Indian subcontinent, notably in the northeast Indian states and Bangladesh. The majority of the Hajongs are settled in India. Hajongs are predominantly rice farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to Garo Hills, where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture. Hajong have the status of a Scheduled Tribe in India.

Some of the Traditional ornaments are : Harsurah or chondrohar - Silver necklace worn by women Katabaju - Pair of armlets made of silver. Galahicha - A Torc. Buila - Pair of bangles made of silver. Not - Nose ring made of gold. Nolok - a nose ring made of silver. Koromphul - A pair of earrings made of silver. Kankurya - A pair of earrings made of gold. Bak Gunjri or Gujurâti - A pair of ornaments worn by women around the ankles made of silver. Bak Kharu - A pair of ornaments worn by men around the legs made of silver.

Traditional Ornaments of the Hajongs

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva

English: Australian Rhythmic GymnastAlexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva performing with ribbon during 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. en:Alexandra_Kiroi-Bogatyreva

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva at 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. Photo: Alex Bogatyrev

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. Kiroi-Bogatyeva is 2018 and 2019 Australian All Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. Kiroi-Bogatyeva is 2018 and 2019 Australian All Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion

Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva at 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. Photo: Alex Bogatyrev

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

Mother Ignatius Hayes

Early life

Mother Ignatius Hayes / Life / Early life

English: Photograph of Mother Ignatius Hayes, F.M.I.C., taken in the Roman studio of G. Cardillie (1889-1894)

Mary Ignatius Hayes, O.S.F., also known as Mother Mary Ignatius of Jesus, was an Anglican religious sister who was later received into the Catholic Church and became a Franciscan sister. Her lifetime of religious service, in the course of which she traveled widely, led to the establishment of three separate religious congregations of Franciscan sisters and the establishment of the Poor Clare nuns in the United States.

She was born Elizabeth Hayes in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. Her father, Philip Hayes, was an Anglican priest from England who was the headmaster of Elizabeth College which prepared boys for matriculation. Her ancestors were very musical and were associated with the work of George Frederick Handel in England. She was the eighth and youngest surviving child of her parents' ten children. Her parents ensured that she received a sound education, was fluent in both French and English and encouraged her love of literature. After the deaths of both her parents, in the 1840s Hayes moved to England, where she took employment as a teacher in London and Oxford. There she came under the influence of the Oxford Movement and in 1850 became one of the first members of the Anglican Community of St Mary the Virgin and was given the religious name of Sister Mary Ignatius of Jesus. After being a qualified principal and a leader of her community for some years, she was received into the Catholic Church and joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, who lived in Greenwich and later in Bayswater, under the leadership of Mother Elizabeth Lockhart, who were committed to serving the poor of London. In 1858 she received the religious habit from the future cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, but chose to go to Scotland to do her novitiate under the Tertiary Franciscan Sisters of Glasgow, founded in the mid-15th century, who traced their heritage back to Angela of Foligno. She professed her vows on 26 November 1859. In addition to the traditional three religious vows, she made a fourth vow to dedicate her life to the foreign missions. She wrote in her diary at the time, "God calls me to leave my home and country and to join a foreign mission".

Photograph of Mother Ignatius Hayes, F.M.I.C., taken in Rome (1889–1894)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Senator_(tree)

The Senator (tree)

History

The Senator (tree) / History

English: "Senator", large Baldcypress tree in Florida, looking upward.

The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise in 2012, it was 125 feet tall, with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet. The tree was thought to have been destroyed by a fire from a lightning strike, but it was later discovered that the fire was started by an arsonist.

The Seminoles and other Native American Indians who lived throughout Central Florida used this tree as a landmark. In the late 19th century, the tree attracted visitors even though much of the surrounding land was swamp; reaching the tree was done by leaping from log to log. A walkway was later constructed by the Works Progress Administration. In 1925, a hurricane destroyed the top of the tree, reducing its height from 165 feet (50 m) to 118 feet (36 m). The Senator was named for Florida State Senator Moses Overstreet, who donated the tree and surrounding land to Seminole County for a park in 1927. In 1929, former US President Calvin Coolidge reportedly visited The Senator and dedicated the site with a commemorative bronze plaque. A photo that was published of Coolidge and his wife near the tree was reported by the Orlando Sentinel to have been doctored. The plaque and portions of an iron fence were stolen by vandals in 1945 and never recovered.

Looking up from the base of The Senator, 1967

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Senator_Tree%2C_looking_upward.JPG

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Onslow,_1st_Earl_of_Onslow

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow

English: Lord Kingston

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC, known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician.

George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC (13 September 1731 – 17 May 1814), known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician.

Lord Onslow

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Jeffersonville, Ohio

Jeffersonville, Ohio

Location of Jeffersonville, Ohio

Jeffersonville is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2010 census.

Jeffersonville is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2010 census.

Location of Jeffersonville, Ohio

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

Crash test dummy

Volunteer testing

Crash test dummy / History / Volunteer testing

A crash test dummy is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body during a traffic collision. Dummies are used by researchers, automobile and aircraft manufacturers to predict the injuries a person might sustain in a crash. Modern dummies are usually instrumented to record data such as velocity of impact, crushing force, bending, folding, or torque of the body, and deceleration rates during a collision. Some dummies cost over US$400,000. Prior to the development of crash test dummies, automobile companies tested using human cadavers, animals and live volunteers. Cadavers have been used to modify different parts of a car such as the seatbelt This type of testing may provide more realistic test results than using a dummy but it raises ethical dilemmas because human cadavers and animals are not able to consent to research studies. Animal testing is not prevalent today. Computational models of the human body are increasingly being used in the industry and research to complement the use of dummies as virtual tools. There is constant need for new testing because each new vehicle has a different design.

Some researchers took it upon themselves to serve as crash test dummies. In 1954, USAF Colonel John Paul Stapp was propelled to over 1000 km/h on a rocket sled and stopped in 1.4 seconds. Lawrence Patrick, then a professor at Wayne State University, endured some 400 rides on a rocket sled in order to test the effects of rapid deceleration on the human body. He and his students allowed themselves to be hit in the chest with heavy metal pendulums, impacted in the face by pneumatically driven rotary hammers, and sprayed with shattered glass to simulate window implosion. While admitting that it made him "a little sore", Patrick has said that the research he and his students conducted was seminal in developing mathematical models against which further research could be compared. While data from live testing was valuable, human subjects could not withstand tests that exceeded a certain degree of physical injury. To gather information about the causes and prevention of injuries and fatalities would require a different kind of test subject.

Colonel Stapp riding a rocket sled at Edwards Air Force Base

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Rocket_sled_track.jpg

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calheta_de_S%C3%A3o_Miguel

Calheta de São Miguel

Calheta de São Miguel

calheta de são miguel

São Miguel Arcanjo church

Calheta de São Miguel is a city in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 3,175. It is on the east coast, 31 km north of the capital Praia. It is the seat of São Miguel municipality. Calheta de São Miguel forms an urban agglomeration with the adjacent settlements Veneza and Ponta Verde, total population 5,615.

Calheta de São Miguel is a city in the northern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. In 2010 its population was 3,175. It is on the east coast, 31 km (19 mi) north of the capital Praia. It is the seat of São Miguel municipality. Calheta de São Miguel forms an urban agglomeration with the adjacent settlements Veneza and Ponta Verde, total population 5,615 (2010).

São Miguel Arcanjo church

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

Australian wood duck

Reproduction

Australian wood duck / Behaviour / Reproduction

English:  Egg of Australian wood duck Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.Français :  Œuf de Bernache à crinière Collection Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.

The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. Traditionally placed in the subfamily Anatinae, it might belong to the subfamily Tadorninae; the ringed teal may be its closest living relative.

Australian wood duck nests in cavities in trees or in nest-boxes above or near water. Nests are made with a pile of down.

Chenonetta jubata - MHNT

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169)

USS Dolphin (SS-169)

Inter-war period

USS Dolphin (SS-169) / Service history / Inter-war period

English: Dolphin (SS-169), at the Underwater Sound School, Hawaii, circa 1940. Note motor boat aft of the sail.

USS Dolphin, a submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for that aquatic mammal. She also bore the name V-7 and the classifications SF-10 and SC-3 prior to her commissioning. She was launched on 6 March 1932 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. E.D. Toland, and commissioned on 1 June 1932 with Lieutenant John B. Griggs, Jr. in command.

Dolphin departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 24 October 1932 for San Diego, California, arriving on 3 December to report to Submarine Division 12 (SubDiv 12). She served on the West Coast, taking part in tactical exercises and test torpedo firings until 4 March 1933, when she got underway for the East Coast. She arrived at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 March for final trials and acceptance, remaining there until 1 August. Dolphin returned to San Diego on 25 August 1933 to rejoin SubDiv 12. In 1933, Dolphin tested an unusual feature for submarines of having a waterproof motor boat, stored in a compartment aft of the sail, which could be brought out when needed. At that time, most navies adhered to the prize rules, which required submarines to board and inspect merchant vessels before they could sink them, as had often been done in World War I, except in periods of unrestricted submarine warfare. She cruised on the west coast with occasional voyages to Pearl Harbor, Alaska, and the Panama Canal Zone for exercises and fleet problems. On 1 December 1937, Dolphin departed San Diego for her new homeport, Pearl Harbor, arriving one week later. She continued to operate in fleet problems and training exercises, visiting the West Coast on a cruise from 29 September to 25 October 1940. Located at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Dolphin took the attacking enemy planes under fire, and then left for a patrol in search of Japanese submarines in the Hawaiian Islands.

Dolphin at the Underwater Sound School, Hawaii, circa 1940. Note motor boat aft of the sail.

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

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

History

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship / Venues / History

English: The field view of Semple Stadium looking west from the east seating area (a.k.a. 'Town End' or 'Davin Terrace')

The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship. The final, usually held on the first Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Bob O'Keeffe Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship; however, as of 2018, the championship involved a round-robin system. The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Leinster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage, while the third-placed team advances to the preliminary quarter-finals.

Leinster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, teams eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the capacity of their stadiums. Every second meeting between these teams was played at the home venue of one of them.

Semple Stadium, in spite of being situated outside of Leinster, hosted the final replay in 2018.

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

Economy of Kolkata

Economy of Kolkata

English: A view of Office buildings at J L Nehru Road

Kolkata is the prime business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and the main port of communication for the North-East Indian states, It is one of the most important metro cities of India. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest Indian cities with a net wealth of $ 290 billion and accounting for 9600 millionaires. Recent estimates of Kolkata's economy is 170 billion $ making it third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai, and Delhi. Kolkata is home to India's oldest, and also India's second-largest stock exchange company – The Calcutta Stock Exchange. Kolkata is home to a major port, an international airport and many nationally and internationally reputed colleges and institutions aimed at supplying a highly skilled work force. Kolkata is also home to India's and South Asia's first metro railway service – Kolkata Metro. There are a few of the oldest and front line banks and PSUs —such as UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank, United Bank of India and Geological Survey of India, Zoological Survey of India, Botanical Survey of India and Tea Board of India—were founded and is headquartered in Kolkata.

Kolkata is the prime business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and the main port of communication for the North-East Indian states, It is one of the most important metro cities of India. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest Indian cities with a net wealth of $ 290 billion and accounting for 9600 millionaires. Recent estimates (as of 2019) of Kolkata's economy is 170 billion $ (GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity) making it third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai, and Delhi. Kolkata is home to India's oldest, and also India's second-largest stock exchange company (bourse) – The Calcutta Stock Exchange. Kolkata is home to a major port, an international airport and many nationally and internationally reputed colleges and institutions aimed at supplying a highly skilled work force. Kolkata is also home to India's and South Asia's first metro railway service – Kolkata Metro. There are a few of the oldest and front line banks and PSUs —such as UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank, United Bank of India and Geological Survey of India, Zoological Survey of India, Botanical Survey of India and Tea Board of India—were founded and is headquartered in Kolkata. The oldest operating photographic studio in the world, Bourne & Shepherd, is also based in the city. The Standard Chartered Bank has a major branch in Kolkata. Kolkata is also the headquarters of Botanical Survey of India and Zoological Survey of India and many more organisations and companies.

JL Nehru Road, one of the CBD in Kolkata

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

Cumbria House

Cumbria House

English: Cumbria County Council's new HQ

Cumbria House is a municipal building in Botchergate, Carlisle, Cumbria.

Cumbria House is a municipal building in Botchergate, Carlisle, Cumbria.

Cumbria House

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

Air Atlanta Icelandic

History

Air Atlanta Icelandic / History

English: Air Atlanta Cargo Boeing 747-200 TF-AMD at Munich Airport (EDDM/MUC)

Air Atlanta Icelandic is a charter and ACMI airline based in Kópavogur, Iceland. It specialises in leasing aircraft on an ACMI and wet lease basis to airlines worldwide needing extra passenger and cargo capacity. It also operates charter services. The company operates in different countries and has bases worldwide.

The airline was established on 10 February 1986 by Captain Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife, Thora Gudmundsdottir. It started operations in 1986. Its first contract came when Caribbean Airways wet-leased a Boeing 707-320 from them for its London to Barbados flights. In 1988, the airline leased planes for Air Afrique to be used during the Hajj pilgrimage trips. This would become an important part of the structure of Air Atlanta Icelandic later on. Sudan Airways and Lufthansa were among the other airlines that benefited from leasing passenger airplanes from Air Atlanta Icelandic during the late 1980s, as well as Finnair, which leased a Boeing 737 from the Icelandic company. It was in 1991 that Air Atlanta Icelandic was able to take passengers to the sky with its own airline operation. Its first flight was with a Lockheed L-1011-500 plane. Later in 1992, Air Atlanta Icelandic participated in the United Nations peacekeepers airlifting, flying the UN representatives from former Yugoslavia to Nigeria and France. In 1993, the Boeing 747 arrived, and Saudia became one of the first airlines to lease that plane from Air Atlanta Icelandic, also for Hajj flights. After signing a contract with Samvinn Travel, Air Atlanta Icelandic began operating domestic charter flights as well. Later in 1993, a flight from Phnom Penh to Bangkok was launched using a Boeing 737-200. By 1994, Air Atlanta Icelandic had obtained rights to operate service from many other countries, including the United States, from where it had a flight to Colombia; and the Philippines, from where it was allowed to operate domestic charter flights. About that time, it began to offer flights within Europe and began service to Portugal. In 1996, a couple rented an Air Atlanta Icelandic Lockheed L-1011-500 to have a sky-wedding. The couple and its wedding guests were treated to a flight over the Arctic Circle, while the wedding was performed inside of the jet. 1997 saw the arrival of contracts with airlines such as Britannia Airways and Iberia, which would use an Air Atlanta Icelandic plane for its routes from Barajas International Airport in Madrid to José Martí International Airport in Havana and to other points in the Caribbean. That year also saw the arrival of the airline's first Boeing 747SP plane, which would later be utilized by government officials, sports teams, The Rolling Stones, and others. In 1998, Air Atlanta Icelandic leased planes for British Airways. In 1999, Magnus G. Thorstenn was named the company's new CEO. The airline became a fully wide bodied airplane airline in 1999 when it sold the last of its Boeing 737s. In 2000, Air India joined the growing list of airlines that have leased airplanes from Air Atlanta Icelandic airlines. In 2003, Air Atlanta Icelandic expanded into the United Kingdom with its subsidiary, Air Atlanta Europe, which operated Boeing 747s ad-hoc, charter and for the Florida tour operator, Travel City Direct. In March 2004, the company acquired a 40.5% stake in the UK charter airline Excel Airways. That stake later increased to 76.9%. In January 2005, the Avion Group was formed, and Air Atlanta Icelandic and Islandsflug merged under the Air Atlanta Icelandic brand name. In 2005, the Avion Group acquired Eimskip, a leading Icelandic sea transportation company, and Travel City Direct, a UK holiday company. In 2006, the Avion Group announced the purchase of the entire issued share capital of French charter airline Star Airlines, the second largest charter airline in the French market. Star Airlines operated charter flights mainly to destinations in Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, in addition to regular services to Lebanon, Male, and cities in Mexico. In June 2006, Air Atlanta Icelandic wet-leased one Boeing 747-200 to Yangtze River Express to operate cargo freight between Shanghai - Anchorage - Los Angeles. In October 2006, the Avion Group changed its name to HF Eimskipafélag Íslands, and at the same time sold UK Leisure Group Excel as well as 51% of Avion Aircraft Trading. A decision was also made to merge both Excel Ai

A former Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-200B(SF)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_Vedr%C3%A0

Es Vedrà

Es Vedrà

The Island of Es Vedrà off the Spanish island of Ibiza

Es Vedrà is a small rocky island off the south western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The island, which is 413 metres tall, is part of the Cala d’Hort nature reserve and lies 1.5423 miles off the coast at Cala d’Hort, which is in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. The island is uninhabited.

Es Vedrà ([əz vəˈðɾa]) is a small rocky island off the south western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The island, which is 413 metres tall, is part of the Cala d’Hort nature reserve and lies 1.5423 miles (2.4821 km) off the coast at Cala d’Hort, which is in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. The island is uninhabited.

The island of Es Vedrà

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

Gastropholis prasina

Description

Gastropholis prasina / Description

English: Green keel-bellied lizard at Berlin Aquarium

Gastropholis prasina, the green keel-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Lacertidae.

The green keel-bellied lizard is a slim, bright green lizard with a long prehensile tail that accounts for about 70% of its body length. The scales on its back are small, smooth and non-overlapping, and emerald-green in colour. The scales on its underside are yellow-green and keeled. There are patches of turquoise around its limbs, and occasionally black speckled lines along the sides of its body and black speckles on its tail. Its tongue is bright red. It can grow up to a length of 40cm, with average individuals measuring 25-35cm. Juveniles are 11-12cm long. Its digits are long and spindly, with a hooked claw at the end.

Green keel-bellied lizard at Aquarium Berlin

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Williams_(weightlifter)

Ray Williams (weightlifter)

Ray Williams (weightlifter)

English: Ray Williams (Weightlifter) in March 2006.

Raymond Williams is a Welsh weightlifter. Williams was voted Young Welsh Sports Personality of the Year in 1977 after being placed in the junior weightlifting championships. He joined the army and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers until 2003. Returning to the sport, Williams won the Welsh weightlifting championships in 1983 and the Celtic Nations title the following year. Williams won the gold medal in the featherweight class at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, beating David Lowenstein of Australia and Jeffrey Brice, a fellow Welshman. In 2003, Williams was appointed as the first National Weightlifting Coach for Wales.

Raymond Williams (born 9 September 1959 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh weightlifter. Williams was voted Young Welsh Sports Personality of the Year in 1977 after being placed in the junior weightlifting championships. He joined the army and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers until 2003. Returning to the sport, Williams won the Welsh weightlifting championships in 1983 and the Celtic Nations title the following year. Williams won the gold medal in the featherweight class at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, beating David Lowenstein of Australia and Jeffrey Brice, a fellow Welshman. In 2003, Williams was appointed as the first National Weightlifting Coach for Wales.

Ray Williams in 2006

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

List of extreme points of Poland

List of extreme points of Poland

English: Extreme points of Poland

This is a list of the extreme points of Poland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

This is a list of the extreme points of Poland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Extreme points of Poland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota

Morrison County, Minnesota

History

Morrison County, Minnesota / History

English: Colored map shows soils of Rice Area Sportsmen's State of Minnesota Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Morrison County Minnesota. Information to sort native vegetation by soils was sourced-from Web Soil Survey, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Accessed by Steve Nelson 5/6/11.

Morrison County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,198. Its county seat is Little Falls. Camp Ripley Military Reservation occupies a significant area in north-central Morrison County.

Dakotah and Ojibwe Indians lived in central Minnesota around the Mississippi River. French and English fur traders and voyageurs traveled through Minnesota from the 17th century to the 19th century. They used the river to transport their goods and trade with the natives. The county was named for fur trading brothers William and Allan Morrison. In the 19th century three prominent explorers led expeditions along the river through the area that became Morrison County. Zebulon Pike came through in 1805. Michigan Territory Governor Lewis Cass led an expedition through the area in 1820. Explorer and scientist Joseph Nicollet created the first accurate map of the area along the river in 1836. Missionaries were some of the area's first European settlers. Methodist missionaries settled temporarily along the Little Elk River in 1838. The Reverend Frederic and Elisabeth (Taylor) Ayer moved to the Belle Prairie area in 1849. They started a mission and school there for the Ojibwe. Father Francis Xavier Pierz came to the area in 1852 and started many communities in central Minnesota, including Sobieski and Rich Prairie (later renamed Pierz) in Morrison County. The US legislature established the Wisconsin Territory effective July 3, 1836. It existed until its eastern portion was granted statehood (as Wisconsin) in 1848. The federal government set up the Minnesota Territory effective 3 March 1849. The newly organized territorial legislature created nine counties across the territory in October of that year. On 25 February 1856, Benton, one of those original counties, had a portion of its northern section partitioned off to create Morrison County, with Little Falls as the county seat. It was named for William and Allen Morrison, early fur trappers and traders in the area. The event that prodded further development of the county was the building of Fort Ripley (originally named Ft. Gaines). In order to construct this military outpost, the Little Falls Mill and Land Company built a dam and sawmill in 1849. The company was formed by James Green, Allan Morrison, Henry Rice, John Irvine, John Blair Smith Todd, and Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana. Fort Ripley was ostensibly built to protect the Winnebago Indians, who had been relocated by Henry Rice from Iowa to central Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, between the Crow Wing and Long Prairie rivers. Rice hoped the Winnebago would act as a buffer between the warring Ojibwe and Dakotah. His plan was unsuccessful and in 1855 the Winnebago were moved to the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota. The Little Falls area was first settled in 1848, and platted in 1855. Its growth occurred when the Little Falls Company (later called the Little Falls Manufacturing Company) built a second dam. This dam washed out, as had the first, and Little Falls entered a long period of economic depression and stagnant population. Bit by bit, Little Falls grew, until it was officially incorporated as a village in 1879. Another wave of immigration occurred between 1880 and 1920. A wide variety of ethnic groups settled in Morrison County. This wave of immigration was spurred by the construction of the third dam at Little Falls in 1887. A group of investors from Louisville, Kentucky led by M. M. Williams financed the dam. To be sure their investment would succeed, they encouraged other major industries to move to the city, touting the water power. Pine Tree Lumber Company, run by Charles A. Weyerhaeuser and Richard "Drew" Musser, was one business that took advantage of the water power, with their operations in Little Falls beginning in 1890. Hennepin Paper Company also started operations that year in the city. In 1889 the Louisville investors drew up a charter to transform Little Falls from a village to a city. Nathan Richardson, one of Morrison County's original organizers, became the city's first mayor.

Soils of Rice Area Sportsmen's WMA neighborhood

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93United_States_relations

Bangladesh–United States relations

Present relations

Bangladesh–United States relations / Present relations

Bangladesh–United States relations are the current and historical relations between Bangladesh and the United States. Bangladesh has an embassy in Washington D.C. and consulates in New York City and Los Angeles. The United States has an embassy in Dhaka, with information centers in Chittagong, Jessore, Rajshahi and Sylhet. The U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh also operates the Archer K Blood American Library and the Edward M Kennedy Centre in Dhaka. Both countries are members of the United Nations. In 2014, 76% of Bangladeshis expressed a favorable view of the United States, one of the highest ratings for the countries surveyed in South Asia.

Bangladesh is a major American ally in South Asia. The two countries have extensive cooperation on matters of regional and global security, counter terrorism and climate change. Bangladesh has been a key participant in the Obama administration's main international development initiatives, including food security, healthcare and the environment. A strategic dialogue agreement was signed between the two countries in 2012. The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat in 2015 described relations as "vibrant, multi-faceted, and indispensable". U.S. policy towards Bangladesh emphasizes political stability, human rights and democracy. The U.S. also views Bangladesh as a moderate Muslim ally among Islamic countries. Although relations are traditionally regarded as excellent, the United States has often been strongly critical of the political administration in Bangladesh for lack of respect of the rule of law, suppressing freedom of the press and human rights abuses by security forces, notably the Rapid Action Battalion. Following a general election boycotted by the main opposition party in 2014, the U.S. gave a cold shoulder to the Bangladeshi government. According to American diplomats, U.S. policy in Bangladesh features the "three Ds", meaning Democracy, Development and Denial of space for terrorism. As of 2016, Bangladesh is the largest recipient of U.S. assistance in Asia outside Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Bill Clinton with Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, 2000

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

Natural capital

Natural capital

English: Simplified graphic showing the significance of Natural Capital, which can be seen as providing essential functions and ecosystem services. These underpin and sustain all of the key global issues facing society, such as food supply, water supply, meeting energy needs and capturing carbon to reduce impacts of climate change

Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. Two of these underpin our economy and society, and thus make human life possible. It is an extension of the economic notion of capital to goods and services provided by the natural environment. For example, a well-maintained forest or river may provide an indefinitely sustainable flow of new trees or fish, whereas over-use of those resources may lead to a permanent decline in timber availability or fish stocks. Natural capital also provides people with essential services, like water catchment, erosion control and crop pollination by insects, which in turn ensure the long-term viability of other natural resources. Since the continuous supply of services from the available natural capital assets is dependent upon a healthy, functioning environment, the structure and diversity of habitats and ecosystems are important components of natural capital.

Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. Two of these (clean water and fertile soil) underpin our economy and society, and thus make human life possible. It is an extension of the economic notion of capital (resources which enable the production of more resources) to goods and services provided by the natural environment. For example, a well-maintained forest or river may provide an indefinitely sustainable flow of new trees or fish, whereas over-use of those resources may lead to a permanent decline in timber availability or fish stocks. Natural capital also provides people with essential services, like water catchment, erosion control and crop pollination by insects, which in turn ensure the long-term viability of other natural resources. Since the continuous supply of services from the available natural capital assets is dependent upon a healthy, functioning environment, the structure and diversity of habitats and ecosystems are important components of natural capital. Methods, called 'natural capital asset checks', help decision-makers understand how changes in the current and future performance of natural capital assets will impact human well-being and the economy.

The many components of natural capital can be viewed as providing essential goods and ecosystem services which underpin some of our key global issues, such as food and water supply, minimising climate change and meeting energy needs.

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

Youngblood Brass Band

Members

Youngblood Brass Band / Members

Français : les Youngblood Brass Band à Reims.

The Youngblood Brass Band is a brass band from Oregon, Wisconsin, United States that was started by students at Oregon High School in 1995 when they were known as the One Lard Biskit Brass Band with the name changed to the current name in 1998.

Youngblood Brass Band's Lineup as of 2018 David Henzie-Skogen- vocals/percussion/production Zach Lucas - alto and tenor saxophones Tony Barba - tenor saxophone and bass clarinet Adam Meckler - trumpet Charley Wagner - trumpet Joe Goltz - trombone Matt Hanzelka - trombone Nat McIntosh - trombone/euphonium Miles Lyons - sousaphone Conor Elmes - percussion Tom Reschke - percussion Natalie Baker - live audio engineer (de facto member)

2015

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

Tahmoh Penikett

Career

Tahmoh Penikett / Career

Tahmoh Penikett Saturday Panel (ChiCon Salute to Supernatural 2014)

Tahmoh Penikett is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Karl "Helo" Agathon on SyFy's 2004 television series Battlestar Galactica. He has appeared in TV series Supernatural, Dollhouse, and the Showcase time travel show, Continuum.

In 2002, he had a brief appearance as one of the first Human-Form Replicators in the season 6 episode of Stargate SG-1, "Unnatural Selection". From 2004-2005, Penikett portrayed Ray Chase, who appeared in eleven episodes of the Canadian police drama, Cold Squad. He played a leading role as Noah Hamilton in the 2005 made-for-TV film Hush alongside actress Tori Spelling. He had a role in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon, as a street racer named Darius. He also appeared in four episodes of the television series Whistler as Elias Noth. Penikett also provided voice talent for antagonist Troy Hammerschmidt on the Adult Swim show Titan Maximum. In 2010, Penikett played the lead role of Matt Ellman on Syfy's miniseries Riverworld an adaption of the science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer of the same name. He starred in the first two episodes of Warner Brothers' Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Kurtis Stryker, which debuted in April on YouTube; he was replaced by Eric Jacobus for season 2. Among his early acting work were stints on assorted Canadian TV series such as Cold Squad. He also appeared on the TV show Smallville, in the episode "Resurrection" in Season 3 as Vince Davis, and in the Season 6 episodes "Nemesis" and "Prototype" as Sgt. Wes Keenan. He portrayed a police officer for a predominantly gay neighbourhood in the 2004 The L Word episode "Losing It", which starred Battlestar Galactica co-star Nicki Clyne in a related storyline. In 2003, the 1978 science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica was "reimagined" as a three-hour miniseries on the SciFi Channel. The miniseries was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Penikett, a local actor, auditioned and was cast in the part of Karl "Helo" Agathon, an officer in the Colonial Fleet. The miniseries proved highly successful, and a Battlestar Galactica series was commissioned. The role was not based on a character in the original series, and was meant to be confined only to the miniseries; in the miniseries Helo is shown giving up a spot on a spaceship fleeing the doomed planet of Caprica, with the implication that he was left to die. However, both the producers and test audiences were sufficiently impressed with the character, and Penikett's performance, that the decision was made to make Helo a recurring character on the show. A plot that took place over much of the show's first season was that the Cylons on Caprica kept Helo alive in order to have him fall in love with, and impregnate, a Cylon (Helo was chosen because his crew partner, Sharon Valerii, was in fact a Cylon, and another copy of the same model was sent to pretend to be her). By the second season, his character had returned to the Galactica; as the father of the only successful human-Cylon hybrid; this character and his family became central to the show's mythology. In 2009, Penikett was cast as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama television series Dollhouse, which aired on Fox network Friday nights at 9:00. Dollhouse was canceled at the end of its second season, and the series finale aired on Friday, January 29, 2010. In 2012, he guest-starred as a politician named Jim Martin in the first season of Showcase's Continuum. He returned as a recurring character in the second season of the show. In 2013, Penikett was cast on the CW TV series Supernatural as a fallen angel who claimed to be Ezekiel, appearing in the show's ninth season premiere. The character's real name was revealed as Gadreel in episode nine and Penikett reprised the role in episode ten. He has since reprised the roles in episodes eighteen, twenty-one and twenty-two. He also landed another recurring role on the mid-season drama Star-Crossed, which premiered in February 2014. In 2014, Penikett guest-starred in the 200th episode of Criminal Minds as Michael Hastings, an ex-CIA agent and leader of the terrorist group, The Regime Squad. Since 2014, he has also starred in the award-winning web series Riftworld Chronicles.

Penikett in 2014

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

Pump action

Rifles

Pump action / Rifles

English: Colt Lightning cal .22 Rifle

A pump-action or slide-action firearm is one whose action is operated manually by a sliding forend that can be moved forward and backward in order to eject and load ammunitions. When shooting, the forend is pulled rearward and the expended cartridge is ejected; the gun is then cocked and reloaded by pushing the forend to the front. Because the forend is manipulated usually with the support hand, a pump-action gun is much faster than a bolt-action and somewhat faster than a lever-action, as it does not require the trigger hand to be removed from the trigger while reloading. Also because the action is cycled in a linear fashion, it creates less torque that can tilt and throw the gun off aim when repeat firing rapidly.

When used in rifles, this action is also commonly called a slide action or more commonly referred to in the 19th century as a trombone action. Colt manufactured the Colt Lightning Carbine from 1884 to 1904 chambered in .44-40 caliber. Later pump action rifles were manufactured by Marlin, Browning and Remington. A 21st century variant is the Krieghoff Semprio in-line repeating rifle. The Semprio is an in-line action system that functions like a pump-action rifle but designed differently. The Krieghoff Semprio 7 locking lugs display a locking surface of 65 mm² (0.101 in²) compared to 56 mm² (0.087 in²) for the Mauser M98 bolt action.

The Colt Lightning pump action rifle.

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

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine

Structure and chemistry

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine / Structure and chemistry

English: (1-Oleyl) Lysophosphatidylethanolamine

A lysophosphatidylethanolamine is a chemical compound derived from a phosphatidylethanolamine, which is typical of cell membranes. LPE results from partial hydrolysis of phosphatidylethanolamine, which removes one of the fatty acid groups. The hydrolysis is generally the result of the enzymatic action of phospholipase A2. LPE can be used in agricultural use to regulate plant growth such as color increase, sugar content increase, plant health increase, and storability increase without side effect. LPE is present as a minor phospholipid in the cell membrane. Actually, LPE was detected in human serum, and its level is reported to be about several hundred ng mL⁻¹. Available sources of LPE are egg yolk lecithin, soybean lecithin, and other lecithins.

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) is composed of an ethanolamine head group and glycerophosphoric acid with a various fatty acid located sn-1 position. The fatty acid may be saturated or unsaturated acyl. Chemical name: 1-Acyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho(2-aminoethanol) CAS number: 95046-40-5 Molecular weight: ≅479

Example of lysophosphatidylethanolamine, (1-Oleyl) Lysophosphatidylethanolamine

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Stratton

George M. Stratton

The army

George M. Stratton / Work years / The army

English: Army aviation airfield in use during World War I. Near Mineola, Long Island, New York.

USGS map of Hazelhurst field in Long Island, 1918

George Malcolm Stratton was an American psychologist who pioneered the study of perception in vision by wearing special glasses which inverted images up and down and left and right. He studied under one of the founders of modern psychology, Wilhelm Wundt, and started one of the first experimental psychology labs in America, at the University of California, Berkeley. Stratton's studies on binocular vision inspired many later studies on the subject. He was one of the initial members of the philosophy department at Berkeley, and the first chair of its psychology department. He also worked on sociology, focusing on international relations and peace. Stratton presided over the American Psychological Association in 1908, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He wrote a book on experimental psychology and its methods and scope; published articles on the studies at his labs on perception, and on reviews of studies in the field; served on several psychological committees during and after World War I; and served as advisor to doctoral students who would go on to head psychology departments.

During World War I, Stratton served in army aviation developing psychological recruitment tests for aviators. He worked at San Francisco, Rockwell Field, San Diego, and at Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, New York. Joining as a captain, he was promoted to major in 1918 along with a transfer to Mineola. Stratton presided over the Army Aviation Examining Board in San Francisco in 1917, chaired the subcommittee of the National Research Council of the APA: "Psychological Problems of Aviation, including Examination of Aviation Recruits" in the summer of 1917, and headed the psychological section of the Medical Research Lab of the Army Medical Research Board at Hazelhurst Field, a wing of the Army's Sanitary Corps, in 1918. As a member of the psychological division, his research focused on developing psychological recruiting tests for would-be aviators. The tests he designed tested for reaction times, ability to imagine completions of curves presented visually, and the ability to sense a gradual tilting of one's own body. Edward L. Thorndike pooled Stratton's results with other studies to statistically analyze and correlate weak performance to a poor flying record. Part of this research was carried out in the spring of 1918 with Captain Henmon at Kelly Field, and the army thought enough of the results to allow the tests for checking recruits in four new units.

Hazelhurst field

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

Georg Scholz

Georg Scholz

Deutsch: Georg Scholz Selbstporträt (ohne Jahr)

Georg Scholz was a German realist painter. Scholz was born in Wolfenbüttel and had his artistic training at the Karlsruhe Academy, where his teachers included Hans Thoma and Wilhelm Trübner. He later studied in Berlin under Lovis Corinth. After military service in World War I lasting from 1915 to 1918, he resumed painting, working in a style fusing cubist and futurist ideas. In 1919 Scholz became a member of the Communist Party of Germany, and his work of the next few years is harshly critical of the social and economic order in postwar Germany. His Industrial Farmers of 1920 is an oil painting with collage that depicts a Bible-clutching farmer with money erupting from his forehead, seated next to his monstrous wife who cradles a piglet. Their subhuman son, his head open at the top to show that it is empty, is torturing a frog. Perhaps Scholz' best-known work, it is typical of the paintings he produced in the early 1920s, combining a controlled, crisp execution with corrosive sarcasm. Scholz quickly became one of the leaders of the New Objectivity, a group of artists who practiced a cynical form of realism.

Georg Scholz (October 10, 1890 – November 27, 1945) was a German realist painter. Scholz was born in Wolfenbüttel and had his artistic training at the Karlsruhe Academy, where his teachers included Hans Thoma and Wilhelm Trübner. He later studied in Berlin under Lovis Corinth. After military service in World War I lasting from 1915 to 1918, he resumed painting, working in a style fusing cubist and futurist ideas. In 1919 Scholz became a member of the Communist Party of Germany, and his work of the next few years is harshly critical of the social and economic order in postwar Germany. His Industrial Farmers of 1920 is an oil painting with collage that depicts a Bible-clutching farmer with money erupting from his forehead, seated next to his monstrous wife who cradles a piglet. Their subhuman son, his head open at the top to show that it is empty, is torturing a frog. Perhaps Scholz' best-known work, it is typical of the paintings he produced in the early 1920s, combining a controlled, crisp execution with corrosive sarcasm. Scholz quickly became one of the leaders of the New Objectivity, a group of artists who practiced a cynical form of realism. The most famous among this group are Max Beckmann, George Grosz and Otto Dix, and Scholz's work briefly vied with theirs for ferocity of attack. By 1925, however, his approach had softened into something closer to neoclassicism, as seen in the Self-Portrait in front of an Advertising Column of 1926 and the Seated Nude with Plaster Bust of 1927. In 1925, he was appointed a professor at the Baden State Academy of Art in Karlsruhe, where his students included Rudolf Dischinger. Scholz began contributing in 1926 to the satirical magazine Simplicissimus, and in 1928 he visited Paris where he especially appreciated the work of Bonnard. With the rise to power of Hitler and the National Socialists in 1933, Scholz was quickly dismissed from his teaching position. Declared a Degenerate Artist, his works were among those seized in 1937 as part of a campaign by the Nazis to "purify" German culture, and he was forbidden to paint in 1939. In 1945, the French occupation forces appointed Scholz mayor of Waldkirch, but he died that same year, in Waldkirch.

Self-Portrait in front of an Advertising Column, 1926

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

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Rail network

Nederlandse Spoorwegen / Coverage / Rail network

Three in a row for all the places you need to go.

Nederlandse Spoorwegen is a Dutch state-owned company, the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS provides rail services on the Dutch main rail network. The Dutch rail network is the busiest in the European Union, and third busiest in the world after Switzerland and Japan. The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight services, formerly operated by NS Cargo, merged with DB Schenker in 2000. NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. Also, NS provides international rail services from the Netherlands to other European destinations and carries out concessions on some foreign rail markets through its subsidiary Abellio.

The hoofdrailnet is the official core internal passenger railnetwork of the Netherlands. Currently NS has a concession until 1 January 2015 to provide all passenger services on this network, except that on some stretches there is an overlap with lines for which other operators have a concession. Some of the most notable of these stretches are those from Elst railway station to Arnhem Centraal railway station, where NS shares tracks with Arriva, and further on to Arnhem Velperpoort. Here the tracks are shared by three operators, as Breng, ultimately part of Transdev, operates there in addition to the two previously mentioned operators. Officially the overlaps do not constitute competition on the same lines. The concession was free of charge until 2009, and costs an increasing amount since then, up to €30 million for the year 2014. The concession distinguishes main stations and other stations. Except on New Year's Eve, the main stations have to be served at least twice an hour per direction from 6 a.m. to midnight and the other stations at least once an hour. Exceptions are possible until the start of the next concession. The next concession period is 2025–2035. For the 2015–2025 concession, requirements include: for every train service where on average more than one-third of the passengers travel longer than 30 minutes, a train with a toilet is used, every newly ordered train has a toilet and in 2025 every train has to have a toilet. Currently trains on the hoofdrailnet without a toilet include the NS SGMm numbers 2111 to 2125, the so-called classical "Sprinter" and the Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT, these trains are being converted periodically to have a toilet on board).

NS trains at Arnhem Centraal

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal_University

José Rizal University

College

José Rizal University / Academic programs / College

English: Inside the JRU Campus

José Rizal University is a non-sectarian, non-stock private educational institution. Located at Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. It was founded in 1919 by Don Vicente Fabella, the Philippines' first certified accountant. José Rizal University joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1927. The college varsity teams are called the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers. It is one of the schools situated in the east side of Mandaluyong City, the others being Arellano University – Plaridel Campus and Don Bosco Technical College.

Courses Offered All courses offered in the College Division are recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. In addition, the undergraduate programs have been accredited by the Philippine Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, and qualified by the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. The collegiate undergraduate programs in Commercial Science, Liberal Arts and Education have been granted Level III accreditation by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation and the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, and qualified by the Commission on Higher Education. In addition, the University was granted a deregulated status by the Commission on Higher Education to recognize its commitment and contribution to the promotion of quality education. Only 50 universities in the Philippines have this seal. Business and Accountancy Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (B.S.A.) Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) - CHED Center of Development Major in Accounting Major in Computer Science Major in Economics Major in Finance Major in Management Major in Marketing Major in Secretarial Science Major in Service Management for BPO Major in Supply Chain Management Major in Office Management Hospitality and Tourism Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (B.S.H.R.M.) Major in Cruise Management Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (B.S.T.M.) Liberal Arts Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) in English in Mathematics in Psychology in History Engineering Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (B.S.Cp.E.) Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (B.S.E.C.E.) Information Technology Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (B.S.I.T.) Major in Animation and Game Development Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) Criminology Bachelor of Science in Criminology (B.S.C.) Students Organizations There are several of student organizations in the campus, all under the leadership of students with faculty supervision. From time to time, the different organizations sponsor convocations and open forum on subjects of current interest. Notable speakers with special knowledge of the topic are usually invited. The Central Student Council The highest student body on the campus, the Central Student Council prepares students for leadership in the community outside the College. It is composed of the officers of the different recognized campus organizations and advised by a senior faculty member. It has the basic task of coordinating student activities in which the whole student body has direct interest. The Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA) One of the largest college organization in the Philippines, the JRU-JPIA is composed of different students who are taking BSA and BSBA-Accounting. It is an honor society devoted to the promotion of accounting through different programs. Furthermore, it aims to develop accounting students mentally, emotionally and socially as preparation for their journey to become Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the future. Other Organizations in the College Division MANSOC - Management Society MATHSOC - Mathematics Society YES - Young Educators Society COMSOC - Computer Society ICpEP.se - JRU Chapter - Formerly ACES (Auxiliary of Computer Engineering Students) ASH - Association of Students in History (formerly History Society) ATOMS - Association of Tourism Management Students JPIA - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants JFINECS - Junior Finance and Economics Society (formerly Finance Society) LASO - Liberal Arts Students Organization (Formerly Communication Arts Society) HHRS - Hospitality Hotelier and Restaurateurs Society YMA - Young Marketers Association SMS - Supply Management Society (Formerly Supply Management Elites) Teatro Rizal Jose Rizal University Book Buddies Jose Rizal University Chorale Jose Rizal University Dance Troupe Jose Rizal University Pep Squad

Inside the JRU Campus

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971

1971

June

1971 / Births / June

English: Elon Musk is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer.Español: Elon Musk es un emprendedor tecnológico, inversor, e ingeniero.

1971 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade. The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses and two total lunar eclipses. The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.

June 1 Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer Georgie Gardner, Australian journalist Fadli Zon, Indonesian politician and former deputy speaker of the Indonesian People's Representative Council June 3 Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer Benedict Wong, English actor June 4 Joseph Kabila, 4th President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Noah Wyle, American actor June 5 Francisco Gabriel de Anda, Mexican footballer Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress Robert Melson, American murderer (d. 2017) Mark Wahlberg, American actor, producer, businessman, model and rapper known as Marky Mark June 8 Jeff Douglas, Canadian actor Troy Vincent, American football player June 9 – Uladzimir Zhuravel, Belarusian football player and coach (d. 2018) June 10 Bobby Jindal, American politician Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Kyle Sandilands, Australian DJ, Australian Idol judge and TV presenter June 11 – Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese voice actor June 12 Arman Alizad, Finnish tailor, columnist and TV personality Mark Henry, American professional wrestler, Olympian June 15 Jake Busey, American actor, musician, and film producer Isménia do Frederico, Cape Verdean sprinter Taavi Eelmaa, Estonian actor June 16 Eva Püssa, Estonian actress Tupac Shakur, African-American rapper and actor (d. 1996) June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer June 18 – Nathan Morris, African-American singer (Boyz II Men) June 20 – Josh Lucas, American actor June 21 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue) June 22 – Kurt Warner, American football player June 23 – Enrique Romero, Spanish footballer June 24 Thomas Helveg, Danish footballer Ji Jin-hee, South Korean actor June 25 Angela Kinsey, American actress Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer Jason Lewis, American actor and former fashion model Scott Maslen, English actor June 26 – Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer June 27 Marcelo Faustini, Brazilian singer King Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001) Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician June 28 Fabien Barthez, French football player Kenny Cunningham, Irish football player Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality Elon Musk, South African-born, Canadian-American entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and investor Aileen Quinn, American actress June 29 Matthew Good, Canadian musician Junko Noda, Japanese voice actress June 30 Megan Fahlenbock, Canadian voice actress Jamie McLennan, retired professional ice hockey goaltender, radio sports analyst Agvaansamdangiin Sükhbat, Mongolian wrestler

Elon Musk

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

Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad

Shipbuilding and repairs

Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad / Early 20th century / Shipbuilding and repairs

English: A vintage tram on Snellmaninkatu street in Kruununhaka, Helsinki, Finland. Suomi: Museoraitiovaunu Snellmaninkadulla Kruununhaassa, Helsingissä. Svenska: En museispårvagn på Snellmansgatan i Kronohagen i Helsingfors. Deutsch: Ein Museums-Straßenbahnwagen auf der Snellmaninkatu Straße in Kruununhaka in Helsinki, Finnland.

Aktiebolaget Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad was a Finnish shipbuilding and engineering company that operated in Helsinki in 1895–1938. The company was set up to continue shipbuilding at Hietalahti shipyard, after its predecessor Helsingfors Skeppsdocka, which operated the yard in 1865–1895, had bankrupted. The company portfolio consisted building and repairing of ships, production of tram and railway wagons, boilers, steam and combustion engines, winches and other products. Before and during the First World War the main customers were the Imperial Russian Navy and the Finnish State Railways. Following the Finnish Declaration of Independence in 1917, the Finnish Civil War broke out in 1918. The yard was closed until the Red Guards had left the city. Due to recession in shipbuilding the company owners decided to sell the shares to another Helsinki engineering company, Kone- ja Siltarakennus in 1926. In 1935 Kone- ja Siltarakennus was taken over by Wärtsilä, which amalgamated Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works into its own organisation. The yard continued operating under name Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard after that.

In year 1900 Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works invested on pneumatic tools. A separate air compressor building was constructed next to the steam boiler building, and the premises were equipped with a comprehensive pressurised air supply network. The new tools increased productivity especially at the dockyard. At the early 20th century the company built passenger ships, tug steamers and other vessels to Finnish and Russian customers. In 1904 the company recruited Theodor Höijer as shipbuilding master. Höijer was an experienced engineer who had worked in Sweden and the United States. The size of ships visiting in the Finnish harbours had grown by the end of the 19th century, and in order to be able to dock those ships, the dock had to be extended. In 1903 the dock was extended to 96 metres, in 1910 to 100.6 metres and in 1912 to 106.7 metres. After the last enlargement, the company was able to dock the largest ships which visited the Finnish harbours. As the dry dock alone was not enough to meet the demand, the company considered building another similar one or a floating dry dock. The first option was ruled out due to cost reasons, and the second one due to lack of suitable place next to the area. Therefore, the company ended up to replace an 1886-built cradle by a larger one with 1,500 tonnes capacity. The 1907–1908 built new cradle was a significant investment, costing nearly 350,000 marks. Ship repair capabilities were further enhanced by introduction of welding in 1906 and investments on machinery, including two large lathes in 1908. Between 1900–1914 the company built at least 60 vessels. Most of the customers were from Russia and other countries around the Baltic Sea. 22 projects were steam launches and passenger steamers, three were coast guard vessels, 20 vessels were tug boats, rescue vessels or icebreakers and 11 were barges. In motor vessels the company used engines produced by Swedish J. & C. G. Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB. About 30 vessels built in 1910–1918 were powered by these engines designed by Erik Rundlöf. At the end of 1904 the Russian Admiralty ordered first two, then another two torpedo boats, which were delivered in 1907. The drawings and engines came from Germany. The orders were highly profitable and during the building the company headcount was increased from 700 to 1,000. The project required building an electrogalvanisation facility which operated until 1914. While the order intake of military vessels declined in 1910, the company got significant repair projects: in 1911 three medium-size navy vessels, in 1912 three ships-of-the-line and five smallers vessels, in 1913 one ship of the line and a minelayer. Moreover, in 1914 shortly before the outbreak of the war, nine smaller ships underwent a thorough repair. Also new ships were constructed in the meantime.

Vintage tram in Helsinki with a wagon produced by Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works.

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

Temple Owls

Men's Basketball

Temple Owls / Men's Basketball

w:Liacouras Center (Temple)

The Temple Owls are the athletic teams that represent Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's sports teams are called the Owls. The current athletic director is Patrick Kraft. The owl has been the symbol and mascot for Temple University since its founding in the 1880s. Temple was the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as its symbol or mascot. The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school for young people of limited means. Russell Conwell, Temple's founder, encouraged these students with the remark: "The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day."

In 1938, the Owls, who finished with a 23–2 record, won the inaugural National Invitation Tournament by routing Colorado 60–36 in the championship final. Because the NCAA Tournament was not held until the following year, Temple's NIT championship earned the Owls national title recognition. The team was also retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. During the 1950s, the Temple basketball team made two NCAA Final Four appearances (1956, 1958) under legendary Head Coach Harry Litwack. Litwack would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame after concluding a 21-year coaching career that included 373 wins. Head Coach John Chaney, also a Hall of Famer, won a total of 724 career games and took Temple to the NCAA tournament 17 times. His 1987–88 Owls team entered the NCAA tournament ranked #1 in the country, and he has reached the Elite Eight on five occasions. He was consensus national coach of the year in 1988. Former NBA players Eddie Jones of the Miami Heat, Aaron McKie of the Los Angeles Lakers, Rick Brunson of the New York Knicks, and Mardy Collins, formerly of the Los Angeles Clippers, are also part of Temple's basketball heritage. On March 13, 2006, Hall of Fame head coach John Chaney retired. On April 10, 2006, University of Pennsylvania head coach and La Salle University alumnus Fran Dunphy was named the new Temple's Men's Head Basketball coach. Dunphy had coached the Quakers for 17 straight seasons prior to the move. Dunphy and his Owls won the Atlantic-10 tournament in 2008 beating St. Joseph's University. The Owls were rewarded with a 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and paired against 5th-seeded Michigan State, losing that game 72–61. In 2009, the Owls won their second consecutive Atlantic-10 tournament against Duquesne, for their conference leading 13th title. Entering the 2009–10 season, Temple Men's Basketball program ranked sixth in NCAA All-Time wins with 1711.

Liacouras Center, home of Temple Owls basketball and volleyball teams since 1997.

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

The Taming of the Shrew on screen

Television

The Taming of the Shrew on screen / Television

Photo of Lilli Palmer and Maurice Evans in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Taming of the Shrew.

There have been numerous on screen adaptations of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The best known cinematic adaptations are Sam Taylor's 1929 The Taming of the Shrew and Franco Zeffirelli's 1967 The Taming of the Shrew, both of which starred the most famous celebrity couples of their era; Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks in 1929 and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in 1967. On television, perhaps the most significant adaptation is the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare version, directed by Jonathan Miller and starring John Cleese and Sarah Badel. The play has also been reworked numerous times for both cinema and television. Some of the better known adaptations include Kiss Me Kate, a 1953 filmic adaptation of Cole Porter's 1948 musical based on the play, McLintock!, Il Bisbetico Domato, 10 Things I Hate About You, Deliver Us from Eva and Isi Life Mein...!.

The earliest screening of the play is often inaccurately reported to have been broadcast on BBC Television Service in 1939, directed by Dallas Bower and starring Margaretta Scott and Austin Trevor. However, this was an adaptation of Garrick's Catharine and Petruchio, not Shakespeare's Shrew. The first television performance of the Shakespearean text was in the United States in 1950, broadcast live on CBS as part of the Westinghouse Studio One series. A heavily edited sixty-minute modern-dress performance, written by Worthington Miner and directed by Paul Nickell, it starred Lisa Kirk and Charlton Heston. Katherina's opening speech in 4.3, beginning with "the more my wrong, the more his spite appears" was delivered in the form of a voice-over, an unusual technique at the time. The production is also notable insofar as when she hugs Petruchio after her climactic speech, she winks at the camera. Diana E. Henderson writes "this version relentlessly reiterates conventional post-war ideas of gender difference [...] the production as a whole serves to legitimatise the domestication of women." In 1952, BBC Television Service screened a live adaptation as part of their Sunday Night Theatre series, directed by Desmond Davis and starring Margaret Johnston and Stanley Baker. In 1956, NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame screened the first colour television adaptation, directed by George Schaefer, and starring Lilli Palmer and Maurice Evans (who also produced). The initial script was written by Michael Hogan, who included the Induction, and kept Sly on stage for the entire show, which culminated with him beating his own wife, much to the delight of the actors who have just performed for him. This script, however, was heavily rewritten by Hall of Fame producer William Nichols, who removed the frame. The production instead opens with Grumio (Jerome Kilty) addressing the camera directly, inviting the audience to view the "antic players." A commedia dell'arte-style production, Katherina and Petruchio first meet in a boxing ring, with their initial encounter, literally, turning into a boxing match. In 1982, CBC broadcast Peter Dews' production from the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. Directed for television by Norman Campbell, it starred Sharry Flett and Len Cariou, with Desmond Ellis as Sly. This is the first known television version to include the Sly framework. Elizabeth Schafer describes the effect of using the Induction in a TV production as "Brechtian without ever being too solemn." Also in 1982, the play inaugurated the Channel 4 series Shakespeare Lives! Conceived by director Michael Bogdanov as a direct reply to the BBC Television Shakespeare, which he loathed, the series examined six plays using National Theatre actors and a live audience, with whom Bogdanov and the actors would speak, often re-acting scenes using different suggestions from audience members. The Taming of the Shrew episode was the basis of a two-part Roundhouse Theatre workshop starring Suzanne Bertish and Daniel Massey, which addressed whether or not the play demeans women, or depicts how they are demeaned in society. In 1986, the television series Moonlighting produced an episode entitled "Atomic Shakespeare", written by Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno (with a writing credit for William 'Budd' Shakespeare), and directed by Will Mackenzie. The episode recasts the show's main characters in a self-referential comedic parody of The Taming of the Shrew. The episode opens with a boy who is annoyed that he has to read The Shrew for his homework, rather than watching his favourite programme, Moonlighting itself. He goes to his room and begins reading, and the episode then takes place in his mind as he imagines the members of the cast of Moonlighting in an adaptation of the play itself, with Cybill Shepherd as Katherina and Bruce Willis as Petruchio. In 1994, BBC aired an adaptation as part of Shakespeare: The Animated Tales. This version adapted the end of The Taming of a Shrew to round out the frame; after Sly announces he now knows how to tame a shrew, he proudly walks

Lilli Palmer and Maurice Evans in the 1956 Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation directed by George Schaefer.

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

Buick Regal

Grand National, Turbo-T, T-Type, and GNX

Buick Regal / Second generation (1978) / Grand National, Turbo-T, T-Type, and GNX

Buick T-Type at the auto-x

The Buick Regal is an upscale mid-sized automobile that was first introduced by Buick for the 1973 model year. The model was originally positioned as a personal luxury car, and typically offered in both coupe and sedan forms until 1997, when the Regal became sedan-only due to the decline of the personal luxury coupe market. For certain model years between 1973 and 2004, the Regal shared bodies and powertrains with the similar Buick Century, although the Regal was positioned as a more upmarket vehicle. The Regal was discontinued in the North American market in 2004, being succeeded by the Buick LaCrosse. In 2008, a new version of the Regal was introduced for the Chinese market, which is a badge engineered version of the Opel Insignia. The new Regal was introduced to the North American market in 2011, positioned as a mid-size vehicle. A new model was introduced for 2018, which is offered in a liftback sedan and a "TourX" station wagon version. GM plans to discontinue the Regal in the North American market after the 2020 model year, making Buick exclusively a CUV marque there.

In February 1982, the Regal Grand National debuted, which was named for the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Series (the "Grand National" term was part of the Cup series nomenclature until 1986). Buick had won the Manufacturers Cup in 1981 and 1982, and wanted to capitalize on its success: "What wins on Sunday, sells on Monday". These 1982 cars were not painted black, which may confuse those not familiar with them. All started out as charcoal gray Regals that were shipped off to a subcontractor for finishing. Originally intended for a run of 100 units, Cars and Concepts of Brighton, Michigan, retrofitted 215 Regals with the GN package. Most obvious was the light silver gray firemist paint added to each side. Red pinstripes and billboard shadow lettering proclaiming "Buick" were applied. The wheel opening moldings and rocker panel moldings were blacked out using black vinyl tape. Finally, a front air dam and rear spoiler were installed. On the inside, special "Lear-Siegler" seats were installed. These seats are fully adjustable and were covered with silver brandon cloth with black vinyl inserts. The front seat had Buick's "6" emblem embroidered onto them. Also, a special clock delete plate was added to the instrument panel which contained the yellow and orange "6" logo and the words "Grand National Buick Motor Division".) The 1982 GN came with a naturally aspirated 252 cu in (4.1 L) V6 engine with 125 hp (127 PS; 93 kW) at 4000 rpm and 205 lb⋅ft (278 N⋅m) of torque at 2000 rpm. Of the 215 Regal Grand Nationals produced in 1982, at least 35 were based on the Buick Regal Sport coupe package with the turbocharged 3,791 cc (3.8 L; 231.3 cu in) V6 engine with 175 hp (177 PS; 130 kW) at 4000 rpm and 275 lb⋅ft (373 N⋅m) of torque at 2600 rpm. There were only 2022 Sport coupes produced in 1982, and the number of cars with both the GN and Sport coupe packages is estimated to be fewer than 50. For 1983, there was no Grand National. The Sport coupe model was renamed the T-Type; 3,732 were produced (190 hp (193 PS; 142 kW) at 1600 rpm and 280 lb⋅ft (380 N⋅m) of torque at 2400 rpm). The T-Type had been used on other Buicks, starting with the Riviera in 1981 (in 1979 and 1980, it was the S Type). The 1983 Regal T-Type featured tube headers, Hydro-Boost II brakes, 200-4R 4-speed overdrive trans and 3.42 rear axle (7.5"). For 1984, the Grand National returned, now in all black paint. The turbocharged 3,791 cc (3.8 L; 231.3 cu in) became standard and was refined with sequential fuel injection, distributor-less computer controlled ignition, and boasted 200 hp (203 PS; 149 kW) at 4400 rpm and 300 lb⋅ft (407 N⋅m) of torque at 2400 rpm. Only 5,204 turbo Regals were produced that year, only 2,000 of which were Grand Nationals. Because this was the first year production of the computer controlled sequential fuel injection and distributor-less ignition, this is often considered the year and model that started the development of the legendary intercooled Grand Nationals. The performance of this package was well ahead of its time and the "little V6" easily kept up with the bigger V8s. ¹⁄₄ mile (402 m) performance was listed at 15.9 seconds at stock boost levels of 10 psi (0.69 bar), while for the same year, the Chevrolet Camaro V6 was listed at 17.0 and the Chevrolet Corvette at 15.2 seconds. Soon, performance enthusiasts determined the modifications that worked and the Grand Nationals easily broke into the 13-second territory. All Grand Nationals had the Lear Siegler-made cloth/leather interior which was only available for this year. An estimated 200 of the 1984 Grand Nationals were produced with the T-Top option which makes these the rarest of the Grand Nationals. For 1986, a modified engine design with air-air intercooling boosted the performance even further to a specified 235 hp (238 PS; 175 kW) at 4000 rpm and 330 lb⋅ft (447 N⋅m) of torque at 2400 rpm. The Grand Nationals (quantity 5,512) and T-Types (quantity 2,384) were both produced in 1986. For 1987, performance reached 245 hp (248 PS; 183 kW) and 355 lb⋅ft (481 N⋅m) of torque. Buick dr

Buick Regal T-Type

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B8gheitinden

Høgheitinden

Høgheitinden

English: Elnesvågen seen from the Heiane mountain in winter

Høgheitinden or Heiane is a mountain in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 694-metre tall mountain sits immediately to the northeast of the village of Elnesvågen. Locals refer to the mountain as Heiane, and they distinguish between the popular ridge and the summit using the names Lågheiane for the ridge and Høgheiane for the summit.

Høgheitinden or Heiane is a mountain in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The 694-metre (2,277 ft) tall mountain sits immediately to the northeast of the village of Elnesvågen. Locals refer to the mountain as Heiane, and they distinguish between the popular ridge and the summit using the names Lågheiane for the ridge and Høgheiane for the summit.

View of Elnesvågen from Heiane.

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

Allelomimetic behavior

In chickens and roosters

Allelomimetic behavior / In chickens and roosters

This rooster was found running in the street. Relocated to a farm.

Allelomimetic behavior or allomimetic behavior is a range of activities in which the performance of a behavior increases the probability of that behavior being performed by other nearby animals. Allelomimetic behavior is sometimes called contagious behavior and has strong components of social facilitation, imitation, and group coordination. It is usually considered to occur between members of the same species. An alternate definition is that allelomimetic behavior is a more intense or more frequent response or the initiation of an already known response, when others around the individual are engaged in the same behavior. It is often referred to as synchronous behavior, mimetic behavior, imitative behavior, and social facilitation. Allelomimetic behavior is displayed in all animals and can occur in any stage of life, but usually starts at a young age. This behavior will continue throughout life, especially when an individual is living in a large group that emphasizes group cohesion. Cohesion is seen as a prerequisite for group living, with synchronous activity being crucial for social cohesion.

Allelomimetic behaviour can often be affected by domestication and lead to the evolution of new social behaviours, or subtle changes in current social behaviors. It is thought that domestication would reduce the level of allelomimetic behavior in animals due to the removal of many important factors that create mimicries such as predation, food pressures and competition between species members. Since there is no need to worry about possible predation or a lack of resources in a domesticated environment, the allelomimetic behaviors seen in non-domesticated species evolved out and the adaptation to domestication became the new normal. Mimetic behaviors that once incorporated anti-predator strategies or mating strategies became unnecessary and the use of these behaviors decreased. An experiment was conducted by Eklund and Jensen using an ancestor of all domesticated chickens, the red junglefowl, and a domesticated breed, the white leghorn. They showed that allelomimetic behavior was more prominent and used more frequently in the non-domesticated red junglefowl compared to the white leghorn, most likely due to the chance of predation, starvation, and the lack of shelter playing a role in producing these allelomimetic behaviors. Total synchronization only occurred in both species during comforting behaviors such as perching and dust bathing. In activities outside of comfort behavior, there was little mimetic behavior in the domesticated white leghorn and inter-individual distances presented by the chickens during perching was larger than the non-domesticated species. Perching in the red junglefowl occurred more frequently and was more mimetic than in the white leghorn. The social behavior of the red junglefowl was also affected by allelomimetism, where behaviors such as feather pecking were more synchronized than in the white leghorn. A difference in feeding synchrony also appeared in females versus males. Females were more likely to mimic other females' eating behaviors compared to a mixed-sex group or males mimicking males.

The domesticated white leghorn rooster, a species of rooster used in Eklund and Jensen's experiment

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwate-Wainai_Station

Iwate-Wainai Station

Iwate-Wainai Station

English: Iwate-Wainai Station, Miyako, Iwate, Japan 日本語: 岩手県宮古市・岩手和井内駅

Iwate-Wainai Station was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Miyako, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

Iwate-Wainai Station (岩手和井内駅, Iwate-Wainai-eki) was a railway station on the Iwaizumi Line in Miyako, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East).

Iwate-Wainai Station, October 2006

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_New_York_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment

41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

English: Leopold von Gilsa was a career soldier who served as an officer in the armies of Prussia and later the United States. He is best known for his role in the misfortunes of the XI Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War

The 41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War. They were nicknamed Dekalbs Regiment. The regiment was formed from German immigrants from both New York and Pennsylvania. Initially, the regiment wore a uniform that was based on the Jaeger uniform of Germany. It consisted of a dark green frock coat with red trimming and cuff flaps, dark green pants with a red stripe down the leg, a dark green kepi with a red band, and black shoes. In addition to the Jaeger uniform, Company K of the regiment wore a French/American zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red trimmings, dark blue pantaloons with red braiding, a sky blue sash, a dark blue zouave vest with red trimming, a red tassled fez with a thin yellow band around it, and white gaiters.

The 41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War. They were nicknamed Dekalbs Regiment. The regiment was formed from German immigrants from both New York and Pennsylvania. Initially, the regiment wore a uniform that was based on the Jaeger uniform of Germany. It consisted of a dark green frock coat with red trimming and cuff flaps, dark green pants with a red stripe down the leg, a dark green kepi with a red band, and black shoes. In addition to the Jaeger uniform, Company K of the regiment wore a French/American zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red trimmings, dark blue pantaloons with red braiding, a sky blue sash, a dark blue zouave vest with red trimming, a red tassled fez with a thin yellow band around it, and white gaiters.

41st NYVIR Colonel Leopold von Gilsa

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

Gene Roddenberry

Star Trek revival

Gene Roddenberry / Career as full-time writer and producer / Star Trek revival

English: The Space Shuttle Enterprise rolls out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities with Star Trek television cast and crew members. From left to right, the following are pictured: DeForest Kelley, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on the series; George Takei (Mr. Sulu); James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott); Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); series creator Gene Roddenberry; NASA Deputy Administrator George Low; and, Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov).

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and creator of the original Star Trek television series, and its first spin-off The Next Generation. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department, where he also began to write scripts for television. As a freelance writer, Roddenberry wrote scripts for Highway Patrol, Have Gun – Will Travel, and other series, before creating and producing his own television series, The Lieutenant. In 1964, Roddenberry created Star Trek, which premiered in 1966 and ran for three seasons before being canceled. He then worked on other projects, including a string of failed television pilots. The syndication of Star Trek led to its growing popularity; this, in turn, resulted in the Star Trek feature films, on which Roddenberry continued to produce and consult.

Lacking funds in the early 1970s, Roddenberry was unable to buy the full rights to Star Trek for $150,000 from Paramount. Lou Scheimer approached Paramount in 1973 about creating an animated Star Trek series. Credited as "executive consultant" and paid $2,500 per episode, Roddenberry was granted full creative control of Star Trek: The Animated Series. Although he read all the scripts and "sometimes [added] touches of his own", he relinquished most of his authority to de facto showrunner/associate producer D. C. Fontana. Roddenberry had some difficulties with the cast. To save money, he sought not to hire George Takei and Nichelle Nichols. He neglected to inform Leonard Nimoy of this and instead, in an effort to get him to sign on, told him that he was the only member of the main cast not returning. After Nimoy discovered the deception, he demanded that Takei and Nichols play Sulu and Uhura when their characters appeared on screen; Roddenberry acquiesced. He had been promised five full seasons of the new show, but ultimately, only one and a half were produced. However, the groundswell of vociferous fan support (6,000 attended the second New York Star Trek convention in 1973 and 15,000 attended in 1974, eclipsing the 4,500 attendees at the 32nd World Science Fiction Convention in 1974) led Paramount to hire Roddenberry to create and produce a feature film based on the franchise in May 1975. The studio was unimpressed with the ideas being put forward; John D. F. Black's opinion was that their ideas were never "big enough" for the studio, even when one scenario involved the end of the universe. At the time, several ideas were partly developed including Star Trek: The God Thing and Star Trek: Planet of the Titans. Following the commercial reception of Star Wars, in June 1977, Paramount instead green-lit a new series set in the franchise titled Star Trek: Phase II, with Roddenberry and most of the original cast, except Nimoy, set to reprise their respective roles. It was to be the anchor show of a proposed Paramount-owned "fourth network", but plans for the network were scrapped and the project was reworked into a feature film. The result, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, troubled the studio because of budgetary concerns, but was a box-office hit. Adjusted for inflation, it was the third-highest grossing Star Trek movie, with the 2009 film coming in first and the 2013 film second. In 1980, Roddenberry submitted a treatment for a proposed sequel about the crew preventing the alien Klingons from thwarting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Mindful of the tumult that suffused the production of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount rejected the proposal. After he was replaced on the project by television producer Harve Bennett, Roddenberry was named "executive consultant" for the project, a position he retained for all subsequent Star Trek franchise films produced during his lifetime. Under this arrangement, he was compensated with a producer's fee and a percentage of the net profits of the film in exchange for proffering non-binding story notes and corresponding with the fan community; much to his ongoing chagrin, these memos were largely disregarded by Bennett and other producers. An initial script for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was circulated to eight people; Bennett attributed the subsequent plot leak of the death of Spock to Roddenberry. About 20% of the plot was based on Roddenberry's ideas. Roddenberry was involved in creating the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered with "Encounter at Farpoint" on September 28, 1987. He was given a bonus of $1 million in addition to an ongoing salary to produce the series, and celebrated by purchasing a new Rolls-Royce for $100,000. The arrangement did not entitle him to be executive producer of the series. However, Paramount was already concerned about the original cast not returning, and fearing fan reaction if Roddenberry was not involved, agreed to his demand for control of the show. Roddenberry rewrote the series bible from an original version by

Gene Roddenberry (third from the right) in 1976 with most of the cast of Star Trek at the rollout of the Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Rockwell International plant at Palmdale, California

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

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

Nature reserves

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust / Nature reserves

English: Snakeshead fritillaries in a meadow at the Clattinger Farm Wiltshire Wildlife Trust reserve. Taken on April 13, 2011.

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is a charity based in Devizes, England which owns and manages 40 nature reserves in Wiltshire and Swindon. It is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts across the United Kingdom, which together form the largest voluntary organisation dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places everywhere – at land and at sea.

The trust owns and manages 38 nature reserves (including complexes of several adjacent reserves) across the county. Among these are the following Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Clattinger Farm Cloatley Manor Farm Meadows Clout's Wood Cockey Down Distillery Farm Meadows Emmett Hill Meadows Ham Hill Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs Jones's Mill Landford Bog Morgan's Hill Ravensroost Wood Stoke Common Meadows Upper Waterhay Meadow In 2013, the trust's nature reserve at Clattinger Farm was named as one of the first Coronation Meadows, to mark the 60th anniversary of The Queen's coronation.

Snake's head fritillaries at Clattinger Farm

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

Rootstown High School

History

Rootstown High School / History

English: Front view of Rootstown Middle School in Rootstown, Ohio, United States.

Rootstown High School is a public high school in Rootstown, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Rootstown Local School District. Their nickname is the Rovers.

Rootstown High School was established in 1884 and met in a small building adjacent to the town hall a few blocks south of the current campus. This building housed high school students and grade levels, though many students in the township attended smaller schoolhouses spread across 10 rural districts. At the time, Rootstown Township was still divided into several smaller school districts and the high school was not fully accredited. The first class graduated in 1893. During the early 20th century, the smaller districts were gradually consolidated. Following construction of a new building that opened in 1917, the remaining districts in the township consolidated to the new central building and Rootstown High School became a fully accredited four-year high school. The centralized school, known as the Rootstown Township School, had additions built in 1938, 1950, and 1954. In 1958, population and enrollment growth necessitated construction of a separate elementary school, which was built immediately north of the building, and the existing building continued to house the junior high and high school grades. Following the completion of a new high school building, the original building became Rootstown Middle School. The current school building opened in 1966 and is located on the north end of the Rootstown Schools campus. The building, which also houses the Rootstown Local School District administrative offices, is named in honor of Ward W. Davis, who served as president of the Rootstown School Board for a number of years, including when the current facility opened. As of 2015, the school houses around 450 students in grades 9–12. Adjacent to the east of the high school is Robert C. Dunn Field, which includes a cinder running track, named for a former RHS principal and football coach. It is used for football, soccer, and track and field. The campus also has athletic fields for baseball and softball.

Previous home of the school from 1917–1966

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

Automobiles Alpine

Present

Automobiles Alpine / History / Present

English: This was taken in 2016 at the 86th Geneva Motor Show and the public unveiling of this car.

The Société des Automobiles Alpine SAS, commonly known as Alpine, is a French manufacturer of racing and sports cars established in 1955. The Alpine car marque was created in 1954. Jean Rédélé, the founder of Alpine, was originally a Dieppe garage proprietor who began to achieve success in motorsport with one of the few French cars that were produced just after the Second World War, the Renault 4CV. The company has been closely related to Renault through its history, and was bought by it in 1973. Production of Alpine models ceased in 1995. The Alpine marque was relaunched with the 2017 introduction of the new Alpine A110.

The Dieppe factory is known as the producer of Renault Sport models that are sold worldwide. This was originally the "Alpine" factory that Renault took over when they acquired the brand in 1973. Some of the Renault Sport models produced in Dieppe are currently the Mégane Renault Sport, Clio Renault Sport and the new Mégane Renault Sport dCi is to be built on Renault's Dieppe assembly line. All the RenaultSport track-, tarmac- and gravel-racing Meganes and Clios are also made in the Dieppe factory. In October 2007, it was reported that Renault's marketing boss Patrick Blain had revealed that there were plans for several sports cars in Renault's future lineup, but stressed that the first model would not arrive until after 2010. Blain confirmed that Renault was unlikely to pick a new name for its future sports car and would probably go with Alpine to brand it. Blain described it as being a “radical sports car” and not just a sports version of a regular model. The new Alpine sports car was to have a version of the Nissan GT-R's Premium Midship platform. In France, there is a large network of Alpine enthusiasts clubs. Clubs exist in many countries including the UK, USA, Australia, and Japan. In February 2009, Renault confirmed that plans to revive the Alpine brand have been frozen as a direct result of the 2008–2009 global financial crisis and recession. In May 2012, images of a new Renault Alpine concept titled as Renault Alpine A110-50 were leaked prior to its debut in Monaco. Its styling was based on the Renault DeZir presented in 2010. In November 2012, Renault and Caterham Cars announced the purchasing by the latter of a 50% stake in the Renault's wholly owned subsidiary Société des Automobiles Alpine to create a joint venture (Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham or SAAC) owned equally by both parts, with the aim of developing affordable sport cars under the Alpine (for Renault) and Caterham (for Caterham Cars) brands, which would be available in 2016. In this partnership, Caterham acquired 50% ownership of the Renault's Dieppe assembly plant assets. On 10 June 2014, Renault announced it would be repurchasing the stake from Caterham Cars in SAAC, renaming it Société des Automobiles Alpine. During 2015, two new Alpine concepts were introduced: the Alpine Celebration, unveiled at the Le Mans race weekend, and the CGI-created Alpine Vision Gran Turismo. In February 2016, at an event held in Monte Carlo, Groupe Renault's chief Carlos Ghosn unveiled the Alpine Vision showcar (a model close to the planned production Alpine) and announced a 2017 relaunch for the Alpine marque. The Vision was later presented at the 86th Geneva Motor Show by Alpine. The production version is to reuse the A110 name and the first official pictures were revealed on 28 February 2017 prior to the unveiling at the 87th Geneva Motor show. In 2013, as part of the promotional activities for the launching of Alpine roadcars, Renault partnered with Signatech to enter a Nissan-powered, Oreca-built prototype into the European Le Mans Series championship's LMP2 class. Signatech-Alpine won the team championship. They returned for the 2014 season.

Alpine Vision at the 86th Geneva Motor Show

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

Israeli printmaking

1950–1970

Israeli printmaking / 1950–1970

Printעברית: הדפס

Israeli printmaking refers to printmaking by Jewish artists in the Land of Israel and the State of Israel beginning in the second half of the 19th century. The genre includes a variety of techniques, including woodcutting, etching and lithography.

The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 does not constitute a significant historical point in the history of Israeli art, apart from several expressions of nationalism and the development of iconography around the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. However, the opening of Mandatory Palestine to Jewish immigration led to a large population that began to be educated according to the tradition of the young field of the Israeli print, led in these years by Jacob Steinhardt in the new Bezalel. Many of the youngsters who came to Eretz Israel after the Holocaust either under the auspices of Youth Aliyah, or with their families, such as Jacob Pins, Avraham Ofek, Avigdor Arikha, Yehuda Bacon, Moshe Hoffman, among others, became prominent Israeli artists in the 1950s and 1960s. Apart from the technique of the woodcut, that could be studied at Bezalel, there were not many places that trained artists in the various print techniques. In Ein Hod and Jerusalem, Rudi Lehman taught the art of the wood cut and sculpture. A large group of artists were influenced by his approach to art, that combined animal images in a "primitive" style with a modernist ethos of creativity. This group included artists such as Shoshana Heimann, Raya Bar Adon and others. Some training in the technique of lithograph printing was provided by Cohen, who operated the Hebrew University Press in Jerusalem. Most of the artists printed their works in his studio, or with local artists, such as David Ben Shaul, who had specialized in lithograph printing in Paris. Upon his return to Israel in 1963, he brought a lithographic press and printed works for various artists in his studio in Jerusalem. Basing themselves on the local tradition and ethos of Paris as the capital of world art, many artists continued to travel to pursue art studies in France and Europe, unaware of the change in the world art scene and the development of the United States as an art center. Aryeh Rothman, for example, went to study at the Académie Julian in 1959, and later studied in Paris at the Johnny Friedlaender engraving workshop. Tuvia Beeri studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts (1963–1961), and continued his specialization in Friedlaender's engraving workshop. Milka Cizik, however, went to study in East Germany (1965–1961), where she studied various printing techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The French and German influences led to the adoption of modernist techniques, such as Aryeh Rothman's use of the photographic technique of Heliograveur and the "invention" by others of various artistic techniques (in the spirit of late Surrealism). Miron Sima, for example, added to his woodcuts, such as "The Bride", textures printed from fabrics and chains, which sought to enrich the texture of the print, and to deepen its realism. In addition, the shortage of materials available in Israel led many artists to use other techniques that were available to them, such as Linocut, as a substitute for wood cut. Even Rudi Lehmann, despite his strong connection to artistic tradition, experimented with the use of new materials. He was one of the first artists to create woodcuts on plywood. The artistic print field to which these students were exposed upon their return to Israel was very limited. Not only were there no places to print editions of artistic prints, it was also considered a secondary art. In the 1960 album Graphic Art in Israel, Eugen Kolb wrote that "exhibitions of graphics only are considered (unfairly!) for less important exhibits." Elisheva Cohen, curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Bezalel National Museum and at the Israel Museum, had to publish the booklet The Print: What Is It? (1965), in order to expose the field to visitors to the museum. Therefore, it is no wonder that in the annual general exhibition of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association of 1963, for example, only 7 artistic prints were displayed out of 375 works. Also at the exhibition Tazpit 1964, which was perceived as more artistic at the time, Tuvia Beeri was the only artist among more than 30 ar

Man and Bull (1964) BY Avraham Ofek. Etching and aquatint. Printed by the Jerusalem Print Workshop

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

Ukrainian cuisine

Soups

Ukrainian cuisine / Soups

English: Borscht can be served hot or cold. It is usually served with sour cream and sometimes dill.

Ukrainian cuisine is the collection of the various cooking traditions of the Ukrainian people accumulated over many years. The cuisine is heavily influenced by the rich dark soil from which its ingredients come and often involves many components. The national dish of Ukraine that undeniably originates from the country is borsch. However, varenyky and holubtsi are also considered national favourites of the Ukrainian people and are a common meal in traditional Ukrainian restaurants. Often referred to as the “breadbasket of Europe” the Ukrainian cuisine emphasizes the importance of wheat and grain to the Ukrainian people and its often tumultuous history with it. The majority of Ukrainian dishes descend from ancient peasant dishes based on plentiful grain resources such as rye as well as staple vegetables such as potato, cabbages, mushrooms and beetroots. Ukrainian dishes incorporate both traditional Slavic techniques as well as other European techniques, a by product of years of foreign jurisdiction and influence. The Ukrainian cuisine incorporates a variety of different food branches due to the large size of the country and the plentiful edible resources.

Borscht is a vegetable soup made out of beets, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, dill. There are about 30 varieties of Ukrainian borscht. It may include meat or fish. Kapusnyak: soup made with pork, salo, cabbage, and served with smetana (sour cream). Rosolnyk: soup with pickled cucumbers. Solyanka: thick, spicy and sour soup made with meat, fish or mushrooms and various vegetables and pickles. Yushka: clear soup, made from various types of fish such as carp, bream, wels catfish, or even ruffe. Zelenyj borshch (green borscht) or shchavlevyj borshch (sorrel soup): water or broth based soup with sorrel and various vegetables, served with chopped hard-boiled egg and sour cream.

Ukrainian borshch with smetana

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

Mona Lyn Reese

Mona Lyn Reese

English: Composer Mona Lyn Reese at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California.

Mona Lyn Reese is an American composer, best known for her operas and choral music. Her work is melodic and accessible with an emphasis on driving or complex rhythms, movement, and contrasting textures. Her music communicates and expresses emotions traditionally or experimentally without allowing a prevailing fashion to dictate style, form, or harmony.

Mona Lyn Reese (born August 24, 1951) is an American composer, best known for her operas and choral music. Her work is melodic and accessible with an emphasis on driving or complex rhythms, movement, and contrasting textures. Her music communicates and expresses emotions traditionally or experimentally without allowing a prevailing fashion to dictate style, form, or harmony.

Mona Lyn Reese at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_in_Malaysia

2015 in Malaysia

2015 in Malaysia

English: EC-402 "Grizzly2" the second prototype Airbus Military A400M at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow

The following lists events from 2015 in Malaysia.

The following lists events from 2015 in Malaysia.

The Airbus A-400M Atlas was delivered to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) on 10 March.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%27s_11th_congressional_district

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district

English: Detail of: Map of Massachusetts showing population according to United States Census of 1900 and congressional districts

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were John Quincy Adams following his term as president, eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in eastern Massachusetts. It was eliminated in 1993 after the 1990 U.S. Census. Its last Congressman was Brian Donnelly; its most notable were John Quincy Adams following his term as president, eventual president John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill.

Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, 1901

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1946

March 1946

March 1946

Title Baseball - Jackie Robinson. Photograph possibly published in the Montreal newspaper The Standard circa 1946. [1] Arrangement structure Show Arrangement Structure Show Arrangement Structure Item (linked) part of Weekend Magazine collection [graphic material] (R11305-0-5-E) Place of creation No place, unknown, or undetermined Language of material English Conditions of access Graphic (photo) 90: Open Nil Graphic (photo) Copy negative PA-211368 90: Open Item no. (creator) 1672[1] Graphic (photo) 90: Open Box RV5 061 90: Open Other accession no. 1979-249 NPC Terms of use Credit: Ronny Jaques / Library and Archives Canada / PA- Restrictions on use: Nil Copyright: Copyright assigned to Library and Archives Canada by copyright owner Weekend Magazine. Additional name(s) Photographer: Jaques, Ronny. Source Private Other system control no. DAPDCAP558362 MIKAN no. 3593629

The following events occurred in March 1946:

The following events occurred in March 1946:

March 6, 1946: Jackie Robinson (#30), Negro player signed into Brooklyn Dodgers farm system

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Anderson_(comedian)

Amy Anderson (comedian)

Amy Anderson (comedian)

English: On stage at the Comedy Store

Amy Anderson is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted, as an infant, by American parents and raised in suburban Minnesota. A classically trained musician, she has been singing and playing the piano and guitar for many years, earning her Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Westminster Choir College. However, upon completing college her career took a different direction, with Anderson working in a variety of positions – including supervising a coffee shop, working with adults with autism, and owning a pet care business. Eventually she chose to move into comedy and acting, and currently resides in Southern California, where she is a working actor and comedian. Many of Amy Anderson's jokes deal with motherhood, racism, and being adopted. She produced the monthly "ChopSchtick Comedy" show at the Hollywood Laugh Factory and the Hollywood Improv, the first ever all-Asian American stand up comedy showcase in the US.

Amy Anderson (born September 1, 1972) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted, as an infant, by American parents and raised in suburban Minnesota. A classically trained musician, she has been singing and playing the piano and guitar for many years, earning her Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Westminster Choir College. However, upon completing college her career took a different direction, with Anderson working in a variety of positions – including supervising a coffee shop, working with adults with autism, and owning a pet care business. Eventually she chose to move into comedy and acting, and currently resides in Southern California, where she is a working actor and comedian. Many of Amy Anderson's jokes deal with motherhood, racism, and being adopted. She produced the monthly "ChopSchtick Comedy" show at the Hollywood Laugh Factory and the Hollywood Improv, the first ever all-Asian American stand up comedy showcase in the US.

Anderson performing in 2010

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

Pedro de Heredia

Inland expeditions and residencias

Pedro de Heredia / Inland expeditions and residencias

Français : Trajet des conquistadors en Colombie             Alonso de Ojeda (1499-1501)             Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513)             Pedro Arias Dávila (1513-1519)             Pascual de Andagoya, Diego de Almagro et Francisco Pizarro (1515-1529)             Pedro de Heredia et ses lieutenants (1532-1538)             Sebastián de Belalcázar (1533-1539)             Lieutenants de Sebastián de Belalcázar (1533-1539)             Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1536-1538)             Nicolás de Federmán (1537-1539)

Pedro de Heredia was a Spanish conquistador, founder of the city of Cartagena de Indias and explorer of the northern coast and the interior of present-day Colombia.

Heredia signed friendship pacts with the Indian chiefs of the nearby islands. With the help of Catalina acting as interpreter, Heredia conquered and ruled the area around Cartagena, including Turbaco and the Magdalena River. He looted Indian graves in the Sinú river area and founded Santiago de Tolú. His spoils from these expeditions included a solid gold porcupine weighing 132 pounds - the heaviest gold object plundered during the Conquest. Heredia returned with a bounty of one and half million ducats in gold. Each soldier received six thousand ducats, far more than the amount given to the troops who helped conquer Mexico and Peru. Pedro de Heredia prepared a second expedition to the South Sea and in 1534 he reached the Sinú river, where he ransacked the indigenous peoples' tombs for gold. He and his troops then penetrated to Antioquia and returned exhausted to Cartagena. Once there, Heredia met Fray Tomas de Toro, the first bishop of Cartagena, sent by king Carlos I of Spain, and his brother Alonso, who had recently arrived from Guatemala. Heredia rescinded Francisco Cesar and appointed Alonso as lieutenant general. His brother Alonso led two expeditions to the Sinú, and in the last he arrived at the Cauca river in 1535. In 1536, Heredia mounted an expedition southward on the Atrato river with no results. Irregularities in the conduct of the Heredia brothers earned them numerous complaints. In 1536, Judge Juan de Vadillo (a relative of Pedro de Vadillo) was appointed by the Audiencia of Santo Domingo to investigate the charges against Pedro de Heredia and his brother for defaulting on due payments for land and mistreatment of the natives. Vadillo found Heredia guilty and imprisoned him, assuming for himself the interim government of Cartagena. Heredia was allowed to go to Spain to attend his trial, in which he was acquitted. He returned to Cartagena with some members of his family: a few nieces and his two sons, Antonio, who joined him on all his subsequent expeditions, and Juan, who later settled in Santa Cruz de Mompox. Shortly after his return, Heredia embarked on a quest for the treasure of Dabeiba, the precursor of the myth of El Dorado. After an unproductive long trip, Heredia returned to San Sebastián de Urabá where he accused Jorge Robledo and had him imprisoned, then sent him back to Spain for usurpation of Heredia's jurisdiction. On March 16 of 1542, Heredia departed for Antioquia to annex the territory to Cartagena. There Heredia was taken prisoner himself by Sebastián de Belalcázar and sent to Panamá to stand trial for his attempts to seize control of Antioquia. Unwilling to mediate in such a delicate affair, the Royal Audience of Panama released Heredia, who returned to Cartagena. Immediately after his arrival in Cartagena on July 25, 1544, the city was pillaged by a French Huguenot nobleman, Jean-François Roberval, known as "Robert Baal". Cartagena was not yet fortified and was an easy target for the French. Heredia was obliged to fight with his sword at his own house, as the enemy held the advantage in numbers, forcing him to flee and hide nearby with his relatives. The ransom for the city was 200,000 gold ducats, payment of which was enough to satisfy Roverbal, who then abandoned the region. Shortly after Roverbal's assault, Heredia left Antioquia to annex the territory under the jurisdiction of Cartagena. He returned to Cartagena in 1548 to appear before a residencia (court of inquiry) for abuse of his power and authority during office. The visitador (a royal inspector who reported to the Council of the Indies) Miguel Diez de Armendáriz found him guilty of all charges; Heredia, however, continued to hold his administrative position.

Map of Colombian conquest De Heredia's route indicated in blue

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

Ayse

Ayse

English: Ayze and its church, Haute-Savoie, France

The church in Ayse

Ayse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Ayse (sometimes written Ayze) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

The church in Ayse

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

Bazaar of Arak

Unique features

Bazaar of Arak / Unique features

English: this is a part of arak old bazar

The Bazaar of Arak is one of the first constructed buildings in the city of Arak. The bazaar complex, containing a public bath, a mosque, water reservoirs, passages and caravansary, was built at the time of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar and by Yusef Khan-e Gorji, in the middle of Sultan Abad. This bazaar is centered at Chahr soogh, which is the junction of two north–south and east–west paths that end to four ancient city gates.

The Bazaar has two east–west and north–south routs which end to four gates of the ancient city, meaning that the at that time the entrance to the city was at Chahar Soogh in bazar. Passages inside are made so that in case of any accident, fire in particular, the crowd can quickly get out and disperse.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternal%E2%80%93fetal_medicine

Maternal–fetal medicine

Maternal–fetal medicine

English: Infant at the moment of birth Deutsch: Säugling zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt

Maternal–fetal medicine, also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maternal–fetal medicine specialists are physicians who subspecialize within the field of obstetrics. Their training typically includes a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology followed by a three-year fellowship. They may perform prenatal tests, provide treatments, and perform surgeries. They act both as a consultant during lower-risk pregnancies and as the primary obstetrician in especially high-risk pregnancies. After birth, they may work closely with pediatricians or neonatologists. For the mother, perinatologists assist with pre-existing health concerns, as well as complications caused by pregnancy.

Maternal–fetal medicine (MFM), also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maternal–fetal medicine specialists are physicians who subspecialize within the field of obstetrics. Their training typically includes a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology followed by a three-year fellowship. They may perform prenatal tests, provide treatments, and perform surgeries. They act both as a consultant during lower-risk pregnancies and as the primary obstetrician in especially high-risk pregnancies. After birth, they may work closely with pediatricians or neonatologists. For the mother, perinatologists assist with pre-existing health concerns, as well as complications caused by pregnancy.

An infant at the moment of birth

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell%C3%A9rt_Baths

Gellért Baths

Gellért Baths

English: Budapest, Gellért Bath

Part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda, the Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also known simply as the Gellért Baths, is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary.

Part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda, the Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also known simply as the Gellért Baths (Hungarian: Gellért gyógyfürdő), is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary.

Budapest, Gellért Bath

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolhoven_F.K.58

Koolhoven F.K.58

Operational history

Koolhoven F.K.58 / Operational history

English: Jachtvliegtuigen voor Nederlandse luchtmacht bij de Koolhoven vliegtuigfabriek nabij vliegveld Waalhaven, 1939.

The Koolhoven F.K.58 was a single engine, interceptor-fighter aircraft designed and mainly manufactured by N V Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for Armée de l'Air use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the Battle of France.

The F.K.58 was originally ordered to serve with AdA units based in French overseas territories. Following the outbreak of war with Germany, however, the type was assigned to an ad hoc, Free Polish air force unit commanded by Captain Walerian Jasionowski. Roughly equivalent to a French escadrille, or Polish eskadra, it was often known by the unofficial name "Eskadra Koolhoven". The unit's official role was patrouille ("patrol") – as the AdA designated units that defended rear areas against long-range bombers and other enemy aircraft, as part of the Défense Aérienne du Territoire ("Territorial Air Defense"; DAT). The unit operated from the Salon and Clermont-Aulnat air bases. By May 1940, 13 aircraft were operational with Eskadra Koolhoven. As delivered, however, the fighters were unarmed and the Poles had to acquire machine guns and fit them. From 30 May 1940, they were in service, patrolling firstly in the Avignon-Marseille area, and then over Clermont-Ferrand. At least 47 operational sorties were recorded, but the Escadron did not encounter enemy aircraft. The type's service life was short-lived, with ; the unit had no confirmed victories, but at least one F.K.58 was lost. After the fall of France, all surviving airframes were scrapped.

Finished fighters at Koolhoven works airfield, 1939. Airplanes bear Dutch civil markings and French military insignia.

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

Bocas de Fogo

Bocas de Fogo

The volcanic cone that today marks the main eruptive center of the 1808 Urzelina volcano, Azores.

Bocas de Fogo is a volcano near the community of Urzelina, Velas municipality, São Jorge Island, Azores. It erupted in May and June 1808, causing destruction and over 30 deaths in Urzelina and producing a basalt field of volcanic rock extending to the Ponta da Urzelina. The eruption was the last sub-aerial event observed in the Azores; most recent eruptions have occurred along submarine vents, with the Capelinhos eruption starting as a submarine eruption and the 1998–2001 Serreta eruption being exclusively submarine.

Bocas de Fogo (Portuguese for "mouths of fire") is a volcano near the community of Urzelina, Velas municipality, São Jorge Island, Azores. It erupted in May and June 1808, causing destruction and over 30 deaths in Urzelina and producing a basalt field of volcanic rock extending to the Ponta da Urzelina. The eruption was the last sub-aerial event observed in the Azores; most recent eruptions have occurred along submarine vents, with the Capelinhos eruption (1957–58) starting as a submarine eruption (that eventually grew into a sub-aerial event) and the 1998–2001 Serreta eruption being exclusively submarine (never breaking the surface).

The volcanic cone that, today, marks the main eruptive center of the 1808 Urzelina volcano, Velas, São Jorge

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

Puerto Arista

Puerto Arista

English: Beach at sunset in Puerto Arista, Chiapas

Puerto Arista is a small community and tourist attraction located on the north coast of Chiapas, Mexico in the municipality of Tonalá. While it originally was a port, its lack of harbor and suitability for large cargo ships eventually shifted the economy to tourism in the 20th century. It is popular with people from Chiapas as it is located close to the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez as well as the regional city of Tonalá. It is the most visited beach in Chiapas and one of its most popular tourist destinations, despite its relative lack of sophisticated tourism infrastructure. Puerto Arista is home of one of the state’s four marine turtle sanctuaries, design to help protect the various species which come here to lay their eggs.

Puerto Arista (Arista Port) is a small community and tourist attraction located on the north coast of Chiapas, Mexico in the municipality of Tonalá. While it originally was a port, its lack of harbor and suitability for large cargo ships eventually shifted the economy to tourism in the 20th century. It is popular with people from Chiapas as it is located close to the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez as well as the regional city of Tonalá. It is the most visited beach in Chiapas and one of its most popular tourist destinations, despite its relative lack of sophisticated tourism infrastructure. Puerto Arista is home of one of the state’s four marine turtle sanctuaries, design to help protect the various species which come here to lay their eggs.

Beach at Puerto Arista at dusk

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%27a

Pe'a

Lyrics Pese o le Tatau song

Pe'a / Lyrics Pese o le Tatau song

English: A Samoan tattooist (left), Tufuga ta tatau and assistant (right), carrying out a traditional tatau on a man's back. The tattooist uses traditional tools. Gagana Samoa: Le ata o le Tufuga ta tatau, na pu'e e Thomas Andrew, le palagi pu'e ata na nofo ma faigaluega i Samoa. O le ata lenei tusa na pu'e i le tausaga 1895 i Samoa.

The Pe'a is the popular name of the traditional male tatau of Samoa, also known as the malofie, a term used in the Samoan language chiefly vocabulary and "respect" register.

It is known that the last verse was written in modern times, as it does not match the orthography of the first verses. Oral tradition maintains that this song is derived from a pre-colonial chant. Samoan language O le mafuaaga lenei ua iloa O le taaga o le tatau i Samoa O le malaga a teine to'alua Na feausi mai Fiti le vasa loloa Na la aumai ai o le atoau ma sia la pese e tutumau Fai mai e tata o fafine Ae le tata o tane A o le ala ua tata ai tane Ina ua sese sia la pese Taunuu i gatai o Falealupo Ua vaaia loa o se faisua ua tele Totofu loa lava o fafine Ma ua sui ai sia la pese Fai mai e tata o tane Ae le tata o fafine Talofa i si tama ua taatia O le tufuga lea ua amatalia Talofa ua tagi aueue Ua oti'otisolo le au tapulutele Sole Sole, ai loto tele O le taaloga a tama tane E ui lava ina tiga tele Ae mulimuli ana ua a fefete O atu motu uma o le Pasefika Ua sili Samoa le ta'taua O le soga'imiti ua savalivali mai Ua fepulafi mai ana faaila Aso faaifo, faamulialiao Faaatualoa, selu faalaufao O le sigano faapea faaulutao Ua ova i le vasalaolao English language This is the known origin Of the tattooing of the tatau in Samoa A journey by two maidens Who swam from Fiji across the open sea They brought the tattooing kit And recited their unchanging chant That said women were to be tattooed But men were not to be tattooed Thus the reason why men are now tattooed Is because of the confusion of the maidens' chant Arriving at the coast of Falealupo They spotted a giant clam As the maidens dived Their chant was reversed To say that men were to be tattooed And not women Pity the youth now lying While the tufuga starts Alas he is crying loudly As the tattooing tool cuts all over Young fellow, young fellow, be brave This is the sport of male heirs Despite the enormous pain Afterwards you will swell with pride Of all the countries in the Pacific Samoa is the most famous The sogaimiti walking towards you With his fa'aila glistening Curved lines, motifs like ali Like centipedes, combs like wild bananas Like sigano and spearheads The greatest in the whole world!

Tattooist, tufuga ta tatau, (left) and assistant (right) tattooing a man's back, c 1895, photo by Thomas Andrew

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

Mariano Rivera

1995–1997

Mariano Rivera / Professional baseball career / Major leagues (1995–2013) / 1995–1997

Former New York Yankees players Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter look on during Bernie Williams Day at Yankee Stadium on May 24, 2015

Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera, and Derek Jeter dressed in suits and seated in chairs on a baseball field.

Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and "Sandman", he spent most of his career as a relief pitcher and served as the Yankees' closer for 17 seasons. A thirteen-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, he is MLB's career leader in saves and games finished. Rivera won five American League Rolaids Relief Man Awards and three Delivery Man of the Year Awards, and he finished in the top three in voting for the AL Cy Young Award four times. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of its class of 2019 in his first year of eligibility, and was the first player ever to be elected unanimously by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Raised in the modest Panamanian fishing village of Puerto Caimito, Rivera was an amateur player until he was signed by the Yankees organization in 1990. He debuted in the major leagues in 1995 as a starting pitcher, before permanently converting to a relief pitcher late in his rookie year. After a breakthrough season in 1996 as a setup man, he became the Yankees' closer in 1997.

After being called up to the major leagues on May 16, 1995, Rivera made his debut for the New York Yankees on May 23 against the California Angels. Starting in place of injured pitcher Jimmy Key, Rivera allowed five earned runs in ​3 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched in a 10–0 loss. He struggled through his first four major-league starts, posting a 10.20 ERA, and as a result, he was demoted to Columbus on June 11. As a 25-year-old rookie just three years removed from major arm surgery, Rivera did not have a guaranteed spot in the Yankee organization. Management considered trading him to the Detroit Tigers for starter David Wells. While recovering from a sore shoulder in the minor leagues, Rivera pitched a no-hit shutout in a rain-shortened five-inning start on June 26. Reports from the game indicated that his pitches had reached 95–96 mph (153–154 km/h), about 6 mph (9.7 km/h) faster than his previous average velocity; Rivera attributes his inexplicable improvement to God. Yankees general manager Gene Michael was skeptical of the reports until verifying that Columbus' radar gun was not faulty and that another team's scout had taken the same measurements. Afterwards, he ended any trade negotiations involving Rivera. On July 4, in his first start back in the major leagues, Rivera pitched eight scoreless innings against the Chicago White Sox, allowing just two hits while striking out 11 batters. In five subsequent starts, he was unable to match his success from that game. After a brief demotion to Columbus in August, Rivera made one last start in the major leagues in September before he was moved to the Yankees' bullpen. Overall, he finished his first major-league season with a 5–3 record and a 5.51 ERA in ten starts and nine relief outings. His performance in the American League Division Series against the Seattle Mariners, in which he pitched ​5 ¹⁄₃ scoreless innings of relief, convinced Yankees management to keep him and convert him to a relief pitcher the following season. Rivera was nearly traded prior to the 1996 season to address the Yankees' depleted depth at the shortstop position. Owner George Steinbrenner considered an offer to send Rivera to the Mariners in exchange for shortstop Félix Fermín, but Yankees management convinced Steinbrenner to instead entrust the position to rookie Derek Jeter. In 1996, Rivera served primarily as a setup pitcher, typically pitching in the seventh and eighth innings of games before closer John Wetteland pitched in the ninth. Their effectiveness as a tandem helped the Yankees win 70 of 73 games that season when leading after six innings. Over a stretch of games between April 19 and May 21, Rivera pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings, including 15 consecutive hitless innings. During the streak, he recorded his first career save in a May 17 game against the Angels. Rivera finished the regular season with a 2.09 ERA in ​107 ²⁄₃ innings pitched and set a Yankees single-season record for strikeouts by a reliever (130). Baseball-Reference.com calculated his value to the Yankees that year to be 5.0 wins above replacement (WAR), a figure no reliever has surpassed in a single season since. In the postseason, he allowed just one earned run in ​14 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched, helping the Yankees advance to and win the 1996 World Series against the Atlanta Braves. It was the franchise's first World Series championship since 1978. In MLB's annual awards voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), Rivera finished in twelfth place for the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and third for the AL Cy Young Award, which is given to the league's best pitcher. Commentator and former player Tim McCarver wrote that the Yankees "revolutionized baseball" that year with Rivera, "a middle reliever who should have been on the All-Star team and who was a legitimate MVP candidate". Yankees management decided not to re-sign Wetteland in the offseason, opting instead to replace him with Rivera as the team's closer. In April 1997, MLB retired the uniform number 42 league-wide to honor the 50th a

Rivera (second from right) with his fellow Core Four teammates in 2015. All four made their major-league debuts for the Yankees in 1995.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-de-Rosans

Saint-André-de-Rosans

Saint-André-de-Rosans

Français : L'école communale de Saint-André-de-Rosans

The school of Saint-André-de-Rosans

Saint-André-de-Rosans is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Saint-André-de-Rosans is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

The school of Saint-André-de-Rosans

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

Telephone call

Placing a call

Telephone call / Placing a call

Français : Jean-Marc Doussain téléphonant

A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

A typical phone call using a traditional phone is placed by picking the phone handset up off the base and holding the handset so that the hearing end is next to the user's ear and the speaking end is within range of the mouth. The caller then rotary dials or presses buttons for the phone number needed to complete the call, and the call is routed to the phone which has that number. The second phone makes a ringing noise to alert its owner, while the user of the first phone hears a ringing noise in its earpiece. If the second phone is picked up, then the operators of the two units are able to talk to one another through them. If the phone is not picked up, the operator of the first phone continues to hear a ringing noise until they hang up their own phone. One of the main struggles for Alexander Graham Bell and his team was to prove to non-English speakers that this new phenomenon "worked in their language." It was a concept that was hard for people to understand at first. In addition to the traditional method of placing a telephone call, new technologies allow different methods for initiating a telephone call, such as voice dialing. Voice over IP technology allows calls to be made through a PC, using a service like Skype. Other services, such as toll-free dial-around enable callers to initiate a telephone call through a third party without exchanging phone numbers. Originally, no phone calls could be made without first talking to the Switchboard operator. Using 21st century mobile phones does not require the use of an operator to complete a phone call. The use of headsets is becoming more common for placing or receiving a call. Headsets can either come with a cord or be wireless. A special number can be dialed for operator assistance, which may be different for local vs. long-distance or international calls.

An early 21st century mobile phone being used for a phone call

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

Carbonated water

Soda siphons

Carbonated water / Products for carbonating water / Home / Soda siphons

English: HeyYallYo. Anchor Bottling Works Siphon seltzer bottle from circa en:1922. Uploader gave it this caption: Anchor Bottling Works siphon seltzer bottle from circa 1922

Carbonated water is water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas, either artificially injected under pressure or occurring due to natural geological processes. Carbonation causes small bubbles to form, giving the water an effervescent quality. Common forms include sparkling natural mineral water, club soda, and commercially produced sparkling water. Club soda and sparkling mineral water and some other sparkling waters contain added or dissolved minerals such as potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate, or potassium sulfate. These occur naturally in some mineral waters but are also commonly added artificially to manufactured waters to mimic a natural flavor profile. Various carbonated waters are sold in bottles and cans, with some also produced on demand by commercial carbonation systems in bars and restaurants, or made at home using a carbon dioxide cartridge. It is thought the first person to aerate the water with carbon dioxide was William Brownrigg in 1740, although he never published a paper.

The soda siphon, or seltzer bottle—a glass or metal pressure vessel with a release valve and spout for dispensing pressurized soda water—was a common sight in bars and in early- to mid-20th-century homes where it became a symbol of middle-class affluence. The gas pressure in a siphon drives soda water up through a tube inside the siphon when a valve lever at the top is depressed. Commercial soda siphons came pre-charged with water and gas and were returned to the retailer for exchange when empty. A deposit scheme ensured they were not otherwise thrown away. Home soda siphons can carbonate flatwater through the use of a small disposable steel bulb containing carbon dioxide. The bulb is pressed into the valve assembly at the top of the siphon, the gas injected, then the bulb withdrawn. Soda water made in this way tends not to be as carbonated as commercial soda water because water from the refrigerator is not chilled as much as possible, and the pressure of carbon dioxide is limited to that available from the cartridge rather than the high-pressure pumps in a commercial carbonation plant.

A soda siphon circa 1922

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

List of Jesuit educational institutions

Philippines

List of Jesuit educational institutions / List of Jesuit universities / Philippines

English: The Horacio de la Costa Hall, named after an eminent Filipino Jesuit

The Jesuits in the Catholic Church have founded and manage a number of institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and universities listed here. Some of these universities are in the United States where they are organized as the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. In Latin America they are organized in the Association of Universities Entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America.

Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Metro Manila Ateneo de Naga University, Naga City Camarines Sur Ateneo de Tuguegarao, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan (closed in 1962) Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur Ateneo de Cagayan - Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Loyola College of Culion, Culion, Palawan San Jose Seminary, Quezon City, Metro Manila

Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

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

Murom Railway

Murom Railway

English: Steam locomitive type L in Murom Русский: Паровоз серии Л в Муроме

The 1,520 mm broad gauge Murom Railway is a subdivision of the state-owned Gorky Railway in Russia. It was built between the towns of Kovrov and Murom in 1874-1880.

The 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in) broad gauge Murom Railway (Russian: Муромская железная дорога, or Muromskaya zheleznaya doroga) is a subdivision of the state-owned Gorky Railway in Russia. It was built between the towns of Kovrov and Murom in 1874-1880.

Steam locomotive type L in Murom

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bridgeman,_2nd_Earl_of_Bradford

George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford

George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford

English: Weston Park The house was built in the Palladian style in the latter part of the C17th. It is now the seat of the 7th Earl of Bradford.

George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford was a British peer. The oldest son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford and Lucy Elizabeth Byng, Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1810. He succeeded to his father's titles and the family seat at Weston Park, Staffordshire on 7 September 1825. His siblings were: Charles Orlando Bridgeman, Lady Lucy Whitmore, Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman, and Reverend Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman.

George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford (23 October 1789 – 22 March 1865) was a British peer. The oldest son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford and Lucy Elizabeth Byng, Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1810. He succeeded to his father's titles and the family seat at Weston Park, Staffordshire on 7 September 1825. His siblings were: Charles Orlando Bridgeman, Lady Lucy Whitmore, Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman, and Reverend Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman.

Weston Park

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

Cornalvo Dam

Cornalvo Dam

Deutsch: Römischer Damm von Cornalvo nahe der römischen Gründung Mérida in der Extremadura (Spanien). Erddamm mit gemauerter Stauwand English: Roman Cornalvo dam near Mérida, Extremadura, Spain, which was founded by the Romans. Earth dam with retaining wall

The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The earth dam with stone cladding on the water face is still in use. It is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

The Cornalvo Dam is a Roman gravity dam in Badajoz province, Extremadura, Spain, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The earth dam with stone cladding on the water face is still in use. It is part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

Roman Cornalvo dam in Spain

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mississippi_River_floods

2011 Mississippi River floods

2011 Mississippi River floods

English: This graphic shows the rainfall between the mornings of April 22 and April 29, which define the bounds of a heavy rain event which occurred across the Midwestern United States

The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the U.S. waterway in the past century, comparable in extent to the major floods of 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems deposited record levels of rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed. When that additional water combined with the springtime snowmelt, the river and many of its tributaries began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself experiencing flooding included Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. U.S. President Barack Obama declared the western counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi federal disaster areas. For the first time in 37 years, the Morganza Spillway was opened on May 14, deliberately flooding 4,600 square miles of rural Louisiana to save most of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Fourteen people were killed in Arkansas, with 392 killed across seven states in the preceding storms.

The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the U.S. waterway in the past century, comparable in extent to the major floods of 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems deposited record levels of rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed. When that additional water combined with the springtime snowmelt, the river and many of its tributaries began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself experiencing flooding included Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. U.S. President Barack Obama declared the western counties of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi federal disaster areas. For the first time in 37 years, the Morganza Spillway was opened on May 14, deliberately flooding 4,600 square miles (12,000 km²) of rural Louisiana to save most of Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Fourteen people were killed in Arkansas, with 392 killed across seven states in the preceding storms. Thousands of homes were ordered evacuated, including over 1,300 in Memphis, and more than 24,500 in Louisiana and Mississippi, though some people disregarded mandatory evacuation orders. The flood crested in Memphis on May 10 and artificially crested in southern Louisiana on May 15, a week earlier than it would have if spillways had not been opened. The United States Army Corps of Engineers stated that an area in Louisiana between Simmesport and Baton Rouge was expected to be inundated with 20–30 feet (6.1–9.1 m) of water. Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and many other river towns were threatened, but officials stressed that they should be able to avoid catastrophic flooding. From April 14–16, the storm system responsible for one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history also produced large amounts of rainfall across the southern and midwestern United States. Two more storm systems, each with heavy rain and tornadoes, hit in the third week of April. In the fourth week of April, from April 25–28, another, even more extensive and deadly storm system passed through the Mississippi Valley dumping more rainfall resulting in deadly flash floods. The unprecedented extensive rainfall from these four storms, combined with springtime snow melt from the Upper Midwest, created the perfect situation for a 500-year flood along the Mississippi.

Rainfall totals within the United States for the week ending April 29.

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

River Afan

River Afan

English: The Afon Afan, Cymmer

The River Afan is a river in Wales whose river valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The Afan Valley encompasses the upper reaches of the river. The valley is traversed by the A4107 Afan Valley Road. Settlements in the area include Cwmafan, Pwll-y-glaw and Cymmer. The town of Aberavon grew up on the banks of the river, and was later subsumed by the larger centre of population known as Port Talbot. The political constituency still retains the name Aberavon containing the former anglicism "Avon".

The River Afan (Welsh: Afon Afan) is a river in Wales whose river valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The Afan Valley encompasses the upper reaches of the river. The valley is traversed by the A4107 Afan Valley Road. Settlements in the area include Cwmafan, Pwll-y-glaw and Cymmer. The town of Aberavon grew up on the banks of the river, and was later subsumed by the larger centre of population known as Port Talbot. The political constituency still retains the name Aberavon (aber meaning mouth of a river) containing the former anglicism "Avon".

The river near to its source at Cymmer.

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