Sitaram Chaturvedi

Pt. Sitaram Chaturvedi (27 January 1907 – 17 February 2005), also known as Acharya Sita Ram Chaturvedi, was an eminent Indian educator, dramatist and scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit language and literature.

Biography
Chaturvedi was born in a renowned Brahmin family in Varanasi, India.  His father Pandit Bhimsen Vedpathi Chaturvedi was a learned Sanskrit scholar of Vedic studies. He received his graduate and post-graduate education from Benaras Hindu University and later served as a professor at the university.

Contributions
Chaturvedi wrote more than 70 plays in Hindi, Sanskrit and English, and directed, staged and acted in many others. He was an active participant in Bombay's Prithvi Theatre and was conferred the title of Abhinav Bharat. He also wrote more than 250 books on language, grammar, literature, plays, theatre etc.; edited the collected works of Kalidasa; and wrote biographies of Madan Mohan Malviya, Tulsidas and Vallabhacharya.

Legacy
In 1968, Chaturvedi Ji founded the Bal Vishwavidyalaya (now known as the Bal Vidyalayay Madhyamik School) in Varanasi, with the aim of "multi-dimensional, progressive and character building personality within a child". The school was established to implement the educational precepts laid down by Chaturvedi, including introducing the child to crafts such as carpentry, pottery, spinning cotton yarn, doll making and weaving; and not having examinations till the fifth grades.

The 11-day theatre festival Natya Andolan, in Varanasi, is dedicated to the memory of Sitaram Chaturvedi.

Since Chaturvedi Ji has founded Akhil Bhartiya Vikram Parishad, Kashi under the guidance of  Bharat Ratna  Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Ji, it was pleasure that Mahamana Malviya had accepted to be first Chief of the said Parishad, involved in research activity of Hindi & Sanskrit literature. On the occasion of Sri Chaturvedi Ji Birth Centenory year 2008 Akhil Bhartiya Vikram Parishad, Kashi has started to honour one of any authority of literature, drama field, education, art & culture etc.with the honour of Srijan Manishi. Renowned poet Padmabhushan Dr. Gopal Dass Neeraj was the first recipient of Srijan Manishi in year 2008 and Mahant Yogi Sri 108 Chand Nath Ji of Abohar (Haryana) follower of Nath Samprdaya was the second recipient of Srijan Manishi in 2009. Poet Sri Kishan Saroj and Dr. Prakash Dwivedi are third and fourth recipient of Srijan Manishi for the year 2010 & 2011 respectively. In the year 2012 noted journalist and media person Sri Sharad Dutt was recipient of Srijan Manishi title. On 106th Birth Day of Acharya Ji a renowned Kathak Dancer Padma Bhushan Kum Uma Sharma was confirmed with Srijan Manishi as 6th recipient. A renowned Hindi & Maithil poet Dr Buddhi Nath Mishra is 7th recipient of Srijan Manishi on 27 Jan.'2014. On 27th Jan.'2015 renowned Hindi Poet Padmshree Ashok Charkradhar was confirmed with Srijan Manishi as 8th recipient.

Awards
 Hindi gaurav samman, Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, 2001.
 Honorary Doctor of Letters (Vidya Vachasapati), Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, 2003.

Selected bibliography

Hindi plays

"Hans Mayur"
Vasant
Mangal Prabhat
Bechara Keshawa
Alka
Poorva Kalidas
Ajanta
Shabree
Vasant
Siddhartha
Padukabhishek
Acharya Vishnugupta
Aparadh
Man Na Man
Pap Ki Chhaya
Vishwash
Paras
Vikramaditya
Alka
Yug Badal Raha Hai
Anarkali
Gundaa
Aparadhee
Jago Ek Bar Phir
Padukabhishek
Senapati Pushyamitra
Dant Mudra Rakshas
Som Nath
Acharya Vishnu Gupta
Shree Krishan Sudama
Paras
Atmatyag
Tulsi Ka Varagya
Yug Badal Raha Hai
Valmiki
AAdikavya Ka Janm
Narad Moh
Abhinav Natya Shastra
Meera Bai
Shree Krishna Doot
Savitri Satyavan
Sati Ka Tej
Harsha Vardhan
Rajiya
Baglol Dulha
Maulana Ka Nikah
Meera Bai
Shree Krishna Doot
Bhishma Pratigyan
Sita Ram
Teen Totale
AAp Kaun Hai
Ghar Kiska
Abhineta Banane Ki Dhun
Sabka Baap
Angulimal
Mayavee
Bhagwan Buddha
AAdhi Raat
Nayee Basti
Udghatan
Sabha Pati Ji
Private Secretory
Meri Maa Lag Gayee Aag ........
Ladies First
Makhee Choos
Udhav Braj Me Aai Gaye
Chandrika
Vigyan Ka Dambha ya Machine Man
Sharanagat
Chetana
Patthar Me Pran
Pralobhan

English plays

Satvir Baapu
Mother Land

Jeewan Charitra

BHAKTA JEEWAN LAL (1927)
MAHAMANA MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA (1935) With Essays & lECTURE
PANDIT BHAWANI BHIKH MISHRA (1936)
MUNSHEEJI AUR UNKI PRATIBHA (1947)
JAGADGURU SHREECHANDRACHARYA (1953)
PANDIT VIDYADHAR JI GAUR (1954)
SHREEMAD VALLBHACHARYA AUR UNKA PUSHTIMARG (1966) Hindi Sahitya Kutira, Varanasi.
PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA (1972) in Hindi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, New Delhi.
PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA (1973) in English Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, New Delhi.
MAHAKAVI SURDASS (1976)

Textbooks

SANSKRIT – MANORAMA PART I
SANSKRIT – MANORAMA PART II
KABIR SANGRAH  (1960)
SUR – PAD – PANCHSHATI (1976)

Books
 Bhasha ki Shiksha (1940), Hindi Sahitya Kutir, Varanasi.
 Do paurāṇika nāṭaka (1952), (with Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi) Hindi Sahitya Kutir, Varanasi.
 Samiks̀a-Sāstra (1953), Vikram-Parisada, Banaras.
  (1954), Akhila Bharatiya Vikramaparishat, Kasi
 Goswami Tulsidas (1956), Chowkhamba Vidyabhawan, Varanasi.
  (1956), Hindi Sahitya Kutir, Varanasi.
 , (1956), Hindi Sahitya Kutir, Varanasi.
  (1958), Sadhubela Ashram, Varanasi.
  (A comprehensive study in linguistics) (1969), Chowkhamba Vidyabhavan, Varanasi.
 Bharat ke Udasin sant  (1968), (with Bhānudatta Miśra)
 Bhartiya Aur Europeae Shiksha Ka Itihaas The capital of Buddhism, Sarnath (1968), Orient Publishers, Varanasi.
  (A critical work on the contents and art of literature and principles of their judicious application on various literary forms) (1970), Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi.
 Shiksha darshan (1970), Hindi Samiti, Suchna Vibhag, Lucknow.
 Madan Mohan Malaviya (1972), Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, New Delhi.
  (1981), (with Ema Bī Śāha) , Gujarat.
 , (1996) (with Kunal, Kishor), Mahavir Mandir Prakashan, Patna.
 Kalidasa: Granthavali (Collected works of Kalidasa) (1944) (Ed.), Akhila Bharatiya Vikramaparishat, Kasi.

 As an editor
Achrya Chaturvedi had served the Chief Editor of various News Paper & Magazines :Donn  – English Monthly, Banaras Hindu University, 1927–28Sanatan Dharm  – Hindi Weakly, Kashi, 1933–38Bhatiya Vidya – Hindi Monthly, Kashi, 1933–38Sanatan Dharm  – Hindi Weakly, Bombay, 1947–49Patibha – Hindi Monthly, Bombay, 1948Sangram – Hindi Monthly, Bombay, 1949Basanti – Hindi Monthly, Kashi, 1950–1958Sankalp'' – Hindi Monthly, Calcutta, 1962–63

Apart from above Sri Chaturvadi Ji had honoured the post of President-Acharya : Bhartiya Patrkarita Mahavidyalya, Kashi during the year 1972–1974.

References

External links
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X Club

The X Club was a dining club of nine men who supported the theories of natural selection and academic liberalism in late 19th-century England. Thomas Henry Huxley was the initiator; he called the first meeting for 3 November 1864. The club met in London once a month—except in July, August and September—from November 1864 until March 1893, and its members are believed to have wielded much influence over scientific thought. The members of the club were George Busk, Edward Frankland, Thomas Archer Hirst, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thomas Henry Huxley, John Lubbock, Herbert Spencer, William Spottiswoode, and John Tyndall, united by a "devotion to science, pure and free, untrammelled by religious dogmas."

The nine men who would compose the X Club already knew each other well. By the 1860s, friendships had turned the group into a social network, and the men often dined and went on holidays together. After Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published in 1859, the men began working together to aid the cause for naturalism and natural history. They backed the liberal Anglican movement that emerged in the early 1860s, and both privately and publicly supported the leaders of the movement.

According to its members, the club was originally started to keep friends from drifting apart, and to partake in scientific discussion free from theological influence. A key aim was to reform the Royal Society, with a view to making the practice of science professional. In the 1870s and 1880s, the members of the group became prominent in the scientific community and some accused the club of having too much power in shaping the scientific landscape of London. The club was terminated in 1893, after depletion by death, and as old age made regular meetings of the surviving members impossible.

Background

Social connections

When the first dinner meeting commenced on 3 November 1864 at St. George's Hotel on Albemarle Street in central London, the eight members of what was to be known as the X Club—William Spottiswoode was added at the second meeting in December 1864—already had extensive social ties with one another. In the mid-1850s, the men who would come to make up the X Club formed two distinct sets of friends. John Tyndall, Edward Frankland and Thomas Hirst, men who became friends in the late 1840s, were artisans who became physical scientists. Thomas Huxley, Joseph Dalton Hooker, and George Busk, friends since the early 1850s, had worked as surgeons and had become professional naturalists. Beginning in the mid-1850s, the network began to form around Huxley and Hooker, and these six men began helping one another, both as friends and professionals. In 1863, for example, Tyndall aided Frankland in getting a position at the Royal Institution. Spottiswoode, Herbert Spencer, and John Lubbock joined the circle of friends during the debates over evolution and naturalism in the early 1860s.

The original members of the club had much in common. They shared a middle-class background and similar theological beliefs. All of the men were middle-aged, except Lubbock, who was 30, and Busk, who was 57, and all of the men, except Lubbock, lived in London. More importantly, the men of the club all shared an interest in natural history, naturalism, and a more general pursuit of intellectual thought free from religious influence, commonly referred to as academic liberalism.

Scientific climate

The X Club came together during a period of turbulent conflict in both science and religion in Victorian England. The publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species through Natural Selection brought a storm of argument, with the scientific establishment of wealthy amateurs and clerical naturalists as well as the Church of England attacking this new development. Since the start of the 19th century they had seen evolutionism as an assault on the divinely ordained aristocratic social order. On the other side, Darwin's ideas on evolution were welcomed by liberal theologians and by a new generation of salaried professional scientists; the men who would later come to form the X Club supported Darwin, and saw his work as a great stride in the struggle for freedom from clerical interference in science. The members of the X social network played a significant part in nominating Darwin for the Copley Medal in 1864.

In 1860, Essays and Reviews, a collection of essays on Christianity written by a group of liberal Anglicans, was published. The collection represented a summation of a nearly century-long challenge to the history and prehistory of the Bible by higher critics as well as geologists and biologists. In short, the writers of Essays and Reviews sought to analyse the Bible like any other work of literature. At the time, Essays created more of a stir than Darwin's book. The members of the X network backed the collection, and Lubbock even sought to form an alliance between liberal Anglicans and scientists. Two liberal Anglican theologians were convicted of heresy, and when the government overturned the judgement on appeal, Samuel Wilberforce, the High Church and the evangelicals organised petitions and a mass backlash against evolution. At the Anglican convocation, the evangelicals presented a declaration reaffirming their faith in the harmony of God's word and his works and tried to make this a compulsory "Fortieth Article" of faith. They took their campaign to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, aiming to overthrow Huxley's "dangerous clique" of Darwin's allies.

In 1862, Bishop John William Colenso of Natal published The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined, an analysis of the first five books of the Old Testament. In his analysis Colenso used mathematics and concepts of population dynamics, including examinations of food supply and transportation, to show that the first five books of the Bible were faulty and unreliable. Outrage broke out within the Church of England, and the X network not only gave their support to Colenso, but at times even dined with him to discuss his ideas.

Later, in 1863, a new rift began to emerge within the scientific community over race theory. Debate was stirred up when the Anthropological Society of London, which rejected Darwinian theory, claimed that slavery was defensible based on the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin. The members of what would become the X Club sided with the Ethnological Society of London, which denounced slavery and embraced academic liberalism. The men of the X Club, especially Lubbock, Huxley, and Busk, felt that dissension and the "jealousies of theological sects" within learned societies were damaging, and they attempted to limit the contributions the Anthropological Society made to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a society of which they were all members.

Thus, by 1864, the members of the X Club were joined in a fight, both public and private, to unite the London scientific community with the objective of furthering the ideas of academic liberalism.

Dining clubs

Dining clubs, common in late-Victorian England, were characterised by informal gatherings where men with similar interests could share new ideas and information among friends. Many formal societies and institutions that existed in England during the 19th century started as informal dining clubs. The problem with most formal societies at the time, especially to those men that would come together to form the X Club, was the manner in which meetings were conducted; most were too large and unsuitable for the discussion of private scientific matters. In addition, due to the outbreak of debates over evolution and religion within the scientific societies of London during the 1860s, the pursuit of discussion with likeminded men was often difficult.

Several scientific clubs, such as the Philosophical Club and the Red Lion Club, were formed in the late 19th century, but these organisations lacked the scientific professionalism that serious scientists, including those members of the X Club such as Hooker and Huxley, sought. Other more serious clubs, such as the 'B-Club', were not sufficiently intimate for the men who would comprise the X Club.

Formation

In 1864, Huxley wrote to Hooker and explained that he feared he and his group of friends, the other men of the social network, would drift apart and lose contact. He proposed the creation of a club that would serve to maintain social ties among the members of the network, and Hooker readily agreed. Huxley always insisted that sociability was the only purpose of the club, but others in the club, most notably Hirst, claimed that the founding members had other intentions. In his description of the first meeting, Hirst wrote that what brought the men together was actually a "devotion to science, pure and free, untrammelled by religious dogmas," and he predicted that situations would arise when their concerted efforts would be of great use.

On the night of the first meeting, Huxley jokingly proposed that the club be named "Blastodermic Club", in reference to blastoderm, a layer of cells in the ovum of birds that acts as the center of development for the entire bird. Some historians, such as Ruth Barton, feel that Huxley wanted the newly formed club to act as a guide to the development of science. The name "Thorough Club", which referred to the movements that existed at the time for the "freedom to express unorthodox opinion", was also rejected as a possible name. As Spencer would later explain, "X Club" was chosen in May 1865 because "it committed [the group] to nothing." The name itself, according to Hirst, was proposed by Mrs. Busk.

It was also decided on the first night that each ensuing meeting would take place on the first Thursday of each month, except during the holiday months of July, August, and September. During the existence of the club, dinners took place at St. George’s Hotel on Albemarle Street, Almond’s Hotel on Clifford Street, and finally at the Athenaeum Club after 1886. Meetings always started at six in the evening so that dinner would be over in time for the Royal Society meetings at 8:00 or 8:30 pm in the Burlington House.

Eight men attended the first meeting, and in addition Spottiswoode came to the next meeting in December 1864, making the membership of nine. William Benjamin Carpenter, an English physiologist, and William Fergusson, the Queen's surgeon, were also invited to join the club, but they declined. After some discussion, it was decided, according to Spencer, that no more members would be added because no other men outside their network were friendly or intelligent enough to be part of the X Club. In contrast, Huxley would later write that no others were admitted to the group because it was agreed that the name of any new member would have to contain "all the consonants absent from the names of the old ones." As the members of the club had no Slavonic friends, the matter was supposedly dropped.

According to Spencer, the only rule the club had was to have no rules. When a resolution was proposed in November 1885 to keep formal notes of the meetings, the motion was defeated because it violated the rule. Nevertheless, the club kept both a secretary and a treasurer, and both positions were held in turn by each member of the club. These offices were in charge of account collecting and sending notices of upcoming meetings. Members, including Hirst, Huxley, Hooker, and Tyndall, also took informal notes of the meetings.

Influence

Between the time of its inception in 1864 and its termination in 1893, the X club and its members gained much prominence within the scientific community, carrying much influence over scientific thought, similar to the Scientific Lazzaroni in the United States and the Society of Arcueil in France. Between 1870 and 1878, Hooker, Spottiswoode, and Huxley held office in the Royal Society simultaneously, and between 1873 and 1885, they consecutively held the presidency of the Royal Society. Spottiswoode was treasurer of the Society between 1870 and 1878 and Huxley was elected Senior Secretary in 1872. Frankland and Hirst were also of importance to the Society, as the previous held the position of Foreign Secretary between 1895 and 1899, and the latter served on the Council three times between 1864 and 1882.

Outside the Royal Society, the men of the X Club continued to gain influential positions. Five members of the Club held the presidency of the British Association for the Advancement of Science between 1868 and 1881. Hirst was elected president of the London Mathematical Society between 1872 and 1874 while Busk served as Examiner and eventually President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Frankland also served as President of the Chemical Society between 1871 and 1873.

During this time, the members of the X-Club began to gain renown and win awards within the scientific community in London. Among the nine, three received the Copley Medal, five received the Royal Medal, two received Darwin Medals, one received the Rumford Medal, one received the Lyell Medal, and one received the Wollaston Medal. Eighteen honorary degrees were handed out among the nine members, as well as one Prussian 'Pour le Mérite' and one Order of Merit. Two of the members were knighted, one served as Privy Councillor, one as Justice of the Peace, three as Corresponding Members, and one was a Foreign Associate of the French Academy of Sciences.

As the members of the club continued to gain prominence within the scientific community, the private club became well known. Many people at the time viewed the club as a scientific caucus, and some, such as Richard Owen, accused the group of having too much influence in shaping the scientific landscape of late-Victorian England. Huxley recounted that he once overheard a conversation about the club between two men of the Athenaeum Club, and when one asked what the X-Club did, the other explained "Well they govern scientific affairs, and really, on the whole, they don't do it badly." Informal notes of early meetings seem to confirm some of the concerns. Discussion often surrounded the nomination of members to offices of major societies, as well as the negotiation of pension and medal claims. In 1876, the club even voted to collectively support Lubbock’s candidacy for the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Huxley, however, always stated that the simple purpose of the club was to bring friends together who may have drifted apart otherwise. According to Huxley, the fact that all the members of the club gained distinction within science was merely coincidental.

Decline

By 1880, the members of the X Club had prominent positions within the scientific community, and the club was highly regarded, but it was beginning to fall apart. In 1883, Spottiswoode died of typhoid and at the same time, according to Spencer, only two of the remaining eight members of the X club were in good health. Attendance at meetings began to dwindle and by 1885, Frankland and Lubbock urged for the election of new members. There was a difference of opinion on the matter and it was eventually dropped. In 1889, a rift emerged in the group when Huxley and Spencer had an argument over land nationalisation policies and refused to talk with one another.

The members of the club were growing old and during the late 1880s and early 1890s, a few of the members moved out of London. When attendance began to severely dwindle, talks of ending the club emerged. The last meeting was held unceremoniously in March 1893, and only Frankland and Hooker attended.

See also
Victorian era
Naturalism (philosophy)
Liberalism
Natural history
Liberal Christianity
Natural Selection

References

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Notes

Further reading
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External links
 Encyclopædia Britannica: X Club
 Encyclopædia Britannica: X Club – Further Reading
 Timeline of Darwin after Origin of Species

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Novak Musić

Novak Musić (; born May 27, 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for OKK Beograd of the Basketball League of Serbia.

External links
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Berlin '85

Berlin '85 is a 1980 board game published by Simulations Publications, Inc.

Gameplay
Berlin '85 is a near-future game in which the NATO forces in Berlin, consisting of French, British, US, and West Berlin Police, are besieged by Soviet/Warsaw Pact units in a battle of time and attrition.

Reception
Kristan J. Wheaton reviewed Berlin '85 in The Space Gamer No. 30. Wheaton commented that "All in all, Berlin '85 is a game with many problems, but ultimately worth purchasing. An experienced player will recognize the faults in the game mechanics and change them to make a more balanced, exciting game. This is not a game for beginners, as they will not be able to adjust to the grossly unbalanced system. It is obvious that in Berlin '85, it is the subject and not the game that is 'the thing.'"

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Sinibotys obliquilinealis

Sinibotys obliquilinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Inoue in 1982. It is found in Japan.

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Barry Coppinger

Barry Coppinger is the Labour Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner. He is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012.

Background
Barry Coppinger has been involved in local politics for 29 years, first as a Councillor and later as Police and Crime Commissioner.  He has represented a number of wards in Middlesbrough with his last before election being Pallister Park in the east of Middlesbrough.  Coppinger has also served on the Executive of Middlesbrough Borough Council, holding the Social Care portfolio.

In addition to being a Councillor, Coppinger was also on the Cleveland Police Authority, Cleveland Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership and Cleveland Joint Emergency Planning Committee.

Personal life
Barry lives in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough with his wife and children.

References

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Aspects of Scientific Explanation

Aspects of Scientific Explanation and other Essays in the Philosophy of Science is a 1965 book by the philosopher Carl Gustav Hempel. It is regarded as one of the most important works in the philosophy of science written after World War II.

Reception
The historian Peter Gay wrote that Aspects of Scientific Explanation was "seminal" and "indispensable", writing that Hempel persuasively argued that "the logic of history and that of the natural sciences are the same." Gay observed that Hempel's essay "The Function of General Laws in History" is a "much debated classic". The philosopher Michael Friedman described the book as one of the most important works in philosophy of science written after World War II.

See also
 Models of scientific inquiry

References

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Octagon House (Westfield, Massachusetts)

The Octagon House is an historic octagonal house located at 28 King Street in Westfield, Massachusetts.  It was built sometime between 1858 and 1864 by Joseph Watson, and is the only one of three 19th-century octagon houses built in the city to survive.  The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and included as part of expansion of the Westfield Center Historic District in 2013.

Description and history
The Octagon House is located behind Westfield's City Hall, on the south side of King Street between King Avenue and Hampden Street.  It is a two-story eight-sided structure with a hip roof and a central eight-sided cupola.  A two-story rectangular ell with a gabled roof extends to the rear, and a single-story porch extends across portions of the front, ending with an octagonal pavilion on the left.  The porch decoration is Queen Anne in style, with delicate turned posts and a spindled valance.  The main roof line is adorned by carved brackets at the corners.  Most faces of the octagonal section have a single window on each floor.  The interior follows a plan typical for these buildings, with a central spiral staircase leading all the way up to the cupola, with chambers on the outside walls.

The house was built by Joseph Watson, and was one of three octagon houses built in the community during the period when the published works of Orson Squire Fowler led to a fad in their construction.  The ell was added in the 1870s and the porch in the 1890s.  A prominent resident of the house was Albert Steiger, who founded Steiger's, a regionally prominent department store chain.

See also
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List of octagon houses

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Boris M. Gombač

Boris M. Gombač (born 15 September 1945) is a Slovene historian from Italy.

He was born to a middle class Slovene family in Trieste, Italy. He studied history at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (then part of former Yugoslavia). Between 1975 and 1984, he worked as a researcher at the Institute for the History of Workers' Movement in Ljubljana, now known as the Institute of Contemporary History. Between 1984 and 1994, he served as director of the National Museum of Slovenia. Since 1995, he is a researcher at the Scientific Research Centre of the University of Primorska.

During the difficult process of Slovenia's secession from Yugoslavia, he was active in civil society organizations that worked for the protection and eventual return of Slovenian conscripts drafted in the Yugoslav People's Army.

He wrote about the history of Trieste and the Julian March in the 19th and 20th century, especially the history of the workers' movement and the Italian historiography of Trieste. He was member of the Slovenian-Italian Cultural-Historical Commission, established by the governments of the two countries to shed light on the historical relationship between the two peoples from 1880 to 1954.

He is the father of historian and sociologist Jure Gombač.

Major works
Trst-Trieste, dve imeni, ena identiteta. Sprehod čez historiografijo o Trstu 1719-1980. ("Trst-Trieste, Two Names, One Identity. An Overview of Historiography on Trieste between 1719 and 1980). Ljubljana - Trieste, 1993.
Slovenija, Italija : od preziranja do priznanja ("Slovenia-Italy: From Scorn to Recognition"). Ljubljana, 1996.
Na drugi strani. Odbor staršev za varstvo in vrnitev slovenskih vojakov leta 1991 ("On the Other Side. The Parental Committee for the Protection and Return of Slovenian Soldiers in 1991"). Ljubljana, 2005.

References

See also
Jože Pirjevec
Marta Verginella

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Mohamed Azmin Ali

Mohamed Azmin bin Ali (Jawi: محمد عزمين بن علي; born 25 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician, who is the former Minister of Economic Affairs and a former Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Selangor. He is the Member of Parliament for Gombak, as well as the assemblyman for Bukit Antarabangsa in the Selangor State Assembly. He was the former deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) in the ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition in the federal level. He is also the former president of the Football Association of Selangor (FAS).

Early years and education
Mohamed Azmin Ali was born on 25 August 1964 in Singapore (then a state of Malaysia) to Ali and Che Tom Yahaya. His father worked for the British Army as a clerk. His family later migrated to Malaysia and he grew up in Kuala Lumpur. He began his education at Gurney Road Primary School, then Setapak High School, and ended it at Jalan Cheras Technical Institute.

He received his BSc in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota. He later completed his master's degree in Education from the same institute where he met Shamsidar Taharin, his future wife. While studying, Azmin taught modern and additional mathematics. One of his notable students was Razali Ibrahim, a former deputy minister, when they were in MRSM Terendak. He also attended an executive training programme at the University of Oxford.

Personal life
He is married to Shamshida Tahrin, a finance graduate also from the University of Minnesota. The couple have three sons and three daughters. He lives in Ampang.

In addition to an elder brother, Azman Ali, among his younger brothers are television host and celebrity Azwan Ali, and motivator Arpah Ali, while his younger sister is Ummi Hafilda Ali, a prosecution witness in the sodomy trial of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Political career

Early career
In 1987, following advice from the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Azmin started working for Anwar Ibrahim, who was then a Minister in Mahathir's Barisan Nasional government. Azmin served as Anwar's personal secretary through Anwar's appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in 1993 and until Mahathir sacked Anwar in 1998.  Azmin remained close to Anwar following the dismissal and they both became founders of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional (KeADILan), which later became the People's Justice Party or Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).

State assemblyman and parliamentarian
Keadilan entered the 1999 general elections amidst voter anger over Anwar's dismissal and subsequent imprisonment. Azmin was elected Selangor State Assemblyman for Hulu Kelang. However, he was barred from participating in the 2004 general elections due to his conviction for lying in court during the trial against Anwar. The High Court and Court of Appeal have since acquitted him.

Azmin returned to national politics in the 2008 general elections, winning the Gombak parliamentary seat and Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in Selangor. Meanwhile, in 2010, he won an internal PKR election for the party's deputy presidency. He replaced Syed Husin, who did not seek re-election.

In the 2013 general elections and 2018 general elections he managed to clinch both seats again.

Menteri Besar of Selangor

Azmin became the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Selangor on 23 September 2014, following the resignation of the PKR incumbent Khalid Ibrahim. His ascension to the post followed months of internal political wrangling within the Pakatan Rakyat coalition that led the state. Khalid had been the Menteri Besar since the coalition of PKR, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) won a majority in the Selangor State Assembly in the 2008 election. In early 2014, PKR's national leader, Anwar Ibrahim, then a federal parliamentarian sought to contest the Selangor State Assembly seat of Kajang in a by-election. The so-called "Kajang Move" would have allowed Anwar to oust Khalid as Menteri Besar with PKR's support. However, after Anwar's conviction for sodomy weeks before the by-election, his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail assumed PKR's nomination for the by-election in his place and won the seat. Khalid resigned as Menteri Besar after PKR withdrew its support for his leadership later in the year. PKR, with the DAP's support, nominated Wan Azizah to replace him, but both the Sultan of Selangor (who appoints the Menteri Besar) and the third coalition party, PAS, sought other options. The Sultan requested that each coalition party submit three names for his consideration. PKR and the DAP submitted only Wan Azizah's name, while PAS submitted others. On 22 September, the Sultan announced the appointment of Azmin. He was sworn into office the following morning.

Azmin was the sole recipient of the Order of the Crown of Selangor in Knight Grand Commander class (S.P.M.S) in 2015, which carries the title ‘Dato' Seri’ in conjunction with the 70th birthday of the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on 11 December 2015.

Azmin was once again reelected as the Mentri Besar of Selangor in the aftermath of 2018 Malaysian general election after defending his Bukit Antarabangsa state seat. He was sworn into title on the evening of 11 May 2018 at Istana Alam Shah.

Minister of Economic Affairs
Following the aftermath of the 2018 General Election, Azmin was named as one of the ministers in the newly elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's cabinet on 18 May 2018. He is to head the newly established Ministry of Economic Affairs. He was sworn in as the Minister of Economic Affairs on 21 May 2018 at Istana Negara. His term ended on 24 February 2020 after the dissolution of cabinet following the resignation of Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia's Prime Minister per article 43(5) of the Constitution of Malaysia, that allowed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to revoke the appointment of ministers.

Change of allegiance

On the morning of 23 February 2020, Azmin held a meeting with several lawmakers from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and twenty others at Sheraton Hotel, Petaling, amidst the rumour of a formation of a new coalition at the parliament of Malaysia. He and his faction in PKR, went to the Istana Negara on the evening to seek a meeting with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Abdullah of Pahang. Leaders from other five political parties; Bersatu's Muhyiddin Yassin, UMNO's Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, GPS's Abang Johari Openg, Warisan's Shafie Apdal and PAS's Hadi Awang were also in attendance. It was speculated that the leaders were there to brief the Agong about the recent political development; formation of a new coalition government and to declare their support for a new prime minister, effectively blocking PKR's president Anwar Ibrahim from the position. After the meeting, several opposition party leaders, including UMNO's Ismail Sabri Yaakob and PAS' Hadi Awang then joined Azmin's supporters at Sheraton Hotel.

On the next day, 24 February, PKR's general secretary, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail announced in a press conference at the party's headquarters that Azmin and Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin who is also the vice president of PKR had been sacked from the party. Saifuddin explained that they were expelled due to their actions on 23 October which was against the party's principle regarding the position of prime minister. Azmin later announced that he will be forming an independent bloc at the parliament along with Zuraida and other nine MPs who had decided to exit the party following his expulsion. However, on 28 February 2020, a representative from Bersatu confirmed that Azmin and his pact had joined the party.

Controversies

2019 sex scandal
On 12 June 2019, it was reported that Azmin was filmed being intimate with another man, political aide Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz, in a video circulating on social media. Azmin has denied his involvement. Muhammad Haziq Abdul Aziz later confirmed his involvement in the act with the minister and urged authorities to investigate him. Until 16 July 2019, nine people had been arrested by Royal Malaysia Police in the investigation regarding their involvement in making and distribution of the lewd video, including Haziq who had admitted he was the person in the video, and Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak who is PKR Perak state chairman and is also Anwar Ibrahim's political secretary. After Farhash was released by the police for investigation, he shouted “Azmin semburit” in a speech, which was repeated by the crowd. Semburit literally means sodomy and homosexual acts between two men. On 18 July 2019, the Inspector General of Police, Abdul Hamid Bador stated that although the video was authentic, the individual in the video is unidentifiable. He also stated that the group of individuals who made the video were paid thousand of Ringgits, and the video circulation was masterminded by a leader of a political party, with the intention to degrade and defame someone's reputation.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia
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  Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) - Dato' Seri (2015)

References

External links

 Personal biography
 Official blog

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Benajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District

Benajuy-ye Gharbi Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Bonab County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2018 census, its population was 32,862, in 8,271 families. The rural district has 15 villages due to the newly founded village of Wubpahjuy.

References

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Symphony in E-flat major, Op. 11, No. 3 (Stamitz)

The Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 3 is a late symphony by Johann Stamitz likely written in Paris, France in 1754 or 1755. This is one of his last symphonies and is in the standard 4-movement symphonic scheme of the time:
Allegro Assai
Andantino
Menuetto
Prestissimo

This symphony, like many others by Stamitz, influenced Joseph Haydn and Mozart.  It is approximately fifteen minutes in length, and demonstrates Stamitz's late symphonic style. It demonstrates the culmination of the Mannheim school of orchestral playing which emphasized extended techniques for the instruments (musicians at this time were mostly people with free time and simply played when asked), among them an attention to detail of dynamics. The concept of "Sturm und Drang", German for approximately storminess, or a very angular sharp contrast musically can be seen in this work with very sudden dynamic changes and a sharp texture change, presented when the oboes enter with the Beta Theme, or "B" theme. This work is significant in that it is one of the earlier symphonic works and begins to establish the genre of the Symphony, which would then be expanded upon by Mozart and most notably Haydn, who is the "Father of the Symphony"

See also
Symphony in D major, Op. 3, No. 2 (Stamitz)

Notes

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Falcons–Panthers rivalry

The Falcons–Panthers rivalry is a rivalry between the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. The rivalry began in  when the Panthers joined as an expansion team.  Both teams competed in the NFC West from 1995– and the NFC South since its creation in .  Atlanta holds a 32–18 lead in the series.  The two teams have not met in the playoffs.

The Falcons and Panthers have won a combined 11 division titles since 1995 and each have made two Super Bowl appearances:  The Falcons in Super Bowls XXXIII and LI and the Panthers in Super Bowls XXXVIII and 50.  Neither team has won a Super Bowl championship.  Coincidentally, both teams lost their Super Bowls to the same two AFC teams:  the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots. On the contrary, all 14 other NFC teams have won at least one NFL championship prior to the AFL–NFL merger, a Super Bowl trophy, or both.

It is also known as the "I-85 Rivalry" due to Atlanta and Charlotte being only four hours apart on Interstate 85.  Games between the two teams feature large contingents of visiting fans in both cities.

History

1995–99: Beginnings
Carolina's first ever regular season game was a tightly contested 23–20 overtime loss to the Falcons on September 3, 1995. This game was notable as NFL fans in the Carolinas who were formerly Falcons fans switched allegiance when the Panthers began play, filling up the Georgia Dome. The physical nature of the game contributed to an emotional experience for fans, setting the tone for the newly formed rivalry for years to come. As Falcons play-by-play announcer Wes Durham recalled, "I remember a lot of Panthers fans being there. I remember a lot of people from Charlotte, who had obviously driven down. And it was already being promoted as the 'I-85 Rivalry.' I remember that however they scored the touchdown towards the end of regulation it got loud. It was mostly Panthers fans." Later that season, Carolina defeated Atlanta 21–17 for their seventh win of the year–the most ever for an expansion franchise. Carolina faced Atlanta in the first regular season game played at Ericsson Stadium (now Bank of America Stadium) in 1996, which the Panthers won. Carolina won at home against the Falcons in each of its first three years as a franchise, carrying a 4–2 mark over Atlanta before the Falcons evened the series to 5–5 by the end of the 1990s.

2000s
In 2002, the Falcons and Panthers were moved to the NFC South along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints, adding intensity to the rivalry. Coming off their Super Bowl appearance in 1998, the Falcons began dominating the Panthers during the early 2000s. By the end of the 2004 season, Atlanta had won 9 of 10 meetings in the decade, with Carolina's only win coming during the year of its Super Bowl appearance in 2003. A notable game occurred in 2004, when the Falcons came back to beat the Panthers with a Michael Vick rushing touchdown followed by an interception of Jake Delhomme by the Falcons defense to set up the game-winning field goal. By 2007, the Panthers made it more even, sweeping the Falcons for the first time since 1997 in 2005, but were still 2–6 at home against Atlanta. Overall, the Falcons won 13 of 20 games in the series during the 2000s.

2010s
By 2011, Matt Ryan had long taken over at quarterback for the Falcons after Vick was involved in a dog-fighting scandal in 2007. The Panthers drafted Auburn quarterback Cam Newton first overall that year after 2010 draft pick Jimmy Clausen was an inadequate replacement for Jake Delhomme.

During the last week of the  season, the Panthers and Falcons faced each other in a must-win game for the NFC South division title and playoff berth. Despite Atlanta winning earlier in the season, Carolina handily won this game 34–3, becoming just the second team in NFL history to clinch a division title with a losing record at 7–8–1.

In week 16 of the  season, the Panthers came into Atlanta with a perfect 14-0 record opposed to the Falcons 7-7 record. Many anticipated the Falcons, who had started 6-1, but then went 1-7, would lose as they had two weeks ago, when they lost 38-0. The Falcons however shocked the Panthers and beat them with a final score of 20-13. Only the Falcons and the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 beat the Panthers that season.

Game results

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Australian Pipeline Industry Association

The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) is an Australian industry association representing Australia’s high-pressure transmission pipeline sector, with a principal focus on long-distance oil and gas transmission, but also including transportation of other products such as water, slurry and carbon dioxide.

The association has over 400 member companies, covering a range of interests relevant to the transmission pipeline sector including contractors, owners, operators, advisers, engineering companies and suppliers of pipeline products and services.

APGA members build, own and operate over 33,000 kilometres of high pressure, steel pipeline in Australia, including 25,000 km of pipeline dedicated to gas transmission.

In 1968 APIA began as a construction contractors’ association, providing networking opportunities for the pipeline construction industry.  The association expanded its interests over the years and, with the privatisation of Australia’s transmission assets and the winding back of the Australian Gas Association in the late 1990s, APGA increased its government relations role, establishing its headquarters in the nation’s capital, Canberra, in 2000.

The association was formerly known as the Australian Pipeline Industry Association and changed the name to APGA in March 2015.

References

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Gav Savar, Razan

Gav Savar (, also Romanized as Gāv Savār; also known as Goswār) is a village in Sardrud-e Olya Rural District, Sardrud District, Razan County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 862, in 241 families.

References

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SOCATA ST 10

The Socata ST-10 Diplomate was a French four-seat civil light aircraft. It was a development of the GY-80 Horizon, and was initially known as the Super Horizon 200, later the Provence, before finally being named the ST-10 Diplomate. The first prototype flew on 7 November 1967, production beginning in 1970. Production ended in 1974, with a total of 56 built.

Specifications (ST-10)

See also

References

External links

 Airliners.net

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Lanciné Diabi

Lanciné Diabi (born 1956) is an Ivorian filmmaker.

Life
Lanciné Diabi was born 1956 in Ivory Coast. He studied filmmaking at the Conservatoire libre du cinéma français in Paris. His first feature film, La Jumelle, about a twin sister who sacrifices her luck for that of her twin brother, was entered for competition at the 1999 FESPACO.

Films
 L'Amour Blesse, 1989.
 L'Africaine, 1989.
 Sanou, 1989.
 L'Africaine a Paris, 1993.
 La Jumelle / The Twin Girl, 1994 or 1998.

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Thomas Graves Meredith

Thomas Graves Meredith,  (June 16, 1853 – October 18, 1945), Canadian lawyer and businessman; President of Canada Life Assurance and President of the Middlesex Bar Association. Meredith Avenue in London, Ontario is named for him.

Early life
Born in London, Ontario, he was the sixth son of John Walsingham Cooke Meredith, a first cousin of Sir William Collis Meredith, Edmund Allen Meredith and Sir James Creed Meredith. Tom Meredith was named after his great uncle, the Rev. Thomas Meredith, who married a daughter of Richard Graves, Dean of Ardagh in Ireland. He was the last surviving brother of the remarkable Eight London Merediths, that included Chief Justice Sir William Ralph Meredith, Chief Justice Richard Martin Meredith, Sir Vincent Meredith and Charles Meredith.

He was educated at the old Helmuth Boys College in London, and then the Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, then known as the Tassie School, from where he passed his entrance exams and matriculated at the University of Toronto. He did not graduate from the university, instead becoming a law student in the offices of Messrs Scatcherd & Meredith, of which the senior partners were Thomas Scatcherd and his eldest brother, William Ralph Meredith.

Career
Meredith was called to the Bar of Ontario as a Barrister and a Solicitor in the Easter Term of 1878, and joined the firm he had articled with, Scatcherd & Meredith. When his brother, William, left London in 1895, Meredith was made City Solicitor of London, a position he held until his death.

1895 also saw him go into partnership with Robert Grant Fisher, under the firm of Meredith & Fisher, until Fisher was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario. The firm of Meredith & Fisher, barristers, enjoyed one of the largest and most lucrative practices in Western Ontario. Meredith was also associated in partnership with (later Judge) George E. Taylor, (later Chief Justice) David MacDonald and at the time of his death, H.R. Davidson, of the firm Meredith & Davidson.

He was appointed King's Counsel in 1902, and was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1920, succeeding the late A.H. MacDonald, K.C. He was re-elected at the Quinquennial elections of 1921, 1926 and 1931, becoming a life Bencher in 1936. He was also a Trustee of the Middlesex Bar Association for a quarter of a century, serving as President from 1902 to 1909.

In politics, like his brother, William, he was a staunch Conservative. He declined the nomination to contest for a seat in Parliament for London, just as he also declined to accept a Judgeship. He also declined taking office in the Corporation Counsel of Toronto. The Law Society of Upper Canada remarked that, "He was for several years an outstanding Counsel of the London Bar being Solicitor for the Bank of Montreal and specialized in Municipal Law."

He was a founding member of the London and Western Trust Company in 1896, and was for many years (since 1907) associated with the Huron & Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Life Assurance. He served as President of both of these institutions, and though retiring in 1943 due to declining health, he remained as Chairman of the Board of both until his death.

Family
At London, in October 1882, Thomas Meredith married Jessie, daughter of Sir John Carling of the Carling Brewery and Hannah Dalton. They were the parents of two sons, Stanley and Redmond Meredith, both who died unmarried. Stanley Meredith worked with Martha Allan in promoting the Little Theatre Movement in Canada. Thomas Graves Meredith was the last surviving brother of a remarkable family of eight brothers. He died at 565 Talbot Street, London, the home his father had built in the early 1840s, and where he was born. After his death the house was bought by the Department of National Defence and used as army officer's quarters. 'Meredith House' was demolished in 1966. Meredith Avenue, London, is named for Thomas Meredith.

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Baoshan, Yunnan

(, historically also Yongchang) is a prefecture-level city in western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. Baoshan is the second-biggest metropolitan area in western Yunnan after Dali.

Geography and climate
Baoshan is located between the border of Burma and the Lancang river (Mekong); specifically it borders the Burmese states of Kachin to the northwest and Shan to the south. The Nujiang (Salween River) flows through the entire length of the prefecture, north to south.

Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Baoshan has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to around , with a January average of . The warmest month is June, which averages . Nearly three quarters of the annual rainfall occurs from June to October.

Demography
The prefecture has about 2.5 million inhabitants.

Administrative divisions
The city-prefecture of Baoshan has jurisdiction over five subdivisions—a district, one county-level city and three counties:

Tengyue, the other major populated area in the county, successfully lobbied for and achieved city status in 2015-16 and is currently in the process of separating itself and the surrounding Tengchong area from Baoshan administratively.

Ethnic groups

Bulang
According to the Baoshan Ethnic Gazetteer (2006:337), ethnic Bulang are distributed in the following villages within Baoshan City.

Shidian County
Mulaoyuan (: Mulaoyuan (), Hazhai (), Dadi (), Longtang ()
Bailang Township (): Jici (), Dazhong (), Jianshan ()
Yaoguan Township (): Duopo ()
Jiufang Township (): Yakou ()
Changning County
Gengga Township (): Baicaolin (), Dachushui ()
Kasi Township ()
Xingu Village (): Guban (), Zhongzhai ()
Kasi Village (): Shuanglong (), Yingbaizhai (), Ergoudi ()

De'ang
The Yaojing (), a subgroup of the De'ang, are located in Baizhai (), Laxian (), and Dagoubian () of Mangyan Village () and Shiti Village () in Lujiang Township (), Longyang District (Baoshan Ethnic Gazetteer 2006:490-491).

Transport
Baoshan lies on the main road from Ruili on the Burmese border to Kunming. The Baoshan−Kunming section is completed highway, and the Baoshan-Ruili part was completed in 2016, finalizing the highway net crossing Yunnan east-to-west. It is the first finished highway between China and Myanmar.

Baoshan Airport  has daily flights to and from Kunming.

A railway line connecting the city via Dali to Kunming and the rest of China is under construction (2012).

See also
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas - Unesco World Heritage Site
Gaoligong Mountain

External links
Baoshan City Official Site
Baoshan Travel and Tourism Bureau (zh, en, ja)
Baoshan News Network
Baoshan profile
Baoshan map

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1763

Events
 January–March
 January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro.
 February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Mecklenburg County from the western portion of Anson County. The county is named for Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married George III of the United Kingdom in 1761.
 February 10 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war, and France cedes Canada (New France) to Great Britain.
 February 15 – The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria, and their allies France and Russia.
 February 23 – The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice.
 March 1 – Charles Townshend becomes President of the Board of Trade in the British government.

 April–June
 April 6 – The Théâtre du Palais-Royal, home to the Paris Opera for almost 90 years, is destroyed in an accidental fire.
 April 16 – George Grenville takes office as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, after the Earl of Bute resigns amid criticism over Britain's concessions in the Treaty of Paris.
 April 18 – Marie-Josephte Corriveau is hanged near her home at Saint-Vallier, Quebec, then placed on public display (gibbeting) on orders of a British court of officers that had tried her under martial law for the murder of her husband.  She becomes famous in French Quebecois folklore as "la Corriveau".
 April 19 – Teedyuscung, known as the "King of the Delaware Indians" (the Lenape tribe) is assassinated by arsonists who burn down his home in Pennsylvania while he is sleeping, in an apparent retaliation for signing the Treaty of Easton to relinquish Lenape claims to the Province of New Jersey.
 April 23 – The controversial Issue 45 of John Wilkes's satirical newspaper The North Briton is published as a response to a speech four days earlier by King George III praising the end of the Seven Years' War.  In what will become a test case for freedom of speech, Wilkes, a member of Parliament, is arrested for libel of the King and imprisoned, then exiled to France.
 April 27 – Outraged by the British success in taking control of land in North America formerly occupied by the French, Pontiac, chief of the Odawa people, convenes a conference near Detroit and convinces the leaders of 17 other nations of the need to attack British outposts.
 May 7 – Chief Pontiac begins "Pontiac's War" by attacking the British garrison at Fort Detroit, but the surprise attack is given away by a young native girl who informs the British of the plan. Two days later he begins the Siege of Fort Detroit.
 June 2 – Pontiac's War: At what becomes Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
 June 28 – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes Hungary and Slovakia, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Damage is limited, but 83 are killed.

 July–September
 July 7 – The British East India Company declares Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, to be deposed.
 August 2 – Mir Qasim is routed at Odwa Nala. He flees to Patna, where he massacres the English garrison, but is subsequently defeated at Katwa, Murshidabad, Giria, Sooty, Udayanala and Munger.
 August 3 and 4 – The spectacular bankruptcies of Leendert Pieter de Neufville and Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky lead to a financial contagion and affected in the days after many merchants in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and Stockholm.
 August 5 – Pontiac's War – Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run, in the Pennsylvania backcountry.
 August – Fire in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, destroys 2,600 houses.
 September 1 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow.

 October–December
 October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of the United Kingdom, restricting the westward expansion of British North America, and stabilizing relations with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, by barring white settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.
 November 24 – Bayes' theorem is first announced.
 December 2 – Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, is dedicated; by the end of the 20th century, this will be the oldest surviving synagogue in North America.
 December 14 – The Paxton Boys massacre six Conestoga Indians in their homes in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When the 16 survivors are sheltered in the Lancaster workhouse (jail), the Paxton Boys ride into town and kill them as well, on December 27.

 Date unknown
 Little Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire, is damaged in an earthquake.
 Joseph Haydn writes his Symphony No. 13.
 The Russo-Circassian War begins, when the Russian Empire attempts to annex Circassia.
 Brakebills University was founded.

Births
 January 8 – Edmond-Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (d. 1834)
 January 24 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (d. 1831)

 January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)
 February 14 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (d. 1813)
 February 20 – Adalbert Gyrowetz, Bohemian composer (d. 1850)
 March 9 – William Cobbett, English journalist, author (d. 1835)
 March 13 – Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, Marshal of France (d. 1815)
 March 21 – Jean Paul, German writer (d. 1825)
 May 7 – Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince, Marshal of France (d. 1813)
 June 20 – Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot (d. 1798)

 June 23 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)
 July 17 – John Jacob Astor, German-born American entrepreneur (d. 1848)
 August 5 – Bill Richmond, British boxer (d. 1829)
 August 13 – Christoph Johann von Medem, German courtier (d. 1838)
 August 16 – Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, second son of George III
 August 17 – Dmitry Senyavin, Russian admiral (d. 1831)
 September 2 – Caroline Schelling, German scholar, intellectual (d. 1809)
 December 25 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (d. 1805)
 December 28 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (d. 1836)
 December 31 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)

Date unknown:
Huang Peilie, Chinese bibliophile (d. 1825)

Deaths

 January 2 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
 January 11 – Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
 January 29 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
 February 11 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
 February 12 – Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)
 February 26 – Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (b. 1711)
 March 4 – Johan Hörner, Danish artist (b. 1711)
 March 24 – Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie, Swedish countess (b. 1723)
 March 31 – Abraham Darby II, English ironmaster (b. 1711)
 April 8 – Koca Ragıp Pasha, Ottoman (Turkish) Grand Vizier (b. 1698)
 April 13 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave of Great Britain (b. 1715)
 April 22 – Jared Eliot, Connecticut farmer, author on horticulture (b. 1685)
 May 3 – George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. c. 1679)
 June 29 – Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer  (b. 1718)
 August 14 – Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1686)
 August 21 – Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, British statesman (b. 1710)
 September 20 – Gabriela Silang, Filipino rebel leader, heroine (b. 1731)
 September 26 – John Byrom, English poet (b. 1692)
 October – Anna Maria Garthwaite, British designer (b. 1688)
 October 5 – Augustus, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1696)
 October 28 – Heinrich von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
 November 10 – Joseph Dupleix – French governor general at Pondichéry
 November 23 – Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff, German soldier (b. 1673)
 November 28 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
 December 3 – Carl August Thielo, Danish composer (b. 1702)
 December 17 – Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. 1722)
 December 23 – Antoine François Prévost, French writer (b. 1697)

References


Little Girls (Oingo Boingo song)

"Little Girls" is a song by American new wave group Oingo Boingo and the opening track of their debut album Only a Lad.

Background
"Little Girls" was written by Danny Elfman after reading an article in a newspaper. The song was written as a satire and has a strong punk influence, plus horn arrangements. When asked about the song's darkly humorous lyrics in 2010, Elfman replied that:

Elfman would reiterate this view in 2014, claiming that the song was an "in-your-face facetious jab." Elfman has occasionally offered other explanations; in a 1985 concert he jokingly suggested that the song was about how his girlfriend was so "very, very little" that "she fits in the palm of [his] hand."

"Little Girls" was described by Creative Loafing Tampa as one of the standout tracks of Only a Lad.

The music video depicts Elfman in an empty house dancing with girls and people with dwarfism, followed by on-lookers staring vacantly as he walks down a street with an apparent underage girl. The Independent called the video "the creepiest music video of all time" and was originally banned in Canada.

References

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Cochlicopa lubricella

Cochlicopa lubricella is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlicopidae.

This species is closely related to Cochlicopa lubrica, but the shell is narrower in proportion.

Distribution
Distribution of Cochlicopa lubricella include:
 Czech Republic
 Netherlands
 Slovakia
 Ukraine
 Great Britain
 Ireland

References

External links
Cochlicopa lubricella at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
 An image of one shell of this species

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Antilly, Moselle

Antilly  () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Population

See also
 Communes of the Moselle department

References

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List of people on the postage stamps of Cameroon

This is a list of people on stamps of Cameroon.

Ahmadou Ahidjo (1960)
Marie Curie (1938)
Pierre Curie (1938)
Félix Éboué (1946)
John Ngu Foncha (1962)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Leader of India's Independence Movement (1968)
Armauer G. Hansen (1973)
Henri Philippe Pétain (1941)
Georges Pompidou (1971)

Cameroon
Stamps, people
Stamps, people
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Geneva Convention on Road Traffic

The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules among the contracting parties. The Convention was prepared and opened for signature by the United Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport held at Geneva from 23 August to 19 September 1949. It came into force on 26 March 1952.

Contracting parties
The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic was concluded in Geneva on 19 September 1949. The convention has been ratified by 99 countries. Since its entry into force on 26 March 1952, in signatory countries ("Contracting Parties") it replaces previous road traffic conventions, notably the 1926 International Convention relative to Motor Traffic and the International Convention relative to Road Traffic, and the Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic in accordance with Article 30 of the Convention.

Many of the contracting parties have also ratified the newer convention the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968. In signatory countries of the 1968 Vienna Convention, this replaces previous road traffic conventions including the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, in accordance with Article 48 of the Vienna Convention.

Cross-border vehicles

One of the main benefits of the convention for motorists is the obligation on signatory countries to recognize the legality of vehicles from other signatory countries. The following requirements must be met when driving outside the country of registration:
 Cars must display their registration number (vehicle registration plate), at least at the back. Registration numbers must consist either of figures or of figures and letters. They must be displayed in capital Latin characters and Arabic numerals. In addition to this, the registration number may optionally be displayed in a different alphabet. Registration numbers can not consist of only letters; According to the current wording of paragraph 1 of Annex 3, a vehicle with the registration number with only letters would not be allowed in international traffic.The Convention was proposed amended in 2016, but it wasn't.
 A distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle. This sign must be placed separately from the registration plate. (It may not be incorporated into the vehicle registration plate (such as the EU plates), this is however possible in countries party to the newer Vienna Convention on Road Traffic).
The physical requirements for the distinguishing sign are defined in Annex 4 of the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, which states that the letters shall be in black on a white background having the shape of an ellipse with the major axis horizontal.
In practice, the requirement to display a distinguishing sign, as defined in the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, is mutually waived between some countries, for example within the European Economic Area, for vehicles with license plates in the common EU format (which satisfies the requirements of the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, and hence are also valid in non-EU countries signatory to that convention) issued in EU member states, and between Canada, the United States, and Mexico (where the province, state, or district of registration is usually embossed or surface-printed on the vehicle registration plate).
 The vehicle must meet all technical requirements to be legal for road use in the country of registration. Any conflicting technical requirements (e.g., right-hand-drive or left-hand-drive) in the signatory country where the vehicle is being driven do not apply.
 The driver must carry the vehicle's registration certificate, and if the vehicle is not registered in the name of an occupant of the vehicle (e.g., a hire car), proof of the driver's right to be in possession of the vehicle.

The convention also addresses minimum mechanical and safety equipment needed to be on board and defines an identification mark (Annex 5) to identify the origin of the vehicle.

International Driving Permit
The Geneva Convention on Road Traffic is one of three conventions that governs International Driving Permits. The other two are the 1926 Paris International Convention relative to Motor Traffic and the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic. When a state is contracting to more than one convention, the newest one terminate and replace previous ones in relation between those states.

The 1949 Convention's description of a driving permit and international driving permit are located in Annexes 9 and 10. The 1949 Geneva Convention states that an IDP remains valid for one year from the date of issue.

There is a European Agreement supplementing the 1949 Convention on Road Traffic, in addition to the 1949 Protocol on Road Signs and Signals, concluded in Geneva on 16 September 1950.

 "Permissible maximum weight" of a vehicle means the weight of the vehicle and its maximum load when the vehicle is ready for road.
 "Maximum load" means the weight of the load declared permissible by the competent authority of the country(or jurisdiction) of registration of the vehicle.
 "Light trailers" shall be those of permissible maximum weight not exceeding 750 kg (1,650 lbs).

See also
 List of international vehicle registration codes
 International Driving Permit
 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
 Rules of the road

References

External links
Ratifications (list of countries)

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Amucallia miranda

Amucallia miranda is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2010. It is known from Venezuela.

References

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Tel Afek

Tel Afek, (), also spelled Aphek and Afeq, is an archaeological site located in the coastal hinterland of the Ein Afek Nature Reserve, east of Kiryat Bialik, Israel. It is also known as Tel Kurdani.

History
The site is what remains of the biblical town of Aphik, which is mentioned in the  and  as belonging to the Tribe of Asher. According to  Biblical history, this area was part of Cabul and was given to Hiram I by Solomon as a reward for various services rendered to him in building the First Temple. .

Chalcolithic
Remains from the Chalcolithic age.

Bronze Age
There are tombs from the Middle Bronze Age and  Late Bronze Ages have been excavated here.

Classical Period
Pottery from the   Persian,  Hellenistic  Roman,  and the  Byzantine   eras have been found here.

Crusader/Mamluk era
Pottery from the   Crusader times  have been found here.
In  the Crusader era,  it was known as Recordane, and in  1154, the mill and village was acquired  the Hospitalliers.  The Hospitalliers owned the water mills here for a number of years.  Between 1235 and 1262 the Hospitalliers had a dispute with the Templars about water rights.

Two aqueducts, dating from this era, have been excavated.

In 1283 it was still  part of the Crusader states, as it was mentioned as part of their domain in the hudna between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan  Qalawun.

According to al-Maqrizi, it had come under Mamluk rule in 1291, when it was mentioned under the name of  Kerdanah  when  sultan al-Ashraf Khalil allocated the village's income to a waqf in Cairo.

A two-story fortress still stands. A water-powered flour mill operated on the lower floor.

Ottoman era
Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, it appeared under the name Kufrdani   in the census of 1596,  located  in the Nahiya of Acca of the Liwa of Safad. The village was noted as "hali" (empty), but taxes were paid, a total of 1,800 akçe. All of the revenues went to a waqf.  The stair to the tower roof of the mill, and two more wheel-chambers in the southern part of the mill was added in the Ottoman period.

In 1856 it was named Kurdany on the map of Southern Palestine that Heinrich Kiepert published that year.

In  1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP)  found at Kh. Khurdaneh (east of the mill)  only heaps of stones. The name, Kh. Kurdâneh was taken to mean the ruin of Kurdâneh, p.n.

In 1900, Gottlieb Schumacher found here markings on the mill which he took to be Phoenician.

British Mandate era
In 1925 a Zionist organisation purchased  1,500 dunums in Kordaneh, from Alfred Sursuk, of  the Sursuk family of Beirut.  At the time, there were 20 families living there.

In the 1931 census of Palestine,  Mathanat Kurdani was counted under  Shefa-'Amr.

Ein Afek nature reserve
The Ein Afek nature reserve, declared in 1979, covers 366 dunams. An additional 300 dunams were declared in 1994.
The highlights of the park include the Crusader fortress and the natural water canals and lake, which draw their waters from the year-long flowing springs of Afek, which are the source of the Naaman river.

See also
 Archaeology of Israel

References

Bibliography

Ornan, Tallay, 2007, "Labor Pangs: The Revadim Plaque Type", in Bickel, S., Schroer, S. and Uehlinger, Ch. (eds.), Bilder als Quellen / Images as Sources. Studies on Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts and the Bible inspired by the work of Othmar Keel, OBO Special Volume, Fribourg and Göttingen, 2007, pp. 215–235, pl.XXIV.

 (p.  486)

External links
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5:    IAA, Wikimedia commons

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Roan Plateau

The Roan Plateau, located in western Colorado, USA, near Rifle,  contains a variety of natural resources and scenic terrain: high ridges, deep valleys, desert lands, waterfalls, cutthroat trout, mountain lions, bears, rare plants, and oil and natural gas. On September 25, 2008, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of the region through nearly cloud-free skies.

In this natural-color image the Roan Plateau assumes shades of green, brown, and beige, and deep canyons form branching, tree-like patterns on the landscape, and desert lands in the portions west of Meeker, Craig, and Rifle. Irrigation enables crops to thrive in this largely arid environment, evidenced by the relative greenness of the orchards and lawns around Grand Junction, Colorado. West of Rifle, the high desert terrain begins. Small towns of Battlement Mesa, Parachute, and De Beque are all high desert terrain. The land of Grand Junction and all around the city is pale beige, and has high desert terrain. This desert landscape extends west and southwest into Utah, and north across the roan plateau, and into Wyoming. The desert land also extends southeast through Whitewater, Delta, Olathe, and Montrose, and then the desert lands end as you pass the Montrose area. East of Grand Junction, however, Grand Mesa (partially obscured by clouds) is well-forested with conifers.

The dramatic changes in elevation throughout the Roan Plateau provide habitat to many of the area’s wild species which, combined with the landscape, are popular attractions for hikers, four-wheelers, and wildlife enthusiasts.

Natural gas
The plateau's energy reserves invite exploration and drilling: existing wells produce natural gas immediately adjacent to the plateau.  In 2000 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management began developing the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan. Released in final form in early 2008, the plan allowed for recovery of natural gas from beneath the plateau while setting aside 21,034 acres (85 square kilometers) as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

In accordance with the Management Plan, the BLM leased  for gas development on the Roan Plateau in August 2008. The winning competitive bids totaled $113.9 million in lease bonuses, a record for a federal onshore lease sale in the lower 48 states. The Colorado state government will receive 49% of the lease bonuses, as well as 49% of subsequent royalties (royalties are 12.5% of the gross value) from gas sales. The lease sale received much criticism from those opposed to development on the plateau, including from Colorado Governor Bill Ritter.

See also
Campaign to Save Roan Plateau
Piceance Basin

References
Roan Plateau, Colorado. This article incorporates text from this public domain NASA webpage.
Full-size image of Roan Plateau, from NASA Earth Observatory.

External links
 BLM Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan and Final EIS Accessed October 2, 2008.
 Center for Native Ecosystems: Roan Plateau. Accessed October 2, 2008.
 "Drilling the West", from National Geographic Magazine, July 2005. Accessed October 2, 2008.

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The Five Seasons

The Five Seasons is the 17th studio album by folk rock band Fairport Convention.

Track listing

Side one
 "Claudy Banks" (Traditional) - 5:53
 "Cup of Tea!"/"A Loaf of Bread"/"Miss Monahan's" (Allcock, Traditional) - 3:16
 "All Your Beauty" (Barry Lowe, Martin White) - 2:55
 "Sock In It" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:29
 "Gold" (Peter Blegvad) - 5:06

Side two
 "Ginnie" (Huw Williams) - 4:10
 "Mock Morris '90" (The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly On The Jetty) (Ric Sanders)  - 4:53
 "The Card Song"/"Shuffle the Pack" (Allcock, Mattacks, Nicol) - 4:26
 "The Wounded Whale" (Archie Fisher, Traditional) - 6:43

 Bonus Track on CD release
 "Rhythm of the Time" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:52

Release history
1990, December : UK CD, New Routes RUE CD 005
1990, December : US CD, Rough Trade NR 005-2
1991, December : UK CD, Woodworm Records WRCD 019
1995, December : UK CD, HTD Records HTD CD 48

Personnel
 Maartin Allcock - guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, keyboards, vocals
 Ric Sanders - violin
 Dave Pegg -  acoustic & bass guitars, vocals
 Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion, keyboards, harpsichord
 Simon Nicol - guitars, vocals, dobro
Additional personnel
 Tim Matyear - engineer
 Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks - mixing

References and notes

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DVS '33

DVS '33 Ermelo (, English: Strong Through Unity) is a Dutch amateur  football club from Ermelo, founded 1 September 1933. The club currently competes in the Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of league football in the Netherlands.

The club evolved out of the merger of two football clubs from Ermelo, namely Ajax Ermelo and EFC. It is the largest and most successful club from Ermelo. Some of the club's youth teams compete at the national level , for example against youth teams of Ajax and Vitesse Arnhem. In 2007 DVS '33 was one of three clubs to be nominated for the Amateur football club of the year.

In 2015 DVS '33 were promoted to the Topklasse, the third tier of league football in the Netherlands. On 22 August 2015 they played their first match in Topklasse, a 3–3 draw against Excelsior Maassluis.

Current squad
As of 6 March 2019

References

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PD 500

The PD 500 (Panzersprengbombe Dickwandig) or thick walled armor-piercing explosive bomb in English was a armor-piercing bomb used by the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Design
The PD series of bombs differed for the SC series because they had thick cases for enhanced penetration of armored targets like warships.  The charge-to-weight ratio of the bomb was low at only 6.3%, while most general-purpose bombs had a charge-to-weight ratio of between 30 and 50%.  The body was of two-piece drawn-steel construction which was filled through the base with RDX and was fitted with a magnesium alloy 4 finned tail with a cylindrical strut.  A single electric fuze was located in the base, and an electrical charging head was located in the rear 1/3 of the body.  The PD 500 was horizontally suspended by an H-Type suspension lug in a bomb bay or fuselage hardpoint.  It was dropped in horizontal flight from a height of at least , and penetration was stated to be .  The bombs were painted sky blue with red stripes on the tail.

See also

 List of weapons of military aircraft of Germany during World War II

References

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Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church

The Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 303 Maple Avenue in Eaton, Colorado.  It was built in 1925 and was added to the National Register in 2006.

It was deemed significantas an excellent example of the Late Gothic Revival style. The church exhibits many of the characteristic elements of this early twentieth century style including the steeply pitched roof, arched windows with tracery, vaulted ceilings, quatrefoil elements, crenellated parapet, and simpler detailing. The church has undergone almost no alterations since its construction in 1925. Fine craftsmanship is evident in the detail found in the stained glass windows and woodwork throughout the building. All have remained intact over the past eighty years. The building retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, feeling, association, and location. The picturesque effect associated with the Late Gothic Revival style is evident in the materials used and the craftsmanship exhibited. Late Gothic Revival is much simpler and typically larger in scale and more substantial than earlier Gothic Revival style buildings. The use of ornament on the church is present but restrained, indicating a more serene, modern sensibility. Many Late Gothic Revival buildings use brick or smooth stone on exterior wall surfaces highlighted by large lancet windows with stone tracery. The Amanda K. Alger Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church exhibits many of the elements attributed to the Late Gothic Revival style (Gordon 1992).

The listing includes a c.1903-1907 parsonage.

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Rosillo

Rosillo is a surname, and may refer to:

 Alexandra López Rosillo, Spanish football defender
 Antonio Canales Rosillo (1802–1852), Mexican military leader
 Joaquina Rosillo (b. 1993), team handball player from Uruguay


Elvin Aliyev

Elvin Aliyev (; born 21 August 1984 in Sabirabad, Soviet Union) is an Azerbaijani football who plays as  defender for FC Baku.

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