title: "Bouchercon XXVIII" content: Bouchercon XXVIII Bouchercon is an annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986. This page details Bouchercon XXVIII and the 12th Anthony Awards ceremony. The convention was originally intended to be held in San Francisco, however this was changed to Monterey, California on October 30, 1997; running until the November 2. The event was chaired by Bruce Taylor, owner of "The San Francisco Mystery Bookstore"; and Bryan Barrett. The


title: "Heavy Sky" content: Heavy Sky Heavy Sky is the fourth studio EP by 65daysofstatic. It was recorded in Sheffield, during the We Were Exploding Anyway sessions. It was released on 25 October 2010 in Europe and the United States, and on 15 January 2011 in Japan. It is their first EP to be released on Hassle Records. The only single, "Tiger Girl (Wishful Thinking Edit) was released on 18 October. The album debuted at number 9 in the UK independent albums chart. Musically, it follows the same electronic/post-rock course as We Were Exploding Anyway. Closing track "Guitar Cascades" has similarities to the closing


title: "Ronald J. Falk" content: Laboratory Medicine, to form the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN). This network was formed to coordinate kidney disease research by nephrologists throughout the southeastern United States and connect them with the UNC School of Medicine. The GDCN, which consists of more than 700 nephrologists from over 350 private practice nephrology offices, seeks to learn more about how glomerular diseases arise and progress, and ultimately to find the most effective treatment for patients with these diseases. Key to the GDCN is its ongoing enrollment and follow-up of patients in 16 specific glomerular disease registries. The registries allow nephrologists to identify patients


title: "Meera Gandhi" content: in Mumbai, the Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice & Human Rights, the Cambodian Landmine Relief Fund, Centerpoint, Give to Colombia and The American Friends of Prince William and Prince Harry. Gandhi's Foundation has also contributed to certain institutions of learning. In 2012, the Foundation funded a high-powered, state-of-the-art telescope, which was installed on the roof of the Harrow School in London. In 2017, Meera Gandhi produced The Meera Gandhi Show which airs on B4U TV Network, along with on themeeragandhishow.com, southasiantimes.com. Each episode is based on essential life changing topics used to de-stress and live a more joyful, positive


title: "Nicholas Haussegger" content: While he was in New York City, other prisoners including Ethan Allen and Alexander Graydon reported that Haussegger told them that the American cause was finished. He suggested to the others that they ought to ask forgiveness and make peace with the British. Haussegger bragged that he dined with Hessian General Leopold Philip von Heister. After being paroled by the British, Haussegger was able to convince Robert Morris that he was a patriot. Nevertheless, Washington gave instructions to his parole commissioner John Beatty that Haussegger was not to be exchanged because of the suspicious manner in which he was captured.


title: "Geography of Melbourne" content: west, Silurian mudstones to the east, and Holocene sand accumulation to the southeast along Port Phillip. The southeastern suburbs are situated on the Selwyn fault which transects Mount Martha and Cranbourne. Melbourne extends along the Yarra River towards the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges to the east. It extends northward through the undulating bushland valleys of the Yarra's tributaries—Moonee Ponds Creek (toward Tullamarine Airport), Merri Creek, Darebin Creek and Plenty River—to the outer suburban growth corridors of Craigieburn and Whittlesea. The city reaches south-east through Dandenong to the growth corridor of Pakenham towards West Gippsland, and southward through the


title: "Khader Adnan" content: was announced between Adnan and the Israeli authorities whereby they confirmed he would be released on April 17, 2012 and he would immediately end his hunger strike, the longest in Palestinian history. He was detained again on July 8, 2014 and given a 6-month detention order. His detention was extended in January and May 2015, and on May 5, 2015 he began a second hunger strike. The government of Israel is determined to force feed him, and has drafted a law for that purpose, but the Israeli Medical Association has issued instructions to doctors to not cooperate with any force


title: "Herman Kroeger" content: Herman Kroeger Herman Kroeger (December 16, 1831 – June 20, 1916) was a German-born American dry goods merchant who was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate's Sixth District (8th, 11th, 12 & 14th wards of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in 1888 as a Democrat. He later declared his affiliation with Wisconsin's Union Labor Party; and after the weakening of that movement, returned to the Democratic Party. Kroeger was born in Coesfeld, Westphalia, Prussia, where he received a common school education. He emigrated to Wisconsin in 1844, and settled in Milwaukee, where he earned a living as a dry goods


title: "Tom McNair" content: feelings. However, in the end Tom rejects Allison, fearing that his lifestyle might be unsuitable for Allison. When the creators introduced Tom as a recurring character, they were already suspecting, that Russell Tovey (George Sands) would leave the series at some point. Being Human was a show with a low budget and people responsible for other, bigger productions would notice the actors. They wanted to prepare themselves for the inevitability of Tovey leaving the series. Introducing another werewolf character before Tovey thought of leaving the show would help to move that character in. When Tovey actually left the show the


title: "Sanjar al-Jawli" content: towards the end of his life. Along Saliba Street in Medieval Cairo near the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, al-Jawli founded the Khanqah wa Madrasa Salar wa Sanjar al-Jawli in 1304. The extensive complex, which was designed in an Aleppine architectural style, served as a mosque, a "madrasa" for the Shafi'i "madhab", a "khanqah" for the Sufi community and a joint mausoleum for al-Jawli and his longtime friend Sayf al-Din Salar. Al-Jawli had Salar's tomb built larger and more ornate than his own as a testament to his respect for Salar. In Gaza, al-Jawli ordered the construction of Masjid al-Hilweh (the


title: "USS John Finn" content: USS John Finn USS "John Finn" (DDG-113) is an . The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on 15 June 2011. Ingalls has been a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries since its acquisition in April 2001. Prior to the award, Ingalls had constructed 28 "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyers, the last one of which was . On 15 February 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name to be "John Finn" after John William Finn; the names of four other ships were also disclosed. Finn was the first Medal of Honor recipient of


title: "USS Rafael Peralta" content: joined the United States Marine Corps when he received his green card in 2000 and became a U.S. citizen while serving in the Marine Corps. Peralta was killed during the Second Battle of Fallujah in Iraq when he was wounded by small arms fire while clearing houses with his fellow Marines. The insurgents threw a hand grenade into the room. Despite being injured, Peralta pulled the grenade underneath his body (thus absorbing most of the blast), killing him instantly and saving his fellow Marines. For his actions, Peralta was recommended for the Medal of Honor but was posthumously awarded the


title: "Dungaree (fabric)" content: refer to a kind of garment (in the plural) as well as a fabric. Dungaree is an earlier term for denim. Typically only the warp threads are pre-dyed with the traditional colouring agent indigo, the weft threads are left uncoloured (white), resulting in the unique fade patterns of the fabric. Denim however refers to cotton twill which may be warp dyed, undyed, or dyed after weaving. Denim may be 2x1 or 3x1 twill. It's unclear what types of twill dungaree fabric were available in traditionally. In United States, the mill at Shady Lea, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, was built in


title: "Broadbent's filter model of attention" content: split-span technique similar to Broadbent. This time, participants heard a mixture of numbers and words presented to each ear, such as, “Dear – 7 – Jane” in the left ear and, “9 – Aunt – 6” in the right ear and were asked to report back what they heard. According to the early selection model, participants should have reported all items presented to one ear first, and the items presented to the other ear second. However, the researchers found that participants reported hearing, “Dear Aunt Jane” and “9 – 7 – 6.” This study suggested that stimuli are not selected


title: "Tom Konyves" content: coming into his own. The diversity of this material stands out even to the casual reader. Konyves displays an extraordinary sensitivity to rhythm… Allusions to poets… are woven into meditations that are both fresh and vulnerable. In short, these final fifty pages come close fulfilling Konyves’ own declared desire to create “a temporary object / through which a thought flows / searching for a vantage point / to view the human soul.”
- JOURNAL OF CANADIAN POETRY Konyves’ poems are beyond poems, mouthfuls with a surprising aftertaste, and difficult to explain.
- rob mclennan Konyves… was always the one most


title: "Connor Chapman" content: substitute appearances throughout their twenty seven match A-League season. Commitments with the Australian U20 national team, in preparation for the U20 World Cup, meant that he was unavailable for a number of Newcastle Jets matches during the 2012–13 A-League season. Chapman made a strong start to the 2013–14 A-League season, starting for the Newcastle Jets in their first six matches of the season before succumbing to an ankle injury. After those first six matches the Newcastle Jets were equal second on the A-league points ladder and were third on goal difference. His injury saw him ruled out of the match


title: "Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light" content: a steel plate superstructure was set atop it. This consisted of a single-story round dwelling floor surmounted by a thin conical tower. Atop this base, steel forms were assembled to create a concrete circular wall to a height of . This circular wall was three feet thick, inside of which a heavy timber crib was constructed. In the afternoon of June 5, 1935, the pier was towed into Green Bay and placed into position in -deep water. The crib was filled to just below the waterline with 5000 tons of crushed stone brought from Port Inland, Michigan. A reinforced concrete


title: "Sam Jackson (actor)" content: in which he plays Alex Henley, described as a "mysterious flirty new guy." He originally auditioned for the part of Rich Hardbeck in the previous series but he didn’t get it. Afterwards he gained supporting roles in the BBC series of "The Syndicate" and "Holby City". His first professional theatre job came in 2013 with the production of "Kes" at Derby Theatre, where he played the central role of Billy Casper. Starred as Ste in ‘Beautiful Thing’ UK tour Sam Jackson (actor) Sam Benjamin Jackson (born 23 September 1993) is an English actor from Wetherby, West Yorkshire, best known for


title: "Public Safety Act, 1953" content: of the country (South West Africa included) and to rule by proclamation. Under Section 3, this power was granted to the Governor General (and later, the State President), and it effectively put no limits on what measures might be taken, or for how long. Moreover, any law issued during a state of emergency could be made retrospective for four days to cover any emergency action taken by the police. The emergency regulations could suspend any act of Parliament, with a few exceptions. If the justice minister or administrator of South West Africa deemed it necessary, they could declare a state


title: "Effects of Hurricane Irene in New Jersey" content: Raritan River While the deadline for applications for disaster relief was set as October 31, as of September 28 more than 54,000 residents had shared in the $116 million which had been distributed. In December 2011, it was announced that eight towns devastated by the hurricane will receive more than $28 million from the FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Wayne, on the Passaic River, will receive the most funding from the voluntary program — $6.3 million to buy approximately 56 homes. Pompton Lakes, Little Falls, Lincoln Park, Fairfield and Pequannock will each receive between $2.9 million and $4.1 million to


title: "Poecilocapsus lineatus" content: Poecilocapsus lineatus Poecilocapsus lineatus also known as Fourlined Plant Bug, is a species of bugs from Miridae family that are native to the United States. The adults are about in length and in width. Adults have four distinct black lines against a background color ranging from green to yellow, with an orange head and prominent, dark red eyes. Nymphs grow rapidly through five instars, with wing pads growing at each molt. Nymphs are a bright red color with black markings, except for the last instar which is bright orange. The species can be found on all kinds of plants, including


title: "Poecilocapsus lineatus" content: wild Hydrangea and various shrubs. The shrub variety for these species is diverse, it can range from forsythia to sumac. They feed on different perennials, and vegetables. Both larvae and adults feed on leaves creating the translucent patches of leaf tissues that may later fall out to produce tiny holes. The nymphs cause the majority of plant damage. The species has only one generation per year. They overwinter in the egg stage, hatching in mid to late spring. Both sexes mate within six weeks after birth. The egg hatch and development varies. In southern Pennsylvania, for example, the eggs hatched


title: "Poecilocapsus lineatus" content: from mid to late April, with adults being seen by late May. While in the northern part of the same state, the development was 1–3 weeks later. Same goes with Indiana, where in the city of Lafayette the development was 2–3 weeks earlier, then in Itaca, New York. The insect considers to be a pest, since the species occasionally do damage to herbaceous plants, mints, and rarely wood. The species damages plants from late spring to early summer. Poecilocapsus lineatus Poecilocapsus lineatus also known as Fourlined Plant Bug, is a species of bugs from Miridae family that are native to


title: "Altica lythri" content: as Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, and adults of Pentatomidae, especially "Zicrona caerulea". Altica lythri Altica lythri is a species of flea beetles from the leaf beetle family, that is common in Asia, Europe, and North Africa, including Israel. The beetles size is , and their colour is blue with black and green. They present an ovipositor during oviposition. The species is distributed in European countries such as Finland and Ukraine, to the Asian countries of Azerbaijan, Dagestan, and Turkey. The species hibernate in winter, and come aground during summer months, when they are hungry. They feed on leaves of willowherb, water primroses


title: "Infinite compositions of analytic functions" content: finite number of functions, useful in fractal theory, see Iterated function system. Although the title of this article specifies analytic functions, there are results for more general functions of a complex variable as well. There are several notations describing infinite compositions, including the following: Forward compositions: Backward compositions: In each case convergence is interpreted as the existence of the following limits: For convenience, set and . One may also write formula_2 and formula_3 Many results can be considered extensions of the following result: Let {"f"} be a sequence of functions analytic on a simply-connected domain "S". Suppose there exists a


title: "Danny Dolev" content: Hebrew University faculty in 1982. He took a second position at the IBM Almaden Research Center from 1987 to 1993, but retained his appointment at the Hebrew University. From 1998 to 2002, he was chair of the Institute of Computer Science and then Director of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the Hebrew University. In 2011, he became the first Israeli on the Scientific Council of the European Research Council. Dolev has published many highly cited papers, including works on public-key cryptography, non-malleable cryptography, consensus in asynchronous distributed systems, atomic broadcasting, high availability and high-availability clusters, and Byzantine


title: "121st Brigade (United Kingdom)" content: three-battalion basis and brigade machine gun companies were combined into divisional battalions. 21st Middlesex transferred to 119th Bde in 40th Division, and 121 MG Company joined 40th Bn Machine Gun Corps. The reorganised brigade took part in the following actions: Following heavy casualties during the German Spring Offensive of 1918, 40th Division was reduced to two composite brigades. 1st Composite Brigade formed under Brig-Gen J. Campbell of 121 Bde on 18 April had the following composition: 1st Composite Bde was employed on digging the Herzelee–le Brearde Line in front of Cassel. In early May 1918, all of 40th Division's remaining


title: "Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake" content: songs, written and recorded in the winter of late 2011 and very early 2012. This is a companion to our summer EP, "Greetings From Less Than Jake". Consider both groups of songs; the salt to the pepper, the peanut butter to the jelly, you get it right?" Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake is an EP by American ska-punk band Less Than Jake, released on February 16, 2012 on Sleep It Off. Released in conjunction with the band's twentieth anniversary, the EP is a follow-up to the band's previous release, "Greetings from Less Than


title: "305th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron" content: C-46 Commandos. The squadron was called to active duty during the Korean War in 1951, and its aircraft and personnel were used as fillers other units and the squadron was inactivated. The squadron was again activated in the reserve in 1952 at Olathe Naval Air Station. The unit moved to nearby Grandview Air Force Base in 1955, but was inactivated shortly thereafter. It was activated again at Tinker Air Force Base. Oklahoma in 1957 and conducted routine reserve training operating Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs flying worldwide transport missions beginning in 1961. The squadron was again called to active duty in


title: Burnhouse content: once located at Burnhouse, local farmers brought their grain here to be weighed and sold. A Ham Curing business existed here, serving the surrounding farms. A joinery shop here made furniture which had a good reputation for quality. A Police Station was present, complete with a cell and the well next to it was the main source of water for villagers. The village shop was opposite the old inn. A weighing station was located opposite the entrance to Burnhouse Manor Hotel. Mr. Howatson started a threshing and baling business here in 1928, worked by a traction engine. Howatson was a


title: "Selfridges Building, Birmingham" content: Selfridges Building, Birmingham The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring Shopping Centre and houses Selfridges Department Store. The building was completed in 2003 at a cost of £60 million and designed by architecture firm Future Systems. It has a steel framework with sprayed concrete facade. Since its construction, the building has become an iconic architectural landmark and seen as a major contribution to the regeneration of Birmingham. It is included as a desktop background as part of the Architecture theme in Windows 7. The architecture firm Future Systems were appointed


title: "Selfridges Building, Birmingham" content: by Selfridge's then chief executive, Vittorio Radice, to design only the third store outside London. Although Selfridges was physically integrated with the Bullring Shopping Centre the client wanted a distinct design approach which would set the store apart from the rest of the development and become an instantly recognisable signpost for the brand. The building's facade is curved, wrapping around the corner of Moor Street and Park Street. The facade comprises 15,000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background. Selfridges Building, Birmingham The Selfridges Building is a landmark building in Birmingham, England. The building is part of the Bullring


title: "Aly Monroe" content: was set in Washington, DC and shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award. The third novel of the series, "Icelight", won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award. Aly Monroe Aly Monroe is a British writer of historical thrillers set in the 1940s. She was brought up in Purley, England. She has spent a large part of her life in Spain, where she worked as a teacher, translator and voice-over artist. She is the author of the Peter Cotton series of historical novels, including "Icelight" which won the 2012 Ellis Peters Historical Award. Monroe's series character is Peter Cotton


title: "Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party" content: Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party The Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party () was a political party in Ukraine in 1992 to 2001. It was created after a split in the Ukrainian Republican Party in 1992 led by Stepan Khmara. Later the party merged with the All-Ukrainian Union Fatherland, while the original Ukrainian Republican Party remained as an associate ally to Fatherland after merging with the Ukrainian People's Party Assembly. The Ukrainian Conservative Republican Party performed poorly in the 1994 parliamentary elections winning only two parliamentary seats originally, one of which was later overtaken by the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk. In


title: "Isa Sadriu" content: flight club from SAP Kosovo. He made one appearance for Pristina at 1991–92 Yugoslav Second League. He will later play in German Regionalliga clubs during the late 1990s. Isa Sadriu played for Kosovo in their friendly match against Albania on February 14, 1993. In 2013, Sadriu, along with Gazmend Haliti, became the coach of the Kosovo U-15 team. Isa Sadriu Isa Sadriu (Serbian language: "Isa Sadriju"/Иса Садрију, born 27 December 1963) is a former Kosovo Albanian football player. After playing with FK Trepča in the Yugoslav Second League since 1981, his talent was spotted by FK Partizan who brought him


title: "Glasser v. United States" content: Oral arguments were heard on October 17 before Judges William Morris Sparks, Walter Emanuel Treanor, and Otto Kerner, Sr. The Seventh Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Kerner, affirmed their convictions on December 13, 1940. "On oral argument the principal point stressed was that the evidence failed to sustain the verdict of the jury, although other points were raised in the briefs." The defendants argued: (1) that the indictment should have been quashed because of the absence of women from the grand jury; (2) that the indictment was not returned in open court; (3) that the indictment was duplicitous, inconsistent,


title: "Clematis viticaulis" content: maintenance. Recruitment from seed is uncommon but the plants live a long time once established. "Clematis viticaulis" is a woody vine, producing erect, hairy stems up to long. The thin, leathery oval leaves are up to 8 centimeters long by 4.5 wide and are oppositely arranged on the stems. The inflorescence is a single urn-shaped flower. There are no petals, just hairy purple or blue- or green-tinged sepals which are lance-shaped and up to 2.5 centimeters long. The sepal tips are pointed or rounded and spread, curve, or curl backward. The fruit is an achene with a plumelike, copper-colored extension


title: "Party finance in Sweden" content: of political parties as voluntary associations there was no regulation whatsoever for many years. Parties and lawmakers believed that this autonomy had to be preserved. When GRECO started to evaluate "Transparency of Party Funding" in Council of Europe member states the organization recommended to require political parties "to keep proper books and accounts ... to ensure that income, expenditure, assets and debts are accounted for in a comprehensive manner following a coherent format", to consolidate such accounts to include local branches and provide for an easy access of the general public to the annual accounts of political parties. The Swedish


title: "Blake Swihart" content: Blake Swihart Blake Aubry Swihart (born April 3, 1992) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at and , he throws right-handed and is a switch hitter. His first MLB season was 2015. Swihart attended V. Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, where he competed in basketball, baseball, and football. Playing mainly as a shortstop, he had a .602 batting average (56-for-93) with 17 doubles, five triples, five home runs, 41 runs batted in (RBIs) and 58 runs scored in 28 games as a senior. As a


title: Hammerkit content: initial ideas started as a spin-off of Njet Commununications' Anvil project to develop a Java development language to make development of Java applications faster and easier. The team of Vähäsöyrinki, Luhtala and Tenhunen could see that the Composer application in Anvil was still too complex for web designers to use and set about creating a new toolset that became Hammerkit. It was the first truly component-based web application builder available on the web. From 2002-2006 the new versions were release up to v3.5. A final release of Hammerkit v3.x was published in 2007. The team chose the name Hammerkit simply


title: "Charles Justiz" content: shuttles after their re-entry and he is only one of two pilots in the world to chase the space shuttle out of orbit with both a T-38 and an STA, a highly modified corporate-type turbojet. Justiz logged over 15,000 shuttle approaches in the STA. During his tenure with the space agency, Justiz was heavily involved in developing training and safety curriculum for NASA's various flight programs. He trained every NASA shuttle astronaut. His role in training the astronauts for Challenger in 1986 was portrayed by actor Woody Watson in the 1990 film "Challenger". Justiz served as the lead for the


title: "Bampfylde Fuller" content: Bampfylde Fuller Sir Joseph Bampfylde Fuller (20 March 1854 – 29 November 1935) was a British inventor, writer and first Lieutenant Governor of the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam, knighted for his service in India. Fuller studied at Marlborough College. In 1885, he began his Indian Civil Service career as the Commissioner of Settlements and Agriculture of Central Provinces. He became an Additional member of the Viceroy's Council in 1899. He served as Secretary to Government of India during the period 1901–02. He then served as Chief Commissioner of Assam during 1902–05. Fuller held office as Lieutenant Governor


title: "Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych" content: to the horrors of the hell [van Eyck] has imagined." Pächt compares the scene to a medieval bestiary, comprising a "whole fauna of zoomorphic fiends". Van Eyck's hell is inhabited by demonic monsters whose only visible features are often "their glittering eyes and the white of their fangs". The sinners fall head first into their torment, at the mercy of devils taking recognisable forms such as rats, snakes and pigs, as well as a bear and a donkey. Daringly, van Eyck shows kings and members of the clergy among those condemned to hell. The earth is represented by the narrow


title: "Kailashnath Mahadev Statue" content: Kailashnath Mahadev Statue Kailashnath Mahadev Statue () is the world's tallest Shiva statue. It is situated in Sanga, on the border of the Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanchwok districts in Nepal, about 20 km from Kathmandu. The statue is 143 feet (43.5 m) in height, and was made using copper, zinc, concrete, and steel. According to the List of statues by height, Kailashnath Mahadev is the world's fortieth-tallest statue, four places after the Statue of Liberty. Designed to resemble images of the Hindu god, Lord Shiva, and seen as a marvel of Nepalese engineering, the statue's construction began in 2003 and was


title: "Kailashnath Mahadev Statue" content: completed in 2010. It was constructed mainly by Kamal Jain and "Hilltake", a company Jain established in Nepal in 1992 which deals with products such as water tanks. Nepalese engineers were involved in the construction along with one experienced Indian engineer specializing in the design and construction of large structures. The statue's foundation is about 100 feet deep, which was necessary to anchor the structure into the ridge. Due to the threat of potential landslides, structures were also built for ground stabilization. About 5,000 visitors come to the statue on a weekday, and a significantly larger number visit on weekends,


title: "Kailashnath Mahadev Statue" content: national holidays, and Hindu festivals. Due to the number of visitors the statue has contributed to the religious tourism in Nepal, both locally and internationally, raised the economic activity of the local community, and has made an impact in the development of nearby villages. Kailashnath Mahadev Statue Kailashnath Mahadev Statue () is the world's tallest Shiva statue. It is situated in Sanga, on the border of the Bhaktapur and Kavrepalanchwok districts in Nepal, about 20 km from Kathmandu. The statue is 143 feet (43.5 m) in height, and was made using copper, zinc, concrete, and steel. According to the List


title: "Asus Transformer Pad TF300T" content: Asus Transformer Pad TF300T The Asus Transformer Pad TF300T is an Android tablet computer with a quad-core processor, and a successor to Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The Transformer design includes an optional docking keyboard. The Asus Transformer Pad TF300T was released on the market in the U.S. and Europe in May 2012. The Asus Transformer Pad TF300T is a tablet computer with a LED 10.1" IPS 10-finger multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1280x800. This display is not Super IPS+ contrary to the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The unit does not employ Gorilla Glass, and is therefore more


title: "Lech (Bohemian prince)" content: Lech (Bohemian prince) Lech (; died 805) was a Bohemian tribal ruler, one of the earliest named rulers in early Slavic Bohemia. The first reference to him is in the 805 entry of Annales Regni Francorum when Charles, son of Charlemagne, was sent to Bohemia to pacify the Slavs and according to the chronicle "laid waste to the country and killed their leader named Lecho". It is doubtful that Lecho ruled the whole territory now known as Bohemia. It probably consisted of more or less independent tribes, perhaps with some vassalage relationships with the emerging Great Moravia. The creation of


title: "The Palace of Eternal Life" content: the Spinning Damsel persuades the Jade Emperor of Heaven to permit Lady Yang to become an immortal in the paradise of Penglai. She also gives Lady Yang liquid jade and liquid gold to pour on her corpse, thereby reuniting body and soul. Imperial power is transferred to Emperor Suzong, Xuanzong's son, who sends Guo Ziyi to quell the rebellion. Guo succeeds and the two Emperors head back to the capital. When he passes through Mawei, Xuanzong can find no trace of Lady Yang's body-only her perfume sachet. Back in the capital, he dreams that Lady Yang has sent for him


title: "Wang Zigan" content: The First Chinese Folk Auspicious Art Exhibition in Nanjing. In 2010 Wang's son brought Shanghai Zhending Chicken Development Industry Co to court for using his father's artwork on its registered trademark without approval. The local Chinese fast food restaurant was ordered to pay 80,000 yuan (US$12,640) to Wang's children for plagiarizing his rooster papercut design. Zhao Ziping (Chinese: 赵子平), a papercutter who lived in Zhabei district, Shanghai, was an apprentice to Wang Zigan. His works of papercutting are of wide subjects. The style of Zhao Ziping papercuts is distinctive with neat and exaggerate shapes. The lines of his papercuts are


title: Notholithocarpus content: Notholithocarpus Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is an evergreen tree in the family Fagaceae, native to the western United States, in California as far south as the Transverse Ranges, north to southwest Oregon, and east in the Sierra Nevada. It can reach tall (though is more usual) in the California Coast Ranges, and can have a trunk diameter of . Tanbark-oak was recently moved into a new genus, Notholithocarpus (from "Lithocarpus"), based on multiple lines of evidence. It is most closely related to the north temperate oaks, "Quercus", and not as closely related to the Asian


title: Notholithocarpus content: tropical stone oaks, "Lithocarpus" (where it was previously placed), but instead is an example of convergent morphological evolution. The "Notholithocarpus (prev. Lithocarpus) densiflorus" leaves are alternate, , with toothed margins and a hard, leathery texture, and persist for three to four years. At first they are covered in dense orange-brown scurfy hairs on both sides, but those on the upper surface soon wear off; those on the under surface persist longer but eventually wear off too. The seed is an acorn long and 2 cm in diameter, very similar to an oak acorn, but with a very hard, woody nut


title: Notholithocarpus content: shell more like a hazel nut. The nut sits in a cup during its 18-month maturation; the outside surface of the cup is rough with short spines. The nuts are produced in clusters of a few together on a single stem. The nut kernel is very bitter, and is inedible for people without extensive leaching, although squirrels eat them. Tanoak is one of the species most seriously affected by "sudden oak death" ("Phytophthora ramorum"), with high mortality reported over much of the species' range. Members of populations in interior California (in the northern Sierra Nevada) and the Klamath Mountains into


title: Notholithocarpus content: southwest Oregon are smaller, rarely exceeding in height and often shrubby, with smaller leaves, long; these are separated as "dwarf tanoak", "Notholithocarpus densiflorus" var. "echinoides". The variety intergrades with the type in northwest California and southwest Oregon. Tanoak does grow on serpentine soils as a shrub. Some California Native Americans prefer this nut to those of many "Quercus" acorns because it stores well due to the comparatively high tannin content. The Concow tribe call the nut hä’-hä (Konkow language). The Hupa people use the acorns to make meal, from which they would make mush, bread, biscuits, pancakes, and cakes. They


title: Notholithocarpus content: also roast the acorns and eat them. Roasted, the seeds can be used as a coffee substitute. The name "tanoak" refers to its tannin-rich bark, a type of tanbark, used in the past for tanning leather before the use of modern synthetic tannins. By 1907, the use of tanoak for tannin was subsiding due to the scarcity of large tanoak trees. There weren't enough trees around for a worthwhile economic return. By the early 1960s, there were only a few natural tannin operations left in California. The industry was beginning to switch to a synthetic alternative. A mulch made from


title: Notholithocarpus content: the leaves of the plant can repel grubs and slugs. Tanoak tannin has been used as an astringent. Tanoak is sometimes used as lumber, but isn't currently harvested commercially. Currently, the largest known tanoak specimen is on private timberland near the town of Ophir, Oregon. It has a circumference of , is about in diameter at breast height, and is tall with an average crown spread of . Notholithocarpus Notholithocarpus densiflorus, commonly known as the tanoak or tanbark-oak, is an evergreen tree in the family Fagaceae, native to the western United States, in California as far south as the Transverse


title: "South Carolina Highway 280" content: around Beaufort in order to direct traffic headed towards the Sea Islands away from downtown. US 21 was routed along the entire stretch of Parris Island Gateway en route towards Ribaut Road and Lady's Island Drive, thus eliminating the need to have an individual state highway number. SCDOT decommissioned the route number but retains maintenance responsibility. South Carolina Highway 280 South Carolina Highway 280 (SC 280) was a state highway located entirely within Beaufort County, South Carolina. The entirety of the route was along Parris Island Gateway, which remains the name of the road despite the decommissioning of the route


title: "Ministry of Information (Myanmar)" content: Ministry of Information (Myanmar) The Ministry of Information () in Myanmar informs the public about government policy plans and implementation and supports improvements to knowledge and education of the public. As of 2011 the ministry consisted of: In 2002 the ministry included these departments and also included Video Scrutinizing Committees. The Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) owned the MRTV and MRTV3 channels. MRTV3 was broadcasting in English. The Department of Public Relations and Psychological Welfare under the Ministry of Defence, had its own television channel, Myawaddi, and the Yangon City Development Committee also broadcast programmes from Myodaw Radio Programme. As


title: "What House" content: first team games. The WhatHouse? Awards are the longest established new homes awards in the UK. They reward housebuilders and developers across 21 categories. What House WhatHouse? is a UK property portal, featuring new homes property for sale across the UK from most major home builders in the UK. Founded as a magazine in 1978 to provide consumers with information on new homes for sale, as well as interiors and gardens, WhatHouse? was acquired by its present owners in 1988, when it merged with homefinder magazine. WhatHouse? moved online in 2005, becoming www.whathouse.com. The WhatHouse? Awards, an annual housebuilder awards


title: "Shank 2" content: rely on timed rolls and mobile evasion. Enemy variety has been greatly increased from the original, including small-sized enemies. Shank 2 also features a playable female character, Corina, who features in both story missions and Survival mode. Her animations and combat styles differ from Shank's. Though she still uses the same arsenal of two knives, a heavy weapon, and a ranged weapon, her choices are different. In general, her style uses faster but weaker attacks, and involves acrobatic motions over brute strength. Klei Entertainment's Jamie Cheng said: "What we did was rip the game apart and reconstruct it to allow


title: "Margaret Coel" content: collaborate to solve these crimes and rectify these injustices. Margaret Coel Margaret Coel (born October 11, 1937, in Denver, Colorado) is an American historian and mystery writer who lives in Boulder, Colorado. Coel is a fourth-generation Coloradan and grew up in Denver. She graduated in journalism from Marquette University in 1960 and worked on the "Boulder Daily Camera". Coel has received six Colorado Book Awards and one WILLA Literary Award. This series—20 books published from 1995 to 2016—is set in Wyoming's Wind River Reservation and adjacent towns. The story lines are based on actual crimes and injustices. Vicky Holden, an


title: STRAT-X content: able to carry high-yield warheads capable of destroying Minuteman hardened silos (see Counterforce). This was considered a significant risk to American ICBMs and, as a result, to the United States' nuclear defense strategy by reducing the United States' ability to retaliate with nuclear weapons if attacked. At the same time, the Soviets were designing and constructing increasingly sophisticated anti-ballistic missile defense systems to protect strategically important facilities around Moscow, reducing the threat posed by American ICBMs. These developments compelled the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, to commission a study to look into ways of improving the survivability of the


title: "Maharaja Manindra Chandra College" content: in academic, administrative, literary and cultural programs associated with the college. All ex-students are expected to join the association so that they can keep a link with the institution. The Department of Chemistry runs a central government affiliated NGO known as Vision. An annual function is organised from Vision every year in which, some meritorious students, regardless of his/her institution, is given a scholarship on behalf of the Department. Every year, some donations are made from different colleges in order to establish a fund from which the students of the Department and the Professors donate some essentials to poor children.


title: "Pearl Studio" content: in 2019. On March 15, 2017, it was reported that NBCUniversal would sell off its stake in Oriental DreamWorks for restructuring and possibly problems with Chinese antitrust investigation. A film adaption to "The Tibet Code", co-produced by China Film Group, was announced, but was cancelled. On September 26, 2017, Peilin Chou was promoted to the role of Chief Creative Officer. On February 1, 2018, CMC Capital Partners announced that they have taken the full ownership of Oriental DreamWorks and renamed it as "Pearl Studio". Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation will continue to collaborate with Pearl Studio for "Abominable" in 2019.


title: Kugelbake content: Kugelbake The Kugelbake () is a historic aid to navigation in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term "bake" referred to all navigational aids – including lighthouses. About 30 meters (100 feet) high and built of wood, the Kugelbake is the principal landmark of Cuxhaven; since 1913, it has been depicted on the city's coat of arms. Large wooden structures guiding mariners have stood on this spot for over 300 years. The Kugelbake stands at


title: Kugelbake content: a busy shipping lane in the Cuxhaven borough of Döse and was once a vital nautical landmark. At this point, the estuary is about 18 km wide. Geographically speaking, the Elbe ends here and the North Sea begins. From a nautical point of view, the Kugelbake can be said to separate the Outer and Lower portions of the Elbe. It is also regarded as the symbolic separation between the Elbe and Weser estuaries. Its distinctive design, well known to skippers, is now a popular tourist destination. The first navigational aid was built on this spot around 1703 at the instigation


title: Kugelbake content: of the Pilot Inspector Paul Allers after an existing bearing, a group of trees, was swept away by a fierce storm surge. It was constructed of wood and had a short service life due to the harsh weather and floods common on the point. It was rebuilt approximately every 30 years, the first reconstruction taking place around 1737. In 1853, the Kugelbake was lit nightly to guide ships in the difficult curvature of the estuary. The light consisted of a fire in a small hut located inside the structure. By 1878 the light served only as a reserve because a


title: Kugelbake content: lightvessel was placed in the channel throughout the year. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the light was reduced to confuse potential enemies and in World War I it was completely removed for the same reason. In 1924 it was rebuilt, but instead of the eponymous ball, two round perpendicular composite discs were attached at the top. The current construction was built after 1945. The Kugelbake was also the spot where amateur radio pioneer Jonathan Zenneck experimented with radio communications between the Mainland and ships at sea during the winter of 1899–1900. A wooden hut was built


title: Kugelbake content: within the structure, equipped with the necessary antennas and technical equipment for the very first coastal radio station in Germany. The first transmissions were sent between the Kugelbake and the steamship "Silvana" to a distance of 32 km. In the autumn of 1900, transmissions were sent as far as the Elbe Islands and Heligoland, 63 km away. In 2001 the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung () transferred the Kugelbake to the federal historic properties agency, since the beacon had lost its nautical importance. A foundation was established for the preservation of this historic landmark, which since 2002 has belonged to the city


title: Kugelbake content: of Cuxhaven. A Ro-Ro vessel was built in 2009 for container traffic on the Elbe, registered at Cuxhaven. It has crew of 6, a displacement of 3900 metric tons, is 79.3 m long and 18.6 m wide, and is equipped with a 1900 kW power plant. Kugelbake The Kugelbake () is a historic aid to navigation in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term "bake" referred to all navigational aids – including lighthouses. About 30


title: "Maurice Graham English" content: on a cenotaph, the Diamond War Memorial, in the center of Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Maurice Graham English Maurice Graham English was a World War I Irish aviator who was shot down by German flying ace Hans Goerth. Maurice English was the second son of John Graham English and his wife Ellen "Nellie" Jane English of Marlborough Street in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. A native of Derry, he was born in the second quarter of 1898 and attended Foyle College in the city of Derry. English was a member of the First Derry Presbyterian Church, and was with Brown's


title: "Monmouth Cricket Club" content: a coach and bowler who introduced overarm bowling and according to Keith Kissack was probably related to the Sussex round arm bowler W Lillywhite who pioneered such bowling in the 1830s. In 1866 Gloucestershire went on tour in to play Ross, Hereford and Monmouth. The tour was intended to encourage Cricket in the Area. The Match was played on the Beaufort Field. The Gloucestershire team included three of the Graces:- G.F. Grace aged 16, W.G. Grace aged 18 and E. M. Grace aged 25. W.G. Grace had recently scored 224 not out against Surrey and the bat he used against


title: "The Bridge (2011 TV series)" content: USJuárez, Mexico; the bridge being the Bridge of the Americas. The series starred Diane Kruger as U.S. Detective Sonya Cross. "Deadline Hollywood" announced in February 2013 that FX had picked up the drama series for a 13-episode order and filming began in April. The 13-episode series aired between 10 July 2013 and 2 October. FX ordered a second series in September 2013, which aired in 2014. FX cancelled further series of "The Bridge". The Russian series is set between Narva and Ivangorod; the bridge being the road crossing at Narva. Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė plays the Estonian detective Inga Vermaa. The NTV


title: "National Steel Car" content: National Steel Car National Steel Car is the largest manufacturer of rolling stock in Canada, based in Hamilton, Ontario. The company was founded in 1912, and has been a top 3 rolling stock manufacturer in Canada for its lifetime. National Steel Car is a subsidiary of National Industries Inc., and is currently led by Greg Aziz, Chairman and CEO of National Steel Car. Founded in 1912 by several investors led by Sir John Morison Gibson and with interests related to the Magor Car Corporation, Basil Magor was enlisted to lead the National Steel Car project. Once the new plant was


title: "Middle of Nowhere (2012 film)" content: was interested in during her second film. Of her viewpoint for the film, DuVernay told Allison Samuels of "The Daily Beast", "This is a story I know very well. I'm from Los Angeles and I know countless women who live this kind of life every day, year after year. You see women struggling to keep it all together while a loved one is in jail. But we don't hear about them or their struggles in a way that resonates with others. Their stories are so compelling. It's as if they are in their own little world and no one else


title: "Lockdown (2012)" content: Eric turned on his son Garett for officiating the pinfall that allowed Sting to beat his villainous Immortal ally Hulk Hogan, who would then become the hero by rescuing Garett and Sting from an attack by the group. On the January 5 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Garett Bischoff returned to the company and was stripped of his referee duties and welcomed to the official roster as a full-time wrestler by then-TNA GM Sting, after his storyline injury from receiving a piledriver on the exposed concrete floor at the hands of Gunner in December. Eric responded by trying to deter Garett


title: "Rabidosa rabida" content: Rabidosa rabida Rabidosa rabida, also known as the rabid wolf spider, is a species of spiders from the Lycosidae family, native to North America. In the United States it can be found from Maine to Florida and west to Texas. The cephalothorax has two dark stripes. The abdomen has one stripe of the same color. Other parts of the spider are yellow. The females are larger than males, and have a body length of about an inch, while the males body length comes as a half of that. The species has eight eyes: four above, and four below, which look


title: "Rabidosa rabida" content: more like a spider's moustache. B. J. Kaston distinguishes "R. rabida" from "R. punctulata" by observing that the males of the former have front legs that are mostly black, whereas the latter have all legs of the same color. The species likes cotton fields, and wooded areas. They usually live in holes, and garbage of various kind. Sometimes they might be found around ponds or in deep burrows, that is covered by debris. This species doesn't build webs to catch prey, instead they weave the silk to wrap their prey in, or to protect their young. They hunt at night,


title: "Rabidosa rabida" content: by ambushing their prey, or chasing it. Sometimes, in order to catch their prey, they camouflage themselves as bark or leaves. During breeding, the male performs a "dance" in front of the female, and makes a noise with its legs. If mating is successful, the female will begin to lay its eggs and build an eggsack out of silk, which she will use to carry her young in. When the spiderlings are born, they ride on the mother's back until they are old enough to be on their own. Rabid wolf spiders may bite if provoked, but their bite is


title: "Rabidosa rabida" content: not dangerous to humans. The rabid wolf spider is native to North America. In the United States, it is found in the east from Maine down to Florida, and west to Texas. Rabidosa rabida Rabidosa rabida, also known as the rabid wolf spider, is a species of spiders from the Lycosidae family, native to North America. In the United States it can be found from Maine to Florida and west to Texas. The cephalothorax has two dark stripes. The abdomen has one stripe of the same color. Other parts of the spider are yellow. The females are larger than males,


title: "Battle of Tabsor" content: began firing behind the Ottoman front line. There was no attempt at systematic attempt by the artillery to cut the wire; the leading units were to cut it by hand or carry some way of crossing or bridging it. The artillery was organised by weight and targets: heavy artillery was employed in counter-battery fire, with guns and 4.5-inch howitzers shelling objectives beyond the range of the field artillery's barrage and where the infantry advance was delayed. Field artillery bombarded the Ottoman front line until the infantry advance arrived; then, the 18-pounders and Royal Horse Artillery batteries lifted to form a


title: "David O. Stewart" content: David O. Stewart David O. Stewart (born April 2, 1951) is an American author and attorney who writes both nonfiction historical narratives and historical fiction and currently lives in Garrett Park, Maryland. His books include "Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America; The Lincoln Deception; American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America", "Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy", and "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution". Stewart grew up in Albany and Staten Island in New York, then graduated from Yale College in 1973. After covering the New York


title: "Helen Baker (author)" content: Helen Baker (author) Helen Baker, (born 18 April 1948 in England) is an English author. Baker studied economics at the University of York before obtaining a bilingual secretarial certificate from the City of London College and a Certificate of Education from Wolverhampton Technical Teachers' College. She is best known for her books concerning personal finance, particularly "Money Matters For Women" (1993) published by Penguin, later updated as "Wealth For Women" (2005): Another major theme in her work is Teaching English as a Foreign Language in such books as "Teaching A Frenchman English - In and Out of Bed" (2011) and


title: "7 Welcome to London" content: council estate and find love on the London underground in the form of Simran (Sabeeka Imam) who is Shahrukh Khan's biggest fan. One phone call changes his life and he becomes trapped in a dark and dangerous situation leading to an edgy, exciting, fast-paced thriller where each man is on his own and its a jungle law. The soundtrack of the film was released in various formats. The music is conducted by Blair Mowat with contributions from various artists including Pakistani sensations - Access Band, Falak Shabir and Zuj Jibran to name a few. 7 Welcome to London " Welcome


title: "Megiddo Church" content: Megiddo Church The Megiddo Mission or Megiddo Church is a small American Restorationist denomination founded by L. T. Nichols in 1880 in Rochester, New York. The church's magazine is the "Megiddo Message." Lemuel T. Nichols was born on October 1, 1844, Goshen, Indiana near Elkhart, Indiana and was named after his father, Lemuel Truesdale Nichols Sr. - though it appears that the younger Nichols never used his given names. He founded his church in 1880. Nichols conceived an idea of spreading his message by cruising the Mississippi, the Ohio, and their tributaries in a three-deck steamboat, named the Megiddo. When


title: "HTC One V" content: Wireless service began selling the One V, Cricket itself also began selling it a couple of weeks later. Cricket's and RadioShack's One V are both compatible with the Muve Music service. In Australia, the device is available on the Optus network. In the United States, GSM versions with custom "Ninja Networks" logos and OS were given out for use as a ticket to the "Ninja Party" with the NinjaTel Van during DEF CON 20 in July 2012. HTC One V The HTC One V is a smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC as part of the "HTC One" series which


title: "Brian McDonald (screenwriter)" content: "a work sample," to "show off" his directing and writing skills. It has since run on HBO and Cinemax, been used in corporations across the United States as a Diversity training tool, and is available on DVD. McDonald has also directed several online advertisements for Visa Inc. In 2002, he was a camera operator on "Elixirs & Remedies", a music documentary. In 2010, the Libertary Company of Seattle (later known as Booktrope), published "Invisible Ink" and "The Golden Theme". In 2011, Booktrope Editions published "Freeman - A Novella in Screenplay Form", and then "Ink Spots", a compilation of posts on


title: "Esther Shalev-Gerz" content: nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, in which ten of her installations were displayed and her retrospective entitled "Between Telling and Listening", 2012, in the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts in Lausanne, Switzerland where she presented 15 of her installations. Besides, her work was the subject of an itinerary personal exhibition in Canada between 2012 and 2014, firstly in the Kamloops Art Gallery, then in the Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver and finally in the Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal. In 2010 she received a three-year grant from the Swedish Research Council for her Artistic Research project "Trust and the Unfolding


title: "Luis María Campos" content: the Paraguayan War. He fought for the government during several rebellions: Ricardo López Jordán's rebellion, the uprising of 1874, the 1880 rebellion of Carlos Tejedor, and 1890 Park Revolution. In 1893 he was appointed Minister of War. In 1895 he left this job, to be promoted to Lieutenant General and become head of the army. In 1898, he became Minister of War again. During this period, he founded the Escuela Superior de Guerra, which opened in 1900, and led a campaign of modernization based on the German army. Luis María's father, Martín Teodoro Campos, had been a colonel, and his


title: "Selina Maitreya" content: turned to consulting in 1981. Selina has lectured over a hundred times, often at events sponsored by The Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators, the American Photographic Artists Alliance and American Society of Media Photographers. 'The View from Here' was the first audiobook to teach photographers how to develop a vision-based business. It had nine hours and twelve chapters of information, including sections on visual development, sales, and marketing. It became available for purchase in 2010. Clarion Call was the first free international online teleseminar for photographers. Selina brought on 21 separate experts and over 3,000 people attended. It aired


title: "Al-Nusra Front" content: By July 2014, al-Nusra had largely been expelled from Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Also in July, an audio recording attributed to al-Julani appeared online, in which he said that al-Nusra planned to establish an Islamic emirate in the areas of Syria where they had a presence. A statement issued on 12 July 2014 by al-Nusra's media channel affirmed the authenticity of the recording, but stated that they had not yet declared the establishment of an emirate. In June 2015, al-Julani stated in regards to ISIL: "There is no solution between us and them in the meantime, or in the foreseeable future


title: "Painting with Fire" content: Painting with Fire Painting with Fire (PWF) is the name given to an immersion process for creating torch fired enamel jewelry. This process is the focal point of torch fired enamel jewelry workshops taught by Barbara A. Lewis, written about in her book, and discussed in "Belle Armoire Jewelry", "Handcrafted Jewelry", "Bead Trends", "Stringing" and "Bead Unique". Historically, enameling is the application of glass-on-metal (See vitreous enamel). Traditional enameling methods, such as Cloisonné and Grisaille, require expensive kilns and often years of training and experience. The torch firing of enamel, a process that requires a fuel source such as propane


title: "Brian J. Davis" content: 16, 2013, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Davis' nomination, attempting to end a Republican-led filibuster of Davis' nomination. On December 20, 2013, senators voted to invoke cloture in a 56–36 Senate vote. Immediately after the cloture vote, the Senate confirmed Davis to his seat by a vote of 68–26. He received his commission on December 26, 2013. Brian J. Davis Brian Jordan Davis (born January 28, 1953) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Davis received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 from Princeton


title: "Diaulula phoca" content: Dorsum is covered with small caryophyllidia. Body, rhinophores, and gill are dark purplish brown with numerous small opaque white dots. It is up to 55 mm long. It feeds on sponges. This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference Diaulula phoca Diaulula phoca is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. This species was originally described under the name "Discodoris phoca" by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus and Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus in 1967. It is considered a member of "Diaulula" because of the presence of caryophyllidia. Distribution of "Diaulula


title: CroisiEurope content: In 1990 the company became the owner of its own fleet. In 1991 a new office in Paris was opened, and 1993 saw the launch of the first Danube cruises, followed in 1995 and 1997 by the first Rhône and Saône cruises. Initially called Alsace Croisières, the company became CroisiEurope in keeping with its expansion outside France. In 1998 it launched its first cruises on the Seine. In 1999, the founder, Gérard Schmitter, handed the reins of the company over to his four children - Patrick, Philippe, Christian and Anne-Marie. In 2000, the North/South European axis was developed; in 2001


title: "The Fenyeit Freir of Tungland" content: to France and England and from 1500 was employed at the Royal court, often writing poetry which dealt with courtly events. Dunbar's poem "The Birth of Antichrist" seems to be a second satire of John Damian with its reference to a flying abbot clothed in feathers. Damian's career was described by the later historian John Lesley. Lesley records that, in 1507, Damian declared that he would travel to France by flight faster than a recently departed Scots embassy. He then leapt from a wall wearing his feathered costume and landed heavily, breaking a femur. He then records that Damian explained


title: "Vasilisa Davankova" content: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" Vasilisa Davankova Vasilisa Alexandrovna Davankova (; born 2 May 1998) is a Russian Ice dancer. Previously as a pair skater. With former partner Andrei Deputat, she was the 2012 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2012–13 JGP Final silver medalist, and the 2012 Russian Junior champion. she then briefly teamed up with Alexander Enbert but ended their partnership in 2015. Vasilisa Davankova was born on 2 May 1998 in Moscow. She has a younger brother, Nikita, born in 2001. She is a quarter Greek. In May 2016, Davankova married her coach Nikolai Morozov, right after


title: "Vivian Anderson (baseball)" content: Vivian Anderson (baseball) Vivian Anderson [Sheriffs] (April 21, 1921 - December 21, 2012) was an infielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the season. Listed at , 140 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vivian Anderson played with her hometown Milwaukee Chicks in their championship season. Unfortunately, she severely injured two fingers of her throwing hand that shortened her playing career in her rookie year. At age of 13, Vivian began playing softball in a league which required its players to be 16. "I cheated on my age a little," she admitted


title: "Media and teen relationships" content: feel better about themselves (Common Sense, 2012). Social media sites allow for young people to create their own unique social worlds online where they are able to make social connections that in-person interaction would simply not allow for. Social media can be an empowering tool that allows for young people to display their agency by navigating through their own social worlds that they both create and are actively participating in. Fear surrounding young people’s use of social media sites is heavily based on moral panic and places restrictions on their agency and freedom, disempowering them. Forty three percent of the


title: "Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film" content: Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film The Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film is one of the Young Artist Awards presented annually by the Young Artist Association to recognize a young actor under the age of 21, who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. In its early years, the award was also known as the Youth in Film Award for Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture, as well as by numerous other variations to


title: "Indian Airlines Flight 440" content: Indian Airlines Flight 440 Indian Airlines Flight 440 was a flight on 31 May 1973 that crashed while on approach to Palam Airport killing 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board. Flight 440 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu to New Delhi. A Boeing 737 named "Saranga" was used for the flight. As Flight 440 approached Palam International Airport in driving dust and a rainstorm, the aircraft struck high tension wires during a NDB approach with visibility below minimal. The aircraft crashed and caught fire. 48 of the 65 passengers and crew


title: "Emergency ascent" content: and the diver has sufficient breath hold capacity to easily reach the surface conscious. Use of the continuous exhalation procedure from moderately (neutrally or relaxed) inflated lungs combines the advantages of lower risk of lung injury compared to either full or empty lungs with improved endurance due to more available oxygen. Keeping the DV in the mouth and attempting to breathe normally or slowly from it may provide additional breaths as the ambient pressure reduces, and helps ensure that the airways remain open. If the diver is neutrally buoyant at the time that the ascent is initiated, the amount of


title: "Banda Mustafaj" content: had no papers and were all saboteurs. Halit was taken into custody by the officers. Xhevdet fled, stealing a FSC Żuk delivery van. Sabaudin also fled, jumping into a bunker where a standoff ensured. Sabaudin attempted to rally forces to join him on the march to Tirana, but was shot by riflemen in the firefight and committed suicide. Meanwhile, Xhevdet drove southwest, stopping to carjack a driver who drove them to Lushnjë. He hid in a residence, taking the family hostage for two hours. Xhevdet shot himself as an armored vehicle knocked down one of the walls. Halit, the sole


title: "Records of the Border Defense Council" content: 54 years' records does not exist in the current time. The title of each year's record is not always consistent, depending on incidents occurred in each year. Each annal firstly recorded the era of the King, the date and the member of the discussion in each month's council and then, the contents could be published. Therefore, the reader can find out what kinds of incidents happened and how the council legislated the aftermaths. Additionally, the records include diverse description regarding society and economy of Joseon - the books of 250 in the formation of supplements to the book. These annals


title: "Postman Pat: The Movie" content: their beloved childhood favourite... It's a bit "Wallace & Gromit", a bit "Doctor Who" and just as silly and overexcited as a four-year-old after an excess of fizzy drinks." The "Los Angeles Times" Gary Goldstein wrote "First-class Postman Pat delivers in fine style". The Mareel review written by Caroline Malcolm wrote ""Postman Pat: The Movie", was a surprise from start to finish...Mike Disa, who is known for his children's animations showed off his artistic style by yet again creating a movie that captivated children with CGI pleasures, but also enticed adults with intensely intelligent sociobites disguised as entertainment." "Postman Pat:


title: "Martin Schepens" content: 17.69, with a high score of 57. This score was his only first-class half century and came against Glamorgan in 1979. Schepens also played List A cricket for Leicestershire, making his debut in that format against Essex in the 1978 Gillette Cup. He made four further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in the 1979 John Player League. In his five List A matches, he scored a total of 44 runs at an average of 8.80, with a high score of 24. Martin Schepens Martin Schepens (born 12 August 1955) is a former


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: Polistes fuscatus Polistes fuscatus, whose common name is the golden or northern paper wasp, is widely found throughout southern Canada, the United States, and Central America. It often nests around human development. However, it greatly prefers areas in which wood is readily available for use as nest material, therefore they are also found near and in woodlands and savannas. "P. fuscatus" is a social wasp that is part of a complex society based around a single dominant queen along with other cofoundresses and a dominance hierarchy. "P. fuscatus" is a part of the order Hymenoptera, the suborder Apocrita, the family


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: of Vespidae, and the subfamily Polistinae, the second-largest subfamily within the Vespidae, of which all are social wasps. The Polistinae comprise four tribes, including Polistini, Epiponini, Mischocyttarini, and Ropalidiini. It is characterized by two major behaviors: colony founding and reproductive dominance. Colony founding can be either independent or swarm founding. Independent founding consists of the founding of small, simple nests that are constructed without a paper envelope by a single or few queens with one or several inseminated egg-layers and no workers. Swarm founding includes the construction of large swarms and are founded by multiple queens with many workers. "P.


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: fuscatus" is part of the Polistini tribe and in the genus "Polistes". "Polistes" is one of the five independent-founding groups. A study in which bootstrap analysis was conducted indicated that "P. fuscatus" is part of the New World subgenera: "Fuscopolistes". In addition to "P. fuscatus", within "Fuscopolistes" are "P. bellicosus", "P. apaches", "P. aurifer", "P. carolina", "P. dorsalis", and "P. metricus", all of which are the closest relatives of "P. fuscatus". The physical characteristics of the "P. fuscatus" are highly dependent on the geographic location of its habitat. Throughout the United States, three color pattern trends represent different regions throughout


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: the country. The male is identified by its darkened apical flagellomeres in addition to its darkened dorsal surface of the apical flagellomeres that is common to other species of wasps. Northern females on the other hand are easily identified by the blackening of their entire bodies which may or may not have markings of other colors. Many southern "P. fuscatus" individuals, however, have additional markings and may resemble wasps of other species. The facial and abdominal markings of "P. fuscatus" are highly variable, including a variety of different patterns, such as small dots, long stripes, clypeus blotches, yellow abdominal dots,


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: upper clypeus stripes, and combinations of both clypeus edge and tip colorations. Furthermore, some wasps have these facial and abdominal patterns in brown and black instead of yellow. These markings colors, however, are often influenced by the geographic location of the wasp. The length of "P. fuscatus" often ranges between 15 and 21 mm. The fore wing length ranges between 11.5 and 17.0 mm; in general, the fore wing of males is above 13.0 mm, whereas females have a fore wing length above 11.0 mm. Both males and females have rather slender bodies and have a waist that connects the


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: thorax to the abdomen. The female has a venomous sting. The pain of its sting is commonly compared to being pricked with a large needle, such of that of a tattoo. With length and coloration also varies throughout the seasonal year of when the wasps emerge. "P. fuscatus's" distribution ranges from southern Canada to the United States to Central America. The most northern range is Chilcotin, British Columbia, and reaches as far south as Honduras. Although "P. fuscatus" prefers wooded areas for the readily available resources to build the nest, it also is often seen in areas which humans inhabit.


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: Nests are produced using wood provided from their habitat, masticated with fluid produced by its mouth to create a pulp-like substance. However, a recently mutated form of the wasp has developed an attraction to colder lights, such as Fluorescent Lights, and they commonly use areas surrounding them as a habitat to lay their eggs. However, another eusocial wasp species, "Polistes dominula", has been recognized as a threat to "P. fuscatus". "P. dominula" has been displacing "P. fuscatus "at many of the formerly "P. fuscatus-"dominated areas. "P. dominula" was likely replacing "P. fuscatus" through indirect or exploitative competition, which was consistent


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: with the finding that "P. dominula" was significantly more productive than "P. fuscatus". The lifecycle lasts about one year. In early spring, the new queen emerging from hibernation starts a new colony, building an umbrella-shaped nest made of a papery material and suspended from a single stalk. The queen lays eggs into individual cells. The first generation is composed of infertile female workers. In the next generation, multiple queens are hatched with communal nests, but the other fertile females accept the dominance of a single female and raise offspring cooperatively. Later in summer, the next year's queens are produced, and


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: they mate with males. The newly mated queens hibernate in winter, while old founding queens, workers (sterile females), and males die. Colony stages can be separated into three stages based on nest content: pre-emergence (nest initiation to first adult), emergence-enlargement (emergence of first adult to beginning brood decline), and post-enlargement (no further new cell addition). The total number of wasps in the colony can be well over 200. Prior to nest initiation, females come together post hibernation in clusters before separating and starting their own colonies in early spring. During this time, the wasps are particularly aggressive when other wasps


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: encroach on their territory; this aggression may be associated with the development of their ovaries. Nests are normally initiated by a single foundress during early May; however, if another foundress joins, the nest may be founded by several foundresses. In the early beginning of the founding of the nest, females exhibit much aggression in order to assert dominance to determine the hierarchical ranking; dominant females with exhibit oophagy and become queens. In the beginning of the pre-emergence stage, there are very few eggs in the nest. The mean of the pre-emergence stage is about 48 days long; it includes the


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: egg, larval, and pupal stages and may also be affected by nutrition and temperature. The first eggs that are laid are all female workers that can care for future reproductive females. After the first eggs are laid, both male and female eggs are laid until mid-September; the laying of male eggs has been shown to be correlated with increased oviposition rate of the dominant females. After the hatching of both male and female eggs, only female adults emerge, though eggs laid after the end of July no longer emerge and reach adulthood. The queen disappears at the end of July,


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: which is when both the number of laid eggs and the rate at which the growth of the nest declines, though other reproductive females may continue to lay eggs. The brood itself begins to decline towards late August, thus leading to the conclusion that brood declination occurs when reproduction no longer occurs. After reaching the post-enlargement behavior, brood destruction occurs in which wasps begin exhibiting abortive behavior by either throwing larva out or feeding them to existing nest mates; if not aborted, these larvae eventually emerge as abnormal adults. After this destruction, the adult wasps abandon the nests. Prior to


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: hibernation, the wasps cluster together in aggregations to mate and then begin hibernation till the next season. "P. fuscatus" is an eusocial organism that has a hierarchical social system usually centered around one queen. Although this species is classified as eusocial, its social organization is not as evolved as other eusocial organisms. Queen-initiated interactions can be placed into two broad categories: solicitations and non-solicitations. Solicitations include “receipt of water, nectar, pulp, or prey from returned foragers,” while non-solicitations include, “antennation, lunging/bumping, chasing, grappling, and biting”. Queens spend substantially less time off of the nest compared to workers. Workers vary significantly


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: in time spent off the nest, which correlates with foraging efforts. More dominant workers spend less time off of the nest compared with less dominant workers. Other eusocial insects, such as soldier termites, have developed guard polymorphs that specialize in nest defense. Paper wasps on the other hand, have only workers and queens who defend the nest together. The queen is the most aggressive defender of the nest since she has the most reproductive investment. In some cases, "Polistes fuscatus" has been shown to share nests with a closely related species, "Polistes metricus". "P. fuscatus" has a linear dominance hierarchy


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: that revolves around the fertility of each individual wasp; those that are more dominant within the nest generally have the larger or more developed ovaries. The hierarchy is first formed in the pre-emergence period between foundresses in which they fight aggressively to establish dominance until the hierarchy is established, and only later formed among the workers of the colony such that they are integrated into the hierarchy. When the queen is removed, the second highest ranking female then takes the queen place in being the primary egg layer. The posture of wasps is very telling of which is dominant or


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: subordinate. The dominant wasp generally sits higher than the subordinate, whereas the subordinates have a lower stance. For wasps of equal rank, it is not uncommon for them to continuously try to rise higher and begin to aggressively fight each other until they fall due to losing their foothold. This is often called the falling fight, though it is more common for one wasp to act as a subordinate. Dominance ranking may also affect the location females may be at within the nest and how far away wasps are spaced. In "P. fuscatus", those who are higher on the dominance


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: ranking make continuous darts at other lower-ranking wasps such that other wasps will not closely sit near the higher ranking wasp. Members of a colony are able to recognize non-resident wasps by how they approach the nest and by their dominance behavior. Members of the colony approach the nest in a swift and purposeful fashion, whereas wasps that are not part of the colony hover by the nest and not exhibit a specific direction. Oftentimes, they hover by the nest without landing. If spotted, members of the colony begin to act aggressively and alarm others of the possible intruder. Non-resident


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: wasps are often chased out of the nest within the first five minutes of entering. On occasion, however, resident wasps may mistake other resident wasps as non-resident wasps. This occurs when the mistaken wasp has just come back from foraging and is too full to obtain the velocity necessary to fly towards the nest as if it were a resident of the nest. Sometimes, to obtain the speed necessary, the wasp attempts to approach the nest several times. Dominance relations also allow for members to recognize nest mates as each wasp is of a particular rank; when a non-resident arrives


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: and has no dominance rank, it is conceived as being unfamiliar. Wasps that are not part of the colony are only accepted without aggression when a dominance hierarchy or conflict has not occurred. Individual recognition is highly important in the formation of behavioral interactions between members of different castes within a population of "P. fuscatus". The ability to recognize individuals is vital for the existence of a linear dominance hierarchy, in which is a determinant for many aspects of behavior of the paper wasp, including the amount of food and work an individual wasp would be able to have or


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: need to accomplish, the amount of aggression one may receive, and the number of offspring a specific wasp may produce. The ability to recognize individuals also helps dictate how one wasp may treat another, whether it be to hold a dominant role or to act submissively within an interaction. "P. fuscatus" has the capability to not only recognize where wasps of their population may fall in the hierarchy, but may also be able to recognize individual nest-mates through specific facial and abdominal markings. One study indicated that if the facial and abdominal markings of a wasp were to be changed


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: through painting with different color paints, mainly black or yellow, when the wasp was reintroduced into the nest, it would receive much aggression until it was reaccepted back into the colony (i.e. when the nest-mates felt familiar with that wasp). The study was able to indicate that recognition was specific to the individual given that there was no relationship between specific markings and dominance rank, rather markings were purely used for individual recognition. Furthermore, previous research by Bura and Gamboa indicated that wasps use chemical cues to identify nest-mates and wasps that are foreign to the nest would be immediately


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: chased away within the first five minutes. That the reintroduced wasps were not chased away is a strong indication that facial and abdominal patterns are not used for net-mate recognition, but is only used for individual recognition. The ability to recognize individuals may not only be useful for behavioral interaction, but may also be used to reduce aggressive interaction between individuals of different dominance ranks, as well as to help foundresses determine and regulate the amount of resources each individual within the nest receives. A greater part in the division of labor in colony defense is given to the queen


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: of the colony. Queens come into contact and interact with non-resident wasps and returning nest-mates more compared to other resident wasps and are the first to come into contact with the wasp intruders at a much higher rate. Although this finding could be attributed to the queen’s location preference of being at the face of the nest, it was found that even normalizing for the preferred location, queens still encountered non-nest mates at a higher rate than expected. In addition, queen wasps are much less tolerant of non-resident and returning nest mates compared to non-queen nest mates; however, both the


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: queen and the colony members become less tolerant of non-resident wasps later on during the colony cycle. Queens may be less tolerant of intruders compared to other colony members due the consequences of accepting non-nest mates into the colony. Often, female intruders that join the colony attempt to evict the previous queen and usurp the position. Whereas this result is harmful for the queen, other members of the nest are not negatively impacted; they would simply remain in the nest and serve the new queen. Therefore, much of the defense of the colony is left up to the queen. "P.


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: fuscatus" invests much in the nests. Nests provide locations that members of the colony can return to and act as a central location that can allow for more efficient work in reproduction and foraging behavior. Although nests can provide many benefits, it also has the disadvantage of concentrating all investment in one area; this concentration allows for vertebrate predators to have the ability to destroy an entire nest and therefore destroy all investment. Vertebrate predators of "P. fuscatus" include foxes, rodents, and birds. Judd’s study on the defensive behavior of colonies of the paper wasp indicated that the behavior of


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: wasps was highly dependent on reproductive investment. Prior to the emergence of many adult wasps, the wasps acted much more aggressively; however, when the nest no longer contained any brood and, therefore, not much investment, the wasps were much more likely to flee instead of act aggressively against the vertebrate predator. Edwards indicated in his work that social wasps, “collect water, plant fibers, and carbohydrates, and hunt arthropod prey or scavenge animal proteins.” Water is used for the following processes: nest cooling, construction, and metabolism; plant fibers are used for construction, and carbohydrates and protein is used as food and


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: energy. Water is a vital resource for wasps given its many capabilities, and many wasps will go to a variety of places to obtain it, such as puddles and ponds, or even drinking fountains and faucets. Wasps are able to obtain water by imbibing it and regurgitating it once they return to the nest and are able to use it for construction by mixing it with the masticated plant fibers. These plant fibers are collected from dead wood. By mixing the plant fibers with water, wasps are able to create pulp which is then used to help the construction of


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: nests. "P. fuscatus" is considered to be a generalist prey forager, but may also act as a specialist due to its habit of commonly returning to a specific location or to prey on the same species. They use the scavenged animal protein from both vertebrates and arthropods such as: caterpillars, flies, alate ants, termites, spiders, bees, and other wasps to help the development of their brood. Social wasps collect carbohydrates from nectar, sap, and fruits and may store them within the nest; some wasps may even steal or consume carbohydrates from other carbohydrate foraging or making arthropods. Although the foraging


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: of social wasps is not as developed as some other arthropod species given its weakness in recruitment, the ability to communicate to nest mates of the location of a resource stronghold, it may impact the greater ecosystem. "P. fuscatus" eats arthropod prey, animal proteins, carbohydrates and protein. They will eat caterpillars, flies, ants, termites, spiders, bees, and other wasps. Carbohydrates may include nectar, sap, and fruits. Egg laying by subordinate females and the oophagy of these eggs by dominant female wasps will occur until two weeks after the first female eggs emerge. Prior to these two weeks, egg layers will


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: continuously eat other female wasps’ eggs approximately eleven minutes post being laid; however, no egg layers would ever eat their own eggs, indicating that they could recognize their own individual eggs. It can be conjectured that subordinate egg layers could not lay eggs as quickly as dominant egg layers given the dominant egg layers’ greater supply of ova from the subordinate egg layers indicating that oophagy and oviposition occur close together. Previous studies have also shown that subordinate egg layers may no longer lay eggs after associating with the higher-ranking females after a certain period; this is probably due to


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: the necessity of expending energy during foraging and inability to invest as much into their own eggs. Prior to hibernation, males and females will undergo mating; they will aggregate together in sunlit areas that are relatively higher in location. Males will sit out waiting to pursue females in order to mate. Once a female is spotted, unlike the usual passive male within the nest, the sexually responsive male will attempt to mount the female and begin performing abdominal stroking. Females will react aggressively in order to struggle free. If the female were to elude the male’s hold, the male wasp


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: would return to its position to attempt to copulate again. While copulating, the male exhibits several movements, such as abdominal stroking, extrusion of genitals, grasping the female abdomen, rhythmic antennal vibrations, and grasping of the female antennae. Antennas and antennal movement are important for copulation. Some studies have indicated that females without antenna and females who do not depress their antennae cannot copulate. It has also been proposed that antennal movements help copulation through assisting the attachment of genitals. In addition, research by Post and Jeanne has shown that "Polistes fuscatus" females have no preference on mating with related or


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: unrelated males. The mating season for "Polistes fuscatus" is during the spring and summer, after the nest has been abandoned. Venom is released by females that contains a sex pheromone that induces copulatory behavior in males. The continual release of the venom causes males to try to copulate with females when they are unreceptive on the nest, thus interrupting the activities of the colony. After mating has occurred, the queen will lay an initial generation of infertile female workers. Later on in the life of the nest, male and fertile female offspring are produced. The eggs capable of becoming queens


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: are laid during the summer. Laying these eggs during the summer ensures that the larvae are well-fed due to the great environmental conditions and abundance of food. These eggs hatch before fall and the resulting offspring hibernate during fall and winter. The new queens or co-foundresses emerge in the spring to begin new nests and lay eggs. After laying eggs that will later develop into new queens, the old queens die along with all accompanying workers and males. As opposed to other eusocial insects such as vespid wasps, "Polistes fuscatus" have not been found to preferentially mate with their siblings


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: or have sibling recognition mechanisms to aid in kin selection during reproduction. This is surprising since there are many advantages of inbreeding for haplo-diploid organisms. According to Fisher’s theory of sex ratio selection, when competition for mates is population wide, parents will evolve to invest equally in both sexes. However, in eusocial hierarchies, there is often conflict between the workers and the queen to promote their genes within the colony. The Queens favors a 1:1 sex ratio, but the workers favor female progeny because they share approximately 75% (r=0.75) of their genes with their sisters, provided that the queen only


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: mated once. In "Polistes fuscatus", the sex ratio is usually 1:1 for several reasons. First, males generally leave the nest to scout for mates soon after they reach adulthood, promoting population competition for mates. Second, the number of workers within a colony is relatively small (generally less than 40) making it less likely for a worker to confront the queen. Also, since colonies are annual and workers are reared by the queen’s subordinate foundresses, the queen can manipulate how much food they receive as larvae. "Polistes fuscatus" queens likely mate with multiple males so that the relatedness of workers is


title: "Polistes fuscatus" content: less than if they all shared the same father’s genes. Finally, in the second generation of the queens offspring, males are usually reared earlier than reproductive females. Thus when the workers have the opportunity to bias the sex ratio, there are few male larvae present. Additionally, the males have usually completed part of their development, giving them a higher reproductive value than new eggs. Thus the costs of destroying male larvae or replacing the male larvae with their own eggs is not worth the investment. Polistes fuscatus Polistes fuscatus, whose common name is the golden or northern paper wasp, is


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