title: "Nikephoros Melissenos" content: was defeated almost without battle, and withdrew to the capital. In March 1081, Melissenos was encamped with his army at Damalis, on the Asian shore across the Bosporus from Constantinople. There, he received news of the revolt of the Komnenoi against Botaneiates and the proclamation of Alexios Komnenos as emperor. He sent letters to the Komnenoi, suggesting a division of authority over the imperial territory, with the Balkans remaining under Komnenian control and himself keeping Asia Minor, although he also emphasized that the Byzantine Empire should remain formally united. In reply, the Komnenoi offered to recognize him as "Caesar" –


title: "Diamond stingray" content: Diamond stingray The diamond stingray ("Dasyatis dipterura") is a species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae. It is found in the coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from southern California to northern Chile, and around the Galápagos and Hawaiian Islands. This bottom-dweller generally inhabits sandy or muddy flats near rocky reefs and kelp forests, to a depth of , though off Hawaii it may range considerably deeper. As its common name suggests, this species has an angular, diamond-shaped pectoral fin disc that is plain brown or gray above, with rows of tubercles along the midline and on the "shoulders".


title: "El Paso Rhinos" content: Mid-West Division of the WSHL in scoring. El Paso’s early success attracted higher-level talent and the team acquired players like Anthony Paulsen, who led his previous league in scoring among all defenseman, scoring 6 goals and 18 assists in 38 MJHL games. The Rhinos faced off against the Phoenix Polar Bears in the WSHL championship after sweeping the Tulsa Rampage for the Mid-West Division Champion title. The Rhinos defeated the Polar Bears and won the 2008 Thorne Cup before moving on their first Tier III Junior A Nationals as the WSHL champion. The Rhinos won 11 straight games to start


title: "Murder of Glenn Kopitske" content: to the back of Kopitske's head and then fired. Hirte said he then stabbed Kopitske twice. The second time, the knife plunged in so deep that Hirte had to use two hands to pull it out. Before leaving, Hirte spotted Kopitske's keys on the table, and slipped them into his pocket. On January 31, 2005 Hirte's attorney said that Hirte had homosexual urges that intensified when he drank alcohol. Those urges, Boyle said, led to a sexual encounter between Hirte and Kopitske, after which Hirte's rage over the encounter led him to return to Kopitske's house and kill him. Boyle


title: "Sources of ancient Tamil history" content: Tamil country and describes the riches of a 'Pandian Kingdom': One such port, Kudiramalai is mentioned in Greek as "Hippuros", a famous port of the Malabar country in Ceylon to the ancient Greeks. Pliny states that in the reign of the Emperor Claudius in 47 CE: An embassy of four envoys were sent from the island to Rome, including ambassador-in-chief Rasaiah from the King of Kudiramalai. To the Romans, the Kudiramalai envoys related particulars about their kingdom's inhabitants, including their common life expectancy of 100 years, their government, a council of thirty persons, free civil liberties and laws pertaining to


title: "Gary P. Gilroy" content: Gary P. Gilroy Gary P. Gilroy (born 1958) is a musician, composer, and educator. Currently, he is Professor of Music and Director of Bands at California State University, Fresno. Gilroy assumed the position of Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Bulldog Marching Band & Colorguard at Fresno State in 1993. Prior to this appointment, he served for a decade as Director of Bands at Fred C. Beyer High School in Modesto, California where his band was awarded several national honors, including the International Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Gilroy also served on faculty at


title: "History of the North Sea" content: the merchants and trade, also became increasingly prominent. Important overseas colonies, a vast merchant marine, and a powerful navy made the Dutch the main rivals of growing England, which saw its future in these three spheres. This conflict was at the root of the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars between 1652 and 1673. Scotland emerged as a prominent economic power during the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century. Between 1700 and 1815, the North Sea saw only 45 years of peace, and could be regarded as the most dangerous eras to sail the sea. Tensions in the North Sea were again


title: "Morris Kaufman" content: Morris Kaufman Morris Kaufman was appointed judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on October 7, 1998. He replaced the Honourable W.R. DeGraves, who had chosen to become a supernumerary judge. Justice Kaufman graduated with a degree in law from the University of Manitoba in 1967, and was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1968. Justice Kaufman first practised law with the firm of Yanofsky & Pollock, and then as a senior attorney with Legal Aid. From 1976 to 1978, he practised in partnership with K. Arenson, and from 1978 to 1987, was a sole practitioner in


title: "Croesus and Fate" content: according to Persian historians and Persian school texts, Croesus had himself tied on the pyre to be burned rather than be tortured by Cyrus. What Croesus didn't know was that Cyrus was a kind liberator. So when he saw the pyre on fire, Cyrus ordered it to be doused and told Croesus that he was still king in Lydia and that he could keep all his riches because Cyrus would never want such a burden. Croesus and Fate "Croesus and Fate" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy that is a retelling of a Greek legend, classically told by Herodotus,


title: "Little Goguryeo" content: Goguryeo refugees, and the region became a buffer zone between Tang and the Korean kingdom of Balhae. Although Lesser Goguryeo declared itself an independent kingdom, it was soon absorbed into Balhae, which became the successor state to Goguryeo. In 699, the Tang government sent former Goguryeo Prince Go Deokmu, the third son of Goguryeo's last ruler, King Bojang, to Liaodong Peninsula, naming him "King of Joseon" and Governor of the Yodong Commandery of the Protectorate General to Pacify the East. Like his father, Go Deokmu had plans to rebel against the Tang and revive Goguryeo and provide a kingdom for


title: "Simon Wigg" content: he joined his first speedway club Weymouth Wildcats which was just the start of his professional career as a Speedway Rider [1] In 1982, Wigg won the British League Division Two Pairs Championship with Martin Yeates. He became the second British Individual Speedway Long Track World Championship 1985 (Michael Lee was the first in 1981) and went on to win the title a further four times. He was the most successful British Grasstrack and Longtrack rider ever. When Wigg was riding in Oxford, England he met his wife to be, Charlie, and after a few years together they had two


title: "Settlers' Ghost Golf Club" content: Australia and in the United States, including a stint on the FUTURES Tour. She is a two-time OPGA women's champion, winning the event in 2002 and 2006. The CPGA Assistant Professional at Settlers' Ghost is Dave Jackson. From May 28 to 30, 2006, Settlers' Ghost hosted the CN Canadian Women's Tour, a qualifying tournament for the Canadian Women's Open. Salimah Mussani won the tournament and an exemption into the Canadian Open with a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole. She and Corina Kelepouris finished the two-day event tied at 4-under par. Mary-Pat Quilty finished the event tied for


title: "St James' Church, Gawsworth" content: In the churchyard is a 15th or 16th-century cross base in sandstone ashlar. It consists of a square cross base and an octagonal shaft on a stepped plinth. A 20th-century wooden circular cross has been set on the shaft. The churchyard contains three war graves, of two British soldiers of World War I and one of World War II. St James' Church, Gawsworth St James' Church is in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England, and is sited near Gawsworth Hall. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an


title: "César Cielo" content: 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, Cielo, along with Marcelo Chierighini, Matheus Santana and Breno Correia, won the bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, with a time of 3:05.15, setting a South American record. With that, Cielo became the Brazilian athlete with more medals in World Championships at any sport, surpassing the sailor Robert Scheidt (18 medals against 17 of the sailor).He also won a bronze medal in the Men's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, along with Guilherme Guido, Felipe Lima and Nicholas Santos. In the Men's 50 metre freestyle,


title: "1925 Cincinnati Reds season" content: five games, and quickly dropped to sixth place with a 35-40 record. During this time, the club picked up first baseman Walter Holke off of waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies. Holke was hitting .244 with a home run and 17 RBI with the Phillies at the time of the transaction. The Reds continued to be a very streaky team, as they earned a record of 21-6 in their next 27 games, bringing them back into third place, bringing them back to 6.5 games behind the first place Pittsburgh Pirates. Cincinnati could not keep pace with Pittsburgh though, as the Reds


title: "Elysium (I Go Crazy)" content: Elysium (I Go Crazy) "Elysium (I Go Crazy)" (sometimes called "Elysium") is the 5th single by Liverpool dance trio Ultrabeat. It was released in 2006 and played throughout the summer of that year. Ultrabeat used the vocals of Rebecca Rudd to Scott Brown's hardcore cult hit "Elysium" and gave it a trance remix, achieving further commercial success for a song which is perceived by many hardcore fans as a great dance anthem. The song represented a bit of a change in style for Ultrabeat as this song and "Sure Feels Good" were slightly more hardcore songs than previous Ultrabeat singles,


title: "Colin Genge" content: using sandstone from his own quarry. Genge became interested in politics and started his career on the municipal level serving 2 terms as Mayor of Fort Macleod beginning in 1904. Genge was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election. He defeated Conservative Party candidate E.P. McNeill in a hotly contested election. Genge died less than a full year in his first term in office in 1910 vacating his seat in the legislature. A book entitled "Colin Melville Genge: Mayor of Fort Macleod, 1900 and elected Member of Provincial Parliament, 1910" written by Marilyn Shaw-Guisset(2000)


title: "Willie Daniel" content: Willie Daniel William Paul Daniel (November 10, 1937 – June 29, 2015) was an American football defensive back who played nine seasons in the NFL. Daniel was born in New Albany, Mississippi. He played high school football at Macon High School and in college at Mississippi State. He went undrafted in the 1961 NFL draft but was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he played for six seasons and made 11 interceptions and one touchdown. In 1967, he was signed to the Los Angeles Rams, playing for three seasons and making three interceptions. In 1969, a knee injury forced him


title: "Iris foetidissima" content: Iris foetidissima Iris foetidissima (stinking iris, gladdon, Gladwin iris, roast-beef plant, stinking gladwin), is a species of iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs. Its natural range is Western Europe, including England south of Durham and also Ireland, and from France south and east to N. Africa, Italy and Greece. It is one of two iris species native to Britain, the other being the yellow iris ("Iris pseudacorus"). Its flowers are usually of a dull, leaden-blue colour, or dull buff-yellow tinged with blue; the capsules, which remain attached to the plant throughout the winter, are 5–8 cm long; and


title: "Iris foetidissima" content: the seeds scarlet. It is known as "stinking" because some people find the smell of its leaves unpleasant when crushed or bruised, an odour that has been described as "beefy". This plant is cultivated in gardens in the temperate zones. Both the species and its cultivar 'Variegata' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Iris foetidissima Iris foetidissima (stinking iris, gladdon, Gladwin iris, roast-beef plant, stinking gladwin), is a species of iris found in open woodland, hedgebanks and sea-cliffs. Its natural range is Western Europe, including England south of Durham and also Ireland, and from France south


title: "Pennsylvania Route 414" content: in West Franklin. PA 414 winds east through more farmland and woodland with some residences to the north of the creek, passing through Franklindale. The road continues into Monroe Township and heads northeast through more farmland before continuing east into wooded areas with some fields and gomes. The route heads into Monroe and turns northeast as Pennsylvania Avenue, passing between woods to the west and residential areas to the east before passing more homes and running to the west of a Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad line. PA 414 comes to its eastern terminus at an intersection with US


title: "Pyrotechnic initiator" content: is usually a pyrotechnic composition made of a fuel and oxidizer, where the fuel produces a significant amount of hot particles that cause/promote the ignition of the desired material. Initiator compositions are similar to flash powders, but they differ in burning speed, as explosion is not intended, and have intentionally high production of hot particles. They also tend to be easier to ignite than thermites, with which they also share similarities. Common oxidizers used are potassium perchlorate and potassium nitrate. Common fuels used are titanium, titanium(II) hydride, zirconium, zirconium hydride, and boron. The size of the fuel particles is determined


title: "Prestige oil spill" content: claim against ABS was some $700 million. The Galicia regional High Court set the "Prestige" oil spill trial date for October 16, 2012, against officers, the insurer London Club, International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, the ship's owner, Liberia-based Mare Shipping Inc with its director general. The harbor master of A Coruña at the time, Ángel del Real, and a Galician government delegate, Arsenio Fernández de Mesa, had also been charged with "aggravating the disaster by ignoring technical advice". the hearing began on 16 June 2012 and expected to adjourn in November, the tenth anniversary of the disaster.


title: "Paul Des Jardien" content: The Tigers compiled a record of 2–5–1 in 1920 and Des Jardien was selected as a second-team All-APFA player. In October 1922 Des Jardien signed to play semi-professional football for the Ironwood Legion team from Ironwood in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In an October 1922 game against Bessemer, Des Jardien kicked punts of 50, 55 and 65 yards. He also appeared in one game for the Minneapolis Marines in the 1922 NFL season. After retiring from athletics, Des Jardien worked as a manufacturing executive in Los Angeles. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in July 1955. He


title: "Dibotryon morbosum" content: Dibotryon morbosum Dibotryon morbosum or Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot. It affects cherry, plum, apricot and chokecherry trees in North America. The disease produces rough, black growths that encircle and kill the infested parts, and provide habitat for insects. The disease was first described in 1821 in Pennsylvania, but has spread across North America. While it was one of the most destructive diseases of plum and cherry trees in the late 19th century, today it is relatively well controlled in many cultivated areas and seen primarily in poorly managed orchards, or


title: "Dibotryon morbosum" content: where strongly established, including in the wild. Black knot occurs only on the woody parts of trees, primarily on twigs and branches, but can spread to larger limbs and even the trunk. Olive-green swellings from the disease are visible in the late spring; as it spreads and matures, typically by autumn, rough black knots circle and kill affected parts. The knots vary in diameter from one inch to one foot (2.5 cm - 30 cm). Older knots can kill trees by promoting insect infestations. The most common treatments are pruning infected parts during the winter and spraying buds with a


title: "Dibotryon morbosum" content: fungicide. Nearby wild plants with the disease must also be treated. Dibotryon morbosum Dibotryon morbosum or Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot. It affects cherry, plum, apricot and chokecherry trees in North America. The disease produces rough, black growths that encircle and kill the infested parts, and provide habitat for insects. The disease was first described in 1821 in Pennsylvania, but has spread across North America. While it was one of the most destructive diseases of plum and cherry trees in the late 19th century, today it is relatively well controlled in


title: "Ronald Gordon" content: hold for nine years with appointment to the House of Lords coming in 1981; he resigned on 31 May 1984. He was head of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s staff as Bishop at Lambeth from 1984 until 1991 and additionally, Bishop to the Forces from 1985 to 1990. From 1991 until 1996 he was Sub-Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. After retiring in 1991 he returned to Oxford where he continued to preach and served on a variety of Church of England committees: namely the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches and the Oxford Mission. He was also formerly a member of the


title: "William Wallis (English cricketer)" content: William Wallis (English cricketer) William Alfred Wallis (14 December 1878 — 12 November 1939) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1906 season. Wallis was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire the son of William Wallis and his wife Emma. His father was a lace manufacturer with the firm of Wallis and Sons Wallis made his first and only first-class appearance for Derbyshire in May 1906 against Marylebone Cricket Club. Wallis was bowled out in his first innings on 6 by Walter Mead, and in the second on 11 by Alec Hearne. He was a right-handed batsman, and


title: "UNC School of Media and Journalism" content: Adams' tenure included the implementation of the spelling and grammar test developed by faculty members Tom Bowers and Richard Cole. The test still is required of all students to graduate with a journalism degree. On Feb. 1, 1975, NBC News aired a report about the test on a national television newscast. As of 1977, accreditation was granted on a sequence-by-sequence basis. As a test case in 1978, the school became the first journalism program in the nation to receive unit-wide accreditation. Richard Cole became dean in 1979 after Adams stepped down. The same year, Harry Amana became the school’s first


title: "Copenhagen December Riot" content: basis. People started to feel that the police were taking sides with the city council and Faderhuset. Tensions boiled over when a demonstration on 24 September was attacked by the police. The reason for the police attack apparently was a bottle being thrown at a police van. The police responded with a full frontal baton-charge on the demonstration. This led to several hours of street fighting between police and demonstrators. During the street fighting, three hundred people were arrested, many of which had not been involved with the fighting. A lot of these later claimed to have been brutally treated


title: Admonition content: disposition is comparable to an absolute discharge in jurisdictions where an absolute discharge involves the recording of a conviction ("i.e.", where the "discharge" is from punishment only) but stands in contrast to an absolute discharge in jurisdictions in which an absolute discharge does not involve the recording of a conviction ("i.e.", where the "discharge" is from conviction as well). Currently, admonition holds a 5-year disclosure period due to absence of mention in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and thus being classified as an "other" offence. In the Reformed churches, Admonition was a formal procedure in Church discipline for the


title: "Kusuma Karunaratne" content: married Samarajeewa Karunaratne, an engineer by profession. They have two sons, Savant Karunaratne and Passant Karunaratne, both electrical engineers specializing in Graphics and Image/Video Processing. The elder, Savant Karunaratne, has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia. The younger, Passant Karunaratne, has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Northwestern University, in the United States. An academic career began with her appointment as an assistant lecturer of the Department of Sinhala at the University of Ceylon. In 1967, Mrs. Karunaratne and her husband traveled to the United Kingdom where both furthered their


title: "Northumberland Coast" content: coast are evidence of past conflicts between the English and Scots in this border area. Coal fields are nearby and 'sea coal' is washed up on the beaches. Northumberland Coast The Northumberland Coast is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) covering 40 miles of coastline from Berwick-Upon-Tweed to the River Coquet estuary in the Northeast of England. Features include: Alnmouth, Bamburgh, Beadnell, Budle Bay, Cocklawburn Beach, Craster, Dunstanburgh Castle, the Farne Islands, Lindisfarne and Seahouses. It lies within the natural region of the North Northumberland Coastal Plain. The coastal area is situated to the east of the A1


title: "Rogue Artists Ensemble" content: Artists shows include mask work, puppetry, and digital projection. Many Rogue Artists shows are adapted from existing works, but the final scripts are always written in-house via a collaborative process. Although most Rogue Artists shows tend to employ adult themes, the group also runs a children’s program with workshops and performances for those too young to attend regular Rogue performances. Rogue Artists Ensemble was founded in 2001 by students at the University of California, Irvine. Their first three shows, "Hyperbole," "The Poe Play" (based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe), and "Pip" (based on the novel "Great Expectations" by


title: Taapaca content: Taapaca Taapaca is a Holocene volcanic complex in northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. Located in the Chilean Andes, it is part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andean Volcanic Belt, one of four distinct volcanic chains in South America. The town of Putre lies at the southwestern foot of the volcano. Like other volcanoes of the Central Volcanic Zone, Taapaca formed from the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South America Plate. It lies on the western margin of the Altiplano high plateau, on top of older volcanic and sedimentary units. Taapaca has mainly erupted dacite, in


title: "Selinsgrove Area School District" content: rejected application. According to PIAA directory July 2013 Selinsgrove Area School District Selinsgrove Area School District is a mid-sized, suburban/rural public school district centered in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania in eastern Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The Selinsgrove Area School District encompasses approximately . The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 21,015 people. In 2010 the district's population increased to 22,259 people. District enrollment has declined to approximately 2700 students clustered on a campus located in the borough of Selinsgrove. The Pennsylvania Department of Education projected a


title: "You Need a Budget" content: 2009) ran on multiple platforms using the Adobe AIR runtime, and previous versions included a Microsoft Excel/OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet implementation (dubbed YNAB Basic and discontinued in July 2009) and a Windows-only executable under the name YNAB Pro (discontinued in December 2009). YNAB for iPhone was released in 2010 and runs on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. It is not a standalone budgeting application but is instead designed to complement the YNAB for Desktop application. A version tailored for iPad and including budgeting support was released in 2014. YNAB for Android was released in September 2011. You Need a Budget


title: "Gorilla Tapes" content: Gorilla Tapes Gorilla Tapes was the collective name of British Scratch Video artists Jon Dovey (b 1955), Gavin Hodge (b 1954) and Tim Morrison (b. 1955). 'Scratch' is the art of 'sampling' and repeating found images and sounds, thereby making a new work. With simple video editing equipment and images recorded from television, during the mid-1980s Gorilla Tapes made sharp satirical and political videos collaged from old film footage and the TV news imagery of the mid-Thatcher years. Gorilla Tapes have exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. Highlights include participation in Tate Britain's A Century of Artists Films (2003).


title: "Ken Bloxham" content: Ken Bloxham Kenneth Charles Bloxham (4 January 1954 – 10 October 2000) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Born and educated in Milton, Bloxham represented the local Tokomairiro club, and won a place in the provincial side from 1974 to 1986, playing as hooker. He captained Otago between 1980 and 1982. He briefly represented New Zealand in 1980 when he was called on as a replacement player during that year's tour of Fiji. He played in two matches, including the international against Fiji, but the game was not given full test status by the New Zealand Rugby Union. Bloxham


title: Crassispira content: are numerous. According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), they include: Crassispira Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae. The small blackish Drillias so common in Panamic waters, of which "Pleurotoma bottae" is the type, were brought under the name of "Crassispira" by W.H. Dall in 1918. Most species in this genus have a tall spire and a truncated anterior canal. The ribs are overriden by spirals, forming beads or nodules. Under the subsutural keel is the sinus area rather smooth. The small shell is


title: "Heart in Hand" content: also been a symbol of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization derived from English Oddfellows orders of the mid-18th century. These commonly display three linked rings representing friendship, love, and truth. The symbol originated as the seal of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin, and thus appears in the official seal of Calvin College with Calvin's motto,"My heart I offer to you LORD, promptly and sincerely." The symbol is also frequently associated with Amish communities. The symbol was also used as a chop mark in the woodblock prints of Gustave Baumann (Germ./Amer. 1881-1971). Heart in Hand The Heart


title: "Democratic and Republican Left group" content: movement's program proved an obstacle in any potential alliance between the two. At the time of its formation on 27 June, the parliamentary group included 16 deputies. Democratic and Republican Left group The Democratic and Republican Left group ( or GDR) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the French Communist Party (PCF). The electoral record of the French Communist Party (PCF) in 2007 was marked by dismal performances, first in the presidential election in which the party's national secretary Marie-George Buffet stood as a candidate supported by the PCF within the framework of an anti-liberal


title: "Jaga (Kongo)" content: Lunda Empire, rejecting that state's political changes. The Imbangala were known to be notoriously cruel and also ritually cannibalistic. They were used to good effect as mercenary elements in the Portuguese army during its conquest of Angola. Once introduced into central Angola, the Imbangala settled there, forming the kingdom of Kasanje on the Kwango River. Jaga (Kongo) The Jaga or Jagas were terms applied by the Portuguese to invading bands of African warriors east and south of the kingdom of Kongo. The use of the phrase took on different connotations depending on where it was applied. There were two groups


title: "Aloe peglerae" content: listed as endangered and is rapidly declining in the wild, primarily due to habitat destruction and illegal collecting. Aloe peglerae Aloe peglerae (the "fez aloe") is a small, stemless South African aloe. This unique succulent plant is classed as an endangered species. The fez aloe is typically 30–40 cm in diameter, and 30–40 cm in height. The glaucous leaves are strongly incurved to form a compact, spherical rosette. The inflorescence can be observed in July and August, and usually consists of a single cylindrical spike 30–40 cm tall, occasionally forked. The visible portions of filaments are deep purple in colour.


title: "Buried Treasure (story arc)" content: be taken back to the colonel to win a 1910 Stearns-Knight Roadster. Rocky & Bullwinkle and the rest of the citizens search for the pot, which leaves Frostbite Falls covered in holes. But during the search, Bullwinkle accidentally hits an oil pipe line, and is no longer allowed to take part in the hunt. But at the same time, Boris leads three gangsters known as the "Light Fingered Five Minus Two" with a plan to rob the Frostbite Falls Bank, so it's up to Rocky and Bullwinkle to foil Boris' crime and get back the money. Buried Treasure (story arc)


title: VolleyHut.com content: that someone is violating your patent. What are you going to do about it?" Amazon.com took no action against VolleyHut. Established in 1999, VolleyHut is based in Poway, California and owned by Charlie Jackson. Jackson was an early Macintosh software publisher who founded Silicon Beach Software and co-founded FutureWave Software, which created the original version of what is now Adobe Flash. VolleyHut established the Beach Volleyball Junior Olympics as a stand-alone event, hosting it in 1999 in San Diego. Previously, the Beach Volleyball Junior Olympics had been held in conjunction with a pro beach volleyball event. From 2000 to 2007,


title: "Drug policy" content: the Andean Trade Preference Agreement with the United States, later replaced with the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. Bolivia and Colombia had already signed the ATPA in 1991, and began enjoying its benefits in 1992. By agreeing to the terms of this Agreement, these countries worked in concert with the United States to fight drug trafficking and production at the source. The Act aimed to substitute the production of the coca plant with other agricultural products. In return for their efforts towards eradication of the coca plant, the countries were granted U.S. tariff exemptions on certain products, such


title: "Bloodstained Glory" content: Bloodstained Glory "Blood-stained Glory" (Traditional Chinese: 血染的風采, Simplified Chinese: 血染的风采) is a Chinese patriotic song written in 1986. Originally used to commemorate those who died during Sino-Vietnamese War. Many singers have covered the song, including Peng Liyuan and Anita Mui. Since 1989, mainly in Hong Kong, the song has been used to remember those who died during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. 也许我告别 将不再回来，你是否理解？你是否明白？
 也许我倒下 将不再起来，你是否还要永久地期待？
 如果是这样 你不要悲哀 共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采。
 如果是这样 你不要悲哀 共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采。

 也许我的眼睛 再不能张开，你是否理解我沉默的情怀？
 也许我长眠 再不能醒来，你是否相信我化作了山脉？
 如果是这样 你不要悲哀，共和国的土壤里有我们付出的爱。
 如果是这样 你不要悲哀，共和国的土壤里有我们付出的爱。

 如果是这样 你不要悲哀 共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采。
 如果是这样 你不要悲哀 共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采。血染的风采。
 也許我告別 將不再回來，你是否理解？你是否明白？
 也許我倒下 將不再起來，你是否還要永久的期待？
 如果是這樣 你不要悲哀 共和國的旗幟上有我們血染的風采。
 如果是這樣 你不要悲哀 共和國的旗幟上有我們血染的風采。

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title: "Woodwardia fimbriata" content: Woodwardia fimbriata Woodwardia fimbriata, known by the common name giant chain fern, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. It is native to western North America from British Columbia through California, including the Sierra Nevada, into Baja California. It grows in coniferous forests and other moist wooded habitat. "Woodwardia fimbriata" has very long fronds, each reaching 1 to 3 meters in length. Its sori are short but broad and are arranged in neat lines, the characteristic that gives the chain ferns their name. The chain shape


title: "Woodwardia fimbriata" content: is visible on both sides of each leaflet. "Woodwardia fimbriata" is cultivated as an ornamental plant for traditional and native plant gardens, and in natural landscaping and habitat restoration projects. Woodwardia fimbriata Woodwardia fimbriata, known by the common name giant chain fern, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. It is native to western North America from British Columbia through California, including the Sierra Nevada, into Baja California. It grows in coniferous forests and other moist wooded habitat. "Woodwardia fimbriata" has very long fronds, each reaching


title: "Manuel Rodríguez Torices" content: spirit among the people. The Junta gave this task to Rodríguez and José Fernández Madrid. On September 10, 1810, Rodríguez and Madrid created the "Argos Americano", a political, economical, and literary newspaper with the mission of creating public opinion in favor of the new revolutionary ideas. On November 11, 1811, the junta declared absolute independence from Spain, the crown, Rodríguez was one of the precursors of the independence, and a member of the Junta, and so was a signer of its Constitution. Rodríguez became Governor President of Cartagena de Indias on April 1, 1812, following the resignation of José María


title: "James H. Pomerene" content: James H. Pomerene James Herbert Pomerene (June 22, 1920 – December 7, 2008) was an electrical engineer and computer pioneer. Pomerene was born June 22, 1920 in Yonkers, New York. His father was Joel Pomerene and mother was Elsie Bower He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in 1942. In 1945 he married Edythe Schwenn and had three children. In 1946, he joined the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey under the leadership of John von Neumann. The project built a parallel stored program computer called the IAS


title: "Edward Moulton" content: account, he won 303 consecutive races. According to another account, he lost only four of 306 contests in which he entered. After retiring as a sprinter, Moulton worked as a trainer of sprinters, wrestlers, boxers, and bicyclists. He trained 11 volunteer fireman's hose teams that won nine state championships. He first won acclaim as the trainer for Al Tharnish, who became known in the 1880s as the "world's fastest human." In 1971, "Sports Illustrated" published a feature story on Tharnish. According to the article, Moulton discovered Tharnish performing in a circus and persuaded him to leave the circus. There were


title: "John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne" content: supported the Test Act 1774 and gave substantial financial backing to the "Catholic Committee". Butler inherited the title of Baron Dunboyne in December 1785 on the death of his nephew Pierce Edmond Creagh Butler, 11th Baron Dunboyne. Butler was childless and the Barony threatened with extinction if he had no heir, but as a priest, he was not permitted to marry. In December 1786, he resigned as bishop and asked the pope for a dispensation from the ban on clerical marriage. No dispensation was given. In spite of the refusal, in 1787 he married Maria (1764/5-1860), daughter of Theobald Butler,


title: "James Brochin" content: the opponents of the bill was appalling ... Witness after witness demonized homosexuals, vilified the gay community, and described gays and lesbians as pedophiles. I believe that sexual orientation is not a choice, but rather people are born one way or another. The proponents of the bill were straightforward in wanting to be simply treated as everyone else, and wanted to stop being treated as second-class citizens. For me, the transition to supporting [same sex] marriage has not been an easy one, but the uncertainty, fear, and second-class status that gays and lesbians have to put up with is far


title: "Lojban grammar" content: they are attached using the particle "be" (starting from x2 place of the tanru unit): The "cmavo" consist of various particles and structure words. These include descriptors, connectives, attitudinals, prepositions, and tense words. There are five descriptors ("gadri" in Lojban): "lo", "le", "la", "li", and "me'o"; of which the first three inflect to show individual, mass, or set (though as far as the formal grammar is concerned, the inflected forms are separate words, not inflected forms). The individual/mass distinction is similar to the distinction between mass nouns and count nouns, but things that are normally counted can be considered as


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Victoria Harbour (British Columbia) Victoria Harbour is a harbour, seaport, and seaplane airport in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors to the city and Vancouver Island. It is both a port of entry and an airport of entry for general aviation. Historically it was a shipbuilding and commercial fishing centre. While the Inner Harbour is fully within the City of Victoria, separating the city's downtown on its east side from the Victoria West neighbourhood, the Upper Harbour serves as the boundary between the City of Victoria


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: and the district municipality of Esquimalt. The inner reaches are also bordered by the district of Saanich and the town of View Royal. Victoria is a federal "public harbour" as defined by Transport Canada. Several port facilities in the harbour are overseen and developed by the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, however the harbour master's position is with Transport Canada. Before European development the Coast Salish Songhees people lived in settlements to the east of the harbour and the Esquimalt people lived to the west of it. They cultivated camas root and other crops in meadows lined with cultivated Garry Oak


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: trees along the harbour. Shell middens along the Gorge Waterway are evidence of human habitation dating back 4000 years. In the summer of 1790 Manuel Quimper, Gonzalo López de Haro, and Juan Carrasco aboard the "Princesa Real" explored the Juan de Fuca Strait where they claimed Esquimalt Harbour for Spain, naming it Puerto de Córdova. In 1843 James Douglas led the effort to construct an outpost on Vancouver Island for the Hudson's Bay Company. He rejected Esquimalt Harbour due to dense tree growth and chose instead to site Fort Victoria overlooking the Victoria Harbour (at a location that is about


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: 1 block east of today's Wharf Street). On 11 March 1850 was docked in the harbour to witness Richard Blanshard assume the Governorship of the newly formed Colony of Vancouver Island and issued a seventeen gun salute. In 1852 sailors from the British naval ship built a trail through the forest linking the Esquimalt Harbour with Victoria Harbour and Fort Victoria. The trail would eventually be paved and is now known as Old Esquimalt Road (it runs parallel to and just north of Esquimalt Road). The Fisgard Light and Race Rocks Light were built on islands outside of Esquimalt and


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Victoria harbours in the years 1859 and 1860. The former light was constructed by Joseph Despard Pemberton as supervising engineer, the latter light was constructed by the crew of the HMS "Topaze". The two lighthouses were the first built on Canada's west coast and still serve as active aids to navigation. In 1858 the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush took place. In 1861 and 1862 the Cariboo Gold Rush took place. Both of the gold rushes swelled traffic through the harbour as a massive influx of people came to Fort Victoria to buy permits and supplies before setting out for the


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: mainland. Victoria was incorporated as a city on 2 August 1862. In 1858 Captain William Moore moved from San Francisco Bay to Victoria. He built several barges and steamships in Victoria and participated in trade associated with the gold rushes in British Columbia and eventually the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon. Moore died in Victoria 29 March 1909. As a steamship captain Moore was a rival of both William and John Irving. In 1859 Captain William Irving (1816–1872) became a partner in the Victoria Steam Navigation Company that provided ferry service between New Westminster and Victoria. The Irving family


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: lived for a time in Victoria then in New Westminster. In 1882 William's son Captain John Irving (1854–1936), then 28, ordered the construction of the "R.P. Rithet" sternwheeler to expand his fleet of the Pioneer Line. "R.P. Rithet" was constructed by Alexander Watson's shipbuilding company in Victoria. Later in 1882 Irving helped to form the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company (CPNC) and the Pioneer Line ceased to exist. The following year John Irving was made the general manager of the CPNC and he ordered the purchase of the "Yosemite" from California and brought it up to Vancouver to serve as a


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: ferry from Vancouver to Victoria. In that first year of service "Yosemite" set a speed record of four hours and 20 minutes for the run from Vancouver to Victoria. The record stood until 1901 when the ocean liner "Moana" made the run in four hours and one minute. On 24 September 1860 a 14-year-old American named Charles Mitchell hid on board the – a ferry that was making its way from Olympia, Washington to Victoria – when it was revealed to the crew on board that the young man was a stowaway and may have been a fugitive slave. Upon


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: reaching Victoria Harbour Mitchell was held on board. Soon a group of local Victorians descended to the dock to protest Mitchell's confinement. Legal proceedings ensued and Mitchell was eventually released to become a free Canadian. In February 1863 carpenters in Victoria established one of British Columbia's first trade unions the Journeymen Shipwrights Association of Victoria & Vancouver Island. On 4 May 1863 Joseph Spratt and Johann Kriemler started the Albion Iron Works that would later become the Victoria Machinery Depot shipbuilding company on property adjacent to the Upper Harbour. In 1888 the company launched their first vessel "Princess" a tugboat


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: built for the Department of Public Works. In 1865 the British Royal Navy relocated the headquarters of its Pacific fleet from Valparaíso, Chile, to the Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard in Esquimalt Harbour. The move meant Esquimalt's harbour took on more of a military character and allowed Victoria's to develop more commercially. Five years after the 1905 departure of the Royal Navy the Pacific base of the new Royal Canadian Navy occupied Esquimalt in 1910 which operates today as CFB Esquimalt. A shipyard started operating in 1873 at Point Hope on the Upper Harbour. Over the years the shipyard had traded


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: hands several times and by 1938 was known as Point Hope Shipyards Limited. Today the yard continues to operate as Point Hope Maritime. The prominent building at 1002 Wharf Street was constructed as a customs house overlooking the Inner Harbour in 1876. The building would house the naval training organization during a part of the 20th century and become known as the Malahat Building. On 29 March 1888 the first Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway service started over the first railway bridge to span the harbour. The successor to that line is the Victoria – Courtenay train operated by Via Rail


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: over the Johnson Street Bridge (which opened in January 1924). The Victoria Yacht Club was founded on 8 June 1892 by a group of 46 yachtsmen and is the oldest sailing association in Western Canada. In 1911 King George V recognized the club's success and granted permission to add a "Royal" prefix to the club's name thereby allowing for the change to the "Royal Victoria Yacht Club". On 13 July 1913 the club completed its move from an older clubhouse that was floating on pontoons in the Inner Harbour to a new clubhouse on the shore of Caboro Bay in


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: the nearby community of Oak Bay. In 1912, William D'Oyly Rochfort designed the Victoria Yacht Club clubhouse on Ripon Road, Cadboro Bay. By moving out of the crowded harbour the club members could enjoy sailing with less concern for traffic. Construction of the provincial Parliament Buildings overlooking the south side of James Bay (Inner Harbour) began in 1893. They opened on 10 February 1898. An 1861 map of Victoria by Joseph Despard Pemberton shows a small wooden piling bridge (built 1859) carrying Government Street over James Bay (named for James Douglas) when it had not yet been filled in. In


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: 1869 a newer more substantial James Bay bridge was opened. The stone James Bay Causeway was constructed starting in 1901, it was finished and appearing in postcards by 1906. The Upper Causeway was built from stone quarried on Nelson Island. After purchasing the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company in 1901 to form the British Columbia Coast Steamships division, the Canadian Pacific Railway company, through its Canadian Pacific Hotels division, then built the Empress Hotel overlooking James Bay in the Inner Harbour which opened in 1908. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Company operated ships out of Victoria on the so-called triangle route: Victoria,


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Vancouver, Seattle. From Vancouver passengers could then board an oceangoing "Empress" liner. The creation of BC Ferries in 1960 put the CP Ships passenger triangle route trade out of business and the ship terminal building was leased to become a wax museum by 1969. In 1901 Captain John Voss and Norman Luxton set sail from Oak Bay to circumnavigate the world's oceans in the dugout canoe . They stopped in Victoria before setting out across the Pacific Ocean and reached London in 1904. Nowadays "Tilikum" may be seen on exhibit at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in Victoria. In


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: 1905 the British Columbia Electric Railway opened Gorge Park along the Gorge Waterway. The electric streetcar system was abandoned in 1948 and the park was donated to Esquimalt in 1955. After the 1914 opening of the Panama Canal the city of Victoria sought to increase ship traffic to the harbour and built the breakwater and Ogden Point piers in 1916 and 1918 respectively for $5 million. In 1925 the city and Panama Pacific Grain Terminal Elevator Co. Ltd. built a grain storage bin to ship Prairie Provinces grain worldwide. In 1928 the federal government granted control over Ogden Point to


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: the Canadian National Railway (CNR). Around 1928 the British Columbia Packers Ltd. (BC Packers) company built a fish processing and cold storage plant at Ogden Point. After passage of the 1917 Migratory Birds Convention Act of Victoria Harbour were designated a federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary in 1923. The first floatplane landed in Victoria in 1919 when William Boeing and Eddie Hubbard beached their plane near Shoal Point as part of a new U.S. International Air Mail service that also stopped at Vancouver and Seattle. In the spring of 1931 the Imperial Oil Causeway Garage was opened at 812 Wharf Street.


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: The Art Deco building featured a tower that was used as an illuminated aerodrome beacon for aviators to put into Victoria Harbour at night. The light was used until World War II when it was turned off. The garage was used until 1974 then it was acquired by the province in 1975 and lastly by the British Columbia Provincial Capital Commission in 1978. The building serves as a visitor information centre and houses other retail outlets. During World War II the Victoria Machinery Depot launched 25 ships, including 5 warships for the Royal Canadian Navy, 14 dry cargo ships, 5


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: tankers, and a stores ship (hull numbers 14 through 39). To carry out the wartime work in 1941 VMD bought the Rithet piers at the Outer Wharf and of surrounding land. On 20 June 1942 the Victoria-built , which was based at Esquimalt, responded to a torpedo attack by the upon off of Cape Flattery in Washington, US. The British coal-burning freighter "Fort Camosun" was on her maiden voyage carrying zinc, lead, and plywood from Victoria to Britain. The "Quesnel" rescued the 31 man crew of "Fort Camosun" then escorted her as she was towed first to Neah Bay then


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: to Esquimalt Harbour and Victoria Harbour. "Fort Camosun" was eventually towed to the Port of Seattle for repairs before returning to service. After the war commercial fishing increased in Victoria. To accommodate the increase a $100,000 Fisherman's Wharf was built near Erie Street, opening 31 March 1948. The wharf could moor 60 fish packing ships along six finger float piers. From February 1954 to February 1964 the Royal Canadian Navy reserve unit occupied the old custom house at 1002 Wharf Street. As a result, the building has been nicknamed the "Malahat Building" and it is the oldest extant federal building


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: in Western Canada. After February 1964 HMCS "Malahat" occupied building 61 at CFB Esquimalt before moving to the current location at 20 Huron Street overlooking Victoria Harbour on 14 March 1992. In 1968 Victoria Machinery Depot launched their last vessel MV "Doris Yorke" which was later named "Seaspan Doris", having completed the massive "SEDCO 135-F" oil platform for Transocean the previous year. Following a 1969 dredging and expansion by CNR, Ogden Point became a sizable lumber shipping operation. On 8 August 1977 a large fire that was visible from Port Angeles destroyed many of the buildings at Ogden Point. The


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: following year CNR ceded Ogden Point back to the federal government's Transport Canada. However, in 1984 the last of the Victoria Harbour lumber shipping companies, Sooke Forest Products, filed for bankruptcy. In 1883 Robert P. Rithet (after whom the "R.P. Rithet" sternwheeler was named) built a large dock facility near Shoal Point, known as the Outer Wharves, which was initially used for sugar warehousing. After the construction of the Empress Hotel in 1908 the Outer Wharves started to land more passenger vessels. In 1975 the Outer Wharves were demolished and construction began on a new Canadian Coast Guard station that


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: opened in 1980. On 31 March 1990 the BC Packers' cold storage fish factory shut down due to the low catch in Victoria, and in 1993 the five storey plant was torn down. In 1997 students and faculty from Lester B. Pearson College took over the management of the Race Rocks Lighthouse station. In 2001 "Norwegian Sky" arrived from Seattle, becoming the first weekly cruise vessel to call on Ogden Point. The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) was incorporated as a non-profit organization in February 2002. In a 2005 report the provincial government noted that Victoria Harbour was still involved


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: in the process of federal harbour divestiture. The GVHA is an associate (non-voting) member of the Association of Canadian Port Authorities. Victoria sponsored a boat in the 2005–2006 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the race boats put into the Causeway Floats facility in the Inner Harbour during one of the stops. Victoria Harbour comprises the Outer Harbour, Middle Harbour, Inner Harbour, James Bay, Upper Harbour, Selkirk Water, Gorge Waters, and Portage Inlet. Just to the west of Victoria Harbour is the Esquimalt Harbour. The active portions of Victoria Harbour that can accommodate large and mid-sized vessels (Outer, Middle,


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Inner, and Upper) are spread along 4 km (2.5 mi; 2.2 nmi) of estuary. The width of the active harbour goes from 0.74 km (0.46 mi; 0.4 nmi) out at the Ogden Point breakwater entrance down to 137 m (449 ft; 0.074 nmi) along the Middle Harbour then widens out in the Inner and Upper Harbour areas. Harbour depths vary from up to in the Inner Harbour. The approach to the harbour from the Juan de Fuca Strait is through the Royal Roads strait or roadstead. On approach to the Outer Harbour the city of Victoria will lie to starboard


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: and the town of Esquimalt to port. The BC Geographical Names Information System mentions that the former Ports & Harbours Authority of Navigation Canada defined the outer limits of Victoria Harbour extending to a line drawn from Albert Head to the Trial Islands but excluded Esquimalt Harbour. Large vessel operators should note that traffic on the approach to the Juan de Fuca Strait is handled by MCTS Tofino, within the Juan de Fuca Strait by Puget Sound Seattle Vessel Traffic Service, and north of Race Rocks, the Marine Communications and Traffic Services centre for the approach to Victoria Harbour is


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: the MCTS Victoria station in Patricia Bay. The entrance line to the Outer Harbour extends from the breakwater just south of Pier A at Ogden Point in Victoria to Macaulay Point in Esquimalt. There is a large cruise ship and cable laying ship docking facility at Ogden Point. The Middle Harbour is entered between Shoal Point on the Victoria side and Colville Island on the Esquimalt side. It extends east to the Inner Harbour. The Victoria Canadian Coast Guard station lies on Shoal Point. The fisherman's wharf docks are in the Middle Harbour. The Inner Harbour is entered between Laurel


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Point in Victoria and Songhees Point in Victoria West. It extends northeast to the Johnson Street Bridge. Within the Inner Harbour the area in front of the Empress Hotel was known as "James Bay" in the 19th century as well as in 21st century harbour traffic maps, however most tourists refer to the whole area as "Inner Harbour". Adjacent to the Causeway Floats marina in James Bay lies the Victoria neighbourhood of James Bay. Most regularly scheduled ferries and seaplanes dock within the Inner Harbour. There is a Canada Border Services Agency office at Ogden Point and another adjacent to


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: the Inner Harbour. Curiously, despite having offices in the city of Victoria the British Columbia Ferry Services crown corporation offers no scheduled service to Victoria Harbour. Instead, BC Ferries serves the transportation needs of the Capital Regional District via the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, which is further north along the Saanich Peninsula and provides service to the mainland, as well as with the which links Brentwood Bay to the town of Mill Bay across the Saanich Inlet. Other companies do provide ferry service to the harbour ("see table below"). The Inner Harbour is home to the boarding jetties for the


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Canadian and US airlines that use the Victoria Inner Harbour Airport. In 2007 the seaplane link from Victoria to Vancouver Harbour Water Airport was, according to the Official Airline Guide, Canada's busiest air route by the number of weekly flights. The water runways and taxiways for the airport extend out through the Middle Harbour and Outer Harbour. The Upper Harbour extends north from the Johnson Street Bridge to the Point Ellice Bridge (also known as the Bay Street Bridge). The small area of water in the northeast of the Upper Harbour is known as "Rock Bay". Adjacent to the Rock


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Bay body of water is the Rock Bay neighbourhood. The Upper Harbour is home to the Sail and Life Training Society and their topsail schooner "Pacific Swift". In 1896 a predecessor of the Bay Street Bridge was the site of a streetcar bridge collapse disaster that was one of the worst in BC history. Selkirk Water extends northwest from the Point Ellice Bridge to Chapman Point. The Galloping Goose Regional Trail traverses Selkirk Water on a bridge known as the Selkirk Trestle that was originally built by the Canadian National Railway. Gorge Waters extends northwest from Chapman Point to Maple


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Point and the Craigflower Bridge. The shore of Gorge Waters is home to the Gorge Waterway Discovery Centre and the Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse. The Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club and GO Rowing and Paddling Club are along Gorge Waters as well. Some charts split the Gorge Waters into a "Lower Gorge Waterway" and an "Upper Gorge Waterway" with the split being the fixed Tillicum Road Bridge between them. The Craigflower Bridge, which carries Highway 1A (locally "Admiral's Road") over the Harbour was, in 1997, the site of the murder of Reena Virk. The Gorge was for many years the


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: primary swimming location for Victoria including a tall diving platform at Curtis Point. By the 1930s the pollution levels were too high to allow for swimming. In recent years the work to clean the waterway has led to a return to swimming in the waterway. The inner most portion of the harbour is called Portage Inlet and it extends north and west of Craigflower Bridge. The most noticeable feature of Portage Inlet seen from above is the Craigowan Road peninsula that extends into the water body north of the Shoreline Community School. Just south of Portage Inlet is the Portage


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Regional Park in View Royal that runs north from Thetis Cove in Esquimalt Harbour. Flowing into Portage Inlet's northeast side is Colquitz Creek which drains Elk Lake which in turn drains O'Donnel Creek. The Victoria City Rowing Club rows at Elk Lake along with local University and High School crews. The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority operates several docks and marinas in the harbour, including: In addition to the facilities owned and operated by the GVHA there are others: The graving dock at adjacent Esquimalt Harbour can drydock a Panamax sized vessel. Operated by the James Bay Anglers at Ogden Point


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: there is a boat ramp for trailerable boats and is open to the public for use. Victoria Harbour is home port for a number of sailing and boating events: Despite the small size of the watershed land area of the Victoria and Saanich Peninsulas, Victoria Harbour is an estuary. Some of the fresh water tributaries of the harbour include: In Portage Inlet there are of eelgrass growing under water. Portage Inlet and the Gorge Waterway may also be home to the largest colony of Pacific oysters on the west coast. Craigflower Creek and Colquitz Creek are spawning grounds primarily for


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Coho salmon. Pacific herring also use Portage Inlet and the Gorge Waterway for spawning. Victoria Harbour was recognized as a Migratory Bird Sanctuary in 1923. The Upper and Lower Thetis Lakes, which discharge into Portage Inlet, were Canada's first nature sanctuary in 1958. In 1965 the city of Victoria started using the former Mud Bay on the south shore of Victoria West as a garbage dump. When Mud Bay was filled in it was superseded by the Hartland landfill. In 1998 the Cecelia Creek Clean Up Committee was formed to work on restoring the environment in and around the Cecelia


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Creek that flows into Selkirk Water. Between 2002 and 2006 Transport Canada spent over $4 million to clean up properties in the harbour to stricter environmental standards. BC Hydro and the Federal Government have undertaken a $2 million clean-up of the eastern shore of Rock Bay which was once the site of a coal gasification plant. The plant had been the last run by the Victoria Gas Company which had started in 1860 and was one of the forerunners of BC Hydro. Through the coordination and services of the Capital Regional District (CRD) the municipalities of Colwood, Esquimalt, Langford, Oak


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: Bay, Saanich, Victoria, and View Royal discharged an average of of filtered but untreated sewage into the ocean every day in 2006. At two filtration facilities (Clover Point in Victoria and Macauley Point in Esquimalt) sewage is screened to exclude objects larger than 6 millimetres before being released into the Juan de Fuca Strait via marine outfalls. Solid matter that is filtered out of the effluent is trucked to the Hartland landfill. In 2006 Barry Penner, BC Minister of Environment at the time, concluded that wastewater treatment should be taking place in Victoria and surrounding communities. The CRD has started


title: "Victoria Harbour (British Columbia)" content: planning the construction of wastewater treatment plants. Victoria Harbour (British Columbia) Victoria Harbour is a harbour, seaport, and seaplane airport in the Canadian city of Victoria, British Columbia. It serves as a cruise ship and ferry destination for tourists and visitors to the city and Vancouver Island. It is both a port of entry and an airport of entry for general aviation. Historically it was a shipbuilding and commercial fishing centre. While the Inner Harbour is fully within the City of Victoria, separating the city's downtown on its east side from the Victoria West neighbourhood, the Upper Harbour serves as


title: "Margarete Steiff" content: which had just become fashionable, for the firm of Christian Siegle in Stuttgart. She was soon able to employ people to work for her and it became a thriving business. 'At this time I came across a pattern for a toy elephant. Felt was the ideal material for this toy and the filling would be of the finest lambswool. Now I could make these as gifts for the children in the family and I tried out the patterns in various sizes'. In 1879 the US magazine Delineator published a pattern for a cloth mouse, rabbit and elephant, other animal patterns


title: "Western banded gecko" content: Western banded gecko The western banded gecko ("Coleonyx variegatus") is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States (southern California, southwest New Mexico, southern Arizona, Utah, Nevada) and northern Mexico (Sonora, northwest Baja California). Five subspecies are recognized. The western banded gecko is a terrestrial lizard, ranging in total length (including tail) from . Hatchlings measure . The body is sandy-colored with dark crossbands broken into patches. The tiny scales give its skin a silky texture. Unlike typical geckos, it has prominent eyes with movable lids. The western banded gecko is found in a wide range of habitats,


title: "Western banded gecko" content: including creosote bush and sagebrush desert, pinyon-juniper woodland, and catclaw-cedar-grama grass associations in the eastern part of its range and chaparral areas in the west. Its elevational range extends from below sea level to about asl. The western banded gecko is secretive and nocturnal, foraging at night for small insects and spiders, and is one of the few reptiles that control scorpion populations by eating baby scorpions. If captured, "C. variegatus" may squeak and may discard its tail. As a defense mechanism, it can also curl its tails over its body to mimic a scorpion. Females lay up to three


title: "Western banded gecko" content: clutches of one to two soft-shelled eggs in the spring and summer. Emerging on warm nights around 80 °F, they can be seen around porch lights looking for an easy meal, retreating if the temperature rises too high or drops too low. Eggs hatch after six weeks. Predators include "leaf-nosed snakes", "western patch-nosed snakes", "night snakes", "sidewinders", "western diamondback rattlesnakes", other rattlesnake species, "coachwhips", and "zebra-tailed lizards" Additional possible predators are "tarantulas", large centipedes, solpugids, "coyotes" and "kit foxes". Five subspecies of "Coleonyx variegatus" are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. "Nota bene": A trinomial authority in parentheses


title: "Western banded gecko" content: indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than "Coleonyx". The subspecific name, "abbotti", is in honor of American ornithologist Clinton Gilbert Abbott. The subspecific name, "bogerti", is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert. Western banded gecko The western banded gecko ("Coleonyx variegatus") is a species of gecko found in the southwestern United States (southern California, southwest New Mexico, southern Arizona, Utah, Nevada) and northern Mexico (Sonora, northwest Baja California). Five subspecies are recognized. The western banded gecko is a terrestrial lizard, ranging in total length (including tail) from . Hatchlings measure . The body


title: "Czech Republic–United States relations" content: for the first Czechoslovak constitution. After World War II, the Czechoslovak government-in-exile returned. Normal relations continued until 1948, when the communists seized power and relations froze rapidly. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 further complicated U.S.-Czechoslovak relations. The United States referred the matter to the United Nations Security Council as a violation of the United Nations Charter, but no action was taken against the Soviets. Since the Velvet Revolution of 1989, bilateral relations have improved immensely. Dissidents once sustained by U.S. encouragement and human rights policies reached high levels in the government. President Václav Havel, in his first


title: "Crocothemis sanguinolenta" content: Crocothemis sanguinolenta Crocothemis sanguinolenta is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara (including Madagascar), in the Levant, and in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. It is found in or near fresh water in a wide variety of habitats, from semi-arid bush to tropical forest. Common names for this species include little scarlet, slim scarlet-darter and small scarlet. Over most of its range, Crocothemis sanguinolenta is easily confused with "Crocothemis erythraea", but C. sanguinolenta has a narrower abdomen (3 mm or less wide), the lateral carinae of S3 to S7


title: "Emerald Hill, Harare" content: Emerald Hill, Harare Emerald Hill is a north-western suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, named so because of either (i) the colour of the hill due to the large number of trees or (ii) an Irish connection: many of the roads in the suburb have Irish names. On the hill in the centre of the suburb are located a school for the deaf and a children's home. Emerald Hill is also home to St. John's High School and Gateway Primary School (Zimbabwe). Originally part of Avondale Farm, which was peri-urban to the early City of Harare, Emerald Hill was incorporated into the


title: "Sandugo (comics)" content: they are in battle with the demi-god Vital and his Acolytes for the "Matang Bathala". The team were transported to an alternate earth where they team-up with a super-powered group of Philippine revolutionaries against the technological might of the Spaniards. The evil god Siginarugan, once again made an attack to the earth plane with the help of various malignos. They were thwarted by the combined migth of Sandugo, Zodiac Force, Bayan Knights and the Pantheon of Philippine Gods. New additions to the roster includes: Sandugo (comics) Sandugo is a Filipino fictional superhero team created by Ner Pedrina. In most incarnations,


title: "Custody transfer" content: linear effect on the overall measurement. Temperature and pressure measurement are important factors to consider when taking flow measurements of liquids. Temperature and pressure measurement points should be situated as close to the meter as possible, in reference to their conditions at the meter inlet. Temperature measurements that affect the accuracy of the metering system should have an overall loop accuracy of 0.5°C or better, and the corresponding readout should have a resolution of 0.2°C or better. Temperature checks are performed by certified thermometers with the aid of Thermowells Pressure measurements that affect the accuracy of the metering system should


title: "Borealis AG" content: and extrusion processes. Typical applications: Containers and transport packaging, household goods, products for the building sector or lawn grids. In August 2018 Borealis announced the acquisition of 100 % of the shares in Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH, an Austrian plastics recycler. Based in Wildon, Austria, Ecoplast processes around 35,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic waste from households and industrial consumers every year, turning them into high-quality LDPE and HDPE recyclates. Borealis AG Borealis AG is Europe's second and world`s eighth largest producer of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Borealis is an international provider of solutions in


title: "Vytautas Pociūnas" content: asking to undertake all the measures to implement completely the parliamentary decision of 28 September 2006 regarding the Parliamentary Investigation on the activity of State Security Department. The open letter to the Board of Parliament was signed by Osvaldas Balakauskas, Leonidas Donskis, Feliksas Bajoras, Šarūnas Sauka, Kazys Saja, Teisutis Makačinas, Andrius Mamontovas, Andrius Navickas, Jonas Kronkaitis, Romas Sakadolskis, Jūratė Baranova, Kęstutis Čilinskas, Bronys Savukynas, priest Robertas Grigas, Regina Narušienė, Kęstutis Milkeraitis, other cultural and public figures. Vytautas Pociūnas Vytautas Pociūnas (September 1957 – 23 August 2006) was a physicist, officer of the Lithuanian State Security Department, and diplomat. He graduated


title: "Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape" content: Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice-Valtice Area or Lednice-Valtice Complex, ) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of in the Lednice and Valtice areas of the South Moravian Region, near Břeclav in the Czech Republic. The Lednice-Valtice Area is registered in the list of monuments protected as World Heritage Sites (WHS) by UNESCO. It is adjacent to the Pálava Landscape Protected Area (Pálava Biosphere Reserve), a WHS registered by UNESCO several years before. The close proximity of two cultural landscapes protected by UNESCO is unique. The House of Liechtenstein acquired a castle in Lednice in 1249, which marked


title: "Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape" content: the beginning of their settlement in the area. It remained the principal Liechtenstein residence for 700 years, until 1939 and World War II. The Dukes of Liechtenstein transformed their properties into one large and designed private park between the 17th and 20th centuries. During the 19th century, the Dukes continued transforming the area as a large traditional English landscape park. The Baroque and Gothic Revival style architecture of their chateaux are married with smaller buildings and a landscape that was fashioned according to the English principles of landscape architecture. In 1715 these two chateaux (castles) were connected by a landscape


title: "Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape" content: alée and road, later renamed for the poet Petr Bezruč. The Lednice Ponds ("Lednické rybníky") are situated between the villages of Valtice, Lednice, and Hlohovec; as are the "Mlýnský", "Prostřední", "Hlohovecký", and "Nesyt" Ponds. A substantial part of the cultural landscape complex is covered in pine forests, known as the "Pine−wood"("Boří les"), and in areas adjacent to the River Dyje with riparian forests. In the 20th century the region became part of new Czechoslovakia The Liechtenstein family opposed the annexation of Czech territory in the fascist Sudetenland by Nazi Germany, and as a consequence their properties were confiscated by the


title: "Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape" content: Nazis, and the family then relocated to Vaduz in 1939. After World War II the family made several legal attempts for restitution of the properties. However, they had passed post-war into ownership by the new communist Czechoslovakia. Of course its Communist government did not support returning large estates to exiled aristocratic landowners. After the Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution in 1989, the Liechtenstein descendants again renewed legal attempts for restitution, which were denied by the Czech state, the present day owner of the properties. The principal elements are: In addition to the castles, there are many large to small residential pavilions located


title: "Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape" content: throughout the designed landscape, often serving as chateau or hunting lodges. The garden follies and the conservatory of Lednice Park were listed in the 1998 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund, for their deteriorating condition resulting from insufficient financial resources. The Fund had previously studied the preservation of Lednice and Valtice Castles, and after 1998 it helped fund restoration of the Valtice Rendezvous folly as a demonstration project with support from American Express. Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice-Valtice Area or Lednice-Valtice Complex, ) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of in the Lednice and Valtice


title: "William B. Kouwenhoven" content: electricity lines, started to die from ventricular fibrillation (VF). William Kouwenhoven's research focused on the effects of electricity on the heart, and he wanted to develop an instrument that would revive or shock the heart without invasive surgery. The first procedures were done on rats and dogs, but both investigations failed to produce groundbreaking results. Then, in 1925, the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health was offered a $10,000 award by the Consolidated Edison of New York in collaboration with Simon Flexner and the Rockefeller Institute to investigate and examine the effects of electricity on the human body.


title: "Yagan Railway" content: Yagan Railway The is a Japanese railway company whose major shareholders include the Tochigi and Fukushima prefectural governments. It operates a single railway line, the . The name of the line comes from the kanji characters of the ancient provinces of (now Tochigi Prefecture) and (now Fukushima Prefecture). The is a 30.7 kilometre railway line from Shin-Fujiwara Station in Nikkō, Tochigi to Aizu-Kōgen Oze-guchi Station Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. Its nickname is the . The name of the line is from the Aizu area of Fukushima Prefectures and Kinugawa Onsen hot spring resort area, the line connects. The construction began


title: "Tighes Hill, New South Wales" content: Tighes Hill School of Arts, Gallery in January 2009. The Newcastle Campus of Hunter Institute of TAFE is located here. Tighes Hill, New South Wales Tighes Hill is a north-western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales and was named after A.A.P. Tighe, an early resident, who in 1843 bought the estate. It is primarily an industrial area with residential parts expanding toward Mayfield. A video tribute has been filmed of this grand old suburb, featuring the Catholic Church. Tighes Hill developed from the construction of a bridge over Throsby Creek at the opening of the Ferndale Colliery in 1877. Within


title: "Thomas Bosworth" content: Bosworth Hoedemaker Architecture in Seattle, Washington; the successor firm is Hoedemaker Pfeiffer. Thomas Bosworth Thomas L. Bosworth FAIA (born 1930) is an American architect and architectural educator. His best-known structures are those he designed for the Pilchuck Glass School between 1971 and 1986, but his primary focus in his thirty-five year professional career has been the design of single family residences across the Pacific Northwest. Bosworth was born and raised in Oberlin, Ohio, where his father and grandfather were ministers and faculty members. Bosworth received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, where he studied architectural history with an emphasis on


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: Trithemis annulata Trithemis annulata, known commonly as the violet dropwing, violet-marked darter, purple-blushed darter or plum-coloured dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, in the Middle East, in the Arabian Peninsula and southern Europe. These insects are called dropwings because of their habit of immediately lowering their wings after landing on a perch. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes. The following subspecies are recognised as valid: "Trithemis annulata" is a robust medium-sized species


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: with a wingspan of . The mature male has a dark red head and a yellow labium with brown central spot. The eyes are red with white spots on the rear edge, and the frons is dark metallic purplish-red. The prothorax is violet with slightly darker longitudinal stripes. The membranous wings have distinctive red veins, the pterostigma is orange-brown and there is a large orange-brown splash at the base of the hind wings. The abdomen is fairly broad and is pinkish-violet, with purple markings on the top of each segment and blackish markings on the terminal three segments. Females are


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: a similar size to males but the thorax is brownish and the abdomen is yellow with dark brown markings. The wings of females lack the red veins of males but have similar orange-brown patches. It is very similar in appearance to the red-veined dropwing ("Trithemis arteriosa"), but that species has a more slender abdomen and a wedge-shaped black area on either side of the tip of the abdomen. "Trithemis annulata" is found in most of Africa and also in France, Cyprus, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Réunion, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: and Yemen. It was also recorded in the Maltese islands in 2005 and found breeding there in 2007. With the advent of global warming, it is increasing its range northwards in Europe and in the late 1990s advanced from southern Spain and southern Italy into France, and from Greece and Turkey into Central Europe. One such place where it has become established is the floodplain of the River Ebro in northeastern Spain. "Trithemis annulata" is an adaptable species, and the adults are able to tolerate a range of habitats including semi-arid rangeland. They can be seen flying near sluggish rivers,


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: in marshes and also beside still-water ponds. They are sometimes seen in brackish water habitats, although it is unclear whether they actually breed in salty water. The larvae develop rapidly, so these dragonflies are able to make use of temporary water bodies for breeding. Males are often to be seen perching on the twigs of waterside shrubs and on rocks in the sunshine, but in the evening or when the sun is obscured, they move into trees. The female "T. annulata" is thought to deposit her eggs by flying over the surface and dipping the tip of her abdomen in


title: "Trithemis annulata" content: the water. The larvae develop in water where they are aggressive predators. The adults are also predators, using their excellent eyesight to detect prey and their legs to hold and carry their victims. "Trithemis annulata" is a very common species throughout its wide range which includes most of Africa, the Mediterranean area, the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East. Although it may be threatened locally by habitat loss, in general it seems to be increasing in abundance, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of least concern. Trithemis annulata Trithemis annulata, known


title: "Thommy Berggren" content: them as inspiration, and they would eventually prove to be influential in his future career. Apart from being considered one of Sweden's finest actors, he is also a devoted father of three children. Berggren was born on 12 August 1937, in Mölndal, Sweden, an impoverished working class district. His father, a sailor by trade and a socialist, was supportive of and heavily involved with the worker's rights movement in Sweden. His mother was employed at the local factory and was similarly politically inclined. When he was born, he suffered with a disease of the lungs, which caused him to have


title: "Angelo Encarnación" content: Angelo Encarnación Eleutero Benjamin "Angelo" Encarnación (born April 18, 1969, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player who played three seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball. During a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 12, 1995, Encarnacion made an unusual mistake that ultimately cost the Pirates the game. Encarnacion entered the game in the top of the eleventh inning with the score tied at 10–10, as a pinch runner for the Pirates' starting catcher, Mark Parent. The Pirates failed to score, and Encarnacion remained in the game as


title: "Jamaican Caves Organisation" content: last four decades, including Dr Alan G Fincham, Dr David Lee, Dr Donald McFarlane, David Eastwood, Guy Van Rentergem, Jan Pauel, Andreas Haiduk, Elizabeth Slack, and Adam Hyde. Notable events in the history of the group include the first descent of Smokey Hole Cave, Manchester in March 2006, which established a new depth record for Jamaica of 194 metres, and the removal of the remains of Carlton Rose from the notorious Hutchinson's Hole, St Ann, in February 2004. Non-caving underground activities have included the exploration and mapping of Stamford Hill Mine, Clarendon, abandoned in 1863, under contract to PanCaribbean Minerals.


title: "Tyne Theatre and Opera House" content: short term lease on the building. Unfortunately, this arrangement was short-lived and by 1989, the New Tyne Theatre and Opera House Company Limited was in a difficult position financially. In the search for a financial solution to keep the theatre running, the Company looked to its property interests and also went into partnership with the local College of Technology (now Newcastle College) to establish a centre for performing arts within Waterloo House to the south of the theatre. The City Council and other interested parties intended to create a national centre of excellence in the performing arts – based around


title: "New Camaldoli Hermitage" content: New Camaldoli Hermitage New Camaldoli Hermitage (formally called Immaculate Heart Hermitage) is a rural Camaldolese Benedictine hermitage in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, California, in the United States. The Camaldolese branch of the Benedictine family was founded by St. Romuald in the late 10th century. The hermitage was founded in 1958 by two monks from the motherhouse in Camaldoli in northern Italy, who had spent two years searching for a site that combined solitude and natural beauty. It is located at an altitude of approximately 1,300 feet (400 meters), and is approached by a winding two-mile road, which


title: "Zuzanna Ginczanka" content: Mucharska; located at Mikołajska № 5 Street in the heart of Kraków Old Town. The circumstances of Ginczanka's arrest were pondered upon by postwar memorist. The first account is that of Wincentyna Wodzinowska-Stopkowa (19151991), published in her 1989 memoir "Portret artysty z żoną w tle" ("A Portrait of the Artist with the Wife in the Background"). Ginczanka's hideout and the passwords used by her rescuers was intercepted by Gestapo from several clandestine messages intended to be smuggled out of prison, and addressed to them. The Stopkas, who were themselves incriminated by the "gryps"es in question, managed to get the Gestapo


title: "Gekokujō" content: the last and most serious event leading to the breakdown of party politics and the dominance of the military in Japanese government affairs until the end of World War II. Gekokujō In the context of Confucian tradition, Gekokujō is a kind of "government from below" that is condoned; and a "government of men" is contrasted with a "government of laws." "Gekokujō" became prevalent during the Sengoku period, starting with the Ōnin War when the power of the Muromachi shogunate ended in factional strife and the burning of Kyoto. Without the imprimatur of the shogunate, provincial "daimyōs" were vulnerable to being


title: "Jacoby Open Swiss Teams" content: Jacoby Open Swiss Teams The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC. The event is open. The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four-session event --- consisting of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions -- with the Jacoby Trophy going to the winners. The event began in 1982 and was then named the North


title: "Pellaea andromedifolia" content: Pellaea andromedifolia Pellaea andromedifolia, with the common names coffee cliffbrake and coffee fern, is a species of cliff brake fern in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae. It is native to California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. This plant does not have the immediately recognizable sharply pointed leaflets on its fronds that many other ferns have. Its leaves bear rounded or oval-shaped segments widely spaced along the rachis. Each segment may curl under along its edges. The leaves are green when new, then turn red, purplish, or brown. Some individuals of this species are diploid and


title: "Pellaea andromedifolia" content: reproduce sexually, while some are triploid or tetraploid and reproduce by apogamy (growth of a plant from a gamete without fertilization). "Pellaea andromedifolia" is found on dry Western facing sunny banks, in coastal, Mojave Desert, and California chaparral and woodlands habitats. It is able to take long periods without water, when it will shrivel and appear dead. Then shortly after rainfall new growth appears quickly from the ground. It is not crown forming, but spreading slowly and forming clumps. Pellaea andromedifolia Pellaea andromedifolia, with the common names coffee cliffbrake and coffee fern, is a species of cliff brake fern in


title: "Two Years Before the Mast (film)" content: film the book in 1939 under his deal with United Artists. However this was postponed when World War Two was declared, as Small was reluctant to make such an expensive film in an uncertain marketplace. Plans to film the novel were again announced in 1940 and 1941 but no movie resulted. Paramount eventually bought the rights off Small in 1943, including a script Seton I Miller had written for the producer in 1939; Miller had since become a writer and producer at Paramount. Alan Ladd was announced as star. In March 1944 it was announced Ladd would be re-inducted into


title: "Simon Called Peter" content: to me." The novel was followed by a sequel, "Recompense", published in 1924, which was made into a 1925 motion picture with the same title. Simon Called Peter Simon Called Peter is a novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) which was a best-seller in 1921. The title is a reference to Simon Peter the apostle and first Pope of the Catholic Church. In 1921 it was met with astonishing success, and its runaway popularity won Keable a level of celebrity. The book reportedly sold over 600,000 copies during the 1920s, reaching a 66th edition by 1922. A largely autobiographical work, Simon


title: "Ray Danton" content: Cold War, "Behind Closed Doors". Danton played American agent Ralph Drake who is sent to Austria to meet with western agents from six Iron Curtain countries after it is revealed that the Soviet Union had named a new head of the secret police. In 1960, Danton and Ron Foster were cast as Kane and Tommy Potts, respectively, in the episode "Bounty List" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, "Colt .45". He also appeared in the ABC/WB western "Lawman" and the crime drama series, "Bourbon Street Beat" and "The Roaring 20s". In 1961, Danton co-starred with Rosalind Russell, Alec Guinness, and


title: "Coal mine bump" content: caused not by an earthquake, but by the collapse itself. The mine's owner, Robert E. Murray, adamantly disagreed. Coal mine bump A coal mine bump (a bump, a mine bump, a mountain bump, or a rock burst) is a seismic jolt occurring within an underground mine due to the explosive collapse of one or more support pillars. In room and pillar mining, tunnels are advanced in a rectangular pattern resembling city streets (tunnels), leaving behind blocks (pillars) of coal. To a miner, a partially completed tunnel resembles a room dug into the coal seam. As mining proceeds, the weight of


title: "MIT School of Architecture and Planning" content: Transportation Planning and Policy; Urban Information Systems (UIS); and Regional Planning. The Department of Urban Studies and Planning offers the following degrees The MIT Center for Real Estate was established in 1983 with the aim of improving the quality of the built environment. An intensive one-year program leads to a Master of Science in Real Estate degree. A substantial portion of the annual budget, which supports half tuition and full-tuition scholarships in addition to the school's costs, is generated through donations from alumni in both the public and the private sector. Students also have the opportunity to be fully funded


title: "Dawn News" content: the rural population, wherever the cable reaches. DawnNews is in agreement with several satellite TV channels, which include BBC World News, Sky News, ABC News and Aljazeera and can be watched in the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa. In UK, it can be accessed through Sky cable at Channel 845. Bol Bol Pakistan Dawn News Dawn News is one of Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited (PHPL), Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred on 25 May 2007, and the channel went


title: "San Pedro de Mocama" content: wrote a catechism in Spanish and Timucuan that was printed in 1612. The Tacatacuru were severely affected by disease and warfare through the 17th century. Mission San Pedro de Mocama was abandoned in 1660. Pressure from other tribes led the Tacatacuru to abandon Cumberland Island by 1675. San Pedro de Mocama Mission San Pedro de Mocama was a Spanish colonial Franciscan mission on Cumberland Island, on the coast of the present-day U.S. state of Georgia, from the late 16th century through the mid-17th century. San Pedro de Mocama was part of the missions system of Spanish Florida, a territory of


title: Scolecophidia content: Scolecophidia The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from . All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. Scolecophidians are believed to have originated on Gondwana, with anomalepidids and leptotyphlopids evolving in west Gondwana (South America and Africa) and typhlopids, gerrhopilids and xenotyphlopids on east Gondwana, initially on the combined India/Madagascar land mass, during the Mesozoic. Typhlopids then dispersed to Africa and Eurasia. South American typhlopids appear to have evolved from African typhlopids that rafted across the Atlantic about 60 million years ago;


title: Scolecophidia content: they in turn dispersed to the Caribbean about 33 million years ago. Similarly, typhlopids appear to have reached Australia from Southeast Asia or Indonesia about 28 million years ago. The common name of Scolecophidia, blind snakes, is based on their shared characteristic of reduced eyes that are located under their head scales. These head scales are found in all snakes and is referred to as a spectacle, however within this infraorder it is opaque resulting in decreased visual capabilities. Reduced eyes of the Scolecophidia have been attributed to evolutionary origins of snakes which are hypothesized to have arisen from fossorial


title: Scolecophidia content: ancestors causing a loss of genes related to eyesight that later evolved again in higher snakes to be similar to other vertebrates due to convergent evolution. Other shared characteristics include an absent left oviduct in four of the five families, aside from Anomalepididae which has a well developed yet reduced left oviduct. Aside from this, these snakes range in length from 10 to 100 cm (3.9 to 39.4 inches). Their typical body shapes include slender, cylindrical bodies and small narrow heads. In all these families they either lack or have a vestigial left lung and lack cranial infrared receptors. The


title: Scolecophidia content: main shared characteristic found across all Scolecophidia is a fossorial nature either living underground or within logs and leaf litter. Aside from this, thus far the reproduction remains understudies with all Scolecophidia studied thus far being noted to be oviparous, with elongate eggs noted in both leptotyphlopids and typhlopids. Foraging behaviors vary across families, but all feed invertebrates. Some of the main food sources include ant or termite eggs which are tracked down by following chemical cues left by these invertebrates to create trails. "Tricheilostomata macrolepis" has been seen climbing up trees and waving their head side to side vertically


title: Scolecophidia content: to detect chemical cues in the air in order to locate insect nests. In a study on leptotyphlopidae it was found that some species specialize in eating only termites or ants, aside from this it has been found that some rely on binge feeding patterns while others do not. While these snakes are often difficult to locate due to their burrowing habits, they are more often seen above ground after rain due to flooding that occurs in burrows. The ancestral nature of the Scolecophidia has resulted in the use of these organisms as a model organism for evolutionary studies in


title: Scolecophidia content: Serpentes to better understand evolution of reproduction, morphology, and both feeding habits. Scolecophidia The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, are an infraorder of snakes. They range in length from . All are fossorial (adapted for burrowing). Five families and 39 genera are recognized. Scolecophidians are believed to have originated on Gondwana, with anomalepidids and leptotyphlopids evolving in west Gondwana (South America and Africa) and typhlopids, gerrhopilids and xenotyphlopids on east Gondwana, initially on the combined India/Madagascar land mass, during the Mesozoic. Typhlopids then dispersed to Africa and Eurasia. South American typhlopids appear to have evolved from


title: "Kallum Higginbotham" content: His most notable moment while at the Latics was his hat-trick in the Lancs Youth Cup Final, ironically against his later employers Rochdale. Higginbotham was released by Oldham one year into his youth trainee contract, and joined Rochdale to complete the last year, hoping to persuade manager Keith Hill to offer him a professional contract. Higginbotham wore the number 18 shirt for the 2007–08 season. His debut came for Rochdale in a friendly against Rossendale United, in which he scored the winning goal. During the 2007–08 season, Higginbotham became a regular in the first-team at Spotland, finding himself in favour


title: "Flag of Wisconsin" content: state museum. In 1953, state assemblyman William N. Belter of Wautoma criticized the flag as too costly because of the details. In 1973, when the state senate was attempting to add the word Wisconsin to the flag, it was criticized as already too cluttered. In 1975, some state flags were being sold that improperly had the state seal on them instead of the state coat of arms. Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas J. La Follette noted that the correct state flag did not have the banner of thirteen stars at the bottom. In order to distinguish it from the many


title: "Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science" content: Their highly integrated research requires direct observation as well as modeling, and the department thrives on interdisciplinary ventures that open new avenues of exploration. Department web site Department of Mathematics (Course XVIII) The Department of Physics (Course VIII) Nice The Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) at MIT was founded in January 1990 to address fundamental questions about climate processes with a multidisciplinary approach. In July 2006 the CGCS became an independent Center in the School of Science. The Center’s goal is to improve the ability to accurately predict changes in the global environment. The CGCS seeks to better understand


title: "Serpens South" content: a direct result of the Gould's Belt Legacy project at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, which aims to study all prominent star-forming regions within about 1,600 light-years of Earth. The Gould Belt is a ring of molecular clouds and associated star-forming regions first described by astronomer Benjamin Gould in 1879. Although the Serpens Molecular cloud is too distant to formally be considered a member of the Gould Belt, it is often included in Gould Belt surveys. Serpens South is located half a degree west of the main W40 cluster and three degrees south of the Serpens Main cluster. Serpens South