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Fame Corneliu Baba

cover of pavel susara s book corneliu baba: detail tudor arghezi wife, 1961. in 1958 baba appointed professor of painting @ nicolae grigorescu institute of fine arts in bucharest, niculiţă secrieriu , Ștefan câlția among pupils. same year received title of emeritus master of art. time, earlier problems communist authorities appear have been smoothed over. in next decade, both , paintings travel world, participating in exhibitions in places diverse cairo, helsinki, vienna, , new delhi, culminating in 1964 solo exhibition in brussels. in 1962, romanian government gave him title of people s artist; in 1963 appointed corresponding member of romanian academy, , in 1964 honored east berlin academy of fine art. honors , exhibitions continued accumulate, ranging 1970 solo exhibition in new york city receipt of red star decoration in 1971. while name became household word in romania and, lesser extent, throughout eastern bloc, never achieved comparable fame in west. in 1988, baba injured accide...

Religion Swansea

st. mary s church in st. mary s square in 2001, 158,457 people in local authority area (71 per cent) stated religion christian, 44,286 (20 per cent) no religion, 16,800 (7.5 per cent) did not state religion , 2,167 muslim. there small communities of other religions, each making little under 1 per cent of total population. swansea part of anglican diocese of swansea , brecon , roman catholic diocese of menevia. catholic see based in swansea @ st. joseph s cathedral in greenhill area. christ church (church in wales) swansea, wales in general, has seen many non-conformist religious revivals. in 1904, evan roberts, miner loughor (llwchwr), outside swansea, leader of has been called 1 of world s greatest protestant religious revivals. within few months 100,000 people converted. revival in particular had profound effect on welsh society. swansea covered swansea , gower methodist circuit. the ebenezer baptist church dates november 1875 when foundation stone laid tabernacle chapel in skinner s...

History and structure NKVD

early nkvd leaders genrikh yagoda, vyacheslav menzhinsky , felix dzerzhinsky, 1924 after russian february revolution of 1917, provisional government dissolved tsarist police , set people s militsiya. subsequent russian october revolution of 1917 saw seizure of state power led lenin , bolsheviks, established new bolshevik regime, russian soviet federative socialist republic (rsfsr). provisional government s ministry of internal affairs (mvd), formerly under georgy lvov (from march 1917) , under nikolai avksentiev (from 6 august [o.s. 24 july] 1917) , alexei nikitin (from 8 october [o.s. 25 september] 1917), turned nkvd (people s commissariat of internal affairs) under people s commissar. however, nkvd apparatus overwhelmed duties inherited mvd, such supervision of local governments , firefighting, , workers , peasants militsiya staffed proletarians largely inexperienced , unqualified. realizing left no capable security force, council of people s commissars of rsfsr ...

Schedule 1903 Oregon Webfoots football team

^ albany easy u.o . eugene weekly guard. (oregon). october 31, 1903. p. 5.  ^ saturday s struggle . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 2, 1903. p. 1.  ^ w.a.c. team has arrived . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 6, 1903. p. 1.  ^ battled on gridiron . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 7, 1903. p. 4.  ^ u.o. played better ball . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 9, 1903. p. 6.  ^ manager graham talks football . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 12, 1903. p. 5.  ^ great game @ seattle . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 16, 1903. p. 5.  ^ game of football . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 21, 1903. p. 4.  ^ u.o. outplays grangers . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 23, 1903. p. 1.  ^ last practice afternoon . daily eugene guard. (oregon). november 24, 1903. p. 4.  ^ cite error: named reference 1903schedule invoked never defined (see page)....

GIS techniques and technology Geographic information system

1 gis techniques , technology 1.1 relating information different sources 1.2 gis uncertainties 1.3 data representation 1.4 data capture 1.5 raster-to-vector translation 1.6 projections, coordinate systems, , registration gis techniques , technology modern gis technologies use digital information, various digitized data creation methods used. common method of data creation digitization, hard copy map or survey plan transferred digital medium through use of cad program, , geo-referencing capabilities. wide availability of ortho-rectified imagery (from satellites, aircraft, helikites , uavs), heads-up digitizing becoming main avenue through geographic data extracted. heads-up digitizing involves tracing of geographic data directly on top of aerial imagery instead of traditional method of tracing geographic form on separate digitizing tablet (heads-down digitizing). relating information different sources gis uses spatio-temporal (space-time) location key index variable other information. r...

Plot Le Dieu bleu

set design bakst the curtain rises on warm evening in india, centuries in past. in front of rock temple, pool seen lotus on surface of water. snakes, tortoises, , other animals rest near pool. temple walls covered masses of flowering plants. a crowd waiting ceremony begin. young man become priest of temple. young girl runs in , kneels @ feet. not want him desert priesthood , dances before him. priests shocked , lead young man away while young girl prepared death. the gates shut. young girl tries escape, monsters rise place beneath trap door. goddess rises lotus. blue god rises pool, , calms monsters flute. monsters trapped masses of plants. blue god s work done. the priests enter. surprised see young girl still alive , fall on knees before her. young man rejoins young girl. goddess orders golden staircase descend heavens. blue god flies staircase , disappears clouds.

Light middleweight Jermall Charlo

1 light middleweight 1.1 years 1.2 charlo vs. finney 1.3 charlo vs. bundrage 1.4 charlo vs. campfort 1.5 charlo vs. trout 1.6 charlo vs. williams light middleweight early years on august 12, 2008 charlo made professional debut against cimmaron davis , won fight via 2nd round technical knockout. on july 11, 2009 charlo faced deon nash, opponent brother jermell went against , beat in 2008. jermall won comfortable unanimous decision victory , later fought nash rematch on august 28, 2010 , charlo end winning again corner retirement. on october 24, 2010 charlo went against puerto rican carlos garcia, whom brother jermell had fought year prior. both brothers beat garcia unanimous decision. on next 5 years, charlo remained undefeated picking wins on orlando lora, antwone smith , norberto gonzalez. close of 2014, charlo had record of 20 wins 16 coming inside distance , no losses. charlo vs. finney on march 28, 2015 charlo went against highly talented prospect, michael kenneth finney. charlo wo...

Professional career Eron Riley

1 professional career 1.1 baltimore ravens 1.2 carolina panthers 1.3 denver broncos 1.4 new york jets 1.5 saskatchewan roughriders professional career baltimore ravens eron riley signed baltimore ravens undrafted free agent. riley released baltimore ravens on september 4, 2010 after not playing in regular season game. carolina panthers riley signed carolina panthers practice squad on october 11, 2010. riley released 5 days later. denver broncos the denver broncos signed riley team s practice squad on october 19, 2010. new york jets the new york jets signed riley active roster on october 19, 2011. released jets on december 28. riley signed team s practice squad next day. riley waived on august 31, 2012. saskatchewan roughriders on april 19, 2013, announced riley signed saskatchewan roughriders of cfl. released roughriders on october 21, 2014.

Asia State-owned enterprise

1 asia 1.1 afghanistan 1.2 china 1.2.1 hong kong 1.3 india 1.4 indonesia 1.5 japan 1.6 malaysia 1.7 philippines 1.8 russia 1.9 singapore 1.10 south korea 1.11 taiwan 1.12 thailand 1.13 vietnam asia afghanistan in 2009, government of islamic republic of afghanistan formed afghan public protection force (appf) state owned enterprise subordinate ministry of interior. presidential decree, appf mandated replace non-diplomatic private security companies 20 march 2013 become sole provider of pay-for-service security contracts within afghanistan. china after 1949, business entities in people s republic of china created , owned government. in late 1980s, government began reform state-owned enterprise, , during 1990s , 2000s, many mid-sized , small sized state-owned enterprises privatized , went public. there number of different corporate forms result in mixture of public , private capital. in prc terminology, state-owned enterprise refers particular corporate form, increasingly being replaced...

Personal life Charles Dwelley

three generations of dwelleys: charles lemuel, charles muth ( chuck ), , art. dwelley born in mount vernon, washington on march 8, 1908 family of charles lemuel dwelley (1878–1964) , mary elizabeth muth dwelley (1877–1954). referred chuck distinguish him father. family had 2 other children, chuck s older sister dorothy (born in 1905) , chuck s younger brother william (born in 1916). dwelley s father, charles lemuel, fourth child of joseph f. dwelley, 1 of first settlers of skagit county arrived in washington kittery, maine in 1870. shortly after chuck s birth, in 1910, family moved anacortes, washington chuck s father worked @ pulp mill until retirement. chuck graduated anacortes high school in 1925. dwelley married 3 times. married first wife, helen lyle grubb of anacortes (born in 1910), on june 13, 1927. following dwelley s employment opportunities, couple first moved sedro-woolley, in 1929, concrete, washington work concrete herald. child, arthur art gilbert dwelley born on feb...

Life and career Rafael Kubelík

1 life , career 1.1 life 1.2 brno 1.3 defection 1.4 chicago, covent garden , munich 1.5 last years 1.6 compositions life , career early life kubelík born in býchory, bohemia, austria-hungary, today s czech republic. sixth child of bohemian violinist jan kubelík, whom younger kubelík described kind of god me . mother hungarian countess, anna julie marie széll von bessenyö. kubelík studied violin father, , entered prague conservatory @ age of 14, studying violin, piano, composition, , conducting. graduated conservatory in 1933, @ age of 19; @ graduation concert played paganini concerto , composition of own violin , orchestra. kubelík accomplished pianist, , served father s accompanist on tour of united states in 1935. brno in 1939, kubelík became music director of brno opera, position held until nazis shut company down in november 1941. nazis allowed czech philharmonic continue operating; kubelík, had first conducted orchestra when 19, became principal conductor. in 1943 married czech v...

Romania Anti-Romanyism

roma make 3.3% of population in romania. prejudice against romanis common amongst romanians, characterize them thieves, dirty , lazy. 2000 eu report romani said in romania… continued high levels of discrimination serious concern...and progress has been limited programmes aimed @ improving access education. survey of pro democraţia association in romania revealed 94% of questioned persons believe romanian citizenship should revoked ethnic romani commit crimes abroad. in 2009-2010, media campaign followed parliamentarian initiative asked romanian parliament accept proposal change official name of country s roma (adopted in 2000) Țigan (gypsy), traditional , colloquial romanian name romani, in order avoid possible confusion among international community between words roma, refers romani ethnic minority, , romania. romanian government supported move on grounds many countries in european union use variation of word Țigan refer gypsy populations. romanian upper house, senate, rejected propos...

Bulgaria Anti-Romanyism

antiziganist protests in sofia, 2011 in 2011 in bulgaria, widespread anti-romanyism culminated in anti-roma protests in response murder of angel petrov on orders of kiril rashkov, roma leader in village of katunitsa. in subsequent trial, killer, simeon yosifov, sentenced 17 years in jail. of may 2012, appeal under way. protests continued on 1 october in sofia, 2000 bulgarians marching against romani , viewed impunity , corruption of political elite in country. bulgarian prime minister borissov referred roma bad human material volen siderov, leader of far-right ataka party , presidential candidate, spoke crowd @ presidential palace in sofia, calling death penalty reinstated romani ghettos dismantled. many of organized protests accompanied ethnic clashes , racist violence against romani. protesters shouted racist slogans gypsies soap , slaughter turks! many protesters arrested public order offenses. news media labelled protests anti-romani pogroms. furthermore, in 2009, bulgarian ...

16th.7E18th centuries in the West History of geography

geography science experiences excitement , exerts influence during scientific revolution , religion reformation. in victorian period, oversea exploration gave institutional identity , geography science of imperialism par excellence. imperialism crucial concept europeans, institution become involved in geographical exploration , colonial project. authority questioned, , utility gained importance. in era of enlightenment, geography generated knowledge , made intellectually , practically possible university discipline. natural theology required geography investigate world grand machine divine. scientific voyages , travels constructed geopolitical power geographical knowledge, partly sponsored royal society. john pinkerton appraised eighteenth century had gigantic progress of every science, , in particular of geographical information , alteration has taken place in states , boundaries. the discourse of geographical history gave way many new thoughts , theories, hegemony of european ma...

List of chiefs of the general staff Chief of the General Staff (Russia)

1 list of chiefs of general staff 1.1 directors of inspection department of ministry of war of russian empire (1812–1815) 1.2 chiefs of main staff of imperial russian army (1866–1905) 1.3 chiefs of general directorate of general staff of imperial russian army (1905–1918) 1.4 chiefs of all-russian main staff of revolutionary military council of republic (1918–1921) 1.5 chiefs of field staff of revolutionary military council of republic (1918–1921) 1.6 chiefs of staff of red army (1921–1935) 1.7 chiefs of general staff of red army (1935–1946) 1.8 chiefs of general staff of soviet armed forces (1946–1991) 1.9 chiefs of general staff of armed forces of russian federation (1991–present) list of chiefs of general staff directors of inspection department of ministry of war of russian empire (1812–1815) chiefs of main staff of imperial russian army (1866–1905) chiefs of general directorate of general staff of imperial russian army (1905–1918) chiefs of all-russian main staff of revolutionary m...

See also Atlantic Coast Conference

acc athlete of year atlantic coast conference men s basketball player of year list of atlantic coast conference football champions list of atlantic coast conference men s basketball regular season champions acc women s basketball regular season list of current acc football announcers list of current acc basketball announcers atlantic coast rugby league

Deaths 1540

angela merici thomas cromwell lebna dengel january 27 – angela merici, italian religious leader , saint (b. 1474) march 30 – matthäus lang von wellenburg, german statesman , archbishop of salzburg (b. 1469) april 21 – afonso of portugal, catholic cardinal (b. 1509) may 6 – juan luís vives, spanish scholar (b. 1492) may 22 – francesco guicciardini, italian statesman , historian (b. 1483) june 16 – konrad von thüngen, german noble (b. c. 1466) july 28 – thomas cromwell, 1st earl of essex, english statesman (executed) (b. c.1485) july 30 thomas abel, english priest (martyred) (b. c. 1497) robert barnes, english reformer (martyred) (b. 1495) eric i, duke of brunswick-lüneburg, prince of calenberg (1491–1540) (b. 1470) august 23 – guillaume budé, french scholar (b. 1467) august 24 – girolamo francesco maria mazzola (parmigianino), italian artist (b. 1503) august 28 – federico ii gonzaga, duke of mantua (b. 1500) september 2 – lebna dengel, emperor of ethiopia (in battle) (b. 1501) september...

History Sonic the Hedgehog

1 history 1.1 premise 1.2 sega genesis , add-on devices (1991–1996) 1.3 sega saturn (1996–1998) 1.4 dreamcast (1998–2001) 1.5 move non-sega systems (2001–2006) 1.6 seventh generation consoles (2006–2013) 1.7 eighth generation consoles (2013–present) history premise almost games in series feature blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named sonic central player character , protagonist. games detail sonic , allies attempt save world various threats, evil genius dr. ivo eggman robotnik, main antagonist of series. robotnik s primary aim rule world; achieve this, attempts destroy sonic , acquire powerful chaos emeralds. sega genesis , add-on devices (1991–1996) sonic runs through green hill zone, first zone of sonic hedgehog (1991). the first sonic game, titled sonic hedgehog, platform game released in 1991 featured protagonist sonic running through game s levels in order stop doctor robotnik taking on world. game focused sonic s ability run , jump @ high speeds use of springs, ramps, , loops. it...

External links International Classification of Diseases for Oncology

Production Ford Model T

1 production 1.1 mass production 1.2 price , production 1.3 recycling 1.4 first global car production mass production ford assembly line, 1913 the knowledge , skills needed factory worker reduced 84 areas. when introduced, t used building methods typical @ time, assembly hand, , production small. ford piquette avenue plant not keep demand model t, , 11 cars built there during first full month of production. more , more machines used reduce complexity within 84 defined areas. in 1910, after assembling 12,000 model ts, henry ford moved company new highland park complex. as result, ford s cars came off line in three-minute intervals, faster previous methods, reducing production time 12.5 hours before 93 minutes 1914, while using less manpower. in 1914, ford produced more cars other automakers combined. model t great commercial success, , time henry made 10 millionth car, half of cars in world fords. successful ford did not purchase advertising between 1917 , 1923; instead, model t became ...

Description Collinsite

brown-colored collinsite françois lake collinsite translucent , brown, chocolate-black, light brown, yellowish white, white, or colorless. colorless in thin section , light yellow-brown colorless in transmitted light. zincian variety of collinsite pale blue. mineral can occur fibrous habit, globular aggregates of crystals, concentrically layered botryoidal masses, or bladed or prismatic crystals 2 cm (0.79 in). collinsite member of fairfieldite group. hillite zinc analogue of collinsite , collinsite magnesium analogue of messelite. varieties there 3 varieties of collinsite: magnesian collinsite, ca2mg(po4)2·2h2o zincian collinsite, ca2(mg,zn)(po4)2·2h2o strontian collinsite, (ca,sr)2(mg,fe)(po4)2·2h2o magnesian collinsite described south dakota in 1972, zincian collinsite described south australia in 1973, , strontian collinsite described russia 1965. replacement of calcium strontium occurs in strontian collinsite atypical of collinsite.

Brussels Charlotte Brontë

plaque in brussels in 1842 charlotte , emily travelled brussels enrol @ boarding school run constantin héger (1809–96) , wife claire zoé parent héger (1804–87). during time in brussels, brontë favoured protestant ideal of individual in direct contact god, objected stern catholicism of madame héger, considered tyrannical religion enforced conformity , submission pope. in return board , tuition charlotte taught english , emily taught music. time @ school cut short when aunt elizabeth branwell, had joined family in haworth after children after mother s death, died of internal obstruction in october 1842. charlotte returned alone brussels in january 1843 take teaching post @ school. second stay not happy: homesick , attached constantin héger. returned haworth in january 1844 , used time spent in brussels inspiration of events in professor , villette.

References John Faucheraud Grimké

bibliography lerner, gerda, grimké sisters south carolina: pioneers women s rights , abolition. new york, schocken books, 1971 , university of north carolina press, cary, north carolina, 1998. isbn 0-19-510603-2 o neall, john belton. biographical sketches of bench , bar of south carolina. vol 2. charleston, 1859. perry, mark. lift thy voice: grimké family s journey slaveholders civil rights leaders. new york: viking penguin, 2001  wilson, james grant; fiske, john, eds. (1900). grimké, john faucheraud . appletons cyclopædia of american biography. new york: d. appleton. 

Books K. V. Narayana

^ http://justbooksclc.com/titles/303605-anke-thappida-athartharo-uyi ^ https://www.sapnaonline.com/books/kannada-jagattu-ardhashatamaana-kv-narayana-1234567108414?position=25&searchstring= ^ http://w.marymartin.com/web/selectedindex?mentry=70851 ^ http://justbooksclc.com/titles/303591-preethisuvudendare ^ https://www.sapnaonline.com/books/kannada-manasu-engineering-prathama-padavi-4855909

Facilities List of New York state prisons

sing sing correctional facility attica correctional facility edgecombe correctional facility partial view of gowanda correctional facility power plant in background @ left, september 1996 the following list not include federal prisons, new york city jails, or county jails located in state of new york.

Marriage and breakthrough Edward Hopper

road in maine (1914) at forty-one, hopper received further recognition work. continued harbor bitterness career, later turning down appearances , awards. financial stability secured steady sales, hopper live simple, stable life , continue creating art in distinctive style 4 more decades. his 2 on aisle (1927) sold personal record $1,500, enabling hopper purchase automobile, used make field trips remote areas of new england. in 1929, produced chop suey , railroad sunset. following year, art patron stephen clark donated house railroad (1925) museum of modern art, first oil painting acquired collection. hopper painted last self-portrait in oil around 1930. although josephine posed many of paintings, sat 1 formal oil portrait husband, jo painting (1936). hopper fared better many other artists during great depression. stature took sharp rise in 1931 when major museums, including whitney museum of american art , metropolitan museum of art, paid thousands of dollars works. sold 30 paintings y...

Fitting to data Piecewise linear function

if partitions known, linear regression can performed independently on these partitions. however, continuity not preserved in case. stable algorithm case has been derived. if partitions not known, residual sum of squares can used choose optimal separation points. a variant of decision tree learning called model trees learns piecewise linear functions.

Species Hemiancistrus

^ armbruster, j.w., werneke, d.c. & tan, m. (2015). 3 new species of saddled loricariid catfishes, , review of hemiancistrus, peckoltia, , allied genera (siluriformes) . zookeys. 480: 97–123. doi:10.3897/zookeys.480.6540. cs1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) ^ souza, l.s., melo, m.r.s., chamon, c.c. & armbruster, j.w. (2008). new species of hemiancistrus rio araguaia basin, goiás state, brazil (siluriformes: loricariidae) . neotropical ichthyology. 6 (3): 419–424. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252008000300015. cs1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) ^ werneke, d.c., armbruster, j.w., lujan, n.k. & taphorn, d.c. (2005). hemiancistrus guahiborum, new suckermouth armored catfish southern venezuela (siluriformes: loricariidae) (pdf). neotropical ichthyology. 3 (4): 543–548. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252005000400012. cs1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) ^ cardoso, a.r. (2004). hemiancistrus megalopteryx, new species of loricariid catfish rio tubarão drainage, s...

Of her brother Vaslav Nijinsky Bronislava Nijinska

ballets russes august macke, 1912 it argued bronislava nijinska s brother vaslav nijinsky had greatest influence on her. in nijinska’s memoir, speaks of overwhelming curiosity vaslav possessed young age. low performance in school recorded; nijinska attributes disinterest , impatience. instead wanted explore world , test physical limits. became incredible dancer. @ mariinsky theater , @ ballets russes, too, vaslav rose. vaslav performing principal dancer. pupil became first person know , influenced radically new ideas regarding dance , desire substitute rigorously stylized form of movement classical ballet tradition. she describes innovations in creating new blue bird role ballet sleeping princess in 1907: how changed restrictive costume , energized movements. when nijinsky created l après-midi d un faune [afternoon of faun] in 1912 used nijinska rehearse in secret, follow body description of steps 1 one. assisted him in creating le sacre du printemps [rite of spring]. due pregnanc...

A family of dancers Bronislava Nijinska

her brother vaslav nijinsky and bronislava nijinska, sculpture giennadij jerszow, the grand theatre, warsaw in past tomasz had forgone opportunities, turning down dance offers because of family. in 1897 near sankt-peterburg, eleonora , thomasz danced on stage last time. continued on road dancer. on prior trip finland, had become involved fellow dancer. led separation wife, , dissolution of marriage. eleonora established permanent residence in sankt-peterburg 3 children, after years of continual travel. bronislava records brother vaslav (or vatsa) became bitter , years later turned against father pain mother endured.

String gauges New standard tuning

guitar strings designed high e of standard tuning can tuned nst s high g greater tension , shorter lifetimes. with traditional guitar strings, low c may loose , high g may tight. special gauges therefore more suitable nst. steel-stringed acoustic-guitars, many guitar-craft participants use either .011–.058 inch set or .011–.059 inch set; string-sets may purchased set manufacturer or purchased singly , assembled guitarist. in 2012, 0.007 inch gauge being evaluated fripp , other members of guitar circle, considering replacing first string s g note note, better approximate b note of all-fifths tuning. 0.007 inch gauge produced octave4plus of gary goodman. robert fripp uses lighter strings electric guitar.