Soyuz TM-20

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Soyuz TM-20

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Soyuz TM-20
Mission insignia
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Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz TM-20
Spacecraft mass 7170 kg
Crew size 3
Call sign ??????? (Vityaz’ - Knight)
Launch date October 3, 1994
22:42:30 UTC
Gagarin’s Start
Landing March 22, 1995
04:04:05 UTC
54 km NE of Arkalyk
50°31?N 67°21?E? / ?50.52°N 67.35°E? / 50.52; 67.35
Mission duration 169 days 05 hours 21 minutes 35 seconds
Number of orbits ~2,760
Apogee 249.6 km
Perigee 200 km
Orbital period 88.7 minutes
Orbital inclination 51.65°
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Mir as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63, with Soyuz TM-20 seen at the top

Crew

Launched:

  • Alexander Viktorenko (4) -  Russia
  • Yelena Kondakova (1) -  Russia
  • Ulf Merbold (3) - ESA  Germany

Landed:

  • Alexander Viktorenko (4) -  Russia
  • Yelena Kondakova (1) -  Russia
  • Valeri Polyakov (2) -  Russia

Mission highlights

20th expedition to Mir.

Carried 10 kg of equipment for use by Merbold in ESA’s month-long Euromir 94 experiment program. During automatic approach to Mir’s front port, the spacecraft yawed unexpectedly. Viktorenko completed a manual docking without additional incident.

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Pitt (comics)

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Pitt (comics)

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Pitt
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Cover to Pitt #2
Publication information
Publisher Full Bleed Studios
First appearance Youngblood (vol. 1) #4 (1993)
Created by Dale Keown
In-story information
Abilities Super strength, enhanced healing Limit of Healing unknown i.e. was hit by a laser-satellite & survived, limited psychic powers (mind reading) & uses his opponents aggression to lock-on to them, Experiences Pain as a Stimulant), Retractable Claws Though loses this ability close to the end of vol.1 where his claws are constantly extended

Pitt is a fictional character who appears in a comics series by American publisher Full Bleed Studios. Created by Dale Keown, he first appeared in Pitt #1 (1993). Pitt is a human/alien hybrid, created by an alien race known as the Creed, genetically engineered to serve as a killing machine. He appears more alien than human, with red, pupil-less eyes, gray skin, absence of a nose, sharp oversize teeth and large talons.

Contents

  • 1 Publication history
  • 2 Fictional character biography
  • 3 Powers
  • 4 Known Relatives
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Publication history

In 1993, Dale Keown began publishing his character Pitt at Image Comics. In 1995, publication of Pitt was moved over to Full Bleed Studios (Dale Keown’s own company).

Fictional character biography

In 1981, Allen and Annie Bracken, while on their way from the hospital, were taken by a Creed spaceship where their emperor Zoyvod took a fertilized egg from Annie and then returned them to Earth. While the Brackens were on Earth with what would become Pitt’s brother Timmy, Zoyvod combined his genetic structure with the fertilized egg that would become Pitt.

In the Creed Imperial stronghold the egg grew in a gestation tank, until the creature unexpectedly awoke and escaped. He was ultimately caught and Wroth, another Creed hybrid (and half-brother to Pitt), assaulted him. Believing him dead, a Creed alien named Quagg was supposed to get rid of the body, but was attacked by Pitt while flying to the corpse dumping grounds. In the fight, Pitt was blasted out through the door of the shuttle.

On the ground Pitt clawed his way out of the dumping ground and lived in the wilds until Zoyvod sent a team out to retrieve him. Quagg and his team did manage to retrieve him, but only Quagg survived the mission. Pitt was then trained by Quagg and given his name. For years he worked as Zoyvod’s assassin until an attack on the planet Chakra where someone named the Seer melded the consciousness of the child Jereb - an alien with ‘immense spiritual power” - with Pitt. The merger apparently changed Pitt, turning him into a fugitive. Eventually he ended up on Earth.

When Pitt arrived on Earth, he materialized in a New York subway near Timmy and saved him and his grandfather from muggers. Immediately after, he disappeared into the city, drifting around while trying to adapt to the new world. On Earth he was followed by the Creed. Timmy, having a genetic structure similar to Pitt, was attacked instead of Pitt, bringing Timmy and Pitt together again. This was also the first time Rai-Kee met Pitt, who had been masquerading as “Bobbie Harras” a New York City Police Officer. During the fight, Jereb left Pitt and entered Timmy, enabling him to defeat Zoyvod.

After the fight Timmy was kidnapped by the Creed. To effect his rescue, Pitt teamed up with Axiom - a New York-based superhero group. Pitt’s half brother Wroth was working with Professor Holdsworth, the leader of Axiom. Holdsworth wanted the power in Timmy, and Wroth wanted Pitt. Their plan was foiled, however. Holdsworth’s fate was not revealed but Wroth escaped . He returned later and was defeated by Zoyvod who had taken over Pitt’s body for a short while.

Due to the war between the Creed and the Cenobite, Pitt would have been attacked by the Cenobite, had they found him on Earth. The Cenobite Eurial therefore hid him in an alternate dimension known as Shimmerspace until they were gone. There, Pitt met Jereb again. While in Shimmerspace, Jereb could see all time at once: past, present, and future. He told Pitt some of the things that would happen to him. Pitt was only in Shimmerspace very shortly but when he came out, five years had passed on Earth.

While Pitt had been in Shimmerspace, an organization bent on world domination known as the ThinkTank had created Pitt clones - one of which was send to steal some alien artifacts from a military installation. For this, the U.S. Army sent both troops and their best officer Captain Curtis to kill Pitt. They only succeeded in killing Captain Curtis and the US soldiers, and Pitt went to the White House where he killed Clinton’s double on the lawn. Pitt somehow found out about the ThinkTank being behind it all and went to the Crossbow Technologies building where he killed their leaders, the Guileys.

Pitt was last seen when he defeated the demon Urgral Thul.

Pitt battled the Hulk to which ended in a stalemate.

Pitt recently appeared in Invincible issue 60 killing an alternate universe Mark Grayson.

Powers

Pitt has vast super strength equal, if not greater than the Professor incarnation of the Hulk. Pitt uses pain as a stimulant; the more he is hurt, the greater his strength becomes. Pitt can leap 5 miles in one bound. He also has razor sharp claws that tear through most, possibly all substances. Pitt has some durability, being able to survive attacks that would kill or disable superhuman beings with relative ease. Pitt can heal near fatal wounds very quickly. Pitt has limited psychic powers (mind reading), and uses his opponents aggression to lock-on to his enemies.

Known Relatives

  • Zoyvod (alien father)
  • Allen Bracken (Earth father, deceased)
  • Annie Bracken (mother, deceased)
  • Tom Bracken (Grandfather of Timmy)
  • Timmy Bracken (half-brother)
  • Wroth (half-brother)
  • Z’rith (half-brother, deceased)

References

  • #1 Spawn (vol. 1) (pin-up) first appearance
  • #4 Youngblood (vol. 1) re-printed as Pitt #1/2
  • #1 Pitt “Fight & Flight” (vol. 1)
  • #2 Pitt “Dead or Alive” (vol. 1)
  • #3 Pitt “The Killing Gate” (vol. 1)
  • #4 Pitt “Daddy Dearest” (vol. 1)
  • #5 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #6 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #7 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #8 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #9 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #10 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #11 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #12 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #13 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #14 Pitt (vol. 1) “Alternative Covers”
  • #15 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #16 Pitt “Ugly Americans Part I” (vol. 1)
  • #17 Pitt “Ugly Americans Part II” (vol. 1)
  • #18 Pitt “Ugly Americans Part III” (vol. 1)
  • #19 Pitt (vol. 1)
  • #20 Pitt (vol. 1)

  • #1 Pitt Crew “Monster”
  • #2 Pitt Crew “Unusual Suspects”
  • #3 Pitt Crew “Tyrants”
  • #4 Pitt Crew “The Slayer”
  • #5 Pitt Crew “A Tale Told by Firelight”

  • Pitt Trade Paperback #1 (issues 1-4)
  • Pitt Trade Paperback #2 (issues 5-9)
  • Pitt vs Hulk (one-shot, cross-over)
  • The Maxx vs Pitt (The Maxx #7)
  • The Maxx and Pitt (The Maxx #8)
  • Cyberforce #3
  • Badrock and Company #1
  • Supreme MADNESS! Pitt Fight #17
  • Supreme MADNESS! #18
  • Gen¹³ (mini-series) #3-4
  • Pitts #1 (Parody of Pitt) printed by Parody Press in April 1993
  • Dale Keown’s Sketch Book 2001
  • Pitt in the Blood (one-shot)
  • Darkness Pitt - First Look

Magazines

  • Hero #9 from March 1994
  • Wizard Magazine #16 from December 1992
  • Wizard Magazine #52 from December 1995

External links

  • Full Bleed - Official Site

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The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head

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Dilbert Book
“The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head”
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Book No.: 25
Dates: March 1, 2004 -
December 5, 2004
Published: May 1, 2005
Author: Scott Adams

The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head Is the 25th Dilbert book. It features 280 strips across 128 pages and an introduction by Scott Adams. Its genre is humor. It sells at the retail pice of £6.99 in the UK

Plot

It features around the stories of;

  • Dilbert, The main character and engineer.
  • Dogbert, Dilbert’s pet.
  • Asok, An intern.
  • Wally, Dilbert’s co-worker.
  • Alice, Dilbert’s co-worker.
  • The Pointy Haired Boss, The boss.
  • Catbert, The Evil Director of Human Resources.

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Long-billed Honeyeater
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Meliphagidae
Genus: Melilestes
Species: M. megarhynchus
Binomial name
Melilestes megarhynchus
(Gray, 1858)

The Long-billed Honeyeater (Melilestes megarhynchus) is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Melilestes. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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  • BirdLife International 2004. Melilestes megarhynchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

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James C. Marshall

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Jim Marshall (Georgia)

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Jim Marshall

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia’s 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 2007
Preceded by Lynn Westmoreland

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia’s 3rd district
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by Mac Collins
Succeeded by Lynn Westmoreland

Born March 31, 1948 (1948-03-31) (age 61)
Ithaca, New York
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Camille Hope
Children Mary Marshall
Robert Marshall
Residence Macon, Georgia
Alma mater Princeton University, Boston University
Occupation attorney
Religion Roman Catholic
Military service
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1968-1970
Unit Rangers
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Awards Bronze Star (2)
Purple Heart

James Creel “Jim” Marshall (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, currently representing Georgia’s 8th congressional district (map). The district, which included most of the former 3rd District from 2003 to 2007, is based in Macon and includes much of rural Middle Georgia.

Contents

  • 1 Background
  • 2 Career in the U.S. House of Representatives
    • 2.1 2000, 2002, and 2004 campaigns
    • 2.2 2006 campaign
    • 2.3 2008 campaign
    • 2.4 Positions
    • 2.5 Committee Assignments
      • 2.5.1 Caucus and other memberships
    • 2.6 Future
  • 3 See also
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Background

The son and grandson of army generals, Marshall was born in Ithaca, New York, but moved frequently during his childhood and graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama. He entered Princeton University in 1966, but left college in 1968 to enlist in the United States Army. He served in Vietnam as an Airborne Ranger reconnaissance platoon sergeant and earned two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. (Marshall was recently inducted into the Army Ranger Hall of Fame.) He returned to Princeton in 1970 and graduated in 1972. Marshall worked various jobs for two years before entering law school at Boston University, where he earned his J.D. in 1977. He practiced law, taught at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, and from 1995 to 1999 served as mayor of Macon before running for Congress.

Marshall lives in Macon with his wife Camille Hope, the daughter of National Hurricane Center meteorologist John Hope (and the namesake for Hurricane Camille). The couple has two children, Mary and Robert. His great-great-great-grandfather is former U.S. Congressman and famed inventor Hezekiah Bradley Smith.

Career in the U.S. House of Representatives

2000, 2002, and 2004 campaigns

Marshall first ran for Congress in 2000 as the Democratic candidate for the 8th District. Despite being the former mayor of Macon—by far the biggest city in the district—he lost by 18 points to incumbent Saxby Chambliss.

After the 2000 Census, the state legislature carved away much of the heavily Republican southern portion of the old 8th (including Chambliss’ home in Moultrie). They replaced it with some more rural, Democratic-leaning territory around Macon and renumbered it the 3rd District. Despite this, Marshall barely defeated Republican Bibb County Commissioner Calder Clay in 2002, due in part to the Republican wave that swept through Georgia. Additionally, there was considerable anger over Warner Robins, which had been one of the anchors of the old 8th for many years, being drawn out of the new 3rd. The redrawn 3rd included all of Houston County, except for a long gash where Warner Robins and the surrounding area had been cut out and placed in the heavily Republican 1st District. Marshall was hampered by the presence of Sonny Perdue atop the ticket during his successful run for governor; Perdue lives in Houston County. Marshall thus became the first white Democrat to represent Georgia in the House since Nathan Deal switched parties in 1995. Marshall handily defeated Clay in their 2004 rematch, winning 63% of the vote.

2006 campaign

Early in 2005, the Georgia state legislature—now controlled by Republicans—approved a new map of congressional districts. The Macon-based district was significantly redrawn and renumbered once again as the 8th. Thos mid-decade gerrymandering resulted in a district that retained just under 60 percent of Marshall’s former territory, and was considerably more Republican than its predecessor. The new district closely resembles the area Chambliss represented for eight years. Had the district existed in 2004, George W. Bush would have carried it with 61 percent of the vote.

Marshall’s Republican opponent was former Congressman Mac Collins. The 8th District includes Collins’ birthplace in Butts County (Collins represented a district in the Atlanta suburbs during his first stint in Congress) but also includes all of Macon.

Marshall won a close election 51%-49%, although Collins benefited from two visits by President George W. Bush, massive amounts of national party and PAC funding and Perdue’s presence atop the ticket. It was the second-closest any Democratic incumbent came to losing his seat to a Republican in the 2006 Democratic landslide; the closest being fellow Georgia Democrat John Barrow. As a result, the 8th became one of the most Republican districts in the nation to be represented by a Democrat.

2008 campaign

In 2008, Marshall faced Rick Goddard, a retired Air Force major general and the former commander of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. The race was initially viewed as one of the few where a Republican had a realistic chance of unseating a Democrat.

However, Marshall won handily with 57% of the vote, even as John McCain easily carried the district.

Positions


Rep. Marshall at a 14 November 2009 townhall meeting in Covington, Georgia.

Marshall is a social conservative. He opposes abortion, gay marriage and gun control, and supports a constitutional amendment to ban flag-burning. He has cited the concerns of people who have ethical objections to embryonic stem-cell research as influencing his votes on federal funds for such research: he supports allowing cell extraction only if embryos are not destroyed. He is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate congressional Democrats.

However, on economic and environmental issues, Marshall tends to vote more with his party. He opposed repealing the estate tax and opposed reducing environmental regulations on the construction of new oil refineries (”Gasoline for America’s Security Act”). He voted against bankruptcy reform, for American withdrawal from the World Trade Organization, and against tort reform.

In December 2005, Marshall was the sole Democrat to vote against HR 2863. This defense appropriations bill, which passed 308-122 with 107 Republicans in support, included language supporting increased protections for detainees held in U.S. custody. In February 2007, along with Gene Taylor from Mississippi, he was one of two Democrats to vote against H CON RES 63, which expressed opposition to a troop surge in the Iraq War.

Jim Marshall is one of only two Democrats— along with Bobby Bright— who voted against the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, which expanded publicly-funded health care for uninsured children. However, he did vote to extend S-CHIP funding through March 31, 2009, which provided additional allotments to eliminate funding shortfalls. See S-CHIP.

Along with 38 other Democrats, Marshall voted against the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Committee Assignments

  • Committee on Agriculture
    • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
    • Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture
  • Committee on Armed Services
    • Subcommittee on Readiness
    • Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces
    • Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats

Caucus and other memberships

  • Co-chair of the Air Force Caucus
  • Board of Visitors of the United States Military Academy
  • Steering committee of the Rural Health Care Coalition

Future

Marshall is a possible candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2010, or for the United States Senate against Republican Johnny Isakson in 2010. Given Georgia’s increasingly conservative voting history, Marshall is one of the few Democrats who would be considered competitive in a statewide race. However, national Democrats have encouraged him not to run for the Senate, given his reconfigured district’s more Republican tilt.

See also

  • United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2008#District 8

References

  1. ^ http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/07/ga_8_new_boundaries_likely_to.html
  2. ^ Georgia: Election Results 2008 The New York Times, December 9, 2008
  3. ^ The reality of stem cell research: Macon Telegraph Editorial of June 11, 2005
  4. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll630.xml#N
  5. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2007&rollnumber=99
  6. ^
  7. ^ Search Results - THOMAS (Library of Congress)
  8. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2001/roll398.xml

External links

  • U.S. Representative Jim Marshall official House site
  • Jim Marshall for Congress official campaign site
  • Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
  • Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
  • Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
  • Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
  • Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
  • Profile at SourceWatch Congresspedia
Political offices
Preceded by
Tommy Olmstead
Mayor of Macon
1995-1999
Succeeded by
C. Jack Ellis
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Mac Collins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia’s 3rd congressional district

2003-2007
Succeeded by
Lynn Westmoreland
Preceded by
Lynn Westmoreland
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia’s 8th congressional district

2007-Present
Incumbent

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Solar dial

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A solar dial is type of time switch used primarily for controlling lighting. They were/are primarily manufactured by the companies Venner, Horstmann and Sangamo.

Contents

  • 1 Benefits
  • 2 Obsolescence
  • 3 References
  • 4 See also

Benefits

The benefit of a solar dial over a conventional ‘on-off’ time switch is the ability to ‘track’ the sunrise and sunset times for a particular latitude (which is specified when the unit is purchased). The solar dial ‘adjusts’ itself by a fractional amount each day, thereby ensuring that street lighting is switched on and off when required throughout the year. Many dials also have an additional ‘part night’ facility allowing for a switch-off in the middle of the night, and then back on in the morning if needed. This ‘part night’ option was widely adopted in the United Kingdom for street lighting in the 1970s and 1980s in order to conserve energy. Some solar dial switches have a clockwork or battery ‘reserve’ to maintain time accuracy in cases of power outage. If this is lacking, the switch would have to be reset every time the power fails, a labour-intensive task.

Frequently, one time switch with a heavier switch rating is used to control a whole series of lighting columns, perhaps one side of a street, and another to control the opposite side. Many columns are however fitted with individual clocks, especially on alleyways, pathways, and areas in which a single column stands alone. Sometimes the time switch is housed in a box fitted to a wall or telegraph pole, and the lanterns are powered/switched by means of an extra (fifth) core on the overhead cables.

Obsolescence

The solar dial time switch has largely been superseded by photocell control, which is cheaper and requires less maintenance. Solar dials are still used for lighting stairwells and car parks, and in some cases local authorities may request them for street lighting, though this is rare. Solar dials are often found in the rural United Kingdom, but as these fail they are invariably replaced by a photocell, usually on a new lantern and sometimes with a whole new column. More recently, digital sunrise/sunset tracking time switches have appeared on the market, but these are generally too expensive for large scale use in street lighting and have not been adopted for this purpose, except in a few rare instances.

Although they are now mostly obsolete, Sangamo still manufacture solar dials. Old examples from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s are collected by enthusiasts and are increasingly hard to find in good working condition.

The link is to a site for solar dials.

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References

See also

  • Street Light

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Fedwire

February 4th, 2010

















Fedwire

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Fedwire is a Real Time Gross Settlement Funds Transfer system operated by the Federal Reserve Banks that enables financial institutions to electronically transfer funds between its more than 9,289 participants (as of March 19, 2009). In conjunction with the privately held Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS), Fedwire is the primary United States network for large-value or time-critical domestic and international payments, and it is designed to be highly resilient and redundant. The average daily value of transfers over the Fedwire Funds Service in 2007 was approximately $2.7 trillion, and the daily average number of payments was about 537,000.

See also

  • CHAPS the United Kingdom’s equivalent to Fedwire
  • Clearing House Automated Transfer System (CHATS) - Hong Kong’s RTGS system
  • SUCRE (currency) a proposed electronic currency for Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas (ALBA)

References

  1. ^ Fedwire Participant Directory
  2. ^ The Federal Reserve Board, Fedwire Funds Service Annual Data (2007).

External links

  • Fedwire Funds Transfer System
  • Fedwire and National Settlement Services

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Categories: Real Time Gross Settlement | Federal Reserve | Interbank networks | Currency | Economics and finance stubs

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Jarawara language

February 3rd, 2010

















Jarawara language

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Jarawara
Spoken in Amazonas, Brazil
Total speakers 155
Language family Arauan

  • Jarawara
Writing system Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2 sai
ISO 639-3 jap


location of Amazonas, Brazil

Jarawara (also Jaruara, Jaruára, Yarawara) is a dialect of Madi, an Arauan language spoken in Amazonas, Brazil. Jarawara is spoken by approximately 155 people.

Contents

  • 1 Phonology
    • 1.1 Vowels
    • 1.2 Consonants
  • 2 Bibliography
  • 3 See also
  • 4 External links

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
High i i?
Mid e e? o o?
Low a a?

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop b t ? k International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>(?)
Nasal m n
Fricative ? the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>s h?
Liquid Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>r
Semivowel International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>w

The glottal stop has a limited distribution.

The liquid /r/ may be realized as a trill the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>, flap , or lateral the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)” class=”IPA”>. The palatal stop /?/ may be realized as a semivowel .

The glottal fricative /h?/ is nasalized. See rhinoglottophilia.

Bibliography

  • Campbell, Lyle (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509427-1. 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (1995). “Fusional development of gender marking in Jarawara possessed nouns”. International Journal of American Linguistics 61: 263–294. doi:10.1086/466256. 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2000). “A-constructions and O-constructions in Jarawara”. International Journal of American Linguistics 66: 22–56. doi:10.1086/466405. 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2003). “The eclectic morphology of Jarawara, and the status of word”. in R. M. W. Dixon & Alexandra Y. Alkhenvald. Word: A Cross-Linguistic Typology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 
  • Dixon, R. M. W. (2004). The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-927067-8. 
  • Dixon, R. M. W.; Vogel, A. R. (1996). “Reduplication in Jarawara”. Languages of the World 10: 24–31. 
  • Gordon, Ryamond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (Fifteenth ed.). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/. 
  • Kaufman, Terrence (1994). “The native languages of South America”. in C. Mosley & R. E. Asher. Atlas of the world’s languages. London: Routledge. pp. 46–76. 

See also

  • Arauan languages

External links

  • Ethnologue: Jaruára
  • Proel: Lengua Jarawara

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Categories: Arauan languages

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Draddy Trophy

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William V. Campbell Trophy

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William V. Campbell Trophy
Awarded for the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance
Presented by HealthSouth Corporation
Country United States
First awarded 1990
Currently held by Tim Tebow
Official Website http://www.footballfoundation.com

The William V. Campbell trophy, formerly the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy, is a trophy awarded by the National Football Foundation that is given to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance. It is considered by many to be the “Academic Heisman.”

While many major college football awards are theoretically open to players at all competitive levels, in practice only players at NCAA Division I level win. The Draddy Trophy is unique in that it has actually been won by a player at a lower level—Brandon Roberts of Washington University in St. Louis, an NCAA Division III school, in 2002.

Previously named in the honor of Vincent dePaul Draddy, who served the National Football Foundation and its College Football Hall of Fame for 33 years, including 19 years as Chairman of the Board, the trophy is now named after William V. Campbell. It has become the most prestigious and desirable “academic” award in college football. The trophy recognizes an individual as the absolute best in the country for his academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership.

A scholar-athlete himself at Manhattan College, Draddy passionately believed in the premise that excellence on the football field could, and should, be consistent with academic distinction and the highest standards of civic leadership. He thought that young men who combined athletic performance with academic excellence should be recognized. After his passing in July of 1990, the National Football Foundation perpetuated his memory and beliefs by establishing a scholarship that would recognize the scholar-athlete who most fully embodies the ideals of the NFF.

The trophy is sponsored by HealthSouth Corporation, and as such is officially named The William V. Campbell Trophy endowed by HealthSouth.

Winners

Year Player School
1990 Chris Howard Air Force
1991 Brad Culpepper Florida
1992 Jim Hansen Colorado
1993 Thomas D. Burns Virginia
1994 Robert B. Zatechka Nebraska
1995 Bobby Hoying Ohio State
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida
1997 Peyton Manning Tennessee
1998 Matt Stinchcomb Georgia
1999 Chad Pennington Marshall
2000 Kyle Vanden Bosch Nebraska
2001 Joaquin Gonzalez Miami
2002 Brandon Roberts Washington University
2003 Craig Krenzel Ohio State
2004 Michael Muñoz Tennessee
2005 Rudy Niswanger LSU
2006 Brian Leonard Rutgers
2007 Dallas Griffin Texas
2008 Alex Mack California
2009 Tim Tebow Florida

External links

  • The William V. Campbell Trophy, National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame website


College football awards
BEST PLAYER awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy (1935) • Maxwell Award (1937) • SN Player of the Year (1942) • Chic Harley Award (1955) •
Walter Camp Award (1967) • AP Player of the Year (1998) • Archie Griffin Award (1999)
INDIVIDUAL awards:
Bill Willis Trophy (defensive lineman)
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defenseman)
Chuck Bednarik Award (Defenseman)
Dave Rimington Trophy (Center)
Davey O’Brien Award (Quarterback)
Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker)
Doak Walker Award (Running back)
Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide receiver)
Jack Lambert Trophy (linebacker)
Jack Tatum Trophy (defensive back)
Jim Brown Trophy (running back)
Jim Parker Trophy (offensive lineman)
Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back)
College Football Performance Awards (Various positions)
John Mackey Award (Tight end)
Johnny Unitas Award (Senior quarterback)
Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker)
Lott Trophy (Defenseman)
Lou Groza Award (Placekicker)
Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (Student-athlete)
Manning Award (Quarterback)
Outland Trophy (Interior lineman)
Paul Warfield Trophy (wide receiver)
Ray Guy Award (Punter)
Sammy Baugh Trophy (Quarterback)
Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end)
William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete)
Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete)
COACHING: AFCA Coach of the Year (1935) • Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957) • SN Coach of the Year (1963) •
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1967) • Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) • Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) • Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year (1986) •
George Munger Award (1989) • Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) • AP Coach of the Year (1998) • Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006)
ASSISTANT COACH: Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of the Year) • AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year
DIVISION I FCS awards: Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) • Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defenseman)
Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach)
CONFERENCE awards: Big 12 awards • Big East awards • Big Ten awards (MVP) • MAC awards • Pac-10 awards • SEC awards
OTHER DIVISIONS / ASSOCIATIONS: Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) • Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) • Melberger Award (Div. III) • Rawlings Award (NAIA)
MOST INSPIRATIONAL individual or team: Disney’s Wide World of Sports Spirit Award
HALL OF FAME: College Football Hall of Fame

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