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The largescale pupfish (Cyprinodon macrolepis) is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It is endemic to Mexico.
Charles Macdonald “Charlie” Marshall (born 10 May 1961 in Bermuda) is a Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium pace bowler. He has played 16 List A matches in the Red Stripe Bowl for Bermuda, and also represented Bermuda in four ICC Trophy tournaments and the 2004 ICC Americas Championship. He was set to play in a fifth ICC Trophy in 2005, but was axed from the squad due to disciplinary issues. He is still playing cricket as of 2006, and has recently been attempting to make a comeback with the Bermuda national team.
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Ibraham Ahmed, is an American martial arts, he is the President and Chairman of the World Martial Arts College. which he founded in 1977, he holds the rank of 8th dan (World Taekwondo Federation with the Kukkiwon and black belt ranking in Hapkido and Judo. Ibraham Ahmed was the pioneer in open a Taekwondo Han Moo Kwan Association in the United States in 1972; this federation is the United States Taekwondo Han Moo Kwan Association in which he teaches the style of the Olympic Taekwondo better knows like WTF.
Ahmed served in the US Army Military Police in Korea and he placed in the Korea National Championships between the years of 1968 and 1970. He commenced training in Tang Soo Do in 1966, and later trained with Kim Young Soo, Sang Sop Kil, and Kyo Yoon Lee of the Han Moo Kwan. From 1997–2007, Ahmed also studied Yang-Style Tai Chi Chuan under Yang Zhen Duo.
Ahmed brought Sang Sop Kil to the U.S. in 1980; Sang Sop Kil is now president of the Michigan-USA Taekwondo or Michigan Taekwondo Association. This organization kwons like Michigan-USA Taekwondo or Michigan Taekwondo Association is the state governing body for the WTF Taekwondo Style, and Ahmed has been vice-president for over 10 years. Ahmed organized the “Battle of Detroit World Martial Arts Championship” and Stars for Charity event since 1970.
Ibraham Ahmed has promoted more than 2,000 black belts in the Taekwondo Han Moo Kwan and the World Martial Arts College during his career. He is also one of the pioneer of the Taekwondo Han Moo Kwan and the World Taekwondo Federation in the States of Michigan, he is also VP of the USA Taekwondo in Michigan.
In addition, Ibraham Ahmed is well knows in the State of Michigan for his support to the “underserved people” through the program ZIAD Health Care for Underserved ZIAD Health Care for the Underserved Inc. is open to all donations public and private and has received Tax Exempt Status with the IRS (#75-3080830 170533240420220) in the United States.
Oaxaca Cheese
Oaxaca Cheese (or Queso Oaxaca) is a white, semi-hard cheese of Mexican origin, similar to un-aged Monterey Jack cheese but with a mozzarella-like string cheese texture. It is named after the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where it was first made. It can be made into several different shapes, which can make it easier to eat. It is also known as quesillo or thread cheese when shaped like a ball. Asadero (meaning “roaster” or “broiler”, also called queso quesadilla), a similar cheese, is shaped in bricks and sliced.
The production process is complicated and involves stretching the cheese into long ribbons and rolling it up like a ball of yarn. Mozzarella is another cheese which is processed by stretching (pasta filata process). “El Mexicano” brand Queso Oaxaca from San Jose, California, describes itself as “Mexican Style Mozzarella.” There is a spicy version flavored with cherry pits.
It is used in typical cuisine, such as in quesadillas, which are tortillas with melted oaxaca cheese, and for which there are variations (like Quesadillas de Flor de Calabaza where the quesadilla is stuffed with Zucchini flowers) depending on the stuffing used (chicharrón, chorizo, jamon de york, etc) in addition to the cheese.
Due to its excellent melting qualities, asadero is frequently used as the base for nachos or queso blanco (literally “white cheese”), a dip popular in Mexican restaurants.
Also known as Victorian High Gothic, Victorian Gothic is a style of architecture popular in the middle and late 19th century. The term refers to a revival style that used medieval architectural forms, and took place during the reign of the British monarch Victoria I (1837-1901).
The term is Anglocentric because the style both predates Victoria’s rule in Great Britain and was used outside her realm. In other countries, the term Gothic Revival is often applied to the style.
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Group rights are the rights held by a group rather than by its members severally, or rights held only by individuals within the specified group; contrast with individual rights. The term group rights may also be used to describe peoples’ rights, a legal concept best known in the context of indigenous rights as established in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Group rights are not straightforwardly human rights because they are group-differentiated rather than universal to all people just by virtue of being human. Group rights have historically been used both to infringe upon and to facilitate individual rights, and the concept remains controversial.
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Much of the controversy surrounding group rights stems from the fact that some commentators perceive a fundamental conflict between group rights as a social norm or legal concept, and the concept of equality or equality before the law. The principle of equality is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states in Article 1: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” and Article 2 states: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”. This means that the relationship between group rights and human rights is both complex and controversial.
In the Western discourse individual rights are often associated with freedom, and group rights may have a negative connotation of undue state control. This is because in the West the establishment of individual rights is associated with equality before the law and protection from the state. Examples of this are the Magna Carta, in which the English King accepted that his will could be bound by the law and certain rights of the King’s subjects were explicitly protected. In the United States individual rights for all by virtue of being human were only established after the Civil War, in 1868, with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment was intended to secure rights for former slaves and amongst others includes the Due Process and Equal Protection.
Group rights may also have a negative connotation in the context of colonialism, legalised racism and white nationalism. In this context group rights award rights to a privileged group. For example, in South Africa under the former apartheid regime, which classified inhabitants and visitors into racial groups (black, white, coloured and Asian). Rights were awarded on a group basis, creating first and second class citizens.
More recently though group rights are seen as an instrument to actively facilitate the realisation of equality. This is where the group is regarded as being in a situation such that it needs special protective rights if its members are to enjoy human rights on terms equal with the majority of the population. Examples of such groups may include indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, women, children and the disabled. This discourse may takes place in the context of negative and positive rights in that some commentators and policy makers conceptualise equality as not only a negative right, in the sense of ensuring freedom from discrimination, but also a positive right, in that the realisation of equality requires action by others or the state. In this respect group rights may aim to ensure equal opportunity and/or attempt to actively redress inequality.
An example this is the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) program in post-Apartheid South Africa. The South African government seeks to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups (black Africans, Coloureds and Indians who are SA citizens) economic opportunities previously not available to them. It includes measures such as Employment Equity, skills development, reverse racism, ownership, management, socio-economic development and preferential procurement. The South African Bill of Rights, contained in the South African Constitution contains strong provisions on equality, or the right to equality, in Section 9. But the Bill of Rights states that “discrimination… is unfair unless it is established that the discrimination is fair.” This implies that the rational behind the Black Economic Empowerment program is fair, despite infringing the absolute application of the right to equality.
Government programs of reverse discrimination or positive discrimination exist in a number of countries: the British government seeks to favour historically disadvantaged groups at the expense of members of a historically dominant group in the areas of university admissions or employment. Similarly, non-quota race preferences is in place in the United States for collegiate admission to government-run educational institutions.
Group rights in such a context may aim to achieve equality of opportunity and/or equality of outcome. Such affirmative action can be controversial as they are in conflict with the absolute application of the right to equality, or because some members of the group that is intended to benefit from such programs criticises or opposes them.
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| Wörth an der Isar | |
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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Bavaria |
| District | Landshut |
| Municipal assoc. | Wörth a.d.Isar |
| Mayor | Daniel Sporer (CSU/ Freie Wählerschaft) |
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| Area | 4.84 km² (1.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 369 m (1211 ft) |
| Population | 2,398 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 495 /km² (1,283 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LA |
| Postal code | 84109 |
| Area code | 08702 |
| Website | www.woerth-isar.de |
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Wörth an der Isar is a municipality in the district of Landshut in Bavaria in Germany.
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The Yokaichi Giant Kite Festival is held on the fourth Sunday every May.
Y?kaichi (???? Y?kaichi-shi?) was a city located in Shiga, Japan. On 11 February 2005, it merged with Eigenji, Gokash?, Ait?, and Kot? towns to form a new city called Higash?mi.
In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 44,823 and the density of 852.15 persons per km². The total area was 52.60 km².
The city was founded on August 15, 1954 and dissolved on 10 February 2005.
It was most famous for the Giant Kite Festival held every May on the fourth Sunday.
Messer Street Grounds (also known as Messer Park or Messer Field) is a former baseball ground located in Providence, Rhode Island. The ground was home to the Providence Grays baseball club of the National League from 1878 to 1885.
Messer Street Grounds, home of the Providence Grays
In January 1878, the Providence Base Ball Association formed, and began scouting around the city for a good location for a modern ball park. When team directors visited the old Josiah Chapin farm on city’s west side they decided that it fit all of the requirements for a baseball park. It was close to level, it was raised up a few feet from the surrounding roads, and it was easily accessible by street car. The price was right, and a lease was signed.
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The new ballpark opened to the public on May 1, 1878. The following account from the Providence Morning Star captures the excitement and provides the a very detailed description of the park:
| “ | The large grandstand held twelve hundred people, among them hundreds of ladies. The long semi-circular tiers of seats were black with men and boys, and hundreds were standing, unable to get seats. The commodious space for carriages was completely filled, and one or two May Day riding parties also graced that part of the grounds…Two registering turnstiles gates admit the patrons to the grounds, and as each ticket holder passes through the gate he steps on a raised platform, and by a mechanical arrangement is registered, and only one person can pass through the gate at a time. Near the gate are two ticket offices, and a large entrance through which the crowd can pass at the end of the game. At the southeast corner there is a large gate to admit carriages to the park. The ground, which contains nearly six acres of land, is enclosed by a fence twelve feet high. The diamond is as level as constant rolling by heavy stone and iron rollers can make it. Inside of the base lines is turfed, except a space nine feet in width, reaching from the pitcher’s position to the home plate. Twenty-two feet are sodded outside of the diamond. Paths leading to and from the bases have been rolled hard, and the out-field is sown with grass seed. The grand stand which will seat nearly 1200 people, is 151 x 40 feet (12 m), and in the rear is raised 34 feet (10 m). The stand is reached by steps at both ends. It will be covered by canvass, requiring nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 m). Seats are arranged in a circle at the eastern and western sides of the field. A platform 60 x 8 feet (2.4 m) has been erected for the reporters, scorers and invited guests, seating nearly 60 persons. Under the grand stand for the visiting and local clubs are rooms 20 feet (6.1 m) square and fitted up with wardrobes, dressing rooms 20 feet (6.1 m) square, a wash room supplied with Pawtucket water, closet, etc. The Western Union Telegraph Company have a room 8 x 10 feet (3.0 m). There is a stockholders’ room 20 feet (6.1 m) square, and a refreshment saloon 40 x 20 to be managed by caterer Ardoene. A fence with gateways has been erected in front of the club rooms, thereby preventing the crowd from having any talk with the players. The grounds are without doubt as fine as any in the country, and Harry Wright said yesterday, ‘They are beautiful.’ | ” |
The left field fence at Messer Park was apparently quite close to home plate. One reporter complained that “a hit made in Providence near that foul line post is not a long hit; in fact that same hit in the right field seldom gives more than one base.” Despite the allegedly short fence, the Messer Street Grounds was not a friendly home run park. Only eight home runs were hit there in National League games all year long, compared to about two hundred at Chicago’s tiny park. Those eight included four over the left field fence, an inside-the-park home run by Paul Hines, and one smash by Jerry Denny that landed in the carriage driveway in right-center field, which was called “the longest ever made upon the grounds.” Just beyond the short left field lay a building where fans could sit on the roof and watch the game for the discounted rate of 25 cents, probably to the chagrin of the team management. One particularly powerful home run by Jerry Denny “sailed away like a hawk, rising and rising until long after it passed the left field fence, and until it was far above the housetops, finally dropping in a garden near the street.”
Before the 1884 season, a few minor improvements on the park were made. The reporters’ area of the grand stand was supplied with comfortable cushions by former team president Flint, which all of the reporters noted with gratitude. A score slate was also placed in left field to show the Boston scores by inning as they came in over the telegraph. Finally, “some elaborate pictures have been obtained by Director Allen, measuring 7 x 13 feet (4.0 m), giving a life-size illustration of the diamond and a game in progress, which will be displayed on prominent boards on schedule days.”
The park housed the minor league Providence Grays of the Eastern League in 1886, but the park was too large for the pitiful attendance that the team drew, and by early June the park was once again empty. Rumors began circulating about the sale of the park in September 1886. On February 16, 1887, trustee Greene finally sold off the property that the Messer Street Grounds sat on, in a deed to the Franklin Institute for Savings. The exact demolition date of the park is unknown, but must have been at some point during the next few months. By the end of the year, the subdivided plots were selling off at a rapid clip, and houses started to spring up where the old ball park used to stand.
From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
