Lukyamuzi Bashir

Lukyamuzi Bashir ( or Badi)(born 7 December 1986 ) is a Ugandan music director , film director and producer .

He directed Blu*3 's video Where you are featuring Goodlyfe Crew , Iryn Namubiru ’s Bona Obasinga , and Vumilia by Chameleone .

He also directed Goodlyfe Crew 's music videos Talk n Talk , This is how we do it .

He is popularly know to work with friend and artist A Pass .

Bashir is the Channel O Ugandan representative and the director of photography for the South Africa - based music TV channel and has worked on Off the Record , Introducing Keko and Lifestyle Uganda for the channel .

He directed his debut film Bala Bala Sese written by Usama Mukwaya and featuring Ashraf Ssemwogerere .


Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War

Washington , D.C. , during the American Civil War was the nerve - centre of the Union war effort , which rapidly turned it from a small city into a major capital with a full civic infrastructure and strong defences .

The shock of Union defeat at First Bull Run , with demoralised troops wandering the streets of the capital , caused President Lincoln to order extensive fortifications and a large garrison .

This required an influx of troops , military suppliers and building contractors , which would set up a new demand for accommodation , including military hospitals .

The abolition of slavery in D.C. in 1862 also attracted many freedmen to the city .

Except for one attempted invasion by Confederate cavalry leader Jubal Early in 1864 , the capital remained impregnable .

When Lincoln was assassinated in Ford ’s Theater in April 1865 , thousands flocked into Washington to view the coffin , further raising the profile of the city .

The new president Andrew Johnson wanted to dispel the funereal atmosphere , and organised a programme of victory parades which revived public hopes for the future .


Blokland, South Holland

Blokland is a hamlet in the Dutch province of South Holland .

It is a part of the municipality of Liemeer , and lies about 12 km northeast of Alphen aan den Rijn .

The area Blokland , in which the hamlet is located , used to be part of Uithoorn , but became part of Mijdrecht in 1811 .

The eastern half of the area , Polder Blokland , still is part of the municipality of De Ronde Venen in the province of Utrecht ( which includes Mijdrecht ) ; the western half of the area , part of Polder Zevenhoven , is part of Liemeer in the province South Holland .

Confusingly , the hamlet itself lies in Polder Zevenhoven ; the houses in Polder Blokland are part of the hamlets Kromme Mijdrecht and De Hoef .


Headquarters Marine Corps

Headquarters Marine Corps ( HQMC ) is a headquarters staff within the Department of the Navy which includes the offices of the Commandant of the Marine Corps , the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps and various staff functions .

The function , composition , and general duties of HQMC are defined in Title 10 of the United States Code , Subtitle C , Part I , Chapter 506 ( Headquarters , Marine Corps ) .

HQMC " consists of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and those staff agencies that advise and assist him in discharging his responsibilities prescribed by law and higher authority .

The Commandant is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the total performance of the Marine Corps .

This includes the administration , discipline , internal organization , training , requirements , efficiency , and readiness of the service .

The Commandant also is responsible for the operation of the Marine Corps material support system . "

HQMC is currently spread throughout the Washington , D.C. , Virginia , and Maryland area , to include the Pentagon , Henderson Hall , Marine Barracks , Washington , D.C. , Marine Corps Base Quantico , and the Washington Navy Yard .


Dylan & the Dead

Dylan & the Dead is a collaborative live album by American singer - songwriter Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead , released on February 6 , 1989 by Columbia Records .

The album consists of seven songs written and sung by Dylan , with the Grateful Dead providing accompaniment .

The album was produced by Jerry Garcia and John Cutler .

Dylan & the Dead was recorded in 1987 , during a successful stadium tour of the same name , that featured the two artists performing separately and together .

Songs from two of the Grateful Dead 's performances from the tour are documented on the album and video View from the Vault IV , and one of the tour - rehearsal songs is on the album Postcards of the Hanging .

Though ultimately poorly received , the album initially sold well , reaching on the Billboard charts in the U.S. , in the UK , and earning a Gold certification in the U.S.

In 1992 , a bootleg of the first concert of the tour was released under the title " Orbiting Uvula " .

It includes the first - ever live performance of " Queen Jane Approximately " , the first live performance of " John Brown " since 1963 , and the first live performance of " Chimes of Freedom " since 1964 .


Hiram, Missouri

Hiram is an unincorporated community in eastern Wayne County , Missouri , United States .

It is located on Missouri Route C between Clubb to the northwest and Lowndes to the southeast .

It is located about twenty miles southwest of Marble Hill .

The community is located on McCabe Creek just north of that steam 's confluence with Bear Creek .

A post office called Hiram was established in 1900 , and remained in operation until 1994 .

The community was named after Hiram Holliday , a businessman in the local lumber industry at Greenville .

Hiram was approximately midway on Holiday ’s 17 mile railroad spur running from Greenville ( the county seat ) to Cascade located in the northeast corner of the county .

This spur transported most all of the virgin pine timber of the northeast portion of Wayne County between 1880 and 1910 .


Pasteur Institute

The Pasteur Institute ( ) is a French non - profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology , micro - organisms , diseases , and vaccines .

It is named after Louis Pasteur , who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time , including pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax and rabies .

The institute was founded on June 4 , 1887 , and inaugurated on November 14 , 1888 .

For over a century , the Institut Pasteur has been at the forefront of the battle against infectious disease .

This worldwide biomedical research organization based in Paris was the first to isolate HIV , the virus that causes AIDS , in 1983 .

Over the years , it has been responsible for breakthrough discoveries that have enabled medical science to control such virulent diseases as diphtheria , tetanus , tuberculosis , poliomyelitis , influenza , yellow fever , and plague .

Since 1908 , eight Institut Pasteur scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology , and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was shared between two Pasteur scientists .


Mikey Waters

Michael Waters is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant 's My Own Private Idaho , portrayed by River Phoenix .

He is a sensitive , homeless hustler who suffers from narcolepsy , directly foiling his best friend and love interest , Scott Favor ( Keanu Reeves ) , who is a type - A personality hustler from a rich , influential family .

Mike , a vagabond searching for his mother , proclaims himself as a " connoisseur of roads " because he has been " tasting roads all [ his ] life . "

Mikey remains one of the defining characters of New Queer Cinema and , due to the impressive critical reception , is a crucial role in River Phoenix 's success and influence as an actor .

For example , Eric Alan Edwards , one of the film 's directors of photography , said that River Phoenix " really wore the role " because " he looked like a street kid . "


Yongxing Island Airport

Yongxing Island Airport , also known as Woody Island Airport , is a military airport located on Yongxing ( Woody ) Island , the largest of the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea .

Yongxing / Woody Island is occupied and administered by China ( PRC ) as the seat of Sansha city of Hainan Province .

The airport was expanded in 1990 to increase the combat range of Chinese warplanes .

Further construction and reclamation of land commenced in 2012 to lengthen the airstrip .

This work was completed in October 2014 .

There was discussion on launching scheduled civilian flights between the Chinese mainland and the island before the end of 2016 .

However , as of June 2018 , there is no commercial service to this airport .

Military drills with fighter aircraft landing and taking off at Yongxing Island Airport were carried out and telecast on CCTV in December 2017 .


Le Reculet

Le Reculet is the second - highest summit in the Jura Mountains .

It is located in the Ain department in France .

It is situated a few kilometres south of the Crêt de la Neige on the territory of the town of Thoiry .

A cross was erected on the summit by the inhabitants of Thoiry .

The summit has views of the Pays de Gex , Geneva , Lake Geneva , the Alps , Mont Blanc , the Matterhorn , and on clear days the Chaîne des Puys .

Le Reculet was sometimes designated as the highest point of the Jura , until the elevation of the Crêt de la Neige was revised upwards to 1720 m instead of 1717.6 m.


Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story

Malfunkshun : The Andrew Wood Story is a 2005 documentary film based on the life of Andrew Wood , singer / songwriter for the Seattle - based alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone .

The film includes interviews with fellow Seattle musicians and friends such as Chris Cornell , Kim Thayil , Jeff Ament , and Stone Gossard .

Wood died of a heroin overdose in 1990 , just as Mother Love Bone were poised for commercial success .

Upon Wood 's death , two founding members of Mother Love Bone , along with Eddie Vedder , formed a band called Mookie Blaylock .

However , they soon changed the band 's name to Pearl Jam and became one of the most successful rock acts of the 1990s .

The film premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival .

In October of the same year , the film was screened at the FAIF Film Festival in Hollywood , California .


Château de Pirou

The Château de Pirou is a castle in the commune of Pirou , in the département of Manche ( Normandy ) , France .

The castle was initially built of wood , then of stone in the 12th century and belonged to the lords of Pirou .

It was constructed near the shore of the English Channel , and used to watch upon the west coast of the Cotentin , to protect the town of Coutances and a strategic shallow - water harbour .

As the coastline receded , the castle lost its strategic significance , and thus was not militarily upgraded as well as being spared the systematic destruction of fortifications ( as seats of power and resistance to central governance ) during the French Revolution and its aftermath .

The castle was transformed into Lord Adnan 's penthouse during the 18th century , and then began to deteriorate .

In 1968 the castle was listed in the Inventaire supplémentaire des Monuments historiques by the French Ministry of Culture .

Restoration was begun on the initiative of the abbot Marcel Lelégard ( 1925 - 1994 ) .

The castle now lies in the middle of an artificial pond .

The drawbridge has been replaced by a stone bridge .

The curtain walls from the 12th century enclose two residential houses from two different periods ( 16th and 18th centuries ) .

A barn on the premises houses a locally - made tapestry , in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry , depicting historical events during a very lively period , from the Viking landings in the Cotentin to Norman conquest of southern Italy .

The Castle can be visited as a tourist attraction ( note that it closes during lunchtime ) .


North by Northwest

North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint and James Mason .

The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman , who wanted to write " the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures " .

North by Northwest is a tale of mistaken identity , with an innocent man pursued across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization trying to prevent him from blocking their plan to smuggle out microfilm that contains government secrets .

This is one of several Hitchcock films that features a music score by Bernard Herrmann and an opening title sequence by graphic designer Saul Bass .

This film is generally cited as the first to feature extended use of kinetic typography in its opening credits .

North by Northwest is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed as being among the greatest films of all time .

It was selected in 1995 for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress , as being " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant " .


Gohar Ayub Khan

Gohar Ayub Khan (; born 15 January 1937 ) , is a Pakistani politician , business oligarch , retired army officer , and conservative figure of the Pakistan Muslim League , who held ministerial positions during the administration of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif .

Gohar Ayub Khan hails from the village of Rehana , located in the Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and belongs to the Tareen tribe of ethnic Hazarawal Pashtuns , He is fluent in Hindko and Pashto .

He is the son of former President Field Marshal Ayub Khan and played an influential role in sustaining his father 's presidential rule after the 1965 presidential elections .

Educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , after graduation Gohar Ayub Khan was given a commission in Pakistan Army in 1959 .

During his military service he served as his father 's aide - de - camp , travelling with him on several foreign trips .

Upon his resignation in 1962 with the rank of Captain , he established a business conglomerate and entered in politics in 1974 .

He first contested the 1977 general elections through the Independence Movement platform , but later joined the Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) in 1988 .

After the 1990 general elections he was appointed as the fourteenth Speaker of the National Assembly .

He became the 20th Minister of Foreign Affairs after securing his seat with a heavy margin in the 1997 general elections .

Later he shifted to the energy department , serving as Minister for Water and Power beginning 7 August 1998 .

His term abruptly ended on 12 October 1999 , by General Pervez Musharraf , and he subsequently retired from national politics .


Vladimír Dzurilla

Vladimír Dzurilla ( August 2 , 1942 in Bratislava , Slovakia – July 25 , 1995 in Düsseldorf , Germany ) was a Slovak ice hockey goaltender playing for Czechoslovakia .

Dzurilla , a refrigerator repairman by profession , was goalie for the Czechoslovak national team for over 16 years , winning three gold , three silver and four bronze medals at world championships as well as one silver and two bronze Olympic medals .

However , in most of these tournaments Dzurilla and Jiri Holecek were battling to be Czechoslovakia 's top goaltender and each were given their share of games .

For North American fans , he is mostly known for stopping 29 shots in a 1 - 0 win over Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup ( where the Czechoslovaks finished second ) .

He suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Düsseldorf , Germany on July 25 , 1995 , only days before his 53rd birthday .


Borys Buryak

Borys Buryak ( born 25 October 1953 in Podvirne , Chernivtsi Oblast , in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian painter .

His works depict Ukrainian landscapes and urban views , or draw on the traditions of Ukrainian iconography .

Buryak graduated from the Ivan Trush College of Arts in 1974 , and from the Lviv Academy of Arts in 1979 .

He is a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine .

In 1991 he won the National Union of Artists Prize ( Kiev , 1991 ) , and was recognised in the international " New Names " awards in Moscow in 1992 .

Buryak today lives and works in Lviv , Ukraine , where he runs a private art school .


Zilch memo

The Zilch memo was an American government document sent by National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to President Richard Nixon on January 3 , 1972 , about the military situation in Laos during the Vietnam War .

On the memo , in his own handwriting , Nixon described the decade - long bombing campaign by the United States in Southeast Asia as a " failure , " having achieved " zilch , " despite public comments to the contrary .

Just the day before , January 2 , Nixon told CBS News reporter Dan Rather in an interview that the bombing was " very , very effective . "

Previously missing from the Richard Nixon Library , the memo was discovered in the possession of Alexander Butterfield , who served as the Deputy Assistant to President Nixon from 1969 to 1973 , by Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward , who subsequently published it in his 2015 book The Last of the President 's Men .

Despite Nixon 's private assessment that the bombing was a " failure , " U.S. bombing in Southeast Asia increased in 1972 .


Statue of George III, Somerset House

The statue of George III , Somerset House , formally titled George III and the River Thames , is a Grade I listed outdoor bronze sculptural group depicting King George III and Neptune or Father Thames , located in the quadrangle of Somerset House , London , England .

The sculptor was John Bacon , and the statue was erected between 1778 and 1789 .

George III is dressed in Roman apparel , leaning on a rudder , flanked by the prow of a Roman boat and a lion .

Father Thames is reclining on a lower , semi - circular plinth , one hand on an urn with a cornucopia behind him .

When Queen Charlotte first saw the statue of her husband she asked the sculptor ' Why did you make so frightful a figure ? ' .

Bacon bowed and replied ' Art can not always effect what is ever within the reach of Nature – the union of beauty and majesty . '


Ann Wagner

Ann Louise Wagner ( née Trousdale ; born September 13 , 1962 ) is an American politician who currently serves as the incumbent U.S. Representative for Missouri 's 2nd congressional district , serving since 2013 .

The district , based in St. Louis County , is heavily suburban and the wealthiest district in the state .

It includes most of St. Louis 's southern and western suburbs as well as some of the northern exurbs in St. Charles County and the northern portion of Jefferson County .

Wagner is a member of the Republican Party .

Previously , she served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009 .

Prior to her diplomatic post , Wagner was Chair of the Missouri Republican Party for six years , from 1999 until 2005 , and Co - chair of the Republican National Committee for four years .


David Zuckerman (TV producer)

David J. Zuckerman ( born August 28 , 1962 ) is an American writer and producer and is best known as the original showrunner and executive producer of the animated comedy series Family Guy , as well as the creator of the American adaptation of the Australian television series of the same name , Wilfred .

A native of Danville , California , Zuckerman is a graduate of the University of California , Los Angeles .

Zuckerman first wrote for the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air , and then went on to write and produce episodes for the Fox animated series King of the Hill .

In 1999 , along with writer and producer Seth MacFarlane , he developed another Fox animated series , entitled Family Guy .

He subsequently worked on MacFarlane 's second series , American Dad ! , before adapting the Australian live action series Wilfred and producing it under the same name for FX .


Bankard-Gunther Mansion

Bankard - Gunther Mansion is a historic home located at Baltimore , Maryland , United States .

It is a three - story , three bay wide , nine bay deep , flat roofed brick building built in 1866 .

It is a richly embellished Italianate style building built originally for Jacob J. Bankard , one of many enterprising and prominent butchers who flocked to " Butcher ’s Hill " , and later George Gunther , who established the Gunther Brewing Company in Baltimore .

In 1919 the building became an important Baltimore charitable center to be used by the Hebrew Home for Incurables and the Emmanuel Center to provide humanitarian service to the community .

Bankard - Gunther Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 .


George True Page

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

George True Page ( September 22 , 1859 – November 4 , 1941 ) was a United States federal judge .

Born in Spring Bay , Illinois , Page attended the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and read law to enter the bar in 1882 .

He was in private practice in Denver , Colorado from 1882 to 1884 and then in private practice in Peoria , Illinois until 1919 .

On March 1 , 1919 , Page was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Christian Cecil Kohlsaat .

Page was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1 , 1919 , and received his commission the same day .

He assumed senior status on October 1 , 1930 , serving in that capacity until his death , in 1941 , in La Jolla , California .

He also served as chairman of the Commercial Merchants National Bank and Trust Company from 1930 to 1941 .


Awareness ribbon

Awareness ribbons are symbols meant to show support or raise consciousness for a cause .

Different colours and patterns are associated with different issues .

Yellow ribbons , in the United States , are used to show that a close family member is abroad in military service .

In Russia , Belarus and other countries of the former Soviet Union , gold and black striped ribbons are used to celebrate the Allies ' victory in World War II ( 9 May ) .

Of the uses of ribbons to draw awareness to health issues , perhaps the best - known is the pink ribbon for support of those with breast cancer .

Other health and social concerns which have adopted coloured ribbons include Alzheimer 's disease , pancreatic cancer ( purple ) , HIV / AIDS ( red ) , bipolar disorder ( green ) , and brain disorder or disability ( silver ) .

Political use of ribbons include red ribbons worn to commemorate the October Revolution ( 7 November ) in the former Soviet Union , and orange ribbons in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine .

Other ornaments , including flowers ( of specific kinds ) , bracelets and badges may serve essentially the same purpose of drawing attention to a cause .

These include poppies , rosettes and wristbands .


Deep Impact (film)

Deep Impact is a 1998 American science - fiction disaster film directed by Mimi Leder , written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin , and starring Robert Duvall , Téa Leoni , Elijah Wood , Vanessa Redgrave , Maximilian Schell , and Morgan Freeman .

Steven Spielberg served as an executive producer of this film .

It was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and by DreamWorks Pictures internationally on May 8 , 1998 .

The film depicts the attempts to prepare for and destroy a wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction .

Deep Impact was released in the same summer as a similarly themed film , Armageddon , which fared better at the box office , while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate .

Both films were similarly received by critics , with Armageddon scoring 39 % and Deep Impact scoring 44 % on Rotten Tomatoes .

Nonetheless , Deep Impact grossed over $ 349 million worldwide on an $ 80 million production budget .

It was the final film by cinematographer Dietrich Lohmann .


Idylwood, Virginia

Idylwood is a census - designated place ( CDP ) in Fairfax County , Virginia , United States .

The population was 17,288 at the 2010 census .

It originally developed as a suburban community along the route of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad , and later along Virginia State Route 7 .

The construction of the Capital Beltway in the 1960s , and I-66 and the Orange Line of the Washington Metrorail system in the 1980s , as well as the concurrent development of nearby Tysons Corner into Washington 's leading suburban business district , led to the development of several apartment , townhouse , and small - lot single - family housing complexes , as well as the high - rise Idylwood Towers condominium , in the portion of Idylwood lying to the north of I-66 .

The area to the south of I-66 remains primarily large - lot single - family .


Shaji Kailas

Shaji Kailas is an Indian film director best known for his hard - hitting Malayalam commercial films of the 1990s .

Shaji got a break in the industry with the comedy film Dr. Pasupathy ( 1990 ) .

He 's known for his collaboration with screenwriters Renji Panicker and Ranijth .

With Renji Panicker , Shaji made popular political thrillers such as Thalastaanam ( 1992 ) , Sthalathe Pradhana Payyans ( 1993 ) , Ekalavyan ( 1993 ) , Mafia ( 1993 ) , Commissioner ( 1994 ) , and The King ( 1995 ) .

Shaji 's collaboration with Ranijth brought forth stories set in a feudal background , such as Aaraam Thampuran ( 1997 ) , Narasimham ( 2000 ) , and Valliettan ( 2000 ) .


Rodney Atkins

Rodney Allan Atkins ( born March 28 , 1969 ) is an American country music artist .

Signed to Curb Records in 1996 , he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart in 1997 , but did not release an album until 2003 's Honesty , which included the number 4 hit " Honesty ( Write Me a List ) " .

If You 're Going Through Hell , his second album , was released in 2006 .

Its first two singles , " If You 're Going Through Hell ( Before the Devil Even Knows ) " and " Watching You " , each spent four weeks at the top of the country music chart , and were respectively ranked as the top country songs of 2006 and 2007 according to Billboard Year - End .

The album , which has since been certified platinum in the United States , produced two more number 1 singles in " These Are My People " and " Cleaning This Gun ( Come On In Boy ) " .

It 's America ( 2009 ) included the number 1 single " It 's America " and the top 5 hit " Farmer 's Daughter " , which was added to a later reissue of the album .

Take a Back Road ( 2011 ) produced his sixth number 1 in its title track .

Atkins has received six nominations from the Academy of Country Music and two from the Country Music Association , winning Top New Male Vocalist from the former in 2006 .


William Farrar Smith

William Farrar Smith ( February 17 , 1824 – February 28 , 1903 ) , known as ' Baldy ' Smith , was a Union general in the American Civil War , notable for attracting the extremes of glory and blame .

He was praised for his gallantry in the Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Antietam , but was demoted for insubordination after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg .

As chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland , he achieved recognition by restoring a supply line that saved that army from starvation and surrender , known as the " Cracker Line " , that helped Union troops to success in the Chattanooga Campaign in the autumn of 1863 .

Leading the first operation against Petersburg , Smith 's hesitation , possibly illness - related , cost the Union a prime opportunity for a quick end to the war , and he was relieved of command .


Militia (Italian neo-Nazi group)

Militia is an Italian neo - Nazi group founded by Maurizio Boccacci , the former leader of the banned .

The group first came to attention in 2008 when Boccacci was prosecuted over anti - semitic and Holocaust denialist graffiti .

Further prosecutions in 2010 followed raids against the group , prompted by further anti - semitic graffiti which had been put up in response to statements by political and religious leaders supporting the continued existence of Israel .

Among the items seized in the raids were machetes , baseball bats , an Israeli Army uniform , and tools used for painting graffiti .

Boccacci and four other members were arrested in December 2011 by the Special Operations Group of the Italian Carabinieri .

The group had made threats against Riccardo Pacifici , President of Rome 's Jewish community , Gianni Alemanno , Mayor of Rome , Gianfranco Fini , President of the Chamber of Deputies , and Renato Schifani , President of the Italian Senate .

They are believed to have plotted a bombing targeting Pacifici .


Republic of Karelia

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic

The Republic of Karelia (; ; ; ; ) is a federal subject of Russia ( a republic ) , located in the northwest of Russia .

Its capital is the city of Petrozavodsk .

The modern Karelian Republic was founded as an autonomous republic within the Russian SFSR by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All - Russian Central Executive Committee ( VTsIK ) of June 27 , 1923 , and by the Decree of the VTsIK and the Council of People 's Commissars of July 25 , 1923 , from the Karelian Labor Commune .

From 1940 to 1956 , it was known as the Karelo - Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic , one of the union republics in the Soviet Union .

In 1956 , it was once again an autonomous republic and remains as a part of Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 .


Lucien Gaillard

Lucien Gaillard ( 1861 – 1942 , both in Paris , France ) was a French goldsmith and jeweller , who worked in the art nouveau style .

Lucien Gaillard was born into a family of jewellers .

His grandfather Amédée Alexandre Gaillard ( 1811 - 1882 ) founded a jewellery firm in Paris in 1840 , which he then passed on to his son Ernest ( 1836 - 1909 ) .

Lucien Gaillard trained as an apprentice under his father , before taking over the business in 1892 .

His brother Ernest was also a well known art nouveau furniture designer .

He won a prize for his jewellery at the 1889 Universal Exposition .

He was also a judge at the 1893 Universal Exposition in Chicago .

In 1902 he was made a knight of the Legion of Honour .

He was deeply interested in Japanese art .

His workshop included artists who travelled from Japan to work in ivory and lacquer .

His workshop produced vases , cane heads , hair combs , pins and pendants as well as more traditional jewellery , often inspired by floral or animal motifs .

The animal motifs included bees , butterflies , dragonflies and snakes .

He was known for using only a single motif per item .

Around 1910 , the Gaillard workshop began to work in glass , including collaborations with several perfume houses , including Geldy and Corday .

The work of Gaillard and his workshop are on display in the Musée D'Orsay and the Metropolitan Museum .


Laura Attrux

Laura Margaret Attrux , born June 28 , 1909 , in Duck Lake , Saskatchewan , Canada , was a nurse who received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Alberta on June 19 , 1970 .

Attrux had a career of forty - six years of nursing .

Thirty - five of these were as a public health nurse employed by the Alberta government in northern Alberta .

She worked mostly by herself as a district / municipal nurse in the remote communities of Valleyview , Whitecourt , Smith , Slave Lake , Alberta , Wabasca , Swan Hills , Paddle Prairie , High Level , and Rainbow Lake .

In 1967 at age 58 she took flying lessons and purchased an Cessna 150 airplane .

She delivered 1031 babies during her career .


Burwell Jones

Burwell Otis Jones ( born March 23 , 1933 ) is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion .

At the 1951 Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires , Argentina , he won the bronze medal in the men 's 100-meter backstroke , and a gold medal in the men 's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event , alongside teammates Dick Cleveland , Ronald Gora and Bill Heusner .

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland , Jones swam for the gold medal - winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men 's 4×200-meter freestyle relay .

Although the U.S. team finished first , Jones did not receive a medal under the 1952 rules because he did not swim in the event final .

Jones attended the University of Michigan , where he swam for the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) competition from 1952 to 1954 .


The Unusual Youth

The Unusual Youth ( ) is a 2005 Hong Kong teen comedy - drama film centering on five disillusioned Hong Kong teenagers living on the island of Cheung Chau as they try to deal with life in spite of family backgrounds .

The film stars Race Wong of 2R fame , Yan Ng , Marco Lok and Raymond Wong .

Several veteran Milkyway Image actors , which include Law Wing - Cheong , Cheung Siu - Fai , Lam Suet and Simon Yam ( in a brief , unbilled appearance ) make cameo appearances .

The Unusual Youth marks the writing and directing debut of Dennis Law , a former real - estate developer turned former chairman for Milkyway Image .

It is also the first film to be produced by Law 's own production company Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd.


Stop Wasting Food

Stop Wasting Food ( ) is a Danish consumer organization that works for the reduction of food waste in society .

It was established in 2008 by Selina Juul , who acts as the movement 's day - to - day leader and spokesperson .

The organization is run by volunteers and does not count on a permanent membership .

The goal of Stop Wasting Food is to spread the message that it is economically irresponsible to dispose of edible food at any point in the food - production chain , from producers to shops and restaurants to homes .

The Danish Agriculture and Food Council has estimated that Denmark wastes over 700,000 tons of food annually , at a cost of DKK 11.6 billion .

Stop Wasting Food , and its spokesperson Selina Juul , has received support from Danish politicians such as Eva Kjer Hansen , Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , Ritt Bjerregaard , Connie Hedegaard , Bertel Haarder , Frank Jensen , Dan Jørgensen , Karen Ellemann , Henrik Høegh and Kirsten Brosbøl , as well as food industry figures such as Rema 1000 and Coop Danmark .

In part due to the Stop Wasting Food movement , Denmark was able to reduce its food waste by 25 % in the five - year period of 2010 – 2015 .


Catskill Escarpment

The Catskill Escarpment , often referred to locally as just the Escarpment or the Great Wall of Manitou , and known as the Catskill Front to geologists , is the range forming the northeastern corner of the Catskill Mountains in Greene and Ulster counties in the U.S. state of New York .

It rises very abruptly from the Hudson Valley to summits above in elevation , including three of the Catskill High Peaks , with almost no foothills .

The plateau to the south and west averages above sea level .

The Escarpment was the first area of the Catskills to attract the interest of European settlers .

Botanist John Bartram wrote a widely read account of an expedition there prior to independence , and a century later the North - South Lake area he had visited became home to a number of exclusive resorts , including the Catskill Mountain House .

Views of it inspired Thomas Cole and other painters of the Hudson River school , the first art movement in the United States .

Today much of it is New York State Forest Preserve within the Catskill Park , and a popular place for hiking , camping and other outdoor recreation .


Island Number Ten

Island Number Ten was an island in the Mississippi River near Tiptonville , Tennessee and the site of a major eponymous battle in the American Civil War .

In the mid-19th century the United States Government began to adopt a uniform numbering plan for islands in the Lower Mississippi River ( that part of the river below its confluence with the Ohio River near Cairo , Illinois ) .

This system assigned each major island a number , which increased in the downstream direction .

The purpose of this system was to create a level of certainty in documents describing islands in the river as to exactly which island was meant .

To a large extent , however , the system had an unintended , and at times almost reverse effect .

The numbering system was based on the premise that the islands were relatively permanent , static features when in fact the opposite is true .

Due to erosion and accretion , the islands in the lower Mississippi are in a constant state of flux , ever growing , shrinking , and at times disappearing entirely , particularly after major floods .

Today , the land described in the mid-19th century as " Island Number Ten " , as is the case with many of the islands of the Lower Mississippi , no longer really exists .

Some of what constituted it is now part of the floodplain near New Madrid , Missouri as the river 's channel changed ; the bulk of it has simply been eroded away .

For this reason , the Battle of Island Number Ten monument , which references this fact , is located on State Route 22 approximately three miles north of Tiptonville ; the cemetery where some of the combatants were interred is across the river in Missouri .


KYSL

KYSL ( 93.9 FM ) also known on air as Krystal 93 is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Album Alternative format .

Licensed to Frisco , Colorado , United States .

The station is currently owned by Krystal Broadcasting , Incorporated and features programing from AP Radio .

KYSL transmits on 93.9 in Summit County ( which includes Frisco , Dillon , Keystone , Breckenridge ) , 93.1 in Eagle County ( Vail area ) , and 92.3 in Clear Creek County ( Loveland Ski Area ) .

Krystal 93 first signed on in May 1988 , and during its first 11 years on the air , the station was broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format .

In 2001 it flipped to its current format of Adult Album Alternative while retaining the Krystal branding and the KYSL call letters .

Krystal 93 owns the highest FM radio transmitter in North America .

Krystal 93 is a lifestyle oriented , live radio station targeting locals and visitors who love good music and want current information ( road and traffic conditions , local , regional and national news ) .

Krystal 93 also believes in a strong commitment to local non - profit organizations and events .

Krystal 's online stream allows listeners all over the world to tune in .


Beauty Pageant (Parks and Recreation)

" Beauty Pageant " is the third episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Parks and Recreation , and the ninth overall episode of the series .

It originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 1 , 2009 .

In the episode , Leslie serves as a judge in the Miss Pawnee beauty pageant and becomes determined to prevent an attractive , but talentless and unintelligent , contestant from winning .

The episode was written by Katie Dippold and directed by Jason Woliner .

It featured stand - up comedian Louis C.K.

in his second guest appearance as Dave Sanderson , a Pawnee police officer who develops a romantic interest in Leslie .

According to Nielsen Media Research , the episode was seen by 4.63 million households , a slight improvement over the previous week .

" Beauty Pageant " received generally positive reviews , with several commentators claiming the season continued a trend of funnier episodes than in the first season .

It is the only episode of the series in which Nick Offerman does not appear as Ron Swanson .


A Very Crappy Christmas

" A Very Crappy Christmas " is the seventeenth and final episode of the fourth season of the animated television series South Park , and the 65th episode overall .

It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on December 20 , 2000 .

In the episode , Kyle awaits Mr. Hankey on Christmas , but he does not show up .

To try to spread some Christmas cheer , Kyle and the boys decide to create their own animated special .

The episode was written by series co - creator Trey Parker and is rated TV - MA in the United States and is rated 12 in the United Kingdom .

" A Very Crappy Christmas " is the fourth Christmas episode of the series .


Centipede (video game)

Centipede is a vertically oriented fixed shooter arcade game produced by Atari , Inc. in June 1981 .

The game was designed by Ed Logg and Dona Bailey .

It was one of the most commercially successful games from the video arcade 's golden age .

The player fights off centipedes , spiders , scorpions and fleas , completing a round after eliminating the centipede that winds down the playing field .

Centipede was ported to Atari 's own Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Atari 7800 , and Atari 8-bit family .

Under the Atarisoft label , the game was sold for the Apple II , Commodore 64 , ColecoVision , VIC-20 , IBM PC ( as a PC booter ) , Intellivision , and TI-99/4A.

Superior Software published the port for the BBC Micro .


Early grounds of Manchester City F.C.

Before Manchester City Football Club moved into their first permanent home in Manchester , England , in 1887 , the club played at a short series of grounds which ranged from established cricket venues to bumpy fields with no stands or boundaries nor history of sporting usage .

The club was founded as a philanthropic endeavour to encourage impressionable youths to commit to wholesome activities rather than falling to the local adolescent culture of alcohol and violence .

The sport of football was barely 15 years from the writing of its own rulebook .

The club had no immediate option of using or constructing a stadium , and thus most of their first locations were nothing more than painted lines and goalposts .

As the club reformed and changed its name twice between 1880 and 1887 , soits choice of locations were a series of low - cost , short - term solutions when their current location became untenable .

In 1887 , when City moved to their sixth pitch in only eight years , they had the money , ambition , reputation and stability to construct themselves a more permanent base of operations , at the stadium named Hyde Road .


You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat

You 've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You 'll Lose That Beat is a 1971 comedy - drama film directed by Peter Locke .

It involves a young hippie and his search for the meaning of life while in Central Park .

Its soundtrack includes some of the earliest released music by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker , the duo who later formed the core of the group Steely Dan .

The film also stars Richard Pryor in an early role playing his signature " wino " character , and actor / director Robert Downey Sr .

The soundtrack , " performed by The Original Soundtrack " was released in 1971 , with re - releases in the later 1970s and after .

Future film director Wes Craven , then working at a New York City post - production company , made his professional feature debut as the film 's editor .


Children of Violence

The Children of Violence is a series of five semi - autobiographical novels by British Nobel Prize in Literature - winner Doris Lessing :

Martha Quest ( 1952 ) , A Proper Marriage ( 1954 ) , A Ripple from the Storm ( 1958 ) , Landlocked ( 1965 ) , and The Four - Gated City ( 1969 ) .

The series follows the life of the protagonist Martha Quest from adolescence until her death , which takes place in the future , in the year 1997 .

The first four novels are set during the 1930s and 1940s , in the former British colony of Southern Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe , in southern Africa , where Lessing lived from 1925 until 1949 .

The fifth work , The Four - Gated City , is a science fiction dystopia set in London , from the 1950s into a future where World War Three takes place .


Run's House (song)

" Run 's House " is a single released by Run – D.M.C.

from their fourth studio album Tougher Than Leather .

It was released in 1988 through Profile Records and was produced and written by the group and Davy D. " Run 's House " was the highest charting single from the album , making it to number ten on the Hot R&B;/Hip - Hop Singles & Tracks chart .

The track was later used as the theme song for Run 's show Run 's House and was sampled by the group for their hit single , " Down with the King " .

The premise of the song is that no matter who is performing at a concert or wherever they go , Run - DMC owns the " house " and always heads the bill .

Run makes references to the trio 's influence on hip - hop with the lines " They said rap was crap / But never had this band " and " ' Til the ruler came , with a cooler name / Made ya dance and prance and draw the fans insane . "

A music video for " Run 's House " was filmed in New York City , showcasing the group performing in spots such as the Apollo Theater to a sea of fans .


Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Wolsey ( c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530 ; sometimes spelled Woolsey or Wulcy ) was an English churchman , statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church .

When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509 , Wolsey became the King 's almoner .

Wolsey 's affairs prospered , and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state and extremely powerful within the Church , as Archbishop of York , a cleric in England junior only to the Archbishop of Canterbury .

His appointment in 1515 as a cardinal by Pope Leo X gave him precedence over all other English clerics .

The highest political position Wolsey attained was Lord Chancellor , the King 's chief adviser ( formally , as his successor and disciple Thomas Cromwell was not ) .

In that position , he enjoyed great freedom and was often depicted as an alter rex ( other king ) .

After failing to negotiate an annulment of Henry 's marriage to Catherine of Aragon , Wolsey fell out of favour and was stripped of his government titles .

He retreated to York to fulfill his ecclesiastical duties as Archbishop of York , a position he nominally held , but had neglected during his years in government .

He was recalled to London to answer to charges of treason — a common charge used by Henry against ministers who fell out of favour — but died on the way from natural causes .


Center for Free Enterprise

The Center for Free Enterprise ( in Korean 자유기업원 ) is a libertarian and formerly neoconservative think - tank based in Seoul , South Korea .

Although the CFE was originally established upon the libertarian belief according to the philosophy of Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises , in later years , it expressed neoconservative , authoritarian or even McCarthyist ideas .

For example , CFE enthusiastically advocated the nationalization of history textbooks in Korea , which was mainly discussed under the Park Geun - hye administration .

Some libertarian scholars considered that the CFE had ruined libertarian ideas .

However , after the impeachment of the Park administration , in 2017 , the CFE changed its name from " 자유경제원 " to " 자유기업원 , " endeavoring to exclude authoritarian and un - libertarian ideas and to become the true libertarian think tank of Korea .


Anselperga

Anselperga was the eldest daughter of Desiderius , King of the Lombards , and Ansa .

She was the second Abbess of San Salvatore e Santa Giulia , which her parents had formed in Brescia from the union of San Michele e San Pietro with San Salvatore e Santa Maria .

Anselperga was richly endowed with land .

She received donations from her father , mother , brother Adelchis , and her maternal relatives .

During her tenure San Salvatore was removed by her father from the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Aquileia and given to the Archbishop of Milan .

Nevertheless , on 13 October 772 , Anselperga received a privilege from Patriarch Sigwald .

The date of Anselperga 's death is unrecorded , but she was replaced by Radoara as early as 781 .


William Boyd Sloan

William Boyd Sloan ( July 9 , 1895 – October 22 , 1970 ) was a United States federal judge .

Born in Gainesville , Georgia , Sloan read law to enter the bar in 1915 .

He was in private practice from 1915 to 1951 .

He was a member of the Georgia General Assembly from 1927 to 1931 .

He was an assistant attorney general of the State of Georgia from 1932 to 1933 .

He was a judge on the City Court of Hall County , Georgia from 1934 to 1945 , and then on the Superior Court of Georgia , Northeast Judicial Circuit , from until 1948 .

On February 19 , 1951 , Sloan was nominated by President Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by M. Neil Andrews .

Sloan was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20 , 1951 , and received his commission on March 23 , 1951 .

He assumed senior status on August 1 , 1965 , serving in that capacity until his death , in 1970 .


Hamza Ali Abbasi

Hamza Ali Abbasi ( Urdu/ ) is a Pakistani theatre , film and television actor , model and director .

He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial Pyarey Afzal , and as Salahuddin in the drama serial Mann Mayal .

Abbasi began his acting career in 2006 in the play Dally in the Dark , which was produced by Shah Shahrahbeel .

He made his film debut in a short film , The Glorious Resolve ( 2010 ) , directed by Bilal Lashari .

In 2013 , he appeared in two feature films , Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Waar , for which he received the Best Star Debut Male and Best Supporting Actor awards at the 1st ARY Film Awards .

He received praise for playing the parallel lead in the romantic comedy Jawani Phir Nahi Ani ( 2015 ) .


Gottlob Honold

Gottlob Honold ( 26 August 1876 – 17 March 1923 ) was the leading engineer in the workshop of Robert Bosch and , with Bosch , was the inventor of the spark plug and the modern internal combustion engine , as well as headlights .

The combination of the Bosch spark plug and the high voltage magneto , a process patented on 7 January 1902 , made it possible for the gasoline - powered engine to become the standard for motor vehicles .

Honold was born on 26 August 1876 in Langenau , in Germany , about 10 miles northeast of Ulm .

Honold 's father was a friend of the father of Robert Bosch , and in 1891 , Honold first worked in Bosch 's Stuttgart workshop at the age of 14 .

Following graduation from the Ulm gymnasium , Honold studied engineering at the Stuttgart technical university .

In 1901 , Honold accepted an offer to become the technical manager of Bosch 's company , and worked on the task of developing an improved ignition system for combustion engines .

The Daimler company ordered the Bosch engine and was soon breaking automotive speed records .

Honold continued work on faster and more powerful engines .

In 1913 , Honold helped develop the automotive headlights that are used today .

Although lights had been used to some extent for night driving , the early lanterns did little more than to draw attention to a vehicle , and were of little use for illumination .

It was Honold who conceived the idea of placing curved mirrors behind the lamp to increase the amount of light without taxing the automotive electrical system .

Honold also helped develop the Bosch car horn .

Honold died in Stuttgart on 17 March 1923 .


Robert Gallo

Robert Charles Gallo (; born March 23 , 1937 ) is an American biomedical researcher .

He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) and in the development of the HIV blood test , and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research .

Gallo is the director and co - founder of the Institute of Human Virology ( IHV ) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore , Maryland , established in 1996 in a partnership including the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore .

In November 2011 , Gallo was named the first Homer & Martha Gudelsky Distinguished Professor in Medicine .

Gallo is also a co - founder of biotechnology company Profectus BioSciences , Inc. and co - founder and scientific director of the Global Virus Network ( GVN ) .


Quarter session

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England ( including Wales ) from 1388 until 1707 , then in 18th - century Great Britain , in the later United Kingdom , and in other dominions of the British Empire .

Quarter sessions generally sat in the seat of each county and county borough .

They were abolished in England and Wales in 1972 , when the Courts Act 1971 replaced them and the assizes with a single permanent Crown Court .

In Scotland they survived until 1975 , when they were abolished and replaced by district courts and later by justice of the peace courts .

The quarter sessions were named after the quarter days on which they met in England and Wales from 1388 .

These days were later settled as Epiphany , Easter , Midsummer , and Michaelmas sessions .


Mount Gilead, Ohio

Mount Gilead is a village in Morrow County , Ohio , United States .

The population was 3,660 at the 2010 census .

It is the county seat of Morrow County and the center of population of Ohio .

The village was established in 1832 , eight years after white settlers arrived in the region .

Before their arrival , the forest was a hunting area for the Shawnee tribe .

Located in the center of the village is Morrow County 's historic World War I Victory Memorial Shaft , unique in the United States , and Mount Gilead State Park is nearby on State Route 95 .

Other areas drawing tourism include the Amish farms , shops and stores east of Mount Gilead , near Chesterville and Johnsville .

Mount Gilead is also home to the Morrow County Hospital .


Nicholas Rush

Dr. Nicholas Rush is a fictional character in the Canadian - American Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer - Syfy television series Stargate Universe , a military science fiction serial drama about the adventures of a present - day , multinational exploration team unable to return to Earth after an evacuation to the Ancient spaceship Destiny , which is traveling in a distant corner of the universe .

He is portrayed by Scottish actor Robert Carlyle .

Carlyle , while at first skeptical towards the show , got an interest in the character of Rush because he felt Rush was a " very interesting " character to portray .

Rush is a machiavellian scientist whose life 's work is uncovering the mysteries behind the ninth chevron of the Stargate , which ultimately leads him and personnel from the Icarus Base through the Stargate to a far - away galaxy where they must fight for their own survival .

Rush made his first appearance in the pilot episode , " Air " , first broadcast in the United States and Canada in 2009 .


Grooves & Gravy Tour

The Grooves & Gravy Tour is a nationwide concert tour by American Rock band ZZ Top .

Opening for ZZ Top at most stops on the tour was Atlanta - based Southern Rock band Blackberry Smoke .

The tour consisted of 32 shows , including performances in the United States and Canada .

" We ’re looking forward to getting out there with the Blackberry Smoke guys , " says ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons .

“ Grooves & Gravy promises to be one of the rowdiest outings of the year so come on out and get crazy with us . ”

Likewise , Blackberry Smoke lead singer / guitarist Charlie Starr proclaimed , “ We ca n’t wait to go out and make music with the legendary ZZ Top . "


Evolution (Sabrina Carpenter album)

Evolution ( stylized as ƎVO⅃ution ) is the second studio album by American singer Sabrina Carpenter , released on October 14 , 2016 , by Hollywood Records .

Sabrina began recording the album in 2015 , shortly after the launch of her first studio album , Eyes Wide Open until 2016 .

The album received positive reviews from music critics , commercially the album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 and sold 11,500 copies in its first week .

" On Purpose " was released as the lead single from Evolution on July 29 , 2016 .

It was followed by promotional singles " All We Have Is Love " and " Run and Hide " shortly before the album 's release .

" Thumbs " was the second and last single released from the album .

The album was promoted with several appearances and performances .

To further promote the album , Carpenter embarked on her first headlining concert tour , Evolution Tour .


Levant water frog

The Levant water frog ( Pelophylax bedriagae ) , formerly belonging to the genus Rana , is a southern European species of frog .

They are green to brown in color with dark blotches on their dorsal side .

They are cousins of the aquatic frogs and live most of the time in the water .

They are not poisonous and are quite large , especially the females .

It has been introduced in some countries where it was not native , one of which is Malta .

First kept as a pet , then recently during the 1990s , it was deliberately introduced to a number of fresh water rock pools in Gozo , where in one it sustains a large population .

Though a prolific and invasive species , it is restricted to constant fresh water supply , so it can not spread naturally on its own on arid Mediterranean islands .


East Midlands Parkway railway station

East Midlands Parkway railway station is located north of Ratcliffe - on - Soar on the Midland Main Line in the East Midlands of England .

It provides park and ride facilities for rail passengers on the routes from to and .

It is also the closest station to East Midlands Airport , some away , which is reached by an hourly minibus service .

All train services are operated by East Midlands Trains ( EMT ) .

The station lies in southwest Nottinghamshire , about from the border with Leicestershire and from that with Derbyshire , between the stations at , and .

When it opened , there was a little - used shuttle bus from the station to the airport , but this ceased not long afterwards .

An hourly minibus service was re - introduced in 2015 .

The main station building and the 850-vehicle car park are to the west of the line , opposite Ratcliffe - on - Soar Power Station .

Road access is via the A453 , which provides a link to the nearby ( three - minute drive ) M1 motorway .

The Midland Main Line is not electrified north of Bedford ; therefore , all services are operated by diesel trains .

This was set to change by 2019 , when a scheme to electrify the remainder of the line had been due to be completed .

This , along with increased line speeds , would have meant that the station would have been under 80 minutes from the capital .

However , the electrification scheme was put ' on hold ' in the early summer of 2015 .


Suda River

The Suda ( ) is a river in Babayevsky , Kaduysky , and Cherepovetsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in Russia .

It flows into the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga River .

It is long , with a drainage basin of and an average discharge of .

Its main tributaries are the Shogda , the Andoga , the Kolp , the Voron and the Petukh rivers .

The source of the Suda is the confluence of the Koloshma and the Nozhema Rivers in the northwest of Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast , close to the border with Leningrad Oblast .

The river flows in the general direction southeast .

Almost the whole valley of the Suda is populated .

The selo of Borisovo - Sudskoye , located in the upper course of the river , is named after the Suda .

Between 1927 and 1959 it was an administrative center of Borisovo - Sudsky District of Leningrad Oblast and of Vologda Oblast .

The historic Khvalevskoye Manor is located in the selo of Borisovo - Sudskoye on a 30-meter high banks of the Suda river .

In the lower course , between the mouths of the Kolp ( left ) and the Andoga ( right ) the Suda runs close to the urban - type settlement of Kaduy , the center of Kaduysky District , located on the left bank .

The mouth of the Suda is located in the settlement of Suda , and the lower course is essentially a bay of the Rybinsk Reservoir .

The river basin of the Suda comprises vast area in the west of Vologda Oblast , in particular , almost all of Babayevsky District , almost all of Kaduysky District , large areas in Belozersky and Cherepovetsky District of Vologda Oblast and in Boksitogorsky District of Leningrad Oblast , as well as minor areas in Vytegorsky and Ustyuzhensky Districts of Vologda Oblast and Tikhvinsky and Podporozhsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast .

There are many lakes in the river basin of the Suda , mostly of glacial origin .

The biggest of the lakes is Lake Andozero in Belozersky District .

The lower course of the Suda ( ) is listed in the State Water Register of Russia as navigable , however , there is no passenger navigation .


Sofia's Diary

Sofia 's Diary is a drama that is shown online through the social networking site Bebo , which is the same site that hosts KateModern .

A version of Sofia 's Diary originally came out in 2003 in Portugal .

This means it actually predates the first video of lonelygirl15 which came out in 2006 .

Sofia is played by 22-year - old Rachel Hyde - Harvey .

Sofia 's Diary was the second internet based show to make the transition to UK TV ( Tiscali Showcase on C4 being the first in 2007 ) following its acquisition by Channel Five ( from Sony Pictures Television International ) on 17 April 2008 .

The first two seasons of the show were broadcast on ' Fiver ' ( previously ' Five Life ' ) .

Following an 8-month break , Sofia 's Diary returned to Bebo to begin a 6-week third season , from 29 May 2009 .

This season differs to the first two , in that new episodes are only being shown on Tuesdays and Fridays , as opposed to every weekday .

Sure Girl originally sponsored Sofia 's Diary .

Season 3 of the show is being exclusively sponsored by Transport for London ( TfL ) , to help increase awareness among teenagers of its road safety campaign .


Alfred Des Cloizeaux

Alfred Louis Olivier Legrand Des Cloizeaux ( 17 October 18176 May 1897 ) was a French mineralogist .

Des Cloizeaux was born at Beauvais , in the department of Oise .

He studied with Jean - Baptiste Biot at the Collège de France .

He became professor of mineralogy at the École Normale Supérieure and afterwards at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris .

He studied the geysers of Iceland , and wrote also on the classification of some of the eruptive rocks .

His main work consisted in the systematic examination of the crystals of numerous minerals , in researches on their optical properties and on the subject of light polarization .

He demonstrated the circular polarization of cinnabar .

He wrote especially on the means of determining the different feldspars , and is credited with the discovery of microcline ( a triclinic potash - feldspar ) .

He named the minerals montebrasite ( 1871 ) , binnite ( a variety of tennantite ) and Christianite ( in honor of Christian VIII of Denmark ) .

In 1854 , Alexis Damour dedicated the mineral descloizite in honor of Des Cloizeaux .

Des Cloizeaux was elected as a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1869 , and was its President in 1889 .

He was awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1886 .

His best - known books are Leçons de cristallographie ( 1861 ) and Manuel de minéralogie ( 2 vols . , Paris , 1862 , 1874 and 1893 ) .


Lashkar

Lashkar ( Persian : لشکر ) may refer to :

Lascar , a type of sailor or militiaman employed by the British in South Asia ( modern Bangladesh , India , and Pakistan )

Lashkar ( film ) , a 1989 Bollywood film

Laskhar ( novel ) , a 2008 military action thriller by Mukul Deva , published by HarperCollins .

This is the first of a 4-book bestseller series .

The motion picture rights of this novel were purchased by Planman Motion Pictures .

Lashkargah , a city in southern Afghanistan , capital of Helmand Province

Lashkar , Iran , a village in Kerman Province , Iran

Lashkar , Gwalior , an area of the city of Gwalior , formerly a separate town

Lashkar - e - Jhangvi , a militant organization in Pakistan

Lashkar - e - Omar , a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist organization

Lashkar - e - Qahhar , an Islamist group that claimed responsibility for the 11 July 2006 Mumbai Train Bombings

Lashkar - e - Taiba , an Islamist terrorist organization in South Asia


Oleksandr Turchynov

Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (; born 31 March 1964 ) is a Ukrainian politician , screenwriter , Baptist minister and economist .

He is the current Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine .

Turchynov is a former acting President of Ukraine from the removal from power of President Viktor Yanukovych on 21 February 2014 , until Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukrainian President on 7 June 2014 .

He then became Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament until 27 November 2014 .

Turchynov also served as acting Prime Minister in 2010 ( when he was the First Vice Prime Minister in the absence of a prime minister after Yulia Tymoshenko 's government was dismissed on 3 March 2010 ) until the Verkhovna Rada ( Ukrainian parliament ) appointed Mykola Azarov as Prime Minister on 11 March 2010 .

In 2005 , Turchynov served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine .

Turchynov was the first deputy chairman of the political party Batkivshchyna ( All - Ukrainian Union " Fatherland " ) and a close associate of party leader Yulia Tymoshenko .

He started the new political party People 's Front in September 2014 , now together with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk .


Lucas Hedges

Lucas Hedges ( born December 12 , 1996 ) is an American actor .

The child of writer - director Peter Hedges , he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts .

Hedges began his acting career by playing supporting roles in Wes Anderson ’s comedy - drama Moonrise Kingdom ( 2012 ) and the crime biopic Kill the Messenger ( 2014 ) .

He made his breakthrough in 2016 by playing a sardonic teenage orphan in Kenneth Lonergan 's drama Manchester by the Sea , which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .

Hedges went on to star as an aggressive youth in an off - Broadway production of Yen , and had supporting roles in the coming - of - age film Lady Bird and the crime film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing , Missouri in 2017 .

The following year , Hedges played the lead role of a teenager forced into a gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased , a drug addict in his father 's drama Ben Is Back and the abusive brother of Sunny Suljic 's character in Jonah Hill 's directorial debut Mid90s .


Africa Finance Corporation

Africa Finance Corporation ( AFC ) is a pan - African multilateral development finance institution established in 2007 to bridge Africa ’s infrastructure investment gap through the provision of debt and equity finance , project development , technical and financial advisory services .

AFC finances infrastructure projects in Africa , focusing in particular on power , transportation , telecommunications , heavy industry and natural resources ( oil , gas and mining ) .

AFC is majority - owned by private investors , the bulk of which are African financial institutions , which own 47.6 % of the corporation .

A further 42.5 % is owned by the Central Bank of Nigeria .

AFC ’s nineteen Member States , in order of accession , are Nigeria , Guinea Bissau , Ghana , Sierra Leone , Gambia , Liberia , Guinea , Chad , Cape Verde , Gabon , Côte d'Ivoire , Rwanda , Uganda , Djibouti , Kenya , Zambia , Benin , Malawi and Zimbabwe .

As of September 2016 , AFC has invested US$ 4.5 billion in projects in 26 African countries .


Fernando Llorente

Fernando Javier Llorente Torres (; born 26 February 1985 ) , nicknamed El Rey León ( " The Lion King " in Spanish ) , is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for English club Tottenham Hotspur and the Spain national team .

Llorente started his career with Athletic Bilbao , working his way through the various youth ranks and becoming one of the most important offensive players for the club in the following decade , since making his first team debut in 2005 .

He scored 29 goals in all competitions in the 2011–12 season , and was described as a " Bilbao legend " .

He signed with Juventus in 2013 , winning the Serie A twice during his two - year spell there ; subsequently , he spent the 2015 – 16 campaign back in Spain with Sevilla , then competed in the Premier League with Swansea City and Tottenham Hotspur .

A Spain international since late 2008 , Llorente was a member of the squads which won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012 .


Norrtåg

Norrtåg ( English : North trains ) is a publicly owned company which is owned by Norrbotten County , Västerbotten County , Västernorrland County and Jämtland County in Sweden .

The company owns passenger trains and organises passenger train operation .

Norrtåg controls ticket sales and contracts an operator which handles actual train operation ( staff and permits ) .

The trains are operated under the brand name Norrtåg .

Norrtåg operates eleven electric multiple unit trains of class X62 , and one Itino DMU of class Y31 .

Norrtåg started operation in 2010 on the brand new railway Botniabanan , and in 2011 it took over the traffic until then branded Mittnabotåget .

Trains were operated by Botniatåg ( owned by SJ AB and DB Regio ) until 20 August 2016 , when Tågkompaniet took over the franchise .

The following routes have Norrtåg traffic :

The Norrtåg franchise serves 82 stations with a total of 41 daily return trains reaching a total distance of 1 781 km .


Australia (Whore of the world)

Australia ( Whore of the world ) is a climate change protest song written by singer - songwriter John Gordon and released in late 2010 .

The song laments Australia 's mining culture - especially coal mining in Australia and coal exports - likening the country to a ' mining whore ' .

It has featured in a wide variety of Australian press and online media , including mining forums , and continues to garner attention due to its controversial and provocative message .

Music press have hailed the song as one of the great contemporary Australian protest songs .

The Melbourne Age went as far as to say that Midnight Oil 's ' Blue Sky Mine ' has nothing on ' Australia ( Whore of the World ) ' .

The Song has been banned by ABC Local Radio Southern Queensland ( Australian Broadcasting Corporation ) as being too provocative for a conservative audience .

ABC Southern Queensland encompasses the Toowoomba and Darling Downs region which is the region where Gordon hails from originally and where he has performed the song at a number of anti - mining rallies .

The song has however received airplay in other parts of Australia from the ABC , and has been showcased on the national flagship ABC Environment website .

As of May 2011 , Gordon is contesting the Toowoomba ruling with the case currently before the independent ABC Consumer and Audience review board .

Australia ( Whore of the world ) was recorded using only pump organ ( harmonium ) and guitar as vocal accompaniment .

The song was written in the Ngaanyatjarra lands of Western Australia where Gordon works in music production and development .


Ben Gibbard

Benjamin Gibbard ( born August 11 , 1976 ) is an American singer , songwriter and guitarist .

He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie , with which he has recorded nine studio albums , and as one half of the electronica act the Postal Service .

Gibbard released his debut solo album , Former Lives , in 2012 , and a collaborative studio album , One Fast Move or I 'm Gone ( 2009 ) , with Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt 's Jay Farrar .

While performing guitar in the band Pinwheel , Gibbard recorded a demo cassette under the moniker Death Cab for Cutie , titled You Can Play These Songs with Chords ( 1997 ) .

After receiving a positive response to the material , Gibbard expanded the project into a full band , with the addition of Chris Walla ( guitar ) , Nick Harmer ( bass ) and Nathan Good ( drums ) .

The following year , the band released its debut album , Something About Airplanes ( 1998 ) , on Barsuk Records , and released its follow - up , We Have the Facts and We 're Voting Yes , in 2000 .


Peter Macdonald (Canadian politician)

Peter Macdonald ( August 14 , 1835 – March 24 , 1923 ) was a physician and political figure in Ontario , Canada .

He represented Huron East in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1904 as a Liberal member .

He was born in Pictou County , Nova Scotia , the son of James and Margaret Macdonald , Scottish immigrants , came to Huron County , Canada West with his parents in 1846 and was educated in Toronto .

He graduated from Trinity College in medicine in 1872 and set up practice in Wingham .

Macdonald served as a member of the town council for Winham ; he was reeve in 1879 and mayor in 1881 .

He also served as chairman of the school board and coroner for Huron County .

Macdonald was deputy speaker and chairman of Committees of the Whole from 1901 to 1904 .

He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the House of Commons in 1904 .

Macdonald 's daughter Annie Caroline went to Japan in 1904 as a representative of the YWCA and later became involved in prison reform there .


Tenglong Cave

Tenglong Cave ( ) is a cave located from Lichuan City , Hubei , China .

It is believed to be the longest monomer karst cave system in the world .

The cave entrance is and wide , leading to of passageways .

An underground network of streams runs for whilst the cave is the source of the Qingjiang River .

Year round temperatures underground remain in the 16–18 degrees Celsius range .

To facilitate tourist access to the cave , as well as to the so - called Enshi Grand Canyon Scenic Area ( 恩施大峡谷景区 ) , the prefectural authorities are considering plans for the construction of a tourist railway , which will link these two popular tourist attractions with a station on the Yichang−Wanzhou Railway ( probably , Lichuan ) .


Tin Machine (album)

Tin Machine is the debut album by Anglo - American hard rock band Tin Machine .

It was originally released in May 1989 , on the label EMI .

The band was the latest venture of David Bowie , inspired by sessions with guitarist Reeves Gabrels .

Drummer Hunt Sales and bassist Tony Fox Sales formed the rest of the band , with " fifth member " Kevin Armstrong providing rhythm guitar and Hammond organ .

The project was intended as a back - to - basics album by Bowie , with a hard rock sound and simple production , as opposed to his past two solo albums .

Unlike previous Bowie bands ( such as the Spiders from Mars ) , Tin Machine acted as a democratic unit .


Export Control Act

The Export Control Act of 1940 was one in a series of legislative efforts by the United States government and initially the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to accomplish two tasks : to avoid scarcity of critical commodities in a likely pre - war environment , and to limit the exportation of materiel to pre - World War II Imperial Japan .

The act originated as a presidential proclamation by Roosevelt forbidding the exporting of aircraft parts , chemicals , and minerals without a license , and was intended to induce Japan to curtail its occupation of the Indo - Chinese coast .

The text of the Act stated that whenever the President deemed it " necessary in the interest of national defense , " he could prohibit or curtail the exportation of military equipment , munitions , tools and materials .

Although controls were first authorized in 1940 in regard to munitions and similar materials essential to the defense effort , its coverage was extended in 1942 to all commodities , and broader geographic coverage , following America 's entry into World War II .

The law was extended , with modifications through 1948 , and it was envisioned that remaining controls would soon disappear at the time of re - enactment in 1949 .

The scarcity of certain goods in the world markets however , made continuance of controls necessary in order to prevent a drain on such goods from plentiful American supplies with its consequential inflationary effects .

National security and foreign policy concerns , especially following the outbreak of the Korean War , were new and compelling reasons for passing the Export Control Act of 1949 , and in extending it until ( at least ) 1958 .

The law included both domestic policies aimed primarily at conditions within the United States , as well as controls directed at conditions outside the country , as an instrument of American foreign policy .

This is exemplified by the restrictions on export of certain strategic or military items to the Soviet bloc or to other countries which it felt , if permitted , would be detrimental to the foreign policy program of the United States during the Cold War .

The foreign policy motive became so strong that it brought legislation directing the President to enlist the cooperation of other nations in enacting controls on trade with the Soviet block to parallel those of the United States .

The benefits of the various economic and military aid programs were to be withheld from non - cooperating nations , as in the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 .


Make Me Bad

" Make Me Bad " is a song written and recorded by the American nu metal band Korn for their fourth studio album , Issues .

Many Korn fans interpret the lyrics to be about frontman Jonathan Davis ' getting tired of drinking or drug abuse and his decision to get sober a year prior to Issues coming out .

It was released as the album 's second single in February 2000 , enjoying major success on US rock radio stations and in the United Kingdom .

The Alien - inspired music video is one of the most expensive videos Korn have ever filmed featuring actors Brigitte Nielsen , Udo Kier , Tatjana Patitz , and Shannyn Sossamon .

An acoustic medley of " Make Me Bad " and The Cure 's " In Between Days " was performed with The Cure for the series in December 2006 .


Ignaz von Olfers

Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers ( 30 August 1793 – 23 April 1871 ) was a German naturalist , historian and diplomat .

In 1816 he travelled to Brazil as a diplomat .

In 1839 he was made director of the royal art collections and had significant influence on Frederick William IV of Prussia for a re - development of the Museumsinsel , Berlin .

Together with architect Friedrich August Stueler he developed the concept of the Neues Museum , Berlin and had great influence on organisation and presentation of exhibits and interior .

His daughter was the writer and illustrator Marie von Olfers .

Olfers described a number of new mammal species in Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege 's Journal von Brasilien ( 1818 ) .

A species of South American snake , Philodryas olfersii , is named in his honor .


Dirk Van Tichelt

Dirk Van Tichelt ( born 10 June 1984 ) is a Belgian judoka .

His biggest achievement was his European title in Lisbon .

In the same year , at the Beijing Olympics he came fifth after losing in the first round to gold - medallist Elnur Mammadli and later losing in the bronze medal match to Rasul Boqiev .

At the 2009 World Championships , he reached the semi - finals but there he lost to Kim Chol - Su .

In the bronze medal match he beat Sezer Huysuz to take his first bronze medal at a world championships .

At the 2013 World Championships , he again won bronze , losing to eventual champion Shohei Ono in the semi - final and beating Dastan Ykybayev in his bronze medal match .

In the 2016 Summer Olympics , Van Tichelt won the bronze medal against Miklos Ungvari .


Mamungari Conservation Park

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Mamungari Conservation Park ( formerly known as Unnamed National Park , Unnamed Conservation Park and also known as the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve ) is a protected area located in South Australia within the southern Great Victoria Desert and northern Nullarbor Plain about west of Maralinga and northwest of Ceduna .

The conservation park was proclaimed in 1970 as a national park under the then National Parks Act 1966 for the purpose of conserving ‘ the environments of the Great Victoria Desert and protect wilderness values.’ It was not assigned a name in 1970 and was subsequently constituted as the Unnamed Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 .

It was renamed as Mamungari Conservation Park on 30 November 2006 .

It is one of fourteen United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) World Biosphere Reserves in Australia and obtained this status in 1977 with the name of the Unnamed Biosphere Reserve .

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area .

The conservation park is managed jointly by the traditional owners ( the Maralinga Tjarutja and the Pila Nguru communities ) and the Department of Environment , Water and Natural Resources ( DEWNR ) .

The conservation park may only be visited by those who have obtained the minimum impact code and can demonstrate experience using that code .

Permits are required to travel to the conservation park and will take 4 to 6 weeks to arrange .

The only road of significance that passes through the conservation park is the Anne Beadell Highway .


Apgujeong-dong

Apgujeong - dong (; ) is a ward of Gangnam - gu in Seoul , South Korea .

It is considered one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in South Korea , where one square meter costs up to $ 20,000 .

The dong originates from a pavilion with the same name founded by Han Myung - hoi , a high - ranking government official during the Joseon dynasty .

It is an upmarket residential , fashion , shopping , and educational area .

The Hanja name translates into " Seagull Pavilion , " a reference to his nickname , which itself was a reference and a mark of peace when viewing a group of seagulls flying .

One of the main shopping area is Apgujeong Rodeo Street , along with Cheongdam - dong Fashion Street in Cheongdam - dong and Garosu - gil in Sinsa - dong , which are connected by the main avenue Apgujeong - ro .

It is seen as a fashionable and trendsetting destination .


Gaynelle Griffin Jones

Gaynelle Griffin Jones ( November 20 , 1948 – March 1 , 2013 ) was an American jurist .

Born in Dallas , Texas , Jones received her bachelor 's degree from Emerson College and her law degree from Boston College Law School .

In 1993 , President Bill Clinton appointed Jones as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas .

She was the first African - American woman to serve in that position .

Before her appointment as U.S. Attorney , Jones was also the first African - American woman to serve on the First Court of the Texas Courts of Appeals .

In later years , she worked as litigation counsel for Hewlett - Packard Company and was an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law School .


Peter Linz

Peter Linz ( born June 28 , 1967 ) is an American puppeteer .

His most prominent role is being the performer for the character Walter who was introduced in the 2011 feature film The Muppets .

He then took over the roles of Herry Monster and Ernie from Sesame Street in 2017 .

Linz recounts receiving the role as his favorite ; " Apart from my wedding day and birth of my children , being cast as Walter was one of the greatest moments of my life .

He has performed many characters on children 's television shows : perhaps some of his best known performing roles are Snook in It 's a Big Big World , Tutter in Bear in the Big Blue House and Theo Lion in Between the Lions , though he has also performed in Blue 's Room , Sesame Street , and The Puzzle Place .

Following the departure of Steve Whitmire , he took over the roles of Statler , Link Hogthrob and Lips .

Linz also performed in the Broadway musical Avenue Q. and he also did the voice of Moz , in the English Dub version of " Sheep and Wolves " .


Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead ( also known as George A. Romero 's Land of the Dead ) is a 2005 post - apocalyptic horror film written and directed by George A. Romero ; the fourth of Romero 's six Living Dead movies , it is preceded by Night of the Living Dead , Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead , and succeeded by Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead .

It was released in 2005 , with a budget of $ 15–19 million , the highest in Romero 's Dead series and was grossed $ 46 million .

The story of Land of the Dead deals with a zombie assault on Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , where a feudal - like government exists .

The survivors in the film have fled to the Golden Triangle area of downtown Pittsburgh .

The region is protected on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric barricade that survivors term " the Throat " .

Released in North America on June 24 , 2005 , Land of the Dead received mostly positive reviews from film critics .


Sangū Express Electric Railway

, usually abbreviated as Sankyū ( 参急 ) , was a private railway company that operated in Nara Prefecture and Mie Prefecture , Japan for 14 years from 1927 to 1941 , when it merged with its parent company , Ōsaka Electric Railroad ( Daiki ) .

Sankyū built a single train line which serviced the cities of Sakurai , Nabari , Matsusaka , and Ujiyamada , and the company acquired a second major line as well as a small local line from Ise Electric Railway ( Iseden ) .

These lines extended northwards from Matsusaka through cities in Mie Prefecture along the coast of Ise Bay as far as Kuwana .

The infrastructure of Sankyū is now owned by Kintetsu and remains in use today .

Sankyū 's main goal was to build a portion of a railway to Ujiyamada ( now Ise ) which is home to Ise Grand Shrine , the holiest Shinto shrine in Japan and a common pilgrimage destination .

The word " Sangū " is a kanji abbreviation of a phrase in Japanese that roughly translates to " a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine " .

Sankyū 's line connected with a line originating in Osaka owned by its parent company , Daiki , and together the two offered direct rail service from Osaka to Ujiyamada on a line that was much more direct than that of its main rival , Kokutetsu .

When Sankyū acquired Iseden , it then set its eyes on a direct connection between Osaka and Nagoya .


Gabber

Gabber (; ) is a style of electronic music and a subgenre of hardcore techno .

Although arguably a house variant from Detroit , techno music reached Amsterdam in the late 1980s , and it was the producers and DJs from Rotterdam in the early 1990s who evolved it , mixing it with industrial into a harder house variant which is today known as " gabber " .

The specific sound of Rotterdam was also created as a reaction to the house scene of Amsterdam which was seen as " snobby and pretentious " .

Though techno tracks from Frankfurt 's Marc Acardipane were quite similar to the Rotterdam style , it was the popularity of this music in the Netherlands which made Rotterdam the cradle of gabber .

The essence of the gabber sound is a distorted bass drum sample , overdriven to the point where it becomes clipped into a distorted square wave and makes a recognizably melodic tone .

Often the Roland Alpha Juno or the kick from a Roland TR-909 was used to create this sound .

Gabber tracks typically include samples and synthesised melodies with the typical tempo ranging from 150 to 190 bpm .

Violence , drugs and profanity are common themes in gabber , perceptible through its samples and lyrics , often screamed , pitch shifted or distorted .

Gabber was popular in many countries , including the Netherlands , Belgium , Switzerland , Germany , Austria , and Italy .

In the late 1990s , it became less popular than the emerging gabber - influenced hardstyle .

After surviving underground for a number of years , in 2002 the style reappeared in the Netherlands in a new form , mainstream hardcore .

The sound became more commercial , dark and industrial .


Connecticut River Walk Park

The Connecticut River Walk is partially constructed park and bikeway in Springfield , Massachusetts , United States , along the banks of New England 's largest river , the Connecticut River .

Currently , Springfield 's section of this park is 3.7 miles long , running from Chicopee , Massachusetts to the South End Bridge in Springfield , Massachusetts .

Unique features of the trail include its path alongside an active - and soon - to - be the United States ' first high - speed - train line , making it a " rail - with - trail , " and its passing in very close proximity to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .

The longest river in New England , the Connecticut River is the Knowledge Corridor 's most prominent natural asset .

For centuries it has been a source of regional identity and pride ; however , currently most residents are cut off from it by Interstate 91 - a 1960s - era elevated highway , which has become a major inhibitor to Springfield 's economic and recreational riverfront growth , especially in recent years .


Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Mortal Kombat : Deadly Alliance is a fighting video game developed and published by Midway for the Xbox , PlayStation 2 , GameCube , and Game Boy Advance .

It was the first all - new Mortal Kombat fighting game produced exclusively for home consoles , with no preceding arcade release .

Deadly Alliance is chronologically the fifth main game in the Mortal Kombat series .

Its story focuses on the titular alliance between sorcerers Quan Chi and Shang Tsung and their schemes to revive an ancient army to conquer Outworld and Earthrealm .

Two different Game Boy Advance games based on Deadly Alliance were released .

The first version , also titled Mortal Kombat : Deadly Alliance was released on November 2002 , during the same week as the home console versions , while the second GBA version , Mortal Kombat : Tournament Edition ( originally titled Mortal Kombat : Deadly Revenge , which was printed in the manual ) , was released on August 25 , 2003 .


Jacques Feldbau

Jacques Feldbau was a French mathematician , born on 22 October 1914 in Strasbourg , of an Alsatian Jewish traditionalist family .

He died on 22 April 1945 at the Ganacker Camp , annex of the concentration camp of Flossenbürg in Germany .

As a mathematician he worked on differential geometry and topology .

He was the very first student of Charles Ehresmann .

He is known as one of the founders of the theory of fiber bundles .

He is the one who first proved that a fiber bundle over a simplex is trivializable and who used this to classify bundles over spheres .

In a paper , written together with Ehresmann , he introduced the notion of an associated bundle and proved results known today as the exact homotopy sequence of a fibration .


Earth Spacedock

Earth Spacedock is a fictional space station orbiting Earth in the Star Trek universe , designed originally by David Carson and Nilo Rodis of Industrial Light and Magic in the 1980s .

It is large enough to contain several starships of that fictional universe , and in real life the Spacedock consisted of a series of sets , miniatures , and designs that were used for various films and television shows in the 1980s and 1990s .

Written spacedock ( one word ) , it is first seen in the 1984 theater film , and subsequently in the , , and Star Trek movies .

The spacedock also makes appearances in The Next Generation - era trilogy of seven season shows ( TNG , Deep Space Nine , and Voyager ) of the 1980s and 1990s .

Space stations of this class in orbit around other places are shown many times in TNG , In this era before computer generated spacecraft , models were expensive so they were often re - used to increase efficiency of the budget .

In 2015 a set of artwork printings and miniature model of the Spacedock design went to auction for over .

One filming model for the interior ( for spacecraft shots inside the dock ) was across and was built by Industrial Light and Magic special effect makers for motion pictures and TV .

This was an advanced model in an era before computer generated images became common , and it had various neon lights and doors which could open for the special effects shots .

The design contained miles / kilometers of fiberoptics for lighting .

Earth Spacedock has a cameo of sorts , shown being underconstruction in Earth orbit in the season one finale of , a show set a decade before the original Star Trek ( 1966 - 69 ) in its primary science fiction universe .


Verbena, Alabama

Verbena , also known as Summerfield , is an unincorporated community in southeastern Chilton County , Alabama , United States .

Named for the indigenous flower , Verbena developed into a popular resort location for the more affluent citizenry of Montgomery , the state 's capital , during the yellow fever outbreaks of the late 19th and early 20th centuries .

Many stately homes , some of which have undergone recent renovation and restoration , line the streets of the town as a reminder of this historic past .

The town was built beside the railroad currently owned by CSX Transportation .

In its heyday , Verbena had two hotels , a bank , a post office , and a general store .

Many of those buildings are gone or boarded up today , but the Verbena United Methodist Church still stands on County Road 59 near the town 's center .

According to the U.S. Census in 1890 , Verbena showed a population of 756 , making it the largest community in Chilton County at that time .


Outotec

Outotec Oyj is a Finnish listed technology company that was created when Outokumpu Oyj span off its technology business into a separate entity in 2006 .

It focuses more on design and consulting than manufacturing , and it purchases the majority of its products from subcontracted manufacturers , making only the key components itself .

Manufacturing is carried out at Outotec 's workshop in the city of Outokumpu , which makes equipment , and at the former Larox plant in Lappeenranta , where industrial filters are manufactured .

Outotec is a technology company as well as a project company , selling complex mining technology and plant projects that it first designs and then executes itself or in collaboration with its partners .

Outotec assembles the supply chain , designs and delivers the process , and trains the client to manage it .

Outotec delivers its technologies and processes for metallurgy and mineral processing .

Outotec 's technologies are used for applications such as producing base metals , processing iron ore , ferroalloys , and raw materials containing titanium , producing sulfuric acid , producing aluminium oxide and light metals , processing exhaust gases , coking , producing bioenergy , refining oil shale and oil sands , and treating industrial wastewater .

Processes developed by Outotec enable aluminiferous clay , paper sludge , and slag heaps created during the process to be converted into raw materials for synthetic sapphire , biorefineries , or copper .

Outotec 's environment and energy business has grown alongside its traditional ore and metal technology .

Mines and refineries consume enormous quantities of water and energy , but Outotec 's applications enable a significant reduction in consumption .


Lionel Cole

Lionel Cole is a pianist , songwriter , composer , music editor , music supervisor and public speaker .

He has served as a regularly touring member of Mariah Carey 's live band .

Cole also partnered with Malcolm - Jamal Warner , to create the jazz and funk band Miles Long .

The first album , The Many Facets of Superman , featured En Vogue 's Cindy Heron and soul icon Teena Marie .

Cole co - wrote with Mariah Carey the Billboard chart - topping single " Through the Rain " , which appeared on Carey 's ninth studio album Charmbracelet .

The song peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it hit number 1 on the U.S. sales and dance charts .

Previously , Cole remixed the million selling cover single " Hard To Say I 'm Sorry " by boy band AZ Yet .

In 2010 , Cole toured with 1980s star Rickie Lee Jones .

From a storied musical family , he is the son of Freddy Cole , a Grammy - nominated jazz vocalist , the nephew of Nat King Cole , and the cousin of Natalie Cole .

Cole 's music work extends into film and television , he composed for the Tim Reid film Once Upon a Time ... When We Were Colored and the Showtime series Linc 's .


Irene Scharrer

Irene Scharrer ( 2 February 188811 January 1971 ) was an English classical pianist .

Irene Scharrer was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Tobias Matthay .

Scharrer made her London début at the age of 16 , and gave concerts regularly until June 1958 , where she appeared for the last time , playing Mozart 's Sonata for Two Pianos with Myra Hess .

They often performed four - handed compositions together .

( Scharrer is sometimes erroneously described as Hess 's cousin .

She was distantly related to another fine woman pianist , Harriet Cohen , the two sharing a great - great - grandfather ) .

Other collaborators included Arthur Nikisch in Berlin , and Landon Ronald in London .

She visited Edward Elgar in 1918 and was promised the first performance of his piano concerto , then being sketched .

Her technique was one of refinement rather than power .

Her surviving recordings show her at her best in the smaller pieces of the romantic repertoire , where her impeccable control , fine tone and lack of showiness serve the music well .


Good Times (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)

" Good Times " is a song recorded by Eric Burdon & the Animals and released on the 1967 album Winds of Change , with music and lyrics by Eric Burdon , John Weider , Vic Briggs , Danny McCulloch and Barry Jenkins .

The lyrics tell the story of someone who regrets having wasted too much time doing useless things instead of aspiring to become someone successful .

Musically , the song has a dark and depressed feeling with a light - hearted break just before the final verse .

The song features a string quartet , which is heard in the second portion of the song .

The single reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart .

It was the B - side to " San Franciscan Nights " in the U.S.

The B - side " Ai n't that So " was included as part of the soundtrack to the film Stranger in the House ( 1967 ) .

Every band member , except Burdon , appeared at the premiere .

In 1987 it was released as a single again , while it was the soundtrack to the movie Die Katze starring Götz George .

Ozzy Osbourne covered the song for his album Under Cover , 2005 .

It was also featured on Burdon 's live album " The Official Live Bootleg # 2 " ( 2000 ) by Eric Burdon 's I band .

Most recently , it was featured in the 2017 film Small Town Crime .