Eunice Pringle

Eunice Irene Pringle (born March 5, 1912, Garden Grove, California — died March 26, 1996) was an aspiring dancer, notable for accusing Los Angeles movie-house owner Alexander Pantages of rape in 1929, resulting in a sensational trial.

1929 Rape Trial

Pringle alleged that the Greek immigrant Pantages had attacked her on August 9, 1929 in a tiny side-office of his downtown theater after she came to see him to discuss her audition.  Newspaper coverage of the trial, particularly by William Randolph Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner, was antagonistic towards the Greek-accented Pantages, while portraying Pringle as the innocent victim.  In countless stories in the Examiner from the moment the case broke in the newspaper on Saturday, August 10, 1929, until the end of the trial, Pantages was portrayed as variously alone, aloof, cold, emotionless, effete, and 'European,' while the American-born Pringle was portrayed as "the sweetest 17 since Clara Bow.". There were portraits with her family, tearful outbursts in court and lengthy interviews in the press, which depicted her with a sense of decorum and empathy.  Pantages granted no interviews during the trial.

Pantages was found guilty and he was sentenced to 50 years in prison.
However, he overturned his conviction on appeal.

Hollywood myths have alleged that  Joseph P. Kennedy, the patriarch of the famous American family, paid Pringle $10,000 to enter Pantages's office and accuse him of rape, with the goal of destroying his reputation and business prospects and forcing Pantages to accept Kennedy's bid to buy Pantages's  theatre chain.  Pantages had adamantly refused to sell when Kennedy initially approached him.

Later years

The conviction destroyed Pantages's reputation. Despite his success on appeal, he sold his chain to Kennedy's RKO and Warner Bros.  After the incident, Pringle withdrew from show business.

Later, the story circulated that Pringle implicated Kennedy in a deathbed confession in the throes of evident cyanide poisoning soon after the trial.  This alleged incident is described in Ronald Kessler's biography of Kennedy, Sins of the Father, as well as Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon II.  The fact that Pringle actually died more than 60 years after this "confession" calls into question Kennedy's supposed role.

In 1935, Pringle married Robert White, the heir to a furniture business. After divorcing White, she married Richard Ellis Worthington, a psychologist, in 1947. They lived in Chicago for several years before moving to San Diego County in 1955. The couple had one child, a daughter, Marcy. Pringle died in 1996, aged 84.

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1981 FIBA Club World Cup

The 1981 FIBA Club World Cup was the 15th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's basketball clubs. It was the first edition of the competition that was held under the name of FIBA Club World Cup. It took place at São Paulo, Brazil.

Participants

Group stage

Group A

Day 1, June 26 1981

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Day 3, June 28 1981

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Day 4, June 29 1981

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Day 5, June 30 1981

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Group B

Day 1, June 26 1981

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Day 2, June 27 1981

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Day 3, June 28 1981

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Day 4, June 29 1981

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Day 5, June 30 1981

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Places 7–10

Note: The individual scores in the League stage are accumulated.

Day 1, July 2 1981

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Day 2, July 3 1981

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Places 1–6

Note: The individual scores in the League stage are accumulated.

Day 1, July 2 1981

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Day 2, July 3 1981

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Day 3, July 4 1981

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3rd place game
July 5 1981

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Final
July 5 1981

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Final standings

External links
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Clinches Pond

Clinches Pond is a small lake in Moorebank, New South Wales, Australia. It is surrounded by a park called Clinches Pond Reserve.

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Cinema Veeran

Cinema Veeran () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language documentary film written and directed by Aishwarya R. Dhanush on her documentary film debut. The plot of the film was inspired and based on the lives of untold stories of stunt choreographers of Tamil cinema. The film also features voice-over provided by Rajinikanth and it is produced under the production banner Wunderbar Films. The principal photography began in 2016 and the first look poster was unveiled in February 2016. It was released through Hotstar in 2017 and opened to mixed reviews.

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Jephtas Gelübde

Jephtas Gelübde (The vow of Jephtha) was the first opera composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer. The libretto, which is elaborated from the biblical story of Jephthah, was by Aloys Schreiber. The first performance was at the Hoftheater (Cuvilliés Theatre) in Munich on 23 December 1812. Two manuscripts of the score survive, one in the British Library, London, the other in Brussels.

Composition history
Meyerbeer wrote Jephtas Gelübde while he was studying with Abt Vogler (and while he was still known as Jakob, rather than the first name Giacomo which he was to adopt after his studies in Italy). He completed the score in Würzburg in April 1812, writing the overture last of all. During his revision of the score in June and July, Meyerbeer had already begun writing his second opera, Wirth und Gast. The score reflects Vogler's interest in colourful orchestration.

Rehearsals began for the opera in November 1812, with which Meyerbeer was not satisfied. "Deliberate and accidental hindrances of every sort intruded, and even on 20 December I was not certain whether the opera would be given in the 23rd. Anxiety, annoyance and vexation of every sort bothered me in these six weeks." In the event there were three performances, and the opera was fairly successful with many numbers applauded, although the composer thought that Lanius, as Jephta, "played very mediocrely".

Roles

References
Notes

Sources
Heidlberger, F.,  Jepthas Gelübde, in 'Meyerbeer und das europäische Musiktheater', ed. Döhring and Jacobshagen, Laaber, 1998
Meyerbeer, G., (trans. and ed. Robert Letellier), Diaries, Volume 1, Associated University Presses, 1999.
Zimmermann, R., Meyerbeer, Berlin 1998

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Velika Dapčevica

Velika Dapčevica   is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D5 highway.

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Totally Country Vol. 3

Totally Country Vol. 3 is an album in the Totally Hits series.

Track listing
 "Unbroken" – Tim McGraw (4:01)
 "Cry" – Faith Hill (3:48)
 "Speed" – Montgomery Gentry (4:01)
 "Three Wooden Crosses" – Randy Travis (3:22)
 "Blessed" – Martina McBride (4:35)
 "Love You Out Loud" – Rascal Flatts (3:09)
 "Beautiful Mess" – Diamond Rio (3:50)
 "The Baby" – Blake Shelton (3:57)
 "Was That My Life" – Jo Dee Messina (3:50)
 "Not a Day Goes By" – Lonestar (4:11)
 "When You Lie Next to Me" – Kellie Coffey (4:02)
 "American Child" – Phil Vassar (3:14)
 "On a Mission" – Trick Pony (3:00)
 "One Last Time" – Dusty Drake (3:49)
 "Strong Enough to Be Your Man" – Travis Tritt (3:49)
 "Life Goes On" – LeAnn Rimes (3:35)
 "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" – Andy Griggs (2:57)
 "You're The Reason Why" - Tracey James (3:27)

Chart performance

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Wildhorse Valley Airport

Wildhorse Valley Airport  is a private airport located 2 miles north of  Andrews in Harney County, Oregon, USA.

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Katsura Hashino

is a Japanese video game director and producer, best known for working on the Persona role-playing game series by Atlus. Inside the company, Hashino served as director of P-Studio, formed to help manage the Persona series, as well as Studio Zero, which he formed in 2017 to work on other styles of games.

Career

Hashino made his debut as a director with the 1999 Dreamcast game, Maken X. He has directed or produced several games in the Megami Tensei and Persona series. In addition to Persona, Hashino was the director and producer on Catherine in 2011. In 2017, Hashino formed a new internal division at Atlus called Studio Zero, beginning work on a new game titled Project Re Fantasy.

Works

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Bruneian art

Bruneian art is art from the country of Brunei. Brunei's art includes paintings, jewelry, and clothing.

History
Art in Brunei was not a focus until the early 1950s, Brunei's government then took a stand to support culture. They created a building for artists to sell their works. In 1984, the art market had grown enough that it had to move to a larger space.

Artists
Dato Paduka Shofry bin Abdul Ghafor is a local artist. His work is displayed at the Rainforest Gallery, which opened March 2014. Dato is a manager and owner of the gallery. One of his tworks is called Home of Bruneian Art. Behind the art, it describes the painting of everyone's home. The painting is full of purples, burgundy, dark brown, and black.

Another of Dato pieces is Grey Sea. It has the "light and movement of the sea". Dato described it, saying, "As a work of art that is produced in contemporary Brunei, I perhaps can ponder that the absence of a solid object is a reflection of the state of a Bruneian psyche. The cornerstone of our way of thinking lies in the humble surrender to the spiritual and unknowable."

Media

Utensils
Silver is a popular element for jewelry and utensils. Silver sheets are imported from there. Silversmiths make ornaments, flower vases and gongs (metal disk with a turned rim giving a resonant note when stuck). Another popular utensil is pasigupan, a type of mini pot that has a mandala print and holds tobacco.

Silvercrafting is a means of preserving family traditions and a profitable cottage industry.

Weaving
Weaving skills have been passed across generations. Brunei produces fabric for making gowns and sarongs. "The weaving and decoration of cloth as well as wearing, display, and exchange of it, has been an important part of Bruneian culture for years (Orr 96)." Weaving became significant in the 15th century. Antonio Pigafetta visited Brunei during his travels and observed how the clothes were made. One example was a Jongsarat, a handmade garment used for weddings and special occasions. It typically includes a hint of silver and gold. It can be used for wall coverings.

The two types of clothing in Brunei are called Batik and Ikat. Batik is dyed cotton cloth decorated through a technique known  as wax-resist dyeing. Workers start with plain cotton and draw patterns with melted wax. The cloth is dipped in dye that colors unprotected fabric. Waxing and dyeing continues until the pattern is complete. In the past, only certain people were allowed to wear certain patterns while others had to wear Itak. Batik clothing was limited to royalty in Brunei and Malaysia.

Ikat is made through a similar process as Batik, Instead of dyeing the pattern onto finished cloth, it is created during weaving. The weaver lays out the threads onto to the loom, then measures their length. The thread is then later wrapped in bark and tied up tightly so that when it is dyed, the color cannot reach all the thread. The process is repeated with different dyes. The thread is then strung on the loom. Ikat patterns were often specific to cultural groups, and patterns were passed down from generation to generation.

References

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Miranda Gas

Miranda Gas is a Spanish actress known for her work in Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013), VI premis Barcelona de cinema (2007) and IV premios Max de las artes escénicas (2001).

Biography
Miranda Gas was born in Madrid, although she grew up in Barcelona. She began to be interested in dance, while at school and once finished high school, studied under Anna Maleras. In the year 2000, she performed in the musical "Little night music", directed by her father Mario Gas, at the Grec Festival and, subsequently, at the Teatro Albéniz in Madrid.
Miranda Gas is lead singer of Xazzar, a  Balkan folk style that started in 2005. The group has recorded two albums and has received the Sona 9 award, organized by Television of Catalonia, Catalunya Radio and the magazine Enderrock (readers chose the group as the best direct folk of 2007).

Filmography
 Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013),
 VI premis Barcelona de cinema (2007)
IV premios Max de las artes escénicas (2001).2000-2001) Plays Fredrika Armfeldt in "A Little Night Music", by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Dir. Mario Gas.
 (2004) Special Performance of "Monólogos de la vagina", by Eve Ensler.
 (2009) Special Performance of "La nit més clara", by Clara Peya and Amadeu Bergés.
 (2009) Plays Srta. Mon in "Groucho me enseñó su camiseta", by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán and Damià Barbany. Dir. Damià Barbany.
 (2009) Play: "En viu", by Anna Maleras.
 (2009) Tribute: "Homenaje a Manuel Gas". Dir. Mario Gas.
 (2010) Plays Magda in "Rock 'n' Roll", by Tom Stoppard. Dir. Àlex Rigola.
 (2010-2011) Plays Dama visitante/La reina María Antonieta in "Beaumarchais", by Sacha Guitry. Dir. Josep Maria Flotats.
 (2011) Plays La donzella in "El comte Arnau", by Joan Maragall. Dir. Hermann Bonnín.
 (2012) Plays María in "Orquesta Club Virginia", by Manuel Iborra. Dir. Manuel Iborra.
 (2012) Plays Dama 1 in "En la vida todo es verdad y todo es mentira", by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Dir. Ernesto Caballero.
 (2012) Benefit Gala: "No esteu sols!".
 (2012) Plays Pepita Troya in "Doña Perfecta", by Benito Pérez Galdós. Dir. Ernesto Caballero.
 (2013-2014) Plays Rain/Gloria in "Maridos y mujeres", by Woody Allen. Dir. Àlex Rigola.
 (2014) Play: "Los nadadores nocturnos", by José Manuel Mora. Dir. Carlota Ferrer.

Family
She is from an acting family. Her father is Director Mario Gas from Uruguay and her mother catalan actress Vicky Peña the daughter of catalan actors Montserrat Carulla and Felip Peña.

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Ranger Courage

Ranger Courage is a 1936 American western. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936.

Cast list
 Robert Allen as himself
 Martha Tibbetts as Alice
 Walter Miller as Bull
 Buzz Henry as Buzzy (credited as Buzzy Henry)
 Bud Osborne as Steve
 Robert Kortman as Toady (credited as Bob Kortman)
 Harry Strang as Snaky Joe
 William Gould as Harper (credited as Bill Gould)
 Horace Murphy
 Al Taylor

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Julen Arellano

Julen Arellano Sandúa (born 8 January 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Calahorra as a left back.

Club career
Born in Ablitas, Navarre, Arellano joined CA Osasuna's youth setup in 2010, aged 13, after starting it out at CD Aluvión. On 15 April 2011 he joined FC Barcelona, being initially assigned to the Cadete squad.

On 15 April 2015 Arellano agreed a contract with Bilbao Athletic, with the deal being effective on 30 June. He made his professional debut on 21 November, coming on as a second-half substitute for Aitor Seguín in a 0–0 home draw against UD Almería for the Segunda División championship.

On 26 August 2016, Arellano returned to former club Osasuna, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. On 6 July 2018, he moved to fellow league team CD Tudelano.

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Moodna Creek

Moodna Creek is a small tributary of the Hudson River that drains eastern Orange County, New York. At 15.5 miles (25 km) in length from its source at the confluence of Cromline Creek and Otter Kill west of Washingtonville, it is the longest stream located entirely within the county.

Despite its small size relative to the Hudson, it has been a major influence on the topography of eastern central Orange County. Its  watershed, including not only both its parent streams but Woodbury Creek as well, reaches as far inland as Warwick as well as 21 other area communities. Near Salisbury Mills it is crossed by the Moodna Viaduct, the longest actively used railroad trestle east of the Mississippi.

Name
Before European contact, the creek was known as Waoraneck, which was also the name of a tribe in the area.

Most early records name the creek Murderer's Creek. One theory holds that "Moodna" is a corruption of the Dutch word moordenaars, meaning "murderers." Local lore has it that the name came from the massacre of the Stacys, an early family of settlers, along its banks. However, there is no evidence of any such murder actually having taken place.

Writer Nathaniel Parker Willis, while living in Cornwall, near the creek's mouth, in the mid-19th century, popularized the name "Moodna." He claimed that the "Murderers' Creek" name was a corruption of the name of a chief, likely Maringamus of the Waoraneck, who lived near its banks. By the dawn of the 20th century, "Moodna Creek" was commonly used on maps although the older name persisted.

Course
From the confluence, just off NY 208, the Moodna flows through woods and field alongside the highway for a short distance, then veers southwestward to where it crosses NY 94. The creek and Route 94 will keep close company for several miles as it turns eastward again into Washingtonville, where it crosses under 208 just south of downtown. Past the village, Route 94 and the creek enter first the Town of Blooming Grove and then Cornwall. They run close together at first, then further apart as the Moodna valley opens up just to the north of Schunemunk Mountain. At Salisbury Mills the viaduct crosses  overhead.

After that point, the Moodna turns southward slightly, following the curve of Schunemunk's north end under the Thruway and leaving the Route 94 corridor. It descends into the narrower valley, forming the eastern boundary of Storm King Art Center. Here the already wide creek gets even wider with the addition of Woodbury Creek just after it tumbles over a small dam. Immediately afterwards NY 32 crosses between Vails Gate and Mountainville. The wide, rocky stream curves between steep, wooded hills to enter New Windsor and cross Old Forge Hill Road just below Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, receiving its only major northern tributary, Silver Stream, in the process. Following Old Forge Hill briefly, it passes its last road crossing at US 9W, site of a small hamlet referred to once as Moodna Village and location of a small cottage once occupied by James and Ellen Gaffney, then bends southwards back into Cornwall to empty into the Hudson amid tidal marshes. The CSX Hudson River Subdivision freight line crosses right at its mouth.

Natural history
The  of tidal marsh in the creek's estuary, between Route 9W and the Hudson, are home to several rare plants and natural communities. Anadromous fish species, such as striped bass, spawn there as well. This fish supply has been attractive not only to human anglers but to predatory bird species as well: bald eagles and ospreys have been seen feeding in the Moodna's marshes Bald Eagles have been confirmed nesting on the Black Meadow Creek.

Two herpetofaunal species listed by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation occur along the Moodna. One, the Northern Cricket Frog (Acris c. crepitans) occurs along the length of the Black Meadow creek, which runs from Warwick, NY into Chester, NY.
The Northern Cricket Frog, NY's only endangered frog species, occurs in its most numerous population along the Black Meadow creek, in the Orange-County-owned Glenmere Lake reservoir lands.

While the water quality in that area remains generally good, there is effluent from the Town of New Windsor's sewage treatment plant. In November 2003 the Riverkeeper environmental organization sued the town over discharge into the creek leaking from two manholes into the creek. It was settled in 2005 when the town agreed to repair the manholes, remediate the area and provide public access to the water.

History
A group of 25 Scotch Presbyterian families became the first European settlers in what would become Orange County when they settled at the mouth of the Moodna in 1685.

The creek served as an important transportation route for soldiers during the American Revolutionary War.

During colonial times, and for a short time after independence, the creek formed part of the boundary between Orange and Ulster counties. In 1798, however, Rockland County was created, and the line was adjusted northward, giving Orange the current towns of Newburgh, Montgomery and Crawford as compensation for the lost territory.

Heavy rains during the April 2007 Nor'easter caused the creek to flood extensively in its upper course in and around Washingtonville. Route 94 was blocked in both directions, and Route 208 from the south, leaving only northern access to the village available. Almost a hundred residents had to leave their homes for temporary shelter at a local elementary school.

Hurricane Irene caused the creek to swell, coming nearly to the platform of the 9W bridge, and washing out an area at the Forge Hill Road bridge. This caused the closing of part of Butternut Drive, and all of Forge Hill Rd, except the easternmost 640 feet, from Route 9W to Staples Lane. The portion east of Staples Lane remains open to local traffic, until the east end of the bridge, which is unstable. One house on Butternut Lane has been condemned, and the property fenced off, due to the dangerous dropoff on the property.

Recreation

The six miles (10 km) between Woodbury Creek and Old Forge Hill Road in Cornwall have become a popular place for whitewater kayaking. Section ratings on the International Scale of River Difficulty range from Class II to Class IV. Anglers, too, have taken advantage of the stream above the salt marshes. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation keeps Moodna Creek regularly stocked with brown and rainbow trout.

Popular culture
In season three of Turn: Washington's Spies, the Moodna is the scene of a skirmish between Patriots and Loyalists, where Patriots try to the stop the excessive distribution of Continental Currency by the Loyalists designed to increase inflation in the United States and cause economic turmoil.

Tributaries
Silver Stream
Woodbury Creek
Baby Brook
Perry Creek
Satterly Creek
Black Meadow Creek
Otter Kill

See also
List of rivers of New York
List of crossings of Moodna Creek

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Euryale ferox

Euryale ferox (common names prickly waterlily, fox nut, foxnut, gorgon nut or makhana) is the only extant species in the genus Euryale.  It is a flowering plant classified in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae, although it is occasionally regarded as a distinct family, Euryalaceae.  Unlike other water lilies, the pollen grains of Euryale have three nuclei.

Etymology
The name Euryale comes from the mythical Greek Gorgon by the same name.

Growth
Makhana or Euryale is a perennial plant native to eastern Asia and southern Asia , and is found from India - Bihar in nine districts viz, Madhubani, Darbhanga,  Katihar, Sitamarhi, Purnea, Kishanganj, Araria, Saharsa and Supaul (local name Makhana) and valley and some hilly areas of Manipur (local name Thangzing) - to Korea and Japan, as well as parts of eastern Russia. Bihar produces 90% of the world production of fox nut.  It grows in water, producing bright purple flowers.  The leaves are large and round, often more than a meter (3  feet) across, with a leaf stalk attached in the centre of the lower surface.  The underside of the leaf is purplish, while the upper surface is green.  The leaves have a quilted texture, although the stems, flowers, and leaves which float on the surface are covered in sharp prickles. Other leaves are submerged. In India, Euryale normally grows in ponds, wetlands etc. Recently the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has developed a technique for the field cultivation of Euryale.

Uses

Culinary
The plant produces starchy white seeds that are edible.  The plant is cultivated for its seeds in lowland ponds in India, China, and Japan.  The Chinese have cultivated the plant for centuries. More than 96,000 hectares of Bihar, India, were set aside for cultivation of Euryale in 1990-1991. The plant grows best in locations with hot, dry summers and cold winters. Seeds are collected in the late summer and early autumn, and may be eaten raw or cooked.

In India, in the northern (Punjab) and western parts of the country, Euryale ferox seeds are often roasted or fried, which causes them to pop like popcorn. These are then eaten, often with a sprinkling of oil and spices. It is used in cooking, especially to make a porridge or pudding called kheer.

Evidence from archaeobotany indicates that Euryale ferox was a frequently collected wild food source during the Neolithic period in the Yangtze region, with large numbers of finds coming from the sites of Kuahuqiao, Hemudu, and Tianluoshan. The earliest recorded use of E. ferox was found in Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel, among artifacts of the Acheulean culture 790-750,000 years ago.

The seeds are used in Cantonese soup.

Traditional medicine
The seeds of foxnut are used in Ayurveda preparations and in traditional Chinese medicine.

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Teneni

Teneni is a small town and commune in the Cercle of San in the Ségou Region of Mali. As of 1998 the commune had a population of 7,726.

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Lyman Belding

Lyman Belding (June 12, 1829 – November 22, 1917) was a prominent American ornithologist.

Biography
Lyman Belding was born to Joshua Belding and Rosetta Cooley Belding on June 12, 1829 at West Farms, Massachusetts, but later moved to Kingston, Pennsylvania when he was about 7 years old, and finally to California. He spent many years on whaling ships, but became fascinated by birds after acquiring his first bird book in 1876.

By then he retired in Stockton, California and became a foremost authority on the avifauna of California and Baja California. He died in Stockton on November 22, 1917 and is buried there in the Rural Cemetery.

Legacy
Belding's yellowthroat (Geothlypis beldingi ) was named in his honor by Robert Ridgway.

Belding's orange-throated whiptail (Aspidoscelis hyperythrus beldingi ), a subspecies of lizard, was named in his honour by Leonhard Stejneger.

In addition to his work as a self-taught ornithologist, Belding made a contribution to Baja California anthropology. In 1882–1883, he joined with the Dutch anthropologist Herman ten Kate in exploring the Cape Region at the peninsula's southern extremity. In 1885, Belding published an article describing their largely unsuccessful efforts at locating descendants of the region's native Pericú inhabitants and their more successful discoveries of caves containing distinctive secondary, painted burials.

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Paramananda Acharya

Pramananda Acharya (1893–1971) was an Indian archaeologist known for his notable archaeological research on the history of Odisha. He was honoured by the Government of India in 1964, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.

Biography

Early years
Paramananda Acharya was born in 1893 at Baidyapur village in the Indian state of Odisha and completed his early schooling at Amarda ME School and Baripada High School to graduate in Botany from Kolkata University in 1923 with honours. Though joined for his master's degree course, he abandoned studies on advice from Maharaja Purna Chandra Bhanjadeo, the erstwhile Maharaja of Mayurbhanj state and became a part of the team of renowned archaeologist, Rai Bahadur Ramaprasad Chanda in 1924. He had no formal training in archaeology, but Acaharya was invited to join the department of archaeology when Mayurbhanj state established the department in 1925 and he started his government service as an archaeological scholar.

Career

His initial posting was at Khiching with the responsibility of preserving the temples and historical sites in the area. In 1925, he underwent advanced training at Paharpur excavation site (presently in Bangladesh). During the next few years, he visited the neighbouring cities and states but returned to Khiching and started collecting sculptures, artifacts and antiquities from the medieval period. These finds were stored in Khiching temple premises which later became the Khiching Museum in 1928 and Acharya was appointed as the Senior Archaeologist of the museum. In 1930, when the Maharaja ordered the excavation of the Old Palace site in Hariharpur, Acharya was given the responsibility. During this project, he arranged for the dismantling of the dilapidated temples of Chandra Sekhar and Kutei-Tundi situated at the Palace site and restored them. He also restored the temple of Hara during this period.

Acharya participated in the first International Congress of the Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, in 1934 and the trip to London helped him to gather copies of records related to Mayurbhanj and Ananta Vasudeva Temple of Bhubaneswar. A plaster copy of one of the inscriptions he brought is on display at the Odisha State Museum. In 1939, an expedition led by Acharya and E. C. Worman (Jr.) of Harvard University discovered Kuliana site near Mayurbhanj. Three years later, he was deputed to Khandapada, Banesvaranasi, Champesvar, Bhattarika, Simhanath and Ramchandi which resulted in the discovery of a temple at Ramchandi with a unique style of architecture. It was during this period, he undertook the reconstruction of Khichingesvari temple which was completed in 1942. Later, he discovered the Anantasayi Vishnu image at Saranga and Bhimkund. He also conducted surveys of archaeological relics at Vaitarani, Brahmani, and Mahanadi valleys.

Post Independence period
After the princely state of Mayurbhanj was assimilated into the state of Odisha under the Indian Union in 1949, Acharya became the Superintendent of Archaeology, Museum and Research of the state government with office at the Ravenshaw College premises in Cuttack. He was also given additional responsibility to attend to duties related to the state education department. During his tenure as its head, the department is reported to have developed into the present day Odisha State Museum. His efforts were reported in bringing many renowned archaeologists such as Kedar Nath Mahapatra and Satya Narayan Rajguru, Krushna Chandra Panigrahi and Susil Chandra De together under the banner of the museum.

Later years and legacy

After his retirement from government service in 1950, Acharya was given the special responsibility as the Superintendent of the Odisha State Museum, and he served in that position till 1954. After a gap of one year, he took up work again in 1955, this time as the Superintendent of Archaeology, holding the post till 1962. Two years later, the Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri in 1964.

Acharya is the author of several articles and two books, Essays in History, Culture, Archaeology of Odisha, and Studies in Orissan History, Archaeology and Archives His writings are prescribed as reference books for graduate and post graduate studies at Ravenshaw University in Odisha. A commemorative volume, Life and culture in Orissa was published in 1984, compiling several of Acharya's writings.

Paramanand Acharya died on 11 April 1971, at his residence in Baripada, at the age of 78.

See also

 Ramaprasad Chanda
 Odisha State Museum
 Ananta Vasudeva Temple
 Krushna Chandra Panigrahi

References

Further reading

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Avalofractus

Avalofractus abaculus is a frond-like rangeomorph fossil described from the Ediacaran of the Trepassey Formation, Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland.

Morphology
Avalofractus displays a strongly fractal body shape, with four levels of nearly perfectly self-similar, pinnate, alternate branches. It was about 5 cm long on average, with a 1 cm-diameter holdfast at the base of the frond. The stem length is from 1/3 to 1/2 that of the whole frond. It is quite similar to Rangea, even if with distinct morphological differences that justify the creation of a new genus (e.g. absence of subsidiary quilts, frond elements free to rotate independently instead of being attached to each other by a membrane).

Distribution
In contrast with other rangeomorphs, which have wide distributions, Avalofractus seems to have been an endemic species, being known only from the Spaniard's Bay deposits.

Reproduction
It has been suggested that Avalofractus could have been capable of vegetative reproduction: loose fronds could have detached and grow, rather like a plant cutting. This could explain the mysterious lack of independent rangeomorph fronds smaller than 10 mm in the fossil record.

A previous suggestion that Avalofractus younger individuals were encased in a sheath-like structure has been later dismissed.

See also
List of Ediacaran genera

References

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Category:Rangeomorpha
Category:Ediacaran Canada
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Heidi Alexander

Heidi Alexander (born 17 April 1975) is a British Labour Party politician who is the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport under Sadiq Khan and Deputy Chair of Transport for London. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from the 2010 general election, resigning in May 2018 to join the mayoral team. She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health on 13 September 2015, but resigned from the shadow cabinet on 26 June 2016.

Early life

The daughter of Malcolm, an electrician, and his wife Elaine (), Heidi Alexander was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, and attended the town's Churchfields Comprehensive School. She is a graduate of Durham University (Grey College, Durham) from where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography and a Masters degree in European Urban and Regional Change.

She worked as a researcher for MP Joan Ruddock for six years from 1999. She also worked as the Campaigns Manager for Clothes Aid.

Political career
Heidi Alexander was elected to Lewisham London Borough Council as a councillor for the Evelyn ward in 2004, and served as Deputy Mayor of Lewisham and Cabinet Member for regeneration from 2006. She was selected as the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Lewisham East in October 2009 and was elected to Parliament in 2010.

She was a member of the Communities and Local Government Select Committee and supported Andy Burnham for the Labour leadership in 2010. Early in her parliamentary career she served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mary Creagh MP and from 2012 served as an Opposition Whip as well as (from December 2013) a Shadow Minister for London. She was the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life.

Alexander was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health on 13 September 2015, the day after Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Labour leader. On 26 June 2016, Alexander became the first of many Shadow Cabinet ministers to resign and call for a new party leader following the EU referendum result and sacking of Hilary Benn. "I loved being the shadow health secretary. But I hated being part of the shadow cabinet", Alexander wrote in The Guardian in August 2016, "because it was entirely dysfunctional" and "so inept, so unprofessional, so shoddy. There was no effort to build a team". She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

In 2016 Alexander was Sadiq Khan's campaign chair for the London mayoral election.

In January 2017, Alexander proposed a "reasoned amendment" to stop the trigger of Article 50. Alexander co-chairs with Alison McGovern the Labour Campaign for the Single Market, and is a leading supporter of Open Britain.

On 8 May 2018, Alexander announced she was to resign her seat to become Sadiq Khan's deputy mayor for transport in London. Alexander said, "London is a fantastic city. I know Sadiq wants its transport system to be the envy of the world and I am looking forward to playing my part in making that happen."

References

External links

Heidi Alexander Profile at labour.org.uk

Heidi Alexander Profile at New Statesman
Heidi Alexander on Twitter

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Gustav Niemann

Gustav Niemann (Rheine, 9 February 1899 – Munich, 1 January 1982) was a mechanical engineering professor who is regarded as an expert in machine elements.

Biography
Niemann studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität Darmstadt from 1919 to 1923. In 1928 he was promoted at the Technische Hochschule Berlin with the doctoral dissertation Über Wippkrane mit wagrechtem Lastwippweg (On Tower Cranes with Horizontal Load Yield). He taught at the Braunschweig University of Technology from 1934 to 1950, and at the Technische Universität München from 1951 to 1968. He was a recipient of the Grashof medal from the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure and the E. P. Connell medal from the American Gear Manufacturers Association, and was also an honorary member of the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers. Niemann was married to Marie-Luise (née Plaßmann, 1910 – 1987); the couple did not have any children.

Bibliography
 Niemann, Gustav; Hirt, Manfred: Maschinenelemente. Springer, Berlin 1975, 1983. .
 Volume 1: Konstruktion und Berechnung von Verbindungen, Lagern, Wellen
 Volume 2: Getriebe allgemein, Zahnradgetriebe - Grundlagen, Stirnradgetriebe
 Volume 3: Schraubrad-, Kegelrad-, Schnecken-, Ketten-, Riemen-, Reibradgetriebe, Kupplungen, Bremsen, Freiläufe

References

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California's 59th State Assembly district

California's 59th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer of Los Angeles.

District profile
The district encompasses most of South Los Angeles, centered along Interstate 110. The district is primarily urban and heavily Latino.

Los Angeles County – 4.7%
 Florence-Graham
 Huntington Park – 11.9%
 Los Angeles – 9.8%
 Exposition Park – partial
 Florence
 Historic South Central
 University Park
 Vermont Square – partial
 Vermont-Slauson
 Walnut Park

Election results from statewide races

Election results

2018

2016

2014

2012

See also
 California State Assembly
 California State Assembly districts
 Districts in California

References

External links
 District map — from the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.

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Spearing the Sparrow

In shogi, Spearing the Sparrow (雀刺し or スズメ刺し suzumezashi) is one of the substrategies of the Fortress (Static Rook) class of openings. The strategy is basically an edge attack on the first file if played by Black or the ninth file if played by White. The player's rook characteristically moves to the respective edge file to support an attack there along with the right knight, the edge pawn, the right lance, and the bishop.

See also

 Fortress opening
 Morishita System
 Akutsu Rapid Attack Yagura
 Waki System
 Central Rook Fortress
 Right Fourth File Rook#Yagura vs Right Fourth File Rook
 Static Rook

Bibliography

勝又清和 『消えた戦法の謎』 毎日コミュニケーションズ 1995年

External links

 Quest of the Lost Systems:
 Yagura: Suzume-zashi
 Yagura: R-2i Formation
 Shogi Maze: Yagura: Suzumizashi Strategy

Category:Shogi openings
Category:Fortress openings


Walking wounded

In first aid and triage, the walking wounded are injured persons who are of a relatively low priority. These patients are conscious and breathing and will often have only relatively minor injuries; thus they are capable of walking. Depending on the resources available, and the abilities of the injured persons, walking wounded may sometimes be called upon to assist treatment of more seriously injured patients or assist with other tasks.

In most mass casualty situations, the walking wounded are the largest category of casualty.

Classification

According to Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) documentation, walking wounded are determined by requesting those on the scene who may self-evacuate, to do so immediately to a designated refuge. Any casualties able to respond to this command and move themselves to the designated position are considered walking wounded.

According to the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) system of triaging, walking wounded can be considered to be those scoring a 12.

References

Category:Triage
Category:Emergency medicine


The Changeover

The Changeover: a Supernatural Romance is a low fantasy novel for young adults by Margaret Mahy, published in 1984 by J. M. Dent in the U.K. It is set in Christchurch in the author's native New Zealand.

Mahy and The Changeover won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Thus she became the fourth writer with two such honours (of seven through 2012), having won the 1982 Medal for The Haunting.

Atheneum Books published a U.S. edition within the year.

WorldCat reports that The Changeover is Mahy's novel most widely held in participating libraries, second among all her works behind a picture book collaboration, The Seven Chinese Brothers (1989).

Plot introduction

The Changeover is set in a fairly new suburb of Christchurch called Gardendale; Mahy had renamed the suburb of Bishopdale for her book. It has a fairy-tale plot, with a devoted sister risking her life to save her bewitched brother. In some respects a coming-of-age story, it is also an unconventional romance between an aloof and difficult boy who happens to be a male witch and a strong-willed, psychically sensitive schoolgirl.

Plot summary

Laura Chant has one of her "warnings", a premonition that something is about to happen, but is forced to ignore it and go to school as usual. On the way home, she and her younger brother Jacko encounter the sinister Carmody Braque, who 'playfully' stamps Jacko's hand, the stamp appearing as an image of his face.

As Jacko becomes increasingly ill, Laura believes he has been possessed. She seeks the help of Sorensen "Sorry" Carlisle, recognized by her as a witch in hiding though to others he seems just a painfully well-behaved school prefect who photographs birds as a hobby. She learns that Braque is an ancient being who consumes the life force of others to keep himself alive. Sorry's grandmother Winter, one of a long line of witches, recommends that Laura should "changeover" from her normal life, to become a witch or "woman of the moon" herself. She would then be in a position to trick an unwary Braque into putting himself in her power. Although warned that the changeover can be dangerous, Laura is determined to save her brother, now very near death.

Laura experiences the changeover as a spirit journey through a dark forest, which is also at the same time Gardendale. The Carlisle witches help her through it, for their own reasons, and she emerges from the perilous passage with the power of nature and imagination awakened in her.

Taking Sorensen along to mask her new power, Laura confronts Braque and succeeds in gaining power over him and breaking his hold on Jacko. At first intending to make the evil entity suffer, she rejects the dark temptation and instead ends his unnatural existence.

Characters

 Laura Chant, a 14-year-old schoolgirl who lives in Gardendale, a suburb of Christchurch, and is sensitive to the supernatural
 Jacko Chant, Laura's 3-year-old brother
 Kate Chant, Laura's mother, manager of a bookshop in the Gardendale Mall
 Stephen Chant, Laura and Jacko's father, who lives in the north
 Julia Chant, Stephen's new wife, pregnant with their first child
 Mrs Fangboner, Jacko's babysitter
 Chris Holly, Kate's new boyfriend, first seen as a customer at the bookshop, a Canadian librarian working at the Christchurch Central Library
 Sorensen Carlisle, known as Sorry, an 18-year-old prefect at Laura's school, a male witch. Fostered as a baby, he returned to the Carlisle home aged 16
 Miryam Carlisle, Sorenson's mother, a witch
 Winter Carlisle, Miryam's mother, a witch
 Carmody Braque, a vampiric lemur masquerading as an antique dealer
~Bohamady op, Full-time Librarian

Literary significance and reception

The novel was awarded the Carnegie Medal for 1984 and was also the ALA Best Book for Young Adults, the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, the Booklist Editor's Choice and a Boston Globe-Horn Honour Book.

It was described by The Guardian as "a seamless combination of supernatural thriller and entirely authentic teenage story", and by the School Library Journal as "an extraordinarily rich and sensitive novel" with a beautiful but ornate style. In the re-release of the novel in 2007, the author notes the book's significance as having been both her first young adult novel and the first in which she effectively evoked the New Zealand setting. She also observes its lack of adolescent idiom, which gives it a timeless quality. It is recommended by several reading books, particularly for teenage girls.

The Changeover has been the subject of scholarly essays, especially dealing with its fairy tale elements.

Film adaptation
A film based on the novel, starring Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Benji Purchase, and Kate Harcourt was released in September 2017. The film was shot in Christchurch in 2016. The adaptation was given four-out-of-four stars by Matt Zoller Seitz, stating that "[i]t's creepy, moving, and ultimately inspirational, and its more disturbing images stick in the mind.... In its own modest way, this is a perfect genre film."

See also

References

External links
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Horse power (disambiguation)

Horsepower is a unit of measurement of power.

Horse power may also refer to:

 Horse power (machine) or horse engine, a machine powered by a horse
 Horse Power (song), a song by the Chemical Brothers
 HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars, a military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, England


Monoxia brisleyi

Monoxia brisleyi is a species of skeletonizing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

References

Further reading

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BlinkNow Foundation

BlinkNow Foundation (BlinkNow) is a nonprofit organization that operates a globally recognized school and children's home in Surkhet, Nepal. Founded by Maggie Doyne when she was 19 years old, BlinkNow has been recognized as an example of "DIY philanthropy."

Programs
On its campus in Surkhet, BlinkNow's Kopila Valley School provides tuition-free education from preschool to 12th grade for more than 400 students from under-resourced backgrounds and employs more than 100 teachers and support staff. The organization's children's home provides shelter, nutrition, and support for orphans and other at-risk children. The campus also features a health clinic and women's center.

Sustainability
BlinkNow identifies sustainability as one of its core values. In 2017, the organization opened a new campus for its Kopila Valley School which it has billed as "the greenest school in Nepal." The campus features rammed earth walls that are nearly half a meter thick in addition to multiple solar power generation and rainwater collection and recycling systems. In 2019, BlinkNow was named a finalist for the Zayed Sustainability Prize in the Global High Schools category.

Notable Supporters
BlinkNow received widespread attention after its founder, Maggie Doyne, was selected as CNN Hero of the Year in 2015. In 2016, author Elizabeth Gilbert shared a video of herself singing a karaoke version of Bonnie Tyler's “Total Eclipse of the Heart” to raise money for the organization after learning Doyne was in part inspired by her memoir Eat, Pray, Love. In August 2019, the organization was featured by Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, on their Instagram feed along with other organizations including the Earth Day Network and Children International.

References

External links
 BlinkNow homepage

Category:Non-governmental organizations
Category:Child-related organisations in Nepal
Category:Non-profit organisations based in Nepal


Sacachispas Fútbol Club

Sacachispas Fútbol Club is an Argentine football club from the Villa Soldati district of Buenos Aires. The team currently plays in Primera B Metropolitana, the regionalised third division of the Argentine football league system.

History

In 1948, Roberto González and Aldo Vázquez, neighbors of Nueva Pompeya at the south of Buenos Aires, decided to form a football team to play the Evita championships. Vázquez played at River Plate lower divisions and contacted former player Carlos Peucelle (who was the coordinator by then) with the objective of River Plate allowed some of its players to play for the recently formed team.

The name "Sacachispas" was taken from the fictitious squad that starred in Pelota de Trapo, a movie that had been a huge success in Argentina. Sacachispas reached the Evita championship final at Estadio Monumental, with president Juan Perón and his wife Eva Duarte (who had given her name to the tournament) attending the match. After Perón noted that Sacachispas did not have a field, he made the arrangements to get a land where the club could build a stadium.

The first stadium was built in Lacarra and Corrales Avenue. The club set an official date of foundation on October 17, 1948, as a tribute to Perón's intercession. Sacachispas affiliated to the Argentine Football Association in 1954, winning the Primera D tournament in its debut season. Nevertheless, Sacachispas has never reached the Primera División.

In 2012, the club changed its name to "Sacachispas Mercado Central Fútbol Club", after an agreement signed with Club Atlético Mercado Central, the sports club of Mercado Central de Buenos Aires. The agreement stated that the Mercado Central would make a monthly payment of $ 100,000 to Sacachispas. This agreement was an alliance but not a merger of both clubs.

Nevertheless, the agreement between Sacachispas and Mercado Central came to an end in 2014 and Sacachispas returned to its original name and emblem.

Titles
Primera C: 2016–17
Primera D: 1954, 1999–00, 2002–03

References

External links

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Category:Football clubs in Buenos Aires
Category:1948 establishments in Argentina


2011 Seguros Bolívar Open Pereira – Singles

Santiago Giraldo was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.
Paolo Lorenzi defeated Rogério Dutra da Silva 7–5, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top Half

Bottom Half
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References
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 Qualifying Draw

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Paladins (video game)

Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a free-to-play online Hero shooter video game by Hi-Rez Studios. The game was developed by Evil Mojo Games, an internal studio of Hi-Rez, and was released in 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Plot

Paladins: Champions of the Realm takes place in a sci-fi fantasy world. There are elements of both fantasy and science fiction, including medieval-looking soldiers who use ranged weapons such as shotguns and assault rifles instead of swords.

In the world of Paladins, there is a conflict between two factions; the Magistrate and the Paladins. Champions were recruited in order to minimize casualties of regular foot soldiers. The champions would be considered "special forces" as they are more efficient at combat than a regular soldier. Not all champions are committed, however. There were a few who did not pick sides during the war, rather they would contract with both, rendering them mercenaries. The rest of these special forces were committed to a faction, either the magistrate or the paladins/resistance. There are also minor factions in the game as well, the "Abyss", the "Thousand Hands" and the "Pyre".

Gameplay

Paladins provides various characters, called Champions, for the players to choose during their gaming sessions. Each of these Champions falls into one of the following categories: Front Line, Damage, Support, and Flank. Being a team-based shooter, players must rely on strategy, character knowledge, coordination, and teamwork in order to attain victory. Players may use VGS, along with text and voice chat to communicate. A good team will have a balanced choice of classes that will support each other during the game.

Game modes
There are different gameplay modes for Paladins:

Siege: The 'main' Paladins game mode, two teams of 5 race against each other to capture the map's central capture point and, if successful, push a payload that spawns from it to the enemy base. Each successful push or capture grants one point. Preventing the enemy team from pushing the payload also grants one point. The first team to score four points wins the game. A team cannot score their fourth point on defense, however, meaning that the team must capture a point or push the payload to win.
Onslaught: Teams battle over a large combat area in an attempt to take point control and earn points. Along with holding an uncontested presence on the control point, slaying enemy players also scores points for the team, akin to a team deathmatch.
Team Deathmatch: A classic game mode in most first-person shooter games, where two teams fight against each other to score kills. The first team to score 40 kills wins the game.
Ranked: The same game mode as Siege, however when players are choosing a champion, each team can pick two champions to ban, which makes them unavailable for either team. Also, each team can see the opponent's champions that are picked and selected, and once a champion is picked by any player on a team, the other team cannot use that same champion.
Monthly Quests and Battle Pass: You can compete in quests and monthly battle pass quests to earn skins, crystals, and chests. Note you can complete Quests and Battle Pass objectives in training matches, but not in custom matches.

Champions
The game has 44 playable characters, called champions, each with unique abilities, talents and load outs. New champions are added thorough the year, and the rotate free playable characters monthly. and The champions are organised into 4 categories: Front Line, Damage, Supports and Flanks. There are 11 front line, 14 damage, 9 support and 10 flank champions. Front line champions are the tanks of the game and specialized in holding objectives. Damage champions have the ability to deal the most amount of damage in a game. Supports have abilities centered around healing teammates while also dealing damage of their own. Flanks have strong mobility and were designed to deal damage and secure kills in the enemies' back line.

Front Lines

 Ash
 Atlas
 Barik
 Fernando
 Inara
 Khan
 Makoa
 Raum
 Ruckus
 Terminus
 Torvald

Damages

 Bomb King
 Cassie
 Dredge
 Drogoz
 Imani
 Kinessa
 Lian
 Sha Lin
 Strix
 Tiberius [New]
 Tyra
 Viktor
 Vivian
 Willo

Supports

 Furia
 Grohk
 Grover
 Io
 Jenos
 Mal'Damba
 Pip
 Series
 Ying

Flanks

 Androxus
 Buck
 Evie
 Koga
 Lex
 Maeve
 Moji
 Skye
 Talus
 Zhin

Reception

In response to accusations that the game is an Overwatch clone, Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris said that "Overwatch was not the inspiration for Paladins", and "the game that deserves the most credit is Team Fortress 2".

The game was nominated for "Best Competitive Game" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards.

See also
Realm Royale – previously Paladins: Battlegrounds. Realm Royale is a battle royale spinoff game that involves similar characters and weapons as Paladins. This game is free to play and available on all platforms.

References

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Polysilicon hydride

Polysilicon hydrides are polymers containing only silicon and hydrogen. They have the formula (SiH_{n})_{x} where 0.2 ≤ n ≤ 2.5 and x is the number of monomer units.  The polysilicon hydrides are generally colorless or pale-yellow/ocher powders that  are easily hydrolyzed and ignite readily in air.  The surfaces of silicon prepared by MOCVD using silane (SiH4) consist of a polysilicon hydride.

Synthesis
Polysilicon hydrides are much less thermally stable than the corresponding alkanes (CnH2n+2).  They are kinetically labile, with their decomposition reaction rate increasing with increases in the number of silicon atoms in the molecule.  Consequently, the preparation and isolation of polysilicon hydrides is difficult for species containing more than a few silicon atoms.  Greater catenation of the Si atoms can be obtained with the halides (SinX2n+2 with n = 14) for the fluorides.  Thus the polymeric silicon hydrides are formed along with smaller silicon hydride oligomers and hydrogen gas from the spontaneous but slow decomposition, as well as from the accelerated thermolysis, of acyclic and cyclic liquid silanes that are higher in molecular weight than monosilane (SiH4) and disilane (Si2H6).  Polysilicon hydrides are intermediates in the high-temperature conversion of mono- and disilane to silicon and hydrogen gas.  In the following idealized sequence cyclopentasilane is the polysilicon hydride intermediate:

 5 SiH4  →   Si5H10  +  5 H2
Si5H10   →   5 Si  + 5H2

Polymeric silicon hydrides by be prepared by hydrolysis of certain silicides.  Acid hydrolysis of calcium monosilicide (CaSi) produces (SiH2)x. CaSi consists of zigzag silicon chain with the formula (Si2−)n.  This chain is preserved in the hydrolysis.  This reaction was reported in 1921 by the German chemists Lothar Woehler (1870–1952) and Friedrich Mueller.

In 1923, German chemists Alfred Stock (1876–1946) and Friedrich Zeidler (1855–1931) found the (SiH)x polymer is formed along with silane gas by the action of sodium amalgam on dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2).  The reaction is proposed to first produce the disodiosilane (SiH2Na2) via a Wurtz-like reaction.  The SiH2Na2 dissolves in the mercury to generate the diradical SiH2, which then forms the final products.

Polysilicon hydrides may also be produced by the dehalogenation of polysilicon halides.  An illustrative reaction is the debromination of HSiBr3 with Mg in ether:
HSiBr3 + 3/2 Mg → 1/x (SiH)x + 3/2 MgBr2

Macromolecular structure
When n = 2 in (SiHn)x, the polymer is termed polysilene, which has a quasi-one-dimensional (zigzag) chain structure in which each silicon atom is bonded to two other silicon skeletal atoms and two hydrogen atoms.  Thus the Si atom is tetravalent (has four bonds).  If n = 1, quasi-two-dimensional (corrugated sheets) or random three-dimensional silicon networks termed polysilynes are obtained in which each silicon atom is bonded to three other silicon skeletal atoms and one hydrogen atom giving, again, a tetravalent Si atom.  In the polysilenes and the polysilynes, the backbone is made exclusively of silicon atoms; the pendent- or side-groups, are not shared between skeletal atoms of the backbone chain.

Compression of silane itself under extremely high pressures (> 90 GPa) for long periods of time (~8 months) produces a material that differs from those shown above in that the silicon atoms are not bonded to one another but, rather, are connected via bridging hydrogen atoms.  The silicon atoms are 8-fold coordinated by hydrogen (i.e. each silicon atom is bonded to 8 hydrogen atoms) forming a tetragonal structure.

Inorganic derivatives – siloxene
In addition to the polysilicon halides, another related compound, in which the hydrogen is partially replaced by an inorganic group, is siloxene. Siloxene was first observed before the polysilicon hydrides, but it was initially thought to be a polymeric silicon hydride itself.  Siloxene is structurally derived from layered polysilyne by replacing one-half of the hydrogen atoms with OH groups.  It has the chemical formula Si2H2O (or [Si6H3(OH)3]x) and it is prepared by reacting calcium disilicide (CaSi2), which has a puckered layer of silicon atoms, with dilute hydrochloric acid.   This yellow solid was prepared from that route as early as 1900 by Charles Schenck Bradley (1853–1929), a one-time associate of Thomas Edison. However, its structure, the intra-polymer Si-Si bond order, and true chemical formula were not determined for some time afterwards Bradley had erroneously concluded it was the silicon analog, (Si2H2)x, of the unsaturated (double-bond containing) polymer Polyacetylene and referred to as silico-acetylene.

Organic derivatives – polysilanes and polysilynes

When hydrogen atoms in linear polysilene are replaced with organic substituents, particularly alkyl and aryl groups, polysilanes are obtained. Although organosilicon polymers can be considered structural derivatives of polysilicon hydrides, they are not synthesized directly from them.  Traditionally, polysilanes are prepared by the Wurtz-like sodium or potassium metal-mediated reductive coupling (dehalogenation) of dihaloorganosilanes (R2SiX2) in an inert solvent (e.g. toluene), very much like Burkhard's original method.  Polysilynes have been similarly prepared from trihaloorganosilanes (RSiX3).

See also
Polysilicon halides

References

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The Five Days

The Five Days (Italian: Le cinque giornate; also known as The Five Days of Milan) is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Dario Argento.

Plot
The film is set in Milan in full swing during the anti-Austrian revolt of 1848.
A petty criminal, Cainazzo (Adriano Celentano) and a baker, Romulus (Enzo Cerusico), are involuntarily involved in the movements of that period, the person finding the major contradictions of the time.
Assist - in the midst of idealists and patriots - an exemplary gallery of characters: aristocrats, opportunistic, bloodthirsty adventurers, traitors. Reluctantly, the two villains are overwhelmed by events.
But in the face of so much injustice and violence, Romulus responds, indicating instinctively what is the point of view of the people.

Release
The Five Days was released in Italy on 20 December 1973.

Principal cast

References

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Semyonovskaya, Ivanovsky Selsoviet, Vashkinsky District, Vologda Oblast

Semyonovskaya () is a rural locality (a village) in Ivanovskoye Rural Settlement, Vashkinsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 2 as of 2002.

Geography
The distance to Lipin Bor is 53 km, to Ivanovskaya is 2 km. Ivanovskaya  is the nearest rural locality.

References

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Hjalmar Bergström

Hjalmar Karl Bergström (19 January 1907 – 30 March 2000) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won four medals at the world championships in 1929–1933. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the 50 km event and finished fourth, behind three fellow Swedes.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

World Championships
 4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

References

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Thomas Beverly Randolph

Thomas Beverly Randolph (1793 - November 12, 1867) was an American military officer who graduated from the United States Military Academy.  He served during the War of 1812, resigning from the army in 1815, later returning to military service with the Virginia militia, serving as a cavalry colonel from 1822 until 1829 and as a brigadier general 1829 until 1834.  Randolph served at Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from 1833 until 1835.  He served under Zachary Taylor during the Mexican–American War.  Watkins refused a general's commission in the Confederate service while residing at his son's home in Missouri.  Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and Confederate sympathizer had appointed him as a district/division commander for the state.

See also
 Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
 First Families of Virginia
 Randolph family of Virginia

References

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Tom Wilmot

Tom Wilmot served as an Anglican bishop in the  21st Century.

Wilmot trained for the priesthood at  St John's College, Morpeth and  was ordained in 1977. He served at Geraldton Spearwood and Willagee
. In 2004 he became an Assistant Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, serving the Goldfields Country Region  until 2006; and the  Eastern and Rural Region from 2007.

References

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Vow of obedience

In the Catholic Church, the vow of obedience is one of the three vows of professing to live according to the evangelical counsels. It forms part of the religious vows that Christian religious must make to enter the consecrated life, whether as a member of a religious institute living in community or as consecrated hermit.

Description
This is stipulated in
the candidate's respective Church law, for example in the Roman Catholic Church the Code of Canon Law (see canons 573, 601), and
the candidate's respective rule, for example for those that are to be received into a Benedictine monastic community the Rule of St Benedict (ch. 58.17).

The Code of Canon Law (canon 601) defines it as follows:
"The evangelical counsel of obedience, undertaken in a spirit of faith and love in the following of Christ who was obedient even unto death requires a submission of the will to legitimate superiors, who stand in the place of God when they command according to the proper constitutions."

External links
Catholic Encyclopedia "Religious Obedience"

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Montpezat

Montpezat is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:

 Monpezat, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département
 Montpezat, Gard, in the Gard département
 Montpezat, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Lot-et-Garonne département
 Montpezat, former commune of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence  which merged with Montagnac to form Montagnac-Montpezat in January 1974
 Montpezat, former commune of the Gironde département, now part of Mourens
 Montpezat-de-Quercy, in the Tarn-et-Garonne département
 Montpezat-sous-Bauzon, in the Ardèche département

See also
 Montpézat, in the Gers département

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JAM2

Junctional adhesion molecule B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the JAM2 gene. JAM2 has also been designated as CD322 (cluster of differentiation 322).

Function

Tight junctions represent one mode of cell-to-cell adhesion in endothelial cell sheets, forming continuous seals around cells and serving as a physical barrier to prevent solutes and water from passing freely through the paracellular space. The protein encoded by this immunoglobulin superfamily gene member is localized in the tight junctions between high endothelial cells. It acts as an adhesive ligand for interacting with a variety of immune cell types and may play a role in lymphocyte homing to secondary lymphoid organs.

It is purported to promote lymphocyte transendothelial migration. It might also be involved with endothelial cell polarity, by associating to cell polarity protein PAR-3, together with JAM3.

Interactions

JAM2 has been shown to interact with PARD3.

It also interacts with the integrin dimer VLA-4 (also called α4β1).

References

Further reading

External links

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2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 1, 2019, following the 2018–19 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 16, 2019.

The national semifinal and championship rounds was held for the first time at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The tournament was won by the UW–Oshkosh Titans.

Qualifying teams

Automatic bids (43)
The following 43 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.

At-large bids (21)

The following 21 teams were awarded qualification for the 2018 NCAA field by the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Committee. The committee evaluated teams on the basis of their win-loss percentage, strength of schedule, head-to-head results, results against common opponents, and results against teams included in the NCAA's final regional rankings.

Tournament bracket

Top-left

Bottom-left

Top-right

Bottom-right

Final Four

See also
 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
 2019 National Invitation Tournament
 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament
 2019 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
 2019 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
 2019 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

References

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Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque

Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque (; ) is a Shi'i mosque located in Shusha, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is currently under the control of the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the capture of Shusha on 8 May 1992. The mosque also bears the name Boyuk Juma (Great Mosque) of Govhar Agha (; ).

History

The Yukhari Govhar Agha means "The Upper Govhar Agha Mosque" in Azerbaijani language, referring to location of the mosque in the upper section of Shusha town and to distinguish it from the Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque, the same-name mosque located in lower section of the town. Both mosques are considered symbols of Shusha and masterpiece of Eastern architecture.
The Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque is located on Shusha's main square, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli street and makes up a big part of architectural complex including madrasa, shops and houses built by the same architect. According to historian and author of "Karabakh-name", Mirza Jamal Karabakhi, construction of the mosque was started with orders of Ibrahim Khalil Khan in 1768 (1182 according to Islamic calendar) but was stopped for a long time. The construction was then restarted and completed in 1883–1885 by the architect Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi ordered by Govhar Agha, daughter of Ibrahim Khalil Khan.

The exterior and interior
The prayer hall of Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque is a three-nave in a square shape (190–185 meters) split by 6 stone columns. The three-beam veranda in the northern section of the mosque gives it a rectangular form (26.5 × 21.5 meters). The mosque has two minarets. The balconies used to host women's premises of the prayer hall. The interior of the prayer hall gets light from dual windows. The two minarets by the facade make up the veranda. The building of the mosque was constructed out of stone while the two minarets are made of bricks. The minarets have cylindric forms with horizontal belts with each section laid in distinguishing brick patterns. The same construction pattern can be viewed in most of the mosques throughout Karabakh built by Kerbalayi Safi Khan Karabakhi.

Current situation

After capture of Shusha by Karabakhi-Armenian forces, the mosque stopped functioning. Following a minor restoration of the mosque in 2008-2009, fixing the roof, officials from Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Economy ordered a restoration project, hiring Iranian experts to carry out the restoration works. Azerbaijani officials expressed their unhappiness with the restoration project, with the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations Gunduz Ismayilov claiming that "Armenia’s intention to restore the historical Azerbaijani mosque in Shusha is an attempt to cover up the vandalism it did to Azerbaijani cultural-religious monuments in the occupied territories".

References

External Link
 بازگشایی مسجد ایرانی شوشی پس سه دهه: مسجد گوهرآغا بازسازی شد+فیلم
 رونمایی از میراث تاریخی «شوشی» با مرمت مسجد «گوهر آقا» + تصاویر

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Leena Alam

Leena Alam (Persian: , born in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an award-winning Afghan film, TV and theater actress who has appeared in films such as Kabuli Kid, Black Kite, Loori, A Letter to the President and Hassan. She has also been known as Shereen of Afghanistan () after playing in the taboo-smashing feminist TV drama, Shereen (), the first of its kind to have been made in Afghanistan, directed by Ghafar Azad and produced by Kaboora and Tolo TV. Shereen was nominated for Best Mini-Series Drama alongside The Night Manager, Mr. Robot and Deutschland 83 and Leena Alam was nominated for Best Actress at the Seoul International Drama Awards 2016 .

In 1989, Alam and her family moved to America because of the civil war in her homeland. She began her acting and cinema career in 1998.

Career

Film work
At the start of her career, Alam modeled and took part in dance competitions. In 1994 she participated in Mr and Miss San Francisco India Pageant organized by Rennu Dhillon, where she captivated the audience with one and half minute Dance performance and was awarded the Best Talent winner. Her first movie was  (Promise of Love), produced by Tarin Films. But it was In Foreign Land directed by Hafiz Asefi which was released first in 1998.

In در سرزمین بیگانه (In Foreign Land), she played an Indian girl who had come to the United States to study but was devoted to her traditions and values. It was during the casting for this movie that Alam met Salaam Sangi, who would become her mentor. In Loori, by Orokzai Films, she played a traumatized Afghan girl with a brain injury who had forgotten her past. Alam has called this film—written specifically for her by Hamid Naweed, a poet, writer, and painter—one of her favorites.

In 2007, Alam returned to Kabul and appeared with Hadji Gul in Kabuli Kid, a French-Afghan drama produced by Fidélité Films directed by Barmak Akram. In 2013, she was in Soil and Coral an Iranian-Afghan film, produced by Parween Hussaini and directed by Masoud Atyabi. Also in 2013, she played one of the lead roles in the second season of the popular TV serial Kocha e Maa, directed by Mirwais Rekab. In 2014, she was in Ahwal e Darya produced by Axobaraxfilms, directed by Homayoun Karimpour and Black Kite by Tarique Qayumi. (Shereen) The struggle of a powerful woman a taboo-smashing feminist TV drama directed by Ghafar Azad produced at Kaboora/Tolo Tv was her latest work in 2016 playing the title role Shereen,  and A Letter to the President نامه ی به رئيس جمهور a film directed by Roya Sadat.
She also did few short films to help young filmmakers in Afghanistan, starring in Siyar Noorzad's Moving in a Circle and Lal Alizada's Live in Grave. ,  The Unknown by Ghafar Faizyar, "Qamar" by Nima Latifi and (In parentheses) directed by Ghafar Azad.

Alam has been a member of the jury at the Negah-e-No Film Festival in 2014 and 2015, member of the jury at the Afghanistan Human Right Film festival 2015, The Sama International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden 2016, the 8th National Theater Festival Afghanistan 2014 and International Feature Fiction Jury member at Adelaide Film Festival, Australia 2017.

She has appeared in music videos for Shafiq Mureed, Arash Barez, and Kerry Coulshed.

On the historic stage of The monastery ruin (Stiftsruine) in the 68th Bad Hersfelder Festspiele 2018, Hessen Germany, She played Solveig in Peer Gynt by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, directed by Robert Schuster the German theater director and professor at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.

Social activism
Alam was named peace ambassador of the UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan UNAMA in 2009.

Forty days after Farkhunda, a 27-year-old Afghan woman falsely accused of burning a copy of the Quran, was publicly beaten and burnt to death on March 19, 2015, Alam joined activists in Kabul to stage a re-enactment of the killing. She played the role of Farkhunda. The New York Times reported:

Awards
Best Actress – Kabul International Film Festival, Afghanistan 2008
Best Actress – Tolo Film Festival, Afghanistan 2009
Best Actress – Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival, Afghanistan 2013
Best Actress – Negah-e-No Film Festival, Afghanistan 2014
Best Actress (honorary) – Herat-International Women's Film Festival, Afghanistan 2014
Best Actress – Negah-e-No Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015
Best Actress – Mehrgan International Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015
Best Actress – Herat-International Women's Film Festival, Afghanistan 2015
Best Actress -  Nomination, Seoul International Drama Awards, South Korea 2016
Honorary Award for Contribution to Afghan Cinema - The Sama International Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden 2017
Best Actress - Nomination, Malaysia International Film Festival (Golden Global Awards) Malaysia 2018
Best Actress - Sinema Zetu International Film Festival ( SZIFF) Tanzania 2019

References

External links

 Official website

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Ronald L. Baker

Ronald L. Baker (born June 30, 1937, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American folklorist, historian, scholar of literature and onomastics, educator, and author.

Life and career
Ronald Lee Baker was born June 30, 1937, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Indiana State University in 1960 and received an M.A. in philosophy from the same institution in 1961. He did graduate work in English at the University of Illinois, where he also was an instructor, from 1963 to 1965. In 1966, he began teaching at Indiana State University where he advanced to become professor and chair of the English Department before retirement in 2006. He attended the Folklore Institute of America at Indiana University in the summer of 1966, and subsequently enrolled in the doctoral program in folklore while also minoring in comparative literature and philosophy. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1969 with a dissertation on folklore in the writings of Rowland Robinson. He also taught English and folklore courses at the University of Illinois (instructor, 1963–1965; visiting professor, 1972–1973), Indiana University at Fort Wayne (teaching associate, 1965–1966), and Indiana University at Bloomington (visiting professor, 1975, 1978, 1984).

Baker's research was mostly on language and narrative in American literature, historical documents, and folklore. He specialized in the study of place names, particularly in the Midwest.  He published over 100 articles in professional journals, magazines and was the author or editor of nine books:  Folklore in the Writings of Rowland E. Robinson (1973), Indiana Place Names (1975), Hoosier Folk Legends (1984), Jokelore: Humorous Folktales from Indiana (1986), French Folklife in Old Vincennes (1989), The Study of Place Names (1991), From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History (1995), Homeless, Friendless, and Penniless: The WPA Interviews with Former Slaves Living in Indiana (2000), and Jesse Stuart and the Hoosier Schoolmasters (2007).  He also served as editor of three journals:  Indiana Names (1970–1974), Midwestern Folklore (1975–1999), and The Folklore Historian (1990–2000).  He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society in 1988, Indiana State University Research/Creativity Award in 1990, and the Presidential Medal in recognition of exemplary performance as a faculty member at Indiana State University in 2000. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the American Folklore Society, and he has served as executive secretary-treasurer (1988–2000) and president (1970–1979) of the Hoosier Folklore Society. In 2005, colleagues presented him with a festschrift in his honor, entitled Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities, edited by Simon J. Bronner (Indiana University Press). The contents referred to his work in interpreting the connections of jokes, songs, recitations, and legends to masculinity as well as regionalism, ethnicity, and aging. In 2006, the Hoosier Folklore Society dedicated its annual meeting to him in recognition of his service to the Society and the field of folklore studies.

References
Bronner, Simon J., ed. Manly Traditions: The Folk Roots of American Masculinities. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Who's Who in Humanities. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075934/http://humanities.academickeys.com/whoswho.php?dothis=display&folk[IDX]=297999.

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Cathal Ó Conchobair

Cathal mac Conchobair Ruadh Ua Conchobair was King of Connacht in Ireland. He was a member of the Clan Muircheartaigh Uí Conchobhair lineage.

References

 Annals of Ulster at  at University College Cork
 Annals of the Four Masters at  at University College Cork
 Chronicum Scotorum at  at University College Cork
 Byrne, Francis John (2001), Irish Kings and High-Kings, Dublin: Four Courts Press,
 Gaelic and Gaelised Ireland, Kenneth Nicols, 1972.
 The Second Battle of Athenry, Adrian James Martyn, East Galway News & Views, 2008–2009

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