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Infobox martial artist name Benjamin Adegbuyi image image size caption birth name other names Mister Gentleman br The Hammer nationality flagicon ROM Romanians Romanian birth date Birth date and age 1985 1 24 mf y birth place Aiud , Romania fighting out of Bucharest , Romania death date death place height height m 1.98 weight convert 120 kg lb st abbr on weight class Super Heavyweight style Kickboxing br Karate stance team Respect Gym trainer Alin Panaite years active 2009 present kickbox win 9 kickbox kowin 5 kickbox loss 1 kickbox koloss 1 kickbox draw 1 kickbox nc other occupation spouse relatives students university url boxrec sherdog updated March 30, 2012 Benjamin Adegbuyi born January 24, 1985 ref cite web url http www.respectgym.ro luptatori title Luptatori Romanian accessdate 2011 05 18 publisher www.respectgym.ro ref is a Romania n kickboxing kickboxer born to a Nigeria n father and an Romanian mother. He comes from a Karate background, and currently fights for the Local Kombat and SuperKombat promotions. Biography Adegbuyi was born in Aiud and spent his childhood in Gherla and Cluj Napoca . He is currently training at Respect Gym in the capital Bucharest . ref cite web url http admin.kombat.ro k1 are 2 metri si 130 kg benny primul luptator de culoare ce va reprezenta romania in local kombat vezi video.html title Are 2 metri si 130 kg Vezi primul luptator de culoare ce va lupta pentru Romania in Local Kombat Romanian publisher sport.ro date accessdate 2011 03 12 ref Benjamin claims the Yoruba people Yoruba as his father roots who was the Dean education dean of a polytechnic university in Nigeria . ref cite web url http www.cancan.ro sport extrafotbal singurul luptator roman de culoare provine din randul razboinicilor yoruba benny leul nigerian 202887.html title Singurul lupt tor rom n de culoare provine din r ndul r zboinicilor Yoruba Benny, leul nigerian publisher cancan.ro date accessdate 2012 01 15 ref Kickboxing record class toccolours width 90 style c ... more details
Evolutionary biology Image Speciation modes.svg left thumb 300px Comparison of allopatric speciation allopatric , peripatric, parapatric speciation parapatric and sympatric speciation sympatric speciation . Peripatric and peripatry are terms from biogeography , referring to organism s whose ranges are closely adjacent but do not overlap, being separated where these organisms do not occur &ndash for example a wide river or a mountain range. Such organisms are usually closely related e.g. sister species , their distribution being the result of peripatric speciation . Peripatric speciation is a form of speciation , the formation of new species through evolution . In this form, new species are formed in isolated peripheral populations this is similar to allopatric speciation in that populations are isolated and prevented from exchanging genes. However, peripatric speciation, unlike allopatric speciation, proposes that one of the populations is much smaller than the other. One possible consequence of peripatric speciation is that a geographically widespread ancestral species becomes paraphyletic , thereby becoming a paraspecies . The concept of a paraspecies is therefore a logical consequence of the Evolutionary Species Concept, by which one species give rise to a daughter species. The evolution of the polar bear from the brown bear is a well documented example of a living species that gave rise to another living species through the evolution of a population located at the margin of the ancestral species range. ref http en.wikinews.org wiki Polar bears related to extinct Irish bears, DNA study shows ref ref http www.sciencedirect.com science article pii S0960982211006452 ref Peripatric speciation was originally proposed by Ernst Mayr , and is related to the founder effect , because small living populations may undergo selection bottlenecks. ref cite journal author Provine WB title Ernst Mayr Genetics and speciation url http www.genetics.org cgi content full 167 3 1041 jo ... more details
Infobox scientist name Sergei Chetverikov image image size 225px caption birth date 6 May 1880 birth place Moscow , Russia death date death date and age 1959 7 2 1880 5 2 death place Nizhny Novgorod Gorky , USSR residence Image Flag of Russia.svg 20px Russia br Image Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 20px USSR citizenship Image Flag of Russia.svg 20px Russians Russian nationality ethnicity Russians Russian field Biology , genetics , theory of evolution work institutions Nikolai Koltsov Institute of Experimental Biology alma mater doctoral advisor doctoral students known for author abbrev bot author abbrev zoo prizes religion footnotes Sergei Sergeevich Chetverikov , 1880 1959 was one of the early contributors to the development of the field of genetics . His research showed how early genetic theories applied to natural populations, and has therefore contributed towards the modern evolutionary synthesis modern synthesis of evolutionary theory . Interwar period Between the two World Wars , Soviet Union Soviet biological research managed to connect genetics with field research on natural populations. Chetverikov lead a team at the Nikolai Koltsov Institute of Experimental Biology in Moscow, and in 1926 produced what should have been one of the landmark papers of the modern evolutionary synthesis . However, published only in Russian language Russian , it was largely ignored in the English speaking world though J.B.S. Haldane possessed a translation . Chetverikov influenced several Russian geneticists who later came to work in the West, such as Theodosius Dobzhansky and Timofeev Ressovsky , both of whom continued to work in a similar style. The significance of Chetverikov s work came to light much later, by which time the evolutionary synthesis was virtually complete. ref Adams, Mark. Sergei Chetverikov, the Kol tsov Institute, and the evolutionary synthesis. In Mayr & Provine The Evolutionary Synthesis 1998. ref ref Chetverikov S.S. On certain aspe ... more details
Thinking of You is a popular music popular song , written by Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar . It was introduced in the Broadway theater Broadway show, The Five O Clock Girl 1927 . The song had two special periods of popularity 1928 in music 1928 and 1950 in music 1950 , the latter in relation to the release of the MGM film, Three Little Words film Three Little Words , based on the life of Kalmar and Ruby. Hit versions of the song were recorded by Eddie Fisher singer Eddie Fisher and Don Cherry singer golfer Don Cherry . The recording by Don Cherry singer golfer Don Cherry was released by Decca Records as Catalog numbering systems for single records catalog number 27128. It first reached the Billboard magazine Billboard Best Seller chart on September 15, 1950, and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at number four. ref cite book last Whitburn first Joel title Top Pop Records 1940 1955 publisher Record Research year 1973 ref The recording by Eddie Fisher singer Eddie Fisher was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20 3901. It first reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on October 6, 1950, and lasted 18 weeks on the chart, peaking at number eight. This was Fisher s first charting hit. Cherry re recorded the song for his album, There Goes My Everything album There Goes My Everything , in 1968 in music 1968 . Recorded versions Harry Archer and his Orchestra vocal Franklyn Baur 1928 in music 1928 Don Cherry singer golfer Don Cherry 1950 in music 1950 , 1968 in music 1968 Eddie Fisher singer Eddie Fisher 1950 in music 1950 Carlos Molina and his Orchestra 1936 in music 1936 Ben Selvin s Broadway Nitelites 1928 in music 1928 Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra vocal Lewis James 1928 in music 1928 Sarah Vaughan 1950 in music 1950 Great version of this song by Dorothy Provine on a Roaring Twenties TV show album References reflist Category 1927 songs Category 1950 singles Category Eddie Fisher songs Category Songs with lyrics by Bert Kalmar Category Songs with mus ... more details
Korean name Kim Korean name Kim Infobox Korean name hangul hanja rr Kim Min gi mr Kim Min ki context img caption Kim Min ki born March 31, 1951, North Jeolla Province is a South Korea n singer, songwriter, playwright , and composer . Min ki was educated at Seoul National University . He first came to prominence as the composer of the tune Achim Isul lang ko , literllay Morning dew , which was written in 1970 and performed by Korean folk singer Yang Hee eun . The song was a major pop music hit in Korea in the 1970s, and Min ki became a prominent figure in blending Korean folk and pop musics, as well as an outspoken political activist and representative of youth culture . ref name wm Provine, Hwang, and Hershaw. http books.google.com books?id QzX8THIgRjUC&pg PA165&lpg PA165&dq 22kim min ki 22&source web&ots fcSDG9BixV&sig CCKCkllb2BuXMis1R1gN2xs2MY4 Korea . The Rough Guide to World Music , vol.2. Rough Guides, 2000, p.165. ref Min ki s songs discussed the Americanization of Korean culture and questioned relations between North and South Korea, and his lyrical and musical style were a major influence on the genre known as Norae Undong Song Movement which became popular in the 1980s. ref name wm He released nine albums before 1975, at which time his music was censorship censored by the government his albums were pulled from record stores, playing of his music over the radio or singing it in public was banned, and he was not permitted to release material under his own name. ref name kbs http english.kbs.co.kr society people 1382507 11774.html Kim Min ki , Korean Broadcasting System KBS Global . Accessed September 26, 2007. ref He composed the music for a 1981 film, The Ball Shot by a Midget , which was not permitted to be used by government censors who reviewed the film. ref http www.koreafilm.org feature 100 66.asp Korean Film Archives . Accessed September 26, 2007. ref This moratorium continued until June 26, 1987, when all restrictions on the performance of ... more details
Infobox NFL player name Fred Smoot image Fred Smoot.jpg image size 200 alt caption Smoot during his second tenure with the Redskins. number 21, 27 position Cornerback birth date Birth date and age 1979 4 17 mf y birth place Jackson, Mississippi death date death place heightft 5 heightin 11 weight 185 highschool Provine High School br Jackson, Mississippi college Mississippi State Bulldogs football Mississippi State draftyear 2001 draftround 2 draftpick 45 debutyear 2001 debutteam Washington Redskins finalyear Washington Redskins finalteam 2009 pastteams nowiki nowiki Washington Redskins NFL Year 2001 NFL Year 2004 Minnesota Vikings NFL Year 2005 NFL Year 2006 Washington Redskins NFL Year 2007 NFL Year 2009 highlights nowiki nowiki First team All Southeastern Conference SEC 1999, 2000 Consensus All American 2000 College Football All America Team 2000 statseason 2009 statlabel1 Games played statvalue1 129 statlabel2 Games started statvalue2 104 statlabel3 Tackle football move Tackles statvalue3 450 statlabel4 Interception football Interceptions statvalue4 21 statlabel5 Forced fumbles statvalue5 5 nfl SMO486349 pfr SmooFr20 Fredrick Duayne Smoot born April 17, 1979 is a former American college and professional American football football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League NFL for nine seasons. He played college football for Mississippi State University , and was recognized as an All American . He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft , and also played professionally for the NFL s Minnesota Vikings . Early years Smoot was born in Jackson, Mississippi . He attended Provine High School in Jackson, where he was selected to play in the Mississippi Alabama high school all star game as a senior. ref cite web url http www.nflplayers.com players player.aspx?id 30122 title Fred Smoot PLAYERS NFLPLAYERS.COM publisher NFLPLAYERS.COM ref College career Smoot attended Mississippi State University, where he played ... more details
ref cite web last Lickerman first Alex title Why We Laugh url http www.psychologytoday.com blog happiness in world 201101 why we laugh publisher Psychology Today accessdate 12 5 11 ref Citations missing date June 2008 Nervous laughter is laughter evoked from an audience s expression of embarrassment, alarm, discomfort or confusion, rather than amusement . Nervous laughter is usually less robust in expression than a good belly laugh , and may be combined with confused glances or awkward silence on the part of others in the audience. Nervous laughter is considered analogous to a courtesy laugh , which may be rendered by more of a conscious effort in an attempt to move a situation along more quickly, especially when the comedian is pausing for laughter. Nervous laughter is a physical reaction to stress, tension, confusion, or anxiety just like sweaty palms or a raised heart rate. It s not something you consciously choose to do. Nervous laughter has nothing to do with your sense of humor, and can overcome you at the unfunniest of times. Ramachandran states We have nervous laughter because we want to make ourselves think what horrible thing we encountered isn t really as horrible as it appears, something we want to believe. Those are the most embarrassing times, too, naturally ref cite web title Stop Nervous Laughing url http www.hypnosisdownloads.com social anxiety nervous laughter accessdate 12 7 11 ref . Psychologist and neuroscientist Robert Provine, from the University of Maryland, studied over 1,200 laughter episodes and determined that 80 of laughter isn t based around humor. ref cite web last Anonymous title Laughing Matters url http serendip.brynmawr.edu biology b103 f02 web2 mscottweathers.html ref Unhealthy or nervous laughter comes from the throat. This nervous laughter is not true laughter, but an expression of tension and anxiety. Instead of relaxing a person, nervous laughter tightens them up even further. Much of this nervous laughter is produced in times ... more details
Infobox religious building building name Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta infobox width image Facciata Chiesa S Maria Assunta Esine Foto Luca Giarelli .jpg image size 200px alt caption Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Esine map type map size map caption location geo coord 46 01 53 N 10 20 28 E latitude longitude religious affiliation Catholic church rite region state Italy province provine of Brescia Brescia territory prefecture sector district cercle municipality Esine consecration year status functional status heritage designation leadership website architecture yes architect architecture type architecture style general contractor facade direction west groundbreaking year completed construction cost specifications no capacity length width width nave height max dome quantity dome height outer dome height inner dome dia outer dome dia inner minaret quantity minaret height spire quantity spire height materials nrhp added refnum designated NOTOC Santa Maria Assunta is a church in the north west of Esine , in the province of Brescia , northern Italy , listed as national monument . ref name stofler cite web url http www.voli.bs.it itinera 06 06 pittura esine default.htm title Magda Stofler, Santa Maria Assunta su Itinera 6 Architettura e pittura accessdate 2009 09 24 language italian ref The building was originally constructed around 1480, and initially had a gabled fa ade with a round window oculo , replaced by the current structure in 1776. The bell tower dates from 1500 and is built in a yellow stone. ref name stofler The interior has a single nave , and was apparently completely decorated with fresco es by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo between 1491 and 1493 subjects include the Annunciation , Mary enthroned, the history of salvation and the holy helpers. The paintings were commissioned by the noble families of Federici and Beccagutti, and by Isaac de Favis of Gandino , rector of the church of the Holy Trinity in Esine. ref name stofler Beyond the chancel arch the cross vaul ... more details
Infobox television show name Encounter image genre Anthology series Anthology creator writer director presenter composer country Canada and United States language English num seasons 1 num episodes 5 list episodes executive producer producer editor cinematography camera runtime 60 minutes network American Broadcasting Company ABC br Canadian Broadcasting Corporation distributor picture format Black and white audio format Monaural first aired Start date 1958 10 5 last aired End date 1958 11 2 18 status Ended Encounter is a five week anthology series anthology television series aired from Toronto , Canada, and carried by both the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and American Broadcasting Company ABC from October 5 to November 2, 1958. ref Alex McNeil, Total Television , New York Penguin Publishers, 1996 , p. 258 ref The one hour dramas were either romance, adventure, or mystery stories. Patrick Macnee , later on ABC s The Avengers TV series The Avengers , a Cold War British adventure series, and Barry Morse , subsequently the relentless police detective, Officer Girard, on the ABC series, The Fugitive TV series The Fugitive , starring David Janssen , were among those who appeared on Encounter. . ref Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Completre Directory to Prime Time TV Shows, 1946 Present , p. 270 ref In the United States, Encounter followed the Western genre western series Colt .45 TV series Colt .45 , starring Wayde Preston . The program faced competition on CBS from The Alfred Hitchcock Show and The 64,000 Question . NBC at the time aired part of The Dinah Shore Chevy Show . ref Total Television , appendix ref It is not known what program succeeded Encounter in the 9 30 Eastern time slot beginning on Sunday, November 9, 1958. The following season The Alaskans , an adventure program set in Alaska and starring Roger Moore , Dorothy Provine , and Jeff York , aired on ABC in that time period. ref Total Television , appendix ref Encounter is not the shortest running seri ... more details
rather than Genetic drift sampling drift . ref Provine 1991 ref After flirting in 1973 with the idea ... Provine W.B. Rise of the null selection hypothesis . In Cain A.J. and Provine W.B. 1991. Genes ... more details
The Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962 was an outbreak of mass hysteria spaced ndash or Mass Psychogenic Illness MPI spaced ndash rumored to have occurred in or near the village of Kashasha on the western coast of Lake Victoria in the modern nation of Tanzania formerly Tanganyika near the border of Kenya. ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk world 2007 nov 21 society.health first Stuart last Jeffries title The outbreak of hysteria that s no fun at all date November 21, 2007 newspaper The Guardian publisher Guardian News and Media Limited ref NOTOC The laughter epidemic began on January 30, 1962, at a mission run boarding school for girls in Kashasha. The laughter started with three girls and spread haphazardly throughout the school, affecting 95 of the 159 pupils, aged 12 18. ref name epidemic cite journal author Provine, Robert R. title Laughter journal American Scientist volume 84 issue 1 pages 38 47 date January February 1996 doi url http www.americanscientist.org issues feature laughter 1 ref ref cite journal first A.M. last Rankin coauthors Philip, P.J. year 1963 month May title An epidemic of laughing in the Bukoba district of Tanganyika journal Central African Journal of Medicine volume 9 pages 167 170 pmid 13973013 url http rltz.blogspot.com 2007 05 from central african medical journal.html ref Symptoms lasted from a few hours to 16 days in those affected. The teaching staff were not affected but reported that students were unable to concentrate on their lessons. The school was forced to close down on March 18, 1962. ref name Radiolab cite web url http www.radiolab.org 2008 feb 25 title Laughter publisher Radiolab date accessdate 2011 01 12 ref After the school was closed and the students were sent home, the epidemic spread to Nshamba, a village that was home to several of the girls. ref name Radiolab In April and May, 217 people had laughing attacks in the village, most of them being school children and young adults. The Kashasha school was reopened ... more details
Multiple issues expert January 2012 refimprove January 2012 no footnotes January 2012 Soft inheritance is the term for a largely discredited set of theories. It was coined by Ernst Mayr to include such ideas as Lamarckism , that an organism can pass on characteristics that it acquired during its lifetime to its offspring. It contrasts with modern ideas of Biological inheritance inheritance , which Mayr called hard inheritance . Since Gregor Mendel Mendel , modern genetics has held that the hereditary material is impervious to environmental influences except, of course, mutagenic effects . ref name Richards cite journal author Richards EJ title Inherited epigenetic variation revisiting soft inheritance journal Nat. Rev. Genet. volume 7 issue 5 pages 395 401 year 2006 month May pmid 16534512 doi 10.1038 nrg1834 ref In soft inheritance the genetic basis of characters could be modified either by direct induction by the environment, or by use and disuse, or by an intrinsic failure of constancy, and that this modified genotype was then transmitted to the next generation. ref cite book author Mayr, Ernst authorlink Ernst W. Mayr editor Provine, William B. Mayr, Ernst title The Evolutionary synthesis perspectives on the unification of biology publisher Harvard University Press location Cambridge year 1980 pages 1 48 isbn 0 674 27225 0 ref Concepts of soft inheritance are usually associated with the ideas of Lamarck and tienne Geoffroy Saint Hilaire Geoffroy . The concept of hard inheritance holds sway today, as Mayr points out. One of the first statements in favour of hard inheritance was made by the English surgeon William Lawrence biologist William Lawrence in 1819. His ideas on heredity were many years ahead of their time, as this extract shows The offspring inherit only their parents connate peculiarities and not any of the acquired qualities . ref cite book author Lawrence, William FRS. title Lectures on physiology, zoology and the natural history of man publisher J. ... more details
Song infobox Name Singing in the Bathtub Cover Caption Original Sheet Music for the Song Published 1929 Writer Herb Magidson br Ned Washington Composer Michael Cleary composer Michael Cleary Singing in the Bathtub is a song written in 1929 by Michael H. Cleary , with lyrics by Herb Magidson and Ned Washington for the film The Show of Shows film The Show of Shows . ref http bosko.toonzone.net 1930 sinkin in the bathtub Sinkin in the Bathtub ref The Show of Shows was Warner Bros. answer to MGM s The Hollywood Revue of 1929 , and Singing in the Bathtub spoofs Hollywood Revue s song Singin in the Rain song Singin in the Rain . ref http movies2.nytimes.com gst movies movie.html?v id 120101 NY Times, Movies ref In Show of Shows , the number features an enormous bathtub and is performed by Winnie Lightner and a chorus of male and female performers wearing antiquated bathing suit s. ref http movies2.nytimes.com mem movies review.html? r 1&title1 Show 20of 20Shows&title2 &reviewer MORDAUNT 20HALL.&pdate 19291121&v id &oref slogin NY Times movie review ref The song was recorded by many performers of the time, including Guy Lombardo , ref http www.warnerchappell.com wcm 2 song search song detail songview 2.jsp?menu status songsearch&esongId 120527100 Warner Chappell Music ref Dorothy Provine , ref http www.warnerchappell.com wcm 2 song search searchresult 2.jsp?clearCriteria Y&entityId 293519&entityType 4&tf9 United 20States&tf8 Entire 20Catalog&tf0 Artist&entityName DOROTHY PROVINE&view songs&wcmsid p36zkFK8b1ANfpMp0 fdwzA Warner Chappell Music ref Dick Robertson , ref http jcgi.pathfinder.com time printout 0,8816,789116,00.html jcgi.pathfinder.com ref King Ben Nawahi , ref http www.mrgosh.com playlist.html MrGosh Playlist ref Gracie Fields , ref http vitaphone.blogspot.com 2006 12 yuletide frolic.html Vitaphone Varieties ref Vaughn DeLeath , ref http vitaphone.blogspot.com 2006 11 soul of adventuress.html Vitaphone Varieties ref The Georgians Frank Guarente The Georgians , r ... more details
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