title: Pakhanna

abstract: Pakhanna is a village in the Barjora police station area of Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Susunia, on the south bank of Damodar River.

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# Pakhanna

**Pakhanna** (or Pokharna) is a village in the Barjora police station area of Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-east of Susunia, on the south bank of Damodar River.

## History

This village is considered to be the same as Pushkarana, once the capital of Chandravarman, son of Simhavarman, the extent of whose dominions may have been more or less coterminous with ancient Rarh region or south-west Bengal. It is the place mentioned in the Susunia inscription and dates back to 4th century AD. According to the inscription on the Allahabad pillar Chandravarman was defeated by Samudragupta and the area became a part of the Gupta Empire.

## Geography

8km
5miles River Dwarakeswar Damodar River Durgapur
BarrageB JagannathpurT SonatapalT EkteswarT BahularaT BiharinathH SusuniaH SaltoraR SaldihaR PuabaganR PakhannaR OndaR MurakataR MejiaR MedinipurR MaliaraR KanchanpurR GangajalghatiR DurlabhpurR ChhatnaR BiknaR AmarkananR AchuriR BankuraM JhantipahariCT GhutgaryaCT  BarjoraCT  BeliatoreCT**Places in Bankura Sadar subdivision in Bankura district**
M: municipal town/ city, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: hill centre, T: temple/ religious centre, B: barrage
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
### Location

Pakhanna is located at 23°24′33″N 87°22′36″E / 23.4092660°N 87.3765795°E / 23.4092660; 87.3765795.

### Area overview

The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The soil is laterite red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the Damodar River. It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

## Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pakhanna had a total population of 3,588, of which 1,825 (51%) were males and 1,763 (49%) were females. There were 382 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Pakhanna was 2,445 (77.26% of the population over 6 years).

## Education

Pakhanna High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 2,200 books and a playground.

Pakhanna Girls Junior High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 2010. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.

Baro Hajari SCH Madrasah is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1977. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The madrasah has 12 computers, a library with 450 books and a playground.

Barjora College was established at Barjora in 1985.

## Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Pakhanna, with 10 beds.

## InfoBox

| Pakhanna the ancient name of the village was Pushkarna | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| PakhannaLocation in West Bengal, IndiaPakhannaPakhanna (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°24′33″N 87°22′36″E / 23.4092660°N 87.3765795°E / 23.4092660; 87.3765795 | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Bankura |
| Government | |
| Body | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
| Total | 3,588 |
| Languages | |
| Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 722 208 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bankura |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Barjora |
| Website | bankura.gov.in |


title: Paincourtville, Louisiana

abstract: Paincourtville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 911 at the 2010 census.

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# Paincourtville, Louisiana

**Paincourtville** is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 911 at the 2010 census.

## History

Legend says an early traveler, unable to buy a single loaf of bread there, facetiously called the place "short of bread town", which translates to Paincourtville.

The first permanent settlements in this region were made by the French and Spanish (including Isleños), *circa* the mid-18th century along Bayou Lafourche, between the present towns of Donaldsonville and Napoleonville. From 1755 to 1764, the population was increased by the immigration of the exiled Acadians who emigrated to the area, clearing the land and building homes. Many of their descendants remain in the parish today.

On a plot donated by Elizabeth Dugas, St. Elizabeth's Church was built in 1840. Parishioners promptly rebuilt their church after a fire in 1854. In 1903 a third structure, still in use, was completed. Nearby on a special steel scaffolding is the church bell, too large for either of the church's two towers. It was brought from France.

## Geography

Paincourtville is located at 29°59′28″N 91°3′35″W / 29.99111°N 91.05972°W / 29.99111; -91.05972 (29.990994, -91.059639).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.5 km2), all land.

## Demographics

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 857 |  |  |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

Paincourtville is part of the Pierre Part Micropolitan Statistical Area.

As of the census of 2000, there were 884 people, 317 households, and 245 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 551.1 inhabitants per square mile (212.8/km2). There were 343 housing units at an average density of 213.8 per square mile (82.5/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 55.43% White, 43.33% African American, 0.45% Asian, and 0.79% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 317 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $32,014, and the median income for a family was $36,563. Males had a median income of $41,750 versus $22,500 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,500. About 10.5% of families and 15.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.0% of those under age 18 and 14.6% of those age 65 or over.

## Notable people

## InfoBox

| Paincourtville, Louisiana | |
| --- | --- |
| Census-designated place | |
| Paincourtville, LouisianaLocation of Paincourtville in Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 29°59′28″N 91°03′35″W / 29.99111°N 91.05972°W / 29.99111; -91.05972 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Assumption |
| Area | |
| Total | 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km2) |
| Land | 1.74 sq mi (4.50 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 857 |
| Density | 492.81/sq mi (190.27/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 70390 |
| Area code | 985 |
| FIPS code | 22-58745 |


title: Palaemonidae

abstract: Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the deep sea. One significant genus is Macrobrachium, which contains commercially fished species. Others inhabit coral reefs, where they associate with certain invertebrates, such as sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, and echinoderms, as cleaner shrimps, parasites, or commensals. They generally feed on detritus, though some are carnivores and hunt tiny animals. The family contains more than 1200 species in 160 genera. The genera were formerly split into two subfamilies, but in 2015, molecular and morphological research determined that the subfamily groupings were invalid. At the same time, the members of the families Gnathophyllidae and Hymenoceridae were incorporated into the Palaemonidae.

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# Palaemonidae

**Palaemonidae** is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the deep sea. One significant genus is *Macrobrachium*, which contains commercially fished species. Others inhabit coral reefs, where they associate with certain invertebrates, such as sponges, cnidarians, mollusks, and echinoderms, as cleaner shrimps, parasites, or commensals. They generally feed on detritus, though some are carnivores and hunt tiny animals.

The family contains more than 1200 species in 160 genera. The genera were formerly split into two subfamilies, but in 2015, molecular and morphological research determined that the subfamily groupings were invalid. At the same time, the members of the families Gnathophyllidae and Hymenoceridae were incorporated into the Palaemonidae.

## Genera

The following genera are recognised:

Some of the genera were formerly placed in the family Gnathophyllidae, which is no longer recognized. These shrimp were often associated with echinoderms, and consisted of about 14 species in five genera:

## InfoBox

| Palaemonidae | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| *Periclimenes pedersoni*, a cleaner shrimp | |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Caridea |
| Superfamily: | Palaemonoidea |
| Family: | Palaemonidae<br>Rafinesque, 1815 |
|
| Synonyms | |
| * Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 * Kakaducarididae | |


title: Palenque Municipality

abstract: Palenque Municipality is a municipality in Chiapas in south Mexico.

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# Palenque Municipality

**Palenque Municipality** is a municipality in Chiapas in south Mexico.

## Neighboring municipalities

Neighboring municipalities are Catazajá to the north, La Libertad to the east, Ocosingo and Chilón to the south, Salto de Agua to the west, and the other Mexican stat – Tabasco to the north and east, and country Guatemala to the southeast.

## Localities

There are 683 localities, the largest of which are:

| **Code INEGI** | **Locality** | **Population** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **065** | **Total Municipality** | **132,265** |
| 0001 | Palenque | 51,797 |
| 0105 | Río Chancalá | 2,236 |
| 0182 | Agua Blanca Serranía | 1,726 |
| 0047 | El Edén | 1,467 |
| 0191 | Arimatea | 1,385 |

## InfoBox

| Palenque Municipality | |
| --- | --- |
| Municipality | |
| Location of the municipality in Sonora. | |
| Coordinates: 17°26′N 91°48′W / 17.433°N 91.800°W / 17.433; -91.800 | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Municipal Seat | Palenque |
| Created | 1915 |
| Government | |
| Municipal President | Jorge Cabrera Aguilar (2021—2024) |
| Area(2020) | |
| Total | 2,888 km2 (1,115 sq mi) |
| Elevation(Median) | 92 m (302 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 132,265 |
| Density | 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central) |
| Postal code | 29960—29969 |
| Area code | 916 |
| Website | http://www.palenque.gob.mx/ |


title: Pallial sinus

abstract: The pallial sinus is an indentation or inward bending in the pallial line on the interior of a bivalve mollusk shell's valves that corresponds to the position of the siphons in those types of clams which have siphons. The position of the pallial sinus is often clearly visible as a shiny line on the inside of the bivalve shell.

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# Pallial sinus

The **pallial sinus** is an indentation or inward bending in the pallial line on the interior of a bivalve mollusk shell's valves that corresponds to the position of the siphons in those types of clams which have siphons (i.e. siphonate). The position of the pallial sinus is often clearly visible as a shiny line on the inside of the bivalve shell.

1. Huber, Markus (2010). Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. pp. 901 pp. + CD. ISBN 978-3-939767-28-2, at p. 57
2. *Bivalves* by J.H. Leal, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, Florida, USA http://www.shellmuseum.org/BivalvesLeal.pdf
3. Leal, José H. (2020-01-10). "Telltale Shell Parts: The Pallial Sinus". *shellmuseum*. Retrieved 2024-06-02.


title: Palóc soup

abstract: Palóc soup is a soup similar to Hungarian goulash soup, but lighter and a bit sour in taste. Contrary to popular opinion, the soup was not named after the palóc people.

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# Palóc soup

**Palóc soup** (Hungarian: *palócleves*) is a soup similar to Hungarian goulash soup, but lighter and a bit sour in taste. Contrary to popular opinion, the soup was not named after the palóc people.

## History

The exact history of the soup is not known, however, there are several legends surrounding its origins. The most prominent is the soup having been created by János Gundel, for a restaurant opening event, where well-known writer Kálmán Mikszáth was invited to. Gundel named the soup after Mikszáth's nickname, "the greatest of Palóc people". Elek Magyar's prominent cookbook, *Az ínyesmester szakácskönyve* recalls the soup being created for a food contest, where the jury liked it so much they ate two bowls of it.

## Recipes

Palóc soup is usually made of mutton, pork or beef, rarely from turkey. Previous recipes called for the vegetables to be cooked separately. The soup is often made by mixing sour cream, but can be served with sour cream in a separate bowl. Newer recipes use vinegar or lemon to give the soup a sourish taste and some dill can also be used as decoration.

## InfoBox

Palóc soup
| Palóc soup at Gundel Restaurant in Budapest | |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Soup |
| Place of origin | Hungary |
| Serving temperature | hot |
| Main ingredients | meat, smoked lard, potato, green beans, carrot, parsley root |


title: Pamela Mordecai

abstract: Pamela Claire Mordecai is a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, short story writer, scholar and anthologist who lives in Canada.

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# Pamela Mordecai

**Pamela Claire Mordecai** (born 1942) is a Jamaican-born poet, novelist, short story writer, scholar and anthologist who lives in Canada.

## Biography

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, she attended high school in Jamaica, and Newton College of the Sacred Heart in Newton, MA, where she did a first degree in English. A trained language-arts teacher with a PhD in English from the University of the West Indies, she has taught at secondary and tertiary levels, trained teachers, edited an academic journal, and worked in media, especially television, and in publishing.

Mordecai has written articles on Caribbean literature, education and publishing, and has collaborated on, or herself written, more than 30 books, including textbooks, children's books, six books of poetry for adults, a collection of short fiction, a novel, and (with her husband, Martin Mordecai) a reference work on Jamaica. She has edited several anthologies, including the *Sunsong* series. Her poems and stories for children are widely collected and have been used in textbooks in the UK, Canada, the US, West Africa, the Caribbean and Malaysia. Her short stories have been published in journals and anthologies in the Caribbean, the US and Canada. Her poetry was included in the 1992 anthology *Daughters of Africa*. Her play *El Numero Uno* had its world premiere in February 2010 at the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People in Toronto, Canada.

Mordecai has lived in Canada since 1994, but the Caribbean experience, both in the region and in the diaspora, continues to be an important preoccupation in her writing. In 2013 she was awarded a Bronze Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. In spring 2014, she was a fellow at Yaddo artists' community in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Some of her works are written in Jamaican creole.

## Works

* *Jamaica Woman* (ed., with Mervyn Morris) (1980), anthology. ISBN 0-435-98600-7.
* *New Caribbean Junior Reader 3* (with Grace Walker Gordon) (1985, new ed. 2004). ISBN 0-602-22675-9.
* *New Caribbean Junior Reader 4* (with Grace Walker Gordon) (1986, new ed. 2004). ISBN 0-602-22676-7.
* *Journey Poem* (1987), poetry. ISBN 976-8001-17-8
* *New Caribbean Infant Reader 1* (with Grace Walker Gordon) (1987). ISBN 978-0-602-26961-6.
* *From Our Yard: Jamaican Poetry since Independence* (ed.) (1987), anthology. ISBN 976-8017-04-X.
* *Story Poems: a first collection* (1987), poetry for children. ISBN 0-602-22876-X.
* *Her True-True Name* (ed., with Elizabeth Wilson) (1989), anthology. ISBN 0-435-98906-5.
* *Don't Ever Wake a Snake* (1991), poems and stories for children. ISBN 976-8070-07-2.
* *Sunsong Tide Rising* (ed., with Grace Walker Gordon) (1994) anthology. ISBN 0-582-08690-6.
* *de Man: a performance poem* (1995), poetry. ISBN 0-920813-23-2.
* *Ezra's Goldfish and other storypoems* (1995), poetry for children. ISBN 978-976-8139-59-7.
* *Rohan Goes to Big School* (2000), story for children. ISBN 978-0-19-915863-8.
* *The Costume Parade* (2000), story for children. ISBN 978-0-19-915865-2.
* *Certifiable* (2001), poetry. ISBN 0-86492-295-7.
* *Culture and Customs of Jamaica* (with Martin Mordecai) (2001). ISBN 0-313-30534-X.
* *The True Blue of Islands* (2005), poetry. ISBN 1-894528-01-8.
* *Calling Cards: New Poetry from Caribbean/Canadian Women* (ed.) (2005). ISBN 1-894528-02-6.
* *Pink Icing and other stories* (2006), short stories. ISBN 978-1-897178-32-4.
* *El Numero Uno*, play commissioned by the Young People's Theatre, world premiere in Toronto, Canada, in 2010.
* *New Junior English Revised* (with Haydn Richards and Grace Walker Gordon) (2012). ISBN 978-1-4082-8259-5.
* *Subversive Sonnets* (2012), poetry. ISBN 978-1-894770-94-1.
* *Red Jacket: a novel* (2015), fiction, ISBN 978-1459729407.
* *de book of Mary: a performance poem* (2015), poetry, ISBN 978-1927494684

## Further reading

* "Contemporary Caribbean Writers in Conversation: Interview with Pamela Mordecai" in *Wadabegei*, Volume 7, No. 2, Summer/Fall 2004, pp. 73–83.
* Interview with Pamela Mordecai in *Why We Write: Conversations with African Canadian Poets and Novelists (Paperback)* (ed. H. Nigel Thomas), TSAR Publications, 2006.

## InfoBox

| Pamela Mordecai | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Pamela Claire Mordecai
1942 (age 8182)
Kingston, Jamaica |
| Education | Newton College of the Sacred Heart |
| Alma mater | University of the West Indies |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, novelist, short-story writer, scholar and anthologist |
| Awards | Bronze Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica |
| Website | pamelamordecai.com |


title: Pan Européenne Air Service

abstract: Pan Européenne Air Service is a French charter airline based in Chambéry, France. It was established and started operations in 1977, it is the oldest French air-taxi company still in operation. Its main bases are Chambéry Airport and Lyon-Bron Airport, Lyon. Specialized in business charter flights and VIP air taxi flights, Pan-Européenne Air Service operates a fleet of 5 aircraft. The company also runs an Embraer certified maintenance shop, located on Chambéry-Savoie Airport.

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# Pan Européenne Air Service

**Pan Européenne Air Service** is a French charter airline based in Chambéry, France. It was established and started operations in 1977, it is the oldest French air-taxi company still in operation. Its main bases are Chambéry Airport and Lyon-Bron Airport, Lyon. Specialized in business charter flights and VIP air taxi flights, **Pan-Européenne Air Service** operates a fleet of 5 aircraft. The company also runs an Embraer certified maintenance shop, located on Chambéry-Savoie Airport.

## Fleet

The Pan-Européenne Air Service fleet currently includes the following aircraft :

**Pan-Européenne Air service fleet**
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Retired | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Embraer ERJ 145LR | 1 |  |  | (as of March 2021) |
| Embraer ERJ 135LR | 1 |  |  | (as of March 2021) |
| Embraer Phenom 300 | 2 |  |  | (as of March 2021) |
|
| Embraer Phenom 100 | 1 |  |  | (as of March 2021) |
| Beechcraft 1900 D |  |  | 3 | Sold to Twin Jet |
| Piaggio P180 Avanti I |  |  | 1 | Sold to Oyonnair |
| Piaggio P180 Avanti II |  |  | 1 | Sold to Oyonnair |
| Total | 5 |  |  | | | | | | | |

## Activities

**Pan-Européenne Air Service** operates VIP business flights under public transportation rules from and towards Europe and North-Africa thanks to its Embraer Phenom fleet.

Based on the Chambéry-Savoie Airport, it serves the Alps Ski resorts, such as Courchevel, Megève and Méribel.

The ERJ fleet operates flights for sport teams, shuttle for business companies, or flights for special events. It also operates for the account of Air France-KLM, on regional and European lines.

The Company is flying under the code EUP (callsign : SAVOY) for the ERJ fleet and PEA (callsign : PEA) for the Phenom fleet.

1. Dassault Falcon Service is the oldest air-taxi company still in operations, but it has obtain its Air Operator Certificate only in 1983. Before that, it was only a maintenance and aircraft management company.
2. "Directory: World Airlines". *Flight International*. 2007-04-10. p. 61.
3. "Pan Europeenne Air Service. Airline code, web site, phone, reviews and opinions". *www.airlines-inform.com*. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
4. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". *Airliner World*: 14. October 2019.
5. France, Centre (19 March 2019). "Économie - L'aviation d'affaires cherche à décoller à Bourges". *www.leberry.fr*. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
6. "Aéroports desservis en Europe et Afrique du Nord". *www.paneuropeenne.com*. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
7. France, Centre (19 March 2019). "Économie - L'aviation d'affaires cherche à décoller à Bourges". *www.leberry.fr*. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
8. "F-HBPE Pan Européenne Air Service Embraer ERJ-145LR". *Planespotters.net*. Retrieved 2019-04-14.

## InfoBox

Pan-Européenne Air Service
| IATA ICAO Call sign  - EUP / PEA SAVOY / PEA | |
| --- | --- |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Hubs | Chambéry Airport<br>Lyon-Bron Airport |
| Fleet size | 5 |
| Headquarters | Chambéry, France |
| Website | http://www.paneuropeenne.com |


title: Pandelani Ramagoma

abstract: Pandelani "Sparks" Ramagoma was a South African politician and civil servant who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works for three months until his death in a car accident in 2009. A former anti-apartheid activist, Ramagoma was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and served on the party's Provincial Executive Committee. At the time of his death, he was also the Provincial Chairperson of the Limpopo branch of the South African Communist Party.

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# Pandelani Ramagoma

**Pandelani "Sparks" Ramagoma** (June 1957 – 10 August 2009) was a South African politician and civil servant who served as Limpopo's Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works for three months until his death in a car accident in 2009. A former anti-apartheid activist, Ramagoma was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and served on the party's Provincial Executive Committee. At the time of his death, he was also the Provincial Chairperson of the Limpopo branch of the South African Communist Party.

## Early life and education

Ramagoma was born in June 1957 in Vondwe, a village outside Thohoyandou in the former Transvaal, and came from a Venda-speaking family. He entered politics through the anti-apartheid movement in the region and was a regional organiser for the ANC-allied Congress of South African Trade Unions in the Northern Transvaal. He held a Bachelor of Arts in international politics and development from the University of South Africa and a Master's in development from the University of the North.

## Career in government

From 2000 to 2005, Ramagoma was the head of the Department of Local Government and Housing in the Limpopo Provincial Government. In 2005, he was appointed as senior general manager for policy coordination in the office of the Premier of Limpopo, an office then held by Sello Moloto. He was also the Limpopo government's provincial coordinator for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

In the 2009 general election, Ramagoma was elected to an ANC seat in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature. After the election, on 6 May 2009, he was appointed to the Limpopo Executive Council by newly elected Premier Cassel Mathale, who named him as Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Public Works. At the time of his death, Ramagoma was additionally serving as a member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC's Limpopo branch and as the Provincial Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in Limpopo.

## Personal life

Ramagoma died in a car accident on the morning on 10 August 2009. He was travelling on the N1 between Makhado and Polokwane, on his way to a government event, when his driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a barrier; both died on the scene. Premier Mathale, ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe, and SACP General-Secretary Blade Nzimande were among those who made speeches at his funeral, which was held in Vondwe.

He was married to Mashudu Sophie Rambuda, with whom he had five children.

## InfoBox

| Pandelani Ramagoma | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Public Works | |
| **In office**
6 May 2009  10 August 2009 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Preceded by | Machwene Semenya |
| Succeeded by | George Phadagi |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1957 (1957-06)
Vondwe, Thohoyandou
Northern Transvaal
Union of South Africa |
| Died | (2009-08-10)10 August 2009 (aged 52) |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Other political
affiliations | South African Communist Party |
| Alma mater | University of South Africa
University of the North |
| Nickname | Sparks |
|  | |


title: Paraclinus ditrichus

abstract: Paraclinus ditrichus, the Leastfoot blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of Mexico at depths of from near the surface to 6 metres (20 ft).

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# Paraclinus ditrichus

***Paraclinus ditrichus***, the **Leastfoot blenny**, is a species of labrisomid blenny native to the Pacific coast of Mexico at depths of from near the surface to 6 metres (20 ft).

## InfoBox

| *Paraclinus ditrichus* | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Labrisomidae |
| Genus: | *Paraclinus* |
| Species: | ***P. ditrichus*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Paraclinus ditrichus***
Rosenblatt & T. D. Parr, 1969 | |
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title: Ó Cormacáin

abstract: Ó Cormacáin is a surname of Gaelic-Irish origin.

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# Ó Cormacáin

**Ó Cormacáin** is a surname of Gaelic-Irish origin.

## Overview

Ó Cormacáin was mainly found west of the Shannon, in Connacht. The Ó Cormacáin ecclesiastical family were based in Síol Anmchadha, in what is now southeast County Galway.

There were at least three or possibly four septs of this name, located in what is now County Galway, County Roscommon and County Down.

The surname is now anglicised as Cormican.

Bears of the name included:


title: Hugh II of Rodez

abstract: Hugh II, of the House of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat and Creyssels from around 1156 until his death. He was the son of Hugh I of Rodez and Carlat and Ermengard of Creyssels. Hugh was himself a vassal of the Counts of Toulouse. In May 1195 Hugh associated his son Hugh III with him as count, but Hugh died the next year (1196). The elder Hugh, now an old man, appointed his fifth son, William, co-ruler in 1196. Hugh II and William made a donation to the abbey of Bonnecombe, the text of which, in Occitan, still survives. William predeceased his father in 1208 and Hugh II was succeeded by his only son by his second wife, Henry I. Hugh had been a great patron of troubadours, most famously Uc Brunenc, who composed a planh (lament) on his death. Bernart de Venzac was also at his court from 1195 until 1208.

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# Hugh II of Rodez

**Hugh II** (c. 1135  1208), of the House of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat and Creyssels from around 1156 until his death. He was the son of Hugh I of Rodez and Carlat and Ermengard of Creyssels. Hugh was himself a vassal of the Counts of Toulouse.

In May 1195 Hugh associated his son Hugh III with him as count, but Hugh died the next year (1196). The elder Hugh, now an old man, appointed his fifth son, William, co-ruler in 1196. Hugh II and William made a donation to the abbey of Bonnecombe, the text of which, in Occitan, still survives. William predeceased his father in 1208 and Hugh II was succeeded by his only son by his second wife, Henry I.

Hugh had been a great patron of troubadours, most famously Uc Brunenc, who composed a *planh* (lament) on his death. Bernart de Venzac was also at his court from 1195 until 1208.

## Marriages and children

His first wife (1154) was Agnes, daughter of William VIII of Auvergne. She gave him six known children:

* Hugh III (died 1196), associate count
* Gilbert
* Renaud
* Bernard
* William (died 1208), associate count
* a daughter, married (1175) Guigues-Meschin du Tournel (11451200)

In 1172 Hugh remarried to Bertrande d'Amalon. They had two children:

* Henry I (11751221), successor
* Mary, married Astorg V d'Aurillac, lord of Tenières


title: Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill

abstract: Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill is an American poet, writer and professor. Gasaway Hill is a professor and the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow at St. Mary’s University, Texas. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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# Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill

**Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill** (born 1964) is an American poet, writer and professor. Gasaway Hill is a professor and the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow at St. Mary’s University, Texas. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

## Education

Gasaway Hill was born in Belleville, Illinois, and was educated at Our Lady Queen of Peace parish school and Althoff Catholic High School.

Gasaway Hill earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1986. She received two Master of Arts degrees from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1990 (Political Science) and 1991 (English) respectively. She then attended the University of Houston earning a Master of Arts in Anthropology degree in 1997, and she earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Interdisciplinary Linguistics from Tulane University in 1999.

## Academic career

In 2015, Gasaway Hill was appointed the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow at St. Mary's University, Texas, where she is a professor.

## Publications

She is the author of numerous academic articles and books, including *The Language of Protest: Acts of Performance, Identity, and Legitimacy* (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) and *Stories from the Wake: The Revolutionary Responses of the Sodality of Bordeaux and Small Christian Communities* (NACMS Press, 2005)

Hill also worked with Ginny McNeill Raska, one of Sallie McNeill's descendants, to transcribe, edit, and provide the historical and anthropological context to the original 19th century diary which is the basis of *The Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill, 1858-1867* (Texas A&M University Press, 2009).

In 2021, she published the book of poetry, *Horizons of Joy: Poetic Thresholds for Winter* (River Lily Press, 2021).

## Awards and honors

In 2020, she was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, in part for her work in the United Kingdom on story, forgiveness, and service locally and internationally at “Storywork: A Summer School in Narrative Practice” at the Corrymeela Community Peace and Reconciliation Centre in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland in 2018 and 2019.

* Excellence in Education Award from San Antonio City Council District Seven, 2013
* Marianist Heritage Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas 2000
* Alice Franzke Feminist Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas 1990

## InfoBox

| Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
|  | |
| Inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow | |
| **In office**
2015–2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Meghann M. Peace, Ph.D. |
|  | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-07-10) July 10, 1964
Belleville, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | St. Mary’s University, Texas, University of Houston, Tulane University |
| Occupation | Professor, Poet and Writer |
|  | |


title: Meistersel Castle

abstract: Meistersel Castle is a ruined castle near Ramberg on the outskirts of the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on a 492-metre-high hilltop that towers above the Modenbach valley near the Three Beeches pass on the road from Ramberg to Edenkoben. Meistersel Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Palatinate. Its name is derived from the words Meister ("master") and Saal ("hall") and hence the term Meister des Saales or master of the hall/chamberlain. It is likely that it was a seat for ministeriales of the imperial castle of Trifels. Its other name, Modeneck, comes from the name of the nearby stream.

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# Meistersel Castle

**Meistersel Castle** is a ruined castle near Ramberg on the outskirts of the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on a 492-metre-high hilltop that towers above the Modenbach valley near the Three Beeches pass (*Drei Buchen*) on the road from Ramberg to Edenkoben.

Meistersel Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Palatinate. Its name is derived from the words *Meister* ("master") and *Saal* ("hall") and hence the term *Meister des Saales* or master of the hall/chamberlain. It is likely that it was a seat for *ministeriales* of the imperial castle of Trifels. Its other name, *Modeneck*, comes from the name of the nearby stream.

## InfoBox

| Meistersel Castle | |
| --- | --- |
| *Burg Meistersel, Burg Modeneck, Modenbacher Schloss* | |
| Ramberg | |
| Wall remains of the *palas* in the upper ward | |
| Meistersel CastleMeistersel Castle | |
| Coordinates | 49°16′32″N 8°01′30″E / 49.27556°N 08.02500°E / 49.27556; 08.02500 |
| Type | hill castle, rock castle |
| Code | DE-RP |
| Height | 492 m above sea level (NN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | curtain walls |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1000 to 1100 A.D. |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | clerics, nobility |


abstract: Freeport Township is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census.

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# Freeport Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania

**Freeport Township** is a township in Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 268 at the 2020 census.

## Geography

The township is in southwestern Greene County and is bordered to the south by the state of West Virginia. New Freeport is the primary settlement in the township, located in the north along the Pennsylvania Fork of Fish Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Ohio River. Garrison is an unincorporated community in the southern part of the township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21.0 km2), all land.

## Demographics

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | 302 |  |  |
| 2010 | 310 |  | 2.6% |
| 2020 | 268 |  | −13.5% |
| 2022 (est.) | 261 |  | −2.6% |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

As of the census of 2000, there were 302 people, 115 households, and 84 families residing in the township. The population density was 34.9 inhabitants per square mile (13.5/km2). There were 142 housing units at an average density of 16.4/sq mi (6.3/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.34% White, 0.33% Native American, and 0.33% from two or more races.

There were 115 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the township the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $22,813, and the median income for a family was $24,844. Males had a median income of $24,844 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income for the township was $11,731. About 27.3% of families and 33.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.0% of those under the age of 18 and 24.0% of those 65 or over.

39°44′00″N 80°24′59″W / 39.73333°N 80.41639°W / 39.73333; -80.41639

## InfoBox

| Freeport Township, Greene County,
Pennsylvania | |
| --- | --- |
| Township | |
| New Freeport Volunteer Fire Company | |
| Location of Freeport Township in Greene County | |
| Location of Greene County in Pennsylvania | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Greene |
| Area | |
| Total | 8.09 sq mi (20.96 km2) |
| Land | 8.09 sq mi (20.96 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 268 |
| Estimate (2022) | 261 |
| Density | 37.31/sq mi (14.41/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (EST) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EDT) |
| Area code | 724 |
| FIPS code | 42-059-27800 |


title: Peter A. Stott

abstract: Peter A. Stott MBE is a climate scientist who leads the Climate Monitoring and Attribution team of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the Met Office in Exeter, UK. He is an expert on anthropogenic and natural causes of climate change. He was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I report, chapter 9, for the AR4 released in 2007 and is an editor of the Journal of Climate. Stott has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Durham University and completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded a PhD by Imperial College London for work on atmospheric modelling of the environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. After his PhD he carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh on stratospheric ozone depletion. In 2021, he published the book "Hot Air: the Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial", a thorough account of the decades-long battle to deny or downplay the existence of the climate crisis. He was shortlisted for the 2022 RSL Christopher Bland Prize for the book.

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# Peter A. Stott

**Peter A. Stott** MBE is a climate scientist who leads the Climate Monitoring and Attribution team of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the Met Office in Exeter, UK. He is an expert on anthropogenic and natural causes of climate change.

He was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group I report, chapter 9, for the AR4 released in 2007 and is an editor of the *Journal of Climate*.

Stott has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Durham University and completed Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded a PhD by Imperial College London for work on atmospheric modelling of the environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. After his PhD he carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh on stratospheric ozone depletion.

In 2021, he published the book "Hot Air: the Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial", a thorough account of the decades-long battle to deny or downplay the existence of the climate crisis. He was shortlisted for the 2022 RSL Christopher Bland Prize for the book.

## InfoBox

| Peter A. Stott
MBE | |
| --- | --- |
| Alma mater | Durham University
University of Cambridge
Imperial College London |
| Known for | climate change research |
| Awards | Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (2008)
Climate Science Communications Award (2018) |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Institutions | Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | *Effects of physical and chemical processes in storms on reactor accident consequences* (1989) |
|  | |
| Website | peterstott.org |


title: Oliver Heyward

abstract:
Oliver Spencer Heyward was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Bendigo from 1975 to 1991 and the assistant to the primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 1991 to 1995. Heyward was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and educated at Launceston Church Grammar School. He was in the RAAF from 1944 to 1946. He had four children, Mark, James, Peter and Nicholas, with his wife Peggy.
when he entered the University of Tasmania. In 1949 he won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1954 and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Peter's Brighton, England. Returning to Tasmania he held incumbencies in Sorrell and Richmond. After this he was precentor at St David's Cathedral, Hobart, then warden of Christ College, University of Tasmania until his ordination to the episcopate at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on 1 February 1975.

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# Oliver Heyward

**Oliver Spencer Heyward**  (16 March 1926 – 15 December 2003) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Bendigo from 1975 to 1991 and the assistant to the primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 1991 to 1995.

Heyward was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and educated at Launceston Church Grammar School. He was in the RAAF from 1944 to 1946. He had four children, Mark, James, Peter and Nicholas, with his wife Peggy (nee Butcher). when he entered the University of Tasmania. In 1949 he won a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oriel College, Oxford. He was ordained after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1954 and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Peter's Brighton, England. Returning to Tasmania he held incumbencies in Sorrell and Richmond. After this he was precentor at St David's Cathedral, Hobart, then warden of Christ College, University of Tasmania until his ordination to the episcopate at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on 1 February 1975.

1. Tasmanian Anglican
2. Veterans Certificate
3. Heyward, Rt Rev. Oliver Spencer, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 27 May 2012
4. NLA
5. "Tasmanian Rhodes Scholars 1904 – 2014". *125timeline.utas.edu.au*. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
6. Oxford University Gazette
7. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1975-6, 86th edition ISBN 0-19-200008-X p 447.


title: Oliver Herford

abstract: Oliver Herford was an Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy bon mots and skewed sense of humor. He was born in Sheffield, England on 2 December 1860 to Rev. Brooke Herford and Hannah Hankinson Herford. Oliver's father, a Unitarian minister, moved the family to Chicago in 1876 and Boston in 1882. Oliver attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 1877 to 1879. Later he studied art at the Slade School in London and the Académie Julien in Paris. Afterward, he moved to New York, where he lived until his death. "Herford, regarded as the American Oscar Wilde, was known for his wit". His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist, delivering comic monologues on stage. To appeal to Christmas shoppers in 1902, Ethel Mumford and Addison Mizner published a small book, printed in San Francisco, The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903, featuring a barbed epigram or aphorism for each week of the year; they added Herford's name as an author, either as a spoof or to take advantage of his burgeoning notoriety, and to everyone's surprise the calendar was an astounding success. When Herford got wind of the story, he demanded 90% of the royalties. He was awarded an equal third, and annual incarnations of the Cynic's Calendar, including contributions from Herford, continued to appear for the rest of the decade and beyond. Herford's cartoons and humorous verses regularly enlivened publications including Life, Woman's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, Century Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The Masses, The Mentor, and Punch. From the 1890s to the 1930s, Herford authored over 30 books, sometimes written in collaboration with others, and usually illustrated by himself. He also illustrated many books by other authors, including Joel Chandler Harris, Carolyn Wells, and Edgar Lee Masters. His 1894 collaboration with Gertrude Hall, Allegretto, was dedicated "To Wolcott Balestier, These Verses anjd Pictures." Balestier died in 1891 at the age of 29. Herford was a longtime member of the Players Club in New York City, where his wit became "one of the traditions of Gramercy Park." He married Margaret Regan, an Englishwoman, in New York on May 26, 1905. They made their home at 182 East 18th Street for about thirty years. Herford died on July 5, 1935, and his wife died the following December. From his obituary in The New York Times:"His wit…was too original at first to go down with the very delectable highly respectable magazine editors of the Nineties. It was odd, unexpected, his brand. It takes a genius to write the best nonsense, which is often far more sensible than sense. Herford's, the result of care and polish, looked unforced.… Intelligent, thoughtful, well-bred, what with his animals and his children and his artistic simplicities, he was remote from the style of the best moderns. No violence, no obscenity, not even obscurity or that long-windedness which is the signet of the illustrious writer of today. An old-fashioned gentleman, a painstaking artist, whose work had edge, grace, and distinction."

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# Oliver Herford

**Oliver Herford** (2 December 1860 – 5 July 1935) was an Anglo-American writer, artist, and illustrator known for his pithy *bon mots* and skewed sense of humor.

He was born in Sheffield, England on 2 December 1860 to Rev. Brooke Herford and Hannah Hankinson Herford. Oliver's father, a Unitarian minister, moved the family to Chicago in 1876 and Boston in 1882. Oliver attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 1877 to 1879. Later he studied art at the Slade School in London and the Académie Julien in Paris. Afterward, he moved to New York, where he lived until his death.

"Herford, regarded as the American Oscar Wilde, was known for his wit". His sister Beatrice Herford was also a humorist, delivering comic monologues on stage.

To appeal to Christmas shoppers in 1902, Ethel Mumford and Addison Mizner published a small book, printed in San Francisco, *The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903*, featuring a barbed epigram or aphorism for each week of the year; they added Herford's name as an author, either as a spoof or to take advantage of his burgeoning notoriety, and to everyone's surprise the calendar was an astounding success. When Herford got wind of the story, he demanded 90% of the royalties. He was awarded an equal third, and annual incarnations of the *Cynic's Calendar*, including contributions from Herford, continued to appear for the rest of the decade and beyond.

Herford's cartoons and humorous verses regularly enlivened publications including *Life, Woman's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, Century Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The Masses, The Mentor*, and *Punch*. From the 1890s to the 1930s, Herford authored over 30 books, sometimes written in collaboration with others (notably John Cecil Clay), and usually illustrated by himself. He also illustrated many books by other authors, including Joel Chandler Harris, Carolyn Wells, and Edgar Lee Masters. His 1894 collaboration with Gertrude Hall, *Allegretto*, was dedicated "To Wolcott Balestier, These Verses anjd Pictures." Balestier died in 1891 at the age of 29.

Herford was a longtime member of the Players Club in New York City, where his wit became "one of the traditions of Gramercy Park." He married Margaret Regan, an Englishwoman, in New York on May 26, 1905. They made their home at 182 East 18th Street for about thirty years. Herford died on July 5, 1935, and his wife died the following December.

From his obituary in *The New York Times*:

> "His wit…was too original at first to go down with the very delectable highly respectable magazine editors of the Nineties. It was odd, unexpected, his brand. It takes a genius to write the best nonsense, which is often far more sensible than sense. Herford's, the result of care and polish, looked unforced.… Intelligent, thoughtful, well-bred, what with his animals and his children and his artistic simplicities, he was remote from the style of the best moderns. No violence, no obscenity, not even obscurity or that long-windedness which is the signet of the illustrious writer of today. An old-fashioned gentleman, a painstaking artist, whose work had edge, grace, and distinction."

## Books

**By Oliver Herford with drawings by Herford:** * *Pen and Inkings* (1893).
* *Artful Anticks* (1897).
* *An Alphabet of Celebrities* (1899).
* *A Child's Primer of Natural History* (1899)
* *The Bashful Earthquake & Other Fables and Verses* (1900).
* *Overheard in a Garden Et Cætera* (1900).
* *McAdam and Eve; or, Two in a Garden; a Musical Fantasy in Three Acts* (1900).
* *More Animals* (1901).
* *The Rubáiyát of a Persian Kitten* (1904).
* *Two in a Zoo*, co-authored with Curtis Dunham (1904).
* *The Fairy Godmother-in-Law* (1905).
* *The Peter Pan Alphabet* (1907).
* *The Astonishing Tale of a Pen & Ink Puppet* (1907).
* *The Simple Jography, or How to Know the Earth and Why it Spins* (1908).
* *The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1903*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner.
* *The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1904*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner.
* *The Entirely New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1905*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1905).
* *The Complete Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom 1906*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1906).
* *The Altogether New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1907*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1907).
* *The Quite New Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1908).
* *Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture: for This Year and Next*, co-authored with John Cecil Clay (1908).
* *The Perfectly Good Cynic's Calendar with Astrological Attachment*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1909).
* *The Complete Cynic*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1910).
* *Cupid's Cyclopedia*, co-authored with John Cecil Clay (1910).
* *A Kitten's Garden of Verses* (1911).
* *Cupid's Fair-Weather Booke*, co-authored with John Cecil Clay (1911).
* *The Mythological Zoo* (1912).
* *Happy Days*, co-authored with John Cecil Clay (1917).
* *The Revived Cynic's Calendar*, co-authored with Ethel Watts Mumford and Addison Mizner (1917).
* *Confessions of a Caricaturist* (1917).
* *The Laughing Willows* (1918).
* *This Giddy Globe* (1919).
* *A Little Book of Bores* (1920).
* *The Herford Æsop; Fifty Fables in Verse* (1921).
* *Neither Here Nor There* (1922).
* *Excuse It, Please* (1929).
* *Sea Legs* (1931).
* *The Deb's Dictionary* (1931).

**Other books by Oliver Herford (without his illustrations):**

* *The Smoker's Yearbook*, the verses written on paper by Oliver Herford & the pictures drawn on stone by Sewell Collins (1908).
* *The Devil*, by Ferenc Molnar, a play, adapted by Oliver Herford (1908).
* *The Bishop's Purse*, a novel by Oliver Herford and Cleveland Moffett (1913).
* *What'll You Have?* a play, by Oliver Herford and Karl Schmidt (1925).

**Books by other authors, illustrated by Oliver Herford:**

* *New Waggings of Old Tales by Two Wags* by John Kendrick Bangs and Frank Dempster Sherman (1888).
* *The Song of the Sandwich* by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1893).
* *Allegretto* by Gertrude Hall (1894).
* *Overheard in Arcady* by Robert Bridges (1894).
* *Timothy's Quest: A Story for Anybody, Young or Old Who Cares to Read It* by Kate Douglas Wiggin (edition of 1895).
* *Little Mr. Thimblefinger Stories* by Joel Chandler Harris (1894).
* *Mr. Rabbit at Home* by Joel Chandler Harris (1895).
* *Aaron in the wildwoods* by Joel Chandler Harris (1898)
* *The Story of Aaron (So Named), the Son of Ben Ali: Told by His Friends and Acquaintances* by Joel Chandler Harris (edition of 1900).
* *The Dream Fox Story Gook* by Mabel Osgood Wright (1900).
* *The Bumblepuppy Book* by Carolyn Wells (1903).
* *Folly for the Wise* by Carolyn Wells (1904).
* *The Jingle Book* by Carolyn Wells (1906).
* *Side Show Studies* by Francis Metcalfe (1906).
* *Gambolling with Galatea: A Bucolic Romance* by Curtis Dunham (1909).
* *The Carolyn Wells Year Book of Old Favorites and New Fancies for 1909* by Carolyn Wells (1908).
* *Bible Rimes for the Not Too Young* by Clare Beecher-Kummer (1909).
* *Her Majesty the King: A Romance of the Harem Done into American from the Arabic* by James Jeffrey Roche (1915).
* *Spoon River Anthology* by Edgar Lee Masters (edition of 1916).
* *Idle Idyls* by Carolyn Wells (1900; reissued as *Baubles* in 1917).
* *Scrambled Eggs* by Lawton Mackall (1920).

**Books with introductions by Oliver Herford:**

* *Poems from "Life"*, orchestration by \[i.e., edited by\] Charles B. Faliswith, introductory words by Oliver Herford (1923).
* *A Jongleur Strayed, Verses on Love and Other Matters Sacred and Profane* by Richard Le Gallienne, introduction by Oliver Herford (1922).
* *Skippy, from Life* by Percy L. Crosby, an introduction by Oliver Herford (1924).

**Miscellany**

* *The Literary Guillotine* by Charles Battell Loomis (1903); Oliver Herford appears as a character (himself) in the text.


title: Oligolepis acutipennis

abstract: Oligolepis acutipennis, the sharptail goby, is a species of goby native to marine, freshwater and brackish waters along the coasts of Indo-West Pacific region. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL. Mostly inhabit in muddy estuaries and coastal bays around marine and brackish water, enters freshwater systems.

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# Oligolepis acutipennis

***Oligolepis acutipennis***, the **sharptail goby**, is a species of goby native to marine, freshwater and brackish waters along the coasts of Indo-West Pacific region. This species can reach a length of 12 centimetres (4.7 in) TL.

Mostly inhabit in muddy estuaries and coastal bays around marine and brackish water, enters freshwater systems.

## Distribution

The true distribution is unknown. But, may found in Indo-West Pacific regional countries such as India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Palau, Solomon Islands, South Africa and perhaps in Sri Lanka.

## Sources

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| *Oligolepis acutipennis* | |
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| Conservation status | |
|
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Oxudercidae |
| Genus: | *Oligolepis* |
| Species: | ***O. acutipennis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Oligolepis acutipennis***
(Valenciennes, 1837) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Ctenogobius acutipennis* Valenciennes, 1837 * *Ctenogobius acutipinnis* Valenciennes, 1837 * *Gobius acutipennis* Valenciennes, 1837 * *Gobius melanostigma* Bleeker, 1849 * *Gobius setosus* Valenciennes, 1837 * *Oligolepis acutipinnis* (Valenciennes, 1837) \[orth. error\] | |


title: Oligographa

abstract: Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique. The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.

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# Oligographa

***Oligographa*** is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species ***Oligographa juniperi***, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique. The species is commonly known as the **juniper hawk moth**.

## InfoBox

| *Oligographa* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Sphingini |
| Genus: | *Oligographa*
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | ***O. juniperi*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Oligographa juniperi***
(Boisduval, 1847) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Sphinx juniperi* Boisduval, 1847 * *Anceryx juniperi* Walker, 1856 * *Oligographa mosambiquensis* Joicey & Kaye, 1917 | |


title: Oligolecty

abstract: The term oligolecty is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single family or genus of flowering plants. The preference may occasionally extend broadly to multiple genera within a single plant family, or be as narrow as a single plant species. When the choice is very narrow, the term monolecty is sometimes used, originally meaning a single plant species but recently broadened to include examples where the host plants are related members of a single genus. The opposite term is polylectic and refers to species that collect pollen from a wide range of species. The most familiar example of a polylectic species is the domestic honey bee. Oligolectic pollinators are often called oligoleges or simply specialist pollinators, and this behavior is especially common in the bee families Andrenidae and Halictidae, though there are thousands of species in hundreds of genera, in essentially all known bee families; in certain areas of the world, such as deserts, oligoleges may represent half or more of all the resident bee species. Attempts have been made to determine whether a narrow host preference is due to an inability of the bee larvae to digest and develop on a variety of pollen types, or a limitation of the adult bee's learning and perception, and most of the available evidence suggests the latter. However, a few plants whose pollen contains toxic substances are visited by oligolectic bees, and these may fall into the former category. The evidence from large-scale phylogenetic analyses of bee evolution suggests that, for most groups of bees, oligolecty is the ancestral condition and polylectic lineages arose from among those ancestral specialists. There are some cases where oligoleges collect their host plant's pollen as larval food but, for various reasons, rarely or never actually pollinate the flowers. A well-studied example is the relationship between the yellow passionflower and the passionflower bee in Texas.

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# Oligolecty

The term **oligolecty** is used in pollination ecology to refer to bees that exhibit a narrow, specialized preference for pollen sources, typically to a single family or genus of flowering plants. The preference may occasionally extend broadly to multiple genera within a single plant family, or be as narrow as a single plant species. When the choice is very narrow, the term *monolecty* is sometimes used, originally meaning a single plant species but recently broadened to include examples where the host plants are related members of a single genus. The opposite term is *polylectic* and refers to species that collect pollen from a wide range of species. The most familiar example of a polylectic species is the domestic honey bee.

Oligolectic pollinators are often called **oligoleges** or simply **specialist pollinators**, and this behavior is especially common in the bee families Andrenidae and Halictidae, though there are thousands of species in hundreds of genera, in essentially all known bee families; in certain areas of the world, such as deserts, oligoleges may represent half or more of all the resident bee species. Attempts have been made to determine whether a narrow host preference is due to an inability of the bee larvae to digest and develop on a variety of pollen types, or a limitation of the adult bee's learning and perception (i.e., they simply do not recognize other flowers as potential food sources), and most of the available evidence suggests the latter. However, a few plants whose pollen contains toxic substances (e.g., *Toxicoscordion* and related genera in the Melanthieae) are visited by oligolectic bees, and these may fall into the former category. The evidence from large-scale phylogenetic analyses of bee evolution suggests that, for most groups of bees, oligolecty is the ancestral condition and polylectic lineages arose from among those ancestral specialists.

There are some cases where oligoleges collect their host plant's pollen as larval food but, for various reasons, rarely or never actually pollinate the flowers. A well-studied example is the relationship between the yellow passionflower (*Passiflora lutea*) and the passionflower bee (*Anthemurgus passiflorae*) in Texas.

## Further reading

* Proctor, M., Yeo, P. & Lack, A. (1996). *The Natural History of Pollination*. Timber Press, Portland, OR. ISBN 0-88192-352-4


title: Olia Mishchenko

abstract: Olia Mishchenko is a Canadian artist. Mischenko is known for her drawings representing imaginary public spaces and architecture. Mischenko was born in Kiev. In 1997 she and emigrated to Canada. In 2015 her work was included in the exhibit "The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists 1908–2015" at the Ukrainian Museum in New York. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

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# Olia Mishchenko

**Olia Mishchenko** (born 1980) is a Canadian artist. Mischenko is known for her drawings representing imaginary public spaces and architecture. Mischenko was born in Kiev. In 1997 she and emigrated to Canada. In 2015 her work was included in the exhibit "The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists 1908–2015" at the Ukrainian Museum in New York.

Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre.


title: Omaha Roller Derby

abstract: Omaha Roller Derby is a flat-track roller derby sports-league based in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 2006 as Omaha Rollergirls, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

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# Omaha Roller Derby

**Omaha Roller Derby** is a flat-track roller derby sports-league based in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 2006 as Omaha Rollergirls, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

## History and structure

Omaha Rollergirls was founded in January 2006 by Erica Tremblay with fourteen initial members, which had reached 30 by the following year. Initially holding home events at SkateDaze in Omaha, the league gained WFTDA membership in 2008. In 2011, The Omaha Rollergirls began leasing their own dedicated practice space called "The Bunker".

The league currently consists of two teams, the Omaha All-Stars and the B team, "AAA" ("Attendance, Attitude, and Ability"). The league at one time featured two home teams, which played each other locally, called Victoria's Secret Service and the Low Down Lucys. They have also run a junior roller derby league, Omaha Junior Roller Derby, since 2011. OJRD consists of two teams: Cadets and Commanders. The Cadets are JRDA level 1 and 2 skaters.

In 2019, to better represent the diversity of their members, the league changed from Omaha Rollergirls to Omaha Roller Derby.

## WFTDA competition

In 2010, Omaha qualified for the WFTDA North Central Regional Tournament for the first time, placing ninth in the tournament with a 169–122 victory over Arch Rival Roller Girls. In 2011, they were moved to the South Central Region, and qualified for the WFTDA South Central Regional Tournament at their first attempt, although they lost all their bouts to finish in tenth place. In 2012, Omaha was the eighth seed at the regional playoff, and finished in seventh place with a 132–118 victory over the Tallahassee RollerGirls.

In 2013, the WFTDA restructured its playoffs and Omaha qualified for the Division 2 Playoff in Des Moines, Iowa as the seventh seed, finishing in eighth place following a 212–189 loss to Duke City Roller Derby. Omaha returned to Division 2 Playoffs in 2014 in Duluth, Minnesota as the seventh seed, but finished in ninth place, winning their final game 184–138 over Tucson Roller Derby. Omaha missed Playoffs in 2015, but served as the host league for a Division 1 Playoff at the Ralston Arena in October of the year. Omaha Rollergirls did not qualify for the post-season in 2018, but served as the host league for the inaugural North America West Continental Cup in late August.

| Season | Final ranking | Playoffs | Championship |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 15 NC | *DNQ* | *DNQ* |
| 2010 | 10 NC | 9 NC | *DNQ* |
| 2011 | 10 SC | 10 SC | *DNQ* |
| 2012 | 8 SC | 7 SC | *DNQ* |
| 2013 | 65 WFTDA | 8 D2 | *DNQ* |
| 2014 | 66 WFTDA | 9 D2 | *DNQ* |
| 2015 | 84 WFTDA | *DNQ* | *DNQ* |
| 2016 | 74 WFTDA | *DNQ* | *DNQ* |
| 2017 | 96 WFTDA | *DNQ* | *DNQ* |
| 2018 | 146 WFTDA | *DNQ* | *DNQ* |

## In the community

The Omaha Rollergirls appear at community events and raise funds for charity, including appearances at the "Polar Plunge" to raise money for the Special Olympics, Color-Run, putting on Poker Run's for area charities, Beer Olympics, playing at Septemberfest, Heartland Pride Festival, Community Day Sale, Relay for Life and other events and causes.

Omaha Rollergirls was the "Featured League" on the WFTDA website in March 2013, and was voted one of Omaha Magazine's "Best Sports Team" in 2015 and 2016.

## InfoBox

Omaha Roller Derby
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| --- | --- |
| Metro area | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Teams | **All Stars** (A team),
AAA (B team),
OJRD Cadets (Juniors) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Ralston Arena |
| Affiliations | WFTDA, JRDA |
| Website | omaharollerderby.com |


title: Omaha Public Schools

abstract: Omaha Public Schools (OPS) is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska, United States. This public school district serves a diverse community of about 52,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha. Its district offices are located in the former Tech High at 30th and Cuming Streets. Within Douglas County the district includes much of Omaha. The district extends into parts of Sarpy County, where it includes portions of Bellevue.

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# Omaha Public Schools

**Omaha Public Schools** (**OPS**) is the largest school district in the state of Nebraska, United States. This public school district serves a diverse community of about 52,000 students at over 80 elementary and secondary schools in Omaha. Its district offices are located in the former Tech High at 30th and Cuming Streets.

Within Douglas County the district includes much of Omaha. The district extends into parts of Sarpy County, where it includes portions of Bellevue.

## Key personnel

* Superintendent: Matthew Ray
* OPS Board Member President: Spencer Head
* OPS Board Member Vice President: Ricky Smith
* Subdistrict Board Member #1: Ricky Smith
* Subdistrict Board Member #2: Bri Full
* Subdistrict Board Member #3: Nick Thielen
* Subdistrict Board Member #4: Shavonna Holman
* Subdistrict Board Member #5: Spencer Head
* Subdistrict Board Member #6: Nancy Kratky
* Subdistrict Board Member #7: Jane Erdenberger
* Subdistrict Board Member #8: Margo Juarez
* Subdistrict Board Member #9: Tracy Casady

## Recent controversy

### One City, One School District

Omaha Public Schools has a long tradition of segregation extending the entire history of the city from its first public school in the 1860s. In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered Omaha end school segregation and the district implemented a plan to bus students citywide in order to integrate schools. After that order was rescinded by SCOTUS in 1999, the district re-segregated.

On June 13, 2005, the Omaha Public Schools Board and Superintendent John Mackiel announced their intention to annex 25 schools within Omaha city limits to OPS. They are currently part of the Elkhorn Public Schools, Millard Public Schools and Ralston Public Schools districts. This announcement, based on three Nebraska statutes enacted in 1891 and 1947, is known as the "One City, One School District" plan.

This issue is highly controversial in Omaha. Supporters of the plan claim that a single school district is necessary to promote a cohesive Omaha community, ensure academic equity in all Omaha schools and prevent OPS from becoming locked into a declining property tax base. Opponents contend that Omaha-area residents should be able to choose from a number of school districts, and that the schools would become less efficient in one large school district. Discussions among the school districts have been unproductive; the issue figured prominently in the 2006 session of the Nebraska state legislature.

### Split the District

The Nebraska legislature passed a bill (LB 1024) on April 13, 2006, that addresses the "One City, One School District" issues. The governor of Nebraska signed it later that day. It requires each metropolitan class city to have a "learning community" that consists of all of the school districts in the county where the city is located and any county that shares a border with the city. The learning community will be composed of voting representatives from each school district and will also include the superintendents of the districts as non-voting members. A learning community will be charged with helping to distribute property tax revenue more evenly throughout the school districts in its area.

In general, a learning community leaves the boundaries of school districts untouched. However, LB 1024 also calls for OPS to be broken into three separate school districts. The exact boundaries for three new Omaha school districts are to be chosen by the Omaha learning community. Their choices are limited by requirements of LB 1024 that each new district consist of contiguous high school attendance areas and include either two or three of the seven existing high schools. That allows about 20 ways to group the seven schools, depending on which adjacent high school attendance areas are grouped with the geographically most central area.

The three-district plan for OPS was proposed in amendment AM3142, introduced on the day the legislature first took up LB 1024. The suburban school districts reluctantly supported the three-district plan, seeing it as the most favorable to them of the bills proposed. The OPS leadership vehemently opposed the plan. AM3142 was approved on the day it was introduced by a counted vote of 33 to 6 with 10 senators not voting. Five days later a motion to reconsider AM3142 failed in a roll-call vote of 9 to 31 with 9 senators not voting. The roll call showed legislators from Omaha split six in favor of the three-district plan (Sens. Brashear, Brown, Chambers, Jensen, Pahls and Redfield) and five opposed (Sens. Bourne, Friend, Howard, Kruse and Synowiecki).

It was suspected that OPS may file a suit challenging the new law, but they did not. Instead, on May 16, 2006 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed a suit against the governor and other Nebraska state officials charging that LB 1024, originally proposed by state senator Ernie Chambers, "intentionally furthers racial segregation." The NAACP lawsuit argues that because Omaha has racially segregated residential patterns, subdivided school districts will also be racially segregated, contrary to United States law.

According to April 2006, information published by Associated Press, the current Omaha public school district has approximately 45,000 students classified as 46 percent white, 31 percent black, 20 percent Hispanic, and 3 percent Asian or American Indian. News reports indicate that division of the city of Omaha into three new school districts, as ordered in April, 2006, by the Nebraska legislature and including current Elkhorn, Millard and Ralston public schools, is often expected to result in black students concentrated in a North Omaha district, white students in West Omaha district, and non-English speaking students in a South Omaha district. However, the law does not mandate such a result. Within its requirements, new districts may be drawn in several different ways.

LB 641, approved on May 7, 2007, repealed the requirement that the Omaha Public Schools district be broken up into three districts. Afterward, the governor suspended and repealed the law.

## Schools

### High schools

| **School** | **Mascot** | **Location** | **Grades** | **Enrollment** | **Opened** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benson Magnet High School | Bunnies | 5120 Maple Street | 9-12 | 1,570 (2022–23) | 1904 |
| Bryan High School | Bears | 4700 Giles Road | 9-12 | 1,634 (2022–23) | 1971 |
| Buena Vista High School | Bison | 5616 L St | 9-12 | 721 (2022–23) | 2022 |
| Burke High School | Bulldogs | 12200 Burke Boulevard | 9-12 | 1,915 (2022–23) | 1965 |
| Central High School | Eagles | 124 North 20th Street | 9-12 | 2,738 (2022–23) | 1859 |
| North Magnet High School | Vikings | 4410 North 36th Street | 9-12 | 1,796 (2022–23) | 1924 |
| Northwest High School | Huskies | 8204 Crown Point Avenue | 9-12 | 1,593 (2022–23) | 1971 |
| South Magnet High School | Packers | 4519 South 24th Street | 9-12 | 2,686 (2022–23) | 1887 |
| Westview High School | Wolverines | 15800 Summit Plaza, Bennington | 9-12 | 743 (2022–23) | 2022 |

### Middle schools

| **School** | **Mascot** | **Location** | **Grades** | **Enrollment** | **Opened** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alfonza W. Davis Middle School | Aviators | 8050 North 129th Avenue | 6-8 | 679 (2016–17) | 2013 |
| Alice Buffett Magnet Middle School | Bobcats | 14101 Larimore Avenue | 5-8 | 1,148 (2016–17) | 2004 |
| Beveridge Magnet Middle School | Bulldogs | 1616 South 120th Street | 6-8 | 616 (2016–17) | 1963 |
| Bryan Middle School | Bears | 8210 South 42nd Street | 7-8 | 829 (2016–17) | 1964 |
| King Science and Technology Magnet Middle School | Wildcats | 3720 Florence Boulevard | 5-8 | 614 (2016–17) | 1973 |
| Lewis & Clark Middle School | Trailblazers | 6901 Burt Street | 6-8 | 829 (2016–17) | 1960 |
| McMillan Magnet Middle School | Monarchs | 3802 Redick Avenue | 6-8 | 789 (2016–17) | 1958 |
| Monroe Middle School | Mustangs | 5105 Bedford Avenue | 6-8 | 823 (2016–17) | 1956 |
| Morton Magnet Middle School | Panthers | 4606 Terrace Drive | 6-8 | 759 (2016–17) | 1965 |
| Nathan Hale Magnet Middle School | Patriots | 6143 Whitmore Street | 6-8 | 594 (2016–17) | 1965 |
| Norris Middle School | Redbirds | 2235 South 46th Street | 6-8 | 1,123 (2016–17) |  |
| R. M. Marrs Magnet Middle Center | Falcons | 5619 South 19th Street | 5-8 | 1,356 (2016–17) | 1962 |
| Bluestem Middle School | Mighty Meadowlarks | 5910 S 42nd St | 6-8 |  | 2023 |

### Elementary schools

| **School** | **Mascot** | **Location** | **Grades** | **Enrollment** | **Opened** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adams Elementary School | Archers | 3420 North 78th Street | K-5 | 303 (2016–17) | 1925 |
| Ashland Park-Robbins Elementary School | Timberwolves | 5050 South 51st Street | PK-6 | 801 (2016–17) | 1994 |
| Bancroft Elementary School | Broncos | 2724 Riverview Boulevard | PK-6 | 728 (2016–17) |  |
| Beals Elementary School | Bobcats | 1720 South 48th Street | PK-6 | 391 (2016–17) | 1904 |
| Belle Ryan Elementary School | Bulldogs | 5616 L Street | PK-6 | 291 (2016–17) |  |
| Belvedere Elementary School | Bobcats | 3775 Curtis Avenue | PK-5 | 471 (2016–17) | 1924 |
| Benson West Elementary School | Bulldogs | 6652 Maple Street | K-5 | 575 (2016–17) | 1910 |
| Boyd Elementary School | Beavers | 8314 Boyd Street | PK-5 | 456 (2016–17) | 1961 |
| Castelar Elementary School | Cardinals | 2316 South 18th Street | PK-5 | 637 (2016–17) | 1886 |
| Catlin Magnet Center |  | 12736 Marinda Street | PK-6 | 203 (2016–17) | 1966 |
| Central Park Elementary School | Cougars | 4904 North 42nd Street | PK-5 | 373 (2016–17) | 1888 |
| Chandler View Elementary School | Cougars | 7800 South 25th Street | PK-6 | 696 (2016–17) | 1969 |
| Columbian Elementary School | Cobras | 330 South 127th Street | PK-5 | 303 (2016–17) | 1892 |
| Conestoga Magnet Elementary School | Pioneers | 2115 Burdette Street | PK-6 | 373 (2016–17) | 1965 |
| Crestridge Magnet Center | Vikings | 818 Crestridge Road | PK-6 | 435 (2016–17) | 1961 |
| Dodge Elementary School | Wildcats | 3520 Maplewood Boulevard | PK-5 | 388 (2016–17) | 1964 |
| Druid Hill Elementary School | Dragons | 4020 North 30th Street | PK-5 | 292 (2016–17) | 1917 |
| Dundee Elementary School | Tigers | 310 North 51st Street | K-6 | 551 (2016–17) | c. 1894 |
| Edison Elementary School | Eagles | 2302 North 97th Street | PK-6 | 462 (2016–17) | 1966 |
| Field Club Elementary School | Falcons | 3512 Walnut Street | PK-5 | 669 (2016–17) | 1916 |
| Florence Elementary School | Foxes | 4301 North 30th Street | K-5 | 259 (2016–17) | 1889 |
| Fontenelle Elementary School | Falcons | 3905 North 52nd Street | PK-5 | 594 (2016–17) |  |
| Forest Station Elementary School | Owls | 1010 Childs Rd W | PK-5 |  | 2022 |
| Franklin Elementary School |  | 3506 Franklin Street | PK-6 | 253 (2016–17) |  |
| Fullerton Magnet Center | Falcons | 4711 North 138th Street | PK-4 | 526 (2016–17) | 1998 |
| Gateway Elementary School | Eagles | 5610 South 42nd Street | PK-6 | 833 (2016–17) | 2013 |
| Gilder Elementary School | Bears | 3705 Chandler Road | K-6 | 399 (2016–17) | 1964 |
| Gifford Park Elementary School | Groundhog | 717 N. 32nd Street | Early childhood- 6 | 365 (2023-24 | 2019 |
| Gomez-Heritage Elementary School | Timberwolves | 5101 South 17th Street | PK-4 | 849 (2016–17) | 2004 |
| Harrison Elementary School | Tigers | 5304 Hamilton Street | K-6 | 376 (2016–17) | 1930 |
| Hartman Elementary School | Hawks | 5530 North 66th Street | PK-5 | 483 (2016–17) | 1964 |
| Highland Elementary School | Roadrunners | 2625 Jefferson Street | PK-6 | 479 (2016–17) |  |
| Indian Hill Elementary School |  | 3121 U Street | K-6 | 637 (2016–17) | 1890 |
| Jackson Elementary School | Jaguars | 620 South 31st Street | PK-6 | 222 (2016–17) |  |
| Jefferson Elementary School | Jaguars | 4065 Vinton Street | K-6 | 498 (2016–17) | 1924 |
| Joslyn Elementary School | Jaguars | 11220 Blondo Street | PK-6 | 477 (2016–17) | 1976 |
| Kellom Elementary School |  | 1311 North 24th Street | PK-6 | 515 (2016–17) | 1952 |
| Kennedy Elementary School | Tigers | 2906 North 30th Street | PK-5 | 230 (2016–17) | 1916 |
| King Elementary School | Cubs | 3706 Maple Street | PK-5 | 375 (2016–17) | 1973 |
| Liberty Elementary School | Superstars | 2021 St. Mary’s Avenue | PK-6 | 745 (2016–17) | 2004 |
| Lothrop Magnet Center | Panthers | 3300 North 22nd Street | PK-4 | 254 (2016–17) |  |
| Masters Elementary School | Monarchs | 5505 North 99th Street | K-5 | 271 (2016–17) | 1970 |
| Miller Park Elementary School | Simbas | 5625 North 28th Avenue | PK-5 | 368 (2016–17) | 1910 |
| Minne Lusa Elementary School | Panthers | 2728 Ida Street | PK-5 | 319 (2016–17) | 1924 |
| Mount View Elementary School | Lions | 5322 North 52nd Street | PK-5 | 374 (2016–17) | 1960 |
| Oak Valley Elementary School | Owls | 3109 Pedersen Drive | PK-6 | 302 (2016–17) | 1963 |
| Pawnee Elementary School | Cubs | 7310 South 48th Street | PK-6 | 487 (2016–17) | 1966 |
| Picotte Elementary School | Pintos | 14506 Ohio Street | K-4 | 324 (2016–17) | 1992 |
| Pine Elementary School | The Porcupines | 10th and Pine Streets | PK-5 | 300 (2023-2024) | 2022 |
| Pinewood Elementary School | Panthers | 6717 North 63rd Street | PK-5 | 222 (2016–17) |  |
| Ponca Elementary School | Raccoons | 11300 North Post Road | K-5 | 122 (2016–17) | 1871 |
| Prairie Wind Elementary School | Stallions | 10908 Ellison Avenue | K-5 | 750 (2016–17) | 1994 |
| Rose Hill Elementary School | Rams | 5605 Corby Street | K-5 | 298 (2016–17) | 1907 |
| Saddlebrook Elementary School | Green Wave | 14850 Laurel Avenue | PK-5 | 482 (2016–17) | 2009 |
| Sherman Elementary School | Sharks | 5618 North 14th Avenue | PK-5 | 205 (2016–17) | 1888 |
| Skinner Magnet Center | Sky Hawks | 4304 North 33rd Street | PK-5 | 355 (2016–17) | 1996 |
| Spring Lake Magnet Center | Pumas | 4215 South 20th Street | PK-5 | 836 (2016–17) | 1975 |
| Springville Elementary School | Eagles | 7400 North 60th Street | K-5 | 399 (2016–17) | c. 1872 |
| Standing Bear Elementary School | Cubs | 15860 Taylor Street | PK-4 | 543 (2016–17) | 2005 |
| Sunny Slope Elementary School |  | 10820 Old Maple Road | PK-5 | 424 (2016–17) | c. 1890 |
| Wakonda Elementary School | Wildcats | 4845 Curtis Avenue | PK-5 | 350 (2016–17) |  |
| Walnut Hill Elementary School | Wildcats | 4355 Charles Street | PK-6 | 483 (2016–17) | 1888 |
| Washington Elementary School | Wildcats | 5519 Mayberry Street | PK-6 | 337 (2016–17) | 1923 |
| Western Hills Magnet Center | Wildcats | 5616 L Street | K-6 | 256 (2016–17) | 1953 |
| Wilson Focus School | Lions | 5141 F Street | 3-6 | 232 (2016–17) | 2008 |

### Alternative/specialized schools

| **School** | **Mascot** | **Location** | **Grades** | **Enrollment** | **Opened** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blackburn Alternative High School | Pride | 2606 Hamilton Street | 9-12 |  |  |
| Dr. J. P. Lord School | Pandas | 4444 Marinda Street | PK-12+ |  | 1938 |
| Omaha Public Schools Career Center |  | 3230 Burt Street | 10-12 |  |  |
| Parrish Alternative School | Panthers | 4315 Cuming Street | 7-12 |  |  |

## Notes and references

## InfoBox

| Omaha Public Schools | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Location | |
| Omaha, Nebraska United States | |
| District information | |
| Motto | Every student. Every day. Prepared for success. |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1854 |
| Superintendent | Matthew Ray (Interim) |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | about 52,000 |
| Staff | about 7,000 |
| Athletic conference | Metropolitan High School Activities Association |
| Other information | |
| Website | www.district.ops.org |


title: Oliver O'Connor Barrett

abstract: Oliver O'Connor Barrett, better known as Connor Barrett, was a British sculptor, painter, graphic artist, educator, poet and composer. Most of his adult career and recognition was in the United States.

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# Oliver O'Connor Barrett

**Oliver O'Connor Barrett** (17 January 1908  July 1989), better known as **Connor Barrett**, was a British sculptor, painter, graphic artist, educator, poet and composer. Most of his adult career and recognition was in the United States.

## Life and art career

Oliver O'Connor Barrett was born in Eltham, London, England on 17 January 1908. He studied at Fircroft College in England but was largely self-taught as a sculptor. In 1933, Barrett exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1937-38 he carved a panel, *The Temptation of St. Anthony* and fifteen keystones for a block of flats, called Viceroy Close, in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The work was designed and executed in the almost cartoonish manner that was to become one of the several styles that Barrett was comfortable in.

In 1940 he moved to the United States where he settled with his family in New York City. In 1942 he exhibited at the New Orleans Art Center, in 1945 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in 1946, 1948 and 1950 at Audubon Artists.

Barrett was one of the sculptors who exhibited at the 3rd Sculpture International, sponsored by the Fairmount Park Art Association and held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1949.

### Teaching appointments

### One-man exhibitions

* 1934 London
* 1934 Birmingham
* 1940 New York
* 1943 New Orleans
* 1944 New York
* 1946 New York
* 1951 Potsdam, N.Y.
* 1959 Palm Beach
* 1962 Retrospective -Sculpture Centre
* 1962 Whitney Museum, N.Y.
* 1962 Williamsburg, Va.
* 1962 Albany Museum,
* 1963 New York, World Fair

## Sculpture Continuum

In 1962, as the 1964 New York World's Fair was being planned, Barrett was commissioned to create the Sculpture Continuum Playground. In his book *Myself Emerging* it states that the "CONTINUUM principle was invented and patented by Barrett in America. Other designs based on the principle are available, adapted to various environmental situations." It is unclear as to what became of the playground following the end of the fair in 1965. Regarding this work, Barrett quotes a letter from the eminent art historian Herbert Read in which Read states, "You have given a new spacial development to the Art of sculpture."

The Sculpture Continuum playground was disassembled and stored for a while under the Van Wyck Expressway after the World's Fair closed in 1965, next to the disassembled World's Fair Pavilion (a geodesic dome). Eventually the dome was reassembled nearby and now serves as the Bird Aviary for the Queens Zoo. The Sculpture Continuum was acquired by Long Island's Valley Stream Union Free School District (District 13), where it was installed as playground equipment at Willow Road Elementary. After many years of outdoor use, it was moved into storage by the school district. Eventually at least three of the best pieces, including the elephant and the giraffe, were returned to district elementary schools for outdoor display (but not playground use). The elephant is displayed in front of Willow Road Elementary, and another piece is believed to be at Dever Elementary.

In New York, Barrett taught as Instructor of Sculpture at the Cooper Union Art School and the Museum of Modern Art. In the ensuing years he lived in several American cities including New Orleans, Louisiana and Palm Beach, Florida, where he served as head of the art department at the Norton School of Art before returning to Great Britain and retiring to the Welsh valley of Cwm Prysor, near Trawsfynydd. He died there in July 1989.

Some of his artwork is in the collection of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, in the UK. His papers are in the collection of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

## *Myself Emerging*

In 1980 Barrett published the book *Myself Emerging*, consisting primarily of selections of his poetry interspersed with photographs of his sculpture. The book is prefaced with the statement, "With age, my development as a man, and perhaps as a poet, seems to have accelerated. Feelings are more intense and, becoming more open. I receive their full impact, whether joy or pain. Nor do I feel the need to justify or make them consistent." An intensely personal side of Barrett is revealed in his early poems. *First Love* (1927) finds him longing to be "crushed beneath a last caress of your all too-powerful hand", while in *Lonely One*, written during World War II, the author wants to grieve, but is restrained from doing so by those who dictate "KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP AND DON'T GIVE WAY! DON'T FEEL DON'T THINK DON'T BROOD DON'T BE."

In the book the reader can trace the development of Barrett's style from his early purely figurative work of the 1930s through the abstracting of his figures during the 1950s and 1960s and finally a return to the realistic portraiture in his last years. In looking at the body of work, poetic and sculptural, that is presented in the book it is clear that the themes that Barrett was interested in, spirituality, mythology, eroticism and a love of music, were ones that he was drawn to early in his life and never abandoned.

A poem "Isaak Speaks", written in September 1979, addresses the biblical story, where Abraham is so devoted to God that he is prepared to sacrifice his own son, although at the last minute an angel stops this from happening. In Barrett's short poem, "Being conceivable is deed enough" and the thought is enough to wreak the destruction. It ends:

> O Father Abraham
> I am unsexed
> your knife is buried in my brain.

## Prizes and awards

## Selected books

* Barrett, Oliver O'Connor (1950). *Little Benny Wanted a Pony*. Illustrated by Richard Scarry. Simon and Schuster.
* Barrett, Connor (1980). *Myself Emerging; A Book of Sculpture and Poetry*.

* Barrett, Connor (1980), *Myself Emerging; A Book of Sculpture and Poetry*
* *Who Was Who in American Art*. Edited by Falk, Peter Hastings (1985). Madison Connecticut: Sound View Press. ISBN 0-932087-57-4
* Noszlopy, George T. (1998), *Public Sculpture in Birmingham: including Sutton Coldfield*. Edited by Beach, Jeremy. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 0-85323-692-5
* *Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers*. Edited by Opitz, Glenn B (1986). Poughkeepsie NY: Apollo Book. ISBN 0-938290-04-5
* Obituary, *Caernarfon Herald*, Friday July 10, 1987.

### Notes

## InfoBox

| Oliver O'Connor Barrett | |
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| Studio photograph with sculpture, c. 1950 | |
| Born | (1908-01-17)17 January 1908
Eltham, London, England |
| Died | July 1989(1989-07-00) (aged 81)
Trawsfynydd, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Fircroft College |
| Known for | * Sculpture * Education * Illustration |


title: Olpidium brassicae

abstract: Olpidium brassicae is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae, previously not seen in Canada.

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# Olpidium brassicae

***Olpidium brassicae*** is a plant pathogen, it is a fungal obligate parasite. In 1983, the Alsike, Alberta area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of *Olpidium brassicae*, previously not seen in Canada.

## Vector

*O. brassicae* is the fungal vector for most, if not all, necroviruses.

## InfoBox

| *Olpidium brassicae* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Family: | Olpidiaceae |
| Genus: | *Olpidium* |
| Species: | ***O. brassicae*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Olpidium brassicae***
(Woronin) P.A. Dang., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 7: 327 (1886) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| *Asterocystis radicis* De Wild., (1893)
*Chytridium brassicae* Woronin, (1878)
*Olpidiaster radicis* (De Wild.) Pascher
*Pleotrachelus brassicae* (Woronin) Sahtiy., (1962) | |


title: Once Is Not Enough

abstract: Once Is Not Enough is the third novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1973 following her huge bestsellers Valley of the Dolls (1966) and The Love Machine (1969). With Once Is Not Enough, Susann became the first writer in publishing history to have three consecutive #1 novels on the New York Times Best Seller list.

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# Once Is Not Enough

***Once Is Not Enough*** is the third novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1973 following her huge bestsellers *Valley of the Dolls* (1966) and *The Love Machine* (1969). With *Once Is Not Enough,* Susann became the first writer in publishing history to have three consecutive #1 novels on the *New York Times* Best Seller list.

## Plot summary

The young and beautiful January Wayne, daughter of film and stage producer Mike Wayne, returns home to New York City after being hospitalized in Switzerland for nearly three years. But home is not what it used to be: the world which January knew has changed considerably.

As the naive January finds her way in this brave new world, she encounters such mortal souls as Deirdre Milford Granger, the fifth richest woman in the world, as well as Deirdre's virile young cousin, David Milford; Linda Riggs, the vulgar but successful editor of *Gloss* magazine; Tom Colt, the macho novelist who harbors a secret; and Dr. Preston Alpert, the dirty but invigorating "Dr. Feelgood". Also in the mix is Karla, the reclusive former movie queen who has more than one secret of her own.

The story reflects the social upheavals of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

## Background

Jacqueline Susann initially called the novel *The Big Man*, but changed her mind after visiting comedian Joe E. Lewis on his deathbed. Lewis, who had famously said, "You only live once—but if you work it right, once is enough," apparently reconsidered, for he told Susann, "Once is *not* enough."

Susann was diagnosed with cancer two months before the book's scheduled publication date. Her usual efforts at promotion—including a grueling book tour—had to be curtailed. But Susann soldiered on; as her husband, Irving Mansfield, said, "The day the book came out, she was booked on the *Today* show. She left Doctors Hospital after a blood transfusion, did the show, walked around the corner, got into an ambulance and went back to the hospital."

Susann was candid about the theme of the book, stating that it was one of "mental and spiritual incest." After her death, film critic Andrew Sarris pointed out that "If there is any single key to the oeuvre of Jacqueline Susann it is to be found in an extended Electra complex."

Susann dedicated the book to her father, Robert Susann (1887–1957), and to her husband.

## Reception

The book, published by William Morrow on March 20, 1973, met with largely negative reviews, as was typical for a Susann novel. A writer for *The New York Times* complained that the book had "nearly 500 steadily monotonous pages," populated by "a cast of obscure, unpleasant, implausible, stupid or sly characters \[who\] lurk in the mind for weeks only because one wants to meet and kick them." However, two of the book industry's most respected trade magazines—*Library Journal* and *Publishers Weekly*—gave the book positive reviews. *Library Journal* said, "Spectacularly successful. There are plane crashes, drug orgies, motorcycle accidents, mass rapes, attempted abortions, suicide, evil doctors and assorted other activities; and I couldn't put the damned thing down." *Publishers Weekly* said, "Our girl has done it again. There is no place for this sensational novel to go but straight up the best seller list." Which it did. Sales were enormous: the book spent 36 weeks on *The New York Times* Best Seller List, with eight of those weeks at #1. It became the second highest-selling novel of 1973, behind only *Jonathan Livingston Seagull* by Richard Bach.

## Film adaptation

In 1975, Paramount Pictures released a film adaptation, *Once Is Not Enough*, directed by Guy Green and written by Julius J. Epstein (*Casablanca*). Starring Kirk Douglas as Mike Wayne, Alexis Smith (in her first film since 1959) as Deirdre Milford Granger, Melina Mercouri as Karla, and Deborah Raffin as January, the film was produced by Howard W. Koch and executive-produced by Susann's husband, Irving Mansfield. The musical score was composed by Henry Mancini.

The film received negative reviews; Vincent Canby, in *The New York Times*, offered a multiple-choice "audience participation" review, in which the reader was given four choices (ludicrous, bad, terrible, horrendous) by which to evaluate the movie.

Despite the reviews, the film was a commercial success, earning $15.7 million at the box office. Brenda Vaccaro, as Linda Riggs, received an Oscar nomination for her performance. Vaccaro won the Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in the film.

## InfoBox

Once Is Not Enough
| First edition cover | |
| --- | --- |
| Author | Jacqueline Susann |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | William Morrow |
| Publication date | March 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 467 pp (First edition, cloth) |


title: Olpium australicum

abstract: Olpium australicum is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Olpiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.

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# Olpium australicum

***Olpium australicum*** is a species of pseudoscorpion in the Olpiidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1969 by Austrian arachnologist Max Beier.

## Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in Western Australia and South Australia. The type locality is Madura on the Eyre Highway in the Roe Plains. The pseudoscorpions inhabit plant litter.

## Behaviour

The pseudoscorpions are terrestrial predators.

## InfoBox

| *Olpium australicum* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Pseudoscorpiones |
| Family: | Olpiidae |
| Genus: | *Olpium* |
| Species: | ***O. australicum*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Olpium australicum***<br>Beier, 1969 | |
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abstract:
Oman competed at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia.
A team of 1 athlete was
announced to represent the country
in the event.

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# Oman at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics

**Oman** competed at the **2013 World Championships in Athletics** from August 10 to August 18 in Moscow, Russia. A team of 1 athlete was announced to represent the country in the event.

## Results

(q – qualified, NM – no mark, SB – season best)

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminares | | Heats | | Semifinals | | Final | |
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| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Barakat Al-Harthi | 100 metres | 10.47 | 1 **Q** |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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| Oman at the<br>2013 World Championships in Athletics | |
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| WA code | OMA |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 1 |
| Medals | Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0 |
| World Championships in Athletics appearances | |
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