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Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation is a 1990 American supernatural horror film directed by Brian Yuzna, written by Yuzna, Woody Keith, and Arthur Gorson, and starring Maud Adams, Tommy Hinkley, Allyce Beasley, Clint Howard and Neith Hunter. It focuses on a Los Angeles newspaper reporter who, while investigating the unexplained death of a woman, becomes entangled with a coven of Lilith-worshipping witches who are preparing her for a ritual on Christmas Eve. The fourth installment in the Silent Night, Deadly Night film series, it bears no resemblance to the previous films, as it drops the storyline of the Billy Chapman and Ricky Caldwell characters entirely (despite featuring a killer named Ricky).

The film was developed from a screenplay by Keith, which was reshaped by Yuzna after he was hired to direct the film. Yuzna incorporated additional elements such as the coven's focus on Lilith, as well as many of the insect creatures and visual references to Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. Principal photography occurred in Los Angeles in the spring of 1990, with the elaborate special effects crafted by Screaming Mad George.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation was released directly-to-video in the United States by LIVE Entertainment on November 21, 1990. In the United Kingdom, it was released under the alternative title Bugs. It is followed by Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991).

Plot
Kim Levitt is an aspiring journalist working for the Los Angeles Eye newspaper as a classified ads editor. Her boss, Eli, seems to give all of the men in her office the breaks, including her boyfriend Hank. When a woman is discovered dead on the sidewalk, half-burned into ashes in an apparent case of the spontaneous human combustion, Kim decides to pursue the story on her own without Eli's approval. While investigating, she crosses paths with Fima, a used bookstore proprietor whose shop is in the building the woman jumped from. As a gift, Fima offers Kim a book on feminism and the occult.

Kim has dinner with Hank at his family's house, where Hank's father makes snide remarks about Kim being Jewish. Later at her apartment, Kim begins reading the book Fima gave to her, and finds a chapter on "The Fire of Lilith" depicting a woman engulfed in flames. The next day, Kim arrives at a picnic Fima invited her to, where she meets Katherine Harrison, a self-described old crone, and the young Jane Yanana. They tell her about Lilith, Adam's first wife and the "spirit of all that crawls."

At the office, Eli, instead of being angry about Kim missing work, lets her officially have the spontaneous combustion story. That afternoon, Kim decides to visit Fima's apartment to ask her more questions. Fima serves her a cup of tea, which makes Kim nauseated. Fima tells Kim of her daughter Lilith. Fima offers her a date and demands that Kim eat it. She does, even though it looks like a roach in her hand. Soon after, Kim loses consciousness.

She wakes up surrounded by Jane, Fima, Katherine, and Li. They perform a ritual on Kim: Ricky and Fima slice open a live rat over her, and insert a giant larva into Kim's vagina. It emerges from her mouth as a full-grown, giant, multi-segmented roach; she vomits the creature out. Ricky slices the creature in half and drips its innards onto Kim's face. Kim wakes up later fully dressed, still in Fima's apartment. She rushes home, terrified, and finds Hank, who is able to calm her. Ricky then enters the apartment and stabs Hank to death. Kim manages to answer her ringing phone during the fight and screams for her co-worker Janice to help her. Ricky captures Kim and binds her. Janice arrives, but doesn't help Kim. Instead, she admonishes Ricky for the mess and tells him to take Kim straight to Fima.

Ricky locks Kim in the meat locker at a meat shop next-door to Fima's bookstore where she loses consciousness again. When she awakens, she is surrounded by the entire cult. Ricky, wearing a phallic mask, rapes Kim. She reawakens alone in the meat locker; her fingers bind themselves together in a knot. She then experiences incredible pain as her legs bind together into an insect-like tail before losing consciousness. She awakens in the meat locker as Jo opens the door. He frees her legs from a brittle cocoon-like substance and covers her as best as he can. Jo tells her that she has been initiated and that she should leave.

Kim brings a policeman, Detective Burt, to her apartment. There, everything is spotless and there is no trace of Hank's body, leading Kim to question her sanity. At the newspaper's Christmas party, Kim confronts Eli about Hank's whereabouts, and he claims that Hank is away on an assignment. Janice is there, and welcomes her "to the family." Furious and confused, Kim storms out of the office. On the sidewalk, she notices Ricky following her and ducks into a motel room. Her feet begin to get painfully hot. She jumps into the shower, but they still burst into tiny flames. Ricky enters the room and, in pain, Kim agrees to kidnap Hank's teenaged brother Lonnie to complete the initiation.

On Christmas Eve, Kim lures Lonnie out of his house, and Ricky murders Hank's parents by strangling them with Christmas lights, then setting the house on fire. On the building roof, Kim is asked to stab Lonnie; instead, she stabs Fima. In anger, Fima pulls the knife from her stomach and stabs Ricky who tried to block her from stabbing Kim. A giant larva feeds on Ricky, as Kim's legs begin to get hot. Kim's hands knot themselves together once again, then they start to burst into flame. Kim then stabs her fused hands into Fima's wound. This transfers the curse of Lilith to Fima, and Fima dives off the roof just as her daughter had.

Development
Director Brian Yuzna was approached to direct the fourth sequel in the Silent Night, Deadly Night film series in 1989 by LIVE Entertainment, who had previously acquired distribution rights to his second directorial feature, Bride of Re-Animator (1990). Screenwriter Woody Keith, with whom Yuzna had collaborated in the past, had already devised a screenplay centered around a journalist who becomes entrenched in a coven of witches during Christmastime. Yuzna agreed to direct the project, and reworked the screenplay with Keith, introducing the subplot which has the coven devoted to the Biblical figure of Lilith, the first wife of Adam and a demon who was banished from the Garden of Eden, and who later became a figure of women's liberation in the feminist movement of the late-20th century.

Yuzna sought to present the protagonist of Kim as an analog of the Lilith figure, as her character is largely controlled by the men in her life, and she finds independence after encountering the coven; however, her eventual initiation into the coven proves to be nefarious and oppressive in and of itself, and merely another situation "from which she needs to free herself as well."

Stylistically and narratively, the film departs significantly from the Christmas-themed slasher elements of the previous three films, which focused on serial killer Bill Chapman, who went on a murder rampage while dressed in a Santa Claus costume. Yuzna stated that, at the time, he was "not interested" in highlighting the Christmas elements of the previous films, though he later regretted it and "tried to atone for it" by producing the series' following sequel, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991). He explained the film's lack of focus on the Christmas holiday as being due to the pre-existing screenplay that had been conceived without his involvement, commenting: "To a certain degree, I just didn't know how to pull all these different elements together."

Casting
LIVE Entertainment pushed for the casting of Maud Adams as the coven leader, Fima, based on her identifiability for her portrayal of two Bond girls in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Octopussy (1983). Clint Howard was cast as the coven's henchman Ricky, while model Neith Hunter auditioned for the lead role of Kim. Hunter had previously had minor appearances in the films Born in East L.A. (1986), Near Dark (1987), and Less than Zero (also 1987), and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation marked her first major leading role.

Filming
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation was shot in Los Angeles in the spring of 1990, with principal photography completing on April 15, 1990. The sequences that occur at Hank's parents' home were filmed in an empty house in the escrow process in West Covina. Yuzna intentionally incorporated visual elements throughout of simulacra, optical illusions in which images or shapes of objects can be representative of something else depending upon the viewer's perspective; among these are images of a water stain on a ceiling resembling a face, as well as twigs from a tree branch resembling a face. These images were intended to give the film a "surreal" appearance and the sense of a "bending of reality" as the lead character's story arc progresses.

Due to a camera malfunction discovered in the dailies after principal photography had wrapped, several key sequences had to be reshot, including the film's finale that occurs on the rooftop of a building. Because the production's leasing of the building had expired, filming of this sequence took place on a soundstage with an artificial constructed rooftop.

Special effects
The film's special effects, which prominently feature oversized mutated beetles and worm-like creatures, were designed by effects artist Screaming Mad George.

Some of the film's bug effects, primarily the depiction of the oversized cockroach, were inspired by Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

Home media
The film was released directly to video on November 21, 1990. It subsequently screened on Cinemax on December 31, 1990.

In December 2009, it was released on DVD for the first time as part of a triple-feature with Better Watch Out! and The Toy Maker by Lions Gate Entertainment.

On December 13, 2022, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation was released in a Blu-ray box set set with Silent Night, Dead Night 3: Better Watch Out! and Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker through Lionsgate's Vestron Video Collector's Series.

Critical response
Jeffrey Jonsson of The Daily Utah Chronicle referred to the film as "quite putrid" and criticized it for its disconnection from the series' previous films, adding that it was not worth seeking out "unless you have a thing for big, slimey devil-worms".

In a contemporary review, Variety described the film as "impressive, disturbing entertainment" and that "Thanks to the imaginative effects of Screaming Mad George...[the effects are] hard to watch but just what modern horror fans crave". The review noted that Neith Hunter "makes a very strong impression here in an uninhibited performance".

Online magazine Flickering Myth called the film an "anti-Christmas" movie and likened it to Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) because of its lack of relation to the former films in the series. Its special effects and use of bugs also drew comparisons to The Fly (1986).


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Carmel Busuttil

Carmel Busuttil MQR (born 29 February 1964), nicknamed "Il-Bużu", is a Maltese former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Regarded as one of the best Maltese players of all time, he began his career with his hometown club Rabat Ajax winning two Premier League titles, two Super Cups and an FA Trophy. After a year spell with Verbania in Italy, Busuttil joined Genk in 1988. He was a prominent figure in the Belgian side, where he served as club captain and was the team's top scorer for three consecutive seasons. Busuttil returned to Malta to join Sliema Wanderers where he won another Premier League title. He finished off his career in 2001 as one of the highest goalscorers in Premier League history with 93 goals.

At international level, Busuttil made his debut for the Maltese national team in 1982. He was capped 113 times, scoring 23 goals in the process. He is the nation's fourth-most capped player of all-time, and his top goalscoring record stood until it was broken in March 2010. In 2004, he was selected by the Malta Football Association as the country's "single most outstanding player" in the last 50 years as part of the UEFA Jubilee Awards.

Rabat Ajax
Born in Rabat, Malta, on 29 February 1964, Busuttil was introduced to football when he played with the neighbourhood children next to his parents’ house. He joined Rabat Magpies Amateurs at the age of ten, and following financial and administrative problems a new club was formed under the name of Rabat Ajax. Spotted by former Malta international and head coach of Rabat Ajax, Lolly Borg, Busuttil made his debut at age 14 against Għaxaq. Starting from the Third Division, Rabat Ajax earned two successive promotions, making a return to the top tier of Maltese football for the 1982–83 season after a 17-year wait. In their first season back, Rabat Ajax finished a respectable second place, tied with Valletta, which gave them access to the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. Busuttil made his debut in European competition in the 0–10 defeat against the Czechs of Inter Bratislava, played at the Rabat Ajax Football Ground on 11 September 1983.

After two runner-up finishes in their first two seasons back, in which Busuttil was awarded the first out of his two Player of the Year awards, Rabat Ajax won the Premier League title for two seasons in a row; the second was part of a double with the FA Trophy. The high point of the previous seasons was followed by the low of the 1986–87 season as Rabat Ajax surprisingly suffered relegation. Busuttil finished as the league top scorer with 10 goals.

Verbania
Following Rabat's relegation, Busuttil expressed interest in leaving the club and Adelmo Paris, who at that time was with Żurrieq, invited him to join him at semi-professional Verbania. In late August 1987, a season-long loan deal was agreed, with an additional clause added that following the season, in the event that a higher-level Italian club showed interest in Busuttil, Verbania would act on behalf of Rabat Ajax and receive 30% of any deal struck. Playing in the Promozione, at that time the fifth level in Italian football, Verbania finished second in the Piemonte and Aosta Valley regional division, gaining promotion to the Interregionale (today's Serie D). Busuttil ended his first stint outside his home country with eight goals to his name, and nowadays is still regarded with high esteem at the Piedmontese side.

Genk
During the summer of 1988, Belgian side Genk started negotiations with Rabat Ajax for Busuttil's signature. Rabat Ajax were hesitant to sanction the sale due to Busuttil's importance to the team and the lack of agreement on the transfer fee; in turn, Busuttil was suspended by the club for his stance on leaving the club and did not play for three months. Ultimately, the Malta Football Association (MFA) president (and future President of Malta) George Abela interceded on behalf of Rabat Ajax and in September 1988 an agreement was reached for the transfer of Busuttil. The sum agreed was Lm 45,000 (€104,821) and he joined the club after a 15-day trial.

His first season was also Genk's first as a newly-formed club following the merger of Waterschei Thor with KFC Winterslag. The club was marred with an unhealthy environment of bitterness between old rivals and now members of a single club, and finished the season last with only two wins in 34 matches. Busuttil scored the first of his three goals for the season in a 2–2 draw against Beerschot on 2 October 1988. Fortunes soon turned for the club and they finished fourth in the Second Division, thereby qualifying for the promotion play-offs. In the decisive match against Zwarte Leeuw, played on 31 May 1990, Busuttil scored twice as Genk won 7–2. He finished the season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals in all competitions, including 14 in the league.

Returning to the top division, Busuttil further solidified his place in the first team and extended his stay with the club despite interest from Belgian, Turkish and Hungarian clubs. For the following four years he served as club captain. Although considered relegation candidates for most of the 1990–91 season, Genk finished 14th in the league, avoiding relegation by four points; Busuttil scored five goals including the opener in a 1–1 draw against eventual champions Anderlecht on 13 April 1991. In the following couple of seasons, Busuttil finished as club top scorer with ten goals as Genk narrowly avoided relegation in both years. His last season with the Belgian club ended on a low point as the team's poor performances coupled with three managers hired during the course of the season led to a last place finish; Busuttil ended his season with six goals.

He finished his spell with Genk registering 57 goals in 183 games, becoming a crowd favourite and remaining highly regarded to this day.

Sliema Wanderers
Busuttil returned to Malta and in the summer of 1994 signed with Sliema Wanderers for a reported sum of Lm40,000 (€93,175). In his first season back in his homeland he scored seven goals and helped Sliema Wanderers finish runners-up behind Hibernians. The following season, Hibernians and Valletta started as early title favourites. With inconsistent results between the two and a comeback win for Sliema Wanderers against Valletta in the second round, the Blues never looked back and headed to a league title win, the 23rd in their history. Although this was to be his only Premier League title with Sliema Wanderers, his contribution was not only limited to his goal-scoring capabilities (scoring 35 goals in 67 matches between the 1996 and 1999 league campaigns) but he also served as a player-coach for the 1997–98 season. In the 1999–2000 season, Busuttil added the FA Trophy and Super Cup to his honours, both triumphs coming against Birkirkara. The following season, Busuttil found his first European goal, scoring the winner in a 2–1 win over Partizan in the first leg of the qualifying round of the 2000–01 UEFA Cup.

His last league game of his career came on 18 August 2001 in the 4–1 win over Marsa, the opening game of the 2001–02 season. During this game he scored a goal but was also sent off, resulting in an unfulfilled one-match ban. Busuttil's last official match came the following week, in the second leg qualifier of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, a 2–1 win over Matador Púchov in which he left a mark with his final goal.

International career
Following his early exploits with Rabat Ajax, Busuttil made his debut for Malta on 5 June 1982 in a 2–1 win against Iceland in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying match played at the Stadio Giovanni Celeste. In his fifth cap with the senior side, Busuttil scored a brace in a 2–3 defeat against Spain played on 15 May 1983. His goals gave Malta a momentary 2–1 lead but were outdone by a late winner from Rafael Gordillo. On 15 December 1984, Malta hosted West Germany at the National Stadium in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier. In a record crowd of 35,000, Busuttil gave Malta a ten-minute lead after avoiding the challenge from a German defender and scoring with a low shot to the left corner. Malta ultimately ended up losing 2–3, with Busuttil completing the second half carrying an injury following a first-half stamp from Hans-Peter Briegel where he had to be given a painkiller during half-time.

During the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Malta played against Hungary in a home match on 11 December 1988. The Hungarians took a 1–0 lead before the break, but at the start of the second half, Busuttil scored the equaliser after receiving a through pass from Raymond Vella and rounding goalkeeper Péter Disztl. As Hungary regained their lead with a József Kiprich penalty, a minute into stoppage time Busuttil struck again from a Silvio Vella freekick to equalise the scores. In the reverse fixture played at the Népstadion on 12 April 1989, Malta took the lead after seven minutes: John Buttigieg won the ball inside his own penalty box and after beating the challenge of a number of Hungarian players, fed the ball to Busuttil who overcame Ervin Kovács and slid the ball past Disztl. The match ended in a 1–1 draw with Imre Boda scoring from the penalty spot.

On 19 December 1992, in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier, Malta hosted Italy in a packed stadium. Following a first half with no goals, Italy scored twice in three minutes. After a penalty miss from Kristian Laferla following Franco Baresi's handball offence, five minutes from time, Malta reduced the lead when Busuttil collected a Charles Scerri through ball and fed Martin Gregory for the goal. This ended up to be a consolation goal as Malta were defeated 1–2.

Busuttil was named captain for the first time in the 0–3 defeat against Scotland on 17 February 1993, fulfilling this role for 36 games in his international career. On 16 February 1994, Malta faced Belgium for the first time on a senior level, the latter using this match as preparation for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals. Busuttil, who at that time was plying his trade in Belgium and had arrived in the same aircraft as the Belgian party, collected a pass from Raymond Vella (this was also Vella's last match with the national side following his retirement) and scored what would be the match winner. Returning to Genk, Busuttil rode the same plane as the Belgian squad.

His 100th cap arrived on 6 February 2000 in the 3–0 win against Azerbaijan, the first Maltese national to achieve this feat. His final Malta appearance came on 25 April 2001 in a 1–4 defeat against Iceland, ending his international career amassing 113 games and 23 goals. His 23 goals were the highest scored with the international team up till 3 March 2010 when Michael Mifsud scored his 24th goal in a 1–2 defeat against Finland.

Retirement
Following his retirement, in September 2001 Busuttil opened the Bużu Football School, a youth development initiative aimed at providing football coaching programs. He also ventured into the futsal game, playing for Konica Minolta Gunners which included in its roster a number of former Maltese international players like John Buttigieg, Silvio Vella, Ray Farrugia, and Martin Gregory. Alongside Buttigieg, Busuttil participated in a six-a-side competition played in October 2002 at the London Arena representing the Southern Europe team; the selection ended up winning the one-day competition and Busuttil was awarded with both the Goal and Player of the Tournament.

Busuttil took part in numerous local charity events, consisting of friendly-style football matches against teams made up of former professional players and one-off selections.

Managerial career
On 21 October 2003, the Malta Football Association announced the appointment of Horst Heese as the new head coach of the Maltese national team, and Busuttil would serve as his assistant with the aim to take over in two years' time. Heese managed Busuttil during the latter's time playing with Malta's national team and was an important figure in pushing for Busuttil's transfer to Genk. At the end of 2005, Heese made aware his intentions of not extending his contract and the MFA began discussions with Busuttil to take the helm. When Busuttil rejected the association's offer, Dušan Fitzel was engaged on a two-year contract.

On 17 November 2005, Busuttil was presented as the new coach for Third Division side, Santa Luċija, signing a season-long contract. His first game in charge was a 2–1 win over Siġġiewi. Santa Luċija finished fifth in the league which wasn't enough for a promotion place to the Second Division. In November 2006, Pietà Hotspurs announced Busuttil as their new coach. At the time, Pietà Hotspurs were lingering at the bottom of the Premier League table with only two points from eight games, and although he had a slow start the team's form recovered and by the end of the season they confirmed their top-tier status with games to spare. The following 2007–08 season, Pietà Hotspurs ended their 12-year stay at the top level when they finished second to last and were relegated to the First Division.

In July 2009, Dušan Fitzel stepped down from his coaching role of the Maltese national team due to health problems and was replaced by John Buttigieg, with Busuttil returning as assistant, and both officially signed a five-year contract starting from 1 August. Following a two-year spell which gave only two wins from 21 games and with criticism over the players' selection, Buttigieg and Busuttil were relieved of their duties. Between August 2012 and June 2018, Busuttil formed part of Melita's coaching staff, assisting both the senior amateur team in their first-ever season in the Premier League as well as heading the youth academy.

Busuttil is a holder of the UEFA A Licence, and on 6 July 2011, he obtained his Category 1 UEFA Pro Coaching Licence at Coverciano.

Personal life
Busuttil is married to Julie, who he met while playing for Rabat Ajax, and they have two children: Kelly and Gary (the latter named after English striker Gary Lineker).

International goals

 * "Score" represents the score in the match after Busuttil's goal.

Player
Rabat Ajax
 * Premier League: 1984–85, 1985–86
 * FA Trophy: 1985–86
 * Super Cup: 1985, 1986

Sliema Wanderers
 * Premier League: 1995–96
 * FA Trophy: 1999–2000
 * Super Cup: 1996, 2000

Individual

 * Maltese Player of the Year: 1983, 1986
 * Premier League Player of the Month: October 1985, March 1995, February 1997, October 1997, August 1998
 * UEFA Jubilee Awards – Malta's Golden Player
 * Malta Olympic Committee Hall of Fame

Orders

 * MLT Medal for Service to the Republic BAR.svg Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika: 2000

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Systematics (systems theory)

Systematics is the name given by John Godolphin Bennett (1897–1974) to a branch of systems science that he developed in the mid-twentieth century. Also referred to as the theory of Multi-Term Systems or Bennettian Systematics, it focuses on types, levels, and degrees of complexity in systems, the qualities emergent at these levels, and the ability to represent and practically deal with ("understand") complexity using abstract models. Thus to understand the notions of sameness and difference requires a system or universe of discourse with a minimum of two terms or elements. To understand the concept of relatedness requires three, and so on.

Bennettian Systematics evolved through various stages of formulation as described in his major, four-volume work The Dramatic Universe (initially published 1955-1966) and in various articles in Systematics: The Journal of the Institute for the Comparative Study of History, Philosophy and the Sciences, published from 1963 to 1974. Bennettian Systematics has been further refined and advanced by students such as A. G. E. Blake, Anthony Hodgson, Kenneth Pledge, Henri Bortoft, Richard Heath and others.

Overview
Bennett has described his discipline of Systematics in quite general terms as "the study of systems and their application to the problem of understanding ourselves and the world." He notes in this general context 4 branches of Systematics:
 * Pure Systematics – seeks "to identify and describe the universal properties or attributes common to all systems".
 * Formal Systematics – studies "the properties of systems without reference to the nature of the terms. It consists mainly of the investigation of possible modes of connectedness which evidently can be very complex for systems with more than three or four terms".
 * Applied Systematics – "the study of systems occurring in our experience and is chiefly directed to the identification of the terms and their characteristics".
 * Practical Systematics – focuses on "the application of the understanding gained through the study of systems to the problems that arise in all departments of life".

Bennett's use of the term "Systematics" is basically synonymous with what today falls under the terms "systemics", "systemology", "systems science", and "systems theory". However, his own specific work under the name "Systematics" takes approaches that are still unfamiliar to many current systems specialists, making his work a specialty in a much broader field. In addition, the use of the term "systematics" in biology to refer to the classification of types and forms of organisms creates ambiguity and rather overwhelms the term's current viability within general systemology. Thus reference can be made simply to "Bennettian Systems" (or Systemics or Systematics), or to "Multi-Term Systems" to describe his work and its continuations.

Formal Bennettian systems are defined around and focus on the idea of logical or qualitative complexity rather than quantitative complexity. There is thus a possible analogy to the philosophical program of logical atomism. ("Quantitative complexity", as contrasted with "qualitative", results from the presence in a practical setting of two or more actual components of the same qualitative type. However, in practical Systematics, the quantity or amount of a component also has concrete qualitative effects, and the two categories cannot always be separated.)

Thus in formal Systematics, Bennettian systems are abstract, and each system represents a qualitative or logical "type" or level analogous to the logical levels used by Bertrand Russell in his Theory of Types.

Each formal level consists of qualitatively independent but mutually relevant "terms" that constitute a "universe of discourse" specific to that level, and terminology suitable at one level can cause category confusion when used in other contexts.

Every multi-term system so-defined has its special system-level attribute or characteristic emergent quality, such as "dynamism" for the triad, or "significance" for the pentad. The emergence of these qualities, according to the work of Anthony Blake in what he calls Lattice Systematics, is mysterious but not random and occurs within a process involving both increasing "spiritualization" of will and increasing specification or "materialization" of function.

The logical level of the system depends on the number of the qualitatively different but mutually relevant terms in the system. Bennettian systems thus increase in qualitative complexity, and display new emergent qualities, in a quantized, progressive series as the number of qualitatively distinct terms within the system increases.

Conversely, the "terms" of a given formal system correlate in a general way with the specific degree, type, or level of the system they occur in, so that the terms of a dyad are characterized as "poles", those of a triad as "impulses", those of a tetrad as "sources", those of a pentad as "limits," and so on.

Each system beyond the first contains subsystems and all systems, theoretically, are embedded in supersystems with a higher number of terms.

In practical Systematics, Bennett carried this process of elaboration up to the 12-term system as best he could within the constraints of the very limited technical vocabulary currently available to make such distinctions. Beyond the 12-term system he spoke of "societies".

Bennett correlates the logical levels or leaps of qualitative complexity with what he calls the "concrete" or "qualitative" significance of number, perhaps again analogous to what Russell calls "relation number" in Principia Mathematica and in looser reference to Pythagorean traditions, although Bennett was at pains to distinguish what he was doing from various kinds of mere "numerology".

The series of Bennettian systems includes the monad, dyad, triad, tetrad, and so on, open-endedly. Systems progress in complexity from the monad up, and from vague wholeness to increasingly articulate structure that reaches into society, history and the ontological fabric of the cosmos.

Practical and applied Bennettian systems
The series of Multi-Term Systems can serve in applications as simplified but progressively complex outer checklists to ascertain the objective diagnostic completeness of a survey and analysis of a system or situation. Conversely, the system models can be used "inwardly" as an aid to subjectively assessing one's own impartiality, wisdom and adequacy of comprehension. They thus can point toward real structures and processes in the outer world of fact as well as, logically, those structures and processes in the inner world of values and human capacities.

The Enneagram of Process of Gurdjieff is a central but partial part of the Bennettian Systematics of the ennead.

History
Systematics came in part out of the Pythagorean historical tradition but was influenced by twentieth century movements such as A. N. Whitehead's philosophy of organism, C. S. Peirce's pragmatism, and Bertrand Russell's logical atomism, theory of types, and logic of relations. However, it was independent of Bertalanffy's general systems theory and other systems thinking work. The strongest personal influence was from Gurdjieff and his writings. Gurdjieff had taught the significance of the 'law of three' and the 'law of seven' in a meta-scientific context, but Bennett proposed that there was a 'law' for every integral number, and that this could help people understand practical things such as management and education.

Parallels can be drawn between Bennettian Systematics and the work of C. G. Jung and Marie Louise von Franz on number as archetypal, as well as with the philosophies of engineers such as Buckminster Fuller and Arthur Young.

Programme
Bennettian Systematics has an integrative programme. Throughout all cultures and throughout all disciplines there are discernible threads of meaning associated with multi-term systems that might otherwise be missed. Bennettian Systematics links with understanding which is connected with structural unity and how insight from one area of experience can be transferred to another without distortion. A journal called Systematics was launched by Bennett’s Institute for the Comparative Study of History, Philosophy and the Sciences in 1963 to publish a diversity of articles relating to this programme. Systematics also led into the development of a new learning system called structural communication, which later became a broad methodology called logovisual thinking (LVT).

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Cowtown

Cowtown may refer to:

United States

 * Cattle towns, a generic name often associated with the American Old West
 * Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871, the Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene
 * Dodge City, Kansas, from 1883 to 1884, the Great Western Cattle Trail ended in Dodge City
 * Columbus, Ohio
 * Fort Worth, Texas
 * Kansas City, Missouri
 * Vacaville, California

Elsewhere

 * Cowaramup, Western Australia, Australia
 * Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Other uses

 * Cow Town, a 1950 American Western film
 * A song from the album Lincoln by They Might Be Giants
 * Cowtown Guitars, a vintage guitar shop in Las Vegas, Nevada
 * Cow Town Showdown, skateboarding competition at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio

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Ateste

Ateste (Ἀτεστἐ) (modern Este, Italy) was an ancient town of Venetia, at the southern foot of the Euganean hills, 43 feet above sea-level and 22 miles southwest of Patavium (modern Padua). The site was occupied in very early times, as archaeology begun in the late 19th century showed.

Overview
Large cemeteries have been excavated, which show three different periods from the 8th century BCE down to the Roman domination:
 * I. Italic cremation burials closely approximating to the Villanova type;
 * II. Venetic period, when tombs are constructed of blocks of stone, and situlae (bronze buckets), sometimes elaborately decorated, are often used to contain the funerary urns;
 * III. Gallic period (beginning in the 4th century BCE), when tombs are much poorer, ossuaries being of badly baked rough clay, with traces of Gallic influence characteristic of La Tène culture; cremation also continues.

The many important objects found in these excavations are preserved in the local museum.

Inscriptions show that the Venetic language asserted its existence even after Ateste came into the hands of the Romans. When this occurred is not known. Boundary stones of 135 BCE exist, which divide the territory of Ateste from that of Patavium and of Vicetia, showing that the former extended from the middle of the Euganean hills to the Atesis (modern Adige, from which Ateste no doubt took its name, and on which it once stood).

After the battle of Actium, Augustus settled veterans from several of his legions in this territory, Ateste being thenceforth spoken of as a colony (colonia). It appears to have furnished many recruits, especially for the cohortes urbanae, an urban police force created by Augustus. Ateste appears but little in history, though its importance is vouched for by numerous inscriptions, the majority of which belong to the early Empire.

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SPURS National Honor Society

SPURS National Honor Society (Service, Patriotism, Unity, Responsibility, and Sacrifice) was a collegiate sophomore honor society which disbanded in 2005. Several chapters remain in operation independently.

History
SPURS was founded at Montana State University at Bozeman as an honor society for Sophomore women in 1922. Chapters were spread across the United States, primarily at smaller colleges and universities and the emphasis remained on community service and scholarship.

Originally a women-only organization, SPURS became co-educational in 1976. The national organization dissolved as of 2006-05-31 by decision of the October 2005 National Convention.

MSU Bozeman chapter
The MSU SPURS that were left decided to join with the MSU Student Alumni Association the following the year (as did the dissolved society "Fangs"—a branch from the Intercollegiate Knights). With this team up, MSU's student alumni association-"SPURS and Fangs"- is in rapid development.

Linfield College chapter
After the dissolution of the national organization, the SPURS chapter at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon decided to remain an honor society dedicated to the founding ideals. The club expanded to include juniors and seniors, abandoning its sophomore-only rule. The Linfield chapter may now be dormant.

University of Arizona chapter
Students at the UofA reinstalled SPURS as a club in 2017 and has been a recognized club by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona since. “The purpose of SPURS shall be to offer service to the University, the surrounding community, and region...and to foster among all students a spirit of loyalty, helpfulness, and academic excellence.”

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Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

The cleanup isn't for the category, but for every year in the category. It is important to get this information right because of the recent interest in hurricanes due to hurricane katrina and hurricane rita, along with thoughts that global warming causes more intense hurricanes. Information can be found at for each of the storm years, along with pictures of the tracks. I don't know if the unisys pictures of tracks are under copyright, but the information is public domain since it is produced by NOAA. --Ignignot 20:00, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

is that ok? can i assign myself something? phinnaeus 22:31, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Definitely OK.  Thank you for taking it. RJFJR 02:43, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * I firmly believe expansion is more of the order. I don't think that these articles need a whole lot of cleaning up. Tremendous amounts of hard work have gone into creating these pages. I don't think you guys fully appreciate the immense amount of work that has gone into these articles. In two years a select few Wikipedians have compiled half a millenia of detailed hurricane data. That is a remarkable achievement and I have posted a notice of recognition to those who have worked so hard. I am tempted to remove the cleanup taskforce notice because I believe tremendous improvement is unnescisary. It went from this to this in 1 year, 3 months, and 24 days. I am astounded. I also find it surprising that you see a need for a drastic cleanup.

 * E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 22:28, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * After a more thourough reading of this article, I would have to agree with Mr Browns assesment of the work needed. I am no expert on hurricanes myself, I only see myself as a type of organizer. As such, I withdraw myself from this cleanup task. If there is a problem, please do not hesitate to tell me on my talk page. -- Phinnaeus (talk) 02:44, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

I can see no need for a cleanup of List of Atlantic hurricane seasons or any of the hurricane season pages. I have closed the task. Andreww 02:29, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:Nuvolari~enwiki

Wikipedia: Gentlemen: Over the years I have written literally hundreds of limericks, mostly for family, therefor distinctly morally sound. I prefer to avoid obscene matter. Of course a l;imerick must be humorous. Here is an example/ My Flight Instructor Once my flight teacher pulled quite a trick, And I think of the guy as a prick, Cause here's what he did, He said to me"Kid, To go UP .you push forward the STICK"

This was written for a friend in 1985, later presented to a stewardess on a Canadian Airline. , without severe outcome.

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Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem

In mathematics, the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem, named after Friedrich Hirzebruch, Bernhard Riemann, and Gustav Roch, is Hirzebruch's 1954 result generalizing the classical Riemann–Roch theorem on Riemann surfaces to all complex algebraic varieties of higher dimensions. The result paved the way for the Grothendieck–Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem proved about three years later.

Statement of Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem
The Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem applies to any holomorphic vector bundle E on a compact complex manifold X, to calculate the holomorphic Euler characteristic of E in sheaf cohomology, namely the alternating sum

 * $$ \chi(X,E) = \sum_{i=0}^{n} (-1)^{i} \dim_{\Complex} H^{i}(X,E) $$

of the dimensions as complex vector spaces, where n is the complex dimension of X.

Hirzebruch's theorem states that χ(X, E) is computable in terms of the Chern classes ck(E) of E, and the Todd classes $$\operatorname{td}_{j}(X)$$ of the holomorphic tangent bundle of X. These all lie in the cohomology ring of X; by use of the fundamental class (or, in other words, integration over X) we can obtain numbers from classes in $$H^{2n}(X).$$ The Hirzebruch formula asserts that

 * $$ \chi(X,E) = \sum \operatorname{ch}_{n-j}(E) \operatorname{td}_{j}(X), $$

where the sum is taken over all relevant j (so 0 ≤ j ≤ n), using the Chern character ch(E) in cohomology. In other words, the products are formed in the cohomology ring of all the 'matching' degrees that add up to 2n. Formulated differently, it gives the equality

 * $$ \chi(X,E) = \int_X \operatorname{ch}(E) \operatorname{td}(X)$$

where $$\operatorname{td}(X)$$ is the Todd class of the tangent bundle of X.

Significant special cases are when E is a complex line bundle, and when X is an algebraic surface (Noether's formula). Weil's Riemann–Roch theorem for vector bundles on curves, and the Riemann–Roch theorem for algebraic surfaces (see below), are included in its scope. The formula also expresses in a precise way the vague notion that the Todd classes are in some sense reciprocals of the Chern Character.

Riemann Roch theorem for curves
For curves, the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem is essentially the classical Riemann–Roch theorem. To see this, recall that for each divisor D on a curve there is an invertible sheaf O(D) (which corresponds to a line bundle) such that the linear system of D is more or less the space of sections of O(D). For curves the Todd class is $$1+c_1(T(X))/2,$$ and the Chern character of a sheaf O(D) is just 1+c1(O(D)), so the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem states that

 * $$h^0(\mathcal{O}(D)) - h^1(\mathcal{O}(D)) = c_1(\mathcal{O}(D)) +c_1(T(X))/2\ \ \ $$ (integrated over X).

But h0(O(D)) is just l(D), the dimension of the linear system of D, and by Serre duality h1(O(D)) = h0(O(K − D)) = l(K − D) where K is the canonical divisor. Moreover, c1(O(D)) integrated over X is the degree of D, and c1(T(X)) integrated over X is the Euler class 2 − 2g of the curve X, where g is the genus. So we get the classical Riemann Roch theorem

 * $$\ell(D)-\ell(K-D) = \text{deg}(D)+1-g.$$

For vector bundles V, the Chern character is rank(V) + c1(V), so we get Weil's Riemann Roch theorem for vector bundles over curves:

 * $$h^0(V) - h^1(V) = c_1(V) + \operatorname{rank}(V)(1-g).$$

Riemann Roch theorem for surfaces
For surfaces, the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem is essentially the Riemann–Roch theorem for surfaces

 * $$\chi(D) = \chi(\mathcal{O}) + ((D.D)-(D.K))/2.$$

combined with the Noether formula.

If we want, we can use Serre duality to express h2(O(D)) as h0(O(K − D)), but unlike the case of curves there is in general no easy way to write the h1(O(D)) term in a form not involving sheaf cohomology (although in practice it often vanishes).

Asymptotic Riemann–Roch
Let D be an ample Cartier divisor on an irreducible projective variety X of dimension n. Then

 * $$h^0 \left (X,\mathcal O_X(mD) \right )=\frac{(D^n)}{n!}.m^n+O(m^{n-1}).$$

More generally, if $$\mathcal F$$ is any coherent sheaf on X then

 * $$h^0 \left (X,\mathcal F\otimes \mathcal O_X(mD) \right )=\operatorname{rank}(\mathcal F)\frac{(D^n)}{n!}.m^n+O(m^{n-1}).$$

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Structural communication

Structural communication was developed in the 1960s by John G. Bennett and his research team to simulate the structure and quality of a small group tutorial through automated means. It provides access to high level learning for many students without much supervision. A communication consists of both information and structure. An effective two-way communication involves mutual verification of understanding through comparisons of structure. In structural communication, information is provided that participants have to organize in explicit ways.

Structural Communication is an instructional approach that provides a simulated dialogue between an author of instructional materials and the students. It has been called "an interactive technique for communicating understanding". Understanding is "inferred if a student shows the ability to use knowledge appropriately in different contexts, and to organize knowledge elements in accordance with specified organizing principles" (Egan, 1972, p. 66). The technique was designed to encourage creative thinking in learners, allowing them to develop an understanding of a topic, not simply to memorize facts. Furthermore, Structural Communication was designed to promote learning for social action. "Hodgson, in line with many current constructivists, viewed the social contexts of the learning activity to be critical for the transfer of learning to practical situations". The distinctions between the learning of knowledge and the learning for social action are evident in the components Bennett and Hodgson designed into the Structural Communication technique. The seven components of a Structural Communication unit are described below.

1. Intention
The opening statement, which defines what is to be studied, provides an overview, possibly an "advance organizer", and sometimes a rationale. It is used to provide a context for the content of the study unit and a focus for the study.

2. Presentation
The material, experience, exercise, case study, etc. which supplies the essential facts and concepts of the domain being studied. This may be an existing text, a video, a case study, a simulation, or real-life experience, depending on the overall strategy of the exercise. This could also be any sort of computer-based instruction, including simulations.

3. Response Array
A randomized array of items which summarize key parts, concepts or principles from the knowledge base that is being used and studied in the exercise. Often it resembles a "key point summary" of the Presentation.

4. Questions
A set of problems for solution, which are designed to present the "intellectual challenge" that is an essential part of the Structural Communication methodology. These problems are interrelated and are open-ended to allow multiple responses and viewpoints. The purpose of the investigation section is for the learner to interact with the subject matter. To respond to a question, a student selects a number of items from the Response Array that, taken together, summarise what must be brought to bear on it.

Challenge: Problem 4

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Here is a diagram of an apparatus for measuring the latent heat of vaporization of a liquid S at various temperatures. The tube T leads to a vessel that is kept slightly cooler than the main enclosure. Hl and HS are two heating coils. l is the same liquid which is used to control the temperature inside the main enclosure. Taken together, the valve V (which opens to a pump), the heating coil Hl, and the liquid l, form a control system. Select those items on the Array which indicate what is prevented from happening by this control system. Then also indicate how this is done.

5. Diagnostics
These are sets of logical tests of inclusion and exclusion. Relative to any given question, the author ascribes values of "essential", "relevant", "irrelevant" and "misleading" to the items of the Response Array and builds his tests around them. The student is not shown what these tests are but is given a set of comments based on his response.

6. Comments
The Comments are constructive statements that discuss in depth the rationale for including or excluding certain items. They can accommodate alternative interpretations and also serve to further the discourse represented in the Presentation.

7. Viewpoints
An outline of the author's, and other alternative viewpoints; this may review some aspects stated in the Intention, make explicit some biases or standpoints held dear by the author, draw attention to other views in the literature, etc. Ideally, the viewpoint section plays a final, interactive role between author and learner.

An additional aspect of the Structural Communication study unit is the assessment of the learner's responses to the questions posed by the study unit.

Sample Exercises
John G. Bennett's Teaching System This gives an introduction to and description of the method and two educational applications, in physics and history, which can be tried out on line.

Exercise made using Authorware

History and development
The basic method was developed in the 1960s for educational use. Work was done with the electronics company GEC to develop a teaching machine – the ‘Systemaster’ – because at this time there was little widespread use of computers.

By the 1970s, structural communication had also come to be applied to management training. Anthony Hodgson made significant changes to the method. Firstly, the items that had previously been provided by an ‘expert’ were replaced by ones generated by the group itself. Secondly, in place of a static array, each item was put onto a separate magnetic hexagon that could be attached to and moved on a suitable whiteboard. This meant that people could generate and physically handle the items. In place of making selections in an abstract way, they could physically ‘cluster’ them together to make various meanings.

In the 1980s, software was developed. And the method was linked to decision theory.

In the 1990s, the method was re-interpreted as LogoVisual thinking and cast in the form of a fivefold process, now seen as universally applicable to any thinking process.

By the twenty-first century, it was again finding many applications in schools as well as management and communities. It proved especially versatile in dealing with a wide range of numbers of people from single individual to many hundreds.

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Talk:Ballyheigue

Bias
It is of my solemn opinion that the section entitled "Things To DO" is of a biased and unbalanced nature. I would suggest that said section be edited to reflect a more neutral stance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.151.27.232 (talk • contribs)

"PhilipO" has broken wikipedia rules by vandalizing the preceding text. (Tim Griffin 21:15, 20 July 2006 (UTC))

The Cantillons did not come to Ireland with William the Conqueror. William never came to Ireland, but rather invaded England, and conquered it after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Normans came to Ireland after the invasion by Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (in Wales), alias "Strongbow". (Tim Griffin; 25/6/2006)

Maurice "Brendan" Leen - Famous Past Residents
Who is Maurice "Brendan" Leen, the reference has been removed once already and I think both times it has been added by an an IP-only account?

Changes
The changes I made are quite true.How do i know? I live in Ballyheigue, Thats how. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bum man (talk • contribs) 15:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

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Battle of Kashii

The Battle of Kashii (樫井の戦い) was the very first battle of the Summer Campaign of the 1615 Siege of Osaka, near the beginning of the Edo period in Japan. It took place on the 26th day of the 4th month of the Keichō era.

As the Shōgun's Eastern Army prepared to renew the siege begun the previous winter, the Ōsaka garrison sallied forth, ambushing Tokugawa forces in a number of skirmishes and sieges. In the battle of Kashii, a contingent of forces loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, lord of Ōsaka, attempted to besiege Wakayama Castle, which was controlled by Asano Nagaakira, an ally of the shōgun. The attackers were led by Ōno Harunaga, Ban Naoyuki, and Okabe Noritsuna.

Tachibana Muneshige, who served as military advisor of the second shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada, has correctly predicted the movements of the general of Toyotomi, Ono Harufusa's troops and guided Hidetada's troops.

Asano's garrison realized that their attackers were far from support or reinforcements, and met them in battle at Kashii, a short distance from Wakayama. Okabe and Ban were killed in the battle, and Ōno was therefore forced to retreat back to Ōsaka.

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Talk:The Cabil

I have tried to keep this a neutral and bias free, making this just pure info. I leave it to others to talk and describe about my company.

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Anette Bøe

Anette Bøe (born 5 November 1957 in Larvik) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. Bøe won her first international medal when she took the bronze at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid on the 4 × 5 km relay. She won the 20 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival twice, in 1984 and 1985.

Bøe's biggest successes as a cross-country skier were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where she took gold in the 4 × 5 km relay (1982) and the 10 km (1985), silver in the 4 × 5 km relay (1985, 1987), and a bronze in the 20 km (1985). She also won the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in 1985.

Bøe was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1985 (shared with Per Bergerud and Gunde Svan).

In 2000, she received the Egebergs Ærespris for her achievements in cross-country skiing and ice hockey.

Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

 * 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

 * 6 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Individual podiums

 * 9 victories
 * 12 podiums

Team podiums

 * 4 victories
 * 8 podiums

Note:  Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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Charioteer Papyrus

The Charioteer Papyrus (London, Egypt Exploration Society, s.n.) is a 5th-century fragment of an illustration from an unknown work of literature. It is one of the finest surviving fragments of ancient book illustration. Unlike other surviving illustrated fragments of papyrus, such as the Romance Papyrus and the Heracles Papyrus, which have illustrations that are little more than mere sketches, the Charioteer Papyrus is sensitively drawn and finely colored. It shows portions of six charioteers in the red or green tunics of their factions. It is unlikely that it served as an illustration for the chariot race at the games at the funeral of Patroclus in the Iliad, since the number of charioteers is wrong.

It undoubtedly served an illustration for a literary work and was once bound as a codex. There are only a few letters of text on the illustrated side of the fragment, but on the back are the first letters of thirteen lines of writing. There is not enough to identify the work. The language and alphabet are Greek, and the style might indicate an origin in Egypt.

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Atina

Atina may refer to:

Places

 * Greece
 * Atina, Greece, a Turkish name for the City of Athens, Attica

 * Italy
 * Atina, Lazio, a comune in the Province of Frosinone
 * Atina, Basilicata, an ancient town near modern Elena, Basilicata

 * Turkey
 * Atina, a Laz and Georgian name for Pazar (Greek: Athína), a district in Rize Province

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CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

The CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game is an annual event in which forty of the top NHL Entry Draft eligible prospects in the Canadian Hockey League play against each other in an all-star game environment. Players are able to boost their draft ranking with the National Hockey League scouts and general managers attending. Each team is led by a celebrity coach, usually Don Cherry and Bobby Orr.

From 1992 to 1995 the event was known as the CHL All–Star Challenge, between the three constituent leagues of the CHL. In 1996, the Canadian Hockey League entered into a partnership with the National Hockey League to create a prospects game. Rosters for the event are chosen in conjunction with the NHL's central scouting and general managers. The CHL announced Home Hardware as the corporate title sponsor of the event starting in 2000, followed by Bank of Montreal (BMO) in 2014, Sherwin-Williams in 2017, and Kubota in 2020.

1992 CHL All–Star Challenge
The inaugural CHL All–Star Challenge featured the host Western Hockey League team, versus and a combined team from the Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. John Spoltore of the North Bay Centennials scored twice for the East, and Dean McAmmond of the Prince Albert Raiders scored the winning goal in overtime for the West.

1993 CHL All–Star Challenge
In the second CHL All–Star Challenge, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League hosted a combined team from the Western Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey League. Claude Savoie of the Victoriaville Tigres, and Martin Gendron of the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser, both scored twice for the QMJHL, but the WHL/OHL scored five goals in the third period to win the game.

1994 CHL All–Star Challenge
In the third CHL All–Star Challenge, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League hosted a combined team from the Western Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey League. Sixteen goals were scored by fifteen different players, with Jeff Shevalier of the North Bay Centennials, scoring twice. Quebec led 4–2 after the first period, but were outscored 4–1 by the OHL/WHL in the third period.

1995 CHL All–Star Challenge
The fourth CHL All–Star Challenge was hosted by the Ontario Hockey League, versus a combined team from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. The QMJHL/WHL scored the first five goals of the game, and won 8–3, led by two goals each from Eric Daze of the Beauport Harfangs, and Terry Ryan of the Tri-City Americans.

1996 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
The first CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game in 1996, was coached by celebrities Don Cherry and Bobby Orr, joined by assistants, Brian Kilrea, Blair Machasey, and Bob Loucks. Team Cherry won 9–3, led by Lance Ward of the Red Deer Rebels, and Jean-Pierre Dumont of the Val-d'Or Foreurs scoring two goals each.

1997 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 1997 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien of the Ottawa 67's joined Cherry as assistants. Orr was joined by Michel Therrien of the Granby Prédateurs, and Todd McLellan of the Swift Current Broncos. Team Orr led 4–0 after the first period, and won 7–2. Goaltender Roberto Luongo of the Val-d'Or Foreurs, made 29 saves in the victory. Jeff Zehr of the Windsor Spitfires, and Daniel Cleary of the Belleville Bulls scored two goals each.

1998 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 1998 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea returned as an assistant coach to Cherry, and Claude Julien of the Hull Olympiques, and Brent Peterson of the Portland Winter Hawks, joined Orr. Team Cherry lead 3–0 halfway through the game, and held on for a 4–2 win. Six different players scored one goal each, and goaltender Philippe Sauvé of the Rimouski Océanic stopped all 23 shots he faced.

1999 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 1999 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. Lanny McDonald and Brian Kilrea were assistant coaches to Cherry, and Dean Clark of the Calgary Hitmen, and Gaston Therrien of the Val-d'Or Foreurs, joined Orr. Team Cherry outshot Team Orr 42–25, but Team Orr won 4–3.

2000 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
The CHL announced Home Hardware as the corporate title sponsor of the event, starting in 2000. Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 2000 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea returned as an assistant coach to Cherry, and Dean Clark returned with Orr. Team Orr scored three goals in the third period, and won 6–3. Nathan Smith of the Swift Current Broncos scored twice for Team Orr, and Gerard Dicaire of the Seattle Thunderbirds scored two points for Team Cherry.

2001 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 2001 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Lanny McDonald and Brian Kilrea were assistant coaches to Cherry, and Brent Sutter of the Red Deer Rebels, and Doris Labonté of the Rimouski Océanic, joined Orr. Greg Watson of the Prince Albert Raiders scored two goals and two assists, to lead Team Orr to a 5–3 victory.

2002 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
For the 2002 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, the CHL announced Tiger Williams and Kelly Hrudey as the new celebrity coaches for the event. Bob Lowes of the Regina Pats, joined Williams and as assistant coach, and Kevin Dickie of the Saskatoon Blades, joined Hrudey. Pierre-Marc Bouchard of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and Joffrey Lupul of the Medicine Hat Tigers, both scored two goals. Petr Taticek of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds scored a penalty shot goal as part of Team Tiger's four goals in the second period, in a 7–4 victory by Team Tiger.

2003 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr returned as coaches for the 2003 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea returned as an assistant coach to Cherry, and Peter DeBoer of the Kitchener Rangers, joined Orr. Frank Rediker of the Windsor Spitfires, had a goal and an assist for Team Cherry, and Mike Richards of the Kitchener Rangers, had two assists, for Team Orr. Team Cherry scored three goals in the third period to win 4–3.

2004 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr continued as coaches for the 2004 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Dale Hunter and Jacques Beaulieu of the London Knights, were assistant coaches to Cherry, and Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien of the Ottawa 67's, joined Orr. Team Orr scored the first three and last three goals to win 6–2. Blake Comeau of the Kelowna Rockets, scored four points, and Rob Schremp of the London Knights scored three points for Team Orr.

2005 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry continued as a coach for the 2005 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Orr was replaced by John Davidson as coach. Kenndal McArdle of the Moose Jaw Warriors scored two goals for Team Davidson. Gilbert Brulé of the Vancouver Giants scored two goals, leading Team Cherry to an 8–4 win.

2006 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr reunited as coaches for the 2006 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Team Cherry scored the first goals of the game, on assists from Ty Wishart of the Prince George Cougars. Team Orr scored seven unanswered goals to win the game. Bryan Little of the Barrie Colts scored twice to lead the way.

2007 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
For the 2007 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, the CHL announced new celebrity coaches for the event. Scotty Bowman and Jacques Demers teamed up with Patrick Roy of the Quebec Remparts, to coach the white team. Pat Burns and Michel Bergeron teamed up with Benoit Groulx of the Gatineau Olympiques, to coach the red team. Oscar Moller of the Chilliwack Bruins, scored a goal and an assists for the white team. Ruslan Bashkirov of the Quebec Remparts, scored twice for the red team, leading to a 5–3 victory.

2008 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
For the 2008 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, the CHL announced new celebrity coaches for the event. Grant Fuhr and Glenn Anderson teamed up with Don Nachbaur of the Tri-City Americans, to coach the white team. Lanny McDonald and Mike Vernon teamed up with Kelly Kisio of the Calgary Hitmen, to coach the red team. Josh Bailey of the Windsor Spitfires, scored twice, and Cody Hodgson of the Brampton Battalion, added three assists, to help team white win 8–4.

2009 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr reunited as coaches for the 2009 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game. Team Orr won 6–1, let by two goals each from Cody Eakin of the Swift Current Broncos, and David Gilbert of the Quebec Remparts.

2010 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry returned as coach for the 2010 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, with Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien as assistants. Team Orr was coached by Jody Hull of the Peterborough Petes, and Marty Williamson of the Niagara IceDogs. Team Cherry scored three times in the third period to win the game. Players of the game were Taylor Hall of the Windsor Spitfires, and Jeff Skinner of the Kitchener Rangers.

2011 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Cherry returned as coach for the 2011 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, with Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien as assistants. Team Orr was coached by Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour of the Kingston Frontenacs, and Stan Butler of the Brampton Battalion. Team Orr scored four times on way to a 7–1 victory. Zack Phillips of the Saint John Sea Dogs, led all scorers with three points.

2012 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
For the 2012 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game, Team Cherry was coached by Mark Recchi, and assistant Ryan Huska of the Kelowna Rockets. Team Orr was coached by Pat Quinn, and assistant Don Hay of the Vancouver Giants. Players of the game were Branden Troock of the Seattle Thunderbirds, and goaltender Matt Murray of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

2013 Home Hardware Top Prospects Game
Don Cherry returned as a coach, and Team Orr was coached by Mike McPhee. Team Orr outshot Team Cherry 36–20, and won 3–0. Players of the game were Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oil Kings, and Laurent Dauphin of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens.

2014 BMO Top Prospects Game
The CHL announced Bank of Montreal (BMO) as the corporate title sponsor of the event, starting in 2014, and several Calgary Flames celebrities to coach the 2014 BMO Top Prospects Game. Team Cherry was led by Jim Peplinski and Paul Reinhart, joined by broadcaster Nick Kypreos, and the general manager of the London Knights, Mark Hunter. Team Orr was led by Tim Hunter, Joel Otto, Mike Vernon, and former NHL coach, Doug MacLean. Team Orr scored three times in the second period, and won 4–3. Players of the game were Nikolay Goldobin of the Sarnia Sting, and Jared McCann of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

2015 BMO Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr both returned as coaches for the 2015 BMO Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien assisted Cherry, and Orr was joined by Niagara IceDogs' coaches Billy Burke and David Bell. Travis Konecny of the Ottawa 67's, and Timo Meier of the Halifax Mooseheads, both scored three points, leading Team Orr to a 6–0 victory.

2016 BMO Top Prospects Game
Cherry and Orr returned as coaches for the 2016 BMO Top Prospects Game. Brian Kilrea and Bert O'Brien returned as assistants to Cherry, and Glen Hanlon and Todd Warriner joined Orr. Team Orr was led to victory by three points each from Pascal Laberge of the Victoriaville Tigres, and Pierre-Luc Dubois of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

2017 Sherwin-Williams Top Prospects Game
The CHL announced Sherwin-Williams as the corporate title sponsor of the event, starting in 2017. The 2017 Sherwin-Williams Top Prospects Game featured four celebrity coaches, all of whom played junior hockey for the Quebec Remparts. Team Cherry was led by Simon Gagné and Pierre Lacroix, and the head coach of the Quebec Remparts, Philippe Boucher. Team Orr was led by Guy Chouinard and Dave Pichette, and the head coach of the Drummondville Voltigeurs, Dominique Ducharme. Team Cherry scored three times on the power play, and won 7–5. Players of the game were Henri Jokiharju of the Portland Winterhawks, and Nico Hischier of the Halifax Mooseheads.

2018 Sherwin-Williams Top Prospects Game
Don Cherry returned as a celebrity coach, joined by James Richmond of the Mississauga Steelheads, and assistants Brian Kilrea, Bert O'Brien. Team Orr was coached by Eric Lindros, joined by the Guelph Storm's coaching staff, George Burnett, Jake Grimes, and Luca Caputi. Team Cherry scored the first five goals of the game, en route to a 7–4 victory. Filip Zadina of the Halifax Mooseheads, Aidan Dudas of the Owen Sound Attack, and Ty Dellandrea of the Flint Firebirds, all scored two goals each in the victory.

2019 Sherwin-Williams Top Prospects Game
Ron MacLean coached Team Cherry, assisted by Dave Hunter and Brent Sutter. Kelly Hrudey returned to the Top Prospects Game to coach Team Orr, assisted by Marc Habscheid and Robyn Regehr. Team Orr scored four third period goals to win 5–4. Graeme Clarke of the Ottawa 67's, and Brett Leason of the Prince Albert Raiders both had a goal and an assist for Team Orr. Arthur Kaliyev of the Hamilton Bulldogs, and Nick Robertson of the Peterborough Petes both scored three points for Team Cherry.

2020 Kubota Top Prospects Game
The CHL announced Kubota as the corporate title sponsor of the event, starting in 2020. Rob Wilson from the Peterborough Petes coached Team Red, and George Burnett from the Guelph Storm coached Team White. Tyson Foerster from the Barrie Colts, and Connor Zary from the Kamloops Blazers both scored three points in a 5–3 victory for Team White. Jeremie Poirier from the Saint John Sea Dogs scored two points for Team Red in the loss.

2022 Kubota Top Prospects Game
Following a one-year hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CHL announced the return of the Top Prospects Game in 2022. Team Red was coached by Mike McKenzie of the Kitchener Rangers, assisted by Derek Roy, Jamie McLennan and Bryan Hayes. Team White was again coached by George Burnett of the Guelph Storm, assisted by Brian Kilrea, Jeff O’Neill and Michael DiStefano.

2024 Kubota Top Prospects Game
The end of an era according to officials, this may be the last game of this format for the standard Team Red & White match as they plan to switch to a format of the draft-eligible US Development team and Draft eligible first-year Canadian/CHL League players facing off in a tournament in November it will be known as the inaugural Canadian Hockey League/USA Prospects Challenge presented by Kubota.

2025 Kubota CHL/USA Prospects Challenge
Draft-eligible players from the Canadian Hockey League will play a two-game series versus members of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.

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University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar

The University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (UET Peshawar), formerly known as NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, is a public university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Formerly known as NWFP University of Engineering and Technology until 2010, it an institution of higher learning in Pakistan with a strong emphasis on the development of science and engineering. The university offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs in various engineering disciplines. The university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom. The university was regarded as one of the best engineering schools in the country and was ranked in 7th position nationwide in the category of "Engineering and Technology" by HEC, the highest governing body of higher education in Pakistan. According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, the university is ranked in 801-1000th worldwide and in 251-300th position in Asia.

Name
In 1952, an engineering college was set up as a constituent college of the University of Peshawar with an enrollment of twenty students (according to the UET Peshawar Annual Report 2006 – 2007). This college was granted a charter to operate as an independent engineering university in 1980 under the name University of Engineering and Technology. It was officially known as the NWFP University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar until 2010 when the province name was changed to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). Colloquially, it has been referred to as UET Peshawar since its establishment.

Campus
UET Peshawar has five campuses. Peshawar campus is the main campus with four satellite campuses in Kohat, Abbottabad, Bannu and Jalozai.

Peshawar campus
The main campus is in the University Campus area, University Road, Peshawar. The Peshawar campus is the nucleus of the university. The following programs are offered in the Peshawar campus.
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Agriculture Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Architecture
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Chemical Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Civil Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Computer Science & IT
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Computer Systems Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Electrical Engineering
 * B.Sc. Electronics Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Industrial Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Mechanical Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Mechatronics Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Mining Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Software Engineering
 * B.Sc/M. Sc/Ph.D Telecommunication Engineering

Jalozai Campus
Jalozai Campus was inaugurated in December 2017 by Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan. The campus funded by HEC at the cost of Rs. 6,565,272 million PKR is established on Pabbi Cherat Road at 11 km Southwards from GT Road in Nowshera District. Total area of the campus is 402 acres and the total covered area is approximately 1,021,233 sq. ft. with almost 3240 students. At present, Jalozai Campus is offering the following programs.

 * B.Sc. Civil Engineering
 * B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
 * B.Sc. Industrial Engineering
 * B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
 * Computer Science & IT

Abbottabad campus
The Abbottabad campus was inaugurated in October 2002 at the premises of the old Ayub Medical College. The campus has two departments, Electronics and Architecture. The campus started Electronic Engineering subjects for the first time in UET history. In this respect, its first Batch (2004 to 2008) is called the "Pioneer Batch". Similarly architecture was not only started for the first time in the history of UET Peshawar but also in history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Abbottabad campus is located in the heart of city surrounded by lush green lawns and tall trees. At the background, there is a mountain view adding more grandeur to the campus. The departments offers the following four- and five-year degree program respectively:
 * B.Sc. Electronics Engineering (four-year program)
 * B.Architecture, City and Regional Planning (five-year program)

Bannu campus
The Bannu campus became operational in May 2002 at the premises of Comprehensive High School. The campus offers engineering in two technologies, i.e., Electrical and Civil Engineering. The campus is in the east of the city on D.I Khan Rd. Six batches have graduated from this campus under the accreditation of Pakistan Engineering Council.

Mardan campus
Mardan campus, inaugurated in 2002, is spread over 22 acre of area and offers degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Computer Software Engineering. It is one of the first satellite campus of UET Peshawar, which became a full-fledged university in March 2018.
 * B.Sc. Telecom Engineering,
 * M.Sc. Telecom Engineering
 * PhD Telecom Engineering
 * B.Sc. Software Engineering
 * M.Sc. Software Engineering
 * PhD Software Engineering
 * B.Sc. Electrical Engineering(Communication)
 * B.Sc. Electrical Engineering(Power)

Kohat campus
The Kohat campus became operational in March 2012 at the premises of Kohat University's city campus. The campus offers engineering in electrical engineering. The campus is situated on Pindi road, Kohat. Currently, the campus is offering - B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Communication)

Organization
UET Peshawar is a public university run by the provincial government. Admissions to the university depend on whether the applicants live in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. There are some quota categories that would enable students from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and other provinces of Pakistan to enroll.

The head of UET Peshawar is designated as Vice Chancellor, appointed by the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and mandated to run the university. The Vice Chancellor is Dr. Iftikhar Hussain.

There are several senior staff posts that report directly to the Vice Chancellor. These include:
 * Registrar of university
 * Dean of university
 * Director Finance
 * Provost of university
 * Director Post Graduate Studies
 * Director of Works

The Department Heads for academic areas report to the Dean's Office.

Departments
UET Peshawar offers Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees in engineering disciplines. Some of the main departments at UET Peshawar are:
 * Department of Agricultural Engineering
 * Department of Civil Engineering
 * Department of Computer Systems Engineering
 * Department of Chemical Engineering
 * Department of Electrical Engineering
 * Department of Mechanical Engineering
 * Department of Industrial Engineering
 * Department of Mining Engineering
 * Department of Telecommunication Engineering
 * Department of Electronics Engineering
 * Department of Architecture
 * Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
 * Department of Basic Sciences and Islamiat
 * Department of Mechatronics Engineering

Societies at UET Peshawar
Directorate of Clubs and Societies is the umbrella under which other clubs work including technical society and extra-curricular clubs. Drama Club (Stage), Hiking and Trekking Club, Environmental Club are major extra-curricular clubs. Programs such as dramas, debates, seminars, exhibitions and trekking, computing and computer game contests are arranged annually in the university. Other major technical society clubs include:
 * Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
 * IEEE UET Peshawar sub-section
 * American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
 * Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
 * Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)

Ranking
UET Peshawar is ranked 5th in the field of IT/Engineering by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan which is the highest regulatory government body of higher education institutes in the country.

Semester system
In 2004, UET Peshawar moved from an annual system of examination to the semester system. The system was brought by the vice chancellor, Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gillani. There are two semesters in an academic year – Fall and Spring. Each semester consists of 18 weeks of teaching and two exams- mid term and final term. Mid term carries 25% and the final term carries 50% of the total in any subject offered in a semester. The rest of the 25% is awarded on the basis of class participation, assignments and quizzes. Fall semester starts around September, whereas spring semester starts around February.

Tenure Track System
In 2006, UET Peshawar introduced the Tenure Track System which is a performance-based pay system.

Selection Procedure
Being a public university with limited number of seats, entrance to UET Peshawar is competed tremendously nationwide by the brightest students annually. It conducts ETEA test for selection procedure each year. In 2016, about 15000 candidates appeared for the entrance test to undergraduate programs.

Research Centers
The following centers at the university conduct researches which are funded by the government agency and HEC.

Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC)
Earthquake Engineering Center (EEC) is a multidisciplinary research and education center. Envisioned in 2002, the center became operational in June 2006. EEC was established with the aim of better understanding the seismic risk in the areas within the geographical boundaries of Pakistan and to conduct research and testing in the current construction practices in Pakistan for improving seismic resistance of structures in high seismic risk areas. In the aftermath of the October 8, 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the center proved itself as a reliable and proficient institution that provided valuable suggestions and guidance to the government and non-government organizations involved in the reconstruction and rehabilitation.

National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP)
National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning, the brainchild of Dr. Murtaza Haider (Asst. Prof. McGill University 2002–2006, Assoc. Prof. Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) 2006-current) is established at UET Peshawar with the grant of US$3.0 million from Higher Education Commission (Pakistan) (HEC) of Pakistan. Main focus of NIUIP is to address the persistent urban decay and research in improvement of urban infrastructure of Pakistan. Initial research focus of NIUIP is in:

 * Infrastructure finance and planning
 * Urban transportation planning
 * Urban environment and energy planning
 * Water supply and sanitation
 * Solid waste management
 * Spatial modeling and GIS

Center of Intelligent Systems & Networks Research (CISNR)
Center of Intelligent Systems & Networks Research (CISNR) conducts research primarily on smart grid and intelligent transportation systems based on wireless sensor networks and IoT devices. CISNR has several partnerships with different National and International organizations.

 * HUAMET, NASYS China Holding Limited, China
 * INSTECH Enterprises, Pakistan
 * Webprenuer Academy, UK
 * GOVCHINA International Information Technology Research Institute (Beijing), China
 * Beijing Global Safety Technology Corporation Limited, China

U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E)
USPCAS-E is a partnership between Arizona State University and two leading Pakistani universities: the NUST and the UET Peshawar. It is a major energy research project funded by USAID in Pakistan dealing with applied and joint research with UET Peshawar. Scholars who attends UET Peshawar are selected to attend Arizona State University for further studies on sustainable energy and photovoltaics. The students and faculty engages in experimental research on energy at Arizona State University labs under the supervision of professors to design, execute and analyze experiments in areas such as solar panels and batteries. They also take part in industrial visits to learn more about power generation mechanisms in the United States. Under the umbrella of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, the USPCAS-E at UET Peshawar conducts sustainable energy research, producing the next generation of technologies in the field of applied energy research.

Scalable Transmission of Adaptive Multimedia based on P2P (STAMP) Center
This center conducts research on P2P video transmission and data communication. STAMP, an open source modular P2P streaming system optimized for the networking conditions of Pakistan. Scalability in the context of STAMP refers to both scalability in terms of support for accommodating any number of users on the fly and also scalability in terms of support for the simultaneous transmission of different video quality levels.

Academic linkages
UET Peshawar has joint research, faculty and student training and exchange programs with foreign universities including Arizona State University, Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand), Strathclyde University (UK), McGill University (Canada), George Washington University (United States), University of Petronas (Malaysia) and University of Liverpool (UK). In 2016, MoU was signed between UET Peshawar and Arizona State University to exchange students under the program of U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E). Students from UET Peshawar spend a semester in the United States to carry out energy research at the laboratories of Arizona State University. The exchange visits, coordinated through the USAID-funded U.S.-Pakistan Centers for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), provides faculty the opportunity to upgrade their teaching and corporate-partnership skills and offers the students of UET Peshawar an opportunity to enhance their research skills and industry awareness.

Research areas
The research activities at UET Peshawar include:
 * Mechanical design
 * Design of earthquake resisting structures
 * Mining techniques
 * Processing of low grade industrial minerals and metallic ores
 * Environmental management
 * Water resources management
 * Application of computers in engineering.

Library
The university library contains a collection of books and manuscripts related to engineering and computing disciplines. The library allows students access to electronic journals under a “Digital Library Program”, a Higher Education Council (HEC) funded project for both public and private universities. Moreover, the university provides free books to the students for a semester period.

Student life
The university offers on campus housing for its students. It has separate hostels for girls and boys. It also has a separate hostel for its foreign students. The university has almost 150 foreign students studying in various departments, most of which are from Middle East and Africa. The student life in hostels mostly revolve around visiting friends, outdoor activities like football, cricket, basketball, badminton, tennis, handball and other sports during afternoon at the beautiful large playground of Islamia College and surrounding facilities. The campus has several other playgrounds besides that and it is significantly attractive because of large number of trees.

Development projects
UET Peshawar's development projects portfolio crossed 2 billion rupees in 2006–2007, according to the UET Peshawar Annual Report 2006 – 2007). Some of the key development projects that UET Peshawar is working on include:
 * National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP, Pakistan):
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 174 million
 * Funding purpose: to establish a new institute
 * Institute of Mechatronics Engineering:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 148 million
 * Funding purpose: to establish a new institute
 * Earthquake Engineering Center:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 487 million
 * Funding purpose: upgrade the Earthquake Engineering Center
 * Department of Industrial Engineering:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Covered under "Strengthening and Updating of Peshawar Campus"
 * Funding purpose: to establish a new department
 * Gemstone Development Center:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 33 million
 * Funding purpose: to establish a research facility within the Mining Engineering Department
 * New campus site near Jallozai, Peshawar: submission of PC-1 for this 405 acre campus is under way.
 * Funding agency: unknown
 * Funding amount: unknown
 * Funding purpose: to establish a new main campus and move existing main Peshawar campus to a 405 acre site near Jallozai, Peshawar
 * Continuing Engineering Education Center:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 25 million
 * Funding purpose: to establish a center for professional development of faculty
 * Strengthening and updating of Peshawar Campus:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 479 million
 * Funding purpose: capacity building, constructing department of Industrial Engineering and Human Resources Department for faculty members training and higher education in foreign countries.
 * New co-ed hostel:
 * Funding agency: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
 * Funding amount: Pakistani Rupees 37 million
 * Funding purpose: to establish an on-campus residence for co-ed students