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References Africa-America Institute

envoy seeks clarity on u.s. energy plans africa , wall street journal, january 31, 2014 cnn.com: africa’s secret weapon – diaspora http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/01/opinion/africas-secret-weapon-diaspora/index.html kenya’s daily nation: africa takes centre campaigns hot up: http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/africa-takes-centre-as-us-campaigns-hot-up/-/1068/3173370/-/12soouhz/-/index.html voice of america: campaigns tackle africa policy unexpected results: http://www.voanews.com/a/presidential-campaign-advisers-discuss-united-states-africa-policy/3298995.html ebony.com: africa-america institute honors african female heads of state @ 2012 annual gala http://www.ebony.com/photos/news-views/africa-america-institute-honors-african-female-heads-of-state-188 radio france internationale – africans in new york http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20140219-africans-new-york-part-35 blackenterprise.com: africa-america institute kick off 60th anniversary career expo http://www.blackenterprise.com/ca...

Facilities information Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum

inside museum contact telephone: (0779) 88-0001 fax: (0779) 88-8700 address: 51-11 terao, muraoka-chō, katsuyama, fukui prefecture hours of operation 9:00am 5:00pm (no entry after 4:30pm) holidays 2nd , 4th wednesday dec. 29 jan. 2 entrance fee those on 70 years of age or under 6 years in age, allowed free admission. group discounts available parties of 30 or larger. special exhibit fees separate.

Awards Nathan Lewis

^ national fresenius award . northwestern university. retrieved 11 april 2016.  ^ acs award in pure chemistry . american chemical society. retrieved 18 january 2014.  ^ edward orton, jr. memorial lecture history of winners (pdf). american ceramic society. retrieved 11 april 2016.  ^ faraday medal - further information . royal society of chemistry. retrieved 11 april 2016. 

Types Hose clamp

1 types 1.1 screw/band (worm gear) clamps 1.2 spring clamps 1.3 wire clamps 1.4 ear clamps 1.5 other methods types many types available, including : screw/band (worm gear) clamps screw clamps consist of galvanized or stainless steel band screw thread pattern has been cut or pressed. 1 end of band contains captive screw. clamp put around hose or tube connected, loose end being fed narrow space between band , captive screw. when screw turned, acts worm drive pulling threads of band, causing band tighten around hose (or when screwed opposite direction, loosen). screw clamps used hoses 1/2 inch diameter , up, other clamps used smaller hoses. pairs of screw clamps on short rubber tube form no-hub band, used attaching sections of domestic wastewater piping, or used other pipes flexible coupler (to fix alignment difficulties or prevent pipe breakage due relative movement of sections) or emergency repair. they can used in similar way, simple means transmission of small amounts of power. ...

Writing Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

musician hugh masekela, composed song after receiving letter nelson mandela black south african leader nelson mandela imprisoned on robben island in 1962. great fan of hugh masekela s music, , on masekela s birthday in 1985, smuggled out letter him expressing wishes. masekela inspired write bring him home in response. in interviews, masekela has expressed admiration mandela, saying mandela symbol. voice of [the] people. sam raditlhalo writes reception of mandela s letter, , writing of bring him home, marked masekela s evolution anti-apartheid activist.

1838 split with Smith Oliver Cowdery

the danite manifesto letter addressed cowdery , other dissenters signed 84 mormons (but not joseph smith). warned you shall have 3 days after receive communication you, including twenty-four hours in each day, depart families peaceably; may undisturbed person; in time, if not depart, use means in our power cause depart. cowdery , dissenters fled county. reports treatment circulated in nearby non-mormon communities , increased tension led 1838 mormon war.

20th century Adelphi Theatre

cover of vocal score on 11 september 1901, third theatre opened century theatre, although name reverted in 1904. theatre built frank kirk design of ernest runtz. george edwardes, dean of london musical theatre, took on management of theatre in 1908. in part of 20th century, adelphi home number of musical comedies, successful of included earl , girl (1904), dairymaids (1907), quaker girl (1910), boy (1917), clowns in clover (1927), , mr. cinders (1929). the present adelphi opened on 3 december 1930, redesigned in art deco style ernest schaufelberg. named royal adelphi theatre , re-opened hit musical ever green, lorenz hart , richard rodgers, based on book benn w. levy. noël coward s words , music premièred @ theatre in 1932. operetta balalaika (a revised version of gay hussars) played @ theatre in 1936, , in 1940 theatre s name again reverted adelphi . theatre continued host comedy , musicals, including bless bride (1947), maggie may (1964), , little night music (1975), dramas (see b...

May 26.2C 2009 .28Tuesday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 26, 2009 (tuesday) 1.1 basketball 1.2 cricket 1.3 football (soccer) 1.4 ice hockey 1.5 shooting 1.6 tennis may 26, 2009 (tuesday) basketball nba playoffs (seeding in parentheses): eastern conference finals: game 4 in orlando: (3) orlando magic 116, (1) cleveland cavaliers 114 (ot). magic lead series 3–1. cricket west indies in england: 3rd odi in birmingham:  england 328/7 (50 ov);  west indies 270 (49.4 ov). england win 58 runs , win 3-match series 2–0. icc world twenty20 in england: warm-up match:  bangladesh 146/6 (20/20 ov);  new zealand 147/6 (20/20 ov) in sir paul getty s ground, wormsley. new zealand win 4 wickets. football (soccer) afc champions league round of 16, west asia: al-hilal 0–0 (et) umm-salal. umm-salal win 4–3 in penalty shootout. european domestic (national) competitions: (listed countries alphabetic order; teams win titles in bold) bulgarian cup final in sofia pirin blagoevgrad 0–3 litex lovech litex lovech win cup second straight year...

Development Dark Lands (video game)

dark lands third game mingle games. preceded save birds , dwarven hammer. former success while latter failure. after dwarven hammer, developers decided stop making video games believed popular , instead focus on games play. members of team fans of fantasy , horror themes. influenced works of frank miller (sin city , 300). inspiration limbo black-silhouette graphics. make more animations lower memory requirements, used skeletal animations instead of sprites. at point, problem budget. mingle games decided participate in appcampus , applied funding appcampus program, , in end selected. required game released exclusively windows phone period of 3 months. the game developed core gameplay , limited amount of bosses , enemies, , 2 game worlds. development took 6 months. game released in december 2013. gained promotional nokia , microsoft , press. game reached 1,600,000 downloads on windows phone (as of april 2014) , became successful project of appcampus. developers decided port game othe...

OEMs Canaima (operating system)

^ centro nacional de tecnologÍas de informaciÓn (cnti) (2008-11-18). convenio marco de cooperaciÓn tecnolÓgica cnti- sun microsystems de venezuela, s.a (pdf) (in spanish). retrieved 2013-02-26.  ^ centro nacional de tecnologÍas de informaciÓn (cnti) (2008-07-15). convenio marco de cooperaciÓn tecnolÓgica cnti-vit (pdf) (in spanish). retrieved 2013-02-26.  ^ centro nacional de tecnologÍas de informaciÓn (cnti) (2008-07-15). convenio marco de cooperaciÓn tecnolÓgica cnti-lenovo (pdf) (in spanish). retrieved 2013-02-26.  ^ centro nacional de tecnologÍas de informaciÓn (cnti) (2008-11-17). convenio marco de cooperaciÓn tecnolÓgica cnti-microintegradora de venezuela, c.a (pdf) (in spanish). retrieved 2013-02-26. 

Land of Israel modernism movement Visual arts in Israel

avraham melnikov the roaring lion, 1928-1934 tel hai at beginning of 20th century of bezalel students began rebel against rigid artistic tradition followed in institution , turned more subjective art. period called “tower of david period”. 1 of prominent of these artists sculptor avraham melnikov. melnikov suggested different formal approach, culled within art of ancient east. approach offered replacement european art forms dominated bezalel during reign of schatz , lilien. the monument roaring lion melnikov erected @ tel hai, designed in assyrian-mesopotamian style, reflected melnikov s aesthetic ideal. many generations , melnikov asserted, jews cut off figurative tradition in art; there many ways express artistic taste, taste in fashion european art based on greek , roman culture, , long athens inspiration art in europe, jew instinctively excluded . other young artists offered alternative artistic approaches, turning modern art, of schatz , melnikov disapproved. showed in exh...

Footprint by country Ecological footprint

world map of countries ecological footprint (data of 2007). the world-average ecological footprint in 2013 2.8 global hectares per person. average per country ranges on 10 under 1 global hectares per person. there high variation within countries, based on individual lifestyle , economic possibilities. the ghg footprint or more narrow carbon footprint component of ecological footprint. often, when carbon footprint reported, expressed in weight of co2 (or co2e representing ghg warming potential (ggwp)), can expressed in land areas ecological footprints. both can applied products, people or whole societies.

History Visual arts in Israel

félix bonfils beduin violin players, 1880s temple mount map , buildings, late 19th century embroidery private collection. early art in land of israel decorative art of religious nature (primarily jewish or christian), produced religious pilgrims, export , local consumption. these objects included decorated tablets, embossed soaps, rubber stamps, etc., of decorated motifs graphic arts. in jewish settlements artists worked @ gold smithing, silver smithing, , embroidery, producing works in small crafts workshops. portion of these works intended amulets. 1 of best known of these artists, moshe ben yitzhak mizrachi of jerusalem made shiviti (or shivisi, in ashkenazic pronunciation, meditative plaques used in jewish communities contemplation on god s name) on glass , amulets on parchments, motifs such sacrifice of isaac, book of esther, , views of temple mount , western wall. objects of applied art produced @ torah ve-melakhah ( torah , work ) school founded in 1882 alliance israélite univ...

History Xbox 360

1 history 1.1 development 1.2 launch 1.3 critical reception 1.4 sales 1.5 legacy history development known during development xbox next, xenon, xbox 2, xbox fs or nextbox, xbox 360 conceived in 2003. in february 2003, planning xenon software platform began, , headed microsoft s vice president j allard. month, microsoft held event 400 developers in bellevue, washington recruit support system. month, peter moore, former president of sega of america, joined microsoft. on august 12, 2003, ati signed on produce graphic processing unit new console, deal publicly announced 2 days later. before launch of xbox 360, several alpha development kits spotted using apple s power mac g5 hardware. because system s powerpc 970 processor running same powerpc architecture xbox 360 run under ibm s xenon processor. cores of xenon processor developed using modified version of playstation 3 s cell processor ppe architecture. according david shippy , mickie phipps, ibm employees hiding work sony , toshiba, i...

Types of races Snowmobile

snowmobile race the international 500 large racing event held annually in sault sainte marie, michigan. 500-mile (800 km) race on track, current purse being in excess of $40,000. has been running since february 1969. drag racing common snowmobiles year-round, summer , fall grass or closed-course (asphalt or concrete) drag strips. largest event hay days in north branch, minnesota, on first weekend following labor day. the world championship watercross or snowmobile skipping races held in grantsburg, wisconsin, in july. snowmobiles raced on marked course, similar motocross courses, without ramps , on water. the snocross racing series snowmobile races on motocross-like course. races held during winter season in northern united states , canada. 1 of largest in new york northeast snox challenge in january in malone, new york, , run rock maple racing , sponsored malone chamber of commerce. snowmobiles used ice racing. racing held on ice oval track. world championship snowmobile derby h...

History Rustenburg School for Girls

sketch of rustenburg house montrose cloete the school founded in 1894 in historic rustenburg house, dates years of dutch settlement @ cape in 1932, high school moved new buildings on erinville estate , charlie s hope. charlie s hope subsequently demolished in 1976, before being rebuilt closer school. erinville name of high school s boarding house. rustenburg house declared national monument in 1941, still houses junior school. headmistresses , headmasters of high school: miss alicia bleby, 1894–1911 miss jean donaldson-wright, 1912–1916 miss caroline kemp, 1916–1936 miss gwen hazell, 1937–1951 miss margaret thomson, 1952–1979 mrs josephine mcintyre, 1980–1991 mrs mary van blerk, 1991–1999 dr elizabeth fullard, 1999–2006 mrs susan schnetler (acting), 2006-2007 laura bekker, 2007-2015 mrs susan schnetler (acting), 2016 mr michael gates, 2017 - headmistresses of junior school: miss marion roper, 1933–1944 miss zoë orton, 1945–1967 mrs ruth jones, 1968–1977 miss hazel lentin, 1978–1998 mr...

Reforms of the 1990s Nederlandse Spoorwegen

current headquarters, utrecht in 1990s, government started question subsidies given ns. not there questions regarding way ns spent subsidies, but, after neo-liberal reforms of 1980s, considered not done award generic subsidies companies. government decided on verzelfstandiging of ns. (although technically, not case, instead refers here withdrawal of subsidies.) idea not rail transport economically viable, there competition well. there 2 external circumstances allowed happen. firstly, european union passed directive 91/440, prescribed, among other things, (formal) separation of national railways 2 separate companies, 1 deals infrastructure, , other deals transport activities. secondly, old ceo of ns, leo ploeger, retired, allowed government name new ceo execute government s plans. new ceo rob den besten. the plans entailed government remain responsible rail infrastructure, while ns provide (passenger) transport on commercial basis. services prove economically inviable, government subsid...

32X List of commercial failures in video gaming

unveiled sega @ june 1994 s consumer electronics show, 32x later described poor man s entry next generation games. product conceived entirely new console sega enterprises , positioned inexpensive alternative gamers 32-bit era, @ suggestion of sega of america research , development head joe miller, console converted add-on existing mega drive/genesis , made more powerful, 2 32-bit central processing unit chips , 3d graphics processor. despite these changes, console failed attract either developers or consumers sega saturn had been announced release next year. in part because of this, , rush 32x market before holiday season in 1994, 32x suffered poor library of titles, including mega drive/genesis ports improvements number of colors appeared on screen. released @ us$159, sega dropped price $99 in few months , cleared remaining inventory @ $19.95. 665,000 units sold.

Commodore CDTV List of commercial failures in video gaming

the cdtv launched commodore in 1991. in common philips cd-i , 3do, cdtv intended all-in-one home multimedia appliance play games, music, movies, , other interactive content. name short commodore dynamic total vision . hardware based on amiga computer single-speed cd-rom drive rather floppy disk drive, in case designed integrate unobtrusively home entertainment center. however, expected market home multimedia appliances did not materialize, , cdtv discontinued in 1993, having sold 30,000 units. commodore s next attempt @ cd-based console, amiga cd32, considerably more successful.

Physical characteristics Bear

bears include massive extant terrestrial members of order carnivora. polar bears weigh 1,600 lb (730 kg). smallest sun bears of asia, weigh 150 lb (68 kg). body weight varies throughout year in bears of temperate , arctic climates, build fat reserves in summer , autumn , lose weight during winter. head-and-body length can range 150 cm (59 in) in sun bears 244 cm (96 in) in polar bears. morphology unlike other carnivora, bears have plantigrade feet. drawing richard owen, 1866 bears bulky , robust animals short tails. sexually dimorphic regard size, males typically being larger. larger species tend show increased levels of sexual dimorphism in comparison smaller species. relying on strength rather speed, bears have relatively short limbs thick bones support bulk. shoulder blades , pelvis correspondingly massive. limbs straighter of big cats there no need them flex in same way due differences in gait. strong forelimbs used catch prey, excavate dens, ...

Setting The Legend of Korra

the legend of korra set in fictional world of avatar: last airbender, 70 years after events of series. world separated 4 nations: northern , southern water tribes, earth kingdom, fire nation, , air nomads. distinguishing element of series bending , ability of people telekinetically manipulate classical element associated nation (water, earth, fire, or air). bending carried out spiritual , physical exercises, portrayed similar chinese martial arts. only 1 person, avatar , can bend 4 elements. cyclically reincarnating among world s 4 nations, avatar maintains peace , balance in world. legend of korra focuses on avatar korra, seventeen-year-old girl southern water tribe , successor of avatar aang last airbender. the first season set in republic city, capital of united republic of nations, multicultural sovereign state emerged civil conflict in fire nation colonies in earth kingdom after end of last airbender founded both avatar aang , recent new fire lord zuko. residents of metropolis, ...

History Cave In

1 history 1.1 formation , releases (1995–1998) 1.2 until heart stops , jupiter (1998–2002) 1.3 rca records , antenna (2003–2004) 1.4 perfect pitch black , hiatus (2005–2006) 1.5 reformation, planets of old , white silence (2009–present) history formation , releases (1995–1998) cave in formed jay frechette , stephen brodsky in 1995. named cave-in homage codeine song, cave-in, album frigid stars. initial line-up consisted of frechette on vocals, brodsky on guitar , vocals, adam mcgrath on second guitar, jr conners on drums , justin matthes on bass. release demo , handful of split 7 releases bands such gambit, piebald , grace, , see matthes briefly replaced andy kyte. 1997 saw cave in s first release; self-titled 7 on aaron turner s hydra head records. following release, band embarked on three-week east coast tour. tour was, however, cut week short due jay frechette s prior obligations join , tour boston-based ten yard fight. after frechette returned month on tour ten yard fight mutual ...

Food habits Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh

kinner kailash resort kalpa the staple food wheat, ogla, phafra , barley local produce. besides these kankani, cheena, maize, chollair , bathu taken. principal pulses consumed peas, black peas, mash , rajmash. vegetables consumed cabbage, turnips, peas, beans, pumpkin, potato, okra , tomato besides locally available wild green vegetables leaves. relish rice imported plains. taking salted tea called cha in morning , evening popular among kinnauris taken along sattu made of parched barley flour. people non-vegetarian , relish goat , ram s meat. taking of alcoholic drinks in day-to-day life , on ceremonial or festive occasions quite common among them. alcohol distilled @ household level. made out of fruits grapes, apple, pear etc. grown locally , of barley.

History Cypress, California

the first people living in area known cypress gabrieleno, native american tribe of tongva people, displaced after arrival of europeans. government of spain possessed land until mexico gained independence in 1821. mexico lost alta california united states during period following bear flag revolt , mexican-american war. the original spanish dons held immense tracts of land throughout california, given in lieu of pay spanish soldiers. manuel nieto 1 of spanish dons or landowners in area. after death in 1804, sons retained title rancho los nietos, these lands broken , distributed among them in 1833 grant mexican governor, josé figueroa. manuel s son, juan josé nieto, retained title large portion of father s original properties in southern california included present-day area of cypress. land , other rancho properties sold american abel stearns, acquired robinson trust, group of investors, parlayed holdings vast land speculation business. cypress nicknamed waterville due preponderance of ...

e-VLBI Very-long-baseline interferometry

image of source irc+10420. lower resolution image on left image taken uk s merlin array , shows shell of maser emission produced expanding shell of gas diameter 200 times of solar system. shell of gas ejected supergiant star (10 times mass of our sun) @ centre of emission 900 years ago. corresponding evn e-vlbi image (right) shows finer structure of masers because of higher resolution of vlbi array. vlbi has traditionally operated recording signal @ each telescope on magnetic tapes or disks, , shipping correlation center replay. recently, has become possible connect vlbi radio telescopes in close real-time, while still employing local time references of vlbi technique, in technique known e-vlbi. in europe, 6 radio telescopes of european vlbi network (evn) connected gigabit per second links via national research networks , pan-european research network geant2, , first astronomical experiments using new technique conducted in 2011. the image right shows first science produced european vl...

Studio albums Rickie Lee Jones

^ charts > rickie lee jones . billboard. retrieved june 10, 2012.  ^ charts > rickie lee jones . allmusic. retrieved june 10, 2012.  ^ uk charts > rickie lee jones . official charts company. retrieved june 10, 2012.  ^ certifications > rickie lee jones . recording industry association of america. retrieved june 10, 2012.  ^ certified awards search: rickie lee jones . british phonographic industry. archived original (to access, user must enter search parameter rickie lee jones , select search by: keyword , other 2 set ) on june 4, 2011. retrieved may 28, 2012.  ^ rickie lee jones sets tour . billboard. october 27, 2003. retrieved june 10, 2012.  ^ new releases: june 23, 2015 . pause&play. retrieved april 7, 2015. 

Economy Steubenville, Ohio

4th street in steubenville, skybank branch huntington branch, 2006. two plaques near federal land office, located on grounds of reconstructed fort steuben. steubenville , communities surround it, weirton, west virginia, have experienced sluggish economies since steel industry waned during 1980s. corporations such weirton steel have had reduce workforce in order become more efficient , competitive against other steel producers , lower steel prices worldwide. the new findlay connector has been built in western pennsylvania toll-access highway between pittsburgh international airport @ interstate 376 , u.s. route 22 in northwestern washington county. travel time between pittsburgh international airport , city of steubenville approximately 25 minutes. steubenville located near 2 large shale formations - marcellus , utica formations.

Midlands Division One 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League

map showing locations of teams in midlands division 1 of fa women s premier league changes last season: loughborough foxes promoted northern division. wolverhampton wanderers relegated northern division. birmingham & west midlands police promoted west midlands regional league , changed name birmingham & west midlands. peterborough northern star promoted east midlands regional league. mansfield town , curzon ashton relegated regional leagues. the teams competing season are: league table

Geography Sha Tau Kok

chung ying street, famous street of sha tau kok. high rise buildings located in shenzhen. the small rural village of sha tau kok located on northern shoreline of starling inlet, 10 km north-east of fanling. town centre sea , northern part of town encompasses hill known yuen tuen shan (元墩山).

Awards and honors William Foege

^ past lilienfeld awardees . american college of epidemiology. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ fries prize improving health recipients . james f. , sarah t. fries foundation. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ sedgwick memorial medal . american public health association. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ calderone prize. past award recipients . columbia mailman school of public health. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ cite error: named reference crimson invoked never defined (see page). ^ cite error: named reference emoryghi invoked never defined (see page). ^ research report 1998 (pdf). london school of hygiene & tropical medicine. archived original (pdf) on june 7, 2007. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ foege receives honorary doctorate, exhorts class of 2000 . pacific lutheran university scene. summer 2000.  ^ 2001 wittenberg award recipient dr. william foege . luther institute. retrieved september 28, 2009.  ^ strauss e (2001). mary wood...

Microsoft Jet Database Engine and JRO Microsoft Data Access Components

jet stands joint engine technology , database engine used microsoft access, microsoft exchange server , visual basic. jet part of relational database management system (rdbms) , offered single interface other software use access microsoft databases. jet provided support security, referential integrity, transaction processing, indexing, record , page locking, , data replication. in later versions of jet, engine extended run sql queries, store character data in unicode format, create views, , allowed bi-directional replication microsoft sql server. has since been superseded msde. there 3 modules jet. 1 native jet isam driver, jet dynamic link library (dll) directly manipulate microsoft access database files (mdb), modified form of indexed sequential access method (isam) database. 1 of modules isam drivers, dlls allowed access isam databases, among them being xbase, paradox, btrieve , foxpro files. final module data access objects (dao) dll, dao allowed programmers access jet engine. obje...

Sincere conversions Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain

some converts sincerely devout in christian faith. cisneros said converts chose die martyrs when demanded recant muslim rebels in granada. convert named pedro de mercado village of ronda refused join rebellion in granada; in response, rebels burned house , kidnapped members of family, including wife , daughter. crown later paid him compensation losses. in 1502, whole muslim community of teruel (part of aragon bordered castile) converted en masse christianity, though 1502 edict of conversion castilian muslims did not apply them. harvey suggested pressured castilians across border, historian trevor dadson argued conversion unforced, caused instead centuries of contact christian neighbors , desire equal status christians.

Crypto-Islam Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain

a passage works of young man of arévalo, crypto-muslim writer in sixteenth century. for not emigrate, conversion option survive. however, forcible converts , descendants (known moriscos ) continued practice islam in secret. according harvey, abundant, overwhelming evidence indicated forcible converts secret muslims. historical evidence such muslims writings , inquisition records corroborated former s retained religious beliefs. generations of moriscos born , died within religious climate. however, newly converted pressured conform outwardly christianity, such attending mass or consuming food , drink forbidden in islam. situation led non-traditional form of islam in 1 s internal intention (niyya), rather external observation of rituals , laws, defining characteristic of 1 s faith. hybrid or undefined religious practice featured in many morisco texts: example, works of morisco writer young man of arévalo 1530s described crypto-muslims using christian worship replacement regular islam...

Portraits clearly identified as Shakespeare Portraits of Shakespeare

the droeshout portrait of william shakespeare, first folio there 2 representations of shakespeare unambiguously identified him, although both may posthumous. droeshout portrait. engraving martin droeshout frontispiece collected works of shakespeare (the first folio), printed in 1622 , published in 1623. introductory poem in first folio, ben jonson, implies likeness. the bust in shakespeare s funerary monument, in choir of holy trinity church, stratford-on-avon. half-length statue on memorial must have been erected within 6 years after shakespeare’s death in 1616. believed have been commissioned poet’s son-in-law, dr john hall, , must have been seen shakespeare s widow anne. believed bust made flemish artist gerard johnson. ^ http://headlesschicken.ca/eng204/texts/shakespeare1stfolio.pdf

Local Transport in Amsterdam

1 local 1.1 bicycle 1.2 boat 1.3 public transport 1.4 car local many bikes parked in amsterdam light tram in central amsterdam bicycle amsterdam known 1 of bicycle-friendly cities in world , centre of bicycle culture. 38% of journeys in city made bicycle. main streets have bike paths. bike racks ubiquitous throughout city. there 1,000,000 bicycles in city. each year, 100,000 of them stolen , 25,000 end in canals. boat amsterdam has large collection of canals. in total on 150 of these waterways crisscross city , surroundings, dividing city of amsterdam approximately 90 mini islands. network of islands joined vast number of bridges, totaling on 1,000. many centuries, these canals or waterways used main transportation routes in amsterdam. ranging water coal, food spices used transported on these canals. today these canals suitable smaller barges, pleasure craft , canal tour boats. there 1 main exception: dhl has own dhl parcel boats delivers packages across town using old waterways. publi...

Final years (2011-2012) Mike Bibby

bibby heat on february 23, 2011, atlanta traded bibby washington wizards, along jordan crawford, maurice evans , first round pick in 2011 draft, in exchange kirk hinrich , hilton armstrong. on february 28, 2011, after playing 2 games washington, bibby agreed contract buyout. gave following year s entire $6.2 million salary in hopes of joining contending team, such los angeles lakers, boston celtics, san antonio spurs or miami heat, of whom expressed interest in bibby. on march 2, 2011, miami heat signed bibby after cleared waivers. became heat s starting point guard , started 20 playoff games appeared in, en route first nba finals of career. playing against dallas mavericks, heat defeated 4 games 2. following season, miami elected re-sign younger mario chalmers , draft norris cole on re-signing bibby. after nba lockout, bibby signed one-year contract new york knicks, bringing career full circle team drafted father, henry. backing jeremy lin during linsanity phenomenon, bibby saw limi...

NY SAFE Act Gun laws in New York

in wake of sandy hook elementary school shooting , 2012 webster, new york shooting, new york became first u.s. state enact stricter gun control laws when passed ny safe act on january 15, 2013. new measures included redefining of considered assault weapon, assault weapon registration, prohibition of sales of assault weapons, prevention of selling or passing on registered assault weapons friends or family, reducing maximum allowed magazine capacity ten rounds 7 rounds, background checks on gun sales including private sales, background checks on ammunition sales (has yet go effect), additional requirements reporting of persons mental health issues, , increased penalties gun crimes. safe act includes provisions allowing law enforcement pre-emptively seize person s firearms without warrant or court order if have probable cause person in question may mentally unstable or intends use weapons commit crime.

Racing career Aimwell

1 racing career 1.1 1784: two-year-old season 1.2 1785: three-year-old season 1.3 1786: four-year-old season racing career 1784: two-year-old season aimwell began career @ houghton meeting @ newmarket in late october or november 1784. won 150 guinea race, beating mr panton s colt archer on 6 furlong 2 year old course. archer 8/11 favourite , other runner. 1785: three-year-old season in spring 1785, aimwell won 100 guineas defeating archer again on same course , distance. on occasion aimwell carried 7 pounds more opponent , started 2/5 favourite. @ same newmarket meeting, finished third in prince s stakes, race won mr fox s balloon, defeated lord grosvenor s grantham in run-off after dead heat. @ epsom on 5 may, aimwell started @ odds of 7/1 derby in field of ten runners, grantham , balloon joint favourites on 2/1. ridden c. hindley won race grantham, balloon unplaced. after five-month break, aimwell returned 3 races @ newmarket in autumn. @ first october meeting won match race on 4 mil...

Career Torild Skard

torild skard (right) successor nkf president margunn bjørnholt (centre) , former leader of socialist left party berit Ås (left) skard served president of norwegian association women s rights (nkf) 2006 2013. has been deputy member of cultural council in norway (1965–1968), board member of student union in oslo (1962–1966), board member of people s movement against european community (1970–1973), local leader in norwegian civil service union (1981–1982) , deputy chair of forum women , development (fokus).

Fine art career James Lavadour

1 fine art career 1.1 work 1.2 current work 1.3 creation process 1.4 crow s shadow institute of arts fine art career i use 2 elemental structures, landscape , architectural abstraction (a vortex , grid). there’s flow of landscape , intersection of architectural structure, being in room looking out window, floors, angles, walls, doors, ceilings, pathways. painting complex event many things going on @ multiple levels. close, far, color, layers, scrapes, , drips swirled around memories. keep organized structure. structure bed river. - james lavadour rejecting iconography , symbolism inherent in western art, lavadour believes rather trying make artwork mean became something. theory of rejection credits relationship environment , growing on umatilla reservation. early work primarily self-taught, lavadour grew exploring environment on umatilla indian reservation , western oregon. earlier works, reminiscent of german romanticism, displayed impact geology , landscape had on creation process th...

Bacone College 2013 Lamar Cardinals football team

date: september 21 location: provost umphrey stadium beaumont, tx game start: 7:00 pm cst elapsed time: 3:12 game attendance: 8,056 game weather: 75 °f (24 °c) • nne 8 • cloudy referee: ken ray tv announcers (lamarcardinals.com): harold mann & bo brown sources:

Career Manny Smith

1 career 1.1 walsall 1.2 notts county 1.3 wrexham 1.4 gateshead 1.5 return wrexham career walsall born in birmingham, west midlands, smith progressed through youth system @ walsall, signing one-year contract in may 2006, kicked off professional career. he captain of walsall reserve team during 2006–07 season. on verge of first team during season, management @ walsall believed lacked competitive match experience needed become first-team regular. he allowed link southern football league premier division side, halesowen town on loan. during short time @ club smith made 5 league appearances birmingham-based outfit before returning bescot stadium, make professional debut on 7 april 2007 in walsall s football league 2 clash torquay united. centre half came on 70th-minute substitute in game replacing craig pead. smith started 2007–08 campaign in high spirit after making debut in previous season, had signed contract club in may 2007, meaning remain @ bescot stadium until may 2008. this prove d...

History Uwais al-Qarni Mosque

1 history 1.1 dedication 1.2 construction 1.3 destruction history dedication it contained shrines of ammar ibn yasir , uwais qarni, died in battle of siffin in 657, took place around 40 km west of raqqa. adjacent bab al-baghdad, major landmark in city. construction the original tombs located in old cemetery @ edge of city. in 1988, syrian president hafez al assad , supreme leader of shi ite-majority iran, ayatollah khomeini, initiated project develop new mosque around tombs. work completed in 2003 , commemorative plaque credited president bashar al assad , iranian president mohammad khatami completing project. destruction as of june 2013, rebel fighters sunni group al-muntasereen billah living in mosque complex. on march 26, 2014, mosque blown 2 powerful explosions , destroyed islamic state in iraq , levant because shi ite structure. more specifically, built on graves , served shrine.

Streaming multiprocessors Thread block

an illustration of streaming multiprocessor , resources. to achieve purpose, sm contains following: execution cores. (single precision floating-point units, double precision floating-point units, special function units (sfus)). caches: schedulers warps. (these issuing instructions warps based on particular scheduling policies). a substantial number of registers. (an sm may running large number of active threads @ time, must have registers in thousands.) the hardware schedules thread blocks sm. in general sm can handle multiple thread blocks @ same time. sm may contains 8 thread blocks in total. thread id assigned thread respective sm. whenever sm executes thread block, threads inside thread block executed @ same time. hence free memory of thread block inside sm, critical entire set of threads in block have concluded execution. each thread block divided in scheduled units known warp. these discussed in detail in following section. an illustration of double warp scheduler implemented in ...

Populated cities List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

1 populated cities 1.1 cities 1.1.1 a 1.1.2 b 1.1.3 c 1.1.4 d 1.1.5 e 1.1.6 f 1.1.7 g 1.1.8 h 1.1.9 i 1.1.10 j 1.1.11 l 1.1.12 m 1.1.13 n 1.1.14 o 1.1.15 p 1.1.16 r 1.1.17 s 1.1.18 t 1.1.19 u 1.1.20 v 1.1.21 y 1.1.22 z 1.2 native american reservations 1.3 census-designated places , unincorporated communities 1.4 districts , boroughs 1.5 neighborhoods 1.6 towns , townships 1.7 villages populated cities cities this not exhaustive list. a ajo, arizona ( garlic ) alamosa, colorado ( of cottonwood ) alba, missouri ( dawn ) albuquerque, new mexico (after alburquerque, badajoz) alameda, california ( poplar grove ) aliso viejo, california ( old alder ) alta, iowa, city in buena vista county, iowa (tall in female) altamonte springs, florida ( high mountain springs) amador city, california (named josé maría amador; amador means lover in spanish) amarillo, texas ( yellow ) andalusia, alabama (named after spanish region of andalusia) anna maria, florida (juan ponce de león said have named islan...