title: Prosena siberita

abstract: Prosena siberita is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

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# Prosena siberita

***Prosena siberita*** is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

## Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, Central Asia, Japan, Mongolia, China, Russia, Transcaucasia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Australia and New Caledonia. It has been introduced and established in United States. The earliest introduction occurred in 1925, when numerous specimens were released in New Jersey for the purpose of establishing a local population to combat the spread of the Japanese beetle.

## Description

*Prosena siberita* can reach a body length of 7.5–10.5 millimetres (0.30–0.41 in). These flies have a grey dusted, fuscous or testaceour body. In males the abdomen is largely testaceous, while in females it is fuscous, densely grey dusted. Thorax shows some yellowish hairs. They have a very long and slender proboscis that they keep hinged under the body. The length of the proboscis is longer than the height of the head. Palpi are highly reduced. Eyes are reddish-brown and bare. Femora are reddish. Wings are hyaline, yellowish-brown at the base.

## Biology

*Prosena siberita* is a univoltine species. Adults are harmless nectar feeders on flowers of various plants (*Clematis gouriana*, *Gnaphalium* sp., *Tecoma castanifolia*, *Seseli libanotis*, *Patrinia scabiosifolia*, etc.). Their larvae parasitize the larvae of various Sericini, Melolonthini and Anomalini scarab beetles (*Popillia japonica*, *Adoretus*, *Anomala*, *Leucopholis* species).

## Bibliography

* James E. O'Hara, Hiroshi Shima, & Chuntian Zhang. "Annotated Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China." ***Zootaxa*** 2190 (2009): 1–236.
* Sabrosky and Arnaud, in Stone et al., 1965, Catalog of the Diptera of America north of Mexico, p. 987.

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| *Prosena siberita* | |
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| *Prosena siberita* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
| Tribe: | Dexiini |
| Genus: | *Prosena* |
| Species: | ***P. siberita*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Prosena siberita***<br>(Fabricius,1775) | |
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title: Makoma Lekalakala

abstract: Makoma Lekalakala is a South African activist who is the director of the Johannesburg branch of Earthlife Africa. Along with Liz McDaid, she was awarded the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize for the African region for their work on using the courts to stop a Russian-South African nuclear deal in 2017.

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# Makoma Lekalakala

**Makoma Lekalakala** is a South African activist who is the director of the Johannesburg branch of Earthlife Africa. Along with Liz McDaid, she was awarded the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize for the African region for their work on using the courts to stop a Russian-South African nuclear deal in 2017.

## Early life

Lekalakala grew up in Soweto, South Africa. She had five siblings, and was raised by her mother after her father died in 1976. She became increasingly aware of social issues and injustices as she saw her mother struggle to put food on the table and her community denied electricity from the local power station because of apartheid attitudes.

## Career

In 1983, Lekalakala gained experience in community organizing as a shop steward for the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union. She joined Earthlife Africa in 2007 and began developing a forum for women to join public discussion around energy and climate change issues.

## Works

In 2014, the government of South Africa reached a confidential agreement with Russia to construct eight to ten nuclear power stations across the country, generating 9.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy. The secret deal came to the attention of Earthlife Africa in the same year. Upon discovering the agreement's financial and environmental implications, Lekalakala and McDaid, along with their colleagues, strategized to oppose the deal. SAFCEI had been advocating for renewable energy to combat climate change and had already taken a stance against South Africa's nuclear industry. Together, the two women developed a plan to challenge the project, including President Zuma himself, on the grounds that the agreement was secret and had bypassed legal procedures without public consultation or parliamentary debate. Lekalakala and McDaid were particularly concerned about the environmental and health effects of scaling up uranium mining, nuclear power generation, and nuclear waste production. They spoke to communities across the country and explained the project's financial risks and environmental and human health consequences. Lekalakala and McDaid also held public rallies and marches to protest the nuclear project, demonstrating throughout South Africa. On April 26, 2017, the Western Cape High Court declared the nuclear deal unconstitutional, nullifying the agreement and terminating the $76 billion nuclear power project. Lekalakala and McDaid's legal triumph was a landmark victory that protected South Africa from the severe development of nuclear infrastructure, which would have had long-lasting environmental, health, and financial consequences for future generations.

## Awards

* 2018 Goldman Environmental Award Africa
* 2021 Eco-Warrior Gold Award South Africa

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| Makoma Lekalakala | |
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| Nationality | South African |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Earthlife Africa-Johannesburg |
| Awards | Goldman Environmental Prize |


title: Methods of praying the rosary

abstract: Five methods of praying the rosary are presented within the works of Louis de Montfort, a French Roman Catholic priest and writer of the early 18th century. Montfort was an early proponent of Mariology, and much of his work is devoted to the subjects of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the rosary. While the rosary contains a fixed set of prayers recited with the use of beads, Montfort proposed a number of methods to pray the rosary with more thorough devotion. Two of the methods are described in his book The Secret of the Rosary, in the fiftieth rose (chapter): "In order to facilitate the exercise of the holy Rosary, here are several methods to recite it holily, with the meditation of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of Jesus and Mary. You stop at that which is most to your liking: you can form yourself another particular method, as several saintly persons have done." Three additional methods are listed in the book God Alone, based on the collected writings of Montfort.

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# Methods of praying the rosary

Five **methods of praying the rosary** are presented within the works of Louis de Montfort, a French Roman Catholic priest and writer of the early 18th century. Montfort was an early proponent of Mariology, and much of his work is devoted to the subjects of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the rosary. While the rosary contains a fixed set of prayers recited with the use of beads, Montfort proposed a number of methods to pray the rosary with more *thorough devotion*. Two of the methods are described in his book *The Secret of the Rosary*, in the fiftieth rose (chapter):

> "In order to facilitate the exercise of the holy Rosary, here are several methods to recite it holily, with the meditation of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries of Jesus and Mary. You stop at that which is most to your liking: you can form yourself another particular method, as several saintly persons have done."

Three additional methods (i.e., five in total) are listed in the book *God Alone*, based on the collected writings of Montfort.

## The general approach

Montfort's first method does not change the Our Father or Hail Mary prayers within the rosary, but *interleaves additional petitions or meditations* as the rosary is being prayed. For instance, in the first method, Montfort provides specific additional prayers at the beginning of each decade: he requests *detachment from material items*, as follows:

"We offer Thee, O Child Jesus, this third decade in honor of Thy Blessed Nativity, and we ask of Thee through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, detachment from the things of this world, love of poverty and love of the poor."

Moreover, he adds a specific prayer after each decade. The following prayers are for the joyous mysteries:

* Grace of the mystery of the Incarnation, come down into my soul and make it truly humble.
* Grace of the mystery of the Visitation, come down into my soul and make it truly charitable.
* Grace of the mystery of the Nativity, come down into my soul and make me truly poor in spirit.
* Grace of the mystery of the Purification, come down into my soul and make it really wise and really pure.
* Grace of the mystery of the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, come down into my soul and truly convert me.

Similar, but distinct, petitions are provided for the sorrowful and glorious mysteries.

## The Five Methods

Louis Montfort's The Secret of the Rosary has the first and second methods. The first method is described above. In the second method a word or two is added to each Hail Mary of the decade. The third method combined elements of the first and second, and was made for the use of the Daughters of Wisdom. The fourth method incorporates a small reflection for each bead, usually associated with the mystery of the decade. The fifth method focuses its reflections on the rosary itself: its power, history, and prayers; in what manner it ought to be said (slowly and calmly, etc.); and objections towards praying the rosary to beware of, such as, "One can be saved without praying the rosary."


title: Lottia filosa

abstract: Lottia filosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. The Habitat of this creature tends towards Marine Benthic and is in the trophic guild grazers.

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# Lottia filosa

***Lottia filosa*** is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. The Habitat of this creature tends towards Marine Benthic and is in the trophic guild grazers.

## Description

The shell can grow to be 20 mm in length. The body symmetry of the shell is bilaterally symmetric and moves by Mucus Mediated Gliding.

## Distribution

It can be found off of Mexico to Colombia and off of the Galapagos Islands.

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| *Lottia filosa* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | *Lottia* |
| Species: | ***L. filosa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Lottia filosa***<br>(Carpenter, 1865) | |
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title: W. Lunsford Crew

abstract: W. Lunsford Crew was an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 4th district from 1953 to 1965. He died on October 10, 2004, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina at age 86.

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# W. Lunsford Crew

**W. Lunsford Crew** (October 29, 1917 – October 10, 2004) was an American politician who served in the North Carolina Senate from the 4th district from 1953 to 1965.

He died on October 10, 2004, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina at age 86.

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| W. Lunsford Crew | |
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| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 4th district | |
| **In office**
January 1, 1953  January 1, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Julian Russell Allsbrook |
| Succeeded by | Carl Vernon Venters |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | William Lunsford Crew
(1917-10-29)October 29, 1917
Pleasant Hill, Northampton County, North Carolina |
| Died | October 10, 2004(2004-10-10) (aged 86)
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
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title: Louis Szathmary

abstract: Louis Szathmary was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality. A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restaurant The Bakery and writing the New York Times bestseller The Chef's Secret Cookbook. Szathmary's involvement with the early frozen food industry, his numerous cookbooks and articles and his persona established him as an icon in the culinary arts industry.

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# Louis Szathmary

**Louis Szathmary** (born **Lajos István Szathmáry II** June 2, 1919 – October 4, 1996) was a Hungarian-American chef, writer, and public personality. A pioneering force in the food service profession, he is best known for heading the Chicago restaurant The Bakery and writing the *New York Times* bestseller *The Chef's Secret Cookbook*. Szathmary's involvement with the early frozen food industry, his numerous cookbooks and articles and his persona established him as an icon in the culinary arts industry.

## Early life

Louis Szathmary was born on June 2, 1919, on a train heading from Transylvania to Budapest as his parents fled the post World War I Hungarian–Romanian War. He earned his master's degree in journalism and doctorate in psychology from the University of Budapest before being drafted into the Hungarian army to serve in World War II. Szathmary originally served as a psychologist to Hungarian Army men, before transferring positions to Army private, where he wrote manuals, including one for cooking. Subsequently, he enrolled in a Hungarian chef's school and took an advanced course.

## Move to United States

In 1951, Szathmary emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City from Bremerhaven speaking no English, with $1.10 in his pocket. Once there, he found work as a short-order cook and worked his way up through the ranks, honing his skills until he catered to the East Coast's elite. In 1959, he moved to Chicago to work for Armour and Company, where he developed frozen food lines for various food companies, including Stouffer's. Stouffer's classic Frozen Spinach Souffle is one of Szathmary's creations. He continued to pioneer the rapidly changing food industry, working with new ideas including freeze drying and boil-in bags. Some of Szathmary's creations were used by NASA and accompanied astronauts in space.

## The Bakery restaurant

Operating from 1963 to 1989, Szathmary's Chicago restaurant, The Bakery, served what Szathmary referred to as "continental dishes with American undertones". The inclusion of "exotic" European dishes expanded the fine dining in Chicago and made The Bakery a popular destination. The individual beef Wellington was particularly famous, and heavily cited on Chicago diners' must-try lists. Within its first year of operation, more than 200 articles were written about The Bakery. The restaurant attracted guests internationally, and Szathmary hosted parties for Hugh Hefner, Frank Zappa, and conductor Arthur Fiedler.

## Personal life

### Image

Szathmary embraced his public persona, providing guest appearances on over 150 network and local television shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America throughout the United States and more than 1,000 appearances on radio shows. He was also featured in magazine and television commercials for companies including Lipton Tea, Sears, Jim Beam and Christian Dior. He regularly connected with fans, hiring three secretaries to help respond to fan mail and coordinate his touring schedule.

### Collecting

A self-professed bibliophile, Szathmary began collecting books shortly after arriving in America, which culminated in a collection of 45,000 books and culinary materials. Szathmary was raised in a bookish family that had a standing account with a book dealer since the 1790s. Szathmary's collection comprises culinary books and handwritten manuscripts, a menu collection, Hungarian collections, and letters from Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Szathmary stored his collection in the upstairs rooms of The Bakery restaurant building in thirty-one rooms in seventeen apartments. This immense collection has been divided and donated to various universities and institutions: The Szathmary Culinary Collection at the University of Iowa, the Szathmary Hungarica Collection at the University of Chicago, a collection of personal papers at DePaul University in Chicago, a collection of letters to and from Franz Liszt donated to the Liszt collection at Boston University and a 400,000-item culinary arts collection including menus which became the foundation for the Culinary Archives and Museum at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island.

### Marriage and family

At the time of Szathmary's death, survivors included his wife, Sadako "Sada" Tanino, with whom he opened The Bakery restaurant; a daughter, Magda; and a brother. The Tanino-Szathmary family papers are held at the Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago.

## Honors and accolades

Louis Szathmary received many awards for his contribution to the culinary arts industry.

* In 1974, he was awarded the title of Outstanding Culinarian by the Culinary Institute of America
* In 1977, he was elected Man of the Year by the Penn State Hotel and Restaurant Society
* In 1988, awarded "Distinguished Visiting Chef" from Johnson & Wales University.
* The alley behind the Bakery was renamed Szathmary Lane by the Chicago City Council in 1990
* Received the Food Arts presents July/August 1995 Silver Spoon Award for sterling performance for elevating the professional status of chefs.
* May 1990 Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University

## Bibliography

Szathmary was a prolific writer. From 1978 to 1987, he wrote a Thursday column for the *Chicago Sunday Times*, as well as a "Chef Louis" column for a wire service that appeared in over one hundred newspapers. He served as an editor for the 1973 edition of the 15-volume "Cookery Americana" series, in addition to writing several of his own cookbooks.

### Cookbooks

* *American Gastronomy: An Illustrated Portfolio of Recipes and Culinary history* (1974), ISBN 978-0809283415
* *The Bakery Restaurant Cookbook* (1980), ISBN 978-0843621952
* *The Chef's New Secret Cookbook* (1975), ISBN 978-0809283545
* *The Chef's Secret Cook Book: A Practical, Personal Invitation to Classic Cookery* (1971), ISBN 978-0812902136
* *Sears Gourmet Cooking Forum* (1969)

### Cookery Americana Series

## InfoBox

| Louis Szathmary | |
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| Louis Szathmary portrait by Faith Bennett | |
| Born | June 2, 1919 |
| Died | October 4, 1996<br>Chicago |
| **Culinary career** | |
| Cooking style | Continental |
| Current restaurant(s) * The Bakery | |
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title: Thialbarbital

abstract: Thialbarbital (Intranarcon) is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1960s. It has sedative effects, and was used primarily for induction in surgical anaesthesia. Thialbarbital is short acting and has less of a tendency to induce respiratory depression than other barbiturate derivatives such as pentobarbital.

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# Thialbarbital

**Thialbarbital** (**Intranarcon**) is a barbiturate derivative invented in the 1960s. It has sedative effects, and was used primarily for induction in surgical anaesthesia. Thialbarbital is short acting and has less of a tendency to induce respiratory depression than other barbiturate derivatives such as pentobarbital.

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Thialbarbital
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| Clinical data | |
| Other names | Kemithal, 5-(1-cyclohex-2-enyl)-5-prop-2-enyl-2-sulfanylidene-1,3-diazinane-4,6-dione |
| ATC code | * none |
| Legal status | |
| Legal status |  |
| Identifiers | |
| IUPAC name * 5-allyl-5-cyclohex-2-en-1-yl-2-thioxodihydropyrimidine-4,6(1*H*,5*H*)-dione | |
| CAS Number |  |
| PubChem CID |  |
| ChemSpider |  |
| UNII |  |
| ChEMBL |  |
| CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |  |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.006.720 |
| Chemical and physical data | |
| Formula | C13H16N2O2S |
| Molar mass | 264.34 g·mol−1 |
| 3D model (JSmol) |  |
| SMILES * O=C1NC(=S)NC(=O)C1(C2/C=C\CCC2)C\C=C | |
| InChI * InChI=1S/C13H16N2O2S/c1-2-8-13(9-6-4-3-5-7-9)10(16)14-12(18)15-11(13)17/h2,4,6,9H,1,3,5,7-8H2,(H2,14,15,16,17,18) Y * Key:PXLVRFQEBVNJOH-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y | |
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title: Postplatyptilia machupicchu

abstract: Postplatyptilia machupicchu is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Peru. The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing in August.

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# Postplatyptilia machupicchu

***Postplatyptilia machupicchu*** is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Peru.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing in August.

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| *Postplatyptilia machupicchu* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | *Postplatyptilia* |
| Species: | ***P. machupicchu*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Postplatyptilia machupicchu***<br>Gielis, 1996 | |
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title: Prosenactia

abstract: Prosenactia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

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# Prosenactia

***Prosenactia*** is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.

## Species

## Distribution

Argentina.

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| *Prosenactia* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tachinidae |
| Subfamily: | Dexiinae |
| Tribe: | Voriini |
| Genus: | *Prosenactia*
Blanchard, 1940 |
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| Type species | |
| *Prosenactia liebermanni*
Blanchard, 1940 | |


title: Ugyen Academy

abstract: Ugyen Academy (UA) is a private school located in Punakha, Bhutan, for classes VII-XII.

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# Ugyen Academy

**Ugyen Academy (UA)** is a private school located in Punakha, Bhutan, for classes VII-XII.

## History

Ugyen Academy opened on April 3, 2002 with 154 students. The school was founded by His Excellency *Yab Dasho* Ugyen Dorji (father of the four Queen Mothers Dorji Wangmo, Tshering Pem, Tshering Yangdon and Sangay Choden Wangchuck of Bhutan, and the former prime minister, *Lyonpo* Sangay Ngedup). It started as a pet project of the honorable *Dasho Yab* Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019) and *Yum* Thinley Choden. It was a wish fulfilled for the local people and a hope for the students who did not meet the government cut off point. The school made steady progress, and the enrollment rise year by year. It is the first and only authentic international school in the Kingdom where wholesome education is offer.

## Location

UA is situated within Khuruthang town (Punakha District). It is located between Khuruthang Middle Secondary School and Khuruthang town, which is 4 km away from Punakha Dzong.

## About the principal

Norbu Gyaltshen has been the principal of the school since its establishment in 2002. He has a degree certificate and a master's in science from the University of New England, New South Wales. He is also the recipient of the university's Honours Roll for the project Mission Possible, UNE, NSW. He served as a teacher for 27 years and as a tutor to His Majesty the Fifth King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan. He received a precious award as an educationist. He became the first recipient of a white kabney without fringes and a patang from His Majesty. The honor was granted in recognition of the important role he played and for being the epitome of a teacher in the nation.

## Education and academics

The school welcomes students from all over the country and does not exclude international scholars. It also provides opportunities for international students. There are students from Thailand, India, and South Korea studying regular classes. The teaching faculty consists of 47 members, which include 32 experienced Bhutanese teachers and 5 professional Indian teachers. Academics has always been the topmost priority and concern for Ugyen Academy. It is one of the best private schools. It also holds the record for being among the best schools in the country for producing top results every year during the standardized BCSE (Bhutan Certificate of Secondary Education) and BHSEC (Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate) exams. It is among the top schools in the country at both the middle school level and the high school level. The school started to maintain consistency and give the best.

## Sports

The school has always been giving the top priority to academics without diminishing the wholesome education and co-curricular activities. Not only academics but also UA is very popular in games and sports both at the school level and at the national level. Students enjoy the facility of sports in UA such as football, volleyball, swimming, cricket, and many indoor games. UA also focuses on sports and participates with hope at the dzongkhag level and national level and dominated the 7th National School Games with the highest number of medals held in Khuruthang Middle Secondary School and Ugyen Academy in Punakha. Football is the most popular game played by the students. It is the only educational institution to take part in Bhutan Premier League with the name Ugyen Academy FC. UA also represented Bhutan in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.

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| Ugyen Academy | |
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| Information | |
| Website | http://www.ugyenacademy.edu.bt/main/page.php?id=6 |


title: Lottia emydia

abstract: Lottia emydia is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

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# Lottia emydia

***Lottia emydia*** is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

## Description

## Distribution

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| *Lottia emydia* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | *Lottia* |
| Species: | ***L. emydia*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Lottia emydia***<br>(Dall, 1914) | |
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title: W. Lucy & Co.

abstract: Lucy Group Ltd, formerly W. Lucy & Co. Ltd, is a privately owned international group headquartered in Oxford, England. The company's origins date back more than 200 years when its principal business was manufacturing metal castings. Since then the business has evolved and steadily expanded into a group comprising four distinct business units. The group operates in 8 countries, from 16 locations, employing over 1,200 people.

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# W. Lucy & Co.

**Lucy Group Ltd**, formerly **W. Lucy & Co. Ltd**, is a privately owned international group headquartered in Oxford, England. The company's origins date back more than 200 years when its principal business was manufacturing metal castings. Since then the business has evolved and steadily expanded into a group comprising four distinct business units. The group operates in 8 countries, from 16 locations, employing over 1,200 people.

## History

The company's origins date back to 1812 when William Carter opened an ironmongery business in Oxford. Carter began brass and iron foundry operations in Summertown, Oxford in 1821, which he expanded into the Jericho district of Oxford in 1825, building a large factory, the Eagle Ironworks, next to the strategically important Oxford to Birmingham canal. In its early days the company manufactured agricultural machinery and ornamental ironwork such as balconies and railings. William Lucy, whose name the company carries, became involved with the company around 1854 at a young age. He died in 1873.

The mainstay of Lucy's business shifted focus in the late 1800s, as it became a key supplier of bookshelves and document storage systems to government offices, universities, museums and libraries, following the introduction of its patented ‘rolling stack’ system of shelving. The emerging electricity industry then presented a new opportunity around the turn of the 20th century.

In 1905, John Reid Dick, a businessman and qualified electrical engineer, was headhunted to join the business as managing director and the company began winning contracts in the electrical industry for street lighting posts, feeder pillars and fuse boxes. Expansion in this market continued and between the two world wars the company cemented its reputation as a switchgear and electrical engineering firm, although the foundry played a complementary part, continuing to supply castings and other products to established markets. Switchgear and components used in secondary power distribution such as ring main units, remain a significant revenue stream more than 100 years on. The company expanded its focus to include overseas markets in the late 1960s.

Gordon Dick was appointed chairman on his father’s death in January 1951. A number of the decisions that he took in the first twenty years of his chairmanship were of ‘company making’ proportions. They gave the company financial strength and strong market positions. Between 1954 and 1966, he bought the freeholds that made up the enlarged Eagle Works site. During the 1960s and 70s, further freeholds were bought and properties built that form the core of Lucy Properties’ residential estate. On the technical side, with the recruitment of two switchgear design engineers in 1966 through to launch in 1970, Gordon Dick oversaw the development of the oil-insulated Lucy Ring Main Unit; for thirty years this was the company’s ‘flagship’ and most profitable product. Moreover, following the recruitment of Ralph Holland in 1968, the company’s sales and marketing effort was re-focused on overseas markets, particularly the Middle East.

From 1969 to 1980, the board was unchanged: Nicholson and Gowers non-executive, Holland managing director and Gordon Dick chairman. It couldn’t last forever: Nicholson, a director since 1969, retired in 1981; Gordon’s son Richard was appointed a director in his place. Gowers, on the board since 1968, retired in 1984. Holland, a director since 1970, retired as managing director in 1988, whereupon Richard Dick took over (Holland continuing as non-executive until 1999).

By 1989 the foundry was well equipped, quality had been improved and many of the environmental problems had been overcome. Site congestion was now the main obstacle to expansion. The directors had considered relocating the foundry and had got as far as identifying a site in Witney. Unfortunately the recession that was to do so much damage to British manufacturing industry in the early 1990s meant that business was turning down for the foundry’s trade customers.

The company grew as the Indian market developed and completed a substantial expansion of its facilities in 2004. Close cooperation with Crompton Greaves continued, and Lucy’s had high expectations for this venture in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. In 2003 it was announced that Lucy Electric would move to Thame; by 2005, it was installed there, and Eagle Works was cleared for redevelopment.

The redevelopment of Eagle Works began in 2004 and was completed in December 2008. Lucy Real Estate business unit was established to combine Lucy Properties, Lucy Development, and Lucy Block Management.

Zodion Limited Net Assets were acquired in 2011 and integrated with Lucy Lighting to become Lucy Zodion Ltd. The acquisition fits into Lucy’s strategy for street lighting, and the resulting combination of the two businesses provides greater resources for new product development.

In 2015, Lucy Group acquired all CG’s equity interests in CG Lucy Switchgear Ltd, an Indian company. Following the acquisition, the company became wholly owned by Lucy Group and formed part of the Group’s medium voltage, secondary power distribution business unit, Lucy Electric. The deal formed part of Lucy Electric’s strategy to grow its business in developing markets and allowed the company to meet the growing demand for electrical infrastructure equipment and the development of Smart Grid projects in India.

In 2018, Lucy Group acquired Arteche’s medium voltage switchgear business in Brazil, Lucy Arteche Equipamentos Eléctricos Ltda (Lucy Arteche) With over 70 years of experience in the electric power industry, Arteche introduced Lucy Electric’s products into South America.

2018 saw further major growth for Lucy Group. Lawson Fuses, a UK-based specialist in the design, development, and manufacture of High Rupturing Capacity (HRC) low voltage fuses, was acquired by the company. The investment was part of its strategy of acquiring complementary businesses to deliver continued sustainable growth.

Lucy Group now comprises four distinct business units: Lucy Electric, Lucy Castings, Lucy Zodion, and Lucy Real Estate.

## Headquarters

Lucy Group's corporate headquarters are on the company's historic former factory site at Eagle Works, in Jericho, Oxford.

## Business

Lucy Electric, formerly known as Lucy Switchgear, is primarily based in Thame, Oxfordshire, UK. However, the company has offices in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and Malaysia, with manufacturing facilities in the UK, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, and Thailand. Through industrial partners and contractors, Lucy Electric has an established international network and a local track record in over 50 countries.

Lucy Zodion, renamed after their core product in 2004, moved to Zodion House, Station Road, Sowerby Bridge, where they operate today. In 2019, Lucy Zodion unlocked the potential of tomorrow’s cities with its next-generation IoT solution, Ki., a platform for smarter and more responsive cities.

Lucy Real Estate is split into two businesses: Lucy Developments and Lucy Properties. The company’s first purchases of houses had been made in connection with the manufacturing business. However, in 1965 the company bought a block of houses in Juxon Street from St John’s College. Planning permission was received to demolish eight Juxon Street houses and build a three-story block of twenty-three flats with garaging underneath – known as Castle Mill House. When the flats were completed in 1969, they all needed new tenants.

Castle Mill formed the beginning of Lucy Real Estates' influence on property and development in the Oxford area. Real Estate has worked on a range of projects over the years; Brown Field Development, Walton Meadow, and Wharf Mews to name a few.

Lucy Properties is now one of the largest landlords in Oxford city, providing homes for over 850 tenants in more than 340 properties.

In 2018, Lucy Group acquired Lawson Fuses, a company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Lawson Fuses India was originally established in 2003 to manufacture a range of fuses and fuse holders to complement the Lawson UK range and satisfy the needs of the Indian market. In 2020 the subsidiary moved from New Delhi to a brand new, modern manufacturing facility near Vadodara and subsequently changed its trading name to Lawson Lucy India Private Limited to become fully incorporated under the Lucy Group umbrella.

On 14 June 2022, Lucy Group announced it had acquired an 80% share of the Romanian smart city business Flashnet S.A., this marks Lucy Groups' entrance into the mainland European market.

## Management and ownership

The board of the group's parent company Lucy Group Ltd, has been chaired by Richard Dick since 1990. The board is served by a further two executive and three non-executive directors.

The company's shares are not quoted on any stock market and remain largely under the ownership of descendants of the Dick and Madgen families, who took control of the company in 1905.

## Further reading

* Andrews, Philip W. S. (1965). *The Eagle Ironworks Oxford: The story of W. Lucy and Company Limited*. Mills & Boon.

## InfoBox

Lucy Group Ltd
| Company type | Private |
| --- | --- |
| Industry | Electrical engineering, Metal Castings, Street Lighting controls and Property |
| Founded | Circa 1812, incorporated 1897 |
| Headquarters | Oxford, UK |
| Key people | Richard Dick (Executive Chairman) |
| Products | Medium voltage electrical switchgear, electrical connectors & disconnectors, isolators, pillars, street lighting controls, traffic lighting and controls, aluminium, iron and copper castings, property ownership development and management |
| Revenue | £161 million GBP (2014) |
| Number of employees | 1,200 |
| Website | www.lucygroup.com |


title: Trimethylbenzene

abstract:
The trimethylbenzenes constitute a group of substances of aromatic hydrocarbons, which structure consists of a benzene ring with three methyl groups (–CH3) as a substituent. Through their different arrangement, they form three structural isomers with the molecular formula C9H12. They also belong to the group of C3-benzenes. The best-known isomer is mesitylene.
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# Trimethylbenzene

The **trimethylbenzenes** constitute a group of substances of aromatic hydrocarbons, which structure consists of a benzene ring with three methyl groups (–CH3) as a substituent. Through their different arrangement, they form three structural isomers with the molecular formula C9H12. They also belong to the group of C3-benzenes. The best-known isomer is mesitylene.

| **Trimethylbenzenes** | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Common name | hemimellitene | pseudocumene | mesitylene |
| Systematic names | 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene
*vic.*-trimethylbenzene | 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene
*asym.*-trimethylbenzene | 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene
*sym.*-trimethylbenzene |
| Structural formula |  |  |  |
| CAS Registry Number | 526-73-8 | 95-63-6 | 108-67-8 |


# Fiji at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Fiji competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bronze | Moses Evans | Boxing | Men's middleweight |  |
| Bronze | Holgar Johansen | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |  |

## Athletics

Men Track events

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | | Round 2 | | Semifinal | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sitiveni Moceidreke | 100 yd | 10.0 | 3 **Q** | 10.2 | 6 | did not advance | | | |
| | 220 yd | 22.3 | 4 **Q** | 23.2 | 6 | did not advance | | | |

Field events

| Athlete | Event | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Distance | Rank |
| William Liga | Javelin throw | 211 ft 5 in (64.44 m) | 6 |

Women Track events

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | | Semifinal | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Maca Vakalala | 100 yd | 11.6 | 5 | did not advance | | | |
| | 220 yd | 27.1 | 5 | did not advance | | | |

## InfoBox

| Fiji at the
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| CGF code | FIJ |
| CGA | Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www.fijiolympiccommittee.com |
| in Perth, Western Australia | |
| Flag bearers | Opening:
Closing: |
| Medals
Ranked =15thth | Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2 |
| British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances | |
|  | |


title: Thiallela

abstract: Thiallela is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.

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# Thiallela

***Thiallela*** is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.

## Distribution

The genus is distributed in the Oriental and Australian regions, including China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and Fiji.

## Species

* Li, H.H. & Y.-D. Ren, 2006: "The genus *Thiallela* Walker, 1863 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)". *Entomological News*. **117**(3): 323-331.

## InfoBox

| *Thiallela* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | *Thiallela*
Walker, 1863 |
|
| Type species | |
| *Thiallela signifera*
Walker, 1863 | |
| Synonyms | |
| * *Luconia* Ragonot, 1888 * *Phalobathra* Meyrick, 1932 | |


title: Postplatyptilia nielseni

abstract: Postplatyptilia nielseni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina. The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing from December to February.

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# Postplatyptilia nielseni

***Postplatyptilia nielseni*** is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina.

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. Adults are on wing from December to February.

## InfoBox

| *Postplatyptilia nielseni* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | *Postplatyptilia* |
| Species: | ***P. nielseni*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Postplatyptilia nielseni***<br>(Gielis, 1991) | |
|
| Synonyms | |
| * *Lantanophaga nielseni* Gielis, 1991 | |


title: 1977 JSL Cup final

abstract: 1977 JSL Cup Final was the second final of the JSL Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on May 25, 1977. Furukawa Electric won the championship.

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# 1977 JSL Cup final

**1977 JSL Cup Final** was the second final of the JSL Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on May 25, 1977. Furukawa Electric won the championship.

## Overview

Furukawa Electric won their 1st title, by defeating Yanmar Diesel 4–0.

## Match details

| Furukawa Electric | 4-0 | Yanmar Diesel |
| --- | --- | --- |
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## InfoBox

1977 JSL Cup Final
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| --- | --- |
| Date | May 25, 1977 |
| Venue | National Stadium, Tokyo |
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title: Program analysis

abstract: In computer science, program analysis is the process of automatically analyzing the behavior of computer programs regarding a property such as correctness, robustness, safety and liveness. Program analysis focuses on two major areas: program optimization and program correctness. The first focuses on improving the program’s performance while reducing the resource usage while the latter focuses on ensuring that the program does what it is supposed to do. Program analysis can be performed without executing the program, during runtime or in a combination of both.

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# Program analysis

In computer science, **program analysis** is the process of automatically analyzing the behavior of computer programs regarding a property such as correctness, robustness, safety and liveness. Program analysis focuses on two major areas: program optimization and program correctness. The first focuses on improving the program’s performance while reducing the resource usage while the latter focuses on ensuring that the program does what it is supposed to do.

Program analysis can be performed without executing the program (static program analysis), during runtime (dynamic program analysis) or in a combination of both.

## Static program analysis

In the context of program correctness, static analysis can discover vulnerabilities during the development phase of the program. These vulnerabilities are easier to correct than the ones found during the testing phase since static analysis leads to the root of the vulnerability.

Due to many forms of static analysis being computationally undecidable, the mechanisms for performing it may not always terminate with the correct answer. This can result in either false negatives ("no problems found" when the code does in fact have issues) or false positives, or because they may never return an incorrect answer but may also never terminate. Despite these limitations, static analysis can still be valuable: the first type of mechanism might reduce the number of vulnerabilities, while the second can sometimes provide strong assurance of the absence of certain classes of vulnerabilities.

Incorrect optimizations are highly undesirable. So, in the context of program optimization, there are two main strategies to handle computationally undecidable analysis:

1. An optimizer that is expected to complete in a relatively short amount of time, such as the optimizer in an optimizing compiler, may use a truncated version of an analysis that is guaranteed to complete in a finite amount of time, and guaranteed to only find correct optimizations.
2. A third-party optimization tool may be implemented in such a way as to never produce an incorrect optimization, but also so that it can, in some situations, continue running indefinitely until it finds one (which may never happen). In this case, the developer using the tool would have to stop the tool and avoid running the tool on that piece of code again (or possibly modify the code to avoid tripping up the tool).

However, there is also a third strategy that is sometimes applicable for languages that are not completely specified, such as . An optimizing compiler is at liberty to generate code that does anything at runtime   even crashes   if it encounters source code whose semantics are unspecified by the language standard in use.

### Control-flow

The purpose of control-flow analysis is to obtain information about which functions can be called at various points during the execution of a program. The collected information is represented by a control-flow graph (CFG) where the nodes are instructions of the program and the edges represent the flow of control. By identifying code blocks and loops a CFG becomes a starting point for compiler-made optimizations.

### Data-flow analysis

Data-flow analysis is a technique designed to gather information about the values at each point of the program and how they change over time. This technique is often used by compilers to optimize the code. One of the most well known examples of data-flow analysis is taint checking, which consists of considering all variables that contain user-supplied data   which is considered "tainted", i.e. insecure   and preventing those variables from being used until they have been sanitized. This technique is often used to prevent SQL injection attacks. Taint checking can be done statically or dynamically.

### Abstract interpretation

Abstract interpretation allows the extraction of information about a possible execution of a program without actually executing the program. This information can be used by compilers to look for possible optimizations or for certifying a program against certain classes of bugs.

### Type systems

Type systems associate types to programs that fulfill certain requirements. Their purpose is to select a subset of programs of a language that are considered correct according to a property.

* Type checking – verify whether the program is accepted by the type system.

Type checking is used in programming to limit how programming objects are used and what can they do. This is done by the compiler or interpreter. Type checking can also help prevent vulnerabilities by ensuring that a signed value isn't attributed to an unsigned variable. Type checking can be done statically (at compile time), dynamically (at runtime) or a combination of both.

Static type information (either inferred, or explicitly provided by type annotations in the source code) can also be used to do optimizations, such as replacing boxed arrays with unboxed arrays.

### Effect systems

Effect systems are formal systems designed to represent the effects that executing a function or method can have. An effect codifies what is being done and with what it is being done   usually referred to as *effect kind* and *effect region*, respectively.

### Model checking

Model checking refers to strict, formal, and automated ways to check if a *model* (which in this context means a formal model of a piece of code, though in other contexts it can be a model of a piece of hardware) complies with a given specification. Due to the inherent finite-state nature of code, and both the specification and the code being convertible into logical formulae, it is possible to check if the system violates the specification using efficient algorithmic methods.

## Dynamic program analysis

Dynamic analysis can use runtime knowledge of the program to increase the precision of the analysis, while also providing runtime protection, but it can only analyze a single execution of the problem and might degrade the program’s performance due to the runtime checks.

### Testing

Software should be tested to ensure its quality and that it performs as it is supposed to in a reliable manner, and that it won’t create conflicts with other software that may function alongside it. The tests are performed by executing the program with an input and evaluating its behavior and the produced output. Even if no security requirements are specified, additional security testing should be performed to ensure that an attacker can’t tamper with the software and steal information, disrupt the software’s normal operations, or use it as a pivot to attack its users.

### Monitoring

Program monitoring records and logs different kinds of information about the program such as resource usage, events, and interactions, so that it can be reviewed to find or pinpoint causes of abnormal behavior. Furthermore, it can be used to perform security audits. Automated monitoring of programs is sometimes referred to as runtime verification.

### Program slicing

For a given subset of a program’s behavior, program slicing consists of reducing the program to the minimum form that still produces the selected behavior. The reduced program is called a “slice” and is a faithful representation of the original program within the domain of the specified behavior subset. Generally, finding a slice is an unsolvable problem, but by specifying the target behavior subset by the values of a set of variables, it is possible to obtain approximate slices using a data-flow algorithm. These slices are usually used by developers during debugging to locate the source of errors.

## Further reading

* Agrawal, Hiralal; Horgan, Joseph R. *Dynamic program slicing* (PDF).
* Chunlei, Wang; Gang, Zhao; Yiqi, Dai (2009). "An Efficient Control Flow Security Analysis Approach for Binary Executables". *2009 2nd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology*. pp. 272–276. doi:10.1109/ICCSIT.2009.5234950. ISBN 978-1-4244-4519-6. S2CID 10551500.
* Nielson, Flemming; Nielson, Hanne Riis; Hankin, Chris (2005). *Principles of Program Analysis*. Springer Science+Business Media.


title: Metagoniolithon

abstract: Metagoniolithon is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Corallinaceae. The species of this genus are found in Australia and Southeastern Asia.

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# Metagoniolithon

***Metagoniolithon*** is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Corallinaceae.

The species of this genus are found in Australia and Southeastern Asia.

## Species

Species:

* *Metagoniolithon stelligerum* Weber-van Bosse

## InfoBox

| *Metagoniolithon* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| *Clade*: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Corallinales |
| Family: | Corallinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Metagoniolithoideae |
| Genus: | *Metagoniolithon*<br>Weber-van Bosse, 1904 |
|


title: Lost Face

abstract: Lost Face is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".

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# Lost Face

***Lost Face*** is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".

## List of Stories

* Lost Face
* Trust
* To Build a Fire
* That Spot
* Flush of Gold
* The Passing of Marcus O’Brien
* The Wit of Porportuk

## InfoBox

Lost Face
| First edition | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Jack London |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
| Publication date | 1910 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 240 |


title: Trnovec, Medvode

abstract: Trnovec is a dispersed settlement in the hills southwest of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

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# Trnovec, Medvode

**Trnovec** (pronounced \[təɾˈnɔːʋəts\] or \[təɾˈnoːʋəts\]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills southwest of Medvode in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

## Name

The place name *Trnovec* (and related names such as *Trnovce*, *Trnovče*, *Trnovci*, and *Trnovska vas*) is common in Slovenia. It is derived from the common noun *trn* 'thorn', referring to a place where thorny brush grows.

## InfoBox

| Trnovec | |
| --- | --- |
| Trnovec | |
| TrnovecLocation in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°6′18.53″N 14°21′3.72″E / 46.1051472°N 14.3510333°E / 46.1051472; 14.3510333 | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Traditional region | Upper Carniola |
| Statistical region | Central Slovenia |
| Municipality | Medvode |
| Area | |
| Total | 5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 447.7 m (1,468.8 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| Total | 130 |
|  | |


title: Fiji at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

abstract: Fiji competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fiji was making its return to the Paralympic Games, having been absent since 1964. The country was represented by eight athletes competing in two sports: athletics and swimming. Fiji's representatives did not win any medals.

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# Fiji at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

**Fiji** competed at the **1976 Summer Paralympics** in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fiji was making its return to the Paralympic Games, having been absent since 1964. The country was represented by eight athletes competing in two sports: athletics and swimming. Fiji's representatives did not win any medals.

## InfoBox

| Fiji at the
1976 Summer Paralympics | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| IPC code | FIJ |
| NPC | Fiji Paralympic Association |
| in Toronto | |
| Competitors | 8 in 2 sports |
| Medals
Ranked 34th | Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0 |
| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
|  | |


title: Theodor Wisch

abstract: Theodor Peter Johann Wisch was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He assumed command of the LSSAH in April 1943. He was seriously wounded in combat on the Western Front by a naval artillery barrage in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, and replaced as division commander by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke.

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# Theodor Wisch

**Theodor Peter Johann Wisch** (13 December 1907 – 11 January 1995) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He assumed command of the LSSAH in April 1943. He was seriously wounded in combat on the Western Front by a naval artillery barrage in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, and replaced as division commander by SS-*Brigadeführer* Wilhelm Mohnke.

## Awards

### Citations

### Bibliography

* Fischer, Thomas (2008). *Soldiers of the Leibstandarte: SS-Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke and 62 Soldiers of Hitler's Elite Division*. Fedorowicz (J.J.). ISBN 978-0-921991-91-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). *Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II* \[*The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2*\] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
* Reynolds, Michael Frank (1997). *Steel inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy: The Story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the 1944 Normandy Campaign*. Steelhurst: Spellmount. ISBN 1-873376-90-1.
* Scherzer, Veit (2007). *Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives* \[*The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives*\] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
* Thomas, Franz (1998). *Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z* \[*The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z*\] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

## InfoBox

| Theodor Wisch | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | (1907-12-13)13 December 1907<br>Wesselburenerkoog |
| Died | 11 January 1995(1995-01-11) (aged 87) |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | *SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor der Waffen-SS* |
| Commands | 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |


title: Prashant Shah

abstract: Prashant Shah is a film producer based in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and the UK. He is the CEO and founder of Bollywood Hollywood Production Inc., a film and television production company that produces and shoots Bollywood movies in the UK, India, Canada, United States and South America. His latest films as a Producer titled Jungle Cry.

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# Prashant Shah

**Prashant Shah** is a film producer based in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and the UK. He is the CEO and founder of Bollywood Hollywood Production Inc., a film and television production company that produces and shoots Bollywood movies in the UK, India, Canada, United States and South America. His latest films as a Producer titled *Jungle Cry.*

## Career

Prashant Shah (PS) first worked in a variety of industries including global marketing and business development in electronics. With education in computer science PS had IT consulting business related to biometric and security software applications. His experiences include F&B, healthcare staffing solutions.

In June 2013, Shah joined Benaroya Pictures as VP and head of physical production. By 2018, he left Benaroya Pictures and launched Bollywood Hollywood Production, a media company that does the acquisition, development and production of feature films in both the Hindi and English language.

### Producer

PS has more than 30 feature films & TV shows including "My Name is Khan, "Padman", "ZERO", "Roadies" and new releasing home production feature film "Jungle Cry" to his credits.

## Selected filmography

Shah's films include:

* *Love at Time Square* (line producer) (2002)
* *It Was Raining That Night* (Producer) (2003)
* *Out of Control* (line producer) (2004)
* *Morning Raga* (Distributor all media North America & UK)
* *Jaan-E-Mann* (line producer) (2005)
* *Indian Fish in American Waters* (Distributor 2005)
* *Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota* (line producer) (2006)
* *Ta Ra Rum Pum* (line producer: USA) (actor) (2007)
* *Karma, Confessions and Holi* (consulting producer) (2009)
* *Apne* (consulting producer) (2007)
* *Guru* (grateful acknowledgment) (2007)
* *Love Story 2050* (line producer) (2008)
* *Dostana* (line producer) (2008)
* *Mummyji* (US Distributor) (2009)
* *Kambakkht Ishq* (line producer) (2009)
* *Kurbaan* (line producer USA) (2009)
* *Kites* (line producer) (2010)
* *My Name Is Khan* (line producer) (2010)
* *Ra.One* (2010) (executive producer)
* *Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu* (2011) (Line Producer -USA)
* Chak Dhoom Dhoom Dance show for Television for COLORS channel and Endemol India (Executive Producer USA) (2010)
* *MMFM - Miami Media Film Market* (Co-Producer with CAMACOL and State of Florida) (2011)
* *Birth of a Nation - Indira Gandhi* (Executive Producer) (2012)
* *MTV Roadies* (Executive Producer) (2012)
* *Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani* (Line Producer - Argentina) (2012)
* *Cymbeline* (Executive Producer) (2013)
* *CELL* (Executive Producer) (2014)
* *Bang Bang!* (Line Producer - USA) (2014)
* *Arranged Marriage* (Producer) (2015)
* *Brothers* (Consulting Producer) (2015)
* *Half Girlfriend* (Executive Producer) (2016)
* *A Gentleman (2016 film)* (Actor) (Executive Producer) (2016)
* Super Fight League (MMA Sports)|*Super Fight League* (MMA Sports) (2017)
* *Pad Man* (Executive Producer-USA) (2018)
* *Speed Kills* (Actor - played role of King Hussein of Jordan-2017)
* *Zero* (Executive Producer-USA) (2018)
* *Jungle Cry* (Producer) (2020)
* *Tribe S1* (TV Series for amazon as Supervising Producer) (2023)

## InfoBox

| Prashant Shah | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | India |
| Occupation(s) | Actor<br>Producer |


title: 1977 Japan Open Tennis Championships

abstract: The 1977 Japan Open was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. Also called the Fred Perry Japan Open it's sponsored name took place in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament was held from 31 October through 6 November 1977. First-seeded Manuel Orantes won the singles title.

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# 1977 Japan Open Tennis Championships

The **1977 Japan Open** was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. Also called the **Fred Perry Japan Open** it's sponsored name took place in Tokyo, Japan. The tournament was held from 31 October through 6 November 1977. First-seeded Manuel Orantes won the singles title.

## Finals

### Singles

Manuel Orantes defeated  Kim Warwick, 6–2, 6–1

### Doubles

Geoff Masters /  Kim Warwick defeated  Colin Dibley /  Chris Kachel, 6–2, 7–6

## InfoBox

| 1977 Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
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| Date | 31 October – 6 November |
| Edition | 5th |
| Category | Grand Prix |
| Draw | 64S / 32D |
| Prize money | $100,000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Manuel Orantes | |
| Doubles | |
| Geoff Masters /  Kim Warwick | |
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title: Program Records

abstract: Program Records is a vinyl record pressing facility in Thornbury, Victoria, Australia. It is one of only three in Australia. Program Records was founded by Steve Lynch and Dave Roper in 2017. After an initial announcement to launch in 2018, Program began pressing in 2020, when the only other Australian pressing plant was Zenith Records. By 2023, Program employed 13 staff and had pressed records by major international and local artists, including Courtney Barnett, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and Jimmy Barnes. They press between 1500 and 1800 units daily, over ten hours. The pressing plant uses WarmTone presses from Viryl Technologies in Canada, and sources vinyl compound locally. In 2021, Program launched a Vinyl Deposit Scheme, where unwanted vinyl records can be donated to be turned into new records. The success of Program lead to Neil Wilson opening Suitcase Records, a third Australian pressing plant, based in Brisbane.

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# Program Records

**Program Records** is a vinyl record pressing facility in Thornbury, Victoria, Australia. It is one of only three in Australia.

Program Records was founded by Steve Lynch and Dave Roper in 2017. After an initial announcement to launch in 2018, Program began pressing in 2020, when the only other Australian pressing plant was Zenith Records. By 2023, Program employed 13 staff and had pressed records by major international and local artists, including Courtney Barnett, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, and Jimmy Barnes. They press between 1500 and 1800 units daily, over ten hours.

The pressing plant uses WarmTone presses from Viryl Technologies in Canada, and sources vinyl compound locally.

In 2021, Program launched a Vinyl Deposit Scheme, where unwanted vinyl records can be donated to be turned into new records.

The success of Program lead to Neil Wilson opening Suitcase Records, a third Australian pressing plant, based in Brisbane.

## InfoBox

Program Records
| Company type | Pressing plant |
| --- | --- |
| Founded | 27 Apr 2017 |
| Founder | Steve Lynch, Dave Roper |
| Headquarters | Thornbury, Victoria, Australia |
| Website | programrecords.com |


title: Ukrainian National Airlines

abstract: Ukrainian National Airlines is a future state airline to be founded by the Ukrainian government with the purpose of gaining control of the country's aviation industry and establishing an airline that meets Western standards of transparency. The initiative was started by the current Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his administration, and was revealed at a symposium at Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport. Zelenskyy stated he wishes to establish a state airline rivaling to those such as Turkish Airlines and Singapore Airlines. His reasoning for this initiative is that he believes the country is too reliant on private airlines and the current aviation sector of Ukraine is too heavily influenced by oligarchs like Ihor Kolomoisky, who is currently sanctioned by the US and is seen as a corrupt thorn in Ukraine's side. The administration has signed a memorandum of understanding with Europe's main airplane manufacturer, Airbus, that will establish a fleet of Airbuses such as the Airbus A220, A320, A330, and A350 aircraft. This is seen as a sign of further cooperation and integration of Ukraine into the European market, and as a way to reform Ukraine's aviation sector with European oversight. Initially Ukraine planed to invest as much as $1.3 billion in the development of its aviation sector between 2021 and 2030, with the launch of the airline taking place in 2022, but because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, plans for the launch of the airline have been delayed until the war's conclusion. Currently as of 2024, the plan still has the go-ahead, with the logo and livery being created by Bohdan Hdal at the request of the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov. According to the artist himself, President Zelenskyy had a direct input into the design of the logo, where he heavily emphasized the need for the logo to reflect the Ukrainian national identity. This led to a design which reflected the style of Heorhiy Narbut, who was a famous Ukrainian graphic designer in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

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# Ukrainian National Airlines

**Ukrainian National Airlines** is a future state airline to be founded by the Ukrainian government with the purpose of gaining control of the country's aviation industry and establishing an airline that meets Western standards of transparency. The initiative was started by the current Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his administration, and was revealed at a symposium at Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport. Zelenskyy stated he wishes to establish a state airline rivaling to those such as Turkish Airlines and Singapore Airlines. His reasoning for this initiative is that he believes the country is too reliant on private airlines and the current aviation sector of Ukraine is too heavily influenced by oligarchs like Ihor Kolomoisky, who is currently sanctioned by the US and is seen as a corrupt thorn in Ukraine's side. The administration has signed a memorandum of understanding with Europe's main airplane manufacturer, Airbus, that will establish a fleet of Airbuses such as the Airbus A220, A320, A330, and A350 aircraft. This is seen as a sign of further cooperation and integration of Ukraine into the European market, and as a way to reform Ukraine's aviation sector with European oversight. Initially Ukraine planed to invest as much as $1.3 billion in the development of its aviation sector between 2021 and 2030, with the launch of the airline taking place in 2022, but because of the Russo-Ukrainian War, plans for the launch of the airline have been delayed until the war's conclusion. Currently as of 2024, the plan still has the go-ahead, with the logo and livery being created by Bohdan Hdal at the request of the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov. According to the artist himself, President Zelenskyy had a direct input into the design of the logo, where he heavily emphasized the need for the logo to reflect the Ukrainian national identity. This led to a design which reflected the style of Heorhiy Narbut, who was a famous Ukrainian graphic designer in the late 1800's and early 1900's.


title: Metironeus hovorei

abstract: Metironeus hovorei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Chemsak in 1991.

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# Metironeus hovorei

***Metironeus hovorei*** is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Chemsak in 1991.

## InfoBox

| *Metironeus hovorei* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | ***Metironeus*** |
| Species: | ***M. hovorei*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Metironeus hovorei***<br>Chemsak, 1991 | |
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title: Lost Empire

abstract: Lost Empire is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.

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# Lost Empire

***Lost Empire*** is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Pollux Gamelabs and released in June 2007.

## Synopsis

The game is set in the year 4620. There are seven major civilizations in space, humankind being one of them. The story is that an attack led by an unknown evil alien race has almost destroyed the seven civilizations, and they are therefore now trying to expand furthest in order to ensure their continued survival. However, a powerful character with devious motives known as Enais is interfering with the seven civilizations and their expansion plans.

You play the leader of one of the seven civilizations and must bring this civilization to victory by dominating the galaxy. It is possible to achieve victory through military domination, diplomacy, research, culture, or by killing the character Enais.

The game was released June 14, 2007 and quickly went to the top of the charts on the Paradox Interactive homepage. It featured 7 major races, 45 minor races, a huge tech tree, 3D battles, a very large galaxy with 5000 solar systems, and a special dragon-like race called the Chi Lung, which the player can choose to play. The game is mod-able with the possibility to tweak and change science descriptions, their effects, races, artwork, all text, and more. Lost Empire was nominated "Best Game of the Year" in 2006 at the D3Expo.

## Civilizations

* **Humans:** A race of stubbornness and self-righteousness, qualities which have made them one of the toughest races in the galaxy. Humans are good at everything but excel in nothing. The mad Goddess Enais left the humans in the dark after failing to convert them to her ways. However, she is always watching them...
* **Tritons:** Once proud and lazy, the Tritons had only managed to build a few drones when they were attacked by the mad Goddess Enais. They have learned the hard way that having the weakest firepower in battle is a costly thing. Now, they are one of the most ambitious races. Never again will they be attacked unprepared.
* **Horde:** Though not excelling individually, the sheer numbers of the Horde make them a formidable fighting force. The Horde has found that even though battles are lost, there are always plenty of fighting force left among the surviving masses, and so they always come back for more. Several now extinct races witnessed this ruthless perseverance of the Horde as it sealed their fate.
* **Chi Lung:** Enormous dragonbeings which evolved and prospered by devouring their home planet animals. When they figured out that they could actually leave their home planet and explore the galaxy on their own, many worlds came to suffer as the fearsome hungry beasts took what they needed to survive. Chi Lung never invented the wheel but who needs a wheel when you fly? Instead they evolved via mental training.
* **Megalanians:** These aristocratic beings constitute a highly intelligent scientific oriented race. Although suffering from mild megalomania they tend to be peaceful when they get their way. They consider themselves the most superior race in the Universe, since the evil goddess Enais cannot be considered a whole race.
* **Crystal Spirits:** These elusive creatures are quite evolved mentally and have become very adept at controlling the advanced computer systems they steal from other races. Even though they are only capable of taking physical form inside crystals, their superior knowledge of their native state highly increases their production rate and survivability. Their vast knowledge of computers also grants them a certain reputation in battle.
* **Alkiths:** Tall, secretive, and mystical, the Alkith race likes to keep out of sight until the right moment when they strike with extreme almost magical power. Alkiths were once the pawns of Enais, but have recently broken free and now seek revenge searching the Path of Enais relentlessly. Most races believe the Alkith have some form of secret weapon they have inherited from Enais.
* **Enais:** The information in this report is sketchy at best, and is a collection of our current available information on the creature known as Enais. Species: Unknown. Technological level: Probably beyond anything known. Enais is a creature which is deeply interwoven in the story line of Lost Empire. The player will find traces of her, and maybe even encounter her while playing. She is quite hostile, and very, very technologically advanced. The player might acquire her technology and use it to win the game. The player has to colonize all ten planets leading to Enais’ hideout in order to do this. However, it is very likely that Enais will attack any that threaten to steal her advanced technologies.

## Remake

A follow-up on this title called Lost Empire: Immortals, a revamped version of the game, was released March 11, 2008. This new version is based on the original design but now improved by Jonas Møller.

Lost Empire Immortals received a Metacritic score of 58, which means "mixed or average" reviews. Reviewers praised the graphics and the scale of the game, but criticized the awkward interface, computer AI, and balance problems with very large galaxies.

1. "Lost Empire". Described by MobyGames.
2. "Lost Empire: Immortals". Described by MobyGames.

## InfoBox

| Lost Empire | |
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| Developer(s) | Pollux Gamelabs |
| Publisher(s) | Paradox Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Flemming Pedersen |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | 14 June 2007 |
| Genre(s) | 4X, turn-based strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |


title: Love marriage

abstract: A love marriage is one which is driven solely by the couple, with or without consent of their parents, as opposed to arranged marriage. While there is no clear definition of love marriage, the term was in common use globally during the Victorian era. It is still used in the Commonwealth countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as well as Nepal and Egypt.

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# Love marriage

A **love marriage** is one which is driven solely by the couple, with or without consent of their parents, as opposed to arranged marriage. While there is no clear definition of love marriage, the term was in common use globally during the Victorian era. It is still used in the Commonwealth countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as well as Nepal and Egypt.

## In Europe

According to the American historian Stephanie Coontz, marriages between Anglo-Saxons were organised to establish peace and trading relationships. She writes that in the 11th century, marriages were organised on the basis of securing economic advantages or political ties, and the wishes of the couples were not considered important. The bride was especially expected to defer to her father's wishes. Coontz has argued that while love marriages were not universal, marriages based on love and personal commitments started to emerge as early as the 14th century and really began to flower in the 1700s.

In 1140, *Decretum Gratiani* was written by Gratian. It made consent of the couple a requirement for marriage. The book became the foundation of the policy of the Christian Church on marriage.

The 1840 marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert made love marriage more acceptable in the minds of the British public in the Victoria era, and love marriages were on the rise.

## In India

In India, love marriages started becoming popular in urban areas in the 1970s. Initially, love marriages occurred between acceptable communities. Love marriage now commonly transcend ethnic, community and religion barriers.

In a 2012 survey conducted by Ipsos for the TV channel NDTV, 74% of the respondents said that they preferred an arranged marriage. In 2010, the National Commission for Women (NCW) released a report stating that it had documented 326 cases of honour crime in the past year, majority of which were due to inter-caste marriages.

In a 2014 survey conducted by the United Nations Population Fund and International Center for Research on Women, 11.7% of men and 8.5% of women surveyed claimed that they chose their partners and married with or without the consent of their families. The boundaries between the two types have started to blur. The term *love-arranged marriage* is used to describe a new emerging form of marriage which contains elements of both arranged marriage and love marriage. Love marriages are seen as imposition of the younger generation's will over the older generation's wishes.

## In Pakistan

In Pakistan, arranged marriages are the norm and love marriage is rare in the society. Several cases of honour killing are recorded every year. In most cases, the woman is killed, however in some cases couples are killed. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan counted about 869 such cases reported in the media, but noted that many such cases may also be unreported.

## In Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, there is a strong code of social and cultural prohibition on inter-gender friendship and/or romantic relationship; there have been so many incidents of unrequited love of boys, in the context of unrequited love, boys may face punishment by mob justice on the request of the girl whom the boy loves or the girl's guardians and in the case of romantic relationship of two individuals, they secretly meet and talk, and may elope if their respective guardians are not willing to get them married. Due to a large portion of society's Islamic adherence and conservative mentality, inter-gender friendship and romance is heavily suppressed. It is also very difficult to form a romantic relationship or to find a life partner by one's own will. It is generally hard for boys to find life-partners; they need to become earners as Bangladeshi society is very conservative and patriarchal. The society largely relies on the arranged marriage system.

There are strong records of guardian objections for various reasons whether the boy is not liked by the girl's parents or the boy is unemployed or of lower income status etc. In this case, the girl is forcibly married to a boy of her parents' choice, and if the girl elopes with another boy, her parents may file a police case against the boy. This social and cultural trend is still prevalent in Bangladeshi society. Some couples may commit suicide for not being supported by their families and society.

## In Egypt

In Egypt, love marriages, especially interfaith marriages, are generally considered socially unacceptable. Interfaith marriages are often seen as a tactic to recruit members from other religions. Such marriages sometimes result in sectarian violence. According to Egyptian law, a man from another religion must convert to Islam to marry a Muslim woman. However, a Christian woman may marry a Muslim man without converting, but officials require the woman to produce a letter of approval from her church, which is rarely granted.

## Bibliography


title: Fingerprint Ghost

abstract: Fingerprint Ghost is a locked room mystery short story by American writer Joseph Commings, featuring his detective Brooks U. Banner.

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# Fingerprint Ghost

**Fingerprint Ghost** is a locked room mystery short story by American writer Joseph Commings, featuring his detective Brooks U. Banner.

## Plot summary

Senator Brooks U. Banner is making a phone call outside the Sphinx club, when he hears angry yelling a few booths down. Magician Larry Drollen is arguing with someone, telling them he has no more need for them. Seeing Banner is looking at him, Drollen turns, and simply says "Murder". Drollen then tells him the story of Gabriel Garrett, a doctor who was stabbed with a silver handled knife that had no finger prints on it. Garrets wife Ivy, and his aunt Letitia Cody want the case to be resolved, and hire fake medium Ted Wesley to perform a seance. Wesley claims for a fee, he can bring back Garrett's spirit, and have him point out the murderer. During the seance, the table rattles, there are strange voices, but nothing comes out of it. Larry Drollen tells Wesley he can produce something better, and if he can, Wesley has to give Ive and Letitia their money back. The seance is at 11, and the District Attorney Arcibald Lang, will be attending.

Everybody is at Ted Wesley's parlor at 11. Drollen is tied into a large walnut chair, that is attached to a cabinet, in front of a circle of 4 chairs. The silver knife is held by Drollen briefly, and then put in the cabinet. Lang's subordinate Shannon brings in straitjackets, and straps everyone in. He then locks them all in. Drollen tells everyone to be quiet, but after a while, the others wonder what is going on. Asking Drollen, he doesn't respond. Upon the door opening, it can be seen Drollen has been stabbed, and everyone is in a straitjacket. The police are called, and take the knife, looking for fingerprints, they find one. But it belongs to no one in the room.

Banner goes to see Archer the next day, and finds out what happened at the seance. Everyone had their feet touching each others, and no one felt anyone get up. The fingerprint is worthless, because it does not belong to anyone. There is also a palm print, but it is blurred from the knife slipping. Archer reveals that even though Ivy had the body cremated, Garrett's fingerprints did not match, so the killer was not a ghost. All of the people were in straitjackets, and there was nowhere to hide an animal, meaning, no one could do it.

The police find out that Garrett was killed by a snowbird named Mulik. Mulik was not at the seance, so he is not the killer. Banner then reveals that while Drollen's secretary was going through old news clippings, she found out that Drollen was married to a sideshow freak. Banner, unsure of where this works in, invites Ivy and Wesley to lunch. A redhaired girl snaps Ivy's picture, causing her to go loose-jointed, and faint. After she come to, Banner figures out she is pregnant.

The next afternoon, Banner invites into Lang's office, Ivy, Wesley, Lang, and Letitia. Banner then reveals he knows exactly how it happened. In the reversal of John Dickson Carr's The Crooked Hinge, Banner reveals that Ivy killed Drollen without using her arms. Ivy was wearing loose shoes, so she easily slipped them off while still in the straitjacket. The fingerprint on the knife didn't match, because it wasn't a fingerprint, but was a toeprint, from where Ivy held the knife with her feet. Ivy killed Drollen, because they had been married years ago. But then they drifted apart, and Ivy committed bigamy. Now, Garrett's baby is on the way, so she begged Drollen to take her back. Drollen refused on the phone and threatened to reveal Ivy's bigamy to the public, so Ivy killed him. Ivy, having heard the revelation, takes Lang's gun and shoots herself.

## Quotes

Banner: I'll get three birds with one stone. This'll give me a chance to talk to Wesley and at the same time get a squint at the redhead girl in the flesh.

Lang's Deputy: That's only two birds. Where does the third one come in?

Banner: I'm gonna eat that one


title: Thidiazuron

abstract: Thidiazuron (TDZ) is a plant growth regulator.

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# Thidiazuron

**Thidiazuron** (**TDZ**) is a plant growth regulator.

## Applications

### Plant growth regulator

The synthesis routes and their use as plant growth regulating agent were patented in the early 1980s by the German company Schering AG. Thidiazuron is taken up by the leaves and has a cytokinin-like behavior. It causes leaves to lose weight in a controlled manner prior to harvesting, without affecting the growth and maturation of the plant. This facilitates mechanical harvesting. It also accelerates the maturation process, because leaves do not block the sunlight. The plants later develop normal foliage. Thidiazuron can also be used as a herbicide, because an appropriate dose and timing of administration completely stops growth.

The product was marketed by Aventis CropScience; later merged into Bayer CropScience. Brand names are Dropp (for use in the cultivation of cotton) or Revent (for use in fruit production). Dropp Ultra, Dropp UltraMax and Ginstar are products with a mixture of thidiazuron and diuron.

### Preservative

Researchers found that thidiazuron is suitable for extending the life of cut flowers. The substance slows down or prevents the wilting of the leaves.

## Regulatory

### European Union

In 2008, the European Union banned the use of thiadiazuron in agriculture. It was one of the agricultural chemicals in the framework of the European Pesticides Directive 91/414 / EEC that must have an environmental and health assessment to obtain a new authorization. An outdated substance is an active substance which was already on the market in the European Union on July 25, 1993, before the action step of the directive. Existing stocks could still be used afterwards for one year.

Thidiazuron is still used in other parts of the world, including in the United States, Australia, and Mexico.

## Toxicology and safety

Thidiazuron is mildly acutely toxic, irritating to skin and eyes, and may cause respiratory irritation if inhaled.

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Thidiazuron
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| IUPAC name 1-Phenyl-3-(1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-yl)urea | |
| Other names TDZ | |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS Number |  |
| 3D model (JSmol) |  |
| ChemSpider |  |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.052.125 |
| EC Number | * 257-356-7 |
| CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |  |
| InChI * InChI=1/C9H8N4OS/c14-9(12-8-6-10-13-15-8)11-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-6H,(H2,11,12,14)/f/h11-12H | |
| SMILES * C1=CC=C(C=C1)NC(NC2=CN=NS2)=O | |
| Properties | |
| Chemical formula | C9H8N4OS |
| Molar mass | 220.25 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | White powder |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C \[77 °F\], 100 kPa).  Infobox references | |


title: Pozzo (Waiting for Godot)

abstract: Pozzo is a character from Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot. His name is Italian for "well". On the surface he is a pompous, sometimes foppish, aristocrat, cruelly using and exploiting those around him. He wears similar clothes to Vladimir and Estragon, but they are not in the dire condition theirs are.

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# Pozzo (Waiting for Godot)

**Pozzo** is a character from Samuel Beckett's play *Waiting for Godot*. His name is Italian for "well" (as in "oil well").

On the surface he is a pompous, sometimes foppish, aristocrat (he claims to live in a manor, own many slaves and a Steinway piano), cruelly using and exploiting those around him (specifically his slave, Lucky and, to a lesser extent, Estragon). He wears similar clothes to Vladimir and Estragon (i.e. a bowler and suit), but they are not in the dire condition theirs are.

## *Godot*'s antagonist

While by no means a villain in a conventional sense of the word, Pozzo is sometimes considered (nominally) the "antagonist" of *Waiting for Godot*. Although he is not technically in opposition to the so-called heroes of the play (Vladimir and Estragon) he does bring chaos into their sheltered world. Upon his first entrance, he immediately goes about attempting to exert authority on the hapless "Didi" and "Gogo" by shouting at them, ordering them about, and generally making a nuisance of himself. Along the way he mercilessly abuses Lucky (physically and mentally) into performing menial and sometimes pointless tasks. However, despite his authoritative presence, he has the tendency of falling to pieces at the (literal) drop of a hat. At certain points in the first act (and for most of the second act; see below) he has minor nervous breakdowns when things don't go his way (e.g. when he misplaces things, when Vladimir and Estragon don't understand him/berate him, etc.). Pozzo should not be seen, however, as merely a mindless, weak oppressor. He has a developed intellectual side: he philosophises intelligently and optimistically.

## On his blindness

Pozzo goes through a rather radical transformation between the first and second acts: he goes blind. When he makes his second (final) entrance, he almost immediately falls over and cannot get up. He remains this way for the rest of his scene, helplessly moaning and bemoaning his fate and condition. This change supposedly only occurs in the past day. Some critics interpret this as representing his failure to see the suffering in others, and thus has brought suffering upon himself.

## Pozzo and Estragon

Pozzo is often compared to Estragon (just as Lucky is compared to Vladimir) as being the impulsive, right-brained part of his character duo. The idea is that Pozzo and Lucky are simply an extreme form of the relationship between Vladimir and Estragon (the hapless impulsive, and the intellect who protects him), and thus extreme forms of those very characters.

He, like Estragon, has an awful memory, and since he cannot rely on Lucky for memory (as Estragon can on Vladimir), he is even more in the dark (e.g. he cannot even remember one day before). Vladimir claims that he and Estragon know him, but this is naturally not corroborated by Estragon, and the nature of their former relationship remains unknown. He occasionally comes up with poetic metaphors for the current situation, again, just as Estragon does.


abstract: The 1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Elliot Uzelac, the Broncos compiled a 1-10 record, finished in ninth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 297 to 119. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The team's statistical leaders included Sollie Boone with 318 passing yards, Dan Matthews with 873 rushing yards, and Ted Forrest with 286 receiving yards. Linebacker Duncan McKerracher and fullback/middle guard Jim White were the team captains. For the second consecutive year, fullback Dan Matthews received the team's most outstanding player award. Uzelac was hired as Western Michigan's head football coach in December 1974. Uzelac was 33 years old at the time of his hiring. He was a Western Michigan alumnus, having graduated in 1964. He had served previously as an assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Lions.

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# 1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team

1975 Mid-American Conference football standings
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| No. 12 Miami (OH) $ | 6 |  | 0 |  | 0 |  |  | 11 |  | 1 |  | 0 |
| Central Michigan | 4 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |  | 8 |  | 2 |  | 1 |
| Ball State | 4 |  | 2 |  | 0 |  |  | 9 |  | 2 |  | 0 |
| Bowling Green | 4 |  | 2 |  | 0 |  |  | 8 |  | 3 |  | 0 |
| Ohio | 3 |  | 3 |  | 1 |  |  | 5 |  | 5 |  | 1 |
| Toledo | 4 |  | 4 |  | 0 |  |  | 5 |  | 6 |  | 0 |
| Northern Illinois | 2 |  | 3 |  | 0 |  |  | 3 |  | 8 |  | 0 |
| Kent State | 1 |  | 6 |  | 0 |  |  | 4 |  | 7 |  | 0 |
| Western Michigan | 0 |  | 7 |  | 0 |  |  | 1 |  | 10 |  | 0 |
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The **1975 Western Michigan Broncos football team** represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their first season under head coach Elliot Uzelac, the Broncos compiled a 1-10 record (0/7 against MAC opponents), finished in ninth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 297 to 119. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The team's statistical leaders included Sollie Boone with 318 passing yards, Dan Matthews with 873 rushing yards, and Ted Forrest with 286 receiving yards. Linebacker Duncan McKerracher and fullback/middle guard Jim White were the team captains. For the second consecutive year, fullback Dan Matthews received the team's most outstanding player award.

Uzelac was hired as Western Michigan's head football coach in December 1974. Uzelac was 33 years old at the time of his hiring. He was a Western Michigan alumnus, having graduated in 1964. He had served previously as an assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines and Detroit Lions.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | at Central Michigan |  | L 0–34 |  |  |
| September 13 | Akron* |  | L 21–27 | 14,200 |  |
| September 20 | at Minnesota* |  | L 0–38 | 23,326 |  |
| September 27 | Northern Illinois | * Waldo Stadium * Kalamazoo, MI | L 0–20 |  |  |
| October 4 | at Bowling Green |  | L 0–28 |  |  |
| October 11 | Kent State | * Waldo Stadium * Kalamazoo, MI | L 17–22 |  |  |
| October 18 | Toledo | * Waldo Stadium * Kalamazoo, MI | L 7–25 |  |  |
| October 25 | at Marshall* |  | L 19–21 |  |  |
| November 1 | at Ohio |  | L 10–24 |  |  |
| November 8 | Miami (OH) | * Waldo Stadium * Kalamazoo, MI | L 21–44 |  |  |
| November 15 | Eastern Michigan* | * Waldo Stadium * Kalamazoo, MI | W 24–10 |  |  |
| * \*Non-conference game | | | | | | | |

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| 1975 Western Michigan Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 1–10 (0–7 MAC) |
| Head coach |  |
| MVP | Dan Matthews |
| Captain | Duncan McKerracher, Jim White |
| Home stadium | Waldo Stadium |
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title: Prosoplus schultzei

abstract: Prosoplus schultzei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1960.

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# Prosoplus schultzei

***Prosoplus schultzei*** is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1960.

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| *Prosoplus schultzei* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Tribe: | Pteropliini |
| Genus: | *Prosoplus* |
| Species: | ***P. schultzei*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Prosoplus schultzei***<br>Breuning, 1960 | |
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title: Ueekenkcoracias

abstract: Ueekenkcoracias is an extinct genus of primobucconid bird in the order Coraciiformes from the Huitrera Formation of Patagonia. A relatively large member of the stem-Coracii, Ueekenkcoracias possessed a robust femur and stout tibiotarsus, with a strongly projected facies articularis medialis.

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# Ueekenkcoracias

***Ueekenkcoracias*** is an extinct genus of primobucconid bird in the order Coraciiformes from the Huitrera Formation of Patagonia. A relatively large member of the stem-Coracii, *Ueekenkcoracias* possessed a robust femur and stout tibiotarsus, with a strongly projected facies articularis medialis.

## Etymology

The generic name of *Ueekenkcoracias* is derived from the native Tehuelche word *ueekenk*, meaning "outsider" in reference to its unusual presence in South America, and the genus name *Coracias*. The specific epithet honors Claudia Patricia Tambussi, who contributed hugely to paleornithology, particularly in South America.

## Description

The holotype specimen of *Ueekenkcoracias* consists of an incomplete right leg, preserved as a part and counterpart. As in all Coraciiformes, the tibiotarsus of the holotype is short and stout, proportionally longer than in *Eocoracias*. The crista cnemialis cranialis is triangular and small, but more developed than that of *Eocoracias* and *Paracoracias*. It is not, however, as reduced as in rollers, kingfishers and bee-eaters. The diaphysis of the tibiotarsus is relatively stout, and laterally curved. The pons supratendineus has a transverse disposition, as in Geranopteridae and motmots and is located medially on the shaft as in rollers and ground rollers. The distal epiphysis widens distally, as in rollers, ground rollers and todies, but not as much as Leptosomidae. The condylus medialis is strongly projected caudally, similar to the condition of kingfishers, and contrary to motmots.

The tarsometatarsus of *Ueekenkcoracias* is short and wide, resembling the condition of Primobucconidae, *Parvicuculus*, Eocoracidae, kingfishers and bee-eaters, measuring less than half the tibiotarsus's length, but distinct from the more elongated tarsometatarsus of geranopterids. It is also contrary to the condition in ground rollers, todies and motmots, all of which have greatly elongated and slender tarsometatarsi.

## Taxonomy

*Ueekenkcoracias* appears to the most basal member of the Coracii, a position supported by the absence of derived features shared by all coraciians except *Ueekenkcoracias*, including a tarsometatarsus with a deep infracotylar fossa. Below is a phylogeny from Degrange *et al* (2021):

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| *Ueekenkcoracias*
Temporal range: Eocene, | |
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| Holotype specimen of *Ueekenkcoracias*, preserved as part and counterpart slabs | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Genus: | *Ueekenkcoracias*
Degrange et al., 2021 |
| Species: | ***U. tambussiae*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Ueekenkcoracias tambussiae***
Degrange et al., 2021 | |
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