Pe'z

was a Japanese jazz instrumental band consisting of five men, dubbed "The Samurai Jazz Band." They were signed onto Sony Music Japan from 2008 until their split in 2015.

History
PE'Z began their music careers playing live on the streets of Shibuya in the center of Tokyo during the summer of 2000. Word of mouth spread quickly and they began pulling in large crowds which sometimes totaled up to 600.

In just three years, the band played in ten outdoor music festivals throughout Japan, including Newport Jazz Festival '02 in Madaro, Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival 2002 in Shizuoka, and Rising Sun Rock Festival in Hokkaido. In September 2002 their first full album, Kugatsu no Sola (September Sky) was released, reaching No.10 on the billboard. In March 2003 they received an award for "New Artist Of The Year" at the 17th annual Japan Gold Disc Awards.

In August 2003 they participated in the re-mix of Japanese duo called Chemistry's 8th single "Ashita E Kaeru/Us" ("Return to Tomorrow").

That same year, Masayuki Hiizumi joined Shiina Ringo's backing band as a keyboard player for her nationwide tour. In 2004, he joined Shiina's new band Tokyo Jihen, but eventually left the group to focus his attention back to PE'Z in the next year. He has since released a Solo Album entitled 5+2=11 under the moniker H Zett M.

In October 2005 PE'Z performed at UK's In The City along with fellow Japanese artists DMBQ and The Rodeo Carburettor. The quintet followed that with numerous performances in Europe (including a live show on the street in Amsterdam). The following year, 2006, was a busy year for the band as they participated in both Canadian Music Week (CMW) and South by Southwest (SXSW), as well as giving a live performance in South Korea in between. Their gig at SXSW was subsequently followed with their first-ever US tour, performing in New York City, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

In September 2006, PE'Z released a three-track EP with the British soul singer Nate James, featuring an original track, "Live for the Groove," a reworked Nate James track, "Universal," and a cover of "Hard to Handle" by Otis Redding. They subsequently released a 32-track double album entitled Funny Day & Hard Night on March 25, 2007. This was followed by a second Realive DVD, which featured the band playing an outdoor Venue, with two sets which followed the Day/Night themes of the double CD, with the first played roughly at sundown and the second at night, with house and LED lighting.

In 2014 they released a new original album called Chisou, but in December 2014, drummer Kou posted to the band's official webpage that the group would dissolve in the following year. The band went on a final tour of Japan from January to April 2015 as well as appearing in several Japanese music festivals.

pe'zmoku
In 2007, the band collaborated with the alternative folk singer suzumoku, with whom they co-founded pe'zmoku. pe'zmoku performed for the first time during the encore of PE'Z's annual special live "EN-MUSUBI" at the end of the same year.

In 2008, they started in earnest. They recorded the ending theme "Gallop" for the anime series Bleach, and the ending theme "Ano Kaze ni Notte" for Valkyria Chronicles.

Following a brief disappearance by suzumoku, impromptu cancellations of several concerts were forced on the band in March 2009. As of October 2009 the band is on an indefinite hiatus.

Personnel
 Wataru "B.M.W" Ohyama, born in Kanagawa, trumpet
 Kouske "Jaw" Kadota, born in Ehime, saxophone
 Masahiro Nirehara, born in Niigata, double bass
 Kou, born in Tokyo, drums
 Masayuki "HZM" Hiizumi, born in Kobe, keyboard & vocals

Discography

Albums
[09.11.2002] Kugatsu no Sola
[01.29.2003] Realive Tour 2002 (Odoranya Son Son In Tokyo)
[12.10.2003] KIWAMARI ZUKI
[12.07.2005] Pe'z Realive 2005 Fushi
[03.15.2006] Best 1st Stage
[07.26.2006] Nippon No Jazz - Samurai Spirit
[03.28.2007] Kite Neru: Funny Day & Hard Night
[02.27.2008] Samurai Meets The Enemy
[12.20.2008] PE'Z BEST STAGE -YAMIKUMO-
[09.24.2010] 銀幕のジャズ -SAMURAI FLYS INTO THE SCREEN-
[03.16.2011] Samurai Jazz - Compact Disc -
[04.20.2011] Jazz-SAMURAI KILLS HIMSELF-of Kinema
[02.14.2012] OH! YEAH! PARTY!!
[03.06.2013] JumpUP!

Mini-Albums
[02.21.2001] pe'z
[06.21.2001] Hayato
[10.24.2001] OKOKOROIRE
[04.11.2002] Akatsuki
[03.09.2003] Tsu Ku Shi N Bow
[05.28.2003] Hana Saku Don Bla Go!
[08.04.2004] Suzumushi
[11.23.2005] Chitose Dori
[02.03.2010] 1・2・MAX
[06.09.2010] I WANT YOU

Singles
[07.17.2002] Hale No Sola Sita - La Yellow Samba
[06.06.2003] DRY! DRY! DRY!
[11.19.2003] Daichisanshou
[09.21.2004] AUCTION
[09.20.2006] Live for the Groove
[08.19.2010] Uha-Uha / Boushoku-kei Danshi!!

References

External links

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Park Byung-ro

Park Byung-ro (born 21 July 1962) is a South Korean alpine skier. He competed in three events at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

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Factory reset

A factory reset, also known as master reset, is a software restore of an electronic device to its original system state by erasing all of the information stored on the device in an attempt to restore the device to its original manufacturer settings. Doing so will effectively erase all of the data, settings, and applications that were previously on the device. This is often done to fix an issue with a device, but it could also be done to restore the device to its original settings. Such electronic devices include smartphones.

Since a factory reset entails deleting all information stored in the device, it is essentially the same concept as reformatting a hard drive. Pre-installed applications and data on the card's storage card (such as a microSD card) will not be erased. A factory reset effectively destroys all data stored in the unit.

Factory resets can fix many chronic performance issues (i.e. freezing), but it does not remove the device's operating system.

Examples
Factory resets can be achieved in a variety of ways depending on the electronic device. For some devices, this could be done by going into the device's Service Menu. Other devices may require a complete re-installation of the software. The following section lists a few common electronic devices and how they can be reset to factory settings.

Computer factory resets will restore the computer to the computer's original operating system and delete all of the user data stored on the computer. Microsoft's Windows 8 and Windows 10, and Apple's macOS have options for this.

On Android devices, there is a factory data reset option in Settings that will appear to erase all of the device's data and reset all of its settings. This method is typically used when the device has a technical problem that cannot be fixed using other methods, or when the owner wants to remove all their personal data before selling, giving away, returning or disposing of the device. After performing a study, Avast! reported that the data is recoverable using forensics software that is fairly generic and publicly available.  The "Factory data reset" option does not affect the Knox Flag.  As such, it does not reset the device to its original factory settings and is not a way to return the device to a state compatible with the manufacturer's warranty. Data on the SIM card and the microSD card is not erased.

Many other devices can be restored to factory settings, like televisions, GPS units or tablet computers.

Many electronic devices have a menu with tools and settings called the service menu, which commonly includes a tool that performs a factory reset.  This tool is most common in devices with displays, such as television sets and computer monitors. These menus are usually accessed through a sequence of button presses.

See also
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 Reboot (computing)
 Troubleshooting

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February 2018 Mogadishu attacks

On 23 February 2018, at least 45 people were killed and 36 others injured in two car bombings and a shooting in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab later claimed responsibility.

Attack
On 23 February 2018, two suicide car bombs exploded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The first car bomb went off after militants breached a checkpoint near the president's residence by shooting at security personnel. The other detonated in front of a hotel away from the palace. 45 bystanders were killed and 36 others injured. Five attackers were also reported dead.

Responsibility
The Somalia-based Islamist group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack via its Andalus radio arm, stating that both its drivers were suicide bombers.

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John E. Hudgens

John E. Hudgens (born April 6, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an independent director, producer, and editor noted for his short Star Wars fan films and for many Babylon 5 promotional videos.

On his own, Hudgens began editing Babylon 5 videos cut to popular music beginning in 1994.  Babylon 5 creator and writer J. Michael Straczynski saw these early efforts and hired Hudgens to officially produce B5 promotional music videos for science fiction fan conventions and other events.  Eight official videos were produced, plus more unofficial videos shown at conventions and distributed on the Internet.

Hudgens had also dabbled in fan films, producing The Empire Strikes Quack in the late 1980s. Beginning in 2000, Hudgens made the first of a series of noted Star Wars fan films, Crazy Watto, a two-minute parody of Star Wars and used car commercials.  The film proved very popular and would go on to be an official selection at Lucasfilm's Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards and screen at the Cannes Film Festival.  His second film, Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline, is a fast paced four-minute parody of many science fiction shows and films, and features Kevin J. Anderson, Claudia Christian and Peter David among others.  This effort was the second runner-up for the Audience Choice Award at the 2002 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, an award he would win the next year for The Jedi Hunter, a parody of Star Wars and The Crocodile Hunter.  He would win the Audience Choice Award once more in 2005 for Sith Apprentice, his longest fan film to date, at twelve minutes.  All of Hudgens fan films were produced, directed, shot, and edited by him, were made in collaboration with The Men in Black creator Lowell Cunningham, and were produced and released by Hudgens' Z-Team Productions company.

Hudgens went on to create American Scary, a feature-length documentary about television horror hosts.  The film premiered in October 2006 at the Hollywood Film Festival, and was released on DVD in February 2009.

Hudgens' most recent effort was Backyard Blockbusters, a 2012 documentary about the fan film genre and the people behind it.

References

External links

 Official site for Z-Team Productions

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Koubakou

Koubakou is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo.

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Model-based design

Model-Based Design (MBD) is a mathematical and visual method of addressing problems associated with designing complex control, signal processing and communication systems. It is used in many motion control, industrial equipment, aerospace, and automotive applications. Model-based design is a methodology applied in designing embedded software.

Overview
Model-based design provides an efficient approach for establishing a common framework for communication throughout the design process while supporting the development cycle (V-model). In model-based design of control systems, development is manifested in these four steps:
 modeling a  plant,
 analyzing and synthesizing a controller for the plant,
 simulating the plant and controller,
 integrating all these phases by deploying the controller.

The model-based design is significantly different from traditional design methodology. Rather than using complex structures and extensive software code, designers can use Model-based design to define plant models with advanced functional characteristics using continuous-time and discrete-time building blocks. These built models used with simulation tools can lead to rapid prototyping, software testing, and verification. Not only is the testing and verification process enhanced, but also, in some cases, hardware-in-the-loop simulation can be used with the new design paradigm to perform testing of dynamic effects on the system more quickly and much more efficiently than with traditional design methodology.

History
The dawn of the electrical age brought many innovative and advanced control systems. As early as the 1920s two aspects of engineering, control theory and control systems, converged to make large-scale integrated systems possible. In those early days controls systems were commonly used in the industrial environment. Large process facilities started using process controllers for regulating continuous variables such as temperature, pressure, and flow rate. Electrical relays built into ladder-like networks were one of the first discrete control devices to automate an entire manufacturing process.

Control systems gained momentum, primarily in the automotive and aerospace sectors. In the 1950s and 1960s the push to space generated interest in embedded control systems. Engineers constructed control systems such as engine control units and flight simulators,  that could be part of the end product. By the end of the twentieth century, embedded control systems were ubiquitous, as even white goods such as washing machines and air conditioners contained complex and advanced control algorithms, making them much more "intelligent".

In 1969, the first computer-based controllers were introduced. These early programmable logic controllers (PLC)  mimicked the operations of already available discrete control technologies that used the out-dated relay ladders. The advent of PC technology brought a drastic shift in the process and discrete control market. An off-the-shelf desktop loaded with adequate hardware and software can run an entire process unit, and execute complex and established PID algorithms or work as a Distributed Control System (DCS).

Model-based design steps
The main steps in Model-based design approach are:
 Plant modeling. Plant modeling can be data-driven or based on first principles. Data-driven plant modeling uses techniques such as System identification. With system identification, the plant model is identified by acquiring and processing raw data from a real-world system and choosing a mathematical algorithm with which to identify a mathematical model. Various kinds of analysis and simulations can be performed using the identified model before it is used to design a model-based controller. First-principles based modeling is based on creating a block diagram model that implements known differential-algebraic equations governing plant dynamics. A type of first-principles based modeling is physical modeling, where a model consists in connected blocks that represent the physical elements of the actual plant.
Controller analysis and synthesis. The mathematical model conceived in step 1 is used to identify dynamic characteristics of the plant model. A controller can then be synthesized based on these characteristics.
Offline simulation and real-time simulation. The time response of the dynamic system to complex, time-varying inputs is investigated.  This is done by simulating a simple LTI (Linear Time-Invariant) model, or by simulating a non-linear model of the plant with the controller. Simulation allows specification, requirements, and modeling errors to be found immediately, rather than later in the design effort. Real-time simulation can be done by automatically generating code for the controller developed in step 2. This code can be deployed to a special real-time prototyping computer that can run the code and control the operation of the plant. If a plant prototype is not available, or testing on the prototype is dangerous or expensive, code can be automatically generated from the plant model. This code can be deployed to the special real-time computer that can be connected to the target processor with running controller code. Thus a controller can be tested in real-time against a real-time plant model.
Deployment. Ideally this is done via code generation from the controller developed in step 2. It is unlikely that the controller will work on the actual system as well as it did in simulation, so an iterative debugging process is carried out by analyzing results on the actual target and updating the controller model. Model-based design tools allow all these iterative steps to be performed in a unified visual environment.

Disadvantages of MBD
The disadvantages of Model-based design, are fairly well understood this late in development lifecycle, of the product and development.

 One major disadvantage is that the approach taken is a blanket or coverall approach to standard embedded and systems development. Often the time it takes to port between processors and ecosystems can outweigh the temporal value it offers in the simpler lab based implementations.

 Much of the compilation tool chain is closed source, and prone to fence post errors, and other such common compilation errors that are easily corrected in traditional systems engineering.

 Design and reuse patterns can lead to implementations of models that are not well suited to that task. Such as implementing a controller for a conveyor belt production facility that uses a thermal sensor, speed sensor, and current sensor. That model is generally not well suited for re-implementation in a motor controller etc. Though its very easy to port such a model over, and introduce all the software faults therein.

While Model-based design has the ability to simulate test scenarios and interpret simulations well, in real world production environments, it is often not suitable. Over reliance on a given toolchain can lead to significant rework and possibly compromise entire engineering approaches. While it's suitable for bench work, the choice to use this for a production system should be made very carefully.

Advantages
Some of the advantages Model-based design offers in comparison to the traditional approach are:

 Model-based design provides a common design environment, which facilitates general communication, data analysis, and system verification between various (development) groups.
 Engineers can locate and correct errors early in system design, when the time and financial impact of system modification are minimized.
 Design reuse, for upgrades and for derivative systems with expanded capabilities, is facilitated.

Because of the limitations of graphical tools, design engineers previously relied heavily on text-based programming and mathematical models. However, developing these models was time-consuming, and highly prone to error. In addition, debugging text-based programs is a tedious process, requiring much trial and error before a final fault-free model could be created, especially since mathematical models undergo unseen changes during the translation through the various design stages.

Graphical modeling tools aim to improve these aspects of design. These tools provide a very generic and unified graphical modeling environment, and they reduce the complexity of model designs by breaking them into hierarchies of individual design blocks. Designers can thus achieve multiple levels of model fidelity by simply substituting one block element with another. Graphical models also help engineers to conceptualize the entire system and simplify the process of transporting the model from one stage to another in the design process. Boeing's simulator EASY5 was among the first modeling tools to be provided with a graphical user interface, together with AMESim, a multi-domain, multi-level platform based on the Bond Graph theory. This was soon followed by tool like 20-sim and Dymola, which allowed models to be composed of physical components like masses, springs, resistors, etc. These were later followed by many other modern tools such as Simulink and LabVIEW.

See also
 Control theory
 Functional specification
 Model-driven engineering
 Scientific modelling
 Specification (technical standard)
 Systems engineering

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Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center

The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is a non-profit, mission based, science center that promotes science learning through a variety of inquiry-based educational and entertaining activities, including exhibits, IMAX films, demonstrations, workshops and teacher professional development.  Located in downtown Mobile, Alabama, Exploreum visitors can experience more than 150 hands-on science adventures in three permanent galleries: Hands On Hall, the Wharf of Wonder, and My BodyWorks, the most advanced health exhibit in the nation.  The Exploreum also features large-scale, family friendly, interactive traveling exhibits, year-round with broad science content and supplementary, themed educational programming.  Guests can also enjoy demonstrations or workshops in the ChemLab, BioLab or new ExploreTEC lab and see a film in the J.L. Bedsole IMAX Theater.  Voted the 2008-2009 Alabama Attraction of the Year, nominated as Best Family Attraction in Mobile for ten consecutive years and a Top 15 Science Center in the Country, the Exploreum is the only science technology center serving south Alabama, south Mississippi and northwest Florida.

History

In 1976 the Junior League of Mobile provided funding for research and development of a hands-on interactive museum for the children of Mobile, with this initial commitment directly leading to the creation of The Explore Center, Inc., a private, non-profit educational incorporation, and a Board of Trustees. The board eventually raised $1.3 million to build a  contemporary building on  Springhill Avenue adjacent to the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, and the Gulf Coast Exploreum "Museum of Science" was opened in 1983.  That site was outgrown within 4 years and in 1987 a Relocation Committee was formed and determined that Mobile's historic downtown area would be well suited for an expanded, state of the art science center and IMAX theater. A capital campaign was launched at this time with the procurement of corporate and individual contributions and commitments by officials at the city, county and federal level.  After 11 years of planning and 3 years of construction, the new facility situated on Government Street between Royal and Water streets was opened in 1998 and is now suited for people of all ages.

Exhibits

The Exploreum is home to three permanent exhibits: My BodyWorks, Hands On Hall, and the Wharf of Wonder. My BodyWorks opened Winter 2009 and is an interactive, technologically advanced exhibit, custom designed for the Exploreum. A community project presented by Infirmary Health Foundation, it is dedicated to human health and workforce development. My BodyWorks also features a fully functioning biology lab where science educators present materials that delve further into the topics presented in the gallery.

The Hands On Hall is the Exploreum's original exhibit gallery and contains more than 20 interactive exhibits. The Wharf of Wonder is a community project of the Junior League of Mobile and features an optimal learning environment for the smallest of Exploreum visitors, from infants to age 5.

The Exploreum hosts a variety of traveling exhibits. Past traveling exhibits have included "Mysteries of Egypt: Wonderful Treasures from the Pharaoh's Tomb" in 2001, "China! 7,000 Years of Innovation" in 2002, "International Space Station" in 2003, "The Brain: It's All In Your Head" in 2004, "The Dead Sea Scrolls" in 2005, "Mummy: The Inside Story" in 2006, and "A Day in Pompeii" in 2007.  In 2008, the Exploreum hosted "Our Body: The Universe Within", featuring actual human plastinated bodies. In 2009 "Bob the Builder - Project Built It", "Sea Lion Splash" in 2010, and "Kangaroo Kraze" in 2011, featuring live kangaroos, all came to the Exploreum. In 2019 "Genghis Khan: The Great Civilizer" displayed over 400 artifacts, costumes, weaponry and featured live performances by Mongolian artisans.

Features
The J.L. Bedsole IMAX Dome Theater has featured IMAX films ranging from "Everest" in 1998 to "Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour De France" in 2008. The theater also remains the only domed IMAX theater on the Gulf Coast. The Ciba Lab allows visitors to participate in science demonstrations, or just observe from the amphitheater style seating.

References

External links
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Finch (album)

Finch is an EP by American five-piece indie rock band Murder by Death.   Although the band's fourth album, 2008's Red of Tooth and Claw, was released on the Vagrant label, Finch's October 7, 2009 release was on Tent Show Records, Murder by Death's record label in the EastWest family of labels.

Album information
The album is an instrumental soundtrack to the book of the same name by author Jeff Vandermeer.  The band's website includes this description of the album:
This album is an instrumental soundtrack to a book called "Finch" by science fiction/fantasy/horror author Jeff VanderMeer.  Jeff approached MbD about doing a soundtrack to go with the limited edition of his new book, and we thought it was such a strange idea we had to do it. The book reminds us of "Blade Runner" - with spore-faced bad guys. Bitchin'. We locked ourselves up in our friends studio (Farm Fresh) in Bloomington, Indiana for 5 days and wrote and recorded an instrumental album inspired by the book. We have used a lot of crazy techniques that we have never tried before on this record. Our old pianist Vincent Edwards lent his hand(s) at the piano, organs, and Rhodes. Each song is attempting to recreate a scene or mood from the book.

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Georges Grün

Georges Serge Grün (born 25 January 1962, in Schaerbeek, Belgium) is a former Belgian football defender, who currently works as a television presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI.

Grün made his international debut against Yugoslavia on 13 June 1984, scoring on his debut. He is most famous in his home country for scoring the away goal that qualified Belgium at the expense of their neighbours Netherlands in the 1986 World Cup qualifying rounds. Belgium would go on to a very respectable fourth-place finish. He played in three FIFA World Cups for the Belgium national football team (1986, 1990 and 1994).  He made his World Cup debut against Mexico on 3 June 1986.  Grün is the sixth most capped player for Belgium with 77 caps. On the club level, he played for Anderlecht, Parma and Reggiana.

Honours
Anderlecht
Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
Belgian Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89
Belgian Super Cup: 1985, 1987
UEFA Cup: 1982-83

Parma
Coppa Italia: 1991–92
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1992–93

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Samuel Sandars

Samuel Sandars (25 April 1837, Chelmsford, Essex  - 15 June 1894) was an English bibliographer, barrister and university benefactor.

He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his BA degree in 1860 and became MA in 1863. Admitted to the Inner Temple in 1859, Sandars was called to the Bar in 1863. In July 1863 Sandars married Elizabeth Maria, eldest daughter of Francis William Russell, MP for Limerick.<ref>Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 215, 1863, p. 236</ref>

Sandars was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a member of the Library Association and a member of the Bibliographical Society. He became JP for Buckinghamshire, and shortly before his death in 1894 High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

From 1869 onwards Sandars donated rare books to Cambridge University Library; he bequeathed 1,460 printed books to the library on his death.Fabian, Bernhard, Handbuch deutscher historischer Buchbestände in Europa, 1997, p. 178 He was also a benefactor to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Great St Mary's Church and the Divinity School in Cambridge, and bequeathed £2000 to Cambridge University to endow the Sandars Readership in Bibliography for the delivery of one or more lectures annually on "Bibliography, Palaeography, Typography, Bookbinding, Book Illustration, the science of Books and Manuscripts and the Arts relating thereto."

References

Further readingThe Cambridge Review'', 1894

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Mike Devlin (entrepreneur)

Mike Devlin is a U.S. entrepreneur who co-founded Rational Software Corporation, a software development company based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Devlin graduated from the United States Air Force Academy 1977 after studying electrical engineering and computer science. He completed an M.S. in computer science at Stanford University the following year.

As CEO of Rational, Devlin oversaw the acquisition of several companies, including Objectory AB (1995), and Catapulse (2001), a start-up which was funded by Rational, in conjunction with Benchmark Capital.

In 2003, Rational Software was acquired by IBM for 2.1 billion dollars (U.S), a move that saw Devlin become general manager with IBM. He retired from the company two years later.

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Sixto Minier

Sixto Minier (March 28, 1920 – April 29, 2008) was a folklorist in the Dominican Republic. He is recognized for his leadership of the group "Los Congos de Villa Mella," a longstanding spiritual brotherhood or "cofradia" in the Dominican Republic whose practices belong to the complex of Caribbean cultural expressions of the African diaspora. "Los Congos de Villa Mella" were named to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2001. Minier was honored by the city of New York "for his contribution to preserving African heritage in the Dominican Republic" (2001). The Dominican Government recognized him as "living heritage of Dominican folklore."

Other awards and recognition
In 1999, the Bayahonda Cultural Foundation conferred upon Minier the title of "Dominican Folklore Mentor." The last major recognition he received prior to his death was in 2008, during the 11th International Book Fair in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, "for his role in guaranteeing the continuation of the knowledge, processes, and traditional artistic techniques of the Dominican Republic."

Death
Minier died at the age of 88 (although some say he was older), from complications brought on by prostate cancer and kidney problems. Upon his death, he was widely considered a national treasure in the Dominican Republic for his contributions to the nation's art and folklore. Minier learned the traditions and practices of Los Congos de Villa Mella from his mother. Together with another Los Congos member, Pío Brazoban, from the 1960s forward Minier taught over 50 other congregants living in Mata Los Indios, a community in the northern outskirts of Santo Domingo that to this day lacks many basic services, and whose inhabitants often grapple with socioeconomic concerns.

Bibliography
Hernández Soto, Carlos. Morir en Villa Mella: Ritos funerarios Afrodominicanos. Santo Domingo: Centro Para La Investigación y Acción Social en el Caribe, 1996.

References

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Cape wolf snake

The Cape wolf snake (Lycophidion capense) is a species of oviparous, nonvenomous snake which occurs over a wide area of southern to central Africa. Though docile and harmless, it may be confused with the very venomous stiletto snake.

Subspecies
The species contains three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, L. c. capense.

Lycophidion capense capense
Lycophidion capense jacksoni
Lycophidion capense loveridgei

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Lycophidion.

Description
Adults regularly reach 40 cm in length, but some grow to 64 cm. It has a flattened, tapering head and marbled eye. The brown or black lateral and dorsal scales are tipped white, while the ventral scales are all-white. Long recurved fangs are present on the upper as well as lower jaws, for which they are named.

Diet and behaviour
They are widely distributed but prefer damp locations, with lowland forest and fynbos being preferred habitats. They feed mostly on geckos and skinks which they bite and kill by constriction. They are believed to reach an age of 15 to 20 years.

References

Further reading

Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Lycophidium capense, pp. 339–340; Lycophidium jacksoni, new species, p. 340 + Plate XXI, figure 3).
Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Lycophidion capense, p. 76 + Plate 36).
Smith A. 1831. "Contributions to the Natural History of South Africa, &c". South African Quarterly Journal 1 (5): 9-24. (Lycodon capensis, new species, p. 18). (in Latin and English).

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Spangbergiella

Spangbergiella is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are at least 4 described species in Spangbergiella.

Species
 Spangbergiella mexicana Baker, 1897
 Spangbergiella quadripunctata Lawson, 1932
 Spangbergiella viridis (Provancher, 1872)
 Spangbergiella vulnerata (Uhler, 1877)

References

 Dmitriev D (2009). "Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe". ZooKeys 29: 13-33.

Further reading

Category:Cicadellidae genera
Category:Hecalini


SM UB-133

SM UB-133 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy () during World War I. Completed after the end of hostilities, she was not commissioned into the German Imperial Navy but surrendered to Britain in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany. In 1922 she was broken up in Rochester.

Construction

She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft of Kiel and following just under a year of construction, launched at Kiel on 27 September 1918. UB-133 carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a  deck gun. UB-133 would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . UB-133 had a displacement of  while surfaced and  when submerged. Her engines enabled her to travel at  when surfaced and  when submerged.

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

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School Gyrls discography

The discography of American girl group School Gyrls (briefly known as Forever) consists of two studio albums, 5 singles (including 1 as a featured artist), and 4 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Unreleased songs

Music videos

References

Category:Discographies of American artists


Ellis Jones (sociologist)

Ellis McNatt Jones (born  February 25, 1970) is an American sociologist and author at College of the Holy Cross. His research has focused on ethical consumerism, corporate social responsibility, and lifestyle movements. He is best known for his research translating the social and environmental records of companies into an A to F rating system for use by consumers.

Early life and education

Jones was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Panama from 1993 to 1995 where he worked in Environmental Education. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and is currently a professor of sociology at College of the Holy Cross.

Work

Jones has researched consumer products, rating corporations on an "A" through "F" scale based on their scores in five areas: human rights (sweatshops, child labor, etc.), the environment (global warming, rainforest destruction, etc.), animal protection (animal testing, humane treatment, etc.), community involvement (local business support, nonprofit alliances, etc.), and social justice (fair wages, discrimination, etc.). In his book "The Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes A Difference," he encourages consumers to push their dollars to the "A" and "B" companies and away from the "D" and "F" companies to create a better world.

Selected bibliography

Books

Chapters in books

Articles

References

Holy Cross faculty list
Jones, Ellis (June 2015). Curriculum Vitae. Via Academia.edu. Accessed 15 December 2016.

External links
Ellis Jones at Academia.edu
Ellis Jones at Google Scholar

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Academics Plus Charter Schools

Academics Plus Charter Schools (APCS) is an open-enrollment public charter school system in the Little Rock metropolitan area, United States; the Academics Plus Charter School District maintains its headquarters in Maumelle. It consists of three schools: Scott Charter School in Scott, Maumelle Charter Elementary School in Maumelle, and Maumelle Charter High School in Maumelle.

Academics Plus was chartered in 2001 as the first charter school in Arkansas. The charter was renewed in 2003 and 2007.

Academics
Based on the KIPP network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory schools, the KIPP curriculum meets or exceeds the Smart Core curriculum developed the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete 22 credit units before graduation. Students engage in regular and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams, preparatory courses in ACT/SAT testing, leadership workshops, and partnerships with local colleges and universities.

Academics Plus has partnered with the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas at Monticello to offer twelve concurrent credit courses in math, English, history and music. In 2011, a total of 210 concurrent credit hours were earned by the 23 graduating seniors.

Extracurricular activities
The Academics Plus Charter School mascot and athletic emblem is the Falcon with school colors of navy and white.

Athletics
The Academics Plus Falcons participate in various interscholastic activities in the 1A 5 North Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The school athletic activities include golf (boys/girls), cross country (boys/girls), bowling (boys/girls), cheer, basketball (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), tennis (boys/girls), and track (boys/girls).

Clubs and traditions
ACPS students participate in a variety of clubs and organizations including Band, Choir, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Lego Robotics, Quiz Bowl, Drama Club, and Student Council.

References

External links

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North Iwo Jima

is the northernmost island of the Volcano Islands group of the Bonin Islands, 80 km north of Iwo Jima. It is 1170 km south of Tokyo, 207 km SSW of Chichijima.

Geography

The island consists of the heavily eroded peak of a stratovolcano, which rises 792 m above sea level (804 m according to other sources). The peak is called Sakagi-ga-mine (榊ヶ峰), with another peak at Shimizu-ga-mine (清水峰, 665m). Its area is 5.57 km², and shore length 8.0 km. It is part of Ogasawara municipality and is uninhabited. Its Japanese name was changed to Kita-Iōtō on June 18, 2007.

History
First sighting by Europeans was in October 1543 by Spanish navigator Bernardo de la Torre on board of carrack San Juan de Letrán, when trying to return from Sarangani to New Spain.

The island was formerly inhabited. It was first settled by settlers from the Izu Islands in 1889, who lived in two towns, Ishinomura (east) and Nishimura (west). At the start of World War II, the population was 103. The civilian population was evacuated during the war.

Unincorporated until 1940, it became part of the newly created municipality of Iōtō in 1940, which was included in Ogasawara-mura in 1968 upon the return of the islands by the United States to Japan.

Four men, flying a United States Navy S-3B Viking jet from the U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, died when their aircraft crashed on August 10, 2004 on Kita Iwo Jima during a naval exercise over the Pacific.  They were Lt. Cmdr. Scott A. Zellem, 35, of Indiana, Pennsylvania; Lt. Patrick S. Myrick, 31, of Seattle; Lt. James J. Pupplo, 34, of Selden, New York; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua B. Showalter, 24, of Fontana, California.

2009 total solar eclipse
During the solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, the island had nearly six and a half minutes of totality, longer than any other land mass.

See also

References

External links
  N. Iwo Jima page

Category:Volcano Islands
Category:Uninhabited islands of Japan
Category:Former populated places in Oceania
Category:Former populated places in Japan
Category:Islands of Tokyo


Darren Wharton

Darren Leigh Wharton (born 24 December 1961) is a British keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He has fronted his own band, Dare, since 1985, but first came to attention as a member of Thin Lizzy. His son, Paris, is also a musician.

Biography
Wharton was born in Failsworth, Lancashire in 1961. He was playing keyboards for a band in London clubs when he auditioned for Thin Lizzy. Thin Lizzy had not had a permanent keyboard player since their early gigs, but following the final departure of Gary Moore from the band on 4 July 1979, Midge Ure (who had prior plans to join Ultravox) stepped in to help Thin Lizzy complete their touring commitments. Before a tour of Japan beginning in September 1979, Dave Flett joined the band to enable Ure to switch to playing keyboards where necessary. Ure was still acting as a temporary keyboard player at gigs during early 1980, but when he left to be with Ultravox full-time, Lynott decided to look for a permanent keyboard player. Wharton got the job, and initially on a temporary basis. He was only 18 when he contributed keyboards to their 1980 album Chinatown. By the following year on the album Renegade he had become an official member of the band, co writing the opening track "Angel of Death" with Lynott.

Wharton continued with the band on the follow-up Thunder And Lightning in 1983, having a greater share in the writing credits, including the band's final single "The Sun Goes Down", but that year Lynott announced the break-up of Thin Lizzy.

Wharton also worked with Lynott on the latter's 1982 solo recording The Philip Lynott Album where he played on most of the record's eleven tracks, and provided the piano solo on the single "Old Town". In 1999 Darren reunited with Thin Lizzy touring Europe and the US documented on the 2000 live album One Night Only.

Wharton formed his own band, Dare in 1985, releasing the album Out of the Silence in 1988. This was followed in 1991 by Blood from Stone. Following a move to North Wales in 1992, the Dare sound reflected definite Celtic influences on the 1998 album release, Calm Before The Storm.   Wharton then formed his own record label, Legend Records. The 2001 Dare album Belief was featured on Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 breakfast show when the single "White Horses" was played every week for three months. In 2004, now signed to Warners ADA Music, Dare released their Beneath the Shining Water album. The first single "Sea of Roses" was again playlisted by Terry Wogan on BBC Radio Two. 2009 saw the release of Dare's sixth studio album Arc of the Dawn.

After John Sykes' departure from Thin Lizzy in 2009, Scott Gorham set to work on creating a new line-up of Thin Lizzy, announced in May 2010. Wharton rejoined Lizzy as did original drummer Brian Downey, and original post-Lynott bass guitarist Marco Mendoza. New to the line-up were vocalist Ricky Warwick of The Almighty and Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell, although the latter was subsequently replaced by Richard Fortus and then Damon Johnson.

Thin Lizzy toured extensively between 2010 and 2013, and began work on their first studio album since 1983, although it was ultimately decided not to release any new material as Thin Lizzy. Under the name of Black Star Riders, the album was released as All Hell Breaks Loose in May 2013, with Wharton co-writing the title track and the album closer "Blues Ain't So Bad". However, Wharton decided against joining Black Star Riders in order to concentrate on Dare and other projects.

He released his seventh Dare studio album Calm Before the Storm 2 on 1 October 2012. His son, Paris, taking on lead guitar duties on the track "Circles" from the album Arc of the Dawn. In March 2016, Wharton stated that mixing of the new Dare album, Sacred Ground, had begun. Sacred Ground was released in July 2016. The album topped the Amazon Rock Charts in the UK, Germany, Spain and Italy, and received predominantly positive reviews, albeit these usually genre-specific. 'Sacred Ground' is considered to consist of keyboard and guitar framed music that while not losing them, do take a step back from earlier Celtic influences, leaning more towards towards straight ahead moody AOR. In May 2018 it was revealed on Dare's official Facebook page that a new Dare album, Out Of The Silence II, would be released on 29 June 2018. Also in May 2018 a new official website for Dare was launched.

Discography

with Thin Lizzy
Chinatown (1980)
Renegade (1981)
Thunder and Lightning (1983)
Life (1983)
One Night Only (2000)

with Philip Lynott
The Philip Lynott Album (1982)

with Dare
Out of the Silence (1988)
Blood from Stone (1991)
Calm Before the Storm (1998)
Belief (2001)
Beneath the Shining Water (2004)
The Power of Nature (2005) (live album)
Arc of the Dawn (2009)
Calm Before the Storm 2 (2012)
Sacred Ground (2016)
Out of the Silence II (2018)

References

External links
 Dare's official website.
 Dare's official facebook

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Category:Music in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham


Fred Hermann Brandt

Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994) was a German entomological collector, botanist and Nazi secret agent in World War II who worked in Iran and Afghanistan during the 1930s.

Brandt was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Latvia. His brother, Wilhelm Brandt, was an entomologist who specialised in butterflies, and through his brother Fred also became interested in the field. In the Second World War, he became a counter-espionage agent and rose to the rank of Colonel within the German Wehrmacht and led a Brandenburg Battalion in 1939-40. An Afghan government mission to Berlin noted the problem of leprosy and the German government offered to help with a “leprosy research commission” which was headed by Dr Manfred Oberdörffer. Oberdörffer was invited by the Afghan government and he chose Brandt as an assistant. Brandt's knowledge of Russian, Iranian, Arabic and Islamic culture were considered key skills. Labelled by the British media as "the crafty butterfly colonel" they set up camp on the Waziristan border and joined the tribes there. On 15 July 1941 the pair took over a British field station in Waziristan and were attacked by Afghan troops. In the ensuing gun battle, they were both injured and Oberdörffer died of injuries on the way to Kabul while Brandt spent three months in hospital before being repatriated to Germany in November 1941. The main aim of their mission had been to recruit Mirza Ali Khan, a Waziri guerrilla leader known as the Fakir of Ipi to help in attacking British targets. Hearing that many German officers were being shot as traitors by the Nazi leadership he joined British officers at Lezha and travelled to Bari as a prisoner of war.

Brandt wrote a memoir of his army service in 1973.

Some of the lepidopteran specimens collected by Brandt were studied later and some new species were described. Scythris brandti is named after him. His collections are deposited along with those of his brother Wilhelm Brandt in the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet at Stockholm.

References

External links
 Texts and Documents of Albanian History by Robert Elsie
 National Archives UK

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Category:German spies for the Soviet Union


Patriarch Mark IV of Alexandria

Mark IV served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1385 and 1389.

References

Category:14th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Category:Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria


Telecom Business School

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School (formerly known as INT Management from its foundation in 1979 to its rebranding in 2009 then Telecom Business School from 2009 to 2018) is a French state-funded Management School, a member of Institut Mines-Telecom, the number one group of engineering and management graduate schools in France. It is also a member of the Management School Chapter of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, of EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and accredited by the Association of MBAs for its Masters in Management Program.

The business school was initially founded as the corporate university of Orange Group, first telecom operator in France and formerly a public company. It is now fully independent from Orange though many partnerships remain in research, training and other different programmes.

The school offers programmes taught in French or English, from bachelor level to PhD. Its main programme is the Masters in Management programme (aka Programme Grande Ecole). The graduates from this programme are highly reputed among recruiters in France and abroad for their ability to work with engineers. It was ranked 59th (2017) by the Financial Times.

Key figures
1500 students70 teaching and research faculty

70+ nationalities on campus120+ partner universities worldwide1 business incubator,

20 double degree programs (double master's degree in business & engineering)5 Specialized Masters1 Master in Management1 Executive MBA Program1 Master of Science Program1 Doctoral program in management

Research

The main research lab from Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is the LITEM, which is common with University of Paris-Saclay . Many research programmes are developed in cooperation with other schools from IMT .

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School 's research focus on digital innovation and transformation, artificial intelligence and ethics in the digital era. The school has several research chairs such as the  Chair Values and Policies of Personal Information (Chair VPIP) and Smart Objects and Social Networks Chair. It is also a founding member of DATAIA (Institute for Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Humanity), created in common with researchers from University of Paris Saclay, INRIA, CentraleSupélec, CEA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, HEC Paris and Université d'Évry - Val d'Essonne.

In 2018, the doctoral school was hosting 25 PhD students. The head of the doctoral school is Jean-Luc Moriceau. The faculty dean is Imed Boughzala, and the Director of Research Madeleine Besson.

Campus
Together with Telecom SudParis, IMT Business School share the IMT campus in Évry. Almost all students are accommodated on campus.

Students from Telecom SudParis and Institut Mines-Télécom Business School share most the student life aspects during their life on campus : shared apartments, shared student associations, shared classes and pedagogical programmes such as the famous Challenge Projets d'Entreprendre, a one-week competition which has, since its first edition in 2000, inspired many other business schools to build their own "startup creation challenges" programmes.

References

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Kalni Express

Kalni Express (Train no. 773/774) is an intercity train which runs between Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) and Sylhet (north-eastern major city). Kalni Express was conceived to be the non stop train of Dhaka-Sylhet route of Bangladesh Railway but it has since lost that status.

History
Kalni Express made its inaugural run on 15 May 2012 with a view to meet demands of increasing passengers of Dhaka-Sylhet route
. The train started its inaugural journey with total 12 carriages including an AC carriage.

Schedule
The train runs between Dhaka and Sylhet district while touching other districts like Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria, Habiganj and Maulavibazar. It departs Dhaka railway station at 04:00 PM (Bangladesh Standard Time) and arrives Sylhet at 10:45 PM. In return trip, it departs Sylhet at 07:00 AM and arrives Dhaka at 01:55 PM. Friday is the weekly holiday of this train.

Stoppages
 Dhaka Bimanbondor
 Narsingdi
 Bhairab Bazar
 Azampur
 Sayestaganj
 Srimangal
 Shamshernagar
 Kulaura
 Maijgaon

References

Category:Named passenger trains of Bangladesh
Category:Transport in Sylhet


Electric vehicle industry in Pakistan

Pakistan already has a significant market for hybrid vehicles with Honda's Vezel, Toyota's Prius and Aqua, and other models seen on the roads. The Automotive Development Policy (2016–2021) and the launch of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are encouraging foreign investments for the new automobile brands to enter Pakistani market, while the leading manufacturers in the automobile industry in Pakistan are not  intrested to  introduc EV models or it's wide   range of prices which target consumers of diverse income groups.
Several members of the international automobile industry including South Korea, China, and Japan also believe that Pakistan has a high potential market for EV technology, and local businesses are collaborating with them to bring EVs in Pakistan.
In the budget 2018–19, The government has given exemptions of 16 per cent customs duty on charging stations of electric vehicles, reduction of customs duty from 50 per cent to 25 per cent and an exemption of 15 per cent regulatory duty (RD) on electric vehicles. And on November, 05, 2019 Federal government of Pakistan approved First Draft of Electric Vehicles manufacturers Policy.   The government has also reduced customs duty on kits of electric vehicles from 25 per cent to 1 per cent.

Electric vehicle manufacturers in Pakistan

Electric car manufacturers

Karakoram Motors is a Pakistani automobile manufacturer based in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Karakoram Motors is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Dynasty IT electric cars.

Rahmat Group is bringing electric cars to Pakistan. As per Dawn News, the Group has already acquired 25 acres of land to establish Electrical Complex at Nooriabad. At the initial stage, the group will produce electric buses to tap the transport market, and in the second phase, a manufacturing plant would be established at the complex to produce electric cars and two-wheelers. As per the reports, Rahmat Group will partner with two Chinese manufacturers to turn its plans into a reality. One company will handle the electric car production while the other will assemble electric vans and trucks. The group also plans to develop lithium batteries for buses, cars and two-wheelers.
Rahmat Group has signed an agreement with Chinese EVs manufacturer BYD.

Chongqing Changan Automobile Limited has signed an agreement with Master Motors of Pakistan to assemble and sell their cars in the country. Jinbei has collaborated with Zenith Automotive (Pvt) Ltd. to distribute and sell its Electric vehicles across the country.

Al Haj Automotive Private Limited recently signed an agreement with Proton as the exclusive authorised distributor and assemblers of Proton vehicles in Pakistan and have plans to launch their Electric vehicles in the country. The agreement signing ceremony was held in Kuala Lumpur.

BMW has introduced their top of the line electric cars, the i3 and the i8 in Pakistan. Nissan, Hyundai, Audi and Renault are already in talks with the Ministry of Industries and Production for producing locally manufactured electric cars in the country. Audi is expected to launch its e-Tron 50 Quattro in Pakistan by April 2020.

Economia is a Pakistani-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of Solar vehicles. They mainly manufacture solar powered bikes, Rickshaws, Golf Carts, Vans, Cars and Central Air Conditioning units.

Pakistan in collaboration with China has introduced its first-ever electric car company, Topsun Motors, which inaugurated its showroom in Jail Road of Lahore on 3rd January 2020.

Hybrid cars
Pakistan already has a significant market for hybrid vehicles with Honda's Vezel and Freed, Toyota's Prius and Aqua. However, these cars aren't being locally manufactured in Pakistan, but are directly imported from Japan.

On May 2019, An all-new Suzuki Swift was rumoured, presumably doing test rounds on the roads of Pakistan. The car was rumoured to be registered under Pak Suzuki’s name. The most important bit of information about this Swift was its hidden emblem presumably “Hybrid”. Pak Suzuki, according to images, had hidden the emblem with tape on it. If the rumors are to be believed then this CBU Swift Hybrid could be available in Pakistan by the end of 2020. However, it cannot be conclusively said whether Pak Suzuki will launch the vehicle in the local market, as the company has not made any official statement in this regard. The spotted one was fourth generation Swift.

Scooters, Motorcycles and Auto Rickshaws
On 2017, Jolta International had created the first locally manufactured electric motorcycle. The company is based just outside of Bahria Town Rawalpindi, and showcased three Jolta Chargeable Electrical Motorcycles in Gwadar. Jolta also develops electric bike kits that can be retrofitted to any Chinese and Japanese bikes being assembled in Pakistan. Jolta is a subsidiary of Auj Technologies, a company based in Lahore.

Leading automobile manufacturers, including Super Power Motorcycles,  Original Star Electric Bikes by SITARA AUTO IMPEX Industries Ltd have started introducing EV models. Neon, a Pakistan-based motorcycle assembler, has introduced an all-electric Neon M3 motorbike in Pakistan. The macho looking sports bike comes with emission-free and noiseless features.

Economia is a Pakistani-based company that specializes in the manufacturing of Solar vehicles. They also manufacture solar-powered bikes and Rickshaws.

Sunra, a Chinese electric bike manufacturer,  also has a presence in Pakistan.

On 31 August 2019, Federal Minister for Science and Technology visited Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies in Islamabad where he announced to introduce eco-friendly electric motorcycles and rickshaw to save the energy and environment. He gave a demonstration of e-bikes and e-rickshaws by driving them himself. He said that the ministry would roll out electric motorcycles and rickshaws across the country. He added that electric motorcycles and rickshaws are the future of the Pakistan's transportation system.

On 9 October 2019, BBC Urdu reported that two motorbike manufacturers from Sahiwal and Lahore had launched an electric bike series by the name of "Jaguar". Auj Technologies – a Lahore-based electric motorcycle company – says they had started a joint venture with MS Group to produce the bikes. They claim that these are the nation's first both locally designed and manufactured electric bikes.

On 24th January 2020, Sazgar unveiled Pakistan's first locally manufactured electric rickshaw. The unveiling ceremony was held on Sazgar car plant located at Sundar Road in Lahore.

Railways
Pakistan Railways has 29 electric locomotives of class BCU30E numbered 7001-29. These are British-built locomotives of 3,000 horsepower for 25 kV AC. They are stored out of use because the overhead lines are unserviceable, owing to theft of copper.

Challenges being faced
The industry of electric vehicles faces serious challenges in Pakistan. The major problem is the lack of awareness among common car buyers about the advantages of EVs over the combustion engine vehicles. The shortfall of electricity and lack of charging infrastructure are the major reasons why electric vehicles aren't considered by the public. Charging time required by the electric vehicles and the driving range that they offer are considered to be the negative factors that discourage the local consumers from buying EVs.

Initiatives by Government of Pakistan
The Automotive Development Policy 2016–2021 and the launch of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) have been encouraging foreign investments for the new automobile brands to enter Pakistani market.

In the budget 2018–19, The government had given exemptions of 16 per cent customs duty on charging stations of electric vehicles, reduction of customs duty from 50 per cent to 25 per cent and an exemption of 15 per cent regulatory duty (RD) on electric vehicles. The government had also reduced customs duty on kits of electric vehicles from 50 per cent to 10 per cent.

On 6th November 2019, Pakistan’s federal cabinet had approved the first-ever national Electric Vehicles (EV) policy in a bid to tackle effects of climate change and offer affordable transport. In the first phase, the government will focus on converting 30 per cent of the total number of vehicles, mainly cars and rickshaws, into EVs by 2030. According to policy, 100,000 cars and 500,000 bikes and rickshaws will be converted to EVs in next 4 years, and more than 3,000 CNG stations that have been shut due to gas shortage will be converted to EV charging stations. Pakistan is also planning to set up special units of electric car manufacturing in the Special Economic Zones being established under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Industry associations
Pakistani Electric Vehicles manufacturers also established there organisation to deal with different Government departments. Pakistan Electric Vehicles manufacturers Association  (PEVMA) its first Founder Chairman is Mr. Muhammad Sabir Shaikh who is a famous auto sector expert in Pakistan for the last three decades. Sabir Shaikh also the Chairman of Association of Pakistan Motorcycle Assemblers APMA.

Charging infrastructure
The charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Pakistan has not been fully developed yet.

In January 2017, Dewan Motors with BMW inaugurated Pakistan's first public charging station for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in Emporium Mall, Lahore. Dewan Motors had installed another station for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles at Dolmen Mall in Karachi on February 2017.

BYD has also plans for setting up charging stations in Pakistan which will be done in association with the leading oil company in the country, Total Parco.

See also
 Walkability
 Electric car use by country
 Electric vehicle industry in China
 Automotive industry in Pakistan

References

Category:Electric vehicle industry
Category:Transport in Pakistan
Category:Electric power in Pakistan


Methods of Silence

Methods of Silence is the second album by the German band Camouflage, released by Atlantic Records in June 1989. The single "Love is a Shield" reached position 9 of the German single charts making it Camouflage's most successful song and at position 20 in the American Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.

Background
Camouflage set up a new studio, "Boys Factory 2", near their home town before entering the Synsound Studio in Brussels in early 1989. The producer, Dan Lacksman (known for his work with Telex), used both modern and old technology to create the new album. The band was given more creative freedom due to their previous success.

Chart performance
The album reached #13 in the German Album Charts. The first single, "Love Is a Shield" was also a hit, reaching #9 in the Singles Chart, and has become one of the band's best-known songs.

Professional reviews
A review by Allmusic wrote that the album's "material contrasted sharply with the vibrancy of the ensuing decade" referring to the decline of the Synthpop genre at the end of the 1980s. The albums was however noted for its sonic precision and a reliance on pop-song structures.

Track listing

Personnel
Camouflage
Heiko Maile - vocals, programming, moorsuphon
Marcus Meyn - vocals, programming
Oliver Kreyssig - vocals, programming, rhythm

Additional personnel
Dan Lacksman, Georges Alexander Van Dam, Ingo Ito, James Herter, Jean-Michel Alexandre, Michael Moers, Simone Winter, Thomas Dorr, Caroline, Jean-Paul Dessy, Johannes Luley, Patrick Dussart de la Iglesia.

References

External links
Official discography

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Category:Camouflage (band) albums


Valcheta Airport

Valcheta Airport  is a public airport located  south-southeast of Valcheta, Río Negro, Argentina.

Google Maps shows the runways and taxiways taken over by brush and scrub.

See also

Transport in Argentina
List of airports in Argentina
Talk:Valcheta Airport

References

External links
OpenStreetMap - Valcheta Airport
Airport record for Valcheta Airport at Landings.com

Category:Airports in Argentina
Category:Río Negro Province


Bone Hill

Bone Hill may refer to:

Bone Hill (Missouri), a hill in Jackson County, Missouri
Bone Hill National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area in North Dakota


Xitole

Xitole is a sector in the Bafata Region of Guinea-Bissau.

Category:Bafatá Region
Category:Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
Category:Populated places in Guinea-Bissau


Anacithara exquisita

Anacithara exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Description
The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description)  The small shell has a biconical shape. Its colour is uniform pure white. It contains six, turreted whorls. The protoconch consists of two smooth, elevated, symmetrical whorls.  The ribs are rather low and rounded, discontinuous from whorl to whorl. They number eight on the penultimate whorl, which become shorter, lower, wider spaced, and tend to disappear. Fine, dense, even spiral threads overrun the whole surface. The open aperture is unarmed. The varix is well developed. The  sinus is a semicircular incision. The siphonal canal is open and short.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

External links
  Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

exquisita
Category:Gastropods of Australia
Category:Gastropods described in 1922


Tchoukball at the 2009 World Games

The tchoukball competition at the World Games 2009 took place from July 24 to July 26, at the National Kaohsiung Normal University Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Men

Preliminary round

Play Offs

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Women

Preliminary round

Play Offs

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

External links
 2009 World Games – Tchoukball

Category:2009 World Games


Ronnie Jones (bowls)

Ronnie Jones (born 1931) is a former Canadian international lawn and indoor bowler.

Jones was born in Liverpool, England and emigrated to Canada as a teenager. He made his debut for Canada in 1974.

He won a bronze medal in the pairs with Bill Boettger and a silver medal in the fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.

He also won a silver medal with Boettger in the pairs at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

References

Category:1931 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian male bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Bowls players at the 1986 Commonwealth Games


Peroxynitrate

Peroxynitrate (or peroxonitrate) refers to salts of the unstable peroxynitric acid, HNO4. However, no solid salts are known.

References

Category:Oxyanions


Strapwork

In the history of art and design, strapwork is the use of stylised representations in ornament of ribbon-like forms.  These may loosely imitate leather straps, parchment or metal cut into elaborate shapes, with piercings, and often interwoven in a geometric pattern.  In early examples there may or may not be three-dimensionality, either actual in curling relief ends of the elements, or just represented in two dimensions.  As the style continued, these curling elements became more prominent, often turning into scrollwork, where the ends curl into spirals or scrolls.  By the Baroque scrollwork was a common element in ornament, often partly submerged by other rich ornament.

European strapwork is a frequent background and framework for grotesque ornament – arabesque or candelabra figures filled with fantastical creatures, garlands and other elements – which were a frequent decorative motif in 16th-century Northern Mannerism, and revived in the 19th century and which may appear on walls – painted, in frescos, carved in wood, or moulded in plaster or stucco – or in graphic work.  The Europeanized arabesque patterns called moresque are also very often combined with strapwork, especially in tooled and gilded bookbindings.

Scrollwork is a variant that tended to replace strapwork almost completely by the Baroque.  It is less geometric and more organic, more three dimensional, and with emphasis on the curling ends of the "straps".  The Italian artists at the Palace of Fontainebleau had already moved onto this by the 1530s, but in provincial work in northern Europe flat strapwork panels continued for another century or more.

Where there is no suggestion of three dimensions – curling ends and the like – the decoration may also be called bandwork or "interlaced bands", the more technically correct term.  Peter Fuhring derives this style from Islamic ornament.

Italy
Strapwork designs, influenced by Islamic ornament, are found on tooled book-covers in Italy and Spain by the mid-15th century, and in other media by the early 16th century, for example in the Raphael Loggie in the Vatican.  By the time the First School of Fontainebleau had spread their very emphatic version of the style to northern Europe, the Italians had largely abandoned it, although it remained common on fine decorated bookbindings in Italy as elsewhere, often combined with moresque decoration.

Flemish

The forms developed in Antwerp by Cornelis Floris, Cornelis Bos, Hans Vredeman de Vries and others were disseminated by ornament prints from about 1550 and had an enormous influence across northern Europe.  Floris "developed the massive Fontainebleau strapwork into a yet more nightmarish style of his own", but also, with Bos, "experimented with an altogether lighter, more elegant variety".

France
Strapwork was found earlier, but really came to prominence after it was used in stucco in the enormous elaborate decorative frames designed by Rosso Fiorentino and his team for the Palace of Fontainebleau in the 1530s.  Thereafter, spread by prints, it became part of the vocabulary of Northern Mannerist ornament.

England
Strapwork became popular in England in the late 16th and 17th centuries as a form of plasterwork decorative moulding used particularly on ceilings, but also sculpted in stone for example around entrance doors, as at Misarden Park (1620), Gloucestershire, or on monumental sculpture, as on the frieze of the monument to Sir John Newton (d.1568), at East Harptree, Gloucestershire, and on that of Sir Gawen Carew (d.1575) in Exeter Cathedral. Wollaton Hall outside Nottingham makes especially extensive, and for some excessive, use of strapwork inside and out.

Islamic

Islamic girih uses complex patterns and interlace, but the form of the strips is generally simple, does not vary along their length, and no attempt to achieve a stylized impression of other materials is made. The patterns it used influenced European ornament in the Renaissance, through the Moresque style.

Girih is an Islamic decorative art form used in architecture and handicrafts (book covers, tapestry, small metal objects) from the 8th century onwards. It consists of geometric lines that form an interlaced strapwork. Girih patterns are used in varied media including tilework, brickwork, stucco, wood (for example in minbar pulpits) and mosaic faience work.

Notes

References

Fuhring, Peter, Renaissance Ornament Prints; The French Contribution, in Karen Jacobson, ed (often wrongly cat. as George Baselitz), The French Renaissance in Prints, 1994, Grunwald Center, UCLA,
"Grove": Wells-Cole, Anthony, "Strapwork", Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 5 Feb. 2017. Subscription required

Category:Visual motifs
Category:Ornaments (architecture)
Category:Ornaments


Nina Burger

Nina Burger is an Austrian football striker, who played for SC Sand of Frauen Bundesliga, after playing for SV Neulengbach of Austria's ÖFB-Frauenliga. She also played the 2014 season for the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was the ÖFB-Frauenliga's top scorer for six seasons in a row between 2007 and 2012.

On 1 April 2019, she announced retirement from the Austrian national team, after playing 108 matches with 53 goals.

Honours

SV Neulengbach
 ÖFB-Frauenliga: Winner 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
 ÖFB Ladies Cup: Winner 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

SC Sand
 DFB-Pokal: Runner-up 2015–16, 2016–17

National Team

 Cyprus Cup: Winner 2016

Individual
 Top scorer ÖFB-Frauenliga: 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012

References

External links

 Profile in UEFA.com

Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Austrian women's footballers
Category:Houston Dash players
Category:National Women's Soccer League players
Category:Austria women's international footballers
Category:SV Neulengbach (women) players
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
Category:Austrian expatriate footballers
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:People from Tulln an der Donau
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:SC Sand players
Category:FIFA Century Club
Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany


Anonymizer (company)

Anonymizer, Inc. is an Internet privacy company, founded in 1995 by Lance Cottrell, author of the Mixmaster anonymous remailer. Anonymizer was originally named Infonex Internet. The name was changed to Anonymizer in 1997 when the company acquired a web based privacy proxy of the same name developed by Justin Boyan at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. Boyan licensed the software to C2Net for public beta testing before selling it to Infonex.
One of the first web privacy companies founded, Anonymizer creates a VPN link between its servers and its users computer, creating a random IP address, rather than the one actually being used. This can be used to anonymously report a crime, avoid spam, avoid Internet censorship, keep the users identity safe and track competitors, among other uses.

History
The USA PATRIOT Act, which was signed in October 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks, brought more attention to anonymization tools. Lance Cottrell was quoted saying that Anonymizer keeps no record of activity or users, which protects both the company and its users from FBI subpoenas.

Anonymizer was featured as one of the "50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites" in the July 2002 issue of Yahoo! Internet Life magazine.

The StealthSurfer II of 2005 came with Anonymizer, using a 128-bit SSL technology to mask IP addresses and create an encrypted channel. In 2005, Anonymizer maintained a product line including Anonymous Surfing (AS), to keep users IP addresses anonymous; Anti-Spyware, this found and removed spyware from its user's computer; Digital Shredder, which removed cookies, temporary files, and emptied cache; and Total Privacy Suite, which featured all three aforementioned products.

Anonymizer’s "Operation: Anti-Censorship" software, introduced in 2006, addresses internet censorship in the People's Republic of China by allowing Chinese Internet users to access blocked sites.

Ownership
Abraxas Corporation acquired Anonymizer in May 2008. In 2010, Cubic purchased Abraxas for $124 million in cash.

Ntrepid acquired Anonymizer in late 2010; it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ntrepid.

Products
Anonymizer offers a variety of consumer information security services including VPN for multi-protocol proxy, client software for iPhone and iPad, an anonymizer Proxy server, encrypted e-mail services, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, anti-pharming and enterprise class competitive intelligence tools. Although these used to be separate products, Anonymizer has one product, Anonymizer Universal, as of early 2014.

Trademark
The term "anonymizer" is often used to signify any internet based anonymization tool, even though it is a trademark of Anonymizer Inc.

See also
Java Anon Proxy
Proxy server
Pseudonymization
Tor (anonymity network)

References

External links

The Anonymizer - Protecting User Privacy on the Web

Category:Internet privacy organizations
Category:Companies established in 1995
Category:Companies based in San Diego
Category:Computer security companies


Neuendettelsau

Neuendettelsau is a local authority in Middle Franconia, Germany. Neuendettelsau is situated 20 miles southwest of Nuremberg and 12 miles east of Ansbach. Since 1947 it has a Lutheran seminary (Augustana Hochschule).

Diakonie Neuendettelsau

Reverend Wilhelm Löhe (1808–1872) founded in 1854 an institute for deaconesses. The Diakonie Neuendettelsau is one of today’s major independent Christian institutions for social welfare work in Germany and the biggest such enterprise in Bavaria. More than 5,800 employees at numerous institutions in Neuendettelsau and other regions all over Southern Germany and in other European countries take care of the people they are responsible for.

Politics
 First mayor: Gerhard Korn (CSU)
 Second mayor: Gottwald Dötzer (SPD)
 Third mayor: Wernher Geistmann (CSU)

Sister city
  Treignac (France), since 1996

Notable people
 Karl-Friedrich Beringer, choirmaster of the Windsbacher Knabenchor :de:Windsbacher Knabenchor
 Johann Konrad Wilhelm Loehe, Lutheran pastor and theologian.
 Walter Burkert, world-famous German scholar of ancient Greek mythology and religion.

Literature
 Matthias Honold, Hans Rößler (Hrsg.): 700 Jahre Neuendettelsau, Neuendettelsau 1998.
 Hans Rößler (Hrsg.): Unter Stroh- und Ziegeldächern. Aus der Neuendettelsauer Geschichte, Neuendettelsau  1982.

References

External links

 Homepage of the local authority Neuendettelsau
 Diakonie Neuendettelsau
 Löhe-Zeit-Museum Neuendettelsau
 Virtual museum of Neuendettelsau


Memphis Tigers women's basketball

The Memphis Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The Tigers compete in the American Athletic Conference. They previously competed in Conference USA in which they have won two Conference USA conference tournament championships and, prior to that two Metro Conference tournament championships. They play home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse and FedExForum.

History

The first inter-school game of the Memphis Tigers (then West Tennessee State Normal School) was a 24–0 win over Whitehaven High School in 1914. The University dropped women's athletics in 1936 and did not return women's athletics to varsity sport status until the 1972–73 season.

The team has competed in the NCAA tournament seven times., the WNIT five times, the National Women's Invitational tournament one time and the Women's Basketball Invitational one time.

Head coaches

Year by year results
TCWSF—Tennessee College Women's Sports Federation
—Conference tournament winners
Source

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| colspan="8" align="center" | Metro Conference

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| colspan="8" align="center" | Great Midwest Conference

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| colspan="8" align="center" | Conference USA

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| colspan="8" align="center" | American Athletic Conference

See also
 Memphis Tigers men's basketball

References

External links
 Official website


Santa Ana, Pampanga

, officially the ,  is a   in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of  people.

Barangays

Santa Ana is politically subdivided into 14 barangays minus 1. All of its barangays were named after various Christian patrons, although some townsfolk still use their former names.

 San Agustin (Sumpung)
 San Bartolome (Patayum)
 San Joaquin (Poblacion, Canukil)
 San Jose (Catmun)
 San Juan (Tinajeru)
 San Nicolas (Sepung Ilug)
 San Pablo (Muzun)
 San Pedro (Calumpang)
 San Roque (Tuclung)
 Santa Lucia (Calinan)
 Santa Maria (Balen Bayu)
 Santiago (Barrio Libutad)
 Santo Rosario (Pagbatuan)

   San Isidro Quenabuan left the group

Demographics

In the , the population of Santa Ana, Pampanga, was  people, with a density of .

Local government
The municipal government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The executive branch is composed of the mayor and the barangay captain for the barangays. The legislative branch is composed of the Sangguniang Bayan (town assembly), Sangguniang Barangay (barangay council), and the Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector.

Education

Private schools

 Holy Cross College Pampanga
 Saint Mary's Angels College of Pampanga
 Adelle Grace Montesorri School Sta Ana

Public schools

 Sta Ana National High School
 San Isidro High School
 Telesforo Natividad Alfonso High School

Elementary schools

 Fulgencio Matias Elementary School – San Joaquin
 San Juan/San Pedro Elementary School – San Pedro
 San Agustin Elementary School – San Agustin
 Sto Rosario Elementary School – Sto Rosario
 San Roque Elementary School – San Roque
 San Pablo Elementary School – San Pablo
 Santiago Elementary School – Santiago
 San Isidro Elementary School – San Isidro
 San Nicolas Elementary School – San Nicolas
 Sta Lucia Elementary School – Sta Lucia
 Sta Maria Elementary School – Sta Maria

Gallery

References

External links

Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System

Category:Municipalities of Pampanga


Moradkhanlu

Moradkhanlu (, also Romanized as Morādkhānlū) is a village in Marhemetabad-e Miyani Rural District, Marhemetabad District, Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 633, in 141 families.

References

Category:Populated places in Miandoab County


Church of the Resurrection, Katowice

Church of the Resurrection in Katowice is a neo-Roman Evangelical-Augsburg church in the Śródmieście district, Katowice, Poland. It was built in the years 1856–1858 and was the first masonry church in Katowice.

Further reading
Ewangelicki kościół Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego w Katowicach. 150-lecie poświęcenia kościoła (red. J. Szturc), Wyd. "Głos Życia", Katowice 2008.

Resurrection
Katowice Resurrection
Katowice Resurrection
Katowice Resurrection
Katowice Resurrection
Category:Romanesque Revival church buildings
Katowice Resurrection


Carmi-White County High School

Carmi-White County High School is a public high school in Carmi, Illinois, United States.

Athletics
Carmi-White County High School plays in the Black Diamond Conference.

State Championships
 Boys Golf (Class A)
 Team
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
Individual
1976-77 John Given
1978-79 John Given
1979-80 Keith Bratton
2001-02 Kyle Hosick

Notable alumni
 Josh Elder - comic book creator (Mail Order Ninja, StarCraft: Frontline)
 Frederick J. Karch - U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General (World War II, Vietnam)
 Glenn Poshard - Illinois State Senator (1984–1988), U.S. Representative (1989–1999), Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate (1998), President of Southern Illinois University (2006–Present)

 Luke Simmons- Offensive linemen -Quincy University 2009-2014

Clubs and Extracurricular Activities
Band
Thespian/Drama Club
Student Council/Class Officef
Math Team
Science Club
National Honor Society
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Girls' Athletic Club
Art Club

Band
Carmi-White County High School Band participates in several activities and plays at all the Varsity Home games for Football and Basketball.
Marching Band
Pep Band
Concert Band
Jazz Band

Drama Club/Thespian Troupe 3585
The Drama Club and Thespian Troupe participates in multiple activities and holds two plays in the school year; one in the Fall, one in the Spring.

Plays include:

Student Council
The Student Council participates in multiple activities throughout the year. They help both the school and the community.

Key Club
The Key Club participates in multiple activities throughout the year. The Key Club is the high school's sect of the Kiwanis Club. They help the community.

Math Team
The Math Team holds multiple practices throughout the year. They attend the

Science Club

National Honor Society

References

Category:Public high schools in Illinois
Category:Schools in White County, Illinois


Shooting Star (EP)

Shooting Star is the second extended play by American electronica project Owl City, released on iTunes and other media outlets on May 15, 2012, through Universal Republic. The extended play consists of four new songs that would also be on Young's subsequent album, The Midsummer Station. Mark Hoppus, vocalist for Blink-182 is featured on the song "Dementia".

Background

"I feel that as an artist you should never really look back or repeat yourself," Adam Young tells Billboard during an interview. Young is currently planning for a new album to be released in the summer of 2012 and Shooting Star "is just to help build excitement... for the [new] record coming out." His second extended play "is kind of a preview, and I wanted to make sure the four songs on the EP gave sort of an accurate snapshot or a taste of what the new record is about."

Writing and development
Though Young stays true to his synthpop roots, the EP illustrates his efforts to create a polished and radio-friendly sound, dabbling heavily with European trance in "Shooting Star" and rock on "Dementia".

Track listing
Track listing according to Amazon.com

Credits and personnel
Owl City
 Adam Young – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drums, producer, engineer, art direction, audio mixer
Additional musicians and production
Mikkel S. Eriksen - Additional instruments on Track 1, composer
Tor Erik Hermansen - Additional instruments on Track 1, composer
Josh Crosby - Additional instruments, backing vocals on Track 2, composer
Dustin Sauder - Guitar on Track 2
 Mark Hoppus – Additional vocals on Track 3
Kool Kojak - Additional instruments on Track 4
 Nate Campany – composer
 A.P. Grigg – composer
 Dan Omelio – composer
 Matthew Thiessen – composer
 Emily Wright – composer

Charts

Music videos

References

Category:2012 EPs
Category:Owl City albums


Electoral results for the district of Shepparton

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Shepparton in Victorian state elections.

Members for Shepparton

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

References

Category:Victoria (Australia) state electoral results by district
Category:Shepparton


Justin Schein

Justin Schein is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. He has been cinematographer on over 60 films and is the co-founder of Shadowbox Films. He is best known for his work on cinéma vérité films that include America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero, No Impact Man, and Left on Purpose.

Early life and education

Schein was born in New York and attended Horace Mann School in The Bronx prior to enrolling in Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1990 and began working as an intern at Great Projects, a film company in New York City. He later returned to school where he earned a master's degree in documentary filmmaking from Stanford University.

Career

Schein has been involved in directing and cinematography for more than 20 years. He has been the cinemotagrapher on over 60 films that have appeared on networks such as The BBC, The Discovery Channel, HBO, and PBS. Schein is also the founder of Shadownbox Films, a film studio he started in 1998 along with co-founder David Mehlman, a fellow Stanford graduate.

One of Schein's more notable early projects is America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero, a documentary that looked at the cleanup of Ground Zero after the September 11 attacks as well as the debate over what should replace the Twin Towers. He collaborated on the project with Daniel Polin, president of Great Projects Film Company, the company where he interned after graduating from Johns Hopkins. Polin was producer on the documentary while Schein worked as co-producer and cinematographer. America Rebuilds was narrated by Kevin Spacey and appeared on PBS on the one year anniversary of the attacks.

In 2009, Schein released No Impact Man, a documentary film he directed with Laura Gabbert based on the book of the same title by Colin Beavan. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and opened theatrically September 4, 2009, follows Colin Beavan and his family during their year-long experiment to have sustainable zero impact on the environment. The rights of the film were picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Schein worked as the cinematographer for the documentary My So-Called Enemy. Released in 2010, filming began in the summer of 2002 and documents the relationships between six Jewish and Palestinian girls who come to the United States for a leadership camp. The film documents the bonds that grow between the girls in absence of the violence where the girls live back home. It screened at numerous film festivals, including winning a Cine Golden Eagle and being awarded the Best Documentary at the 2010 Boston Jewish Film Festival.

Schein's most recent projects include Left On Purpose, a documentary on the life of political activist Mayer Vishner. Schein originally wanted to document the rebellious legacy of Vishner when he finds out Vishner has severe depression and wants to end his own life as his last political act. Schein and Vishner become friends during the filming and Vishner did not reveal his wishes until later in the filming. Vishner committed suicide on August 22, 2013, twelve hours after dropping his cat off with writer Michael Ventura in Texas. The film was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015 as well as supported from Sundance Documentary Fund, The Jerome Foundation, and Catapult Film Fund. The night before his death, Vishner told Ventura while smiling "part of me really wants to see the movie."

Left On Purpose began its festival run in the fall of 2015 and went on to win awards at multiple domestic and international film festivals including Audience Awards at DOC NYC and Woodstock Film Festival. As of February 10, 2017, it is available for streaming on multiple major online platforms.

Partial filmography

References

External links
 Shadowbox Films official website

Category:Living people
Category:American documentary filmmakers
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)


Golestaneh, Isfahan

Golestaneh (, also Romanized as Golestāneh; also known as Golastān) is a village in Keraj Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 88, in 27 families.

References

Category:Populated places in Isfahan County