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Movements Missa Brevis (Bernstein)

1 movements 1.1 kyrie 1.2 gloria 1.3 sanctus 1.4 benedictus 1.5 agnus dei 1.6 dona nobis pacem movements kyrie written in key of c, extensions beyond functional harmony, short movement last thirteen measures. setting of text quite unconventional in comparison settings other composers. while settings focus on word “eleison”, meaning “have mercy”, through repetition , elongation of word, bernstein focuses on word “kyrie”, meaning “lord”, instead. looking @ score becomes apparent each time word “eleison” sung, word kyrie” sung twice. focus on word “kyrie” creates percussive quality movement each “k” sounded. according bernstein’s markings, movement should crescendo start , peak forte @ measure 8 begins diminuendo towards half cadence goes next movement. bernstein’s focus on word kyrie combined slow drastic dynamic contrast creates sense of intense pleading. may have been inspired lark, sensation joan of arc might have felt hours before execution. gloria most of material movement direct...

1999 NCAA Title Connecticut Huskies men's basketball

uconn won both big east , ncaa national championships in 2011. the huskies top seed in west region, , win on gonzaga in regional final sent uconn tropicana field program s first final 4 appearance. defeated ohio state 64–58 in semi-final face off against duke in final. despite having been ranked #1 half of year, huskies entered national championship game 9-point underdogs. uconn won first national title 77–74 victory. hamilton named tournament s outstanding player.

Release Shoot Out

1 release 1.1 box office 1.2 critical reception 1.3 home media release release box office the film released in america on october 13, 1971. released in sweden on august 16, 1971. critical reception the film received negative reviews number of critics, in light of blatant repetition of formula seen in earlier john wayne film. michael kerbel village voice wrote shoot out did have semblance of true grit, humor , charm missing , remains - predictable revenge story - becomes tiresome. others remarked slump in gregory peck s career: charles champlin of los angeles times wrote film served glum reminder of inadequate use of hollywood star, while paine knickerbocker of san francisco chronicle wrote peck, m boy, hell doing here? home media release the film released on dvd on october 1, 2002.

Background 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran

moments after sheikh nimr executed, saudi arabian chargé d affaires summoned iranian foreign ministry protest against execution. foreign ministry spokesman hossein jaberi ansari said execution of sheikh nimr had no means other speech pursue political , religious objectives shows depth of imprudence , irresponsibility . said saudi government supports terrorist movements , takfiri extremists, while executing , suppressing critics inside country . the remarks later condemned saudi arabia hostile , ministry summoned iranian ambassador in riyadh. ministry expressed kingdom s astonishment , utter rejection of these hostile statements, deemed blatant intervention in kingdom s affairs , according statement released saudi press agency.

Large reflecting telescopes History of the telescope

the 200-inch (5.1 m) hale telescope @ mount palomar in 1856–57, karl august von steinheil , léon foucault introduced process of depositing layer of silver on glass telescope mirrors. silver layer not more reflective , longer lasting finish on speculum mirrors, had advantage of being able removed , re-deposited without changing shape of glass substrate. towards end of 19th century large silver on glass mirror reflecting telescopes built. the beginning of 20th century saw construction of first of modern large research reflectors, designed precision photographic imaging , located @ remote high altitude clear sky locations such 60-inch hale telescope of 1908, , 100-inch (2.5 m) hooker telescope in 1917, both located @ mount wilson observatory. these , other telescopes of size had have provisions allow removal of main mirrors re-silvering every few months. john donavan strong, young physicist @ california institute of technology, developed technique coating mirror longer lasting ...

Further refinements History of the telescope

1 further refinements 1.1 refracting telescopes 1.1.1 long focal length refractors 1.1.2 aerial telescopes 1.2 reflecting telescopes 1.3 achromatic refracting telescopes further refinements refracting telescopes johannes kepler first explained theory , of practical advantages of telescope constructed of 2 convex lenses in catoptrics (1611). first person constructed telescope of form jesuit christoph scheiner gives description of in rosa ursina (1630). william gascoigne first commanded chief advantage of form of telescope suggested kepler: small material object placed @ common focal plane of objective , eyepiece. led invention of micrometer, , application of telescopic sights precision astronomical instruments. not till middle of 17th century kepler s telescope came general use: not because of advantages pointed out gascoigne, because field of view larger in galilean telescope. the first powerful telescopes of keplerian construction made christiaan huygens after labor—in brother assiste...

Invention History of the telescope

notes on hans lipperhey s unsuccessfully requested patent on telescope in 1608 the first record of telescope comes netherlands in 1608. in patent filed middelburg spectacle-maker hans lippershey states general of netherlands on 2 october 1608 instrument seeing things far away if nearby . few weeks later dutch instrument-maker, jacob metius applied patent. states general did not award patent since knowledge of device seemed ubiquitous dutch government awarded lippershey contract copies of design. the original dutch telescopes composed of convex , concave lens—telescopes constructed way not invert image. lippershey s original design had 3x magnification. telescopes seem have been made in netherlands in considerable numbers after date of invention , , rapidly found way on europe. claims of prior invention reproduction of 1 of 4 optical devices zacharias snijder in 1841 claimed telescopes built zacharias janssen. actual function , creator has been disputed on years. in 1655 dutch diploma...

UK version Des chiffres et des lettres

the first uk version of series broadcast on yorkshire television commissioned series of 8 shows under title calendar countdown, spin-off of regional news programme calendar. presenter of calendar, richard whiteley natural choice present these shows broadcast in yorkshire area. current long-running united kingdom series countdown began in 1982, on channel 4 still made yorkshire television. close adaptation of same format, main differences rounds last 30 seconds instead of 45, 1 contestant chooses letters in each round , duels replaced countdown conundrum , nine-letter anagram. the style of presentation notably (and deliberately) more old fashioned, , prides on featuring no computerised elements whatsoever, other random number generator numbers round. whereas contestants on des chiffres et des lettres use computer touch-screens register words / number solutions, countdown contestants use pen , paper. unlike des chiffres et des lettres computerised displays, countdown s letters , numb...

Biography Empress Elisabeth of Austria

1 biography 1.1 duchess in bavaria 1.2 empress of austria 1.3 physical regimen 1.4 beauty 1.5 marriage 1.6 birth of son 1.7 hungarian coronation 1.8 travels 1.9 mayerling incident biography duchess in bavaria elisabeth @ 11 years, brother karl theodor, duke in bavaria, , dog bummerl @ possenhofen castle born elisabeth amalie eugenie on 24 december 1837 in munich, bavaria, fourth child of duke maximilian joseph in bavaria , princess ludovika of bavaria, half-sister of king ludwig of bavaria. maximilian considered rather peculiar; had childish love of circuses , traveled bavarian countryside escape duties. family s homes herzog-max-palais in munich during winter , possenhofen castle in summer months, far protocols of court. sisi , siblings grew in unrestrained , unstructured environment; skipped lessons go riding countryside. in 1853, princess sophie of bavaria, domineering mother of 23-year-old emperor franz joseph, preferring have niece daughter-in-law rather stranger, arranged mar...

Football Malvern High School (Ohio)

1 football 1.1 1999 1.2 2008 1.3 2009 1.4 2010 1.5 2011 1.6 2012 1.7 2013 1.8 2014 football 1999 dave tucci introduced new malvern head coach in spring of 1999, following resignation of steve miller after disappointing 5-5 campaign year prior. tucci s coaching style beneficial , veteran group of seniors helped turn hornets around. tucci installed wing-t offense , seen 6-2 defense, proved 1 of best defenses in inter valley conference. hornets started year 3 straight shutouts on berlin center western reserve, sandy valley , east canton. points defense give in single game 22, twice, newcomerstown in week 5 , amanda-clearcreek in ohsaa division v regional playoffs, 2 losses of 1999 season. arguably biggest win of season came in week 7, hornets shut down high-powered toronto, division vi powerhouse, 8-6 on cold , rainy afternoon in malvern. hornets clinched share of ivc championship 35-21 week 9 win on west lafayette-ridgewood. championship first since 1992. finished regular season 9-1. mal...

Main campus University of Campinas

1 main campus 1.1 design 1.2 history 1.3 medical center 1.4 synchrotron lab main campus aerial view of main campus in late 1990s the flagship campus of university of campinas located in district of barão geraldo, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) center of campinas. occupies area of 350 hectares (860 acres) situated in valley surrounded gentle rolling hills , bounded on west urban area of barão geraldo, on south , east farmland , north lake , new industrial park built in 2000s. design the campus has unique design, main library, student service buildings , restaurant in central circular plaza, , of academic buildings located in blocks emanating center in radial fashion. different areas of study grouped in larger sections, neighboring other areas share similarities: philosophy buildings mark frontier between human sciences, mathematics , economics, while school of food engineering bordered chemical engineering , biology buildings. architect responsible overall design of campus joão carlos bross...

See also John Reilly (baseball)

list of major league baseball annual home run leaders list of major league baseball annual runs batted in leaders list of major league baseball annual triples leaders list of major league baseball career triples leaders list of major league baseball players hit cycle list of major league baseball single-game hits leaders

In toys He-Man

1 in toys 1.1 new adventures of he-man (1990) 1.2 he-man , masters of universe (2002) 1.3 masters of universe classics (2008) in toys the new adventures of he-man (1990) after end of masters of universe toy line, mattel attempted revive interest in he-man producing new toy line, entitled he-man. accompanying storyline in mini-comics packaged figures explained he-man had left eternia , pursued skeletor depths of space, skeletor had set sights on conquering distant world of primus (a planet great technological resources). he-man shown have relinquished identity of prince adam altogether, basing himself on primus led team of defenders known galactic guardians. he-man s appearance retooled new toy line, space helmet , golden armor added attire give him more futuristic appearance; sword redesigned. in insert comics issued in toy line s run, prince adam begins transform – grabbed skeletor, astonished see prince adam casting kind of strange spell (not realizing transform he-man). still holdin...

Steam and gravity operation Ffestiniog Railway

george england locomotive princess passenger train @ porthmadog harbour station circa 1870. double fairlie locomotive james spooner. little giant locomotive engine, ffestiniog railway circa 1875 during late 1850s became clear line reaching operational capacity, while output of blaenau ffestiniog slate quarries continued rise. in 1860, board of company began investigate possibility of introducing steam locomotives increase carrying capacity of railway. although narrow-gauge steam locomotives had been tried before this, few had been built narrow gauge. in 1862 company advertised manufacturers tender build line s first locomotives. in february 1863, bid of george england , co. accepted , production of first locomotives begun. the first of these locomotives, mountaineer delivered porthmadog on 18th. july 1863, followed few days later princess. after number of trials , modifications (notably addition of domes) locomotive, first official train ran on 23 october 1863. these steam locomotiv...

International travel Daryl Cagle

john kudryavtsev , daryl cagle @ 2010 opening of reflections of life: cartoons adults... @ arka gallery in vladivostok, russia for u.s. state department cagle traveled vladivostok in december 2010, participated in joint exhibition russian political cartoonist john kudryavtsev. cagle has made several international trips arranged u.s. state department. in new delhi in september 2012 spoke changing trends in news cartooning. commenting how american cartoonists paid, said editors cheap. subscribe syndication $15 week. in june 2015, cagle traveled kiev, ukraine attend opening of international exhibition of political cartoons, delivered 3 lectures on cartoon art , gave professional workshop.

Brain Sperm whale

the brain largest known of modern or extinct animal, weighing on average 7.8 kilograms (17 lb), more 5 times heavier human s, , has volume of 8,000 cm. although larger brains correlate higher intelligence, not factor. elephants , dolphins have larger brains humans. sperm whale has lower encephalization quotient many other whale , dolphin species, lower of non-human anthropoid apes, , lower humans . the sperm whale s cerebrum largest in mammalia, both in absolute , relative terms. olfactory system reduced, suggesting sperm whale has poor sense of taste , smell. contrast, auditory system enlarged. pyramidal tract poorly developed, reflecting reduction of limbs.

References Abbey Series

dustjacket song of abbey. books godfrey, monica (2003). world of elsie jeanette oxenham , books. girls gone publishers [www.ggbp.co.uk]. isbn 1-904417-15-9.  thompson, allison (1998). lighting fire: elsie j. oxenham, abbey girls, , english folk dance revival. squirrel hill press [musicsleuth.com/sqpress/ltfhome.html]. isbn 0-9666563-0-x.  waring, stella; ray, sheila (2006). island abbey; survival , sanctuary in books of elsie j. oxenham 1907 1959. girls gone publishers [www.ggbp.co.uk]. isbn 1-904417-80-9.  web the elsie j. oxenham society/abbey chronicle australian abbey girls site jess nevins. pulp heroes of pre-war years, (archived 2009-10-24).

Ray Jackson Fab Five (University of Michigan)

although fab 5 final 4 appearances have been vacated, ray jackson not among players called before grand jury (robert traylor, webber, rose, maurice taylor, , louis bullock) in university of michigan basketball scandal , not found have received large amounts of money. perhaps least known of fab five, jackson not drafted nor did play in nba. cut in preseason new york knicks before 1995–96 season , cut detroit pistons before 1996–97 season. drafted continental basketball association (cba) grand rapids hoops 35th pick overall in 3rd round in 1995. while hoops, received 1995–96 cba rookie of year award. in february 10, 2007 article on yahoo! sports, jackson says that: took me long time on fact 1 didn t make nba fab five, m on because m home , m happy m doing life. jackson lives in austin, texas runs moving company , rise inc., not-for-profit organization assists children socially, educationally , on basketball court.

Teachers The Royal Conservatory of Music

^ canadian academy of music . canadian encyclopedia. historica dominion institute. archived original on 3 november 2014. retrieved 3 november 2014.  ^ maria corvin; patricia wardrop; betty nygaard king. encyclopedia of music in canada: goldschmidt, nicholas . thecanadianencyclopedia.com. retrieved 2011-03-01.  ^ john beckwith. encyclopedia of music in canada: guerrero, alberto . thecanadianencyclopedia.com. retrieved 2011-03-01.  ^ paul kantor @ . rcmusic.ca. retrieved 2011-03-01.  ^ john beckwith. encyclopedia of music in canada: macmillan, ernest . thecanadianencyclopedia.com. retrieved 2011-03-01.  ^ canadian encyclopedia of music: neel, boyd . canadianencyclopedia.ca. retrieved 2011-03-01.  ^ wardrop, patricia (2006). university of toronto opera division . canadian encyclopedia ^ thomas c. brown; giles bryant. encyclopedia of music in canada: willan, healey: canadian years . thecanadianencyclopedia.com. retrieved 2011-03-01. 

Aquatics Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics

four swimmers, male, represented czechoslovakia in 1920. nation s debut in sport olympics. none of swimmers able advance finals. ranks given within heat. men water polo czechoslovakia competed in olympic water polo tournament first time in 1920. modified version of bergvall system in use @ time. team shut out in both of games, first sweden in round of 16 , netherlands in bronze medal quarterfinals. round of 16 bronze medal quarterfinals final rank 11th

Early life and education Park Chung-hee

park high school graduation photo in 1937 park fellow students @ changchun military academy park born on 14 november 1917, in gumi, north gyeongsang in korea under japanese rule, parents park sung-bin , bek nam-eui. youngest of 5 brothers , 2 sisters in poor yangban family. extremely intelligent, egotistic , ambitious, park s hero boyhood on napoleon, , expressed disgust had grow in poor , backward countryside of korea, place not suitable himself. knew park youth recalled recurring theme of remarks wish escape korean countryside. had grown under japanese rule, park expressed admiration japan s rapid modernization after meiji restoration of 1867 , bushido ( way of warrior ), japanese warrior code. as youth, won admission teaching school in daegu , worked teacher in mungyeong-eup after graduating teaching degree, reportedly mediocre student. following outbreak of second sino-japanese war, ambitious park decided enter changchun military academy of manchukuo imperial army, imperial japan...

Decorations and awards Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

moltke bridge berlin - stone head of field marshal helmuth von moltke comital arms awarded in 1870  kingdom of prussia : order of black eagle, chain , diamonds knight grand cross of order of red eagle, oak leaves , swords order of crown (prussia), 1st class, swords, enamel band of red eagle, , oak leaves grand commander of royal house order of hohenzollern, swords , diamonds, , star diamonds grand cross of pour le mérite star, oak leaves, crown diamonds pour le mérite sciences , arts grand cross of iron cross of 1870 honour commander of order of saint john (bailiwick of brandenburg) service award cross lifesaving medal on ribbon (prussia) german states grand cross of house order of albert bear (anhalt) house order of fidelity (baden) grand cross of military merit order of karl friedrich (baden) grand cross of military order of max joseph (bavaria) grand cross of order of henry lion, swords (brunswick) grand cross of grand ducal ludwig order (hesse) military merit cross (hesse)...

Parks San Leandro, California

stone circle, children s memorial grove. detail of circle. the san leandro marina, contains group picnic areas , trails, docking facilities, part of san leandro shoreline recreation area. in addition marina park, city of san leandro maintains , services 16 other parks throughout city, of available use residents , visitors alike. department of recreation , human services city of san leandro staffs , maintains marina community center, san leandro senior community center , san leandro family aquatic center. adjacent lake chabot regional park popular scenic hiking trails, camping, , fishing. @ fairmont ridge staging area of park children s memorial grove, consists of oak grove , stone circle, annual plaques listing names of children have died result of violence in alameda county.

Alphabet Manchu people

the jurchens, ancestors of manchus, had created jurchen script in jin dynasty. after jin dynasty collapsed, jurchen script gradually lost. in ming dynasty, 60%-70% of jurchens used mongolian script write letters , 30%-40% of jurchens used chinese characters. persisted until nurhaci revolted against ming empire. nurhaci considered major impediment people lacked script of own, commanded scholars, gagai , eldeni, create manchu characters reference mongolian scripts. dutifully complied khan s order , created manchu script, called script without dots , circles (manchu: ᡨᠣᠩᡴᡳ ᡶᡠᡴᠠ ᠠᡴᡡ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ; möllendorff: tongki fuka akū hergen; abkai: tongki fuka akv hergen; 无圈点满文) or old manchu script (老满文). due hurried creation, script has defects. vowels , consonants difficult distinguish. shortly afterwards, successor dahai used dots , circles distinguish vowels, aspirated , non-aspirated consonants , completed script. achievement called script dots , circles or new manchu script .

Timeline Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse

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Publications Stevie Davies

1 publications 1.1 fiction 1.2 non-fiction 1.3 editor publications fiction 1987: boy blue, women s press 1990: primavera, women s press 1992: arms , girl , women s press 1994: closing book, women s press 1996: 4 dreamers , emily, women s press 1997: web of belonging, women s press 1999: impassioned clay, women s press 2001: element of water, women s press 2004: kith & kin, weidenfeld & nicolson 2007: eyrie, weidenfeld & nicolson 2010: suez, parthian 2013: awakening, parthian 2016: equivocator, parthian 2017: arrest me, have run away, parthian non-fiction 1978: renaissance views of man, manchester university press 1983: emily brontë: artist free woman, carcanet 1983: images of kingship in paradise lost: milton s politics , christian liberty, university of missouri press 1986: idea of woman in renaissance english literature: feminine reclaimed, harvester press (also published as: feminine reclaimed: idea of woman in spenser, shakespeare , milton, university press of kentucky)...

Gameplay Crash Boom Bang!

a game of crash billiards in crash boom bang! crash boom bang! s stages resemble board games, each play area split number of squares. game takes place among 4 players, computer assigned spare players. players simultaneously roll dice. number each player rolls amount of squares move forward. depending on type of square player lands on, wumpa fruit (which used points during race) can won or lost, item can obtained, special event might triggered, or mini-game might commence. if player lands on fork in road, player have select desired direction either stylus or control pad. in adventure mode, characters compete in race super big power crystal. race made of 6 stages, each containing smaller sub-maps. host of race, viscount, sets task each stage. task must completed before player can continue map. player points winner of stage. overall winner of stages winner of viscount s race. in festival mode, gameplay fundamentally same in adventure mode, exception of ability select stages play freely....

Published works Rosa-Linda Fregoso

1 published works 1.1 books 1.2 chapters in books 1.3 selected articles published works books terrorizing women: feminicide in américas (2010), co-edited cynthia bejarano, duke university press. isbn 978-0-8223-4681-4 mexicana encounters: making of social identities on borderlands (2003), university of california press. isbn 978-0-520-23890-9 lourdes portillo: devil never sleeps , other films (2001), university of texas press. isbn 978-0-292-72525-6 miradas de mujer (1998), co-edited norma iglesias. isbn 978-968-6075-77-9 the bronze screen: chicana , chicano film culture (1993), university of minnesota press. isbn 978-0-8166-2136-1 chapters in books (2009) lupe vélez: queen of bs, bananas buttocks: latina body in popular film , culture, edited myra mendible, austin: university of texas press. (2007) fantasy heritage: tracking latina bloodlines, latino studies companion, edited juan flores , renato rosaldo, blackwell press. (2006) toward planetary civil soci...

Using values in simulation IEEE 1164

1 using values in simulation 1.1 use of u 1.2 use of x 1.3 use of z using values in simulation use of u many hardware description language (hdl) simulation tools, such verilog , vhdl, support unknown value shown above during simulation of digital electronics. unknown value may result of design error, designer can correct before synthesis actual circuit. unknown represents uninitialised memory values , circuit inputs before simulation has asserted real input value should be. hdl synthesis tools produce circuits operate on binary logic. use of x when designing digital circuit, conditions may outside scope of purpose circuit perform. thus, designer not care happens under conditions. in addition, situation occurs inputs circuit masked other signals value of input has no effect on circuit behaviour. in these situations, traditional use x placeholder indicate don t care when building truth tables. common in state machine design , karnaugh map simplification. x values provide addit...

Career Ortiz Morales

ortiz morales & kinematikom (2012) morales experimental , noise musician, audiovisual producer , academic researcher. directs contemporary music of csmm, directs digital lab ati-gabirol lab , founded kinematic ensemble kinematikom. has phd in audiovisual communication, specialization in reconstruction of sonorous contexts of audiovisual synchronism, futuristic , dadá. thesis on archeotechnology (el synchrociné de charles delacommune, uma2012) , on cinematic reconstructions (el ballet mecanique y el synchrociné, uma2008). has been professor int. in superior conservatories of cordoba, granada , málaga (harmony, musical forms , of contemporary music workshops). he began rock musician (in tabletom , veneno). became symphonic , minimalist musician (with young orchestra csmm , later málaga symphonic orchestra). approximately 1998 present, worked in in styles of electroacoustic , noise , concrete music. he included sgae in anthology of electroacoustic authors 2002-2003 work kish. has been...