2011-12-30

A Source




Source

Research

Science

Technology

Art and entertainment

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Film, radio, and television

Games

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Rudbar Qasran District




Rudbar Qasran District

Rudbar Qasran District (Persian: بخش رودبار قصران) is a district (bakhsh) in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,489, in 4,563 families. The District has one city: Fasham.

References

  • indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.


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Sales potential forecast




Sales territory

Sales territories are the customer groups or geographic districts for which individual salespeople or sales teams hold responsibility. Territories can be defined on the basis of geography, sales potential, history, or a combination of factors. Companies strive to balance their territories because this can reduce costs and increase sales.

Purpose

The purpose of a sales force coverage (or sales territory) metric is to create balanced sales territories. There are a number of ways to analyze territories. Most commonly, territories are compared on the basis of their potential or size. This is an important exercise. If territories differ sharply or slip out of balance, sales personnel may be given too much or too little work. This can lead to under- or over-servicing of customers. When sales personnel are stretched too thin, the result can be an under-servicing of customers. This can cost a firm business because over-taxed salespeople engage in sub-optimal levels of activity in a number of areas. They seek out too few leads, identify too few prospects and spend too little time with current customers. Those customers, in turn, may take their business to alternate providers.

Over-servicing, by contrast, may raise costs and prices and therefore indirectly reduce sales. Over-servicing in some territories may also lead to under-servicing in others. Unbalanced territories also raise the problem of unfair distribution of sales potential among members of a sales force. This may result in distorted compensation and cause talented salespeople to leave a company, seeking superior balance and compensation.

Achieving an appropriate balance among territories is an important factor in maintaining satisfaction among customers, salespeople and the company as a whole. "Sales potential forecast" can be used to determine sales targets and to help identify territories worthy of an allocation of limited resources. A sales potential forecast is a forecast of the number of prospects and their buying power. It does not assess the likelihood of converting "potential" accounts. Sales potential can be represented in a number of ways. Of these, the most basic is population, i.e., the number of potential accounts in a territory. In a survey of nearly 200 senior marketing managers, 62 percent responded that they found the "sales potential forecast" metric very useful.

Construction

Construction In defining or redefining territories, companies strive to:

References

See also


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Tom R. Jacobsen




Tom Rüsz Jacobsen

Tom R. Jacobsen
Personal information
Full name Tom Rüsz Jacobsen
Date of birth 20 February 1953 (age 58)
Place of birth Tjølling, Norway
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Fram Larvik
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
-1977 Fram Larvik
1978-79 Bryne
1980-? Vålerenga 100
National team
1975-83 Norway 26 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tom Rüsz Jacobsen (born 20 February 1953 in Tjølling) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He was a goalkeeper, and played 26 matches for Norway. He is two times league champion, and one time cup champion with Vålerenga.

Club career

Jacobsen played for Vålerenga from 1980 until he retired. He played 100 league games, and conceded 42 goals - even though he managed a clean sheet in 42 of the 99 games he started. He was elected Man of the Match by VG 10 times. In his 99th league game, he got injured and needed to be taken off the field. In order to get 100 league games, he played the last 2 minutes of the next game - with a broken arm.

Jacobsen won Norwegian First Division two times, and the Norwegian Football Cup one time with Vålerenga. In the semifinal of the 1980 Norwegian Football Cup, he secured a rematch when he saved shot when it was only seconds left of the game. Vålerenga won the rematch against Mo IL, and qualified for the final where they won 4-1 against Lillestrøm SK

International career

Tom Rüsz Jacobsen was capped 26 times for Norway. He made his debut against Soviet Union on 24 September 1979, while he was still played for third-tier team Fram Larvik. In his first 7 international matches, Norway did not score a single goal. His last international appearance was against Yugoslavia on 12 October 1983.

Jacobsen's best performance on the national team, was against Switzerland in Bern on 29 October 1980, when Norway won 2-1 and he was elected Man of the Match by VG with 10 points of 10 possible.

Honours

Vålerenga Fotball

Referanser



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Square knot (decorative)




Friendship knot

Friendship knot
Friendship knot.jpg

Friendship knot
Names Friendship knot, Chinese cross knot, Japanese crown knot, Square knot (British usage), Success knot, Rustler's knot, Buckaroo knot.
Category Decorative
Origin China
Related Carrick bend
Typical use Neckerchieves, lanyards and Chinese knotting
ABoK #808, #809, #1032, and #1066

The Friendship knot is a decorative knot which is used to tie neckerchieves, lanyards and in Chinese knotting.

History and use

This is one of the eleven basic knots of traditional Chinese knotting, a craft which began in the Tang and Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) in China. The Chinese and Japanese names for this knot are based on the shape of the ideogram for the number ten, which is in the shape of a cross. The Ashley Book of Knots, first published in 1944, says: "A decorative Chinese Loop. This is commonly employed as a Lanyard Knot. It is handsome and secure." In recent years, it has become popular with members of the Scout and Guide movements for tying their neckerchieves instead of using a woggle.

See also

References

  1. Chinese Knotting, Lydia Chen, Echo Craft Books 1981 ISBN 0-8048-1389-2 (p.45)
  2. chineseknotting.org: The Cross Knot
  3. The Ashley Book of Knots, Clifford W. Ashley, Doubleday, New York. ISBN 0-385-04025-3 (#1032)
  4. http://www.baggy.me.uk/knots/friend.htm




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Scottish Press




List of newspapers in Scotland

List of newspapers in Scotland is a list of newspapers in Scotland.

Daily Newspapers

Sunday Newspapers

Local Weekly newspapers

Aberdeen


Aberdeenshire


Angus


Argyll and Bute


Clackmannanshire


Dumfries & Galloway


Dundee


East Ayrshire


East Dunbartonshire


East Lothian


East Renfrewshire


Edinburgh


Falkirk


Fife


Glasgow


Highlands


Inverclyde


Midlothian


Moray


North Ayrshire


North Lanarkshire


Orkney


Perth & Kinross


Renfrewshire


Scottish Borders


Shetland


South Ayrshire


South Lanarkshire


Stirling


West Dunbartonshire


West Lothian


Western Isles


Specialist newspapers

UK-wide specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland

Corporate newspapers

University newspapers

Defunct newspapers

Further reading

See also

External links

States with limited
recognition
Dependencies
and other territories Other entities

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Fashapuyeh District




Fashapuyeh District

Fashapuyeh District (Persian: بخش فشاپویه) is a district (bakhsh) in Rey County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 29,343, in 7,325 families. The District has one city: Hasanabad.

References

  • indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.


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Q-Sensei




Q-Sensei

Q-Sensei Corp.
Type Private company
Industry Information technology
Search-based applications
Search technology
Founded 2007
Headquarters Rockledge, Florida, USA
Key people Ute Rother, President and CEO
Wolfram Kerber, SVP Software Development
Products Q-Sensei Enterprise Search Platform (ESP)
Q-Sensei FeedBooster
Q-Sensei Scholarly Search
Website http://www.qsensei.com

Q-Sensei is a privately-owned software company developing search-based applications for searching through unstructured and structured data on the internet, business networks, private computers, databases and hand-held devices. Q-Sensei is based on multi-dimensional search, which lets you search by full text and also by the various dimensions of data—date, tag, author, source, language, content type.

Q-Sensei was formed in 2007 through the merger of German-based social knowledge network Lalisio and the US search technology company, QUASM. The company is headquartered in Rockledge, Florida. Its European office is in Erfurt, Germany.

Its name is derived from the Japanese word Sensei, meaning "master" or "mentor".

Products/applications

Awards

References


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Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff




Mullion, Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°01′37″N 5°14′28″W / 50.027°N 5.241°W

Mullion
Cornish: Eglosvelyan

Mullion shown within Cornwall
Population 1,986 (Civil Parish, 2001)
OS grid reference SW678192
Parish Mullion
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HELSTON
Postcode district TR12
Dialling code 01326
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament St Ives
List of places: UKEnglandCornwall

History

Mullion parish is also important historically, with evidence of prehistoric burial mounds, Celtic crosses and ancient chapel sites, and in more recent times evidence of copper and china clay mining and a World War II airfield at Predannack. Today Mullion is the largest village on the Lizard Peninsula and is an important centre for local services and amenities as well as a popular tourist destination. Mullion School is the local secondary school.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed a lifeboat at Mullion in 1867 but it was withdrawn in 1908. The boat house has since been demolished but its barometer is on display in the village.

Geography

Predannack Downs

Mullion Village

The parish comprises 5,007 acres (20 km) of land, 8 acres (32,000 m) of water and 55 acres (220,000 m) of foreshore . The main village of Mullion is situated in the north of the parish, approximately 65 metres above sea level and about 1 mile (2 km) inland of the coast which is to its west. The village sits at the end of two river valleys which run southwest from the village, descending steeply to meet the sea at Polurrian Cove and Mullion Cove. North of the village is a third river valley descending west to east and meeting the sea at Poldhu Cove. This river defines the boundary between Mullion and the neighbouring parish of Gunwalloe. The geology of this part of the parish consists mainly of Hornblende Schists, only changing to slate north of Poldhu Cove. The land around the village and on the upper slopes of the river valleys is mostly fertile land cultivated for arable crops and livestock grazing. The small hamlets of Trewoon and Meaver are situated about half a mile to the east of Mullion village.

Etymology

The parish name has evolved over the years, with references in the parish records to St Mullyon, St Mullian, Mullian, Mullyan, Mulion, Mullyon and St Mullion. In the Valor Ecclesiasticus carried out in 1535 the village name is recorded as Melyan.

The parish takes its name from Saint Melaine, the Breton Bishop of Rennes who supposedly took office in 519. He was a man of many aliases including the Latin version, Saint Melanius. Reference to early publications and the 1908 Ordnance Survey maps show that the parish church was actually known as St Melan's until at least the start of the 20th Century.

In the late 19th century, Edmund Harvey, Vicar of Mullion, proposed that the parish took its name from 'Mellon' which he believed was an alias of Saint Malo. Saint Malo was a Welshman who moved to Brittany (possibly with his cousin, Saint Samson) where he became Bishop of Aleth (the region now called Saint-Malo) around AD 541. Harvey's ideas have since been discredited. However, an area near one of the ancient chapel sites was known as St Malo's Moor in Harvey's time, and nearby were two fields known as Sampson's Crofts.

Parish church

The church is of 13th century foundation but the fabric is almost entirely of the 15th century. Features of interest include the fine series of bench ends and other old woodwork.

Language

Mullion was surveyed for the Survey of English Dialects.

Notable residents

References

External links

Major settlements Rivers Topics

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Central District (Rey County)




Central District (Rey County)

The Central District of Rey County (Persian: بخش مرکزی شهرستان ری) is a district (bakhsh) in Rey County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 133,066, in 33,091 families. The District's capital, Rey, is located outside the District, in Tehran County; hence, the District has no cities.

References

  • indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.


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Sanctuary manga




Sanctuary (manga)

Sanctuary
Sanctuary cover.jpeg
Cover of Sanctuary manga vol. 1
サンクチュアリ
(Sankuchuari)
Genre Crime drama, Political thriller
Manga
Written by Sho Fumimura
Illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher United States VIZ Media
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Superior
Original run 19901995
Volumes 12
Live-action film
Directed by Yukio Fuji
Released 1995
Runtime 103 minutes
Original video animation
Directed by Takashi Watanabe
Released April 1996
Anime and Manga Portal

Sanctuary (サンクチュアリ Sankuchuari) is manga written by Sho Fumimura, and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Big Comic Superior from 1990 to 1995, then released into 12 volumes by Shogakukan. It was published as 46 comic books and collected as nine volumes in America by Viz Graphics from 1995 to 1997. Sanctuary was a bestseller in Japan, and inspired a live action film.

Plot

Sanctuary is a political thriller and crime story that featured two childhood friends, Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami, who are ruthlessly struggling to set a new paradigm of living in Japan. However, the two friends took radically different paths (playing Rock Paper Scissors to decide who does what): Akira chose the dark path and joined a Yakuza gang, while Chiaki strived to become the youngest member of the Japanese Diet. Being survivors of the Cambodian killing fields, the two characters developed an unmatched aggression and survival instincts, helping them to achieve their common ultimate goal: making Japan their own sanctuary.

The story starts with Hojo as a minor mob boss and Asami as a political advisor. The plot first focuses on their rise to positions of greater power. Hojo's rise is decidedly quicker than Asami's, whose struggle to get to the top lasts the entire manga. Hojo is a Yakuza Don by book 2. The story then follows his attempts to gain control over the entire Yakuza while secretly paving the way for them to become a legitimate enterprise. Asami, meanwhile, must try to enter the Diet by forming his own party that represents the younger people of Japan. He is constantly opposed by the current Dietmen, who are aging politicians intent on holding onto power (often considered to be a thinly-veiled reference to the Liberal Democratic Party).

By the end of the series, both Hojo and Asami succeeded in their ambitions. Hojo successfully united all of the major Yakuzas under his banner to extend the longevity of Yakuza (through educational reform) while Asami successfully became the youngest nominated politician to become Prime Minister of Japan. At the end of their journey, they returned to where it all began, Cambodia. Unfortunately, Asami died due to illness.

Adaptations

Sanctuary was adapted in both a one-shot anime OVA and live-action theatrical release. Both versions were released in North America by Viz Media, who also distributes the manga.

References in Other Media

In the film "The Fifth Element", Bruce Willis' character has a copy of one of the volumes of Sanctuary next to his bed, when he's lying down and telling his best friend about the perfect woman he met that day.

Characters

Volumes

External links


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Independence of Cuba




Cuban War of Independence

Cuban War of Independence
Calixto García and William Ludlow in Cuba, 1898.jpg
Calixto García, a general of Cuban rebel forces, (right) with American Brigadier General William Ludlow with Cuban rebels in the background, 1898.
Date 1895-1898
Location Cuba
Result Cuban victory, Cuban independence
Belligerents
Cuba
United States (Apr.-Aug. 1898)
Spain Spain

Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898) was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War.

Background

The years of the so-called “Rewarding Truce”, lasting for 17 years from the end of the Ten Years War in 1878, there were fundamental social changes in Cuban society. With the abolition of slavery in October 1886, former slaves joined the ranks of farmers and urban working class. Many wealthy Cubans lost their property, and joined the urban middle class. The number of sugar mills dropped and efficiency increased: only companies, and the most powerful plantation owners, remained in business. The number of campesinos and tenant farmers rose considerably. It was the period when US financial capital began flowing into Cuba, mostly into the sugar and tobacco business and mining. By 1895, investments reached 50 million US dollars. Although Cuba remained Spanish territory politically, economically it started to depend on the United States.

At the same time began the rise of labour movements. The first such organisation, created in 1878, was the Cigar Makers Guild, followed by the Central Board of Artisans in 1879 and many more across the island. After his second deportation to Spain in 1878, José Martí moved to the United States in 1881. There he mobilized the support of the Cuban exile community, especially in Ybor City (Tampa area) and Key West, Florida. He aimed for a revolution and independence from Spain, but also lobbied against the U.S. annexation of Cuba, which some American and Cuban politicians desired. After deliberations with patriotic clubs across the US, the Antilles and Latin America, "El Partido Revolucionario Cubano" (The Cuban Revolutionary Party) was officially proclaimed on April 10, 1892, with the purpose of gaining independence for both Cuba and Puerto Rico. Martí was elected Delegate, the highest party position. By the end of 1894, the basic conditions for launching the revolution were set.

"Martí’s impatience to start the revolution for independence was affected by his growing fear that the imperialist forces in the United States would succeed in annexing Cuba before the revolution could liberate the island from Spain". A new trend of aggressive US “influence”, evinced by Secretary of State James G. Blaine’s expressed ideals that all of Central and South America would some day fall to the U.S. “That rich island”, Blaine wrote on 1 December 1881, “the key to the Gulf of Mexico, is, though in the hands of Spain, a part of the American commercial system… If ever ceasing to be Spanish, Cuba must necessarily become American and not fall under any other European domination". Blaine’s vision did not allow the existence of an independent Cuba. “Martí noticed with alarm the movement to annex Hawaii, viewing it as establishing a pattern for Cuba…”

The war

On December 25, 1894 three ships; the Lagonda, the Almadis and the Baracoa, set sail for Cuba from Fernandina Beach, Florida, loaded with soldiers and weapons. Two of the ships were seized by US authorities in early January,but the proceedings went ahead. Not to be dissuaded, on March 25, Martí presented the Proclamation of Montecristi, which outlined the policy for Cuba’s war of independence:

The Maine incident

The Spanish–American War

See also

References


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Mohamed Billal Rait




Mohamed Billal Rait

Mohamed Billal Raït
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Billal Raït
Date of birth May 16, 1986 (age 25)
Place of birth Boufarik, Algeria
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Olympique de Médéa
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20??–2011 WA Boufarik ? (?)
2011– Olympique de Médéa 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Mohamed Billal Raït (born 16 May 1986 in Boufarik, Algeria) is an Algerian professional footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for the Algerian Ligue 2 club Olympique de Médéa.

Statistics

References


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