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David DeLuise

David Dominick DeLuise (born November 11, 1971) is an American actor and television director. He has had roles in numerous films and television shows. He is best known for playing Coop on Megas XLR and Jerry Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place.

Career
DeLuise has been acting since he was a child. In 1998, he appeared on the first season of the sitcom Jesse. He had a recurring role in 3rd Rock from the Sun as Bug Pollone. His first leading role came in 2003 with Dantre Cole, in BachelorMan. He also played a recurring role in Stargate SG-1 as Pete Shanahan. He was also seen in a Purina commercial for Beneful dog food, and a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial. He also had special appearances in Gilmore Girls season 4 episodes 20 and 21 as TJ's brother.

DeLuise is also known for voicing Coop on the short-lived action animated Megas XLR (later reprising his role for the Cartoon Network game FusionFall) and Sergeant Brutto in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. In 2005, he starred opposite Maggie Wheeler on the NBC pilot The Sperm Donor. In 2012, he had a guest role on Rizzoli & Isles as Dominic.

He portrayed the character of Jerry Russo, the family patriarch and former wizard on Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie from 2007 to 2012. DeLuise also directed numerous episodes of the series, beginning with the episode "My Tutor, Tutor" (2009). He has since directed episodes of How to Rock, See Dad Run, Lab Rats, and The Thundermans.

In August 2012 he appeared in a commercial for KFC's Original Recipe Bites.

In February 2023 he started the podcast Wizards of Waverly Pod with Jennifer Stone, where both talk about their experience on the show Wizards of Waverly Place.

Personal life
DeLuise is dyslexic. He is married to German voice actress Julia DeLuise. He has 2 children. Around the time his first daughter was born, he was working in carpentry.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Illiways

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete. Woohookitty 06:44, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Illiways
I believe that this qualifies as a Vanity page. It certainly has no place in an encyclopedia as it refers to a single thread of a single forum, which basically consists of people saying "good morning" to eachother and ordering virtual drinks. 152.78.65.217 08:29, 30 August 2005 (UTC) (LionsPhil on said board)

Delete - I agree with the original poster. I'm also the person responsible for posting said thread, and it's not really enough of a Big Thing to warrant an article. krikkert 08:36, 30 August 2005 (UTC) Delete. Vanity page, and of no use. Sietse 19:37, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. User Friendly forumcruft. Nifboy 14:23, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is not useful, notable or in any way relevant to the world at large. 82.3.43.78 14:27, 2005-08-30 (UTC) (McNutcase on User Friendly)
 * Delete qualifies for speedy delete as patent nonsense. --WCFrancis 17:11, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a straight cut & paste from the User Friendly diary and as such is copyrighted to someone else. 80.3.64.9 17:28, 30 August 2005 (UTC).
 * Delete And eat at Milliways, like the rest of us. Alf melmac  08:36, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.

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Amiri

Amiri may refer to:

People

 * Amiri (surname)
 * Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer

Places

 * Amiri, Bushehr, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran
 * Amiri-ye Olya, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
 * Amiri-ye Sofla, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
 * Amiri, Kermanshah, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
 * Amiri, Aden Protectorate, South Arabia

Other uses

 * Amiri decree, the decree of an Emir or his representatives
 * Amiri Hospital, a general hospital in Kuwait City
 * Amiri Press in Bulaq, Cairo
 * Amiri (typeface), a naskh-based Arabic typeface

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Warriewood, New South Wales

Warriewood is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Warriewood is located 26 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Warriewood is part of the Northern Beaches region.

History
Warriewood takes its name from the Warriewood Estate that was subdivided in 1906 by Henry F. Halloran, who had purchased it from the McPherson family.

Commercial areas
Warriewood Square (previously known as Centro Warriewood) is a medium-size shopping centre in the southern part of the suburb. There is also a small cluster of shops located on Narrabeen Park Parade opposite Warriewood Beach. The suburb also contains a cinema complex, industrial area, a mini putt-putt golf, golf driving range and a McDonald's restaurant.

Education
Warriewood has a Catholic high school, Mater Maria Catholic College. The local primary school is North Narrabeen Public however, some students appeal to attend Mona Vale Public School or take the Opportunity Class for MVPS. Depending on the student's address Narrabeen Sports High and Pittwater High the two main high schools.

Housing
Warriewood Valley was identified by the NSW State Government as a potential land release area. It was subsequently rezoned to allow intensification of residential dwellings and infrastructure. The rezoning and development of Warriewood valley has also resulted in the cleaning up of the water bodies and wetlands and water management techniques were applied to deal with the flooding.

As of the 2016 Census, 49.1% of the dwellings in Warriewood were separate houses, 26.8% were semi-detached, and 23.8% were flats or apartments.

Infrastructure

 * Boondah Reserve Sports Fields. Grass playing fields catering for multiple sports including soccer, netball and baseball.
 * Boondah Road Sports Courts. Mixed-use hard surface courts completed in November 2020 and used for basketball and netball.
 * North Narrabeen Reserve. Although the name may lead people to believe otherwise, the North Narrabeen Reserve sporting fields, including "Rat Park", are located within the boundaries of Warriewood.
 * Sewage treatment plant operated by Sydney Water.
 * Warriewood Valley Playground, also known as Rocket Park or Rocketship Playground.

Demographics
As of the 2016 Census, Warriewood had a population of 7,501. Their median age was 39, similar to the national median of 38. 70.0% of people were born in Australia; the most common other countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 1.6%, Brazil 1.1% and China 0.7%. 80.5% of people only spoke English at home; other languages spoken included Portuguese 1.4%, Italian 1.1%, Serbian 1.1%, Croatian 0.9% and German 0.9%. The most commonly reported religious affiliation was No Religion 28.1%, followed by Catholic 26.6%, Anglican 19.8%, and Uniting Church 3.7%.

Transport
Warriewood is serviced by the B-Line bus service, launched in November 2017 with buses running between Mona Vale and Wynyard. Warriewood has undercover bus shelters located on both sides of Pittwater Road and a dedicated two-storey commuter car park on the eastern side of the road. The 185, 182 are the main buses that run through the suburb alongside the 199 and B-Line.

Warriewood Wetlands
Warriewood Wetlands contains several Endangered Ecological Communities.

Notable residents

 * Damien Hardman, surfer
 * Emma Lincoln-Smith, skeleton racer
 * Holly Lincoln-Smith, water polo player

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John Parkinson (botanist)

John Parkinson (1567–1650; buried 6 August 1650) was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617, and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. He is known for two monumental works, Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris (Park-in-Sun's Terrestrial Paradise, 1629), which generally describes the proper cultivation of plants; and Theatrum Botanicum (The Botanical Theatre or Theatre of Plants, 1640), the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its time. One of the most eminent gardeners of his day, he kept a botanical garden at Long Acre in Covent Garden, today close to Trafalgar Square, and maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen.

Life
Parkinson, born in 1567, spent his early life in Yorkshire. He moved to London at the age of 14 years to become an apprentice apothecary. Rising through the ranks, he eventually achieved the position of apothecary to James I, and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617; until 1622 he also served on the Court of Assistants, the Society's governing body. In addition, he assisted the Society in obtaining a grant of arms and in preparing a list of all medicines that should be stocked by an apothecary. He was on the committee that published their Pharmacopœia Londinensis (London Pharmacopœia) in 1618.

Then, on the cusp of a new science, he became botanist to Charles I. Anna Parkinson, a "distant descendant" of Parkinson and the author of a new popular biography of him, asserts that in 1625 when Charles I's bride, Henrietta Maria of France, came at the age of 15 years to live at St. James's Palace, "he took on the role of introducing the young queen to horticulturally sophisticated circles." When he summed up his experience in writing Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris (Park-in-Sun's Terrestrial Paradise, 1629 – "Park-in-Sun" is a pun on "Parkinson"), with the explanatory subtitle , it was natural that he dedicated this work, which he called his "Speaking Garden", to the queen. Blanche Henrey called the work the "earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England", while the Hunt catalogue described it as "a very complete picture of the English garden at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and in such delightful, homely, literary style that gardeners cherish it even to the present day."

Parkinson actively sought new varieties of plants through his contacts abroad and by financing William Boel's plant-hunting expedition to Iberia and North Africa in 1607–1608. He introduced seven new plants into England and was the first gardener in England to grow the great double yellow Spanish daffodil (Pseudonarcissus aureus Hispanicus flore pleno or Parkinson's Daffodil, see illustration). ("I thinke none ever had this kind before myselfe nor did I myself ever see it before the year 1618 for it is of mine own raising and flowering first in my own garden".)

His piety as a Roman Catholic is evident from Paradisi in Sole. In his introduction, Parkinson saw the botanical world as an expression of divine creation, and believed that through gardens man could recapture something of Eden. Nonetheless, a short French poem at the foot of the title page warned the gardener against hubris and in having excessive regard for his efforts, for whoever tries to compare Art with Nature and gardens with Eden "measures the stride of the elephant by the stride of the mite and the flight of the eagle by that of the gnat". However, struggles between Protestants and Catholics compelled Parkinson to keep a low profile. He did not attend any parish church. At the height of his success, the English Civil War (1642–1651) tore his family apart.

Parkinson's London house was in Ludgate Hill, but his botanical garden was in suburban Long Acre in Covent Garden, a district of market-gardens, today close to Trafalgar Square. Not much is known about the garden, but based on a study of the writings of Parkinson and others, John Riddell has suggested that it was at least 2 acre in size and probably surrounded by a wall. Four hundred and eighty-four types of plant are recorded as having been grown in the garden. Thomas Johnson and the Hampshire botanist, John Goodyer, both gathered seeds there.

Parkinson has been called one of the most eminent gardeners of his day. He maintained close relations with other important English and Continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen such as William Coys, John Gerard, John Tradescant the elder (who was a close friend), Vespasian Robin, and the Frenchman Matthias de Lobel (also known as Matthias de L'Obel or Matthaeus Lobelius). Together, they belonged to the generation that began to see extraordinary new plants coming from the Levant and from Virginia, broadly speaking. In his writings, de Lobel frequently mentioned the Long Acre garden and praised Parkinson's abilities. Parkinson, on his part, edited and presented in Theatrum Botanicum the papers of de Lobel, who had spent the final years of his life in Highgate supervising the gardens of Edward la Zouche, the 11th Baron Zouche.

Parkinson died in the summer of 1650, and was buried at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 6 August. He is commemorated in the Central American genus of leguminous trees Parkinsonia. Paradisi in Sole also inspired the children's writer Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885) to write the story Mary's Meadow, which was first published from November 1883 to March 1884 in Aunt Judy's Magazine (1866–1885), produced by her mother Margaret Gatty. In the story, some children read Paradisi in Sole and are inspired to create their own garden. The magazine received much favourable correspondence about the story, and in July 1884 it was suggested that a Parkinson Society should be formed. The objects of the society were to "search out and cultivate old garden flowers which have become scarce; to exchange seeds and plants; to plant waste places with hardy flowers; to circulate books on gardening amongst the Members... [and] to try to prevent the extermination of rare wild flowers, as well as of garden treasures."

Work
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris describes the proper cultivation of plants in general, and is in three sections: the flower garden, the kitchen garden, and the orchard garden. It does not include specific growing instructions for each type of plant, but at the start of each main section Parkinson provides instructions on "ordering" each type of garden, advising on situating and laying out a garden, tools, soil improvement, grafting, planting and sowing and the types of plants that should be included in each type of garden. It contains illustrations of almost 800 plants in 108 full-page plates. Most of these were original woodcuts made by the Swiss artist Christopher Switzer, but others appear to have been copied from the works of Matthias de Lobel, Charles de l'Écluse and the Hortus Floridus of Crispijn van de Passe the Elder.

In Paradisi in Sole Parkinson hinted that he hoped to add a fourth section, a garden of simples (medicinal herbs). He delivered the promise in his other great book, the monumental Theatrum Botanicum (The Botanical Theatre or Theatre of Plants) which he published in 1640 at the age of 73 years. The release of this work was delayed due to the popularity of Thomas Johnson's edition of John Gerard's book The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes (1597). Theatrum Botanicum, with 1,688 pages of text, describes over 3,800 plants and was the most complete and beautifully presented English treatise on plants of its day. It was the first work to describe 33 native plants, 13 of which grew near Parkinson's Middlesex home. Some of these plants, such as the Welsh poppy, the Strawberry Tree and the Lady's Slipper, were very common but had gone unnoticed or at least unrecorded. He intended the book to be a reliable guide for apothecaries, and it remained so for more than a hundred years after his death. Parkinson presented the work to Charles I, who conferred on him the title "Botanicus Regis Primarius" ("Royal Botanist of the First Rank") though this came without a salary.

Published works

 * Folio. In some copies the title page is woodcut; in others it is printed (dated 1635).
 * Later editions and reprints:
 * Folio.
 * Facsimile of the 1629 edition without the letterpress title page, made from copies in the Bodleian Library.
 * Facsimile of the 1629 edition.
 * Folio. Reprints:
 * Facsimile of the 1629 edition without the letterpress title page, made from copies in the Bodleian Library.
 * Facsimile of the 1629 edition.
 * Folio. Reprints:
 * Folio. Reprints:

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Aggregated diamond nanorod

Aggregated diamond nanorods, or ADNRs, are a nanocrystalline form of diamond, also known as nanodiamond or hyperdiamond.

Discovery
Nanodiamond or hyperdiamond was produced by compression of graphite in 2003 by a group of researchers in Japan and in the same work, published in Nature, it was shown to be much harder than bulk diamond. Later, it was also produced by compression of fullerene and confirmed to be the hardest and least compressible known material, with an isothermal bulk modulus of 491 gigapascals (GPa), while a conventional diamond has a modulus of 442–446 GPa; these results were inferred from X-ray diffraction data, which also indicated that ADNRs are 0.3% denser than regular diamond. The same group later described ADNRs as "having a hardness and Young's modulus comparable to that of natural diamond, but with 'superior wear resistance'".

Hardness
A  surface (normal to the largest diagonal of a cube) of pure diamond has a hardness value of 167±6 GPa when scratched with a nanodiamond tip, while the nanodiamond sample itself has a value of 310 GPa when tested with a nanodiamond tip. However, the test only works properly with a tip made of harder material than the sample being tested due to cracking. This means that the true value for nanodiamond is likely lower than 310 GPa. Due to its hardness, a hyperdiamond could possibly exceed 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

Synthesis
ADNRs (hyperdiamonds/nanodiamonds) are produced by compressing fullerite powder—a solid form of allotropic carbon fullerene—by either of two somewhat similar methods. One uses a diamond anvil cell and applied pressure ~37 GPa without heating the cell. In another method, fullerite is compressed to lower pressures (2–20 GPa) and then heated to a temperature in the range of 300 to 2500 K.   Extreme hardness of what now appears likely to have been nanodiamonds was reported by researchers in the 1990s. The material is a series of interconnected diamond nanorods, with diameters of between 5 and 20 nanometres and lengths of around 1 micrometre each.

Nanodiamond aggregates ca. 1 mm in size also form in nature, from graphite upon meteoritic impact, such as that of the Popigai impact structure in Siberia, Russia.

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Long Way to the Top

Long Way to the Top was a six-part weekly Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary film series on the history of Australian rock and roll, from 1956 to the modern era, it was initially broadcast from 8 August to 12 September 2001. One of its writers, James Cockington, provided a book tie-in, Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll (2001). Another series writer, and interviewer, Clinton Walker, compiled a 2-disc CD soundtrack album, Long Way to the Top: Original Soundtrack from the ABC-TV Series (13 August 2001), by Various Artists, which featured in the show. It peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart. A year later a related national concert tour followed.

History
Long Way to the Top took its name from the AC/DC song, "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (December 1975). The six-part series was produced by Paul Clarke (Recovery), directed by Greg Appel and edited by Andrew Glover. It was narrated by former radio presenter Chris Winter (one of the original members of the on-air team at the ABC's 24-hour rock radio station, Double Jay).

It featured interviews with Australasian singers and instrumentalists. Most of the nearly 200 interviews were conducted by music critic Clinton Walker, who also co-wrote the series, and compiled a 2-disc CD soundtrack album, Long Way to the Top: Original Soundtrack from the ABC-TV Series (13 August 2001), by Various Artists featured in the show. It peaked at No. 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The other writers were Tony Barrell, Sandy Webster, James Cockington and Laurie Zion. Cockington wrote a book tie-in, Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll (2001).

The original series was well received for the ABC when shown in 2001; a national concert tour in 2002 followed.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003 the live album won Cast or Show Album.

Concert tour
In 2002, the promoters Michael Chugg and Kevin Jacobsen decided to build on the popularity of the show, by sending a package tour of artists featured in the program on a national concert tour of Australia. The tour featured Col Joye, Lonnie Lee, Judy Stone, Ray Columbus & the Invaders, Lucky Starr, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Little Pattie, The Masters Apprentices, Stevie Wright, Daddy Cool, Russell Morris. Axiom, Spectrum, Chain, Brian Cadd, Lobby Loyde, Normie Rowe, The Atlantics, The Twilights, Kevin Borich, Max Merritt, Tamam Shud, John Paul Young, Dinah Lee and Marcia Hines. The tour proved to be successful, taking receipts of $10 million with a budget of $4.5 million. The ABC broadcast, highlights of the tour and subsequent CD and DVD packages went on sale.

The popularity of the tour resulted in the Countdown Spectacular tours in 2006 and 2007.

A second tour was staged in 2012 for the tenth anniversary. It featured Axiom, Brian Cadd, Dragon, Marcia Hines, Col Joye, Jim Keays, Dinah Lee, Mi-Sex, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Noiseworks, Doug Parkinson, Little Pattie, Glenn Shorrock, Spectrum, Lucky Starr, Matt Taylor. Phil Manning and John Paul Young.

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User:Dafrito

Dafrito is actually a person named Aaron who lives in the wonderful world of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, and has done so since the age of 2. His birthday is May 16, 1987.

Etymology
The word 'Dafrito' was created due to the fact that I didn't have any other nickname other than Javert, which I never really liked, and was simply something I thought up to have one at all. It was created by combining Frito and Dorito. It's usually shorthanded to Frito or Daf, though ironically I don't even like Fritos.

Things Dafrito does
Dafrito does, has done, or likes the following:
 * Uses the :P too much. Usually he means it to intend silliness in something that could be considered offensive, like the difference between "You do that too much" and "You do that too much :P" Most of the time it is not intending to cover up offensiveness, rather than to highlight that it is not offensive in the first place.
 * Programming. Off and on since my father gave me my first computer, an American XT, at the age of four. Now, much more on than off, he has moved on from QBasic and into the dangerous world of C++. He also programs in Javascript, though this is only very recent.
 * Writes left handed. As a matter of fact, he is left-handed.
 * Dug. In a place in our backyard, he used to dig holes in the ground around this tree, which was cordoned off by railroad ties as larger trees often are in suburban yards. This place was called Topper Hills, and we dug in it from antiquity up until middle school.
 * Drinks Dr. Pepper. In incredible quantities.
 * Misses the departure of 'It's Pasta Anytime.' My God, what a glorious age that was, that I could have pasta from nothing to consuming in the span of three minutes. Unfortunately, my unhealthy habits of eating ALOT of them could not stop them from being discontinued, or so it seems. If anyone reads this and works for Kraft or somehow influences business decisions, then please, please, bring them back. However, I now have Easy Mac, so it's not so bad.
 * Goes to the University of Texas At Dallas and is majoring in Computer Science.
 * Messes with DirectX. The day I put my first primitive on the screen made me a bit closer to heaven. Speaking of which...
 * Likes Max Payne, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Total Annihilation (And subsequent expansions. That game is f'ing awesome.), Age of Empires (and subseqent sequel), Starcraft and Warcraft (To a lesser extent. I appreciate the greatness of TA much more than the simplicity of these.), World of Warcraft (Which caused the failure of many a class a six weeks during high school. I play it alot less now than I did.), WinRoids (It's like Asteroids), Lemmings (Glorious game.), Halo (Though only recently.), Counter-Strike (Scout's fun.), Team Fortress Classic (I was never too good at this.), Caesar 3 (Awesome city simulator, plus it was about Rome and stuff, which I like, too.), SimCity (Fun at its time, too crappy for me to enjoy now.), SimAnt (Same thing), the Sims (Kind've an embarassingly fun game.), and Pong. You can't get enough Pong.

Things Dafrito does not like

 * Vandals. Why?
 * Coca-Cola. Nothing like DP.
 * Overly dramatic people. Please, just stop.
 * The fact that when I take off my headphones, and still have the music playing, it gets slightly flatter and I can hear it.
 * Forgetting to wear a belt. Most annoying thing.
 * Getting an itch on the top of my mouth, and trying to itch it but it only makes it worse. I will call these recursive itches. Inaccessible itches are also unliked by me.

Things Dafrito has done for the Wikipedia

 * Very little, unfortunately. Randomly fixed typos here and there, planning to expand the pathfinding article soon. Most recently, I've updated various tidbits concerning Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans articles.

Speaking of which, I have found that whenever I read on, let's say, CNN.com and find a typo, I have this urge to try to edit the page.

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Leakage

A leakage occurs when fluid is lost through a leak.

Leakage may also refer to:

 * Leakage (chemistry), a process in which material is lost through holes or defects in containers
 * Leakage (economics)
 * Carbon leakage or emissions leakage, whereby another country increases its greenhouse gas emissions in response to a unilateral climate policy
 * Leakage (electronics)
 * Leakage (electric current), an occurrence of electric current through a surface which is supposed to be insulating
 * Crosstalk (electronics), also known as Leakage, where signals are picked up by an unintended device
 * Spill (audio), where audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source
 * Leakage (machine learning)
 * Leakage (retail)
 * Leakage effect, the loss of tourist revenue from a country
 * Memory leak, in computer science
 * Spectral leakage, in signal processing

Similar uses

 * Extravasation
 * Fecal incontinence
 * Urinary incontinence

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Girl Next Door

Girl Next Door, or variants, may refer to:

 * Girl next door, a young female stock character who is often used in romantic stories

Film

 * The Girl Next Door (1953 film), an American musical comedy
 * The Girl Next Door (1998 film), a TV movie starring Tracey Gold
 * The Girl Next Door (1999 documentary), featuring porn star Stacy Valentine
 * The Girl Next Door (1999 TV movie), a drama starring Henry Czerny and Polly Shannon
 * The Girl Next Door (2004 film), an American romantic comedy
 * The Girl Next Door (2007 film), an American horror drama, based on Ketchum's novel

Television

 * The Girls Next Door, an American reality TV series
 * Girl Next Door (anime), a 2000 Japanese erotic original video animation based on the video game of the same name
 * "The Girl Next Door" (Veronica Mars), an episode of the TV show
 * The Girl Next Door, a web series of The Office American TV series

Literature

 * Girl Next Door, a 2005 autobiography by Anne Diamond
 * Girl Next Door, a 2009 novel by Alyssa Brugman
 * The Girl Next Door, a 1917 novel by Augusta Huiell Seaman
 * The Girl Next Door, a 1949 novel by Peggy Gaddis
 * The Girl Next Door ...and How She Grew, a 1988 autobiography by Jane Powell
 * The Girl Next Door (Ketchum novel), a 1989 novel by Jack Ketchum
 * The Girl Next Door, a 1995 novel by Trisha Alexander
 * The Girl Next Door, a 2000 novel by Caroline Anderson
 * The Girl Next Door, a 2001 novel by Kate Welsh
 * The Girl Next Door, a 2009 novel by Elizabeth Noble
 * The Girl Next Door, a 2012 novel by Brad Parks
 * The Girl Next Door (Rendell novel), a 2014 novel by Ruth Rendell
 * The Girls Next Door, a 2018 non-fiction book by Paul Ruditis, a tie-in to the TV series

Music

 * Girls Next Door, an American country music group
 * Girl Next Door (band), a Japanese music trio
 * Girls Next Door, a South Korean pop group in Idol Drama Operation Team

Albums

 * The Girl Next Door (album), by Evelyn King, 1989
 * Girl Next Door (Girl Next Door album), 2008
 * Girl Next Door (Saving Jane album), 2005

Songs

 * "The Girl Next Door", a variant of the 1944 popular song "The Boy Next Door"
 * "The Girl Next Door", a song from the 1954 film Athena
 * "Girl Next Door" (Musiq Soulchild song), 2001
 * "Girl Next Door", 2003, a song by Merril Bainbridge
 * "Girl Next Door" (Saving Jane song), 2005
 * "Girl Next Door", a song by Alessia Cara from the 2018 album The Pains of Growing
 * "Girl Next Door", a song by Bobby Brown from the 1986 album "King of Stage"
 * "Girl Next Door", a song by Brandy Clark from the 2016 album Big Day in a Small Town
 * "Girl Next Door", a song by Lee Matthews from the 2015 album It's a Great Day to Be Alive
 * "Girl Next Door", a 2013 song by Massad
 * "Girl Next Door", the theme song for My Babysitter's a Vampire, 2011
 * "The Girl Next Door", a song by Screeching Weasel from the 1995 album Kill the Musicians
 * "The Girls Next Door", a song from the 1995 Pat Metheny Group album We Live Here
 * "Girl Next Door", a 2021 track by Toby Fox from Deltarune Chapter 2 OST from the video game Deltarune
 * "Girl Next Door", a song by Trixie Mattel from the 2020 album Barbara

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List of United Kingdom MPs: Y

Following is a list of past and present Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom whose surnames begin with Y.

Colour key:

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Wallacia, New South Wales

Wallacia is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Formerly a rural village it is 68 km west of the Sydney GPO (General Post Office), in the local government areas of the City of Penrith, City of Liverpool and Wollondilly Shire. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.

History
Originally the region was called Riverview, but later became known locally as Wallace after Robert Wallace who grazed cattle on the 2000 acre that he rented from Sir Charles Nicholson 1st Bt. of Luddenham. His house became the unofficial Post Office from November 1885, situated at the rear of what is now the Wallacia Store and Newsagents. By 1897, a school built in the area was known as Wallace School. When the Post Office became official in November 1905, the G.P.O. named the area Boondah, as the name Wallace was already in use elsewhere in New South Wales. However, local people objected and to retain the link with Wallace, they suggested that the area be called Wallacia. This name was officially approved on 1 June 1906. On 25 March 1908 the John and Ethel Mary (née Murphy) Fowler family moved from Mulgoa where Elizabeth Fowler (née Holt) had the PO Licence. John Fowler accepted the Wallacia PO licence from 1 April 1908 which has been in continuous Fowler family management for 100 years, celebrated 1 April 2008.

Wallace Post Office opened on 16 January 1891 and was renamed Boondah in 1905 and Wallacia in 1906.

John Blaxland had built an original wooden weir at "Grove Farm" for a sandstone flour mill and additional brewery. When rust got into the English soft wheat, the flour mill failed and George Edward Cox of Winbourne (now Christian Brothers Retreat Mt Zion) at Mulgoa across the Nepean River, a teetotaller, bought Grove Farm to stop further brewing. Grove Farm was subsequently purchased by William "Billy" Baines hence Baines Hill on Silverdale Road over the Blue Mountains monosinclinal foothills. In 1873, the highest recorded Nepean River flood was marked by Billy Baines with a brass plaque on a sandstone block at Grove Farm near the barn, which still has a water mark on a wood trunk pillar.

The region was chiefly one of dairying and grazing during the 19th century, but in the early 20th century – because of its rural atmosphere and proximity to Sydney – tourism developed as people opened their homes as guest houses. After the Second World War however, the increase in car ownership and the availability of air travel saw a decline in the local tourist trade. Wallacia was once home to Bullen's Animal World, a theme park and circus, for several decades.

Growth in the area in the past few years has mainly occurred with the development of hobby farms by people seeking a retreat from city life. To celebrate the centenary in 2006, the suburb had a parade with floats, line dancing and vintage trucks.

Landmarks
Wallacia sits beside the Nepean River and landmarks include the Weir, Wallacia Bridge, Little Bondi and Wallacia Hotel – mock Tudor design by the Fowler family. It was the first place in Australia to introduce a fish ladder next to a weir. Wallacia's tourism is centred on the day-tripper trade with the Wallacia Hotel and the Wallacia Golf Course, the chief attractions.

Blaxland Crossing Reserve is a prominent parkland with picnic tables and barbecue areas. It is proximate to Nepean River. An annual social event held by Assyrian people, which commemorates Saint Zaia, takes place in the Reserve annually in September. Usually visited by around 1000 people, the occasion would feature live Assyrian singers and Assyrian folk dancing.

Phap Bao Zen Centre, a Vietnamese Buddhist monastery, is located in the suburb.

A few kilometres south of the suburb is Bents Basin, a nature reserve which features a large swimming hole.

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Wallacia

Wallacia may refer to:

 * Wallacia, a trilobite genus, see Encrinuridae
 * Wallacia, New South Wales

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Mark Treitel

Mark Treitel co-wrote with Shoe Schuster the 2005 pilot for NBC The Sperm Donor. Mark also starred in the NBC cable station Bravo reality television show Situation: Comedy.

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Ramtil oil

Ramtil oil, also known as Niger seed oil, is used mainly in cooking but also for lighting. In India it is pressed from the seed of Guizotia oleifera of the family Asteraceae. A very similar oil is made in Africa from G. abyssinica. The oil is used as an extender for sesame oil, which it resembles, as well as for making soap, in addition to its role as an illuminant.

Countries
The plant was originally cultivated in the Ethiopian highlands but is also cultivated in Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Nepal, India as well as other parts of Southeast Asia.

Composition
The oil is rich in linoleic acid (75-80%) and other essential nutrients, with a fatty acid composition comparable to safflower and sunflower. The oil contains palmitic and stearic acids (7-8%) and oleic acid (5-8%). Indian Niger oil is reportedly higher in oleic acid (25%) and lower in linoleic acid (55%).

Ethiopia revival
There was an extended declining period of Niger seed oil production, due to the import of cheap palm oils, but an apparent waning appetite for these, and a government ban on oil imports, there has been a marked revival and several manufacturers produce one, two, three and five liters of oil.

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Wakeley, New South Wales

Wakeley is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the council seat in the local government area of the City of Fairfield. Wakeley is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. At the 2021 census, Wakeley has a population of 4,893.

The City of Fairfield Council Chambers are located in Wakeley.

History
Wakeley is named after Daniel Wakeley, an early settler in the area. It was mainly used for farming until being redeveloped as a residential suburb in 1980.

Demographics
The largest ancestry in the suburb is Vietnamese 17.6%, followed by Assyrian 16.2% and Chinese 13.1%. English only is used at home by 21.2% of residents compared to an average 67.6% in New South Wales. The most common languages spoken after English are Vietnamese 17.9%, Assyrian-Neo Aramaic 15.1%, and Arabic 7.1%.

37.9% of people in Wakeley were born in Australia compared to an average 65.4% in New South Wales. The most common places of birth after Australia are Iraq 16%, Vietnam 14%, and Cambodia 4.2%.

Schools

 * King Park Public School
 * Mary MacKillop College, which is run by the Sisters of St Joseph

Churches
The Christ The Good Shepherd Church, located in the suburb, was opened in 2015 by its head priest Mar Mari Emmanuel, a metropolitan bishop of Australia and New Zealand. The bishop was stabbed at the church on 15 April 2024, but survived the attack.

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Emirate of Dhala

Dhala or Dhali` (الضالع aḍ-Ḍāliʿ), Amiri (الأميري al-Amīrī), or the Emirate of Dhala (إمارة الضالع Imārat aḍ-Ḍāliʿ) was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Dhala (Ad Dali').

History
The group of tribes ruled over by the Amir of Dhala occupies the district north-west of the Alawi country on the high road to Sanaa.

On the death in 1872 of the then Amir, Shafal bin Abdul Hadi, his nephew, Ali bin Muqbil, was recognised by the British Government as his successor. In the following year he was required by the Turkish authorities to make his submission to the Porte, a Turkish Superintendent was appointed to Dhala, a detachment of Turkish troops was quartered there, and the Amir was required to give a hostage for his good behaviour, who was to reside at Taiz. He was afterwards summoned by the Turks to Qataba and imprisoned there, but effected his escape. Muhammad bin Musaid, who had been appointed Amir by the Turks in the place of his nephew Ali bin Muqbil, was killed, and his son, Abdulla bin Muhammad, was recognised by them as his successor. He continued to resist Ali bin Muqbil till 1878, when, Turkish support having been withdrawn from his rival, Ali bin Muqbil resumed his position as Amir of the tribes, with the loss, however, of several of his villages which had, some voluntarily and some under pressure, yielded allegiance to the Ottomans.

In 1880 the Amir signed an agreement by which he became a British stipendiary, receiving 50 dollars a year. This allowance was afterwards doubled.

In September 1886 Ali bin Muqbil died, and was succeeded by his cousin, Shaif bin Seif, to whom the stipend was continued.

In 1881 the Quteibi tribe became restless, and began to exact dues on the Hardaba route. In 1884 it was found necessary to support the Amir with a few sabres of the Aden troop and some sappers. They destroyed some of the Ahl-ath-Thumeiri forts, and the Quteibi then tendered their submission. But they soon resumed their independent position, and it was not until 1888, when the Resident met the Hausbnbi, the Dhala Amir and others to settle a schedule of rates to he levied on qaftlalis, that the Quteibi and Ahl-ath-Thumeiri formally reorganised the Amir as their superior.

The years 1889 to 1900 were marked by the continued restlessness of the Quteibi, who failed to keep the settlements made in 1888, and by the encroachments of the Turks.

In 1901 and the beginning of 1902, the Turks occupied Jaleila, Mafari and Jebel Jeliaf.

An Anglo-Turkish boundaxy commission met at Dhala in February 1902. The Turks claimed the whole of the Shairi, Jebel Jehaf and Mafari districts, but after a year spent in correspondence between the British Government and the Porte, and the increase of the force accompanying the British Commissioner, the Turkish garrisons were withdrawn. In March 1903 an Irade was issued at Constantinople decreeing the commencement of the delimitation. By October the frontier had been demarcated, including on the British side the Shaibi tribes, the Amiri villages in the Wadi As Safiya and the Humeidi and Ahmedi tribes.

In November 1903 successful operations were undertaken against the Quteibi who had attacked the post at As Suleik.

In November 1904 a further Treaty was concluded with the Amir. Under clause IX of this Treaty the Amir agreed to keep a force of 50 men to help him to carry out his obligations under the Treaty for which he was granted a monthly payment of 100 dollars in addition to his stipend.

In 1906 the Shairi rebelled against the Amir. They were joined by the tribesmen of Jebel Jehaf, and some fighting ensued. The Ahmedi tribe on the river Tiban also became disaffected and refused to admit the Amir’s suzerainty.

In January 1907 the main body of British troops left Dhala for Aden. The remaining troops and the Political Agent, Dhala, were withdrawn in the following September.

On the 22nd December 1911 Amir Shaif died and was succeeded by his eldest son, Nasr bin Shaif, to whom was continued the stipend paid to his father.

In 1915 the Quteibi Shaikh Muhammad Salih al Akkra signed an Agreement similar to those signed about the same time by the Haushabi Sultan and the Alawi Shaikh for the safety of the trade routes passing through his territory. The ratification of this agreement was postponed. Under the terms of this agreement the Shaikh was allowed a monthly payment of 50 dollars.

On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Amir Nasr submitted to the Turks when they entered the Aden Protectorate. After the war he wrote asking for pardon. The Abdali Sultan and the Quteibi Shaikh also pleaded for him. He came to Aden in November 1919 and gave an explanation which was accepted as satisfactory, and he was pardoned ; but while he was still in Aden, the Imam of Sanaa occupied Dhala.

In January 1920 Amir Nasr, with the help of the Radfan tribes and with assistance in money, arms and ammunition from the Aden Residency, made an attack on Dhala and reoccupied it, but lost it on the following day owing to a Zeidi counterattack, the Amir taking refuge in Lahej. In 1920, the British Government increased the Amir’s stipend to Rs.. 700 and in 1926 to Rs. 800, in compensation for his financial losses due to his enforced exile. The extra hundred rupees, granted in 1920, ceased in February 1928, and the increase of Rs. 300 in his stipend, granted to him in 1920, ceased in December 1929.

In 1920 the Imamic troops invaded the Quteibi country. The Quteibi Shaikh, with the help of other Itadfan tribes and assistance in arms and ammunition from the Aden Residency, drove them out. The Zeidi made repeated attempts to take the Quteibi country, but invariably met with strong resistance from the Radfan tribes. After about two years of successful resistance, however, the Quteibi Shaikh yielded to Zeidi pressure and went over to them in 1922 and his stipend was stopped.

In November 1927 the Quteibi Shaikh Muhammad Salih al Akhram died and was succeeded by his grandson Shaikh Hasan Ali, who repudiated his predecessor’s submission to the Imam: and the stipend was restored to him by the British Government.

In February 1928 a party of Zeidi, despatched under the orders of the Officer Commanding, Qataba, kidnapped the Alawi Shaikh and Muqbil Abdulla, uncle of the Quteibi Shaikh. They were subsequently released as a result of air action taken by His Majesty’s Government against the Imam.

The air action had so shaken the morale of the Zeidi that a combination of the Radfan tribes, with the co-operation of the Royal Air Force and a contingent of Abdali troops, was able in July 1928 to drive them out of the Radfan areas, as also from Dhala and Shaib. The Amir of Dhala was immediately reinstated in his capital and the Zeidi have made no attempt to recapture these places.

In 1931, the tribesmen of the Amir numbered about 50,000, and the gross revenue was estimated at Rs. 35,000 a year.

The Emirate was a founding member of the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South in 1959, and the Federation of South Arabia in 1963.

The Radfan Hills, nominally under control of the Amiris of Dhala, were the scene of fierce fighting between British forces and the local Qutaibis during the Aden Emergency in the mid-1960s.

The last emir, Shafaul ibn Ali Shaif Al Amiri, was deposed and the state was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen.

The area is part of the Republic of Yemen since 1990.

Rulers
The rulers of Dhala bore the title Amir Dali`.

Emirs

 * .... - ....               Shafa`ul al-`Amiri
 * .... - ....               Ahmad ibn Shafa`ul al-`Amiri
 * .... - ....               al-Hasan ibn Ahmad al-`Amiri
 * .... - ....               `Abd al-Hadi ibn al-Hasan al-`Amiri
 * 1839?                     Musa`id ibn al-Hasan al-`Amiri
 * .... - Jan 1872           Shafa`ul ibn `Abd al-Hadi al-`Amiri
 * Apr 1872 - 1873           `Ali ibn Muqbil al-`Amiri (1st time)
 * 1873 - Dec 1873           Muhammad ibn Musa`id al-`Amiri
 * Jan 1874 - Apr 1874       `Ali ibn Muqbil al-`Amiri (2nd time)
 * Apr 1874 - Mar 1878       `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-`Amiri
 * Mar 1878 - 10 Sep 1886    `Ali ibn Muqbil al-`Amiri (2nd time)
 * Sep 1886 - 22 Dec 1911    Sha´if ibn Sayf al-`Amiri
 * Dec 1911 - 1920           Nasir ibn Sha'if al-`Amiri (1st time)
 * 1920 - 1928               Haydara ibn Nasir al-`Amiri
 * Jul 1928 - 1947           Nasir ibn Sha'if al-`Amiri (2nd time)
 * 1947 - 1954               `Ali ibn `Ali al-`Amiri
 * 1954 - 17 Aug 1967        Shafa`ul ibn `Ali al-`Amiri

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Caroline Clive

Caroline Wigley Clive (née Meysey-Wigley; 24 June 1801 – 13 July 1873) was an English writer known by the pseudonym V. She was known chiefly as the author of IX Poems that when first published, took their place in the forefront of then-contemporary feminine verse. Clive wrote all her life, was a brilliant conversationalist, was held in the highest regard within an exceptionally notable intellectual circle, and carried on a large correspondence.

Early years
Caroline Meysey-Wigley was born in Brompton Grove, London, 24 June 1801. She was the daughter and co-heiress of Edmund Meysey-Wigley, Esq., of Shakenhurst, Worcestershire, M.P. for Worcester, and his wife, Anna Maria Meysey, only surviving daughter of Charles Watkins Meysey. At the age of three, she had a severe illness, one issue of which was life-long lameness and consequent hindrance in many ways.

Career
In 1840, her IX Poems appeared in a small duodecimo, which Hartley Coleridge reviewed in the Quarterly Review (September 1840) saying:— "'We suppose V stands for Victoria, and really she queens it among our fair friends. Perhaps V will think it a questionable compliment, if we say, like the late Baron Graham to Lady ---, in the Assize Court at Exeter, 'We beg your ladyship's pardon, but we took you for a man.' Indeed, these few pages are distinguished by a sad Lucretian tone, such as very seldom comes from a woman's lyre. But V is a woman, and no ordinary woman certainly; though, whether spinster, wife, or widow, we have not been informed.' More weighty—'Of 'IX Poems' by V we emphatically say, in old Greek, Etui ptv d\Xa POAA. It is an Ennead to which every Muse may have contributed her Ninth. The stanzas printed by us in italics, are, in our judgment, worthy of any one of our greatest poets in his happiest moments.' The stanzas designated are 4, 9, II, 14 of 'The Grave '—one of our selected examples. Later came Dr. John Brown, in his Hone Subsecivce, echoing Hartley Coleridge's Greek of the roses, and adding: 'They contain rare excellency; the concentration, the finish, the gravity ol a man's thought, with the tenderness, the insight, the constitutional sorrowfulness of a woman's—her purity, her passionateness, her delicate and keen sense and experience.'"

On 10 November 1840, she married the Reverend Archer Clive, son of Edward Bolton Clive, then rector of Solihull, Warwickshire, and son of Edmund Bolton Clive, Esq., M.P. for Hereford, and Harriet Archer. By him she had one son and one daughter: Charles Meysey Bolton Clive (30 January 1842 – 11 August 1883) who married Lady Katherine Elizabeth Mary Julia Fielding, and who succeeded to the Whitfield estate on the death of his father; and Alice Clive (22 December 1843 – 27 December 1915) who married Major General William Wilberforce Harris Greathed.

A second edition of IX Poems was published in 1841, with nine other poems. There followed at intervals, I watched the Heavens (1842); The Queen's Ball (1847); Valley of the Rea (1851); and The Morlas (1853). The whole of these were included, with short additions, in the volume of 1890 but a considerable number were left unpublished. Paul Ferroll (1853), a sensational novel, and others, kept her before the public, still as V.

Clive's reputation chiefly rested upon her story of Paul Ferroll and its sequel, Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife. The second story was, however, in no way equal to the first; and a subsequent novel, John Greswold, which appeared in 1864, was decidedly inferior to its predecessors, although containing passages of considerable literary merit. Paul Ferroll passed through several editions, and was translated into French. It was not until the fourth edition that the concluding chapter, which brought the story down to the death of Paul Ferroll, was added. Paul Ferroll may be considered as the precursor of the purely sensational novel, or of what may be called the novel mystery. Clive was placed in the forefront of the sensational novelists of the 19th-century. She anticipated the work of Wilkie Collins, Charles Reade, Miss Braddon, and many others of their school, in showing human nature as expressed by its energies, neither diagnosing it like a physician, nor analysing it like a priest.

Neither the longer poems nor the lesser additions, approached the high level of the inspired IX, albeit there were "brave translunary things" in all. In after-editions, Clive capriciously withdrew the last of the nine poems and went on adding. Even the slightest additions showed inestimable technique if in common with her longer poems of "The Queen's Ball", "Valley of the Rea", and "The Morlas", though they were characterized as being 'somewhat thin of substance'. Nonetheless, none failed to yield 'immortal phrases five words long', and certain ones recalled Shakespeare's metaphor of the dolphin showing its shining back above the element it moves in. Her works were all published anonymously, using the pen name, "V".

Clive was a confirmed invalid for some years prior to her death. She died in a fire accident while seated in her boudoir and among her papers on 13 July 1873, at Whitfield, Herefordshire.

Selected works

 * IX Poems. By V. Lon., 1840, p. 8vo; 2d ed., 1841. (This volume attracted much notice, and was very favourably reviewed in the Quarterly. The second edition includes nine additional poems).
 * I Watched the Heavens: a Poem. By V. Lon., 1842, p. 8vo. (The first canto of an unfinished poem.)
 * The Queen's Ball: a Poem By V. Lon., 1847, p. 8vo.
 * The Valley of the Rea: a Poem By V. Lon., 1851, p. 8vo.
 * The Morlas: a Poem. By V. Lon., 1853, p. 8vo.
 * Paul Ferroll: a Tale. By the Author of "IX Poems," by V. Lon., 1855, p. 8vo. (The fourth edition contains a concluding chapter, bringing the story down to the death of Paul Ferroll.)
 * Poems. By the Author of"Paul Ferroll." Including a New Edition of "IX Poems," by V.: with Former and Recent Editions. Lon., 1856, 8vo. (Some of the earlier poems are omitted in this edition).
 * Year after Year. By the Author of "Paul Ferroll" and "IX Poems." Lon., 1858,12mo.
 * Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife, Lon., 1860,12mo.; new ed., 1864. (The preface contains a defence of "Paul Ferroll" against some strictures in the Edinburgh Review).
 * John Greswold. By the Author of "Paul Ferroll." Lon., 1864, 2 vols. p. 8vo.
 * Poems. By V., Author of "Paul Ferroll." Including the "IX Poems." Lon., 1872, 8vo. (This contains twelve new poems, but is not a complete edition).

Contributions to periodicals

 * Poems
 * The Nursling. By V., author of "IX. Poems" and "Paul Ferroll." — 1857 Jan 24, in The National Magazine Vol.1, p. 197
 * The Chained Eagle. By V., author of "IX. Poems" and "Paul Ferroll." — 1857 Jun 6, in The National Magazine Vol.2, p. 149
 * The First Morning of 1860. Signed V. — 1860 Jan, in The Cornhill Magazine Vol.1, pp. 122–123
 * Beaten to Death. By V. — 1860 Jun, in The Constitutional Press Vol.3
 * Christmas 1860. — 1860 Dec 29, in Hereford Times
 * Seasons. By V., author of "IX. Poems," "Paul Ferroll," etc. — 1861, in THE VICTORIA REGIA, pp. 111–114
 * The Irish All Souls' Night. By the author of "Paul Ferroll."  Signed V. — 1861 Apr, in The St. James's Magazine Vol.1, pp. 40–42
 * November. — 1865, in THE GOLDEN CALENDAR: WITH A PERPETUAL ALMANAC

 * Tales
 * Rough Material. By the author of "IX Poems by V."  Signed V. — 1841 Feb, in The Metropolitan Magazine Vol.30, pp. 159–164
 * The Great Drought. Signed V. — 1844 Oct, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol.56, pp. 433–453
 * John Pike Yapp. A Tale of Mayo. By the author of "Paul Ferroll." — 1857 Mar 14, 21, in The National Magazine Vol.1, pp. 307–310, 323-329
 * The Tower of Hawkstone Castle. By the author of "Paul Ferroll." — 1857 Aug 22, 29, in The National Magazine Vol.2, pp. 328–332, 339-344
 * A Christmas Vagary. By V., author of "IX. Poems" and "Paul Ferroll." — 1858 Jan 23, 30, in The National Magazine Vol.3, pp. 200–205, 212-215
 * Genuine Transactions with Principy Jack. Signed V. — 1858 Dec, in The National Magazine Vol.5, pp. 63–67
 * War—A Tale. By the author of "Paul Ferroll" and "IX Poems by V." — 1860 Feb, Mar, in The Constitutional Press Vol.2, pp. 369–381, 449-459
 * "Nadrione Spetnione:" Wishes Fulfilled. A Tale.   By the author of "Paul Ferroll," &c. — 1861 Apr, May, in The St. James's Magazine Vol.1, pp. 275–284, 443-460 — 1861 Aug, Sep, in The St. James's Magazine Vol.2, pp. 97–109, 177-190
 * From an Old Gentleman's Diary. By the author of "Paul Ferroll." — 1865 Aug, in Fraser's Magazine Vol.72, pp. 256–260
 * The Wishes Shop. By the author of "Paul Ferroll." — 1865 Nov, in Fraser's Magazine Vol.72, pp. 637–643, *Index
 * Ebb and Flow. Signed V. — 1867 Nov, in The Churchman's Companion Ser.2 Vol.2, pp. 385–399

 * Play

 * A Minute Ago. By the author of "Paul Ferroll." — 1860 May, Jun, in The Constitutional Press Vol.3

 * Articles
 * Vanity and Self-Esteem. Signed V. — 1847 Jun, in The New Monthly Belle Assemblee Vol.26, pp. 369–371
 * The Swimming School for Women at Paris. Signed V. — 1859 Nov 12, in Once a Week Vol.1, pp. 403–404

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NCAA Cheerleading Competition

The NCAA Cheerleading Competition previously known as NCAA Cheerdance Competition is an annual one-day event of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for cheerleading in the Philippines.

In the 87th season of the NCAA, cheerleading has been upgraded to a regular sport which means it will contribute points in the overall championship race.

Results
Notes:
 * - In the 2nd quarter of 2020 the remainder of the NCAA Season 95 was scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines. No championships involving contact sports were held for the 96th season. The cheerleading competition was scrapped for the 97th season.
 * - The Lyceum of the Philippines University and the San Sebastian College–Recoletos finished the competition tied in the eighth place.
 * - The San Beda University and the De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde finished the competition tied in the fifth place.

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City of Hurstville

The City of Hurstville was a local government area in the St George and southern region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The city seat of Hurstville is located 17 km southwest of Sydney and west of Botany Bay. Hurstville was incorporated as a municipality in 1887, declared a city in 1988, and abolished in 2016, forming with Kogarah City Council the new Georges River Council.

Council history
On 25 March 1887 the NSW Government Gazette published a proclamation declaring the "Municipal District of Hurstville". On 29 December 1887, the Municipality was divided into three wards: Bexley Ward, Hurstville Ward and Peakhurst Ward. On 28 June 1900, a further proclamation declared the separation of Bexley Ward as the Borough of Bexley.

A proclamation on the same day reconstituted Hurstville, divided into two wards: Hurstville and Peakhurst. On 10 September 1908, Hurstville was divided into four wards: Hurstville Ward, Woodville Ward, Peakhurst Ward and Penshurst Ward. On 2 August 1922, a part of Hurstville was transferred to the Sutherland Shire; on 5 December 1924 part of Canterbury Municipality was transferred to Hurstville; and on 1 January 1931 part of Hurstville was transferred to Kogarah Municipality. On 3 July 1968 Woodville Ward was abolished, with the council divided into three wards: Hurstville, Peakhurst and Penshurst.

In December 1920, Hurstville combined with the councils of Rockdale, Kogarah, and Bexley to form the St George County Council. The elected County Council was established to provide electricity to the Kogarah, Rockdale, Hurstville, and Bexley areas and ceased to exist when it was amalgamated with the Sydney County Council on 1 January 1980. On 25 November 1988 the Municipality of Hurstville was proclaimed as the "City of Hurstville".

In 2023, former councillors Vince Badalati, Con Hindi and Philip Sansom were found guilty of corruption in office by the ICAC.

Council seats
In 1889 Hurstville Council purchased a property on the corner of Forest Road, Hurstville, for £1750, as the first Council Chambers until 1913. However, its small size meant that within a few decades, Council sought options for a new purpose-built Council Chambers further up on a site fronting McMahon Street on the corner with Dora Street occupied by the fire station. By November 1913 the old fire station was remodelled into new Council Chambers by architect (and former Mayor of Kogarah) Charles Herbert Halstead.

On 31 July 1930 Council approved a proposal for new chambers on the site of the 1913 chambers. The foundation stone, placed next to the re-laid foundation stone from the demolished 1913 chambers, was laid by Mayor Hill on 6 December 1930. The new Chambers, designed in the Inter-War Georgian Revival style by architects Herbert & Wilson (Leonard Federick Herbert and Edward Douglas Wilson), was officially opened on 16 May 1931 by the Minister for Local Government, William McKell.

A new 'Civic Centre' concept with the provision of a performance hall, for a site on McMahon Street north of Dora Street was first proposed Mayor Olds on 17 July 1947, and was the subject of continuing debate throughout the 1950s. The project was finally approved by Council in June 1954. Designed in the Post-War International Style by architects Peddle Thorp & Walker and built by James S. Samson & Co. of Parramatta, the new Civic Centre included an auditorium which seated 1264 people (named Marana Hall in 1964, meaning 'place of stars') and a smaller hall (named Amaroo Hall in 1964, meaning 'lovely place'). Completed at a cost of £320,000, the Civic Centre was officially opened on 2 June 1962 by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Eric Woodward. After the completion of the Civic Centre in 1962, the former Council Chambers further down on McMahon Street was tenanted by the Bank of New South Wales from 1963 to 1965 and the St George Police-Citizens Boys' Club from 1966 to 1969, before being demolished in January 1974 for the 'Hurstville House' office/retail development. The foundation stones from the old Council Chambers were incorporated into façade of 1962 Civic Centre.

In January 1977, Hurstville Council acquired the former 'Rivoli Hall' on the other corner of Dora Street and McMahon Street, which was soon demolished to make way for a Brutalist style extension to the Civic Centre that would incorporate a new central library designed by the Council Architect. The extension and library, completed at a cost of approximately $4.3 million, was officially opened on 30 July 1982 by the Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran.

Amalgamation proposals
Efforts to bring about a unified council for the St George area were raised regularly since 1901 and the 1946 Clancy Royal Commission into local government boundaries recommended the amalgamation of the municipalities of Hurstville, Kogarah, Rockdale and Bexley. In the following act of parliament passed in December 1948, the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948, the recommendations of the commission were modified, leading only to the merger of Bexley and Rockdale councils. A merger was again considered in the 1970s, but 1977 plebiscites run in Hurstville and Kogarah rejected the idea. A further idea of amalgamating Kogarah and Hurstville with Sutherland Shire to the south was raised in 1999 but did not progress.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that Hurstville merge with the City of Kogarah to form a new council with an area of 38 km2 and support a population of approximately 147,000. On 12 May 2016 the NSW Government announced that Hurstville and Kogarah would merge to form the Georges River Council, with immediate effect.

Suburbs and localities in the former local government area
Suburbs in the Hurstville City Council area were: • Beverly Hills (part within Canterbury)

• Hurstville

• Kingsgrove (parts within Canterbury & Rockdale)

• Lugarno

• Mortdale

• Narwee (shared with Canterbury)

• Oatley

• Peakhurst

• Peakhurst Heights

• Penshurst

• Riverwood (shared with Canterbury)

The following unofficial localities were also located within Hurstville: • Boggywell Creek

• Edith Bay

• Gertrude Point

• Gungah Bay

• Hurstville Bay

• Jew Fish Bay

• Jew Fish Point

• Kingsway

• Lime Kiln Bay

• Lime Kiln Head

• Oatley West

• Soilybottom Point

Demographics
At the 2011 Census, there were 78,855 people in the Hurstville local government area, of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population. The median age of people in the City was 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in Hurstville City Council between the 2001 Census and the 2006 Census was 5.31%; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 Census, population growth was 6.96%. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78% and 8.32% respectively, population growth in Hurstville local government area was marginally lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City was generally on par with the national average.

Final composition and election method
Hurstville City Council was composed of twelve Councillors elected proportionally as three separate wards, each ward electing four Councillors. All Councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor were elected annually by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council in September. The last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the final makeup of the Council in the term 2012–2016, in order of election by ward, was as follows:

Coat of arms
Hurstville City Council adopted the current coat of arms as part of the Council’s centenary celebrations in 1987 and was designed by H. Ellis Tomlinson of the College of Arms.

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Emirate of Beihan

Beihan or Bayhan (بيحان Bayḥān), officially the Emirate of Beihan (إمارة بيحان Imārat Bayḥān), was a state in the British Aden Protectorate and the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Suq Abdulla, now called Beihan. The Emirate was abolished in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and is now part of the Republic of Yemen.

History
It was not until the question of demarcating the northeastern frontier of Beihan arose that the British would have any intercourse with it.

In December 1903 a treaty was concluded with Sharif Ahmed bin Muhsin. This treaty was considered to include the Ahl Masabein in its terms. He drew a monthly stipend of 30 dollars.

In June 1930 the troops of the Imam of Sanaa who had advanced to the Harib district, north-west of Beihan, with headquarters at Al Joba and Darb al Ali, began to encroach on Al Ain, which is inhabited by Masabi tribesmen.

In 1955, sometime before the 1st of July, Beihan settled a border treaty with North Yemen.

The emirate was abolished in 1967.

Geography
Beihan lies to the north of the Beidha district and north-west of the Upper Aulaqi country. It lies on either side of the Wadi Beihan, in the valley of which the bulk of the population reside.

The lower portion of the Wadi Beihan is occupied by the Sharif and his relations together with the Bal Harith tribe and the upper portion by the Ahl Masabein, a powerful tribe, who form the bulk of the fighting men in Beihan.

The headquarters of the Sharif is at An Nuqub, of the Bal Harith at As Seilan and of the Masabein at Beihan al Qasab.

Beihan is a valley connected between Al Bayda in the north-west, Ma'rib in the east and Ataq in the south. It is a fertile valley irrigated by water streams fall from the northern mountains as well as from the dug wells. The main cultivated crops are dates, cereals and citrus and people depend on livestock to a large extent to survive. Nonetheless, people increasingly adopt trade and exchange commerce; in addition to incorporate to the government business.

Inhabitants
Bayhan valley historically had several main groups. The Musabein Tribe living in the south which was dominated by Al-Saleh (Ahmed Saif tribe) and the Alfatima (Naji Alawi tribe). These two factions were engaged in constant feuds. Historically the middle of the valley was populated by the Al-Habieli family, descendants of the Prophet, who arrived in the valley in the late 1600s. They had been sent by the Imam of Yemen to protect the trade routes.

The Al-Habieli family are direct descendants of the first, al Hadi Yahya bin Hussein, and seventh, Qassim al Mansur bin Abdullah, Imams of Sana'a.

The north of the valley was dominated by the Balharith Tribe who were also continuously fighting one another as to who was their paramount sheik and like the Masabin also split into 2 main branches.

In 1931, the population was estimated at 11,000.

Rulers
The ruling Al-Habieli family, recognized by the Hashimite Grand Sharifs of Mecca as related, established themselves as religious leaders in Bayhan in 1680 and became independent. The Hashemite Emirate of Bayhan was included in the Western Aden Protectorate before joining the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South on 11/2/1959 and the Federation of South Arabia on 4/4/1962. The Emirate was abolished by revolutionary Yemen in 7/1967 (the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30/11/1967). Capital was Naqub. Al Amir ( Prince ) Khalid Saleh Hussein Al-Habieli is current dynastic head of the family.

Emirs
The former rulers were:
 * Muqbil, 1st Amir of Bayhan 1680-
 * Emir Hasan.
 * Emir Ghaib c.1750 - 1800 Amir Ghalib.
 * Emir Hussein c.1800 - 1820 Amir Hussein.
 * .... - .... Emir al Habieli.
 * Emir Thaifallah.
 * Emir Mubarak.
 * .... - 1903 Emir Muhsin
 * Sharif Emir Ahmad Muhsin Al Habieli, Amir of Bayhan 1903-abdicated 1935, independent c 1900. Father of: HE
 * Sharif Sultan Hussein Ahmad Al Habieli, Regent of the Hashemite Emirate of Bayhan 1935-1967, formerly Minister of Interior of the Federation of South Arabia. HE Sharif Hussein was married to Halima, daughter of the Sheikh of the Musabein tribe. Their son,
 * HH Sharif Emir Saleh Bin Hussein Al Habieli (1935-Feb 2010), Emir of Bayhan, deprived of ruling powers on 28/8/1967 by revolutionary Yemen (the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30/11/1967).

 * Prince Khalid Bin Saleh Bin Hussein Al-Habieli. Current Prince ( Feb 2010–Present ).

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List of United Kingdom MPs: D

Following is an incomplete list of past and present Members of Parliament (MPs) of the United Kingdom whose surnames begin with D. The dates in parentheses are the periods for which they were MPs.

 * Cynog Dafis (1992–2000)
 * Paul Daisley (2001–2003)
 * Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie (1945–1950)
 * Hugh Dalton (1924–1931), (1935–1959)
 * Tam Dalyell (1962–2005)
 * John Danvers (1625–1639)
 * George Darby (1780–1784)
 * George Darby (1837–1841)
 * Christopher Darby-Griffith (1857–1868)
 * Alistair Darling (1987–2015)
 * George Darling (1950–1974)
 * Keith Darvill (1997–2001)
 * Edward Davey (1997–present)
 * Valerie Davey (1997–2005)
 * Wayne David (2001–2024)
 * Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson (1937–1959)
 * Ian Davidson (1992–2015)
 * J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson (1920–1937)
 * Ann Davies (2024–present)
 * Chris Davies (1995–1997)
 * Clement Davies (1929–1962)
 * David Davies (1874–1886)
 * David Davies (2005–present)
 * Denzil Davies (1970–2005)
 * Geraint Davies (1997–2005), (2010–present)
 * Philip Davies (2005–present)
 * Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (1987–2010)
 * Ron Davies (1983–2001)
 * David Davis (1987–present)
 * Hart Davis (1812–1818)
 * Richard Hart Davis (1807–1831)
 * Terry Davis (1971–1974), (1979–2004)
 * William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane (1918–1945)
 * Hilton Dawson (1997–2005)
 * Stephen Day (1987–2001)
 * William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (1944–1945)
 * Janet Dean (1997–2010)
 * Bill Deedes (1950–1974)
 * Edmund Dell (1964–1979)
 * John Denham (1992–2015)
 * Nirj Deva (1992–1997)
 * Jim Devine (2005–2010)
 * Donald Dewar (1966–1970), (1978–2000)
 * Parmjit Dhanda (2001–2010)
 * Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
 * John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1945–1951), (1957–1970)
 * Quintin Dick (1848–1852)
 * Terry Dicks (1983–1997)
 * Andrew Dismore (1997–2010)
 * Benjamin Disraeli (1837–1876)
 * Samantha Dixon (2022–present)
 * John Dixwell (1654–1659)
 * Jonathan Djanogly (2001–present)
 * Jim Dobbin (1997–2014)
 * Alfred Dobbs (1945)
 * Frank Dobson (1979–2015)
 * Nigel Dodds (2001–present)
 * Pat Doherty (2001–2017)
 * Jeffrey Donaldson (1997–present)
 * John Donne (1601, 1614)
 * Patrick Donner (1931–1955)
 * Brian Donohoe (1992–2015)
 * Frank Doran (1987–1992), (1997–2015)
 * Reginald Dorman-Smith (1935–1941)
 * Stephen Dorrell (1979–2015)
 * Nadine Dorries (2005–present)
 * Sue Doughty (2001–2005)
 * Dick Douglas (1970–1974), (1979–1992)
 * Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1930–1940)
 * James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (1974–1997)
 * Alec Douglas-Home (1931–1945), (1950–1951), (1963–1974)
 * Den Dover (1979–1997)
 * Jim Dowd (1992–2017)
 * David Drew (1997–2010)
 * Tom Driberg (1942–1955), (1959–1974)
 * Julia Drown (1997–2005)
 * Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs (1979–1987)
 * Richard Du Cane (1715–1722)
 * James Duddridge (2005–present)
 * Patrick Duffy (1963–1966), (1970–1992)
 * Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne (1929–1959)
 * Iain Duncan Smith (1992–present)
 * Andrew Rae Duncan (1940–1950)
 * Peter Duncan (2001–2005)
 * Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland (1801–1820)
 * Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland (1872–1873)
 * Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland (1818–1832), (1835–1839)
 * William Dundas (1801–1808), (1810–1831)
 * John Dunlop (1974–1983)
 * Bob Dunn (1979–1997)
 * Philip Dunne (2005–present)
 * Gwyneth Dunwoody (1966–1970), (1974–2008)
 * John Dunwoody (1966–1970)
 * Tony Durant (1974–1997)
 * Mark Durkan (2005–2017)

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Andrachne

Andrachne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phyllanthaceae described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.

They are monoecious herbs or subshrubs, native to semideserts and desert margins of the Americas, southern Europe, North Africa, and South Asia. Linnaeus took the name from Theophrastus, but it is not clear to which plant Theophrastus applied the name. Actually, the etymology of the genus name corresponds to the Ancient Greek word, meaning either "common purslane" (Portulaca oleracea) or "wild strawberry" (Fragaria vesca).

Species list
The Andrachne genus includes the following species. • # Andrachne afghanica - Afghanistan

• # Andrachne aspera - NW Africa, E Africa + SW Asia from Egypt + Ethiopia to Pakistan

• # Andrachne brittonii - Cuba, Haiti

• # Andrachne buschiana - Transcaucasus

• # Andrachne ephemera - Ethiopia

• # Andrachne fedtschenkoi - Turkmenistan, Tajikistan

• # Andrachne filiformis - Transcaucasus

• # Andrachne fragilis - Somalia

• # Andrachne fruticulosa - SW Iran

• # Andrachne maroccana - Morocco

• # Andrachne merxmuelleri - Iran

• # Andrachne microphylla - Baja California Sur, Sonora, Peru

• # Andrachne minutifolia - N Iran

• # Andrachne pulvinata - N Iran

• # Andrachne pusilla - Tajikistan

• # Andrachne pygmaea - Kyrgyzstan

• # Andrachne ramosa - Iran

• # Andrachne reflexa - Iran

• # Andrachne schweinfurthii - Somalia, Socotra

• # Andrachne stenophylla - S Turkmenistan, N Iran

• # Andrachne telephioides - Mediterranean, E Africa, SW + S + C Asia

• # Andrachne virgatenuis - Tajikistan

Formerly included
The following species were formerly included in Andrachne before being moved to the other genera Bischofia, Breynia, Bridelia, Cleistanthus, Leptopus, Meineckia, Notoleptopus, Phyllanthus, Phyllanthopsis, Pseudophyllanthus, and Sauropus. • # A. apetala - Bischofia javanica

• # A. arborea - Phyllanthus grandifolius

• # A. arida - Phyllanthopsis arida

• # A. attenuata - Leptopus clarkei

• # A. australis - Leptopus australis

• # A. bodinieri - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. cadishaco - Cleistanthus collinus

• # A. cadishan - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. calcarea - Leptopus australis

• # A. capensis - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis

• # A. capillipes - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. cavaleriei - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. cerebroides - Meineckia cerebroides

• # A. chinensis - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. clarkei - Leptopus clarkei

• # A. colchica - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. cordifolia - Leptopus cordifolius

• # A. cuneifolia - Phyllanthus cuneifolius

• # A. decaisneana - Leptopus cordifolius

• # A. decaisnei - Notoleptopus decaisnei

• # A. doonkyboisca - Bridelia retusa

• # A. dregeana - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis

• # A. elliptica - Bridelia montana

• # A. emicans - Leptopus emicans

• # A. esquirolii - Leptopus clarkei

• # A. fruticosa L. - Breynia fruticosa

• # A. fruticosa Decne. ex Müll.Arg. - Notoleptopus decaisnei

• # A. fruticosa B.Heyne ex Hook.f. - Meineckia parvifolia

• # A. fruticosa var. orbicularis (Benth.) Pax & K.Hoffm. - Notoleptopus decaisnei

• # A. gracilipes - Meineckia gracilipes

• # A. hainanensis - Leptopus hainanensis

• # A. hirsuta - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. hirta - Leptopus australis

• # A. hypoglauca - Leptopus clarkei

• # A. lanceolata - Leptopus australis

• # A. lolonum - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. montana - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. nana - Leptopus chinensis

• # A. orbicularis - Notoleptopus decaisnei

• # A. orbiculata - Cleistanthus collinus

• # A. ovalis - Pseudophyllanthus ovalis

• # A. ovata - Sauropus androgynus

• # A. pachyphylla - Leptopus pachyphyllus

• # A. persicariifolia - Leptopus clarkei

• # A. phyllanthoides - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

• # A. polypetala - Leptopus australis

• # A. pumila - Phyllanthus caroliniensis

• # A. reverchonii - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

• # A. robinsonii - Leptopus robinsonii

• # A. roemeriana - Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

• # A. schaffneriana - Phyllanthus caroliniensis

• # A. tenera - Leptopus australis

• # A. trifoliata - Bischofia javanica

• # A. yunnanensis - Leptopus chinensis

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Talk:City of Hurstville

Separate page for the Local Government Area
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Bruce Yardley

Bruce Yardley (5 September 1947 – 27 March 2019) was an Australian cricketer who played in 33 Test matches and seven One Day Internationals between 1978 and 1983, taking 126 Test wickets.

Known to his teammates as 'Roo', Yardley was an off-spin bowler who began as a fast-medium pace seamer. In his late 20s Yardley switched to off-spin and had success at club and then state level. His technique was slightly unusual in that he bowled at near medium pace, spinning the ball off his middle finger rather than the index finger like conventional off-spinners. A handy number-eight batsman who scored four Test half-centuries his batting was often characterised by a "Yardley yahoo" over the top of slips which opposition teams sometimes attempted to counter by using a fly slip. Yardley was an exceptional fielder in the gully region taking 31 catches in his 33 Tests including a number of spectacular efforts. He was also the recipient of some fine fielding being the bowler when John Dyson took his catch of the century to dismiss West Indian Sylvester Clarke.

In the early 1980s Yardley was Australia's first-choice spinner; during this period he took most of his 126 Test wickets, including a Test-best of 7/98 against the West Indies at Sydney in 1981/82. It was for this and other eye-catching performances that he was named the 1981/1982 Benson and Hedges International Cricketer of the Year, winning a new sports car.

However he had to purchase this car from his fellow players from that year. The car was put into the team's prize pool with other prizes which included cash which at the end of the year was divided depending on how much you played.

Despite his fine all-round cricket game he was rarely considered for One Day Internationals and in 1981 he was controversially left out of the Ashes squad which toured England (Stuart MacGill, Yardley and fellow West Australian Bruce Reid are the only three bowlers to take 100 wickets for Australia without playing a Test there). Yardley participated in Australia's first tour of Sri Lanka in 1983 and took seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul, in what proved to be his final Test.

After retiring from competitive cricket Yardley remained involved in the sport as a coach and media commentator. In 1997 he was appointed coach of the Sri Lankan national team. A long-time admirer and supporter of Sri Lankan record breaking off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan it was Yardley who encouraged Murali to add the doosra to his arsenal. He was always adamant that Murali was not a chucker.

Yardley spent several years as Regional Cricket Officer for the Western Australian Cricket Association which involved responsibility for promoting cricket and increasing participation in the South West region through school visits/programs and cricket carnivals. He was a regular cricket commentator on TV and radio.

Career
Yardley began playing grade cricket with Midland-Guildford as a fast medium bowler.

He made his first-class cricket debut in 1966–67, taking one wicket against Queensland. However West Australia had fast bowlers during this period and he struggled to find a permanent spot, only playing in two games over six seasons. (The second game came against Victoria at the WACA in 1970–71. )

In 1971 Yardley began developing his abilities as a spin bowler and worked on his batting. He gained selection for WA as a batsman in 1973–74. He scored 43 not out against the touring New Zealanders in 1974. He would occasionally bowl as well.

In 1973–74 he scored a quick fire 59 in a Gillette Cup game, helping WA beat NSW.

In 1974–75 he played for West Australia primarily as a batsman.

After a decade in First-Class cricket Yardley had 14 First-Class matches, scoring 246 runs at 14.47 and picking up six wickets at 61.83. He had bowled only 923 deliveries (153.5 six-ball overs).

Emergence as spin bowler
1976–77 was Yardley's breakthrough season as he became a full-time spinner. He took 2–44 and 3–40 against South Australia, also scoring a useful 35 runs. Two games later against NSW he took 6–62 then made 97 not out.

For the season he scored 171 runs at 28.50 and picked up 19 wickets at 25.73.

1977–78 Test bowler
In 1977–78 the Australian Test team had lost a number of its leading players to World Series Cricket. Tony Mann was tried as a spinner but was dropped after four Tests.

Yardley had a strong domestic season. He scored 51 in 65 minutes in a game against South Australia, then took 7–44. This saw him leap into contention for the spinner's spot for the fifth Test, the other contenders being Jim Higgs and Graham Whyte.

Yardley ended up being selected for both the fifth Test against India and the tour of West Indies.

Yardley's Test debut was promising. One of four Australians playing in their first Test, he made useful scores of 22 and 26 and although he went wicketless in the first innings, took 4–134 in the second, helping bowl Australia to victory.

1978 tour of the West Indies
Yardley enjoyed considerable success in the West Indies, forming a notable spin combination with Jim Higgs.

He began the tour well, taking five wickets against Leeward Islands, including a second innings return of 4–91. He followed this up with nine wickets against Trinidad and Tobago, 4–51 and 5–89.

This saw him selected in the first Test to team with Higgs. He took three wickets, but Australia lost by an innings.

There was some discussion Yardley would miss the second Test but he ended up playing. Yardley had an excellent game with the bat, scoring 74 off 73 runs in Australia's first innings and 47 in the second. He only bowled two overs, in another Australian defeat.

Yardley went wicketless in a tour game against Guyana and was injured while batting, retiring hurt for 37. He recovered to play in the third Test which was an Australian victory. He took three wickets and made 33 and 15 not out; the latter innings was especially crucial as it helped Australia pass the West Indies total. He did find however that Bob Simpson often preferred to bowl himself rather than Yardley.

Yardley took six wickets in a game against Windward Islands. In the 4th Test Yardley took 1–48 and 4–40 but Australia collapsed in their second innings and lost the game.

Throwing controversy
Yardley encountered controversy in a tour match against Jamaica when he was twice no-balled for throwing by umpire Douglas Sang Hue. It marred a fine game for him as he took 5–63 in the second innings and his score of 15 with the bat helped Australia win by two wickets.

In the fifth Test Yardley almost bowled Australia to victory with second innings figures of 4–35 but the game ended in a riot.

Yardley finished the series with 206 runs at 29.42 and 15 wickets at 25.13. He was easily one of the team's best performers on tour and now firmly established as the first choice off spinner.

1978–79 Ashes
Yardley kept his place for the first Test of the 78–79 Ashes. He had a poor game, only taking one wicket, although a first innings score at 17 did arrest an Australian collapse.

His batting ensured he kept his place in the second Test over Higgs; he took four wickets. Yardley was not selected for the next two games. He was recalled for the fifth Test, in which he took no wickets.

In the sixth Test, Yardley took two wickets although he top scored in Australia's second innings with a knock of 61. He and Higgs famously opened the bowling together in England's second innings.

Pakistan
Yardley was dropped again for Australia's next game, the first Test against Pakistan, in favour of Peter Sleep. Australia lost this game and Yardley was recalled for the next game. He only took one wicket but the game resulted in a rare Australian victory.

Yardley was overlooked for selection for the 1979 Cricket World Cup in favour of Graeme Porter however he was selected to tour India in 1979.

1979 tour of India
Yardley toured India in 1979. He was made 12th man for the first Test. He returned to the side for the second test, making 47 as nightwatchman then taking 4–107 before illness meant he was too sick to bowl.

He was kept on in the team for the third Test, taking only two wickets; he was called upon to open Australia's first innings and made 29. A Kapil Dev yorker broke his foot in the second innings, ruling him out for the fourth Test. He missed three games but returned for the fifth test, Kim Hughes saying the cricketer was "a must" for the team. Yardley responded to his captain's faith by scoring 61 off 70 balls in Australia's first innings and taking 4–91.

Yardley failed a fitness Test and was omitted for the sixth Test, replaced by Peter Sleep.

Form slump
Yardley suffered a form slump at the beginning of the 1979–80 domestic season, which saw him only make 58 runs in five innings, and was dropped from the West Australian side.

He later contracted a virus which affected his health so badly he dropped out of cricket altogether for a while to recover.

1980–81 comeback
Yardley had a return to form during the 1980–81 season. He made 78 in a game against Queensland then took 5–85 against South Australia and 7–62 and 4–36 against Tasmania.

This form – he was the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield Shield that season at the time – saw him recalled to the Australian side for the test against India, replacing Shaun Graf; once again he was in the squad alongside Jim Higgs. Yardley ended up being preferred to Higgs in the game, taking 2–90 and 1–25, as Australia failed to bowl out India.

Yardley and Higgs played together in the next Test. Yardley had better figures, taking 2-45 and 2-65, but Australia's batters collapsed in the second innings and India won the game.

Towards the end of the summer, Yardley's 3-40 against Queensland in a crucial game helped WA win the Shield.

Yardley was overlooked for the 1981 Ashes despite being the third highest first class wicket-taker that summer, with 47 wickets at 25.38. The spinners chosen to go to England both had less wickets than Yardley: Graeme Beard (29) and Ray Bright (22).

International Cricketer of the Year
Yardley's greatest season came in 1981–82.

He started well with 4-54 against South Australia and was picked in the Australian 12 for the first Test against Pakistan over Ray Bright. Yardley rewarded the selectors taking 6-84 in Pakistan's second innings.

He then took 1-51 and 4-77 in the second Test, contributing to another Australian victory.

For the third Test Yardley's figures were 7-187, earning him the man of the match award – but Australia lost the game by an innings.

Australia then played the West Indies. The first game was the famous Boxing Day Test, best remembered for Kim Hughes' century. Yardley took 4-38 in their second innings helping considerably to an Australian victory. "Bruce bowled better than at any time I have seen him before", said Greg Chappell. "He is a great spin-bowler because he attacks the batsman and that is an asset that is rare among spinners".

In the second Test he took 3-87 and 7-98, and hit 45 off 33 balls, giving Australia an outside chance of winning the game, but it ended in a draw.

For the third Test, Yardley took 5-132 in the West Indies' first innings but no wickets in the second, as Australia lost.

Yardley was not selected in Australia's one day side for the latter part of the summer. However he was voted International Cricketer of the Year.

1982 Tour of New Zealand
Yardley and Ray Bright were the two spinners on the 1982 tour of New Zealand.

Yardley took 3-49 in the rain shortened first Test. He took 4-142 and 2-40 in the second Test, frequently clashing with the New Zealand umpires, in a game Australia lost. They had their revenge in the next game which Australia won; Yardley was not required to bowl in New Zealand's first innings but his 4-80 in the second helped considerably in securing an Australian victory.

1982 Tour of Pakistan
Yardley was then selected on the tour to Pakistan. He played in the first Test, scoring a pair and only taking one wicket.

He then fell sick with a virus and was replaced in the second by Peter Sleep. Yardley returned for the third Test, making a quick fire 40 in Australia's first innings and going for 1-102.

1982–83 Ashes
Yardley kept his spot in the Australian side against England in 1982–83. He took 5-107 and 3-101 in the first Test.

After 5-68 against Tasmania he scored 53 and took two wickets in the second Test. The third test saw him take three wickets.

A thigh injury due to a Rodney Hogg delivery meant there was some doubt whether Yardley would play the fourth Test but he was fit in time. Yardley took 4-89 in England's first innings.

In the fifth Test, Yardley took 4-139 in England's second innings but the Australian bowlers were unable to force a victory. He finished the series with 141 runs at 20.14 and 22 wickets at 36.07.

Yardley was dropped from the Australian one day side again towards the end of the summer. He then took four wickets in a game against South Australia.

End of Test career
Yardley toured Sri Lanka in 1983. In the sole Test he took 5-88 and 2-78, bowling in conjunction with Tom Hogan, helping Australia win by an innings.

After being overlooked for the 1983 World Cup in favour of Tom Hogan, Yardley retired from first class cricket.

"I want people to understand the decision was not based on not being selected to go to England", said Yardley at the time. "I will be 36 in September and it's as good a time to retire as any. I will not even be playing club cricket."

Since Yardley had been first selected for Australia, he had missed selection on every side picked to tour England – 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1983. (Although 1979 and 1983 were one-day tournaments, and his form had been poor in 1979–80).

Comeback
Yardley made a surprising comeback to First-Class cricket six-and-a-half years after his retirement when he was named in a Western Australian squad to tour India in 1989, at the age of 41.

Yardley then played for WA against the touring New Zealanders, Victoria, NSW, and South Australia in the 1989-90 summer. He was criticised for abandoning a grade game to commentate with Channel Nine during a Test match. He took ten wickets at 37.60 then retired for good. "I think I have bowled well enough to play Shield again, but the selectors won't pick me", Yardley said.

Post retirement
Yardley was appointed the Sri Lankan coach in 1997. He later coached Singapore at the 2001 ICC Trophy

He coached Western Australia to their first Imparja Cup in 2009–10.

Yardley died of cancer (melanoma) on 27 March 2019 in Kununurra, Western Australia, at the age of 71.

title: Bruce Yardley


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Delta Sagittarii

Delta Sagittarii (δ Sagittarii, abbreviated Delta Sgr, δ Sgr), formally named Kaus Media, is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +2.70, making it easily visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements place the distance at roughly 348 ly from the Sun.

Properties
Eggleton and Tokovinin (2008) list Delta Sagittarii as a binary star system consisting of an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III, and a white dwarf companion. The giant is a weak barium star, most likely having had its surface abundance of s-process elements enhanced through mass transfer from an orbiting companion, presumed to be a white dwarf. It has an estimated 3.21 times the mass of the Sun and is about 260million years old.

Delta Sagittarii has three dim visual companions:
 * a 14th magnitude star at a separation of 26 arcseconds,
 * a 15th magnitude star at a separation of 40 arcseconds, and
 * a 13th magnitude star at a separation of 58 arcseconds from the primary.

Nomenclature
δ Sagittarii (Latinised to Delta Sagittarii) is the star's Bayer designation.

It bore the traditional names Kaus Media, Kaus Meridionalis, and Media, which derive from the قوس qaws ('bow') and media ('middle'). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which included Kaus Media for this star.

In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket, this star was designated Thani al Waridah, meaning 'second of Warida'.

In Chinese astronomy, 箕 Jī ('Winnowing Basket') refers to an asterism consisting of Delta Sagittarii, Gamma2 Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii and Eta Sagittarii. Consequently, the Chinese name for Delta Sagittarii itself is 箕宿二 Jī Sù èr ('the Second Star of Winnowing Basket').

This star, together with Gamma Sagittarii, Epsilon Sagittarii, Zeta Sagittarii, Lambda Sagittarii, Sigma Sagittarii, Tau Sagittarii and Phi Sagittarii, comprises the Teapot asterism. In Hindu astrology, this star is also called Purvashada Nakshatra.

title: Delta Sagittarii