Health Informatics Society of Australia

The Health Informatics Society of Australia Ltd (HISA) is a scientific society, established in 1992, for health informaticians and those with an interest in health informatics.

Health informatics is the science and practice around information in health that leads to informed and assisted healthcare. ‘Informed’ here means ‘that the right information about the subject (consumer, patient or population) together with relevant health knowledge, is available at the right time and in a form that allows it to be used’.  ‘Assisted’ here means ‘that the job of the healthcare worker is made safer and easier and that the health consumer is supported in their decisions and actions’.

E-health, defined by the World Health Organization as the combined use of electronic communication and information technology in the health sector, is a sub-discipline of health informatics.

HISA aims to improve health through health informatics. It provides a national focus for the science and practice of health informatics, and for its practitioners - health informaticians, as well as for the associated industry and users. It develops policy, advocates on behalf of its members and provides opportunities for learning and professional development in health informatics. Its membership is drawn from consumers, clinicians and other health information systems users as well as health informaticians, engineers, scientists, technologists, systems developers, managers, psychologists, lawyers, policy officers, researchers and others.

HISA has communities of practice in nursing informatics, user experience, clinical informatics, cybersecurity and digital hospital design.

One of the education activities of the society is the annual national Health Informatics Conference (HIC) which attracts around 1000 delegates and features a sizeable trade show and the country's only interoperability demonstration. HISA is the national affiliate of the International Medical Informatics Association and convener of the Coalition for E-Health.

References

External links
 Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA)
 HIC 2010

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King Pin

King Pin () is a nunatak,  high, rising above the Wilson Piedmont Glacier, Antarctica, about midway between Mount Doorly and Hogback Hill. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, after the American helicopter King Pin which flew the party into this area, and which rendered a similar service in two other years to New Zealand parties.

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Battle of Abacaenum

The Battle of Abacaenum took place between the Carthaginian forces under Mago and the Greek army under Dionysius in 393 BC near the Sicilian town on Abacaenum in north-eastern Sicily. Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, had been expanding his influence over Sicels' territories in Sicily. After Dionysius' unsuccessful siege in 394 BC of Tauromenium, a Carthaginian ally, Mago decided to attack Messana. However, the Carthaginian army was defeated by the Greeks near the town of Abacaenum and had to retire to the Carthaginian territories in Western Sicily. Dionysius did not attack the Carthaginians but continued to expand his influence in eastern Sicily.

Background
Carthage had intervened in favour of Segesta in 409 BC against Selinus, which led to the sack of both Selinus and Himera in 409 BC. This led to Hermocrates raiding Punic territory, with Carthage retaliating through the destruction of Akragas, Gela and Camarina. In 405 BC, a peace treaty ended the war, with Carthage in control of much of Sicily and Dionysius retaining power in Syracuse. After strengthening Syracuse's defences, Dionysius attacked the Phoenician city of Motya with an army of 80,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, along with a fleet of 200 warships and 500 transports carrying his supplies and war machines in 398 BC, igniting the first of four wars he was to lead against Carthage. After the sack of Motya, Dionysius retired to Syracuse, while Himilco of Carthage arrived in Sicily in 397 BC with 50,000 men along with 400 triremes and 600 transports to continue the war.

Himilco stormed Motya, where the mostly Sicel garrison under Biton was easily overcome,  then lifted the siege of Segesta, and Dionysius retired to Syracuse instead of offering battle in Western Sicily against a superior army.  Himilco returned to Panormus, garrisoned the Carthaginian territories, and then sailed to Lipara with 300 warships and 300 transports. After collecting 30 talents of silver as tribute from Lipara,  the Carthaginian force sailed for Messene and easily captured and sacked the city.  After founding the city of Tauromenium and populating it with allied Sicels, the Carthaginians moved south towards Catana.  Dionysius moved his army and fleet to Catana to attack the Carthaginians but, due to the rash tactics of his brother Leptines, the Greek fleet was heavily defeated at the Catana. Himilco next besieged Syracuse itself in the autumn of 397 BC. After the Carthaginian forces were devastated by the plague, Dionysius managed to decimate the Punic fleet and surround the survivors in their camp. Himilco, after bribing Dionysius, fled back to Africa with Carthaginian citizens, while Dionysius enslaved the abandoned Carthaginian soldiers and their allies.

Sicily during 396-393 BC
The Sicilian Greek cities which had become tributaries to Carthage after 405 BC had all revolted by 398 BC, and along with the Sicels and the Sikans had joined Dionysius in his attack against Motya. But in 396 BC the situation had changed. After the defeat at Catana the Sicilian Greek soldiers had returned to their respective homes when Dionysius decided to withstand a siege in Syracuse instead of fighting a pitched battle against the Carthaginian army in 397 BC. The Sicels had also turned against Dionysius and had sent soldiers to help Himilco during the Carthaginian siege of Syracuse in 397 BC.

Carthage: plagued by problems
The return of Himilco to Carthage after abandoning his troops at the mercy of Dionysius did not sit well with the Carthaginian citizens or their African subjects. Although the council of 104 did not crucify him, as unsuccessful Carthaginian commanders normally were, Himilco decided to do the deed himself. He publicly took full responsibility for the debacle, dressed in rags visited all the temples of the city pleading for deliverance and finally bricked himself shut inside his house and starved himself to death.   A plague swept through Carthage's African territories weakening Carthage further.  Then the Libyans, angered by the desertion of their kinsmen in Sicily, gathered an army numbering 70,000 men and besieged Carthage itself.

Mago, the victor of Catana, took command. The standing Punic army was in Sicily and recruiting a new one would have been time-consuming and probably very costly (Himilco's abandonment of his mercenaries in Sicily would have made them wary), so he rallied the Carthaginian citizens to man the walls while the Punic navy kept the city supplied, as the Libyans had no ships to counter the Carthaginian fleet. Mago then used bribes and other means to quell the rebels.

Mago in Sicily
After securing the safety of Carthage, Mago moved to Sicily, where the threat of a Syracusan invasion of Carthaginian western Sicily was ever-present, with the Punic city of Solus having been sacked by Dionysius in 396 BC. Carthage was unwilling or unable to provide Mago with additional forces, and he had to make do with the Punic garrison left by Himilco and whatever forces he could gather in Sicily. The Carthaginians gained some time when Dionysius chose not to invade the Punic territories in western Sicily immediately after the disaster at Syracuse. Mago chose to use the opportunity wisely. The Elymians had stayed loyal to Carthage, the Sicilian Greeks and Sikans were not threatening and most of the Sicels were not hostile.

Mago chose not to try to recover the lost Punic conquests of 405 BC through force. Instead, he adopted a policy of cooperation and friendship, giving aid to Greeks, Sikans, Sicels and Elymians regardless of their prior standing with Carthage. Many of the Greeks had been victims of the duplicity and aggression of Dionysius (he had destroyed Greek cities Naxos, Leontini and Catana and driven out the population) and even preferred to live under Punic rule.

The Carthaginians had allowed Greeks who had fled from Akragas, Gela and Camarina to resettle and reclaim their properties, and Mago now began to pursue a policy of friendship in earnest. Many of the Greeks from Naxos, Catana and Leontini, left as refugees by Dionysius, along with Sicels, Sikans and other Sicilian Greeks, were allowed to settle in Punic territory, alliances were also made with Sicel tribes being threatened by Dionysius. The Greeks cities, who had thrown off Carthaginian control after the war started in 398 BC, now moved from a pro-Syracuse position to a neutral one, either feeling threatened by Dionysius or because of the activities of Mago. This peaceful policy continued until Dionysius attacked Tauromenium in 394 BC.

Prelude to war: activities of Dionysius 396-393 BC
Dionysius did not immediately attack Punic Sicily after lifting the siege of Syracuse in 396 BC although no formal treaty had been made with Himilco ending the war. The war had been costly and he may have been short of money, he also had to deal with a revolt of his mercenaries, and furthermore, he feared a fight to the finish with Carthage as it might lead to his own demise. After securing Syracuse and resettling the rebellious mercenaries at Leontini (or having them killed after taking them to Leontini in the pretext of handing the town to them), Dionysius began to secure his position in eastern Sicily.

Resettlement of Greeks
The destruction of Messana by Carthage had left Rhegion, a Greek city hostile to Dionysius, in a position to dominate the straits of Messana, and Carthage with an opportunity to ally with Rhegion and threaten Syracuse from the north. Dionysius rebuilt and repopulated Messina with colonists from Lorci, and Medma from Italy and some from Messene, who were later relocated to Tyndaris when Sparta objected to settling the Messenians in Messana. The original inhabitants of Messana were settled in Tyndaris, another city built by Dionysius. Dionysius forced the Sicel city of Abacaenum to cede its territory to the inhabitants of Tyndaris.  The founding of Messana and Tyndaris helped secure the north-eastern coast of Sicily for Dionysius. Rhegion, fearing Dionysius might use Messana as a base of operation against them, established Mylae between Messana and Tyndaris and populated the city with the refugees of Naxos and Catana.

Sicel campaigns
Abacaenum was not the only Sicel town to be a victim of Dionysius. He attacked and took Smeneous (exact location unknown) and Morgantina, around the same time that the Punic city Solus and the Sicel city Cephaleodium were betrayed to him. The booty captured from these cities filled his coffers. The Sicel town of Enna was sacked next. Dionysius chose not to provoke Agyris, tyrant of Agyrium and second only to Dionysius in Sicily. Alliances were made with the Sicel cities of Agyrium, Herbita, Assorus and Herbessus.   In 394 BC, Messanians defeated a Rhegion attack on Messana and took Mylae, and Dionysius besieged Tauromenium in the winter of that year. The Sicels of Tauromenium defeated the night assault Dionysius launched on their city and forced him to lift the siege.

Opposing forces
Himilco had brought 50,000 men along with 400 triremes and 600 transports to Sicily in 397 BC. The majority of the army had been destroyed at Syracuse, and the size of the force Mago commanded in 393 BC is not known but would have been significantly smaller than that available to Himilco.

Dionysius had an army of 30,000 foot and 3,000 horsemen at Catana along with 180 Quinqueremes. He could muster 110 ships at Syracuse, but his forces had shrunk with the desertion of the Sicels and Sicilian Greeks. The exact size of his army at Tauromenium is also unknown.

Carthaginian cohorts
The Libyans supplied both heavy and light infantry and formed the most disciplined units of the army. The heavy infantry fought in close formation, armed with long spears and round shields, wearing helmets and linen cuirasses. The light Libyan infantry carried javelins and a small shield, same as Iberian light infantry. The Iberian infantry wore purple-bordered white tunics and leather headgear. The heavy infantry fought in a dense phalanx, armed with heavy throwing spears, long body shields and short thrusting swords. Campanian, Sardinian, Sicel and Gallic infantry fought in their native gear, but often were equipped by Carthage. Sicels and other Sicilians were equipped like Greek Hoplites, as were the Sicilian Greek mercenaries. Carthage at this time did not use elephants, but Libyans provided bulk of the heavy, four horse war chariots for Carthage.

The Libyans, Carthaginian citizens and the Libyo-Phoenicians provided disciplined, well-trained cavalry equipped with thrusting spears and round shields. Numidia provided superb light cavalry armed with bundles of javelins and riding without bridle or saddle. Iberians and Gauls also provided cavalry, which relied on the all out charge. Carthage at this time did not use elephants, and there is no mention of war chariots being present in Mago's army. Carthaginian officer corps held overall command of the army, although many units may have fought under their chieftains.

Greek forces
The mainstay of the Greek army was the Hoplite, drawn mainly from the citizens by Dionysius had a large number of mercenaries from Italy and Greece as well. Sicels and other native Sicilians also served in the army as hoplites and also supplied peltasts, and a number of Campanians, probably equipped like Samnite or Etruscan warriors, were present as well. The Phalanx was the standard fighting formation of the army. The cavalry was recruited from wealthier citizens and hired mercenaries.

Carthaginian campaign of 393 BC
It normally took Carthage some time to organize armies so Mago did not await reinforcements from Africa to arrive. He gathered together whatever forces he could in Sicily and set out for Messana, which had driven out the partisans of Dionysius after his debacle at Tauronemium. The same had happened at Akragas, so the threat from that quarter was less than what it had been in 396 BC. It is not known what the Carthaginian navy did during the campaign or what path Mago took to get to Messana, but the Carthaginian army probably marched along the sea coast as the Sicel lands in central Sicily were either allied to Dionysius or under Syracusan occupation.

Battle
The Carthaginian army reached the territory of Abacaenum safely on their way back from Messana and encamped near the city, as the Sicels of the city were Carthaginian allies. It is not known where the Greek army was stationed at the time, but Dionysius managed to intercept Mago before the Carthaginians left the area and a battle took place near Abacaenum. Details of the battle are not known, except that the Carthaginians were heavily defeated, losing 800 soldiers and the survivors were forced to take refuge in Abacaenum. Dionysius did not bother besieging the city but retired, which allowed Mago to fall back to Western Sicily.

Aftermath
The defeat did not weaken the Carthaginians in Sicily, nor did Dionysius bother to attack their allies immediately after the battle. The lull gave Carthage time to gather an army and reinforce Mago, and Mago time to further incite the Sicels. The Carthaginians chose to attack central Sicily, probably the Sicels allied with Dionysius, which led to the Battle of Chrysas in 392 BC and a peace treaty between Dionysius and Carthage, which would last until 383 BC when Dionysius again attacked Carthaginian possessions in Sicily.

References

Sources

Further reading

External links
Diodorus Siculus translated by G. Booth (1814) Complete book (scanned by Google)

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Price Peak

Price Peak is a peak in Antarctica located at the north side of Leverett Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the extremity of California Plateau. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1960-63. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Floyd W. Price, personnel-man with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6, who participated in Operation Deep Freeze for 5 seasons, 1963-67.

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Left Behind: World at War

Left Behind: World at War is a 2005 American apocalyptic Christian thriller film and the third in the series of films based on the Left Behind book series. It was directed by Craig R. Baxley and produced by Cloud Ten Pictures. The film premiered in churches on October 21, 2005, before its release on DVD and VHS on October 25, 2005. It was based primarily on the last fifty pages of the novel Tribulation Force and is currently the concluding film in the Left Behind film series, as a new adaption of the first book was made and released on October 3, 2014.

Plot
Eighteen months after the events of the previous film, the world has fallen into chaos. In the collapsing ruins of the White House, U.S. President Gerald Fitzhugh (Louis Gossett Jr.) videotapes a confession. He looks out the window as a shadowy figure arrives in the doorway.

One week earlier, the Tribulation Force, consisting of Rayford Steele (Brad Johnson), his daughter Chloe (Janaya Stephens), Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron), Bruce Barnes (Arnold Pinnock), and Chris Smith are in the process of stealing Bibles from a Global Community (GC) compound. Guards burst into the warehouse and kill Chris while the remaining Trib Force members escape. In Washington, D.C., the President and his Vice-President, John Mallory (Charles Martin Smith), are taking some time away from the White House. Mallory informs Fitzhugh of Nicolae's plans and how he has found evidence that Nicolae is planning a biological attack on American soil. Before he can share the information, Mallory is killed in an ambush, but a militia group comes to the aid of the President.

Back at the Trib Force underground headquarters, Bruce Barnes performs a double wedding ceremony: Buck to Chloe, and Rayford to Amanda White, the newest member who once knew Rayford's first wife before the vanishings. After the ceremony is over, Buck heads over to Los Angeles and Rayford flies to New Babylon. Nicolae meets with Fitzhugh who expresses his deepest concern over the news of Mallory's death, and teams up with Carolyn Miller, who poses as Nicolae's top aide at GC headquarters. Together, they find Nicolae's secret plan of stealing Bibles and lacing them with anthrax before distributing them. The GC block their escape, and Fitzhugh kills one of the guards in the process.

Fitzhugh is recruited by Miller's ragtag military team to help take out Nicolae, which he participates in. As Fitzhugh enters the GC building and asks to see the President (it is also revealed that one of the GC guards is really an insider, but is shot by another). Fitzhugh enters Nicolae's office, but Nicolae is already aware of Fitzhugh's assassination attempt and foils it. Fitzhugh tries to shoot Nicolae with three rounds, but he isn't affected as they go through him and hit a guard instead. Using supernatural techniques, Nicolae throws Fitzhugh out of a 20-story window, landing on top of a car. Nicolae goes over to the window to see, in disgust, Fitzhugh getting up and walking away. Fitzhugh is not believed when he returns to the militia base to inform that the plan failed: Carolyn takes this the hardest.

The underground Trib Force HQ is hit the hardest as World War III approaches. Bruce and Chloe are infected with the virulent bacteria, but in the end it is Chloe who miraculously survives when red wine, used in the communion they just took part of, is revealed to be the antidote. Buck meets Fitzhugh in a destroyed White House, where he helps the President become a Christian. Fitzhugh then confronts Nicolae in a final showdown where he activates a personal transmitter (and dials Carolyn's cell phone, where she hears the entire conversation), hoping to obliterate the entire GC headquarters, and himself, with a missile locked onto the transmitter's location. Fitzhugh dies in the resulting explosion, wiping out the GC base.

Buck Williams gets a call in the elevator from Chloe as she tells him about the wine and Bruce's death. Buck promises to come home from his trip soon as the elevator stops and the door opens to reveal an armed Carolyn. She lowers her weapon and Buck states that they need to talk, implying that they had met before. What is left of the Global Community Building burns down, police sirens wail in the background, and explosions are still going on. Nicolae Carpathia walks out from the flames looking very mad, completely unharmed.

Cast
 Louis Gossett Jr. as President Gerald Fitzhugh
 Kirk Cameron as Buck Williams
 Brad Johnson as Rayford Steele
 Jessica Steen as Carolyn Miller
 Gordon Currie as Nicolae Carpathia
 Janaya Stephens as Chloe Steele
 Chelsea Noble as Hattie Durham
 Arnold Pinnock as Bruce Barnes
 Charles Martin Smith as Vice President John Mallory
 David Eisner as Chief of Staff Allan Campbell
 Richard Fitzpatrick as Major Kent

Production
Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario. Clarence Gilyard Jr. was originally signed to reprise his role of Bruce Barnes but could not return due to a scheduling conflict. As a devout Catholic he has also said his priest was happy he did not reprise the role, as the films portray a premillennial rapturist theology that is in opposition to the Catholic Church's amillennial teachings.

Differences from the novel

The final two chapters of the book Tribulation Force and the first four or five chapters of Nicolae have events that match up to what is shown in World at War. Recognizable events were the marriages of Buck with Chloe and Rayford with Amanda, but not the birth of Kenny, the death of Bruce Barnes, and the U.S. President heading an attack with Britain and Egypt, against the Global Community.

Major parts of the movie, however, were not in any of the books: the poisoning of Bibles by the forces of Nicolae, and an attempt by Fitzhugh to assassinate Nicolae. Buck's meeting with the president in the books makes it into the movie, but in a totally different form. Also, in the movie Nicolae Carpathia, the main antagonist, is portrayed almost as a supernatural being, displaying supernatural powers against his enemies; this is most clearly shown at the end, where Carpathia walks out completely undamaged from the wreckage of a building that was literally blown into pieces.

Reception
Todd Hertz from Christianity Today rated the film two out of four stars and said, "The mere existence of cheese in a Left Behind film comes as no surprise to some movie fans. However, excluding a few goofy moments, Left Behind: World at War plays out as an average TV drama. Many times, I caught myself thinking of it as 24—with less action and more prayer time. There's impressive acting, some intrigue, mostly decent special effects, and good themes for Christian discussion".  Nathan Rabin of The Dissolve wrote that the film is too well-made to be campy enough for non-believers, but Christians should enjoy its better production values than the previous films in the series.  Beyond Hollywood wrote, "Religion-themed films have never been known for action scenes, but World at War seems to be making a statement that good action in the genre is indeed possible."  Scott Weinberg of DVD Talk wrote that "it's just as overstuffed with smug sermonizing as its predecessors".  David Johnson of DVD Verdict wrote, "It's not great, but World at War is an all-around better effort than the other films."

A game based on the film was released by Inspired Media Entertainment (formerly Left Behind games).

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Bradburn Affect Balance Scale

The Bradburn Affect Balance Scale is a self-report measure of quality of life. The scale consists of ten mood states (for example, item one is "particularly excited  or  interested  in something"), and the subject must report if they have been in that state in the last week.

The scale was included in the 1978-1979 Canada Health Survey.

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John Lyons (poet)

John Lyons (born October 1933) is a Trinidad-born poet, painter, illustrator, educator and curator. He has worked as a theatre designer, exhibition adviser and as a teacher both of visual art and creative writing. As an art critic, he has written essays for catalogues, notably for Denzil Forrester's major touring exhibition Dub Transition, for Jouvert Print Exhibition and Tony Phillips' Jazz and The Twentieth Century.

Public collections that hold artwork by John Lyons include Rochdale Art Gallery, Huddersfield Art Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum's Word & Image Print Collection and the Arts Council National Collection.

His collections of poetry have been described both as being focused on "describing the texture of the Caribbean landscape and the vividness of its peoples" and contributing "to the enrichment of the West Indian British voice".

Biography
John Lyons was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His mother died when he was nine years old, and he and his three siblings moved to live with their grandmother in rural Tobago. He returned to Trinidad in 1948 to live with his father and stepmother.

He eventually moved to London, England, and from 1959 to 1964 studied at Goldsmiths' College, School of Art, graduating with a National Diploma of Design, after which he gained an Art Teachers' Diploma at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1965–65) to teach art as a specialist subject. While studying without a grant, he supported himself through part-time jobs that included being an early morning factory cleaner, evening waiter, postman and shift-work hospital porter.

Teaching
His first job was at South Shields Grammar Technical School for Boys, and in 1967 I moved to Manchester, where he worked in secondary schools for nine years, before becoming an Art and Design Lecturer in South Trafford College. While teaching there for 17 years, he continued painting and writing. He was a part-time creative writing lecturer at the then Bolton Institute of Higher Education (now the University of Bolton), between 1991 and 1998, and has been an Arvon Foundation tutor at various times since 1991.

Painting
Lyons has been exhibiting his paintings since the 1960s, and describes his approach to picture making by saying: "I enter into a playful dialogue with the work in which line, shape, texture and vibrant colour are brought together to inhabit a theme usually based on Caribbean folklore and mythology." He was a participant in the recent exhibition No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990 at the Guildhall Art Gallery (10 July 2015 to 24 January 2016), which took inspiration from the radical lives of Guyanese activists Eric and Jessica Huntley and the publishing company they founded, Bogle-L'Ouverture.

Writing
Lyons' first book, Lure of the Cascadura was published by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications in 1989, since when his writing has appeared in many publications, including anthologies for children, and several full collections of poetry. His recent book for younger readers, Dancing in the Rain (2015), illustrated by the author himself, was shortlisted for the 2016 Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CliPPA), the only award for published poetry for children. Described by the judges as "a breath of fresh air", the collection draws inspiration from Lyons' childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, drawing inspiration from the traditions of Carnival and calypso.

Also an accomplished cook, he combined recipes, verse and illustrations in Cook-up in a Trini Kitchen (Peepal Tree Press, 2009), "a highly original cookbook that can be read in the way you’d read a collection of short stories. It’s peppered with anecdotes, and the colourful illustrations are a joy to behold. Lyons describes the book as an 'explosion' of his three passions [art, poetry and food]."

As a poet, Lyons has read his work widely, appearing at festivals within the UK and abroad, and has made a number of broadcasts on radio and television, as well as featuring in audio archives. He has participated in many conferences and workshops, nationally and internationally, and over the years has received won many honours and accolades, including in 2003 the Windrush Arts Achiever Award.

Among several essays he has written for exhibition catalogues, he contributed a much quoted text, "Denzil Forrester's Art in Context" to accompany the 1990–91 Denzil Forrester exhibition Dub Transition: A Decade of Paintings 1980 - 1990.

Community work
John Lyons co-founded (with writer Jean Rees, to whom he is married) and was a trustee of the Hebden Bridge community arts charity Hourglass Educational Arts Development Services (HEADS), 2000–2010, for which he ran weekly art classes at the Hourglass Studio Gallery as resident artist.

Selected exhibitions
Solo
2015: John Lyons, Hot Number, Cambridge.
2013: Mythlore, The Apex Gallery, Bury St Edmunds.
2010: Selected Mini Retrospective from 1964 to 1984, Williams Art Cambridge.
2009: Chimera, Needhams Restaurant and Art Gallery.
2006: Diorama Art Centre Gallery, London.
2005: 3Cups Gallery, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
2002: In the Terrain of the Psyche, Hourglass Studio Gallery, Hebden Bridge.
2000: Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech
1999: Ovation, Rochdale Art Gallery.
1998: Daydreaming, Lawrence Batley Gallery, West Bretton.
1997: Mythopoeia, a major touring exhibition from Wrexham Art Centre.
1992–94: Behind The Carnival; a major touring exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery.
1994: Galway Arts Centre, Republic of Ireland.
1991: Castle Museum, Nottingham.
1990: Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

Mixed / group
2015: No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990, Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London.
2015: Spirit of Carnival, Upper Gallery, The Plough, Shepreth.
2010: Atelier Contemporary, Cambridge City Art Fair.
2013: Blue Contemporary, Cambridge City Art Fair.
2010: Art To Die For, CAM at Williams Art Cambridge.
2009: Ever After The Honey, Clare Hall, Cambridge University.
2009: Ovenden Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, The Old Palace, Ely.
2009: Hills Road Exhibition, Cambridge.
2007: Upper Gallery, Home Affairs, Cambridge Open Studios Artists.
1998: Evocation: Hourglass Studio Gallery.
1995: Caribbean Connections, Islington Art Factory, London.
1995: Vibrant Energies, (with Tang Lin),  Chinese Art Centre. Manchester
1990: Let The Canvas Come To Life With Dark Faces, Arts Council sponsored touring exhibition.
1989: Jouvert Print Exhibition. The Paddington Print Project, a major touring exhibition.
1988: Black Art: Plotting The Course. Arts Council-sponsored touring exhibition.
1986: Caribbean Expressions in Britain, Leicester Art Gallery.
1982: The Hayward Annual, Southbank Centre, London.
1982: Edison Galerie, The Hague, Netherlands.
1979: Galerie du Musee des Duncans, Paris.

Selected bibliography
Poetry
2015: Dancing in the Rain (poems for younger readers), Peepal Tree Press.
2015: A Carib Being in Cymru, Smith/Doorstop Books.
2009: Cook-up in a Trini Kitchen (poems and Caribbean recipes), Peepal Tree Press.
2009: No Apples in Eden, Smith/Doorstop Books.
2002: Voices from a Silk-Cotton Tree, Smith/Doorstop Books.
1994: Behind the Carnival, Smith/Doorstop Books.
1991: The Sun Rises in the North, Smith/Doorstop Books.
1989: Lure of the Cascadura, Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications.

Awards and accolades
2016: Dancing in the Rain shortlisted for CLPE children's poetry award (CliPPA)
2003: Windrush Arts Achiever Award
1991: Peterloo Poets Afro-Caribbean, Asian Poetry Prize
1991: Arts Council Literary Award (for Lure of the Cascadura)
1988: Equal second prize (shared with Jackie Kay), Peterloo Afro-Caribbean, Asian Poetry Prize
1987: Second prize, Cultureword Poetry Competition
1987: Peterloo Poets Afro-Caribbean, Asian Poetry Prize
1987: Commended, National Poetry Competition for "Ham Bone and Tidal Waves"
1987: Highly commended, Peterloo Poets Poetry Competition for "Skin, Skin Is Me, Yuh Na Know Meh"

References

External links
 Official website.
 "Artist Interview: John Lyons", Atelier Contemporary Art, March 2014.
 John Lyons page, Peepal Tree Press.
 John Lyons, "Why music is the beating heart of my poetry", The Guardian, 14 June 2016.
 "John Lyons" at Poetryline, National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools.

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Adil Najam

Adil Najam () is a Pakistani academic and intellectual who serves as the inaugural dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and previously served as vice-chancellor of the LUMS.

Born in Rawalpindi, Najam studied civil engineering at UET Lahore and received two Master's degrees and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in international environmental policy. After graduating from MIT, Najam joined Boston University in 1997 as an assistant professor, and moved to the Fletcher School in 2002 where he worked until 2007 as an associate professor of negotiation and diplomacy. He re-joined Boston University in 2007 as a tenured professor and the Director of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.

In 2011, Najam returned to Pakistan to head the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as its third vice-chancellor. During his tenure at LUMS, he oversaw the launch of a major student financial aid program and brought in major philanthropic gifts to enable an expansion of the university. However, he faced criticism for not intervening over the controversial termination of Pervez Hoodbhoy by the University's School of Science and Engineering. Najam left LUMS in June 2013, and returned to Boston University. A year later he was appointed the inaugural dean of Pardee School and continues till date.

Najam is a prominent member of the Pakistani intelligentsia. He was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2008 by the President of Pakistan, and in February 2009, he was appointed to the Committee for Development Policy by the United Nations Secretary General. He is a senior fellow of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He has also served as the Chair of the Boards of the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), of LEAD-Pakistan, and of the Luc Hoffmann Institute. He also serves as a Trustee on the International Board of the World Wide Fund for Nature and on the Board of The Asia Foundation. Adil Najam was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the Information Technology University (ITU) in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2017, for his contributions in science, climate change and sustainable development.

Publications

Scholarly Work
Najam has published widely in scholarly journals and is the author of over 100 scholarly papers and book chapters.

He was amongst the early scholars working on impacts of and adaptation to climate change in developing countries. As a public intellectual, he has popularized the idea of living in the "Age of Adaptation" and conceptualizing water as being as important to climate adaptation as carbon was to mitigation.

Adil Najam was the lead author for the 2018 Pakistan National Human Development Report, which focused on the topic of youth and included a first comprehensive district-by-district ranking in a national Human Development Index for Pakistan. The report and the district HDI index became a matter of much election campaign discussion during the 2018 Pakistani general election.

Bibliography
His recent books include How Immigrants Impact their Homelands (co-editor, 2013), "The Future of South-South Economic Relations" (co-editor, 2012), "Envisioning a Sustainable Development Agenda for Trade and Environment" (co-editor, 2007), "Portrait of a Giving Community" (2007), "Environment, Development and Human Security" (editor, 2003), "Civic Entrepreneurship" (co-author, 2002), amongst others. He serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly academic journals, including Global Governance, Ecological Economics, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Najam served as a lead author for the third and fourth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its contributions to advancing the understanding of global climate change.

Media
Early in his career Najam worked as a journalist (sports reporter and columnist) for various newspapers and magazines in Pakistan. He has been a frequent opinion contributor to major newspapers in Pakistan and in the international press. During the late 1980s and 1990s he also hosted various talk shows such as "Mehman-e-Khasoosi" on Pakistan Television (PTV). He was awarded the Pakistan Television Outstanding Achievement Award in 1990. In 2007 Najam launched the blog "All Things Pakistan (Pakistaniat)" which won the Brass Crescent Award for the best South Asian blog in 2010 and was judged the best current affairs blog by the Pakistan Blog Awards 2010.

Quotes
 "Water is to climate adaptation what carbon was to climate change mitigation."
 "We are now living in the 'Age of Adaptation.' Climate change is no longer just a challenge of tomorrow that needs to be averted. For too many people, it is now a reality of today that has to be managed."
 "Global governance is the management of global processes in the absence of global government."
 "The Youth of Pakistan are not a problem to be solved, they are a resources to be nurtured."

References

External links
 Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
 Boston University announcement of appointment of Dr. Adil Najam as Inaugural Dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies
 Outgoing VC of LUMS: A job well done
 Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
 Dean, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
 International Institute for Sustainable Development staff page

 Boston Globe calls Najam Global Citizen
 Pakistaniat: All Things Pakistan blog
 Voice of Adil on National Public Radio (NPR)
 June 2007 Op-Ed on Climate Change in The Boston Globe
 December 2015 Op-Ed on Paris Climate Change Negotiations in The Guardian
 October 2016 Op-Ed on role of immigrants in USA's academic and Nobel Prize successes in The Conversation
 October 2016 Op-Ed on selection of new United Nations Secretary General in Time
 Adil Najam joins the WWF International Board of Trustees

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Edsel Ranger

The Edsel Ranger is an automobile that was produced and sold by the newly formed Edsel Division of Ford for the 1958–1960 model years. It was built on the shorter, narrower Edsel platform, shared with Ford and Edsel Pacer models.

The Ranger was the base trim model for Edsel in its first and second years as an automotive marque. It was available in two-door coupes, four-door sedans, and two- and four-door hardtops with a convertible also offered in 1960.

Ranger is one of two of Edsel's model nameplates re-used by Ford Motor Company products, Villager being the other.

1958–1959

The Ranger's base trim appointments included arm rests, a cigarette lighter, rear-view mirror, two coat hangers and black rubber floor mats. On the exterior, Rangers received chrome around the rear quarter panel cove molding. Two-tone paint was also optional. The main visual cue that makes it possible to tell the difference between most Rangers and the upmarket Pacer was the lack of stainless trim on the front doors and fenders.  A very rare, optional, Ranger-only door trim was available from dealers early in the model year to be used together with the Pacer fender trim.  A basic heater (as a US$92 option) and radio (at US$95) were available, and air conditioning was optional as well (at $417), along with seat belts, warning lights, automatic trunk opener, and rear door child safety lock covers.

The Ranger rode on Ford's 118 in (2997 mm) wheelbase (except the wagons, which used a 116 in (2946 mm) wheelbase) and a 303 hp (226 kW)  FE V8 with a four-barrel carburetor was standard, as was a three-speed manual transmission. Buyers could upgrade to a three-speed automatic transmission with a standard column mounted gear selector, or could choose Edsel's highly promoted but trouble-prone Teletouch automatic, which placed its drive-selection  buttons in the steering wheel hub, as a US$231 option. (The 345 hp {257 kW}  MEL V8, standard in the Corsair and Citation, was not available.)

While their roll-out was highly publicized in the fall of 1957, Edsels were a marketing disaster for Ford and for Ford's corporate strategy for meeting General Motors' product line for product line. Total U.S. and Canada Ranger output for the model stood at an estimated 21,301 units. Of those units, 4,615 were U.S.-built two-door Sedans, 7,414 were four-door sedans (6,576 U.S./838 Canada), 6,005 were two-door hardtops (5,546 U.S./459 Canada), and 3,667 were four-door hardtops (3,077 U.S./190 Canada). Prices ranged from US$2,529 to $2,990.

In regrouping for the coming model year, the best-selling Pacer and the premium Citation models were dropped for 1959, as was the trouble prone Teletouch transmission feature, which was replaced with the column-selector Mile-O-Matic (the Edsel division's branding for the two-speed Fordomatic).

For 1959, the Ranger and the new top-line Corsair both shared the same 120 in wheelbase. The frame was ladder-type. Styling for the cars became more conservative, with the horsecollar grille being replaced by a shield shape filled with rows of bars. Body styles for the Ranger remained at two-door sedans and four-door sedans, and two and four-door hardtop bodies. 7,778 two-door sedans (all U.S.-built), 14,063 four-door sedans (12,814 U.S./1,249 Canada), 5,966 hardtops (5,474 U.S./492 Canada), and 2,451 four-door hardtops (2,352 U.S./99 Canada) were produced for 1959 in the U.S. and Canada. Prices ranged from $2,629 to $2,756.

Different platforms
The model year of Edsel's introduction was a post WW II high point of sorts for the Ford Motor Company. Three full-size platforms of distinctly different interior widths were in use each by Lincoln, Mercury and Ford, a situation that lasted until Ford received a much wider platform in 1960. Edsel shared both Mercury's and Ford's platform in 1958 and so offers an insight into their differing interior dimensions.

1960

Introduced on October 15, 1959, the 1960 Ranger was now the only sedan Edsel offered, while the Villager name applied to two station wagons, a six- and a nine-passenger model. The decision was made to eliminate not only the Corsair, but the vertical grille element as well. The new grille had an "hourglass" appearance. By this point, the 1960 model shared so many body panels and interior trim features with Ford, that the defining characteristics that distinguished Edsels from Fords were its taillights, grille, signal/parking lights and trim at the front of the sides of the fenders, and of course, name badges. It came with a ladder type frame and a 120" wheelbase.

On November 19, 1959, Ford discontinued the Edsel marque and the final car rolled off the assembly line by the end of the month, so the 1960 model never reached its own calendar year. The cars were effectively orphaned, since Ford stopped making parts for Edsels at that point. For its shortened and final model year, a total of 2,571 Rangers and 275 Villager units were produced (all in the U.S.), the rarest models being the convertible (76) and the 4-door 9-passenger Villager wagon (59, the rarest). The Villager is mentioned here so as to highlight the fact that the Ranger convertible was the second rarest of all Edsels produced. Original prices ranged from $2,643 to $3,000.

1960 Edsel Facts:

-Chief Stylist: Bud Kaufman
-All 1960 Edsels were produced in the Louisville, KY manufacturing plant. (Although a few cars from the Allen Park, MI pilot plant are still in existence)
-1960 Edsels introduced such innovations as horizontal coolant flow through the radiator to improve cooling, and placement of the muffler away from the passenger compartment to reduce heat.
-Production of 1960 Edsels began on September 14, 1959
-Introduction of the 1960 line was made on October 15, 1959
-The last official day of Edsel assembly was November 19, 1959
-Total Production for all 1960 Ranger models: 2,571 (2,846 including Villager wagons)

With such a limited production run-time, the 1960 model included some of the rarest Edsel models of any of the three model years.

Counterfeit convertibles
Because of the low production volumes in its three years, all Rangers are collectible; however, the 1960 Ranger convertible is frequently found as being counterfeit.

The process for converting a 1960 Ford Sunliner convertible into a 1960 Edsel model involves the simple swapping of trim parts and refashioning of the rear fenders, a simple task for those who have an Edsel parts car. Edsel enthusiasts are generally wary of 1960 Edsels that have been "found" or are offered at lower prices than the going rates. Buyers and enthusiasts can check the manufactures code to verify if the VIN matches Edsel production numbers for November 1959. Another way of checking is to measure the wheelbase; a genuine Edsel rides on a  wheelbase, while a converted Ford Sunliner will have a  wheelbase.

References

 Flory,  J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1946-1959. Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Coy, 2008.

Notes

External links

Edsel.com History, specifications, resources for owners.
Smith Motor Company Virtual Edsel Dealer
The International Edsel Club
Edsel.US Restorer's discussion group

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Pyrobaculum asR3 small RNA

asR3 is an archeal small RNA identified in seven Pyrobaculum species. The genus-specific nature can indicate this could be recent, stable adaptation. asR3  binds to the 3′-end of the tpi gene (triose-phosphate-isomerse).  The tpi mRNA has a conserved structural element  located close to the stop codon. Binding of the asR3 may be able to compete against the formation of the tpi element  structure and this may modulate the function of this highly conserved element.

References

See also
Other archaeal sRNAs:
Archaeal H/ACA sRNA
Methanosarcina sRNA162

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4th Infantry

4th Infantry may refer to:

2/4th Battalion (Australia)
4th Battalion (Australia)
4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
4th Infantry Division (India)
4th Infantry Division (Poland)
4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
4th Infantry Division (United States)
4th Infantry Regiment (United States)
4th New Guinea Infantry Battalion
4th Single Infantry Battalion (Estonia)
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)


CJIJ-FM

CJIJ-FM (branded as C99 FM) is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting in FM stereo at a frequency of 99.9 MHz from Membertou, a First Nations community near Sydney, Nova Scotia. CJIJ-FM plays a variety of rock music.

The station received CRTC approval in 2002 and went on the air in 2003.

References

External links
 CJIJ-FM Facebook

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The Guilty One

The Guilty One is a 1924 American mystery silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Agnes Ayres, Edmund Burns, Stanley Taylor, Crauford Kent, Cyril Ring and Thomas R. Mills. The film was released on June 8, 1924, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Cast
Agnes Ayres as Irene Short
Edmund Burns as Donald Short
Stanley Taylor as Philip Dupre
Crauford Kent as Seaton Davies
Cyril Ring	as H. Beverly Graves
Thomas R. Mills as Sam Maynard
Catherine Wallace as Bess Maynard
George Siegmann as Captain
Clarence Burton as Detective
Dorothea Wolbert as Anne

References

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Charles Owens (saxophonist born 1939)

Charles M. Brown, better known as Charles Owens (born May 4, 1939, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American jazz saxophonist. Owens should not be confused with , an American jazz saxophonist born in 1972 who has recorded for Fresh Sound Records.

Owens began playing music while attending the University of San Diego; following a stint in the United States Armed Forces, he studied at Berklee College of Music. He worked in the bands of Buddy Rich and Mongo Santamaria as an alto saxophonist in the late 1960s, and in the 1970s played mostly tenor and soprano saxophone. He played in that decade with Bobby Bryant, Paul Humphrey, Diana Ross, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Henry Franklin, Patrice Rushen, Gerald Wilson, Lorez Alexandria, and James Newton among others. He worked with Newton again in the mid-1980s, and also played in the 1980s with John Carter, Horace Tapscott, and Mercer Ellington. Later he worked with Carmen Bradford, Jeannie Cheatham and Jimmy Cheatham, and Buddy Childers.

References
David Wild, "Charles Owens". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.

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Yevdokiya Nosal

Yevdokiya Ivanova Nosal (, ; 14 March 1918  23 April 1943) was a junior lieutenant and deputy squadron commander in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment (nicknamed the "Night Witches" by the Germans) during World War II. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 May 1943, making her the first woman pilot to be honored with the title during the war.

Civilian life
Nosal was born on 13 March 1918 to a Ukrainian peasant family in the village of Burchak in the Ukrainian People's Republic, which resides in present-day Ukraine. She worked as a teacher in Mykolayiv before she graduated in 1940 from the aviation club in Kherson. After graduating flight school she worked as a flight instructor in Nikolaev. Before joining the military in October 1941, her newborn son was killed in a bombing on a hospital.

Military career
Nosal joined the military in October 1941 once Marina Raskova began recruiting women to the newly-formed women's aviation regiments. After completing training at Engels military Aviation School she was sent to the Southern front with the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, which was later honored with the guards designation and made the 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment. Starting out as a regular pilot with the rank of sergeant, she quickly became promoted to flight commander and then deputy squadron commander. With a goal of flying 1,000 missions, she was noted for flying more than any other pilot, and volunteered to fly on dangerous missions.

After taking off in the middle of the night on 22 April 1943 and bombing a target, the Polikarpov Po-2 Nosal was piloting was followed by a German fighter and attacked by heavy anti-aircraft fire and shelling. One explosive entered the cockpit of the Po-2 and shrapnel hit Nosal in the temple, killing her instantly. Her navigator Glafira "Irina" Kashirina managed to take over the controls and land the plane safely at the destination airfield. By the time of her death she had flown 354 sorties despite being on the front for less than a year. During her time in combat she dropped 48 tons of bombs, destroying a train and three crossings in addition to numerous fires and explosions.

Awards and honors
 Hero of the Soviet Union (24 May 1943)
 Order of Lenin (24 May 1943)
 Order of the Red Banner (30 December 1942)
 Order of the Red Star (9 September 1942)

See also

 List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union
 Marina Raskova

References

Bibliography

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Queen's University Hockey Club

Queen's University Hockey Club Men's Section was formed at Queen's in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Belfast News Letter reported the Ulster Hockey Union AGM of 19 September 1808, and recorded that "a committee meeting was held afterwards when Queen's College Hockey Club was admitted to membership." Queen's was known as a 'College' until it was granted its Charter as a University in 1908.

Members are given a "years grace" in their playing career, to allow them to play one more season after they have left academic study at the University. In 2016-17 the first team plays in Section 1 of the Ulster Senior League.

Past

In 1911-12 Queen's University were the first club from Ulster to win the Irish Senior Cup on the field of play - Banbridge were awarded the Cup in 1907 when their opponents refused to travel to Ulster to play a Replay. The club won the Irish Senior Cup in 1972 for the second time in its history. The Irish Senior Cup was won again in 1981 when the team was captained by Peter McCabe, later of Lisnagarvey and included future Great Britain Olympic Gold Medal Winner Jimmy Kirkwood.

Playing Strength
The Club lives from year to year, with fortunes tied to the abilities of the new undergraduate intake each year. Sides vary from being 'useful' to 'formidable', the latter was demonstrated by the 1972 team which beat Monkstown 3-0 in the Irish Senior Cup Final. This side included Great Britain and Ireland International Terry Gregg and several other players that went on to gain International recognition.

Present
Recently the team has had some significant success, winning the Ulster and Ireland Indoor hockey championships in 2015, therefore gaining qualification to Europe in 2016.  With the backing of the university the club were able to send a squad to Bulgaria, who got the opportunities to test themselves against some top level players. Outdoors the 2nd XI won Ulster Junior league 3 in 2014 by an emphatic 12 point margin. Another recent success was winning the UK mixed hockey championship in Blackpool in 2014, finishing top of a 25 team league to go on to win a dramatic play off final on a 1 v 1 shoot out. Being awarded the Queen's SU Sports Club of the Year and Ulster hockey club of year in 2016 boosted the club considerably. Currently the team are playing in the Senior 1 division of Men's hockey in Ulster and are hoping to improve on a disappointing 2nd position last season.

Future
The future of the club is only as good as the players that are eligible to play for the club, some seasons the club struggles to field a 2nd XI, others it could push for a 3rd XI. However, as long as the commitment and excellent facilities at Upper Malone continue to be taken forward, there should be a future for Queens University Hockey Club.

Honours

 Irish Senior Cup (3 wins)
 1911-12, 1971–72, 1980-81.
 Anderson Cup
 1935-36, 1941–42, 1956-57.
 Linden Cup
 2005-06, 2006–07

Irish Indoor cup
2014-15

Ulster indoor cup
2014-2015

References

External links
Queens University Hockey Club

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Epistemic closure

Epistemic closure is a property of some belief systems. It is the principle that if a subject  knows , and  knows that  entails , then  can thereby come to know . Most epistemological theories involve a closure principle and many skeptical arguments assume a closure principle.

On the other hand, some epistemologists, including Robert Nozick, have denied closure principles on the basis of reliabilist accounts of knowledge. Nozick, in Philosophical Explanations, advocated that, when considering the Gettier problem, the least counter-intuitive assumption we give up should be epistemic closure. Nozick suggested a "truth tracking" theory of knowledge, in which the x was said to know P if x's belief in P tracked the truth of P through the relevant modal scenarios.

A subject may not actually believe q, for example, regardless of whether he or she is justified or warranted. Thus, one might instead say that knowledge is closed under known deduction: if, while knowing p, S believes q because S knows that p entails q, then S knows q. An even stronger formulation would be as such: If, while knowing various propositions, S believes p because S knows that these propositions entail p, then S knows p. While the principle of epistemic closure is generally regarded as intuitive, philosophers such as Robert Nozick and Fred Dretske have argued against it.

Epistemic closure and skeptical arguments
The epistemic closure principle typically takes the form of a modus ponens argument:

 S knows p.
 S knows that p entails q.
 Therefore, S knows q.

This epistemic closure principle is central to many versions of skeptical arguments.  A skeptical argument of this type will involve knowledge of some piece of widely accepted information to be knowledge, which will then be pointed out to entail knowledge of some skeptical scenario, such as the brain in a vat scenario or the Cartesian evil demon scenario.  A skeptic might say, for example, that if you know that you have hands, then you know that you are not a handless brain in a vat (because knowledge that you have hands implies that you know you are not handless, and if you know that you are not handless, then you know that you are not a handless brain in a vat).  The skeptic will then utilize this conditional to form a modus tollens argument.  For example, the skeptic might make an argument like the following:
 You do not know that you are not a handless brain in a vat (~K(~h))
 If you know that you have hands, then you know that you are not a handless brain in a vat (K(o) → K(~h))
 Conclusion: Therefore, you do not know that you have hands (~K(o))
Much of the epistemological discussion surrounding this type of skeptical argument involves whether to accept or deny the conclusion, and how to do each.  Ernest Sosa says that there are three possibilities in responding to the skeptic:
 Agree with the skeptic by granting him both premises and the conclusion (1, 2, c)
 Disagree with the skeptic by denying premise 2 and the conclusion, but maintaining premise 1 (1, ~2, ~c) as Nozick and Dretske do.  This amounts to denying the epistemic closure principle.
 Disagree with the skeptic by denying premise 1 and the conclusion, but maintaining premise 2 (~1, 2, ~c) as Moore does.  This amounts to maintaining the epistemic closure principle, and holding that knowledge is closed under known implication.

Justificatory closure
In the seminal 1963 paper, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”, Edmund Gettier gave an assumption (later called the “principle of deducibility for justification” by Irving Thalberg, Jr.) that would serve as a basis for the rest of his piece: “for any proposition P, if S is justified in believing P and P entails Q, and S deduces Q from P and accepts Q as a result of this deduction, then S is justified in believing Q.” This was seized upon by Thalberg, who rejected the principle in order to demonstrate that one of Gettier's examples fails to support Gettier's main thesis that justified true belief is not knowledge (in the following quotation, (1) refers to “Jones will get the job”, (2) refers to “Jones has ten coins”, and (3) is the logical conjunction of (1) and (2)):

Why doesn't Gettier's principle (PDJ) hold in the evidential situation he has described? You multiply your risks of being wrong when you believe a conjunction. [… T]he most elementary theory of probability indicates that Smith's prospects of being right on both (1) and (2), namely, of being right on (3), are bound to be less favorable than his prospects of being right on either (1) or (2). In fact, Smith's chances of being right on (3) might not come up to the minimum standard of justification which (1) and (2) barely satisfy, and Smith would be unjustified in accepting (3).

Epistemic closure in U.S. political discussion
The term "epistemic closure" has been used in an unrelated sense in American political debate to refer to the claim that political belief systems can be closed systems of deduction, unaffected by empirical evidence. This use of the term was popularized by libertarian blogger and commentator Julian Sanchez in 2010 as an extreme form of confirmation bias.

See also
 Robert Nozick
 Fred Dretske

References

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Semra Dündar

Semra Dündar (April 5, 1943 – April 7, 2005) was a Turkish hematologist.

Dündar was born in Lüleburgaz in 1943. She graduated from the Ankara University School of Medicine and spent nearly all of her career working at the Hacettepe University Hospital and School of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey, where she rose to become Professor of Hematology and head of the Hematology Department.  She worked on many hematologic diseases, including leukemias, anemias, and Behçet's syndrome.  She was also a visiting physician in Bristol, England, between 1975 and 1977.  She had over 125 publications on hematologic diseases in international medical journals, as well as being coauthor of many medical textbooks.

She died in Ankara on April 7, 2005, of complications from surgery.

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Mohammed Berrada

Mohammed Berrada (), also transliterated Muhammad Baradah, (born 1938 in Rabat) is a Moroccan novelist, literary critic and translator writing in Arabic. He is considered one of Morocco's most important modern authors.

From 1976 to 1983, Berrada was the president of Morocco's writers union. He teaches Arab literature at the faculté des lettres of the Mohammed V  University in Rabat. He is a member of the advisory board of the Moroccan literary magazine Prologue.

Berrada belonged to a literary movement that wanted to experiment with new techniques of writing (what Moroccan critics call attajrib (experimentation). The text does not give much weight to the plot and is written in independent scenes, images, thoughts and portraits. In the field of language, dialects take on an important role, such as Fassi (the dialect of Fez) together with wordplay and allusions.

Since July 26th 1977, Berrada has been married to Leila Shahid, ambassador of the State of Palestine to the European Union.

References

Books
Al-Daw al-harīb  (fleeting light) (1993) : The relation between a painter and two women of different generations, the mother and the daughter. Translated into English as Fugitive Light (2002) by Issa J. Boullata.
Dirāsāt fī al-qiṣṣah al-ʻArabiyah : Waqāʼiʻ nadwat Miknās (Bayrūt : Muʼassasat al-Abḥāth al-ʻArabiyah, 1986.)
Le théâtre au Maroc : tradition, expérimentation et perspectives  (Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 1998) .
L'ubat al-Nisyan  (the game of forgetting) (Rabat: Dar al-Aman, 1986.): the story of an intellectual about his life, from his childhood to adulthood in Morocco in the middle of the 20th century. Translated into English as The Game of Forgetting (1996) by Issa J. Boullata.
Like a summer that will not come back (Sinbad, 2001) Memories of the summer of 1956 when the author studied in Cairo.
Imraʼat al-nisyān : riwāyah (Casablanca: Nashr al-Fanak, 2001.)
Faḍāʼāt riwāʼīyah (Rabat: Wizārat al-Thaqāfah, 2003.)
Siyāqāt thaqāfīyah : mawāqif, mudākhalāt, marāfi  (Rabat: Wizārat al-Thaqāfah, 2003.)

External links
 The voice of the author: the Mediterranean and the Moroccan vision, his thoughts on the idea of fiction and on being 'cosmopolitan'

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Raozan Upazila

Raozan () is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established in 1947.

Geography
It has 45,775 households and a total area of 246.58 km². The two main rivers are Karnaphuli  and Halda. Raozan is surrounded by Fatikchhari Upazila on the north, Boalkhali Upazila and karnafuli river on the south, Rangunia and Kawkhali(Rangamati) Upazilas on the east, and Hathazari and Fatikchhari Upazila on the west.

Historical Events
From about 1000 years before the conquest of Chittagong in 1666, the entire Chittagong region was under the control of the Buddhist religion, Mog or Arakanese. It is believed that in Arakan, it was called 'Raajwang' or the land of the royal family. The idea of eminent scholars is to say that Raozan has originated from the name of this name.
In August 1947, the activities of Raozan Police Station were started and in 1984 it was turned into an upazila. It was declared as Raozan Municipality in 2000.

History of the War of Liberation
On 13 April 1971, the Pak army carried out extensive loot and firing in Raozan Upazila of Pahartali union Unsotturpara and killed 48 innocent people. On the same day, Saifuddin Khaled Chowdhury, Professor Dilip Kumar Chowdhury, Sheikh Mozaffar Ahmad, Abdur Rab and Yunus were martyred in front of the Chittagong Engineering College (now CUET) in front of the Pak army. The memorial plaques of the martyrs have been uncovered at the place.
On April 13, 1971, the Pak army and the Razakars were brutally killed in front of his organization, Nutan Chandra Singha, founder principal of Kundeshwari Pharmacy. In addition, 35 Pakistani soldiers were killed arbitrarily by the Jagatmallapara of Ward No. 4 in Raozan Municipality.
 Memorandum
Mass killing site: 3 (Unsotturpara, Jagatmallapara, Gohira-Shilapara)
 Memorial monument: 1 (Name of martyr freedom fighters in the municipality)

History
Raozan is an upazila of Bangladesh's liberation movement and many memories of the great liberation war. The birthplace of Raozan has been written on the pages of the history of many great people. Among them are Masterda Surya Sen, A. Who M. Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury, Mahbubul Alam Chashi, researcher Abdul Huq. Many of the region participated in the 1952 Language Movement. Although there were many primary and secondary schools in Raozan, Raozan were deprived of higher education. After 10 years of Language Movement, the dream of the region was the famous felicity of the region. East Pakistan Provincial Legislative Council Chairman AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury. He dreamed that day he needed a college to educate Rauzanese in higher education. Therefore, he established the Raozan College after discussing with one of Raozan's most charitable people Dr. Shamsul Huda Chowdhury, Advocate Jalal Ahmad, Nutan Chandra Singh, Rebati Ranjan Biswas, Principal Tofail Ahmed and others. A raging movement against the British under the leadership of Raozan's son Maastarda Surya Sen led the movement. Among the poets of medieval poets Hamid Ali, poet Nabin Chandra Sen, poet Shankar Bhatta and poet Sananand Bhatta, educationist Hafizur Rahman BA BT, educationist Miraj Ahmed, literary Mahbubal Alam, Prof Abdul Jalil, Md. Mohiul Islam, Engineer Abdus Salam and many poets are literary, great spiritual teachers, Raozan the birthplace of renowned politicians. This Raozan College has been named after the name of the Traditional Raozan Upazila. Raozan is the most known and important place in Chittagong district. Which is 246.58 sq km Karnaphuli and Halda Raozan two major riverside side of the upazila. Fatikchari north of Raozan, Boalkhali along the Rangunia and Karnaphuli in the south, Kawkhali of Rangamati, Hathazari upazila on the west. The communication system of Raozan is very good. From Raozan College (Munshir Ghata) can be reached from anywhere in the country, from Muradpur in Chittagong city or from Oxygen bass. Khagrachari Government College, 107 km north of Raozan upazila, 31 km south of Chittagong Government College, 126 km west of the government Haji AB College Sandip and 36.7 km east of Rangamati Government College. Besides, Raozan College, named after Raozan upazila, is 750 meters from the Raozan upazila headquarters on the Chittagong-Rangamati highway.

Administration
Raozan has 1 municipality,  14 Unions/Wards,  68 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 76 villages. It has a fire station and two health complexes.

Municipality
 Raozan

Union
 Raozan
 Kadalpur
 Gohira
 Dabua
 Chikdair
 Urkirchar
 Noajispur
 Noapara
 Paschim Guzara
 Pahartali
 Purba Guzara
 Bagoan
 Binajuri
 Haladia

Economy

Agriculture
The demand for pepper in Chittagong is very broad. The size, color, and taste of the pepper is very unique. A lot of pepper is grown throughout the broad range of Rauzane. In addition to chilli, Dhania, Piaz, Almond, Sugarcane, Watermelon, Cucumber, Mustard, Plant, Fellan etc. are produced. Under the supervision of the Raozan Agricultural Research Center, the cultivars of Ginger, Garlic, Piaz, Yellow, Tejpata, Cinnamon, Banana, Coconut, Pineapple, Superiree, Olive etc. are being cultivated in the hills of Haldia and Pahartali areas.

Other industries and business trade
In the face of the river of Halda until 1960, there were plenty of shoots in Maduunhat zia market. The people of Banskhali used to buy a piece of boat from the Gaduna boat and enter the canal through the river Halda. Raozan was famous for bamboo, cane and cottage making cottage industries. Plow yaws for cultivation of hay, etc, were produced in wood hills. Raozan was famous for the cottage industry, especially the plow yawl. Raozan Chowdhury Hat for the sacrifice, there was a well-known market during the distant English and Pakistan period.

Sights
 Isa Khan Dighi
 Shah Bibi Mosque
 Moisah Bibi Mosque
 Roymukut Dighi
 Laskar Wazir Dighi
 Masterada SuryaSen's Homestead and Memorials
 Jagatpur Ashram
 Habakubi Nabinchandra Sen's Homestead and Memorial Museum
 Mahamuni Buddhism
 Dabua Dhar's house
 Jagannath Devalia and Toran (Dabua)
 Kailashasvara Shiva Temple and Shiva murtis (Dabua, nineteenth century)
 Stirred Buddhist Vihara (Ladakhchari)
 Aburkhil Buddhist Vihara
 Aryamatreya Buddhist monastery (lying idols)
 Sri Sri ketropal Bigroh Mondhir  (Janalihat).
 Sri Sri Ramthakur Ashram, Raozan  (Janalihat).

Haat bazaar

There are 24 haats and seven annual fairs in Raozan Upazila.

Notable Haat's:

. Fakir Haat
. Ramzan Ali Haat

. Sombaijja Haat
. Natuan Baghicha Haat

Rivers
The river Karnaphuli on the south side of the Raozan Upazila and the river Halda flows on the west side.

Health centres

 2 Health Complexes
 Private Hospitals
 Many More

Demographics
According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Raozan had a population of 274,344. Males constituted 50.58% of the population, while females constituted about 49.42% of the population. The average literacy rate is 52.5% (7+ years), above the national average of 32.4%.

According to the 2011 figures, the total population of Raozan Upazila is 3,25,389. Males: 1,63,963 female: 1,61,426 Muslims, 75% of the total population. 18% Hindus, 6% Buddhists and 1% other religions. Indigenous communities like Marma, Tripura, Mogh are living in this Upazila.

Education

Three Universities among other educational institutions in the Upazila including Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology 3 Graduate Colleges, 3 Higher Secondary Colleges, 4 Schools and Colleges, 2 Kamil Madrasha, 4 Fazil Madrasha, 4 Alim Madrasha, 12 Dakhil Madrasha, 5 MPo Dakhil Madrasha, 48 Secondary Schools (Student), 3 Girls' Secondary Schools, 9 Lower Secondary Schools, 177 Government Primary Schools and Community Schools and Kindergartens.

Universities
 Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET)

Madrasah
 Raozan Darul Islam Fazil (M.A) Madrasah
  West Guzra Muniria Darussunnah Fazil Madrasah
 Kagatia Eshatul Ulum Kamil M.A Madrasah

Primary schools
 Raozan Station Model Government Primary School
 Mohammedpur Government Primary School.
 East Lelangara Government Primary School.

High schools
•	Dalainagar High School

•	Fatehnagar Noajishpur Wadudia High School

•	Gaschi High School

•	Gaurachandra Jatindra High School

•	Gohira A. J. Y. M. S. Multilateral Institution

•	Guzra Shyama Charan High School

•	Haladia High School

•	Harpara High School

•	Hazrat Yasin Shah Public High School

•	Kachu Khain Meah Ali High School

•	Kadalpur High School

•	Khaiya Khali High School

•	Kotowali Ghona Adarsha High School

•	Kundeswari Bilika Vidyamandir

•	Lelangra Public High School

•	Madhyam Adhar Manik High School

•	Mahamuni Anglo Pali High School

•	Mohammedpur High School

•	Nandi Para S.M.Pilot Girls High School

•	Noapara High School

•	Noapara M.B. Mollick High School

•	Noapara Muslim High School

•	North Gujra High School

•	North Sartha Dargah High School

•	Panchkhain Bagoan Sammilani High School

•	Paschim Andhar Manik Gujra Rahman High School

•	Paschim Binajuri High School

•	Purba Gujra High School

•	Quepara Girls High School

•	Quepara J. C. Sen A & I Institution

•	Raozan Aryamitreya Institution

•	Raozan R.R.A.C Model High School

•	Raozan Salamatullah High School

•	Raozan Suresh Vidyayattan

•	South Gohira Khan Saheb A Karim High School

•	South Noapara High School

•	Sultanpur High School

•	Unsattor Para High School

•	Urkirchar High School

•	West Gohira Younus Sufia Chowdhury Public High School

•	West Guzra High School

•	Yeasin Nagar Model High School

Colleges
 Raozan Government College
 Cuet School & College
 Noapara University College
 Imam Gazzali University College
 Gohira Degree College
 Yeasin Shah College
 Kadalpur School & College
 Mohammedpur School & College

Notable residents
 Mohammad Chunnu Mia Chowdhury Head of Alam Bari. kadalpur (Late 2019)
 A. B. M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury was the Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency Chittagong-6 from 2001 to 2006 and for Chittagong-5 from 2009 to 2014, and has been the MP for Chittagong-6 again since 2014.
 A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury, mayor of Chittagong (1994–2010), was born at Gohira village in 1944.
 Abdul Haq Choudhury, writer, was born in Raozan in 1922.
 Abdullah Al Noman, former Minister of Fisheries
 Anisul Islam Mahmud, was the Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency Chittagong-5 from 1979 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1990, and for Chittagong-4 from 2009 until 2014, and has been the MP for Chittagong-5 again since 2014.
 Benimadhab Barua, scholar of ancient Indian languages, Buddhism and law, was born at Mahamuni village in 1888.
 Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry, Speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly (1963–1965), was born at Gohira village in 1919.
 Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury, former Member of Parliament
 Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury, writer, was born at Gohira village in 1927.
 Nabinchandra Sen, poet, was born at Noapara village in 1847.
 Nutan Chandra Singha, businessman, was born at Gohira village in 1990.
 Saber Hossain Chowdhury was the Member of Parliament (MP) for constituency Dhaka-6 from 1996 until 2001, and has been the MP for Dhaka-9 since 2009.
 Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, executed war criminal and Member of Parliament, was born at Gohira village in 1949.
 Shabana, film actress
 Sukumar Barua, poet
 Surya Sen, anti-British revolutionary, was born at Noapara village in 1894.
 Syed Wahidul Alam was the Member of Parliament for constituency Chittagong-5 from 1991 until 2006.
 Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, Jatiya Party Member of Parliament
 Daulat Qazi, Poet
Ambika Chakrabarty
Kanak Baran Barua, Educationist & Writer. He was recognised as Google Scholar. His Research Articles   published at ResearchGate, Germany & USA Journal.[21 ]

See also

 Upazilas of Bangladesh
 Districts of Bangladesh
 Divisions of Bangladesh

References

21.Kanak Baran Barua

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n2D3bfMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kanak_Baran_Barua

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Großer See

Großer See is a lake in Landkreis Uckermark, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 93 m, its surface area is 2.6 km². It is situated in Fürstenwerder, part of the municipality of Nordwestuckermark.

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LGrosserSee


Eclipse Modeling Framework

Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) is an Eclipse-based modeling framework and code generation facility for building tools and other applications based on a structured data model.

From a model specification described in XML Metadata Interchange (XMI), EMF provides tools and runtime support to produce a set of Java classes for the model, a set of adapter classes that enable viewing and command-based editing of the model, and a basic editor. Models can be specified using annotated Java, UML, XML documents, or modeling tools, then imported into EMF. Most important of all, EMF provides the foundation for interoperability with other EMF-based tools and applications.

Ecore
Ecore is the core (meta-)model at the heart of EMF.  It allows expressing other models by leveraging its constructs.  Ecore is also its own metamodel (i.e.: Ecore is defined in terms of itself).

According to Ed Merks, EMF project lead, "Ecore is the defacto reference implementation of OMG's EMOF" (Essential Meta-Object Facility).  Still according to Merks, EMOF was actually defined by OMG as a simplified version of the more comprehensive 'C'MOF by drawing on the experience of the successful simplification of Ecore's original implementation.

Using Ecore as a foundational meta-model allows a modeler to take advantage of the entire EMF ecosystem and tooling - in as much as it's then reasonably easy to map application-level models back to Ecore.  This isn't to say that it's best practice for applications to directly leverage Ecore as their metamodel; rather they might consider defining their own metamodels based on Ecore.

See also
Acceleo, a code generator using EMF models in input
ATL, a model transformation language
Connected Data Objects (CDO), a free implementation of a Distributed Shared Model on top of EMF
Generic Eclipse Modeling System (GEMS)
Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)
List of EMF based software
Model-driven architecture
Xtext

References

External links
EMF project page

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Anytown (film)

Anytown is a 2009 drama film written and directed by Dave Rodriguez. The film has won three film awards. "Best Picture" at the Charleston International Film Festival, "Excellence in Filmmaking" at The Method Fest and "Best Screenplay" at the Long Island International Film Expo. Anytown also garnered a strong review from Variety. The film was later released under the title American Bully.
It revolves around a story about the outcomes of war in Iraq and the effects on an individual.

Cast
Matt O'Leary as Brandon O'Leary
Marshall Allman as Mike Grossman
Jonathan Halyalkar as Eric Singh
Sam Murphy as Bo Aznabev
Ross Britz as Kyle Castranovo
Brooke Johnson as Michelle
Meghan Stansfield as Charlotte
Paul Ben-Victor as Principal Wheeler
Natasha Henstridge as Carol Mills
Brendan Aguillard as Young Boy I

External links

 Anytown reviewed by Variety, April 15, 2009

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Kappa Gamma Psi

Kappa Gamma Psi (ΚΓΨ) is a performing arts fraternity in the United States that was founded in 1913. Its last surviving collegiate chapter (Iota) went inactive in 2008, but the National Organization continues and is founding alumni chapters. Its membership was restricted to males, before it became coeducational in the 1970s.

Founding
Kappa Gamma Psi was founded on December 11, 1913 by twelve faculty members at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Chapters
The fraternity originally had chapters at 13 universities throughout the United States (the New England Conservatory, the University of Michigan, Ithaca College, the Boston Conservatory, the University of Utah, Pennsylvania State University, Boston University, the University of Alabama, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, the Chicago Musical College, the Cincinnati School of Music, and DePaul University). Iota Chapter, at Ithaca College in upstate New York (founded in 1929), the last active chapter, went inactive in 2008. Members of several former chapters remain in contact and gather periodically.

Composition contest and commissioned works
Kappa Gamma Psi Iota chapter (Ithaca College) used to sponsor a competition for new compositions. The widely performed band composition The Leaves Are Falling, by the American composer Warren Benson, was commissioned by Kappa Gamma Psi in 1963. Deux Preludes, a work for flute, clarinet, and bassoon by the Czech-born composer Karel Husa, was commissioned by the Iota chapter in 1966. Elie Siegmeister's Sextet for Brass and Percussion was commissioned in 1966. In 1974, the Iota chapter commissioned Alfred Reed's Double Wind Quintet.

Notable members
Halim El-Dabh, composer (1921-2017)
Bert Remsen, actor (1925–1999)

Notable honorary members
Harold Bauer
Joseph Bonner
Pablo Casals
Philip Greeley Clapp
Ferdinand Dunkley
George Eastman
Duke Ellington
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Philip Hale
Louis Hasselmans
Hans Kindler
Fritz Kreisler
Erich Leinsdorf
George Longy
Béla Böszörményi-Nagy
Ignace Paderewski
Attilio Poto
Leroy Robinson
Jesús María Sanromá
Nicholas Schwalt
Elie Siegmeister
Lawrence Tibbett
Roman Tottenburg
Bruno Walter
William L. Whitney

References

External links
Kappa Gamma Psi official site

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DN73A (Romania)

DN73A is a national road that starts from Predeal, reaching Șercaia, Brașov.

Road
The national road DN73A starts from the entrance to Predeal, coming from DN1 from Bucharest, goes by Cold River, goes down to Burzenland in Râșnov, where it intersects with DN73. Then it goes through Old Tohan neighborhood of Zărnești city, reaches the Poiana Mărului and then it goes down to Țara Făgărașului, goes to Șinca Nouă, and Sinca Veche. Between Sinca Veche and Ohaba, DN73A has a common road with DJ104. From Ohaba, it goes through Vad and it ends at Șercaia, at the intersection with DN1.

Historic and architecture monuments

 Cetatea Râșnov
 Comuna Șinca
 Grota (Monastery) under Plesul hill, also known as Temple of Fate, from Sinca Veche
 Monastic Hermitage Birth of Mary the Virgin  from Sinca Veche
 The Great Cave from Meresti, in Perșani Mountains, discovered in the 18th century where it was found ceramics marks from the first Epoch of Steel (Hallstatt culture).
 Bucium Monastery, near Bucium village
 Fortified Saxon Church from Sercaia, attested in 1429, owned by Saint Katherine.
 Fortified Evangelical-Lutheran church from Halmeag, built in the second half of the 11th century, which illustrates the passing phase from Romanesque architecture to Gothic art.

Other places with touristic interests and nature monuments

 Predeal
 Ski area, with 5 areas
 Climatic Station Cold River
 Zărnești
 The City Day is celebrated each summer, in August: "Zarnesti city days"-"Edelweiss Festival"
 National Park Stone of Crawl
 Comuna Șinca
 Persani Baths  from Persani, with mineral springs
 Vad
 Plugarul, folkloric habit that takes place in the second day of Easter
 Poiana Narciselor from Vad, Nature reserve

Bibliography

 ADAC Straßenatlas Ost-Europa, ADAC e.V. München, 1993
 Harta rutieră, Indexul localităților, România, Romania, Rumänien, Roumanie,1:700.000, Szarvas.Kárpátia, 2007
 Pepene Nicolae, Popovici Bogdan, Ștefănescu Victor, Rusu Florina, O istorie a Râșnovului în imagini, Editura Suvenir, 2006

Notes

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