Ernst Ludwig Gerber

Ernst Ludwig Gerber ( 29 September 1746 in Sondershausen , Germany – 30 June 1819 in Sondershausen ) was a German composer and author of a famous dictionary of musicians .

His father , Heinrich Nicolas Gerber ( 1702 - 1775 ) , a pupil of J. S. Bach , was an organist and composer of some distinction , and under his direction Ernst Ludwig at an early age made great progress in his musical studies .

In 1765 he went to Leipzig to study law , but the claims of music , which had gained additional strength from his acquaintanceship with Johann Adam Hiller , soon came to occupy almost his sole attention .

On his return to Sondershausen he was appointed music teacher to the children of the prince , and in 1775 he succeeded his father as court organist .

Afterwards he devoted much of his time to the study of the literature and history of music , and with this view he made himself master of several modern languages .

His Historisch - biographisches Lexikon der Tonküstler appeared in 1790 and 1792 in two volumes ; and the first volume of what was virtually an improved and corrected edition of this work was published in 1810 under the title Neues Historisch - biographisches Lexikon der Tonküstler , followed by other three volumes in 1812 , 1813 and 1814 .

Gerber also contributed a number of papers to musical periodicals , and published several minor musical compositions .


Anti-Katyn

Anti - Katyn ( , ) is a propaganda campaign intended to reduce the impact of the Katyn massacre of 1940 — when approximately 22,000 Polish citizens were murdered by the NKVD on the orders of Joseph Stalin — by referencing the deaths of thousands of Russian and Red Army soldiers at Polish internment camps from 1919 – 1924 .

" Anti - Katyn " first emerged around 1990 .

After the Soviet government admitted that it had previously tried to cover up its responsibility for the massacre by claiming that it was perpetrated by the Nazi German army , previously neglected research into the fate of Soviet POWs in Poland in 1920s was revived to be used as a " tit - for - tat " argument in the discussions of Katyn .

Polish historian Andrzej Nowak summarized " Anti - Katyn " as an attempt by some Russian historians and publicists to " overshadow the memory of the crimes of the Soviet system against the Poles , creating imaginary analogies or even justification " because of the earlier deaths of the prisoners of war .


Poland–Ukraine relations

Polish – Ukrainian relations as international relations were revived soon after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s .

They have been both improving and deteriorating since .

Various controversies from their shared history occasionally resurface in Polish – Ukrainian relations , but they are not having a major influence on the bilateral relations of Poland and Ukraine .

Ukraine and Poland are respectively , the second and third largest Slavic countries , after Russia .

The two countries share a border of about 529 km .

Poland 's acceptance of the Schengen Agreement created problems with the Ukrainian border traffic .

On July 1 , 2009 , an agreement on local border traffic between the two countries came into effect , which enables Ukrainian citizens living in border regions to cross the Polish frontier according to a liberalized procedure .

Ukraine is the country with the largest number of Polish consulates .


Irony (Wonder Girls song)

" Irony " is a song recorded by the South Korean girl group Wonder Girls , written and produced by Park Jin - young .

It was released as their debut single and the lead single from their debut album The Wonder Years on February 13 , 2007 , through JYP Entertainment .

It was also released as a maxi single and extended play ( EP ) , titled The Wonder Begins .

Three tracks , including " Bad Boy " , " It 's Not Love " , and a remix version of " Irony " , were on the EP .

" Bad Boy " was released as the second single in March 2007 while " It 's Not Love " was released as the third single on April 27 , 2007 .

" Irony " became one of their biggest hits in South Korea .

An accompanying music video was also released and shows Sohee , Yeeun , Sunmi and Hyuna 's revenge on Sunye 's unfaithful boyfriend by using a voodoo doll to embarrass him .


Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The Imperial Trans - Antarctic Expedition ( 1914 – 17 ) , also known as the Endurance Expedition , is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration .

Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton , the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent .

After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911 , this crossing remained , in Shackleton 's words , the " one great main object of Antarctic journeyings " .

The expedition failed to accomplish this objective , but became recognised instead as an epic feat of endurance .

Shackleton had served in the Antarctic in Captain Scott 's Discovery Expedition , 1901 – 04 , and had led the British Antarctic Expedition , 1907 – 09 .

In this new venture he proposed to sail to the Weddell Sea and to land a shore party near Vahsel Bay , in preparation for a transcontinental march via the South Pole to the Ross Sea .

A supporting group , the Ross Sea party , would meanwhile establish camp in McMurdo Sound , and from there lay a series of supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to the foot of the Beardmore Glacier .

These depots would be essential for the transcontinental party 's survival , as the group would not be able to carry enough provisions for the entire crossing .

The expedition required two ships : Endurance under Shackleton for the Weddell Sea party , and Aurora , under Aeneas Mackintosh , for the Ross Sea party .

Endurance became beset in the ice of the Weddell Sea before reaching Vahsel Bay , and drifted northward , held in the pack ice , throughout the Antarctic winter of 1915 .

Eventually the ship was crushed and sunk , stranding its 28-man complement on the ice .

After months spent in makeshift camps as the ice continued its northwards drift , the party took to the lifeboats to reach the inhospitable , uninhabited Elephant Island .

Shackleton and five others then made an open - boat journey in the James Caird to reach South Georgia .

From there , Shackleton was eventually able to mount a rescue of the men waiting on Elephant Island and bring them home without loss of life .

On the other side of the continent , the Ross Sea party overcame great hardships to fulfil its mission .

Aurora was blown from her moorings during a gale and was unable to return , leaving the shore party marooned without proper supplies or equipment .

Nevertheless , the depots were laid , but three lives were lost before the party 's eventual rescue .


Irene Guest

Irene May Guest ( July 22 , 1900 – June 14 , 1970 ) , also known by her married name Irene Loog , was an American competition swimmer , Olympic champion , and world record - holder .

She represented the United States as a 19-year - old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , where she received a pair of medals .

Guest received her first medal in the women 's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey , earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0 .

In the women 's 4×100 metres freestyle relay , she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey , Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world record time of 5:11.6 .

Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an " honor pioneer swimmer " in 1990 .


Sigmaringen Castle

Sigmaringen Castle ( German : Schloss Sigmaringen ) was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen .

Situated in the Swabian Alb region of Baden - Württemberg , Germany , this castle dominates the skyline of the town of Sigmaringen .

The castle was rebuilt following a fire in 1893 , and only the towers of the earlier medieval fortress remain .

Schloss Sigmaringen was a family estate of the Swabian Hohenzollern family , a cadet branch of the Hohenzollern family , from which the German Emperors and kings of Prussia came .

During the closing months of World War II , Schloss Sigmaringen was briefly the seat of the Vichy French Government after France was liberated by the Allies .

The castle and museums may be visited throughout the year , but only on guided tours .


Foreign relations of Montenegro

In a referendum on 21 May 2006 , the people of Montenegro opted to leave the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro .

This was confirmed with a declaration of independence by the Montenegrin parliament on 3 June 2006 .

It simultaneously requested international recognition and outlined foreign policy goals .

As enumerated in the parliamentary declaration of 3 June 2006 , Montenegro 's near - term primary foreign policy objectives are integration into the European Union , membership in the United Nations , to which it was admitted on 28 June 2006 and in NATO .

Russia gave official recognition on 11 June , 2006 , and was the first permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to do so .

The European Council of Ministers recognized Montenegrin independence on 12 June , as did the United States .

The United Kingdom extended recognition on 13 June .

The last two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council , France and the People 's Republic of China recognised the government of Montenegro on 14 June .

On 30 November 2006 , the Government adopted the Memorandum of Agreement between Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia on Consular Protection and Services to the Citizens of Montenegro .

By this agreement , Serbia , through its network of diplomatic and consular missions , provides consular services to the Montenegrin citizens on the territory of states in which Montenegro has no missions of its own .

In October 2008 , Montenegro recognized Kosovo .


Cascais

Cascais ( ) is a city and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal , located on the Portuguese Riviera .

The population in 2011 was 206,479 , in an area of 97.40 km .

Cascais is a major tourist destination and has many international residents .

Cascais 's history as a cosmopolitan haven for the rich and famous originates in the 1870s , when King Luís I of Portugal and the Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their summer residence , thus attracting members of the Portuguese aristocracy , who established a summer community there .

Cascais is famous for the numerous kings and royal families that have called it home , including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom , King Juan Carlos I of Spain , and King Umberto II of Italy .

Cascais is one of the wealthiest municipalities in both Portugal and the Iberian Peninsula .

It has one of the most expensive real estate markets and one of the highest costs of living in the country .

It is consistently ranked highly for its quality of life .


Khan Abdul Wali Khan

Khan Abdul Wali Khan ( , , born : 11 January 1917 – 26 January 2006 ) was a British Indian and later Pakistani secular democratic socialist and Pashtun leader , and served as president of National Awami Party .

Son of the prominent Pashtun nationalist leader Bacha Khan , Wali Khan was an activist and a writer against the British Raj like his father .

His early years were marked by his involvement in his father 's non - violent resistance movement , the " red shirts " against the British Raj .

He narrowly escaped an assassination in his early years and was later sent to school at Colonel Brown Cambridge School , Dehra Dun .

In his late teens , he became active in the Indian National Congress .

After the formation of Pakistan in 1947 , Wali Khan became a controversial figure in Pakistani politics during his political career because of his association to the Congress which opposed the creation of Pakistan .

A respected politician in his later years , he contributed to Pakistan 's third constitution and led protests for the restoration of democracy in the 1960s and 1980s .

In the 1970s , he also served as the parliamentary leader of opposition in Pakistan 's first directly elected parliament .


Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics ( BLS ) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor .

It is the principal fact - finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System .

The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects , processes , analyzes , and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public , the U.S. Congress , other Federal agencies , State and local governments , business , and labor representatives .

The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the United States Department of Labor , and conducts research into how much families need to earn to be able to enjoy a decent standard of living .

The BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria , including relevance to current social and economic issues , timeliness in reflecting today 's rapidly changing economic conditions , accuracy and consistently high statistical quality , impartiality in both subject matter and presentation , and accessibility to all .

To avoid the appearance of partiality , the dates of major data releases are scheduled more than a year in advance , in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget .


Xanthorhiza

Xanthorhiza simplicissima ( yellowroot ) is the only member of the genus Xanthorhiza , and one of very few genera in the family Ranunculaceae with a woody stem ( the other notable example being Clematis ) .

It is native to the eastern United States from Maine south to northern Florida and west to Ohio and eastern Texas .

It contains the alkaloid berberine , which has a number of traditional and contemporary uses for dyeing and medicine .

The genus name as well as the common name refer to the plant 's yellow roots ( xantho- meaning " yellow " and rhiza meaning " root " ) , which was used to produce a yellow dye by Native Americans .

The species name refers to the simple ( not branched ) root .

In the wild , it grows on the edges of streams in sandy soil under a canopy of dappled sunlight .

In cultivation , it is often provided with more sunlight so that the fall colors are more vivid .

It is a subshrub , reaching ( rarely ) in height , with stems up to diameter .

The leaves are spirally arranged , long , each divided into 5 toothed leaflets , and flowers emerge only from the upper portion of the unbranched stem .

The flowers are produced in broad panicles long , each flower small , star - shaped , reddish brown to purple brown , with five petals .

Yellowroot propagates asexually by sending out many underground runners , and it reproduces sexually with seeds .

Yellowroot is comparatively rare in British gardens , although E.H. Wilson and E.A.

Bowles are among distinguished plantsmen to have championed its merits .

It was grown by Bowles in his garden at Myddelton House , near Enfield , Middlesex , and gardens that currently cultivate it include the Savill Garden at Windsor , Berkshire and the Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury , Gloucestershire .

Wilson , who regarded yellowroot as one of the best plants for hardy deciduous ground cover , also described ( in 1923 ) its use in the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Massachusetts .

Yellowroot is considered an endangered species in Florida .


Kenji Kaido

Kaido started his videogaming career at Taito in 1987 , where he worked as project leader and lead game designer on arcade titles Bonze Adventure , Night Striker , Champion Wrestler , Cameltry , Sonic Blast Man , Warrior Blade and Dead Connection .

Kaido then changed departments to work on the world 's very first Home Karaoke Console , the X55 ( presently called MEDIA BOX ) from its very beginnings .

In 1996 , he then worked as the project leader and lead game designer for coin - op game Cleopatra Fortune .

In 1997 , Kaido left Taito and joined Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

There he started working on the game Ape Escape as its lead game designer and associate producer .

Most recently , Kaido worked as product manager and producer for Ico in 2001 , and Shadow of the Colossus in 2005 .


Marcia Jones-Smoke

Marcia Ingram Jones Smoke ( born July 18 , 1941 ) is an American sprint canoer .

She competed at the 1964 , 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event in 1964 .

A native of Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , Jones graduated from Michigan State University .

She won three gold medals at the 1967 Pan American Games and a record 35 national championships and 24 North American championships .

Her husband , William Smoke , finished fourth in the second repechage event of the K-4 1000 m at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .

Jones ' son , Jeff , finished seventh in the K-2 1000 m semifinal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .

Her sister , the late Sperry Rademaker , finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City .


Delaware Valley Regional High School

Delaware Valley Regional High School is a regional , four - year public high school and school district , that serves students in western Hunterdon County , New Jersey , United States .

The high school is located in Alexandria Township .

Students hail from the townships of Alexandria , Holland and Kingwood along with the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford .

As of the 2015 - 16 school year , the school had an enrollment of 883 students and 70.5 classroom teachers ( on an FTE basis ) , for a student – teacher ratio of 12.5:1 .

There were 54 students ( 6.1 % of enrollment ) eligible for free lunch and 21 ( 2.4 % of students ) eligible for reduced - cost lunch .

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group " GH " , the third - highest of eight groupings .

District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts .

From lowest socioeconomic status to highest , the categories are A , B , CD , DE , FG , GH , I and J.


Howell Works

Howell Works ( later the Howell Works Company ) was a bog iron - based production facility for pig iron which was established in New Jersey in the early 19th century by American engineer and philanthropist James P. Allaire .

It is notable as one of the earliest American examples of a company town .

Allaire purchased the Howell Works property to provide pig iron for his Allaire Iron Works in New York , which was at the time a leading manufacturer of marine steam engines .

The Howell Works also manufactured its own lines of cast iron products .

Allaire eventually transformed the Howell Works into an almost completely self - sufficient community , with its own housing and food supply for the workforce , its own post office , church , school and company store , even its own currency .

After bog iron was made redundant by the increasing availability of iron ore , Allaire closed the Howell Works and eventually retired there with his family .

The property remained in private hands until being bequeathed to the state in 1941 .

Today , the Howell Works is a registered historic site known as Allaire Village .


Caren Turner

Caren Zeldie Turner is a Democratic lobbyist and former commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who received national media attention in 2018 after a video was released showing her berating police officers at a traffic stop and announcing she was a " friend of the mayor " .

The former commissioner is also a political consultant and the founder and CEO of Turner Government & Public Affairs , a government affairs firm .

She served on Hillary Clinton 's national finance team and is a co - chairman of the Financial Committee for Ready for Hillary , a super PAC created to draft Clinton for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election .

Turner has been featured on Fox Business as a correspondent on Washington lobbying .

She is also an attorney with Potomac Law Group and a former adjunct professor at George Washington University ’s Graduate School of Political Management .


Dong (film)

Dong ( ) is a 2006 documentary film by Chinese director , Jia Zhangke .

It is the companion piece to Jia 's Still Life , which was released concurrently although Dong was reputedly conceived of first .

The film , which runs a relatively short 66 minutes , follows the artist and actor Liu Xiaodong as he invites Jia to film him while he paints a group of laborers near the Three Gorges Dam ( also the subject of Still Life ) and later a group of women in Bangkok .

The film was produced and distributed by Jia 's own production company , Xstream Pictures , based out of Hong Kong and Beijing .

Dong was screened at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival as part of its " Horizons " Program , and as part of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival 's " Real - to - Reel " Program .


Georgy Fotev

Georgy Fotev ( ) ( born August 24 , 1941 ) is a Bulgarian sociologist .

His scientific works are in the areas of theory and history of sociology and the disciplinary fields of modern sociology .

The focus of the research interests of G.Fotev is the nature of sociology as a multiple paradigm science .

Another major theme in the works of Georgy Fotev is the dialogue as a base and horizon of multiple paradigm sociology .

Georgy Fotev has publications in the fields of historical sociology , sociology of politics , ethnosociology , the crisis of legitimacy , sociology of values , etc .

His books " The long night of communism in Bulgaria " and " Bulgarian melancholy " throw light on the dramatic fate of the Bulgarian national society .

Georgy Fotev was Minister of Education and Science ( 1991 - 1992 ) .

He is professor emeritus of New Bulgarian University .

In 2003 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the American University in Bulgaria .


Liberty, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Liberty is a borough in Allegheny County , Pennsylvania , United States .

The population was 2,551 at the 2010 census .

The mayor of Liberty is currently Jane Weigand .

Liberty does not have its own post office .

The zip code is 15133 , and mail is addressed to the city of McKeesport .

Liberty is part of the South Allegheny School District , along with Glassport , Lincoln , and Port Vue , and is home to the district 's high school and early childhood center .

Liberty was at one time part of Port Vue but gained its " liberty " from Port Vue in 1912 , thus the origin of the name of the town .

Locals tend to refer to the town as " Liberty Borough " or " Liberty Boro , " rather than just as " Liberty . "


Gossler family

The Gossler family ( also spelled Goßler , historically also Gosler ) , including the Berenberg - Gossler branch , is a Hanseatic and partially noble banking family from Hamburg .

The family is descended from weavers and burghers in the city - republic of Hamburg , and rose to great prominence in Hamburg in the late 18th century as a result of Johann Hinrich Gossler 's marriage to Elisabeth Berenberg , the last member of the Belgian - origined Berenberg family and the sole heir to Berenberg Bank .

Through marriage , the family thus became the main owners of the bank , which has legally been named Joh .

Since the late 18th century the family has been widely regarded as one of the two most prominent Hanseatic families of Hamburg , alongside the closely related Amsinck family .

A branch of the Gossler family was granted the name Berenberg - Gossler by the Hamburg Senate in 1880 and was later — controversially in the republic of Hamburg , which did not recognise the concept of nobility — conferred baronial rank by the Kingdom of Prussia .

Several family members served as senators in Hamburg in the 19th and early 20th century , and Hermann Gossler was head of state in 1874 .

Richard J. Evans describes the family as one of Hamburg 's " great business families . "

The Gossler Islands in Antarctica are named in honour of the family .


Crann-nan-gad

The crann - nan - gad was a type of plough formerly used in the Western Isles of Scotland .

It was one of the earliest types of plough used in Hebridean crofting , and consisted of a small crooked piece of wood with an iron tip at one end and a top - mounted handle or stilt ( thus , a single - stilted plough ) .

Its curving coulter and sock were both made of iron .

It could be drawn by up to four horses , although one or two were more usual .

The design of the crann - nan - gad was specifically related to the environmental conditions of Hebridean farms , facilitating paring and skimming of the shallow soil .

The plough 's tip could run along the ground , which enabled its user to lift it over large stones embedded in the earth .

It was widely used in the larger Hebridean islands , speading from Harris to Lewis in the mid-18th century .

In addition to Lewis and Harris , it was also used on the Uists and Barra .

Its use survived into the 20th century in the parish of Barvas on Lewis .

A single example of the crann - nan - gad is preserved in the collections of the National Museum of Scotland .


Gouina Hydroelectric Plant

The Gouina Hydroelectric Plant is a run - of - the - river - type hydroelectric installation currently being constructed on Gouina Falls along the Senegal River in Mali .

It is located about southeast of Diamou in the Kayes Region .

It is the fourth project of the Senegal River Basin Development Authority and its ground - breaking ceremony on 17 December 2013 was attended by the heads of state of each member country .

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz laid the foundation stone .

Preliminary construction had been suspended due to the 2012 Malian coup d'état and subsequent Northern Mali conflict .

The plant is expected to be complete in 2017 and will provide power to Mauritania , Mali and Senegal .

The plant will cost US$ 329 million and the of transmission lines will cost US$ 65 million .

The project is receiving 85 percent of its funding from the Exim Bank of China along with US$ 1 million from the EU - Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund and US$ 1.4 million from the International Development Association and European Investment Bank .

It will have an installed capacity of and will use the outflows of the Manantali Dam upstream to regulation water flow into the plant .

A long weir just above the water fall will direct water into a channel which will feed the power house just downstream of the falls .

The power house will contain three 46.6 MW Kaplan turbine - generators .

The difference in elevation the water fall and weir provide will afford a hydraulic head ( water drop ) of .


Ram Awana

Ram Awana ( Born in Noida , India to a Gurjar family ) is an Indian film and television actor .

He is known for his roles in Jungle , Mission Kashmir , Zameen , and Aalha Udal .

He appeared in National Award winning films such as Lahore and Baaja , directed by Apurba Kishore Bir .

He is also known for television shows such as Jai Shri Krishna , Dwarkadheesh – Bhagwaan Shree Krishn , Tere Mere Sapne , Life Lafde Aur Bandiyan , Shri Prannathji , , Sarojini - Ek Nayi Pehal , Crime Patrol , Balika Vadhu , Gutur Gu , Adaalat , CID , Durga and many more .

He has worked in more than 200 Hindi TV shows .

He appeared in a German feature film , Best Chance , by Marcus H. Rosenmüller in 2014 .

Kesari " is one of the upcoming movies of Ram .


Developmentalism

Developmentalism is an economic theory which states that the best way for less developed economies to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and imposing high tariffs on imported goods .

Developmentalism is a cross - disciplinary school of thought that gave way to an ideology of development as the key strategy towards economic prosperity .

The school of thought was , in part , a reaction to the United States’ struggle to contain communism and deal with national liberation movements throughout Asia and Africa .

Developmentalism in the international economic context can be understood as consisting of a set of ideas which converge to place economic development at the center of political endeavors and institutions and also as a means through which to establish legitimacy in the political sphere .

Adherents to the theory of developmentalism hold that the development of economic success in developing nations ( particularly in Latin America and East Asia ) grants legitimate leadership to political figures who would not otherwise have the benefit of a social consensus regarding who should lead and how they should do conduct themselves in the international sphere .

Developmentalists believe that national autonomy for ' Third World ' countries can be achieved and maintained through the utilization of external resources by those countries in a capitalist system .

To those professed ends , developmentalism was the paradigm used in an attempt to reverse the negative impact that the international economy was having on developing countries in the 1950s – 60s , at the time during which Latin American countries had begun to implement import substitution strategies .

Using this theory , economic development is framed by modern - day Western criteria : economic success is gauged in terms of capitalistic notions of what it means for a country to become developed , autonomous , and legitimate .

The theory is based on the assumption that not only are there similar stages to development for all countries but also that there is a linear movement from one stage to another that goes from traditional or primitive to modern or industrialized .

Though initially the preserve of emerging economies in the Asia Pacific area , Latin America and Africa , the notion of developmentalism has resurfaced more recently in the developed world - notably in the economic planks of ' unorthodox ' policy makers such as Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in the United States .


Khalil Ramos

Khalil Joseph Nepomuceno Ramos ( born January 22 , 1996 ) , known professionally as Khalil Ramos , is a Filipino actor and singer .

In July 2011 , he won second place on Pilipinas Got Talent , a reality talent show in ABS - CBN and became a recording artist under Star Magic .

In 2012 , he was cast in his first teleserye project , Princess and I , top - billing with Kathryn Bernardo , Daniel Padilla and Enrique Gil .

From 2013 to 2016 , he appeared in supporting roles in a string of films such as She 's Dating the Gangster , Kid Kulafu , A Second Chance , Honor Thy Father and Everything About Her .

His first starring role came as Felix Salonga in the 2016 critically acclaimed coming - of - age film 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten .

He has since been cast in recurring roles the drama A Love to Last ( 2017 ) and fantasy series La Luna Sangre ( 2017 – 18 ) .

He also starred in indie films such as Riding In Tandem opposite Jason Abalos , released in select cinemas in the Philippines from October 13–19 , 2017 .

It was announced that he was cast in thriller drama Kasunduan which also stars Joey Marquez , Joem Bascon and Ejay Falcon , set to be released in 2018 .


Safi (Pashtun tribe)

ساپي Sāpī ) is a major branch of the greater Ghurghakhti Pashtun tribe .

The Safi tribe comprises a majority in the Pech Valley of Kunar and are present in significant numbers in Parwan Province ( Kohi Safi ) , Kapisa Province , Kabul Province , Laghman Province , Nuristan Province and the whole of Kunar Province . A reasonable majority of those who were living on the Durand Line migrated since 1900 into the different urban and rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , particularly Peshawar , Charsadda , Mardan , Nowshehra , Swabi .

A large number also settled in Rawalpindi , Tarnol , Lahore , Multan .

They are also present in large number in Mohmand , Bajaur Agency , Federally Administered Tribal Areas and in Zhob District , Balochistan , Pakistan .


The Wayne State University College of Engineering is responsible for all engineering related programs at Wayne State University .

With alumni of the college totaling over 25,000 , it is one of the premier engineering colleges in Michigan along with being in the top 30 % of the country .

Founded in 1933 , the College of Engineering has grown to include a variety of programs ranging from civil engineering , biomedical engineering , and many others .

It is one of only 24 PACE partner labs in the country as well as being a leader in biomedical engineering .

The College of Engineering is located in the Wayne State campus in Detroit .

It is located in the College of Engineering building which is shared with the Danto Engineering Development Center .

The current Dean of Engineering is Dr. Farshad Fotouhi .


Hit Records

Hit Records was a record company based in Nashville , Tennessee , which specialized in sound - alike cover versions of hit records .

Founded in 1962 by Bill Beasley , Hit Records were sold in dime stores for 39¢ ( US ) , less than half the price of the hit recordings they were covering .

Located in Nashville , the home base for the country music recording business in the United States , the company had a pool of talented singers and musicians to record the cover songs .

Some of these performers would later become successful on their own such as Sandy Posey , Ray Stevens , Bobby Russell and Sam Moore of Sam & Dave .

The company folded in 1969 due to competition from record companies such as K - Tel which issued various artists compilation albums featuring the actual hit recordings licensed from the various record companies .

Many Hit Records are very collectable and some of the performers on these recordings have developed their own fan base .


My Gift Is You

" My Gift Is You " is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani for her fourth studio album , You Make It Feel Like Christmas ( 2017 ) .

It was released digitally on October 6 , 2017 , along with the rest of the parent album , through Interscope Records .

The track was written by Stefani , Justin Tranter , and Busbee while production was handled by Busbee and Eric Valentine .

Musically , the track is a Christmas song that contains elements of pop - soul music .

The lyrics revolve around Stefani 's relationship with boyfriend Blake Shelton and deal with choosing love over materialism .

It is one of the most personal tracks on You Make It Feel Like Christmas .

Several music critics listed " My Gift Is You " as one of the highlights included on the parent album .

Commercially , it peaked at number six on both Billboards Holiday Digital Songs and Holiday Digital Song Sales charts in the United States .

" My Gift Is You " was performed during the 2017 NBC television special Gwen Stefani 's You Make It Feel Like Christmas .


Andreas Berlin

Andreas ( Andres ) Berlin ( 20 May 1746 – 12 June 1773 ) was a naturalist , one of the " apostles of Linnaeus " , though not among the more successful .

The son of Henrik Berlin ( 1704 – 1781 ) and his wife Anna Catharina Hellström ( 1711 – 1799 ) , Berlin matriculated at Uppsala University 13 February 1765 and studied there with Carl Linnaeus in 1767 - 68 and with professor of medicine Jonas Sidrén in 1768 – 1769 , before travelling to London with a Stiegler fellowship , to find a botanical expedition he could join .

In the meantime he assisted Sir Joseph Banks and Banks 's assistant Daniel Solander , another of Linnaeus ' " apostles " .

In 1773 Berlin travelled to Guinea with the English botanist Henry Smeathman .

The purpose of the expedition , which was sponsored by members of the Royal Society , was to explore the central parts of West Africa but prior to reaching the mainland , Berlin died of a stomach illness while on the Îles de Los .

Before his death , Berlin managed to send a few plants to Linnaeus .


Prime Minister of Vietnam

The Prime Minister of Vietnam ( ) , officially styled Prime Minister of the Government of the Socialist Republic ( ) , is the head of government of Vietnam who presides over the meetings of the Central Government ( formerly the Council of Ministers ) .

The prime minister directs the work of government members , and may propose deputy prime ministers to the National Assembly .

The head of government is responsible to the National Assembly and serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Council for Defence and Security .

Moreover , prime minister is also Chairman of the Council for National Education , Standing Member of the Central Military Commission and the Central Police Party Committee .

The tenure of a prime minister is five years , and the term is renewable once .

The current prime minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has served since 2016 .

In case of incapacity , a deputy prime minister assumes the office of acting prime minister until the prime minister resumes duty , or until the appointment of a new prime minister .

The powers and prestige of the prime minister have varied through the years .

Pham Van Dong , Vietnam 's second prime minister , often lamented that in practice he had little power .

Since the death of Pham Hung in 1988 , the prime minister has been ranked 3rd in the order of precedence of the Communist Party 's Politburo , the highest decision - making body in Vietnam .


Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Jamir Hussain ( née Begum ; born 25 December 1984 ) is a British TV Chef , author and television presenter .

She rose to fame after winning the sixth series of BBC 's The Great British Bake Off in 2015 .

Since winning , she signed contracts with the BBC to host the documentary The Chronicles of Nadiya , TV cookery series , Nadiya 's British Food Adventure and Nadiya ’s Family Favourites , co - presented The Big Family Cooking Showdown , and regular contributor on The One Show .

Nadiya is a columnist for The Times Magazine , and has signed publishing deals with Penguin Random House , Hodder Children 's Books , and Harlequin .

She has appeared as a guest panellist on ITV 's Loose Women .

She was invited to bake a cake for the 90th birthday celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II .

In 2017 , Hussain was named by Debrett 's as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK and was on BBC News ' 100 Women list .

In 2017 , Hussain was shortlisted for Children ’s Book of the Year prize at the British Book Awards for Bake Me A Story and was nominated for Breakthrough star at the Royal Television Society Awards for The Chronicles of Nadiya .


Mill Creek Mountain

Mill Creek Mountain is a continuous mountain ridge that runs northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in the Eastern Panhandle region of the U.S. state of West Virginia .

Rising to its greatest elevation of at High Knob , Mill Creek is a folded mountain ridge , belonging to the Ridge - and - Valley Appalachians .

Mill Creek Mountain forms the western edge of the South Branch Potomac River Valley and is named for Mill Creek that carves through it at Mechanicsburg Gap allowing the Northwestern Turnpike ( U.S. Route 50 ) to pass through as well .

Along with Sawmill Ridge ( 1,716 feet/523 m ) , Mill Creek Mountain forms the Trough along the South Branch .

Hanging Rocks at Wappocomo , south of Springfield , are located on the northern edge of the gap in Mill Creek Mountain formed by the South Branch .


List of companies of France

France is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe , as well as several overseas regions and territories .

A member of the Group of 7 ( formerly G8 ) leading industrialised countries , , it is ranked as the world 's ninth - largest and the EU 's second - largest economy by purchasing power parity .

With 31 of the 500 biggest companies in the world in 2015 , France ranks fourth in the Fortune Global 500 , ahead of Germany and the UK .

According to the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) , in 2009 France was the world 's sixth - largest exporter and the fourth - largest importer of manufactured goods .

French companies have maintained key positions in the insurance and banking industries : AXA is the world 's largest insurance company .

The leading French banks are BNP Paribas and the Crédit Agricole , ranking as the world 's largest and sixth - largest banks in 2010 ( by assets ) , while the Société Générale group was ranked the world 's eighth - largest in 2009 .

For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations , see " Business entities in France " .


Sheffield School of Architecture

The Sheffield School of Architecture is an architecture school in Sheffield , England , and part of the University of Sheffield .

It is located on the top six floors of the Arts Tower .

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 placed SSoA among the top two schools of architecture in the UK ( up from 3rd in the Times 2014 Guide ) .

The school was rated 2nd by architectural practices in the Architects Journal , AJ100 2014 list of the best schools of architecture in the UK .

It has a strong social and political agenda .

It is one of the longest established architecture schools in the UK , having opened in 1908 .

It has courses accredited by the Architects Registration Board ( ARB ) and the Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) .

In the Research Excellence Framework ( REF ) 2014 SSoA ranked 4th in the UK .

It also has an active student society ( SUAS ) .


Office of Global Women's Issues

The Office of Global Women 's Issues is located within the United States Department of State , and is headed by the Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women 's Issues , as of September 2013 , Catherine M. Russell .

Melanne Verveer was the first Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women 's Issues .

The Office of Global Women 's Issues works to ensure that the rights of women and girls are fully integrated into the formulation and conduct of United States foreign policy .

Working with the White House , USAID , the Department of Defense , and other agencies , as well as with civil society and the private sector , the Department of State has launched multiple and wide - ranging global initiatives to promote women ’s social and economic development , integrate women into peace and security building , address and prevent gender - based violence , and ensure women ’s full participation in civic and political life .

The Obama Administration made advancing the status of women and girls a central element of U.S. foreign policy , as articulated in the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review and the Department of State ’s Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality to Achieve Our National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives .

Further , on January 30 , 2013 , President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum on gender equality , ensuring that an Ambassador - at - Large for Global Women ’s Issues will continue to play a leading role in U.S. efforts to advance women ’s rights around the world .

And in March 2016 , the Obama Administration launched the U.S.

Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls , to protect the rights of this age group via international legal and policy frameworks .

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted in connection with the Office of Global Women 's Issues , " When the Security Council passed Resolution 1325 , we tried to make a very clear statement , that women are still largely shut out of the negotiations that seek to end conflicts , even though women and children are the primary victims of 21st century conflict . "

Secretary of State John Kerry said " No country can get ahead if it leaves half of its people behind .

This is why the United States believes gender equality is critical to our shared goals of prosperity , stability , and peace , and why investing in women and girls worldwide is critical to U.S. foreign policy . "

Women 's issues are also a major focus of the United Nations Organization .


Madrassa of Al-Nasir Muhammad

The Madrassa of Al - Nasir Muhammad is a madrassa and mausoleum located in the Bayn al - Qasrayn region of Cairo , Egypt .

Part of the larger Qalawun complex , it was built in the name of the Mamluk sultan Al - Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun , but its construction began in 1296 under the reign of Sultan Al - Adil Kitbugha , who was sultan in between Al - Nasir Muhammad 's first and seconds reigns .

When Al - Nasir Muhammad returned to the throne in 1299 he oversaw its construction until its completion in 1303 .

The Islamic historian Al - Nuwayri records that Al - Adil Kitbugha built the mausoleum along with the prayer iwan , and Al - Nasir Muhammad completed the construction of the building and added the minaret .

Also , the Islamic historian Al - Maqrizi reports that Al - Adil Kitbugha oversaw construction of the building up to the top of the inscription band , and Al - Nasir Muhammad carried out the rest of its construction .


House IV

House IV , also known as House IV : The Reposession , is a 1992 direct - to - video comedy horror film directed by Lewis Abernathy , produced by Sean S. Cunningham and Debbie Hayn - Cass , and written by Geoff Miller and Deidre Higgins .

It is the third and final entry in the House series , following House and .

House III : The Horror Show was not a direct sequel , only being loosely connected to the other films through the sharing of some crew members and the killer haunting a house premise .

The film sees the return of Roger Cobb from the original House film , but the film otherwise does not connect its storyline to the first film .

Kane Hodder was the stunt coordinator on the film .


Snowy Mountains Scheme

The Snowy Mountains scheme or Snowy scheme is a hydroelectricity and irrigation complex in south - east Australia .

The Scheme consists of sixteen major dams ; seven power stations ; one pumping station ; and of tunnels , pipelines and aqueducts that were constructed between 1949 and 1974 .

The Scheme was completed under the supervision of Chief Engineer , Sir William Hudson and is the largest engineering project undertaken in Australia .

The water of the Snowy River and some of its tributaries , much of which formerly flowed southeast onto the river flats of East Gippsland , and into Bass Strait of the Tasman sea , is captured at high elevations and diverted inland to the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers irrigation areas , through two major tunnel systems driven through the Continental Divide of the Snowy Mountains , known in Australia as the Great Dividing Range .

The water falls and travels through large hydro - electric power stations which generate peak - load power for the Australian Capital Territory , New South Wales and Victoria .

In 2016 , the Snowy Mountains Scheme was added to the Australian National Heritage List .


François Grin

François Grin ( born 14 September 1959 ) is a Swiss economist .

One of his research fields is the economics of language .

Grin studied economics at the University of Geneva , where he obtained a doctorate summa cum laude in 1989 .

He then was a teacher at the universities of Montreal and Washington ( in Seattle ) , assistant professor at the University of Geneva and vice - director of the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg , Germany .

Since 2001 he is a visiting professor at the University of Lugano , in 2003 he became professor at the University of Geneva .

In his research , he studies the linguistic situation in Switzerland and in the European Union and its economic consequences .

He is the author of a 2005 report entitled L'enseignement des langues étrangères comme politique publique ( The teaching of foreign languages as a public policy ) , best known as Grin 's Report .

In this document , Grin indicates that the choice of Esperanto as a bridge language for Europe would lead to an annual saving of 25 billion euros .

He also suggested a language tax to compensate for the drawbacks of countries whose language is not widespread .

Grin has also studied the case of Kalmyk , a minority language in Russia .


Péter Olajos

Péter Olajos ( born 18 April 1968 in Budapest )

is a Hungarian ( conservative green ) politician .

From 2004 to 2009 he was a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) with the Hungarian Democratic Forum , part of the European People 's Party .

He sat on the European Parliament 's Committee on the Environment , Public Health and Food Safety , later he was member second Orban Government , responsible for Green Economy Development and Climate Policy .

He was the Hungarian Delegation Leader in Cancun on UNFCCC COP-16 , and a head of the Hungarian Climate Team under the Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011 .

In the European Parliament , Olajos was a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection , a member of the

Delegation to the EU - Kazakhstan , EU - Kyrgyzstan and EU - Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees , and for relations with Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Mongolia and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU - Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee .

In the Government as Deputy State Secretary Olajos 's main responsibilities were : Climate Policy , Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency , Building Retrofitting Programs , Green Innovations and Sustainable Development


Mikhail Epstein

Mikhail Naumovich Epstein (; or Epshtein , born April 21 , 1950 ) is a Russian - American literary theorist and critical thinker .

Mikhail Epstein is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature at Emory University , USA .

He worked as Professor of Russian and Cultural Theory at Durham University , UK , in 2012 – 2015 .

He moved from the USSR ( Moscow ) to the USA ( Atlanta ) in 1990 and from the USA to England ( Durham ) in 2012 and then back to Atlanta , to resume teaching at Emory , in 2015 .

He was founder and director of Centre for Humanities Innovation at Durham University ( 2012 – 2015 ) .

His areas of specialization include postmodernism , cultural and literary theory ; the history of Russian literature ( particularly Pushkin , Gogol , Dostoevsky , Platonov and 20th century poetry ) and intellectual history ; contemporary philosophical and religious thought ; new methods and interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities ; semiotics , language evolution and neologisms ; and ideas and electronic media .

Professor Epstein is also an expert on Russian philosophy of the 19th and 20th century and on thinkers like Nikolai Berdyaev .

He writes essays on cultural , social , ethical and international issues .


Missouri Photo Workshop

The Missouri Photo Workshop is an annual week - long photojournalism school based in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia , Missouri .

Founded in 1949 by the " Father of Photojournalism " Cliff Edom along with American economist , federal government official , and photographer Roy Stryker and photographer Russell Lee , the workshop originally sought to instruct others in photojournalism based on the " gritty , content - rich photographs " produced by the pre - World War II ( pre-1939 ) Farm Security Administration , a United States government effort during the Great Depression to combat American rural poverty .

Following Edom 's credo - " Show truth with a camera .

Ideally truth is a matter of personal integrity .

In no circumstances will a posed or faked photograph be tolerated . "

- each workshop originates in a different small town in Missouri , which is used as a backdrop for attendees from the United States and other countries to work on photograph storytelling methods such as research , observation , and timing .

Missouri Photo Workshop faculty members have included the White House 's first photo editor and NPPA Picture Editor of the Year Sandra Eisert and other prominent photojournalists .


West Cornwall (UK region)

West Cornwall is a name used to refer to the westernmost part of Cornwall in the United Kingdom .

It is also used by Cornwall Council and Cornwall Housing as part of their resource allocation and area management plans , in which Cornwall is divided into three sections , west , central and east .

The South West Coast Path also uses West Cornwall to describe its westernmost parts .

West Cornwall covers the area of the Penwith and Kerrier districts , stopping at Carrick which is central Cornwall .

Some maps show West Cornwall as covering a smaller area , ending at a line between Hayle and Helston , making West Cornwall the distinct landform at the very South - Western tip of Cornwall .

News outlets often use West Cornwall without any obvious correlation to either way of defining the area , but simply to refer to anywhere west of Truro .

West Cornwall Hospital is located in Penzance , West Cornwall .

Penzance , St Ives , Hayle , Helston and Land 's End are notable places located in West Cornwall .


Ari Lohenoja

Ari Lohenoja ( born May 13 , 1958 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish businessperson who has made a career in the music and television businesses .

Since mid-2000s , he works for the Finnish Defence Forces as their marketing communications expert .

After finishing his Master 's degree at the Turku School of Economics , Lohenoja made a 15-year career as marketing executive at the Finnish branches of international record companies CBS Records , Warner Music and Sony Music .

He took care of record promotion for artists such as Kaija Koo , Taikapeili , and Aki Sirkesalo .

In 1998 he became managing director of StoryFilm , a production company striving to expand from TV commercials into television shows .

In 1999 , he directed and produced Aaken ja Sakun kesäkeittiö , a cookery TV series for MTV3 , working with actors such as Aake Kalliala and Sakari Kuosmanen .

In the early 2000s , Lohenoja held executive positions at TV production houses Fremantle Media and Filmiteollisuus Fine before becoming marketing specialist at the Finnish Defence Forces .


Farmstead cheese

Farmstead cheese , less commonly known as farmhouse cheese , is produced from the milk collected on the same farm where the cheese is produced .

Unlike artisan cheese , which may also include milk purchased and transported from off - farm sources , farmstead cheese makers only use milk from animals they raise .

According to the American Cheese Society , " milk used in the production of farmstead cheeses may not be obtained from any outside source " .

As a result , the cheeses produced often have unique flavors owing to the farm 's local terroir .

Most farmstead cheese is produced from cow , goat or sheep milk , although some farmstead cheeses are produced from water buffalo milk ( mainly Buffalo mozzarella ) .

Farmstead cheeses are most often made on family farms in small batches and is often sold at local farmers ' markets .

While Europe has long had a very strong tradition of farmstead cheese - making , it is only in the last decades of the 20th century that farmstead cheese - making began to return to prominence in North America .

In the United States , the top states for farmstead cheesmaking include Vermont , California , and Wisconsin , although farmstead cheese is growing rapidly in other states , like Georgia , as well .

North Carolina is another state that has recently gained accolades for its farmstead cheeses , even creating the WNC Cheese Trail .


Humber (provincial electoral district)

Humber was a provincial electoral district ( riding ) in Ontario , Canada .

It was created prior to the 1955 provincial election from parts of the York West and York South ridings .

It was eliminated in 1996 , when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke — Lakeshore .

Humber was located in the municipalities of York , Toronto , and Etobicoke .

The riding went through two name changes and several boundary changes during its lifetime .

From 1955 to 1963 it was known as York — Humber and existed mostly on the east side of the Humber River .

From 1963 to 1987 it was known as Humber , and in 1987 it was changed to Etobicoke - Humber .

From 1963 onwards it was mostly on the west side of the river .


Norodom Suramarit

Norodom Suramarit ( ) ( 6 March 1896 – 3 April 1960 ) was King of Cambodia from 1955 until his death in 1960 .

He was the father of King Norodom Sihanouk and the grandfather of Cambodia 's current king , Norodom Sihamoni .

He was the son of Prince Norodom Sutharot and grandson of King Norodom .

Suramarit 's father Sutharot was a cousin of King Sisowath Monivong ; Monivong 's father , King Sisowath , was the brother and successor of King Norodom .

Suramarit became Monivong 's son - in - law when he married Monivong 's daughter Sisowath Kosamak .

Upon Monivong 's death in 1941 , Sihanouk , Suramarit 's son and Monivong 's grandson , was selected as the new king .

In 1955 , Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his father .

Following Suramarit 's death in 1960 , Sihanouk became head of state once more ( although he did not formally regain the title of king until 1993 ) .

Suramarit was given the posthumous title of Preah Karuna Preah Norodom Suramarit Preah Moha Kachanakkot .

His wife Queen Sisowath Kosamak remained Queen Mother after her husband 's death .


Committee of Public Safety

The Committee of Public Safety ( ) , created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793 , formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror ( 1793 – 1794 ) , a stage of the French Revolution .

The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence ( established in January 1793 ) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion .

As a wartime measure , the Committee — composed at first of nine and later of twelve members — was given broad supervisory powers over military , judicial and legislative efforts .

It was formed as an administrative body to supervise and expedite the work of the executive bodies of the Convention and of the government ministers appointed by the Convention .

As the Committee tried to meet the dangers of a coalition of European nations and counter - revolutionary forces within the country , it became more and more powerful .

Following the defeat at the Convention of the Girondins in July 1793 , a prominent Jacobin identified as a radical , Maximilien Robespierre , was added to the Committee .

The power of the Committee peaked between August 1793 and July 1794 .

In December 1793 , the Convention formally conferred executive power upon the Committee .

The execution of Robespierre in July 1794 represented a reactionary period against the Committee of Public Safety .

This became known as the Thermidorian Reaction , as Robespierre 's fall from power occurred during the month of Thermidor in the French Republican calendar .

The Committee 's influence diminished and it was abolished in 1795 .


Scouting in Texas

Scouting in Texas has a long history , from the 1910s to the present day , serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live .

Scouting , also known as the Scout Movement , is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical , mental and spiritual development , so that they may play constructive roles in society .

Scouting for boys in Texas is primarily represented by the Boy Scouts of America , or BSA .

Texas is home to the BSA National Headquarters in Irving , Texas .

The Boy Scouts of America in Texas are organized into 20 local councils .

Scouting for girls in Texas is primarily represented by the Girl Scouts of the USA , organized into eight local councils .


Carin Mannheimer

Carin Mannheimer ( born Karin Birgitta Jacobson ; 17 August 1934 – 11 July 2014 ) was a Swedish dramatist , screenwriter , author and film director , born in Osby , Sweden .

She garnered acclaim with Rapport om kvinnor ( swedish : Report on Women ) , which was published in 1969 .

The book is a collection of interviews with Swedish women from the working class .

This was during a time period of awakening feminism in Sweden when women were assumed to want to work outside the home .

The interviews , however , revealed that many women did not want to work outside the home , would have preferred to care for their children but had no economic choice .

For this reason , Mannheimer was criticized by the women 's movement in Sweden , and the book established her reputation as a social critic .


Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838 .

The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791 .

The lower house consisted of elected legislative councillors who created bills to be passed up to the Legislative Council of Lower Canada , whose members were appointed by the governor general .

The lower house was dissolved on March 27 , 1838 following the Lower Canada Rebellion and Lower Canada was administered by an appointed Special Council .

With the Act of Union in 1840 , a new lower chamber , the Legislative Assembly of Canada , was created for both Upper and Lower Canada which existed until 1867 , when the Legislative Assembly of Quebec was created .


Zork Nemesis

Zork Nemesis : The Forbidden Lands is a 1996 graphic adventure game , developed by Zombie LLC and published by Activision .

It is the eleventh game in the Zork series , and the first such title not to appear under the Infocom label .

It features a darker , less comical story within the Zork setting .

The story focuses on players investigating the sudden disappearance of four prominent figures and their children to the hands of a mysterious being known as the " Nemesis " , and uncovering a sinister plot during their investigations that they must thwart .

The game was released for Windows 95 , and ported to MS - DOS and Macintosh by Quicksilver Software .

The MS - DOS version has since been released by GOG on their website , who made it compatible for use with Windows XP , Windows Vista , Windows 7 , Windows 8 , and Windows 10 .


Eat Your Face

Eat Your Face is the eighth album by the Huntington Beach , California punk rock band Guttermouth , released in 2004 by Epitaph Records and Volcom Entertainment .

It was hailed as a " return to form " after the stylistic experimentations of 2002 's Gusto , going back to the band 's tried - and - true style of fast , abrasive punk rock with tongue - in - cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics .

The album marked a period of transition for the band , whose founding guitarist Eric Davis had left the group early in 2004 and been replaced by Donald Horne .

It was also their only album with bassist Kevin Clark , and their last with longtime drummer Ty Smith .

Lyrically it retained the band ’s sense of biting sarcasm and expressed dissatisfaction with the U.S. electoral system and the current state of punk rock in the mainstream , amongst other topics .

In the summer of 2004 Guttermouth embarked on the Vans Warped Tour in support of Eat Your Face .

However , the band 's outrageous behavior and propensity for stirring up controversy soon led to problems on the tour .

Singer Mark Adkins would often openly insult other acts from onstage , and the band members mocked the anti - Republican agenda of many of the tour 's performers by selling T - shirts and displaying banners that proclaimed support for President George W. Bush .

After several weeks the band abruptly left the tour , causing many rumors to circulate online and in the music press as to the reasons behind their departure , some claiming that they had been ejected and others that they had been asked to leave .

Eventually Adkins issued a statement admitting that the band had left the tour voluntarily , due in part to his distate for the political atmosphere surrounding it .

Eat Your Face was released jointly by Epitaph Records and Volcom Entertainment .

It would be the band 's final recording for Epitaph , as they would move fully to Volcom for their next album , 2006 's Shave the Planet .


Duchy of Nassau

The Duchy of Nassau ( German : Herzogtum Nassau ) was an independent state between 1806 and 1866 , located in what is now the German states of Rhineland - Palatinate and Hesse .

It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the German Confederation .

Its ruling dynasty , now extinct , was the House of Nassau .

The duchy was named for its historical core city , Nassau , although Wiesbaden rather than Nassau was its capital .

In 1865 , the Duchy of Nassau had 465,636 inhabitants .

After being occupied and annexed into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 following the Austro - Prussian War , it was incorporated into the Province of Hesse - Nassau .

The area today is a geographical and historical region , Nassau , and Nassau is also the name of the Nassau Nature Park within the borders of the former duchy .

Today , the Grand Duke of Luxembourg still uses " Duke of Nassau " as his secondary title ( of pretense ) , and " Prince " or " Princess of Nassau " is used as a title of pretense by other members of the grand ducal family .

Nassau is also part of the name of the Dutch royal family , which styles itself Orange - Nassau .


L'ultimo giorno di Pompei

L'ultimo giorno di Pompei ( " The last day of Pompeii " ) is an opera ( dramma per musica ) in two acts composed by Giovanni Pacini to an Italian libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola .

It premiered to great success at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on 19 November 1825 followed by productions in the major opera houses of Italy , Austria , France , and Portugal .

When Pacini 's popularity declined in the mid-19th century , the opera was all but forgotten until 1996 when it received its first performance in modern times at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca .

L'ultimo giorno di Pompei influenced either directly or indirectly several other 19th - century works , most notably Karl Bryullov 's 1833 painting , The Last Day of Pompeii .


Big Star's Third

Big Star 's Third refers to a series of tribute concerts built on Big Star 's 1975 album Third / Sister Lovers .

Regarded as a " lost masterpiece , " and described as " the soundtrack to a nervous breakdown , " the material from Third / Sister Lovers was first played live and fully orchestrated in December 2010 , when two dozen musicians performed it at the Cat 's Cradle in Carrboro , North Carolina .

Since then , Big Star 's Third concerts have taken place in the United States , the UK , and Australia .

Although the performers rotate from show to show , a core group of musicians , including Jody Stephens , Big Star 's original drummer , Mike Mills of R.E.M. , Chris Stamey from The dB 's , and Mitch Easter of Let 's Active have been involved in the majority of the Big Star 's Third shows .


TLA Releasing

TLA Releasing is a US film distribution company owned by TLA Entertainment Group .

In March 2011 , a new LLC was formed for the operation .

Its primary output is LGBT - related films from all over the world under the " TLA Releasing " label , as well as horror films under the label " Danger After Dark " .

Since 2000 , they have released over 200 films on DVD and various VOD platforms .

In 2005 , they opened a branch in the UK .

In June 2011 , they announced " TLA Select " , a line of Blu - rays of TLA Releasing 's most popular films , including Latter Days , Another Gay Movie and Another Gay Sequel , Make the Yuletide Gay , and Boy Culture .

In July 2011 , the UK division lost its entire inventory of DVDs when rioters in London burnt down a Sony warehouse .

Sony rapidly worked to replenish the lost stock .


Petr Braiko

Petr Braiko ( 9 September 1919 – 7 April 2018 ) was a Soviet soldier during the Second World War who gained the status of Hero of the Soviet Union following the conflict .

He took part in seven raids by the guerrilla brigade of Sydir Kovpak .

Though he did not achieve his dream of a career as a military pilot he graduated from the Moscow Border Communication College .

He entered action on June 22 , 1941 as a Soviet border guard on the border with Romania and witnessed the tragic encirclement and routing of Soviet forces near Kiev .

He would come to spend years deep behind enemy lines where he took guidance from Soviet guerrilla leaders in Ukraine including Sydir Kovpak , Semyon Rudnev and Pyotr Vershigora .


Michael Rosbash

Michael Morris Rosbash ( born March 7 , 1944 ) is an American geneticist and chronobiologist .

Rosbash is a professor at Brandeis University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute .

Rosbash 's research group cloned the Drosophila period gene in 1984 and proposed the Transcription Translation Negative Feedback Loop for circadian clocks in 1990 .

In 1998 , they discovered the cycle gene , clock gene , and cryptochrome photoreceptor in Drosophila through the use of forward genetics , by first identifying the phenotype of a mutant and then determining the genetics behind the mutation .

Rosbash was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 .

Along with Michael W. Young and Jeffrey C. Hall , he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine " for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm " .


Louis Slotin

Louis Alexander Slotin ( 1 December 1910 – 30 May 1946 ) was a Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project .

He was born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg , Manitoba .

After earning both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba , Slotin attended King 's College London , where he obtained his doctorate in physical chemistry in 1936 .

Afterwards , he joined the University of Chicago as a research associate to help design a cyclotron .

In 1942 , he was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project .

As part of the Manhattan Project , Slotin performed experiments with uranium and plutonium cores to determine their critical mass values .

After World War II , Slotin continued his research at Los Alamos National Laboratory .

On May 21 , 1946 , Slotin accidentally began a fission reaction , which released a burst of hard radiation .

Slotin was rushed to the hospital , and died nine days later on May 30 , the victim of the second criticality accident in history , following the death of Harry Daghlian , who had been exposed to radiation by the same core that killed Slotin .

Slotin was hailed as a hero by the United States government for reacting quickly enough to prevent the deaths of his colleagues .

However , some physicists argue that this was a preventable accident .

The accident and its aftermath have been dramatized in several fictional and non - fiction accounts .


Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry (; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907 ) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi ( 1896 ) .

He also coined the term and philosophical concept of ' pataphysics .

Jarry was born in Laval , Mayenne , France , and his mother was from Brittany .

He was associated with the Symbolist movement .

His play Ubu Roi is often cited as a forerunner of Dada , and to the Surrealist and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930 .

Jarry wrote in a variety of hybrid genres and styles , prefiguring the postmodern .

He wrote plays , novels , poetry , essays and speculative journalism .

His texts are considered examples of absurdist literature and postmodern philosophy .


The State (Larry Niven)

For the DC Comics super - villain , see Kite Man .

" The State " is a fictional totalitarian world government in a future history that forms the back - story of three of Larry Niven 's novels : A World Out of Time ( 1976 ) , The Integral Trees ( 1984 ) , and The Smoke Ring ( 1987 ) .

It is also the setting of two short stories , " Rammer " ( which became the first chapter of A World Out of Time ) and " The Kiteman " ( printed in N - Space ) as well as a stalled fourth novel , The Ghost Ships .

After several years in development , Niven announced that The Ghost Ships would never be made , and wrote The Ringworld Throne instead .

The novel would have focused on a race of self - aware natural Bussard ramjets birthed in the supernova that created Levoy 's Star and were returning to their place of birth to mate .

According to Playgrounds of the Mind , Kendy and the kite - fliers from " The Kiteman " would have returned also .


Basilica of St. Mary (Alexandria, Virginia)

The Basilica of Saint Mary in the Old Town historic district , of Alexandria , Virginia , ( United States ) and is a minor basilica and parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington in Virginia .

St. Mary 's Basilica is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the Commonwealth of Virginia and located in one of its oldest cities in Old Town Alexandria .

It was founded in 1795 by the Very Reverend Francis Ignatius Neale , S.J. , first President of Georgetown University , ( then known as Georgetown College ) in present - day western Washington , D.C ..

On December 6 , 2017 , Pope Francis designated the parish church as a minor basilica .

The decision was announced on January 15 , 2018 , and the basilica held its inauguration Mass on September 8 , 2018 .


The Adults

The Adults is a New Zealand rock supergroup .

Originally started as solo project for Shihad frontman Jon Toogood in 2010 , it grew into a musical collaboration involving many established New Zealand musicians , including Shayne Carter , Julia Deans , Anika Moa , Tiki Taane and Ladi6 .

The Adults released a self - titled album in 2011 which reached number four in the New Zealand album charts .

The Adults has also been nominated for Album of the Year at the 2012 New Zealand Music Awards , and the single " Anniversary Day " was on the long list for the 2012 APRA Silver Scroll award .

In June 2012 The Adults performed a concert with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra at CBS Arena in Christchurch , New Zealand .

A special edition of their album The Adults with live tracks from the concert was released in November 2012 .


Devdas Gandhi

Devdas Mohandas Gandhi ( 22 May 1900 – 3 August 1957 ) was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi .

He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a young man .

He became active in his father 's movement , spending many terms in jail .

He also became a prominent journalist , serving as editor of Hindustan Times .

Devdas fell in love with Lakshmi , the daughter of C. Rajagopalachari , Devdas 's father 's associate in the Indian independence struggle .

Due to Lakshmi 's age at that time , she was only 15 and Devdas was 28 years , both Devdas 's father and Rajaji asked the couple to wait for five years without seeing each other .

After five years had passed , they were married with their fathers ' permissions in 1933 .

Devdas and Lakshmi had four children , Rajmohan Gandhi , Gopalkrishna Gandhi , Ramchandra Gandhi and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee ( born 24 April 1934 , New Delhi ) .


Music in Paris

All genres of music can be heard in Paris , from opera and symphonic music to musical theater , jazz , rock , rap , hip - hop , the traditional Bal - musette and gypsy jazz , and every variety of world music , particularly music from Africa and North Africa .

such as the Algerian - born music known as Raï .

Leading musical institutions include the Paris Opera , the Orchestre de Paris , and the Paris Conservatory , the first state music conservatory in Europe .

The Cité de la Musique at La Villette is home of the new Paris Symphony Hall , the Conservatory , a museum of musical instruments , and Le Zenith , a major venue for popular music .

Many of the churches in Paris have magnificent historic organs , and often host concerts .

The city is also known for its music halls and clubs .


Primary Reserve

The Primary Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces ( ) is the first and largest of the four sub - components of the Canadian Forces reserves , followed by the Supplementary Reserve , the Canadian Rangers , and the Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service ( formerly the Cadet Instructors Cadre ) .

The reserve force is represented , though not commanded , at the national level by the Chief of Reserves and Employer Support .

The Primary Reserve consists of sailors , soldiers and airmen who train to the level of , and are interchangeable with , their Regular Force counterparts , as per the " total force " policy outlined in both the 1987 and 1994 Defence White Papers , and are posted to CF operations or duties on an ongoing basis .

Each reserve force is operationally and administratively responsible to its corresponding environmental command ; those being the Royal Canadian Navy , the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force .

Primary reservists number approximately 27,000 ( all ranks , all services ) .

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the reserves to sustaining CF operations , particularly following the defence budget cuts under the Chrétien government 's Finance Minister Paul Martin and increased operational tempo of the 1990s , which highly strained both the Reserve 's personnel and equipment .


Kaji Biraj Thapa Magar of Gorkha

Kaji Biraj Thapa Magar ( died 1721 ) played an important role in the Gorkha Kingdom .

His leadership , prudence and courage all exhibit he was one of the important Gorkha Bhardars ( गोरखाली भारदार ) that helped Narbaupal Shah become King of Gorkha .

He may also be seen as a ' King Maker ' in the modern day term .

According to different genealogies , he had taken Narabhupal Shah and his mother Malikavati in custody for three months .

The Queen Mother and her son were secretly protected at his residence .

After the death of his grandfather , Narabhupal Shah became the King of Gorkha in 1716 and died in 1743 .

His son , King Prithvi Narayan Shah , succeeding him began unification of small principalities to found modern Nepal .


Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress

Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress ( RSC ) ( National Socialist Congress ) was a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal from 1986 to 1989 .

RSC was founded by Indian National Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee who is the former President of India , as a result of the leadership struggle within the Indian National Congress after the demise of Indira Gandhi .

Mukherjee was opposed to Rajiv Gandhi being appointed the prime minister of India .

He saw himself as the rightful successor to the post due to his seniority within the party and was opposed to the dynastic nature of the transition .

The RSC rejoined the INC in 1989 after it was unsuccessful in attracting major political figures to its fold and unable to garner wide support .

This may have been due to Mukherjee not being a mass leader and never having contested elections .

On his return to the party he was welcomed and again joined the top leadership .

Since then he has built up an image of a Nehru – Gandhi family loyalist .


Moolaadé

Moolaadé ( " magical protection " ) is a 2004 film by the Senegalese writer and director Ousmane Sembène .

It addresses the subject of female genital mutilation , a common practice in a number of African countries , from Egypt to Nigeria .

The film was a co - production between companies from several Francophone nations : Senegal , France , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Morocco , and Tunisia .

It was filmed in the remote village of Djerrisso , Burkina Faso .

The film argues strongly against the practice , depicting a village woman , Collé , who uses moolaadé ( magical protection ) to protect a group of girls .

She is opposed by the villagers who believe in the necessity of female genital cutting , which they call " purification " .


Berlin Ringbahn

The Ringbahn ( German for Circular Railway ) is a long railway line of the Berlin S - Bahn network in Germany , around the city centre .

The circle route is made up of the double tracked S - Bahn ring and the parallel freight ring .

S - Bahn service on the line is provided by lines S 41 ( clockwise ) and S 42 ( anticlockwise ) , carrying 400,000 passengers a day .

Due to its distinctive shape , the line is often referred to as Hundekopf ( Dog 's Head ) .

The Ring is structured by the east - west railway thoroughfare called the Stadtbahn ( city railway ) , crossing the Ring in the west at Westkreuz and in the east at Ostkreuz ( Eastern Crossing ) into a Südring ( Southern Ring ) and a Nordring ( Northern Ring ) , and by the north - south S - Bahn link ( with the North - South S - Bahn - tunnel as its central part ) crossing at Gesundbrunnen station in the north and both Schöneberg station and Südkreuz in the south into a Westring ( Western Ring ) and an Ostring ( Eastern Ring ) .

These four sections served as tariff zones of the railway Berlin suburban fare structure before the previous world war .

Today , the Ringbahn is the boundary of the " A " zone in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin - Brandenburg transport association 's fare structure , and the road traffic control zone for the low emissions established on 1 January 2008 .


Puddletown

Puddletown is a village and associated civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset , England .

The village is situated about northeast of the county town Dorchester and is sited by the River Piddle , from which it derives its name .

It also used to be known as Piddletown , but this fell out of favour , probably because of the alternative meaning of the word " piddle " .

The name Puddletown rather than Piddletown was officially sanctioned in the late 1950s .

Puddletown 's civil parish covers and extends to the neighbouring River Frome to the south .

In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 1,450 .

Puddletown 's parish church has significant architectural interest , particularly its furnishings and monuments .

It has a 12th - century font and well - preserved woodwork , including 17th - century box pews .

Thomas Hardy took an interest in the church , and the village provided the inspiration for the fictional settlement of Weatherbury in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd ; Weatherbury Farm , the home of principal character Bathsheba Everdene , is based on a manor house within the parish .


Little Bay de Noc

Little Bay de Noc is a bay in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan .

The bay opens into Lake Michigan 's Green Bay .

The bay , consisting of approximately 30,000 acres ( 120 km² ) , is enclosed by Delta County .

The cities of Escanaba and Gladstone are on the west side of the bay .

The bay 's name comes from the Noquet ( or Noc ) Native American people ( thought to have been related to the Menominee of the Algonquian language group ) , who once lived along the shores .

Douglass Houghton came to Sand Point ( in Escanaba ) in 1844 with his party of government surveyors to chart the land to the north .

Escanaba has a deep harbor , which made it a lumbering center .

The first sawmill was built there in 1836 .

The bay also shipped iron ore from the rich iron ranges in Michigan 's upper peninsula , with the first ore dock built at Escanaba in 1864 .

A bit further north , Gladstone was founded in 1887 by U.S.

Senator from Minnesota , William D. Washburn , to serve as a rail - lake terminal for lumber products .

The Escanaba , Days , Tacoosh , Rapid , and Whitefish rivers all drain into the bay .

Rapid River marks the mouth of the eponymous river and the head of the bay .


The Good Food Institute

The Good Food Institute ( GFI ) is a U.S .- based 501(c)(3 ) nonprofit that promotes plant - based meat , dairy , and egg substitutes as well as clean meat ( also known as cultured meat ) alternatives to the products of conventional animal agriculture .

The organization launched in February 2016 with the vision of creating a healthy , humane , and sustainable food supply .

GFI targets scientists , policymakers , and entrepreneurs to promote plant - based products and cellular agriculture .

The group has conducted activities in Washington D.C. , which include filing lawsuits against the FDA and the USDA .

GFI ’s promotion of plant - based and " clean meat " has been featured on various news outlets including the Washington Post Magazine and VICE .

According to Co - Founder and Executive Director Bruce Friedrich , “ it ’s likely that , in a few generations , animal slaughter for food will be extremely rare in the developed world . ”


Retained firefighter

In the United Kingdom and Ireland , a retained firefighter , also known as an RDS Firefighter or on - call firefighter , is a firefighter who does not work full - time but is paid to spend long periods of time on call to respond to emergencies through the Retained Duty System .

Many have full - time jobs outside of the fire service .

Retained firefighters are employed and trained by the local fire and rescue service .

When required to answer an emergency call , retained firefighters are summoned to the fire station by a radio pager ( also known as a " alerter " ) .

Once at the station , the crews staff the fire engine and proceed to the incident .

Retained firefighters are therefore required to live or work near to the fire station they serve .

This allows them to respond to emergencies within acceptable and strict attendance time targets set out by each fire service .

Typically , retained firefighters are employed in rural areas or in large villages or small towns .

They provide cover to 90 % of the area of the UK - there are 14,000 in England and Wales .

Of the approximately 8,500 operational firefighters in Scotland , about 32 % are retained .

London Fire Brigade , West Midlands Fire Service and Guernsey Fire and Rescue Service are the only three fire and rescue services in the British Islands that do not have any retained firefighters .

Unlike volunteer firefighters , retained firefighters are paid .

They are paid an annual " retainer fee " for being on call and receive further pay for each emergency call they respond to .

The Fire Brigades Union ( FBU ) and the Retained Firefighters ' Union ( RFU ) represent the interests of retained firefighters across the country .


Sheng Long

Sheng Long is a character hoax related to the Street Fighter series , created by Electronic Gaming Monthly ( EGM ) as an April Fools ' prank in 1992 ( in an issue published mid - February ) .

The joke , based upon a mistranslation that suggested the existence of a character named Sheng Long in the Capcom fighting game Street Fighter II , described a method to fight the character in the game .

After other publications reprinted the details as fact without verifying the authenticity , the Sheng Long hoax spread worldwide .

As a result of discussion revolving around the possibility of the character 's appearance in Street Fighter III during the game 's development , EGM revisited the joke in 1997 , printing an updated version of the hoax for the title while establishing a backstory and appearance for the character in the process .

As a character and a hoax , Sheng Long has been described as one of the most famous and well - known legends related to video gaming by publications such as GameDaily and GameSpot .

The hoax influenced the creation of both Akuma and Gouken as characters in the Street Fighter series , with the former appearing in Super Street Fighter II Turbo as a secret boss .

Fan appeal for the character affected later Capcom titles , with public requests for the inclusion of Sheng Long in an actual video game leading to the consideration of his inclusion in the video game and years later resulting in the appearance of Gouken as both a secret boss and playable character in Street Fighter IV .


Moreton Island lighthouses

Moreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay , on the coast of South East Queensland , Australia .

Due to the island 's importance in navigating the northern passage into Moreton Bay and Brisbane , at least five lighthouses were constructed on the island , starting with Cape Moreton Light in 1857 , the first lighthouse in Queensland , and followed by at least four more lighthouses established from the 1860s , at Comboyuro Point , North Point , Cowan Cowan Point and Yellow Patch .

Comboyuro Point Light , Cowan Cowan Point Light and Yellow Patch Light all had to be moved from their original location due to coastal erosion .

Of the five lighthouses , only Cape Moreton Light survived and is still active today .


Falck Group

Falck Group is an Italian company located in Sesto San Giovanni .

It was founded in 1906 and is one of the oldest companies in the steel industry .

In the 1990s it turned to the production of energy from renewable sources .

It was founded in 1906 in Milan by Giorgio Enrico Falck under the name Società anonima Acciaierie e Ferriere Lombarde .

The first and most important industrial plants were built in Sesto San Giovanni .

In 1931 the company changed its name to Acciaiere e Ferriere Lombarde Falck .

The company produced steel and related products , both processed and semi - finished , for over seventy years until the crisis in the mid - seventies when the company began to decline .

At the end of the nineties the Falck Group , still run by the Falck family , turned to the production of renewable energy , through the subsidiary Falck Renewables .


Be Without You

" Be Without You " is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige .

It was written by Johnta Austin , Bryan Michael Cox , Jason Perry and Blige for her seventh studio album , The Breakthrough .

Produced by Cox and Ron Fair , it was released as the album 's first official single in late 2005 .

Ranking among the most played songs on US radio in the year 2006 , the single was certified double - platinum by the RIAA in 2007 .

In March 2017 , Billboard Magazine ranked " Be Without You " as the most successful R&B;/Hip - Hop Song of all time .

It is also one of Mary J. Blige 's most successful singles to date , peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 .

The song was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year and won the Best R&B ; Song and Best Female R&B ; Vocal Performance categories at the 2007 Grammy Awards .


Cocalico Creek

Cocalico Creek is a tributary of the Conestoga River in Lebanon and Lancaster counties in Pennsylvania in the United States .

The source is at an elevation of near Stricklerstown in Millcreek Township , Lebanon County .

The mouth is the confluence with the Conestoga River at an elevation of at Talmage in West Earl Township , Lancaster County .

The name of the creek comes from the Lenape , meaning " snake dens " .

It comes from the Lenape word Gookcalicunk ( pronounced " Gook Cal - eek Unk ) which means “ Snake Sleep Place ” in English .

The Lenape considered modern East Cocalico , West Cocalico , Clay , Warwick , Elizabeth , and Penn townships , Lancaster County , Mill Creek Township , Lebanon County , and the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area as part of Gookcalicunk .

Cocalico Creek flows south for , then southwest .

The Cocalico Creek watershed has a total area of and is part of the larger Chesapeake Bay drainage basin via the Susquehanna River .


Sparkle (soundtrack)

Music from the Warner Bros. Picture " Sparkle " is a soundtrack album by American singer Aretha Franklin , written and produced by Curtis Mayfield .

Released on May 27 , 1976 , the disc is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle , starring Irene Cara .

The songs on the soundtrack feature the instrumental tracks and backing vocals from the film versions , with Franklin 's voice taking the place of the original lead vocalists .

This album returned Aretha to gold status after two low - selling albums .

The first single release , " Something He Can Feel " , was a # 1 R&B ; hit for her and reached # 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

However , it was Aretha 's only Pop Top 40 hit during the second half of the 1970s .

The album itself reached the Top 20 of Billboards main album chart and was certified Gold for US sales of over 500,000 copies .

In 2009 , it was reissued on Rhino Records ' budget Flashback Records label .

The songs " Something He Can Feel " and " Hooked on Your Love " were covered by En Vogue on their 1992 multi - platinum hit album Funky Divas .


Andrew Baines

Andrew Baines ( born 17 June 1962 ) is a notable Australian " quasi - surrealist painter and installation artist , " best known for his paintings of politicians in exposed positions and bowler - hatted office workers .

He is regarded as " one of the most recognisable and collectable of Australia 's contemporary artists . "

Since 2005 , he has put Alexander Downer in a red door on the beach ; Natasha Stott Despoja , Steven Marshall and Kirsten Alexander , mayor of the City of Charles Sturt in full mayoral gown and gold chains , in the sea , drinking tea ; two dozen leaders of various faiths holding hands along the water 's edge , including both the Anglican and Catholic Archbishops ; arranged for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to play a symphony in the sea ; put a herd of cows in the Indian ocean ; stood Malcolm Turnbull and over 100 suited volunteers holding umbrellas aloft in the dawn surf at Bondi Beach , then replicated this with Colin Barnett and suited volunteers at Cottesloe beach ; seated twelve suited volunteers on toilets reading papers along the water 's edge , including Australian politician and former Ambassador to Italy , Amanda Vanstone ; and provided brightly coloured sheep to the SA branch of the United Nations Association of Australia " to mark the International Year of Family Farming . "


Striker (video game)

Striker is a soccer video game series first released by Rage Software in 1992 .

Later also for the Commodore Amiga , Amiga CD32 , Atari ST , PC , Mega Drive / Genesis , and Super NES .

It was bundled in one of the Amiga 1200 launch packs .

It was one of the first soccer games to feature a 3D viewpoint , after Simulmondo 's I Play 3D Soccer .

In 1993 it was released in Japan by Coconuts Japan for the Super Famicom as , while the French Super NES version of Striker is known as Eric Cantona Football Challenge , playing on the popularity of French forward Eric Cantona , while the North American Super NES release of Striker was known as .

The Mega Drive and Game Gear versions were branded as Sega Sports Striker .

They were published by SEGA and developed by Rage Software in 1994 and released in 1995 .


Lars Sjösten

Lars Sjösten ( 7 May 1941 – October 2011 ) was a Swedish jazz pianist and composer .

During the 1960s , he often worked at the jazz restaurant The Golden Circle in Stockholm .

He played with many jazz musicians including Ben Webster , Dexter Gordon , Art Farmer , Wayne Shorter , and Bernt Rosengren .

He was the first person to receive the Jan Johansson prize in 1969 .

Sjösten also played in Lars Gullin 's groups .

Sjösten and Gullin became friends and in 1997 , Sjösten was given the inaugural Lars Gullin Prize , for his work within the musical heritage of Lars Gullin .

Through the years , Sjösten has led his own groups and also worked as a freelancer and a composer .

He has recorded , and also performed on records with other musicians , such as Dexter Gordon , Ben Webster , Lars Gullin , Benny Bailey , Rolf Ericson , Bjarne Nerem , Bernt Rosengren , Lee Konitz , Putte Wickman .

He has made tours to Paris , Moscow , and Vittoria da Praia ( the Azores ) , as well as within Sweden .


Ladies Night (Atomic Kitten album)

Ladies Night is the third studio album by English girl group Atomic Kitten released on 10 November 2003 .

" If You Come to Me " was released as the lead single from the album on 27 October 2003 followed by the second single " Ladies ' Night " featuring Kool & the Gang , which was released on 15 December 2003 .

The third and final single " Someone like Me " was released on 29 March 2004 and was the group 's official last single following the announcement of their indefinite hiatus , although the album version of the single only contains Liz McClarnon 's vocals .

" Be with You " is featured on the album but not listed as a single from the album due to being released a year earlier as a double A - side single with " The Last Goodbye " , which featured on the group 's second album Feels So Good ( 2002 ) .

The album did not sell as well as their two preceding albums ( which were both certified Double Platinum in the UK ) , but still reached number 5 on the UK Album Chart and achieved Platinum status .


SpaceX South Texas Launch Site

The SpaceX South Texas Launch Site is a spaceport being built at Boca Chica Village near Brownsville , Texas for the private use of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation ( SpaceX ) .

Its purpose is " to provide SpaceX an exclusive launch site that would allow the company to accommodate its launch manifest and meet tight launch windows . "

The launch site was originally intended to support launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles as well as " a variety of reusable suborbital launch vehicles " , but SpaceX changed its plans by 2018 and indicated that the site would be used exclusively for BFR .

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk indicated in 2014 that he expected " commercial astronauts , private astronauts , to be departing from South Texas , " and he foresaw launching spacecraft to Mars from there .

During 2012 through mid-2014 , SpaceX was considering seven potential locations around the United States for the new commercial launch pad .

For much of this period , a parcel of land adjacent to Boca Chica Beach near Brownsville , Texas was the leading candidate location , during an extended period while the US Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) conducted an extensive environmental assessment on the use of the Texas location as a launch site .

Also during this period , SpaceX began acquiring land in the area , purchasing approximately and leasing by July 2014 .

SpaceX announced in August 2014 , that they had selected the location near Brownsville as the location for the new non - governmental launch site , after the final environmental assessment completed and environmental agreements were in place by July 2014 .

When completed , it will become SpaceX 's fourth active launch facility , following three launch locations that are leased from the US government .

In April 2013 , the best - case estimate was that the first launch might take place in 2016 or 2017 , SpaceX conducted a groundbreaking ceremony on the new launch facility in September 2014 , and soil preparation began in October 2015 . , any launches from the site would be no earlier than 2019 .