title: "Stefan M. Selig" content: spread throughout Wall Street and corporate America". Later he became a partner at Berenson Minella & Co., a boutique investment bank where he organized high-profile buyouts, including the $65 million+ takeovers by CCMP Capital and Apollo Advisors of Gerber Products Co.’s Buster Brown children's apparel subsidiary, the acquisition by Castle Harlan Inc. of MAG Aerospace Industries Inc. from Vestar Capital Partners Inc., and Chemical Venture Partners purchase of Chiquita Brands International’s Speciality Meat Group in 1994. In 1994, Selig joined UBS as head of its financial sponsor group and as co-head of mergers and acquisitions. After 4 years he moved


title: "Maham Begum" content: consort, she had well defined rights over other inmates of his harem. She herself took her own guardianship of, two Dildar Begum's children, Hindal Mirza and Gulbadan Begum in 1519 and 1525 respectively and Babur's affirmation of it, though she already possessed five children. A devoted mother, Maham spent all her spare time to educate the prince in values dear to her. She would narrate to him stories connected with her ancestor Shaikh Ahmad Jam and other renowned holy personages of his time. In 1528, Maham Begum came to Hindustan from Kabul. When she reached Aligarh, Babur sent two litters


title: "Carlos Molinari" content: re-election as governor of the Buenos Aires province. "We are a possible alternative to the management of the current provincial leader,” Molinari told an interviewer. “We are able to see an alternative for the people of Buenos Aires with my practicality and with the ideological capacity of Mario Ishii.” Ishii and Molinari failed to win, despite a reported expenditure by Molinari of 6 million pesos. Molinari is friendly with Miami businessman Freddy Balsera, who led the Barack Obama campaign’s outreach effort to Latinos and is head of the Hispanic Council of the Democratic Party in the U.S. Together, Molinari and


title: "Luiz Fernando Pezão" content: Dodge, accepted by the Justice of the Superior Court of Justice Felix Fischer, Pezão was arrested by the Federal Police in a new phase of Operation Car Wash, named Operation Werewolf ("Operação Boca de Lobo"). Pezão is accused of proceeding with corruption schemes that began during thr government of Sérgio Cabral. As his term ends in 31 December 2018, Vice Governor Francisco Dornelles took office as Acting Governor. Luiz Fernando Pezão Luiz Fernando de Souza, commonly known as Luiz Fernando Pezão or even Pezão (English: "Bigfoot") (born 29 March 1958) is an entrepreneur, politician and the governor of the state


title: "Northern goshawk" content: approximately 3.6–10.7 pairs. A total of 107 nesting territories (1991–1996) were located on a study area on the Kaibab Plateau, AZ, resulting in a density of 8.4 pairs/. The estimated density in Pennsylvania (1.17 pairs/) suggests that eastern populations may occur at lower densities than western populations, but densities of eastern populations may increase as these populations recover. Typically, populations at far northern latitudes may occur at lower densities than those of southwestern and western populations in North America. Although median densities was similar, populations are overall much denser in Europe than in North America. The hotspots of density for


title: "Common black hawk" content: Common black hawk The common black hawk ("Buteogallus anthracinus") is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. It formerly included the Cuban black-hawk ("Buteogallus gundlachii") as a subspecies. The mangrove black hawk, traditionally considered a distinct species, is now generally considered a subspecies, "B. a. subtilis", of the common black-hawk. The adult common black-hawk is long and weighs on average. It has very broad wings, and is mainly black or dark gray. The short tail is black with a single broad white band and a white tip. The bill


title: "Common black hawk" content: is black and the legs and cere are yellow. The adults resemble zone-tailed hawks, but have fewer white bars on their tail and are larger in size. Sexes are similar, but immature birds are dark brown above with spotting and streaks. Their underparts are buff to whitish with dark blotches, and the tail has a number of black and white bars. The common black-hawk is a breeding bird in the warmer parts of the Americas, from the Southwestern United States through Central America to Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad, and the Lesser Antilles. It is a mainly coastal, resident bird of mangrove


title: "Common black hawk" content: swamps, estuaries and adjacent dry open woodland, though there are inland populations, including a migratory population in north-western Mexico and Arizona. The bird builds a platform nest of sticks fifteen to one hundred feet above the ground in a tree, often a mangrove. Nests are often reused and tend to grow bigger. It lays one to three eggs (usually one), which are whitish with brown markings. It feeds mainly on crabs, but will also take small vertebrates and eggs. This species is often seen soaring, with occasional lazy flaps, and has a talon-touching aerial courtship display. The call is a


title: "Common black hawk" content: distinctive piping "spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink". The common black hawk is protected in the far north of its range (in the USA) under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Common black hawk The common black hawk ("Buteogallus anthracinus") is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. It formerly included the Cuban black-hawk ("Buteogallus gundlachii") as a subspecies. The mangrove black hawk, traditionally considered a distinct species, is now generally considered a subspecies, "B. a. subtilis", of the common black-hawk. The adult common black-hawk is long and weighs on average. It has


title: "Gray hawk" content: Gray hawk The gray hawk ("Buteo plagiatus") or Mexican goshawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as "Asturina plagiata". The species was split by the American Ornithological Society (AOU) from the gray-lined hawk. The gray hawk is found from Costa Rica north into the southwestern United States. The gray hawk is in length and weighs on average. The adult has a pale gray body, the tail is black with three white bands and the legs are orange. It is a solid, unpatterned gray on the upper parts.


title: "Gray hawk" content: Immature birds have dark brown upperparts, a pale-banded brown tail, brown-spotted white underparts and a brown streaked buff head and neck. This species is quite short-winged, and has a fast agile flight for a "Buteo". The call is a shrill whistled "kleee-ooo". Gray hawks feed mainly on lizards and snakes, but will also take small mammals, birds and frogs. It usually sits on an open high perch from which it swoops on its prey, but will also hunt from a low glide. The nest is of sticks and built high in a tree. The usual clutch is one to three,


title: "Gray hawk" content: usually two white to pale blue eggs. The young take about 6 weeks to fledging. The taxonomy of the gray hawk puts it within in the genus "Buteo". This genus consists of hawks, which include the red-shouldered hawk, Swainson's hawk, and others. The genus "Buteo" is in the sub-family Accipitrinae which is also known as the "true hawks", and Accipitrinae is within the family of Accipitridae. Accipitridae consist of hawks, old world vultures, kites, harriers, and eagles. This family is within the order Falconiformes which are the diurnal (active during the day) birds of prey. The species was originally described


title: "Gray hawk" content: by Hermann Schlegel in 1862 as "Asturina plagiata". The AOU listed "A. plagiata" with the common name "Mexican goshawk" in the first four editions of the "Check-List of North American Birds", from 1886–1931. By the 1957 fifth edition, it had been merged into "Buteo nitidis"; but by the 1998 seventh edition all of "B. nitidis" was separated into the resurrected genus "Asturina". In 2003, Riesing et al. published results of research on nucleotide sequences within the mitochondrial "nd6" gene and pseudo-control-region for all species of "Buteo" and several related species. Among other findings, they recommended that "Asturina" be merged into


title: "Gray hawk" content: "Buteo", and concluded that "A. nitidis plagiatus" was sufficiently different from "A. n. nitidis" and "A. n. costaricensis" to be considered a separate species. In 2005, the AOC's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature – North America decided to follow the recommendation to merge the genera, but was not convinced about splitting the species. The gray hawk was originally "Asturina nitida" but controversy existed between ornithologists on whether or not this species was closely enough related enough to put it in the "Buteo", but chromosomal mapping in 2013 has proved that the gray hawk is within the Buteoninae. Researchers such as


title: "Gray hawk" content: de Oliveira, Tagliarini, dos Santos, O'Brien, and Ferguson-Smith proposed in 2011 that the gray hawk should be two different species, because of a slight difference in plumage color and a difference in alarm calls documented in the northern and southern distributional gap in Costa Rica. They suggest that the species is better split into the gray-lined hawk ("Buteo nitidus") and the gray hawk ("Buteo plagiatus"), The American Ornithological Society eventually recognized the split. The gray hawk averages inches in length and weighs . This bird has a relatively short wing span, but long tail compared to the red-tailed and red-shouldered


title: "Gray hawk" content: hawks. It has broad rounded wings, a hooked beak, and yellow legs.Thompson, L. (1995–2013). It is very distinctive from its smooth pale gray plumage. The tail features are in a horizontal stripped pattern in a white gray white pattern with white at the tips of the tail feathers. The tail feathers have two white bands with one being wider than the other. The sexes are similar in coloration. The adults, both male and female, have a darker gray top side with a lighter gray and white underside. The juveniles have a dark brown topside and a streaked or spotted underside


title: "Gray hawk" content: and the tail feathers have numerous dark bands. The juveniles have very obvious bold facial strips and white upper tail coverts, which are the feathers at the base or start of the tail. The juveniles also have a different plumage color due to dominance and they use the dull color for camouflage. The gray hawk's range is in Northern and Central America, from southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and southern Texas, through Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, to the northern part of Costa Rica. Its habitat within this range consists of forest edges, river edges, clear cuts, savanna,


title: "Gray hawk" content: and agricultural land (4). In their tropical range of the Amazon they tend to prefer a more dry second growth forest. The gray hawk's main diet is lizards and small mammals, but it will also eat rodents and large insects and some birds. It hunts in brushy areas either from a perch or flight just above the canopy. The migration pattern of gray hawks depends on the location of the animals' home range. Birds that live in northern Mexico and the south-western United States will migrate, but birds living further south tend to stay in the same area permanently. A


title: "Gray hawk" content: few birds in the northern range will stay in the southern part of Texas year round rather than migrating, but this is rare. The birds that migrate north to the south-western United States will migrate in the spring in order to breed. After the breeding season, the birds will begin their journey back south in mid-October to their wintering ranges. The mating system of the gray hawk is monogamous. During December through May, the breeding season, these birds perform courtship displays (4). The males court the females by rising and falling flight, calls, and nest building. The male and female


title: "Gray hawk" content: together will build their stick nest in tall trees, but the male only lays down the foundation while the female will shape the nest (9). The nest is about 60 centimeters across and the female will on average lay 2 to 3 pale-blue eggs per clutch. The female takes care of her eggs incubating them for 33 days; meanwhile the male will capture prey and bring it back to the female. A few breeding pairs nest along the Rio Grande in riparian woods (1). In research conducted from 1995-97 in south-west Arizona, it was found that gray hawks produced an


title: "Gray hawk" content: average of 1.32 young per nest between all three years when the study was being conducted (8). The chicks will begin fledging in 6 weeks and both males and females won’t hit sexual maturity until they are least 2 years of age. The call of the gray hawk consists of long mournful whistles t"hoooooweeo, hoooooweeo". Gray hawk The gray hawk ("Buteo plagiatus") or Mexican goshawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as "Asturina plagiata". The species was split by the American Ornithological Society (AOU) from the gray-lined


title: "Granny (orca)" content: Granny (orca) Granny (born c. 1911, presumed dead between October–December 2016), also known as J2, was an orca (killer whale). She was estimated by some whale researchers to have been 105 years old, but her age is a source of dispute, with other studies putting her at age 65-80. If she was 105, she would have been the oldest known orca at the time of her death. A member of the endangered southern resident killer whale population, Granny lived in the northeast Pacific Ocean and coastal bays of Washington state and British Columbia. Granny was estimated to have been born


title: "Granny (orca)" content: in 1911. She was last seen on October 12, 2016, and was considered deceased by The Center for Whale Research in January 2017. Granny was recognizable from the gray "saddle patch" just behind her dorsal fin, and a half-moon notch in her fin. Simon Pidcock of Ocean EcoVentures said he had seen Granny thousands of times, and that the markings on orca fins were like fingerprints. Granny had been captured with the rest of her pod in 1967 but was too old at that time for a marine mammal park and so was released. Now that orca studies have been


title: "Granny (orca)" content: conducted for several decades, the exact age of many younger whales is known. The age of older orcas, such as Granny, is estimated by their offspring; they give birth around age 15, and stop having offspring around 40; by adding the generations together, ages can be estimated. Granny was photographed in 1971 with a male orca, J1 Ruffles, who was believed at the time to be her son. Ruffles was estimated as at least 20 years old, and as scientists believed him to be Granny's last offspring, her own age was estimated at about 60. It was later discovered that


title: "Granny (orca)" content: Ruffles was not Granny's son, but her age estimate was never changed. Granny's age was originally estimated with a margin of error of 12 years, but was the subject of an academic dispute in 2016 due to her original age being based on evidence now known to be incorrect, as well as a large disparity between the life expectancy of orcas with estimated ages and orcas with known ages. Analysis of fatty acids from a recent biopsy of Granny indicated that Granny may have only been 65–80 years of age. Granny, along with several of her descendants, travelled in the


title: "Granny (orca)" content: J pod, a group of about 25 orcas. J pod, along with Pods K and L, are the "J clan", which constitute the entire southern resident killer whale population. They frequent the inland waters of British Columbia and Washington State in the summer months, but roam from southeast Alaska to central California. They have completed a journey as far as in a week. As the oldest female in J pod, Granny would have been considered its leader. A well-known male orca previously thought to be Granny's son is J1 Ruffles. He was last seen in 2010. As of 2012, none


title: "Granny (orca)" content: of Granny's immediate children are known to be living. However, Granny had multiple grandchildren and great-grandchildren who travelled in the pod with her. The southern resident killer whales are the most studied population of orcas in the world. Many whales in this population were captured in the 1960s and 1970s for use in sea parks, and others were killed by hunters attempting to capture them. The southern resident orcas are the smallest of four resident communities from the Northeastern portion of the Pacific Ocean. It is the only orca population listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,


title: "Granny (orca)" content: and as of 2005 this group is protected under the Endangered Species Act. As the longest living known orca, Granny is employed as an example in arguments against keeping whales in captivity, referencing the allegedly reduced lifespan of captive animals. The oldest orca in captivity is the 50-year-old Lolita who is at the Miami Seaquarium. The average lifespan for a captured orca is 20 to 30 years. Of Granny's age, Captain Pidcock of Ocean Ecoventures Whale Watching said "[...] it’s mind-blowing to think that this whale is over 100 years old. She was born before the "Titanic" went down. Can


title: "Granny (orca)" content: you imagine the things she’s seen in her lifetime?" Granny was also used as a focal point of environmental efforts that resulted in the Endangered Species Act protections for orca. Environmentalists estimate that Granny may have had a PCB load of up to 100 parts per million, and that her descendants' reproductive systems may have been damaged by exposure to pollution. Additionally, declining West Coast salmon populations put Granny and her family at risk. Granny was featured in a children's book on orcas by Sally Hodson titled "Granny's Clan: A Tale of Wild Orcas". Shortly after Granny's death was announced,


title: "Granny (orca)" content: BBC Radio 4's "Inside Science" discussed the insights into killer whales and their social lives which the prolonged observations of Granny and her pod had revealed. Granny is the subject of a short documentary film. "The Hundred Year Old Whale" was released in 2017 by filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young, the author of "The Killer Whale Who Changed The World." Estimates of lifespans for wild orcas vary. SeaWorld says wild lifespans are 30–50 years for females, and 19–30 years for males. These estimates depart from the findings of a 2005 study, which pegged the mean age of females at 45.8 years and


title: "Granny (orca)" content: males at 31.0 during the period between 1973 and 1996. Marine conservation groups argue that even these estimates are low due to the effects of hunting, pollution, and capture on the wild populations, and that natural wild orca lifespans are equivalent to that of humans, with male orcas living up to 75 years and female orcas living up to 80 years. Orcas are one of the few species to exhibit menopause and Granny's great age gave her a chance to use her skills to enhance the reproductive success of her offspring (see Grandmother hypothesis). Granny (orca) Granny (born c. 1911,


title: "David C. Montgomery" content: on the stage, and practiced a routine in his back yard. He learned to become a dancer and contortionist. He put on his song and dance routine at various minor local venues, getting a good reception. He played for some years in St. Joseph and Kansas City, then found work in Denver and the surrounding mining towns, where he first met Fred Stone. Stone (1873–1959) from Valmont, Colorado, was an acrobat and tightrope walker. While in Denver Montgomery was offered a job with the J. H. Haverly’s minstrel company, which was planning to first tour the southern USA and then


title: "2014 Houston Cougars softball team" content: style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Houston Hilton Plaza Invitational !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Easton Crimson Classic !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Judi Garman Classic !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000;"| 2014 AAC Tournament !colspan=10 style="background:#CC0000;"| 2014 NCAA Regionals 2014 Houston Cougars softball team The 2014 Houston Cougars softball team represented the University of Houston in the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. Kyla Holas entered her 14th season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars were picked to finish 3rd in the AAC. The Cougars would finish fourth in the conference standings and be upset in the 1st Round


title: "Lloyd's Evening Post" content: decade of the 19th century, the rise of daily newspapers had led not only to the end of "Lloyd's Evening Post" but also several other tri-weekly publications such as the "London Evening Post", the "Evening Post", and the short-lived "Inquisitor" (published by John Browne Bell, the son of the literary publisher John Bell). The "London Chronicle", which by 1801 was selling twice as many copies as "Lloyd's Evening Post" (as indicated by the amount of stamp duty the papers paid), managed to hang on until 1823. The Burney Collection of Newspapers at the British Library has digitized copies of the


title: "Monk parakeet" content: Monk parakeet The monk parakeet ("Myiopsitta monachus"), also known as the Quaker parrot, is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. In most taxonomies, it is classified as the only member of the genus Myiopsitta. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of Argentina and the surrounding countries in South America. Self-sustaining feral populations occur in many places, mainly in North America and Europe. The nominate subspecies of this parakeet is long on average, with a wingspan, and weighs . Females tend to be 10–20% smaller, but can only be reliably sexed by DNA or


title: "Monk parakeet" content: feather testing. It has bright-green upperparts. The forehead and breast are pale gray with darker scalloping and the rest of the underparts are very light-green to yellow. The remiges are dark blue, and the tail is long and tapering. The bill is orange. The call is a loud and throaty "chape(-yee)" or "quak quaki quak-wi quarr", and screeches "skveet". Domestic breeds in colors other than the natural plumage have been produced. These include birds with white, blue, and yellow in place of green. As such coloration provides less camouflage, feral birds are usually of wild-type coloration. "Myiopsitta monachus" is usually


title: "Monk parakeet" content: the only widely accepted member of the genus "Myiopsitta". However, the cliff parakeet is sometimes considered a distinct species. The cliff parakeet's altitudinal range apparently does not overlap, and that it is thus entirely, but just barely, allopatric. The American Ornithological Society has deferred recognizing the cliff parakeet as distinct "because of insufficient published data". Three subspecies are recognized: The subspecies' ranges meet in the general area of Paraguay, and there they are insufficiently delimited. The distinctness and delimitation of "M. m. calita" and "M. m. cotorra" especially require further study. Like the other neotropical parrots, the monk parakeet is


title: "Monk parakeet" content: usually placed in the tribe Arini, which might warrant elevation to subfamily rank as the Arinae. "M. monachus" belongs to the long-tailed clade of these – macaws and conures, essentially, which would retain the name Arini/Arinae if this polyphyletic group were split. The monk parakeet is globally very common, and even the rather localized cliff parakeet is generally common. In Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, monk parakeets are regarded as major agricultural pests (as noted by Charles Darwin, among others). Their population explosion in South American rural areas seems to be associated with the expansion of eucalyptus forestry for paper pulp


title: "Monk parakeet" content: production, which offers the bird the opportunity to build protected nests in artificial forests where ecological competition from other species is limited. The cliff parakeet occasionally plunders maize fields, but it is apparently not considered a major pest as no serious persecution is done. The monk parakeet is the only parrot that builds a stick nest, in a tree or on a man-made structure, rather than using a hole in a tree. This gregarious species often breeds colonially, building a single large nest with separate entrances for each pair. In the wild, the colonies can become quite large, with pairs


title: "Monk parakeet" content: occupying separate "apartments" in nests that can reach the size of a small automobile. These nests can attract many other tenants including birds of prey such as the spot-winged falconet ("Spiziapteryx circumcincta"), ducks such as the yellow-billed teal ("Anas flavirostris"), and even mammals. Their five to 12 white eggs hatch in about 24 days. The cliff parakeet, as its name implies, nests in cliff crevices. This subspecies rarely builds communal nests, but individual pairs still prefer to nest in close association. Unusually for a parrot, monk parakeet pairs occasionally have helper individuals, often grown offspring, which assist with feeding the


title: "Monk parakeet" content: young (see kin selection). The lifespan of monk parakeets has been given as 15–20 years or as much as 25–30 years; the former might refer to typical lifespans in captivity and/or in the wild, while the latter is in the range of maximum lifespans recorded for parakeets. Monk parakeets are highly intelligent, social birds. Those kept as pets routinely develop vocabularies of scores of words and phrases. Due to this early speaking ability, it is overtaking the cockatiel as the favorite bird to teach to talk. Another contributing factor to growing popularity is that this bird has a shorter lifespan


title: "Monk parakeet" content: and lower price than African grey parrots. Because of monk parakeets' listing as an agricultural pest, California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Hawaii, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Western Australia outlaw sale and ownership. In Connecticut, one can own a monk parakeet, but cannot sell or breed them. In New York and Virginia, it is possible to own a monk parakeet with banding and registration. In Ohio, owning one is legal if the bird's wings are clipped or it is incapable of free flight. Self-sustaining feral populations have been recorded in several U.S. states and various regions of Europe (namely Spain,


title: "Monk parakeet" content: Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Balearic Islands, Gibraltar, France, Corsica, Malta, Cyprus, Sardinia, Italy, Greece, Channel Islands, Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium), as well as in British Columbia, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Bermuda, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Easter Island, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and Japan. As it is an open-woodlands species, it adapts readily to urban areas. In areas where they have been introduced, some fear they will harm crops and native species. Evidence of harm caused by feral colonies is disputed, and many people oppose killing this charismatic bird. However, local bans and eradication programs exist in some areas of the U.S.


title: "Monk parakeet" content: Outside the U.S., introduced populations do not appear to raise similar controversy, presumably because of smaller numbers of birds, or because their settlement in urban areas does not pose a threat to agricultural production. The U.K. appears to have changed its view on its feral populations and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is planning to remove monk parakeets from the wild, as it believes that they threaten local wildlife and crops. Feral populations are often descended from very small founder populations. Being as social and intelligent as they are, monk parakeets develop some cultural traditions, namely


title: "Monk parakeet" content: vocal dialects that differ between groups. In populations descended from a large number of birds, a range of "dialects" will exist. If the founder population is small, however, a process similar to genetic drift may occur if prominent founders vocalize in an unusual "dialect", with this particular way of vocalizing becoming established in the resulting feral colony. For example, no fewer than three different "dialects" occur among the feral monk parrots of the Milford, Connecticut, metropolitan area. The species has in recent years expanded its range in Brazil, where a self-sustaining population occurs in the downtown area of Rio de


title: "Monk parakeet" content: Janeiro. Since this population occurs far from the bird's original range in Brazil – it was only found in the far south and southwest – it is most probably a consequence of escapees from the pet trade. In Rio de Janeiro, the bird can be easily seen at the Aterro do Flamengo gardens – where it nests on palm trees and feeds on their fruit; the Rio birds seem to favor nesting amid the leaves of coconut palm trees, as well as in the vicinity of the neighboring domestic flight terminal, the Santos Dumont Airport and in the gardens of


title: "Monk parakeet" content: Quinta da Boa Vista, where communal nests roughly 1 m in diameter have been seen. In Santa Catarina State, probable escapees have been reported on occasion for quite some time, and a feral population seems to have established itself in Florianópolis early in the first decade of the 21st century when birds were observed feeding right next to the highway in the Rio Vermelho-Vargem Grande area. The monk parakeet was first recorded in Mexico City in 1999. Records exist from seven other locations, including the cities of Puebla, Morelia, Celaya, Oaxaca, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Hermosillo, and Mexicali, and the mouth of


title: "Monk parakeet" content: the Loreto River in Baja California Sur. Nesting populations are known in Mexico City and Oaxaca. A small but growing population has also been established in the southern part of the city of Puebla, Puebla, in the surroundings of the city's aviary, which they are known to visit frequently, and where they can often be seen clinging to the outer side of its mesh walls. No studies have been made to assess the impact they might have on the relict populations of green parakeet that live in the same area and other well-wooded zones of the city. Following the ban


title: "Monk parakeet" content: on the trade of native parrot species, local traditional bird sellers have now switched to the monk parakeet as their staple parrot, and that might have increased the number of escapees. Sometimes, the head and breast feathers of monk parakeets are dyed yellow to deceive uninformed buyers, mimicking the endangered yellow-headed amazon. The presence of this species in seven geographically distant and independent locations in Mexico indicates that the source of these individuals is most likely the pet trade. Thousands of monk parakeets were imported to the United States between 1960s and 1980s as pets. Many escaped or were intentionally


title: "Monk parakeet" content: released, and populations were allowed to proliferate. By the early 1970s, "M. monachus" was established in seven states, and by 1995, it had spread to eight more. In Florida alone, estimates range from 150,000 to 500,000. As one of the few temperate-zone parrots, the monk parakeet is more able than most to survive cold climates (partly because they build communal nests about heat-producing electrical equipment atop utility poles), and colonies exist as far north as New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Louisville, Edgewater, New Jersey, coastal Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and southwestern Washington. This hardiness makes this species second


title: "Monk parakeet" content: only to the rose-ringed parakeet among parrots as a successful introduced species. In 2012, a pair of monk parakeets attempted nesting in Watervliet, New York (about 150 miles north of New York City, near Albany, New York). Prior to egg-laying, one bird was captured and the nest eventually was removed due to concerns that the nest built adjacent to an electrical transformer created a fire hazard. They have also found a home in Brooklyn, New York, after an accidental release decades ago of what appear to have been black-market birds within Green-Wood Cemetery. The grounds crew initially tried to destroy


title: "Monk parakeet" content: the unsightly nests at the entrance gate, but no longer do so because the presence of the parrots has reduced the number of pigeons nesting within it. The management's decision was based on a comparative chemical analysis of pigeon feces (which destroy brownstone structures) and monk parakeet feces (which have no ill effect). The monk parakeets are in effect preserving this historic structure. Brooklyn College has a monk parakeet as an "unofficial" mascot in reference to the colony of the species that lives in its campus grounds. It is featured on the masthead of the student magazine. They have also


title: "Monk parakeet" content: made their homes in the lamp posts in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. Most of these monk parakeet populations can be traced to shipments of captured birds from Argentina. In Chicago, the origin of the monk parakeets is unknown, but they may be escaped birds from O'Hare airport or unwanted pets. The species first appeared in the 1960s and is continuing to thrive despite unusual bad winters that occurred in the 1980s and in 2014. The birds are welcomed in the city especially by bird watchers and were involved in a 2012 ornithological study. The population is estimated to


title: "Monk parakeet" content: be at 1,000 birds, with healthy colonies located in several of the city's parks. Austin, Texas, also has a thriving monk parakeet population. Monk parakeets can be seen in Madrid, Barcelona, Cadiz, Seville, Torremolinos, Málaga, Nerja, Valencia, Tarragona, Roquetas de Mar (Andalusia), Zaragoza, the Canary Islands, and Majorca in Balearic Islands. They were first seen around 1985. In Madrid, they especially frequent the Ciudad Universitaria (Complutense university campus) and Casa de Campo park. They are a common sight in Barcelona parks, often as numerous as pigeons. They form substantial colonies in Parc de la Ciutadella, Parc de la Barceloneta, and


title: "Monk parakeet" content: in smaller city parks such as Jardins Josep Trueta in Poble Nou, with a colony as far north as Empuriabrava. They are more frequent in watered urban parks with grass areas and palm trees, near to a river or the sea. The monk parakeet, as an invasive species, has become a problem to local fauna such as pigeons and sparrows, but not yet so harmful to magpies. Parakeets have also caused trouble to agriculture near the cities. Madrid has the greatest population of monk parakeets in Europe with 10,800 parakeets as of June 2015. As of 2015, the estimated population


title: "Monk parakeet" content: of monk parakeets in Barcelona was 6,248. In Greece, they have established breeding colonies in the National Garden, Athens. The United Kingdom population in 2011 is believed to be around 150, in the Home Counties region. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced plans in 2011 to control them, countering the threat to infrastructure, crops, and native British wildlife by trapping and rehoming, removing nests, and shooting when necessary. Small groups of monk parakeets can be found in the Belgian capital city Brussels and its surrounding areas. They have been living in the wild at least since


title: "Monk parakeet" content: the 1970s. Monk parakeet The monk parakeet ("Myiopsitta monachus"), also known as the Quaker parrot, is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. In most taxonomies, it is classified as the only member of the genus Myiopsitta. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of Argentina and the surrounding countries in South America. Self-sustaining feral populations occur in many places, mainly in North America and Europe. The nominate subspecies of this parakeet is long on average, with a wingspan, and weighs . Females tend to be 10–20% smaller, but can only be reliably sexed by


title: "M. S. Ananthapadmanabha Rao" content: a retired Forest Officer; Karnataka Kalashri M A Jayarama Rao, a gamaki and art critic; Padmini Srinivasa Rao, gamaki and "Madikeri Nagendra", music director and light music artiste. Ananthapadmanabha Rao had chosen shorthand, bookkeeping and typewriting as his specialisations. After completing his matriculation, he joined the Department of State Excise under the then Coorg Government. In recognition of his abilities, in the year 1930 the Coorg Government posted Ananthapadmanabha Rao to Vellore to get trained in shorthand. He learnt Kannada shorthand and later joined the Police Department as the first ever reporter specialising in Kannada Shorthand. Coorg later became a


title: "Aun Gallery" content: in a history of confiscation of Zoroastrians' property. Karan is a US citizen, and Afarin is a Greencard holder. A wave of public support for Karan and Afarin followed, from the artistic community within Iran, as well as from customers and friends of Aun Gallery. Robert Toscano, former ambassador from Italy to Iran, refuted the authorities’ justification for their detention in an open letter, saying that “One has to be truly gullible and the easy victim of propaganda” to accept such charges. He continued, “The reason must be a different one…political blackmail toward the US (of which [she is] also


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: Thismia rodwayi Thismia rodwayi, or fairy lantern, is a non-chlorophyllous plant belonging to the "Burmanniaceae" family. They are found in the southern states of Australia (Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales) and in few places in New Zealand. The small number of known individuals of this species has put it under Schedule 5 (Rare) of the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. However, "Thismia rodwayi" is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). "Thismia rodwayi" can be seen as a small reddish-yellowish flower — the lantern — seemingly without stem and leaves. The plant most


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: often grows from the forest floor or hidden under the litter. As it does not contain any chlorophyll, only the vegetative parts consist of flower stalk and roots, both devoid of chlorophyll. Generally considered a saprophytic, "Thismia Rodwayi" is actually associated with a fungus which is the true saprophyte. Its whole life cycle, and especially its reproductive one, is still mostly unknown. "Thismia rodwayi" is, as botanist Mark Wapstra puts it, 'aptly described' by its common name: "fairy lantern". It is a very small flower, only visible as an orange and red obovate floral tube of 10 to 18 mm


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: in length. This 'flower' is surmounted by six perianth lobes: three inner lobes curving inward, and three outer ones spreading outward. The flower is at the top of a 0.5 to 3 cm long colourless and subterranean flower stem which sports six bracts increasing in size toward the flower. The flower stem emerges from the 1 to 1.5 mm thick and 4 to 15 cm long roots. Each individual usually sports only one flower, sometimes two, and they can be found in groups of 2 to 5 plants (but up to 12) in an area of less than 1 m.


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: "Thismia rodwayi" occurs in wet eucalypts forests, mainly "Eucalyptus obliqua", "E. regnans", "E. delegatensis" and "E. viminalis", between 100 and 650 m above sea level. The potential habitat in Tasmania is estimated with the RFA (Regional Forest Agreement), such as "tall "E. obliqua" forest" (OT) or "wet "E. viminalis" forest" (VW). However, as occurrence data for the species are sparse, the potential habitat is much more widespread than the flower itself. On a local scale, potential "Thismia" areas are identified by a sparse canopy cover, and a damp, dense and cohesive topsoil with a thick litterfall. "Thismia rodwayi"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s life cycle


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: is still very poorly understood. As they usually appear in clumps of near-situated individuals, it is generally accepted that both pollen and seeds are transported only short distances, which could explain why the plant only occurs in a fraction of its potential habitat. There currently exist two main hypothesis concerning the mechanisms of "Thismia rodwayi"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s pollination: Vegetative expansion by stolons is also considered a possibility. Although widely called a saprophyte, "Thismia rodwayi" is actually a myco-heterotroph, a non-chlorophyllous plant associated with a truly saprophytic fungus. The fungal hypha are found in the cortical cells of the plant's roots, and also


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: around those roots, mixed with humus. Rotting organic material is absorbed by the fungus and stocked as fat globules in hyphal bladders. The fungal cells are then digested by the host, and the fat globules are turned into a polysaccharide, possibly glycogen. Because of the anecdotal occurrence data concerning this plant, "Thismia rodwayi" is not listed by the IUCN. It is, however, listed on Schedule 5 (Rare) of the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 under criterion B (species subject to stochastic risk of endangerment because of naturally small population sizes). One of the main difficulties to obtaining new data


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: is the covert nature of the plant: although brightly coloured, it is often covered by litterfall, and non-specific botanical surveys have a high probability of missing them. Improved surveys, however, have been increasingly successful in detecting "Thismia rodwayi", and the amount of data is growing. Although most potential habitat zones are protected (either because they are located in national parks, riparian reserves or other protected areas), "Thismia rodwayi" may not be negatively impacted by normal native forest silvicultural operations such as clearfelling, selective cutting, or even regeneration burning. On the other hand, a change to monospecific plantations may be deleterious


title: "Thismia rodwayi" content: to plant populations. Thismia rodwayi Thismia rodwayi, or fairy lantern, is a non-chlorophyllous plant belonging to the "Burmanniaceae" family. They are found in the southern states of Australia (Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales) and in few places in New Zealand. The small number of known individuals of this species has put it under Schedule 5 (Rare) of the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. However, "Thismia rodwayi" is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). "Thismia rodwayi" can be seen as a small reddish-yellowish flower — the lantern — seemingly without stem and leaves.


title: "Rolf Robert Rohn" content: Rolf majored in Art History and Theology at local Duquesne University, taking over the family business after the death of his father in 1975. He has continued his education over the years by studying ancient liturgical art, techniques and architecture in cities all over the world. Rolf spends several months a year in Italy sourcing new artisans and maintaining close working relationships with carefully selected craftsmen. He has worked on over 2,500 projects in both the United States and Europe. Rolf specializes in the liturgical development and implementation of comprehensive worship environments from programming, fundraising support, space and functional needs


title: "Tragedy in the Commons" content: Tragedy in the Commons Tragedy in the Commons is a book written by the co-founders of Samara Canada, Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan (). The book puts forth several arguments about a crisis facing Canadian politics and the institution of Parliament as a whole. It is backed by primary research conducted by Samara including "exit interviews" with 80 former Members of Parliament. "Tragedy in the Commons" is a variation of Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons". In Hardin's argument, the commons as a whole suffers when individuals (in Hardin's case, farmers) behave selfishly and contrary to the good of the


title: "Naim Dangoor" content: oldest to be knighted for the first time – Robert Mayer was 101 when he was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, but he had already been made a Knight Bachelor at the age of 60. In 2012 Dangoor was made a fellow of Birkbeck College, part of the University of London. This was in addition to his honorary fellowship of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, awarded in 2007. In April 2015, to mark his birthday, Coca-Cola published a piece on the first Coca-Cola bottler of Iraq sharing a centenary with the iconic Coca-Cola


title: "Krzysztof Pytel" content: where he trains children and young people. His wife Bożena Pytel is also a chess player: she won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1970. Krzysztof Pytel Krzysztof Pytel (born 15 May 1945) is a Polish chess player who twice won the Polish Chess Championship (1972, 1973). FIDE International Master (1975). Since 1989 he has played for France. Started playing chess at the age of ten. In 1964 and 1965 Pytel twice won Polish Junior Chess Championship. Pytel was a good correspondence chess player - in 1966 he won Polish Championship in correspondence chess, and in 1968 - won silver


title: "Abd al-Aziz ibn Nuh" content: Abd al-Aziz ibn Nuh Abd al-Aziz ibn Nuh (died 10th-century) was amir of the Samanids briefly in 992. He was the son of Nuh I. In 992, the Karakhanids under Bughra Khan invaded the domains of amir Nuh II, and briefly wrested Bukhara from Samanid control. However, during his stay in Bukhara, Bughra Khan fell sick, and in order to ensure that the city remained under Karakhanid control, he installed Nuh's uncle Abd al-Aziz as the Samanid ruler, effectively as a Karakhanid puppet. Bughra Khan then left Bukhara for Samarkand, but died before he reached the city. Nuh quickly used


title: "V (Maroon 5 album)" content: completed, the album's artwork, in addition to its track listing, were unveiled on July 21, 2014. Moreover, to promote the album, the band performed during the 2014 iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse in London, England, as a headline act on the night of September 11, 2014 (all of the concerts played as part of the festival were filmed and webcast live). The band started their Maroon V Tour in February 2015 at venues mainly to take place in North America and Europe until September 2015. The tour ended on September 19, 2017 in Lima, Peru. "Maps" was released as the


title: "Armed Forces of Ukraine" content: and organization are heavily dependent on Cold War tactics and former Soviet Armed Forces organization. Under former President Yushchenko, Ukraine pursued a policy of independence from Russian dominance, and thus tried to fully integrate with the West, specifically NATO. Until the Euromaidan crisis of 2014, Ukraine retained tight military relations with Russia, inherited from their common Soviet history. Common use of naval bases in Crimea and joint air defense efforts were the most intense cooperative efforts. This cooperation was a permanent irritant in bilateral relations, but Ukraine appeared economically dependent on Moscow, and thus unable to break such ties quickly.


title: "Junto (album)" content: As of September 2014, the album holds an aggregate score of 70 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 25 critics. In her four-star review for Allmusic, Heather Phares wrote that "Even if "Junto" isn't quite as brilliant as Basement Jaxx's early EPs or nearly flawless first three albums, it doesn't sound irrelevant or like the duo is chasing after past glories either -- instead, it's some of their most exciting music in quite a while." Randell Roberts of "The Los Angeles Times" gave it three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying that "It's hard to believe it's been


title: "Green iguana" content: Green iguana The green iguana ("Iguana iguana"), also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus "Iguana". It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. Usually, this animal is simply called the iguana. The green iguana ranges over a large geographic area, from southern Brazil and Paraguay as far north as Mexico and the Caribbean islands. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as "gallina de palo" and considered an invasive species; in the


title: "Green iguana" content: United States feral populations also exist in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. A herbivore, it has adapted significantly with regard to locomotion and osmoregulation as a result of its diet. It grows to in length from head to tail, although a few specimens have grown more than with bodyweights upward of . Commonly found in captivity as a pet due to its calm disposition and bright colors, it can be very demanding to care for properly. Space requirements and the need for special lighting and heat can


title: "Green iguana" content: prove challenging to an amateur hobbyist. The species was first officially described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. In the two centuries since then, numerous subspecies have been identified, but later classified as merely regional variants of the same species. Using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA-sequence data to explore the phylogenic history of the green iguana, scientists from the United States, Mexico and El Salvador studied animals collected from 17 different countries. The topology of phylogeny indicated that the species originated in South America and eventually radiated through Central America and the Caribbean. The study revealed no unique mitochondrial DNA


title: "Green iguana" content: haplotypes for subspecific status but did indicate the deep lineage divergence between Central and South American populations. The word "iguana" is derived from a Spanish form of the Taíno name for the species: "iwana". In some Spanish speaking countries, males of the species are referred to as "gorrobo" or "ministro" and juveniles are called "iguanita" or "gorrobito". The native range of the green iguana extends from southern Mexico to central Brazil, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, and Bolivia and the Caribbean; specifically Grenada, Aruba, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Útila. They have been introduced to Grand Cayman, Puerto


title: "Green iguana" content: Rico, Texas, Florida, Hawaii, and the United States Virgin Islands . Furthermore, green iguanas colonised the island of Anguilla in 1995 after being washed ashore following a hurricane . Though the species is not native to Martinique, a small wild colony of released or escaped green iguanas endures at historic Fort Saint Louis. Green iguanas are diurnal, arboreal, and are often found near water. Agile climbers, "Iguana iguana" can fall up to and land unhurt (iguanas use their hind leg claws to clasp leaves and branches to break a fall). During cold, wet weather, green iguanas prefer to stay on


title: "Green iguana" content: the ground for greater warmth. When swimming, an iguana remains submerged, letting its four legs hang limply against its side. They propel through the water with powerful tail strokes. In South and Central America, where the green iguana is native, it is an endangered species in some countries because people have been hunting and eating this “chicken of the trees” for a long time. Despite their name, green iguanas can come in different colors. In southern countries of their range, such as Peru, green iguanas appear bluish in color with bold blue markings. On islands such as Bonaire, Curaçao, Aruba,


title: "Green iguana" content: and Grenada, a green iguana's color may range from green to lavender, black, and even pink. Green iguanas from the western region of Costa Rica are red, and animals of the northern ranges, such as Mexico, appear orange. Juvenile green iguanas from El Salvador are often bright blue as babies, but they lose this color as they get older. Adult iguanas found on most of St. Lucia, mainly on the northeast coast, Louvette and Grand Anse, have many differences from other green iguana populations. They are light green with predominant black stripes. Instead of the typical orange dewlap, the iguanas


title: "Green iguana" content: of St. Lucia have a black dewlap. When compared to the common green iguana, females lay about half the amount of eggs, 25 instead of 50. Scales to the back of their head, near the jawbone, are smaller. Their iris is white or cream. Other green iguanas have yellow eyes. Green iguanas possess a row of spines along their backs and along their tails, which helps to protect them from predators. Their whip-like tails can be used to deliver painful strikes and like many other lizards, when grabbed by the tail, the iguana can allow it to break, so it


title: "Green iguana" content: can escape and eventually regenerate a new one. In addition, iguanas have a well-developed dewlap, which helps regulate their body temperature. This dewlap is used in courtships and territorial displays. Green iguanas have excellent vision, enabling them to detect shapes and motions at long distances. As green iguanas have only a few rod cells, they have poor vision in low-light conditions. At the same time, they have cells called “double cone cells” that give them sharp color vision and enable them to see ultraviolet wavelengths. This ability is highly useful when basking so the animal can ensure that it absorbs


title: "Green iguana" content: enough sunlight in the forms of UVA and UVB to produce vitamin D. Green iguanas have a white photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye (also called third eye, pineal eye or pineal gland), in contrast to most other lizards that have lost this primitive feature. This "eye" has only a rudimentary retina and lens and cannot form images, but is sensitive to changes in light and dark and can detect movement. This helps the iguana detect predators stalking it from above. Green iguanas have very sharp teeth that are capable of shredding leaves and


title: "Green iguana" content: even human skin. These teeth are shaped like a leaf, broad and flat, with serrations on the edge. The similarity of these teeth to those of one of the first dinosaurs discovered led to the dinosaur being named "Iguanodon", meaning "iguana-tooth", and the incorrect assumption that it had resembled a gigantic iguana. The teeth are situated on the inner sides of the jawbones, which is why they are hard to see in smaller specimens. Primarily herbivorous, green iguanas are presented with a special problem for osmoregulation; plant matter contains more potassium and as it has less nutritional content per gram,


title: "Green iguana" content: more must be eaten to meet metabolic needs. As green iguanas are not capable of creating liquid urine more concentrated than their bodily fluids, like birds they excrete nitrogenous wastes as urate salts through a salt gland. As a result, green iguanas have developed a lateral nasal gland to supplement renal salt secretion by expelling excess potassium and sodium chloride. Green iguanas from Guatemala and southern Mexico predominantly have small horns on their snouts between their eyes and their nostrils, whereas others do not. Naturalists once classified these iguanas as a separate subspecies ("Iguana iguana rhinolopha"); however, this classification has


title: "Green iguana" content: been found to be invalid based on mitochondrial DNA and iguanas with similar nose projections appear randomly in other populations and interbreed freely with those that do not share this trait. The green iguana is a large lizard and is probably the largest species in the iguana family, though a few in the genus "Cyclura" may match or exceed it in weight. Adults typically grow to in length from head to tail. As in all iguanas, the tail comprises much of this length, and the snout-to-vent length of most green iguanas is . An average adult male will weigh around


title: "Green iguana" content: while the smaller adult female will typically weigh . A few large males can reach or exceed in weight and long. Some specimens have even reportedly been measured at a body weight of greater than . Male green iguanas have highly developed femoral pores on the underside of their thighs which secrete a scent (females have femoral pores, but they are smaller in comparison to those of the males). In addition, the dorsal spines that run along a green iguana's back are noticeably longer and thicker in males than they are in females, making the animals somewhat sexually dimorphic. Male


title: "Green iguana" content: green iguanas tend to display more dominant behaviors, such as head bobbing and tail whipping. They also tend to develop a taller dorsal crest than females, as well as taller dorsal spines (or spikes). Large, round, very pronounced jowls are generally a male characteristic. Jowls are located under the jaw and are protected by the subtympanic plate, which is a large, green, circular-shaped scale. Green iguanas are oviparous with females laying clutches of 20 to 71 eggs once per year during a synchronized nesting period. The female green iguana gives no parental protection after egg laying, apart from defending the


title: "Green iguana" content: nesting burrow during excavation. In Panama, the green iguana has been observed sharing nest sites with American crocodiles and in Honduras with spectacled caimans. The hatchlings emerge from the nest after 10–15 weeks of incubation. Once hatched, the young iguanas look similar to the adults in color and shape, resembling adult females more so than males and lacking dorsal spines. Juveniles stay in familial groups for the first year of their lives. Male green iguanas in these groups often use their own bodies to shield and protect females from predators and it appears to be the only species of reptile


title: "Green iguana" content: which does this. When frightened by a predator, green iguanas will attempt to flee, and if near a body of water, they dive into it and swim away. If cornered by a threat, the green iguana will extend and display the dewlap under its neck, stiffen and puff up its body, hiss, and bob its head at the aggressor. If threat persists the iguana can lash with its tail, bite and use its claws in defense. The wounded are more inclined to fight than uninjured prey. Green iguanas use "head bobs" and dewlaps in a variety of ways in social


title: "Green iguana" content: interactions, such as greeting another iguana or to court a possible mate. The frequency and number of head bobs have particular meanings to other iguanas. Green iguanas are hunted by predatory birds and their fear of these is exploited as a ploy to catch them in the wild. The sound of a hawk's whistle or scream makes the iguana freeze and it becomes easier to capture. Green Iguanas are primarily herbivores, with captives feeding on leaves such as turnip greens, mustard greens, dandelion greens, flowers, fruit, and growing shoots of upwards of 100 different species of plant. In Panama one


title: "Green iguana" content: of the green iguana's favorite foods is wild plum, "Spondias mombin". Although they will consume a wide variety of foods if offered, green iguanas are naturally herbivorous and require a precise ratio of minerals (2 to 1 calcium to phosphorus) in their diet. It is important for captive iguanas to have a variety of leafy greens along with fruits and vegetables such as turnip greens, collards, butternut squash, acorn squash, mango, and parsnip. Juvenile iguanas often eat feces from adults in order to acquire the essential microflora to digest their low-quality and hard-to-process vegetarian-only diet. There is some debate as


title: "Green iguana" content: to whether captive green iguanas should be fed animal protein. There is evidence of wild iguanas eating grasshoppers and tree snails, usually as a byproduct of eating plant material. Wild adult green iguanas have been observed eating birds' eggs. Zoologists, such as Adam Britton, believe that such a diet containing protein is unhealthy for the animal's digestive system resulting in severe long-term health damage including kidney failure and leading to premature death. On the other side of the argument is that green iguanas at the Miami Seaquarium in Key Biscayne, Florida, have been observed eating dead fish and individuals kept


title: "Green iguana" content: in captivity have been known to eat mice without any ill effects. De Vosjoli writes that captive animals have been known to survive and thrive on eating nothing but whole rodent block, or monkey chow, and one instance of romaine lettuce with vitamin and calcium supplements. However, it is only recommended that captive iguanas not be fed lettuce or meat, and instead receive the vitamins and minerals they need via a purely herbivore diet. The American pet trade has put a great demand on the green iguana; 800,000 iguanas were imported into the U.S. in 1995 alone, primarily originating from


title: "Green iguana" content: captive farming operations based in their native countries (Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, and Panama). However, these animals are demanding to care for properly over their lifetime, and many die within a few years of acquisition. Although green iguanas in captivity will eat meat if presented with it, excessive consumption of animal protein results in severe kidney problems and possible premature death. Misinformed pet owners tend to feed iguanas iceberg lettuce, which provides iguanas with water but has no other nutritional value. A captive green iguana's diet should consist of fresh leafy vegetables such as mustard greens, collard greens, dandelion, arugula,


title: "Green iguana" content: or kale and access to fresh water. Green iguanas will thrive only in temperatures of to and must have appropriate sources of UVB and UVA lighting, or else their bodies cannot produce vitamin D that promotes calcium absorption, which can result in a metabolic bone disease that can be fatal. In some locales (New York City and Hawaii), iguanas are considered exotic pets, and are prohibited from ownership. Due to the potential impact of an introduced species on Hawaii's ecosystem, the state has strict regulations regarding the import and possession of green iguanas; violators can spend three years in jail


title: "Green iguana" content: and be fined up to $200,000. In the aftermath of Hurricane Luis and Hurricane Marilyn in 1995, a raft of uprooted trees carrying fifteen or more green iguanas landed on the east side of Anguilla – an island where green iguanas had never been recorded before. These iguanas were apparently accidentally caught on the trees and rafted two hundred miles across the ocean from Guadeloupe, where green iguanas are indigenous. Examination of the weather patterns and ocean currents indicated that the iguanas had probably spent three weeks at sea before arriving on Anguilla. This colony began breeding on the new


title: "Green iguana" content: island within two years of its arrival. In February 2012, the government of Puerto Rico proposed that the islands' iguanas, which were said to have a population of four million and considered to be a non-native nuisance, be eradicated and sold for meat. The green iguana is present as an invasive species on some of the islands of Fiji, where it is known as the American iguana. They pose a threat to the native iguanas through the potential spread of disease and to humans by spreading salmonella. They were initially brought to Qamea in 2000 by an American who wanted


title: "Green iguana" content: them to eat the numerous insects on the island, although they are primarily vegetarian. They are now on the islands of Laucala, Matagi and Taveuni. The green iguana is established on Oahu and Maui, Hawaii, as a feral species (despite strict legislation banning the importation of any reptiles) and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. As most reptiles carry salmonella, this is a concern and a reason legislation has been sought to regulate the trade in green iguanas. Due to a combination of events, the green iguana is considered an invasive species in South Florida and is found along the


title: "Green iguana" content: east coast as well as the Gulf Coast of Florida from Key West to Pinellas County. The original small populations in the Florida Keys were stowaways on ships carrying fruit from South America. Over the years, other iguanas were introduced into the wild, mostly originating through the pet trade. Some escaped and some were intentionally released by their owners; these iguanas survived and then thrived in their new habitat. They commonly hide in the attics of houses and on beaches. They often destroy gardens and landscaping. They seem to be fond of eating a native endangered plant, "Cordia globosa" and


title: "Green iguana" content: feeding on nickernut ("Caesalpinia") a primary food plant of the endangered Miami blue butterfly ("Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri"); additionally on Marco Island, green iguanas have been observed using the burrows of the Florida burrowing owl, a species of special concern, all of which can make them more of a serious threat to Florida's ecosystem than originally believed. In January 2008, large numbers of iguanas established in Florida dropped from the trees in which they lived, due to uncommonly cold nights that put them in a state of torpor and caused them to lose their grip on the tree branches. Though no


title: "Green iguana" content: specific numbers were provided by local wildlife officials, local media described the phenomenon as a "frozen iguana shower" in which dozens "littered" local bike paths. Upon the return of daytime warmth many (but not all) of the iguanas "woke up" and resumed their normal activities. This occurred again in January 2010 and January 2018 after a prolonged cold front once again hit southern Florida. The Moche people of ancient Peru worshipped animals and often depicted green iguanas in their art. The green iguana and its relative the black iguana "(Ctenosaura similis)" have been used as a food source in Central


title: "Green iguana" content: and South America for the past 7,000 years. It is possible that some of the populations in the Caribbean were translocated there from the mainland by various tribes as a food source. In Central and South America, green iguanas are still used as a source of meat and are often referred to as "gallina de palo," "bamboo chicken" or "chicken of the trees," because they are said to taste like chicken. Green iguana The green iguana ("Iguana iguana"), also known as the American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus "Iguana". It is native


title: "Palestine: A Policy" content: Antonius. Such an arrangement would be the true successor the Council of the Four Lands and the Lithuanian Council. Further, Palestine, even if the majority of the population were Jewish, would have to be part of a Greater Syria. In this manner conflict between Jews and Arabs could be overcome and we could see mutual cooperation like in the Arab Golden Age. Foreign Affairs magazine gave the book a short review, calling it "one of the more sensible and objective books on the "too much promised land," by a non-Zionist Jew". In June 1946 Hyamson added his name to a


title: "2014–15 EIHL season" content: The EIHL lost some top British players such as Jonathan Weaver and Danny Meyers along with Matt Towe and Sam Zajac to the EPIHL, the first team to take advantage of the rule changes was the Steelers with them announcing the signing of British/Canadian Rod Sarich. The ten teams were split into two conferences. Teams played the sides in their conferences four times, home and away (32 games), and played the sides in the other conferences twice, home and away (20 games). Conference champions Braehead Clan and Sheffield Steelers took the top two spots in the league, but neither side


title: "Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)" content: Gheorghe (Iordache) Cantacuzino (1747–1803), grandson of Constantin I Cantacuzino; through his two paternal great-grandparents, Constantin descended from Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu and Prince Radu Șerban. Constantin was born from Gheorghe's marriage to Maricuța, daughter of "Ban" Ștefan Pârșcoveanu. The couple had another son, Grigore (1800–1849), who also served as Wallachia's "Vornic". Cantacuzino's involvement with the Wallachian administration began during the late stages of the Phanariote era, when both Principalities were being Hellenized. He first became a titled boyar in 1813, under Prince John Caradja, when he was appointed "Serdar" of the Wallachian military forces; in 1820, he was an "Aga", or


title: "Constantin Cantacuzino (died 1877)" content: 24, Fuad and the "Caimacam" issued a deportation order for some of the core figures of the previous regime. The list included Bălcescu, Heliade, Voinescu II, and Nicolae Golescu, alongside Costache Aristia, Cezar Bolliac, Ion C. Brătianu, Dimitrie Brătianu, Ștefan Golescu, C. A. Rosetti, and Ioasaf Znagoveanu. Cantacuzino's other preoccupation as "Caimacam" was an investigation into looting and arson by rebellious peasants, for which purpose he founded and led a specialized boyar committee. In tandem, he and Fuad ordered Neofit II to expel revolutionary sympathizers from the ranks of his Wallachian Orthodox Bishopric. Assigning the direct supervision of education to


title: "April Jace" content: students. A memorial was held at the University's Calvary Chapel. Biola University has set up a Memorial Scholarship in her name. April Jace April Jace (born April Denise Laune; May 6, 1974 – May 19, 2014) was an American masters track and field athlete who ran in sprinting competitions. She was the 2011 world champion in the women's over-35 4 × 100 metres relay. April Jace attended Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, California. She attended college at California State University, Fullerton. She ran with the Elite Health team and later with the Trojan Masters Club. She was the 2013 Southern


title: "2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election" content: 2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election A total of 67,970 votes were cast. There were 508 spoiled ballots. The turnout was 34.79% The 2014 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. A third of the seats was in play. The councilmen and women from this class were previously elected during the Rotherham Council election, 2010, in which Labour swept 19 out of 21 wards with 44% of the votes, thanks to the very divided opposition (Conservative,


title: "Trigonopeltastes delta" content: Trigonopeltastes delta Trigonopeltastes delta, the delta flower scarab or D beetle, is a diurnal species of scarab beetle native to the southeastern United States, though their range extends as far north as New Jersey. Adults measure 8-10 millimeters in length, and can be identified by the yellow triangle on the pronotum, which resembles the defensive coloration of many wasps and has been theorized to act as Batesian mimicry. The generic name is derived from Greek words meaning "triangular shield", with the specific name "delta" referring to the pattern on the dorsal side of the beetle's prothorax, which is reminiscent of


title: "Trigonopeltastes delta" content: the Greek letter delta. Trigonopeltastes delta Trigonopeltastes delta, the delta flower scarab or D beetle, is a diurnal species of scarab beetle native to the southeastern United States, though their range extends as far north as New Jersey. Adults measure 8-10 millimeters in length, and can be identified by the yellow triangle on the pronotum, which resembles the defensive coloration of many wasps and has been theorized to act as Batesian mimicry. The generic name is derived from Greek words meaning "triangular shield", with the specific name "delta" referring to the pattern on the dorsal side of the beetle's prothorax,


title: "Andrew Lam (ophthalmologist)" content: England and London Book Festivals. It was also a Finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Lam’s first novel, "Two Sons of China", was published by Bondfire Books in December 2013. The book is set in China during the Second World War and is based on the history of the Dixie Mission, in which a group of Americans were sent to Yenan in 1944 to evaluate Mao Zedong’s Communist forces. American Foreign Service Officers John S. Service and John Paton Davies, as well as Colonel David D. Barrett, are historical characters in the book. "Two Sons of China"


title: "Ken Layne" content: Denton spun off "Wonkette" in 2008, along with two other websites, and Layne became "Wonkette" owner. In 2009, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Layne and "Wonkette" in his "Worst Person in the World" segment for allegedly mischaracterizing a temporary absence from his television program. In 2011, "Wonkette" faced media criticism and desertion by advertisers after a writer mocked Trig Palin, the child of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, who has Down syndrome. Layne deleted the post after several advertisers, including Papa John's Pizza, pulled their advertising from the site. Layne sold "Wonkette" to Los Angeles journalist Rebecca Schoenkopf in


title: "Ōshima Hisanao" content: was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. Ōshima Hisanao Viscount was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Ōshima was the younger son of a samurai family of Akita Domain (present day Akita Prefecture). From 1868 to 1869 he fought during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration on the imperial side, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the early Imperial Japanese Army. In December 1875, he was deputy chief-of-staff of the Tokyo Garrison. During the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, he commanded a battalion. He returned to the


title: "W. Clark Still" content: Still-Gennari modification of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction or, alternatively, as the Still-Gennari olefination. Although the mechanism of this reaction has not been fully elucidated, it is speculated that the use of an electron-deficient phosphonate accelerates elimination of the oxaphosphatane intermediate. This renders the initial addition of the phosphonate-stabilized carbanion to the aldehyde effectively irreversible, leading to "Z"-selectivity in analogy to the standard Wittig reaction. In 1978, Still and coworkers published a highly influential paper reporting a purification technique known as flash column chromatography. Prior to this report, column chromatography using silica gel as a stationary phase had already been established as


title: "2014 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election" content: and thus a councillor was elected to fill out the 2011-15 term in that seat. Of the seats contested, the parties won the following number of seats: The overall composition of the council compared to immediately before the election was: The Conservatives had lost their majority on the council in 2013 due to defections, and since then had operated a minority administration. They lost a single seat (Buckskin) to Labour and continued their minority administration. In Basing, a councillor who had been elected as a Conservative in 2010 was re-elected as an independent. Labour retained their position as the largest


title: "424th Tactical Air Support Training Squadron" content: and equipment arrived and the program expanded. In September, the first American-built dedicated night fighter began to arrive, the Northrup YP-61 Black Widow and a few production P-61As. In January 1944 the entire program moved to Hammer Field, California and was placed under IV Fighter Command. The move placed the squadron near Northrop manufacturing facility at Hawthorne, California and most programmed P-61 squadrons were planned for operations in the Pacific and China Burma India Theaters. In March 1944 the 420th was disbanded when the AAF found that standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization were proving less


title: "Independence Medal (Transkei)" content: Independence Medal (Transkei) The Independence Medal was instituted by the State President of the Republic of Transkei to commemorate Independence on 26 October 1976. It was awarded to all ranks on the active strength of the Transkei Defence Force upon independence. The Transkei Defence Force (TDF) was established upon that country's independence on 26 October 1976. The Republic of Transkei ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 and the Transkei Defence Force was amalgamated with six other military forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). The Independence Medal was instituted by the State President of Transkei on 26


title: "Bernardino Zaccagni" content: Bernardino Zaccagni Bernardino Zaccagni (circa 1455 – 1531) was an Italian architect, mainly active in a Renaissance style in Parma. He was born in Rivalta di Lesignano, and died in Parma. Little is known of his training, except that his father, Francesco, was also a builder or architect. He was active in the construction of the churches of San Benedetto (1498-1501) and Santa Maria del Carmine (1500-1502) in Parma. In San Benedetto he worked along with Pellegrino da Pontremoli. He helped design the small chapel of Pedrignano near Parma (1507-1509). He helped build the hospital of Rodolfo Tanzi (1506-1511). Among


title: "Štefan Fernyák" content: Štefan Fernyák Štefan Fernyák (born June 2, 1973 in Dunajská Streda) is a retired amateur Slovak freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's lightweight and welterweight category. Fernyak claimed a bronze medal for the newly Slovak team in the 62-kg division at the 1993 European Wrestling Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, and later represented his nation Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Throughout his sporting career, Fernyak trained as part of the freestyle wrestling team for Dunajplavba Sports Club in Bratislava, under his longtime coach and mentor Ľubomir Lohyňa. Fernyak made his official debut at the


title: "Jonny Benjamin" content: in May 2014. Jonny Benjamin began having mental health problems at the age of 10 when he started experiencing auditory hallucination. He later developed depression at 16 and was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in his early 20s. He had also been experiencing the delusion that he was on his own version of the film, "The Truman Show", and was hospitalised as a result of his condition in January 2008. He ran away from the hospital intending to take his life by jumping off a bridge. A passerby found him on Waterloo Bridge


title: "USFC Grampus" content: use of her sails, with no need for crew members to work on her bowsprit during bad weather, and less likely to capsize in heavy seas. Ideas for the changes in schooner design to make these improvements had been discussed as early as 1882, but "Grampus"s design was the first to put them into practice. A model of "Grampus" went on display in 1885 at the American Fish Bureau in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and attracted much attention. Her design influenced that of many future commercial fishing schooners. By the spring of 1885, the United States Congress had appropriated $14,000 (USD) for


title: "Niklas Bäckström (fighter)" content: down in weight. He won the fight by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round. Bäckström faced Joni Salovaara on November 26, 2016 in the headliner at Cage 37. Despite suffering a broken hand, he won the fight by unanimous decision. He was then set to face Tim Wilde on June 14, 2017 in the main event at Tanko FC 5. The fight would get scrapped from the card a little more than a week before the event, due to Wilde having issues making the weight. On April 11, 2016 it was revealed that Bäckström had signed


title: "1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash" content: 1998 Occidental Petroleum Boeing 737 crash On 5 May 1998 an Boeing 737-282, leased from the Fuerza Aérea del Perú (Peruvian Air Force) and servicing a charter flight for Occidental Petroleum, crashed in rainy weather while on approach to Andoas Peru, killing 75 people on board; eleven passengers and two crew members survived. Occidental Petroleum chartered the aircraft to transport workers to the Andoas oil field. The aircraft was registered as FAP-351 (c/n 23041 / m/n 962) and had only entered service with the Peruvian Air Force a few weeks before the crash. The aircraft crashed around 21:30 local time


title: "Chittagong Medical College" content: that time the young hospital housed only the Departments of Surgery and Gynecology and Obstetrics. Chittagong Hospital Housed the department of Medicine and allied specialties still 1969 and thereafter it remained affiliated with Chittagong Medical College Hospital as one of its teaching hospitals. Construction of the present purpose-built six-storied CMCH was completed in 1969, which now accommodates all the clinical Departments including all their subspecialties. The hospital, which had a capacity of 500 beds initially, gradually increased its strength to 750 and finally to 1000. It runs big outpatient departments in the specialties like Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, skin and venereal


title: "Azmeera Chandulal" content: Azmeera Chandulal Azmeera Chandulal is an Indian politician and current Tourism and Tribal Welfare Minister of Telangana. He is also Member of Legislative Assembly from Mulugu constituency. Azmeera Chandulal was born on 17 August 1954 at Jaggannapet in Warangal District. He once served the state government of Andhra Pradesh as Minister for Tribal Welfare as a ruling party member under Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR). He was elected three times to Assembly from Mulugu Constituency as Legislative Member, and twice as a Member of Parliament from Warangal Parliament Constituency. In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Mulugu Assembly


title: Text-to-Pledge content: sponsors and evaluate audiences to maximize live-event donations. For example, Baker recommended running the Text-to-Pledge program during dinner and asking a well-known figure to announce the opportunity to give on stage. Baker founded Text-to-Pledge in 2008. Text-to-Pledge was nominated for a BizBash Event Style Award in the Best Fresh Idea category in 2008 and 2009. Since its founding, the program has raised in excess of $25 million for hundreds of charity events around the country. Text-to-Pledge Text-to-Pledge, a registered trademark of Sophist LLC, is a program that facilitates the use of mobile devices to pledge charitable contributions. The technology is


title: "Colleen Bevis" content: Eastern Airlines of Tampa. Colleen and H. Wayne Bevis were married for a total of 52 years before his death. Colleen and her husband have three daughters, Dorothy Ann Ward, Beverly Bevis, and Judith Bevis Langevin. Colleen was step-mother to Dorothy Ann Ward, who preceded her in death. Colleen Lunsford Bevis spent over sixty years dedicated to children's advocacy. In memory of Colleen, Hillsborough County Public Schools writes, "From the early days of the fifties to today, Mrs. Bevis has been tireless, consistently working long hours every week voluntarily advocating, organizing, patiently informing, inspiring, and when necessary, cajoling those able


title: "Kenneth Baker (Jesuit)" content: antagonized students and faculty alike." The university trustees replaced Baker with Father Louis Gaffney, SJ. who preached "contagious optimism", and was able to secure "generous help from the university’s benefactors" and different terms from the University's creditors. Gaffney continued on Baker's path of further cutting budgets. He also made a major reorganization of campus departments and increased outreach efforts and fund-raising. Despite Baker's departure, trouble at Seattle University did not completely cease and on May 6, 1972, a large bomb detonated under the steps of the ROTC building, blowing out all the windows on the facing side of Loyola Hall.


title: "Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba)" content: Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba) St. John the Baptist Parish Church (Filipino: "Simbahan ng Parokya ni San Juan Bautista"), commonly known as Calamba Church, is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines under the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pablo. It is located adjacent to Rizal Shrine and is known as the christening site of José Rizal. The current parish priest is Monsignor Jose D. Barrion. Jesuit Missionaries in 1757 purchased a big portion of land called "Hacienda de San Juan "for their missions but the parish was only established in 1779 by the Franciscan Friars


title: "Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba)" content: upon gaining independence from the parochial church of Cabuyao (formerly known as Tabuco). The stone church was originally built in 1859 but destroyed on February 12, 1945 during the Second World War. The reconstruction of the church of Calamba was headed by Father Eliseo Dimaculangan. The original altar was burned in 1862 but immediately rebuilt by Father Leoncio Lopez. The first Filipino priest, Father Angel Villaruz, served the longest in this church for 43 years since 1901. The church of Calamba is a stone church built under the Baroque style. It has several stained glasses, two of which are in


title: "Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba)" content: the church entrance depicting St. Dominic and San Lorenzo Ruiz. Other stained windows depicts the seven holy sacraments of the Church such as baptism, reconciliation, confirmation and among others. The church baptistery where Rizal was baptized on June 22, 1861 by the then parish priest of Calamba Father Rufino Collantes and his godfather Father Pedro Casanas is a recognized National Historical Landmark (Level 1). The declaration was made by virtue of Resolution No. 2 of the Philippine Historical Commission (now National Historical Commission of the Philippines) on August 19, 1976 under Section 4 of the Executive Order No. 260 dated


title: "Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba)" content: August 1, 1973 and amended by Executive Order No. 375 dated January 14, 1974. The original baptismal font was restored including original church items and reliquaries during Rizal's time. A transcript of Rizal's existing baptismal record is displayed on the left side of the baptistery entrance. The original baptismal records including the canonical books were lost on September 28, 1862 when Calamba Church was burned. The transcript of Rizal's baptismal certificate issued by Father Leoncio Lopez originally written in Spanish is shown below: The "Garden of Gethsemane, lo"cated at the right side facing the church entrance" "is a" "small garden


title: "Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba)" content: designed for devotees who wants to meditate or pray. It contains life size sculpted images of the Stations of the Cross and a "Well of Repentance" or ""Balon ng Pagbabalik Loob"". The church also includes an adoration chapel at the right side of the main church entrance and an adjacent mini-museum. Upon entering the church complex, there is a columbarium on the right side facing the church entrance. Saint John the Baptist Parish Church (Calamba) St. John the Baptist Parish Church (Filipino: "Simbahan ng Parokya ni San Juan Bautista"), commonly known as Calamba Church, is the oldest Roman Catholic church


title: "Warner Leisure Hotels" content: ago. Thoresby Hall is a part of The Dukeries – a tract of forest belonging to the Dukes of Portland and Newcastle, and the house’s original owner, Earl Manvers. Corton Coastal Village is located near Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk, close to the most easterly point of the UK. Corton was originally part of the Colman Estate; at the end of the 19th Century Jeremiah Colman, patriarch of the Mustard family, built a house called The Clyffe. Developments took place in 2012 with new rooms and landscaping. The village consists of chalets, beach gardens and lawns overlooking the coast.


title: "Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon" content: Town Hall rather than the Falcon Inn. By 1827, when the first triennial commemoration was held the club's membership numbered 400, a procession of Shakespeare's characters walked around the town before proceeding to New Place to lay the foundation stone of the town's first permanent theatre. In the same year a rival Shakespeare Club, the True Blue Club, was also founded, and for several years the two were in direct competition. In 1830 the original club was honoured as "King George IV...became the patron of the Club. ..henceforward ... to be known as the Royal Shakespearean Club". The Club continued


title: "Mortgage Choice Act of 2013" content: and leave consumers vulnerable to excessive fees." According to the Center, the bill "would allow frees from affiliated title companies to be exempt from the fee limits in the definition of a Qualified Mortgage." Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 The Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 () is a bill that would direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to amend its regulations related to qualified mortgages to reflect new exclusions made by this bill. The CFPB released new regulations regarding the definition of a Qualified Mortgage that took effect in January 2014, a definition that this bill would modify. The


title: "James Kiplagat Magut" content: League meets. His best run that year came at the London Grand Prix, where he was third in the mile in a near personal best of 3:50.93 minutes, ranking him eighth that year for the distance. Magut had a string of victories in Australia in early 2014, winning in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. A personal best for the 1500 m followed at the Doha Diamond League meet, although his time of 3:30.61 minutes placed him fifth in the quick race. These performances earned him a place on the Kenyan 4×1500 metres relay team for the inaugural 2014 IAAF World Relays.


title: "Online predator" content: or physical abuse, family problems, and tendencies to take risks both on- and offline. A 2007 study found no cases of minors being targeted by internet predators on the basis of information they had posted on social networking sites. The research that concluded the statistic that "1 in 5 children are sexually solicited online" is being questioned. Online predator Online predators are individuals who commit child sexual abuse that begins or takes place on the Internet. Internet-facilitated sex crimes against minors involve deceit and begin with adults communicating with children over the Internet with the goal of coercing them into


title: "My So-Called Band" content: My So-Called Band My So-Called Band was a punk rock band from Charlotte, North Carolina active in the 1990s and 2000s. The band was started in 1995 by singer-bassist Chris Peigler, guitarist Luke Warm, and drummer Patrick Korson. Prior thereto, Peigler had been a member of several other bands, including Intensive Care and Proletariat Madonna, and has also contributed to the fanzine Razorcake. In 2001, they started their own record label known as "Suicide Watch Records". In 2002, they began recording their third album, "Always Something There To Destroy Me", at the Recording Den with Mark Puerello. Their Final Record


title: "Balsam Range" content: also accomplished on the bass. He performed with Jubal Foster before joining Balsam Range. Buddy has also performed with David Holt and Doc Watson. Melton won the honor of "Male Vocalist of the Year" at the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Awards. Darren Nicholson, (mandolin, vocals) has performed many times on the Grand Ole Opry stage, and has toured with The Crowe Brothers among many other artists. He is a Grammy nominee and multiple IBMA award-winner. In 2014 he released a solo album entitled "Things Left Undone" that features John Driskell Hopkins and Rhonda Vincent as well as many others. Tim


title: "Premachandra de Silva" content: a match in the Government Services league in July 1959 he scored 276 out of a team total of 925. In 1967-68, playing for Nomads in the P Sara Trophy, he set a record for the highest run aggregate for a season. Premachandra is the second of four "Dandeniya de Silva" brothers. His elder brother Hemachandra was also a Ceylonese first class cricketer. His younger brother Somachandra played Test cricket for Sri Lanka and later became the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket. After complaints by the match umpires, Premachandra and Hemachandra were suspended for 12 months in May 1965 for


title: "Tenmile Run (Susquehanna River tributary)" content: inhabit the forested swamp in the Tenmile Run watershed. These include skunk cabbage, ferns, prickly sedge, sphagnum moss, and others. The watershed's marshland is home to poison sumac, winterberry holly, multiflora rose, and other plants. Tenmile Run (Susquehanna River tributary) Tenmile Run (also known as Ten Mile Run or Ten-mile Run) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in eastern Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is long and is entirely in Mifflin Township. The stream's watershed has an area of 8.24 square miles. The first settlers in the area arrived in the late 1700s and a number


title: "Inez Asher" content: Inez Asher Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 in Des Moines, Iowa – May 8, 2006 in Yonkers, New York) was a novelist and television writer. Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. When Inez was six years old, General Frederick Funston was holding her in his arms as he collapsed and died from a heart attack in the lobby of The St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. Inez was a member of the class of 1928, Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines), attended


title: "Antoni Giribet" content: that club won in 2009-10 UEFA Champions League qualifying with Sammarinese SP Tre Fiori, which was the first win of Andorran club in Champions League. As Andorran Football Federation president he has been replaced by Victor Santos in October 2013. He is married with one child. Antoni Giribet Antoni Giribet Fiter (born 31 December 1965) is an Andorran association football player and activist. At age 17 he signed a contract with FC Andorra. He played in that club for three years and later he became administrator with an electrical company and moved to UE Sant Julià. For a few years


title: "Component placement" content: of the necessity for handling quad flat packs and fine pitch components. These hold the components securely without damaging the fragile leads. An entire matrix-profiled tray of components are moved to bring rows or individual components to pick-up location. This process is often slower compared to tape feeders as the components fed in matrix trays often require higher level of placement accuracy. Bulk feeders can handle chip style components that are used in large numbers. A bulk feeder usually dispenses components, which are stored in a bulk case, using a unique rotary positioning mechanism to position and orient components and


title: "I Adore U" content: I Adore U "I Adore U" is the second single from drag queen Adore Delano's debut album "Till Death Do Us Party". It was released on June 3, 2014. "I Adore U" was released as the second official single of Adore's debut album. Adore announced on her official Twitter page that the song would be released on June 3, and that it would have a music video. The song debuted at no. 49 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and at no. 34 on Dance/Electronic Digital Songs. It sold 4,000 downloads in its first week. The music video was released


title: "Keep the Fire Burnin' (Dan Hartman song)" content: It was released on 12" vinyl and CD via Columbia Records. The main 12" vinyl release featured six remixes of the song. The first three songs "Tee's Mix," "Tee's Dub," and "Tee's Freeze Mix", as well as the "(12 Inch LP/Todd Terry)" remix was remixed by pioneering American house producer & DJ Todd Terry. The "Classic Throwback Mix" was remixed by American DJ and record producer Frankie Knuckles. The "LP Mix" was remixed by Michael H. Brauer. The UK CD single featured the same track-listing. However the French CD single would feature different remixes. The main track was the "7inch


title: "Don Roman Santos Building" content: Don Roman Santos Building The Don Roman Santos Building is a neoclassical building located along the historic Escolta Street in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It fronts Plaza Lacson (formerly Plaza Goiti) which leads to directly to Carriedo Street or to Rizal Avenue. It was built in 1894 and expanded in 1957. The site has been the original offices for Monte de Piedad Savings Bank from 1894 to 1937. It then became an American Red Cross-operated hospital from 1945 to 1947 after which housed Prudential Bank and South Supermart. Currently, the ground floor serves a branch for the Bank of the


title: "Don Roman Santos Building" content: Philippine Islands after it acquired Prudential Bank in 2005. Don Roman Santos Building The Don Roman Santos Building is a neoclassical building located along the historic Escolta Street in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. It fronts Plaza Lacson (formerly Plaza Goiti) which leads to directly to Carriedo Street or to Rizal Avenue. It was built in 1894 and expanded in 1957. The site has been the original offices for Monte de Piedad Savings Bank from 1894 to 1937. It then became an American Red Cross-operated hospital from 1945 to 1947 after which housed Prudential Bank and South Supermart. Currently, the ground