Rimba Racer

Rimba Racer is a 3D animation created by Glue Studios. Rimba Racer tells a young Rimba Grand Prix racer named Tag, in his story to become a leading champion in the racing tournament. Rimba Racer is Malaysia's first anthropomorphic themed animation. This animation is currently aired on TV3.

Plot
Located in the world of anthropomorphic animals, the center of the Rimba Racer takes place at the Rimba Grand Prix, a major competition among competitors in high-tech vehicles. Newcomer to the competition are Tag, a talented young rider full of ambition. However, as Tag delves deeper into the world of the Rimba Grand Prix, it becomes clear that it's not what he imagined. Some competitors are determined to win in a fair or dirty way, and the 'hidden power' is the true power behind the Grand Prix curtain. It's up to Tag, and his teammates to challenge this evil team for the sport they love from the conspiracy and corruption scandal surrounding the competition.

Characters
 Tag
Voiced by: Azman Zulkiply (Bahasa Malaysia) & Steven Tan (English)
Is a species of Malayan Tiger, he is the protagonist of this story who has a natural talent in racing. He drives 'The Ripper' car, a type of Formula-1 colored in orange.

 Miles
Voiced by: Megat Zahrin (Bahasa Malaysia) & Iain McNally (English)
Is a species of Owl, he is a partner and assistant for Tag, Miles also works as a mechanic or designer for Tag's racing cars. He was always worried about something revolving Tag's father. He was also threatened by King on this issue.

 Axle
Voiced by: Azman Zulkiply (Bahasa Malaysia) & Steven Tan (English)
Is a species of Eagle, he is often referred to as 'The Ace' for undisputed racing skills, becoming a veteran and defending RGP champion.

 Sonny
Voiced by: Fuad Md. Din (Bahasa Malaysia) & Choong Chi-Ren (English)
Is a species of Bear, he is a cheerful rider. He is often associated with Meika. He assists Tag on his mission to win the RGP title.

 Tamira
Voiced by: Aina Nadzir (Bahasa Malaysia) & Sherilyn Pang Li Ching (English)
Is a  species of Black Panther, which also plays the role of Tag's girlfriend. Tamira possesses a cold, no-nonsense personality and often likes to be alone at a time. At first, she was on King's side but towards the end of the first season, she joined Tag and his friends on their mission.

 Wrecks
Voiced by: Megat Zahrin (Bahasa Malaysia) & Kevin Adrian Barnaby (English)
Is a species of Rhinoceros, he was mainly featured on the evil side along with Axle, Tamira, Krom, and King. He is often shown to be good at heart even under the command of Krom.

 Krom
Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Bahasa Malaysia) & Azman Zukiply (English)
Is a species of Crocodile, Krom is always in favor of King in his evil deeds. He often clashes with Tag and tries to defeat him. He is a very hard and strong character.

 Meika
Voiced by: Ida Rahayu (Bahasa Malaysia) & Assila Liyana Ahmad Badri (English)
Is a species of Fox, she always helped Tag and her teammates when they were in trouble, however, Meika was a very competitive and caliber racer. At the end of the first season, she was revealed to be siding with King.

 Meelo
Voiced by: Usamah Zaid (Bahasa Malaysia) & Tikriti Shabudin (English)
Is a species of Chameleon, he is always up to date with technology and often presents Tag with interesting ideas in racing, he is often a troublemaker and is busy juggling things that Miles is fixing.

 Cuckoo
Voiced by: Shafiq Isa (Bahasa Malaysia) & Azman Zulkiply (English)
Is a species of Chicken, he is a coward who was often surprised when interviewed by journalists or fans. Even with such characters, Cuckoo is very fast in his movement on the circuit, Cuckoo, like Tag, is a newcomer RGP racer.

 Ooaa
Voiced by: Iain McNally (Bahasa Malaysia) & Azman Zulkiply (English - not credited)
Is a species of Monkey, he is a hothead and likes to make noises at present and when leaving. However, Ooaa is a talented racer who is difficult to guess by any racer on the circuit.

 Mr. King
Voiced by: Azuan Shamsir (Bahasa Malaysia) & Kevin Adrian Barnaby (English)
Is a species of Hippopotamus, he seems to possess unlimited wealth. Mr. King is a major and refined grantee of the Rimba Grand Prix. His great charisma, generosity and voice made him popular among the general public and he is well known for his welcoming attitude towards newcomers in the sport of racing. King is one of the main antagonists after Axle.

 Ms. Dira
Voiced by: Sarah Nadhirah (Bahasa Malaysia) & Chan Su Ling (English)
Is a species of Deer, she is a vibrant, energetic young journalist. Ms. Dira has built a reputation for being a reporter-on-he-scene for the Rimba Grand Prix. With her friendly demeanor, strong reporting style, keen interviewing skills and 'anything else' attitude, she is a star on the Rimba News Network.

 Ms. Torres
Voiced by: Salina Salmee (Bahasa Malaysia) & Nadia Mahmud (English)
Is a species of Rabbit. she was Mr. King's personal assistant, Torres also responsible for coordinating all of King's business dealings. Quiet, efficient and very dedicated to her job, she did all the work without a question.

 Pike
Voiced by:  Khairul Azmi Bin Abd Rahman (Bahasa Malaysia) & Fadhil Luqman (English)
Is a species of Wolf, he is shown to be very clever, Pike has bad intentions for Tag and his friends. He also specializes in mysterious alliances with people like Mr. King, Axle, and Krom. Pike appeared in the second season

 Vyxx
Voiced by: Nur Aleesya Wong Lee Yien (Bahasa Malaysia) & Yvonne Chong Shin Vun (English)
Is a species of Hyena, she teamed up with Pike and Xeno. Vyxx is very strong, coarse, and worse than Pike, she enjoyed playing against her opponent (especially Tamira) during the race. Vyxx appeared in the second season.

 Xeno
Voiced by: N/A
Is a species of Toad, Xeno, like Vyxx, is a teammate of Pike, Xeno was a veteran of the trio. He is similar to the technologist Meelo, but with hidden malice. Xeno spoke in a strange and difficult language. Xeno appeared in the second season.

Reception
It received an award for best animation at the 2015 Malaysian Film Festival. The first season of the series airs on Disney XD on July 16, 2018, Daily Motion on September 27, 2017. Due to widespread acceptance, season 2 premiered on YouTube on May 19, 2018. Rimba Racer is due to air on Netflix in January 2019, but is delayed for some reason. So far, all 13 episodes of the first season have aired on Netflix. Rimba Racer also positively received on IMDb with the rating at 8.4

In other media
On 1 October 2016, Rimba Racer Rush: Endless Race mobile game were developed and released by Spacepup Entertainment in collaboration with Glue Studios. The game currently have 100,000+ downloads on Google Play Store.

References

External links
Official website version 2

Rimba Racer on Facebook
Rimba Racer on YouTube
Rimba Racer on Daily Motion
Rimba Racer on Netflix

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Category:Television programs featuring anthropomorphic characters


Campbell, Virginia

Campbell is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

References

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Albemarle County, Virginia


D-Cube City

D-Cube City is a mega-complex in Seoul, Korea, which comprises department stores, office space, a park, an art center, a theatre, a hotel, restaurants, a theme park, and private residences. Daeseong Industrial Company constructed in 2011, and its main office is located here. This mixed use facility was developed by the same groups that developed Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.

Architecture
D-Cube City’s six acres of parks, plazas, and gardens are spread across the structure’s stepped roofs. The steel and glass façade and open internal architecture provides an opportunity for the surrounding landscape to enter into the structure, both visually and literally as many stores open out onto the adjacent parks and gardens. Large atriums house many species of plants as well as internal water features and a six story waterfall. “Water flow” is one of the interior aesthetic themes.

During construction, an endangered species of frog, Kaloula borealis was found on the site. After discovering that the proposed structure’s site was the frogs’ habitat, the designers recreated and incorporated a five billion won ecology park into the landscape design as a new habitat.

Construction and sale
Daeseong Industries had to expand its business through construction, retail distribution and hotel business, but its financial structure quickly became insolvent.

Daeseong Industries had around 400 billion won in loans until 2007, but at the end of 2011, its debt rose to 278.8 trillion won due to the repayment of the D-CUBE City Construction Project Financing (PF) KRW 977 billion. Accordingly, it sold the D-cube office, D-cube hotel in 2012, and the D-cube department store in November 2014.

See also
Namba Parks (Osaka)
Canal City Hakata (Fukuoka)
Riverwalk Kitakyushu (Fukuoka)
Roppongi Hills (Tokyo)

References

Category:Buildings and structures in Seoul


Steve Perry (disambiguation)

Steve Perry (born 1949) is a recording artist and the former lead singer of the band Journey.

Steve or Stephen Perry may also refer to:
Steve Perry (author) (born 1947), science fiction author
Stephen R. Perry (born c. 1950), legal scholar and professor of law and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania
Steve Perry (Oregon musician) (born 1963), lead singer of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Stephen Perry (inventor) (19th century), British inventor and businessman
Stephen Perry (writer) (1954–2010), American writer for the Thundercats cartoon and comic book
Steve Perry, pseudonym of pornographic actor Ben Dover
Steven Perry (born 1988), American soccer player
Steve Perry (baseball), first-round pick of the L.A. Dodgers in 1979
 Steve Perry, multiple medalist at the World Quizzing Championships
Stephen Joseph Perry (1833–1889), English Jesuit and astronomer
Stephen Samuel Perry (1825–1874), collected historical manuscripts related to Texas history

See also
 Stephen Parry (disambiguation)


Shiva Sharanas

The term Shiva Sharanas/Sarana can be roughly explained as devotees of Lord Shiva. The 12th century Vachanakaras are also known by this name. Sharana is somebody who has surrendered oneself to the will of the Lord. Sharanu is derived from this term and it denotes the action of surrendering to or an act of respecting others. This term is seen in many Vachanas composed by the Vachanakaras namely Basavanna, Allama Prabhu, Akka Mahadevi and Madivala Machideva. The Vachanakaras, surrendering themselves to the will of Lord Shiva, have glorified and praised the forms of Lord Shiva. Not only this, the term signifies profound philosophical meanings. A sharana is given a prime place in the schematic world of Vachanas. An example for elevated position of a sharana is the following vachana of Basavanna.

Look you, the sarana's sleep is telling of beads;
It's Sivaratri when he wakes and sits;
Wherever he treads is holy ground;
As Siva doctrine whatever he speaks;
The body of Kudala Sanga's Sarana
Is very abode of Siva!

References

Category:Shaivism


HMS Battleaxe (F89)

HMS Battleaxe was a Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy on 30 April 1997 and renamed Rademaker.

Construction and design
Battleaxe was ordered by the British Admiralty on 4 September 1974, as the second Batch I Type 22 Frigate. The ship was laid down at Yarrow Shipbuilders' Scotstoun shipyard on 4 February 1976, and was launched by Audrey Callaghan, the wife of James Callaghan, the Prime Minister at the time, on 18 May 1977. Battleaxe was completed on 28 March 1980.

Battleaxe was  long overall and  at the waterline, with a beam of  and a draught of . Displacement was  standard and  deep load.  She was powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines rated at a total of  and two Rolls-Royce Tyne R1MC turbines rated at a total of , driving two shafts in a Combined gas or gas (COGOG) arrangement. They gave a speed of  when powered by the Olympuses and  when powered by the Tynes. The ship had a range of  at .

Anti-aircraft armament consisted of two sextuple Sea Wolf surface-to-air missile launchers, one forward of the bridge, and one on the roof of the helicopter hangar. Four Exocet MM-38 anti-ship missiles were fitted on the forecastle. Gun armament was limited to a pair of 40 mm Bofors guns, mainly for peacetime patrol duties. A hangar and fight deck was fitted aft, allowing the ship to operate two Westland Lynx helicopters, which could carry anti submarine torpedoes, while close-in anti submarine armament was two triple STWS-1  torpedo tubes.

Operational history

Royal Navy
Battleaxe was at Gibraltar on 24 March 1982, as part of Exercise "Springtrain 82", but when the Falklands War broke out in April that year, she, unlike sister-ships  and , did not deploy to the South Atlantic as she was suffering from problems with her propeller shafts. Battlexe did deploy to the South Atlantic shortly after the end of the war, however, escorting the aircraft carrier , leaving Devonport on 2 August, reaching the vicinity of the Falklands on 24 August and returning to Britain on 19 November. She was deployed to the South Atlantic again from July 1983 to December 1983.

Brazil

Rademaker was involved in an unfortunate incident on 29 November 2004, during the annual FRATERNO naval exercise with ships of the Argentinian Navy. While conducting gunnery practice against target drones, a malfunction of the Argentinian frigate ARA Sarandi's automatic weapons system caused her to fire on the Rademaker; four Brazilian crewmen were injured together with an Argentine naval observer. The ship suffered moderate damage.

Also in 2004, Rademaker deployed to Port-au-Prince, as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

In April 2017, Rademaker was involved in the search for the missing bulk carrier Stellar Daisy after she disappeared in the Atlantic.

Rademaker joined the international efforts to locate the missing Argentine Submarine  in November 2017.

In fiction
HMS Battleaxe was featured in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.

References

Publications

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Category:Gulf War ships of the United Kingdom


Falcon 3.0

Falcon 3.0 is a combat flight simulator video game developed by Sphere Inc. and published by Spectrum HoloByte in 1991 as third official main entry in the Falcon series of the F-16 Fighting Falcon simulators.

Gameplay
Falcon 3.0 was claimed to have used flight dynamics from a real military simulator, and required a math coprocessor to enable the high fidelity flight mode. Even in less demanding modes, it was still virtually unplayable on computers slower than a 386. The recommended configuration was a 33 MHz 486, a top end machine at this time.

Falcon 3.0 offered "padlock" view, in which the player's POV is slewed in the direction of a selected target, scanning around the cockpit if necessary. It also offered players more natural looking topography than other commercial PC flight simulations at the time—with mountains, hills, valleys and other features having their own unique shapes.

Despite many bugs (Computer Gaming World reported that "some readers have suggested that we give Falcon 3.0 the award for 'The Buggiest Game Ever'"), Falcon 3.0 retained its reputation as the most realistic flight simulation for years.

Fighting Tiger and Falcon Gold
An expansion pack Operation Fighting Tiger contains several additional scenarios, including a future skirmish between Japan and Russia, which gave the player the Japanese F-16 variant, the "FSX".

Art of the Kill, a video tutorial that teaches aerial dogfighting basics used Falcon 3.0s built-in ACMI recorder to reconstruct engagements, explains tactics and counter-tactics. Falcon 3.0 was also the subject of dozens of aftermarket books, some written by actual F-16 pilots. Only the Microsoft Flight Simulator series spawned more books.

The game was re-released in 1994 as Falcon Gold''' a compilation which included Art of the Kill video digitized on the CD collection, along with Operation Fighting Tiger and the announcement for Falcon 4.0. It noted for their early multiplayer support, as even the first version supported two players via a null modem serial port connection.

ReceptionFalcon 3.0 sold 400,000 copies by March 1995. Including its expansions, the full "Falcon 3.0 line" surpassed 700,000 copies in sales by December 1998. According to GameSpot, "Falcon 3.0 sold well for years after its initial release, and add-on products extended its longevity."Falcon 3.0 received 5 out of 5 stars in Dragon. In 1992 a Vermont Air National Guard F-16 pilot stated in Computer Gaming World that the game's flight model and avionics were very accurate, and praised the game's VGA graphics. He concluded that Spectrum HoloByte had created "the best flight simulator yet". A survey in the magazine that year of wargames with modern settings gave the game four and a half stars out of five, describing Falcon 3.0 as "not so much a game system as it is a way of life. Possibly the most complex air simulator ever released for the commercial sector", and the magazine named it the year's best simulation game. In 1996, the magazine ranked Falcon 3.0 as the tenth best computer game of all time for its introduction of "the first truly realistic flight model" for a jet aircraft and for adding "the useful (and necessary) wingmen and the first truly dynamic flight sim campaign," as well as the seventh most innovative computer game for setting "a standard for realism and connectivity that is only now being surpassed." That year, Falcon Gold was also ranked as the 80th top game of all time by Next Generation, for being "the most exacting computer simulation created."

In 1994, PC Gamer US named Falcon 3.0 the 15th best computer game ever. The editors wrote, "There are a lot of jet simulations on the market, but none can really touch Spectrum Holobyte's Falcon 3.0 for sheer realism. The flight models are all so detailed, so unnervingly realistic, that you'll gain new respect for the men and women who fly these birds for a living." In 1996, Next Generation listed Falcon 3.0 Gold as number 80 on their "Top 100 Games of All Time", commenting that, "Though it is bemoaned as one of the most demanding flight sims ever, Spectrum HoloByte's uncompromising simulation of the F-16 Fighting Falcon also manages to reign supreme as the most exacting computer simulation created. And as one of the first multiplayer combat simulations ever released, Falcon has managed to build a fanatical following of online pilots." CNET Gamecenter named Falcon 3.0'' one of the 10 most innovative computer games ever.

References

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Category:Combat flight simulators
Category:DOS games
Category:DOS-only games
Category:Spectrum Holobyte games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games with expansion packs


U.S. Route 240

U.S. Route 240 is a defunct designation for a short, but once very important, segment of highway between Frederick, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Route description
This route description features US 240 as it existed in 1945, with references to today's highways to provide context.

Washington, D.C.
US 240 began at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street near the White House in Washington. US 1 followed 14th Street through the intersection. Pennsylvania Avenue east of US 1 was part of District of Columbia Routes 4 and 5, which ran concurrently along Pennsylvania Avenue southeast around the Capitol and across the Anacostia River, east of which they diverged toward the D.C. ends of MD 4 and MD 5, respectively. US 240 headed west on Pennsylvania Avenue to 15th Street, then entered the White House grounds, which are today known as President's Park and features streets closed to the public. The U.S. Highway headed straight west for a block, then curved around the south side of the South Lawn (White House) to E Street, then followed E Street west to 17th Street. US 240 followed 17th Street north to Farragut Square, where the highway intersected K Street, which carried US 50.

US 240 continued north along Connecticut Avenue to Dupont Circle, which did not yet have an underpass for Connecticut Avenue. At the circle, the U.S. Highway met US 29, which used New Hampshire Avenue on both sides of the circle, and US 240 Alternate, which headed north on Connecticut Avenue. US 240 continued northwest on Massachusetts Avenue. The highway passed through Sheridan Circle, crossed Rock Creek on what is now named the Charles C. Glover Memorial Bridge, and passed along part of Observatory Circle on the edge of the circular U.S. Naval Observatory grounds. US 240 followed Massachusetts Avenue to its intersection with Wisconsin Avenue next to Washington National Cathedral. There, the U.S. Highway turned north and followed Wisconsin Avenue through Tenleytown to the District of Columbia boundary at Western Avenue in Friendship Heights.

Maryland

US 240 followed a divided highway north to its intersection with MD 191, which as today headed west as Bradley Boulevard, a divided highway, and east as Bradley Lane. The U.S. highway became undivided and intersected MD 82 (Leland Street) and crossed over the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad before meeting the southern and western ends of MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) and MD 410 (East–West Highway), respectively, in the center of Bethesda. This intersection also served as the northern end of US 240 Alternate, which headed east along MD 410 to Connecticut Avenue, which was then MD 193 and is now MD 185. North of Bethesda, US 240 met the western end of MD 702 (Jones Bridge Road) just south of the National Naval Medical Center. The highway descended into the valley of Rock Creek then left the valley and met the western end of MD 547 (Strathmore Avenue).

US 240 intersected Montrose Road and then the northern end of MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) at the village of Montrose. The highway began to parallel the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (now CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision) as it approached the town of Rockville. US 240 entered the county seat at Dodge Street and had an acute intersection with MD 28 (Viers Mill Road). The two highways ran concurrently northwest along a street that no longer exists to Montgomery Avenue, then west on Montgomery Avenue to Washington Street. There, MD 28 continued west on Montgomery Avenue and US 240 continued out of town on Washington Street. The U.S. Highway paralleled the railroad to Derwood, where the highway intersected MD 688 (Redland Road) just north of Indianola Drive. US 240 intersected Shady Grove Road and entered the town of Gaithersburg at Summit Avenue. The highway crossed over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between a pair of oblique intersections with MD 124 (West and East Diamond Avenue), which ran concurrently with US 240 across the railroad.

US 240 continued north from Gaithersburg across Great Seneca Creek to the hamlets of Middlebrook and Neelsville. In the latter location, the highway met the northern end of MD 118 (Germantown Road) at what is now Boland Farm Road and the southern end of MD 27 (Ridge Road) at what is presently Henderson Corner Road. US 240 crossed Little Seneca Creek and had a pair of staggered intersections with MD 121 (Clarksburg Road); the latter highway followed what are now Spire Street and Redgrave Place north and south, respectively. The U.S. Highway crossed Little Bennett Creek just south of the village of Hyattstown, where the highway intersected Old Hundred Road; MD 109 did not yet extend to Hyattstown. Just north of Hyattstown, US 240 crossed the Montgomery–Frederick county line and met the southern end of MD 75 (Green Valley Road).

US 240 crossed Bennett Creek as it approached Urbana, through which the highway ran concurrently with MD 80 (Fingerboard Road). The U.S. Highway descended into the valley of the Monocacy River, which the highway crossed just south of its bridge across the Old Main Line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Frederick Junction. South of the city limits of Frederick, US 240 had an oblique intersection with US 15 (Buckeystown Pike) just south of the modern intersection of MD 355 and MD 85. US 15 and US 240 entered Frederick together along Market Street. The U.S. Highways crossed Carroll Creek before US 240 ended at US 40 (Patrick Street) in the center of downtown Frederick. US 15 continued north along Market Street toward Gettysburg.

History

U.S. 240's original route between Maryland Route 109 and Maryland Route 85 (then part of U.S. 15) was supplanted by a new freeway alignment in 1953; U.S. 240 was diverted away from its original route onto the new freeway as it was completed south to the future alignment of the Capital Beltway. In 1956, with the arrival of the Interstate Highway System, the route gained the designation Interstate 70S (now Interstate 270).

In Maryland, the whole of U.S. 240 was redesignated as Maryland Route 355 around 1970. U.S. 240 crossed into Washington, D.C. on Wisconsin Avenue, it turns southwest onto Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.) and then south-southwest onto Connecticut Avenue at Dupont Circle. It reached U.S. Route 50 at K Street and by 1968 extended to the area around the Lincoln Memorial . Signs for U.S. 240 within Washington existed at least into the early 1970s, when the route was deleted in its entirety, leaving I-70S (now I-270) as the sole route following the original freeway.

In addition, Alternate U.S. 240 ran along Connecticut Avenue through Washington D.C. and Maryland inside the Washington Beltway with its southern end at the intersection with U.S. 240 at Dupont Circle.

Junction list

See also

References

External links

US 240 @ MDRoads.com
Endpoints of historic U.S. Highway 240

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Brentwood Elementary

Brentwood Elementary may refer to:
 Brentwood Elementary School, Spokane, Washington
 Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, North Carolina
 Brentwood Science Magnet Elementary School, Los Angeles, California
 Brentwood Elementary School (Sarasota, FL) Sarasota, FL


2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. The vote was repeatedly delayed, having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012, but it was put off by the election commission. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly, winning 196 of the 575 elected seats.

Background
Following King Gyanendra's suspension of Parliament and government takeover during the Nepalese Civil War, mass protests led to him to re-instate Parliament and end the war fought by the government against the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), on the condition that the constitution would be re-written. The king's powers were also removed and an election was held in 2008 to elect a Constituent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly was tasked with writing a new constitution; however, its deadline was extended several times, with the last one set for 27 May 2012.

In the lead up to the deadline, there were several violent protests by a variety of ethnic groups outside the Parliament building. Rallies were then banned in the area and around the PM's office with riot police guarding against protests and the Nepali Army on high alert in case the situation could not be controlled. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai called for a new election on 22 November after the deadline passed, with a possibility of a state of emergency. A member of his party, Post Bahadur Bogati, announced that "it is not possible to promulgate the constitution within the deadline now. That possibility is out, 100 percent."

On the deadline day there were large protests as talks between the CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Madhesi Front were ongoing. The talks broke down after the incumbent CPN (Maoist)'s demands for 10 to 14 new provinces largely along ethnic groups lines, which was supported by several small Madhesi parties calling for autonomy, was opposed by the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML). CPN (Maoist) member Narayankaji Shrestha said that "a constitution is not possible without federal states recognising the identity of ethnic groups." The opponents of the proposal said the move could lead to tensions amongst different castes. Ram Sharan Mahat of the Nepali Congress said that the CPN (Maoist) "want[ed] to kill the assembly, not make the constitution" in order to stay in power. At a cabinet session that night CPN (UML) general secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Ishwor Pokhrel walked out saying that the move was "unconstitutional, neither is it based on political consensus." However, the Madhesi leader Laxman Lal Karna said that "in the afternoon, the NC and the [CPN-]UML had said there was no chance of a deal. Let us go for polls. We have done the democratic thing." The CPN (Maoist)'s Barsha Man Pun then announced the election saying that "we had no other alternative. We apologise for not being able to prepare the constitution."

The Nepali Congress claimed the delays were a ploy by the UCPN (M) to remain in power and that Maoist-led government's "unilateral decision was unexpected". However, according to an AFP interview on Rajkishore Yadav, the Maoist-led government "wanted to conduct elections in November 22" but the election commission insisted that "the lack of a workable constitution meant there were no legal provisions for holding a vote".

In mid-September 2013, an opposition one-day strike called for the cancellation of the election.

Opinion polls
In mid-2011, an opinion indicated that 45% of respondents opposed an extension of the CA's mandate. A majority of respondents were uncertain about who they would vote for. Similarly, there were calls for a fresh election by opposition politicians at the time. Most respondents also said a new constitution was the top most priority.

In the Himal Media opinion poll conducted in March 2013, voters expressed a slight preference for the Nepali Congress, 14.9%, over the CPN (UML), 11.3%, and UCPN (Maoist), 7.3%.

Conduct
In the morning of the election, a bomb exploded near a voting station wounding three people after a boy picked up what he though was a toy that then exploded. It also follows days of similar attacks by those opposed to the election. On December 16, Mohan Baidya, Chairman of the breakaway CPN(Maoist) which had boycotted the elections publicly stated his party had planted bombs across the country prior to the elections.

Turnout

Voters turned out in record numbers with nationwide turnout averaging 78.34%  breaking the previous record of 68.15% in the 1991 general elections.  The highest turnout was in Dolpa-1 at 89.5% and the lowest in Baitadi-2 at 67.32%.

Results
Initial results showed the Nepali Congress winning a plurality of the first-past-the-post seats with 105 of the 240 seats; the CPM-UML close behind with 91; and the CPN (Maoist) far behind, winning just 26. Smaller parties and two independent candidates won the remaining 18 seats. 335 seats  were allotted by proportional representation using a modified Sainte-Laguë method of allocation.

Reaction
Domestic
The UCPN (Maoist) leader Prachanda  protested the conduct of the election, alleging fraud, and threatening to withdraw from the Constituent Assembly. However domestic and international pressure mounted and various political leaders from Nepali Congress and CPN UML urged Unified Maoist to accept the peoples verdict and get involved in the process of a peaceful CA. Subsequently, an internal assessment by the party concluded vote-rigging was not the cause of the party's defeat and mentioned "misrepresentation of the party on issue of federalism and the party’s split" as reasons for defeat. On December 25, 2013, the UCPN (Maoist) offered unconditional support to the Nepali Congress to form the next government following the signing of a four-point deal between the NC, CPN(UML), UCPN (Maoist) and Madesbadi parties that agreed to form a parliamentary body to investigate election irregularities.

In response to the allegations of fraud leveled by the Maoist and smaller parties, Chief Election Commissioner Nilkantha Upreti affirmed the elections were  "concluded in a free, fair , impartial and credible manner" and urged voters "not to believe in such misleading publicity" about the fairness of the elections.

Supranational
 European Union: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, issued a statement congratulating "the people of Nepal for having exercised their right to vote in large numbers, despite attempts to prevent them from doing  so."
: Secretary General  Ban Ki-moon in his congratulatory message to the Nepali people stated “the United Nations remains committed to supporting Nepal in its transition towards a peaceful, democratic and prosperous future.”

International
: The Federal Office congratulated the interim government for holding free and credible CA elections and said "high turnout in the election has testified Nepalese people´s firm commitment to democracy and the rule of law".
: The External Affairs Ministry congratulated "the people of Nepal, political parties, government and security forces and the Election Commission of Nepal" for "conducting free and fair elections for the Constituent Assembly".
: The Embassy welcomed the "smooth holding" of the  Constituent Assembly elections and said it "sincerely hopes that the political forces in Nepal will continue to strengthen dialogue and consultations for early completion of the constitution-making process and realize its goal of national stability and development".
: The Election Observation Mission composed of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an outside expert from Tokushima University and headed by Japanese Ambassador, Masashi Ogawa, concluded the "election was conducted in a peaceful, free and fair manner without serious irregularities". A statement issued by the Embassy read: "Japan hopes that this election will further consolidate democracy in Nepal and its post-electoral political process toward promulgating a constitution will develop smoothly. Japan will continue to support Nepal's efforts for peace-building and the consolidation of democracy".
: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Hugo Swire congratulated the people of Nepal and stated "these elections were generally peaceful and well run, a credit to the people and the election authorities"
: The White House Press Secretary hailed the elections as "a milestone not just for Nepal but for people around the world working to rebuild after conflicts and resolve disputes via constitutional and homegrown means" and pledged continued support for Nepal's democratic exercise.
Former US President Jimmy Carter congratulated Nepal on a "well conducted election process" and urged the UCPN (Maoist) to "respect the will of Nepali voters as expressed on election day".

Gallery

See also
 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
 Koirala cabinet, 2013

References

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Bell Salem

Bell Salem is the second EP by the band 12012, released on October 10, 2004, being the first release of a three-month release campaign.

Track listing
 "Burn" - 5:41
 "Ame -Sogi Otosareta Kankaku" - 4:27
 "Ms Vampire" - 4:42
 "Epi" - 1:19
 "Un Insomnia" - 4:53

Personnel

 Wataru Miyawaki – lead vocals
 Hiroaki Sakai – guitar
 Yūsuke Suga – guitar
 Tomoyuki Enya – bass
 Tōru Kawauchi – drums

Notes
Bell Salem (ベルサレム) was reissued in 2006, along with Knight Mare and Shin -Deep-
Only 3000 copies of the album were pressed.

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Turraeanthus

Turraeanthus is a genus of plants in the family Meliaceae. It contains the following species:
Turraeanthus africana (Welw. ex C.DC.) Pellegr.
Turraeanthus longipes Baill.
Turraeanthus mannii Baill.

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Llugaxhi

Llugaxhi (in Albanian, pronounced [l-oog-aji]) or Lugadžija () is a village in Kosovo, located south of Lipjan.

The village was founded by the Reçica family who fled the invasion of Niš (Albanian: Nish) during 1878.
Many families now inhabit Llugaxhi, such as the Reçica, the Magashi, the Byqmeti, the Islami (subfamily of Reçica), the Tmava and others. Most roads in Llugaxhi are named after family ancestors, such as Sefë Reçica.

Llugaxhi is a medium-sized village, around 3.3678 squared in size (source from 2010), most of it being land for cropping and only a small amount of land is slightly urbanised. The oldest building is the mosque which is said to be around 100 years old, but there are plans for a new mosque in the north of the village.. There is an ever growing population which is partially due to people moving back from diaspora and the influx of new businesses from local owners.

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Conhelo

Conhelo is a village and rural locality (municipality) in La Pampa Province in Argentina.

References

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Brendan Hines

Brendan Patrick Hines (born December 28, 1976) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He has had a number of television roles, including as part of the main cast of Lie to Me as well as recurring roles in Scandal, Betrayal, Suits, Scorpion, Secrets and Lies and is part of the cast of Amazon Video's The Tick. Hines has also had leading roles in a handful of films, and released three albums.

Biography

Early life
Hines was born the youngest of four children on December 28, 1976, in Baltimore, Maryland, where he graduated from Loyola Blakefield. His mother, Mary Hines, was a former nun and his father a former Jesuit priest who both appealed to dissolve their religious vows so they could marry. They left Brooklyn and eventually settled in Baltimore to teach philosophy. His mother was president of Carlow University in Pittsburgh.

Career
Hines' acting career began on-stage where he performed in several plays in New York. His first major film role was in the 2001 independent film Ordinary Sinner. In 2004 and 2005, he appeared in one episode each of both Angel and Love, Inc., respectively. In 2007, Hines starred in Heavy Petting opposite Malin Åkerman. One of his first major television roles was portraying Andy Goode in several episodes of the Terminator television series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Hines went on to play a recurring role in The Middleman. He then returned to film in Deep in the Valley (2009) co-starring Chris Pratt.

In 2009, Hines began appearing as part of the regular cast of Lie to Me. Hines was part of all three seasons of the series playing the character of Eli Loker. In 2011, he appeared in an episode of Castle. In May 2011, Hines portrayed the dual characters of Pip/Theo in South Coast Repertory's theatre production of Three Days of Rain. Hines has stated this was perhaps his favorite and most challenging acting role.

In 2012, he appeared in an episode of Body of Proof and also began appearing in a recurring role in first season of Scandal. In 2013, he gained a recurring role in Betrayal. In 2014, he played Logan Sanders in the fourth season of Suits. He has also appeared in several episodes of Scorpion and the second season of Secrets and Lies.

In August 2017, Amazon Video released the first season of The Tick, a television series based on the comic book of the same name written by Ben Edlund. Among the many ridiculous comic book characters in the series, Hines portrays Superian who is perhaps the most recognizable as an archetypal superhero.

Music career and political activism
In early 2008, he released Good For You Know Who, an album of 10 original songs under the band name The Brendan Hines. The song “Miss New York” from the same album was featured in the 2010 film Happythankyoumoreplease, the directorial debut of Josh Radnor. In August 2012, he released “Could've Sworn”, a single from his 6-song EP entitled Small Mistakes. In support of the release of Small Mistakes, Hines toured with the indie folk duo The Milk Carton Kids in the fall of 2012.

Hines is a vocal supporter of Bernie Sanders. In the lead up to the 2016 Democratic Primaries, he joined the Vermont Senator at several events to campaign for Sander's bid to become the democratic candidate for President of the United States. In September 2017, Hines released “Average Is”, the debut single from his upcoming solo album Qualms, a collection of songs written and recorded in the Joshua Tree Desert after the 2016 presidential election.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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Edison Ore-Milling Company

The Edison Ore-Milling Company was a venture by Thomas Edison that began in 1881.  Edison introduced some significant technological developments to the iron ore milling industry but the company ultimately proved to be unprofitable.  Towards the end of the company's life, Edison realized the potential application of his technologies to the cement industry and formed the Edison Portland Cement Company in 1899.

History

Beginnings

Edison had recognized the scarcity of iron ore in the 1870s, particularly in the east of the United States.  His developments in the field of electricity meant that he had sufficient finances to invest in other projects.  Discovering that beach sand contained relatively high deposits of iron, he decided to form the Edison Ore-Milling Company in 1881.  He patented a method of extracting the metal using a large electromagnet after developing the process in an addition to his laboratory.  The remaining deposits of iron in the eastern side of the United States were of poor quality, and the difficulty in separating it from the rock and other debris made it unprofitable.  Edison believed that his method was a cheaper alternative, allowing him to keep costs down.  William Kennedy Dickson had been put in charge of much of the laboratory and further refined the techniques along with mining expert John Birkinbine.  However, the market for Edison's iron was not sufficient to bring in a profit and the operation was closed down after just a few years.

Refocusing
After a short time away from the industry, Edison decided to return, adapting his methods to crush rocks brought up directly from a mine.  He opened a plant in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania near to existing iron mines as a trial before building one of the world's largest ore-crushing mills in Ogdensberg, New Jersey.  Completed in 1889, the factory contained three giant electromagnets and was intended to process up to 1200 tons of iron ore every day.  Technical difficulties repeatedly thwarted production.

Edison formed the Edison General Electric Company in 1890 but it only lasted two years, merging in 1892 with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form the General Electric Company.  He redirected his interest back to iron ore, having high hopes for what he could achieve: "I'm going to do something now so different and so much bigger than anything I've ever done before people will forget that my name ever was connected with anything electrical."

That year, he closed the Ogdensburg plant for upgrades, using the sale of stocks in General Electric to install new equipment that would be able to output even more iron ore.  When it reopened, the earlier problems persisted and Edison once again had difficulties finding customers.

Sale and a change of industry
Eventually, Edison realized that the company was a failure, shutting it down in 1899.  Edison commented about the financial losses, "it's all gone, but we had a hell of a good time spending it."

The manufacturing process produced a large quantity of waste sand, which the company sold on to cement manufacturers.  The properties of the sand were particularly suitable for cement, leading to a harder, more durable product.  Selling off the ore-crushing technology to mine owners, Edison decided to switch to the cement business, reusing some of the technology he had developed for ore-milling.

See also

List of Edison patents
Edison Portland Cement Company

References

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Catherine McEvoy

Catherine McEvoy is an Irish musician who plays the Irish traditional flute. She received the TG4 Musician of the Year award in 2019. Her playing is influenced by Josie McDermott.

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Brooks v Canada Safeway Ltd

Brooks v Canada Safeway Ltd [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1219 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on employer discrimination of pregnant employees. The Court found that Safeway violated the provincial Human Rights Act by failing to provide equal compensation for those who missed work due to pregnancy. This decision overturned the controversial case of Bliss v. Attorney General of Canada, [1979].

In 1982, Susan Brooks, Patricia Allen and Patricia Dixon were all part-time cashiers at Safeway who became pregnant. The Safeway insurance plan that provided benefits for loss of pay due to accident or sickness did not give full benefits for 17 weeks for those who were unable to work due to pregnancy. The three women brought claims against Safeway for discriminating on the basis of pregnancy for discrimination based on sex. The Court held unanimously that the insurance policy was discriminating against pregnant women.

See also
 List of Supreme Court of Canada cases
 Canadian labour law

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Sam Worthen

Samuel Lee Worthen (born January 17, 1958) is an American former NBA player who currently is touring as the coach of the Washington Generals, the team that perennially loses to the Harlem Globetrotters.  He was well known for his play at the Rucker Park Tournament.

Sam Worthen was an All-American point guard at Marquette University from 1978-1980 under coach Hank Raymonds.  He led the Warriors in assists during his junior year and scoring and assists in his senior year.  Worthen led The Warriors to a win over 10th ranked on the road against Notre Dame in 1980 . Worthen was named to Basketball Weekly’s second team after his junior and senior seasons. He was also named to Sports Page magazine’s first team ,United States Basketball Writers Association first team ,UPI, third team and top newcomers of 1979, Playboy magazine pre-season basketball edition .

In 1980, he was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the NBA Draft and played in the NBA for two seasons.  Worthen was with the Bulls in 1980-1981 and the Utah Jazz in 1981-1982. In August, 2003 - 23 years after leaving Marquette for the NBA - Worthen completed his undergraduate degree from Marquette’s College of Communication

In late 2008, Worthen was the coach of the Generals, playing the bad guy role during the games. He ran such skits as using a "remote controlled" ball that the Globetrotters couldn't control, putting a piece of hard plastic on top the Globetrotters rim so they couldn't score and simply adding 30 or so points to the Generals' score by manipulating the scoreboard. At the end of games, he would lose a bet and was forced to wear a pink tutu and a tiara, and carry a shiny magic wand off the court.

Worthen started coaching in 1985 as a player/coach of the United States Basketball League's Springfield Fame guiding them to the league title.

Worthen and the New Haven Skyhawks won the 1988 USBL Championship. He has been the head coach of the Albany Patroons (CBA), Miami Tropics (USBL; 1987 Champions), New York Whitecaps (USBL), Harrisburg Hammerheads (CBA), Fort Wayne Fury (CBA), Long Island Surf (USBL), Brooklyn Kings (USBL), and Baltimore Bayrunners (IBL). Sam also was player coach of the Harlem Wizards show team for 15 years

Worthen was an assistant for three years 2004 through 2007 with the Iona College men's basketball program. He also was the assistant coach of the Fayetteville Patriots of the National Basketball Development League (NBDL).

References

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Stress tensor

Stress tensor may refer to:

 Cauchy stress tensor, in classical physics
 Stress deviator tensor, in classical physics
 Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor, in continuum mechanics
 Viscous stress tensor, in continuum mechanics
 Stress–energy tensor, in relativistic theories
 Maxwell stress tensor, in electromagnetism
 Electromagnetic stress–energy tensor, in relativistic physics

See also
Stress (disambiguation)
Tensor (disambiguation)
Stress measures


Pyonggang Station

P'yŏnggang Station is a railway station in P'yŏnggang-ŭp, P'yŏnggang county, Kangwŏn province, North Korea, on the Kangwŏn Line of the Korean State Railway. It is the terminus station of this line, although prior to the Korean War, the railway continued on to Sintal-li, which is nowadays the northern terminus of the Kyŏngwŏn Line in South Korea.

The station, along with the rest of the former Kyŏngwŏn Line, was opened by the Japanese on 16 August 1914.

References

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Hard Upper Torso

A Hard Upper Torso Assembly, or HUT, is a central component of several space suits, notably Roscosmos' Orlan and NASA's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU).  The fiberglass HUT forms a rigid enclosure about the upper body of the occupant, providing pressure containment for this part of the body. The HUT incorporates structural attachment points for the arms, Lower Torso Assembly (LTA), helmet, chest-mounted Display and Controls Module (DCM), and Primary Life Support Subsystem (PLSS) backpack.

The original HUT design for the EMU, first used in 1980, included bellowed shoulder bearings, which allowed for variation in the angle of the shoulder bearings.  This allowed for one configuration to ease donning of the suit, and a different configuration to allow maximum mobility during EVA.  However, the limited life of the bellows prompted a redesign in 1990 to a fixed shoulder bearing angle and position, referred to as the Planar HUT, resulting in reduced mobility and more difficult donning and doffing.

Because of the high cost of manufacturing, only three sizes of HUTs are produced for the EMU.  This has the effect of limiting the number of people who can be properly fit for the suit.  The three HUT sizes are supposed to accommodate occupants from the 5th to the 95th percentile.

The HUT also includes an In-Suit Drink Bag, with a plastic tube extending into the helmet, to allow the astronaut to stay hydrated.

References

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President (tree)

The President is a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. It is not the tallest giant sequoia tree in the world with a height of about , nor the widest at about  in diameter at the base, but it is the second-largest tree in the world, measured by volume of trunk, and the oldest-known living sequoia, about 3,200 years old. As of 2012, the volume of its trunk measured at about , with an additional  of branches.

The tree was named after President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Nearby trees include Chief Sequoyah, the 27th-largest giant sequoia in the world, and the Congress Group, two dense stands of medium-sized sequoias that represent the "House" and "Senate".

Description
The President features a dense crown with enormous branches reaching upward and outward. An especially prominent white branch is visible the western side of the tree's upper crown. A long, narrow burn scar is present on the north side of its trunk.

Dimensions

See also
 List of largest giant sequoias
 List of individual trees

References

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Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition

Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition is an art project curated by Nadim Samman for Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy, taking place on a remote, protected island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica. Works by forty artists were placed inside a chest and then buried in a secret location on Cocos Island, the place whose pirate history inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.

Background
Isla del Coco (Cocos Island) is the historical source of many foundational legends relating to buried treasure. The best known of the treasure legends tied to the island is that of the Treasure of Lima: In 1820, with the army of José de San Martín approaching Lima, Viceroy José de la Serna entrusted the treasure from the city to British trader Captain William Thompson for safekeeping until the Spaniards could secure the country. Instead of waiting in the harbour as they were instructed, Thompson and his crew killed the Viceroy’s men and sailed to Cocos, where they buried the treasure. Shortly afterwards, they were apprehended by a Spanish warship. Thompson and his first mate said they would show the Spaniards where they had hidden the treasure in return for their lives, but after landing on Cocos they escaped into the forest. A large number of attempts have been made to find the treasure, but none has succeeded.

The project
The art project consists of a vacuum sealed container containing artworks by forty artists, buried at a secret location. The contents of the container include works on paper, sculpture, vinyl LPs, digital video and audio files. The container is a truncated tetrahedron made of stainless steel that opens to reveal a second spherical container made of glass. Within this vacuum-sealed sphere there are a series of aluminium boxes housing the artworks.

Artists represented in the project include Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Angela Bulloch, Los Carpinteros, Phil Collins, Constant Dullaart, Olafur Eliasson, Carl Michael von Hausswolff,  Pierre Huyghe,  Sharon Lockhart, Carsten Nicolai, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Jon Rafman,  Matthew Ritchie, Ed Ruscha, Chicks on Speed,  Ryan Trecartin, Chris Watson, and Lawrence Weiner.

The container was buried on Cocos Island in May, 2014, by an expedition led by art collector and patron Francesca von Habsburg.

The GPS coordinates of the exhibition location were given to the Dutch artist Constant Dullaart, who worked with a cryptographer to encode them. The resulting string of code was then engraved on a steel cylinder and encased within a replica of the treasure chest, which was sold at an auction in November 2014. The proceeds from the auction were donated to the marine protection of Cocos Island.

External links
 Art’s own treasure island: the ‘buried exhibition’ that may never be found by Nadim Samman, The Guardian, Monday, May 26, 2014
 Sur Isla del Coco, l'art de la chasse au trésor by Roxana Azimi, M le magazine du Monde, April 25, 2014
 Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition – absurdity or great art adventure? by Gareth Harris, Financial Times, Saturday, June 13, 2014
 Nadim Samman 'Errant Curating' in Dehlia Hannah (ed.), A Year Without a Winter, Columbia University Press, NYC, 2018

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Petra Hamman

Petra Hamman (born 1946) is an American bridge player. She was born in Germany but is now from Dallas, Texas.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

 Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1999

Wins

 North American Bridge Championships (10)
 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2007
 Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 2011, 2013
 Grand National Teams (1) 2006
 Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1999
 Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1989, 1998, 2000
 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 2003, 2005

Runners-up

 North American Bridge Championships
 Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1999
 Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1992
 Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 2000

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Kakkidippuram

Kakkidippuram is a small village in Kerala, composed of WARD 2 & 3 of Alankode panchayath of Malappuram District.

Education

This small village has the following educational organizations:
 Kumara Vilasam Upper Primary School
 Al Falah LP School.
 Al Falah English Medium School
 Smskruthi English School
 Grid tie solar changaramkulam

Culture
This village is a predominantly Muslim populated area.  Hindus exist in comparatively smaller numbers.  So the culture of the locality is based upon Muslim traditions.  Duff Muttu, Kolkali and Aravanamuttu are common folk arts of this locality.  There are many libraries attached to mosques giving a rich source of Islamic studies.  Most of the books are written in Arabi-Malayalam which is a version of the Malayalam language written in Arabic script.  People gather in mosques for the evening prayer and continue to sit there after the prayers discussing social and cultural issues.  Business and family issues are also sorted out during these evening meetings.  The Hindu minority of this area keeps their rich traditions by celebrating various festivals in their temples.  Hindu rituals are done here with a regular devotion like other parts of Kerala.

Transportation
This village connects to other parts of India through Kuttippuram town.  National highway No.66 passes through Edappal and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai.  The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum.   National Highway No.966 connects to Palakkad and Coimbatore.  The nearest airport is at Kozhikode.  The nearest major railway station is at Kuttippuram.

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Bean harvester

A bean harvester, also known as a bean thresher or bean combine, is a threshing machine which is used to harvest beans. It mainly consists of a pickup, several beaters, shakers, one or several fans, elevators, conveyor belts, a storage bin, and usually a spreader at the rear. Until recently, the only practical manufacturer of bean harvesters was The Bidwell Bean Thresher Company.

Process

The pickup lifts the beans, which are arranged into windrows by rakes and pullers, off the ground and onto the main conveyor belt which feeds them into the first beater, which has many metal teeth, turns high RPMs, and does a significant portion of the threshing. From there the process varies from machine to machine. Basically the beans go through a series of more beaters and shakers.

See also

The Bidwell Bean Thresher Company

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Kuttamangalam

Kuttamangalam  is a village in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.

Demographics
 India census, Kuttamangalam had a population of 16832 with 8398 males and 8434 females.

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Sección Femenina

The Sección Femenina ("Female Section"; SF) was the women's branch of the Falange political movement in Spain. Founded in July 1934 as part of the Sindicato Español Universitario (SEU) of the Falange Española de las JONS (FE de las JONS), and fully incorporated to FE de las JONS later in the year, it remained as part of the FET y de las JONS following the 1937 Unification Decree, subsequently becoming an official institution of the single-party of the Francoist dictatorship. Following General Franco's death and the beginning of the transition to democracy it was disbanded on 1 April 1977 together with all Movimiento Nacional institutions. Sección Femenina was led throughout its history by Pilar Primo de Rivera, the younger sister of Falange Española founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera.

Sección Femenina in Francoist Spain were an important organization in defining Spanish womanhood.  They were part of fascist organization Falange, with their ideology based on the teachings of the party's founder y José Antonio Primo de Rivera and implemented by his sister, Pilar Primo de Rivera.  Their social structure in the Francoist period mirrored that of Falange.

Sección Feminina's post-war activity involved conveying to women that they were inferior to men, and that the primary role of women in helping the Spanish state was through their domestic contributions. The castillo de la Mota in Medina del Campo was the center of the Escuela Superior de Formación de la Sección Femenina in the Francoist period.  Its inauguration was attended by 10,000 girls and young women. The organization published magazines and produced radio shows to support their concept of Spanish womanhood.  They also organized a social service program which women needed to go through in order to get a passport, drivers license, join an association or obtain educational titles.

History

Sección Femenina was conceived from the beginning as an extension of the domestic role of women to the public sphere, though it took part in political activities during the 1936 general election campaign. During the Second Republic the members of Sección Femenina supported the male Falangists in tasks such as paying visits to imprisoned members and their families. Following the breakout of the Civil War in 1936 they supported the families of those killed in the National faction and took care of the basic assistance to the population of conquered cities. In 1937 Sección Femenina became an official institution as Franco entrusted it the organization of Servicio Social de la Mujer (Social Service for Women), a compulsory female equivalent of the Francoist military service centered in housework. The Castle of La Mota in Medina del Campo, Valladolid served as its headquarters from 1942.

Initially Sección Femenina was organised in three delegaciones: Movimiento femenino (led by Pilar Primo de Rivera), Auxilio Social (led by  Mercedes Sanz Bachiller, the widow of Onésimo Redondo) and Frentes y Hospitales (led by María Rosa Urraca Pastor). The three leaders did not work together well. Following constant clashes with Primo de Rivera Urraca resigned in 1938 and Sanz was marginalized after the Civil War.

Ideology

Pilar Primo de Rivera summed up the organization's mission as a silent, constant labor that will bring us no compensation but thinking how thanks to Falange's work women will be cleaner, children will be healthier and houses will be tidier. Sección Femenina's main role was instructing Spanish women in Francoist patriotic, religious and social morals. Women were taught they were inferior to men and should remain subordinated to them, with marriage, children and housework being their main goals in life. They were discouraged from developing their creative talent, which Primo de Rivera denied: Women never discover anything. They lack creative talent, reserved by God for virile intellects. We can do no more than interpret what men present to us. Isabella I of Castile and Saint Teresa of Ávila served as Sección Femenina's inspirational models.

Women's sports
Sección Femenina also organized women's sports and promoted musical folklore. In 1963 it founded the Medina (in allusion to Medina del Campo) and CREFF (Colegios Reunidos de Educación Física Femenina) sports societies and created the first regular national women's leagues in Spain for sports such as basketball, handball and volleyball. While the leagues were not restricted to Medina and CREFF teams, they were mostly comprised by them; for instance, by 1973 the handball league was contested by the Medina sections in A Coruña, Castellón, Gipuzkoa, Málaga, Santander, Valencia (which would later become European champion BM Sagunto) and Zaragoza plus Atlético Madrid. However, by then the sports societies had become a severe financial strain for Sección Femenina and in 1974 the teams were told to find a sponsor. Most of them folded subsequently.

History of Falange

Second Spanish Republic
The Franco regime banned all political parties and trade unions.  The only permissible type organization was Falange, founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera in 1933. Pilar Primo de Rivera headed the women's section, following its founding in 1933 as an auxiliary of the main organization.  In this Second Republic period, both organizations had little popular support.  It was not until the Civil War and the need for Francoist to have a vehicle for legitimacy that the party and its auxiliaries gained widespread support on the right.

Falange saw in this Second Republic and Civil War Period a threat from a variety of different actors to what it perceived as the traditional way of Spanish life that it sought to preserve.  These actors included women who sought social and political liberation, and they were viewed by Falange as a threat to the established order of Spanish life.

Falange differed from other right wing nationalist groups at the time in that it had elements focused on social justice, and addressing the specific needs of the working classes. Among their goals was the nationalization of banks and public services, the creation of a workers syndicate, and the separation of church and state. This contrasted from other conservatives who sought to protect the financial assets of the elite.

One of the early problems for Sección Femenina was José Antonio used Falange to criticize the role of women in the Second Republic and to attack things like the law that allowed divorce but at the same time failed to articulate how right leaning women could act in support of the state he sought.  The only clear position Falange offered was that women needed to be educated so that they could best serve the needs of the Spanish empire.

Spanish Civil War

By the start of the war in July 1936, Sección Femenina had 2,500 members nationwide organized into 18 different province based branches. The death of Jose Antonio at the hands of Republican forces in November 1936 left Pilar feeling empowered to carry on his work, claiming the need to finish what he had started.  She took a firm hand to lead the Women's Section of Falange during the Spanish Civil War.  Pilar would continue to head the organization for another 43 years after its 1934 founding.

Margaritas served behind the front lines as nurses, which meant Sección Femenina had to find another visible role.  They did this by serving as relief workers. While Pilar had been in Madrid when the war broke out and could not flee until October 1936, she moved to Salamanca where Nationalist coup supporters had proven more successful.  Meanwhile,  Sección Femenina established a provisional headquarters in Vallodolid. During the war, women affiliated with Sección Femenina spread propaganda, sewed flags, visited Falangist prisoners in jail, supported families of prisoners and engaged in large scale fundraising activities in support of nationalist causes. Sección Femenina trained instructors and health practitioners, and in the process developed a number of strong female leaders.  The organization also created territorial based sub-entities to implement their wider agenda of controlling women across Spain.

Sección Femenina held their first national conference in January 1937, which allowed for the organization for the first time to highlight their accomplishments with support from the Nationalist established Spanish state. By 1939, Sección Femenina had a membership of over 580,000 women nationwide.

Political context
In July 1936, the Spanish Civil War started with a military coup attempt launched from the Spanish enclave of Melilla.  In October of that same year, Franco took over as the Generalissimo and Chief of State in Nationalist zones.  On 19 April 1937, Catholic and Falangist parties were merged, making Falange Española Tradicionalista the official state party behind Nationalist lines.  On 30 January 1938, the first National State Cabinet meeting was held, with the Spanish Civil War formally coming to an end on 1 April 1939 and an official government formalized on 8 August 1939.

The Franco regime banned all political parties and trade unions.  The only permissible type organization was Falange. During the Franco regime, membership in the Women's Section was a requirement for all women. An election was held in 1966, where people were given the option to affirm or deny Franco's leadership.  With more voters than electors, Franco was affirmed as Head of State. Prince Juan Carlos was appointed as Franco's official successor in 1970, with Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco being the unofficial successor. Carrero Blanco was assassinated in 1973 by ETA. Franco died in November 1975.

Organization
The Women's Section closely mirrored the strict hierarchical structure of Falange, which allowed it to be easily subverted into Franco's regime by controlling the people at the top of its institutional ladder. The structure followed the male structure, and was established during the Civil War. The national organization appointed provincial leaders, who would in return report back on the needs of their area.  These leaders in turn would report provisional leaders to deal with specific areas and to appoint local leaders on a village or district level.  They would in turn appoint leaders to deal with specific areas on the village or district level.

With victory appearing imminent, in the waning days of the Spanish Civil War, Sección Femenina started training provincial leaders known as mandos, mandos políticos and mandos de servicio in at a school in Málaga.  The end of the war saw the reality that leaders trained in political ideology of the new regime were required. While mandos were a function of leadership in Second Republic and Civil War Sección Femenina, mandos políticos did not feature until the Franco regime. Mandos políticos and mandos de servicio would largely work on the local level to ensure ideological compliance.

Sección Feminina always explicitly supported patriarchy in Spain through its continual deferral to Franco's fascist ideology, the Roman Catholic Church and male political apparatus.  Despite this, the organizations impact in defining the roles of girls and women also helped inform the role of boys and men in Spain.

Post-war activity
Sección Feminina played an important role in Francoist Spain in subjugating women by creating a narrative for women to internalize that involved women being inferior to men. Gender norms were reinforced the organization.  The Women's Section found itself facing challenges in the early part of Francoist Spain as Falange had no specified ideology for the role of women.  The main consideration was that they not challenge the role of men, nor the concept that husbands were the head of the household or that they competed economically with men. Consequently, the Women's Section of Falange focused on supporting and refining women's domestic contributions.  They taught women that their primary expertise was in housekeeping, childcare, traditional crafts, and small-scale agricultural production.  The focus on some of these small scale economic activities played an important role in stabilizing Spain in the post War period. Among women in leadership in the organization, they would insult and attack each other by accusing other women of being feminists.

The castillo de la Mota in Medina del Campo was the center of the Escuela Superior de Formación de la Sección Femenina in the Francoist period.  Inside, women and teenaged girls were trained to become Falangist leaders in defense of the Spanish family.  Lessons were given on hygiene, embroidery, cooking, singing of patriotic hymns, and saying of prayers.  In May 1939, Pilar Primo de Rivera organized a festival at La Mota castle in Medina del Campo which was attended by 10,000 girls and young women.  With Franco in attendance, Pilar asked that the castle be used as the seat of Sección Femenina and reforms were then started later that year to repurpose it for the organization's needs. Sección Femenina also was involved in spiritual training and in creating a spiritual identity for its members. Unlike conservatives outside Falange, Sección Femenina was unique in teaching women that they had individual potential and were not passive observers in their own lives.  Their ideology, steeped in Catholicism, predated similar reforms in the Church implemented as a result of the Second Vatican Council.

Women needed to complete Sección Feminina's Servicio Social program in order to get a passport, drivers license, join an association or obtain educational titles. It could be completed by engaging in service activities at children's canteens, workshops, hospitals, and by engaging in physical activity like gymnastics or approved women's sports. Working-class women were supported by being invited to participate in syndicalist committees, and by the Women's Section constantly highlighting that for many poor women, it was a necessary evil that women should leave their homes to work and that such work was still secondary to marriage and motherhood.

A 1944 edition of Semanario de la SF said, "The life of every woman, despite what she may pretend, is nothing but a continuous desire to find somebody to whom she can succumb.  Voluntary dependency, the offering of every minute, every desire and illusion is the most beautiful thing, because it implies the cleaning away of all the bad germs -- vanity, selfishness, frivolity -- by love."

Starting in May 1946, Sección Feminina, in conjunction with their magazine Ventanal, began an hour long Monday night weekly radio program that focused on women's writers.  Their first interview was with Rosa María Cajal.  They would also interview Blanca Espinar, Dolores Pérez Camarero, María José Pomar, Carmen Martín de la Escalara and María Antonia Morales.  Despite their intention of promoting women's writers, most of their interviews and commentary were often in support of state goals, namely in reinforcing women as being passive with their primary role being wives and mothers, not writers.

The 1950s saw a diminishment of the importance of the Women's Section as their role in shoring up the economy and producing propaganda for national unity were less needed.  In response, it switched to become more clearly a social welfare arm of the state.  The organization lost much of its political influence and position within the Francoist structure.  Its survival was largely because of their involvement in education and no other organization offered women of this period the same level of opportunities. Sección Feminina played a critical role in advancing changes to the 1955 Ley de Regimen Local about the role of married women in 1968.  Consequently, married women were allowed to vote and run in local elections.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the Women's Section aided in raising expectations of what was possible for women to accomplish by taking personal responsibility for their actions. Sección Feminana was formally dissolved in 1977, two years after the death of Franco.

Sección Femenina had been trying to organize the  Congreso Internacional de la Mujer since 1967.  Their initial efforts were delayed several years, including for budget reasons in 1969.  The congress was finally held in 1970 from 7–14 June in Madrid. 900 people from 44 countries attended.  This conference would play an important role in the establishing of the United Nations Year of the Woman in 1975.   People and groups Federation Internationale des Femmes des Carrières Juridiques, founder María Telo, Universidad de Madrid sociologist and professor María Ángeles Durán, María Moliner and María del Campo Alange, the Associations of Housewives and Italian historian Giulia Gadaleta. Most came as individuals, not as official representatives of different organizations.  This was because many participants were hesitant to have their organizations being seen as supporting an organization, Sección Femenina, that they considered retrograde when it came to women's rights. Despite many attendees thinking abortion, divorce and contraceptive were important to understanding the situation of Spanish women, these topics were largely out of bounds because of Sección Femenina's positions on them. Sección Femenina tried to drive working groups to discuss the needs of children and how to incorporate women into public life.

The intention to organize the International Year of Women was announced by the United Nations in 1972.  Sección Feminina then launched a political campaign to be the point organization for United Nation plans around women. Absent any other organization capable of doing this, the government agreed and published their decision in Decreto 950/1974. The regime followed this with statements about plans to reform or eliminate laws that incapacitated women.

In dealing with the evolving problems of women, President of Government Arias Navarro said in 1974 ahead of the International Year of the Woman, that Spain needed a "genuine and profitable Spanish feminism", a feminism that had Spanish origins and was free of foreign influence.  It should not come from "communities of traditions well differentiated to ours or that are in a very different state of development." Navarro was likely indicating support for Sección Femenina, and not for other qualified Spanish feminists of the period like Mercedes Formica and Maria Angeles Durán.

Education
One of the goals of the Women's Section was to use fascist ideology about the role of women and Falange's teachings in a woman's individual agency to attract leftist women who were seeking to enjoy some semblance of the freedoms they had enjoyed during the 1920s and 1930s.  They did this in part through educational efforts and providing a political outlet.

The Women's Section continued to build schools in the post-war period.  Pilar, serving as a link between her brother and Falangist originalism, ensured the organization's survival even as it lost some of its early impetus and grew exceptionally in size. Opportunities to work, study or travel required taking classes on cooking, sewing, childcare and the role of women before they were granted.  If women did not take or pass these classes, they were denied these opportunities.

The Women's Section promoted the idea that the only people who could educate Spain's youngsters.  The impact of this was that Sección Femenina encouraged women into secondary and university education so they could impart knowledge to the next generation.  This could become problematic at times as there was a fine line in Falangist thinking between seeking education for practical reasons and seeking knowledge for the sake of knowledge in the vein of Second Republic feminists.

Pilar Primo de Rivera attended the 1943 National Council of Spanish Education Service as the leader of the Women's Section.  While an influential leader at the first edition of the National Council, she took pains to make sure her rhetoric was that which indicated a subordinate role because she was a woman.  She said of women's education at the conference, "In regard to the role of women in the Party, we should unilaterally consider the condition of woman, and as a secondary thing her profession, work, etcetera, because even if she is a good worker, a good student, or a good teacher, principally, she is a woman, with a determined goal to accomplish, that, sometimes, accidentally, brings her to the University and to the workplace."  She continued, arguing that women had never offered anything as they lacked intelligence and creativity, that they never discovered anything, and that they needed guidance from men to interpret information.

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Technical University of Liberec

The Technical University of Liberec is a university in the city of Liberec, Czech Republic. The university has undergone great transformation in its over sixty-year history. When it was founded, it was called the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in Liberec, and its original classrooms were located in the attics of the F. X. Šalda Grammar School. These later served as accommodation for teachers, and it was here that the first plans and ideas arose concerning the later form and direction of the college. The first 259 students were admitted on October 1, 1953.

Today, the university has seven faculties and one specialized institute:

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Science-Humanities and Education, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Faculty of Mechatronics, Informatics and Inter-Disciplinary Studies, Faculty of Health Studies, Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation

Academics
The university offers courses in the humanities and sciences, as well as many technical subjects. Students can obtain  bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees. The Technical University of Liberec is a medium-sized institution.

Research
The Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation has been a part of the Technical University of Liberec since 2012. Its 19 specialized laboratories aim to contribute to regional development and are traditionally oriented towards technical industries. Research programmes focus on materials research, nanomaterials and engineering, emphasizing applications.

Study
Technical University of Liberec offers three bachelor's, eight master's, and seven doctoral programmes taught in English.

 Bachelor in System Engineering and Informatics (Nisa/Neisse University)
 Bachelor in Textile and Fashion Design, the only one in the Czech Republic
 Bachelor in Textile Technologies, Materials and Nanomaterials, the only one in the Czech Republic
 Bachelors in Economics, Management, & Business Administration, dual degree bachelor's programme with the University of Huddersfield
 Master in Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Mechatronics
 Masters in Architecture and Urban Design
 Masters in Economics and Management, dual degree bachelor's programme with the University of Huddersfield
 Masters in Mechanical Engineering & Innovation
 Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Machines & Equipment Design
 Masters in Mechanical Engineering, Technology, and Materials
 Masters in Textile & Clothing Engineering, the only one in the Czech Republic
 Masters in Textile Engineering, Nonwoven & Nanomaterials, the only one in the Czech Republic
 PhD in Applied Mechanics
 PhD in Electrical Engineering, Informatics, & Technical Cybernetics
 PhD in Machine and Equipment Design
 PhD in Manufacturing Systems and Processes
 PhD in Material Engineering
 PhD in System Engineering, Informatics, & Economics
 PhD in Textile Engineering, Textile Techniques & Materials Engineering

Successful students of economics are eligible to participate in the dual degree bachelor's programme with the University of Huddersfield, which was named University of the Year 2013.

The Faculty of Textile Engineering is the only institution in the Czech Republic that offers a complete education program in textiles.

Neisse University
Neisse University is a unique inter-regional project between three partner universities — Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz, Politechnika Wroclawska and the Technical University of Liberec. It is available to Bachelor's degree students of Information and Communication Management course at the Faculty of Economics. Students of this programme spend one year at each university, experiencing different academic and cultural environments. They graduate from this multiple-degree programme with a diploma recognised in three European countries.

Accommodation
The Residence Halls of the university have been evaluated as the best ones in the Czech Republic three years in succession; they are modern, comfortable, offer high-speed internet connection, excellent sport facilities, student clubs and medical services on-site.

Sports Center
Students participate in sports and other activities, including tennis, football, badminton, wall-climbing, rope center, mini-golf, beach volleyball and spinning. University sports are under the administration of the Academic Sports Center, which is a part of the Faculty of Sciences, Humanities and Education.

References

External links
 Technical University of Liberec Website
 Neisse University Website
 Mechatronics Website

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Itoupava River

The Itoupava River is a river of Santa Catarina state in southeastern Brazil.

See also
List of rivers of Santa Catarina

References
 Ministry of Transport map

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Imre Poniklo

Imre Poniklo (born 16 October 1974) is a Hungarian indie musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist and guitarist of the indie rock band Amber Smith. He is also a solo artist under the name Poniklo. As a singer, Poniklo's voice lies in the baritone range.

Early life and personal life

Poniklo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He grew up in Csepel. His father was a sewing machine-engineer.  He started becoming interested in pop music at the age of 12. Since 1988 he has been a big fan of the Manchester artists such as The Smiths and Morrissey. However, his first vinyl record was of Pet Shop Boys' Actually.
Poniklo attended the School of Journalism of Bálint György for one year. However, after one year he realized that journalism is not his field. In 1995 he became friends with József Simon, who has been the album designer of Amber Smith, after seeing his advertisement in the Magyar Narancs. Simon was recruiting musicians in order to form a band who like The Smiths. Poniklo and Simon started writing songs together and formed the band Fanzine.

Amber Smith

Poniklo is the founding member of Amber Smith along with Péter Egyedi, and Ádám Földes. Later, Poniklo recruited Annabarbi's Bence Bátor, Időrablók's Oszkár Ács, Zoltán Kőváry, Tamás Faragó.

Solo project
Poniklo's first full-length studio album, entitled Poniklo, was released by Twelvetones Records under exclusive license from EMI services in October 2009. He recruited Michael Kentish (The Random Chocolates) as bass guitarist, Bence Bátor as drummer. The album was mastered by Paul Ven der Jockheyd at Foon Mastering Studios in Belgium. Poniklo asked his friend Jose Simon, who previously designed the covers of the Amber Smith albums, to design the cover for his solo album.
The album contains the track called Tomi which was probably written about The Moog's frontman Tamás Szabó nicknamed Tomi. The song has the line ″De miért kell dalokat írnos, ha nem szólnak semmiről?″ (in English: ″But why do you have write songs if they are about nothing?″.
His second solo album, called A Föld körul (Around the World) was published on vinyl in October 2016. This time a piano-led record, with many lyrics co-written by Kristof Hajos of The UNbending Trees fame.

Discography
As a solo artist:
 Poniklo (2009)
 A Föld körül (2016)

With Amber Smith:
 Nincs Ránk Szükség (2001)
 My Little Servant (2003)
 rePRINT (2006)
 Introspective (2008)
 Amber Smith (2012)
 Modern (2015)
 New (2017)

With The Poster Boy:
 Things We Had Time For (2012)
 Melody (2012)
 Bonjour, C'est pop Deux (2013)

With SALT III.:
 SALT III. (2013)

With Yonderboi:
 Were You Thinking of Me? (2007)

With Hámori Gabriella:
 Nem örmény népzene (2014)

Instruments

Guitars
 Epiphone Casino VT (sold)
 Fender Telecaster Classic Player Tele Deluxe
 Gibson ES-325
 Gibson SG Pro 1971
 Gibson J-15 acoustic guitar
 Sigma DR35 (acoustic guitar)

Effect pedals
Line 6 (delay)

Amplifiers
Orange

See also
Budapest indie music scene
Amber Smith
The Poster Boy

References

External links
 Amber Smith
 Poniklo MySpace

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Guayllabamba

Guayllabamba (Kichwa Wayllapampa, green plain) is a small agricultural town (administratively, a rural parish of the canton of Quito) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of Quito in northern Ecuador. In the Ecuadorian national census of November 24, 2001, the parish had a population of 12,227. The elevation of the town is  above sea level.

The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), which was originally in the Benalcázar parish of the city of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish, and has been operated since 1999 by the Fundación Zoológica del Ecuador. The zoo is the largest zoo in Ecuador.

References

External links
(es) Zoológico de Guayllabamba

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Mines and Minerals Act (Sierra Leone)

The Mines and Minerals Act is a law passed in 1994 in Sierra Leone. It imposed a minimum sentence of 3 years on anyone illegally possessing or smuggling minerals, specifically diamonds as well as authorization to payment to informants up to 40% of the value of the minerals being smuggled.

External links
 Sierra Leone Encyclopedia entry for Mines and Minerals Act

Mines and Minerals Act (1994)
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Certosa di Padula

Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula (or Certosa di San Lorenzo di Padula), is a large  Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park, in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage site.

The monastery is the largest in Italy. Its  building history covers 450 years, but the principal parts of the buildings are in Baroque style. It is a very large monastery, comprising 51,500 m² (12.7 acres), with 320 rooms and halls.

History
Padula Charterhouse was founded by Tommaso di San Severino on 27 April 1306 on the site of an earlier monastery. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, and its architectural structure supposedly recalls the griddle-iron upon which the saint was burnt alive.

The monastery has the biggest cloister in the world, covering 12,000 m² (2.97 acres) and surrounded by 84 columns. A famous spiral staircase of white marble inside an annex leads to the large library.

According to the strict Carthusian distinction between contemplation and work, there are two distinct places for these practices: on the one hand the peaceful cloisters, the library with its fine Vietri ceramic tiled floor, the chapels decorated with fine inlaid marble works. The altar frontals in most of the chapels are inlaid, not with marble, but with some of the most spectacular 18th. century scagliola work ever created. This is the highest concentration of such work in one place. One of the centres of production was in Naples.  the cloister orchards; and on the other hand the large kitchen, the cellars with their enormous wine vats, the laundries, and the huge external yards, where there were people working in the stables, ovens, stores, and at the olive oil mill. The yards were used for productive activities and for trade between the charterhouse and the external world.

The monastery also houses the archaeological museum of Western Lucania, which preserves a collection of all the finds unearthed in the excavations at the necropolis of Sala Consilina and Padula. This museum represents a period of time ranging from protohistory to the Hellenistic Age.

The building has also played a role in the military history of Italy.   It served as French headquarters during the Napoleonic Wars, then as a base of Garibaldi's Southern Army during the Risorgimento, finally, as an internment camp for prisoners during the World War 1 and World War 2. It was here that the Czechoslovak Legion in Italy was established in 1917.

References

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Villaprato

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Neeya?

Neeya? () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language horror film, starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role  and directed by Durai. It is a remake of the Hindi-language film Nagin, itself inspired by François Truffaut's film The Bride Wore Black, based on Cornell Woolrich's novel of the same name.

The male lead role was first offered to Rajinikanth, he turned down offer as he wanted to work on solo hero scripts, later Kamal Haasan took the role for his friendship with Sripriya, who was also the producer of the movie.

Neeya is followed by a sequel titled Neeya 2, which was released in May 2019.

Neeya is about an Ichadhari snake (Sripriya), who avenges the death of her beloved (Chandramohan). Kamal Haasan plays a man who does research on snakes. The movie was a huge hit at the box office.

Plot
Kamal Haasan, along with his group of friends: Vijayakumar, Srikanth, Jaiganesh and Ravichandran go to a forest. Kamal is a researcher who studies the behaviour of snakes (Ichadhari), a kind of snake which takes humanoid form. One of his friend kills the beloved of the serpent, (Chandramohan) despite the intervention of Kamal. Initially, all the other friends ignore Kamal without knowing the seriousness of the issue. They all leave the village and the female serpent (Sripriya) vows to avenge the death of her beloved. She kills all the five friends of Kamal in disguise at some instance and at the end, she disguises as Latha (Kamal's love interest) in order to kill him. In the end, Sripriya is killed and Kamal reunites with Latha and the child of Srikanth.

Cast
 Kamal Haasan as Kamal
 Sripriya as Naaga Rani (Icchhadhari Snake – Female Serpent)
 Chandra Mohan as Naaga Raja (Icchhadhari Snake - Male Serpent)
 Latha as Latha, Kamal's lover
 Vijayakumar as Vijay
 Manjula as Usha, Vijay's lover
R. Muthuraman as Lorry driver
 Ravichandran as Ravi
 Sreekanth as Sri
 Jaiganesh as Jai
 Deepa as Deepa, Ravi's girlfriend
 Kavitha as Icchhadhari Snake, Female Serpent
 Swarna as Jai Ganesh's wife
 M. N. Nambiar as Appu Kuttan
 Suruli Rajan as Poochandi
 Y. G. Mahendran as Martin in a (Special Appearance)

Soundtrack
Music was composed by Sankar-Ganesh. Lyrics were written by Kannadasan and Vaali.

Reception
Ananda Vikatan rated the film 50 out of 100.

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Nitzana Border Crossing

The Nitzana Border Crossing (, ) is an international border crossing between El Ouga and Nitzana, Israel. Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private cars but most of the crossing was being done via the Taba Border Crossing in Eilat and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah that the Israelis decided to shut down the crossing to tourists. There is talk of possibly reopening the crossing to tourists now that the Rafah crossing is no longer in Israeli control.

Today the terminal handles only commercial trade between the two nations. The terminal is open from Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 to 17:00. It is closed from Friday to Saturday as well as Jewish and Islamic holidays.

In February 2013, the crossing was named after Aryeh Eliav, who among other things founded the nearby Nitzana Youth Village.

Egyptian terminal
The Egyptian terminal is accessible via the Ismaïlia-Abu Ujaylah highway in Shamal Sina' (North Sinai).

Israeli terminal

Transportation to and from the terminal
The Israeli border terminal can be reached via the Route 211 which ends at Nitzana Border Crossing, also Highway 10 passes through the crossing. The border terminal can also be reached by Metropoline bus number 44 from Beersheba's central bus station.

References

External links
Official
 Nitzana Border Terminal info

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California Proposition 56

California Proposition 56 may refer to:

 California Proposition 56 (2004)
 California Proposition 56 (2016)


Flying Squadron

Flying Squadron may refer to:
Flying Squadron (1869), a Royal Navy squadron
Flying Squadron (1870), a Royal Navy squadron including HMS Volage
Flying Squadron (1896), a British Royal Navy squadron
Flying Squadron (United States Navy), a U.S. Navy squadron that fought in the Spanish–American War
Flying Squadron of America, a temperance organization
Flying squadron, Ladies-in-waiting at Catherine de' Medici's court
Flying Squadron (film), a 1949 Italian adventure film

See also
Flying Squad, a branch of the Specialist Crime Directorate