title: "Fisherman's Bastion" content: Fisherman's Bastion The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek. Construction of the bastion destabilised the foundations of the neighbouring 13th century Dominican Church which had to be pulled down. Between 1947–48, the son of "Frigyes Schulek", "János Schulek", conducted the other restoration project after its near destruction during World War II. Its seven towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in


title: "Fisherman's Bastion" content: the Carpathian Basin in 895. From the towers and the terrace a panoramic view exists of Danube, Margaret Island, Pest to the east and the Gellért Hill. The Buda side castle wall was protected by the fishermen's guild and this is the reason why it was called fishermen's Bastion. Other people say, it got the name from the part of the city, which lies beneath the tower. The guild of fishermen was responsible for defending this stretch of the city walls in the Middle Ages. It is a viewing terrace, with many stairs and walking paths. A bronze statue of


title: "Fisherman's Bastion" content: Stephen I of Hungary mounted on a horse, erected in 1906, can be seen between the Bastion and the Matthias Church. The pedestal was made by Alajos Stróbl, based on the plans of Frigyes Schulek, in Neo-Romanesque style, with episodes illustrating the King's life. It was featured as a Pit Stop on the sixth season of American TV show "The Amazing Race". Fisherman's Bastion The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: Lake Ritsa Lake Ritsa (, , ) is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, in the north-western part of Abkhazia, Georgia, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The road from the Black Sea coast was built in 1936. The resort of Avadhara lies to the north of the lake. The lake was an important tourist attraction during the Soviet period. It is still frequented by Russian tourists. Lake Ritsa is one of the deepest lakes in Georgia (116 m), and is rich in trout. It is fed by six rivers and drained by one, the Iupshara River. Lake


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: Ritsa water is cold and clear. Mountains with heights of 2,200 to 3,500 m surround the lake. The region around Lake Ritsa is a part of the Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests ecoregion with a fairly high concentration of evergreen boxwood groves. Many specimens of the Nordmann Fir, which reach heights of over 70 metres (230 ft), are found around the lake. In 1930 the Ritsa Nature Reserve (162.89 km) was established to protect the natural state of the lake and the surrounding land. The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had one of his summer-houses (dacha) by the lake. Later Leonid Brezhnev had


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: his summer house nearby as well. Today dacha belongs to the Abkhazian government. The average annual temperature in the area is 7.8 degrees Celsius (January −1.1 °C, August 17.8 °C). The mean annual precipitation is approx. 2,000 - 2,200 mm. Winters are sometimes snowy, summers warm. There are many legends and fairy tales about the lake. In ancient times there was a valley and a river at the site of the modern lake. A girl named Ritsa lived there with three brothers Agepsta, Atsetuka and Pshegishkha. Ritsa used to pasture her animals in the valley and her brothers hunted in


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: the high mountains by day and returned to the valley in the evening, where they ate, sang songs, and admired their sister. Once the brothers went too far into the mountains. Ritsa missed them and sang. The forest robbers Gega and Iupshara heard her and decided to kidnap her. Iupshara caught her and rode down the valley, while Gega covered his flank. Ritsa's brothers heard her crying and came to the rescue. Pshegishkha threw a sword at the robbers, but he missed and the sword flew over the river. The valley was filled with water and turned into a lake.


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: Ritsa broke from Iupshara's grip, but fell into the lake. The brothers couldn't save her. Then Pshegishkha threw the robber Iupshara into the lake, but Ritsa's water wouldn't accept him and threw out him over Pshegishkha's sword and the water carried him away to the sea. Gega ran after Iupshara, but he didn't manage to rescue him. Out of grief, the brothers turned into mountains, and today they are still standing here to protect the resting-place of Ritsa. In the 1930s, during the construction of Stalins's dacha, soldiers carried building materials by the lacet. Once, in the most dangerous place,


title: "Lake Ritsa" content: one truck fell down from the lacet. As the truck was falling, the driver cried: "Goodbye, Motherland!" ("Прощай, Родина!"). So, today this place is named "Goodbye, Motherland!" among drivers. Lake Ritsa Lake Ritsa (, , ) is a lake in the Caucasus Mountains, in the north-western part of Abkhazia, Georgia, surrounded by mixed mountain forests and subalpine meadows. The road from the Black Sea coast was built in 1936. The resort of Avadhara lies to the north of the lake. The lake was an important tourist attraction during the Soviet period. It is still frequented by Russian tourists. Lake Ritsa


title: "Capital Area Transportation Authority" content: Capital Area Transportation Authority The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) is the public transit authority that operates mass transit bus service and paratransit within the metro Lansing, Michigan area, including service on the campus of Michigan State University. CATA operates both bus transit and paratransit service across a area throughout metro Lansing including Michigan State University. CATA logged 10,241,340 riders in fiscal year 2017, an overall ridership decline of 6.0% from the previous fiscal year. CATA has approximately 300 employees, of which nearly 200 are bus operators. It does not operate on these seven major holidays: In 2016, 46% of


title: "London Student" content: 2013, the paper broke the story that departing UCL Provost Malcolm Grant's leaving party cost the college over £17,000. The story was later picked up by local and national newspapers. In January 2018, "London Student" exposed the existence at UCL of secret conferences on eugenics and intelligence with notorious speakers including white supremacists. The story was picked up by national papers, many crediting London Student in their reports. For many years, the newspaper was a red-top tabloid. This changed under Patrick Ward's editorship, with a transition toward a midmarket newspaper that better matched the more serious journalistic style of the


title: "John Morris (cricketer)" content: enough to see England to victory. In his seven other ODIs, he only scored 20 or more runs on one occasion. Following the tour, Morris never played representative cricket for England again. After a long career at Derbyshire, Morris moved to Durham in 1994; in the same year, while playing against Warwickshire, Brian Lara knocked a boundary from a delivery off Morris' bowling as he reached the highest score in first-class cricket history, 501 not out. He moved to Nottinghamshire in 2000 and retired in 2001. Morris was a stocky, right-handed middle-order batsman and made 21,539 runs in 362 first-class


title: "Florida–Miami football rivalry" content: winning five and Florida winning one) with an future neutral site game scheduled for the 2019 season. Before the annual series was canceled, the rivalry used to be regarded by many as the biggest in the state of Florida. The rivalry began ten years before future Florida State University fielded its first football team. Given the explanation at the time of cancellation, many Canes fans remain skeptical, accusing the Gators of being afraid of losing, even though at the time, the two teams split the last six games and Miami's only loss in their 1983 national title season was to


title: "Lace monitor" content: Lace monitor The lace monitor or lace goanna ("Varanus varius") is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. It belongs to the subgenus "Varanus". Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 m (over 6.8 ft) with a head-and-body length of up to 76.5 cm (2.5 ft). The tail is long and slender and about 1.5 times the length of the head and body. The maximum weight of lace monitor can be 20 kg (44 lb), but most adults are much


title: "Lace monitor" content: smaller. These common terrestrial and often arboreal monitors are found in eastern Australia and range from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia. They frequent both open and closed forests and forage over long distances (up to 3 km a day). They are mainly active from September to May, but are inactive in cooler weather and shelter in tree hollows or under fallen trees or large rocks. The females lay four to 14 eggs in spring or summer in termite nests. They frequently attack the large composting nests of scrub turkeys to steal their eggs, and often


title: "Lace monitor" content: show injuries on their tails inflicted by male scrub turkeys pecking at them to drive them away. Their diets typically consist of insects, reptiles, small mammals, birds, and birds' eggs. They are also carrion eaters, feeding on already dead carcasses of other wildlife. Lace monitors will also forage in areas inhabited by people, raiding chicken coops for poultry and eggs, rummaging through unprotected domestic garbage bags, and rubbish bins in picnic and recreational areas. They are preyed upon by dingoes and birds of prey, and like all Australian goannas, they were a favourite traditional food of Australian Aboriginal peoples, and


title: "Lace monitor" content: their fat was particularly valued as a medicine and for use in ceremonies. Lace monitors are found in two broad forms. The main form is dark grey to dull blueish-black with numerous, scattered, cream-colored spots. The snout is marked with prominent black and yellow bands extending under the chin and neck. The tail has narrow black and cream bands which are narrow and get wider towards the end of the tail. The other type, known as Bells form, is typically found in dryer parts of NSW and Queensland. It has broad, black and yellow bands across the body and tail.


title: "Lace monitor" content: Close up, these bands are made up of various spotted patterns. In late 2005, University of Melbourne researchers discovered that all monitors may be somewhat venomous. Previously, bites inflicted by monitors were thought to be prone to infection because of bacteria in their mouths, but the researchers showed that the immediate effects may be caused by mild envenomation. Bites on the hand by Komodo dragons ("V. komodoensis"), perenties ("V. giganteus"), lace monitors ("V. varius") and spotted tree monitors ("V. scalaris") have been observed to cause swelling within minutes, localised disruption of blood clotting, and shooting pain up to the elbow,


title: "Lace monitor" content: which can often last for several hours. Washington State University biologist Kenneth V. Kardong and toxicologists Scott A. Weinstein and Tamara L. Smith, have stated that this allegation of venom glands "has had the effect of underestimating the variety of complex roles played by oral secretions in the biology of reptiles, produced a very narrow view of oral secretions and resulted in misinterpretation of reptilian evolution". According to these scientists "reptilian oral secretions contribute to many biological roles other than to quickly dispatch prey". They concluded that, "Calling all in this clade venomous implies an overall potential danger that does


title: "Lace monitor" content: not exist, misleads in the assessment of medical risks, and confuses the biological assessment of squamate biochemical systems". Lace monitor The lace monitor or lace goanna ("Varanus varius") is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. It belongs to the subgenus "Varanus". Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 m (over 6.8 ft) with a head-and-body length of up to 76.5 cm (2.5 ft). The tail is long and slender and about 1.5 times the length of the head and


title: "Layia platyglossa" content: Layia platyglossa Layia platyglossa, commonly called coastal tidytips, is an annual wildflower of the family Asteraceae, native to western North America. Tidytips was formerly found throughout low-elevation dry habitats in California including the Mojave Desert and into Arizona and Utah. In pre-European times this plant was common in solid stands at lower elevations. Found in grassy valley floors, slopes of hills, openings in coastal sage scrub and chaparral, coastal plains, and in the High Desert. A member of Spring wildflower 'displays,' blooming March to June. "Layia platyglossa" is an annual, glandular, daisy like plant with narrow, rough hairy leaves. The


title: "Layia platyglossa" content: height of the entire plant is less than , roughly around wide. The roots are usually taproots, sometimes fibrous. The leaves at the upper part of the stem are short and have a pilous texture. The leaves at the basal part of the stem can be dentate to pinnate shaped with rotund short lobes. The lower leaves are generally lobed and the upper leaves are entire. Leaves usually alternate or opposite, and the blades are usually simple, rarely compound. The plant is an indeterminate zygomorphic inflorescent, individual heads are borne on a peduncle. The stems are usually erect, prostrate or


title: "Layia platyglossa" content: decumbent to ascending, and are stout and corymbed branched. The flower heads are composed of five to eighteen yellow ray flowers with white tips and many central yellow disk flowers. Its outer ray flowers are bright golden yellow with distinct, sharp-margined white tips. The bracts tips are rounded and involucre 6–12 mm high. The corolla is 4–6 mm long. The ray flowers are 3-3.8 mm long and the disk flowers are 2.8–5 mm long. The ligules are 6–15 mm long and 5–10 mm wide. The florets are bisexual, pistillate, functionally staminate or neuter. The sepals are highly modified. Pollination is


title: "Layia platyglossa" content: done by insects. The fruits are usually dry with thick, tough pericarps, sometimes rostrate and/or winged. Dispersion is done by the help from pappi (dispersal of fruit by wind). Seeds are one per fruit, embryos straight. "Layia platyglossa" is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is often an ingredient in commercial wildflower seed mixes. The daisy-like flowers are attractive, making it a popular annual flower in traditional gardens, wildlife gardens, and habitat gardens. The wildflower is used in habitat restoration projects, and is a pollinator supportive plant. The ripe seeds are a food source for birds. Layia platyglossa Layia platyglossa,


title: "Baby kissing" content: Baby kissing Baby kissing is a practice where politicians kiss babies in order to garner public support. In order of kissing babies, the political party appears to be affectionate and caring with the act of gaining votes in being elected as the prime representative of the country. The practice appears to have originated during the era of Jacksonian democracy along with other techniques such as "banners, badges, parades, barbecues, free drinks and baby kissing [which were used] in an effort to 'get out the vote'". City and county office candidates may frequently practice baby kissing on the campaign trail, but


title: "Vischering Castle" content: Vischering Castle Vischering Castle () in Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia is the most typical moated castle in the Münster region of Germany. This region has one of the highest German concentrations of castles, palaces and fortifications, Lüdinghausen having three by itself. The castle consists of outer defensive courtyard, defensive gateways, moat, drawbridge, main building and chapel. The sandstone walls, the red tile roofs as well as their reflection in the moat provide many harmonious views from the wooded surroundings. Vischering Castle was built by Bischop Gerhard von der Mark to counter the second castle built by the Von Lüdinghausen family. It


title: "Vischering Castle" content: became the seat of the Droste zu Vischering Family. Droste is the local title for the hereditary noble administrators serving the Bishops of Münster. The moat is constantly replenished by a side-arm of the River Stever. The outer defensive courtyard contains the business and farm buildings. The main building is a horseshoe-shaped three-story structure with heavy outer wall. Its inner courtyard is closed off by the chapel and a lower defense wall. A castle keep is missing, having been removed during Renaissance renovations. Fire destroyed the castle in 1521. Rebuilding took place on the existing foundation. Windows and the addition


title: "Vischering Castle" content: of a large bay made the castle more liveable but diminished its defensive character. The whole site however retains the character of a feudal age moated castle. Damage from air attack during World War II was minor. Vischering Castle houses the Münsterlandmuseum, an exhibit on knighthood for children, as well as a cafe-restaurant. It serves as a cultural center for Kreis Coesfeld. Visiting hours are provided in the first link below. Viewing the outside is possible at all times. The second link provides a more detailed chronology of the castle in German . Vischering Castle Vischering Castle () in Lüdinghausen,


title: "Puri district" content: of Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh. In the drama "Anargharaghava Natakam" attributed to circa 9th century CE, we find the name Purusottama applied to this town. In the Nagari Plate of Anangabhima III of the Saka year 1151-52 i.e. 1229-30 CE, the place is called Purusottama Kshetra. This name in the form of Purusottama Chhatar or only in the form Chhatar was used by the Mughals, the Marathas as well as the early British rulers in their official records. Even in "Yoginitantra" and "Kalikapurana" the city is referred to as Purusottam. Puri region was also known as Utkal. The name


title: "Stanley Cowell" content: Johnson With Clifford Jordan With Oliver Nelson With Art Pepper With Max Roach With Charles Sullivan With Buddy Terry With Charles Tolliver Stanley Cowell Stanley Cowell (born May 5, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label. Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano at around the age of four, "and first became interested in jazz after gaining exposure to the music of pianist Art Tatum, a family friend". "After high school, he attended both the Oberlin College Conservatory and the University of Michigan, during which time he also gained valuable


title: "Features new to Windows Vista" content: a completely new "Color Infrastructure and Translation Engine" (CITE). It is backed up by a new color processing pipeline that supports bit-depths more than 32 bits per pixel, multiple color channels (more than 3), alternative color spaces and high dynamic range coloring, using a technology named "Kyuanos" developed by Canon. The color processing pipeline allows device developers to add their own gamut mapping algorithm into the pipeline to customize the color response of the device. The new pipeline also uses floating point calculations to minimize round-off losses, which are inherent in integer processing. Once the color pipeline finishes processing the


title: "My Brain Hurts" content: were known for on their previous two records" and said the album "would eventually define the Screeching Weasel sound for the remainder of their careers." Production My Brain Hurts My Brain Hurts is the third studio album by the Chicago-based punk rock band Screeching Weasel. The album was originally released on CD, vinyl and cassette in September 1991 through Lookout Records. It was the group's first album on Lookout as well as the only release with bassist Dave Naked and the first with drummer Dan Panic, the latter of which would go on to appear on several of the band's


title: "57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)" content: anti-tank artillery units of the Reserve of High Command, the most numerous of these being anti-tank artillery regiments (Russian Истребительный Противотанковый Артиллерийский Полк, abbreviated ИПТАП). Guns captured by the Germans were given the designation 5.7 cm Pak 208(r). The ZiS-2 was also mounted on a few vehicles. In 1941 about a hundred ZiS-2 guns were mounted on Komsomolets armored tractor chassis to create the ZiS-30 tank destroyer. The ZiS-2 gun was also mounted in at least three different prototypes based on the SU-76 assault gun (SU-74, SU-76D, and SU-57B). None were accepted for production. There was also a tank gun


title: "Radius Prawiro" content: Yogyakarta in 1945 and continued as Liaison Officer "(Perwira Markas Tertinggi Perhubungan TRI)" in Yogyakarta from 1947 to 1948, was on the Staff of the Military Governor of the Yogyakarta from 1945 to 1951 and worked as a Technical Officer in the National Accounting Office "(Pegawai Teknis Direktorat Akuntan Negara)" from 1960 to 1965. He then held the position of Deputy Minister for the National Audit Office of Indonesia "(Deputi Menteri Pemeriksa Keuangan Negara)" (1965), Deputy Minister for the central bank (1965), Governor of the National Bank of Indonesia (1966), Governor of Bank Indonesia (1966 - 1973), and served concurrently


title: "Billy Mohler" content: member of The Jay Hodgson Group, which also included violinist Ludvig Girdland, drummer Rohin Khemani and lead-singer and songwriter Jay Hodgson; Girdland would go on to become an important session violinist in Los Angeles, working with the likes of Electric Light Orchestra and The Eels, among others. He recorded on their debut album, which topped collegeweb.com's national 'indie' chart for more than three months in 1998. Mohler is currently the CEO of Trailblaze Music Group and President of SQFT Records, which is the Indie subdivision of Trailblaze. Billy Mohler Billy Mohler is a Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was


title: "Hannah Montana" content: Hannah Montana Hannah Montana, also known as Hannah Montana Forever in its fourth and final season, is an American musical comedy television series created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien. It focuses on Miley Stewart (portrayed by Miley Cyrus), who is a teenager living a double life as an average schoolgirl by day and as the famous recording artist Hannah Montana by night, which she keeps secret and only a few people know of her alter ego. The story follows the daily life of Stewart, her brother Jackson, her best friends Lily and Oliver, and her father Robby


title: "University of Bangui" content: in higher education University of Bangui The University of Bangui () is a public university located in Bangui, Central African Republic. Before independence in Oubangui-Chari (later to be called the Central African Republic), most students going on to higher education headed for universities in France. After gaining independence in 1958, the Central African Republic took part in the Foundation for Higher Education in Central Africa (FESAC). The FESAC encompassed several former French colonies, each with schools or institutes with a specific focus. Within the FESAC, the Central African Republic had the agricultural institute. The FESAC began to come apart in


title: "Atmospheric dispersion modeling" content: most useful for pollutants that are dispersed over large distances and that may react in the atmosphere. For pollutants that have a very high spatio-temporal variability (i.e. have very steep distance to source decay such as black carbon) and for epidemiological studies statistical land-use regression models are also used. Dispersion models are important to governmental agencies tasked with protecting and managing the ambient air quality. The models are typically employed to determine whether existing or proposed new industrial facilities are or will be in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in the United States and other nations.


title: "William Lethbridge" content: William Lethbridge William Lethbridge (1825–1901) was a lawyer in England. When bookseller W H Smith owner William Henry Smith II decided to become involved in politics in 1864, he enlisted Lethbridge as a managing partner. He sat for a portrait by Frederick Sandys (1829-1904) in 1882 (see illustration). Lethbridge was the first president of North Western Coal and Navigation Company, a mining company based out of Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1882. The city of Lethbridge was named after him by Alexander Tilloch Galt in an effort to convince him to invest in the new company. However, Lethbridge never came to Canada.


title: "Sean Payton" content: his MCL in a collision with tight end Jimmy Graham's helmet after Graham was tackled on the sideline. Unable to stand on the sidelines, Payton coached from the booth during rehabilitation. In a memorable moment the week after, Payton was spotted eating a hot dog in a relaxed state while the Saints blew out the Indianapolis Colts 62-7. Payton has agreed to a new multi-year contract extension as head coach of the Saints beginning in 2013. On January 6, 2016, he announced that he would stay with the Saints despite interest from other teams that had led to speculation that


title: "Creswell, Derbyshire" content: farming houses until the construction of a turnpike road along the present A616 brought added importance. The arrival of the coal mining industry in the last decade of the 19th century had a dramatic effect on the area and Creswell became the larger community. Creswell expanded throughout the 20th century after a lease was obtained from the Duke of Portland in 1894 for the top hard seam of coal in the area and Creswell Colliery came into being. The Bolsover Colliery Company owned the pit until it was nationalised in 1947. Creswell Colliery was regarded as one of the most


title: "Singapore 2006" content: to the country. On 15 September 2006, the Singapore government announced that they will allow 22 out of the 27 banned activists into the country after reviewing the list of activists whose entry was subject to an interview if they entered the city-state. The organising committee said it reviewed the input provided by the IMF and the World Bank earlier that morning. The Singapore Government said on 20 September 2006 that its decision to lift the ban on 22 activists came before the public statement by World Bank slamming it. In a letter carried in the Wall Street Journal Asia,


title: "Eros and Civilization" content: achieved international fame, a key work in the intellectual legacy of the 1950s, and important in shaping the subcultures of the 1960s, in "The Sixties" (1998). The historian Roy Porter argued in the anthology "Debating Gender, Debating Sexuality" (1996) that Marcuse's view that "industrialization demanded erotic austerity" was not original, and was discredited by Foucault in "The History of Sexuality" (1976). The philosopher Todd Dufresne compared "Eros and Civilization" to Brown's "Life Against Death" (1959) and the anarchist author Paul Goodman's "Growing Up Absurd" (1960) in "Tales from the Freudian Crypt" (2000). He questioned to what extent Marcuse's readers understood


title: "Ashley Harkleroad" content: Ashley Harkleroad Ashley Harkleroad Adams is an American former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of No. 39 on June 9, 2003. Harkleroad turned professional on June 12, 2000, after she turned 15 years old. Her debut was at the ITF tournament in Largo, Florida, in 1999. The following year she played her first WTA qualifying event in Miami, Florida and her first Grand Slam tournament at the US Open. In 2001, she returned to the same events while improving her status on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2002, she won her first matches, reaching the


title: "Gospel End" content: last of its kind to remain locally. Construction of the new estate began in 2014 and the first houses were occupied by the spring of 2015, with the estate being almost complete by 2018. The focal point of the village is the Summer House, a public house in the east of the village, which was built in the early 19th century. The building has since been expanded. Gospel End Gospel End is a village in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Himley. It is situated on the A463


title: "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne" content: Peter Comensoli who succeeded Denis Hart on 1 August 2018. According to the 2006 Commonwealth Census figures, there were 4,932,423 people within the province. Of these, 1,349,828 were Catholic, about 28% of the population. When Melbourne, then called the Port Philip Settlement, and the surrounding area was being settled by European settlers in the 1830s, the area was a part of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney in the Archdiocese of Sydney. In 1839, John Polding, the Archbishop of Sydney, placed Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan in charge of the Port Philip Settlement and the first Mass was celebrated in Melbourne


title: "Semaphore, South Australia" content: during the summer months, with Fish and Chips, Ice Cream, Coffee shops, a public playground that was redone in 2014, and the Semaphore Water slide Amusement Park, there is no wonder Semaphore Road was voted the People's Choice Award for best main street in South Australia for 2014. Semaphore has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Semaphore is part of the state electoral district of Lee. Since 2014 Lee's member of South Australia's House of Assembly has been Stephen Mullighan. Stephen is a member of the Australian Labor Party. His electoral office is at Shop 4, 173-177 Tapleys Hill Road,


title: "J. T. Edson" content: great-grandson of Mark Counter, his mater Dawn Drummond-Clayton being the great-granddaughter of Tarzan through their son, Jack Clayton, aka Korak the Killer. Alvin Fog shares his series with Edgar Wallace characters J G Reeder and the Three Just Men. A variety of real (Wyatt Earp) and fictional (Matt Dillon) characters pop up in every series. The huge procession of characters from book to book ensured that the first few pages of an Edson book always ended up looking alike, with descriptions of a small, insignificant looking Dusty Fog, who suddenly appeared to become a giant when villains he faced down


title: "Dilip D'Souza" content: Dilip D'Souza Dilip D'Souza (born 1960) is a Mumbai-based writer and journalist. He writes about social and political causes. His columns have appeared in The Sunday Observer, Rediff.com, Outlook, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times, indiatogether.org, The Caravan and other publications. Dilip D'Souza was born to Neela, a former Indian Admininstrative Service officer and Maharashtra Chief Secretary and activist J.B. D'Souza. D'Souza did a BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani (1976–81) and an MS in Computer Science from Brown University (1984). He married French language teacher Vibha Kamat in 1993, and they have two children, son Sahir, born 1999 and


title: "Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra" content: ‘Andes of Sumatra’, and that all around it there are magnificent views. The mountains of each site represent important mountainous backdrops to the established and developed lowlands of Sumatra. The mixture of the stunning Lake Gunung Tujuh (the highest lake in Southeast Asia), the splendour of the giant Mount Kerinci volcano, many small volcanic, coastal and glacial lakes in natural forested settings. This shows the beauty of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Bukit Sumatra. Lastly, all three national parks have a very varied habitat and have outstanding biodiversity. Altogether the three sites make up 50% of the total plant variety,


title: "Maryetta Midgley" content: Maryetta Midgley Maryetta Midgley (born 27 May 1942) is an English soprano singer. Midgley was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the daughter of the International Operatic tenor Walter Midgley and the pianist Gladys Vernon. Her brother is the international tenor Vernon Midgley. She was educated at the Holy Cross Convent, New Malden, Surrey, England. She won a scholarship to the Trinity College of Music, where she studied singing and the piano. She began her career with the George Mitchell Singers and made her first radio broadcast as a child in "Round the Horne". She appeared in the "Fol-De-Rols" at the Congress


title: "Electrical characteristics of dynamic loudspeakers" content: well-designed amplifiers. Tube amplifiers have sufficiently higher output impedances that they normally included multi-tap output transformers to better match to the driver impedance. Sixteen ohm drivers (or loudspeakers systems) would be connected to the 16-ohm tap, 8 ohm to the 8 ohm tap, etc. This is significant since the ratio between the loudspeaker impedance and the amplifier's impedance at a particular frequency provides damping (i.e., energy absorption) for the back EMF generated by a driver. In practice, this is important to prevent "ringing" or "overhang" which is, essentially, a free vibration of the moving structures in a driver when it


title: "Calle 13 (band)" content: styles in the group's songs. Early cuts featured elements from jazz, bossa nova and salsa, while recent songs feature cumbia, tango, electronica and others. In their recent tours around Latin America they have added different musical elements according to the place the band is playing in, yet many of their songs carry the traditional reggaeton "Dem Bow" beat such as in their hit "Tango del Pecado" and the remix to "Suave". Singer Residente is reluctant to label their music in a specific genre, instead calling it plain urban style. In an interview with Rueben Blades, Rene mentioned that he is


title: "Torricelli's law" content: blocked, then the tube is filled with water. When it is full, the holes are unblocked. The lower a jet is on the tube, the more powerful it is. The fluid's exit velocity is greater further down the tube. Ignoring viscosity and other losses, if the nozzles point vertically upward then each jet will reach the height of the surface of the liquid in the container. Consider a cylindrical container containing water to height h is being emptied through a tube freely. Let h be the height of water at any time. Let the velocity of efflux be formula_11 Due


title: "History of Michigan" content: 1000 A.D. by the Native American Hopewell culture. Later, according to Oral histories, Algonquian peoples from the East Coast were driven west when Iroquoian people migrated to the region from central Canada and took their original homelands—These being the ancestors of the Ojibwe, Odawa, Potowatomi, Mascouten & Miami. Archaeology shows that this probably occurred during the 12th-13th centuries. Originally, the northern peninsula was largely claimed by the Ojibwe nation, although the border region of Wisconsin was claimed by the Menominee. Given that one of the oldest recorded names for the tribe was also the "Mackinac," they most likely predate the


title: "Kentucky Constitution" content: effect, the Lieutenant Governor only takes over gubernatorial powers when the Governor is incapacitated. The amendments also removed the Lieutenant Governor's duties in the Senate — previously, the Lieutenant Governor had cast the tie breaking vote in the Senate. Finally, the amendments allow candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor to run on a single ticket. Prior to the amendments, the two offices were sometimes inhabited by members of different parties. "See also Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky" In 1996, Sections 180 and 187 of Kentucky's Constitution were amended to remove language that allowed local governments to levy a poll tax on


title: "Montana Television Network" content: in 1958 to 1962. It made KTVH a sister station to KXLH-LD, a Helena-based full-time repeater of KRTV. On October 29, 2018, Cordillera announced the sale of the MTN stations to the E. W. Scripps Company as part of a $521 million deal to sell 15 of the 16 television stations that Cordillera currently owns to Scripps. The deal is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2019. Montana Television Network The Montana Television Network (MTN) is a statewide network of CBS affiliates in the U.S. state of Montana. It also includes one NBC station. All but one


title: "Piranha (1995 film)" content: raft and saves her friend Darlene. Darlene tries to save Laura (Soleil Moon Frye) but she falls in and the piranha kills her. Maggie and Paul make it to the camp. Paul grabs a canoe and saves his daughter and the kids. Maggie calls the resort to warn them of the danger but is ignored. She and Paul drive to the resort themselves but arrive too late; the school of piranha having killed most of the swimmers. Randolph now sees and realizes his mistake. Maggie and Paul take a speedboat to the latter's old workplace, to open the valve containing


title: Mini-Europe content: Mini-Europe Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has reproductions of monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly 80 cities and 350 buildings are represented.Mini-Europe receives 350,000 visitors per year and has a turnover of 4 million Euros. The park contains live action models such as trains, mills, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, and cable cars. A guide gives the details on all the monuments. At the end of the visit, the “Spirit of Europe” exhibition gives an interactive overview of the European Union


title: Mini-Europe content: in the form of multimedia games. The park is built on an area of 24,000 m². The initial investment was of €10 million in 1989, on its inauguration by Prince Philip of Belgium. The monuments were chosen for the quality of their architecture or their European symbolism. Most of the monuments were made using moulds. The final copy used to be cast from epoxy resin, but now polyester is used. Three of the monuments were made out of stone (e.g. the tower of Pisa, in marble). A computer-assisted milling procedure was used for two of the models. After painting the


title: Mini-Europe content: monument was installed on site, together with decorations and lighting. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela required more than 24,000 hours of work. Many of the monuments were financed by European countries or regions. The Brussels Grand-Place model cost €350,000 to make. Ground cover plants, dwarf trees, bonsais and grafted trees are used alongside miniature monuments, and the paths are adorned with bushes and flowers. Mini-Europe Mini-Europe is a miniature park located in Bruparck at the foot of the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. Mini-Europe has reproductions of monuments in the European Union on show, at a scale of 1:25. Roughly


title: "Tax-free shopping" content: use taxes, several US states have been working to implement a "streamlined" interstate use tax agreement. To effectuate this multilateral interstate compact, many states have enacted, or are considering enacting, statutory changes that require residents to disclose, under penalty of perjury, their annual use tax liability for out-of-state purchases. The focus on use tax collection has increased because the U.S. Supreme Court has placed significant hurdles in the path of state efforts to collect sales taxes on transactions in other no-tax or lower-tax jurisdictions. In "National Bellas Hess, Inc. v. Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois" and "Quill


title: "Dublin County (UK Parliament constituency)" content: £10, leaseholders; and 12 £50, 30 £20, and 1 £10, rent-chargers : the number that voted at the last general election was 1480. Prior to the Union, the boroughs of Swords and Newcastle sent each two members to the Irish House of Commons. Dublin County (UK Parliament constituency) Dublin County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created under the Act of Union 1800, replacing the Dublin County constituency in the Parliament of Ireland. For the 1885 general election,


title: Salicylaldehyde content: Salicylaldehyde Salicylic aldehyde (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde) is the organic compound with the formula CHCHO-2-OH. Along with 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, it is one of the three isomers of hydroxybenzaldehyde. This colorless oily liquid has a bitter almond odor at higher concentration. Salicylaldehyde is a key precursor to a variety chelating agents, some of which are commercially important. Salicylaldehyde is prepared from phenol and chloroform by heating with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide in a Reimer–Tiemann reaction: Alternatively, it is produced by condensation of phenol or its derivatives with formaldehyde to give hydroxybenzyl alcohol, which is oxidized to the aldehyde. Salicylaldehydes in general may


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: Sauromalus ater Sauromalus ater (common chuckwalla) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It inhabits the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends from eastern California, Utah, and Nevada south to Baja California and Sonora. The common name "chuckwalla" (or chuckawalla) is derived from the Shoshone word "tcaxxwal", or "caxwal", the form used by the Cahuilla of southeastern California. Its generic name, "sauromalus", is a combination of two Ancient Greek words:σαῦρος ("sauros") meaning "lizard" and ομαλυς ("omalus") meaning "flat". Its specific name is "ater", Latin for "black" or "dark" Its


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: original epithet was "Sauromalus obesus"; although that name is no longer officially recognized, it is still very common in the literature and it remains in many standard natural history references for North America. In 1998, Bradford D. Hollingsworth examined variations in "Sauromalus" and concluded that only five species should be recognized. He regarded "S. obesus" as conspecific with "S. ater", and he used "S. ater", which has priority, as the specific name of the combined taxon. No subspecies of "S. ater" are currently recognized. Based primarily on the extensive use of the name "S. obesus", a petition to give that


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: name precedence over that of "S. ater" was submitted to the ICZN. However, this reasoning was dubious and the priority of "S. ater" was maintained. In 2004, ICZN ruled that the name "Sauromalus ater" was first described by zoologist Auguste Duméril in 1856, thus had precedence over the name "Sauromalus obesus" which was not named until 1858 by Baird. The common chuckwalla is a large, flat-bodied lizard with a large, rounded belly, and a wide-based, blunt-tipped tail. Reaching a total length of 20 in and a weight of . Small scales cover its body, with larger scales protecting the ear


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: openings. The coloration of these lizards varies by location and between juveniles and adults, as well as between males and females. In adult males, the head, shoulder, and pelvic regions are black, while the midbody is light tan speckled with brown. Adult females are brownish in color with a scattering of dark red spots. Young chuckwallas have four or five broad bands across their bodies, and three or four on the tail which are lost in adulthood by males, but retained somewhat by females. Harmless to humans, these lizards are known to run from potential threats. When disturbed, the chuckwalla


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: enters a crevices between rocks, inflates its lungs using a gular pump. Lung inflation distends its body and wedges the lizard tightly in place. Males are seasonally and conditionally territorial; an abundance of resources tends to create a hierarchy based on size, with one large male dominating the area's smaller males. Chuckwallas use a combination of color and physical displays, namely "push ups", head-hobbing, and gaping of the mouth to communicate and defend their territory. Chuckwallas are diurnal animals, and as they are ectothermic, spend much of their mornings and cooler days basking. These lizards are well adapted to desert


title: "Sauromalus ater" content: conditions; they are active at temperatures up to 102 °F (39 °C). Chuckwallas brumate during cooler months and emerge in February. Mating occurs from April to July, with five to 16 eggs laid between June and August. The eggs hatch in late September. Primarily herbivorous, the chuckwalla eats creosote bush flowers, leaves, fruit, and occasionally insects. Sauromalus ater Sauromalus ater (common chuckwalla) is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. It inhabits the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the Southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends from eastern California, Utah, and Nevada south to Baja California and


title: "Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui" content: Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, or Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, is a pier located on reclaimed land at the southernmost tip of Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭) in Tsim Sha Tsui. Star Ferry operates the pedestrian ferry service across Victoria Harbour to Wan Chai and to Central on Hong Kong Island. The location is identified as "Kowloon Point" in the franchise held by Star Ferry. Construction of the first pier on the present location started in 1904, after the


title: "Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui" content: great land reclamation which extended Salisbury Road. It was of a "finger design". The pier opened in 1906, but was destroyed by typhoon in September 1906. Its replacement, which was designed to accommodate two ferries, was completed in 1914. In the early 1950s, construction of the present twin-piered terminal commenced on both sides of Victoria Harbour. The structure was completed in 1957, concurrent with the completion of the now demolished Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, which was built on the island side. Both piers were examples of Streamline Moderne. Like the Ferry Pier on Hong Kong Island, the pier consists of


title: "Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui" content: a two bi-level piers. The upper level boarding is more expensive than the lower level boarding area. The two structures are supported by wood pilings. Unlike the Hong Kong side, the Tsim Sha Tsui pier itself does not have a clock tower, though one is located nearby. A bus terminus located at the foot of Salisbury Road hosts Kowloon Motor Bus bus routes travelling to various parts of Kowloon and New Kowloon. The pier is close to Star House, Ocean Terminal, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and the Clock Tower of former KCR Kowloon Station. The Five Flag Poles between the


title: "Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui" content: pier and Star House are a popular meeting place. The Kowloon Public Pier is located south-east. There are a few retail shops at the Pier, including newsstands, a shop selling Star Ferry merchandise (models of ferries), an HSBC branch, and a Hong Kong Tourism Board information centre. Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, or Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier, is a pier located on reclaimed land at the southernmost tip of Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭) in Tsim Sha Tsui. Star


title: "Trichostema lanceolatum" content: Trichostema lanceolatum Trichostema lanceolatum, with the common names vinegarweed and camphor weed, is an annual flowering herb of the mint family native to western North America. The common name 'vinegarweed' originated due to its foliage containing volatile oils that have a strong vinegar odor. The oils have phytotoxic properties, which help the plant compete by killing or injuring other plant species. The plant is native to the Western United States from the Pacific Coast Ranges in Washington and Oregon, through California, and to northern Baja California state in México. It is found from above sea level to in elevation. California


title: "Trichostema lanceolatum" content: habitats it grows in include: chaparral; coastal sage scrub; and Northern, Southern, and Foothill oak woodlands. "Trichostema lanceolatum" is an annual herbaceous wildflower, growing under in height. The soft-hairy foliage has lanceolate leaves, long. In hot weather the vinegar smell of the plant becomes intense as the oils in the tissues permeate the air. The bilaterally symmetrical flowers, of pale blue to purple, are in long clusters in leaf axils on short green stems. The blooming period is from August to October. Plants reproduce only by seed that are primarily dispersed by falling to the ground below the parent plant.


title: "Trichostema lanceolatum" content: The plant is an important a pollen source for native bees and other insects. When a pollinating insect alights on the lower lobes of the corolla, and inserts its mouth parts into the nectar-containing lower section of the same tube, the narrow corolla portion above is straightened and snaps rapidly downward brushing pollen onto the insect's back. The volatile oils make it unpalatable to grazing and foraging animals. The indigenous peoples of California used this as a traditional medicinal plant, as a cold and fever remedy, a pain reliever, and a flea insect repellent. Trichostema lanceolatum Trichostema lanceolatum, with the


title: "Seaxburh of Ely" content: a saint, Seaxburh was held in high regard within the Legend: within it her role as queen and the founder of the minster at Sheppey was highlighted. The 1913 edition of the "Catholic Encyclopedia" lists several separate accounts of the saint's deeds and miracles, or so-called "Lives". The "Life" (or "Vita") printed in John Capgrave's "Nova, Legenda" and used by the Bollandists, was perhaps copied from a Cotton manuscript in the British Museum. There is another "Vita" in Latin in the same collection, but it was so damaged by fire that it is useless. The surviving versions of the "Vita


title: "James Winchester" content: his honor. James Winchester James Winchester (February 26, 1752 – July 26, 1826) was an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and a brigadier general during the War of 1812 (1812-1815). He commanded the American forces at the Battle of Frenchtown, which led to the Massacre of the River Raisin. Son of William Winchester & Lydia Richards, he was born February 26, 1752 in Carroll County, Maryland. Winchester enlisted in the Maryland militia during the American Revolution. He served Gen. Hugh Mercer's Flying Camp battalion during the early months of the war. He was captured


title: "Thomas Røll" content: Thomas Røll Thomas Christopher Røll Larsen (born 12 March 1977) is a retired Danish professional footballer. He played 293 games in the Danish Superliga with Silkeborg IF, F.C. Copenhagen, FC Midtjylland, and Vejle Boldklub, winning the international 1996 Intertoto Cup and a Danish Cup trophy with Silkeborg IF as well as three Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen. He also played eight matches for the Danish national team, scoring once. Born in Aarhus, Røll also lived on Funen, before he started playing football in Bylderup Bov near the Danish-German border. He was accepted into the youth academy of Silkeborg IF, and


title: Raghuvaran content: Raghuvaran Raghuvaran (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the "Hindustan Times", "The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation." He played the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, "Oru Manidhanin Kadhai", about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic. He received critical acclaim for his role as Father Alphonso in the Malayalam movie "Daivathinte Vikruthikal", directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on M.


title: Wedgwood content: Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, is a fine china, porcelain, and luxury accessories company founded on 1 May 1759 by English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood. In 1987, Wedgwood merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an Ireland-based luxury brands group. The main assets of Waterford Wedgwood were purchased in 2009 by KPS Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. At that time, the group became known as WWRD Holdings Limited, an acronym for "Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton". In July 2015, it was acquired by Fiskars Corporation, a Finnish consumer goods company. At the


title: Wedgwood content: outset, Josiah Wedgwood worked with the established potter Thomas Whieldon until 1759, when relatives leased him the "Ivy House" in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, which allowed him to start his own pottery business. His marriage to Sarah Wedgwood, a distant cousin with a sizable dowry, helped him launch his new venture. In 1765, Wedgwood created a new form of creamware, a fine glazed earthenware, which impressed the then British Queen consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who gave official permission to call it "Queen's Ware". This new form sold extremely well across Europe. In 1766, Wedgwood bought "Etruria", a large Staffordshire estate, as both


title: Wedgwood content: a home and factory site. Wedgwood developed a number of further industrial innovations for his company, notably a way of measuring kiln temperatures accurately and the new ware types "Black Basalt" and "Jasper Ware". Wedgwood's best known product is jasperware, created to look like ancient cameo glass. It was inspired by the Portland Vase, a Roman vessel which is now a museum piece. The first jasperware colour was Portland Blue, an innovation that required experiments with more than 3,000 samples. In recognition of the importance of his pyrometric beads (pyrometer), Josiah Wedgwood was elected a member of the Royal Society


title: Wedgwood content: in 1783. The Wedgwood Prestige collection sold replicas of the original designs, as well as modern neo-classical style jasperware. The main Wedgwood motifs in jasperware – as well as in other wares like basaltware, queensware, caneware, etc. – were decorative designs that were highly influenced by the ancient cultures being studied and rediscovered at that time, especially as Great Britain was expanding its empire. Many motifs were taken from ancient mythologies: Roman, Greek and Egyptian. Meanwhile, archaeological fever caught the imagination of many artists. Nothing could have been more suitable to satisfy this huge business demand than to produce replicas


title: Wedgwood content: of ancient artefacts. Many representations of royalty, nobles and statesmen in silhouette were created, as well as political symbols. These were often set in jewellery, as well as in architectural features like fireplace mantels, mouldings and furniture. Wedgwood has honoured American individuals and corporations as well, both historically and recently. In 1774 he employed the then 19-year-old John Flaxman as an artist, who would work for the next 12 years mostly for Wedgwood. The "Dancing Hours" may be his most well known design. Other artists known to have worked for Wedgwood include among others Lady Elizabeth Templetown, George Stubbs, Emma


title: Wedgwood content: Crewe and Lady Diana Beauclerk. Wedgwood had increasing success with hard paste porcelain which attempted to imitate the whiteness of tea-ware imported from China, an extremely popular product amongst high society. High transport costs and the demanding journey from the Far East meant that the supply of chinaware could not keep up with increasingly high demand. Towards the end of the 18th century other Staffordshire manufacturers introduced bone china as an alternative to translucent and delicate Chinese porcelain. In 1812 Wedgwood produced their own bone china which, though not a commercial success at first eventually became an important part of


title: Wedgwood content: an extremely profitable business. Josiah Wedgwood was also a patriarch of the Darwin–Wedgwood family. Many of his descendants were closely involved in the management of the company down to the time of the merger with the Waterford Company: Enoch Wedgwood (1813–1879), a distant cousin of the first Josiah, was also a potter and founded his own firm, Wedgwood & Co, in 1860. It was taken over by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons in 1980. In 1968, Wedgwood purchased many English potteries including Mason's Ironstone, Johnson Brothers, Royal Tuscan, William Adams & Sons, J. & G. Meakin and Crown Staffordshire. In 1979,


title: Wedgwood content: Waterford Wedgwood purchased the Franciscan Ceramics division of Interpace in the United States. The Los Angeles plant closed in 1984 and production of the Franciscan brand was moved to Johnson Brothers in Britain. In 1986, Waterford Glass Group plc purchased Wedgwood plc, forming the company Waterford Wedgwood plc. In 1986, Waterford Glass Group plc purchased Wedgwood plc for US$360 million, with Wedgwood delivering a 38.7 million USD profit in 1998 (while Waterford itself lost $28.9 million), after which the group was renamed Waterford Wedgwood plc. From early 1987 to early 1989, the CEO was Patrick Byrne, previously of Ford, who


title: Wedgwood content: then became CEO of the whole group. During this time, he sold off non-core businesses and reduced the range of Wedgwood patterns from over 400 to around 240. In the late 1990s, the CEO was Brian Patterson. From 1January 2001, the Deputy CEO was Tony O'Reilly, Junior, who was appointed CEO in November of the same year and resigned in September 2005. He was succeeded by the then-president of Wedgwood USA, Moira Gavin, up until the company went into administration in 2009. In 2001, Wedgwood launched a collaboration with designer Jasper Conran, which started with a white fine bone china


title: Wedgwood content: collection then expanded to include seven patterns. In March 2009, KPS Capital Partners acquired the Waterford Wedgwood group assets. Assets including Wedgwood, Waterford and Royal Doulton were placed into WWRD Holdings Limited. On 5January 2009, following years of financial problems at group level, and after a share placement failed during the global financial crisis of 2008, Waterford Wedgwood was placed into administration on a "going concern" basis, with 1,800 employees remaining. On 27February 2009, Waterford Wedgwood's receiver Deloitte announced that the New York-based private equity firm KPS Capital Partners had purchased certain Irish and UK assets of Waterford Wedgwood, and


title: Wedgwood content: the assets of its Irish and UK subsidiaries. In March 2009, KPS Capital Partners announced that it had acquired group assets in a range of countries (including the UK, USA and Indonesia), would invest €100 million, and would move a number of jobs to Asia to cut costs and return the firm to profitability. In a move that had begun under the previous owners, approximately 1,500 jobs were cut in the UK, leaving 800 workers in the UK producing only the high-end Wedgwood products. KPS Capital Partners placed Wedgwood into a group of companies known as WWRD, an abbreviation for


title: Wedgwood content: "Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton". On 11May 2015, in a deal expected to close in July 2015, Fiskars Corporation, a Finnish maker of home products, agreed to buy 100% of the holdings of WWRD. On 2 July 2015, the acquisition of WWRD by Fiskars Corporation was completed, including the brands Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and Rogaška. The acquisition was approved by the US antitrust authorities. Wedgwood's founder wrote as early as 1774 that he wished he had preserved samples of all the company's works, and he began to do so. The first formal museum was opened in May 1906,


title: Wedgwood content: with a curator named Isaac Cook, at the main (Etruria) works. The contents of the museum were stored for the duration of the Second World War and relaunched in a gallery at the new Barlaston factory in 1952. A new purpose-built visitor centre and museum was built in 1975 and remodelled in 1985, with pieces displayed near items from the old factory works in cabinets of similar period. A video theatre was added and a new gift shop, as well as an expanded demonstration area, where visitors could watch pottery being made. A further renovation costing £4.5 million was carried


title: Wedgwood content: out in 2000, including access to the main factory itself. Adjacent to the museum and visitor centre are a restaurant and tea room, serving on Wedgwood ware. The museum, managed by a dedicated trust, closed in 2000 and on 24 October 2008, it reopened in a new multimillion-pound building. In June 2009, the Wedgwood Museum won a UK Art Fund Prize for Museums and Art Galleries for its displays of Wedgwood pottery, skills, designs and artefacts. In May 2011, the archive of the museum was inscribed in UNESCO's UK Memory of the World Register. The collection with 80,000 works of


title: Wedgwood content: art, ceramics, manuscripts, letters and photographs faced being sold off to help satisfy pension debts inherited when Waterford Wedgwood plc went into receivership in 2009. The Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund, various trusts and businesses contributed donations to purchase the collection. On December 1 2014, the collection was purchased and donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The collection will continue to be on display at the Wedgwood Museum on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Minton Archive comprises papers and drawings of the designs, manufacture and production of the defunct pottery company Mintons. It was acquired


title: Wedgwood content: by Waterford Wedgwood in 2005 along with other assets of the Royal Doulton group. At one time it seemed the Archive would become part of the Wedgwood collection. In the event, the Archive was presented by the Art Fund to the City of Stoke-on-Trent, but it was envisaged that some material would be displayed at Barlaston as well as the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. Wedgwood railway station was opened in 1940 to serve the Wedgwood complex in Staffordshire, England. Wedgwood Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, is a fine china, porcelain, and luxury accessories company founded on


title: "Frank Talia" content: Frank Talia Francesco "Frank" Talia (born 20 July 1972 in Melbourne) is an Australian former professional football goalkeeper, who last played for Wycombe Wanderers in Football League Two. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1989 to 1990. Talia began his career at Australian club Sunshine Georgies before moving to Blackburn Rovers in August 1992. Although he was at the club for three years, Talia did not make any first-team appearances for Blackburn and moved to Swindon Town in September 1995 after a loan spell at Hartlepool United. For a while, he was Blackburn's second choice goalkeeper


title: Claytonia content: Claytonia Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of 27 species of flowering plants formerly included in Portulacaceae but now classified in the family Montiaceae, primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North America, with a couple of species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia in eastern Asia. The genus Claytonia was moved in 2009 from the Purslane family (Portulacaceae) with adoption of the APG IV system, which recognised the Montiaceae family. A number of the species were formerly treated in the related genus "Montia". A comprehensive scientific study of Claytonia


title: Claytonia content: has been published. "Claytonia perfoliata", the species for which the term miner's lettuce was coined, is distributed throughout the Mountain West of North America in moist soils and prefers areas which have been recently disturbed. The species got its name due to its use as a fresh salad green by miners in the 1849 Gold Rush in California. Now known as a Calandrinia, Claytonia balonensis (Balonnensis) is recorded in the 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia as being called "periculia" by Indigenous Australians and that the plant was eaten by Europeans with bread while Indigenous Australians used it


title: Claytonia content: as a food when mixed with baked bark. "The seed is used for making a kind of bread, after the manner of that of Portulaca oleracea. (Mueller, Fragm., x., 71.)." "Claytonia" is the name of the seasonal newsletter of the Arkansas Native Plant Society. Claytonia Claytonia (spring beauty) is a genus of 27 species of flowering plants formerly included in Portulacaceae but now classified in the family Montiaceae, primarily native to the mountain chains of Asia and North America, with a couple of species extending south to Guatemala in Central America, and northwest to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia in eastern


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: Lissachatina fulica Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs in the family Achatinidae. It is also known as the giant African snail or giant African land snail. This snail species has been considered a significant cause in pest issues around the world. Internationally, it is the most frequently occurring invasive species of snail. Outside of its native range, this snail thrives in many types of habitat in areas with mild climates. It feeds voraciously and is a vector for plant pathogens, causing severe damage to agricultural crops and native plants. It competes with native snail taxa,


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: is a nuisance pest of urban areas, and spreads human disease. This snail is listed as one of the top 100 invasive species in the world. Subspecies within this species: The species is native to East Africa, but it has been widely introduced to other parts of the world through the pet trade, as a food resource, and by accidental introduction. This species has been found in China since 1931 and its initial point of distribution in China was Xiamen. The snail has also been established in the Pratas Islands, of Taiwan, throughout India, the Pacific, Indian Ocean islands, Southeast


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: Asia and the West Indies. The species was established in the United States in 1936. They were brought to the U. S. through imports. They were intended to be used for educational uses and to be pets. Some were also introduced because they were accidentally shipped with other cargo. Eradication is currently underway in Florida. The species has recently been observed in Bhutan (Gyelposhing, Mongar), where it is an invasive species. It has begun to attack agricultural fields and flower gardens. It is believed there that dogs have died as a result of consuming the snail and being infected by


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. The adult snail is around in height and or more in length. The shell has a conical shape, being about twice as high as it is broad. Either clockwise (dextral) or counter-clockwise (sinistral) directions can be observed in the coiling of the shell, although the right-handed (dextral) cone is the more common. Shell colouration is highly variable, and dependent on diet. Typically, brown is the predominant colour and the shell is banded. The shell is particularly tough and has the highest heavy metal content of any snail species. The giant African snail is native to


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: East Africa, and can be traced back to Kenya and Tanzania. It is a highly invasive species, and colonies can be formed from a single gravid individual. In many places, release into the wild is illegal. Nonetheless, the species has established itself in some temperate climates and its habitat now includes most regions of the humid tropics, including many Pacific islands, southern and eastern Asia, and the Caribbean. The giant snail can now be found in agricultural areas, coastland, natural forest, planted forests, riparian zones, scrub and shrublands, urban areas, and wetlands. The giant African snail is a macrophytophagous herbivore;


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: it eats a wide range of plant material, fruit, and vegetables. It will sometimes eat sand, very small stones, bones from carcasses and even concrete as calcium sources for its shell. In rare instances the snails will consume each other. In captivity, this species can be fed on a wide range of fruit and vegetables, plain unseasoned mince or boiled egg. They can also occasionally be fed cuttlefish bone, which is commonly used as a calcium source for healthy shell growth. It requires about 18.28% of crude protein in its diet for optimal growth. This species is a simultaneous hermaphrodite;


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: each individual has both testes and ovaries and is capable of producing both sperm and ova. Instances of self-fertilization are rare, occurring only in small populations. Although both snails in a mating pair can simultaneously transfer gametes to each other (bilateral mating), this is dependent on the size difference between the partners. Snails of similar size will reproduce in this way. Two snails of differing sizes will mate unilaterally (one way), with the larger individual acting as a female. This is due to the comparative resource investment associated with the different genders. Like other land snails, these have intriguing mating


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: behaviour, including petting their heads and front parts against each other. Courtship can last up to half an hour, and the actual transfer of gametes can last for two hours. Transferred sperm can be stored within the body for up to two years. The number of eggs per clutch averages around 200. A snail may lay five to six clutches per year with a hatching viability of about 90%. Adult size is reached in about six months, after which growth slows, but does not cease until death. Life expectancy is commonly five or six years in captivity, but the snails


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: can live for up to ten years. They are active at night and spend the day buried underground. The giant African snail is capable of aestivating for up to three years in times of extreme drought, sealing itself into its shell by secretion of a calcerous compound that dries on contact with the air. Parasites of "Lissachatina fulica" include: In many places this snail is a pest of agriculture and households with the ability to transmit both human and plant pathogens. Suggested preventive measures include strict quarantine to prevent introduction and further spread. This snail has been given top national


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: quarantine significance in the United States. In the past, quarantine officials have been able to successfully intercept and eradicate incipient invasions on the mainland USA. In the wild, this species often harbors the parasitic nematode "Angiostrongylus cantonensis", which can cause a very serious meningitis in humans. Human cases of this meningitis usually result from a person having eaten the raw or undercooked snail, but even handling live wild snails of this species can infect a person with the nematode and thus cause a life-threatening infection. In some regions, an effort has been made to promote use of the giant African


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: snail as a food resource in order to reduce its populations. However, promoting a pest in this way is a controversial measure, because it may encourage the further deliberate spread of the snails. One particularly catastrophic attempt to biologically control this species occurred on South Pacific Islands. Colonies of "A. fulica" were introduced as a food reserve for the American military during World War II and they escaped. A carnivorous species (Florida rosy wolfsnail, "Euglandina rosea") was later introduced by the United States government, in an attempt to control "A. fulica" but the rosy wolf snail instead heavily preyed upon


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: the native "Partula", causing the extinction of most "Partula" species within a decade. "Lissachatina fulica" are used by some practitioners of Candomblé for religious purposes in Brazil as an offering to the deity Oxalá. The snails substitute for a closely related species, the African giant snail ("Archachatina marginata") normally offered in Nigeria. The two species share a common name ("Ìgbín", also known as "ibi" or "boi-de-oxalá" in Brazil), and are similar enough in appearance to satisfy religious authorities. They are also edible if cooked properly. In Taiwan, this species is used in the dish of 炒螺肉 (Hot Frying snails) which


title: "Lissachatina fulica" content: is a delicacy among the traditional drinking snacks. "L. fulica" also constitutes the predominant land snail found in Chinese markets. The snails have also become increasingly popular as pets, such as in France and the UK, the latter in which various companies have sold the animal both as a pet and means of education. "L. fulica" is one of the most common snails being sold in the pet trade.. The heparinoid acharan sulfate is isolated from this species. This article incorporates CC BY-2.0 text from the reference. Lissachatina fulica Lissachatina fulica is a species of large land snail that belongs


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: Trausnitz Castle Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany. It was the home of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and it served as their ducal residence for Lower Bavaria from 1255–1503, and later as the seat of the hereditary rulers of the whole of Bavaria. The castle was founded in 1204 by Duke Ludwig I. The Knights' Hall of Castle Trausnitz belongs to the main buildings of the 13th century and there were already around 1260/70. The room is 245 m² and is separated in two naves, to four "Jochen" a nave. The constructions that were used


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: belong to the time period of the so-called "Zisterziensergotik". Today the Knights' Hall is used for festival banquets or for short exhibitions. The "Loggia", already called so since 1493, was finished in the 16th century. The Tower Terrace sports a great view of the city through the round arcs. On the east side there is a stair tower. The wooden ceiling with shaped rosettes is descended from the time of Wilhelm V. There is a stone walled music platform on the south side of the room. The "Söller" is today used for many different functions, and it holds a maximum


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: of 99 people. The White Hall is on the first floor of the "Dürnitz" tract and is directly above the Knights' Hall. The White Hall has probably existed since the 15th century and was probably planned as a big ballroom. It appears that the hall was never finished, because there are no traces of paintings as usual for the castle at this time. The about 240 m² tall room, which is two floors large, is today used for banquets, greetings, concerts and lectures. The visitors can enjoy the great view over the ancient city of Landshut. A phenomenon in the


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: Renaissance that proliferated Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the cabinet of curiosities was in essence a personal collection of rare, unknown and marvelous objects. Popular, visual and encyclopedic in their approach, these cabinets, or Wunderkammern, included a diversity of specimens from both known and newly discovered worlds. These collections of curious objects that are seemingly not human in nature require the idea or application of human characteristics and traits to describe their inhuman state. The Trausnitz Chamber of Art and Curiosities which was arranged by Prince Wilhelm in 1579 and then taken to Munich is a collection of


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: 750 exhibits including works of art, treasures from the Orient and curiosities typical of the collections owned by rulers in the Renaissance era. It was reopened in September 2004 as one part of the Bavarian National Museum. The chamber is divided into four different themes. "ARTIFICIALA"—wondrous legerdemains—contains sumptuous bronze and painting but also midget carving of plum stones. "NATURALIA"—the wonder of nature—gets shown stuffed animals, extraordinary horns, mussels and minerals. The hall of "EXOTICA"—marvellousness from foreign countries—contains craft of corals, ivory and nacre whereas "SCIENTIFICA"—scientific arranges the world—shows scientific instruments of rational acquisition of the world in year 1600. Trausnitz


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: Castle is situated atop a hill above Landshut. Before the 16th century, it had the same name as the town, Landshut, which translates into "protector of the land". Previously, the castle guarded over the city and the surrounding land. The size of the castle has remained almost the same since Louis I of Bavaria in 1204. The castle was completed by the time of Emperor Frederick II's visit in 1235. During the first half of the 13th century, Trausnitz represented not only the centre of imperial politics but also of Staufer culture. Landshut was visited by famous minstrel singers, including


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: Walter von der Vogelweide and Tannhäuser, during this period. The patronage of art by the Dukes of Bavaria was so high that they sent for a sculptor from Strasbourg who created jewellery for a sculpture that now stands in the Castle's "Burgkapelle". The wealthy Duke of Landshut repeatedly renovated and expanded the buildings in Burg Trausnitz during the 15th century. The Dürnitz was built during this time. The outer defensive ring of walls were heightened and extended for the defensive towers. Duke Louis X of Bavaria furnished the castle in 1516 in the south German Renaissance style, though few examples


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: remain today. The arcades of the courtyard were created 1568–1578 by Friedrich Sustris for Crown Prince William. Many paintings in the Florentine style were added at this time, but most were lost due to fires over the years. Later, Prince Ferdinand Maria (1675–1679) undertook restoration of the burned paintings and decorated other rooms with other paintings. During the 18th century, the castle was used a barracks and a prison for noble prisoners. At the beginning of the 19th century it was used as a hospital. King Ludwig II of Bavaria (who was the creator of Neuschwanstein Castle in Füssen) ordered


title: "Trausnitz Castle" content: the decoration of a new splendid private apartment in the second floor of the prince's wing (1869-1873). In 1961, a fire destroyed much of the interior decoration, including the king's rooms. Trausnitz Castle Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany. It was the home of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and it served as their ducal residence for Lower Bavaria from 1255–1503, and later as the seat of the hereditary rulers of the whole of Bavaria. The castle was founded in 1204 by Duke Ludwig I. The Knights' Hall of Castle Trausnitz belongs to the main buildings


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai The Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai located in South Mumbai in Maharashtra, India is a Grade IIA heritage building (‘V’ shaped as viewed from top) opposite to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (an UNESCO World heritage site) at the junction of Dadabhai Naoroji Road and Mahapalika Marg. It is also known as the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation Building, or BMC building for short. As the name suggests, the building houses the civic body that governs the city of Mumbai, which is now named the Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika () or the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and which has as


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: its motto, "यतो धर्मस्ततो जय" (Sanskrit: Yato Dharmastato Jaya or, "Where there is Righteousness, there shall be Victory"), inscribed on the banner of its coat of arms. It is said to be the largest civic organization in India as well as in Asia: it covers an area of The BMC was created in 1865 and Arthur Crawford was its first Municipal Commissioner. The Municipality was initially housed in a modest building at the terminus of Girgaum Road. In 1870, it was shifted to a building on the Esplanade, located between Watson Hotel and the Sassoon Mechanics Institute where the present


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: Army & Navy building is situated. On December 9, 1884, the foundation stone for the new building of the Bombay Municipal Corporation was laid opposite to the Victoria Terminus now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, by the Viceroy of the time, Lord Ripon. Two designs were considered for the building; one of the Gothic designs done by Frederick William Stevens and the other in the Indo-Saracenic design presented by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. The Gothic design was finally selected. The building was completed in 1893. The Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai has categorized the heritage


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: buildings of Mumbai under the guidelines prepared for the purpose. According to these guidelines, the Municipal Corporation Building, Bombay has been categorized by the Bombay Municipal Corporation as Grade II A. The list of heritage buildings, as categorized on April 24, 2005, under Grade I, Grade II, Grade IIA, Grade III and Precincts are 591. For the Bombay Municipal Corporation Building, the details are elaborated below. "157. Grade-IIA Bombay Municipal Corporation (MCGM Headquarter) - Value Classification - A(his), I(sce), C(seh) A(arch), B(per), B(des), F" Grade-II (A&B) is defined as: "Buildings, of regional or local importance, possessing special architectural or aesthetical


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: merit, cultural or historical value, though of a lower scale than in Heritage Grade. They are local landmarks, contributing to the image and identity of the City." As per the defined “Scope for Changes (Grade-IIA)”, the restorations permitted are: "Internal changes, and adaptive reuse will be generally allowed, but external changes will be subject to scrutiny Care would be taken to ensure the conservation of all special aspects for which it is included in Heritage Grade-II." The “Abbreviations of Criteria (Classification)” used for listing of buildings and conservation areas are: "a) Value for architectural, historical or cultural reasons A" -


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: architectural A(arc) - historical A(his) - cultural A(cul) b) The date and / or period and / or design and / or unique use of the buildings or artefact B - period B(per) - design B(des) - use B(uu) c) Relevance to social or economic history C (seh) d) Association with well-known persons or events D (bio) e) A building or groups of buildings and / or areas, of a distinct architectural design and / or style, historic period or way of life having sociological interest and / or community value E - Style - Historical f) The unique value


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: of a building or architectural features or artifact and / or being part of a chain of architectural development that would be broken if it were lost F g) Its value as a part of a group of buildings G (grp) h) Representing forms of technological development H (tec) i) Vistas of natural / scenic beauty or interest, including water–front areas, distinctive and / or planned lines of sight, street line, skyline or topographical I (sce) j) Open spaces sometimes integrally planned with their associated areas having a distinctive way of life and for which are and have the potential


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: to be areas of recreation J"" In keeping with the above categorization, the restoration works of the Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai was planned by a panel of three conservation architects, namely, Abha Narain Lambah, Shashi Prabhu and Shimul Zaveri Kadri. The restoration plan for the 125-year-old BMC Gothic structure envisages a) restoration of interiors and the exterior – from the roof tiles to the exquisite Minton tiles inside and to stained glass work and b) strengthening several wooden beams. In the first phase the structure would be restored to its original glory involving replacement of broken tiles, repair of statues,


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: and removal of plants and moss. The subsequent phases of restoration would involve a) reorganization of office space within the building to improve the operational efficiency of staff members, b) 'Citizens Facilitation Centre' and party offices in the ground floor and c) Corporation Hall to be modified for a larger seating arrangement by including outer corridors and opening the wooden doors to increase its seating capacity from 200 to 300. Estimated to cost Rs 80 crore (US$16 million, at current exchange rate), approved by the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee and the civic administration, it is the largest and most comprehensive


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: conservation concept undertaken in the city, without disturbing the routine work of the civic affairs and administration of the BMC. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), as the primary agency responsible for urban governance, has also signed an MOU with NGO Council to work closely with NGOs in the fields of education, public health, creation of urban amenities, art and culture and heritage conservation. Before construction, two designs were considered for the building; one of the Gothic designs done by Frederick William Stevens and the other in the Indo-Saracenic design presented by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. The Gothic design was


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: finally selected. The building is known for its tall tower. The chief architectural feature is the central dome that rises to a height of . The gable has a huge winged allegorical figure representing the 'urbs prima in Indis', the first city of India as it was to be known then. The richly molded and paneled Council Chamber has a ceiling of unpolished teak. Records also support that at these environs Phansi Talao or Gallows Tank, where public hangings took place, was located. In the period from 1100 to 1500 AD, the architecture of churches constructed with ornamental arches, with


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: ribs supported by buttresses resulted, in the subsequent idea of the framed structural design with grandeur and monumentality during the renaissance period of 1500–1700 AD, as the distinct style; the Bombay Municipal Corporation building, the Victoria Terminus, the Rajabai tower and the University of Bombay are some examples of this style. The old style of dome construction was also revived and became popular; 1750 onwards was considered to be the period of modern architecture. The Gothic architecture with controlled composition custom–made to the climatic extremes of the city has cusped window arches and elaborately domed corner towers. At the entrance


title: "Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai" content: to the BMC stands an impressive bronze statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta that gives a picturesque view of the roads and buildings in front (pictured). Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai The Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai located in South Mumbai in Maharashtra, India is a Grade IIA heritage building (‘V’ shaped as viewed from top) opposite to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (an UNESCO World heritage site) at the junction of Dadabhai Naoroji Road and Mahapalika Marg. It is also known as the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation Building, or BMC building for short. As the name suggests, the building houses the civic body that


title: "The Karaoke King" content: The Karaoke King The Karaoke King is a 2007 comedy film directed by Dan Mackler and JJ Ruscella. The film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar. It revolves around a fictional bar named Lil's in Central Florida, known as the birthplace of karaoke in the United States. For as long as anyone can remember, one man named Eddie Bowman has won the weekly Wednesday night karaoke competition. The film follows one fateful night where Eddie battles between his long-time girlfriend, Nikki, and his long-time nemesis, Rupert Goldfine to determine who is going to be the next reigning


title: "Dede Wilsey" content: Dede Wilsey Diane Buchanan "Dede" Wilsey (b. Washington, D.C., 1944) is a San Francisco socialite, Republican donor and philanthropist, and the widow of San Francisco businessman Al Wilsey. Wilsey was born Diane Dow Buchanan. Her father, Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., was the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg and Austria, as well as the White House Chief of Protocol under Dwight Eisenhower. Her maternal great-grandfather, Herbert Henry Dow, was the founder of Dow Chemical. Her privileged childhood featured summers at the family estate Beulieu House in Newport, Rhode Island, and in the south of France. When she made her social debut in


title: "Corallorhiza maculata" content: Corallorhiza maculata Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is widespread through Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, and much of the Western and northern United States (though generally absent from the Great Plains and from the lowland parts of the Southeast). It grows mostly in montane woodlands. "Corallorhiza maculata" is a myco-heterotroph; it lacks chlorophyll and gets food by parasitizing the mycelium of fungi in the family Russulaceae. The rhizome and lower stem are often knotted into branched coral shapes. The stem


title: "Corallorhiza maculata" content: is usually red or brown in color, but occasionally comes in a light yellow or cream color. There are no leaves and no photosynthetic green tissues. The stems bear dark red scales and intricate orchid flowers. "Corallorhiza maculata" flowers are small and emerge regularly from all sides of the stem. The sepals are dark red or brown tinged with purple, long and pointed. The side petals are reddish, and the lip petal is bright clean white with deep red spots. It is usually lobed or toothed on the side and . In some varieties, the lip is plain white without


title: "Corallorhiza maculata" content: spots. Several Native American groups historically used the orchid's stems dried and brewed as a tea for such maladies as colds, pneumonia, and skin irritation. "Corallorhiza maculata" is also the topic of the poem "On Going Unnoticed" by Robert Frost. Corallorhiza maculata Corallorhiza maculata, or spotted coralroot, is a North American coralroot orchid flower. Varieties are also known as western coralroot and summer coralroot. It is widespread through Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, St. Pierre & Miquelon, and much of the Western and northern United States (though generally absent from the Great Plains and from the lowland parts of the Southeast). It


title: "Bert Vogler" content: in the history of Test cricket, hitting George Thompson for 22 in a single over. However, the following season Vogler's reputation suffered. Touring Australia for the first time as a requirement to all for the proposed Triangular Tournament on 1912, Vogler could not cope with the extremely hard Australian pitches which allowed him no bite with which to spin the ball, nor with the instructions of Australia's captain Warwick Armstrong to hit the googly bowlers off their length at any cost. So ineffective was Vogler that he was left out of two of the Tests and took four wickets in


title: Aberkenfig content: to the New Garden, a highly regarded Chinese restaurant which has been featured in the Egon Ronay Guide. At the centre of the village is a small green patch of grass and a bench at the junction of Bridgend Road, Pandy Road and Dunraven Street, and is accompanied by a CCTV camera, placed as a response by the council to growing concerns about the activities of young people in the village. The focus of commercial activity is around this centre, although it has moved here from further up Bridgend Road closer to Tondu, although some shops have remained there, and


title: "Paul Hegarty" content: when he experimented by pairing him with Dave Narey in United's central defence. The partnership they forged would be integral to United's successes for over a decade and Hegarty would develop into a top class central defender. As club captain, Hegarty led United to their first ever major trophy, the Scottish League Cup in 1979, which they retained the following year. In 1982–83, Hegarty was an ever-present as United captured the Scottish League title. He also featured in many notable victories in European competition, albeit injury restricted his participation in United's run to the 1987 UEFA Cup Final. In recognition


title: "Sassi di Matera" content: Sassi di Matera The Sassi di Matera are two districts (Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano) of the Italian city of Matera, Basilicata, well-known for their ancient cave dwellings. The "Sassi" have been described by Fodor's as "one of the most unique landscapes in Europe". The Sassi originate from a prehistoric troglodyte settlement and are suspected to be among the first human settlements in Italy. There is evidence that people were living here as early as the year 7000 BC. The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia, locally called "tufo" although


title: "Sassi di Matera" content: it is not volcanic tuff or tufa. The streets in some parts of the Sassi often run on top of other houses. The ancient town grew up on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now a small stream. The ravine is known locally as "la Gravina". In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. Beset by extreme poverty and riddled with malaria, the unhealthy living conditions were considered inhuman and an affront to the modern new Italian Republic of Alcide


title: "Sassi di Matera" content: De Gasperi. However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide: Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since many of these houses were, and in some cases still are, uninhabitable. The current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi with the aid of the European Union, the government, UNESCO. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels there, as described in an April 2015 article in "The New Yorker ". The "Sassi" grew in the area of Murgia Plateau,


title: "Sassi di Matera" content: extended between Apulia and Basilicata. Along with the "Civita" and the "Piano", the two Sassi form Matera's Old Town. The Sassi are visually reminiscent of ancient sites in and around Jerusalem, and for this reason they have been used in many Christian-themed films, including "The Gospel According to St. Matthew" (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964), "The Passion of the Christ" (Mel Gibson, 2004), "The Nativity Story" (Catherine Hardwicke, 2006) and "Ben-Hur" (Timur Bekmambetov, 2016). They also appeared in Patty Jenkins's "Wonder Woman" (2017), serving as a location for the Amazons' city Themyscira. Sassi di Matera The Sassi di Matera are two


title: "Northern Circuit" content: in Lancashire to Manchester, Liverpool and Chester. In 1876, 62 members of the Bar had chambers on the circuit. There were 29 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester and 1 solitary practitioner in Preston. Today the circuit has a membership of some 1100 barristers of whom about 77 are Queen's Counsel, practising from chambers in Manchester, Liverpool, Preston and Chester. They follow on from a long line of Counsel who have become household names such as F. E. Smith (later to become Lord Birkenhead), Lord Shawcross QC (Leading Counsel at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II) and George Carman QC.


title: "Tremella mesenterica" content: Tremella mesenterica Tremella mesenterica (common names include yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, and witches' butter) is a common jelly fungus in the Tremellaceae family of the Agaricomycotina. It is most frequently found on dead but attached and on recently fallen branches, especially of angiosperms, as a parasite of wood decay fungi in the genus "Peniophora". The gelatinous, orange-yellow fruit body of the fungus, which can grow up to diameter, has a convoluted or lobed surface that is greasy or slimy when damp. It grows in crevices in bark, appearing during rainy weather. Within a few days after rain


title: "Tremella mesenterica" content: it dries into a thin film or shriveled mass capable of reviving after subsequent rain. This fungus occurs widely in deciduous and mixed forests and is widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions that include Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America. Although considered bland and flavorless, the fungus is edible. "Tremella mesenterica" produces carbohydrates that are attracting research interest because of their various biological activities. The species was originally described from Sweden as "Helvella mesenterica" by the naturalist Anders Jahan Retzius in 1769. It was later (1822) sanctioned by Elias Magnus Fries in the second volume of his


title: "Tremella mesenterica" content: "Systema Mycologicum". It is the type species of the genus "Tremella". Its distinctive appearance has led the species to accumulate a variety of common names, including "yellow trembler", "yellow brain", "golden jelly fungus", and "witches' butter", although this latter name is also applied to "Exidia glandulosa". The specific epithet is a Latin adjective formed from the Ancient Greek word μεσεντεριον ("mesenterion"), "middle intestine", from μεσο- ("meso-", "middle, center") and εντερον ("enteron", "intestine"), referring to its shape. The species formerly recognized as "Tremella lutescens" is now seen as a form of "T. mesenterica" with washed-out colors and considered a synonym. Based