title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: would become a "corporate money-making venture". Mittal said he was immediately interested in "Orbit" after he remembered the excitement that surrounded the announcement that London had won the Olympic bid. He saw it as an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for London, showcase the "unique qualities of steel" and play a role in the regeneration of Stratford. Mittal said of his involvement in the project, "I live in London – I’ve lived here since 1997 – and I think it’s a wonderful city. This project is an incredible opportunity to build something really spectacular for London, for the Olympic


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: Games and something that will play a lasting role in the legacy of the Games." Advisory panel member and director of the Tate gallery, Nicholas Serota, said "Orbit" was "the perfect answer to the question of how sport and art come together", and praised Mittal's "really impressive piece of patronage" for supporting a "great commission". In October 2015 Len Duvall, a Labour member of the London Assembly, stated that the tower was losing £520,000 a year; LLDC said they had revised their visitor target from 350,000 to 150,000 per year. Overall reception to "Orbit" was mixed, but mostly negative. With


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: regard to its potential as a lasting visitor attraction, "The Guardian's" Mark Brown reflected on the mixed fortunes of other large symbolic London visitor attractions such as the popular, but loss-making, Thames Tunnel; the Skylon structure, dismantled on the orders of Winston Churchill; and the successful London Eye. When plans were first reported for an Olympic tower, the media pointed to a manifesto pledge of Johnson's to crack down on tall buildings, in order to preserve London's "precious" skyline. "The Times" criticised the idea as a vanity project of Johnson's, with a design "matching his bravado", built to "seal his


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: legacy", surmising it would be compared to other similar vanity projects such as the "wedding cake", the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II built in Rome, or the Neutrality Arch, a rotating golden statue erected by Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov, while comparing Johnson to Ozymandias. Art critic Brian Sewell said "Our country is littered with public art of absolutely no merit. We are entering a new period of fascist gigantism. These are monuments to egos and you couldn't find a more monumental ego than Boris." Describing it as looking like a "catastrophic collision between two cranes", the "Daily Mail" reported how


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: the structure had been immediately nicknamed the 'Eyeful Tower', as well as reflecting specific Internet comments of it being 'a rollercoaster that costs £19 million a go', or that it resembled 'twisted spaghetti', 'horrific squiggles' and 'Meccano on crack'. "The Times" also reported the description of it being the "Godzilla of public art". In October 2012, ArcelorMittal Orbit was nominated and made the "Building Design" magazine shortlist for the Carbuncle Cup—an award for the worst British building completed in the past year, which was ultimately awarded to the Cutty Sark renovation. Jay Merrick of "The Independent" said that "[Orbit's] sculptural


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: power lies in its ability to suggest an unfinished form in the process of becoming something else", describing how its artistic riskiness elevated it above the banal artworks of the public art movement that have been built elsewhere in Britain's towns and cities. Merrick was of the opinion that it would be either loved or hated, being a design which is "beautifully fractious, and not quite knowable". Jonathan Glancey of "The Guardian" described "Orbit" as "Olympian in ambition" and a "fusion between striking art and daring engineering", and said that, the Aquatics Centre apart, it represented the architecturally striking Joker


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: in the pack, given that the rest of the landscaping and architecture for the Games "promises little to get excited about". He believed it would become a "genuine eyecatcher" for the Olympics television coverage, with its extraordinary form being a "strange and enticing marriage of sorts" between the Eiffel Tower and the un-built early Soviet era Tatlin's Tower, with the biblical Tower of Babel as "best man". Richard Morrison of "The Times" described "Orbit" as "like an enormous wire-mesh fence that has got hopelessly snagged round the bell of a giant french horn", adding that it "seems like an awful


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: lot of trouble just to look at East London", in comparison to a music hall comedian's refrain at the $16 million cost of the Brooklyn Bridge. Morrison not only compared Johnson to Ozymandias, but also to the 20th century dictators Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Nicolae Ceauşescu, in their acts of "phallic politics" in building grandiose monuments. Criticising the lack of public involvement, he described how it would be an "undesired intrusion by the few into the consciousness of the many". He feared that it could become one of the many "thousands of naff eyesores" of recent public art in


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: Britain, citing the embracing couple at St Pancras station ("The Meeting Place"), the Dockland's "Traffic Light tree", and the proposed Rotherhithe Tunnel 'match-stick man' tribute to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as London based examples. Fellow "Times" writer Tom Dyckhoff, while calling it "a gift to the tabloids" and a "giant Mr. Messy", questioned whether the Olympic site needed another pointless icon, postulating whether it would stand the test of time like the London Eye and become a true icon to match the Eiffel Tower, or a hopeless white elephant. Suggesting the project had echoes of Tatlin's Monument to the Third International,


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: and especially Constant Nieuwenhuys' utopian city New Babylon, he asked whether "Orbit" was just as revolutionary or possessed the same ideological purpose, or whether it was merely "a giant advert for one of the world’s biggest multinationals, sweetened with a bit of fun". Rowan Moore of "The Guardian" questioned if it was going to be anything more than a folly, or whether it would be as eloquent as the Statue of Liberty. He speculated that the project might mark the time when society stops using large iconic projects as a tool for lifting areas out of deprivation. He questioned its


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: ability to draw people's attention to Stratford after the Games, in a similar manner to the successes of the Angel of the North or the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. He also questioned the piece's ability to strike a chord like the Angel, which he believed had at least "created a feelgood factor and sense of pride" in Gateshead, or whether it would simply become one of the "many more unloved rotting wrecks that no one has the nerve to demolish". He postulated that the addition of stairs and a lift made "Orbit" less succinct than Kapoor's previous successful works, while ultimately


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: he said "hard to see what the big idea is, beyond the idea of making something big". Fellow "Guardian" writer John Graham-Cumming rejected comparisons to icons like the Eiffel Tower, which had itself not been intended to be a lasting monument, only persisting into public acceptance as art through being useful; he also pointed out the Colossus of Rhodes collapsed within a few decades, and the Tower of Babel was "constructed to glorify those that constructed it." He suggested that Johnson should reconsider whether it should be pulled down after 20 years. Questioning its corporate role, he believed that meant


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: it looked less and less like a work of art and more like a vanity project. In an online poll published by "The Guardian", 38.6% of readers considered it a "grand design", while 61.4% for considered it "garbage". Responding to concerns from "The Times" that ArcelorMittal's sponsorship and naming of "Orbit" would represent an improper incursion of corporate branding into public life, Johnson stated that Olympic rules mean that it cannot carry any corporate branding during the games. Felicity Carus of "The Guardian's" environment blog questioned whether ArcelorMittal's record on carbon emissions was good enough to mean Orbit represented a


title: "ArcelorMittal Orbit" content: fitting monument for the 2012 Olympics, billed as a 'world's first sustainable Olympics'. Despite this criticism, it has been included in the new 2015 design of the British passport. The advisory panel consisted of: In announcing the winning design, Johnson thanked the Greater London Authority, the Olympic Delivery Authority and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, as well as David McAlpine and Philip Dilley of Arup, and Sir Robin Wales and Jules Pipe for their involvement and support in the project. ArcelorMittal Orbit The ArcelorMittal "Orbit (often referred to as the Orbit Tower or its


title: "Yuliya Zaripova" content: involved including Zaripova. On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Zaripova's results from July 20, 2011 to July 25, 2013. Zaripova was stripped of her 2011 World Championships gold medal and her 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal. On 21 November 2016, the International Olympic Committee IOC announced that Yulia Zaripova tested positive for the anabolic steroid Turinabol on a urine sample she provided after the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 6, 2012. Yuliya Zaripova Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova (, née Ivanova (), divorced Zarudneva (); born 26 April 1986 in Svetly


title: "British Library, Add. 14453" content: 20:25. Written in one column per page, in 22-27 lines per page. The writing is a large, regular Estrangela. Folio 173 was repaired with paper about the 12th century. The text is divided according to the chapters similar to the of the Greek manuscripts, which were inserted by two later hands; there are lectionary markings added by a later hand. Formerly it belonged to the monastery of St. Mary Deipara in the Wadi El Natrun. In 1842 it was brought to England, with the other 500 manuscripts. The manuscript was examined and described by Wright. The manuscript is housed at


title: "Doreen Cannon" content: the last 17 years and is considered one of the top acting coaches in the United Kingdom Her acting book In Depth Acting was published in June 2012 by Oberon Books And she has recently compiled/edited two monologue books published in Sep 2014 by Oberon Books There is a tribute page for Doreen www.deeactors.com Doreen Cannon died on 18 September 1995. www.deeactors.com Doreen Cannon Doreen Cannon (21 October 1930) was born and raised in New York City. She trained as an actress at the HB Studio in Manhattan for over 10 years with the famous Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.


title: "Shia Islam in Afghanistan" content: Khan. Shia Islam in Afghanistan Shia Islam in Afghanistan is practiced by a minority of the population; estimates vary from 7% to 15% or 20%. Afghan Shia are primarily the Twelvers, while a minority are Ismailis. The majority of Afghan Shia are Twelvers, primarily of the Hazara ethnicity. The next-largest Twelver community are the Farsiwan of the western Herat and Farah provinces. Other, far smaller, Afghan Twelver communities include the Bayat and Qizilbash populations, as well as some of those who claim to be Sayeds. A smaller portion of Afghan Shia are Nizari Ismailis; these populations include many of the


title: "Grace Episcopal Church (Hopkinsville, Kentucky)" content: Commons is open to the public, not just members of Grace Episcopal Church. It is located at the corner of Seventh and Liberty Streets facing the main parish building. There are two entrances into the labyrinth, one with steps descending from a parking lot on Sixth Street and another that is wheelchair-accessible from Seventh Street. Grace Episcopal Church gained the site now occupied by the Commons in November 2004. It was purchased by the parish with an endowment and an anonymous donation. The locally renowned Latham Hotel once stood on part of the property before a fire destroyed it in


title: "Amber Rudd" content: is] unlikely to be the factor that triggered the shift in serious violence, but may be an underlying driver that has allowed the rise to continue". Rudd had denied that falling police numbers contributed to increased crime. Yvette Cooper wrote, "This is shocking. Surely Home Office officials sent the document to Home Sec, to junior ministers and to special advisors? Cant imagine a department withholding from decision makers the evidence & analysis it did for a new strategy. Something has gone very wrong in Home Office". In April 2018, it was reported that the British government had threatened the children


title: "Fred Jackson (American football coach)" content: Fred Jackson (American football coach) Fred Jackson (born June 9, 1950) is an American football coach and former player. He was previously the running backs coach at the University of Michigan. In 2014, he was the longest tenured member of the Michigan Wolverines football coaching staff, having been with the program since 1992. Jackson served on the staffs of Gary Moeller, Lloyd Carr, Rich Rodriguez, and Brady Hoke. In addition to coaching running backs, Jackson served as Michigan's offensive coordinator (1995–1996), assistant head coach (1997–2002), and associate head coach (2003–2007). He was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually


title: "Siranush Andriasian" content: Siranush Andriasian Siranush Andriasian (, born 4 January 1986) is an Armenian chess International Master. She is a three-time Armenian Women Chess Champion and has won a bronze medal at the European Team Chess Championship for Armenia. Andriasian was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title in 2005. She won the under-10 girls Armenian Championship in 1994 and 1995, the under-14 girls Armenian Championship in 1999 and 2000, and the under-18 girls Armenian Championship in 2001 and 2004. At the under-10 European Youth Chess Championship, Andriasian came in third place. Andriasian won the senior Armenian Chess Championship thrice in 2006,


title: "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Photographic Preservation Project" content: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Photographic Preservation Project The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Photographic Preservation Project began in 2007 as a four-phase initiative to improve the preservation of significant photographic collections held within historically black colleges and universities in the United States ("HBCUs"). These collections document the visual and institutional history and legacy of HBCUs and form a core of primary research materials for the study of African American history. Ten HBCU institutions are participants. The HBCU project is funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Partners in the administration of the project include LYRASIS, the


title: "5th Field Artillery Regiment" content: received the Medal of Honor for gallantry and leadership at Firebase Rita. The battalion won eleven campaign streamers for their actions in the Republic of Vietnam. The 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery deployed in January 1991 for Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm and became the first artillery unit in the division to be credited with destroying an Iraqi tank with a Copperhead projectile. "Hamilton's Own" also participated in the largest artillery raid ever conducted. The unit earned the Defense of Saudi Arabia and the Liberation and Defense of Kuwait streamers. The 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery deployed in September


title: "Innenstadt, Cologne" content: Innenstadt, Cologne Innenstadt () is the central city district ("Stadtbezirk") of the City of Cologne in Germany. The district was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the Gründerzeit era new town (Neustadt) plus the right-Rhenish district of Deutz. Innenstadt has about 127,000 inhabitants (as of December 2008) and covers an area of 16.4 square kilometres. Innenstadt is made up of five "Stadtteile" (city parts): Among the landmarks in Innenstadt are Cologne Cathedral, the twelve romanesque churches of Cologne (St. Andreas, St. Aposteln, St. Cäcilien, St. Georg, St. Gereon, St. Kunibert,


title: "Innenstadt, Cologne" content: St. Maria im Kapitol, St. Maria Lyskirchen, Groß St. Martin, St. Pantaleon, St. Severin and St. Ursula) and the 14th century Cologne City Hall (Kölner Rathaus). Several high rise structures were built over the last years as landmarks for Veedel (city quarters) within the district, most notably "KölnTurm" at MediaPark and the three "Kranhaus" buildings at Rheinauhafen. As the business center of Cologne, the Innenstadt is well served by numerous railway stations and highway. The largest train station is Köln Hauptbahnhof, other stations include Köln Messe/Deutz, Köln Hansaring, Köln West and Köln Süd station, as well as a dense net


title: "Innenstadt, Cologne" content: of Cologne Stadtbahn tram and U-Bahn stations. The Cologne Ring (Kölner Ringe) is a city boulevard, encircling the old town of Cologne. It is part of Bundesstraße 55 and picks up several principal arterial roads, which lead into adjacent city districts. Innenstadt, Cologne Innenstadt () is the central city district ("Stadtbezirk") of the City of Cologne in Germany. The district was established with the last communal land reform in 1975, and comprises Cologne's historic old town (Altstadt), the Gründerzeit era new town (Neustadt) plus the right-Rhenish district of Deutz. Innenstadt has about 127,000 inhabitants (as of December 2008) and covers


title: "The Splendid Source" content: onto its roof. The Quahog group arrive at a Washington hotel and locate Sal, who is reluctant to reveal the source of the joke. He races away on a handcart through Washington. Losing track of Sal, they are soon captured by several men in black suits who pistol-whip them until they are unconscious. Kidnapped and thrown on a plane, they land on a remote island. They are led by the men in suits through a jungle wilderness to a large stone temple. The Dean of the Secret Order of Dirty Joke Writers appears from the shadows and leads the group


title: "O2 (UK)" content: UK. The deal was subject to regulatory approval. The European Commission decided in December 2015 not to refer Hutchison's takeover of Telefónica's O2 business in the UK to the country's Competition and Markets Authority, which had asked to be allowed to investigate the planned acquisition, arguing that as the British competition regulator, it – and not the Commission – should have the right to rule on the 'transaction', which it argued 'threatens to affect significantly competition in the UK retail mobile and wholesale mobile markets', claiming that its investigation of the takeover would 'avoid duplication and fragmentation'. On 11 May


title: "BFGF (TV series)" content: getting to know each other, hating each other and later on building their friendship. The second season starts with Claring being enrolled with the same College with Kean and his friends. In this season, Kean and Claring are getting more confused with their relationship as friends. It gets more complicated as Claring accepts exclusive dating status with her longtime suitor Jackson and Kean's former girlfriend Chanel tries to win him back. The Third season starts with Claring getting a new job, so she can resign from being Kean's nanny, because she can't stay longer with Kean because of his soon


title: "Air Force School Coimbatore" content: temporary building with the aim of providing comprehensive education to the children of Officers and Airmen of the Indian Air Force. The school got its permanent building in Red Fields Coimbatore-641018. Air Force School, Red Fields, Coimbatore is run by the IAF Educational and Cultural Society. Although the school was established primarily for the benefit of children belonging to IAF personnel, it has been always open to the wards of Army and Navy personnel, as well as to civilians. The Board of Managing Committee of the School is headed by the Commandant AFAC (Air Force Administrative College)Red Fields, Coimbatore-641018 which


title: Oregon content: Oregon's population comprised 361,393 foreign-born residents. Of the foreign-born residents, the three largest groups are originally from countries in: Latin America (47.8%), Asia (27.4%), and Europe (16.5%). Oregon has frequently been cited by statistical agencies for having a smaller percentage of religious communities than other U.S. states. According to a 2009 Gallup poll, Oregon was paired with Vermont as the two "least religious" states in the United States. In the same 2009 Gallup poll, 69% of Oregonians identified themselves as being Christian. The largest Christian denominations in Oregon by number of adherents in 2010 were the Roman Catholic Church with


title: "Prehistoric Indonesia" content: 45,000 years ago. Many but not all Southeast Asian Homo sapiens fossils prior to about 8,000 BCE have been identified as the members of the Australoid group of peoples. They survive in isolated pockets in Malaya (Semang) and the Philippines today as the black-skinned, wiry-haired negritos, related to Papuan (Melanesian) and Australian Aborigines. Australoid still formed as the significant inhabitant of Eastern Indonesian(West Papua) archipelago. More dominantly in New Guinea island, while in Maluku and East Nusa Tenggara (eastern part of Lesser Sunda Islands) archipelago. Genetic study revealed that in western Papua there is a significant genetic admixture between Australoid


title: "Punakha Dzong" content: of the Government of Bhutan until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion. The Dzong is located between the Pho Chhu (Male) and Mo Chhu (Female) river in the Punakha–valley. The source of the Mo chu river is in the northern hills of Lighsi and Laya in Bhutan, and in Tibet. The Po Chu River is fed by glaciers in the Lunana region of the Punakha valley. After the confluence of these two rivers, the main river is known as Puna Tsang chu or Sankosh


title: "Nonviolent Soldier of Islam" content: Nonviolent Soldier of Islam Nonviolent Soldier of Islam is a biography of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), an ally of Gandhi's in the Indian independence movement. Originally written by Eknath Easwaran in English, foreign editions have also been published in Arabic and several other languages. The book was originally published in the United States in 1984 as A Man to Match His Mountains: Badshah Khan, nonviolent soldier of Islam. A second edition was published in 1999 with the title Nonviolent soldier of Islam: Badshah Khan, a man to match his mountains. Both editions include an afterword by Timothy Flinders. The


title: "Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim" content: Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim Hanina [Hananyah] Segan ha-Kohanim (, lit. ""R. Hanina (Hananiah) [the] Segan (Deputy) Ha-Kohanim (High priest)"") was of the first Generation of the Jewish Tanna sages. He lived during the destruction of Second Temple of Jerusalem, and had testified, following that event, on what he had seen occur on the Holy Temple. He was the son Rabbi Simeon ben ha-Segan. The book "Yihusei Tanna'im ve-Amora'im" cites that he was killed along with Shimon ben Gamliel and Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen. It is said that he was one of the Ten Martyrs, and was killed on 25th of Sivan


title: "United Nations Security Council Resolution 976" content: were required to ensure the safety, security and freedom of movement of UNAVEM III and other personnel. United Nations Security Council Resolution 976 United Nations Security Council resolution 976, adopted unanimously on 8 February 1995, after reaffirming resolutions 696 (1991) and all subsequent resolutions on Angola, the Council authorised the establishment of a new peacekeeping mission in the country, the United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III) with an initial mandate ending on 8 August 1995. The Lusaka Protocol was signed on 20 November 1994 and its importance and implementation was stressed to the Government of Angola and UNITA.


title: "Kukkuta Sastra" content: drew attention to an Indus seal from Mohenjo-daro, which has an inscription featuring the Indus ideogram for "city" and a pair of cocks, inferring that "the Indus seal has recorded in the Indus script the original Dravidian name of the city, IA "kukkuta-arma", with the ideographic suffix CITY added to it". Similarly, kukkuta sastra as a form of divination is also exampled within Javanese-Balinese religious understanding as revealed within "Tatempuran, Javanese-Balinese prose treatise on marks of fighting-cocks, divination of cock-fighting" and "palm leaf notes on divination referring to fighting cocks" found within the inventory of the library of the University


title: "Psalm 121" content: Psalm 121 Psalm 121 (Greek numbering: Psalm 120) is the 121st psalm from the Book of Psalms. It is one of 15 psalms categorized as "A song of ascents" ("Shir Hama'alot"), although unlike the others, it begins, "Shir LaMa'alot" ("A song "to" the ascents"). As a song of ascent it is recognized that this psalm was sung by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. At the beginning of the pilgrimage, in the mountainous region of the Judean Hills, the pilgrim makes sure the Lord's help. The one who trusts in the Lord is certain that He will bring him protection


title: "TeST TST-13 Junior" content: all-composite TST-10 single seat sailplane. It is a mid wing design with straight tapered wings which, unlike those of the TST-10, are swept forward 5° at 25% chord. The wing tips carry winglets and there are outboard ailerons, two position flaps and upper surface spoilers. The fuselage of the TST-13 is built from two half shells which incorporate the straight tapered fin. The fuselage tapers rearwards, producing an arched shape below. The tailplane carries a single piece elevator. The light aircraft style cockpit has a rear hinged, single piece canopy and is placed ahead of the wing leading edge. The


title: "Nicholas J. Corea" content: under the title "The Archer and the Sorceress". He was also the supervising producer for "Gavilian" and a writer for "The Renegades" (1983), "Airwolf" (1984) and "Street Hawk" (1985). He was also the writer and executive producer for "J.O.E. and the Colonel", another television movie, in 1985. A year later, he wrote, produced and directed a short-lived western-themed science fiction series, "Outlaws", in 1986. The pilot proved popular with viewers, being one of the most watched shows the week it aired, however ratings quickly dwindled as poor promotion and its placement in the Saturday night "graveyard" slot led to its


title: "The British Museum Library: a Short History and Survey" content: Panizzi quite prominently in the narrative of the work because of his transformative role in the future of the library.Note: on the publication information page, there is a note which states, ‘BOOK PUBLICATION WAR ECONOMY STANDARD: The paper and binding of this book conform to the binding economy standard.’ 388 Pages, contains Index and explanatory notes; 8 inches tall. Cover image:‘The design on the cover of this book represents one of the bronze lions, designed for the British Museum by Alfred Stevens, which originally surmounted a low railing in Great Russell Street, and were later placed inside the Museum.’ –Editor's


title: "Inquisitor chocolata" content: Inquisitor chocolata Inquisitor chocolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. The length of the shell attains 25 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The fusiform, shining shell contains 12 whorls of which 2-3 are in the protoconch. These are smooth and convex.The subsequent whorls are concave at the top, then slightly convex. The sculpture consists of a few rounded ribs and a few inconspicuous, spiral striae. These number 9 in the body whorl, becoming obsolete at the periphery. The aperture measures 2/5 of the total length. The outer lip


title: "Nquma rousi" content: consists of a creamy white ground, which is almost unmarked in the subsutural channel and on the anterior half of the base on the last turn. A few dots of brownish orange appear near the summit between the ribs of the preceding whorls. The ribbed portion of the whorl between the anterior and posterior portion of the base is strongly mottled with brownish orange in the intercostal spaces, less so on the summits of the ribs, while a little posterior to the middle the base is marked by two slender spiral lines of the same color. This marine species occurs


title: "Clionella aglaophanes" content: lip is evidently thickened, but chipped in the only specimen present. It runs with an almost continuous slightly convex curve from the body to the siphonal canal, where the curve is slightly and shortly flattened. The sinus is very shallow and open. The inner lip is thickened and raised on a small but defined callus. It runs straight across the body to the base of the short, thick columella, down which it proceeds direct and parallel to the slightly prominent callus-edge on the left. The point of the columella is rounded and blunt, and hardly advances to the end of


title: "1872 and 1873 United States Senate elections" content: 1872 and 1873 United States Senate elections The United States Senate elections of 1872 and 1873 were elections which had the Republican Party, while still retaining a commanding majority, lose two seats in the United States Senate. By the beginning of the Congress, however, they'd lost three more: two as defections to the Liberal Republican Party, and one a resignation of Henry Wilson to become U.S. Vice President. These elections also coincided with President Ulysses S. Grant's easy re-election. As these elections were prior to ratification of the seventeenth amendment, Senators were chosen by State legislatures. Senate Party Division, 43rd


title: "1964 Claxton Shield" content: worse conditions". Queensland Baseball Association life member Stan Holloway also described one particular match as "a game of baseball played under the worst conditions I have ever seen" and recalled the mud being so thick that a hard line drive to third base was stopped dead on the full. New South Wales shortstop Don Buchanan broke his leg in the conditions at second base in what was believed to be a career-ending injury. Buchanan received the Golden Glove for the series and returned to play for his state in the 1966 Claxton Shield. 1964 Claxton Shield The 1964 Claxton Shield


title: "Postage stamps and postal history of Yemen" content: who maintained a royal courier post to carry his own correspondence in confidentiality (sic).or members of his immediate family. They were addressed to various, usually British, Government representatives. Yemen issued its first stamps in 1926. International mail required additional stamps to be added from a country that was a member of the Universal Postal Union as Yemen did not join the UPU until 1 January 1930. International mail was often routed via Aden on the Yemeni coast which was under British control at the time. Stamps of British India, as used in Aden, were added and mail cancelled ADEN CAMP.


title: "SAM-Chlorobi RNA motif" content: SAM-Chlorobi RNA motif The SAM-Chlorobi RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was identified by bioinformatics. The RNAs are found only in bacteria classified as within the phylum Chlorobi. These RNAs are always in the 5' untranslated regions of operons that contain "metK" and "ahcY" genes. "metK" genes encode methionine adenosyltransferase, which synthesizes S-adenosyl methionine (SAM), and "ahcY" genes encode S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase, which degrade the related metabolite S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH). In fact all predicted "metK" and "ahcY" genes within Chlorobi bacteria as of 2010 are preceded by predicted SAM-Chlorobi RNAs. Predicted promoter sequences are consistently found upstream of SAM-Chlorobi RNAs,


title: 2,6-Dihydroxypyridine content: other oxygen atom is reduced to water. The product of the oxidase reaction was determined to be 2,3,6-tri-hydroxypyridine because of the results of the stoichiometry as well as the results of the ultraviolet spectrum. This reaction can be shown by the following equation: Arthrobacter oxydans, when grown on agar plates, were most active in the oxidation of 2,6-dihydroxypyridine. 2,6-Dihydroxypyridine in principle can exist in five tautomers: The distribution of these tautomers is solvent-dependent. Studies show that tautomer II is most common in ethanol, water, and DMSO. 2,6-Dihydroxypyridine has been investigated in an oxidation method of dyeing hair. The process utilizes


title: "Rosemary Stasek" content: Rosemary Stasek Former Mountain View, California Mayor Rosemary Stasek (August 10, 1963 – September 24, 2009) died in Kabul, Afghanistan of a heart attack possibly due to complications from multiple sclerosis. After the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, she dedicated her life to the girls and women there. Rosemary Stasek was elected to the Mountain View, California City Council in 1996 and re-elected in 2000. She was elected by the Council to serve as the city's Mayor in 2000. During her time in office she also chaired the Council's Technology Committee. Stasek represented Mountain View on the CalTrain Policy Advisory Board


title: "Love Ain't No Stranger" content: the very middle and very end of the song. According to the 25th Anniversary Edition booklet of "Slide It In", the keyboard intro was originally written for guitars, but was eventually switched to keyboards. Also, Coverdale told in the edition's booklet that drummer Cozy Powell once told the singer that "Love Ain't No Stranger" was the best track he'd ever played drums on. The song was very well received and has been a Whitesnake live staple for many years. Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic.com described the song as "one of the decade's greatest power ballads, bar none." A music video was


title: "André Mouélé" content: Minister of Culture, Arts, and Sports on 30 August 1973. After a period out of the government, Mouélé was appointed as Minister of Labour and Justice on 18 November 1978, and he was elected to the PCT Central Committee at the PCT Extraordinary Congress held on 26–31 March 1979. At the PCT's Third Ordinary Congress, held on 27–31 July 1984, Mouélé was re-elected to the 75-member PCT Central Committee. He also served as Vice-President of the National People's Assembly. Following the introduction of multiparty politics, Mouélé, who was a member of the PCT Political Bureau, was elected to the National


title: "Quinto vs. COMELEC" content: questioned, the Court nevertheless decided to take cognizance of the case. On the issue on the petitioners’ locus standi, while it is true that the petitioners were not yet candidates at the time the petition was filed, they still have the legal standing to assail the Resolution because they are qualified voters. The Court held that any restriction on candidacy affects the rights of the voters to choose their public officials; therefore, both candidate and voter may question the validity of such restriction. The original decision struck down as unconstitutional not only sec. 4(a) of Resolution 8678, but also sec.


title: "Cardiac physiology" content: exit the cell. The relatively long plateau phase lasts approximately 175 ms. Once the membrane potential reaches approximately zero, the Ca channels close and K channels open, allowing K to exit the cell. The repolarization lasts approximately 75 ms. At this point, membrane potential drops until it reaches resting levels once more and the cycle repeats. The entire event lasts between 250 and 300 ms. The absolute refractory period for cardiac contractile muscle lasts approximately 200 ms, and the relative refractory period lasts approximately 50 ms, for a total of 250 ms. This extended period is critical, since the heart


title: "United Nations Security Council Resolution 1000" content: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1000 United Nations Security Council resolution 1000, adopted unanimously on 23 June 1995, after recalling all resolutions on Cyprus, particularly resolutions 186 (1964) and 969 (1994), the Council expressed concern at the lack of progress in the political dispute in Cyprus and extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 December 1995. Reviewing a report by the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the Council called on the military authorities on both sides were called upon to ensure that no incidents occurred along the buffer zone and to co-operate with the UNFICYP,


title: "Paappi Appacha" content: the 9th grade, leaving him an illiterate image, just like his father, in front of her. Paappi's mother Maria (KPAC Lalitha) and younger sister Mollykkutty (Manju Raghvan) also like Annie very much and wants her as Paappi's wife. But the foolishly casual lifestyle of the Nirappel men caps the ladies' wish into a mere distant dream. In the meantime, a businessman named Manikkunju (Suresh Krishna) comes to the village, which creates a lot of problems with the Nirappel men. Meanwhile, Annie, with support of Shashankan Muthalali (Ashokan), who is rather inept, yet envious about the apparent prosperity of the Nirappel


title: "Captive Heart (song)" content: Captive Heart (song) "Captive Heart" is a song by American Tejano pop singer Selena. It was the second promotional single released from "Dreaming of You" (1995), behind "God's Child (Baila Conmigo)". It was written by Mark Goldenberg and Kit Hain, and was produced by Guy Roche. Recording sessions took place at Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr.'s recording studio Q-Productions and at several other locations. The song was given mixed reviews by music critics. "Captive Heart" is an electropop song performed in a rhythmical pop groove. "Captive Heart" was recorded at Bananaboat Studios in Burbank, California in January 1995, Q-Productions in


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: Irgenhausen Castrum Irgenhausen Castrum is a Roman fort at Irgenhausen, situated on Pfäffikersee lake shore in Switzerland. It was a square fort, measuring in square, with four corner towers and three additional towers. The remains of a stone wall in the interior were probably a spa. The castrum is situated on the "Bürglen" hill in Irgenhausen, a village of the municipality of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. "Bürglen" (Swiss German: "small castle") is a high drumlin, from the eastern shore of Lake Pfäffikon, situated between Pfäffikon and Kempten, the site of another Roman settlement nearby. In the


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: Roman era, along "Pfäffikersee" there was a Roman road from "Centum Prata" (Kempraten) on Obersee–Lake Zürich via "Vitudurum" (Oberwinterthur) to "Tasgetium" (Eschenz) on the Rhine. To secure this important transport route, the castrum was built. The native name of the fort is unknown: Irgenhausen was mentioned in AD 811 as "Camputuna sive Irincheshusa", so maybe the castrum's name was "Cambodunum", the Roman name of the neighboring village of Kempten. In 1865 Jakob Messikommer succeeded the dating of finds at Irgenhausen, because of his experience in the dating of peat and concurrent findings at the Irgenhausen Castrum. In 1897 stones of


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: the ruined building (believed at the time to be those of a medieval castle) were used for the construction of a factory nearby; the dilapidation was stopped by the Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zürich in order to start archaeological investigations, carried out between 1898 and 1908, and to preserve the walls. The castrum was set under federal protection as "Kastell Irgenhausen" in 1909. Walter Mittelholzer made an aerial exploration of the fort and the surrounding area, whereupon in the closer environment Roman "villae rusticae", among them one in Kempten, were localized and excavated. In 1957, the land and the castle were


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: sold to the community of Pfäffikon. For the dating of the fort there are two theories: the first assumes that the fort was built at the time of the Emperor Diocletian around AD 294/295. The other theory, based on the Roman coins found inside the castrum, dated the construction from 364 to 375, in the era of the Emperor Valentinian II. As early as AD 400 the castrum was evacuated and destroyed by Alamanni invaders. The excavations restored a high foundation wall that has an almost square outline of x , and thus an area of only 0.366 hectares. The


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: fort had four corner towers ( x ), a gate tower on the southeast side and three low towers on the north, west and south front (), and an approximately strong enclosing wall. The materials used by the Roman soldiers derived from glacial deposits, furthermore, there is a mixture of sernifite from Glarus, limestone and conglomerate. The walls of the towers measure between up to . The main access was from the south through the gate in the middle of the eastern front. The other three sides hade small side entrances. In addition to the remains of the towers and


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: surrounding wall, there were found the remains of stone interior buildings: a three-roomed building was seen as a spa. Another building with three rooms has been interpreted as principia, the headquarters of the fort. At the southern corner tower a hypocaust system of an older villa rustica from the 1st to the 3rd century was excavated. The other buildings were made of wood and therefore cannot be individually identified. However, some military barracks, a horreum and a praetorium was probably built inside the fort. In the middle of the hill there was a sunken room. Most of the relics found


title: "Irgenhausen Castrum" content: inside the fort date from the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD and are thought to be relics of the villa rustica on whose ruins the fort was built. At the present time, a red ribbon in the wall shows where the Roman wall ends and the restored wall begins. The building is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a "Class B" object of regional importance. Irgenhausen Castrum Irgenhausen Castrum is a Roman fort at Irgenhausen, situated on Pfäffikersee lake shore in Switzerland. It was a square fort, measuring in square, with four


title: "Commando Memorial" content: Commando Memorial The Commando Memorial is a Category A listed monument in Lochaber, Scotland, dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II. Situated around a mile from Spean Bridge, it overlooks the training areas of the Commando Training Depot established in 1942 at Achnacarry Castle. Unveiled in 1952 by the Queen Mother, it is one of Scotland’s best-known monuments, both as a war memorial and as a tourist attraction offering views of Ben Nevis and Aonach Mòr. In 1949, the sculptor Scott Sutherland won a competition open to all Scottish sculptors for the


title: "Commando Memorial" content: commission, "The Commando Memorial". Sutherland's design won first prize of £200. The base of the bronze statue is inscribed with the date of 1951. The sculpture was cast in the H.H Martyn and Company's foundry. The memorial was officially unveiled by the Queen Mother on 27 September 1952. The monument was first designated as a listed structure on 5 October 1971, and was upgraded to a Category A listing on 15 August 1996. On 18 November 1993 a further plaque was added to mark the Freedom of Lochaber being given to the Commando Association. On 27 March 2010 a war


title: "Commando Memorial" content: memorial path was opened connecting two local war memorials, the Commando Memorial, and the former High Bridge built by General Wade, where the first shots were fired in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 in the Highbridge Skirmish. The monument consists of a cast bronze sculpture of three Commandos in characteristic dress complete with cap comforter, webbing and rifle, standing atop a stone plinth. The soldier at the front is thought to depict Commando Jack Lewington who frequently attended Remembrance Services at the monument during his lifetime. One of the other two soldiers is Frank Nicholls (rank unknown) the other is


title: "Commando Memorial" content: alleged to be Patrick Hynan. The three Commandos are depicted looking south towards Ben Nevis. The entire monument is tall. The monument has been variously described as a huge, striking and iconic statue. "United we conquer" is inscribed around the top of the stone plinth, while the original plaque on the stone plinth reads: "In memory of the officers and men of the commandos who died in the Second World War 1939–1945. This country was their training ground." Spean Bridge is a small village around north-east of the town of Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, and the memorial is


title: "Commando Memorial" content: located approximately north-west of Spean Bridge, at the junction of the A82 road and the B8004 road. It is a prominent landmark visible from the A82, and the site itself offers views across the River Spean valley to the peaks of Ben Nevis and Aonach Mòr to the south. The location was chosen because it is on the route from Spean Bridge railway station to the former Commando Training Centre at nearby Achnacarry Castle. Arriving prospective Commandos would disembark after a 14-hour journey, load their kit bags onto waiting trucks and then speed march the to the training centre in


title: "Commando Memorial" content: full kit with weapon, weighing a total of . Anyone not completing it within 60 minutes was immediately RTU'd (returned to unit). It has become one of Scotland's best-known war memorials and a popular tourist attraction, visited by tens of thousands of people every year. The monument stands as a memorial to the British Commandos who trained all around the Lochaber region which the monument overlooks, while they were based at the Achnacarry Commando Training Centre established in 1942. As such it is used as site for memorial services, including the 60th anniversary of D-Day, and Remembrance Day ceremonies. A


title: "Commando Memorial" content: Garden of Remembrance, which was subsequently added to the site, is used by many surviving World War II Commandos as the designated final resting place for their ashes. It has also been used as a place where many families have scattered ashes and erected tributes to loved ones who belonged to contemporary Commando units and who have died in more recent conflicts such as the Falklands War or in Afghanistan and Iraq. Scott Sutherland (15 May 1910 - 10 October 1984) was an award-winning Scottish sculptor born in Wick, Highland and schooled at Gray's School of Art, the Edinburgh College


title: "Commando Memorial" content: of Art and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After touring Europe and winning two out of the five open commissions offered for the Empire Exhibition, he served in the Army during World War II, working alongside commandos. After the war he took the post of Head of Sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone' College in 1947. Sutherland was elected ARSA (Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy) in 1950 and FRBS (Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors) in 1961. In 1975 he retired, and died nine years later in hospital in Dundee. Commando Memorial The Commando Memorial is a


title: "Chantilly porcelain" content: elite wares of Chantilly were intended to compete with Saint-Cloud porcelain, a pioneer among French soft-paste porcelain manufactures, and other small manufactures at Mennecy, under the protection of the duc de Villeroy, as well as with imported Meissen porcelain and Chinese porcelains. Unlike the "Saxon" porcelain produced at Meissen, kaolin was not amongst the raw materials of the Chantilly body Condé was an avid collector of East Asian porcelains, both Chinese and Japanese, and his Chantilly manufactory's first decade of output showed the marked influence of Arita porcelain, particularly in the "Kakiemon" palette of soft iron red and blue-green, seen


title: "Gears of War 3" content: multiplayer mode. "Gears of War 3" takes place two years after Jacinto, humanity's last stronghold, is destroyed in an effort to completely eradicate the Locust Horde. The Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) remnants relocate to Vectes, a secluded island, in order to rebuild their civilization. The COG then disbands after Chairman Prescott mysteriously disappears and seemingly abandons his forces. A new foe, the Lambent, are threatening humanity's dwindling numbers. As the Lambent begin to invade Vectes, Marcus Fenix and his comrades retreat to the "CNV Sovereign", a helicopter carrier, and take refuge at sea. "Gears of War 3" begins as


title: "CHUMBA Racing" content: CHUMBA Racing CHUMBA Racing is a manufacturer of recreational and competition mountain bikes located in Anaheim, CA The company was founded in 1993 by Ted Tanouye. Ted tanouye went to USC and graduated with an accounting degree. Theodore Tanouye is the father, and is an aerospace engineer. Ted started out designing, prototyping in his parents garage in Santa Barbara, Ca., and later owned a bike shop named the Bike Beat. At his Bike shop, he sold Mountain Bikes and Mountain Biking gear. Ted Then began to embark on a mountain bike building journey, and began manufacturing frames in his shop.


title: "Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers" content: Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers (also known as Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers, Crazy Cavan "N" The Rhythm Rockers, Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers) are a Teddy Boy band from South Wales. The band formed in 1970, and is still actively touring and recording. The band appeared in the 1980 film "Blue Suede Shoes" which detailed the revival of 1950s rock 'n' roll music scene at the time. The first incarnation of the band was formed in 1964 by Cavan Grogan (vocals), Lyndon Needs (lead guitar) and Terry Walley (rhythm guitar) under


title: "Lottia scabra" content: Lottia scabra Lottia scabra or the rough limpet is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae. "L. scabra" grows to a length of about thirty-five millimetres and has conspicuous rugged radial ribs with darker-coloured interspaces and a boldly scalloped margin. The apex is a quarter of the way across the shell and the anterior slope is neither concave nor convex. The shell is a mottled grey and tan colour and the head and the side of foot are white with black spots. The shell size is between 19 and 40 mm


title: "Lottia scabra" content: and the shell is rather depressed. The apex of the shell has a small depression, a very elongated outline and is located at the anterior third of the shell. In some specimens the apex is nearly central, with a rounded shell. The axial sculpture shows very strong, close, rough ribs with smaller intervening riblets in the interstices. The shell of a young snail is extremely inequilateral and develops rapidly the characteristic ribs. The shell has a white color with fine brown lines between the main ribs. These brown lines dot the otherwise uniform white margin. The principal ribs are sometimes


title: "Lottia scabra" content: rather sharp, palmating the margin. Occasionally they are small and crowded, becoming faint at the margin. The interior of the shell is white with darker spots and bars. It shows a white callus, through which the darker spots appear. These take occasionally the form of irregular ghostly bars (which gave rise to its synonymous name "Acmaea spectrum" - spectrum = ghost). The very strong ribs at the outside and the curiously marked interior, like the print of a hand, are prominent characteristics of this species. "L. scabra" is found on the Pacific coast of North America from Cape Arago, Oregon


title: "Lottia scabra" content: to southern Baja California. It is abundant in the higher littoral zone on horizontal rock surfaces on both exposed and protected coastlines. It homes at low tide to a specific site where the contours of its shell match the rock surface. It is sometimes found living on "Lottia gigantea". "L. scabra" lives on the shoreline often above high water mark in the splash zone. When the rock is wet it moves about and uses its radula to rasp microscopic algae and diatoms off the rock surface. Over time, using the scalloped edge of its shell, it grinds a groove in


title: "Lottia scabra" content: a rock until the shell makes a perfect fit. This enables it to remain alive under conditions that would otherwise cause desiccation. At Mission Point on the California coast, "L. scabria" coexists with the similar species, "Lottia digitalis", but each occupies a slightly different habitat. "L. digitalis" tends to occupy vertical rock faces or overhangs and certain horizontal ones clothed by algae and barnacles. "L. digitalis" clump together more often, prefer wave-exposed areas, occupy sites further up the shore and are seldom found in rock pools. Both species move about freely when the tide is up but "L. digitalis" settles


title: "Lottia scabra" content: in a different location at each low tide whereas "L. scabra" tends to home to the same spot. "L. scabra" has a more rugged outline and grows to fit the rock surface of its home base. The differences in micro-habitat may be explained by its greater tolerance of exposure to desiccation during low tides in less protected sites because it is able to retain water better. If transplanted to unfamiliar territory, each species soon reselects its typical base habitat. In an experiment, when these two species were caged together with only vertical surfaces available, it was found that "L. scabra"


title: "Lottia scabra" content: grew at a much slower rate and achieved a much smaller maximum size than similar limpets in control plots. It seems that the ability of "L. digitalis" to respond to seasonal changes by moving up and down the shore and utilising resources better give it an edge over the more static species which remains for life in its restricted home range. "L. scabra" is less able to compete under optimal conditions and is therefore restricted to horizontal, more-desiccating habitats. Lottia scabra Lottia scabra or the rough limpet is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk


title: "Sølvguttene" content: serving as youth choir for the Oslo Philharmonic. Song School: Among 25 boys from 7 to 9 years old are taught how to sing and to read their music. This is the cornerstone of the choir's success. Concert Choir: Consists of approximately 70 boys between 8 years old and voicechange, and 25 men. Men's choir: Consists of about 25 former choirboys. They play a major role in the concert choir, and perform on their own as well. Youthgroup: "VoiceOver": During and after the voice-change, boys get the opportunity to sing in this choir to maintain their voice. They sing all


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: Two-spotted bumble bee The two-spotted bumble bee ("Bombus bimaculatus") is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada. In older literature this bee is often referred to as "Bremus bimaculatus", "Bremus" being a synonym for "Bombus". The bee's common name comes from the two yellow spots on its abdomen. Unlike many of the other species of bee in the genus "Bombus," "B. bimaculatus" is not on the decline, but instead is very stable. They are abundant pollinators that forage at a variety of plants. "Bombus bimaculatus"


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: is in the "Pyrobombus" subgenus, which is closely related to the "Alpinobombus" and "Bombus" subgenera out of the 15 total. Within the "Pyrobombus" subgenus, "B. bimaculatus" is most closely related to "B. monticola, B. sylvicola, and B. lapponicus." Additionally, "B. bimaculatus" can oftentimes be confused with "B. impatiens" and "B. griseocollis", as their colorations are very similar. "Bombus bimaculatus" was first described by Ezra Townsend Cresson, an American entomologist, in 1863. Workers look very similar to queens, with the two mainly distinguished by size. Sometimes large workers can be mistaken for small queens, especially toward the end of the season


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: when workers have grown larger and new queens emerge. Queens have a black face with a triangular patch of yellow hairs on the vertex. Their thorax is yellow except for a shining area on the disc that is bordered by black hairs. Their venter is black with some yellow hairs on the legs. Male faces have intermixed black and yellow hairs. They resemble females in most markings, except their tergite 2 has more yellow lateral hairs than the female whose tergite 2 has black edges and few yellow lateral hairs. The size of the radial cell in the wing differs


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: for each. Workers have the smallest, ranging from 2.5 to 3.6 mm. Males are slightly bigger at 2.6–3.6 mm. Queens have the largest at 3.4–4.1 mm. "B. bimaculatus" is mainly found in eastern temperate forest regions throughout the United States and the southeastern part of Canada. It can also live in the coastal plains of the southeastern United States, the eastern Boreal forest, and the eastern Great Plains. This bee lives in underground nests, preferably in or around wooden areas and gardens. Nests can be anywhere from 6 inches to a foot below the surface. Tunnels traveling to the nest


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: range from 9 inches to 4 feet long. "B. bimaculatus" can also nest above ground or in cavities. Bees do not build nests and instead rely on finding abandoned rodent dens, hollow logs, suitable man-made structures, or tussocks. Queens will hibernate in loose dirt or rotting logs. This bumble bee is very common and has been experiencing steady growth unlike many other bumble bees that are in decline. Bumble bee colonies are annual and a new colony is founded when a mated queen, the foundress, emerges from hibernation in the spring. Habitats for hibernation and colonies are different so she


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: must find a suitable location to start her nest and she must do this on her own. She will provision it with pollen and nectar and then lay her eggs. This first brood will become non-reproducing female workers. At this time the queen must alternate between incubating the larvae and foraging for more provisions. Thus, this is the most vulnerable time for a fledgling colony. Alternatively, some queens will not have mated the previous year and her offspring will all be male. Eggs typically hatch after four days and spend two weeks feeding on stored provisions before pupating. After another


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: two weeks the pupae will have developed into adults. Once the workers emerge, queens will forage less and spend more time laying eggs. For "B. bimaculatus," workers typically emerge in May and peak in July. Workers are responsible for brood care, foraging, regulating nest temperature and defending the nest. Males emerge last in June and peak in July. Unlike workers who stay and care for the brood, males will soon leave the nest after maturation to seek mates. New queens are produced at about the same time as males, and will forage extensively to build reserves for their overwintering. Unlike


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: males that leave the nest and do not return, new queens will return to the nest at night. "B. bimaculatus" is one of the earliest bumble bee species to emerge, with queens being sighted as early as February. By the time fall arrives, newly mated queens will all be hibernating to repeat the cycle the following spring. Workers, males, and foundresses will have died. "B. bimaculatus"'s colonies emerge quickly and die quickly in comparison with other bumble bee species. Male "B. bimaculatus" can help care for larvae during the first days, or even weeks, of their life. Though female workers


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: are mainly responsible for brood care, males cannot fly for the first 24 hours of their life so they cannot leave the nest. Incubating larvae is a potential opportunity for males to exercise their flight muscles. They assume the same position on the cocoon as females would and pump their abdomen to facilitate heat flow from their thorax to their abdomen to the brood. Male incubation may be more significant towards the end of the season when there are fewer workers to incubate larvae. "B. bimaculatus" mate outside the nest with males patrolling in circuits, searching for a queen to


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: mate with. Most queens only mate once; however, there are some queens who mate multiply and have offspring of multiple paternity. "B. bimaculatus" queens forage on "Aquilegia" flowers. The queens hang upside down on stamens, clutch the filament with their forelegs, and scrape off pollen using their middle and hind legs. Workers enter the "Aquilegia" spurs by pushing their head and part of their thorax into the spur's mouth. They then extend the maxillae and tongue into the spur to drink nectar, repeating this process on multiple spurs of the same plant before visiting the next one. "B. bimaculatus" queens'


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: probosces range from 10.53 to 12.19 mm in length, which has little overlap with other "Bombus" species. This may potentially be the reason why "B. bimaculatus" are such abundant pollinators. Research comparing "B. bimaculatus" to "Xylocopa virginica", a carpenter bee, found that the former learned faster and had more flexible foraging patterns. It was hypothesized that "B. bimaculatus" being a social bee could have individuals specialize in either foraging for nectar or pollen, instead of having to worry about both in overall food collection as the nonsocial carpenter bees needed to do. Several fly species are Batesian mimics of bumble


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: bees, including robber flies, flower flies, deer bot flies, and bee flies. Some species of beetles, moths, sawflies and even other bees will mimic bumble bees. Additionally, the bumble flower beetle does not mimic the bumble bee's coloration but its buzzing flight sound. Bumble bees are not only mimicked by other insects, but also take on similar color patterns to each other in a form of Müllerian mimicry when multiple bumble bee species are found in the same region. "B. bimaculatus" is in the same group as "B. impatiens, B. griseocollis, B. affinis, B. vagans, B. sandersoni, B. perplexus" and


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: "B. fraternus." They all have a predominantly yellow thorax with a darker central spot. Nests typically do not need camouflage as they are hidden underground or in cavities. Bumble bees eat nectar and pollen from plants. "B. bimaculatus" is known to pollinate a wide variety of plants, but they seem to have favorites. Queens can be found on willow and plum. Workers are found on red clover and mint. Males are found on mint and sweet clover. As a species they have been found foraging at the following plants: Predators of bumble bees include crab spiders, Florida black bears, ambush


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: bugs, robber flies, dragonflies, assassin bugs, and some wasp species. Crab spiders ambush "B. bimaculatus" at flowers, paralyze them, and then eat them. Florida black bears eat "B. bimaculatus" most abundantly in the spring, and continue to eat them to a lesser extent in the summer. "B. bimaculatus" will defend its nests against intruders, such as "Psithyrus variabilis", a cuckoo bumble bee. In an experiment, a female "P. variabilis" was placed in a "B. bimaculatus" nest. Workers quickly recognized her as an intruder, halted their work and attacked her when she entered the inner part of the nest. Oftentimes though,


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: "B. bimaculatus" are content to ignore intruders, such as "Psithyrus labrosius". Like "P. variabilis," "P. labrosius" also is a cuckoo bumble bee. It will attack "Bombus vagans", but not "B. bimaculatus" though they are in the same subgenus, "Pyrobombus". "B. bimaculatus" queens can kill each other when dueling. Queens can also be hostile to unrelated workers of their own species by squirting feces in their faces. "Brachycoma sarcophagina" is an ectoparasitoid that will consume "B. bimaculatus" bees from the outside. Female "B. sarcophagina" deposit young larvae on "B. bimaculatus" larvae. "B. sarcophagina" larvae will not begin consuming their host until


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: the host has begun spinning its cocoon. Tracheal mites, will parasitize multiple "Bombus" species, but strongly prefer "B. bimaculatus". Mites were recovered from the autosomal air sacs of bumble bees. These mites can affect behavior and reduce longevity, which may cause further stress to colonies already facing difficulties. Conopid flies also parasitize "B. bimaculatus". Male bees were less likely to be parasitized than workers, and larger bees were more likely to be parasitized than smaller bees. "B. bimaculatus" is also parasitized by a bumble bee of the "Psithyrus" subgenus, "Bombus citrinus", a brood parasite. Kuzinia, Scutacarid, and Parasitid mites were


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: found on "B. bimaculatus" bees. Scutacarid and Parasitid mites were found in the propodia, the first abdominal segment in bees. These mites, being phoretic, likely just use the bee as a means of transport. It is unknown what effect, either detrimental or beneficial, these mites may have on the bee. "B. bimaculatus" can be infected with "Nosema bombi", a microsporidian. This bee can also be infected by other fungal species. It is unknown how detrimental such an infection is to the bee's health. Compared to other bumble bees that are in decline, "B. bimaculatus" has a lighter infection, which may


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: be the reason why it is experiencing stable growth compared to the decline in other "Bombus" species. However, the reason for the difference in infection is unknown. "B. bimaculatus" can also be infected by "Crithidia bombi" and "Apicystis bombi." Both are protozoans, but "C. bombi" is known to hinder colony creation, decrease host lifespan and colony fitness, and have a negative effect on workers' behavior. This can cause undue stress on colonies, leading to a species' decline. The gut bacteria of "B. bimaculatus" was isolated and include "Snodgrassella alvi" and "Gilliamella apicola" strains. "B. bimaculatus" had more gut bacteria from


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: environmental sources, and less core bacteria compared to other bumble bee species. "B. bimaculatus" had more core bacteria when collected from farms as opposed to collection from semi-natural habitats. "B. bimaculatus" is an important pollinator in temperate forest regions as it is still abundant, unlike many other species of honey and bumble bees. They also pollinate a wide variety of plants. In addition, bumble bees can continue foraging even under sub-optimal conditions such as rain or clouds. "B. bimaculatus" is capable of flying even at 7 °C. This makes the continued growth and stability of "B. bimaculatus" particularly valuable. Only


title: "Two-spotted bumble bee" content: female bees have a sting, males do not. Bumble bees typically only sting when defending their nest or when captured. Allergies to bumble bee stings are much less common than allergies to honey bee stings though the venom composition is similar. "B. bimaculatus" venom contains additional proteins, including acrosin and a tryptic amidase related to clotting enzymes. Two-spotted bumble bee The two-spotted bumble bee ("Bombus bimaculatus") is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada. In older literature this bee is often referred to as "Bremus


title: "Akademi Fantasia (season 8)" content: the winner of the eighth season of "Akademi Fantasia", defeating Siti Adira Suhaimi. He made history for being the first student to win the title after being re-entered into the competition through AFMASUK following his elimination in Week 7. As many as 3.75 million votes were cast the entire season. Auditions were held in the following cities: Songs for female Songs for male Contestants were required to be between the ages of 18 to 45, and are Malaysian and Singaporean citizens who are not embedded with recording or management contracts. "Original Airdate: 13 March 2010 "Original Airdate: 20 March 2010


title: "2010 Western Athletic Conference football season" content: 2010 Western Athletic Conference football season The 2010 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was a NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010 – January 9, 2011. The Western Athletic Conference in 2010 consisted of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State, Hawaii, and Nevada all went 7–1 in conference play to share the WAC title. All three teams finished the regular season ranked in the top 25 of all four major polls. Boise State (12–1) was invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas


title: "Robert Throckmorton" content: 1584 for acting as a go-between for Mary, Queen of Scots and the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to invade England and place Mary on the throne. A niece Elizabeth, also known as Bess, the daughter of Sir Nicholas, and a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, also got into trouble by secretly marrying Sir Walter Raleigh. Robert Throckmorton died on 12 February 1581, six days after making a will in which he styled himself as being of Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, but asked to be buried at Coughton, where an alabaster and marble tomb was accordingly erected to his memory. There is


title: "1997 Australian Drivers' Championship" content: 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship The 1997 Australian Drivers' Championship was a motor racing competition open to drivers of racing cars complying with CAMS Formula Holden regulations. The championship winner was awarded the 1997 CAMS Gold Star as the Australian Drivers' Champion. It was the 41st running of the Australian Drivers' Championship, and the ninth to feature the Formula Holden category which had been developed during 1988. The championship began on 15 March 1997 at the Calder Park Raceway and ended on 3 August at Oran Park Raceway after seven rounds of a series which was promoted as the "Holden Australian


title: "Drill Field" content: Drill Field The Drill Field was a football stadium in Northwich, Cheshire, which was the home ground of Northwich Victoria Football Club between 1875 and 3 May 2002. At the time it was closed, it was believed to have been the oldest football ground in the world on which football had been continuously played. The Drill Hall Field, later simply the Drill Field, became the home of Northwich Victoria Football Club in 1875, who until that point had played at Stumper's Field, a short distance away next to the Hayhurst Bridge. The land for the Drill Field was, at first,


title: "Gunther Mende" content: “Dein Song”, a songwriter contest, for German television with his partner Alfred Bayer from the German production company BSB Film Wiesbaden. He was in the jury together with Joja Wendt, Johanna Klum, Frank Ziegler, Elin Skrzipczyk and Nadja Benaissa. 2009 he produced the album “Beyond” together with his wife Mee Eun Kim. On this album prayers were declaimed by Regula Curti, Dechen Shak-Dagsay and Tina Turner. This CD was published by Universal Classic, was released in the US, Canada, Japan and Korea and received platinum in Switzerland. Besides the treasured American ASCAP-Pop Awards, which was lent in Los Angeles, he


title: "Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro" content: to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was patented to Sebastian Rodríguez in 1860. In 1852, Judge John H. Watson (–1882) and D.S. Gregory, an attorney, claimed Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro through a sale by the brother of Sebastian Rodríguez, Alejandro Rodríguez (1791–1848). Watson came from San Francisco as a district judge, but after a year resigned from


title: Cadra content: plant produce, such as seeds and nuts. The almond moth ("C. cautella") is a well-known example of these. Species of "Cadra" include: Cadra Cadra is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. The genus "Ephestia" is closely related to "Cadra" and might be its senior synonym. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular in non-entomological sources. "Cadra" and "Ephestia" belong to the huge snout moth subfamily Phycitinae, and therein to the tribe Phycitini. "Cadra" species can usually be recognized by their reduced forewing venation: veins 4, 7 and 9


title: "Capernwray Chapel" content: converted into a dormitory by adding a false ceiling and dormer windows to make an upper floor. Having been disused for a time, the Evangelical Fellowship were given the use of the chapel by Mrs Thomas. Capernwray Chapel is constructed in sandstone rubble with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a two-bay chancel at a lower level and a southwest tower over the porch. The windows on the north and south walls are all lancets, at the east end is a three-light lancet window and at the west end is a five-light window. There is a doorway


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: Clavaria fragilis Clavaria fragilis, commonly known as fairy fingers, white worm coral, or white spindles, is a species of fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It is synonymous with "Clavaria vermicularis". The fungus is the type species of the genus "Clavaria" and is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi. It produces tubular, unbranched, white basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that typically grow in clusters. The fruit bodies can reach dimensions of tall by thick. "Clavaria fragilis" is a saprobic species, growing in woodland litter or in old, unimproved grassland. It is widespread throughout temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere, but


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: has also been reported from Australia and South Africa. The fungus is edible, but insubstantial and flavorless. There are several other small white coral-like fungi with which "C. fragilis" may be confused. "Clavaria fragilis" was originally described from Denmark in 1790 by Danish naturalist and mycologist Theodor Holmskjold, and was sanctioned under this name by Elias Magnus Fries in his 1821 "Systema Mycologicum". The Latin epithet "fragilis" refers to the brittle fruit bodies. The species was redescribed by Swedish mycologist Olof Swartz in 1811, using the name "Clavaria vermicularis" (the epithet meaning "wormlike"). Though it is a later synonym—and thus


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: obsolete according to the principle of priority—the latter name is still frequently used today. There are several other names considered to be synonymous with "C. fragilis" by the online taxonomical database MycoBank (see the taxobox). In North America, the fungus has colloquially been called "fairy fingers" or "white worm coral". In the UK its recommended English name is "white spindles". British naturalist Samuel Frederick Gray called it the "worm club-stool" in his 1821 "A Natural Arrangement of British Plants". The fruit bodies of "C. fragilis" are irregularly tubular, smooth to furrowed, sometimes compressed, very fragile, white, up to tall by


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: thick, and typically grow in dense clusters. The tip of the fruit body tapers to a point, and may yellow and curve with age. There is no distinct stalk, although it is evident as a short, semitransparent zone of tissue at the base of the club. Microscopically, the hyphae of the flesh are swollen up to 12 µm wide and lack clamp connections. The spores are smooth, colourless, ellipsoid to oblong, measuring 5–7 by 3–4 µm. The spores are white in deposit. The basidia (spore bearing cells) measure 40–50 by 6–8 µm, and lack clamps at their bases. "Clavaria fragilis"


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: is edible, but the fruit bodies are insubstantial and fragile. One field guide says "its flesh is tasteless and so delicate that it seems to dissolve in one's mouth." Its odor has been compared to iodine. The species occurs throughout the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, North America, and Asia. In North America, it is more common east of the Rocky Mountains. It has also been recorded from Australia and South Africa. In 2006, it was reported from the Arctic zone of the Ural Mountains, in Russia. The fungus grows in woodland and in grassland on moist soil, and is presumed


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: to be saprobic, rotting fallen leaf litter and dead grass stems. The fruit bodies tend to grow in groups, tufts or clusters. Although they can grow singly, they are typically inconspicuous unless in clusters. Similar fungi with simple, white fruit bodies include "Clavaria acuta", an equally widespread species that typically grows singly or in small groups rather than in dense clusters and can be distinguished microscopically by its clamped basidia and larger spores; the morphologically similar, but rare "C. atkinsoniana", found in the southwestern and central United States, which cannot be distinguished from "C. fragilis" by field characteristics alone but


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: has larger spores—8.5–10 by 4.5–5 µm; "C. rubicundula", another North American species, which is similar in stature but has a reddish tint; and "Multiclavula mucida", a widespread lichenized species with smaller fruit bodies that occurs with its associated algae on moist wood. In North America, "Clavaria fragilis" has been called "by far our most common "Clavaria"". In northern Europe, it is one of a suite of "CHEG" fungi (CHEG standing for ""Clavarioid fungi-Hygrocybe-Entoloma-Geoglossaceae"") considered to be indicator species of old, unimproved grassland (permanent grassland that has not been cultivated for some years). Though such grasslands are a threatened habitat in


title: "Clavaria fragilis" content: Europe, "C. fragilis" is one of the commoner CHEG species. It is, nonetheless, on the national red list of threatened fungi in the Netherlands and Slovenia. Clavaria fragilis Clavaria fragilis, commonly known as fairy fingers, white worm coral, or white spindles, is a species of fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It is synonymous with "Clavaria vermicularis". The fungus is the type species of the genus "Clavaria" and is a typical member of the clavarioid or club fungi. It produces tubular, unbranched, white basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that typically grow in clusters. The fruit bodies can reach dimensions of tall by thick.


title: "Kale District" content: Kale District Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma). Its administrative center is the city of Kalay (Kalaymyo). The district consists of three townships Kale Township, Kalewa Township, and Mingin Township. To the west Kale District borders Falam District in Chin State, to the north Mawlaik District, to the east Shwebo District, to the south Monywa District and finally Gangaw District of Magway Division. The area is supported by rice farming, fisheries and timbering. The main towns are Kalaymyo, Kalewa and Mingin. Kale District is one of the most affluent Christian


title: "Khentkaus I" content: this chamber contained many fragments of stone vessels, potsherds and flint instruments. The floor is the opening of a limestone drain which runs downwards under the ground for a distance of 7–20 m., emptying into a large, rectangular basin. The drain is covered by arched sections of the same material, the whole forming an almost circular stone pipe. Though by no means the oldest subterranean water-channel known in Egyptian funerary architecture, according to Hassan, it is the earliest of this particular type and construction. The valley temple of Khentkaus and Menkaure were both partially constructed of mud-brick and finished with


title: "Elon Phoenix men's soccer" content: finishing with a record of 14-4-2 (4-2-2 CIAC). First-year head coach Rob Brewer, much like Ballard the year before, was winning with defense. The 1988 team still sets the Elon single season standard for goals against average (.75) and fewest goals allowed (12). They rode this prolific defense all the way to the second round of the NAIA Area VII Regional Tournament, where they ultimately fell to Alderson-Broaddus 3-0. From a deadly offense in 1985 to stifling defense in 1987 and 1988, the teams of the mid 80s assaulted the record books and the competition. Ultimately, as the cliche goes,


title: "Armenian wine" content: a paper published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Archaeological Science.: James Owen from National Geographic News quotes archaeologist Gregory Areshian of the University of California, Los Angeles: "The site gives us a new insight into the earliest phase of horticulture—how they grew the first orchards and vineyards" "It's the oldest proven case of documented and dedicated wine production, stretching back the horizons of this important development by thousands of years," said Gregory Areshian, co-director of the excavation and assistant director of the University of California Los Angeles's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. In Republics of the Soviet Union the development


title: "Battle of the Head of Passes" content: mortified by the embarrassing setback. Flag-officer McKean, commanding the blockade at the river mouth stated, “…and I am sorry to be obliged to say that the more I hear and learn of the facts the more disgraceful it does appear.” Union Naval Secretary Gideon Wells referred to the incident as “Pope’s Run”. Long after the event, Admiral David Dixon Porter stated, “Put this matter in any light you may, it is the most ridiculous affair that ever took place in the American Navy.” Despite the outrage, the damage was easily repaired. On the 17th of October the and the "Vincennes"


title: "Charron Island" content: Charron Island Charron Island () is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, the westernmost of the Îles de Boucherville archipelago, near Îles-de-Boucherville National Park to the southeast of Montreal. In 1672, Louis XIV of France ceded Charron Island (then called "Île Notre-Dame") to governor of Trois-Rivières René Gaultier, who became "seigneur" of Varennes. When signing the concession act, intendant Jean Talon annexed the island to the fief Du Tremblay. In 1689, Gaultier's wife (the daughter of Pierre Boucher) ceded the island to their daughter Madeleine Le-Villier, and the island came to be called Île Madeleine. From 1690 to 1753,


title: "Charron Island" content: the island changed hands several times. First sold to Louis Lamoureux, it was then acquired three years later by Prudent Bougret dit Dufort, causing the name to change to Île Dufort. Then, by marrying Marie-Joseph Lamoureux, daughter of Louis Lamoureux, François Charron inherited half the island, and the western part went to the Jesuits. In 1815, the Lower Canada general surveyor Joseph Bouchette listed the island on one of his maps as Île Charron, but the name became official only in 1950, being interchangeably called Île Dufort and Île Charron before that. On March 11, 1967, the opening of Louis-Hippolyte


title: "Charron Island" content: Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel took the island out of its isolation by providing a direct link to the cities of Montreal and Longueuil, and a four-star hotel was subsequently built. Charron Island also became the main access road to the Îles de Boucherville archipelago. The earthwork involved in building the bridge resulted in Charron and nearby Sainte-Marguerite Island becoming virtually a single island. In 1984, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park was created to encompass most of the archipelago, stopping at the former Sainte-Marguerite Island channel. Five years later the Government of Quebec bought from the Society of Jesus the rest of the Island that


title: "Charron Island" content: they still owned for dollars, and later ceded the island to the city of Longueuil for the purpose of creating a park and green space. In 1988, Desjardins Financial Security acquired a substantial portion of Charron Island. The next year, the city of Longueuil signed an agreement with the financial group to build a housing project of 2,500 units; the construction would be performed by a subsidiary of Lavalin. The project involved the construction of buildings on an area of 22 hectares, much of which is covered by a forest of cottonwood, red ash, black willow and American elm. In


title: "Charron Island" content: response to this project, an association of citizens was formed to protect the island and managed to stop the progress of the project. Only three buildings currently exist on Île Charron, the Hôtel Gouverneur, St-Laurent water treatment plant, and a summer theatre. According to André Porlier, Director General of the Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal, "the scarcity of forested areas in the St. Lawrence corridor, Charron Island provides a great potential as a haven for migratory and nesting birds". The current owner of the land coveted by developers is Luc Poirier, but there are ongoing talks between the Government


title: "Charron Island" content: of Quebec and the Desjardins Group. Charron Island Charron Island () is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, the westernmost of the Îles de Boucherville archipelago, near Îles-de-Boucherville National Park to the southeast of Montreal. In 1672, Louis XIV of France ceded Charron Island (then called "Île Notre-Dame") to governor of Trois-Rivières René Gaultier, who became "seigneur" of Varennes. When signing the concession act, intendant Jean Talon annexed the island to the fief Du Tremblay. In 1689, Gaultier's wife (the daughter of Pierre Boucher) ceded the island to their daughter Madeleine Le-Villier, and the island came to be called


title: Hydrachnidia content: settings, the survival of "Anopheles crucians" mosquitoes parasitized by "Arrenurus (Meg.) pseudotenuicollis" was found to decrease from 23.32 to 6.25 days between those harboring the least and greatest numbers of attached mites respectively. Under similar conditions, infection intensities equalling 17-32 mites decreased the number of eggs laid by gravid "An. crucians" by nearly 100%. High mite loads also significantly decreased the fecundity of field-collected "An. crucians", but to a lesser extent than those infected in the lab. Similar consequences of high "Arrenurus" mite infection intensities were observed in other host-mite relationships. For example, Smith and McIver (1984) found that "Arrenurus"


title: "Stefan Jerzy Zweig" content: guilt for the death of Willy Blum. Zweig's father wrote an article about his son's experience for the Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem. Published in 1987, it was called, "Mein Vater, was machst du hier...? Zwischen Buchenwald und Auschwitz" ("My father, what are you doing here...? Between Buchenwald and Auschwitz"). Stefan Jerzy Zweig Stefan Jerzy Zweig (born January 28, 1941) is an author and cameraman. He is known as "the Buchenwald child" from the novel by Bruno Apitz, "Naked Among Wolves". He survived the Buchenwald concentration camp at age four under protection from his father and other prisoners. Stefan Jerzy Zweig


title: "Capture of Tucson (1862)" content: of his militia behind under the command of Lieutenant James Henry Tevis. Their orders were to observe the Union approach. On May 20, 1862, Captain Emil Fritz with his Company B, 1st California Volunteer Cavalry, entered Tucson, not approaching from the west as the Confederates had expected, but from the north and east via the Cañada del Oro. Captain Fritz with part of his company entered from the east side of the town, while Lieutenant Juan F. Guirado with the remainder of the company entered from the north. Lieutenant Tevis, who had been watching the western approach, was completely surprised


title: "Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Ghana" content: patent laws; handling court cases on behalf of the Council before the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice; and Liaising with the Council's external Solicitors. Currently, the Council exercises control over thirteen (13) institutes, namely *Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Head Office Wontumi, Quist and Co. Through collaboration with international scientific organizations, CSIR has become the research hub that houses various scientific research organizations including; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Ghana The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established by NLC Decree 293 of October 10, 1968 amended by NLCD 329 of 1969,


title: "Domain of unknown function" content: just over 1,500 in eukaryotes. Over 800 DUFs are shared between bacteria and eukaryotes, and about 300 of these are also present in archaea. A total of 2,786 bacterial Pfam domains even occur in animals, including 320 DUFs. Many DUFs are highly conserved, indicating an important role in biology. However, many such DUFs are not essential, hence their biological role often remains unknown. For instance, DUF143 is present in most bacteria and eukaryotic genomes. However, when it was deleted in "Escherichia coli" no obvious phenotype was detected. Later it was shown that the proteins that contain DUF143, are ribosomal silencing


title: "Chongqing University of Technology" content: is jointly supervised by Chongqing government and China South Industries Group Corporation. It is one of the remaining four universities with ordnance department. Full-time teachers of Chongqing University of Technology account for 54% of the total number of teachers, which ranks top in Chongqing City and the southwestern area of China. In recent five years it has in sequence undertaken 1,390 state-level and province-level major research projects and horizontal cooperation projects including through the National Natural Science Foundation and National Social Science Foundation. Two of them have gained the National Science and Technology Award. Its vehicle engineering is state-level key


title: "Jubril Martins-Kuye" content: Nigeria's GDP had grown by 4% annually by the World Bank's estimate, the highest rate for ten years. He describes himself as god-father of Ogun politics, leading the conservative group of the Ogun State PDP. He claimed to have installed Gbenga Daniel as governor, but by 2010 had become an opponent of Daniel. His ministerial nomination in March 2010 by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was controversial, since he had apparently not been on the list of ministerial nominees in Ogun State submitted by Governor Gbenga Daniel. Some leaders of the PDP state chapter wrote a petition protesting the nomination to


title: "Thomas Bailey Marquis" content: Nevada. He changed his mind after some writing success and declined the post when it was offered, only to change his mind again and request the post. However, it was no longer available. Marquis was taught Indian Sign Language by the Crow. This would be a great help to him in his research as the language was common to all the plains tribes. Marquis also had lessons from John Stands in Timber, the Cheyenne tribal historian and grandson of Lame White Man, a Cheyenne chief killed in the battle with Custer. Together with co-author Margot Liberty, Stands in Timber published


title: Mantis content: Mantis Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis. The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea),


title: Mantis content: which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other unrelated insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation. Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations,


title: Mantis content: including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a "femme fatale". Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets. Over 2,400 species of mantis in about 430 genera are recognized. They are predominantly found in tropical regions, but some live in temperate areas. The systematics of mantises have long been disputed. Mantises, along with stick insects (Phasmatodea), were once placed in the order Orthoptera with the cockroaches (now Blattodea) and rock crawlers (now Grylloblattodea). Kristensen (1991) combined the Mantodea with the cockroaches and termites into the order Dictyoptera,


title: Mantis content: suborder Mantodea. The name "mantodea" is formed from the Ancient Greek words ("mantis") meaning "prophet", and ("eidos") meaning "form" or "type". It was coined in 1838 by the German entomologist Hermann Burmeister. The order is occasionally called the mantes, using a Latinized plural of Greek "mantis". The name mantid properly refers only to members of the family Mantidae, which was, historically, the only family in the order. The other common name, praying mantis, applied to any species in the order (though in Europe mainly to "Mantis religiosa"), comes from the typical "prayer-like" posture with folded forelimbs. The vernacular plural "mantises"


title: Mantis content: (used in this article) was confined largely to the US, with "mantids" predominantly used as the plural in the UK and elsewhere, until the family Mantidae was further split in 2002. One of the earliest classifications splitting an all-inclusive Mantidae into multiple families was that proposed by Beier in 1968, recognizing eight families, though it was not until Ehrmann's reclassification into 15 families in 2002 that a multiple-family classification became universally adopted. Klass, in 1997, studied the external male genitalia and postulated that the families Chaeteessidae and Metallyticidae diverged from the other families at an early date. However, the Mantidae


title: Mantis content: and Thespidae are still both considered polyphyletic, so the Mantodea will have to be revised. The earliest mantis fossils are about 135 million years old, from Siberia. Fossils of the group are rare: by 2007, only about 25 fossil species were known. Fossil mantises, including one from Japan with spines on the front legs as in modern mantises, have been found in Cretaceous amber. Most fossils in amber are nymphs; compression fossils (in rock) include adults. Fossil mantises from the Crato Formation in Brazil include the long "Santanmantis axelrodi", described in 2003; as in modern mantises, the front legs were


title: Mantis content: adapted for catching prey. Well-preserved specimens yield details as small as 5 μm through X-ray computed tomography. Because of the superficially similar raptorial forelegs, mantidflies may be confused with mantises, though they are unrelated. Their similarity is an example of convergent evolution; mantidflies do not have tegmina (leathery forewings) like mantises, their antennae are shorter and less thread-like, and the raptorial tibia is more muscular than that of a similar-sized mantis and bends back further in preparation for shooting out to grasp prey. The "Mantodea Species File" lists the following living (with at least 2 extinct) families: Mantises have large,


title: Mantis content: triangular heads with a beak-like snout and mandibles. They have two bulbous compound eyes, three small simple eyes, and a pair of antennae. The articulation of the neck is also remarkably flexible; some species of mantis can rotate their heads nearly 180°. The mantis thorax consists of a prothorax, a mesothorax, and a metathorax. In all species apart from the genus "Mantoida", the prothorax, which bears the head and forelegs, is much longer than the other two thoracic segments. The prothorax is also flexibly articulated, allowing for a wide range of movements of the head and fore limbs while the


title: Mantis content: remainder of the body remains more or less immobile. Mantises have two spiked, grasping forelegs ("raptorial legs") in which prey items are caught and held securely. In most insect legs, including the posterior four legs of a mantis, the coxa and trochanter combine as an inconspicuous base of the leg; in the raptorial legs, however, the coxa and trochanter combine to form a segment about as long as the femur, which is a spiky part of the grasping apparatus (see illustration). Located at the base of the femur is a set of discoidal spines, usually four in number, but ranging


title: Mantis content: from none to as many as five depending on the species. These spines are preceded by a number of tooth-like tubercles, which, along with a similar series of tubercles along the tibia and the apical claw near its tip, give the foreleg of the mantis its grasp on its prey. The foreleg ends in a delicate tarsus used as a walking appendage, made of four or five segments and ending in a two-toed claw with no arolium. Mantises can be loosely categorized as being macropterous (long-winged), brachypterous (short-winged), micropterous (vestigial-winged), or apterous (wingless). If not wingless, a mantis has two