Secret Avengers

Secret Avengers is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a black-ops sect of Marvel's premier super hero team, the Avengers, which operates under the guidance and leadership of Captain Steve Rogers (the former Captain America). The series is part of the Avengers-line relaunch as part of the "Heroic Age".

Publication history
Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Mike Deodato were announced as the creative team for the Secret Avengers title. A series of teaser images were released by Marvel to promote the upcoming series in February 2010, which slowly revealed the team's roster over the course of two months. The series started in late May 2010 (cover date July 2010).

As of the first issue, the roster includes Beast, War Machine, Valkyrie, Moon Knight, Nova, Black Widow, Sharon Carter and Ant-Man and the team is led by Captain Steve Rogers. In regards to the tone of the new title, Brubaker has said:

After Brubaker left the title, author Nick Spencer wrote the first Secret Avengers "Point One" issue (#12.1) and three Fear Itself tie-in one-shots. Secret Avengers was then written by Warren Ellis from issues #16-21 and scribe Rick Remender picked up at #21.1 with former Hulk artist, Gabriel Hardman. Remender confirmed that his final issue of Secret Avengers will be with issue #37.

At New York ComiCon 2012 it was announced that the title would be relaunched as part of the Marvel NOW! initiative, with Nick Spencer returning as writer. Spencer said, "This really is a S.H.I.E.L.D. book. I think it's something we've been long suffering for and is long overdue. This gave us a nice excuse to get a proper S.H.I.E.L.D. comic going. This Avengers initiative within S.H.I.E.L.D. is obviously a big focal point of the book, but it still is a S.H.I.E.L.D initiative so everything originates there. So Nick Fury and Agent Coulson are very much involved in the missions. Nick will be in the field with the team. That's his role. He's the S.H.I.E.L.D agent that goes with these characters on the missions. Coulson has a fun role in that he's backup and support. He's the guy who makes the pitch, and brings in the team. So they're a big part of every issue and in some ways they're even our leads.

The third volume was cancelled with #15 in April, 2015.

History

Volume 1
After the events of "Dark Reign" and Siege, Norman Osborn was deposed as America's "top cop" and his organization H.A.M.M.E.R. was disbanded. In response to his hand in reforming the original Avengers and staving off the Siege of Asgard, The President appointed former Captain America Steve Rogers as America's new foremost law enforcement agent, as well as dissolving the Superhuman Registration Act at Rogers' request. Captain Rogers then forms the Secret Avengers as a group of superheroes to operate under a veil of secrecy, in addition to the main Avengers team.

The opening issues show the team being proactive about known threats and cleaning them up, black ops style. They are in direct opposition to a group called the "Shadow Council" seemingly led by Nick Fury. In one such plot they find a dangerous artifact, the "Tentacle Crown". After some research the group finds a link to the Roxxon Corporation, which leads to investigations of a mining site on Mars. Richard Rider is on the case, and in his investigations he finds another crown, the "Serpent Crown." The crown possesses Nova, but he is pursued by a guardian of the crown claiming to be a collective named the "Archon" who was created by the Watchers. The possessed Nova directs Shadow Council agents into unearthing a primordial evil. Steve Rogers, with the help of the Xandarian Worldmind, temporarily gains the Nova Force to take out the Serpent Crown/Nova.

The Secret Avengers later have to deal with the fact that someone resembling Nick Fury is shown to be working for the Shadow Council. The real Fury confirms that what they are seeing is a self aware LMD modified by Jake Fury. S.H.I.E.L.D. was going to destroy the LMD, but he was rescued by the Shadow Council and given the name Max. Some other operatives in the "Shadow Council" are an immortal named Aloysius Thorndrake and former Golden Age hero John Steele.

Shang-Chi offers himself as bait in order to capture his immortal father, Zheng Zu, who needs the blood of a relative to stay alive. Ant-Man accidentally foils that plan, but later the team falls into a trap where Carter is kidnapped. Shang-chi volunteers to exchange himself for her, but during the exchange Moon Knight disguises himself as a Shadow Council guard. He is able to lead the team to stop the sacrificial ceremony. John Steele is apprehended and Captain America is able to delve into his memories and figures out that because of his actions during a WW2 mission, John Steele ended up getting kidnapped and brain washed by the Shadow Council.

During the Fear Itself Crossover, the Secret Avengers are summoned to defend Washington DC. Beast meets with an old congressman friend, who turns out to be an Omega-level mutant, who can animate statues, then has Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial and dinosaurs from the National Museum of Natural History fight off Nazis. In issue 14 we get Valkyrie's origin story, about how she defended her love during a battle and Odin made her an immortal. She then leads a groups of soldiers in battle.

The Secret Avengers then track the Shadow Council to an underground city, to Serbia to stop a soul-stealing truck, to a multiverse, a fictional Eastern European arms dealer who has demonic super-soldier serum, and an alien hybrid breeding lab

During one battle the team gets killed, but Black Widow is able to teleport back in time. In order to save her team, but not disrupt the time continuum, she teleports back 44 years and creates the technology needed to stop the lasers that kill her team without them realizing she saved them.

Max Fury and the Shadow Council form their incarnation of the Masters of Evil where its membership consists of Princess Python II, Vengeance II, and Whiplash IV. The Secret Avengers discover them during a mission run by Captain America, who is testing Hawkeye's leadership skills before making him the new team leader.

Giant-Man, Captain Britain, and the original Human Torch join the Secret Avengers with investigating a new threat called the Descendants, an army of synthezoids. During the battle it seems that Ant-Man is killed and Torch is severely damaged, but Agent Venom rescues the team. Ant-Man reappears uninjured.

The team then crosses over into the Avengers vs. X-Men event. They attempt to intercept the Phoenix Force, but fail to stop it, even with Thor's help. They land in Kree home world Hala, but Protector and Carol Danvers are subdued by the Kree Hive-mind, which is being manipulated into inviting the Phoenix Force, which is heading for Hala since Mar-Vell adsorbed some of the force during a reincarnation ceremony. Vision is able to break the control and Mar-Vell sacrifices himself into the Phoenix, then it spares Hala.

The Masters of Evil realize John Steele is a double agent, but are able to keep the mystic crowns and even steal the third from Taskmaster, then unleash an evil force called The Abyss on Bagalia, that controls the minds of the Masters and the Avengers. Venom and Ant-Man were immune and are able to separate the three crowns. Black Widow suspects that Ant-Man is a LMD, since he wasn't affected by The Abyss, but her suspicions are dismissed by Hawkeye due to Grady's heroic actions, causing her to quit in protest.

The Descendants (with the addition of the Human Torch who was reprogrammed to serve them) launched a massive attack on the main cities of the world, starting an invasion to take it and launched a nano-mist, which slowly started turning every human into Descendants. The Secret Avengers fought them, and Human Torch {who Captain Britain made come into his senses} managed to destroy the Orb of Necromancy, which killed every single one of the Descendants of the High-Breed and eliminated the nano-mist from any human. Before dying, the Father told Captain Britain he still felt the presence of another Descendant who didn't die. In the aftermath, the Secret Avengers reunited with Captain America to tell him what happened. Time later, Hawkeye decided to disassemble the unit.

Volume 2
As part of the Marvel NOW! event, a new version of the Secret Avengers is formed under the jurisdiction of S.H.I.E.L.D. A mysterious traveler from the future attacks a battalion of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents before he is killed. Following the attack, Maria Hill decides to form S.H.I.E.L.D.'s version of the Secret Avengers. Maria Hill is able to recruit Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury Jr., and Phil Coulson. Their first operation is to foil a plan of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda from using teleportation knowledge given by Andras Bertesy to execute a terrorist attack on the United States. The Secret Avengers follow the terrorist group to Budapest, where they get the coordinates of the attack from one of their members. After Hawkeye is left to be rescued by Black Widow, Nick Fury Jr. sets a trap for the Al-Qaeda member who was going to perform the attack, by waiting him in the Oval Office to kill him.

In the second mission, the Secret Avengers raid Bagalia and fight through the Masters of Evil, in order to free Taskmaster, who is going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Mockingbird joins up with them, using S.H.I.E.L.D. Camo-Tech to masquerade as Aloysius Thorndrake of the Shadow Council. Nick Fury Jr. pays Crossfire to let Taskmaster out of his cell. After Taskmaster agrees to join the Secret Avengers, he goes on a mission to infiltrate A.I.M.'s new High Council (consisting of Andrew Forson, Graviton, Jude the Entropic Man, Mentallo, Superia, and Yelena Belova).

When Daisy Johnson and Nick Fury Jr. were attending the weapons expo, they meet up with Senator Robert Ralston. Daisy notices that one of the items at the expo is the Iron Patriot armor. A.I.M. then attacks the weapons expo which leads to the supposed death of Senator Robert Ralston during A.I.M.'s fight with the Secret Avengers. During the fight, Andrew Forson takes the opportunity to steal the Iron Patriot armor.

Director Daisy Johnson gave Nick Fury, Hawkeye, and Black Widow the Protocol D which is the assassination of the A.I.M. Scientist Supreme. Hulk was recruited to help with the mission when A.I.M. duplicates the technology of the Iron Patriot Armor to create an army of sentient drones that A.I.M. would use to incriminate the United States in numerous international attacks. Hulk was able to destroy the Iron Patriot drones that were attacking Iran. Meanwhile, Phil Coulson talks to War Machine about the Iron Patriot armor.

The Secret Avengers raided A.I.M. Island and seemingly killed Andrew Forson. Daisy Johnson ended up suspended for breaking protocol and Maria Hill is put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. again. As Andrew Forson was revealed to be alive all along, the news of A.I.M. being a new permanent member of the Security Council is known.

Using holographic communication, S.H.I.E.L.D. hacked into A.I.M.'s network and allowed Rhodes to talk to the suits, who recognized him as "the Pilot", along Tony Stark being "the Maker". Rhodey managed to make the Iron Patriot army understand their actions of abruplty attacking tactical points of enemies of the US was unacceptable, and stated he could teach them better if he could show them, for what the androids sent Rhodes a different version of Iron Patriot armor.

MODOK Superior and some rogue A.I.M. Agents allied with S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to make a deal to take down Andrew Forson.

After the mission goes south and Mockingbird is left stranded on A.I.M. Island, Taskmaster works undercover to free her. But when he gets the chance to get her off the island, she doesn't respond to anything he says until both are captured. Later while being interrogated, Taskmaster is shot and seemingly killed by Mockingbird who is now under the control of Andrew Forsen.

Andrew Forson revealed that Mockingbird was secretly working for Forson years ago, and that he used Mockingbird to "get Victorius out of the way" so that he could take over the Cult of Entropy.

Volume 3
In the All-New Marvel NOW!, a new Secret Avengers team was assembled consisting of Nick Fury Jr., Black Widow, Phil Coulson, and Spider-Woman. Hawkeye rejoins the team, sometime later. The series was cancelled in 2015, after 15 issues.

Roster

Original Team (2010-2013)

Shattered Heroes recruits

Marvel NOW! recruits
Following the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline and the fight against the Descendants, S.H.I.E.L.D. takes direct control of the Secret Avengers' operations.

All-New Marvel NOW! recruits

Honorary
These characters temporary joined the team to help on that particular mission.

Collected editions

In other media

Film
 In the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America's costume for most of the film is based on the "Super Soldier" costume worn by Steve Rogers in the first volume of Secret Avengers.
 While not directly referred to as such, in the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War,  Captain America, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch and Falcon are depicted as a solo group following their disbanding from the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War. Co-director Joe Russo confirmed on the audio commentary for Infinity War that this team is in fact the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the Secret Avengers.

Television
 In the animated series Avengers Assemble, after leaving the Avengers in "Avengers Disassembled", Captain America joins S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Black Widow, Falcon, and Hulk as the Secret Avengers. The first mission involved recovering a power source from HYDRA which led to the group meeting the Winter Guard and the discovery that the power source in question is the Russian Radioactive Man. The group eventually returns to the Avengers in the aftermath of "The Ultron Outbreak".

Video games
 In the 2011 videogame Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, the DLC costume for Captain America is the "Super Soldier" costume worn by Steve Rogers in this series.

References

External links
 Secret Avengers (Black Ops version) at Marvel Wiki
 Secret Avengers (S.H.I.E.L.D. version) at Marvel Wiki
 Secret Avengers at Marvel.com

Reviews

 Secret Avengers #1 Review, Comic Book Resources

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Category:Avengers (comics) titles


The Aloof

The Aloof were a British electronica group, mixing electronic and dance elements with dub influences.  They formed in London, England, in 1990. They were active during the 1990s, and released four albums. Two members of The Aloof - Burns and Kooner - were also members of The Sabres of Paradise. Their drummer Richard Thair went on to join the band Red Snapper.

On the day of the death of Diana Princess of Wales, BBC Radio 1 played their instrumental, "The Last Stand" (an extended instrumental version of "One Night Stand"), every thirty minutes for several hours. Both tracks appeared on the Sinking album, (East West Records, 1996).

Ricky Barrow sang on all tracks but two of Luke Slater's Alright on Top (2002, Mute Records).

Four unreleased tracks were made available for listening and downloading on their Myspace page; "The Only Art I Know", "It's Not the Same", "Dover" and "Brighter Than the Sun".

Members
 Ricky Barrow (vocals)
 Gary Burns (keyboards, bass)
 Jagz Kooner (programming, engineering)
 Richard Thair (drums, percussion)
 Dean Thatcher (keyboards)

Discography

Albums
1994: Cover the Crime (re-issue 1995)
1996: Sinking
1998: Seeking Pleasure
1999: This Constant Chase for Thrills

Singles
 1991: "Never Get Out the Boat"
 1991: "Scooter / The World as One"
 1992: "On a Mission" (UK No. 64)
 1992: "Purity"
 1992: "Purity (Remixes)"
 1994: "Agent O"
 1994: "Cover the Crime"
 1994: "Mind"
 1994: "Society / Drum (Live Mix)"
 1995: "Favelas" UK No. 129
 1995: "Stuck on the Shelf" UK No. 193
 1996: "Wish You Were Here..." UK No. 61, UK No. 43 (1997 re-mix)
 1996: "One Night Stand" UK No. 30
 1997: "Sinking"
 1998: "What I Miss the Most" UK No. 70
 1999: "Infatuated"
 2000: "Doing It for the Money"

References

External links
 The Aloof's Myspace

Category:English electronic music groups
Category:Electronic music supergroups
Category:Musical groups established in the 1990s


Public opinion about U.S. drone attacks

Drones are used by the military in situations where manned flight is considered too risky or difficult. The United States Air Force has drones that range from small intelligence drones to surveillance drones and large spy planes. The drones are unmanned, but they have a pilot. Trained crew steer the craft through cameras that send back what they see.

Overview
The military began using these crafts to strike suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas under President George W Bush, but the use of drones has almost doubled since the Obama administration took office.

The year before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drone funding stood at around $284 million. By the fiscal year 2016, the Pentagon spent close to $3 billion on drones. Since their start 3,900 people have been killed in 422 strikes in Pakistan, where the drones are controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency. The controversy of drones stems from the American people's concern of using advanced technologies to kill an enemy in foreign countries.

Since drone strikes had been first used in Pakistan in 2008, members of the military have had differing views on the tactic. Supporters of drone strikes believe that this use of unmanned attacks coerce the civilian population to support the counterinsurgent force. Members of the military also believe that the non-human nature of drones and the distance from the civilians when their attack make them dangerous.

Monmouth University Poll on July 25–30, 2013 asked 1,012 adults nationwide the question "How much have you read or heard about the use of unmanned surveillance aircraft, sometimes called drones, by the U.S. military overseas: a great deal, some, just a little, or nothing at all?" 29% replied a great deal, 31% some, 25% just a little and 15% said nothing at all (margin of error of 3.1) The same group of people were asked the question "How confident are you that FEDERAL law enforcement agencies will use drones appropriately: very, somewhat, not too, or not at all confident?" 11% said very confident, 36% somewhat confident, 18% not too confident, 31% not confident at all and 4% unsure (margin of error of 3.1).

In a poll was taken by Fox News in February 2013 with a margin of error of 3, the majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independents approve of the use of drones to kill a suspected foreign terrorist on US soil. They also collectively disapprove of killing a suspected terrorist who is a US citizen on US soil using drones.

The same group of people were asked the question "Do you think the president of the United States, on his own, should be able to authorize the use of deadly force, such as a drone strike, to kill a suspected terrorist who is a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil?" This question was asked while Barack Obama was in office. The public answered by 32% of people saying yes, 63% of people saying no, and 5% of people saying they were unsure (margin of error of 3).

In February 2013, Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind poll conducted a study to measure U.S. public opinion on the use of drones. The study was conducted nationwide, and it asked registered voters whether they "approve or disapprove of the U.S. Military using drones to carry out attacks abroad on people and other targets deemed a threat to the U.S.?" The results showed that three in every four (75%) of voters approved of the U.S. military using drones to carry out attacks, while (13%) disapproved.

Another poll in February 2013 conducted by the Huffington Post was more equivocal: 56% of Americans support using drones to kill "high-level terrorists", 13% support using drones to kill "anyone associated with terrorists", 16% thought no one should be killed with drones, and 15% were not sure.

Outside America, support for drones is far lower. A Pew Research study of 20 countries in 2012 found widespread international opposition to US drone killings. One reason for this is that there is a shortage of media coverage for drone strikes and the procedure involved with them. This can cause a sense of unease pertaining to the use of drones. The web aggregator blog 3 Quarks Daily in partnership with the Netherlands-based Dialogue Advisory Group hosted a symposium on drone attacks in 2013.

A 2015 poll conducted by Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald for Center for New American Security qualified some of this perceived support for drone strikes by giving respondents a chance to choose between drones, manned, neither platform, or both to conduct air strikes. They found that, while the American public was more likely to support unmanned than manned air strikes by approximately 10-15 percentage points, this support for unmanned was much less pronounced than previous polls suggested. In many cases the U.S. public supported air strikes from both manned and unmanned at similar rates.

References

drone
Category:Drone strikes conducted by the United States


Tubifera microsperma

Tubifera microsperma is a species of slime mold in the class Myxogastria.

References

External links

Category:Myxogastria
Category:Species described in 1873


Fluoride glass

Fluoride glass is a class of non-oxide optical glasses composed of fluorides of various metals. Due to their low viscosity, it is very difficult to completely avoid the occurrence of any crystallization while processing it through the glass transition (or drawing the fiber from the melt).

Thus, although heavy metal fluoride glasses (HMFG) exhibit very low optical attenuation, they are not only difficult to manufacture, but are quite fragile, and have poor resistance to moisture and other environmental attacks.

Fluoride glasses' best attribute is that they lack the absorption band associated with the hydroxyl (OH) group (3200 – 3600 cm−1) which is present in nearly all oxide-based glasses.

Properties
HMFGs were initially slated for optical fiber applications, because the intrinsic losses of a mid-IR fiber could, in principle, be lower than those of silica fibers, which are only transparent to wavelengths shorter than ~2 μm.

Such low losses were never realized in practice, and the fragility and high cost of fluoride fibers made them less than ideal as primary candidates. Later, the utility of fluoride fibers for various other applications was discovered.

These applications include mid-IR spectroscopy, fiber-optic sensors, thermometry, and imaging. Also, fluoride fibers can be used for guided lightwave transmission in media such as YAG (Yttrium aluminium garnet) lasers at 2.9 μm, as required for medical applications (e.g. ophthalmology and dentistry).

An example of a heavy metal fluoride glass is the ZBLAN glass group, composed of zirconium, barium, lanthanum, aluminum, and sodium fluorides. These materials' main technological application is as optical waveguides in planar and fibre form. They are advantageous especially in mid infrared (2000-5000 nm) range.

Production
Some fluoride glasses are difficult to produce on Earth due to their rapid crystallization. The crystallization is slower in microgravity conditions due to reduced convection effects.

Fluoride glass may also mean an oxide optical glass doped with zirconium tetrafluoride.

A mix of fluoride glass and phosphate glass is fluorophosphate glass.

Fluoride glasses based on zirconium fluoride are a class of fluorozirconate glasses. ZBLAN glasses belong to this group as well.

Fluoride glasses based on aluminium fluoride are a class of fluoroaluminate glasses.

Doping praseodymium in fluoride glass allows it to be used as a single mode fiber optical amplifier (PDFA see also EDFA).

Optical elements made of calcium fluoride, namely of fluorite crystals, are used in some telephoto lenses, to correct chromatic aberration. They are however being replaced with various low-dispersion glasses, which have higher refractive indexes, better dimensional stability, and lower fragility.

References

External links
RP Photonics: fluoride fibers

Category:Non-oxide glasses
Category:Phosphates


North West Frontier (film)

North West Frontier (USA: Flame Over India; Australia: Empress of India) is a 1959 British Eastmancolor adventure film starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White and I. S. Johar. The CinemaScope film, which was produced by Marcel Hellman, was directed by J. Lee Thompson. It was a commercial success at the British box office in 1959. The film's achievement led to J. Lee Thompson beginning his American career as a director.

The film is set in the North West Frontier Province of British Raj (now within modern Pakistan). It explores the ethnic tensions within British India after Muslim rebels attack a fortress and kill a Hindu maharajah.

Plot
In 1905 on the North West Frontier of British India, a Hindu Maharajah asks British Army Captain Scott (Kenneth More) to take his young son, Prince Kishan, to the safety of the Governor's residence in Haserabad due to a Muslim uprising in his province. Accompanying them is the prince's governess, an American widow named Mrs. Wyatt (Lauren Bacall). They leave shortly before the rebels storm the palace and kill the prince's father.

On arrival at Haserabad, Captain Scott sees that many local Hindus and Europeans are leaving on the last train to Kalapur. The Muslim rebels soon close in and take control of the outer wall and gate beside the railway yard. The British governor tells Scott that he must take the young prince to Kalapur for his safety. In the railyard, the British captain discovers the Empress of India, an old engine with carriage cared for by its driver Gupta (I. S. Johar).

Early the next morning, Captain Scott quietly loads the passengers onto the old train. They include Mrs. Wyatt, Prince Kishan, arms dealer Mr. Peters (Eugene Deckers), British ex-pat Mr. Bridie (Wilfrid Hyde-White), Lady Wyndham (the governor's wife), two British Indian Army NCOs, and Dutch journalist Mr. Peter van Leyden (Herbert Lom) - or so it is believed at first; van Leyden is later discovered in reality to be a half-Dutch, half-Indonesian Muslim, with aspirations for an Islamic India, facts important to the plot. The Empress quietly freewheels down a gradient and out of the yard, but unexpectedly sounds her whistle, alerting the rebels, so Gupta engages the steam, crashing through the outer gate.

Later that morning, the train encounters a refugee train seen in the beginning of the story; everyone on board has been massacred by the rebels. Despite being told not to by Captain Scott, Mrs. Wyatt leaves the Empress and finds one survivor, a baby concealed by his mother's body.

The next morning, the train must stop because a portion of the track has been blown up. Mrs. Wyatt spots the signaling flashes of a heliograph atop a mountain summit, and everyone quickly realises that the Muslim rebels are waiting in the surrounding mountains. With track repairs barely finished by the occupants, the train gets away under a hail of rebel gunfire; Gupta is wounded but survives.

Later that day, while stopping to refill the engine's water tank, Scott walks into the pump house to find Van Leyden allowing Prince Kishan to stand dangerously close to the pump's rapidly spinning flywheel. During the night, Mr. Van Leyden again, in a sinister fashion, approaches the prince only to notice Lady Wyndham watching him.

The train reaches a bomb-damaged viaduct/bridge, although the rails remain largely intact. All the passengers carefully traverse a rail on the bridge's damaged section to alleviate extra weight on the train that will follow them. Again, Van Leyden's behaviour nearly results in the prince's death by letting him fall from the bridge. Captain Scott accuses Van Leyden of trying to kill the prince, and he places the reporter under arrest. After that, Captain Scott, under Gupta's guidance, carefully maneuvers the train across the broken bridge section.

Later, while going through a tunnel, Van Leyden uses the opportunity to overpower his guard. He uses a Maxim machine gun to hold the passengers at bay. It is now that he declares his loyalty to the Muslim cause. He is unable to kill Prince Kishnan because the boy is forward with Captain Scott in the locomotive's cab. Scott returns to the carriage with the young prince after spotting more rebel heliograph signals, but they are saved when Van Leyden is knocked off balance by a kick from Mr. Bridie. Scott pursues him onto the carriage roof but it is Mrs. Wyatt who shoots and kills Van Leyden just as he is about to kill Scott. The Muslim rebels catch up with the train on horseback but have to stop their attack when the Empress enters a two-mile-long hillside tunnel. On the other side, the train reaches the safety of Kalapur. At the station, young Prince Kishan is met by his Hindu entourage, while Gupta is taken to hospital, and Lady Wyndham is informed that her husband, the governor, is safe. On learning Prince Kishan may yet fight the British, as his father instructed him, Scott quotes Kipling ("Be thankful you're livin', and trust to your luck, And march to your front like a soldier") before he and Mrs. Wyatt leave together.

Cast

 Kenneth More as Capt. William Charles Willoughby Scott
 Lauren Bacall as Catherine Wyatt
 Herbert Lom as Peter van Leyden
 Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Bridie
 I. S. Johar as Gupta, the driver
 Ursula Jeans as Lady Wyndham (Governor's Wife)
 Eugene Deckers as Mr. Peters
 Ian Hunter as Sir John Wyndham (Governor)
 Jack Gwillim as Brigadier Ames
 Govind Raja Ross as Prince Kishan
 Basil Hoskins as Aide-de-camp
 Moultrie Kelsall as British Correspondent
 Lionel Murton as American Correspondent
 Peter Lloyd as British Army officer

Production

Casting
In 1957, More announced he would play "a romantic adventure" part set during the Indian Mutiny, Night Runners of Bengal. This film was never made and it is likely instead More was transferred to a similar project, North West Frontier. Olivia de Havilland was originally announced as the female lead.

Filming
Location scenes filming in India took place at the Amber Fort, in Rajasthan. Some of the rail sequences were shot in southern Spain in the province of Granada. The area's dry arid steppe was used to portray British India. Parts of the railway, which is now abandoned, traversed the northern part of the Sierra Nevada between Guadix and Baza. The bomb-damaged rail bridge that the train must cross is over the Carretera de Belerda (at ). The ending used Iznalloz railway station near Barrio Primero De Mayo (at ).

An article by Ray Ellis, entitled Railway Films of the Raj, published in the Indian Railway Study Group Newsletter No.9 in January 1993, states:

A large part of this film was shot on location in Spain, on the 1668 mm gauge Zafra-Huelva Railway, of the RENFE. Originally built by a British Company, the line runs parallel with the Spanish-Portuguese border, and has some spectacular bridges and some very Indian looking scenery. The little tank engine used as "Empress of India" is one of four 0-6-0T's that was built by Kerr, Stuart and Company (works nos 713,714,715 & 725) in 1900 for the South of Spain Railway, and later RENFE 030.0209-212. The engine used was modified to look more like a locomotive filmed in India, which included the fitting of 'chopper' couplings.

For filming sequences on the sound stage at Pinewood Studios, London, full size replicas of the locomotive, rolling stock and part of the bridge were constructed, with Pinewood's usual remarkable accuracy.

Some scenes were also filmed in India using metre gauge trains, somewhere near Jaipur. These include the departure of the 'refugee' train and the scenes where the 'escape' train catches up and passes the 'refugee' train. The 'refugee' train is hauled by an OJ class 4-4-0 (built by W. G. Bagnall in 1943) and the 'escape' train is hauled by a TJ class 0-6-0T (built by Bagnell in 1942, and sent to India, despite having been ordered by a steelworks in Turkey!). This later engine was also heavily modified to look more like the modified locomotive used in Spain.

Release
The film was a major hit in the UK, being among the six most popular films in Great Britain for the year ended 31 October 1959.

The film was one of seven made by Rank which were bought for distribution in the US by 20th Century Fox.  Lauren Bacall called it a "good little movie ... with a stupid title" (referring to the US title, Flame Over India).

Awards nominations

References
 Chibnall, Steve, J. Lee Thompson Manchester University Press, 2000

External links

 Northwest Frontier at BFI Screenonline
 Northwest Frontier at Rotten Tomatoes
 North West Frontier – Overview – Review at Channel 4.
 [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44485 'North West Frontier – Overview] at British Film Institute

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DMCM

DMCM (methyl-6,7-dimethoxy-4-ethyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate) is a drug from the beta-carboline family. It acts as a negative allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors, meaning that it causes the opposite effects to the benzodiazepine class of drugs. As such, DMCM has anxiogenic and convulsant properties, and is used in scientific research to induce anxiety so that new anxiolytic medications can be tested, and to produce convulsions so that anticonvulsant medications can be tested. It has also been shown to produce analgesic effects in animals, thought to be because it produces panic which reduces the perception of pain.

See also
 GABAA receptor negative allosteric modulator
 GABAA receptor § Ligands

References

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Cowley, Devon

Cowley is a hamlet in the parish of Upton Pyne in Devon, England.

Cowley church was built as a chapel of ease to Brampford Speke by Rohde Hawkins in 1867-8.

It is chiefly notable for a fine three-arched bridge of classical design, built over the River Creedy in 1813-14 by James Green, pupil of John Rennie and surveyor to the county of Devon. Although so recent in date, the bridge has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Cowley Bridge Junction is a railway junction on the former Bristol and Exeter Railway, that allows access to the former North Devon Railway towards Barnstaple, now renamed the Tarka Line. In 1848, the Exeter and Crediton Railway had built a station at Cowley Bridge, but it never opened.

References

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List of universities and colleges in Croatia

This is a list of universities and colleges in Croatia.

Public universities

 Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
University of Dubrovnik
University of Rijeka
University of Split
University of Zadar
University of Zagreb
University North (Koprivnica and Varaždin)

Public polytechnics
Polytechnic of Šibenik
Međimurje Polytechnic in Čakovec
Polytechnic in Karlovac
Polytechnic in Požega
Polytechnic in Rijeka
Polytechnic in Varaždin
Polytechnic "Lavoslav Ružička" in Vukovar
Polytechnic "Marko Marulić" in Knin
Polytechnic "Nikola Tesla" in Gospić
Polytechnic of Zagreb
Polytechnic School for Social Sciences at Zagreb
Professional Health School of Higher Education in Zagreb

Public colleges
College of Agriculture in Križevci
College of Computer Science Management in Virovitica
Police College

Private universities
Catholic University of Croatia
Libertas University

Private polytechnics
Polytechnic "Baltazar Adam Krčelić", Zaprešić
Polytechnic "Hrvatsko zagorje" Krapina
Polytechnic Velika Gorica
VERN Polytechnic

Private colleges
American College of Management and Technology
Business College for Management in Tourism and Hospitality
Business College "Minerva"
Business School PAR
Business College with Public Rights, Višnjan
Business School "Zagreb"
College for Inspection and Human Resource Management in Maritime Sciences
College for Safety at Workplace
College of AGORA
College of Applied Computing
College of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Management "Zrinski"
College of Information Technology Zagreb
College of International Relations and Diplomacy
College of Management and Design "Aspira"
Effectus - College for Finances and Law
International Graduate Business School Zagreb
Kairos College for Public Relations and Media Studies
Professional Business School of Higher Education LIBERTAS
Professional School of Higher Education for Business Administration Studies
Professional School of Higher Education for Technology in Pula
RRiF College of Financial Management
Technical College in Bjelovar
TV Academy - College of Multimedia and Communication in Split
Zagreb College of Journalism
Zagreb Polytechnic College
Zagreb School of Economics and Management

Other institutions
Vinkovci Technical College of Adult Education

See also
 Education in Croatia
 List of schools in Croatia

References

 http://www.studyincroatia.hr/studying-in-croatia/institutions-and-programmes/institution

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Croatia
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Croatia


Henry Eric Maudslay

Henry Eric Maudslay, DFC (21 July 1921 – 17 May 1943) was a pilot with No. 617 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He was killed in action while taking part in Operation Chastise, popularly known as the 'Dam Busters' raid.

Early life
Henry Eric Maudslay was born on 21 July 1921 at Leamington Spa to Reginald and Gwendolen Maudslay.

For his education, he first attended Beaudesert School, a preparatory school at Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire. From there, he went on to Eton College where he represented the school at athletics and rowing. In rowing Maudslay was made the school Captain of the Boats in 1940 and he won the six mile cross country run for Eton in 35 minutes and 40 seconds. He also had success in the steeplechase, the one mile and the half mile.

Military Service

1940-43
Maudslay had planned to join the Royal Air Force as an officer cadet at RAF Cranwell. However, the outbreak of the Second World War led to his volunteering in May 1940.

After pilot training in Canada, as part of the Commonwealth joint air plan, he returned to Britain in February 1941 and was posted to 44 Squadron at RAF Waddington.

He flew 29 operations in this period and won a Distinguished Flying Cross for an attack on two cargo ships with the cloud base dropping to 300 feet.

In December 1941, he and other members of the squadron were sent to RAF Boscombe Down. There he participated in service trials and other work on the new heavy bomber, the Avro Lancaster.

Maudslay carried out training assignments till his return to combat operations at RAF Skellingthorpe with 50 Squadron on 1 January 1943. He then moved with his crew to join 617 Squadron at RAF Scampton, although not all would fly with him on the Dams raid.

617 Squadron
On 25 March 1943, Maudsley and his crew moved to join their new squadron RAF Scampton.

He wrote to his mother:

Operation Chastise
On the night of 17 May 1943, Maudslay flew as commander of B Flight in his Lancaster, call sign Z-Zebra, against the Eder Dam. The geography made the approach difficult with he and comrade Dave Shannon making several approaches.

When Z-Zebra's Upkeep bouncing bomb was dropped it struck the dam's parapet. It is believed that the resulting explosion damaged the aircraft. A red Very light was fired from Z-Zebra and the Squadron Leader, Guy Gibson, called out to Maudsley asking "Are you ok?" To which the faint signal came in reply, "I think so. Stand by..." which was the last known voice contact with the aircraft.

The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire at Emmerich before crashing near Klein-Netterden with the loss of the entire crew.

Gibson wrote of Maudslay:

Maudslay was initially buried at Düsseldorf North Cemetery before being reburied at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery on 3 October 1946. There he rests in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

His grave stone carries the inscription, "He died gloriously in the breaching of the Eder Dam."

A tribute was paid in The Times by someone writing under the initials J. D. H.:

In popular culture
Maudslay was portrayed in the 1955 feature film 'The Dam Busters' by Richard Thorp.

References

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Mawbima

Mawbima (lit. Motherland) is a weekly Sinhala language newspaper that publishes news, letters, articles and features related to Sri Lanka.

References

External links
Mawbima official website

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Tucker armored car

Among the initiatives of American industrialist Preston Tucker during World War II was the Tucker armored car (also known as the Tucker Tiger Tank even though it was not a tank).

Some prototypes of the high-speed armored car were tested, but no operational models were ordered.
The vehicle was designed with a very powerful V12 engine, so it could travel at  on road and  off road.  The vehicle was conceived as being armed with a primary armament of a  anti-aircraft gun capable of firing 120 rounds per minute, mounted in an aircraft-style spherical gun turret. The turret would have been supplemented by  machine guns on production vehicles. The vehicle was promoted as being so fast it would chase aircraft, allowing it to hit them with more rounds than fixed gun batteries or slower vehicles.

Long after the war, when Tucker faced the Security and Exchange Commission, Tucker's press agents produced a highly-colored half-hour film entitled Tucker: The Man and his Car for the Commission members. This film implied that the Tucker armored car and the Tucker gun turret, which were never operational weapons, had been important weapons in World War II. Steve Lehto and Jay Leno, who worked to debunk misconceptions about Tucker's career and importance during World War II, attribute the misconceptions to Tucker's promotional movie.

References

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Category:World War II armoured cars


Iselin (given name)

Iselin is a Norwegian feminine given name (2937 as first name, 2404 second).

Origin
It has several possible origins:
 German pet form of Old High German names beginning with Ise[n]- (e.g. Iselinde or Isengard).
 German pet form of Isa
 Norwegian variant form of the Irish name Aisling

Notable people
Notable Norwegians with the given name include;
 Iselin Alme (born 1957), Norwegian singer and stage actress
 Iselin Michelsen (born 1990), Norwegian model and singer
 Iselin Nybø (born 1981), Norwegian politician
 Iselin Solheim (born 1990), Norwegian singer-songwriter
 Iselin Steiro (born 1985), Norwegian model

References

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Michael Hill Jeweller

Michael Hill International Ltd. is a speciality retailer of jewellery in North America and Oceania. As at 30 June 2018, it operates 312 stores in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The Group employs approximately 2,600 permanent employees. The company's headquarters are in Brisbane, Australia.

History

The company started in 1979, when Michael Hill and his wife, Christine, opened their first store in the New Zealand town of Whangarei. A unique retail jewellery formula that included dramatically different store designs, a product range devoted exclusively to jewellery and almost saturation levels of high impact advertising elevated the company to national prominence. The company also received several international awards for window-dressing from renowned brands such as Bulova, Olympic and Omega.

The company grew steadily, expanding to 10 stores by 1987, the same year it listed on the NZX. Also in this year, Michael Hill Jeweller expanded into Australia, opening four stores in four weeks.

In 2002, the company expanded into Canada, opening its first stores in Vancouver, British Columbia. Michael Hill now has a presence in five Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. In September 2008, the company entered the United States market by acquiring 17 stores in Illinois and Missouri from Whitehall Jewelers. By mid-2013 over 60% of overall sales were from Australia, only 20% from New Zealand, with the rest from North America.

Emma Hill, the daughter of Michael Hill, succeeded him as chairman after the November 2015 annual general meeting.

Michael Hill watches

In late 2006, following a five-year trial, the company launched its own brand of watches under the Michael Hill name, phasing out all but the Citizen brand of watches by the middle of 2007. By mid-2008, only Michael Hill-brand watches were available in the company's stores.

Timeline

 1979: Michael Hill opens his first store in Whangarei, New Zealand
 1981: Michael Hill began manufacturing his own jewellery in house.
 2006: The Michael Hill Watch Collection was launched.
 2009: The Michael Hill Charms Collection was launched.
 2010: Michael Hill announced the closure of 8 stores in the United States.
 The company announced it was in a $40m NZD dispute with the Australian Taxation Office.
 2013: Michael Hill announced a new global brand, including bridal products and other jewellery which was more feminine.
 2014: Sales in Australia were described as "lacklustre" due to Australian economic performance. The company settled its dispute with the Australian Taxation Office.
 2015: The company opened a store in New York City in April 2015. Australian sales improve after poor performance in that market during 2013–2014. Sir Michael Hill moved to a new role of Founder/President, as his daughter Emma became Chairman.

References

External links
 Michael Hill Jeweller
 Michael Hill Jeweller listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange

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Category:Companies listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange
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Marie Delna

Marie Delna (Paris, 3 April 1875  - Paris, 24 July 1932) was a French contralto. A major singer in Paris, particularly at the Opéra-Comique, she enjoyed an international career in the 1890s through to the 1910s and left several recordings.

Life and career
Born Marie Ledant to a working-class family in the Marais area of the French capital, she was orphaned aged 15 months, and she and her sister grew up first with her maternal grandmother in Longjumeau. Then from 1881 she lived with her paternal grandparents, who ran the 'Café du Panorama' near Meudon station, while she attended a convent school.

Her grandmother started her with singing lessons and she studied with Rosine Laborde. She began appearing at public auditions and various private concerts in Paris.

She was spotted by Carvalho, director of Opéra-Comique, who suggested her stage name (a rough anagram of her surname). In June 1892, she made a sensational stage debut, just after her 17th birthday, as Didon in Les Troyens à Carthage.

Massenet chose her as his first Charlotte in Werther in Paris, in January 1893, and later that year she created Marceline in Bruneau's L'attaque du moulin. The following April she sang the role of Mistress Quickly in the first French Falstaff, supervised by Verdi, and continued to play the role at the Salle Favart.

She sang Marion in Godard's La Vivandière many times in her career, from its 1895 French premiere at the Opéra-Comique and subsequent revivals there to a production at the Gaîté-Lyrique. In 1896, Delna sang Orphée in the first Opéra-Comique production of the Berlioz-Viardot version of Gluck’s opera, to which she returned in 1900 and 1912.

Delna took part in the first Covent Garden performance of L’attaque du moulin in 1894. Her Italian debut was in 1897 in Milan. In May 1898 she moved for a short while from the Opéra-Comique for the Paris Opéra, where she was Fidès in Le prophète and returned to Berlioz as Cassandre in the Paris premiere of La prise de Troie. She also sang La favorite and Samson et Dalila, as well as creating Ginèvra in Victorin de Joncières's Lancelot.

Back at the Salle Favart in 1900 she sang Carmen for the first time, alongside Adolphe Maréchal and Hector Dufranne. Along with Orphée, Carmen was the role which featured most prominent for the rest of her stage career. April 1901 saw her creating Marianne in Bruneau's L’Ouragan. A revival of Falstaff in honour of Verdi's memory featured her as Quickly and she portrayed Fée Grignotte (the witch) in Hänsel und Gretel. In 1902 she sang Margared for the first time, partnering Léon Beyle and Julie Guiraudon, in the revival of Le roi d'Ys.

In 1903, while taking part as Carmen at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, she married a Belgian admirer, the Marquis Prier de Saône, an industrialist, and retired from the stage. She later resumed her career with several concerts then productions at the Théâtre-Lyrique de la Gaîté as La Vivandière, Orphée and in L'attaque du moulin. The following season she sang Fidès and Léonore (La favorite).

Delna made her Metropolitan Opera début as Orfeo conducted by Toscanini, but other appearances were curtailed for various reasons.
The next stage of her career included more performances of L’attaque du moulin in 1910, the creation of Tilli in La Lépreuse by Sylvio Lazzari (1912), and further performances at La Monnaie. During her career Delna performed at major houses such as La Monnaie, Covent Garden, La Scala, Teatro Lirico Milan, Metropolitan New York, Opera de Monte-Carlo and the Teatro Regio (Parma).

During the First World War she sang widely in concerts for troops, then in November 1925 appeared in the premiere of Maurin des Maures by Léo Puget (Miss Rabasse) at the Folies-Dramatiques.

Financial problems forced her to move in 1926 to a rented house in Villemomble. She died at the Hopital de la Pitié, and was buried in Thiais cemetery, later being moved to Père Lachaise.

Discography
Delna's first recordings of operatic excerpts were set down in London in 1903 (Le prophète, Carmen), swiftly followed by more in Paris with La Vivandière, Werther, Les Troyens. In 1905 she recorded duets with Albert Alvarez, and in 1907 more solo excerpts, this time extending to Orphée et Eurydice and Samson et Dalila. In New York in 1910 and London 1913 Delna continued a traversal of her main stage roles, completing her discography in Paris in 1918 with songs by Claude Rohand. Despite their age the recordings suggest "...a range of three octaves, a smooth legato delivery, combined with fine diction".

References

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Filiz Dinçmen

Filiz Dinçmen (born July 24, 1939 in Zonguldak, Turkey ) is a former Turkish diplomat, who became the first female Turkish ambassador to a foreign country.

Education

Dinçmen completed her high school education at Ankara Highschool for Girls in 1956. She studied at the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University between 1956 and 1960 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Career
Dinçmen served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Between 1961 and 1965, she held the positions of candidate foreign service officer, third and second secretary within the Department of the United Nations. Between August 1965 and January 1968, she served within the United Nations at the New York City Permanent Mission as second and first secretary.

In 1968, Dinçmen served at the Tehran Embassy, where she occupied the post of first secretary until 1970. In July of that same year, she occupied the post of first secretary, chief of section, within the Department of Bilateral Economic Relations, following which she was appointed chief of section of the Economic Co-operation Group until 1972.

Between 1972 and 1976, Dinçmen served as first secretary and counselor at the Permanent Mission to the Common Market. She was head of the Department of Political Affairs between 1976 and 1980.

In September 1980, she was appointed acting director-general and then director general within the Directorate-General of Multilateral Political Affairs, where she served until 1982. Between September 1982 and November 1984, she served as Ambassador of Turkey at The Embassy of the Hague. She became the first Turkish female Ambassador to a foreign country. After this, she was appointed Ambassador to the Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg until 1988.

Between 1988 and 1991, Dinçmen worked at the Directorate-General for Multilateral Political Affairs as ambassador, director-general and deputy under-secretary. In 1991, she served as spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, which post she occupied until April 1993.

Filiz Dinçmen was then appointed Ambassador of Turkey to Austria, where she served at the Embassy of Vienna until 1997. Dinçmen was a member of the Foreign Policy Consultative Council and adviser to the speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

In 2001, Dinçmen was appointed Ambassador to Vatican City State and Malta, where she served until 2004. Upon her return to home country, she retired due to age limit. Currently, she is a member of the Board of Ethic of Civil Servants.

References

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Loft (3D)

Loft is a variant of a wireframe volume of the 3D object, a technique used in 3D modeling packages such as Onshape, 3D Studio Max, Creo*, SolidWorks, and NX. It's developed from planar sections spaced along an approximate path.

Consider lofting in boat building to visualise the process, the planar sections are the boat ribs spaced along its length.  The planking then forms the 3D volume as it develops a smooth skin between the ribs.

In PTCs Creo it is referred to as a Blend or Swept Blend.

See also
 Parallel transport
 Lathe (graphics)

Examples (external links)
 Modeling an irregular funnel with the loft tool

Category:Computer-aided design


Frafra language

Frafra or Farefare, also known as Gurenɛ, is the language of the Frafra people of northern Ghana, particularly the Upper East Region, and southern Burkina Faso. It is a national language of Ghana, and is closely related to Dagbani and other languages of Northern Ghana, and also related to Mossi, also known as Mooré, the national language of Burkina Faso.

Frafra consists of three principal dialects, Gurenɛ (also written Gurunɛ, Gudenne, Gurenne, Gudeni, Zuadeni), Nankani (Naani, Nankanse, Ninkare), and Booni.  Nabit and Talni have been mistakenly reported to be Frafra dialects.

Orthography
The Frafra language uses the letters of the Latin alphabet with the exception of c, j, q, x, and with the additions of ɛ, ɔ, ŋ, and ɣ.

Grammar
Words in Gurunɛ have different "classes" for verb endings:

Greetings

Geography

Solemitiŋa means "land of the white man" and is used to refer to all non-African countries.

Solemine is theoretically referring to all non-African languages however it is only used to refer to English.

Bibliography
M.E. Kropp Dakubu, S. Awinkene Antintono, and E. Avea Nsoh, A Gurenɛ–English Dictionary and accompanying English–Gurenɛ Glossary
https://ninkare.webonary.org/

References

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Čemernica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Čemernica is the mountain in the Central Bosnia, surrounded by the river Vrbas, and its confluences of Ugar and Vrbanja river. It flows in the direction North-South. The highest peak of the Čemernica is located at an altitude of 1.338 meters. It is located south of Banja Luka, in the areas which connected the municipalities of Mrkonjić Grad, Skender Vakuf and Banja Luka. In its foothills are the cities of Kotor Varoš (in the northeast) and Skender Vakuf (in the east), as well as the settlement of Bočac (in the west). Under its northern slopes there is hydroelectric power plant reservoir of "Bočac".

Along its southern slopes passing regional road Banja Luka - Skender Vakuf - Travnik, as well as its branch Skender Vakuf - Imljani - Korićani (via Ilomska).

Čemernica is the source of many rivers, streams and creeks, and the largest waterways are Cvrcka and Jakotina. The sources of these rivers are on its southwestern slopes. It rich in high-quality forest resources, especially coniferous and mixed (spruce - abies - beech) woods, with Bosnian endemic quarry mammals.

References

See also
• Skender Vakuf
• Ugar
• Ilomska
• Cvrcka
• Jakotina

Category:Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina


Jack Wall

Jack Wall is the name of:

Jack Wall (composer) (born 1964), American video game music composer
Jack Wall (politician) (born 1945), Irish Labour Party politician
John "Jack" Wall (1932–2018), English amateur astronomer, inventor of the Crayford focuser
Jack Wall (rugby league), Australian rugby player of the 1940s and the 1950s

See also
John Wall (disambiguation)


Jonathan Hawkins

Jonathan Hawkins (born 1 May 1983) is an English chess grandmaster. He was the British Chess Champion in 2015, having outscored David Howell, with whom he shared the title in 2014.

Hawkins's chess career is unusual for the modern era in that he showed only modest ability as a child; his improvement from club player to International Master took place after he left full-time education, and while living in County Durham, far from traditional centres of chess activity. About this sudden rise through the rankings, in his 2012 endgame book Amateur to IM, he notes that "a careful study of the endgame sparked the biggest leap forward in my own game".

As well as his double British championship titles, tournament wins by Hawkins include the British Rapidplay Chess Championships in 2012 and 2014, making him (as of August 2015) the current British champion at both standard and rapid time limits. In 2013 he tied for first place in the 18th Vienna Open with Stanislav Novikov, Batuhan Dastan, Hagen Poetsch, Alexey Kim, Ralf Åkesson and Kacper Drozdowski. Hawkins was part of the English contingent at the rapidplay tournament of the 2014 London Chess Classic. His game against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik at that event was notable for its simultaneous attacks against both castled kings, and for the "exquisite Zugzwang" to which Hawkins succumbed.

Hawkins attained the FIDE titles of FIDE Master (FM) in 2008, International Master (IM) in 2010 and Grandmaster (GM) in 2014. His ascent from IM to GM was delayed two years by a lack of results against non-English players. This meant he became one of the highest-rated IMs in the world, outranking the majority of English GMs, and was the first winner of the British since Michael Hennigan in 1993 who had not earned the GM title by the end of the tournament.

Hawkins is now a full-time chess player and coach, based in London.

References

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Category:Living people
Category:English chess players
Category:Chess grandmasters
Category:British chess writers


The Record (Perth)

The W. A. Catholic Record, later The W. A. Record, later simply The Record, was a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia from September 1874, and was the official organ of the Archdiocese of Perth. The magazine is now published bi-monthly in both paper and electronic formats.

History
The fourth issue of the newspaper appeared early in 1874.

A bi-monthly "eRecord" electronic magazine is now available free on-line, and a hard copy and PDF version began publication in March 2016.

Archive
Vol.XV No.412 of Thursday 19 July 1888 to New Series No.2061 of Saturday 28 January 1922 have been digitized from photographic copies by the National Library of Australia and may be accessed using Trove.

See also
Other Roman Catholic publications in Australia are:
The Southern Cross (South Australia)
The Advocate (Melbourne)
The Catholic Leader (Brisbane)

References

External links

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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana

Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana or DAY is a Government of India scheme for helping the poor by providing skill training. It replaces Aajeevika. The Government of India has provisioned  for the scheme. The objective of the scheme is to train 0.5 million people in urban areas per annum from 2016. In rural areas the objective is to train 1 million people by 2017. Further, in urban areas, services like SHG promotion, training centres, vendors markets, and permanent shelters for homeless. The aim of the scheme is skill development of both rural and urban India as per requisite international standards.

History
The initial scheme Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was launched in 1999. It was renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission in 2011. Finally they were merged into DDU-AY.

The SGSY was somewhat intended to provide self-employment to millions of villagers. The programme aims at bringing the assisted poor families above the poverty line by organising them into self-help groups (SHGs) through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy. The main aim of these SHGs was to bring these poor families above the poverty line and concentrate on income generation through combined effort. The Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) has been renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). With this the scheme will be made universal, more focussed and time bound for poverty alleviation by 2014:

Purpose
"Extended to all the 4,042 statutory cities and towns of the country, DAY-NULM aims at reducing urban poverty by improving livelihood opportunities through skill training and skill upgradation for self-employment, subsidised bank loans for setting up micro-enterprises, organising urban poor into self-help groups, among others."

Provisions

Progress
From 2014 to 2016, skills have been imparted to 4.54 lakh urban poor, giving employment to one lakh (22%) such people. An amount of  was lent to 73,746 beneficiaries at an interest rate of 7% for setting up individual micro-enterprises. Further  was disbursed for setting up 2,527 group enterprises. According to the press release by the government, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana aced the implementation of DAY-NULM for the period from 2014 to 2016.

See also
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
Antyodaya Anna Yojana

References

Citations

Sources

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Korea Campus Crusade for Christ

Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC) (also known as "Soon Movement") is an interdenominational Korean organization founded by Dr. Joon Gon Kim in 1958.  It was the first overseas mission post for Campus Crusade for Christ, founded by Dr. Bill Bright in 1951.  Since its inception in 1958, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ (KCCC) has field offices both domestically and internationally spreading over countries from Asia to the Americas, including the United States.  Its main focus is on world evangelism and discipleship.

Korea Campus Crusade for Christ became the first overseas mission post for Campus Crusade for Christ under the tutelage of Dr. Bill Bright.  KCCC ministry began in the southwestern city of Gwangjoo and quickly spread to other parts of Korea including Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejun, and Jeonju.  Currently, KCCC headquarters is located at Buam-dong with 50 domestic mission posts and 15 international mission posts with over 1,000 missionaries abroad.

After half a century as the head of KCCC, founder Dr. Joon Gon Kim retired his post and Reverend Sung Min Park was chosen to succeed him.

Name Change
On March 11, 2016, KCCC officially announced that it would be changing its name to 'SOON Movement.'  Both names would be continued to be used together as they ultimately transition to their new name.

'Soon' is a Korean term that appears in the Korean translation of Isaiah 53:2, which describes Jesus as one who "grew up before him like a tender shoot" ('soon is 'shoot' in Korean).   Additionally, KCCC's small groups are called 'soons,' in which 'soon wons' (small group members) are discipled by 'soon jangs' (small group leaders).  Using the word 'soon,' as part of the ministry's new name reflects the importance of discipleship in their movement.

Los Angeles
Although there were efforts to expand Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, Los Angeles, in the 80's and 90's, it was not until 1996 when Rev. Dong Whan Kim revitalized the organization and propelled it into one of the largest interdenominational Korean mission organizations in Southern California.

One of its prime ministries is the campus ministry that covers some of the largest college campuses in southern and northern California, including the University of California, Riverside, Santa Monica College, San Jose State University
 University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Berkeley, California State University, Long Beach, California State University, Northridge, California Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of California, San Diego, and others.

Other ministries include summer overseas mission trips where members are encouraged to participate in overseas missions to countries and regions including Thailand, Japan, Asia Minor, Cambodia, East Asia, Mongolia, Central Asia, Laos, South Africa and Hawaii for interstate mission.  Activities during the mission may include cross-cultural events, teaching English to foreigners, showing films and performing Tae-Kwon-Do demonstrations and if circumstances are safe enough, proselytism.  Since 1997, Korea Campus Crusade for Christ, Los Angeles, has been conducting annual summer mission trips that came to include upwards of 500 college students participating in the ministry as short-term missionaries.

KCCC has a weekly prayer gathering every Friday at Dong Shin Church in Fullerton.

iMPACT
iMPACT is a dance ministry within KCCC. The team practices at KCCC Headquarters. iMPACT consists of members all over California from University of California Colleges, Cal State Universities, and Community Colleges.  the director and coordinator was Jason Cheung. iMPACT's main performance is the annual Vision Conference, E-Crusade, and Korea Conference.

References

External links

  Korea CCC (in Korean)
  KCCC in America (in English)
 KCCC, the LA Movement (in English)
 Unofficial KCCC in America Info Center (in English)
  The homepage of `2007 Campus Mission- Christianity Conference (in Eng/KOR)

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2005 Green Bay Packers season

The  Green Bay Packers season was the franchise's 87th season overall and their 85th in the National Football League.

They failed to improve their overall record of 10–6 from 2004 and were ousted from the playoffs for the first time since 2000. It was also the Packers' worst record since their 1991 season.
The Packers suffered injuries to wide receivers Javon Walker and Robert Ferguson and running backs Ahman Green, Najeh Davenport, Tony Fisher, and Samkon Gado. As a result of the lackluster season, most of the Packers coaches were fired, including head coach Mike Sherman.

Offseason
The Packers lost veteran guards Marco Rivera (Dallas Cowboys) and Mike Wahle (Carolina Panthers) to free agency. Starting safety Darren Sharper was released by Green Bay Packers, signing with the Minnesota Vikings. With the 24th pick of the 2005 NFL Draft the Green Bay Packers selected quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the second quarterback taken in the draft.  Rodgers became the Packers' starting QB in the 2008 season after Brett Favre's trade to the New York Jets and has since become a two-time NFL MVP and led the Packers to victory in Super Bowl XLV.

NFL Draft

 Players highlighted in yellow indicate players selected to the Pro Bowl during their NFL career.

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Week 1: at Detroit Lions

The Packers opened the 2005 NFL season with a loss to the Detroit Lions. Starting wide receiver Javon Walker injured his right knee and did not play the rest of the season.  This would be the Lions last win over the Packers until the 2010 season.

Week 2: vs. Cleveland Browns

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The Packers lost this game to the Cleveland Browns as quarterback Trent Dilfer threw for 336 yards. The Packers retired the great Reggie White's number 92 at halftime after his unexpected death in December 2004.

Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won this close game as Carnell Williams rushed for 158 yards. Packers kicker Ryan Longwell missed an extra point and a field goal.  It was the Bucs' first victory at Lambeau Field since 1989. It was also the Packers first 0-3 start since 1988

Week 4: at Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers caused the worst start in 17 years for the Packers as they could not complete a fourth quarter comeback to win the game.  The Packers lost promising rookie Terrence Murphy in a career-ending helmet to helmet collision on a kickoff return.

Week 5: vs. New Orleans Saints

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After starting the season 0–4, the Packers defeat the New Orleans Saints in this blowout. Running back Najeh Davenport ended his season with an ankle injury in the second quarter. This was the largest blowout in Brett Favre's career.

Week 6: Bye week

Week 7: at Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings scored 23 second half points after being shut out 17–0 in the first half. Paul Edinger kicked a career long 56-yard field goal as time ran out to win the game. Packers running back Ahman Green ended his season with a career-threatening knee injury.

Week 8: at Cincinnati Bengals

Brett Favre threw five interceptions as the Cincinnati Bengals won this close game. It is also noteworthy for the fact that a fan ran onto the field in the closing moments of the 4th quarter and disrupted the game by taking the ball away from Favre.

Week 9: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

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The Pittsburgh Steelers, who were held without a third down conversion, forced three turnovers that turned into 17 points to help them defeat the Packers. Packers running back Samkon Gado scored his first career touchdown and ended the day with 62 yards.

Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons

On his 24th birthday, running back Samkon Gado makes his first career start against the Atlanta Falcons and finishes the day with 103 yards and three touchdowns to help the Packers win their second game of the year.

Week 11: vs. Minnesota Vikings

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The Minnesota Vikings win their second game against the Packers with another field goal as time expires. The Packers had only 21 yards rushing.

Week 12: at Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Packers as backup quarterback Mike McMahon led his team to victory.

Week 13: at Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears beat the Packers at Soldier Field for the first time since 1993.

Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions

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Samkon Gado helps the Packers win this overtime game over the Detroit Lions by rushing for 171 yards and a touchdown.

Week 15: at Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens beat the Packers by 45 points as Kyle Boller passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns.

Week 16: vs. Chicago Bears

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The Chicago Bears sweep the Packers for the first time since 1991 with this victory.

Week 17: vs. Seattle Seahawks

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The Packers win their last game of the season over the Seattle Seahawks. Packer fans gave Brett Favre a standing ovation at the beginning and end of the game as it was possibly his last game, which turned out not to be the case.

Standings

Season statistical leaders
 Passing Yards: Brett Favre 3,881 Yards
 Passing Touchdowns: Brett Favre 20 TD
 QB Rating: Brett Favre, 70.9
 Rushing Yards: Samkon Gado, 582 Yards
 Rushing Touchdowns: Samkon Gado, 6 TD
 Receiving Yards: Donald Driver, 1,221 Yards
 Receiving Touchdowns: Donald Driver, 5 TD
 Points: Ryan Longwell, 90 points
 Kickoff Return Yards: Ahmad Carroll, 390 Yards
 Punt Return Yards: Antonio Chatman, 381 Yards
 Tackles: Nick Barnett, 91 Tackles
 Sacks: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, 8.0 Sacks
 Interceptions: Al Harris, 3 Interceptions

NFC Leaders
 Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Attempts (607)
 Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Completions (372)
 Brett Favre, NFC Leader, Passing Yards (3,881)
 Brett Favre, NFC Leader (tied), Interceptions (29)

References

External links
 2005 Green Bay Packers at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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La Tour-sur-Orb

La Tour-sur-Orb  is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Hérault department

References
INSEE

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Janomot

Janomot () is a British Bengali-language weekly newspaper.

Content
Janomot was founded in London and established on 21 February 1969. It is the first Bengali weekly newspaper, the first ethnic minority newspaper in Britain and the first Bengali newsweekly published outside Bangladesh.

The newspaper's regular features include home and international news and politics. It has subscribers in Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Australia, U.S, Canada, Africa, the Middle East and Bangladesh.

See also
 British Bangladeshi
 List of newspapers in London

References

External links

 English version website

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Robert Spitzer

Robert Spitzer may refer to:

 Robert Spitzer (political scientist) (born 1953), American political scientist
 Robert Spitzer (priest) (born 1952), American Jesuit priest and philosopher
 Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist) (1932–2015), American psychiatrist
 Robert R. Spitzer, American industrialist and educator


Betty Hilton

Betty Hilton (born Elizabeth Evelyn Clements, 12 February 1920 - 3 July 2017) was a British tennis player of the post-World War II era. She reached the women's doubles final at the 1949 French Open alongside Joy Gannon. Clements also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 1946 French Open and the quarterfinals at the 1949 and 1950 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

Clements reached her first singles quarterfinal and doubles semifinal at the 1946 French Championships. In 1947 she reached her first Wimbledon doubles semifinal with partner Jean Bostock falling to Doris Hart and Pat Todd who went on to win the championships. The next year Clements partnered Kay Menzies and reached the third round. Clements partnered Joy Gannon in 1949 at Wimbledon and reached the semifinals for the second time in her career, they lost to Louise Brough and Margarent du Pont.

At the 1948 British Hard Court Championships Clements won the women's singles title defeating Pamela Bocquet 6–1, 6–4 in the final.

At the 1949 Scandinavian Indoor Championships Clements won the women's doubles title with Jean Quertier.

In 1949 and 1950 Clements reached consecutive singles quarterfinals at Wimbledon, in 1949 falling to Margaret du Pont and in 1950 falling to Pat Todd.

Personal life

Clements married Raymond Hilton on 2 September 1942, he died during WWII. Clements played under the name Hilton until her second marriage to Andrew James Christopher Harrison on 19 June 1950 and Clements briefly played under the name Harrison until she retired later that year.

Career Statistics

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.

1In 1946 and 1947, the French Championships were held after Wimbledon.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

References

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1892 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1892 Boston Beaneaters season was the 22nd season of the franchise. They won their second straight and fifth total National League pennant. In the first-ever split season, the Beaneaters finished first in the first half, and three games behind the Cleveland Spiders in the second half. After the season, the two teams played a "World's Championship Series", which the Beaneaters won five games to none (with one tie).

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

World's Championship Series
The Beaneaters, who won the first half of the season played the second-half champion Cleveland Spiders in a postseason series. After a 0–0 tie after 11 innings in the opener, Boston swept Cleveland five games in a row for a sweep. Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy batted .462 with 9 runs batted in and 6 extra-base hits including a home run.

References
1892 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference

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Esquerdinha (footballer, born 1989)

Rubens Raimundo da Silva (born 10 October 1989), commonly known as Esquerdinha, is a Brazilian footballer who play as an attacking midfielder.

Club career
Born in Recife, Pernambuco, Esquerdinha graduated with Santa Cruz's youth setup. He subsequently represented Icasa, Centro Limoeirense, Bragantino, Ituano, Caldense, Boa Esporte, Chapecoense, ABC and Red Bull Brasil before returning to Ituano in May 2013.

On 29 April 2014, after being crowned champions of the year's Campeonato Paulista, Esquerdinha signed a two-year deal with Goiás. He made his debut in the competition on 10 May, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 away loss against Palmeiras, and scored his first goal on 21 September, netting the second in a 6–0 home routing of the same opponent.

On 3 March 2019, Esquerdinha officially joined Indonesian club Bhayangkara. He played four games for the club in the Indonesia President's Cup, but on 13 April the club announced, that they had released the player in preparation for the 1st League of the 2019 season.

References

External links
Ogol profile

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Dharmajigudem

Dharmajigudem is a village and a major panchayat in the district of West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Demographics

 Census of India, Dharmajigudem had a population of 8564. The total population constitute, 4287 males and 4277 females with a sex ratio of 998 females per 1000 males. 814 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, with sex ratio of 911. The average literacy rate stands at 76.15%.

References

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1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 1960 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1960 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Doyt Perry, the Falcons compiled an 8–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), lost its only game to MAC champion Ohio (7–14), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 196 to 61.

On October 29, 1960, the Falcons defeated Cal Poly, 50–6.  After the game, the Cal Poly team was in a deadly C-46 plane crash while taking off from the Toledo airport.

References

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Spottobrotula

Spottobrotula is a genus of cusk-eels.

Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
 Spottobrotula mahodadi Cohen & J. G. Nielsen, 1978
 Spottobrotula mossambica J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014
 Spottobrotula persica J. G. Nielsen, Schwarzhans & Uiblein, 2014

References

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2012 Hong Kong–Macau Interport

The 68th Hong Kong–Macau Interport was an association football match held in Macau on 16 June 2012. Macau were the defending champions as they captured the champion by winning 1-0 the previous year.

Squads

Hong Kong
Hong Kong was represented by its under-22 national team.

 Head Coach:  Ernie Merrick
 Coaches: Poon Man Tik, Szeto Man Chun, Fan Chun Yip
 Technical Director: Steve O'Connor

Note: Leung Kwun Chung was original selected in the main squad. However, he resigned due to injury. Wong Yim Kwan and Lo Kong Wai were then selected to the squad.

Macau
 Chief Manager: Victor Cheung Lup Kwan
 Manager: Chong Coc Veng, Sin Chi Yiu, Chang Chin Nam
 Head Coach:  Leung Sui Wing
 Coaches: Ku Chan Kuong, Iong Cho Ieng, Chu Hon Ming
 Physio: Lao Chi Leong

Results

References

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Frank Hilder

Frank Hilder (3 October 1864 - 23 April 1951) was the Conservative MP for the South East Essex constituency from 1918 to 1923.

Hilder was born in 1854, the son of Edward Martin Hilder of Ash, Kent. He was educated privately.

In 1895 he married Evelyn Mary Wood, the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel G W Wood, in Ingatestone, Essex. The couple lived at Huskards also in Ingatestone.

In 1906 Hilder was made a Justice of the Peace for the county of Essex.

At the beginning of the First World War the Hilders turned Huskards into a Voluntary Auxiliary hospital, with Mrs Hilder acting as matron. It remained a VA hospital until it was closed in 1919.

He stood as the Unionist candidate for the South-East Essex constituency in the 1918 General Election, the first General Election following the end of the First World War. He defeated the Labour candidate Joe Cotter and the Liberal candidate Sydney Walter Robinson. He stood again in the following General Election held in 1922. He defended his seat against the Labour candidate Philip Hoffman, winning by 13,522 votes to 11,459. However, the following year there was another General Election and this time the Labour candidate Philip Hoffman defeated Hilder by 13,979 votes to 12,379.

In 1935 Hilder was appointed the High Sheriff of Essex.

He died at his home in Ingatestone on 23 April 1951 aged 86.

References

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Frederick Smith (entomologist)

Frederick Smith (30 December 1805 – 16 February 1879) was a British entomologist who worked at the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera.

Smith was born near York to William Smith and went to school as Leeds. He then studied under landscape engraver W.B. Cooke along with his nephew William Edward Shuckard. Together they took an interest in insects, especially the ants and bees. In 1841, following the death of William Bainbridge, he became a curator of the collections and the library of the Entomological Society of London. As an engraver he produced copies based on the works of Turner, Constable and David Roberts. He also worked with Gray arranging Hymenoptera in the British Museum. In 1849 he succeeded Edward Doubleday as a member of the zoologicy department. He then gave up his art work but produced the plates for Wollaston's Insecta Maderensia (1854) and for papers in the Transactions of the Entomological Society. In 1875, he was promoted to Assistant Keeper of Zoology. His publications included Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects (7 parts, 1853–1859) and parts 5 (1851) and 6 (1852) of the Nomenclature of Coleopterous Insects. In these volumes, he catalogued hundreds of bees. Many of these bees he named including Bombus frigidus, Halictus coriaceus, and Nomia nasalis which he discovered.

Smith was president of the Entomological Society of London, 1862–3.

He died on 16 February 1879 after undergoing a surgery for gallstones. He was buried at Finchley Cemetery.

His son was Edgar Albert Smith (1847–1916), zoologist and malacologist.

Bibliography
Publications of Frederick Smith. Hymenoptera On-Line Database.

References

External links

Global Ant Project -- World Ant Taxonomists

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James Noyes

Rev. James Noyes (born 1608, Wiltshire, England – died 22 October 1656, Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony) was an English clergyman who emigrated to Massachusetts. He was a founder of Newbury, Massachusetts.

Biography
James Noyes was the fifth son of the Rev. William Noyes of Cholderton, Wiltshire, and his wife Anne, and was born at Cholderton in 1608. He was the cousin, on his mother's side, of Thomas Parker (1595-1677), who had been left to the education of William Noyes when his father Robert Parker fled into exile in the Netherlands in 1607. Educated under the guidance of his father, and receiving much instruction from Parker, he entered Brasenose College, Oxford in 1627, but did not proceed to a degree. After studying in Dublin, Oxford and Leyden, Parker returned to teach at Newbury in Berkshire, where he was assistant preacher to William Twisse: Parker summoned James to assist him, and under their guidance James found his vocation. In 1633 James married Sarah, eldest daughter of Joseph Brown of Southampton and his wife Sarah Hibbert, and on March 1634 Parker and Noyes, together with his brother Nicholas Noyes and nephew John Woodbridge, and their families, emigrated to New England. They sailed aboard the Mary and John of London, accompanied by the Hercules:  the ship was detained in the River Thames where all passengers signed the Oath of Allegiance to the King and the Church before they were allowed to sail from London.

During the voyage Parker and Noyes preached or expounded every day, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, and were "abundant in prayer". Arriving in May 1634, they made landfall at Nantaskut in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Thomas Parker went with around 100 others to the new plantation at Agawam (Ipswich, Massachusetts) where as Teacher he assisted Nathaniel Ward as Pastor. James Noyes served at first in Medford, the settlement on the north side of the Mystic River laid out for Matthew Cradock. Parker and his company remained at Agawam through the winter, and in the following spring sought permission from the General Court to settle on the Quascacunquen River (now called the Parker River). This was granted in May 1635, only weeks before the revocation of the (Plymouth Council) Great Charter of New England, and the settlement of Newbury, Massachusetts proceeded. A church (the tenth in the Colony) being gathered, Thomas Parker became their Pastor, and James Noyes, though also invited to a ministry at Watertown, preferred to join his dear friend at Newbury as Teacher. Both remained there for the rest of their lives. Noyes and Parker prepared students for Harvard, refusing all compensation for their services: twelve or fourteen pupils at a time were taught at the James Noyes House, where both men lived.

The following portrait of Noyes by Thomas Parker deserves quotation in full:"He was a man of singular qualifications: in piety excelling, an implacable enemy to all heresy and schism, and a most able warrior against the same. He was of a reaching and ready apprehension, a large invention, a most profound judgement, a rare, tenacious, and comprehensive memory, fixed and unmoveable in his grounded conceptions, sure in words and speech, without rashness, gentle and mild in expression, without all passion or provocative language; and as he was a notable disputant, so he never would provoke his adversary, saving by the short knocks and heavy weight of argument. He was of so loving and compassionate and humble carriage, that I believe never any were acquainted with him, but did desire the continuance of his society and acquaintance. He was resolute for the truth, and in defence thereof, had no respect for any persons. He was a most excellent counsellor in doubts, and could strike at a hair's breadth, like the Benjaminites, and expedite the entangled out of briars. He was courageous in dangers, and still was apt to believe the best, and made fair weather in a storm. He was much honoured and esteemed in the country, and his death was much bewailed. I think he may be reckoned amongst the greatest worthies of his age."

The James Noyes House, built ca. 1646, is a historic First Period house at 7 Parker Street in Newbury, Massachusetts. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Writings
 The Temple Measured: or, a brief survey of the temple mystical, which is the instituted church of Christ (For Edmund Paxton, London 1647).
 A Short Catechism composed by Mr James Noyes, Late Teacher of the Church of Christ in Newbury, For the use of the Children there (Printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, Cambridge 1661).
 Moses and Aaron, or the Rights of Church and State (By T.R. for Emund Paxton, London 1661).

Yale
His son, Rev. James Noyes II of Stonington, Connecticut, was one of the first trustees of Yale College, a group of ten Congregationalist ministers, now known as "The Founders". Their engraved names line the facade of Woodbridge Hall at Yale University. The building is named for Timothy Woodbridge, cousin to Rev. James Noyes II and one of the other ten founding ministers of the college.

The Noyes Family continues a long tradition at Yale with notable persons having contributed to the University. Rev. James Noyes II was the first Senior Fellow (Chair) of the Board of Trustees, and his younger brother Rev. Moses Noyes also served as a member of the Trustees. Dr. John Noyes graduated Yale 1775. Rev. Daniel Parker Noyes graduated Yale 1840, as did his two sons Edward Parish Noyes, 1880, and Frederic A. Noyes, 1862. Theodore R. Noyes receive a Yale medical degree 1867. Haskell Noyes graduated Yale 1908. Herbert MacArthur Noyes graduated Yale 1914. Newbold Noyes, Jr. graduated Yale 1941. Herbert MacArthur Noyes Jr. graduated Yale 1949. Thomas E. Noyes graduated Yale 1953. Professor Edward Simpson Noyes, PhD (1892-1967) graduated Yale 1913, was a professor of English at Yale for 40 years, and served as chairman of the Board of Admissions for 18 years, director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program, and received the Yale Medal of Honor in 1968. His son, Dr. Edward “Ted” MacArthur Noyes II (1919-1999), graduated Yale 1940 and was also presented with the Yale Medal of Honor for his lifetime service to Yale in 1996, and served as president of the Yale Club of New Haven. His son, Dr. Edward MacArthur Noyes III and daughter Nancy Noyes Foss were the first brother and sister to graduate together from Yale in 1971.

Family
His son James Noyes II (born 11 March 1640, Newbury – 30 December 1719, Stonington, Connecticut) was also a clergyman and founded Yale College. He graduated from Harvard in 1659, began to preach in 1664, and was pastor of the church in Stonington, Connecticut from 1674 until his death. A councilor in civil affairs in the critical periods of his colony, James Noyes II also practiced medicine with success.

Early Noyes descendants often were ministers and teachers, and sometimes distinguished – for example, the Salem Witch Trials (James's nephew Nicholas Noyes) and the founding of Yale College.

On 14 November 1692, during the Salem Witch Trials, 17-year-old Mary Herrick accused Noyes' daughter, Sarah Noyes Hale (wife of John Hale), and the ghost of executed Mary Eastey of afflicting her, but she was never formally charged with witchcraft or arrested. A later commentator on the trials, Charles Upham suggests that this accusation was one that helped turn public opinion to end the prosecutions, and spurred John Hale's willingness to reconsider his support of the trials.

Rev James Noyes I is also the ancestor of John Humphrey Noyes, leader of the Perfectionist movement and founder of the Oneida Community.

The daughter of Rev. James Noyes I, Sarah Noyes, is the great-grandmother of American hero Nathan Hale.

See also
 James Noyes House
 Thomas Parker (minister), his cousin, and co-founder of Newbury
 William Noyes, his father
 Yale University

Notes

References

 It is asserted that the "Additional Corrections and Additions," page 3, of Wheeler's "History of Stonington" has the following: "Miss Harriet E. Noyes of New Hampshire says: 'From recent investigations in England the name of Rev. William Noyes's wife was proven to be Anne Stephens, daughter of Nicholas Stephens of Burdrop Manor, and sister of Dorothy Stephens, mother of Rev. Thomas Parker'." (This does not appear in the online edition (Internet Archive).)

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Kono Manga ga Sugoi!

is an annual reference mook series published by Takarajimasha featuring yearly rankings and reviews of manga. The series is part of Takarajimasha's other mook series, including Kono Eiga ga Sugoi!, which focuses on film; Kono Mystery ga Sugoi!, which focuses on mystery novels; and Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, which focuses on light novels.

Publications

 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2006 Men ver. (December 1, 2005, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2006 Women ver. (December 1, 2005, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2007 Men ver. (December 5, 2006, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2007 Women ver. (December 5, 2006, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2008 (December 4, 2007, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Side B (August 8, 2008, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2009 (December 5, 2008, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2010 (December 10, 2009, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2011 (December 10, 2010, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2012 (December 10, 2011, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2013 (December 10, 2012, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2014 (December 9, 2013, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2015 (December 10, 2014, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2016 (December 10, 2015, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2017 (December 10, 2016, )
 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2018 (December 9, 2017, )

Top ranking manga of the year

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Category:Manga
Category:Publications established in 2005