title: "Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse" content: after the old owners. The two-tined end opens onto Calea Victoriei, one of Bucharest's main avenues; the other end opens toward the National Bank in the historic Lipscani district. Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse hosted the first Stock Exchange House of Bucharest, before a larger and more appropriate structure was built. Between 1950 and 1990 the passage was called "Pasajul Bijuteria" ("Jewelry Store Passage"), but the initial name was restored afterwards. Today it hosts several indoor/outdoor eating establishments, including an Egyptian-themed bar/restaurant, the Blues Cafe, a bistro, a Chinese restaurant and a wine bar. Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse Pasajul Macca-Vilacrosse is a fork-shaped, yellow glass


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: Ammophila breviligulata Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass or American marram grass) is a species of grass that is native to eastern North America, where it grows on sand dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes coasts. Beachgrass thrives under conditions of shifting sand, sand burial, and high winds; it is a dune-building grass that builds the first line of sand dunes along the coast. Beachgrass is less vigorous in stabilized sand, and is only infrequently found further inland than the coastal foredunes. On the Atlantic coastline of North America, "Ammophila breviligulata" has been observed as far south as North Carolina,


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: and is often planted in dune restoration projects". Ammophila breviligulata" was introduced to the Pacific coast of North America in the 1930s. It is proving to be invasive, and is increasingly important to coastal ecology and development in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The leaves of "A. breviligulata" have deeply furrowed upper surfaces and smooth undersides, and grow tall. The plant's inflorescence is a spike-like panicle that can reach long; the seed head appears in late July or August. The species name "breviligulata" derives from the Latin "brevis" ("short") and "ligula" ("tongue"), which refers to a feature of grass leaves


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: called the ligule. "Ammophila breviligulata" is quite similar in appearance and ecology to a second species of beachgrass, "Ammophila arenaria" (European beachgrass). As Nick Page has summarized, ""Ammophila breviligulata" is distinguished from "A. arenaria" by smaller ligules (1–3 mm versus 10–30 mm long in "A. arenaria"), wider and less inrolled leaves, longer flower spike (25–35 cm versus 15–25 cm long in "A. arenaria"), and scaly rather than puberulent leaf veins on the upper leaf surface." Both species of beachgrass are noted for their association with stable sand dunes, and observations in regions where they were introduced to coasts indicate that


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: they actually build the first line of dunes on coasts (the foredunes). The plants spread rapidly – annually – through the sand by subsurface runners (rhizomes), and can produce up to 100 stems per clump annually. They can tolerate burial in as much as of sand; sand burial stimulates the rhizomes to grow vertically, and is essential to plant vigor. The beachgrass species are also very good examples of xerophytes, being able to thrive on arid to semi-arid beach dunes. The plant has several mechanisms for adapting to heat stress or wind. The long narrow leaves can roll or fold,


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: and the rough upper leaf surface, which contains the gas exchange openings (stomata), can orient itself away from wind. Beachgrass is a dominant species on foredunes, and indeed is sometimes the only plant found there. It is much less vigorous further in from the coastline, which is puzzling. Why should a species that competes so well on foredunes be fairly unsuccessful just a few meters further in from the coast, where other plants usually dominate? One mechanism for this effect that has been extensively studied by Wim van der Putten and his colleagues is based on the susceptibility of "Ammophila"


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: species to soil pathogens such as nematodes. The density of these pathogens is low in freshly deposited sand, but builds up in the roots of beachgrass on stabilized sand. While the details are complex, the result is that beachgrass is largely limited to the foredunes that it builds, which are immediately adjacent to water's edge and where sand is removed and redeposited fairly frequently. Starting in the 19th Century, "A. arenaria" was introduced to the Pacific coast of North America to help control beach sands; it serves this role so well that it is now considered invasive not only along


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: this coast (from California north to British Columbia), but along nearly every coast worldwide where it has been introduced. "Ammophila arenaria" built foredunes (the dunes closest to the beach) that are typically about high, which is much higher than the dunes associated with the native dune grass species "Leymus mollis". In the 1930s, "A. breviligulata" was introduced to about on the Clatsop Peninsula in Oregon. Since then, "A. breviligulata" has gradually supplanted "A. arenaria" in Oregon and Washington; the precise reason for the relative success of "A. breviligulata" isn't known. The most recognizable aspect of the changeover between the beachgrass


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: species is that the foredunes of "A. breviligulata" are shorter than the foredunes of "A. arenaria"; foredunes of "A. breviligulata" are about high in this region. The diversity of other species that co-exist with mature stands of "A. arenaria" is comparable to the species diversity with "A. breviligulata". However, the lower foredune height for the latter means that coastal ecosystems that had adapted to the fairly tall foredunes of "A. arenaria" are again changing, especially in the regions just behind the foredune and sheltered by it. Similarly, buildings and roads that were constructed under the presumption of continuing protection by


title: "Ammophila breviligulata" content: the tall "A. arenaria" foredunes may now be threatened by shifting sand and by increased exposure to wind and water in storms. Ammophila breviligulata Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass or American marram grass) is a species of grass that is native to eastern North America, where it grows on sand dunes along the Atlantic Ocean and Great Lakes coasts. Beachgrass thrives under conditions of shifting sand, sand burial, and high winds; it is a dune-building grass that builds the first line of sand dunes along the coast. Beachgrass is less vigorous in stabilized sand, and is only infrequently found further inland


title: "The $128,000 Question" content: The $128,000 Question The $128,000 Question is an American game show which aired from 1976–1978 in weekly syndication. This revival of "The $64,000 Question" was produced by Cinelar Associates and distributed by Viacom Enterprises. Originally, Viacom had intended to revive the series with the same title (and top payoff), but when it was announced that rival series "Name That Tune" would be adding a "$100,000 Mystery Tune" for the 1976–77 season, Viacom did not wish for their series to only have the second-biggest payoff and added an end-of-season $64,000 tournament to the format. Further hindering the show was that a


title: "Invincible Robo Trider G7" content: the time, toys of the titular robot were produced. None of them could ever perfectly replicate its unique seven states of transformation, however. A DVD boxset of the series was released in 2005, and an Italian boxset was released in 2012 which contains both the Italian dub and the original Japanese audio. The series has been featured in various installments of the Super Robot Wars franchise of video games as well, including Shin Super Robot Wars and the Super Robot Wars Z metaseries. Invincible Robo Trider G7 The story follows sixth-grader Watta Takeo's life as he balances his school life,


title: "Laufen District" content: Laufen District Laufen District or Laufental District () is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Laufen. Prior to 1994, it was a district of the canton of Bern, one of the seven historical districts of the Bernese Jura. In 1979, three neighbouring French-speaking districts of Bern seceded to form the new canton of Jura. Laufen was left as an exclave of Bern, wedged between Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Country, and France. In 1989, the populace voted to secede from Bern and join Basel-Country. After a transitional period of preparation,


title: "Alexander, Margrave of Meissen" content: as head of house". In a joint statement of 23 June 2015, the heads of the three remaining branches of the senior Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, declared that, according to the historical princely and house laws of the House of Wettin, Alexander Prinz von Sachsen (formerly Alexander Prinz von Saxe-Gessaphe, "aka" Alexander Afif Prince of Gessaphe "aka" Alexander Afif), bearing the name "Prinz von Sachsen" by adoption, is not a noble and bears a non-noble name, is not a member of the


title: Singshot content: Singshot SingShot Media was founded by Ranah Edelin (CEO) and Niranjan Nagar (CTO) in January 2006 (they both were executives at Listen.com, the company behind the music service Rhapsody) and was a legal karaoke website designed to allow its users to choose from a vast selection of music then record their own versions that could be shared with anyone on the Web. Members used a microphone or webcam connected to a computer to record themselves along with the site's Flash-based karaoke player. The site allowed users to create singing contests, although usually not for monetary prizes, just for "bragging rights".


title: "Patrick M. Byrne" content: in 2005, McLean was attacked by Byrne with such vehemence that she ceased covering him. In the first lawsuit, filed 2005, Overstock.com filed suit against hedge fund Rocker Partners and the equities research firm, Gradient Analytics (formerly Camelback Research Alliance), saying they illegally colluded in short-selling the company while paying for negative reports to drive down share prices. The defendant (i.e. Gradient Analytics et al.) moved to have the case dismissed, however the California court ruled in August 2006 that the suit should be allowed to proceed. Gradient filed a counter-complaint against Byrne for libel. A portion of this suit


title: "Pauline Maier" content: taking her position at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978 as William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History. Her career included various appointments in five prestigious universities, and numerous fellowships and awards. Her lecture classes through 2011 included three courses of Early American history, and she co-taught "Riots, Strikes and Conspiracies in American History" with urban historian Robert M. Fogelson. Maier chaired a university-wide committee at MIT in 1985 to re-organize its humanities schools and broaden and structure its programs. Its adopted recommendations expanded women's studies, awarded specific area degrees, and initiated a doctoral program collaborating history and anthropology


title: "Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House" content: by the Navajo as "Pesoteaje" ("Little Fat Pig"), was the first Custodian of El Morro National Monument, also known as Inscription Rock, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of their ranch. He also founded the first newspaper in that part of New Mexico, the "Gallup Gazette" (which became the "Gallup Independent"), was the Master of Ceremonies for many years of the Gallup Ceremonial, and served as Agent for the Ramah Navajo Reservation. Evon died in 1943; his widow, Shirley, maintained the ranch as a guest/dude ranch during the 1950s and lived there until her death in 1986. The Vogt Ranch House


title: "Logistics Vehicle System" content: yaw steering (by articulating the Front Power Unit against the Rear Body Unit). This enabled the LVS to meet the turning radius requirements of the U.S. Marines. LVS is rated to haul up to on highways. The Oshkosh Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) is the replacement for the LVS and was first fielded in 2009. The LVS is composed of a Front Power Unit (FPU) coupled to a Rear Body Unit (RBU). The FPU can be driven on its own. When describing a truck it is remarked by the combination of both units, for example, an MK48 FPU attached to


title: "Koomba Park" content: Koomba Park Koomba Park is one of the parks comprising the Dandenong Valley Parklands in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. It consists of , of which are publicly accessible, and is bounded by the Dandenong Creek, Boronia Road, EastLink, Mountain Highway and Burwood Highway in a clockwise direction. The park opened in December 1981. Both the Dandenong Creek Trail and the EastLink Trail both run through the park on the same primary north to south concrete path, before the trails split paths near the southern car park. All trails were originally of fine crushed gravel, but in mid-late 2007,


title: "Sponsio Academica" content: Sponsio Academica The Sponsio Academica is the oath taken by all students matriculating into the four ancient Scottish universities. Traditionally the oath was given orally in Latin but it is now appended to the matriculation form signed by each student. Each student who takes the oath promises that they have put themselves under the authority of the Senatus Academicus of their particular institution. At the University of St Andrews the following oath is taken. Nos ingenui adolescentes, nomina subscribentes, sancte pollicemur nos preceptoribus obsequium debitum exhibituros in omnibus rebus ad disciplinam et bonos mores pertinentibus, Senatus Academici authoritati obtemperaturos, et


title: "2001 PDC World Darts Championship" content: Bob Anderson. In other games, John Part began his tournament with a 3–0 win over Colin Lloyd. Dennis Smith would be his round 2 opponent after Smith eliminated former World number 2 Peter Evison in the first round by 3–0. Then another seed went out, Shayne Burgess was defeated 3–0 by Roland Scholten. Scholten being very impressive in the three sets that were played, One leg being won in 11 darts. Saturday saw all eight-second round matches played, Still over the best of 5 sets. Alan Warriner booked his place in the quarter-finals with a hard fought 3–2 win over


title: "Red warbler" content: Red warbler The red warbler ("Cardellina rubra") is a small passerine bird of the New World warbler family Parulidae endemic to the highlands of Mexico, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is closely related to, and forms a superspecies with, the pink-headed warbler of southern Mexico and Guatemala. There are three subspecies, found in disjunct populations, which differ primarily in the color of their ear patch and in the brightness and tone of their body plumage. The adult is bright red, with a white or gray ear patch, depending on the subspecies; young birds are pinkish-brown, with a whitish


title: "Red warbler" content: ear patch and two pale wingbars. Breeding typically occurs between February and May. The female lays three or four eggs in a domed nest, which she builds on the ground. Though she alone incubates the eggs, both sexes feed the young and remove fecal sacs from the nest. The young fledge within 10–11 days of hatching. The red warbler is an insectivore, gleaning primarily in understory shrubs. Although this bird is considered to be a least-concern species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), its numbers are thought to be declining due to habitat destruction. English jeweller


title: "Red warbler" content: and naturalist William Bullock and his son travelled to Mexico soon after its independence, spending six months in 1823 collecting archeological artifacts and many bird and fish species new to science. The bird specimens were given to naturalist William John Swainson, their countryman, to formally describe, which he did in 1827. Among these was the red warbler, which was assigned to the genus "Setophaga", as "Setophaga rubra". Over the next half century, other authorities moved it to "Cardellina", with the red-faced warbler, and to the widespread tropical warbler genus "Basileuterus", as well as to the Old World warbler genus "Sylvia"


title: "Red warbler" content: and the Old World tit genus "Parus". In 1873, English naturalists Philip Lutley Sclater and Osbert Salvin moved the species to the genus "Ergaticus", where it remained for more than a century. The red warbler forms a superspecies with the pink-headed warbler of Chiapas and Guatemala. Despite their disjunct ranges and considerably different plumages, the two have sometimes been considered conspecific. Conversely, it has also been suggested that the red warbler should be split into a northern gray-eared species ("C. melanauris") and a southern white-eared species ("C. rubra"). A comprehensive 2010 paper by Irby Lovette and colleagues analysing mitochondrial and


title: "Red warbler" content: nuclear DNA of the New World warblers found that the red and pink-headed warblers are each others' closest relative and that their common ancestor diverged from a lineage that gave rise to the red-faced warbler. The authors recommended moving the red and pink-headed warblers to the genus "Cardellina", a suggestion which has been adopted by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). There are three subspecies, which differ slightly in appearance: "Red warbler" has been designated the official name by the IOC. It is a straightforward reference to its color. The genus name "Cardellina" is the diminutive of the Italian "cardella", a


title: "Red warbler" content: regional name for the European goldfinch, while its specific name, "rubra", is Latin for "red". The red warbler is a small passerine, measuring in length, and weighing from . As an adult, it is red overall, with either a white or dark gray (depending on the subspecies) auricular patch on each side of its head. Its wings and tail are slightly darker, dusky red, and edged in pinkish-red. Its legs are a dull red-brown, and its thin bill is pinkish-gray with a dark tip. The iris is dark brown to blackish. Plumage varies little between the sexes, although the female


title: "Red warbler" content: tends to be a little duller or more orange-tinged. Adult pairs separate and moult fully from August, after the breeding season. The adult red warbler is hard to confuse with any other bird species in its range; the scarlet tanager and summer tanager have similar mostly-red plumage but are larger with thick conical bills. As a juvenile, the red warbler is pinkish-brown with a whitish auricular patch. Its darker wings and tail show pinkish-cinnamon edges, with two paler wingbars on the former. The red warbler has several common calls, including a high, thin "tsii" and a stronger "pseet". Its song


title: "Red warbler" content: is a mix of short trills and richer warbles, interspersed with high-pitched chips. Unlike other species in the same habitat zone, it tends to sing only during bright morning hours during the breeding season. It does not sing – and even its calling frequency decreases – in cloudy weather, regardless of season. Endemic to the highlands of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the red warbler has three disjunct populations that correspond to the three subspecies: from southwestern Chihuahua to northern Nayarit, from southern Jalisco and southern Hidalgo to Oaxaca, and from Guerrero into southern Oaxaca in the Sierra


title: "Red warbler" content: Madre del Sur. It is fairly common to common in the country's interior and on adjacent slopes, where it occurs at elevations ranging from above sea level; it does not occur along either coast. It is an altitudinal migrant, moving from higher humid or semi-humid pine, pine-oak and fir forests in the breeding season to lower elevations, often in oak forests, in the winter. It is among the most common of the small birds in its woodland habitat, second only to the golden-crowned kinglet in fir forests in one study and the third most common warbler in oak-conifer woodlands in


title: "Red warbler" content: another. Though the species was reported to have been collected in Texas in the late 19th century, the record's location was not widely believed, and there is no strong evidence that it ever occurred there. It has strayed as far north as southeastern Arizona, where a bird was found on Mount Lemmon in 2018. Though it occasionally joins mixed-species flocks, the red warbler is more typically found alone or in pairs. Youngsters probably choose mates in the autumn of their first year, and pairs remain together year-round, except during severe weather and during post-breeding molt. The red warbler breeds primarily


title: "Red warbler" content: in early spring, from February until May, though at least one nest containing young has been found as late as the end of June. By late February, the male establishes a territory that averages about 40 square metres, defending it with song. Other males may intrude by silently flying in at a height of around 3 m (10 ft) and back to their own territory. Deep incursions result in combat, after which the interloper usually leaves. Beginning in mid-March, the male courts the female by chasing her through the undergrowth. The pair then perch together while the male sings and


title: "Red warbler" content: the female calls softly. The female alone builds the nest, a task which typically takes 4–6 days. She chooses a sunlit area, such as an area of windfall, the brushy edge of a trail or water course, or a small clearing, for its location. Tightly woven of plant material, the nest is hidden in ground vegetation and anchored to the stalks of surrounding vegetation. The nest, which is usually oven-shaped with a side or upward-facing entrance, measures roughly wide by long by high. Bulky and untidy on the outside, it is typically constructed primarily of dead pine needles and dead


title: "Red warbler" content: grass, though gray lichens, green moss, dead leaves, shreds of bark and tips of fern fronds are also used; most of these materials are gathered from the ground close to the nest, though some is picked from low branches or further away. A few nests are only cups, lacking the roof of the more typical structures. Inside, the nest is tidy and compact, lined with fine grasses and plant fluff, which is generally gathered some distance from the nest. Early in the breeding season, there may be a gap of as many as 11 days between the completion of the


title: "Red warbler" content: nest and the laying of the first egg. Later in the season, this time decreases so that the first egg is laid as soon as the nest is ready. The female normally lays three eggs, though clutches of up to four have been recorded. The eggs, which are variously described as pale pink with evenly distributed brown spots or white with cinnamon and rust spots densely ringing the larger end of the egg, measure by and weigh . The female alone incubates the eggs for 16 days; the male does not even approach the nest until several days after the


title: "Red warbler" content: eggs hatch. She sits facing the back wall of the nest, with her head and body sheltered by its roof and her tail sticking out the opening. She sits tight at the approach of danger, typically not flying until a potential predator actually makes contact with the nest. Both adults feed the nestlings and remove fecal sacs, though the female removes far more than the male does. The parents move deceptively when approaching the nest, foraging – or pretending to forage – in nearby vegetation. They stay only a few seconds in any one spot, including at the nest, making


title: "Red warbler" content: it more difficult for a predator to locate the young. Nestlings make a rapid, high-pitched peeping call as an adult approaches carrying food. They fledge within 10–11 days of hatching. Young birds are fully grown three weeks after fledging, upon which time they are driven off by their parents. The red warbler is an insectivore. It gleans primarily in understory shrubs at low to middle levels, moving slowly and deliberately through more open areas of the vegetation, and feeding with quick jabs into cracks in bark and pine needle clusters. It sometimes hovers briefly to feed at pine needle clusters,


title: "Red warbler" content: a foraging technique known as "hover gleaning". Though it lacks any obvious adaptations for climbing, it regularly does so in its search for prey items on bark and epiphytes on branches, often hanging head-down as it probes. In areas of deciduous growth, it typically flycatches, making brief aerial sorties from a perch in pursuit of flying insects. While it seldom associates with mixed-species flocks, it often feeds alongside other birds with no signs of conflict, displaying no hostility towards other species—such as the slate-throated whitestart ("Myioborus miniatus")—with which it competes. It has been observed chasing off a flycatcher of the


title: "Red warbler" content: genus "Empidonax". Its foraging area is quite small, often amounting to only a few dozen square meters (several hundred square feet) per day. Late in the afternoon, its rate of foraging declines, and it rests, often taking brief naps, in the forest understory. Though it does not generally feed after sunset, it may do so to take advantage of transient food sources, such as hatching Neuroptera. The red warbler is presumably hunted by small hawks such as the sharp-shinned hawk, and its nest raided by wrens, rodents, raccoons, feral cats and snakes. "Isospora cardellinae" is a protozoan species that has


title: "Red warbler" content: been isolated from a red warbler from Nevado de Toluca National Park, Mexico. It is a parasite that lives in cells in the villi of the bird's small intestine. In the 16th century, Friar Bernardino de Sahagún had reported that a red bird matching the description of the red warbler was regarded as inedible by the Aztecs. Researchers Patricia Escalante and John W. Daly isolated two alkaloids in preliminary investigations of the feathers. The presence of these alkaloids render the bird unpalatable; humans find it inedible. The red warbler is currently rated as a species of least concern by the


title: "Red warbler" content: International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Though there is evidence that its numbers are decreasing, the decline has not been precipitous (that is, under a 30% decline over ten years or three generations), and the population remains quite large, estimates ranging from 50,000 to 499,999 birds. The forested areas in which it occurs include some of the most threatened habitats in Mexico; logging, agricultural expansion, firewood gathering, road building, tourist development, overgrazing and intensive urbanization are among the many things contributing to the destruction of the forests. There is some evidence that selective logging in pine forests may actually


title: "Red warbler" content: favor this species, which prefers more open, sunlit areas in which to breed. Red warbler The red warbler ("Cardellina rubra") is a small passerine bird of the New World warbler family Parulidae endemic to the highlands of Mexico, north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is closely related to, and forms a superspecies with, the pink-headed warbler of southern Mexico and Guatemala. There are three subspecies, found in disjunct populations, which differ primarily in the color of their ear patch and in the brightness and tone of their body plumage. The adult is bright red, with a white or gray


title: "Champions of Regnum" content: player to accomplish a certain task such as killing a certain amount number of players from another realm or holding a specific location for a certain amount of time. Champions of Regnum Champions of Regnum (previously known as Regnum Online) is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by NGD Studios, a game development studio located in Argentina. This game is also known as "Realms Online" in America. The game focuses on full Realm vs Realm team player vs player combat, with a three-way war constantly in progress over forts and castles. There are monsters and an element


title: "Van Vandegrift" content: active duty as a Naval Intelligence Officer and was deployed on a classified mission for Operation Enduring Freedom. Following that mission, he was discharged in 2002. Vandegrift then moved to Santa Monica, California, where, through his relationships with Creative Artists Agency, he formed a strategic partnership with Grosso Jacobson Communications, a Hollywood production company formed by Sonny Grosso. Van Vandegrift Van Vandegrift (born February 13, 1969) is an American film and television producer and entrepreneur, known for his work on films such as "Get Smart" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and for television projects, including "Kings of


title: "Pat Walsh (rugby)" content: finest forwards in England. J.J.Giltinan 'Considered him the Finest Forward in the Northern Union'(Huddersfield rugby News.10 April 1909) On his return to Australia in 1911 he played for Central in the Newcastle Rugby League Competition and captained the Combined Newcastle & Hunter side which toured Queensland. This team defeated the Queensland state side in all three matches. After the tour, Pat Walsh remained in Queensland to coach for the next few years. Dally Messenger listed him in his Favourite Team and he was listed in W.A."Billy" Cann's Best Alltime Team in 1938. Pat Walsh enlisted in the AIF during the


title: "Eric Watson (photographer)" content: Eric Watson (photographer) Eric Watson (9 September 1955 – 18 March 2012) was an English photographer. Watson was born in Newcastle. He moved to London in 1974 and studied fine art at Hornsey Art College from 1977–1980, where his contemporaries included Adam Ant. He became an assistant to the photographer Red Saunders in 1980 and soon branched out as a photographer in his own right, primarily in the pop music business. From 1981 to 1986 he was one of the main photographers for "Smash Hits" magazine where his friend Neil Tennant was assistant editor. When Tennant formed the Pet Shop


title: "Charles Darwin" content: his name. An expanse of water adjoining the Beagle Channel was named "Darwin Sound" by Robert FitzRoy after Darwin's prompt action, along with two or three of the men, saved them from being marooned on a nearby shore when a collapsing glacier caused a large wave that would have swept away their boats, and the nearby Mount Darwin in the Andes was named in celebration of Darwin's 25th birthday. When the "Beagle" was surveying Australia in 1839, Darwin's friend John Lort Stokes sighted a natural harbour which the ship's captain Wickham named "Port Darwin": a nearby settlement was renamed Darwin


title: "Celithemis elisa" content: Celithemis elisa The calico pennant ("Celithemis elisa") is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to eastern Canada and eastern United States. This dragonfly is 24 to 34 millimeters long, with a hindwing 25 to 30 millimeters long. It can be identified by the brown spots at the bases and tips of the wings. The pterostigma is yellow in younger individuals, and red in older. The face is yellow, turning red in older male specimens. The thorax is yellow-brown with a large dark stripe and several smaller brown stripes. The abdomen is dark with paler markings.


title: "Celithemis elisa" content: This species lives near calm water bodies surrounded by vegetation. Celithemis elisa The calico pennant ("Celithemis elisa") is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is native to eastern Canada and eastern United States. This dragonfly is 24 to 34 millimeters long, with a hindwing 25 to 30 millimeters long. It can be identified by the brown spots at the bases and tips of the wings. The pterostigma is yellow in younger individuals, and red in older. The face is yellow, turning red in older male specimens. The thorax is yellow-brown with a large dark stripe and several


title: "Gramma (The Twilight Zone)" content: returns to his grandmother's room and tries without success to rouse her. Thinking she must be dead, he runs to the phone to call the hospital. He then imagines the things he must do if she is dead, like covering her face and explaining the circumstances to the doctor. He returns to her room, even though he doesn't want to do so, to make sure she is dead. A gnarled hand reaches out and grabs him. Gramma opens one glowing red eye and glares at him. She draws him to her and embraces him, and tells him that he is


title: "Viv Graham" content: was soon operating a small army of doormen himself, and he protected various licensed premises in central Newcastle, Byker, and Wallsend. Graham became a reputed organised crime figure in the city, and was involved in extortion and racketeering. In 1988 he was shot at during an incident that is believed to have been a revenge attack for an earlier unprovoked assault by Graham and a fellow bouncer, which left the victim with permanent injuries. Graham's activities brought him a very large income, (occasionally in excess of £30,000 per week circa 1992), although a lot of his wealth was lost to


title: Polywell content: particle motion in polywells with a small electron population. Electrons behaved in a similar manner to particles in the biconic cusp. A 2013 paper measured a negative voltage inside a 4-inch aluminum polywell. Tests included measuring an internal beam of electrons, comparing the machine with and without a magnetic field, measuring the voltage at different locations and comparing voltage changes to the magnetic and electric field strength. A 2015 paper entitled "Fusion in a magnetically-shielded-grid inertial electrostatic confinement device" presented a theory for a gridded inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion system that shows a net energy gain is possible if


title: "USS Doyen (APA-1)" content: ship's service in the Pacific during World War II as well as later as the "Bay State" is chronicled by Lt. Cdr. Lawrence A. Marsden (SC) USN (ret) in the book "Gemini Ship," published 2002 by Infinity Press. "Doyen" received six battle stars for World War II service. "Doyen" was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet until transferred to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1959, which renamed her . Sold for scrapping on 23 January 1973, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp, she was returned to the Maritime Administration in January 1974 for disposal. USS Doyen (APA-1) USS


title: "Moscone–Milk assassinations" content: The centerpiece was a section displaying the suit Milk was wearing at the time of his death. The suit is currently on display in the Society's permanent museum space in the Castro. In 2008 the film "Milk" depicted the assassinations as part of a biographical story about the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. The movie was a critical and commercial success, with Victor Garber portraying Moscone, Sean Penn playing Milk and Josh Brolin playing White. Penn won an Oscar for his performance and Brolin was nominated. In January 2012, the Berkeley Repertory Theater premiered "Ghost Light",


title: "89.3 LAFM" content: spacing to 9 kHz. In 2002, television station ABNT-3 vacated VHF channel 3, opening up space for further FM radio services in Launceston. In 2005, it was announced that 7LA, along with 7EX and ABC Northern Tasmania were to move to the FM band - 7LA on 89.3, 7EX on 90.1 and ABC Northern Tasmania on 91.7. In 2008, the station relaunched as 89.3 LAFM, with the AM service ceasing transmission in February 2009. Today, the station networks the majority of its programming to Scottsdale-based 7SD. Weekdays: Saturday: Sunday: 2017 LAFM Number of Listeners: Breakfast ( 5:30am-9am): 29,100 <BR> Mornings


title: "Combination Game" content: passing. In contrast to this, the newspaper article which features Queen's Park's victory over Wanderers in October 1875 (a match in which C.W. Alcock and the Anglo Scot A.F. Kinnaird played in for Wanderers) gives a concise description of the style of combination adopted by the club, particularly in the section which describes the second and third goals, In the south east of England as the coordinated system of 'backing up' began to decline, the systematic passing game of Queen's Park would eventually win through. It was England's 5-1 defeat in 1882 to a Scotland team featuring seven Queen's Park


title: "Kotonishiki Katsuhiro" content: His top division winning record was above 50 percent, with 506 wins against 441 losses, which is unusual for a non-"ōzeki". Kotonishiki remained in the sumo world as a coach, initially at Sadogatake stable and later at the affiliated Oguruma stable. For many years he was unable to acquire a permanent "toshiyori" or elder name. For the first two years of his retirement he had "jun-toshiyori" status and was known as Kotonishiki Oyakata. When that expired he borrowed the Wakamatsu name in 2002 and then the Takenawa name in 2003. From July 2007 until January 2009 he borrowed Kaiō's Asakayama


title: "Rick Sebak" content: a Phi Beta Kappa graduate. His work is supported by the Buhl Foundation. Sebak's first foray in the nostalgia documentary is the 1984 documentary "Shag" for South Carolina ETV, about a dance popular in the region. Four years later at WQED, Sebak produced "The Mon, The Al & The O", about the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers, which meet to form at Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle; and "Kennywood Memories", about Kennywood, a historic local amusement park. As of March 2006, 313,227 copies of Sebak's films had been sold or given away as pledge gifts by public television stations nationwide, which WQED


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: Crotalus oreganus Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The size of this species varies greatly, with some populations being stunted and others growing very large. Mainland specimens often reach in length, with the largest on record being (Klauber, 1956) for "C. o. oreganus". This species, in its various forms, shows considerable ontogenetic variation. Juveniles usually have more or less distinct patterns, but these fade as the animals mature. The color of


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: the iris often matches the ground color, which may be bronze, gold, or different shades of tan, pink, or gray. The color pattern of the typical form, "C. o. oreganus", has a dark-brown, dark-gray, olive-brown, or sometimes black or pale yellowish ground color overlaid dorsally with a series of large, dark blotches with uneven white edges. These blotches are also wider than the spaces that separate them. Additionally, a lateral series of blotches, usually darker than the dorsal blotches, is clearly visible on all but the darkest specimens. The first rings of the tail are about the same color as


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: the last body blotches, but these rings become progressively darker; the last two rings, at the base of the tail, are usually black. The belly is pale yellow, usually with brown spots. A large, dark-brown blotch on the snout has a pale border behind it that forms transverse bars on the supraoculars. There is a dark brown postocular stripe with a white border that extends from the eye to around the angle of the jaw. Its common names include western rattlesnake, northern Pacific rattlesnake, Pacific rattlesnake, black rattlesnake, Arizona diamond rattlesnake, black diamond rattlesnake, black snake, California rattlesnake, confluent rattlesnake,


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: diamond-back rattlesnake, Great Basin rattlesnake, Hallowell's rattlesnake, Missouri rattlesnake, Oregon rattlesnake, Pacific rattler, rattlesnake, southern rattlesnake, western black rattlesnake, western rattler, and north Pacific rattlesnake. It is found in North America from southwestern Canada, through much of the western half of the United States, and south into northern Mexico. In Canada, it is found in southern British Columbia. In the US, it occurs in Washington, Oregon, western and southern Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and likely west-central New Mexico. In northern Mexico, it is found in western Baja California and the extreme north of Baja California Sur, from sea level


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: to an altitude of . This species also reportedly occurs on six different islands: Using its heat-sensing facial pits to locate prey,"C. oreganus" eats birds, bird eggs, and small mammals, from mice up to and including rabbits. It also eats small reptiles and amphibians. The juveniles eat insects. Sexually mature females bear live young in broods of as many as 25. This species is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v3.1, 2001). Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because they are unlikely to be declining fast


title: "Crotalus oreganus" content: enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend was stable when assessed in 2007. Crotalus oreganus Crotalus oreganus is a venomous pit viper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia, and northwestern Mexico. Seven subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. The size of this species varies greatly, with some populations being stunted and others growing very large. Mainland specimens often reach in length, with the largest on record being (Klauber, 1956) for "C. o. oreganus". This species, in its various forms, shows considerable ontogenetic


title: Cowbell content: Cowbell A cow bell or cowbell is a bell worn by freely roaming animals made to scare off any predators. Although they are typically referred to as "cow bells" due to their extensive use with cattle, the bells are used on a wide variety of animals. The bell and clapper are commonly crafted from iron, bronze, brass, copper, or wood. The collar used to hold the bell is traditionally made with leather and wood fibers. Most cow bells are made of thin, flat pieces of plated sheet metal. Plating causes the sheet metal to have a surface which can be


title: Cowbell content: decorated or left plain. The craftsmanship of cow bells varies by geographic location and culture. The ornaments on the cow bell and the collar are usually decorative although some cultures believe that certain ornaments provide or enhance magical protections such as the power to prevent or cure fever and other illnesses. The cow bell is used to keep track of grazing animal herds such as goats, reindeer, sheep and cows. They are mainly used in Europe, Mediterranean areas and Latin America, but are also used worldwide by those who practice transhumance, including nomadic pastoral tribes in Africa and Asia. Different


title: Cowbell content: bells can have specific sounds to identify important characteristics of the animals, such as age, sex, and species. Some cultures have even developed names to differentiate between bells and their tones; for example, in Spanish "truco" refers to stud males, "esquila" to female goats or ewes, and "esquileta" for pregnant females and immature animals. Each of these bells possess unique sounds, shapes, and sizes. It is difficult to pinpoint when exactly the use of cow bells began, but the earliest examples of truly recognizable cow bells date back to the Iron Age. The use of iron bells in sub-Saharan African


title: Cowbell content: music and the Niger–Congo area is linked to the early iron-making technology spread during the Bantu migrations. The earliest archaeological evidence of bells dates back to more than 5000 years ago, from the 3rd millennium BC in Neolithic China. During this era, there is evidence of early forms of pottery cowbells, which were likely used to track goats, sheep, and cattle. The pottery bells were later replaced by metal bells. In West Asia, the first bells appeared in 1000 BC. The earliest metal bells, one found in the Taosi site, and four in the Erlitou site, are dated to about


title: Cowbell content: 2000 BC. Though the bells for shepherding were expanded from the fertile crescent to Celtic, Carthaginian, Greek and Roman cultures, in Europe the earliest written evidence of bells used for livestock dates to the late 14th to early 15th century. Grimm's "Deutsches Wörterbuch" s.v. "Kuhschelle" points to a 1410 mention in a Frankfurt archive; the OED lists 1440 as the earliest attestation of a "bell-wether", the leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung. The OED also attributes the phrase "to bear the bell" in the sense "to take the first place" as originally referring to


title: Cowbell content: the leading cow or sheep of a drove or flock to Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde", 1374. In 15th-century Germany, a cow bell was worn only by the best and leading piece of livestock. The wider distribution of the bell worn by livestock was a gradual process of the Early Modern period. In France in the mid-16th century, Francois Rabelais makes this practice explicit in his "Gargantua and Pantagruel", stating that The importance of the cow bell is highlighted in Swiss folklore, which reflects a period when a great Trychel, or large cow bell, was a rare and much-coveted item. The


title: Cowbell content: legend of the Simmental tells how a young cowherd strays inside a mountain, and is offered by a beautiful woman the choice between a treasure of gold coins, a golden Trychel, or the fairy herself. He chooses the Trychel. As opposed to regular cast-metal bells, "trychlen" are made of hammered sheet metal. This results in a clanking, less crisp sound, but at the same time results in a bell that is lighter and thus easier to carry. In Southern Germany, such cow bells are called "Kuhglocke". Modern-day manufacturing of cow bells continues today in Korea, Indonesia, and India; created as


title: Cowbell content: village handicrafts. Despite a May 2012 fire that destroyed its factory, the Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company continues to make cow bell bells in East Hampton, CT, as it has since its founding in 1832; it is the only remaining U.S. company making just bells. In Western Europe, when the snow has melted in the spring, villages send the cows to the high alpine meadows to graze. This event, called "Alpaufzug", is celebrated in each village with a procession through the village to the high pastures. The cows are decorated with floral wreaths woven through the horns. The best milk-producing cow


title: Cowbell content: in the village leads the procession and wears the largest bell. The bells are made in various sizes, and are awarded to the cows according to their milk production that year. In the fall, the event is repeated, but is called an "Alpabzug", as the animals return from the high meadow. The best cows (each referred to as a "Kranzkuh", i.e. "crown[ed] cow", after the ornamental headwear with which it is adorned) from each herd again lead the procession. The traditional festival is called "Viehscheid" in Southern Germany, and has other names in the Alpine regions. Cowbell A cow bell


title: "Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects" content: Director of the Public Art Fund. She has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tsien was one of the recipients of the Visionary Woman Awards presented by Moore College of Art and Design in 2009. Williams and Tsien have taught at the Cooper Union, Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Texas, City College of New York, and Yale University. Williams and Tsien are the recipients of more than two dozen awards from the American Institute of Architects. They received a 2014 International Fellowship from the Royal Institute


title: "Britannia Airways Flight 226A" content: Boeing 757 left the runway at high speed, approximately from the second touchdown point. It then ran across flat grassland beside the runway, before going diagonally over a substantial earth mound adjacent to the airport boundary, becoming semi-airborne as a result. Beyond the mound it hit a number of medium-sized trees and the right engine struck the boundary fence. The aircraft then passed through the fence, re-landed in a field and both main landing gears collapsed. It finally stopped after a slide across the field, from the second touchdown. Damage was substantial: the fuselage was fractured in two places and


title: "Jane E. Norton" content: worked as a regional director in the US Department of Health and Human Services during the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. She has also served in the Colorado House of Representatives, filling the remainder of an unexpired term from mid-1986 to January 1987. Prior to her election as Colorado's Lieutenant Governor, Norton was appointed Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) by Governor Bill Owens, serving in that capacity from 1999–2002. As such, she had regulatory and programmatic responsibilities including bioterrorism preparedness; disease prevention and epidemiology; health facilities; family and community health


title: "Symphony No. 81 (Haydn)" content: Symphony No. 81 (Haydn) Symphony No. 81 in G major (Hoboken I/81) is a symphony by Joseph Haydn composed in 1784 as part of a trio of symphonies that also included symphonies 79 and 80.These three symphonies were specially written for performance in March 1785. The symphony is scored for flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings. In the first and third movements, Haydn explores "ambiguities of tonality ... which eventually reach their peak of subtlety" of the first movement of Symphony No. 94. The first movement begins "with an unusual and exciting pedal point ... [and] uses


title: "New York State Route 162" content: of the route north of Rural Grove was improved to state highway standards under a project contracted out on September 20, 1907. It was added to the state highway system on July 14, 1910, as unsigned State Highway 304 (SH 304). The remainder of the Sloansville–Sprakers highway was reconstructed . In the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York, hundreds of state-maintained highways were assigned a posted route number for the first time. One of these roads was the Sloansville–Sprakers state highway, which was designated NY 162. At its north end, NY 162 was originally routed on Sprakers Hill


title: "Darnell Mee" content: Germany for Leverkusen, and in Australia with Canberra Cannons and the adelaide 36ers. in the NBL. He played for the Cannons for one season (1996) before signing with the Adelaide 36ers. In Adelaide, he was joined by former Denver teammate Kevin Brooks, who signed with the club with help from the same sports attorney who managed Mee’s international career. The duo helped the 36ers to win the 1998 and 1998-99 NBL championships. Mee continued with the team until the end of the end of 2001. He them moved to the Cairns Taipans for 2003 before moving again to the Wollongong


title: "George Liele" content: Baker to live on his estate and instruct the slaves in 'religious and moral principles'. To expand this educational work, Moses Baker approached benefactors in Britain. He made contact with the Baptist John Ryland, who became interested in securing funds from British donors to meet such demand for missionary work. He was moved to helped instigate the non-denominational London Missionary Society to help provide for this. Ryland's first missionary was funded by the Baptists rather than the London Missionary Society. His achievements were limited since he died early. Later, in the early 19th century, a trio of Baptist missionaries from


title: "Laurel Hill State Park" content: one of the last in Pennsylvania that had not been touched by the lumbermen. The mountains were stripped of the old-growth forests of hemlock and white pine. The lumbermen took the logs to the sawmill where they were cut into lumber. Smaller logs were used to reinforce the mine shafts of the many coal mines throughout southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The bark of the hemlock tree was used as a source of tannin at the tanneries of the area. The only thing the lumbermen left behind was the treetops. These tree tops were left to dry. The passing steam


title: "2004–05 AHL season" content: changes, most notably a restricted area for goaltenders. Playing the puck outside the restricted area results in an automatic two-minute delay of game penalty. "Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SL = Shootout losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; "Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes" "Note: GP = Games Played; Mins = Minutes Played; W = Wins; L = Losses: OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Allowed; SO


title: "Factor endowment" content: crucial role in shaping the colonies institutions and economic growth; colonies with a richer quality of soil grew cash crops such as sugar, coffee, and cotton, which were most efficiently grown using plantation systems. As such, the demand for not only slave labor but also peonage within these colonies grew. Due to the vast inequality that the society developed due to a small elite population in comparison to the vast laborer population, they were able to maintain the wealth and power within the elite class via establishing a guarded franchise. The inequalities within the cash crop colonies resulted in their


title: "Westville Girls' High School" content: performing arts) colours are in the form of a white cord. Half colours and full colours recipients receive scrolls which are sewn on to the blazer. Colours Cum Laude and Honours Blazers are also awarded, but to learners who have excelled at a high level in their activity (e.g.: U16 South African Netball team, U16 KZN Softball Team). These two awards are the highest and most prestigious awards. The school was founded in January 1964 with 219 pupils, when Westville High School was split into two single-sex schools, and has grown to the around 1100 pupils. It has a house


title: HIS3 content: interaction is taking place. HIS3 The HIS3 gene, found in the "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" yeast, encodes a protein called Imidazoleglycerol-phosphate dehydratase which catalyses the sixth step in histidine biosynthesis. It is analogous to hisB in "Escherichia coli". Mutations in "Escherichia coli"'s analogous gene, hisB allows researchers to select only those individuals expressing the HIS3 gene included on a plasmid. The HIS3 gene is coupled to a certain promoter which can only be activated by successful binding of the relevant transcription factors. This is used in certain methods of bacterial two-hybrid screening to allow the survival of "E. coli" in which a


title: "Amanda Feilding" content: the effects of LSD on the brain. Feilding has also been active in drug policy reform and was among the first to start building an evidence-base upon which new policies could be formed, arguing that benefits as well as harms should be considered. In 2007, Feilding convened the Global Cannabis Commission, producing a report authored by a group of leading drug policy analysts, which lays out a plan for possible reforms of cannabis control policies at national and international levels. 2011 saw Feilding bring together members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy Reform (a panel of world leaders and


title: "Gary Vaynerchuk" content: 600 employees in 2016, VaynerMedia grossed $100 million in revenue. The company also partnered with Vimeo to connect brands and filmmakers for digital content. In 2017 The Wall Street Journal reported that Vaynerchuk formed The Gallery, a new company that houses PureWow following its acquisition by Vaynerchuk and RSE Ventures along with other media and creative-content properties. PureWow CEO, Ryan Harwood, is The Gallery's CEO. A sister company to digital agency, VaynerMedia, Marketing Dive wrote that "joining forces with VaynerMedia grants access to increased video capabilities given the in-house teams and resources." Vaynerchuk has made a number of personal investments


title: "Gevorg Kasparov" content: a single match for Ulisses in the Champions League, Kasparov and Mkrtchyan returned to Mika. After returning to FC Mika, they finish championship in second place, and won Armenian Supercup after the first half of championship, Kasparov left Mika for Zob Ahan on loan. After he signed a contract with Zob Ahan for one year, but six month later, he returned FC Mika, with signing 6 months contract. In 2013/14 championship Kasparov participate in all matches in the second half of Championship and help Mika to achieve bronze medals. After the financical problems in Mika, Kasparov joined Alashkert to help


title: "Preservation Island" content: The northern section of the island is infested with African boxthorn, with much of the rest covered by "Poa" and "Stipa" grassland. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull and sooty oystercatcher. Brown quail also breed there. Land degradation by stock grazing has reduced numbers of burrowing seabirds. Reptiles present include the eastern blue-tongued lizard, tiger snake and white-lipped snake. Other islands in the Preservation Group with breeding seabirds include the Night Island, the Preservation Islets, and the Rum Island. Preservation Island Preservation Island is a low and undulating granite and calcarenite island, with


title: "Carlos Uresti" content: indictments by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The other indictment lists conspiracy to commit bribery and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Uersti is alleged to have taken money from Physicians Network Associates (PNA), which had a contract for medical services as the Reeves County Detention Center, which scheme continued through PNA's successor companies. The indictment claims acting Reeves County administrator, Judge Jimmy Galindo, conspired to approve the medical contract through the county commissioners court in exchange for


title: Ohayocon content: Ohayocon Ohayocon is a three-day anime convention typically held during January in Columbus, Ohio, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus and the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Ohayocon's name is derived from the similarity between "Ohio", the convention's location, and , which means "good morning" in Japanese. The convention typically offers an anime music contest, an artists' alley, costume contests, a dealers' room, a formal ball, a masquerade, musical events, panel discussions, a rave, table-top games, and video gaming. In 2007, the Midwest premiere of "" occurred at the Arena Grand Theatre during Ohayocon. In 2010, crowding was a problem during the


title: "Stanley Lebor" content: 1 episode "The Bengal Tiger", "The Naked Civil Servant", "Tarka the Otter", "Gandhi", "Grange Hill", "'Allo 'Allo!", "" and "Last of the Summer Wine". In 1986 he acted with Lynda Baron in a party political broadcast for the SDP–Liberal Alliance. Holocaust (1975) ~ Zalman Stanley Lebor Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, best known for his role as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy-drama series, "Ever Decreasing Circles" and the Mongon Doctor in "Flash Gordon" (1980) and as RSM Lord in "A Bridge Too Far" (1977). Before this, he was


title: "Jack Macpherson" content: stickers with the Mac Meda logo at his t-shirt shop ("The Branding Iron") in La Jolla. Stickers have adorned everything from walls to cars to the Galileo spacecraft that was launched in 1990, flew past Earth and the Moon and eventually (1995)went into orbit around the planet Jupiter. Despite the flow of beer and other alcoholic beverages, Jack Macpherson was known as a natural athlete; he was a champion cyclist who participated in long distance races; he was also adept in volleyball, diving, surfing and skiing. Macpherson was employed by the United States Postal Service as a letter carrier, primarily


title: "Madre del Buon Consiglio" content: painting of the saint in 1884, which apparently stopped an outbreak of cholera in the city in that year. 22 years later, the same painting appeared to clear the ash clouds from the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Vincenzo Vecchio designed the church in model of St. Peter's in Rome. The church was constructed between 1920 and 1940, on top of the ancient Catacombs of San Gennaro. It has become the destination of pilgrimages in the name of Maria di Gesù Landi. The church houses a number of works of art rescued from closed, damaged, or abandoned houses of worship


title: "Christ University" content: (now Christ University) was the first institution in South India to be re-accredited with A by NAAC. The university offers 46 undergraduate programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce and management, education, Law and engineering. Undergraduate programmes are of three-year duration except in the case of Bachelor of Education (BEd, two years), Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM, four years), Bachelor of Laws (LLB, five years), Bachelor of Technology (BTech, four years) and an integrated BTech/MTech or MBA (five years). Except for Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) programmes


title: "Delia (fly)" content: and Mongolia. Several important agricultural pests are "Delia" species, including "D. radicum", the cabbage maggot, "D. floralis", the turnip maggot, and "D. antiqua", the onion maggot. The larvae of these flies, which tunnel into roots and stems of host plants, can cause considerable agricultural yield losses. Although most members of this genus have larvae that feed on stems, flowers, and fruits of plants, a few others have larvae that are leaf miners. The larvae of Afrotropical "Delia" species are mainly phytophagous, and have been found in various cereal crops and grasses, including "Cynodon", "Secale", "Hordeum", "Setaria", "Pennisetum", "Chloris", "Sorghum", and


title: "MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel" content: criteria. HGL is used, instead of elevation, data because it is significantly more precise than elevation data. Because of elevation translates into 1 psi of pressure (for water), calculating pressure to 1 psi precision requires elevation data that's accurate to roughly . Normal elevation data that is accurate to the nearest will result in pressure that is accurate to roughly 4 psi. A 120.4 m (395 ft) HGL is used for design of the tunnel from Shaft D to Shaft NW at the Norumbega Reservoir, so water could continue to be stored for distribution to the Boston area. The remaining


title: "Tom Lockyer (cricketer)" content: Tom Lockyer (cricketer) Thomas "Tom" Lockyer (1 November 1826 in Croydon, Surrey – 22 December 1869 in Croydon) was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era. He was one of the outstanding wicket-keepers of the 19th century. Lockyer was a right-handed batsman. As well as keeping wicket, he also bowled right-arm fast-medium, roundarm, particularly in his final years with Surrey. His first-class career spanned the 1849 to 1866 seasons. He took 301 catches in 223 matches and made 123 stumpings. He took 119 wickets @ 19.73 with a best analysis of 6/33. He had 10 5wI and 1


title: "Giant freshwater stingray" content: "Himantura" is paraphyletic. The giant freshwater stingray has a thin, oval pectoral fin disc slightly longer than wide and broadest towards the front. The elongated snout has a wide base and a sharply pointed tip that projects beyond the disc. The eyes are minute and widely spaced; behind them are large spiracles. Between the nostrils is a short curtain of skin with a finely fringed posterior margin. The small mouth forms a gentle arch and contains four to seven papillae (two to four large at the center and one to four small to the sides) on the floor. The small


title: "William Hilton (British politician)" content: Labour politics saw him become agent to David Kirkwood, an Independent Labour Party member of parliament and militant "Red Clydesider". When Kirkwood retired from parliament in 1951, Hilton became national organiser of the Association of Building Technicians, subsequently taking up the post of research officer with the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives in 1953. In 1954 he was the author of "Building by Direct Labour: A National Survey". He first contested a parliamentary election in 1955, standing unsuccessfully at East Hertfordshire, a safe Conservative seat. At the next election in 1959 he contested the more marginal seat of Ealing


title: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" content: Roll Christmas"
 1994 Alvin and the Chipmunks and Patty Loveless for the album "A Very Merry Chipmunk"
 1995 Gary Hoey, for his album "Ho! Ho! Hoey II"
 1997 Hanson, for their album "Snowed In"
 1998 Cyndi Lauper, for her album "Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life"
 1999 Alabama, for their album "Christmas Vol. II" (this cover version peaked at No. 64 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart)
 1999 Element, for the compilation album "Happy Christmas Vol. 2"
 2000 Green Day, posted for their fans on their website greenday.com"
 2004


title: "Bengali Muslim wedding" content: traditional wedding is arranged by Ghotoks (matchmakers), who are generally friends or relatives of the couple, or sometimes just professional matchmakers. The Ghotoks facilitate the couple's introduction to the wedding guests, and are given special gifts called "Ghotokbidae" (lit., "bidding goodbye to the Ghotoks") if the alliance is agreed upon and the marriage is realized. Families traditionally seek their children's matches from the same caste, religion and social standing. In the case of an arranged marriage, if the aforementioned 'compatibility' factors are duly matched, only then is the pairing deemed a raj-jotak (an ideal match). Nowadays (as arranged marriages are


title: "Minnesota State Highway 332" content: Minnesota State Highway 332 Minnesota State Highway 332 (MN 332) was a short highway in north-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with US Highway 71 / State Highway 11 (US 71 / MN 11), immediately southwest of International Falls, and continued eastbound to its junction with U.S. Highway 53; then the roadway changed direction to northbound; continuing to its northern terminus at its intersection with Trunk Highway 11 on the northeast side of International Falls. MN 332 was in length. MN 332 was a short highway bypassing the south side of International Falls, serving as a dedicated truck route.


title: Qatar content: Kingdom signed a treaty with Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani to bring Qatar under its Trucial System of Administration. While Abdullah agreed not to enter into any relations with any other power without prior consent of the British government, the British guaranteed the protection of Qatar from all aggression by sea. On 5 May 1935, Abdullah signed another treaty with the British government which granted Qatar protection against internal and external threats. Oil reserves were first discovered in 1939. However, exploitation was delayed by World War II. The influence of the British Empire started diminishing after World War II,


title: "Raúl Velasco" content: de la radio". Furthermore, he wrote for "Cine Universal", "Cine Novelas" and "Cine Álbum". Velasco made his mark in the world of the theater when he became the head of the entertainment section of the "El heraldo de Mexico" newspaper. He also worked on the radio station Radio Variedades. In addition, he started working on the Independent Television of Mexico (TIM) as a host, first with the program "La reseña cinematografica de Acapulco", and then he participated in some open TV programs like "Confrontación 68", "Media Noche" and "Domingos espectaculares". After hard work, on December 13, 1969, "Siempre en Domingo"


title: "Red O'Quinn" content: Red O'Quinn John Williams "Red" O'Quinn (September 7, 1925 – April 21, 2002) was an gridiron football end. John Williams "Red" O'Quinn, Jr. was born in Bluett Falls, North Carolina. He graduated from Asheboro High School in Asheboro, North Carolina in 1943 and was inducted in the AHS Hall of Fame in 2004. O'Quinn played college football at Wake Forest University between 1946 and 1949. He was a star receiver, with 1974 career yards, his best year being 1948, when he led the nation with 39 catches for 605 yards and seven touchdowns. He was inducted into the Wake Forest


title: "Culture of Texas" content: In Houston, the annual Free Press Summer Fest is a major draw as well as the entertainment lineups at the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Notable music venues for Houston are Fitzgerald's, Warehouse Live, and Walter's among others. Many renowned musicians' origins are in Houston including Lyle Lovett, Beyoncé, Clint Black, The Crusaders, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Kenny Rogers as well as groups including D.R.I., Helstar, La Mafia, the Geto Boys, and ZZ Top. The Houston Symphony and Houston Grand Opera are both attractions of the Houston Theater District. Texas is well known for its love of football at all


title: "Doubrava (Karviná District)" content: discovery of coal in 1822. The digging of small coal mines began, most of which were later abandoned. In 1854–1855 two mines were dug, christened "Eleonora" and "Bettina". The majority of the local population worked in the coal mining industry. The local coal mines were later consolidated into a joint venture, "Důl Doubrava" (Doubrava Coal Mine). Tower of Bettina coal mine was detonated on 23 October 2006, tower of Eleonora coal mine was detonated on 2 November 2007. After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as


title: "Božidar Vuković" content: (). He was most likely born in town of Podgorica, where he did own a house and several parcels of land in its vicinity, as recorded even after his emigration to Western Europe when he grew up - the lands he owned were probably family heritage. This seems to be confirmed by the fact that his sister remained behind in Podgorica, probably in their family property. The origin of the Đurić family he belonged to is a bit more blurry, but it is possible that they hailed from the east, the Shkodër region, where it is known that Vuković also


title: "Korea Electric Power Corporation" content: 2007. KEPCO also holds an equity share in wind projects in Inner Mongolia and Riaoning, as well as in China's Shanxi Province. In 2010, a KEPCO-led consortium including Samsung C&T and Korean firm Techint was awarded a contract to build and operate the Norte II combined cycle gas power plant in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. In 2005, KEPCO began supplying electricity to the Kaesong Industrial Region in North Korea. In order to raise its fuel self-sufficiency rate to 60% by 2020, in 2010, KEPCO acquired the Bylong Coal Mine in Australia from Anglo American PLC. Also in 2010, KEPCO


title: "Heterotopia (medicine)" content: body regions are marked by expression of melanin. The Himalayan rabbit and the Siamese cat are examples of artificial selection on heterotopy, developed by breeders incidentally long before the concept was understood. The current theory is that people selected for stereotypical phenotypic patterns (dark extremities) that happened to be repeatedly produced given a typical temperature. This is perhaps the only known example of convergent mechanisms in artificial selection. The common human breeding cultures that breed the rabbits and cats tended to themselves favor the pattern, in a way closely mimicking the way that the underlying genetics that form flexible adaptations


title: "Robert Madgwick" content: Universities of Sydney and Queensland. Madgwick was frequently absent from his official duties from 1963 to 1966 due to ill health. Nevertheless, from 1964 to 1966, he served as chairman of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. In this capacity, he successfully fended off a decision from the Australian Universities Commission, headed by Leslie H. Martin, that distance (extension) education should not be a university function. Internal student enrolment had increased to 1396 in 1965, a year before Madgwick's retirement. The academic staff had grown from 65 in 1953 to 360 in 1966 and the general staff had increased from 100 in


title: "John Stollmeyer" content: John Stollmeyer John Michael Stollmeyer (born October 25, 1962 in Pittsburgh) is a retired United States soccer player. He played two seasons in Major Indoor Soccer League and one each in both the American Soccer League and the American Professional Soccer League. He also earned thirty-one caps with the U.S. national team from 1986 to 1990 and was a member of the U.S. team at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Stollmeyer, a native of Pennsylvania, attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Annandale, Virginia. In 1981, he was the National Amateur Soccer Athlete of the Year. In December 1980, he was


title: "Global Aviation Holdings" content: flew to the African continent with a link up to Virgin Nigeria Airlines, but all scheduled passenger service was discontinued in May 2008 as a result of the fuel price rise escalations of 2007-2008. Global Aviation Holdings had substantial fleet operations transiting through Atlanta ATL, New York (JFK), Baltimore Washington BWI, Dallas Ft. Worth DFW and Houston (IAH) on a regular basis. As of May 2013, Global Aviation Holdings had 14 wide-body transoceanic capable aircraft in its fleet: Global Aviation Holdings was expected to receive some Airbus A330-200F from an order placed by parent company MatlinPatterson prior to the shuttering


title: "Lucky Baldwin" content: an incredible stroke of good fortune, the stock price had rebounded to a spectacular level, creating a multimillion-dollar profit for Baldwin. Using new-found wealth, estimated to be about $2.5 million (or about $ today), he branched out in his investments. With the wealth generated through both his savvy and lucky investments, he was able to survive stock market crashes and bank failures. In 1875-76, he built the Baldwin Theater and Hotel ("the finest west of New York") which earned him headlines across the United States. During the summer of 1879, Baldwin was in South Lake Tahoe and spent time at


title: "Calystegia soldanella" content: Calystegia soldanella The morning glory Calystegia soldanella (syn. "Convolvulus soldanella") is a species of bindweed known by various common names such as seashore false bindweed, shore bindweed, shore convolvulus and beach morning glory. It is a perennial vine which grows in beach sand and other coastal habitats in temperate regions across the world. It is also known as 'The Prince's Flower' after Prince Charles Edward Stuart who sowed it on the Island of Eriskay,Scotland, when he landed there in 1745 to lead the Jacobite rising.[E. Dwelly Gaelic Dictionary (1911)] The plant bears fleshy stems, kidney-shaped leaves, and attractive morning glory


title: "Calystegia soldanella" content: flowers with corollas delicate pink to vivid lavender. They are insect-pollinated. In North America "Calystegia soldanella" is found on the west coast and selected areas of the east coast. In the United Kingdom it is widespread on the sandy coasts of England and Wales, less common in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is also widespread around the coast of Ireland Calystegia soldanella The morning glory Calystegia soldanella (syn. "Convolvulus soldanella") is a species of bindweed known by various common names such as seashore false bindweed, shore bindweed, shore convolvulus and beach morning glory. It is a perennial vine which grows


title: "Charles Dixon (ornithologist)" content: Charles Dixon (ornithologist) Charles Dixon (1858-17 June 1926) was an English ornithologist, born in London. He discovered the St Kilda wren and a new species in North Africa. He collaborated with Henry Seebohm on his great work on "British Birds", in the second volume of which he summarized and modified A. R. Wallace's theory of the relation between nests and coloration of birds. Elliott Coues wrote in the preface to the American edition of Dixon's book "Rural bird life" pointing out the originality of the observations made from the field and Julian Huxley noted Dixon for recognizing the value of


title: "Abronia latifolia" content: Abronia latifolia The perennial flower Abronia latifolia or Abronia arenaria (Menzies) is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to the Canada–United States border. The plant bears attractive neatly rounded heads of small, bright golden flowers. The individual flowers have no petals; rather, they are composed of yellow bracts forming a trumpet-shaped calyx about the stamens. It bears a small, winged fruit. The plant grows in succulent mats on sand or other coastal substrate. The roots are stout, fusiform and often several


title: "Abronia latifolia" content: feet long. These roots are edible, traditionally eaten by the Chinook Indians. This plant is seen exhibiting psammophory, a method by which plants save themselves from herbivores by attracting sand to their body making them difficult to be eaten. Abronia latifolia The perennial flower Abronia latifolia or Abronia arenaria (Menzies) is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to the Canada–United States border. The plant bears attractive neatly rounded heads of small, bright golden flowers. The individual flowers have no petals; rather,


title: "Ryan Smith (cornerback, born 1985)" content: graduate and be eligibile to play at a new college the next season. He re-united with Meyer in Florida for the University of Florida 2006 season, where he was a starter for the 2006 National champions. He declared for the 2007 NFL Draft despite having a year of eligibility remaining. Smith was drafted with the 206th pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans. On August 31, 2007 Smith was released by the Titans. Ryan Smith (cornerback, born 1985) Ryan Chauncey Smith (born July 17, 1985) is a former American football cornerback. He played for the Florida Gators


title: Antitermination content: conferred by these mutations suggest that they alter a domain of RNAP-beta’ that interacts specifically with nascent "PUT" RNA in the transcription elongation complex, but this idea has not been directly tested. The stability of the putative "PUT"-RNAP interaction and the nature of the "PUT"-induced modification to the elongation complex are unknown. Processive antitermination was first discovered in a bacteriophage, but examples have since been found in bacterial operons. The E. coli rrn operons are regulated by an antitermination mechanism that is dependent on sites that are closely related to lambda "boxA" and located promoter proximal to the 16S and


title: "Mass excess" content: the reactant, U, is 236. Because the actual mass is , its mass excess is +. Calculated in the same manner, the mass excess for the products, Kr, Ba, and three neutrons, are , and , respectively, for a total mass excess of . The difference between the mass excess of the reactants and that of the products is , which shows that the mass excess of the products is less than that of the reactants, and so the fission can occur – a calculation which could have also been done with only the masses of the reactants. The mass


title: "Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares" content: possibly painted after the battle of Fuenterrabía, a military success that was attributed to Olivares although he was not personally involved. The picture did not join the royal collection at the predecessor of the Prado Museum until a century later. The Count-Duke looks at the viewer, making sure all can witness his feat. The figure is viewed from a low viewpoint and his torso is turned back, making it look more slender; Olivares had a massive body and was rather clumsy, as seen in the portraits that Velazquez had done before. The horse raises its front legs, performing a somersault


title: "Emir Sultan Mosque" content: Emir Sultan Mosque Emir Sultan Mosque () is a mosque in Bursa, Turkey. First built in the 14th century, it was rebuilt in 1804 upon the orders of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III, and re-built again in 1868, along slightly varying plans each time. Emir Sultan, also known as Şemseddin Mehmed Ali el-Hüseyin el Buhari, was a dervish and scholar from Bukhara and also the advisor and son-in-law of the Ottoman Sultan Sultan, Bayezid I. The present-day mosque, bearing his epithet Emir Sultan, and situated in Bursa quarter of the same name (although written contiguously, as “Emirsultan”), was built after


title: "Emir Sultan Mosque" content: the collapse of the original 14th-century monument in the 1766 earthquake. Although the materials and the location were maintained, the style was adjusted to reflect the baroque design that came into fashion in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century. Following 1855 Bursa earthquake, the mosque and the mausoleum () of Emir Sultan was rebuilt again in 1868 (1285 A.H) by Sultan Abdülaziz. The mosque and mausoleum stand on opposite sides of a large courtyard with large basin at the entrance. The courtyard entrances are on the east and the west and the mosque and mausoleum are accessed through the


title: "Emir Sultan Mosque" content: courtyard. A wooden arcade with pointed arches wraps around the courtyard and rises to form portals with tall domes at bays leading into the buildings. The mosque, on the south, is a tall single-unit prayer hall of masonry construction. There are two minarets at its corners on the north. The mausoleum, also on the south, is composed of a domed room in the center and smaller rooms to its sides and houses the tombs of Emir Sultan and his family. Other rooms on the north corner of the courtyard are for use by imams. An old cemetery covers the downside


title: "Emir Sultan Mosque" content: of the hill from the complex. Hundi Hatun, the wife of Emir Sultan and daughter of Bayezid I, built the hamam to the south of the mosque. There are numerous historic fountains scattered around the complex (külliye); the earliest dating from 1743. Emir Sultan Mosque Emir Sultan Mosque () is a mosque in Bursa, Turkey. First built in the 14th century, it was rebuilt in 1804 upon the orders of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III, and re-built again in 1868, along slightly varying plans each time. Emir Sultan, also known as Şemseddin Mehmed Ali el-Hüseyin el Buhari, was a dervish


title: "Ohio State Route 79" content: Lake ending at SR 157. In 1959, SR 79 took over most of the routing of SR 157 to end at SR 37, its current southern terminus. This extension occurred around the same time of the completion of I-70 in the area. Except for reroutings onto expressways in Hebron and Newark, the route has not experienced any other major changes. Until 2005, State Route 79 Alternate (SR 79A) was a alternate route of SR 79. SR 79A split from SR 79 south of Hebron. SR 79 bypasses Hebron to the east, while SR 79A, or Business Route 79, ran through


title: "HMS Troubridge (R00)" content: HMS Troubridge (R00) HMS "Troubridge" was an T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. "Troubridge" was one of eight T-class destroyers ordered as the 6th Emergency Flotilla on 14 March 1941. The T-class were War Emergency Programme destroyers, intended for general duties, including use as anti-submarine escort, and were to be suitable for mass-production. They were based on the hull and machinery of the pre-war J-class destoyers, but with a lighter armament (effectively whatever armament was available) in order to speed production. The T-class were almost identical to the S-class ordered as


title: "National Negro Congress" content: the struggle of black and white workers. In addition to the racial division that existed among larger, powerful union was the wage black workers were earning in contrast to the white workers. For example, in the book "the National Negro Congress: A Reassessment" by Lawrence S. Wittner, the author explains the miserable conditions suffered by African-Americans workers and their generally low wages. Blacks had a crucial position in the emerging struggle, as well as a vital stake in it. In 1936, there were perhaps as many as 85,000 Negro steelworkers- 20 per cent of the laborers and 6 per cents


title: "39th District corruption scandal" content: achieved notoriety for being the subject of a murder case that arose in the aftermath of the corruption scandal, resulting in his release from prison on December 30, 1996. Key figures in his conviction (and release) were PPD officer Thomas Ryan and Pamela Jenkins, who also played roles in the more famous trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Carter, a former heroin dealer, was sentenced in 1988 to life imprisonment for the slaying of Robert "Puppet" Harris, of North Gratz Street, at the Pike Bar in North Philadelphia on September 18, 1986. His conviction was secured largely on the testimony of Pamela


title: "George P. Codd" content: George P. Codd George Pierre Codd (December 7, 1869 – February 16, 1927) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Codd was born on December 7, 1869, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George C. Codd and Eunice Lawrence. His father had a long history of public service, including stints as postmaster of Detroit, sheriff of Wayne County, Michigan, and as a member of the Detroit City Council. The younger Codd attended the public schools in Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1891 with a Bachelor of Arts. While attending Michigan, Codd


title: "Song of the Open Road" content: scenes with W. C. Fields due to Fields' alcoholism. After lunch hour he was often nowhere to be found. This problem was solved by luring Fields into his truck early in the day and removing the ladder. Fields would often rant and complain before eventually falling asleep. Although Fields often made fun of singers and singing in general, he had a fondness for the promising young singer Jane Powell and even referred to her (as "little Janie Powell") on one of his CBS radio broadcasts (preserved on transcription discs). Powell sang several songs in the film and made such an


title: "Colored music notation" content: Colored music notation Colored music notation is a technique used to facilitate enhanced learning in young music students by adding visual color to written musical notation. It is based upon the concept that color can affect the observer in various ways, and combines this with standard learning of basic notation. Viewing color has been widely shown to change an individual's emotional state and stimulate neurons. The Lüscher color test observes from experiments that when individuals are required to contemplate pure red for varying lengths of time, [the experiments] have shown that this color decidedly has a stimulating effect on the


title: "Lesser noctule" content: to parkland and urban areas and frequently roosts in buildings. In most parts of its range the lesser noctule is rare, however in Ireland it is much more common, being the island's largest and third most common bat species. Due to the lesser noctule's ubiquity in Ireland, the island is also considered it's global stronghold. In Britain it is known from a few colonies in England and Wales with occasional wanderers reaching Scotland. Threats to its survival include declines in large insects, loss of forest and hollow trees and toxic chemicals found in treated timber in buildings. The bats emerge


title: "Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007" content: Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (ERT) broadcasts the event in Greece each year and organizes the selection process for its entry. From 2004 to 2006, ERT had selected high-profile artists internally and set up national finals to choose the song, while for 2007 it held a televised national final to choose both the song and performer. As every other year since his first participation in the 2004 contest, ERT asked Sakis Rouvas to represent Greece but he did not accept. The national final took place on February 28, 2007 at the Athinon Arena, at 9:00 PM CET with hosts Fotis Sergoulopoulos and


title: "Jonathan Wade" content: was at the University of Tennessee. He was named All-American in 2005 for both indoor and outdoor track. Wade also anchored Tennessee's 2003 SEC champion and NCAA outdoor runner-up 4 x 100 metres relay team. His personal bests are 6.67 seconds in the 60 meters, 10.15 seconds in the 100 meters and 20.58 seconds in the 200 meters. Jonathon Wade was the 84th pick overall in the 2007 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. Wade signed a three-year deal worth $1.635 million that included a signing bonus of $516,375 Over the course of his rookie season at cornerback, Wade


title: "Lake Granbury" content: Lake Granbury Lake Granbury is a North Texas reservoir near Granbury, Texas. It was created in 1969 and is one of three lakes damming the Brazos River. Lake Granbury is contained by the De Cordova Bend Dam and is a long, narrow lake, encompassed by 103 miles (221 km) of shoreline. The lake is controlled by the Brazos River Authority in Granbury. The lake was first proposed in the late 1950s. Construction began on the Cordova Bend Dam on December 15, 1966 by Zachry Construction Company. Impoundment of water began on September 15, 1969. The proposed construction of the De


title: "Yancy Derringer" content: the family plantation, Waverly. Yancy's recurring love interest is Madame Francine (played by Frances Bergen, mother of Candice Bergen), the strong-willed, beautiful owner of a members-only gambling house in New Orleans. Her real name is Nora and she is actually Irish. Bridget Malone (played by Margaret Field, mother of Sally Field) is an Irish lass recently arrived from Ireland, originally endangered by the ship's crew but rescued by Derringer. Miss Mandarin, Mei Ling, a former love interest and close friend of Yancy, is the proprietor of his favorite place to dine, the Sazerac Restaurant. Yancy also sometimes dines, usually "al


title: "Casey Dellacqua" content: $25,000 tournaments together in 2011. Dellacqua's final tournament of the year was the "Australian Open Wildcard Playoff" where Casey was the hot favourite to win after her 30 match winning streak. Dellacqua was stunned in her first round-robin match by then 15-year-old Ashleigh Barty in straight sets. Barty went on a giant killing run to win the tournament. Dellacqua did recover from the first loss and won her next two round-robin matches comfortably but was unable to reach the semifinals because of the first loss. Dellacqua was rewarded from her good year though and was given a direct entry wildcard


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: Lagoa das Sete Cidades Lagoa das Sete Cidades (, "Lagoon of the Seven Cities") is a twin lake situated in the crater of a dormant volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It consists of two small, ecologically different lakes connected by a narrow strait, which is crossed by a bridge. The volcano is located on the western third of the island of São Miguel. The Lagoa das Sete Cidades part of a natural landscape of communitarian interest: it is the largest body of water in the region and one of the most important freshwater resources in the archipelago.


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: The ancient story recounts the tale of a bad-tempered widower King and his daughter in a Kingdom in the Western Sea. He was a King, Lord of Alchemy and sorcerer, who lived exclusively for his daughter, Antília, and who would not let the Princess speak to anyone. Apart from the King, the Princess was raised by an old nurse, after the Queen had died. As the years progressed, the princess grew up to be a beautiful young woman and able to attract the attentions of any boy in the kingdom. However, the King restricted her movements to the castle and


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: garden, and few ever saw her. But, unintimidated by her father, and with the help of the nurse, she escaped to the local hills and valleys, as her father slept after his lunch. During one of her escape adventures, she heard a song: the music was beautiful and enchanted her to follow it to its origins. Hiding from view, the princess found a young shepherd playing a flute, sitting on top of a hill. For weeks she returned, listening to the young shepherd, until she was discovered behind some bushes. The shepherd boy fell in love with the princess, and


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: they continued to meet afterwards, talking, laughing and enjoying each other's company, until the boy decided to ask the princess in marriage. Early in the morning, the couple knocked on the door of the Castle, and asked the servants to speak to the King. Very nervous but determined, the shepherd asked the King for his daughter in marriage. Reacting angrily, the King refused and expelled him from the Castle, and forbade his daughter from seeing the young boy. Not wishing more ill feelings, she followed the orders of her father, but met secretly with the shepherd that afternoon in order


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: to tell him that she would never see him again. Antília and the shepherd boy cried all afternoon, embracing, and their tears formed two beautiful lakes, one green, for the Princess's eyes were green, and the other blue, for the shepherd's eyes were likewise colored. The lake is situated within the caldera of the Sete Cidades Massif, an ancient volcano built on various layers of ash, pyroclasts and trachyte and basaltic lavas. It is a stratovolcano constructed from alternating phases of explosive and effusive ejecta, from dominantly basaltic pre-caldera eruptions, a trachytic caldera-forming stage and a post-caldera stage consisting of


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: alternating trachytic and basaltic eruptions. The caldera-forming eruption was triggered by a basaltic injection into a shallow trachytic magma chamber. These geomorphological structures allowed varying hydrochemical properties and produced many types of springs and water circulation networks (Coutinho et al., 1996). Generally, formations with good hydrodynamic properties include areas with lava flows, basaltic pyroclasts and/or pumice, while solidified Ignimbrites, conditioned by high temperatures and paleosols, such as ash, have produced impermeable conditions. The aquifers are dependent on reduced permeability, or secondary volcanoes with hydrogeologically significant volumes. Consequently, the accumulation of ash at the bottom of the craters and caldera has


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: conditioned the formation of lakes. Although, hydrologically, the "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" is one lake, most refer to it as two separate bodies: Lagoa Verde and Lagoa Azul. Literally, the "Green Lake" and the "Blue Lake" (respectively), they are so named because each side of the lake reflects the sunlight in different colors. In the middle of the twentieth century, the destruction of forested areas in the natural catchment area of the lake, and their transformation into grassland and pasture, increased the runoff of nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, from the steep land. Lacking a domestic sewage system until recently,


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: the community of Sete Cidades contributed to gradual pressures on the ecosystem, resulting in an overabundant development of rooted aquatic macrophytes and algae in the water bodies. The eutrophication of the "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" lakes, due to nutrient enrichment was enhanced by human agricultural and domestic activities, began to be noticed in 1987 and led to the implementation of a monitoring program. Measurements taken at the time, that included the examination of Carlson's Trophic state index, the measure of Chlorophyll, inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in the water column were made, showing increases in all measures. While phytoplankton populations varied


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: throughout the year in the "Lagoa Azul", the presence of phytoplankton in the "Lagoa Verde" persisted annually, dominated by Cyanobacteria. When temperature, light and nutrient availability are adequate to phytoplankton growth, surface waters may host algae or cyanobacteria blooms. In eutrophic waters, cyanobacteria often dominate the summer and early autumn phytoplankton, while during winter and spring they are replaced by diatoms. As the existence of a eutrophication process in Sete Cidades lake was already known since the 1980s, the rise of cyanobacteria blooms was not unexpected by 2000. Although average total phosphorus concentration inside the lake was not very high,


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: concentrations found in winter samples proved that there was an important runoff of fertilised water from the watershed. High levels of cynotoxins were found in 2002 in the "Blue Lake". Lake water within the watershed is not potable, but recreational use, like swimming and windsurfing, were common practices, although advisories were placed along the lakes to warn of bloom toxicity and associated health dangers. Although the lake's water quality has improved since 2000, Cyanobacteria blooms have negatively affected the situation in the lake. Consequently, the Regional Government began preparation of a new territorial examination of the situation within the crater.


title: "Lagoa das Sete Cidades" content: The Plano de Ordenamento da Bacia Hidrográfica da Lagoa das Sete Cidades (POBHLSC) ("") was implemented to evaluate the conditions of the lake, establish methods of interdiction and monitorization of landuse initiatives. Lagoa das Sete Cidades Lagoa das Sete Cidades (, "Lagoon of the Seven Cities") is a twin lake situated in the crater of a dormant volcano on the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. It consists of two small, ecologically different lakes connected by a narrow strait, which is crossed by a bridge. The volcano is located on the western third of the island of São Miguel. The Lagoa