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Caprichromis orthognathus is a species of haplochromine cichlid. |
It is found in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe and its range includes Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. It is most commonly recorded off sandy beaches at depths of around although it can be found in either shallow or deep water. It usually remains in midwater, sometimes over rocks. It is reported to be a paedophage, ramming the heads of mouth-brooding female cichlids from underneath. |
= = = Cardiopharynx schoutedeni = = = |
Cardiopharynx schoutedeni is a species of cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia. This semi-pelagic fish prefers habitats over sandy bottoms where it feeds on aquatic microorganisms. It can reach a length of TL. It is also found in the aquarium trade. The specific name honours the Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden (1881-1972) who was director of Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren and who was one of the first zoologists to collect this species. |
= = = Cauque mauleanum = = = |
Cauque mauleanum is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is endemic to Chile. |
= = = Quake Live = = = |
Quake Live is a first-person shooter video game by id Software. It is an updated version of "Quake III Arena" that was originally designed as a free-to-play game launched via a web browser plug-in. On September 17, 2014, the game was re-launched as a standalone title on Steam. |
"Quake Live" was previously a free-to-play game, with subscription options offering additional arenas, game types and game server options. As of October 27, 2015, the game is no longer free and must be purchased, and the subscription options were dropped. |
The gameplay of "Quake Live" consists of players attempting to kill more of their opponents than any other player or team in a given match. This is achieved by navigating a 3D environment and shooting other players with a variety of weapons, while collecting health, armor, weapons, ammo and various power-ups. As players get more advanced, they use other tricks and techniques such as rocket and strafe jumping. |
"Quake Live" was released as a free version of "Quake III: Gold" ("Quake III" and its expansion pack, "Team Arena") available only through a web browser. "Quake Live" Skill-based matchmaking is powered by a "metagame engine" developed by GaimTheory. Development of the match-making system was taken on by id Software after GaimTheory's collapse. |
During the QuakeCon 2008 keynote speech, John Carmack stated that "Quake Live" has no plans to allow user-made modifications, but they have hired successful "Quake III" mod authors to help them with their project. A large number of the maps are based heavily on originals from "Quake III Arena", "Team Arena" and popular user-made maps. Newer map additions even include maps from previous "Quake" titles, such as 'The Edge', which is almost identical to the famous "Quake II" map Q2DM1. |
On August 3, 2007, at QuakeCon 2007, id Software publicly announced their plans to release a free browser-based "Quake III" game titled Quake Zero. In early 2008, the title was officially renamed to "Quake Live" due to a domain squatting issue. |
During late 2008 and early 2009, "Quake Live" was in an invitation-only closed beta. A handful of players were selected to begin the testing of the beta and were later allowed to invite a limited number of friends, whom, in turn, were permitted to send out invitations of their own. On February 24, 2009, the game progressed from closed beta to open beta, which caused an increased amount of traffic on the web server. Queues were organized to limit the stress and prevent the overloading of the servers. Within the first six hours after launch over 113,000 user accounts were created. The queues were removed after several days, and the servers were then upgraded to handle the larger volume of traffic. |
Once "Quake Live" exited its closed beta stage, it was to be funded partially by in-game and website-based advertisements. IGA Worldwide were contracted by id Software to handle this aspect of the game's marketing. Problems with this model surfaced almost immediately with the announcement by the advertising agency that they were struggling as a result of the financial difficulties. In March 2009, the agency admitted that sale was a possibility if further investments were not forthcoming. |
At QuakeCon 2009, John Carmack stated publicly that their financial scheme for the game had so far failed to provide sufficient income to keep the project in the black. As a result, he announced that a premium subscription service was being planned: |
The in-game advertising stuff has not been big business. That's not going to be able to carry the project ... Quake Live is gonna be Quake Live for the foreseeable future ... It's only just now that we're going to be able to put it to the test. |
Marty Stratton, id Software's Executive Producer, has commented that: |
The plan is to completely integrate the ability to start and manage private games directly through QUAKE LIVE, utilizing all of the friends, awareness and notification features we have available through the site. This ability will be the cornerstone of a QUAKE LIVE Premium Service that will be offered for a small monthly fee (likely less than $5 per month). |
On August 6, 2010, the game left its public beta period, and "premium" and "pro" subscription options were announced. On September 11, 2012, id Software introduced subscriptions in one, three, six, and twelve month increments, along with the ability to purchase redeemable gift tokens. |
In November 2013, citing the planned deprecation of NPAPI browser plug-ins by major browsers, "Quake Live" began to phase out its browser version and began migrating to a standalone client. However, this change necessitated the removal of OS X and Linux support from the game. |
On August 27, 2014, "Quake Live" saw what was its biggest update since the game's initial release in 2010. The main objective of the update was to allow for new players to better integrate into the game with a prominent focus on the game's spawn system, movement and item control. Notable changes included the addition of loadouts in certain game types, a "continuous bunny hop" mode, a new Heavy Machine Gun weapon, and other changes across the game. |
On October 28, 2015, a major update was released, representing "an accumulation of a year of code updates, optimizations, and over 4,500 map fixes". As part of the update, "Quake Live" also switched from its own in-house account system to using the Steamworks API, giving the game tighter integration with the Steam ecosystem and client features. However, due to these changes, all user statistics were reset. Additionally, the premium subscription options was dropped, as the game is no longer free-to-play and must be purchased for US$10. |
Being largely similar to "Quake III Arena", which is renowned for its extensive use in professional electronic sports, "Quake Live" has seen inclusion in many tournaments worldwide. In recent years, however, the game has experienced a decline in the number of tournaments due to waning popularity. The last major event currently holding Quake Live competitions is QuakeCon. |
The following competitions and organizations have held "Quake Live" events: |
"PC Gamer" gave the game an 8.8/10 score and commented: ""Quake Live" may be a 10-year-old shooter, but it's still a rush." |
= = = Resplendent pygmy angelfish = = = |
The resplendent pygmy angelfish ("Centropyge resplendens") is a species of fish in the family Pomacanthidae. It is endemic to Ascension Island. |
Cherubfish (Also called the pygmy angelfish) |
= = = Cephalopholis boenak = = = |
Cephalopholis boenak is a species of fish in the family Serranidae, known under many common names, including "bluelined coralcod", "brown-banded seabass", "brownbarred grouper", "brown-barred rockcod", "brownbarred rockcod", "brown coral-cod", "brown coral cod", "charcoal grouper", "cherna chocolate", "chocolate hind", "dusty-banded cod", "overcast grouper", "rock cod" and "vielle chocolat" . Its natural habitat is coral reefs and it is found in the waters around Australia, Cambodia, China, Comoros, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Réunion, Seychelles, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam . |
Chocolate hind |
Salt water |
The gulf of Thailand |
= = = Cephalopholis = = = |
Cephalopholis is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae. |
It contains the following species: |
= = = Yellow-crowned butterflyfish = = = |
The yellow-crowned butterflyfish ("Chaetodon flavocoronatus") is a species of butterflyfish endemic to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. |
= = = Cyclone Miller = = = |
Joseph H. "Cyclone" Miller (September 24, 1859 – October 13, 1916) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He played just two seasons in the majors, but did play with four teams in three leagues. He stood at 5'9". |
Miller's major league career began in 1884 for the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association. He lasted just one start, in which he threw a complete game victory, allowing only two runs. He then moved on to the Providence Grays, filling in the rotation due to injuries to their top pitchers, Charles Radbourn and Charlie Sweeney. Even though he did pitch well for long stretches during the games, he struggled to secure the victories in the late innings and had to be replaced. On July 31, 1884, in a road game versus the New York Gothams, he was appointed umpire due to the scheduled umpire calling in sick. The New York fans thought his calls were decidedly one-sided toward his Grays team, and he had to have a police escort off the field after the game. The game ended in a 3-3 tie. |
On one occasion, with Miller playing right field, the manager had wanted Sweeney to switch from pitcher to right field to bring in Miller to pitch in the 9th inning. Sweeney refused the move and walked off the field, and because of the rules during that time, Miller had to pitch the game with only two outfielders. He went on to lose the game, and Sweeney was suspended for a game to violating the manager's order. Instead of serving the suspension, Sweeney quit the team and joined the St. Louis Maroons of Union Association, leaving Radbourn to shoulder the team's pitching duties for the rest of the season. It was that season that Radbourn set his all-time record for wins with 60, which under today's rules would have only been 59 because in one game, he relieved Miller with Providence having the lead after five innings. On September 13, when the team departing on a lengthy road trip, they decided not to bring Miller along with them, thus ending his short tenure with the team. He compiled a 3–2 record with them in five starts and one relief appearance that resulted in a late-inning loss. |
He is also on record as having pitched one game for the Philadelphia Quakers during the 1884 season. In that game, he pitched a complete game loss, giving up 19 runs, 10 of them earned. |
Miller spent 1885 in the minor leagues. He started 1886 with Macon of the Southern Association but finished it with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association. He went 10-8 that season, completing all of his starts and throwing one shutout. On August 20, he threw a one-hitter, giving up his one hit in the ninth inning and losing 1-0 to the Baltimore Orioles, and their young fireballer Matt Kilroy. During this season, he played one game at third base, becoming one of only 36 left-handed players to have played at least one game at that position. |
Miller died at the age of 57 in New London, Connecticut, and was interred at Comstock Cemetery in Montville, Connecticut. |
= = = Easter Island butterflyfish = = = |
The Easter Island butterflyfish or white-tip butterflyfish ("Chaetodon litus") is a species of subtropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is endemic to the seas round Easter Island, off the coast of mainland Chile. |
Butterflyfish have deep, laterally flattened bodies, a slightly upturned snout, uninterrupted dorsal fins and unforked, broadly wedge-shaped tail fins with flat ends. "Chaetodon litus" has a rectangular outline and is silvery-grey with white-edged scales. The maximum length is long. The dorsal fin has 13 spines and 23 to 25 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 19 or 20 soft rays. |
The Easter Island butterflyfish is native to the waters around Easter Island and is found nowhere else. Its preferred habitat is on reefs and among volcanic boulders heavily clad in brown algae at depths down to about . Juvenile fish are sometimes found among corals in rock pools. |
Juvenile Easter Island butterflyfish have been observed to act as cleaner fish, picking parasites off the skin of larger fish. During the breeding season, male and female adult fish form pair bonds. |
The Easter Island butterflyfish is a bottom feeding fish. Examination of its stomach contents have shown that it feeds on polycheaete worms, shrimps, fish eggs and barnacles, and fragments of the black sponge "Amphimedon" sp. were also found. This was unexpected as butterfly fish are not known to feed on sponges, however the explanation may be that the sponge was ingested in error when the fish was feeding on the barnacles which had become entangled in the sponge. |
At one time this fish was listed as "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in their Red List of Threatened Species but in 2010, this was changed to being of "Least Concern". The reason given for this change was that, although its range was very limited, this fish was quite common within that range and did not face any significant threats. A small number of fish were collected for the reef aquarium trade but the number was not believed to reduce the population to any great extent. |
= = = Marley's butterflyfish = = = |
Marley's butterflyfish, Chaetodon marleyi, is a species of fish in the family Chaetodontidae. It is also called the doubledash or doublesash butterflyfish. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa, and is an ornamental fish. Its closest relative is the West African "Chaetodon hoefleri". It feeds on polychaetes, crustaceans, hydroids and ascidians. |
= = = Prognathodes obliquus = = = |
Prognathodes obliquus is a marine fish species of the butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae). It is endemic to Brazil. |
Destruction of its habitat by pollution, marine construction and pollution has rendered it vulnerable to extinction. |
= = = Handball at the 2007 African Games = = = |
The Handball competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held in Algiers, Algeria between 14 July and 21 July 2007. |
Semifinals: |
3rd place final: |
Final: |
Semifinals: |
3rd place final: |
Final: |
= = = Three-banded butterflyfish = = = |
The three-banded butterflyfish ("Chaetodon robustus") is a species of fish in the family Chaetodontidae. |
It inhabits the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean, in warm tropical waters from Mauritania down to Cape Verde and the Gulf of Guinea. It is present in coral reefs, from 30 to 70 meters deep. Its maximum length is 14.5 cm. |
= = = Cheirodon australe = = = |
Cheirodon australe is a species of fish in the family Characidae endemic to Chile. It is found in freshwater environments at a benthopelagic depth range. They are native to a subtropical climate. |