John McKellar Stewart

John McKellar Stewart (4 May 1878 – 25 April 1953), generally referred to as J. McKellar Stewart, was professor of philosophy at the University of Adelaide and its vice-chancellor from 1945 to 1948.

History
McKellar Stewart was a son of Alexander Stewart (died February 1920) and his wife Lillias Stewart, née McKellar.
Alexander Stewart left Scotland for Australia with his parents in 1852. and operated a farm at Ballangeich, around 30 km north of Warrnambool, Victoria.
Lillias McKellar left Scotland for Australia aboard Christina in company with one John McKellar, arriving in Sydney in April 1839.

Stewart was employed as trainee teacher at Warrnambool State School, then taught at Charlton then Benalla. He entered Ormond College, University of Melbourne, where he graduated in philosophy in 1906 with first class honours, winning the Hastie Scholarship in Logic and Philosophy and from 1907 to 1909 was employed delivering lectures in Logic and Philosophy to Ormond College students, meanwhile studying theology and was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church. In 1909 he married Margaret Grace Stuart Bothroyd MA.

In 1911 he completed his D.Phil. at the University of Edinburgh, his thesis being on the work of Henri Bergson, later published as Critical Exposition of Bergson's Philosophy, to some acclaim. He undertook further studies at the University of Marburg.

He returned to the University of Melbourne in 1912 as a lecturer in philosophy, and entered wholeheartedly into the intellectual and social life of the university. He was heavily involved with the University Union, the controversial Public Questions Society, and the Student Christian Movement and served as chairman of each. He took part in University Extension activities, and for several years served as its secretary.
in 1920 Stewart was appointed associate professor of philosophy, a post created for him, then in 1922 was offered the Hughes Professorship in Philosophy on the recommendation of Professor Mitchell, the outgoing incumbent, and was appointed the following year.

He was appointed deputy vice-chancellor in 1943 and vice-chancellor in 1945, maintaining his academic duties, the last person to combine the two roles. He retired as vice-chancellor in 1948, but remained professor of philosophy until his retirement in 1950, and was made professor emeritus by the University Council. Other positions he held at Adelaide University at various times included chairman of the University Public Examinations Board and chairman of the university joint committee for tutorial classes. He was foundation chairman of the Students' Union (1926).

Other activities
Stewart was member of the State Advisory Council for Education.
He was appointed to the Government Commission which enquired into education in SA in 1933.
He was chairman of the Scotch College Council of Governors from 1926 to the day he died.
He was president of the Kindergarten Union of SA from 1924 to the year he died. He was succeeded by Sir Herbert Mayo.
He was a keen gardener, taking pleasure from raising native plants from seeds he collected on the South Australian mainland and on Kangaroo Island.

Family
Stewart married Margaret Grace "Madge" Bothroyd ( – 13 August 1948) on 3 November 1909. Margaret was a founder of the Blackwood branch of the Women's Non-Party Association, which merged into the SA League of Women Voters.
eldest son John S. M. Stewart MB BS ( – ) married Joyce Spencer Job (1920 – ) on 14 November 1942. Joyce was daughter of (Spencer) Roy Job.
A. K. McKellar Stewart MB BS (23 January 1920 – ) lived in Casino, New South Wales
Neil McKellar Stewart (20 July 1924 – ) lived in Blackwood
Margaret McKellar Stewart MA ( –2007) married Maurice Meredith Stericker Finnis MA ( –1995) on 11 August 1939. Margaret, educated at Walford School and Adelaide University, was president, League of Women Voters. Maurice was the only son of Rev. Horace Percy Finnis (died 1960), organist at St Peter's Cathedral 1936–1955. Their children were
John Finnis (28 July 1941 – ) Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University and noted Legal academic.
Jane Finnis (4 August 1942 – ) married Robert Childs; they are best known as founders of SCALA
Catherine Finnis (14 November 1944 – ) studied music at the Elder Conservatorium; noted 'cellist.
(Alexander) Nigel Finnis (2 October 1950 – ) studied Modern European languages at Flinders University then Cambridge, gaining PhD in Linguistics.
They had a home, "Dalkeith", in Blackwood

Recognition
He was appointed C.M.G. in 1949.
The McKellar Stewart Kindergarten in Kensington, South Australia was named in his honor.

Further reading
J. J. C. Smart, Stewart, John McKellar (1878–1953), published first in hardcopy 1990,  Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

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2008 college football season

The 2008 college football season may refer to:

 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season
 2008 NCAA Division II football season
 2008 NCAA Division III football season
 2008 NAIA Football National Championship


Ibrahim Latifi

Ibrahim Latifi (born 27 January 1939) is an Iranian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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Lê Dụ Tông

Lê Dụ Tông (chữ Hán: 黎裕宗, 1679–1731) birth name Lê Duy Đường (黎維禟) was an emperor of Vietnam, the 11th of the figurehead emperors of the later Lê dynasty warlord period. He reigned as emperor from 1705–1729 (24 years), the first ten years of which his father Lê Hy Tông was alive and elevated in semi-retirement to Retired Emperor (). He was succeeded by Lê Duy Phường, also known as the second emperor to carry the name Hôn Đức Công.

Issue
He had including five sons. They are Lê Duy Phường, Lê Duy Mật, Lê Duy Quý, Lê Thuần Tông and Lê Ý Tông.

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David Hays

David Hays may refer to:

 David Hays (cricketer) (born 1944), English-born Scottish cricketer
 David G. Hays (1928–1995), linguist, computer scientist and social scientist

See also
 David Hayes (disambiguation)
 David Hay (disambiguation)


Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica

Gryllotalpa septemdecimchromosomica is a species of mole cricket, in the G. gryllotalpa species group, found in Spain and France: where it may be known as le courtillière Provençale. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

References

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Labeo trigliceps

Labeo trigliceps is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.
It is found only in the Athi River in Kenya.
Its natural habitat is rivers. Its taxonomic status is uncertain and the specimens taken so far may be aberrant specimens of Labeo cylindricus.

References

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Raimbaut

Raimbaut may refer to:

Raimbaut, Count of Orange (died 1121), elder son of Bertrand Raimbaut and of his first wife Gilberte
Raimbaut of Orange (1147–1173), or in Occitan Raimbaut d'Aurenga, was the lord of Orange and Aumelas and a troubadour
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (1180–1207), Provençal troubadour and, later in his life, knight

See also
Raimbaud


Procolophonidae

Procolophonidae is an extinct family of parareptiles from the Permian and Triassic periods.

They were shaped like stocky lizards, with broad-cheeked skulls. Their cheeks sported a stout backward-pointing spike. Hypsognathus, from North America, had many cheek spikes. Procolophon, the genus after which the group was named, is unusual. Their skulls resemble the turtles', sharing a posttemporal fenestra. Accordingly, they have historically been classed alongside the turtles under the Anapsida.

Up to the early Triassic, their teeth were sharp, indicating an insectivorous diet. Later in the Triassic their teeth became broader, indicating a switch to a herbivorous diet. They became extinct at the end of the Triassic.

Discoveries announced in 2008 suggest that these animals may have lived in Antarctica in the Early Triassic, and were thus among the earliest tetrapods in the Antarctic.

Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from Ruta et al. (2011):

References

Sources

External links
 Introduction to Procolophonoidea

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Crețești

Crețești is a commune in Vaslui County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Budești, Crețești, Crețeștii de Sus and Satu Nou.

References

External links

 Chalicotherium and saber-toothed tigers discovered at Creţeşti

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List of extreme points of Romania

This is a list of the extreme points of Romania, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Latitude and longitude
Northernmost point: Horodiștea, a village in Botoșani County, on the border with Ukraine,
Historical: Babin, Cernăuți County (now Babyn, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine)
Southernmost point: Zimnicea, a town in Teleorman County, on the border with Bulgaria,
Historical: Ecrene, Caliacra County (now Kranevo, Dobrich Province, Bulgaria)
Westernmost point: Beba Veche, a village in Timiș County, on the border with Hungary and Serbia,
Easternmost point: Sulina, a town in Tulcea County, on the Danube Delta, . Also the easternmost point in the contiguous EU (21 states).
Historical: Bugaz, Cetatea Albă County (now Zatoka, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine)

Height
 Highest Point: Moldoveanu Peak, in the Făgăraș Mountains, (2,544 m),
 Lowest Point: Black Sea shore

See also

 Geography of Romania
 Extreme points of Europe
 Extreme points of the European Union

Category:Lists of coordinates

Extreme


Jhong

Jhong  is a village development committee in Mustang District in the Dhawalagiri Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 450 people living in 91 individual households.

References

External links
UN map of the municipalities of Mustang District

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J O'Donnell

J O'Donnell (Sydney) was a professional rugby league footballer in Australia's leading competition - the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).

O'Donnell, a forward,  played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1923 season and is recognised as that club's 142nd player.

References

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Nurabad

Nurabad or Noor Abad () may refer to many Iranian settlements:

Bushehr Province
 Nurabad, Bushehr, a village in Dashtestan County, Bushehr Province, Iran

Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province
 Nurabad, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Lordegan County
 Nurabad, Shahrekord, a village in Shahrekord County

East Azerbaijan Province
 Nurabad, East Azerbaijan, in Marand County

Fars Province
 Nurabad, Eqlid, a village in Eqlid County
 Nurabad, Fasa, a village in Fasa County
 Nurabad, Kharameh, a village in Kharameh County
 Nurabad, Fars, a city in Mamasani County
 Nurabad, Mohr, a village in Mohr County

Golestan Province
 Nurabad, Golestan, a village in Gonbad-e Qabus County, Golestan Province, Iran

Hamadan Province
 Nurabad-e Simineh, a village in Bahar County, Hamadan Province, Iran
 Nurabad-e Hajjilu, a village in Kabudarahang County, Hamadan Province, Iran

Hormozgan Province
 Nurabad, Bandar Lengeh, a village in Bandar Lengeh County
 Nurabad, Rudan, a village in Rudan County

Ilam Province
 Nurabad, Ilam, a village in Shirvan and Chardaval County

Isfahan Province
 Nurabad, Buin va Miandasht, a village in Buin va Miandasht County
 Nurabad, Nain, a village in Nain County
 Nurabad, Semirom, a village in Semirom County
 Nurabad, Padena, a village in Semirom County
 Nurabad Rural District (Isfahan Province), in Mobarakeh County

Kerman Province
 Nurabad, Esmaili, a village in Anbarabad County
 Nurabad, Hoseynabad, a village in Anbarabad County
 Nurabad 1, a village in Kahnuj County
 Nurabad 2, a village in Kahnuj County
 Nurabad, Manujan, a village in Manujan County
 Nurabad, Nurabad, a village in Manujan County
 Nurabad Rural District (Kerman Province), in Manujan County
 Nurabad, Sirjan, a village in Sirjan County

Kermanshah Province
 Nurabad, Salas-e Babajani, a village in Salas-e Babajani County
 Nurabad, Sonqor, a village in Sonqor County

Khuzestan Province
 Nurabad, Andimeshk, a village in Andimeshk County
 Nurabad, Dezful, a village in Dezful County
 Nurabad, Izeh, a village in Izeh County

Kurdistan Province
 Nurabad, Kurdistan, a village in Saqqez County

Lorestan Province
 Nurabad, Lorestan, city in the province of Lorestan
 Nurabad, Khorramabad, a village in Khorramabad County
 Nurabad, alternate name of Cheshmeh Barad, in the province of Lorestan
 Nurabad-e Cheshmeh Barqi, in the province of Lorestan
 Nurabad-e Nadar, in the province of Lorestan
 Nurabad Rural District (Lorestan Province)

Markazi Province
 Nurabad, Ashtian, a village in Ashtian County
 Nurabad, Khomeyn, a village in Khomeyn County
 Nurabad, Shazand, a village in Shazand County

Qazvin Province
 Nurabad, Qazvin

Qom Province
 Nurabad, Jafarabad, in Qom Province
 Nurabad, Khalajastan, in Qom Province

Razavi Khorasan Province
 Nurabad, Khoshab, a village in Khoshab County
 Nurabad, Mashhad, a village in Mashhad County
 Nurabad, Nishapur, a village in Nishapur County
 Nurabad, Sabzevar, a village in Sabzevar County
 Nurabad, Torqabeh and Shandiz, a village in Torqabeh and Shandiz County
 Nurabad, Zaveh, a village in Zaveh County

Sistan and Baluchestan Province
 Nurabad-e Naluki, a village in Dalgan County
 Nurabad-e Dasht Abkhvan, a village in Khash County
 Nurabad-e Sar Talap, a village in Khash County

Tehran Province
 Nurabad, Tehran, in Malard County

West Azerbaijan Province
 Nurabad, West Azerbaijan, a village in Showt County

Yazd Province
 Nurabad, Khatam, a village in Khatam County
 Nurabad, Mehriz, a village in Mehriz County
 Nurabad, Taft, a village in Taft County

Zanjan Province
 Nurabad, Zanjan, a city in Khodabandeh County

Other uses
 Nurabad Rural District (disambiguation)

See also

 Nurobod District, Tajikistan
 Nurobod District (Uzbekistan)
 Nurobod, Uzbekistan, a town, capital of Nurobod District


Battle of Turnadağ

The Battle of Turnadağ was an engagement between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and the Beylik of Dulkadir of Turkey in 1515.

Background
Beylik of Dulkadir was a semi-independent Anatolian Turkish beylik under the sovereignty of the Mamluk Egypt. Its territory bordered in the north to the Ottoman Empire. In 1514, Ottoman sultan Selim I, nicknamed Yavuz, literally "Grim" or "Inflexible", waged a war against Ismail I of the Safavids in Iran. His campaign route was close to Dulkadir border, and Selim I asked Bozkurt of Dulkadir to participate in the campaign. But Bozkurt refused to participate using the pretext of his old age. Also some tribes under his command disturbed supply units of the Ottoman army.

After the campaign
After the Iran campaign, Selim I decided to end the Beylik. Instead of returning to İstanbul, he waited in Central Anatolia with the main army and sent a force of 40,000 men under the commandship of Hadim Sinan Pasha, one of his viziers to conquer Dulkadir territory. Ali Bey, a relative of Bozkurt, who had previously escaped to the Ottomans, was with Sinan as a guide.

The battle
Early fighting took place on 13 June 1515 close to Göksun, what is today a town in Kahramanmaraş Province in Turkey. Although the Ottomans were victorious, Bozkurt was able to escape to southeast. The final clash was in Turnadağ, a mountain range now called Nurhak in Kahramanmaraş Province. At the end of the battle, Dulkadir army was totally defeated. Both Bozkurt and his sons were killed in the battle.

Aftermath
After the battle, Beylik of Dulkadir ceased to exist. It was converted to an Ottoman sanjak, (Ottoman administrative unit). The first governor of the sanjak became Ali Bey of the Dulkadir. Hadim Sinan Pasha was promoted to be the grand vizier. The next year, Selim I waged a war against Egypt, and Egypt as well as Syria and Palestine came under the Ottoman rule.

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Allah Jilai Bai

Allah Jilai Bai (1 February 1902 – 3 November 1992) was a folk singer from Rajasthan, India.

Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh. She took singing lessons from Ustad Hussain Baksh Khan and later on from Achhan Maharaj. In spite of her position and popularity she was firmly rooted and a humble artist.

She was well versed in Maand, Thumri, Khayal and Dadra. Perhaps her best-known piece is Kesaria Balam. In 1982, the Indian Government awarded her the Padma Shri in Arts field, one of the highest civilian awards. She has been also awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1988 for Folk Music

References

External links
 Allah Jilai Bai on realbikaner.com
 Padamshri Allah Jillai Bai
 Listen Allah Jillai Bai's Folk Songs on FolkRajasthan.com

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Operational amplifier applications

This article illustrates some typical operational amplifier applications. A non-ideal operational amplifier's equivalent circuit has a finite input impedance, a non-zero output impedance, and a finite gain. A real op-amp has a number of non-ideal features as shown in the diagram, but here a simplified schematic notation is used, many details such as device selection and power supply connections are not shown. Operational amplifiers are optimised for use with negative feedback, and this article discusses only negative-feedback applications. When positive feedback is required, a comparator is usually more appropriate. See Comparator applications for further information.

Practical considerations

Operational amplifiers parameter requirements
In order for a particular device to be used in an application, it must satisfy certain requirements. The operational amplifier must
 have large open-loop signal gain (voltage gain of 200,000 is obtained in early integrated circuit exemplars), and
 have input impedance large with respect to values present in the feedback network.
With these requirements satisfied, the op-amp is considered ideal, and one can use the method of virtual ground to quickly and intuitively grasp the 'behavior' of any of the op-amp circuits below.

Component specification
Resistors used in practical solid-state op-amp circuits are typically in the kΩ range. Resistors much greater than 1 MΩ cause excessive thermal noise and make the circuit operation susceptible to significant errors due to bias or leakage currents.

Input bias currents and input offset
Practical operational amplifiers draw a small current from each of their inputs due to bias requirements (in the case of bipolar junction transistor-based inputs) or leakage (in the case of MOSFET-based inputs).

These currents flow through the resistances connected to the inputs and produce small voltage drops across those resistances. Appropriate design of the feedback network can alleviate problems associated with input bias currents and common-mode gain, as explained below. The heuristic rule is to ensure that the impedance "looking out" of each input terminal is identical.

To the extent that the input bias currents do not match, there will be an effective input offset voltage present, which can lead to problems in circuit performance. Many commercial op-amp offerings provide a method for tuning the operational amplifier to balance the inputs (e.g., "offset null" or "balance" pins that can interact with an external voltage source attached to a potentiometer). Alternatively, a tunable external voltage can be added to one of the inputs in order to balance out the offset effect. In cases where a design calls for one input to be short-circuited to ground, that short circuit can be replaced with a variable resistance that can be tuned to mitigate the offset problem.

Operational amplifiers using MOSFET-based input stages have input leakage currents that will be, in many designs, negligible.

Power supply effects
Although power supplies are not indicated in the (simplified) operational amplifier designs below, they are nonetheless present and can be critical in operational amplifier circuit design.

Supply noise
Power supply imperfections (e.g., power signal ripple, non-zero source impedance) may lead to noticeable deviations from ideal operational amplifier behavior. For example, operational amplifiers have a specified power supply rejection ratio that indicates how well the output can reject signals that appear on the power supply inputs. Power supply inputs are often noisy in large designs because the power supply is used by nearly every component in the design, and inductance effects prevent current from being instantaneously delivered to every component at once. As a consequence, when a component requires large injections of current (e.g., a digital component that is frequently switching from one state to another), nearby components can experience sagging at their connection to the power supply. This problem can be mitigated with appropriate use of bypass capacitors connected across each power supply pin and ground. When bursts of current are required by a component, the component can bypass the power supply by receiving the current directly from the nearby capacitor (which is then slowly recharged by the power supply).

Using power supply currents in the signal path
Additionally, current drawn into the operational amplifier from the power supply can be used as inputs to external circuitry that augment the capabilities of the operational amplifier. For example, an operational amplifier may not be fit for a particular high-gain application because its output would be required to generate signals outside of the safe range generated by the amplifier. In this case, an external push–pull amplifier can be controlled by the current into and out of the operational amplifier. Thus, the operational amplifier may itself operate within its factory specified bounds while still allowing the negative feedback path to include a large output signal well outside of those bounds.

Amplifiers
The first example is the differential amplifier, from which many of the other applications can be derived, including the inverting, non-inverting, and summing amplifier, the voltage follower, integrator, differentiator, and gyrator.

Differential amplifier (difference amplifier)

Amplifies the difference in voltage between its inputs.
The name "differential amplifier" must not be confused with the "differentiator", which is also shown on this page.

The "instrumentation amplifier", which is also shown on this page, is a modification of the differential amplifier that also provides high input impedance.

The circuit shown computes the difference of two voltages, multiplied by some gain factor. The output voltage

Or, expressed as a function of the common-mode input Vcom and difference input Vdif:

the output voltage is

In order for this circuit to produce a signal proportional to the voltage difference of the input terminals, the coefficient of the Vcom term (the common-mode gain) must be zero, or

With this constraint in place, the common-mode rejection ratio of this circuit is infinitely large, and the output

where the simple expression Rf / R1 represents the closed-loop gain of the differential amplifier.

The special case when the closed-loop gain is unity is a differential follower, with

Inverting amplifier

An inverting amplifier is a special case of the differential amplifier in which that circuit's non-inverting input V2 is grounded, and inverting input V1 is identified with Vin above. The closed-loop gain is Rf / Rin, hence
.
The simplified circuit above is like the differential amplifier in the limit of R2 and Rg very small. In this case, though, the circuit will be susceptible to input bias current drift because of the mismatch between Rf and Rin.

To intuitively see the gain equation above, calculate the current in Rin:

then recall that this same current must be passing through Rf, therefore (because V− = V+ = 0):

A mechanical analogy is a seesaw, with the V− node (between Rin and Rf) as the fulcrum, at ground potential. Vin is at a length Rin from the fulcrum; Vout is at a length Rf. When Vin descends "below ground", the output Vout rises proportionately to balance the seesaw, and vice versa.

As the negative input of the op-amp acts as a virtual ground, the input impedance of this circuit is equal to Rin.

Non-inverting amplifier

A non-inverting amplifier is a special case of the differential amplifier in which that circuit's inverting input V1 is grounded, and non-inverting input V2 is identified with Vin above, with R1 ≫ R2.
Referring to the circuit immediately above,
.
To intuitively see this gain equation, use the virtual ground technique to calculate the current in resistor R1:

then recall that this same current must be passing through R2, therefore:

Unlike the inverting amplifier, a non-inverting amplifier cannot have a gain of less than 1.

A mechanical analogy is a class-2 lever, with one terminal of R1 as the fulcrum, at ground potential. Vin is at a length R1 from the fulcrum; Vout is at a length R2 further along. When Vin ascends "above ground", the output Vout rises proportionately with the lever.

The input impedance of the simplified non-inverting amplifier is high:

where Zdif is the op-amp's input impedance to differential signals, and AOL is the open-loop voltage gain of the op-amp (which varies with frequency), and B is the feedback factor (the fraction of the output signal that returns to the input). In the case of the ideal op-amp, with AOL infinite and Zdif infinite, the input impedance is also infinite. In this case, though, the circuit will be susceptible to input bias current drift because of the mismatch between the impedances driving the V+ and V− op-amp inputs.

The feedback loop similarly decreases the output impedance:

where Zout is the output impedance with feedback, and ZOL is the open-loop output impedance.

Voltage follower (unity buffer amplifier)

Used as a buffer amplifier to eliminate loading effects (e.g., connecting a device with a high source impedance to a device with a low input impedance).

 (realistically, the differential input impedance of the op-amp itself (1 MΩ to 1 TΩ), multiplied by the open-loop gain of the op-amp)

Due to the strong (i.e., unity gain) feedback and certain non-ideal characteristics of real operational amplifiers, this feedback system is prone to have poor stability margins. Consequently, the system may be unstable when connected to sufficiently capacitive loads. In these cases, a lag compensation network (e.g., connecting the load to the voltage follower through a resistor) can be used to restore stability. The manufacturer data sheet for the operational amplifier may provide guidance for the selection of components in external compensation networks. Alternatively, another operational amplifier can be chosen that has more appropriate internal compensation.

The input and output impedance are affected by the feedback loop in the same way as the non-inverting amplifier, with B=1.

Summing amplifier

A summing amplifier sums several (weighted) voltages:

 When , and  independent

 When

 Output is inverted
 Input impedance of the nth input is  ( is a virtual ground)

Instrumentation amplifier

Combines very high input impedance, high common-mode rejection, low DC offset, and other properties used in making very accurate, low-noise measurements

 Is made by adding a non-inverting buffer to each input of the differential amplifier to increase the input impedance.

Oscillators

Wien bridge oscillator

Produces a very low distortion sine wave. Uses negative temperature compensation in the form of a light bulb or diode.

Filters

Operational amplifiers can be used in construction of active filters, providing high-pass, low-pass, band-pass, reject and delay functions. The high input impedance and gain of an op-amp allow straightforward calculation of element values, allowing accurate implementation of any desired filter topology with little concern for the loading effects of stages in the filter or of subsequent stages. However, the frequencies at which active filters can be implemented is limited; when the behavior of the amplifiers departs significantly from the ideal behavior assumed in elementary design of the filters, filter performance is degraded.

Comparator

An operational amplifier can, if necessary, be forced to act as a comparator. The smallest difference between the input voltages will be amplified enormously, causing the output to swing to nearly the supply voltage. However, it is usually better to use a dedicated comparator for this purpose, as its output has a higher slew rate and can reach either power supply rail. Some op-amps have clamping diodes on the input that prevent use as a comparator.

Integration and differentiation

Inverting integrator

The integrator is mostly used in analog computers, analog-to-digital converters and wave-shaping circuits.

Integrates (and inverts) the input signal Vin(t) over a time interval t, t0 < t < t1, yielding an output voltage at time t = t1 of

where Vout(t0) represents the output voltage of the circuit at time t = t0. This is the same as saying that the output voltage changes over time t0 < t < t1 by an amount proportional to the time integral of the input voltage:

This circuit can be viewed as a low-pass electronic filter, one with a single pole at DC (i.e., where ) and with gain.

In a practical application one encounters a significant difficulty:
unless the capacitor C is periodically discharged, the output voltage will eventually drift outside of the operational amplifier's operating range.
This can be due to any combination of:
 The input Vin has a non-zero DC component,
 Input bias current is non-zero,
 Input offset voltage is non-zero.

A slightly more complex circuit can ameliorate the second two problems, and in some cases, the first as well.

Here, the feedback resistor Rf provides a discharge path for capacitor Cf, while the series resistor at the non-inverting input Rn, when of the correct value, alleviates input bias current and common-mode problems. That value is the parallel resistance of Ri and Rf, or using the shorthand notation ||:

The relationship between input signal and output signal is now

Inverting differentiator

Differentiates the (inverted) signal over time:

where  and  are functions of time.

The transfer function of the inverting differentiator has a single zero in the origin (i.e., where angular frequency ). The high-pass characteristics of a differentiating amplifier can lead to stability challenges when the circuit is used in an analog servo loop (e.g., in a PID controller with a significant derivative gain). In particular, as a root locus analysis would show, increasing feedback gain will drive a closed-loop pole toward marginal stability at the DC zero introduced by the differentiator.

Synthetic elements

Inductance gyrator

Simulates an inductor (i.e., provides inductance without the use of a possibly costly inductor). The circuit exploits the fact that the current flowing through a capacitor behaves through time as the voltage across an inductor. The capacitor used in this circuit is smaller than the inductor it simulates and its capacitance is less subject to changes in value due to environmental changes. Applications where this circuit may be superior to a physical inductor are simulating a variable inductance or simulating a very large inductance.

This circuit is of limited use in applications relying on the back EMF property of an inductor as this effect will be limited in a gyrator circuit to the voltage supplies of the op-amp.

Negative impedance converter (NIC)

Creates a resistor having a negative value for any signal generator.

In this case, the ratio between the input voltage and the input current (thus the input resistance) is given by:

In general, the components , , and  need not be resistors; they can be any component that can be described with an impedance.

Non-linear

Precision rectifier

The voltage drop VF across the forward biased diode in the circuit of a passive rectifier is undesired. In this active version, the problem is solved by connecting the diode in the negative feedback loop. The op-amp compares the output voltage across the load with the input voltage and increases its own output voltage with the value of VF. As a result, the voltage drop VF is compensated and the circuit behaves very nearly as an ideal (super) diode with VF = 0 V.

The circuit has speed limitations at high frequency because of the slow negative feedback and due to the low slew rate of many non-ideal op-amps.

Logarithmic output

 The relationship between the input voltage  and the output voltage  is given by:

where  is the saturation current and  is the thermal voltage.

 If the operational amplifier is considered ideal, the inverting input pin is virtually grounded, so the current flowing into the resistor from the source (and thus through the diode to the output, since the op-amp inputs draw no current) is:

where  is the current through the diode. As known, the relationship between the current and the voltage for a diode is:

This, when the voltage is greater than zero, can be approximated by:

Putting these two formulae together and considering that the output voltage is the negative of the voltage across the diode (), the relationship is proven.

This implementation does not consider temperature stability and other non-ideal effects.

Exponential output

 The relationship between the input voltage  and the output voltage  is given by:

where  is the saturation current and  is the thermal voltage.

 Considering the operational amplifier ideal, then the negative pin is virtually grounded, so the current through the diode is given by:

when the voltage is greater than zero, it can be approximated by:

The output voltage is given by:

Other applications

 audio and video preamplifiers and buffers
 filters
 voltage regulator and current regulator
 analog-to-digital converter
 digital-to-analog converter
 voltage clamp
 oscillators and waveform generators
 Analog computer
 Capacitance multiplier
 Charge amplifier

See also

 Current-feedback operational amplifier
 Frequency compensation
 Operational amplifier
 Operational transconductance amplifier
 Transimpedance amplifier

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

   – Analog Devices Application note

   – Texas Instruments Application note
 Low Side Current Sensing Using Operational Amplifiers

 Logarithmically variable gain from a linear variable component
 Impedance and admittance transformations using operational amplifiers by D. H. Sheingold
 High Speed Amplifier Techniques  very practical and readablewith photos and real waveforms
 Single supply op-amp circuit collection
 Properly terminating an unused op-amp

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Stepnovsky District

Stepnovsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Stavropol Krai, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Stepnovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Stepnoye. Population:  23,315 (2002 Census); 19,520 (1989 Census). The population of Stepnoye accounts for 25.3% of the district's total population.

References

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Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike

The Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike of 1937 occurred in the cities of Lewiston, Maine and Auburn, Maine among textile workers, most of whom were of French-Canadian descent. The workers walked off the job on March 25, 1937 demanding higher pay, a shorter workweek, better working conditions and union representation. Shortly after the strike began, the manufacturers offered a 10% wage increase, which was refused by the Strikers. By early April, 4,000 to 5,000 workers, including skilled and unskilled, were on strike. On April 21, workers and union organizers attempted to march across South Bridge (now Bernard Lown Peace Bridge), which connect Lewiston's Little Canada neighborhood and Auburn. Police and workers fought, including many women on the workers' side. Depicted in the Lewiston Evening Journal as 'Red Wednesday', Governor Lewis Barrows called in the Maine Army National Guard.  Overall, the strike ended with a loss for the workers on June 29, 1937.

Powers Hapgood, the New England secretary for the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) at the time, arrived in Lewiston on March 12 to coordinate the strike.  was jailed for two months for contempt of court for his role in continuing the strike in the wake of an injunction by a Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice forbidding strike activity.

In 1992, Bates College professor Robert Branham made a 55-minute documentary about the strike called "Roughing the Uppers: the Great Shoe Strike of 1937".

Labor historian Charles Scontras said of the strike, "In the shoe strike, the wholesale violation of civil liberties prompted the American Civil Liberties Union to state that 'Maine is at least 100 years behind the time in labor laws'."

In 2008, a mural depicting the history of Maine's workers, including a depiction of the Lewiston–Auburn shoe strike, was commissioned by Maine Arts Commission and put on display in the Maine Department of Labor. In March 2011, recently elected Republican Governor Paul LePage ordered the mural taken down, creating statewide controversy.

References

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Category:Economy of Androscoggin County, Maine
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Ornithonyssus

Ornithonyssus is a mite genus of the family Macronyssidae.

Species
 Ornithonyssus acrobates Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
 Ornithonyssus africanus (Zumpt & Till, 1958)
 Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913) commonly known as the tropical rat mite.  A frequently occurring rat mite  that has a painful bite.
 Ornithonyssus benoiti Till, 1982

 Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) commonly known as the tropical fowl mite.

 Ornithonyssus campester Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
 Ornithonyssus capensis Shepherd & Narro, 1983
 Ornithonyssus conciliatus (Radovsky, 1967)
 Ornithonyssus costai Micherdzinski, 1980
 Ornithonyssus dasyuri Domrow, 1983
 Ornithonyssus desultorius (Radovsky, 1966)
 Ornithonyssus flexus (Radovsky, 1967)
 Ornithonyssus garridoi de-la-Cruz, 1981
 Ornithonyssus hypertrichus Radovsky, 2007
 Ornithonyssus jayanti (Advani & Vazirani, 1981)
 Ornithonyssus kochi (Fonseca, 1948)
 Ornithonyssus latro Domrow, 1963
 Ornithonyssus longisetosus Micherdzinski, 1980
 Ornithonyssus lukoschusi Micherdzinski, 1980
 Ornithonyssus matogrosso (Fonseca, 1954)
 Ornithonyssus noeli de-la-Cruz, 1983
 Ornithonyssus nyctinomi (Zumpt & Patterson, 1951)
 Ornithonyssus petauri Micherdzinski, 1980
 Ornithonyssus pereirai (Fonseca, 1935)
 Ornithonyssus pipistrelli (Oudemans, 1904)
 Ornithonyssus praedo Domrow, 1971
 Ornithonyssus roseinnesi (Zumpt & Till, 1953)
 Ornithonyssus simulatus Micherdzinski, 1980
 Ornithonyssus spinosa Manson, 1972
 Ornithonyssus stigmaticus Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
 Ornithonyssus sylviarum (G.Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877) commonly known as the northern fowl mite.
 Ornithonyssus taphozous Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985

References

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Pryce Pryce-Jones

Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (16 October 1834 – 11 January 1920) was a Welsh entrepreneur who formed the first mail order business, revolutionising how products were sold. Creating the first mail order catalogues – which consisted of woollen goods – for the first time customers could order by post, and the goods were delivered by railway.

Pryce-Jones became hugely successful in the United Kingdom, with his high profile customers including Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria. His business also took off overseas, selling Welsh flannel to the rest of Europe, the United States followed by Australia. During the 1870s he took part in exhibitions all over the world, winning several awards, and he became world famous. The Queen knighted him in 1887.

Life history
Pryce-Jones was born in Llanllwchaiarn, just outside Newtown, Montgomeryshire. He was apprenticed to a local draper, John Davies, and took over Davies's business in 1856. In the same year he married Eleanor Rowley Morris of Newtown. Pryce-Jones started with his own little shop selling drapery just off Broad Street. Renamed the Royal Welsh Warehouse, the business flourished. Newtown had always had a woollen industry and it was the local Welsh flannel which formed the mainstay of Pryce-Jones' business.

Post Office reforms and the arrival of the railways in Newtown helped turn the small rural concern into a company with customers around the globe. Pryce-Jones was the first to sell by mail order on a large scale, dispatching his goods by post and train. It was an ideal way of meeting the needs of customers in isolated rural locations who were either too busy or unable to get into Newtown to shop. It was Britain's first large scale mail order business.

The further expansion of the railways in the years that followed allowed Pryce Jones to take orders from further afield and his business grew rapidly. He built up an impressive list of customers – among them Florence Nightingale as well as Queen Victoria, the Princess of Wales and royal households across Europe. He also began selling Welsh flannel from Newtown to America and even Australia.

Pryce-Jones is credited with the invention of the sleeping bag, patented in 1876 under the name of the Euklisia Rug.

Several times, he was forced to re-locate to bigger premises. In 1879, he built the Royal Welsh Warehouse, a tall red brick building in the centre of Newtown which still stands today and which remained home to a mail order company until 2011, albeit not the original Pryce-Jones company.

By 1880, he had more than 100,000 customers and his success was acknowledged by Queen Victoria in 1887 with a knighthood, when he became Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones. He was also elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Montgomery from 1885 to 1886, and from 1892 to 1895. In 1891, Pryce-Jones became the High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire.

Pryce-Jones died in 1920 at the age of 85. The company he had built up over decades was hit badly by the depression of the 1920s and 1930s, being taken over by Lewis's of Liverpool in 1938.

References

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Kairasi Kudumbam

Kairasi Kudumbam () () is a 2015-2017 Tamil soap opera that aired on Jaya TV. It broadcast on from 22 April 2015 to 24 November 2017 at 8:30PM (IST) and ended with 686 Episodes. The show starring by Shiva, Subathira and Vithiya in the lead roles. The show is directed by V. Thiruselvam.

Cast
 Shyam Ganesh / Shiva as Sivayanam
 Subathira as Meenakshi
 Vithiya  as Banumadhi
 Bhagyalakshmi as Anandhi
 Sri Lekha as Indirani,Meenakshi and Chitra's mother
 Vijay Krishnaraj (alias) R Krishnan as Meenakshi and Chitra's father
 Suresh as Suresh
 J.Durai Raj as Saravanan
 Thilla as Veeramani
 Parthan Siva as Sadagopan
 Jeevitha/Priyashree as Vyjayanthi
 Kiruthika as Chitra, Meenakshi's younger sister
 Srividya Natarajan as Santhi, Sivayanam's youngest sister
 Vijayaraj as Vairavan, Santhi's husband

References

External links
official website
Jaya TV on Youtube

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Nathaniel Thayer Jr.

Nathaniel Thayer II (11 September 1808 in Lancaster, Massachusetts – 7 March 1883 in Boston) was a United States financier, philanthropist, and the father of John Eliot Thayer II, an amateur ornithologist.

Early life
He was the son of Nathaniel Thayer I (1769–1840), a Unitarian congregational minister of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and Sarah Parker Toppan, daughter of Christopher Toppan and Sarah Parker. He was educated in an academy in Lancaster.

Banking
His brother John Eliot Thayer I had been operating a successful banking firm in Boston. When he needed more people, he asked Nathaniel Thayer II to be his business partner, now calling the firm John E. Thayer and Brother. The firm was active in the development of railroads in the western United States, several of which Thayer was a director. The firm was also involved with other enterprises such as manufacturing which required large amounts of capital. Thayer became senior director of the firm on the death of his brother in 1857. He gradually acquired a large fortune.

He was known as the “honest banker” because he sold money at the legal rate unlike most, for the time. In 1865 Nathaniel Thayer II retired, sold his business to his partners and lived primarily in The Homestead for “he preferred the woods and fields to the streets and crowds”. He then lived in Lancaster with his wife Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer until his death in 1883.

Philanthropy
He was a fellow of Harvard in 1868-1875, and one of its largest benefactors. He contributed to a commons hall, erected Thayer Hall in 1870 as a memorial of his father and brother, bore the expenses of Louis Agassiz's expedition to South America (which was known as the Thayer Expedition), built a fire-proof herbarium at the botanic garden, and gave much in aid of poor students of the college. He was one of the most generous citizens of Boston.

Personal life
He married Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer (1823–1897), daughter of Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, in 1846.  Together, they had seven children:

 Stephen Van Rensselaer Thayer (1847–1871)
 Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer (1849–1903), who married J. Hampden Robb (1846–1911) in 1868.
 Nathaniel Thayer III (1851–1911)
 Harriet Van Rensselaer Thayer (1853–1891)
 Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer (1855–1907)
 Bayard Thayer (1862–1916)
 John Eliot Thayer (1862–1933), an amateur ornithologist

Although Nathaniel Thayer II lived in Boston for many years he always regarded himself as belonging to Lancaster. He is quoted as saying "Lancaster is my greatest monument"

Descendants
His granddaughter, Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer (b. 1881) married Danish Count Carl Moltke (1869–1935) in 1907.

The family lived in that house along with their other two houses, one in Boston and the other in Newport RI called The Edgemere.

Honors and Memberships
Elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1866.

References
Notes

Sources

Further reading
 George Edward Ellis, Memoir of Nathaniel Thayer, A. M. (1885; Google Books, archive.org)

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Arthur Massé

Arthur Massé (30 October 1894 – 25 October 1972) was a Canadian forest engineer, land surveyor and professor and politician. Masse served as an Independent Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kamouraska, Quebec.

Massé was educated at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College. He then graduated from Université Laval with a Bachelor of Arts degree, where he would later serve as a professor.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Kamouraska riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected for a second term in 1953. Massé became a Liberal party candidate in the 1957 election but was defeated by independent candidate Benoît Chabot.

References

External links

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Radhey Shyam

Radhey Shyam (born 1 May 1953, died 19 August 2006) was an Indian basketball player who represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi. He was a recipient of the Arjuna Award for his achievements. He died in 2006 at the age of 63 at his native village Sri Madhopur in Rajasthan.

References
Arjuna awardees

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Kernstown, Virginia

Kernstown is an unincorporated community within the independent city of Winchester, Virginia. Parts of Kernstown also lie within Frederick County. It is centered along the Valley Pike U.S. Route 11. During the American Civil War, the first and second Battles of Kernstown were fought here.

Adam Kern Sr. (1742-1799) was of German origin, and migrated from York County, Pennsylvania to Frederick County in 1765.  He settled three miles south of Winchester along the Great Wagon Road.   The town of Kernstown was named for his son, Adam Kern Jr. (1773-1855).

Previous names include:
Opequon - at the intersection of the "Great Wagon Road" – now Hwy 11 – and Opequon Creek
Hogue's Tavern – named after a  tavern located at the  intersection of the "Great Wagon Road" – now Hwy 11 – and Opequon Creek
Kernsville – Settlement on Adam Kern Sr.'s land (his brother Michael Kern (1744-1814) purchased 33 acres in 1766 and 36 acres in 1767 and sold all to Adam Kern Sr. in 1773) along the  "Great Wagon Road" – now Hwy 11 – south of Winchester near Opequon Creek
Kernstown – Town was officially established by an act of the Virginia Assembly in 1799.  Town was named after Adam Kern Jr., son of Adam Kern Sr.

See also
Battle of Kernstown I
Battle of Kernstown II

References

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Category:Geography of Winchester, Virginia
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Viktor Pasulko

Viktor Vasyl'ovych Pasulko () (born 1 January 1961 in Ilnitsa, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired ex-Ukrainian footballer and current football manager. He currently serves as head coach of FC Okzhetpes.

Club career
Pasulko played most of his career as a midfielder in various teams in the former USSR. The last ten years of his career he spent in Germany playing for lower division teams.

Managerial career
He was plucked from amateur football to succeed Alexandru Spiridon as Moldova national football team manager in January 2002.

In July 2014 he was surprisingly named new head coach of Italian Serie D amateurs Orlandina. His experience in Sicily was however short-lived as he was sacked on 22 September 2014 after just collecting three draws in the first three league games.

International career
Pasulko made his debut for Soviet Union on 20 February 1988 in a friendly against Italy. He played at the UEFA Euro 1988, including the final game against Netherlands and scoring a goal in a group match against England.

Honours
 Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989
 UEFA Euro 1988 runner-up

References

External links
Profile at RussiaTeam

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Vijay K. Dhir

Vijay K. Dhir is the former Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, holding the position from March 2003 to January 2016. He is also a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, joining the UCLA faculty in 1974. He is the principal investigator of the Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX), which was conducted in micro-g environment on the International Space Station to understand bubble growth, detachment and subsequent motion of single and large merged bubbles boiling in micro-g environment.

Dhir was born in Giddarbaha, in Punjab and raised in India. He received his B.E. and M.Tech. degrees (Punjab Engineering College and Indian Institute of Technology). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Kentucky.

Career
Prior to becoming the dean at the school, Dhir served as vice chair (1988–1991) and chair (1994–2000) of the  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Then he served as the school's associate dean for academic and faculty issues and as Interim Dean (2002–2003). He has retired from this position since and is now serving as a professor at UCLA.

Honors
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2006, one of the highest honors for engineers. In 2004, he received the Max Jakob Memorial Award.

References

External links
 UCLA Profile

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Margaret E. Thompson

Margaret E. Thompson  (1911–1992) was an American numismatist specializing in Greek coins. She was curator of the American Numismatic Society (ANS) from 1949 to 1979. She was awarded the Archer M. Huntington Medal of the American Numismatic Society in 1961 and the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society of Great Britain in 1967.

Biography
Margaret E. Thompson was born in 1911 in Trenton, New Jersey. Thompson graduated from Radcliffe College with a BA in 1931. After graduation, she taught junior high school English for five years. In 1937, Thompson was hired as  a secretary for T. Leslie Shear, the director of excavations at the Athenian Agora. She worked in Athens from 1937 to 1940 and from 1947 to 1949. Her responsibilities involved cleaning, organizing and documenting ancient coins found at the Agora site.

In a series of short articles, Thompson published a summary of her work at the Agora. In 1949, Sydney P. Noe, chief curator of American Numismatic Society (ANS), read Thompson's work and hired her as assistant curator of Greek Coins at the (ANS). She was promoted to curator of Greek Coins where she served until 1976. From 1976 to 1979, Thompson was chief curator until her retirement in 1979.

In 1954, in her role as (ANS) curator, Thompson published a catalog of over 30,000 coins from the Angora expedition, coins from Roman era thru the Venetian era. In 1961 Thompson published The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens for which she was awarded the American Numismatic Society's Archer M. Huntington Medal.

In 1967, the Royal Numismatic Society in London awarded Thompson a gold medal. She was elected president of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) from 1964 to 1968 and vice-president to the International Numismatic Commission from 1973 to 1979. In 1973, she co-authored an (ANS) publication with Otto Morkholm, An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards.

Thompson taught summer seminars at the American Numismatic Society, graduate classes at Columbia University and was a Regents Professor at The University of California, Berkeley.

When Thompson retired from the American Numismatic Society, she was designated Chief Curator Emeritus. In 1989, the Society created and endowment in her honor, the Margaret Thompson Curatorship of Greek Coins.". Thompson died in 1992.

Awards
 1961 Archer M. Huntington Medal of the American Numismatic Society
 1967 Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society of Great Britain
 1984 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement

Selected Publications

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Denis Chalifoux (politician)

Denis Chalifoux (born November 9, 1955) is a Quebec politician.  He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2007 to 2008.

He was elected in a by-election in Bertrand for the Quebec Liberal Party on October 6, 1997.  However, he was defeated in the 2008 Quebec election.

He was a city councillor in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec from 1990 to 1997, and in 2009 was elected mayor.

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Sorhagenia vicariella

Sorhagenia vicariella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Sinev in 1993. It is found in Russia.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

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Per Hanefjord

Per Hanefjord born Per Håkan Tobias Hanefjord September 25, 1978 in Lycksele, Swedish film director and screenwriter.
Per Hanefjord has written and directed a number of internationally acclaimed short films and was educated at Dramatiska Institutet (Dramatic Institute), directing course 2005-2008.
Hanefjords diploma film from DI "Elkland" was awarded (2009) with a "Student Oscar" of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

Director:

Tyskungen - Camilla Läckberg (2013)
aka: The Hidden Child

Elkland (2009)

Mellan oss (2008)
aka: "Between You And Me"

Anita Of Sweden (2008)

Mellan 11 och 12 (2008) (TV) (segment "Kyrkan")

Forechecking morfar (2007)
aka: Fore-Checking Grandpa

Allt Man vill (2006)
aka: "All That You Want"

En god dag (2005)
aka: "A Good Day"

Barn leker ute (2002)
aka: "Kids Play outside"

Svärmor (2001)
aka: "Mother in Law"

Screenwriter:

Elkland (2009)

Forechecking morfar (2007)
aka: Fore-Checking Grandpa

En god dag (2005)
aka: "A Good Day"

Barn leker ute (2002)
aka: "Kids Play Outside"

Svärmor (2001)
aka: "Mother in Law"

Cinematography:

Gropen (2000)
aka: "The Pit"

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Simon Pleasance

Simon Pleasance (born 1944) is an Anglo-French art translator and writer. He was educated at St. Edward’s School, then Keble College., Oxford.  He is a  longtime resident of southern Languedoc, France, and President of the environmental watchdog Observatoire des Paysages Audois. He has previously taught at the Istituto Britannico, Florence, 1966–1967 and worked   with Fay Stender’s [RIP] Prison Law Project, Oakland, California, 1971–1973

Publications

Original work
Pleasance, Simon, et al.  The Grimani Breviary: Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript Belonging to the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice. Translated from the Italian Breviario Grimani by Linda Packer. . Delray Beach, Fla: Levenger Press, 2007.
Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods., eds.  Portraits of Love: Great Romances of the 20th Century. New York: Filipacchi Pub, 2002.Originally published in France by Editions Filipacchi, Société Sonodip, Paris Match.
Pleasance, Simon. Marc, Macke Und Delaunay The Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914) ; [on the Occasion of the Exhibition Marc, Macke and Delaunay - the Beauty of a Fragile World (1910–1914), Sprengel-Museum Hannover, 29. March - 19. July 2009]. Hannover: Sprengel-Museum, 2009.
Pleasance, Simon, and Fronza Woods. Charming hotels around the world. Elle decor guide. New York, N.Y.: Filipacchi Pub, 2003.
Pleasance, Simon. Claude Lévêque, Herr monde: exposition, [Thiers, le Creux de l'Enfer], 11 juin-17 septembre 2000. Thiers (Vallée des Usines, 63300): le Creux de l'Enfer, 2000.

Numerous art and other  publications include studies on Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle,  Jeff Koons, Annette Messager, Claude Monet, François Morellet, Aurélie Nemours, Fernando Pessoa, Erik Satie,  and Jean Tinguely;
scores of catalogues from Alberti and Albers via Calder,  Cocteau, Duchamp, Giacometti, the GRAV, Lichtenstein, Magritte, Miró, Smithson and Soutine to Wéry and Wines; collaborations with leading art critics and historians; and most recently  major monographs on Futurism
 (Rome, Paris, London), and Leonardo da Vinci (Chât. Clos Lucé, Amboise).

Translations
  France. Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche.  La forêt et les industries du bois 2006: données disponibles au 1er septembre 2005.:  Forests and the wood and timber industries 2006 : data available as of 1 February 2005  Paris: SCEES, 2006. French text and English translation by Simon Pleasance  (also earlier years,l 2000)
Guy Tosatto. Jörg Sasse: tableaux & esquisses ; [l'Exposition "Jörg Sasse, Tableaux & Esquisses" est présentée au Musée de Grenoble du 20 novembre 2004 au 24 janvier 2005]. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 2004.  Text in French, English (transl. Simon Pleasance and Fronza Woods), and German (transl.  Matthias Wolf)
 Stéphane Calais: boxe thaï. Orléans: HYX, 2002. French text, and English translation by  Simon  Pleasance.

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Yago Pikachu

Glaybson Yago Souza Lisboa (born 5 June 1992), known as Yago Pikachu, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Vasco da Gama as either a right back or a midfielder.

Club career

Paysandu
Born in Belém, Pará, Yago Pikachu joined Paysandu's youth setup in 2005 at the age of 13, after starting it out at Tuna Luso. He earned the nickname Pikachu for his short stature and speed. After being promoted to the main squad, he made his senior debut on 14 January 2012, starting in a 1–2 Campeonato Paraense home loss against Cametá.

Yago Pikachu scored his first senior goal on 25 January, netting the first in a 1–2 away loss against Águia de Marabá. He finished the tournament with four goals, and also scored regularly in the year's Série C, as his side returned to Série B after six years.

Yago Pikachu made his debut in the second division on 25 May 2013, starting in a 1–1 home draw against ASA. He scored his first goal in the category six days later, netting the first against América-RN which ended in the same scoreline.

Despite scoring nine goals, Yago Pikachu could not avoid his team's relegation as it finished 18th. He again helped the side in its promotion the following year, contributing with four goals in 22 matches.

On 12 June 2015 Yago Pikachu scored an olympic goal in a 2–0 away win against ABC. He completed 200 games for Paysandu on 15 August, but in a 3–1 home win against Oeste.

Vasco da Gama
On 16 December 2015, Yago Pikachu signed a three-year deal with fellow second tier club Vasco da Gama. Mainly used as a substitute in the midfield during the year, he contributed with three goals in 27 matches as his side achieved promotion to Série A.

Yago Pikachu made his top tier debut on 14 May 2017, starting in a 4–0 away loss against Palmeiras. Seven days later he scored his first goal in the division, netting the opener in a 2–0 home win against Bahia. He completed the 2017 season with two goals in 27 games.

Career statistics

Honours
Paysandu
Campeonato Paraense: 2013

Vasco da Gama
Campeonato Carioca: 2016

Individual
Campeonato Carioca Team of the year: 2018

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Philip Charles Durham

Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, GCB (baptised 29 July 1763 – 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.

Biography
Destined to be one of the luckiest men in the Georgian Navy, Philip Charles Durham was born in Largo, Fife in 1763, the fourth child and third son of James Durham  His maternal grandmother was the diarist Margaret Calderwood. He came from a wealthy landed family, and entered the navy aged fourteen in 1777 aboard the ship of the line HMS Trident. His first year at sea was somewhat blighted when that ship came under the command of a martinet captain, Anthony James Pye Molloy, under whom the ship's company grew mutinous. In 1778 Durham procured his discharge and afterwards obtained a position under his original captain, on HMS Edgar. Aboard her he saw his first action during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, later gaining the attention of Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, with whom he served on HMS Victory and HMS Royal George. Durham was watch officer on 29 August 1782 when, through no fault of his own, the Royal George, which was heeled for repairs, suddenly and catastrophically sank at Spithead. Being on deck, Durham was able to jump overboard and  swim to safety, but the Admiral  and over 800 persons lost their lives.

Durham then filled a lieutenant's vacancy on HMS Union in which he saw further service at the siege of Gibraltar before making a cruise to the West Indies and then another one down the African coast in HMS Raisonnable as a junior lieutenant. Durham spent the next two years living in France, becoming fluent in French. Afterwards he served in HMS Salisbury and HMS Barfleur.

The emergency in 1790 brought him promotion to Commander on 2 November 1790 and command of  HMS Daphne. From there he moved in 1791 to HMS Cygnet.

On 12 February 1793 Durham took command of the small sloop HMS Spitfire. Spitfire was pierced for 14 guns but only carried ten.

The next day he captured the French privateer Afrique. The capture of Afrique was the first capture of the war of a vessel flying La tricolore. For this feat Lloyd's of London gave him a piece of plate worth 100 guineas, or £300, their first such award of the war.

Durham received promotion to post captain on 24 June 1793 and command of the frigate HMS Narcissus. From her, on 22 October, he moved to HMS Hind.

In Hind he brought in a convoy of 157 merchant ships from the Mediterranean in the face of enemy opposition. This feat provoked accolades and rewards, and he took over the frigate HMS Anson in 1796. Anson was the biggest frigate in the Navy, cut down (razeed) from a ship of the line to oppose large French frigates, and in her fought numerous actions, especially at the Battle of Donegal in October 1798.

On 28 March 1799 he married Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, daughter of royal governess Lady Elgin and sister of the Lord Elgin of Elgin Marbles fame, and continued his service in home waters  until the Peace of Amiens. Following the resumption of hostilities, Durham was given HMS Defiance, which he took to join Admiral Sir Robert Calder's fleet in 1804 and participated in the battle of Cape Finisterre after which he was informally reprimanded by Calder for being "over zealous" in pursuit of the enemy. Following the battle Admiral Calder requested a court martial to acquit his own conduct and called Captain Durham to appear in his defence along with two other captains. Unlike his two comrades, Durham flatly refused to leave his ship which had been repaired at

Portsmouth and specially requested by Lord Nelson and so was still in command at the Battle of Trafalgar a few months later. The other two captains, William Brown and William Lechmere commanding HMS Ajax and HMS Thunderer missed the battle whilst in England.

At the Battle of Trafalgar, Defiance headed straight for the Spanish flagship Principe de Asturias but was blocked by the , a captured British ship in French service. Deliberately ramming her opponent, Defiance tore off most of the French ship's bow and devastatingly raked her before fighting a long gun duel with the battered Aigle as the Berwick wallowed in her wake (she sank after the battle). The Defiance was unable to gain the upper hand against the Aigle, and so a young master's mate named Jack Spratt swam between the ships and leaped on board, fighting alone against the entire French crew until support could be given from his ship. The British crew then swarmed across the Frenchman and captured her. Durham was wounded in the battle. He took his battered ship (which had suffered 17 men killed 53 wounded)back to England, in time to give evidence at Calder's court-martial, became a banner bearer at Nelson's funeral.

Following his recovery and receipt of the usual awards for a Trafalgar captain, Durham was transferred to HMS Renown which he commanded in the English Channel and the Mediterranean until 1810 when he was made a Rear-Admiral.

In 1814 he was given command of the Leeward Islands Station and captured two enemy frigates on his way there in HMS Venerable. He remained at this post until the end of the war in 1815 when the French West Indies surrendered to him. He was Knighted and created Knight Commander (KCB). Following his first wife's death in 1816 he married, in 1817, wealthy heiress Anne Isabella Henderson  but this marriage was also childless. In 1819, was promoted to Vice Admiral  He was on friendly terms with King George III, who was especially fond of Durham's tall tales, often remarking "That's a Durham!" when he heard such a tale regardless of the raconteur.

In 1830 Durham became a full admiral  and conferment as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 1 December. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Queenborough in 1830, though this was overturned on petition and he did not take his seat. He was successfully elected for Devizes in 1834. He became the naval Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1836–1839) and was the second president (first naval president) of the Army and Navy Club in London.

He added the names Henderson  and Calderwood  to his own on his second marriage and on inheriting his mother's family estate, respectively. Following his second wife's death in 1844, Durham journeyed to Rome on private business.  Contracting bronchitis, he went to Naples intent on taking a ship back to Britain, but died there on 2 April 1845, his remains being returned to Largo for burial in the family vault.  As his biographer Dr Hilary L. Rubinstein (who has also edited his naval papers, available to subscribers to the Navy Records Society) discovered, he had an illegitimate daughter, Ann Bower (1789/90 - 1858), but left no further descendants.

Memorial at Largo church, East Fife

"In memory of Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham of Fordell, Polton and Largo, Admiral of the Red, Knight Grand Cross of Bath and of military merit in France. He was born (sic; in fact baptised) on 29 July 1763 entered the R.N at 14 and was made Post Captain in 1793, his activity, gallantry, judgement and zeal were excelled by none in his profession and his numerous captures and successes were acknowledged by many public testimonials. He became Rear Admiral in 1810 with Commander in Chief for he West Indies from 1813 till peace in 1815 and held the command at Portsmouth from 1837-1839, he represented Queensborough and Devizes in several Parliaments, but passed his later years chiefly at Fordel. Courted in society and generously spending an ample fortune, in 1799 he married Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce, daughter of Charles, 5th Earl of Elgin who died in 1816 and secondly in 1817 Anne Elizabeth (sic; in fact Anne Isabella), daughter and heiress of Sir John Henderson of Fordell, Baronet, whom he survived only 3 months, he died at Naples on the 2.4.1845 and was interred beneath the West Aisle of this Church. Erected by his Great Nephew James Wolfe Murray of Cringletie 1849."

Further reading
 Trafalgar Captain: Durham of the Defiance, Hilary L. Rubinstein, Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2005,
 The Trafalgar Captains, Colin White and the 1805 Club, Chatham Publishing, London, 2005,
 Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials, ed. Captain Peter Hore RN, Seaforth Publishing for the 1805 Club, 2015
 The Durham Papers, ed. Hilary L. Rubinstein, Navy Records Society Publications vol. 166, Routledge for the Navy Records Society, 2019
 Catastrophe at Spithead: The Sinking of the Royal George, Hilary L. Rubinstein, Seaforth Publishing, 2020

Footnotes

References

 Long, William H. (1895) Medals of the British navy and how they were won: with a list of those officers, who for their gallant conduct were granted honorary swords and plate by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund. (London: Norie & Wilson).

External links
 Admiral Durham bio

 Army & Navy Club
 Animation of the Battle of Trafalgar

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Malice n Wonderland

Malice n Wonderland is the tenth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg; it was released on December 8, 2009, by  Doggystyle and Priority Records. Production for the album took place from January 2009 to September 2009 at several recording studios and the production was handled by Battlecat, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, The Neptunes, Teddy Riley, Lil Jon and Terrace Martin.

The album debuted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 61,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, Malice n Wonderland received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics.

Background
The album was originally planned to be released through a distribution deal with MTV, after his departure with Interscope Records. In 2009, Priority Records announced that Snoop Dogg was appointed creative chairman of Priority Records and the label also announced plans to release his tenth studio album on the label.

The album consists of fourteen tracks and features production from Teddy Riley,  Nottz, The Neptunes, The-Dream, and Terrace Martin. Guest features include R. Kelly, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, and Brandy.

Doggystyle Records president and Snoopadelic Films president Ted Chung, Snoop shooting a mini-movie to accompany the album (similar to his 1994 short film/soundtrack Murder Was the Case), portraying him as a "super gangster".

Reception

Malice n Wonderland was received with generally mixed to positive reviews, with Metacritic giving it 61 out of 100. The Smoking Section said "[Snoop's] one-of-a-kind flow and the knowledge of how to actually craft an enjoyable record will likely continue to serve as one of premiere blueprints in Hip-Hop."

Singles
"Gangsta Luv" featuring The-Dream, was released as the album's lead single on October 6, 2009. The song was produced by American producers, The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, one of two such productions on the album.

The album's second single "That's tha Homie", was released for digital download on November 3, 2009.

The album's third single "I Wanna Rock" which samples Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's 1988 song "It Takes Two" was released for digital download on November 17, 2009.

The album's fourth single, "Pronto" featuring Soulja Boy, was released for digital download on December 1, 2009.

Promotion
Snoop Dogg hosted WWE Raw on October 19, 2009 to promote Malice n Wonderland.

Commercial performance
Malice n Wonderland debuted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200, selling 61,000 copies in its opening week. It is his first album since Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss (2002) not to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200, his lowest charting album on the US R&B/Hip-Hop charts and his only album to miss the British and Australian Top 100. Malice n Wonderland has sold over 400,000 copies in the United States as of 2011.

Track listing

 (co.) Co-producer

Sample credits
 "I Wanna Rock" contains elements and samples from "It Takes Two" as performed by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock and "Think About It" as performed by Lyn Collins.
 "Secrets" contains interpolations from "Talking in Your Sleep" as performed by The Romantics.
 "Pimpin Ain't EZ" elements and samples from "Zoom" as performed by The Commodores.

Personnel
Credits for Malice n Wonderland adapted from Allmusic.

Musicians

 Misty Anderson - background vocals
 Bokie - vocals
 Soulja Boy - vocals
 Brandy - vocals
 Shante Broadus - vocals, background vocals
 Dee Dimes - background vocals
 DJ Ez Dick - vocals
 Bryce Doherty - background vocals
 The-Dream - vocals, producer
 Eric Eylands - background vocals
 Andrew Gouche - bass
 Dustin Hess - bass guitar
 Nipsey Hussle - vocals
 Holli Joyce Ivory - background vocals
 R. Kelly - vocals

 Kokane - vocals
 Trevor Lawrence - percussion
 Cha'nelle Lewis - background vocals
 Bokie Loc - vocals
 Terrace Martin - accordion, arranger, keyboards, mixing, producer, saxophone
 Rona Mercado - background vocals
 Problem - vocals
 Kevin Randolph - keyboards
 Tricky Stewart - producer
 T'yana Shani Stewart - background vocals
 Jazmine Sullivan - vocals
 Marlon Williams - guitar
 Pharrell Williams - vocals
 Mansur Zafr - keyboards

Production

 Lucky Alvarez - design, layout
 Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica - mixing
 B-Don - producer
 Jason Bale - assistant engineer
 Battlecat - mixing, producer
 Mike Bozzi - assistant
 Aaron "A-Game" Brunson - keyboard programming
 Smith Carlson - assistant
 Ted Chung - assistant, engineer
 Andrew Coleman - digital editing, engineer
 Danja - producer
 Scoop DeVille - producer
 Dr. Dre - mixing
 Shon Don - engineer
 Caliph Gamble - engineer
 Brian Gardner - mastering
 Abel Garibaldi - engineer
 Tasha Hayward - hair stylist
 Mauricio Iragorri - mixing
 Chris Jackson - A&R, engineer
 Jaycen Joshua - mixing
 Sam Kalandijan - engineer
 Justin Keitt - engineer, vocal arrangement
 Keke - production coordination
 Kori Lewis - assistant
 Justin Li - A&R
 Lil Jon - vocals, mixing, producer
 Giancarlo Lino - mixing assistant
 Deborah Mannis-Gardner - sample clearance

 Fabian Marasciullo - mixing
 Jason Martin - producer
 Ian Mereness - engineer
 Mister Cartoon - cover art
 Luis Navarro - assistant engineer
 The Neptunes - producer
 Nottz - producer
 Estevan Oriol - photography and design
 Erik "Mr. E." Ramos - engineer
 Erik Reichers - mixing
 Robert Reyes - assistant engineer
 Teddy Riley - producer
 Ramon Rivas - assistant
 April Roomet - wardrobe
 Marcus Rutledge - engineer
 Edward "Poeted" Sanders Jr. - assistant
 Constance Schwartz - marketing
 Ray Seay - mixing
 Kelly Sheehan - engineer
 Brent Smith - booking
 Snoop Dogg - arranger, executive producer, primary artist, producer
 Ethan Sugar - engineer
 Super Ced - drum programming, producer
 Brian "B-Luv" Thomas - engineer
 Pat Thrall - engineer
 Frank Vasquez - engineer
 Mark Vinten - engineer
 Andrew Wuepper - engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

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Costas Papaellinas Arena

Costas Papaellinas Arena is an indoor arena in Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus. It is the home venue of the Keravnos BC. Currently the arena has a capacity around 2,000 seats.

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Songs from Before

Songs from Before may refer to:

 Songs from Before (Fionnuala Sherry album)
 Songs from Before (Max Richter album)


Ruth Stonehouse

Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows.

Early life and career
Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley Stonehouse (1869–1958) and Georgia C. Worster on September 28, 1892 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was the founder of Stonehouse Signs Inc. According to the 1900 Census for Laurence Town, Teller County, Colorado, she lived with her father, James, a sign writer, and her grandmother, Eda Stonehouse, along with her sister, Hazel, who was a year younger. By 1910, she was living with her mother, Georgia Stonehouse, a stenographer, and her sister, Hazel, in Chicago, Illinois. Curiously, her mother lists herself as a widow on the 1910 Census, when James Stonehouse can be found residing in Arizona. Her parents were divorced around 1902. Before her film career, she was a reporter for a Chicago, Illinois newspaper, and contributed short stories to magazines.

Film career

Stonehouse worked for Triangle Film Corporation and Universal Pictures during a career which extended from 1911 until 1928. A few years prior in 1907, she was a founding member of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. She also signed on to work on Cyrus J. Williams' productions. Having experience here helped Stonehouse begin her directing career later on as she moved to different stations. Her androgynous appearance was most apparent in the role of Nancy Glenn and in the 1917 motion picture, The Edge of the Law. She performed in comedies and dramas such as the patriotic film Doing Her Bit (1917), which was directed by Jack Conway.

In 1917, Stonehouse directed the films Daredevil Dan, A Walloping Time, The Winning Pair, A Limb of Satan, Puppy Love, and Tacky Sue's Romance. These movies were one-reel orphan asylum pictures, the first of which was entitled Mary Ann.

Personal life

Stonehouse owned a cabin in Santa Anita Canyon in the Sierra Madre Mountains. Here she entertained men and women of prominence in the film world, cooking culinary masterpieces which her friends deemed superior to most chefs. Stonehouse was a fan of the Owen Magnetic Auto and promoted it in newspapers. Stonehouse was an avid gardener who grew fibrous-rooted begonias, pleromas, fuchsias, cinerias, and hyacinths. Her home, located at 204 North Rossmore Avenue in Los Angeles, California, was an adaptation of a Spanish design that was situated well to the front of a large lot. She was an active worker in the Children's Home Society for twenty-five years and also a member of the Garden Club of California.

Death

Stonehouse died in Hollywood, California of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 12, 1941, at the age of 48. She was listed as Mrs. Felix Hughes in her obituary. Her funeral services were conducted from Wee Kirk o' the Heather. She was interred in a mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Selected filmography

 Mr. Wise, Investigator (1911) *short
 When Soul Meets Soul (1913) *short
 The Spy's Defeat (1913) short with Francis X. Bushman
 Blood Will Tell (1914) short with Bushman
 Ashes of Hope (1914, Essanay) short with Bushman
 The Masked Wrestler (1914) *short
 No. 28, Diplomat (1914) *short
 The Slim Princess (1915) with Wallace Beery
 The Romance of an American Duchess (1915)
 The Papered Door (1915) *short
 The Alster Case (1915)
 The Gilded Cage (1915)
 The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916) *serial
 A Phantom Husband (1917)
 Rosalind at Redgate (1919) *short
 The Master Mystery (1919)
 The Masked Rider (1919)
 The Four-Flusher (1919, Metro Pictures)
 The Red Viper (1919 Tyrad Pictures)
 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1920 Metro Pictures)
 The Hope (1920 Metro Pictures)
 Are All Men Alike? (1920 Metro Pictures)
 The Land of Jazz (1920 Fox Film Corporation)
 Cinderella's Twin (1920 Metro Pictures)
 I Am Guilty (1921 Associated Producers)
 Don't Call Me Little Girl (1921 Paramount Pictures)
 The Wolver (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 Mother o' Dreams (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 Lorraine of the Timberlands (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 The Honor of Rameriz (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 The Spirit of the Lake (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 The Heart of Doreon (1921 Pathe Exchange) (*short)
 The Flash (1923 Russell Productions)
 Flames of Passion (1923 Independent Pictures)
 Lights Out (1923 Film Booking Offices of America; FBO)
 The Way of the Transgressor (1923 Independent Pictures)
 A Girl of the Limberlost (1924 Film Booking Office of America; FBO)
 Broken Barriers (1924 Metro-Goldwyn)
 Straight Through (1925 Universal Pictures)
 A Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925 Arrow Film Corp.)
 Fifth Avenue Models (1925 Universal Pictures)
 The Fugitive (1925 Arrow Film Corp.)
 Blood and Steel (1925 Independent Pictures)
 The Scarlet West (1925 First National)
 Ermine and Rhinestones (1925 Jans Film Service)
 False Pride (1925 Astor Pictures)
 The Wives of the Prophet (1926 Lee-Bradford)
 Broken Homes (1926 Astor Pictures)
 The Ladybird (1927 First Division Pictures)
 Poor Girls (1927 Columbia Pictures)
 The Satin Woman (1927 Lumas Film Corp.)
 The Ape (1928 Collwyn Pictures Corp.)
 The Devil's Cage'' (1928 Chadwick Pictures)

References
Notes

Citations

Further reading

 1900 United States Federal Census, Precinct 39, Teller, Colorado; Roll T623_130; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 136.

External links

 Ruth Stonehouse at the Women Film Pioneers Project

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Ferdinand-Ambroise Gendron

Ferdinand-Ambroise Gendron (February 10, 1856 – August 9, 1917) was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Ottawa electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1904 to 1917 as a Liberal.

He was born in Beauport, Canada East, the son of Ambroise Gendron and Esther Chamberland, and moved to Hull in 1876. Gendron was employed by the E. B. Eddy Company as a wood inspector and then general superintendent of lumber yards. He married Corrine Lapierre in 1881. In 1890, in partnership with Adrien Chevrier, he went into business on his own in the lumber trade. Gendron was president of the Hurricanaw Lumber Company and the Raven Lake Mining Company. He was also crown lands agent for Ottawa and Labelle and Pontiac districts from 1898 to 1905. Gendron served on the town council for Hull from 1902 to 1903 and was mayor from 1903 to 1904. He died in office in Amos at the age of 61 and was buried in Hull.

His sister Clara married Simon-Napoléon Parent, who later served as premier of Quebec. His brother, Romuald Montézuma Gendron, also served as an MP in the 1920s

In 1915, a covered bridge was built across the Gatineau River near the town of Wakefield and named the Gendron Bridge in his honour. The original bridge was destroyed after being set on fire by an arsonist in 1984 but was later rebuilt.

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