Gauze (album)

Gauze is the first studio album released by Dir En Grey on July 28 , 1999 .

It is the band 's first full - length record .

Five tracks were produced by X Japan co - founder Yoshiki Hayashi , all of which had been previously released as singles .

The album was originally released on July 28 , 1999 as a standard version with a thick CD case , 36-page booklet with the CD reading surface painted red , through East West Japan .

An initial limited version was released on the same day , including a translucent red sleeve with a cloud pattern , 12-page picture booklet , a 36-page lyrics booklet , and the red painted CD in a maxi - CD single case for a sticker price of ¥ 3,059 ( $ ) .

The album was later re - issued as standard version only , with a silver disc on October 31 , 2001 , through Free - Will .

Although live performances of songs from this album have been extremely rare since 2003 , the album still contains some of the band 's most popular songs like " Cage " and " Yokan " .

The lyrics booklet features two pages for each song ; one features the lyrics , while the facing page features a picture and a small poem or verse , as a companion piece .


Operation Mobile

Operation Mobile ( ) was the name given to Canadian Forces activities in the 2011 military intervention in Libya .

The United States ' counterpart to this was Operation Odyssey Dawn , the French counterpart was Opération Harmattan and the British counterpart was Operation Ellamy .

The no - fly zone was proposed during the Libyan Civil War to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks on anti - Gaddafi forces and civilians .

The demonstrations in Libya were part of the larger Arab Spring movement that began in the country of Tunisia on 18 December 2010 .

When demonstrations began in Libya , the government of Muammar Gaddafi responded with systematic attacks by air and ground forces , and repression of the protesters .

In a speech , Gaddafi promised to chase down the protesters and cleanse the country " house by house " .

Several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a conference in Paris on 19 March .

The no - fly zone was enforced by NATO 's Operation Unified Protector .

NATO took sole command of all operations in Libya from 06:00 GMT on 31 March , which effectively ended the U.S. Operation Odyssey Dawn , as all U.S. operations were absorbed into NATO 's Unified Protector .

The Canadian contribution continued to fall under Operation Mobile , which ceased activities on 1 November 2011 .


Animal product

An animal product is any material derived from the body of an animal .

Examples are fat , flesh , blood , milk , eggs , and lesser known products , such as isinglass and rennet .

Animal by - products , as defined by the USDA , are products harvested or manufactured from livestock other than muscle meat .

In the EU , animal by - products ( ABPs ) are defined somewhat more broadly , as materials from animals that people do not consume .

Thus , chicken eggs for human consumption are considered by - products in the US but not France ; whereas eggs destined for animal feed are classified as animal by - products in both countries .

This does not in itself reflect on the condition , safety , or " wholesomeness " of the product .

Animal by - products are carcasses and parts of carcasses from slaughterhouses , animal shelters , zoos and veterinarians , and products of animal origin not intended for human consumption , including catering waste .

These products may go through a process known as " rendering " to be made into human and non - human foodstuffs , fats , and other material that can be sold to make commercial products such as cosmetics , paint , cleaners , polishes , glue , soap and ink .

The sale of animal by - products allows the meat industry to compete economically with industries selling sources of vegetable protein .

Generally , products made from fossilized or decomposed animals , such as petroleum formed from the ancient remains of marine animals , are not considered animal products .

Crops grown in soil fertilized with animal remains are rarely characterized as animal products .

Several diets prohibit the inclusion of some animal products , including vegetarian , kosher , and halal .

Other diets , such as veganism and the raw vegan diet , exclude any material of animal origin .

In international trade legislation , the terminology products of animal origin ( POAO ) is used .


The SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes , collectively known as Light Pacifics or informally as Spam Cans , are air - smoothed 4 - 6 - 2 Pacific steam locomotives designed for the Southern Railway by its Chief Mechanical Engineer Oliver Bulleid .

Incorporating a number of new developments in British steam locomotive technology , they were amongst the first British designs to use welding in the construction process , and to use steel fireboxes , which meant that components could be more easily constructed under wartime austerity and post - war economy .

They were designed to be lighter in weight than their sister locomotives , the Merchant Navy class , to permit use on a wider variety of routes , including in the south - west of England and the Kent coast .

They were a mixed - traffic design , being equally adept at hauling passenger and freight trains , and were used on all types of services , frequently far below their capabilities .

A total of 110 locomotives were constructed between 1945 and 1950 , named after West Country resorts or Royal Air Force ( RAF ) and other subjects associated with the Battle of Britain .

Due to problems with some of the new features , such as the Bulleid chain - driven valve gear , sixty locomotives were rebuilt by British Railways during the late 1950s .

This produced a design highly similar to the rebuilt Merchant Navy class .

The classes operated until July 1967 , when the last steam locomotives on the Southern Region were withdrawn .

Although most were scrapped , twenty locomotives found new homes on heritage railways in Britain .


New Creek Mountain

New Creek Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Ridge - and - Valley Appalachians in Grant and Mineral counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia .

The mountain is named for New Creek which rises and flows along its western flanks .

It is part of the Wills Mountain Anticline , with Knobly Mountain along its eastern flank .

The Allegheny Front rises steeply to the west of New Creek Mountain .

Oriskany ( Ridgeley ) sandstone cliffs ring the entire mountain .

Saddle Mountain , prominent in the view eastward from the Skyland Overlook on U.S. 50 , is a saddle - shaped dip in the mountain 's ridgecrest .

The New Creek Mountain Cliffs are high , lining a great cleft in the mountain that rivals the famed Franconia Notch of New England .


Anarchy at Samarra

The term " Anarchy at Samarra " refers to the period 861 – 870 in the history of the Abbasid Caliphate , which was marked by extreme internal instability and the violent succession of four caliphs , who became puppets in the hands of powerful rival military groups .

The term derives from the then capital and seat of the caliphal court , Samarra .

The " anarchy " began in 861 , with the murder of Caliph al - Mutawakkil by his Turkish guards .

His successor , al - Muntasir , ruled for six months before his death , possibly poisoned by the Turkish military chiefs .

Divisions within the Turkish military leadership enabled Musta'in to flee to Baghdad in 865 with the support of some Turkish chiefs ( Bugha the Younger and Wasif ) and the Tahirids , but the rest of the Turkish army chose a new caliph in the person of al - Mu'tazz and besieged Baghdad , forcing the city 's capitulation in 866 .

Mu'tazz was able and energetic , and tried to control the military chiefs and exclude the military from civil administration .

His policies were resisted , and in July 869 he too was deposed and killed .

His successor , al - Muhtadi , also tried to reaffirm the Caliph 's authority , but he too was killed in June 870 .

With Muhtadi 's death and the ascension of al - Mu'tamid , the Turkish faction around Musa ibn Bugha , closely associated with Mu'tamid 's brother and regent al - Muwaffaq , became dominant in the caliphal court , ending the " anarchy " .

Although the Abbasid Caliphate was able to stage a modest recovery in the following decades , the troubles of the " Anarchy at Samarra " inflicted great and lasting damage on the structures and prestige of the Abbasid central government , encouraging and facilitating secessionist and rebellious tendencies in the Caliphate 's provinces .


MAS Region

The MAS Region ( ) , known until 2014 as Broad Social Movement ( , MAS ) is a Chilean left - wing political party founded by Alejandro Navarro in 2008 .

The party is created as a political movement in 2008 , by Senator Alejandro Navarro , after the then member of the Socialist Party ( PS ) began to feel poorly represented both by his party ( which was then headed by Camilo Escalona ) as the Concertacion , political coalition that owns the PS .

The party is inspired by the Socialism of the 21st century .

In 2009 , after a failed presidential campaign , Navarro and the MAS members offer support to candidate Marco Enríquez - Ominami .

For the presidential election of 2013 , however , announced it will support Michelle Bachelet ( PS ) , representative of the former Concertacion .

Currently participating in the electoral coalition Nueva Mayoría .

Some members did not support this decision and formed the United Left .

In 2014 it merged with the Northern Force Party , led by the mayor of Iquique , Jorge Soria , to form MAS Region .

In 2016 , Senator Navarro resigned the party and the Nueva Mayoría to form the new País party .


Gazmend Pula

Gazmend Pula ( born in Pristina , Kosovo ) is a Kosovar - Albanian intellectual , human rights campaigner , and is Kosovar ambassador to Albania .

He is the founder of the Kosovo Helsinki Committee for Human Rights based in Pristina , and has been active in the struggle for the advancement of political and civil liberties in Kosovo , for which he was awarded the US and EU Democracy and Civil Society Award in 1998 .

In addition to his civic and political engagements , he holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering , and is the author of two books on electrical engineering .

Prior to being appointed ambassador by the President of Kosovo , he held the title of Associate Professor in the University of Pristina , Cathedra for Production and Transmission of Electrical Energy .

He is married and is the father of two children .


Kingdom of Africa

The Kingdom of Africa was an extension of the frontier zone of the Siculo - Norman state in the former Roman province of Africa ( Ifrīqiya in Tunisian Arabic ) , corresponding to Tunisia and parts of Algeria and Libya today .

The main primary sources for the kingdom are Arabic ( Muslim ) ; the Latin ( Christian ) sources are scanter .

According to Hubert Houben , since " Africa " was never mentioned in the royal title of the kings of Sicily , " one ought not to speak of a ‘ Norman kingdom of Africa’ . "

Rather , " [ Norman Africa ] really amounted to a constellation of Norman - held towns along coastal Ifrīqiya . "

The Sicilian conquest of Africa began under Roger II in 1146 – 48 .

Sicilian rule consisted of military garrisons in the major towns , exactions on the local Muslim population , protection of Christians , and the minting of coin .

The local aristocracy was largely left in place , and Muslim princes controlled the civil government under Sicilian oversight .

Economic connections between Sicily and Africa , which were strong before the conquest , were strengthened , while ties between Africa and northern Italy were expanded .

Early in the reign of William I , the Kingdom of Africa fell to the Almohad Caliphate ( 1158 – 60 ) .

Its most enduring legacy was the realignment of Mediterranean powers brought about by its demise and the Siculo - Almohad peace finalised in 1180 .


Las Supremas de Móstoles

Las Supremas de Móstoles ( or The Supremes of Móstoles , in English ) is a Spanish pop band made up of three sisters : twins Vicky and Luisi ( born 1958 ) and younger sister Susi ( born 1963 ) .

They gained notoriety when they participated in Eurovisión 2005 : Elige nuestra canción , the contest broadcast by TVE on 4 March and 5 March 2005 to choose the Spanish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 , with the song " Eres un enfermo " ( You are a pervert ) .

The song 's lyrics tell the story of a woman who has grown tired of her husband 's addiction to cybersex .

They finally ranked second with 21.8 percent of the votes ; another sister trio , Son de Sol , were first with 24.2 % and were selected to represent Spain at Eurovision .

Although " Eres un enfermo " was the first single they released , they previously worked as chorus girls for many singers like El Fary , Paulina Rubio , Los Del Río , Paloma San Basilio , José Vélez , Tam Tam Go , Camilo Sesto and Sergio Dalma , among others .


Francisco de Osona

Francisco de Osona , also Francisco de Osona the Younger , ( c.1465–c.1514 ) was a Spanish Renaissance painter .

There has been some confusion between Francisco and his father Rodrigo de Osona .

Father and son worked closely together in their workshop in Valencia , therefore works are often attributed to both , although some assumptions are made that Francisco was more open to what was newer styles and forms in Italy .

However , while the activity of Rodrigo ended with his death in 1518 , Francisco died before him much younger in 1514 .

The second table of the Epiphany , preserved in London , is signed by " The teacher 's son Rodrigo " , in which , on the contrary , there seems to have more traditional trend seen in the works of the father .

Francisco has been credited with Christ before Pilate in the Museu de Belles Arts de València , as well as The Adoration of the Magi in the Victoria and Albert Museum .

The work of two Osona artists , along with Paolo de San Leocadio , form the basis for Spanish classicism in painting .


PPG tankette

The PPG tankette ( , literally " mobile machine - gun nest " ) , also known by the prototype name Obiekt 217 , was a Soviet tankette produced for fighting in Finland .

Soviet infantry took huge losses attacking Finnish fortifications in the Winter War .

To compensate , they sometimes assaulted them in armoured sledges towed by tanks .

The PPG tankette was an attempt to create an infantry carrier to fulfil this role .

About a hundred were produced at the Kirov Factory in Leningrad in 1940 and rushed to the front , but did n't make it to Finland in time to be used in combat .

The PPG tankette had partial armoured cover of 5 to 8 mm thickness protecting the front and sides , for two infantrymen riding in a prone position .

It was armed with two 7.62 mm DT machine guns with 1,575 rounds .

The tankette was powered by a engine PMZ two - stroke , 2-cylinder , liquid cooled petrol engine of 16 hp allowing it to reach a speed of about 18 km / h on and 7 km/h off roads while weighed 1.73 tonnes .


Leopold Mozart Centre

The Leopold Mozart Centre ( German : ( LMZ ) in Augsburg , Germany , is a university of music , founded as part of the University of Augsburg in 2008 .

It is located in the buildings of the former Musikhochschule as well as buildings on the university campus .

The Leopold Mozart Centre was founded after the model of the Hochschule für Musik Mainz as part of the University of Mainz .

It is focused on the interchange of music and science , offering music pedagogy , music therapy , mental training and improvisation , among others .

The centre offers the common artistic and pedagogical bachelor and master courses such as string instruments , keyboard instruments , voice , wind instruments , percussion , conducting and musicology .

All studies include elementary courses in psychology , sociology and political studies .

The Collegium Musicum offers possibilities of music making in groups such as the orchestra , choir , chamber choir , big band , and various chamber music ensembles .


Kostal Cone

Kostal Cone , also called Kostal Volcano and Fire Mountain , is a young cinder cone in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east - central British Columbia , Canada .

It rises from the northeast shore of Kostal Lake in the Cariboo Mountains .

With an elevation of , Kostal Cone is one of the lowest volcanoes in the Wells Gray - Clearwater volcanic field .

There has been activity at this site as recently as 7,600 years ago , though more likely less than 1,000 years ago .

Kostal Cone is too young for the commonly used potassium - argon dating technique ( usable on specimens over 100,000 years old ) , and no charred organic material for radiocarbon dating has been found .

However , the uneroded structure of the cone with the existence of trees on its flanks and summit have it an area for dendrochronology studies , which reveals the growth of tree - ring patterns .

Tree - growth data has revealed an age of 400 years for Kostal Cone , making it the youngest volcano in the Wells Gray - Clearwater volcanic field and one of the youngest volcanoes in Canada .

Kostal Cone is made of fragmented and solidified lava called cinder and its summit contains a bowl - shaped crater .

Kostal 's cinders were ejected by lava fountain eruptions and accumulated around the volcano 's vent in the shape of a cone when they fell back around its surroundings .

Lava flows from Kostal 's 400 BP eruption are basaltic in composition and forms a lava bed .

It is an example of volcanic activity that has occurred in the Wells Gray - Clearwater volcanic field since the last glacial period ; others include the Dragon 's Tongue lava flow from Dragon Cone just north of Kostal Cone and the Flourmill Volcanoes north of Mahood Lake .


Fanny Geefs

Fanny Geefs ( 1807 – 1883 ) was a Belgian painter of Irish descent .

Born Isabelle Marie Françoise Corr in either Dublin or Brussels , she studied art as a child .

In the 1830s she studied with François - Joseph Navez .

As well as portraiture , she painted religious and historical scenes such as Our Lady Appearing to the Oppressed which hangs in the Church of the Holy Family in Schaerbeek .

She married successful sculptor Guillaume Geefs in 1836 .

She worked on commissions for the Belgian royal family , including several portraits of Queen Louise - Marie .

Her triptych The life of a woman : Pity - Love - Sorrow was an influence on Charlotte Brontë , in particular her autobiographical novel Villette , set in Brussels .

On her death in 1883 the Royal Library of Belgium purchased a large collection of her works .


Yellow-faced honeyeater

The yellow - faced honeyeater ( Caligavis chrysops ) is a medium - small bird in the honeyeater family , Meliphagidae .

It takes both its common name and scientific name from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head .

Its loud clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn .

It is widespread across eastern and south eastern Australia , in open sclerophyll forests from coastal dunes to high - altitude subalpine areas , and woodlands along creeks and rivers .

Comparatively short - billed for a honeyeater , it is thought to have adapted to a diet of flies , spiders , and beetles , as well as nectar and pollen from the flowers of plants such as Banksia and Grevillea , and soft fruits .

It catches insects in flight as well as gleaning them from the foliage of trees and shrubs .

While some yellow - faced honeyeaters are sedentary , hundreds of thousands migrate northwards between March and May to spend the winter in southern Queensland and return in July and August to breed in southern New South Wales and Victoria .

They form socially monogamous pairs and lay two or three eggs in a delicate cup - shaped nest .

While the success rate can be low , the pairs nest several times during the breeding season .

Honeyeaters ' preferred woodland habitat is vulnerable to the effects of land clearing , grazing , and weeds .

However , as it is common and widespread , the yellow - faced honeyeater is considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) to be of least concern for conservation .

It is considered a pest in orchards in some areas .


Marella Explorer

Marella Explorer is a Century - class cruise ship owned and operated by Marella Cruises .

Before joining TUI she cruised as MV Galaxy with Celebrity Cruises , and later as Mein Schiff with TUI Cruises .

She was laid down at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg , Germany , on 25May 1995 , was launched in May 1996 , and was delivered to Celebrity Cruises on 10October 1996 .

She entered service on 21December 1996 .

In 2008 , after some twelve years of service as Galaxy , she was renamed Celebrity Galaxy .

In May 2009 , she was transferred to the fleet of TUI Cruises , a joint venture between TUI AG and Celebrity Cruises ' owner Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. She was renamed Mein Schiff ( ) on 15 May 2009 , and Mein Schiff 1 in November 2010 .


Siege of Fushimi

The siege of Fushimi was a crucial battle in the series leading up to the decisive Battle of Sekigahara which ended Japan 's Sengoku period .

Fushimi Castle was defended by a force loyal to Tokugawa Ieyasu 's Eastern army , led by Torii Mototada .

Knowing of his inevitable defeat , Torii 's sacrifice diverted Ishida Mitsunari 's attention , and part of his Western army , away from his Nakasendō fortresses , which were attacked by Tokugawa during the siege of Fushimi .

Ultimately , the castle fell , but served a crucial role in allowing for greater strategic victories by Tokugawa .

Fushimi was originally built several years earlier , as a luxurious palace for Toyotomi Hideyoshi , but was destroyed by an earthquake in 1596 .

Tokugawa Ieyasu rebuilt it and placed it under the care of Torii Mototada .

As war with Ishida approached , Tokugawa saw that this would be a prime target for his enemies , as it stood quite close to Kyoto and guarded many of the approaches to , and past , the city .

Visiting the castle , he discussed his fears with Torii , who assured his lord that he would be willing to sacrifice himself , and the castle , for the greater strategic gain of his lord .

It is said he even suggested reducing the garrison , in order to free up warriors who could serve better purposes in other locations ; knowing the castle would fall anyway , he saw no need for the entire garrison to be sacrificed .

Ishida 's army began their assault on 27 August , but made little progress for ten days .

At one point , one of the towers was even lit on fire , but was soon put out by a member of the garrison , who lost his life in the process .

Ultimately , a message was sent into the castle tied to an arrow , explaining that the besieging army had taken the wife and children of one of the defenders hostage , and would crucify them unless he betrayed his compatriots .

Thus , on 8 September , one of the towers was set aflame from within the castle , and a number of Ishida 's men broke through .

The central keep was then lit aflame , but Torii and his garrison continued to fight until all but ten had been killed .

Torii and his family then committed suicide , his selfless sacrifice coming to be known later as a great example of samurai loyalty and honor .

The castle would be regained by Tokugawa soon afterwards , following his victory at Sekigahara .

The wooden floors from Fushimi Castle were moved to a Buddhist temple , Yōgen - in , also in Kyoto , where they were made into a ceiling .

The bloodstained ceiling is still visible in the temple , and records from the period identify Torii 's body / stains as well as those of his retainers .


Amayak Kobulov

Amayak Zakharovich Kobulov (; 1906 - 1955 ) was a Soviet politician and member of the Soviet security and police apparatus during and briefly after the Joseph Stalin years , as was his older brother Bogdan Kobulov .

In the history of Soviet espionage he is noted for his stint in Berlin as chief of the Main Directorate of State Security Foreign Branch 's rezidentura from September 1939 until June 1941 .

While in Berlin , in August 1940 , he recruited a Latvian journalist , Orest Berlinks ( codenamed by the Soviets " Litseist " ) , who , in fact , was used by the Germans as a channel of disinformation and might have played a role in solidifying Stalin 's belief that Adolf Hitler did not intend to attack the USSR in the spring of 1941 .

From July 1941 to January 1945 , he was NKVD chief in Uzbekistan .

In 1944 , as People 's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan , he made administrative and logistical arrangements for the reception of the deported Crimean Tatars in Uzbekistan .

He was arrested in 1953 , sentenced to death on October 1 , 1954 , and shot on February 2 , 1955 .


Stuart O'Grady

Stuart O'Grady ( born 6 August 1973 ) is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer , who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013 .

A former track cyclist , O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Men 's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics .

O'Grady also won Paris – Roubaix in 2007 .

O'Grady competed in the Tour de France from 1997 and contended for the points classification in the Tour de France known as the green jersey , finishing second in the 1998 , 1999 , 2001 and 2005 races .

He wore the yellow jersey of general classification leader in 1998 and 2001 .

With his participation in the 2013 Tour de France , he tied George Hincapie 's record of 17 participations in the Tour de France .

However , Hincapie was removed from three of his 17 starts for his part in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal , and O'Grady himself admitted having been assisted by illicit erythropoietin ( EPO ) use at least on the 1998 Tour de France ( the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk holds the absolute records of completed Tours de France , with 16 from 1970 – 1986 ) .

He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal .


List of video games featuring Mario

Mario , who serves as Nintendo 's mascot , is a fictional character created by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and voiced by Charles Martinet .

This is a list of video games where the character Mario plays a part , either as the protagonist , antagonist , supporting character , as part of an ensemble cast , as a cameo , or in a game within a game .

It does not include simple references to the character , such as the portraits of Mario found in and .

The year indicated is the year the game was first released , most commonly in Japan ; games were sometimes released years later in other regions of the world .

The list includes ports , remakes and compilations , but not Virtual Console re - releases .


Fassbinder's Women

The film consists of several interviews with the women who part of the professional and personal lives of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder .

These include : Hanna Schygulla , the director 's favorite actress ; Ursula Strätz , who founded the Munich Action Theater , where Fassbinder began his career on the stage and actresses Barbara Valentin and Brigitte Mira , the star of Fassbinder ’s Fear Eats the Soul .

Four of the director ’s male collaborators : assistant director Harry Baer ; cinematographer Michael Ballhaus ; musician Peer Raben and producer Peter Berling , also talk about Fassbinder 's working methods and personality .

The film opens with actress Irm Hermann , who worked in nineteen films with Fassbinder while he made life a living hell for her .

Juliane Lorenz , Fassbinder ’s last female partner , film editor and executor of his estate after his death , is also interviewed .

Fassbinder ’s ex - wife , actress and singer Ingrid Caven , briefly talks about him in a phone conversation .

Missing from the lineup are onscreen collaborators Margit Carstensen and Barbara Sukowa .

There are no clips from Fassbinder ’s films .


Dave Foster

Dave Foster is an American musician who was the third drummer for the grunge rock band Nirvana .

He was fired after playing only a couple of performances with the band , mostly because of his inability to attend rehearsal sessions regularly .

Foster lived hours away from Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic back in Aberdeen , Washington , which required the men to pick Foster up and bring him to the band 's rehearsal space in Tacoma .

Based on Cobain 's own account , this made band practices complicated .

According to Charles R. Cross in his 2001 Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven , Cobain 's final straw with Foster came after Foster was arrested for assaulting the son of the mayor of Cosmopolis , Washington , which landed him in jail for two weeks , and caused him to have his driver 's license revoked , and being fined thousands of dollars in the victim 's medical expenses .

Neither Cobain nor Novoselic informed Foster directly of his termination .

According to Cross , Foster realized he was out of the band when he saw an advertisement for an upcoming Butthole Surfers show featuring Nirvana as the opening act .

A lengthy termination note addressed to Foster was included , unsent , in Kurt Cobain 's published Journals , which while praising Foster 's drumming , also bemoans the difference in cultural background between Foster and Cobain , who both were Aberdeen natives .

After being fired from Nirvana , Foster played with the bands Suckerpunch , Psycho Samaritan and Helltrout .

He can be heard as a guest drummer on the Mico de Noche album called Cherries ( he plays on " Dirty Unicorn " and " Tu 's Place " ) .


CPR Alyth Yard

CPR Alyth ( Calgary ) Yard is a Class 1 railway facility in the neighbourhood of Alyth , southeast of downtown Calgary , Alberta .

One of Canadian Pacific Railway 's main marshalling yards in Canada , it primarily serves as a rail car repair shop and diesel locomotive servicing facilities on site .

The yard is CPR 's busiest in Western Canada and is home terminal to crews operating north to Red Deer , Alberta , and west to Field , British Columbia , through the Spiral Tunnels .

The hump classification yard facility has been removed and trains are now made up by switching within the yard .

Alyth Yard is designed to handle approximately 2200 rail cars at 100 % capacity , and is supported by satellite yards in Ogden Park , the Industrial Yard Office ( IYO ) and the Calgary Intermodal Facility at Sheppard .


All That Jazz (film)

All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse .

The screenplay , by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse , is a semi - autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse 's life and career as a dancer , choreographer and director .

The film was inspired by Fosse 's manic effort to edit his film Lenny while simultaneously staging the 1975 Broadway musical Chicago .

It borrows its title from the Kander and Ebb tune " All That Jazz " in that production .

The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival .

In 2001 , All That Jazz was deemed " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant " by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry .


The Bank of Credit and Commerce International ( BCCI ) was an international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi , a Pakistani financier .

The Bank was registered in Luxembourg with head offices in Karachi and London .

A decade after opening , BCCI had over 400 branches in 78 countries , and assets in excess of US$ 20 billion , making it the 7th largest private bank in the world .

BCCI came under the scrutiny of numerous financial regulators and intelligence agencies in the 1980s due to concerns that it was poorly regulated .

Subsequent investigations revealed that it was involved in massive money laundering and other financial crimes , and illegally gained the controlling interest in a major American bank .

BCCI became the focus of a massive regulatory battle in 1991 , and , on 5 July of that year , customs and bank regulators in seven countries raided and locked down records of its branch offices .

Investigators in the United States and the UK revealed that BCCI had been " set up deliberately to avoid centralized regulatory review , and operated extensively in bank secrecy jurisdictions .

Its affairs were extraordinarily complex .

Its officers were sophisticated international bankers whose apparent objective was to keep their affairs secret , to commit fraud on a massive scale , and to avoid detection " .

The liquidators , Deloitte & Touche , filed a lawsuit against the bank 's auditors , Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young , which was settled for $ 175 million in 1998 .

By 2013 , Deloitte & Touche claimed to have recovered about 75 % of the creditors ' lost money .


Mackinac Island State Park

Mackinac Island State Park is a state park located on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan .

The island park encompasses 2.81 mi² ( 7.28 km² ) , which is approximately 80 % of the island 's total area of 3.78 mi² ( 9.78 km² ) .

The park is also within the boundaries of the city of Mackinac Island and has permanent residents within its boundaries .

M-185 circles the perimeter of the park as the only motorless highway in the state due to the island 's ban of automobiles .

The park is governed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Mackinac Island State Park Commission .

On July 15 , 2009 , the park celebrated its 20 millionth visitor .

The park was first established as Mackinac National Park in 1875 , which was the second national park established in the United States after Yellowstone National Park .

In 1895 , it was transferred to state control and reorganized as Mackinac Island State Park , which was the first state park in Michigan .

The park contains many important historical and geological features , such as Fort Mackinac , Fort Holmes , other historic buildings , historic sites , limestone caves , and other unique rock formations .

The park also operates the Mackinac Island Airport .

Many of these sites are formally operated by the Mackinac Island State Park Commission , which also operates two other parks around the Straits of Mackinac area : Colonial Michilimackinac and Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park .


Back & Forth (Aaliyah song)

" Back & Forth " is the debut single performed by singer Aaliyah for her debut studio album Age Ai n't Nothing but a Number .

The song was written and produced by R&B ; singer R. Kelly , and chronicles a teenage girl 's excitement to celebrate the weekend by going to a party and having fun with her friends .

The music video for the song was shot in her hometown of Detroit and features Aaliyah and Kelly performing in a gym with her real - life friends from high school .

The song was released as the album 's lead single in early 1994 ( see 1994 in music ) .

It sold 700,000 copies domestically , earning a gold certification from the RIAA on June 9 , 1994 .

It spent three weeks at number - one on the U.S.

Billboard Hot R&B ; Songs chart , and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming her first single to hit the top - ten .

The single was ranked second on the year - end chart of Hot R&B;/Hip Hop Songs .


Jaja Wachuku

Jaja Anucha Wachuku ( 1 January 1918 – 7 November 1996 ) , a Royal Prince of Ngwaland , " descendant of 20 generations of African chiefs in the Igbo country of Eastern Nigeria " , was a Pan - Africanist , and a Nigerian statesman , lawyer , politician , diplomat and humanitarian .

He was the first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives , as well as first Nigerian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations .

Wachuku was also the first Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs .

At a time when the United States government had already listed Nelson Mandela as a terrorist , Jaja Wachuku , who was " widely respected " as Foreign Affairs Minister of Nigeria intervened with the South African government and helped save Nelson Mandela and others from the death penalty at the 1963 – 64 Rivonia Trial .

On Thursday 30 September 2010 , President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria conferred on Wachuku a posthumous special Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Award for his outstanding contributions towards the development of Nigeria .

Also , for the 1 January 2014 100-year anniversary of Nigeria , having been nominated for exceptional recognition by the Presidential Committee on the Centenary Celebrations , Wachuku was , on Friday 28 February 2014 , honoured as a Hero of the Struggle for Nigeria 's Independence from Great Britain and a Pioneer Political Leader by President Goodluck Jonathan .


George Harrison Shull

George Harrison Shull ( April 15 , 1874 – September 28 , 1954 ) was an eminent American plant geneticist and the younger brother of botanical illustrator and plant breeder J. Marion Shull .

He was born on a farm in Clark County , Ohio , graduated from Antioch College in 1901 and from the University of Chicago ( Ph.D. ) in 1904 , served as botanical expert to the Bureau of Plant Industry in 1903 - 04 , and thenceforth was a botanical investigator of the Carnegie Institution at the Station for Experimental Evolution , Cold Spring Harbor , N. Y. , giving special attention to the results of Luther Burbank 's work .

Shull played an important role in the development of hybrid maize ( in the USA , popularly ' corn ' ) which had great impact upon global agriculture .

As a geneticist , Shull worked with maize plants .

He was interested in pure breeds not for their economic value but for his experiments in genetics .

He produced maize breeds that bred true and then crossed these strains .

The hybrid offspring of the sickly pure breeds were vigorous and predictable .

In short , an ideal economic maize resulted from a project motivated purely to advance science .

For his work on maize , Shull was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1948 .

He also described heterosis in maize in 1908 ( the term heterosis was coined by Shull in 1914 ) and made a number of other key discoveries in the emerging field of genetics .

Shull was the founder of the scientific journal Genetics .

He was called George in distinction from his son Harrison Shull ( 1923–2003 ) , also a distinguished scientist , specializing in the quantum mechanics of small - molecule electronic spectra .


I Am Ready

I Am Ready is American country music artist Steve Wariner 's tenth full - length album .

It was released in 1991 on Arista Records as his first for the label , following his departure from MCA Records .

Singles from the album include " Leave Him Out of This " , " The Tips of My Fingers " ( a cover of Bill Anderson 's 1960 hit ) , " A Woman Loves " , " Crash Course in the Blues " and " Like a River to the Sea " .

Respectively , these reached # 6 , # 3 , # 9 , # 32 and # 30 on the Billboard country charts .

The album was certified gold by the RIAA , and was Wariner 's first album to achieve that certification .


Chalmette High School

Chalmette High School is a high school in the Chalmette area of unincorporated St. Bernard Parish , Louisiana , United States .

It is a part of St. Bernard Parish Public Schools .

Chalmette High School opened in 1954 at the current site of Chalmette Elementary School , previously known as Chalmette Middle School .

In 1962 , the school moved to the current location on the corner of Palmisano Avenue and Judge Perez Drive .

On August 29 , 2005 , Hurricane Katrina flooded the school , which was being used as an emergency shelter , along with the rest of the Greater New Orleans area .

Chalmette High hosted the St. Bernard Unified School , before reopening as Chalmette High School for the 2006 - 2007 school year .

In 2009 , U.S. News magazine released their rankings of the best high schools in America , based on test scores and other factors .

Chalmette earned a bronze medal as one of 39 schools in Louisiana to make the list .


Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan , Lord of the Apes is a 1984 British Technicolor adventure film directed by Hugh Hudson and based on Edgar Rice Burroughs ' novel Tarzan of the Apes ( 1912 ) .

Christopher Lambert stars as Tarzan ( though the name Tarzan is never used in the film 's dialogue ) and Andie MacDowell as Jane ; the cast also includes Ralph Richardson ( in his final film appearance ) , Ian Holm , James Fox , Cheryl Campbell , and Ian Charleson .

The film received a mixed - to - positive critical reception upon its release , with many praising the film as a welcome return of Tarzan to the silver screen after 1981 's Tarzan , the Ape Man starring Bo Derek .

Greystoke went on to receive three Academy Award nominations at the 57th Academy Awards ceremony for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Richardson , Best Writing , Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium , and Best Makeup .

It became the first ever Tarzan feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award ; the later Disney animated feature film adaptation became the first one to win an Academy Award .


Bozburun

Bozburun is a small seaside town with own municipality in Marmaris district , in southwestern Turkey .

The permanent population is about 2000 .

It is situated on the coast of the peninsula of the same name ( Bozburun Peninsula ) which extends in parallel to Datça Peninsula in the south .

The town faces across the sea the town of Datça and the Greek island of Symi ( Sömbeki in Turkish )

Although quieter than Marmaris bay 's two centers of tourism of international renown ( Marmaris and İçmeler ) , Bozburun is a precious discovery for visitors who take the good but curvy road about further in partance of Marmaris , due to its natural beauties and the exceptional flora .

Tourism , fishing , sponge diving and apiculture are the main means of livelihood for its inhabitants .

Its thyme honey is famous across Turkey .

It has a small yet lovely harbor is also one of the key stops on the popular nautical tourism route of Blue Cruise .

Its pristine sea is surrounded by coves .

Bozburun is also well known in the region for its expert construction gulets , on a par with Bodrum and Güllük .

In ancient times , Bozburun region was famous for its marble quarries , which is at the origin of one of the explanations given for the name Marmaris .

The quarries were in activity until the times of the 19th century traveller Charles Texier who mentions them .

Marble has been a very important export product for the entire region of present - day Muğla Province since ages , with rich reserves starting from ancient Knidos at the tip of Datça Peninsula to inland Kavaklıdere 's modern installations in full activity in our day .

There are no quarries in Bozburun presently , but research is being pursued , sometimes also by referring to historic documents and traces , to locate them .


Confessin'

" ( I 'm ) Confessin ' ( that I Love You ) " ( also known as " Confessin ' , " " I 'm Confessin ' , " and " Confessin ' that I Love You " ) is a jazz and popular standard that has been recorded many times .

The song was first produced with different lyrics as " Lookin ' For Another Sweetie , " credited to Chris Smith and Sterling Grant , and recorded by Thomas " Fats " Waller & His Babies on December 18 , 1929 .

In 1930 it was reborn as " Confessin ' , " with new lyrics by Al Neiburg , and with the music this time credited to Doc Daugherty and Ellis Reynolds .

Louis Armstrong made his first , and highly influential , recording of the song in August 1930 , and continued to play it throughout his career .

Other important recorded versions in the United States were done by Chester Gaylord ( 1930 ) , Guy Lombardo ( 1930 ) , Rudy Vallee ( 1930 ) , Perry Como ( 1945 ) , Les Paul and Mary Ford ( 1952 ) , and Anne Murray ( 1993 ) .

The song was also a number one hit for Frank Ifield in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1963 .

Dizzy Gillespie recorded a version titled " Pop 's Confessin ' " in which he imitated the vocal and trumpet style of Louis Armstrong .


Princessa

Princessa , born Mónica Capel Cruz , is a Spanish pop / dance singer .

Born on 18 May 1975 , she first became known for her participation in " World On Ice " in Madrid and in Spain 's Gran Circo Mundial .

She was discovered by producer Frank Peterson at the age of 16 and a few years later recorded her first album .

She has produced three full - length records released in Europe and Japan , and a fourth , All I Want , is in production , having released the title single .

Princessa recorded a cover version of Valerie Dore 's The Night on her self - titled debut .

She came back in 2014 with a two date tour in Finland .

A new and bigger tour in 2015 in Finland was done at summer .


Q Planes

Q Planes ( known as Clouds Over Europe in the United States ) is a 1939 British comedy spy film starring Ralph Richardson , Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson .

Olivier and Richardson were a decade into their 50-year friendship and theatrical collaboration and had just completed Othello , with Richardson in the title role and Olivier as Iago , when this film was made .

The film was produced by Irving Asher , an American , with British film impresario Alexander Korda as executive producer .

The name Q Planes may have been derived from the British " Q - ships " , armed ships disguised as merchantmen , used in the First World War as decoys to lure German U - boats .

The film was directed by American director Tim Whelan ( Sidewalks of London and later in 1940 , co - director of The Thief of Bagdad ) , who had been in Britain since 1932 , working for Korda at Denham Studios .


Table Rock Welcome Centre

The Table Rock Welcome Centre ( also known as Table Rock Centre and formerly as Table Rock House ) is a retail and observation complex located in Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada at the brink of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls , several hundred feet south of the former rock formation which bears its name .

The complex consists of two buildings connected by an indoor pedestrian mall and anchored by " The Grand Hall " , a multi - level indoor observation complex , completed in 2008 .

The north building , originally constructed in 1926 , houses a first - floor retail store and the Welcome Centre , Niagara 's Fury , a whitewater simulation , plus the ticket offices for the tunnels Journey Behind the Falls attraction .

The upper level contains multiple specialty stores , a currency exchange , and additional outdoor observation plaza .

The south building , constructed in 1974 , has a first - floor fast food snack bar , additional retail space , and a second - floor , semi - formal restaurant overlooking the Horseshoe Falls and the upper Niagara River .

Owned and operated by the Niagara Parks Commission , Table Rock Centre provides the best direct path from the Horseshoe Falls observation area to the Falls Incline Railway ( courtesy of a new bridge constructed in 2008 spanning the Niagara Parkway ) , which transports passengers to the Fallsview Tourist Area above the Niagara Escarpment .


Brenner Base Tunnel

The Brenner Base Tunnel (; ) is a planned railway tunnel through the base of the Eastern Alps beneath the Brenner Pass .

It will run from near Innsbruck , in Austria , to Fortezza , in Italy , replacing part of the current Brenner railway .

The line is part of Line 1 , the Berlin to Palermo route , of Trans - European Transport Networks ( TEN - T ) .

The Brenner Pass , in the Alps at the border between Austria and Italy , is one of the most important traffic connections between northern and southern Europe , and the motorway going over it is infamous for its frequent traffic jams .

Pollution from this traffic is a major concern .

The hope is to relieve this situation by greatly improving the railway connection between North Tyrol and South Tyrol with the new tunnel , which will allow trains to cross the Alps much faster .

Currently , speeds in the Brenner region barely exceed due to the steepness of the existing tracks , which cross the pass at an elevation of 1,371 metres above sea level .

The travel time from Innsbruck to Bolzano will be reduced from 2 hours to 50 minutes .

The project is funded by Austria and Italy , and a contribution by the European Union .

Due to the magnitude of the project ( it will be the world 's second - longest tunnel , after the Gotthard Base Tunnel ) , the funding promised so far will not suffice for the estimated costs .

The tunnel was scheduled to be completed in 2025 .


Gypsy Honeymoon: The Best of Kim Carnes

Gypsy Honeymoon : The Best of Kim Carnes is a compilation album by Kim Carnes , released in 1993 .

The album received a worldwide release and featured some tracks not previously released in the US or any European territories .

The title track , " Gypsy Honeymoon " , was released as a single in Europe , giving Carnes a minor hit in Germany ( # 65 ) where she returned to the charts after an 11-year gap .

Collin Raye recorded a version of Gypsy Honeymoon on his 2002 album " Ca n't Back Down " .

Carnes provided backing vocals for the track .

Some of the tracks on the album such as " I 'll Be Here Where the Heart Is " and " Bette Davis Eyes " were newly mixed and do not sound exactly the same as their original release .


Slivo Pole

Slivo Pole ( , ) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria , part of Rousse Province .

It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Slivo Pole Municipality , which lies in the northeastern part of the Province .

The town is located five kilometres from the Danube , along the main road from Rousse to Silistra .

As of December 2009 , it has a population of 3,169 inhabitants .

Slivo Pole was proclaimed a town on 29 November 2002 .

Tatars had settled in the area following the Crimean War ( 1853 – 1856 ) , as well as Bulgarians from Rousse and from Romania after 1863 .

The village was known as Islepol and Slepovo and was officially named Slivo Pole ( " plum field " ) in 1912 , as it was called so by the travellers who would stay in the local inn which had a big plum orchard .


Adrian Chmielarz

Adrian Chmielarz is a Polish designer , developer , and producer of computer games , and one of the most famous Polish video gaming figures , as well as one of the most divisive figures in the industry .

He created the first Polish adventure game for the PC platform , entitled Tajemnica Statuetki .

He began creating computer games in 1992 , and the following year he founded Metropolis Software with his friend Grzegorz Miechowski .

His next projects Teenagent and Gorky 17 were published outside of Poland .

Due to an internal conflict , he left Metropolis in 1999 .

Founding People Can Fly in 2002 , Chmielarz went on to create the successful Painkiller , and a partnership with Epic Games led to the business acquiring People Can Fly in 2007 .

After leaving that studio , he formed the company The Astronauts which released the title The Vanishing of Ethan Carter in 2014 .


Pierre Marsan

Pierre Marsan ( born June 29 , 1948 in Montreal , Quebec ) is a Quebec politician .

He was the member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Robert - Baldwin for the Quebec Liberal Party .

Marsan went to the Université du Québec à Montréal and obtained a bachelor 's degree in business administration and would add a master 's degree in health administration at Université de Montréal .

He was a guest teacher in the faculty of administration at the Université de Montréal and was a director in hospital services at the Hotel - Dieu 's Saint - Jérôme Hospital .

He was the general manager at the Montreal Heart Institute and the Hôpital du Sacré - Coeur .

He was an assistant director at Santa Cabrini Hospital .

He was also a board member for several institutions including the Montreal Heart Institute , the Epic Foundation , the Hôpital du Sacré Coeur Foundation and the president of the Association of Canadian Teaching Hospitals .

Marsan was first elected in Robert - Baldwin in 1994 and was in charged for the electoral campaign program Pour un Quebec en Santé in 1998 .

He was re - elected for a third term in 2003 and was the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and Social Services and then the Secretary to Jean Charest .

He was re - elected for a fourth term in 2007 and named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities .


Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)

Paddington is a London Underground station served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines .

It is located adjacent to the north side of Paddington mainline station and has entrances from within the mainline station and from Paddington Basin .

The station is between Royal Oak and Edgware Road and is in London Fare Zone 1 .

The station is one of two separate Underground stations of the same name .

The other station , on Praed Street to the south of the mainline station , is served by the Bakerloo , Circle and District lines .

Although shown on the London Underground map as a single station , the two stations are not directly linked and interchange between them is via the concourse of the mainline station .


Pipa Mountain Park

Pipa Mountain Park ( also known as Pipashan Park , ) is a major urban park in the city of Chongqing .

With an elevation of 345 meters , this park is the highest point of the Yuzhong District of Chongqing .

The park used to be a private garden to Wang Lingji , the former KMT governor of Sichuan Province during Republic of China period .

In 1955 , the garden started to open to public as an urban park .

On the top of Pipa Mountain , there is a tall pagoda called Twin River Pagoda , on top of which people can view Yangtze River to the south and Jialing River to the north .

This place is one of the best sites to view the night scene of Chongqing .


Cabinet of Radoman Božović

Cabinet of Radoman Božović was sworn in on December 23 , 1991 , after the previous cabinet under Dragutin Zelenović resigned due to economic failure .

As a Prime Minister of Serbia he was a hardcore bureaucrat , under whom more than half of Serbian economy was under state ownership .

After only 100 days in office , the inflation reached a shocking 10,000 % .

His term was marked by a scandal in which two ministers from his cabinet were arrested , as well as his frequent arguments with opposition leader Vojislav Šešelj .

On February 10 , 1993 , the new minority cabinet of Socialist Party of Serbia , supported by Serbian Radical Party , was formed as a result of the December 20 , 1992 parliamentary elections .

Božović , himself a Socialist , opposed the support from the Radicals , so he refused another term .

This new cabinet was formed by Nikola Šainović .


Corrientes International Airport ( ) , also known as Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport ( ) is an airport in Corrientes Province , Argentina , serving the city of Corrientes , built in 1961 while the terminal was completed in 1964 .

A new terminal and a new control tower were constructed between 2009 and 2011 .

It is also known as Aeropuerto de " Cambá Punta " .

It is usual to fly from Corrientes and return to Resistencia because both airports are really close to each other .

The same is true with Sauce Viejo Airport ( SFN – in Santa Fe City ) and General Justo José de Urquiza Airport ( PRA – in Paraná , Entre Ríos ) , which are apart .

Alternative from Corrientes , it is Resistencia International Airport , in Resistencia , Chaco , which is to the west .

Between April 2014 and October 2015 , Corrientes Airport was closed because of works at Runway 02/20 .

Daily flight AR1782/82 was rescheduled to Resistencia International Airport . This was made using 737 - 800 instead of 737 - 700 during August of that year .


Qumran

Qumran (; ) is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel 's Qumran National Park .

It is located on a dry plateau about from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea , near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz of Kalya .

The Hellenistic period settlement was constructed during the reign of John Hyrcanus ( ) or somewhat later , and was occupied most of the time until it was destroyed by the Romans in or shortly after .

It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden , caves in the sheer desert cliffs and beneath , in the marl terrace .

The principal excavations at Qumran were conducted by Roland de Vaux in the 1950s , though several later unearthings at the site have since been carried out .


Kristian Gullichsen

Kristian Gullichsen ( born 29 September 1932 , Helsinki ) is a Finnish architect .

The son of Harry and Maire Gullichsen he was born into a family of industrialists , designers and artists .

His siblings are the renowned Finnish philosopher Lilli Alanen and Johan Gullichsen , a professor of engineering .

Kristian Gullichsen has three sons and two daughters , one of the sons is the artist Alvar Gullichsen ( born 1961 ) .

Gullichsen has been married twice ; his second wife is architect Kirsi Gullichsen ( née Parkkinen ) ( born 1964 ) .

Kristian Gullichsen has been a member of the board of governors of the Alvar Aalto Academy and the committee of the Alvar Aalto Symposium .

From 1988 to 1993 he held the title of Finnish State Artist Professor .


John M. Vanderslice

John Mitchell Vanderslice ( August 31 , 1846 - March 12 , 1915 ) was a United States soldier who fought for the Union Army during the American Civil War as a member of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry .

He received his nation 's highest award for valor , the U.S. Medal of Honor , for being the first man to reach the rifle pits of the Confederate States Army during a charge made by his regiment on CSA fortifications in the Battle of Hatcher 's Run , Virginia on February 6 , 1865 .

A practicing lawyer post - war , he also played an active part in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 's memorialization of its role in the Civil War , persuading his fellow members of the Grand Army of the Republic and Gettysburg Battlefield Monument Association to place a small memorial stone at Little Round Top — the first of a series of monuments to be erected at the Gettysburg National Battlefield during the late 1800s and early 1900s . "

During the late 1800s , he also researched and published his book , Gettysburg Then and Now : The Field of American Valor , Where and How the Regiments Fought and the Troops They Encountered .


Vaal Triangle

The Vaal Triangle is a triangular area formed by Vereeniging , Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg - together they comprise a substantial urban complex in South Africa about 60 km south of Johannesburg .

Meyerton , just north of Vereeniging , is also generally included in the complex , and residents of Sharpeville , Boipatong , Bophelong , the greater Sebokeng area ( includingEvaton , Orange Farm , etc .

) , Heidelberg , Zamdela,((Deneysville ) ) and Potchefstroom also generally tend to consider themselves to live in the Vaal Triangle .

The area straddles the Vaal River and is a major industrial region , which is home to former Iron and Steel Corporation Iscor , now ArcelorMittal South Africa and Sasol , the steel and oil - from - coal processing facilities .

Due to the heavy industries in and around the Vaal Triangle it became infamous for its air pollution and respiratory disease .

For this reason , local Afrikaans speaking people often refer to the region as the Vuil Driehoek ( meaning Dirty Triangle ) as a pun on Vaal Driehoek ( the Afrikaans translation for Vaal Triangle ) .

Nearby is the Vaal Dam , from which the massive PWV megalopolis ( Pretoria , Witwatersrand and Vereeniging ) draws its water .

The PWV forms the urban heart of Gauteng province .

The Witwatersrand is the name given to the area that comprises the Greater Johannesburg metropole and the gold - bearing reef along which gold was discovered in 1886 .

The Vaal Dam is well - patronised by people from Johannesburg over the weekends and during holidays , as it provides extensive water recreation facilities some 70 km south of the city .


Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things

" Cripples , Bastards , and Broken Things " is the fourth episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones , which first aired on May 8 , 2011 .

It was written by Bryan Cogman and directed by Brian Kirk .

In this episode Lord Eddard Stark , the new Hand of the King , investigates the sudden death of his predecessor .

Jon Snow , Eddard 's bastard son , defends a new recruit who has just joined the rangers at " the Wall . "

Exiled prince Viserys becomes increasingly frustrated as the Dothraki horde he needs to invade Westeros and win back his crown continues to linger at Vaes Dothrak .

The episode ends with Eddard 's wife Catelyn arresting Tyrion Lannister on suspicion of attempting to murder her son Bran .

The title comes from the original book , spoken by Tyrion after he provides Bran Stark with a saddle design that will allow him to ride despite his paraplegia : " I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things . "

Critical reaction to the episode was mostly positive , with critics citing the Night 's Watch scenes at the Wall as highlights , as well as Michelle Fairley 's performance as Catelyn Stark in the final scene of the episode with Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister .

In the United States , the episode achieved a viewership of 2.5 million in its initial broadcast .


Myopsida

Myopsida is one of the two orders of squid .

It consists of two families : the monotypic Australiteuthis and the diverse and commercially important Loliginidae ( ~50 species ) .

Some taxonomists classify this taxon as a suborder of the order Teuthida , in which case it is known as Myopsina .

This reclassification is due to Myopsina and Oegopsina not being demonstrated to form a clade .

A number of morphological features distinguish members of Myopsida from those of its sister group , Oegopsida .

Some of the most obvious differences are found in the structure of the eyes : those of myopsid squids lack a secondary eyelid and are instead covered by a transparent corneal membrane , the opening of which is reduced to a microscopic anterior pore in most species .

The arms and tentacles are ornamented with simple suckers ( hooks are never present ) , with additional suckers usually borne on the buccal lappets .

The carpal ( " wrist " ) portion of the tentacular club lacks a locking apparatus , and a tentacle pocket is present on the head .

The funnel has no lateral adductor muscles .

An internalised shell is present in the form of a well - developed gladius , which is located dorsally within the mantle and extends for almost its entire length .

In contrast to oegopsids , females possess accessory nidamental glands in addition to the main nidamental glands .

Myopsids are found in coastal waters worldwide .

They are demersal , generally feeding on or near the bottom .

Adult sizes range from the dwarf Australiteuthis and Pickfordiateuthis , whose males mature at less than in mantle length ( ML ) , to the large Loligo forbesii , which can exceed ML .


United Nations Security Council veto power

The United Nations Security Council " veto power " refers to the power of the permanent members of the UN Security Council ( China , France , Russia , United Kingdom , and United States ) to veto any " substantive " resolution .

A permanent member 's abstention or absence does not prevent a draft resolution from being adopted .

This veto power does not apply to " procedural " votes , as determined by the permanent members themselves .

A permanent member can also block the selection of a Secretary - General , although a formal veto is unnecessary since the vote is taken behind closed doors .

The unconditional veto possessed by the five governments has been seen by critics as the most undemocratic character of the UN .

Critics also claim that veto power is the main cause for international inaction on war crimes and crimes against humanity .

However , the United States refused to join the United Nations in 1945 unless it was given a veto .

The absence of the United States from the League of Nations contributed to its ineffectiveness .

Supporters of the veto power regard it as a promoter of international stability , a check against military interventions , and a critical safeguard against U.S. domination .


Pink Line (Montreal Metro)

The Pink Line ( ) is a new subway line proposal for the Montreal Metro in Canada .

First proposed by municipal councillor Sylvain Ouellet in September 2011 , the Pink Line in its current form was a " central campaign promise " of the mayoral campaign of Valérie Plante , leader of the political party Projet Montréal and now mayor of Montreal .

The project is proposed to be finished by 2025 , at a cost of an estimated C$ 5.9 billion .

The proposed route of the line will traverse many Montreal neighbourhoods .

It will start in Montreal North , and travel southeast through the city , with connections to the blue line extension , Mont - Royal metro station , and Place - des - Arts station .

Given this routing , the section from Montreal North to Pie - IX is generally seen as the successor to the cancelled White Line originally proposed in the 1980s .

A second phase of the project will travel southwest from Downtown Montreal , through the Notre - Dame - de - Grâce neighbourhood , Montreal West , and will end at Lachine .


Enclave (video game)

Enclave is a third - person 3D action role - playing game by Starbreeze Studios , released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox on July 19 , 2002 .

A GameCube version was also in development but was eventually cancelled in early 2003 .

A Wii port , titled Enclave : Shadows of Twilight , was originally slated for the middle of June 2010 , and was released in Europe on May 22 , 2012 .

On 4 October 2013 , the game was re - released on Steam and made available on Mac and Linux platforms .

In this game , set in a medieval fantasy realm , players can choose to take on the role of either a " Warrior of Light " or a " Minion of Darkness " , complete with separate and unique missions reflecting the nature of that decision .


List of Ivy League public policy schools

The Ivy League public policy schools outlines the universities within the Ivy League that offer public policy or public administration degrees .

These public policy schools often provide Bachelor of Arts ( BA ) , Master of Public Policy ( MPP ) , Master of Public Administration ( MPA ) , Master of International Affairs , or Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy and/or Administration degrees .

The public policy programs at the Ivy League rank as some of the best in the world .

The oldest program for the study of public policy and administration began at Princeton University in 1930 , founded as the School of Public and International Affairs .

The school 's mission was to prepare students for " leadership in public and international affairs " in accordance with President Woodrow Wilson who desired a school that could train students for public service .

Harvard University soon followed with their own school , the Graduate School of Public Administration , in 1936 .

The most recently established school of government was at Yale University through the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs in 2010 .

The goal of the Jackson Institute was to enhance the university 's current offerings of social science research and courses .

The Institute currently specializes in international affairs , but is planning to expand to domestic policy in the near future .

These schools have served as the model for other programs around the world , most notably at Oxford University .

The Blavatnik School of Government was founded in 2010 and is the first of its kind in Europe .

It currently offers MPP and DPhil in Public Policy degrees .

Pundits believe the Blavatnik School seeks to differentiate itself with a more well - rounded curriculum , thereby competing with the American monopoly on public policy schools .


John Thornton Kirkland

John Thornton Kirkland ( August 17 , 1770 – April 26 , 1840 ) served as President of Harvard University from 1810 to 1828 .

As an undergraduate , he was a member of the Hasty Pudding .

A religious minister like many of his predecessors , he is remembered chiefly for his lenient treatment of students .

Kirkland House , one of Harvard 's undergraduate " houses , " or residence halls , was named in his honor and in recognition of his term at the school 's helm .

Oliver Wendell Holmes describes him thus , in his study of Ralph Waldo Emerson : " His ' shining morning face ' was round as a baby 's , and talked as pleasantly as his voice did , with smiles for accents and dimples for punctuation ...

It was of him that the story was always told ,-- it may be as old as the invention of printing ,-- that he threw his sermons into a barrel , where they went to pieces and got mixed up , and that when he was going to preach he fished out what he thought would be about enough for a sermon , and patched the leaves together as he best might . "

His contemporary George Ticknor described Kirkland 's sermons as " full of intellectual wealth and practical wisdom , with sometimes a quaintness that bordered on humor . "

Kirkland served as pastor of the New South Church in Boston , 1794 – 1810 .

He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1799 .

Kirkland was a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1812 .


Synnøve Svabø

Synnøve Svabø ( born 22 September 1968 in Sunnmøre , Norway ) is a Norwegian talk show host .

Svabø is best known for her 1997 boob stunt on Thorbjørn Jagland who was then the Prime Minister of Norway

Jagland was caught on national television placing his hands on Synnøve Svabø ’s breasts .

At the time Svabø was hosting the Weekend Globoid talk show .

In 2009 she was NRK 's commentator in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest .

During the ESC , the NRK received many complaints from Norwegian viewers who said Svabø " talked too much " .

Many viewers chose to watch the final on the Swedish SVT because of her .

Among these , was the leader of the Broadcasting Council in the NRK , Kjellaug Nakkim .


Gardianul

Gardianul ( " The Guardian " ) was a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest .

It claimed to have had an anti - corruption stance , investigating organized crime and high - level corruption .

The newspaper was founded in 2002 by Şerban Roibu , the son of a Social Democratic Party senator and therefore is accused of bias in favour of the Social Democratic Party , although it did publish articles which are critical of Social Democrat members being investigated for corruption .

It eventually was sold to " Petrom Service " a company owned by the labour union of Petrom , but it kept its editorial stance .

It was one of the newspapers involved in the ' governmental advertising funds for political subversion ' scandal of 2004 ( see Adrian Năstase ) .

Overall the newspaper had a low readership and circulation for a national newspaper - at its peak distributing no more than 10.000 copies daily , out of which less than 6.000 paid for .

Publishing of the newspaper ceased on 1 January 2010 , the editorial board claiming that Gardianul would switch to a web - only new - media format .

However , by the end of January 2010 , Gardianuls website was also shut down .


Leopold Ritter von Dittel

Leopold Ritter von Dittel ( May 29 , 1815 – July 28 , 1898 ) was an Austrian urologist born in Fulnek , a community now located in the Czech Republic .

Dittel received his medical doctorate in 1840 from the University of Vienna , and as a young man worked as a physician in Trentschin - Teplitz .

From 1853 to 1857 , he was an assistant to Johann von Dumreicher ( 1815 - 1880 ) and a surgical assistant at the university hospital in Vienna .

Later , he became surgeon - in - chief of the Allgemeines Krankenhaus , and in 1865 attained the title of associate professor .

He is credited for developing a number of innovative diagnostic and surgical practices in the field of genitourinary medicine .

He is remembered for his pioneer diagnostic work with the cystoscope , a device that was a recent invention of urologist Maximilian Nitze ( 1848 – 1906 ) .

In urology , the cystoscope is used for endoscopic detection of bladder tumors and other urinary disorders .

With Felix Legueu ( 1863 – 1939 ) and Émile Forgue ( 1860 – 1943 ) , the " Dittel - Forgue - Legueu operation " is named , defined as a surgical procedure for closure of vesicovaginal fistulae ( VVF ) .

A medical instrument used for treatment of stenosis of the urethra known as a " Dittel urethral sound " is named after him .


Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood

Mary , Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood ( Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary ; 25 April 1897 – 28 March 1965 ) was a member of the British royal family .

She was the third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary and was born during the reign of Queen Victoria , her great - grandmother .

Mary was the paternal aunt of the current British monarch , Queen Elizabeth II .

World War I brought Mary out of seclusion as she launched a charity campaign to support British troops and sailors .

Mary married Viscount Lascelles ( later the Earl of Harewood ) in 1922 .

She was an avid collector of jewellery .


Gary Hurring

Gary Norman Hurring ( born 10 October 1961 in Auckland ) is a former swimmer from New Zealand , who won the gold medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in the men 's 200 metres backstroke .

He gained silver in the same event at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships .

Hurring was considered a possible medallist for the 1980 Summer Olympics but was denied the opportunity due to the boycott by the majority of New Zealand Olympic sports associations .

At the 1984 Summer Olympics he just missed medals in both backstroke events finishing fourth in the 100 m and fifth in the 200 m .

Hurring was appointed New Zealand swim team coach at the 2012 Summer Olympics .

Hurring is the son of two former Olympic backstroke swimmers , Lincoln Hurring and Jean Stewart , who won the bronze medal in the women 's 100 metres backstroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , Finland .


Elena Smirnova

) /18 May 1888 ( N. S. ) – 15 January 1934 ) was the last prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater in the Imperial period of Russia .

Starring in many leading roles , she often performed choreography created by Marius Petipa and .

Participating in early films of Germany and Russia , she made eight silent films and participated in the premiers of both the Ballets Russes in Paris and in the first performance of Russian ballet in Japan .

When the Soviets took over Russia , Smirnova fled with a group of artists , making their way to Berlin , where she and her husband founded the Russian Romantic Theater and performed throughout Europe until 1926 .

Experiencing a serious illness , she recuperated in Milan before relocating to Argentina , where she gave her last performance and became a dance instructor .

She was the first professor of dance at the recently created Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Declamación .

An annual award is given in her name by the National Dance School of Uruguay .


List of Lambda Literary Awards winners and nominees for science fiction, fantasy and horror

Lambda Literary Awards ( also known as the " Lammys " ) are awarded yearly by the United States - based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works that celebrate or explore LGBT ( lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender ) themes .

To qualify , a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the official year of the award ; the presentation ceremony is held a year later .

The Lambda Literary Foundation states that its mission is " to celebrate LGBT literature and provide resources for writers , readers , booksellers , publishers , and librarians - the whole literary community . "

Since their inception in 1989 , awards have been given in various categories in fiction and non - fiction .

The category for speculative fiction works has changed several times ; from science fiction and mystery , to science fiction and fantasy , and finally to LGBT Sci - Fi , fantasy and horror .

This category is open to submissions in the form of novels , novellas , short stories , collections and anthologies .

Initially the genre categories were also split into gay men 's and lesbian categories , but were merged in 1993 .

This article lists all the award nominees and winners for all the variously titled science fiction categories .

Multi - time winners of the award include Nicola Griffith ( four wins ) , Melissa Scott ( four wins ) , Jim Grimsley ( two wins ) , and Stephen Pagel ( two wins ) .

Samuel R. Delany has also won the lifetime achievement award twice .

Nicola Griffith holds the record for most nominations , and Perry Brass has the most nominations without winning , having been a losing finalist four times .


Oļegs Blagonadeždins

Oļegs Blagonadeždins (; born 16 May 1973 in Donetsk , Ukraine ) is a former Latvian football defender , currently the assistant manager of the Latvian Higher League club FK Spartaks Jūrmala .

During his playing career Blagonadeždins played 70 international matches and scored 2 goals for the Latvia national team .

He debuted in 1992 when the national team was founded , and played at the Euro 2004 .

He started his career in Pārdaugava , then played for Skonto FC for several years .

Blagonadeždins also played for Spartak - Alania Vladikavkaz in Russia .

From February to July 2012 Blagonadeždins managed the Latvian Higher League club Spartaks Jūrmala .

Prior to the 2014 Latvian First League season Blagonadeždins was appointed as the manager of AFA Olaine .

In mid - season he left , joining his previous club Spartaks Jūrmala to fulfill the role of the assistant manager .

For a short period of time in June 2014 Blagonadeždins worked as the care - taker at the club , fulfilling the manager 's functions from the dismissal of Fabio Micarelli till appointment of Roman Pylypchuk .


Konstantin Sokolsky

Konstantin Sokolsky ( also spelled : Sokolski , , original name Konstantin Kudryavtsev ( Константин Кудрявцев ) ) ( 7 December 1904 - 12 May 1991 ) was a Latvian Russian singer .

Sokolsky was born in Saint - Petersburg , Russia , but for most of his life lived in Riga , Latvia ( his father came from Ludzas County , which is where the family moved to after the revolutionary turmoil of 1917 began in Saint - Petersburg ) .

There he worked as a woodcutter and loader , until in 1928 at Riga 's ' Mars ' cinema he first appeared on stage as a singer .

Initially , he tried to imitate Alexander Vertinsky ( for example , he too sang in a Pierrot costume ) , but later found his own style .

He got acquainted with popular composer Oscar Strok , author of tango music , and became the first to sing all his new songs .

In the same time , he himself wrote lyrics and music for several songs .

In the 1930 - 1940s , first with the Riga Bonzo Theatre and later individually , he went on tours of Romania , Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia , where he became very popular among different audiences , including many Russian émigrés .

Sokolsky 's stage image was refined , but could still be interpreted as acting the ' Russian bear ' , with a sense of self - parody .

Very tall , joyous , with self - respect — he reminded many Russian émigrés of their Mother Russia , which they had had to leave , sooner or later after the Bolshevik revolution .

In Russia , his songs also became popular , released on L.P. 's with the Bonophon and Bellaccord labels .

During World War II , he stayed in Latvia .

In 1944 he was arrested by the Germans , but escaped .


Homi Wadia

Homi Wadia ( 22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004 ) was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood ( Hindi cinema ) .

He was the co - founder of Wadia Movietone productions , established in 1933 and later after the closure of Wadiatone , he founded Basant Pictures in 1942 .

In a career spanning five decades , he directed over 40 films , including Hunterwali ( 1935 ) , Miss Frontier Mail ( 1936 ) , Diamond Queen ( 1940 ) and fantasy film Hatim Tai ( 1956 ) .

He was also a founding member of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India , established in 1954 .

Homi Wadia was married to actress and stunt woman Fearless Nadia .

Homi was the younger brother of JBH Wadia , who was himself a movie director .


Primer amor, a mil por hora

Primer amor , a mil por hora ( English : First love , a thousand per hour ) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa in 2000 .

It is a remake of another Televisa telenovela titled Quinceañera .

This teen - oriented soap was one of the highest - rated in its time - slot .

On Monday , October 9 , 2000 , Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting Primer amor , a mil por hora weekdays at 7:00pm , replacing Locura de amor .

The last episode was broadcast on Friday , February 23 , 2001 with Amigas y rivales replacing it the following day .

Anahí , Kuno Becker , Ana Layevska and Valentino Lanús starred as protagonists , while Mauricio Islas , Arleth Terán , Fabián Robles and

Leticia Perdigón starred as antagonists .


Hans Engen

Hans Engen ( 22 August 1912 – 6 April 1966 ) was a Norwegian journalist , diplomat and politician for the Labour Party .

During the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945 , he was a coordinator of the cooperation with the Norwegian government - in - exile and the Norwegian resistance movement .

From 1946 to 1949 he worked as the foreign affairs editor of newspaper Verdens Gang .

From 1951 to 1952 he worked as Norway 's counsellor of embassy at the United Nations ; he was then ambassador to the UN to 1958 .

From 1958 to 1963 , under Gerhardsen 's Third Cabinet , Engen served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

Finally , he was Norwegian ambassador to the United States from 1963 to 1966 .


Al Majma'ah

Al Majma'ah ( ) is a city and a governorate in Ar Riyad Province , Saudi Arabia .

It is located at around , and it is the capital of the Sudair region .

The city has an area of 30,000 square kilometers .

The population of the town is around 45,000 , while the population of the governorate as a whole is approximately 97,349 .

Al - Majma'ah Governorate borders the Eastern Province and Al - Qasim to the north , Thadig and Shaqra to the south , Rumah to the east , and Harmah , Al - Ghat and Zulfi to the west .

Founded in 1417 CE by an immigrant from the Alshammari tribe , Al - Majma'ah was historically considered the capital of the region of Sudair .

It was an attractive place for many tribes such as Anazah and Shammar .

The city today contains a museum as well as an impressive mud - brick fort that dates to the 18th century .

The city is covered in green during Spring , which makes it a national destination .

There are a lot of private farms consisting of mostly of palm trees , but other fruits or vegetables can grow there such as citrus or berry .


Digimon Adventure

, known as the first season of Digimon : Digital Monsters outside Japan , is a Japanese anime television series created by Akiyoshi Hongo , and produced by Toei Animation in cooperation with WiZ , Bandai and Fuji Television .

It is the first anime installment in the Digimon media franchise , based on the virtual pet of the same name .

The series aired in Japan from March 7 , 1999 to March 26 , 2000 .

It follows a group of children and their partners attempting to save both worlds from evil , after arriving in the " Digital World " for the first time .

An English - language version produced by Saban Entertainment aired in North America between August 1999 and June 2000 .

A video game adaptation of the series by Prope was released for PlayStation Portable on January 17 , 2013 .

The series was followed by Digimon Adventure 02 , which takes place a few years after the events of Adventure .

For the series ' 15th anniversary , a series of films taking place a few years after the events of Adventure 02 , titled Digimon Adventure tri . , was released from 2015 to 2018 .


Battle of Groningen

The Battle of Groningen took place during the penultimate month of Second World War in Europe , from April 13 to 16 , 1945 , in the city of Groningen between a mixture of German soldiers , Dutch and Belgian SS troops numbering 7,000 against the entire 2nd Canadian Infantry Division , though the whole division was never in combat at any given time .

There were also substantial amounts of Luftwaffe units manning flak guns in the area .

Groningen was also the site of the headquarters for the Sicherheitsdienst in the North of the Netherlands .

The German command structure was poor and the defenders had never exercised together .

The Canadian division , consisting of nine infantry battalions , a machine gun battalion , and a reconnaissance battalion , was battle experienced with a proportion of partially trained reinforcements .

Armour from the 10th Armoured Regiment ( The Fort Garry Horse ) and the 9th Armoured Regiment ( The British Columbia Dragoons ) was used in support .


Panther Peak

Panther Peak is a mountain located in Essex County , New York .

The mountain is part of the Santanoni Mountains of the Adirondacks .

Panther Peak is flanked to the west by Couchsachraga Peak , and to the south by Santanoni Peak .

The northeast slopes of Panther Peak drain into Duck Hole pond , the source of the Cold River , which drains into the Raquette River , the Saint Lawrence River in Canada , and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence .

The northwest slopes of Panther Peak drain into the Cold River .

The southwest slopes of Panther drain into Calahan Brook , thence into Moose Creek and the Cold River .

The southeast slopes of Panther drain into Santanoni Brook , Henderson Lake , the source of the Hudson River , and into New York Bay .

Panther Peak is within the High Peaks Wilderness Area of New York 's Adirondack Park .


Wang Zhi (pirate)

Wang Zhi ( ) , art name Wufeng ( 五峰 ) , was a Chinese pirate lord of the 16th century , one of the chief named and known figures among the wokou pirates prevalent during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor .

Originally a salt merchant , Wang Zhi turned to smuggling during the Ming dynasty 's period of maritime prohibitions banning all private overseas trade , and eventually became the head of a pirate syndicate stretching the East and South China Seas , from Japan to Thailand .

Through his clandestine trade , he is credited for spreading European firearms throughout East Asia , and for his role in leading the first Europeans ( the Portuguese ) to reach Japan in 1543 .

However , he was also blamed for the ravages of the Jiajing wokou raids in China , and was executed in 1560 for that reason while trying to negotiate a relaxation of the Ming maritime prohibitions .


Emory Marvin Underwood

Emory Marvin Underwood ( December 11 , 1877 – August 28 , 1960 ) was a United States federal judge .

Born in Douglas County , Georgia , Underwood received a B.A.

from Vanderbilt University in 1900 and an LL.B.

from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1902 .

He was in private practice in Atlanta , Georgia from 1903 to 1914 , an Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1914 to 1917 , a General counsel , Seaboard Air Line Company from 1917 to 1919 , and a general solicitor for the U.S. Railroad Administration from 1919 to 1920 .

Returning to private practice in Atlanta from 1920 to 1931 .

On February 7 , 1931 , Underwood was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia vacated by Samuel H. Sibley .

Underwood was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 25 , 1931 , and received his commission on March 2 , 1931 .

He assumed senior status on March 5 , 1948 .

Underwood served in that capacity until his death .


Warm and Beautiful

" Warm and Beautiful " is a love ballad credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released by Wings on their 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound .

It is a love ballad sung by Paul directed to Linda .

Critical opinion of the song has varied widely , ranging from a comment that it is " one of the most beautiful songs that Paul ever wrote for Linda , " to a suggestion that it may be " one of the worst songs Paul McCartney has ever written . "

In 1998 , after Linda 's death , Paul rearranged the song for string quartet to be played at memorial concerts for his late wife .

This version was included on the 1999 album Working Classical .


Dodecatheon frigidum

Dodecatheon frigidum , commonly called the western arctic shootingstar , is a plant species found in arctic and subarctic regions in the northwestern part of North America and in Asiatic Russia .

It is common across much of Alaska , and has also been reported from Yukon , Northwest Territories , British Columbia , northern Saskatchewan , and on the Chukotsk Peninsula in the Russian Far East ( often erroneously regarded as part of Siberia ) .

It is usually found in moist areas such as bogs , lakeshores , riverbanks , moist meadows , and heathcliff tundras .

It can found on melting snow on or near permafrost .

Dodecatheon frigidum is an herbaceous perennial up to 40 cm ( 16 inches ) tall , spreading by means of underground rhizomes .

Each shoot produces 2 - 7 flowers , usually pink to magenta with a white center .


Clas Eriksson

Clas Eriksson ( born February 20 , 1973 , in Karlstad , Sweden ) is a retired professional Swedish ice hockey player .

Eriksson is currently a team manager and coach for his former club Färjestads BK .

During his career , Eriksson played for Färjestads BK , apart from one and half seasons with Grums IK from 1991 - 1992 .

During his 13 seasons with Färjestads , he won three Swedish Championships in 1997 , 1998 , and 2002 .

In 2004 he was forced to retire due to an injury .

Eriksson 's son , Joel Eriksson Ek , currently plays within the Minnesota Wild organization of the National Hockey League and his younger son Olle was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft .


Bidet horse

The Bidet was a type of small horse from France , now extinct .

It was a landrace developed principally in the area around Brittany , Morvan , Auvergne , Poitou , and Burgundy .

It stood about 110–135 centimetres at the withers .

Two distinct groups are documented , which were bred in a semi - feral state .

Bidets were first identified in the 15th century .

They were used as " jack - of - all - trades " animals , equally suited for riding , farm work and passenger transport .

They declined during the 19th century , when railways and better - kept roads pressured horse breeders into specialising their breeds .

Despite the animal 's disappearance , the name " bidet " survives in several French cultural references .


Ragini Nandwani

Ragini ( Rageeni ) Nandwani ( born 4 September 1989 ) is an Indian film and television actress .

She became popular after playing the lead in the Hindi soap opera Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein ( 2011–12 ) .

She made her Bollywood debut with the crime thriller film Dehraadun Diary ( 2013 ) , which was based on a real murder case .

Nandwani made her debut in the Tamil film industry with the action thriller film Thalaivaa ( 2013 ) , directed by A. L. Vijay .

She played a supporting role in the film and earned critical acclaim for her role .

She is currently working in a Marathi film Krupa Swaminchi .

She has also signed a Bollywood film which will be officially announced soon .

She has done a Malayalam movie Peruchazhi , in which she appears as the female lead opposite to Mohanlal .


University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford , England .

There is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096 , making it the oldest university in the English - speaking world and the world 's second - oldest university in continuous operation .

It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris .

After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209 , some academics fled north - east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge .

The two " ancient universities " are frequently jointly referred to as " Oxbridge " .

The history and influence of the University of Oxford has made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world .

The university is made up of 38 constituent colleges , and a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions .

All the colleges are self - governing institutions within the university , each controlling its own membership and with its own internal structure and activities .

It does not have a main campus , and its buildings and facilities are scattered throughout the city centre .

Undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly tutorials at the colleges and halls , supported by classes , lectures , seminars , and laboratory work provided by university faculties and departments ; some postgraduate teaching includes tutorials organised by faculties and departments .

It operates the world 's oldest university museum , as well as the largest university press in the world and the largest academic library system nationwide .

The university is consistently cited as among the world 's best .

Oxford has educated many notable alumni , including 29 Nobel laureates , 27 prime ministers of the United Kingdom and many heads of state and government around the world .

As of 2017 , 69 Nobel Prize winners , 3 Fields Medalists , and 6 Turing Award winners have studied , worked , or held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford .

Its alumni have won 160 Olympic medals .

Oxford is the home of the Rhodes Scholarship , one of the world 's oldest international scholarships .


Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström ( born 19 October 1983 ) , known professionally as Rebecca Ferguson , is a Swedish actress .

She began her acting career with the Swedish soap opera Nya tider ( 1999 – 2000 ) and went on to star in the slasher film Drowning Ghost ( 2004 ) .

She came to international prominence with her portrayal of Elizabeth Woodville in the British television miniseries The White Queen ( 2013 ) , which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film .

Ferguson has since starred as MI6 agent Ilsa Faust in the action spy films ( 2015 ) and its sequel ( 2018 ) , and portrayed Jenny Lind in the musical The Greatest Showman ( 2017 ) .

She has also played supporting parts in the comedy - drama Florence Foster Jenkins and the thriller The Girl on the Train ( both 2016 ) .


Sugarplum Fairy

Sugarplum Fairy is a pop - rock band from Borlänge , Sweden .

The members took the name from a version of the Beatles ' song " A Day in the Life " where John Lennon counts the song in by saying " sugar - plum - fairy , sugar - plum - fairy " .

Sugarplum Fairy was founded in 1998 by Victor and Carl Noren and Kristian Gidlund .

The band released several demos before being signed to EMI Records in 2004 , releasing the EP Stay Young to generally positive reviews .

Later they released their first single , " Sweet Jackie " , from their first full - length album " Young & Armed " released later that year ( September 29 , 2004 ) .

The band toured heavily in Sweden , Japan and Germany , and released the debut album in different editions in both Japan and Germany in early 2005 .

In 2006 they put out their second record , " First Round First Minute " .

A third album followed in 2008 , including a cover of The Hollies ' Bus Stop .

In 2011 drummer Kristian Gidlund was diagnosed with stomach cancer .

Apart from their music , the band is also famous for the fact that the two singers in the band are brothers of Gustaf Norén , former singer in Mando Diao .


Lizzy Caplan

Elizabeth Anne Caplan ( born June 30 , 1982 ) is an American actress and model .

Her first acting role was on the cult television series Freaks and Geeks ( 1999–2000 ) .

She received wider recognition with roles in the films Mean Girls ( 2004 ) and Cloverfield ( 2008 ) , the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress .

Caplan has also starred on the TV shows Related ( 2005 – 2006 ) , The Class ( 2006–2007 ) , and Party Down ( 2009 – 2010 ) .

From 2013 to 2016 , she played Virginia Johnson on the Showtime series Masters of Sex , a role that garnered her Primetime Emmy , Satellite , and Critics ' Choice Award nominations .

Her other film appearances include Hot Tub Time Machine , 127 Hours ( both 2010 ) , Save the Date , Bachelorette ( both 2012 ) , The Interview ( 2014 ) , Now You See Me 2 , Allied ( both 2016 ) , and Extinction ( 2018 ) .


Galata Tower (old)

The old Tower of Galata ( , meaning Great Tower ) was a tower which stood on the north side of the Golden Horn in Constantinople , inside the citadel of Galata .

The tower marked the northern end of the great chain , which was stretched across the mouth of the Golden Horn to the Tower of Eugenius to prevent enemy ships from entering the harbor .

The tower contained a mechanism of elevation gears for raising and lowering the chain .

The tower was largely destroyed by the Latin Crusaders during the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 , part of the Fourth Crusade , enabling them to enter the harbor and attack the city from the sea , where the walls were more easily scaled .

This tower should not be confused with the present - day Galata Tower , which is still standing .

The current tower was built by the Genoese in 1348 , on a different site , at the northernmost and highest point of the citadel of Galata .

The Genoese named the new tower as Christea Turris ( Tower of Christ ) .

The Byzantines , however , also called this new tower with the name Megalos Pyrgos ( Great Tower ) .


Pierre Cartier (mathematician)

Pierre Emile Cartier ( born 10 June 1932 ) is a French mathematician .

An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck , his interests have ranged over algebraic geometry , representation theory , mathematical physics , and category theory .

He studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris under Henri Cartan and André Weil .

Since his 1958 thesis on algebraic geometry he has worked in a number of fields .

He is known for the introduction of the Cartier operator in algebraic geometry in characteristic p , and for work on duality of abelian varieties and on formal groups .

He is the eponym of Cartier divisors and Cartier duality .

From 1961 to 1971 he was a Professor at the University of Strasbourg .

In 1970 he was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice .

He was awarded the Prize Ampère of the French Academy of Sciences in 1979 .

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society .