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Trade unions in Chad

There are five recognized trade union confederations in Chad as of 2021: Union of Trade Unions of Chad (UST; ) Free Confederation of Chadian Workers (CLTT; ) Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad (CST; ) Trade Union Confederation of Workers of Chad (CSTT; ) Independent Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad (CIST; ) The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) recognizes two affiliates, Free Confederation of Chadian Workers and Union of Trade Unions of Chad. ITUC recently rejected an affiliation request from the Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad, but remains open to the Independent Confederation of Trade Unions of Chad. The UST is seen by the UN Human Rights Committee as the most representative union in its 2013 report. Repression The ITUC ranked Chad a score of 4 on the Global Rights Index in 2024, due its frequent repression of trade union leaders including arrests, union busting and restrictions on strikes. History French trade unions maintained outposts in French Chad, before Chad was decolonized in 1960. The first president of the new state, François Tombalbaye was a trade unionist in the 1940s. In 1964, under the one-party rule of the Chadian Progressive Party, the National Union of Chadian Workers (UNTT; ) was established by merging all existing unions (except Christian unions) and had a combined membership of 8,000 salaried workers. In 1968, remaining groups were absorbed into the re-branded confederation National Union of Workers of Chad (UNATRAT; ). By 1972 its membership increased to 12,000. Some of the membership supported the FROLINAT insurgency group, but trade union support was not influential. In 1975 strikes were made illegal and in 1976 public-sector employees were barred from joining unions (both repealed in the 1996 Constitution). In 1988, UNATRAT was re-launched as National Union of Unions of Chad (UNST; ) which dissolved shortly after in 1990 when President Déby rose to power. Previous members of UNST split into two directions. Dissidents formed the present day Free Confederation of Chadian Workers (CLTT; ), affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour, while loyalists to the new Déby regime staged a general strike, in order to reinstate UNST. The government agreed, as long as UNST changed its name, so its successor Union of Trade Unions of Chad (UST; ) was re-established. See also Trade unions in Cameroon Notes References External links Chad

Capparis lucida

Capparis lucida, commonly referred to as the coast caper, is a versatile plant that often grows as a small tree or a shrub, usually reaching heights of 3 to 4 meters. While it may sometimes climb, it typically produces flowers and fruits as a shrub. The leaves are glossy and range from 3 to 10 cm long and 2 to 5 cm wide, with a noticeable central vein and smaller veins forming loops near the edges. Both the petioles (the stalk attaching the leaf to the stem) and twigs are covered in fine, soft hairs. The flowers of the coast caper are quite distinct, featuring sepals (the outer parts of the flower) that are 9 to 13 mm long. The outer sepals are fused into a cap-like structure that splits open unevenly, while the inner sepals remain separate. The petals are white or pale, about 15 to 20 mm long, and there are a striking number of stamens (the pollen-producing parts) — anywhere from 50 to 85. The long stalk that supports the ovary, called the gynophore, can be 25 to 65 mm long and is hairy at the base. The fruit is a round, smooth-skinned berry, about 2.5 to 5 cm in diameter, containing many seeds. Each seed is around 6 mm long and has a unique spiraled embryo with folded cotyledons (the first leaves of the seedling). Although this plant can host caper whites (Belenois java teutonia) and chalk whites (Elodina parthia) successfully, it is not their preferred host plant. Caper gulls (Cepora perimale scyllara) have been recorded to lay on this plant. thumb|Cepora perimale on a coastal caper plant Seedlings The young seedlings have lance-shaped cotyledons that are 22 to 30 mm long and 11 to 15 mm wide, with a pointed tip and a rounded base. By the tenth leaf stage, the leaves become more oval, and the plant develops straight, spiny stipules (small leaf-like structures) about 4 to 7 mm long. The stem is covered with tiny, translucent white hairs that are hooked at the tips. Seeds of the Coast Caper typically germinate within 19 to 32 days. Distribution and habitat The coast caper is found in several regions across Australia, including Western Australia, Cape York Peninsula, Northeast Queensland, and Central East Queensland. Its range extends as far south as southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. The plant prefers low elevations, usually close to sea level, and is commonly seen in coastal forests, vine thickets, and monsoon forests. It's also found in Malesia, a region encompassing Malaysia, Indonesia, and surrounding islands. Synonyms Capparis lucida has been known by several other names: Capparis lucida (DC.) Benth. f. lucida   Thilachium lucidum DC.   Busbeckea corymbiflora F.Muell.   References Category:Shrubs Category:Malesia Category:Flora of Western Australia lucida

John Hutchings (slave trader)

thumb|Hutchings was Jackson's wife's sister's son John Hutchings (November 20, 1817) was a nephew by marriage of American slave trader, militia leader, and U.S. president Andrew Jackson. He was Jackson's partner in his general stores, and his slave-trading operation. Biography Hutchings was a son of Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson's older sister Catherine Donelson. Surviving letters from William C. C. Claiborne and Hutchings himself show that they were regularly providing Jackson with updates on Hutchings' success in selling "negroes" and horses that he had brought down from Tennessee to Mississippi.  Claiborne wrote to Jackson in 1801, "I can assure you, with great truth, that Mr. Hutchings is a prudent, amiable young man, & is very attentive to your Interest."  On Christmas Day 1801 Hutchings wrote Jackson with his own update, "I shall meet with no dificulty to sell the negres." A surviving letter from Hutchings to Jackson from an 1804 journey reporting on a journey from Stones River to New Orleans reads as follows: During the fiercely contested 1828 presidential election, an opponent of Jackson editorialized about Hutchings possibly receiving preferential treatment and an unearned officer's commission during the War of 1812, asking, "Was not your nephew Capt. John Hutchings mustered into service (as Captain) the 1st October, 1814, and did he not immediately leave the service, and return home to attend your race horses, or his own, and never again joined the Army until after the battle of N. Orleans, of about that time, and all this with your knowledge and consent." According to the Tennessee State Library and Archives, which holds a collection of Hutchings family papers, "Jackson and Hutchings acquired large tracts of land near Milton's Bluff and in northern Alabama near Florence. Sometime after the Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814), Hutchings moved to Huntsville where he maintained a large plantation." John Hutchings married Mary Smith, who was the daughter of William Smith, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He died in 1817 and is buried about 20 miles northeast of Athens, Alabama, under a marker commissioned by Jackson that reads: A. J. Hutchings thumb|Andrew Jackson Hutchings (1815–1841) Andrew Jackson became the guardian of John and Polly Hutchings' orphaned son, Andrew Jackson Hutchings, and raised him at the Hermitage. According to Harriet Chappell Owsley this was Hutchings' dying wish. Andrew and Rachel Jackson traveled to Alabama to sit at Hutchings' deathbed; their trusted slave Hannah Jackson watched the Jacksons' adopted sons Andrew Jackson Jr. and Lyncoya Jackson while they were gone. Hutchings was educated at the Hermitage alongside Andrew Jackson Jr. and Lyncoya Jackson. He joined his cousins Andrew Jackson Jr., Samuel Jackson Hays, and Daniel Donelson in Washington in October 1829 during the first year of Jackson's presidency. He eventually married Mary Coffee, a cousin and a daughter of Jackson's longtime ally John Coffee. They had four children together, only one of whom survived to adulthood, dying in 1863. There is a surviving letter from Andrew Jackson to A. J. Hutchings advising him, "If you get in debt you will be a slave." Andrew Jackson Hutchings died in 1841. References Category:1770s births Category:1817 deaths Category:19th-century American merchants Category:19th-century American slave traders Category:Andrew Jackson Category:People from Huntsville, Alabama Category:Donelson family

Portrait of Lord Beresford

Portrait of Lord Beresford is an 1815 portrait painting by the English artist William Beechey of the British general William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford.Walker p.41 Saywell & Simon p.52 The sitter was born in 1768 as the illegitimate son of the Irish aristocrat George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford and therefore had links to many of the Anglo-Irish elite. Entering the British Army he became known for his service during the Napoleonic Wars. He was involved in the Egyptian Campaign and the failed expedition to Buenos Aires. He distinguished himself in the Peninsular War and was made Marshal of the Portuguese Army, serving under the Duke of Wellington.Bowen & Bowen p.42 In 1814 he was made Viscount Beresford. Along with Thomas Lawrence and Martin Archer Shee, Beechey had emerged as one of Britain's leading portrait painters following the death of the President of the Royal Academy Joshua Reynolds.https://chronicle250.com/1802 He increasingly adapted his style to suit the fashion of the Regency era, dominated by Lawrence. Beresford sat for Beechey not long after the Treaty of Paris drove Napoleon into exile on Elba. Beresford is shown in the uniform of a Marshal of Portugal and wears the decorations of Peninsular Gold Cross as well as the British Order of the Bath and the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword. Today the painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery on Trafalgar Square.https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08106/William-Carr-Beresford-Viscount-Beresford A mezzotint print by Charles Turner based on Beechey's work is also in the Gallery's collection.https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw17144/William-Carr-Beresford-Viscount-Beresford?LinkID=mp00387&role=sit&rNo=4 References Bibliography Beresford, Marcus de la Poer. Marshal William Carr Beresford. Merrion Press, 2018. Bowen, Desmond & Bowen, Jean. Heroic Option: The Irish in the British Army. Pen and Sword, 2005. Roberts, William. Sir William Beechey, R. A. Duckworth and Company, 1907. Saywell, David & Simon, Jacob. Complete Illustrated Catalogue. National Portrait Gallery 2004. Walker, Richard John Boileau. Regency Portraits, Volume 1. National Portrait Gallery, 1985. Category:1815 paintings Category:Paintings by William Beechey Category:Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Conference of State Governors (Austria)

The Conference of State Governors () is an informal – not provided for in the Constitution of Austria – meeting of the nine state governors. Alongside the Federal Council, the Austrian upper house, it is the second most important body for co-operation between the states as well as for federalism in the Austrian political system (in the modern Austria). The Council of state governors is considered to be "the most powerful governing institution of the federal states" and a motor for strengthening the federal state", the Federal Council itself is regarded as having little influence in Austria. Its importance is also reflected in the fact that although it has no constitutional basis, numerous legal texts refer to it. Functioning At the Conference of State Governors, an attempt is made to establish a common channel for representing the interests federal states in order to be able to take this unified position and to confront the federation in negotiations. They developed in the 1960s and have met regularly from the 1970 onwards. They are prepared by the state government directors (Vienna: the magistrate director), who then participate in the conferences together with the state governors. Generally also a representative of the federal government - the chancellor or a federal minister - attend the conference. Talks with the president also occur. According to established practice, the presidency between the states changes every six months and in alphabetical order of the states in parallel with the change of the Federal Council. In addition tot the half-yearly meetings, the Conference of State Governors also convenes extraordinary meetings when urgent matters arise. The Liaison Office of the States acts as the secretariat of the conference. There are no written rules of procedure. The Conference of State Governors only take decisions unanimously. Due to the informal nature of the meetings, decisions will not be published, but will be made available to the participants and the federal government, insofar as it is affected by them. These decisions are not legally binding, but have a significant political impact. Due to their unanimity, they represent a reliable - albeit potentially minimal - common position at the state level. The conference is particularly important for the fiscal redistribution from the federal government to the states and the "eternal construction" reform of the federal states. History In 1968, the then Governor of Salzburg, Hans Lechner (ÖVP) explained the functioning of the Conference of State Governors in the ORF broadcast of Österreich-Bild. On the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the republic of Austria an extraordinary conference took place in 2018 which also addressed the relationship between the federal states as regions in the European Union. See also Conference of Ministers-President – German equivalent European Council Region (Europe) European Committee of the Regions Executive federalism External links Conference of State Governors 2013 Conference of State Governors, in politik-lexikon.at Results of the Conference of State Governors’ (November 2021) Austrian delegation of the European Committee of the Regions References Category:Government institutions Category:Politics of Austria by state Category:Federalism in Austria Category:Executive federalism

Kim Skogsrud

Kim Eugen Skogsrud (born 14 April 1993) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Early career Raised in Oslo with his twin brother, Tom, the pair began their footballing career with Skeid. They were scouted by English Premier League side Manchester City, going on trial in April 2008 before going on to sign a contract in November of the same year. Having made the move to Manchester in the summer of 2009, the brothers were housed with a host family, and Skogsrug later described his struggles adapting to life at a professional football club in England, stating the changes were a "culture shock" to him. After two years with Manchester City, the brothers were offered deals with Scottish side Rangers, and accepted contracts in May 2011 which made them the highest paid academy players in the club's history. However, the club went into administration in February 2012, and following relegation to the Scottish Football League Third Division, the brothers left the club with one year left on their two-year deals. Return to Norway On their return to Norway, the twins joined Norwegian First Division side Sandefjord. After two years, in which he featured sparingly, Skogsrud was loaned to fellow Norwegian First Division side Strømmen in August 2014 following an injury sustained earlier in the year. Having departed Sandefjord in March 2015, Skogsrud joined Norwegian Second Division side Egersund, also taking up an apprenticeship as a plumber. He would go on to re-join former side Skeid in 2018, also reuniting with his brother, who had joined the club a year earlier. He left the club after two seasons, retiring at the age of twenty-six. International career Skogsrud represented Norway from under-15 to under-19 level. Personal life While in Glasgow playing for Rangers, Skogsrud met his future wife, with whom he would have two children. Having returned to Norway, Skogsrud and his brother began working for their father's plumbing company. Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSandefjord20121. divisjon4010106020131503000180201400000000Total1904010240Sandefjord 220123. divisjon60–00602013151–00151201420–0020Total2310000231Strømmen (loan)20141. divisjon1000000100Strømmen 2 (loan)20143. divisjon32–0032Egersund20152. divisjon26010002702016240200026020172222000242Total7225000772Egersund 220174. divisjon30–0030Skeid20182. divisjon251300028120191. divisjon2002000220Total4513000481Sagene20237. divisjon95000095Career total184111400019811 Notes References Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian men's footballers Category:Norway men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Norwegian First Division players Category:Norwegian Second Division players Category:Norwegian Third Division players Category:Norwegian Fourth Division players Category:Skeid Fotball players Category:Manchester City F.C. players Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:Sandefjord Fotball players Category:Strømmen IF players Category:Egersunds IK players Category:Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Category:Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland

Clarence Hui

Clarence Hui (Chinese:许愿; Pinyin: Xu Yuan), is a Hong Kong songwriter, producer, choreographer, actor and author, best known for his collaborations with Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Sandy Lam, Jacky Cheung, for his work as a choreographer at TVB, and as the author of Walking On Air. Hui was most active in the 1980s and 1990s writing Cantopop songs creating hits, including 今生今世 (In My Lifetime)、野花 (Wildflower)、爱上一个不回家的人. Early life Hui attended Simon Fraser University in Canada as a performing arts student. He was mentored by musical theater master Grace Macdonald, which led him to become a stage actor. Throughout his career, he has been influenced by both traditional Chinese culture and Hong Kong pop music. After meeting a TVB producer in Vancouver, he signed a talent contract with TVB in Hong Kong, afterwards assisting in music and dance production for their shows. Career After returning to Hong Kong, Hui was hired by TVB, his official entry into the Hong Kong music scene. He contributed to the production of concerts and variety shows. His first assignment was to work with Leslie Cheung, who would later become a musical collaborator. Hui shared his expertise with his peers in the music industry, helping them develop their stage careers. Over time, he became a mentor in Hong Kong, actively participating in the development of Hong Kong pop music. His students include names such as Sandy Lam, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Jordan Chan, G.E.M., and Della Ding. Infinity and Beyond 2022 In 2022, Hui became a coach on the Chinese television singing show Infinity and Beyond 2022. Walking On Air In 2023, Hui published his first book, 离地半尺 (Walking On Air), to broaden the knowledge and awareness of Cantopop local Hong Kong music scene. The book covers the Hong Kong music market during the 1970s and 1980s. Hui describes the creative process from inception, relating stories of the inspiration for each song and how it was written.He dedicates the book to the late Richard Lam Chun-keung, a prolific Cantopop lyricist and his "brother in music." References Category:Hong Kong songwriters Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Simon Fraser University alumni

Eve Riskin

Eve Ann Riskin is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator, the dean for undergraduate education at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Her research has concerned image compression and video compression, focusing in particular on the video transmission of American Sign Language over low-bandwidth networks. Education and career Riskin is originally from the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.McDonald, Sandy. "Interview with Dr. Eve Riskin, Dean of Undergraduate Education", The Stute, September 16, 2022. Accessed September 3, 2024. "Finally I’m from Lawrence Township and it’s so nice to be back home."Annual Commencement: Order of Exercises, Stanford University, p. 76, 1987. Accessed September 4, 2024. "Eve Ann Riskin, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Dissertation: Variable Rate Quntization of Images" After starting in computer science, she switched to electrical engineering as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated in 1984. She then went to Stanford University for graduate study, earning two master's degrees in electrical engineering and operations research in 1985 and 1986 respectively, and completing her Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1990. Her doctoral dissertation, Variable Rate Vector Quantization of Images, was supervised by Robert M. Gray. She became an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington in 1990. At the University of Washington, she became associate dean of engineering in 2005, led the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, and founded the Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) program for disadvantaged students. She moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology as dean for undergraduate education and professor of electrical engineering in 2022. Recognition Riskin was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2009, "for contributions to variable-rate image and video compression and to engineering education". She was a 2020 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. References External links Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:People from Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Category:Engineers from New Jersey Category:American electrical engineers Category:American women engineers Category:Women electrical engineers Category:Data compression researchers Category:People involved with sign language Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:Stanford University alumni Category:University of Washington faculty Category:Stevens Institute of Technology faculty Category:Fellows of the IEEE

An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)

"An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)" is a 1995 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig. The release of the single marks the second stand alone single release by the band, preceded by "This Time of Year" a year earlier in 1994. The song gave Runrig their highest placing to date on the UK Singles Charts, becoming their first UK Top 20, debuting at number eighteen in May 1995. The song made history when it came the first song to be sung in Scottish Gaelic to chart on the UK Singles Chart. Release and performance The song was released in 1995, and marked the second stand alone single to be released by the band. Upon its release, Billboard claimed that the song was aiming for "major chart success" in the United Kingdom, primarily as a result of its use in an television advert for Carlsberg lagger. During the period of promotion for the song, Runrig were the special guests at a concert held by singer Rod Stewart at the Pittodrie Stadium on 8 June 1995. During this period, Billboard described Runrig as one of the "most celebrated" Gaelic language bands in Scotland. It debuted at number eighteen on the UK Singles Charts, the bands highest performance on the UK Singles Charts and would remain so until the re–release of "Loch Lomond" in 2007 with the Tartan Army, known as "Loch Lomond (Hampden Remix)" debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Charts. "An Ubhal as Àirde (The Highest Apple)" remained at number eighteen in the United Kingdom in its second week, before falling to number thirty in its third week. By the fourth week of its appearance on the UK Singles Charts, it had fallen out the UK Top 40 to number forty-nine, before slipping to number seventy-four in its fifth and final week. In their native Scotland, its performance fared better, following its debut at number three on the Scottish Singles Charts in May 1995. In its second and third week, it remained in the Scottish Top 10 Singles Charts, dropping to number five and then number nine respectively. By its fourth week, it had dropped to number twenty-four, before falling into the Top 30 of the Scottish Singles Charts in its fifth week. Promotion Runrig performed the song on Top of the Pops, broadcast by the BBC on 4 May 1995. Track listing CD single (UK) "An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)" (Engineer – Beeg Al, Keith Mitchell) "Abhainn An T-Sluaigh" (Mixed by Calum Malcolm, Chris Harley) "The Greatest Flame" (Engineer – Calum Malcolm) "Flower of the West" (Mixed by Calum Malcolm) Cassette (UK) "An Ubhal As Airde (The Highest Apple)" "Abhainn An T - Sluaigh" "The Greatest Flame" Chart performance Chart (1995)Peakposition References Category:1995 songs Category:1995 singles Category:Runrig songs

2024–25 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season

The 2024–25 Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey season will be the 10th season of play for the program at the Division I level and 1st in the NCHC. The Sun Devils will represent Arizona State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, play their homes games at the Mullett Arena and be coached by Greg Powers in his 13th season. Season Departures Cade Alami Defenseman Transferred to Minnesota State Brian Chambers Forward Graduation (signed with Kalamazoo Wings) Tyler Gratton Forward Graduation (signed with Reading Royals) Matthew Kopperud Forward Graduation (signed with Bridgeport Islanders) Hank Levy Goaltender Left program (retired) Tim Lovell Defenseman Graduate transfer to Michigan Jackson Niedermayer Forward Transferred to Bowling Green Joshua Niedermayer Defenseman Returned to juniors (Dubuque Fighting Saints) Ryan O'Reilly Forward Graduate transfer to Providence Matthew Romer Forward Left program (retired) T. J. Semptimphelter Goaltender Transferred to North Dakota Brandon Tabakin Defenseman Graduation (signed with Newfoundland Growlers) Alex Young Forward Graduation (signed with Adirondack Thunder) Recruiting Noah Beck Defenseman 23 Richmond Hill, ON; graduate transfer from Clarkson; selected 194th overall in 2020 Brasen Boser Defenseman 20 Minot, ND Zakari Brice Goaltender 21 Fairbanks, AK Sam Court Defenseman 20 Winnipeg, MB Chase Hamm Goaltender 22 Saskatoon, SK; joined from club team Ryan Kirwan Forward 22 DeWitt, NY; transfer from Penn State Joel Kjellberg Defenseman 20 Nacka, SWE Cruz Lucius Forward 20 Lawrence, KS; transfer from Wisconsin; selected 124th overall in 2022 Hunter Mullett Defenseman 20 Hartland, WI Luke Pavicich Goaltender 22 Clarence Center, NY; transfer from Massachusetts Lowell Cullen Potter Forward 17 Hortonville, WI Bennett Schimek Forward 21 Mendota Heights, MN; transfer from Providence Artem Shlaine Forward 22 Moscow, RUS; graduate transfer from Northern Michigan; selected 130th overall in 2020 Roster As of August 31, 2024. |} Standings Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Regular Season |- !colspan=12 style=";" | Scoring statistics Rankings PollWeekPre 1 234567891011121314151617181920212223242526 (Final) USCHO.com USA Hockey References Category:Arizona State Sun Devils men's ice hockey seasons Arizona State Arizona State Arizona State Arizona State

Annette LeSiege

Annette LeSiege (1947 – August 26, 2012) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and teacher. She studied French horn and then composition at the San Jose State University, later receiving a composition PhD from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Samuel Adler and possibly Warren Benson. LeSiege taught composition for seven years at Wake Forest University, later teaching at New Jersey City University and the University of Maine. Her compositions number 70 published works, and often feature the French Horn. Life and career Annette LeSiege was born in 1947 in Oakland, California, US. Originally in the Wake Forest Magazine She was raised in Sunnyvale, California by her parents Armand and Mabel LeSiege; amid her father's early death, her stepfather Raymond Phelps helped out. Although a bassoonist in her youth, LeSiege attended San Jose State University (SJSU) to study French horn, graduating in 1968. She stayed at SJSU for a Master of Arts, initially in music history; after studying composition with Higo Hugo Harada she switched to an MA in composition, graduating in 1970. After briefly studying at Cornell University for a PhD in composition, LeSiege switched to the doctorate program at the Eastman School of Music, where she studied with Samuel Adler and possibly Warren Benson, graduating in 1975. For her PhD thesis she wrote the orchestral work Montage and prepared an accompanying musical analysis. From 1975 to 1982 LeSiege taught composition at Wake Forest University (WFU) as a professor of music. She arrived at WFU was undergoing renovations in the music department; her colleague Edwin Wilson noted that "She came here at an important transition time for the music department". At some point LeSiege was chair of the music department also serving on the council of the College Music Society from 1979 to 1981. She received the Hinda Honingman Composer's Cup in 1981. Among her students was the composer Clare Shore, who recalled her teacher's encouragement in studying works of contemporary classical music, particularly Samuel Barber. LeSiege's other students included composer Sarah Aderholdt. In 1977 LeSiege was a fellow at the MacDowell Colony in the Sprague-Smith studio, only a year old at the time. After her WFU period, LeSiege's biography becomes less clear. At some point she was managing director of the Symphony for United Nations (now the UN Symphony) and a development officer for the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. By 1991 she worked at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California, as chair of the department of music. Eventually she became a professor of music at the New Jersey City University (NJCU) in Jersey City. An associate professor, she became NJCU's assistant dean of the Music Department and after her retirement in 2009, a professor emerita. Amid a brain cancer diagnosis in 2009, LeSiege retired from full-time teaching and moved to Rockland, Maine. There she taught composition and liberal arts topics part-time at the University of Maine in Augusta. She died in Marina, California, US on August 26, 2012. In an obituary, the former-student and singer Adria Firestone described her as a "gadfly with feet-on-the-ground playfulness and discipline infused with passion" Soprano Teresa Radomski, a fellow Eastman student, emphasized the beauty and skilled prosody of LeSiege's music, describing her as "a wonderful teacher, warm, compassionate and kind". Music LeSiege's body of work includes 70 published compositions, many of them commissions. The vast majority of them were published by SeeSaw Publishing (since sold to the Subito Music Corporation), of which she may have owned a small part. Her personal mood and the source material would determine her approach to individual compositions and she described music as "controlling the existing energy into sound". Horn player Katey J. Halbert notes that "she did not try to fit one style or technique, but was always experimenting with new processess". Many of LeSiege's works feature the French horn. List of compositions See and for more Sapphire Seesaw, orchestra Bautade, orchestra Shadow Dancer (1994), unaccompanied horn in F References Citations Sources External links Works by LeSiege on Theodore Front Musical Literature Category:1947 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Eastman School of Music alumni Category:Musicians from Oakland, California Category:Wake Forest University faculty Category:20th-century classical composers Category:21st-century classical composers Category:American women classical composers Category:20th-century American composers Category:20th-century American women composers Category:San Jose State University alumni

Venus Obsequens

Venus Obsequens ("Compliant Venus") was the first Venus for whom a shrine (aedes) was built in ancient Rome. Little is known of her cult beyond the circumstances of her temple founding and a likely connection to the Vinalia Rustica, an August wine festival. On the calendar The anniversary (dies natalis) of the Temple of Venus Obsequens is thought to have been celebrated August 19, the day of the Vinalia Rustica, the second wine festival of the year on the Roman calendar. The Vinalia appears on the oldest calendars without a connection to Venus, but Varro's reference to an aedes dedicated to her on August 19 has been taken as this temple. The other Vinalia was celebrated in April, the month over which Venus held guardianship (tutela), on the 23rd, which after 215 BC was also the feast day of Venus Erycina. Both wine festivals were held originally in honor of Jupiter with the complex associations of Venus incorporated. The Romans attributed the uninhibited behaviors induced by wine-drinking to Venus exercising her powers through Liber. Gardens were dedicated to Venus on August 19 as well. The Temple of Venus Libitina, a goddess of death, celebrated its dies natalis on the same day, in a part of Rome on the Esquiline Hill where funerary services were concentrated. Plutarch saw this Venus as encompassing the regenerative cycle of birth and death, but Varro distinguished between Libitina and Libentina, the latter inspiring "sensual pleasure". Temple founding and obsequens Although Venus had an archaic origin in Rome and Latium, the cult of Obsequens was the earliest established in the Greek manner to Venus equated with Aphrodite as a goddess of sexuality. thumb|250px|Sandstone relief of Venus and Fortuna, 3rd century AD, from Lembach (Musée archéologique de Strasbourg) Sited near the southeast end of the Circus Maximus at the edge of the Forum Boarium and facing the foot of the Aventine, the temple was built during the Third Samnite War in 295 BC by the curule aedile Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges. The timing of the construction suggests that Fabius Gurges built it in thanks for his father's victory the previous year at the Battle of Sentinum. The adjective obsequens, often translated as "deferential" (hence English "obsequious"), as a divine epithet expresses favor or active support – a "propitious" Venus. The association of Venus and Fortuna in Roman religion is of long standing; Servius Tullius, semilegendary sixth king of Rome, is supposed to have set up an altar to Fortuna within a precinct of Venus, along with his many other dedications to Fortuna. A Fortuna Obsequens is known from inscriptions, a mention in an early comedy by Plautus, and Plutarch. The foundation legend for Gurges' temple indicates that from an early date, the favor of Venus was felt as contributing both to success in war and sexuality. Her power was the force of desire or intention; the Vergil commentator Servius explains that Gurges had built the temple to Venus Obsequens "because she had gone along with him". In the year 295 BC, Rome had been subject to pestilence, and prodigies had prompted the consultation of the libri, the Sibylline books. The Obsequens cult was founded following a perceived outbreak of sexual misconduct (stuprum) among matronae (ordinarily a term for respectable married women), which was supposedly so widespread that Gurges could fund the project from the fines he collected. The line of thought that led from the victory at Sentinum to funding the temple with fines for stuprum is not recorded, but it was one in a series of foundings based on regulating female behavior as a religious response to social disorder particularly in time of war or crisis for the Roman state. In 331 BC Rome's first trial for poisoning had resulted in the conviction of 170 matrons, and the involvement of patrician women may suggest that the founding of the scantly attested Temple of Pudicitia Patricia was a consequence. Pudicitia was the virtue by which women were to demonstrate their excellence, often invoked in settings when married women were competing for social standing, encompassing sexual integrity and self-discipline equivalent to virtus, "manly" virtue. In 296 BC, a corresponding cult for Pudicitia Plebeia was established so that plebeians could compete as pudicae. Participation in both cults was limited to univirae, women who had married only once. The Temple of Venus Obsequens is one of the proposed locations of the first statue, dedicated in 220 BC, to Venus Verticordia ("Heart-Turner"), whose sphere of influence was diverting sexual desire into marital expression. The cultivation of "Venus the Obedient" overtly expresses "an attempt to control the goddess", though counterbalanced over time by other instantiations such as Venus Erycina, originally a goddess of prostitution celebrated with sexual license. The cult of Venus Erycina mirrors that of Obsequens in several particulars, including the authority of the Sibylline Books and a dies natalis on the other Vinalia (April 23); the temple was vowed in 217 BC by the grandson of Gurges, Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator. The matrons' stuprum The historian Livy says that the matrons were convicted of stuprum, an all-purpose word for sexual misconduct, originally meaning any disgraceful act, which by his own time had become a matter of public law owing to Augustan moral legislation. The view of Mario Torelli and Richard Bauman that these upper-class women had literally prostituted themselves, based in part on the intervention of an aedile, is not widely held. However, Livy's insistence that many women were involved may indicate a widespread societal issue in which wives were left socially and financially adrift during wartime and sought companionship and material support. A comparable incident occurred in 213 BC, when Italy was invaded during the Punic Wars and large numbers of men were called into military service: two plebeian aediles convicted a number of women of stuprum and sent them into exile. Adultery might be more plausible in the case that resulted in the Obsequens cult; the temple may have served as a public warning against infidelity. The matrons were brought before an aedile as a matter of public rather than private law, and yet their offenses seem to have been regarded as less serious than sex crimes that could result in capital penalties. That fines were deemed a sufficient penalty may suggest "something less than adultery". Jane F. Gardner conjectured that the matrons were guilty of "nothing more than disorderly and uninhibited behaviour 'under the influence'" at festivals where women drank wine, such as the feast of Anna Perenna and the two Vinalia in honor of Venus – "debauched picnics" that allowed them to cast off their usual propriety in the guise of religion. They may not have been "guilty" of anything; but since a conviction for stuprum could result in exile, property forfeiture as a consequence might explain the source of temple funding more fully than mere fines. Notes References Sources Category:Venus (mythology)

Anton Sova

Anton Carl Gustaf von Essen (born June 26, 1981), known professionally as Anton Sova, is a Swedish talent manager, music entrepreneur, film producer, business manager, artist developer, and A&R executive. Biography Anton Sova was born to Ukrainian parents, Mykola and Mariia, and grew up in Kyiv with his older brother. He graduated from Gymnasium No. 264 in Kyiv in 1998 and studied at Kyiv Slavonic University's Faculty of Economics from 1998 to 2003. Starting in 1999, he adopted the pseudonym Anton Sova. From 2001 to 2003, Anton Sova underwent military training at the military department of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, achieving the rank of reserve lieutenant on March 9, 2004. He subsequently attended Kyiv University of Culture, studying in the department for mass festival direction from 2003 to 2004. Anton Sova became a permanent resident of Riga on June 22, 2010, where he worked as an A&R manager. In 2011, he resumed his studies in Sweden, studying Slavic and Baltic languages at Dalarna University in 2014, and continuing at Stockholm University from 2015. Career Anton Sova started working in 1996 as an advertising agent for a newspaper. In 1999, he founded the global talent agency TUARON, where he has held the position of chairman since its inception. Anton Sova has been actively involved in discovering and managing a range of artists, including Tatjana Shirko and Stas Shurin, who won the Ukrainian "Star Academy", Fabryka Zirok 2010. One of his initial projects was the formation of the music group Cherry, also known as Adamants, in 2003. By 2006, Anton had established collaborations with various Ukrainian artists, including Artur Bosso, Tatjana Shirko, Anna Mukhina, Andrew Boldar, the Freakballet show group, and the rock band Platinum. Since 2008, Anton Sova has been active in Latvia, where he conducted auditions for Latvian artists and musicians, establishing collaborations with figures such as Alekss Silvers, Andrey Klad, Stas Shurin, and Gatis Timofeev. He also produced recordings with artists including Alex Luna, KAL1BR, Marco Giacomo, Daiga Berzina, and the rock band Luv Land. On April 20, 2013, he introduced the Swedish pop group Dildorado to the Latvian audience, with support from the Swedish Embassy in Latvia. In 2019, Anton Sova's grandfather, Kasyan Yevchenko, a renowned Ukrainian musician and master of folk instruments, passed away. Yevchenko was also a leader of ensembles and a soloist with the Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir. Following his grandfather's death, Anton Sova has continued to support and preserve his artistic legacy, handling organizational matters, protecting copyrights, and collaborating with the music school and museum named in his grandfather's honor. In 2021, Anton Sova, together with Ukrainian film producer Mila Andriiash, presented the short war drama "God Will Forgive." Anton Sova is a member of Music Managers Forum Sweden (MFF), an organization for Swedish music managers, A&R professionals, and talent scouts. He is also a member of the Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM). Filmography Producer 2021 – God Will Forgive Awards and honors 2023 Best Producer for God Will Forgive, Dresden Cinema Awards. 2023 Best Producer for God Will Forgive, Navy International Film Festival. Judge Anton Sova functions as a jury member in numerous talent contests and international events within music and choreography. His jury roles extend to children's festivals such as "SmileFest," "Unison," and "Shlyakhom Mistetsva." Personal life From March 2011 until 2015, Anton Sova was married and living in Stockholm. The couple separated at the start of 2015, with their marriage being legally terminated in August 2015. They had no children during their marriage. References External links Category:1981 births Category:A&R people Category:Living people Category:Swedish music managers Category:21st-century Swedish businesspeople Category:Talent managers Category:Talent agents Category:Canadian talent agents Category:Swedish businesspeople Category:Ukrainian emigrants to Sweden Category:Swedish film producers Category:Music managers Category:Association football agents Category:Swedish sports agents Category:Businesspeople from Stockholm Category:Music promoters

Redwoods Rising

right|thumb|upright=.8|Sequoia sempervirens|alt=The bottom of a big tree with a small trunk veering off Redwoods Rising is a joint venture of the Save the Redwoods League, California State Parks, and the National Park Service that works together to restore logged Coastal Redwood forests, and help remain old growth forests in Redwood National and State Parks. Redwoods Rising also works with local Native American tribes. Redwoods Rising was founded in April 2018 at an event in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Redwood National and State Parks as of public lands, of this land were commercially logged in the past. About 96 percent of the world's old-growth coast redwood forest has been logged. The works is been done in the California Coast Ranges in North Coast of California's Redwood forests. Almost half (about 45 percent) of what remains is in the Redwood National and State Parks. The Redwoods Rising projects are also helping to restore the health of streams, also the fish and amphibians that live there. Coastal Redwoods are the tallest tree species on Earth. Coastal Redwood live only in the humid temperate rainforest of North Coast of California and Southern Oregon. Redwood National and State Parks contain land and villages belonging to the Native American groups Yurok and Tolowa. Yurok Indian Reservation is partly in the park. Parks Parks in the Redwood National and State Parks, that Redwoods Rising works in: Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Redwoods Rising projects have been done in the Mill Creek watershed and Prairie Creek watershed. Goals Stated goals of Redwoods Rising: 1. Create a shared restoration strategy 2. Enhance capacity for larger and more frequent restoration projects 3. Develop dedicated and increased funding to support ecosystem restoration 4. Build and expand public support for restoring, protecting, and stewarding redwood ecosystems See also California Department of Parks and Recreation National parks in California List of national parks of the United States References External links of Redwood National Park of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park of Humboldt Redwoods State Park of Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Inventory of the Redwood National Park Collection, 1926–1980, at Forest History Society Category:Redwood National and State Parks Category:State parks of California Category:Old-growth forests Category:2018 establishments in California

Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya

Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya is a banned Islamist terrorist organization in Bangladesh. It has received support from the Kuki-Chin National Front. History Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya was founded in 2017 by Shamin Mahfuz. It became active in 2019 and included former members of the Ansar Al Islam, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh. Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya established ties with Kuki-Chin National Front, an ethnic separatist group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and its leader Nathan Bom to receive training. One of the detained suspects was Rafat Sadik Saifullah, son of Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami but the police did not find any evidence of organizational ties between Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya. In October 2022, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit detained five members of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya from Demra. Rapid Action Battalion detained four members of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya in November. Md Asaduzzaman of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime arrested Mohibullah also known as Bhola's Shaikh from Sayedabad. Rapid Action Battalion detained four members from Chittagong after detaining four from Cox's Bazar following a gunfight.Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit detained its founder Shamin Mahfuz on 23 June 2023 from Demra, Dhaka and its Amer from Anisur Rahman alias Mahmud from Munshiganj District on 25 July. Shamin received funding from sacked Bangladesh Army Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque. According to Rapid Action Battalion, Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya is the most dangerous terrorist outfit in Bangladesh. The group had trained 55 members in the Chittagong Hill Tracts under Kuki-Chin National Front. It received funding from local and foreign donors and owned a number of businesses. Lieutenant Colonel Moshiur Rahman Jewel of Rapid Action Battalion described the group as well trained in firearms usage after reviewing training videos of the militant group. Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya also guarded the bases of Kuki-Chin National Front in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and lost one member in a gunfight while defending the base. The group had plans to establish a naval unit. Bangladesh banned the Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya on 10 August 2023; which was announced in a video message by Commander Khandaker Al Moin, Law and Media Wing Director of Rapid Action Battalion. In May 2024, Detective Branch, let by Harun-or-Rashid, arrested three members of Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya including its chief recruiter. According to Harun 49 members of the group had been detained in total. References Category:Jihadist groups in Bangladesh Category:Terrorism in Bangladesh Category:Organizations established in 2017 Category:2017 establishments in Bangladesh

The Greatest Flame

"The Greatest Flame" is a 1993 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, released as the second single from their eighth studio album Amazing Things (1993). It was released by Chrysalis in the United Kingdom and across continental Europe. The song was re–released as a remixed version in 1996 alongside the release of the bands compilation album, The Best of Runrig – Long Distance (1996). Like the original release in 1993, the re–released version was a commercial success in the United Kingdom, reaching number thirty on the UK Singles Charts, six places higher than the original release in 1993. The 1996 version spent a total of three weeks within the UK Top 100 Singles Charts. Release and performance Commercially, "The Greatest Flame" continued the period of commercial success for Runrig, becoming their second UK Top 40 single following the release of "Wonderful" earlier in 1993. "The Greatest Flame" peaked at number thirty-six on the UK Singles Charts in its second week, where it spent a total of three weeks. The song debuted at number thirty-seven in the United Kingdom on 9 May 1993, climbing one place in its second week to achieve its peak position, before falling to number fifty-seven in its third and final week. Runrig performed "The Greatest Flame" on the BBC programme Top of the Pops on 20 May 1993. The 1996 remix which was released by the band to coincide with the release of Long Distance, their greatest hits album released the same year, was also a commercial success. Released on 30 December 1996, "The Greatest Flame" was in the running to be the first number one single of 1997. In their native Scotland, it debuted at number five on the Scottish Singles Charts, before falling to eighteen in its second week. In its third week, it had slipped to number twenty-nine on the Scottish Singles Charts. Critical reception The original 1993 release was credited in Musicweek as seeing the band "continue to pursue a more mainstream audience", claiming that "The Greatest Flame" is a song which "is a power ballad that sweeps along majestically in a polished and highly commercial manner". Musicweek predicted that the song would become their first Top 40 success in the United Kingdom, resulting in "casual buyers then warming to its considerable charms". Track listings CD single 1 (UK) "The Greatest Flame" (Radio Version) – 4:25 "Saint of the Soil" – 5:02 "An t-Iasgair (The Fisherman)" – 3:20 "Suilven" – 3:50 CD single 2 (UK) "The Greatest Flame" "The Fisherman" "Morning Tide" "Chi Mi'n Tir = I See the Land" CD single (Netherlands) "The Greatest Flame" (Radio Version) "An t-Iasgair (The Fisherman)" "Morning Tide" "Chi M'in Tir (I See the Land)" Chart performance 1993 release Chart (1993)Peakposition 1996 re–release Chart (1996)Peakposition References Category:1993 singles Category:1993 songs Category:1996 singles Category:Runrig songs

22nd Missile Vessel Squadron

thumb|Award of President's Standard to the Squadron. The 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron, commonly referred to as the Killer Squadron, is a formation of the Indian Navy, composed primarily of Veer-class corvettes. This squadron, based in Mumbai, was officially established in October 1991 with a complement of ten Veer-class and three Prabal-class missile boats. However, the roots of the Killer Squadron trace back to 1969, when the Indian Navy inducted Osa-class missile boats from the Soviet Union. These vessels were transported to India on heavy lift merchant ships and were commissioned in early 1971 at Kolkata. The squadron quickly demonstrated its prowess in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, playing a decisive role in the conflict. History The Killer Squadron earned its name through its heroic actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. On the night of December 4–5, 1971, the squadron launched a surprise offensive, codenamed Operation Trident, against the Pakistan Navy. The Indian Navy ships INS Nirghat, INS Nipat, and INS Veer fired their Styx missiles, sinking the Pakistan Navy destroyer PNS Khyber and the minesweeper PNS Muhafiz. This operation dealt a significant blow to the Pakistan Navy, with no casualties sustained by the Indian forces. Following this, on the night of December 8–9, 1971, the squadron executed another successful operation, Operation Python. The INS Vinash, accompanied by two frigates, launched four Styx missiles, sinking the Pakistan Navy's fleet tanker PNS Dacca and causing significant damage to the Keamari Oil Storage Facility in Karachi. The Indian forces did not suffer any casualties during this operation. The success of these operations not only established the Killer Squadron's reputation but also led to December 4 being celebrated as Navy Day in India, commemorating the squadron's decisive role in the 1971 war. Formation The 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron's vessels are named in honor of the legendary 25th Killer Missile Boat Squadron, known for its daring actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. This includes their pivotal roles in Operation Trident and Operation Python, where they were instrumental in sinking multiple Pakistani naval vessels. The last two ships of the Veer-class in this squadron were upgraded to Tarantul V models. These vessels were outfitted with advanced weaponry, including 16 SS-N-25 'Switchblade' (URAN E) missiles, an OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, and the MR 352 Positiv-E (NATO: Cross Dome) radar system. On April 28, 2016, INS Veer and INS Nipat, two of the oldest Veer-class corvettes, were decommissioned, marking the end of an era for the Indian Navy. thumb|Missile boat of the Killer Squadron firing. Legacy and honours The year 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the 1971 victory, celebrated nationwide as Swarnim Vijay Varsh. It also marked five decades since the inception of the Killer Squadron. Over the years, the squadron has maintained its reputation as the "tip of the Sword Arm" of the Indian Navy, participating in key operations such as Operation Vijay, Operation Parakram, and most recently, during heightened security following the Pulwama attack, where it was deployed within striking distance of the Pakistan coast. The 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron has earned numerous battle honors, including one Maha Vir Chakra, seven Vir Chakras, and eight Nausena Medals (Gallantry). The squadron's distinguished service was recognized when it was awarded the President's Standard, a tribute to the men who have rendered invaluable service to the nation as part of the Killer Squadron. References Category:Naval units and formations of India Category:1991 establishments in India Category:Military units and formations established in 1991

Military Question

thumb|upright=1|The state of the military question. A drawing published in the magazine Revista Illustrada by Angelo Agostini in 1887 satirizing the impasse between the military and civilian authorities The Military Question was a series of incidents between officers of the Imperial Brazilian Army and civilian authorities of the Empire of Brazil that occurred between 1884 and 1887. This clash between military and civilians worsened the empire's political crisis and gave new impetus to the republican movement in the country. Just like abolitionism and the Religious Issue, the so-called military question contributed to the crisis of the imperial regime in Brazil, culminating in the proclamation of the republic in 1889. Background The Imperial Brazilian Army had little political power in the Empire of Brazil until the Paraguayan War (1864–1870). This lack of influence was evident in the 1850 reform, when the then minister of war, Felizardo de Sousa e Melo, determined that promotions would be made based on merit rather than aristocratic origin and established a degree at the Military Academy as a requirement to reach the officer corps. In this way, the elite lost interest in military careers, and positions began to be filled by the children of military personnel and small employees. The Brazilian victory in the Paraguayan War was decisive both for the consolidation of the army and for the formation of an institutional consciousness among the military. Furthermore, the five-year stay of the regular army and volunteer corps in the Platine republics also contributed to the spread of republicanism among the troops. Once the conflict was over, army officers had high expectations regarding recognition of their sacrifices and achievements during the long campaign. The imperial government, in turn, afraid that a group of ex-combatants, armed and influenced by their superiors, could become involved in violent clashes against the regime, opted for a discreet reception and measures for a rapid demobilization and fragmentation of the units. In the officers' view, such attitude represented a disregard for military honor and merits. thumb|The Military School of Praia Vermelha, picture by Marc Ferrez In 1871, a group of 40 officers founded the Military Institute to fight for improvements in the army. They offered the institute's presidency to Gaston, the Count of Eu, who was married to princess Isabel, the emperor's daughter and heir to the Brazilian throne. The Council of State deemed the institute a threat to discipline, however, and Gaston refused the offfer, ending the group. Over the course of the decade, low ranking officers who had fought in the war received few promotions and cuts in their pay. The army's budget was also reduced. The military feared that the army would be supplanted by the National Guard. Students at the Military School of Praia Vermelha were becoming increasingly ideologically tied to the army as an institution. They lacked prestige among the civilian elite, but their formation was robust. Their teaching at the school was influenced by positivism, which had as one of its main advocates Benjamin Constant, a teacher at the school. Incidents Sena Madureira In 1883, the Viscount of Paranaguá proposed a bill that made mount of piety contributions mandatory for soldiers. The proposal raised the first disagreements between army officers and the political class. Antônio de Sena Madureira, a prestigious officer and a friend of emperor Pedro II, publicly criticized the proposal and was punished without major repercussions. The episode was the harbinger of even more serious conflicts that would soon take over the Brazilian parliament. The following year, Sena Madureira, who was then in charge of the Campo Grande Shooting School, in Rio de Janeiro, authorized the school's students to organize a reception, with expressions of appreciation, for the rafter Francisco José do Nascimento, a black abolitionist from Ceará who became famous for his resistance to boarding slaves that would be sent from Fortaleza to Rio de Janeiro. The students' gesture and the school director's authorization clearly demonstrated the military's adherence to the abolitionist cause, which at that point had already become a consensual agenda among the military. In order to impose punishment on the abolitionist officer, the then minister of war, senator Franco de Sá, ordered him to be questioned by the army's adjutant general. Sena Madureira did not accept the order and claimed that only his direct superior (the Count of Eu) could ask him for explanations about his activities as a soldier. In response to the act of insubordination, the Ministry of War reprimanded Sena Madureira and transferred him to the Rio Pardo Shooting School, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul. The military were also prohibited from speaking out in the press. The prohibitions imposed on military personnel from speaking out in the press and the punishments resulting from non-compliance with this imposition became the focus of tensions between army officers and central government authorities. Colonel Cunha Matos affair In August 1885, during a routine inspection in Piauí, colonel Ernesto Augusto da Cunha Matos discovered misappropriation of supplies in the unit commanded by captain Pedro José de Lima. Given the signs of corruption, Cunha Matos requested the opening of an investigation on the facts and the removal of Pedro José de Lima. The latter, however, had links with Simplício de Resende, a deputy for Piauí, who from the Chamber of Deputies' tribune alleged that Cunha Matos' conduct was motivated by political reasons. Taking advantage of his parliamentary prerogatives, Simplício de Resende went further and made insulting statements about Cunha Matos, publicly declaring that the colonel, when taken prisoner in the Paraguayan War, had gone to the extreme of opening fire on his fellow Brazilian comrades. Cunha Matos' reaction came through articles published in the press. However, the colonel did not restrict himself to defending his own iamge, but made direct criticisms of the minister of war, Alfredo Chaves, who was a civilian. The minister immediately punished the officer with a reprimand and detention for 48 hours. Although this reaction from was fully supported by the ministerial warnings of 1859, 1878, 1882 and 1885, the punishment had wide repercussions among military and political circles. Marshal José Antônio Correia da Câmara, the Viscount of Pelotas, who in addition to being an army officer held one of the senate's seats, took on the defense of his army comrade in the Senate. In his statements, Pelotas vehemently criticized Alfredo Chaves' attitude and argued that the punishment represented a serious offense to the "honor of the uniform". In the heat of the debates, he had no embarrassment in saying that compensation for offended military honor was a right that was above the country's own laws. Deodoro and the proclamation of the republic As military dissatisfaction grew, the republican movement gained strength among the troops. Finally, on 11 November 1889, in the midst of yet another crisis, civil and military figures, including Ruy Barbosa, Benjamin Constant, Aristides Lobo and Quintino Bocaiúva, tried to convince Deodoro da Fonseca - a conservative and prestigious figure - to lead the movement against the monarchy. Reluctant at first, among other reasons for being a friend of the emperor, Fonseca ended up agreeing to at least overthrow the prime minister, Afonso Celso, the Viscount of Ouro Preto. Thus, taking command of the troops, in the early hours of 15 November, Fonseca went to the Ministry of War, where the monarchist leaders were meeting. All were deposed and the First Brazilian Republic was proclaimed in the country. References Category:1880s in Brazil Category:Empire of Brazil Category:Military history of Brazil

Seven Sailors

Seven Sailors is a pillar in San Juan County, Utah, United States. Description Seven Sailors is situated west of Bluff, Utah, in the Valley of the Gods, on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.Valley of the Gods, Bureau of Land Management, Retrieved 2024-08-31. Precipitation runoff from this landform drains to the San Juan River via Lime Creek. Access to the butte is via the 17-mile Valley of the Gods Road which starts at the intersection with Highway 163 near this butte. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the surrounding terrain in 0.1 mile (0.16 km). This landform's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Geology Seven Sailors is composed of two principal strata of the Cutler Formation. The bottom layer is slope-forming Halgaito Formation and the upper stratum is cliff-forming Cedar Mesa Sandstone.Robert Brett O'Sullivan, Geology of the Cedar Mesa-Boundary Butte Area, San Juan County, Utah, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 36. Cedar Mesa Sandstone is the remains of coastal sand dunes deposited about 270 to 300 million years ago, during the Wolfcampian (early Permian). The buttes of Valley of the Gods are the result of the Halgaito Formation being more easily eroded than the overlaying sandstone. The valley floor is Honaker Trail Formation.Dan S. Chaney, The Carboniferous-Permian Transition, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 2013, p. 64. Climate Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit Seven Sailors. According to the Köppen climate classification system, it is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone with cold winters and hot summers. Summers highs rarely exceed . Summer nights are comfortably cool, and temperatures drop quickly after sunset. Winters are cold, but daytime highs are usually above freezing. Winter temperatures below are uncommon, though possible. This desert climate receives less than of annual rainfall, and snowfall is generally light during the winter. Gallery References External links Seven Sailors rock climbing: Mountainproject.com Category:Colorado Plateau Category:Landforms of San Juan County, Utah Category:North American 1000 m summits Category:Sandstone formations of the United States Category:Buttes of Utah

Choi Jung-man

Choi Jung-man (, born 8 January 1979) is a South Korean para-badminton player. He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he reached the finals of the men's singles WH1 event and won a silver medal. Biography Choi was an active Taekwondo athlete during his high school years. In 1996, he suffered spinal nerve damage in a traffic accident in 1996, paralyzing the lower half of his body. After becoming disabled, he transformed into a wheelchair badminton player and rekindled his dream of becoming an athlete. After being selected as a national team member, he demonstrated world-class skills in domestic and international competitions. Achievements Paralympic Games Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Qu Zimo 3–21, 7–21 16px Silver World Championships Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland Qu Zimo 15–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Jeong Jae-gun 21–9, 21–17 Gold Gold 2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Qu Zimo 18–21, 21–19, 15–21 Silver Silver Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Dongchun Gymnasium,Ulsan, South Korea Kim Sung-hun Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop 21–16, 10–21, 8–21 Silver Silver 2019 St. Jakobshalle,Basel, Switzerland Kim Kyung-hoon Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 19–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2024 Pattaya Exhibition andConvention Hall,Pattaya, Thailand Kim Jung-jun Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 10–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Lee Sun-ae Yuri Ferrigno Pilar Jáuregui 21–17, 21–12Gold Gold 2024 Pattaya Exhibition andConvention Hall,Pattaya, Thailand Lee Sun-ae Yang Tong Li Hongyan 6–21, 5–21 Bronze Bronze Asian Para Games Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Lee Sam-seop 7–21, 24–22, 12–21 Silver Silver 2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Lee Sam-seop 21–18, 18–21, 21–18 Gold Gold 2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Qu Zimo 15–21, 21–18, 21–12 Gold Gold 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Qu Zimo 5–21, 10–21 Silver Silver Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium,Incheon, South Korea Kim Sung-hun Kim Kyung-hoon Lee Sam-seop 13–21, 22–20, 21–17 Gold Gold Jakarin Homhual Dumnern Junthong 21–11, 21–12 Osamu Nagashima Seiji Yamami 21–14, 21–13 Trần Mai Anh Trương Ngọc Bình 21–8, 21–15 2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,Jakarta, Indonesia Kim Kyung-hoon Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 19–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Kim Jung-jun Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 15–21, 16–21 Silver Silver BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (16 titles, 9 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. Men's singles WH1 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–8, 21–16 Winner 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Hiroshi Murayama 22–20, 21–19 Winner 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Hiroshi Murayama 21–18, 19–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2023 Brazil Para Badminton International Level 2 Hiroshi Murayama 21–15, 16–21, 21–16 Winner 2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Qu Zimo 21–12, 8–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Qu Zimo 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Hiroshi Murayama 27–25, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Lee Sam-seop 21–12, 21–10 Winner 2024 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–14, 21–15 Winner Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Kim Jung-jun Rick Cornell Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider 12–21, 21–10, 21–11 Winner 2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Kim Jung-jun Noor Azwan Noorlan Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 21–13, 21–12 Winner 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Jeong Jae-gun Yu Soo-young 21–9, 21–12 Winner 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 21–18, 21–19 Winner 2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Kim Jung-jun Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 21–17, 14–21, 21–17 Winner 2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 11–21, 21–17, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 21–18, 19–21, 21–16 Winner 2023 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 11–21, 21–17, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Kim Jung-jun Takumi Matsumoto Keita Nishimura 22–20, 21–19 Winner Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult2022Dubai Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Lee Sun-ae Yu Soo-young Kwon Hyun-ah16–21, 21–12, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Lee Sun-ae Yu Soo-young Kwon Hyun-ah 19–21, 21–19, 23–21 Winner 2023 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Lee Sun-ae Yuri Ferrigno Pilar Jáuregui 21–13, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 1 Jung Gye-oul Chan Ho Yuen Man-Kei To 21–18, 18–21, 21–15 Winner International tournaments (from 2011 to 2021; 5 titles, 4 runners-up) Men's singles WH1 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Spanish Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop 21–17, 21–9 Winner 2018 Australia Para Badminton International Hiroshi Murayama 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2019 Turkish Para Badminton International Qu Zimo 8–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Qu Zimo 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2019 Japan Para Badminton International Qu Zimo 10–21, 16–21 Runner-up Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2018 Spanish Para Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Jeong Jae-gun Lee Sam-seop 16–21, 21–11, 21–12 Winner 2018 Thailand Para Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2018 Australia Para Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Amir Levi David Toupé 21–8, 21–17 Winner 2019 Canada Para Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun Lee Dong-seop 10–21, 17–21 Runner-up References External links Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province Category:South Korean para-badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic badminton players for South Korea Category:Paralympic medalists for South Korea Category:Paralympic medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Para Games Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Charles Noakes

Charles Noakes (born 19 August 1997) is a French para-badminton player. He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he reached the finals of the men's singles SH6 event and won gold after defeating Krysten Coombs of Great Britain. Achievements Paralympic Games Men's singles SH6 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Krysten Coombs 21–19, 21–13 16px Gold European Para Championships Men's singles SH6 YearVenueOpponentScoreResult2023Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands Jack Shephard21–23, 21–17, 20–22Silver Silver BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (3 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. Men's singles SL4 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Brazil Para-Badminton International Level 2 Vitor Tavares 21–15, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Chu Man Kai 21–23, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Vitor Tavares 22–20, 19–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2023 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 1 Chu Man Kai 26–24, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Chu Man Kai 16–21, 6–11 retired Runner-up Men's doubles SH6 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Fabien Morat Dhinagaran Pandurangan Sivarajan Solaimalai 16–21, 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2022 Brazil Para-Badminton International Level 2 Fabien Morat Nilton Quispe Héctor Salva 21–12, 21–15 Winner 2022 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Fabien Morat Justin Kendrick Wyatt Lightfoot 21–10, 21–14 Winner 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Fabien Morat Natthapong Meechai Bunthan Yaemmali 19–21, 21–17, 21–16 Runner-up Chu Man Kai Wong Chun Yim12–21, 10–21 Dhinagaran Pandurangan Sivarajan Solaimalai22–20, 21–15 International tournaments (from 2011–2021) (1 title, 2 runners-up) Men's doubles SH6 Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Brazil Para Badminton International Fabien Morat Lin Naili Luo Guangliang 20–22, 22–20, 19–21 Runner-up Dheyvid Bisto Márcio Dellafina 21–5, 21–3 Miles Krajewski Héctor Salva 21–19, 21–19 2020 Peru Para Badminton International Fabien Morat Miles Krajewski Héctor Salva 22–20, 21–10 Winner Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2021 Spanish Para Badminton International Nina Kozlova Héctor Salva Daria Bujnicka 21–17, 21–14 Runner-up Alexander Mekhdiev Uliana Podpalnaya21–8, 21–17 Fabien Morat Oliwia Szmigiel16–21, 10–21 References Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:French para-badminton players Category:Paralympic badminton players for France Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic medalists for France Category:Paralympic medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:21st-century French sportsmen

Nyakijima River

The Nyakijima River (), or Nyacijima River, is a river in Burundi, a tributary of the Kinyankuru River. Course The Nyakijima River separates the Commune of Gashikanwa to the north from the Commune of Ngozi to the west and south. The river forms to the south of the town of Ngozi and flows east-southeast through marshes to its junction with the marshes of the Nyamuswaga River. The Kinyankuru River drains these marshes. The Kinyankuru is in turn a tributary of the Ruvubu River. Environment The surroundings of Nyacijima are a mosaic of agricultural land and natural vegetation. Around Nyacijima The area is densely populated, with 442 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is . The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is April, with . Average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is December, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation. Agriculture The Nyacijima marsh has a developed area of more than and is the largest supplier of rice in Ngozi province. In November 2019 Pascal Nyabenda, President of the National Assembly, visited the area of the Nyavyamo Marsh developed by Prodema and Prodefi lin Ruhororo collne, as well as the marsh's modern irrigation dam. The marsh covered divided into ten sectors. Using modern varieties, rice yield was 6-7 tons per hectare. In 2019 a model farm in Gatika, Commune of Busiga, demonstrated use of a drip irrigation system. Water was pumped from the Nyakijima River and stored in tanks at a cost of about of fuel per day. From the tanks it was delivered to the fields using drip irrigation. Crops included legumes, corn and tubers. In January 2023 rice farmers were compaining of a shortage of seeds and of insufficient irrigation water in some parts of the marsh. The water shortage was due to rainwater from the city of Ngozi having carved ravines that destroyed the irrigation system's hydraulic infrastructure. In the short term, irrigation could alternate, with some fields using water in the day and others at night. The longer-term solution was to channel water from the ravines via a large rainwater retention basin into the river. Drinking water In 2015, with funding from the African Development Bank, a project was started to supply water from the Nyakijima River to the city of Ngozi. The water is pumped to water towers from stations near the river, chlorinated and pumped to a second tower. After this infrastructure was in place it was transferred to Regideso Burundi, the water company, who was responsible for installing the network to deliver the water. As of February 2024 this work had still not been completed. See also List of rivers of Burundi References Sources Category:Rivers of Burundi Category:Ngozi Province

Miki Garro

Miquel Garro Gomila (born 20 September 1975) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 38 total games for Mallorca, including in La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, and won the Copa del Rey in 2003. He retired aged 29 after one season at Ciudad de Murcia in the Segunda División and later worked as a goalkeeping coach for clubs including Mallorca. Playing career Born in Palma de Mallorca, Garro began his career at hometown club RCD Mallorca. Having played for the reserve team in the Segunda División B, where he was also loaned to Binéfar, he made his first-team debut on 1 July 2000 in the first round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup, a 1–0 home win over Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț of Romania; a week later the team lost 3–1 in the second leg and were eliminated. New manager Luis Aragonés was not interested in the tournament, so the reserves coached by Juan Ramón López Caro contested the tie. Garro made his La Liga debut on 22 April 2001 when regular goalkeeper Leo Franco suffered a muscular injury after 20 minutes away to Villarreal, a 2–2 draw. At the start of the following season, he faced competition from another Argentinian, Carlos Roa. On 30 October, he made his UEFA Champions League debut as the team won 1–0 at home to Panathinaikos in the final group game, therefore qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In 2002–03, Mallorca won the Copa del Rey. Garro played the 1–0 win at Gramenet in the round of 64 and both legs of the 6–3 win over Real Valladolid in the last 16, but Franco played in the final win over Recreativo de Huelva in Elche. Weeks earlier, Garro played the fixture against Barcelona at the Camp Nou for the third consecutive season, due to the death of Franco's mother; his team won 2–1. Garro played five games for Mallorca in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, including both legs of a 3–1 aggregate win over Spartak Moscow in the last 32 in which his team won 3–0 in the first game in the Russian capital. In the second leg of the next round, he played in a much-changed squad that had already lost 4–1 away to Newcastle United, and conceded three more goals to be eliminated. Subsequently, Mallorca planned to have Miguel Ángel Moyá and Alberto Cifuentes as goalkeepers, while selling Franco and releasing Garro; the latter was not pleased that the club then signed a higher-earning third goalkeeper in Sander Westerveld. On 20 July 2004, Garro signed for newly promoted Segunda División club Ciudad de Murcia on a one-year deal. He turned down an extension, and approaches from Almería and Hércules did not materialise; in September 2005, the 29-year-old retired. Coaching career Garro worked as a goalkeeping coach at Mallorca in the 2010s. He had the same job at Beijing Renhe under compatriot Luis García, winning promotion to the Chinese Super League. In 2021, he was assigned the same post in Spain's under-17 and under-18 national teams. Personal life Garro's father of the same name, who died in 2012, was the president of RCD Mallorca's federation of fan clubs. References External links Miki Garro at BDFutbol Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Spanish men's footballers Category:Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Category:RCD Mallorca B players Category:RCD Mallorca players Category:CD Binéfar players Category:Ciudad de Murcia footballers Category:La Liga players Category:Segunda División players Category:Segunda División B players Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China

Customs Convention Regarding the E.C.S. Carnets for Commercial Samples

The Customs Convention Regarding the E.C.S. Carnets for Commercial Samples, also known as the E.C.S. Convention, is a legal agreement between countries that allows for the temporary importation of commercial samples and advertising materials without the payment of customs duties. The convention was signed in Brussels in 1956. The initials E.C.S. stand for the combined English and French words: Echantillons Commerciaux — Commercial Samples. The first countries to sign this convention were West Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey and the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acted as the depositary of the convention. The ECS Convention institutionalised the ECS Carnet, a customs document that was issued to businesses that needed to transport commercial samples or advertising materials to foreign markets. The carnet allowed the goods to be imported temporarily without the payment of customs duties, provided that they were re-exported within a specified period of time. The ECS carnet was a valuable tool for businesses that needed to showcase their products or services in foreign markets. It helped to reduce the costs associated with importing goods, and it can also simplify the customs clearance process. The ECS carnet is de facto not in use any more. In recent years, the ATA Carnet has become the preferred document for the temporary importation of commercial samples and advertising materials. The ATA Carnet is valid in more countries than the ECS carnet, and it is generally easier to obtain. At the Customs Cooperation Council's 47th / 48th Sessions (June 1976), the Council recommended Contracting Parties to the ECS Convention to denounce it as it duplicates the ATA Convention. To date, 21 countries have deposited their instruments of denunciation of the ECS Convention which, as a result, now has only one Contracting Party (Haiti)."Situations des Ratifications et Adhesions (au 1er juillet 2006) - Convention douanière sur les carnets ECS pour Èchantillons commerciaux" (PDF). World Customs Organization. 25 July 2006. References Category:1956 treaties

CM Punk: Best in the World

CM Punk: Best in the World is a 2012 documentary film released as part of a three-DVD set on October 29, 2012, by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The documentary chronicles the career of WWE wrestler CM Punk. Punk collaborated with WWE to make the documentary, contributing hours of interview content to the film. The collaboration coincided with Punk's famous 434-day reign as WWE Champion. The documentary chronicles Punk's early days as a professional wrestler with backyard and independent wrestling covered extensively with footage from IWA Mid-South and Ring of Honor (ROH) all the way to his rise to stardom in WWE. This is the third documentary about CM Punk, the first being Before They Were Wrestling Stars: CM Punk (which was distributed by Big Vision Entertainment) which chronicles some of Punk's best works from ROH and Full Impact Pro (FIP). Overview Disc 1 The Documentary: High School Sports CM Punk - The Name Skull Fracture OVW vs. Albright From Extra to Champion December to Dismember Disc 2 and 3 The second and third discs contains a selections of matches from Punk's career. Reception The DVD has received positive reviews. It won the 2012 Wrestling Observer Newsletter award in the category "Best Pro Wrestling Documentary". Match content Brent Albright vs. CM Punk (Ohio Valley Wrestling, March 1, 2006) OVW Heavyweight Championship final tournament. CM Punk vs. Justin Credible (ECW, August 1, 2006) Punk's WWE TV debut. CM Punk vs. John Morrison (ECW, September 4, 2007) Punk won the ECW Championship, making it his first title in WWE. Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison vs. Carlito vs. CM Punk vs. MVP vs. Mr. Kennedy (WrestleMania XXIV, March 30, 2008) Punk wins Money in the Bank for the first time. CM Punk & Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase (Monday Night Raw, October 27, 2008) Punk & Kingston won the World Tag Team Championships, giving Punk his first tag team title in WWE. CM Punk vs William Regal (Monday Night Raw, January 19, 2009) Punk won the Intercontinental Championship in a no-disqualification match in his hometown of Chicago. Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk (SummerSlam, August 23, 2009) Punk won his third world title in WWE after defeating Hardy in the main event and reclaiming the World Heavyweight Championship. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk (Over the Limit, May 23, 2010) Punk lost a match against Mysterio with his hair on the line. John Cena vs. CM Punk (Money in the Bank, July 17, 2011) Punk won his fifth world title in WWE after defeating Cena in his hometown of Chicago and achieving the WWE Championship. CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho (WrestleMania XXVIII, April 1, 2012) Punk's first world title match at WrestleMania. CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (Over the Limit May 20, 2012) Punk successfully retained his world title over Bryan. References External links Category:WWE Home Video Category:Direct-to-video professional wrestling films Category:Professional wrestling documentary films Category:Documentary films about sportspeople Category:Wrestling Observer Newsletter award winners Category:2012 direct-to-video films Category:2012 documentary films Category:2012 films Category:2010s English-language films Category:English-language documentary films

List of Kappa Phi Kappa chapters

Kappa Phi Kappa is an American professional fraternity for students in education. It was organized in 1922 at Dartmouth College. It currently has one active chapter at Ohio State University. In the following chapter list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chatpers are in italics.Robson, John, ed. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 19th edition. Menasha, Wisconsin: Baird's Manual Foundation.1977., p. 567.Anson, Jack L. and Marchesani Jr. Robert F., eds. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities,20h edition. Indianapolis: Baird's Manual Foundation, 1991, p. V-82. ISBN 0-9637159-0-9 ChapterChartered date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusReferencesAlpha1922–1937,1950Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New HampshireInactiveBeta1922Lafayette CollegeEaston, PennsylvaniaInactiveGamma1923University of MaineOrono, MaineInactiveDelta1923–19xx ?,1937Colby CollegeWaterville, MaineInactiveEpsilon1923Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PennsylvaniaInactiveZeta1923–1937,1950Allegheny CollegeMeadville, PennsylvaniaInactiveEta1923Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, OhioInactiveTheta1924–1936Millikin UniversityDecatur, IllinoisInactiveIota1924–1950,1951Emory and Henry CollegeEmory, VirginiaInactiveKappa1924Birmingham–Southern CollegeBirmingham, AlabamaInactiveLambda1924University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveMu1925–1939Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, VermontInactiveNu1925Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New YorkInactiveXi1925Miami UniversityOxford, OhioInactiveOmicron1925–1936Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, VirginiaInactivePi1925–1936College of William & MaryWilliamsburg, VirginiaInactiveRho1925–1936Drake UniversityDes Moines, IowaInactiveSigma1926–1936Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North CarolinaInactiveTau1926University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveUpsilon1926–1936University of RochesterRochester, New YorkInactivePhi1926–1954Hamline UniversitySaint Paul, MinnesotaInactiveChi1927Teachers College, Columbia UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactivePsi1927–1953Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PennsylvaniaInactiveOmega19xx ?At-LargeUnited StatesInactiveAlpha Alpha1927Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha Beta1927–1950,1951Pennsylvania State UniversityState College, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha Gamma1927University of VermontBurlington, VermontInactiveAlpha Delta1927–1929Centre CollegeDanville, KentuckyInactiveAlpha Epsilon1927–1954Emory UniversityAtlanta, GeorgiaInactiveAlpha Zeta1928–1937Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsInactiveAlpha Eta1928Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OhioActiveAlpha Theta1928–1946Colgate UniversityHamilton, New YorkInactiveAlpha Iota1929Howard UniversityWashington, D.C.InactiveAlpha Kappa1929–1936University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MarylandInactiveAlpha Lambda1929–1935University of FloridaGainesville, FloridaInactiveAlpha Mu1929Mercer UniversityMacon, GeorgiaInactiveAlpha Nu1929–1935University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IllinoisInactiveAlpha Xi1930Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha Omicron1930New York UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveAlpha Pi1947University of South CarolinaColumbia, South CarolinaInactiveAlpha Rho1930–1932,1935–1939College of WoosterWooster, OhioInactiveAlpha Sigma1931–1935,1939North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaInactiveAlpha Tau1931–1939Illinois State UniversityNormal, IllinoisInactiveAlpha Upsilon1932–1939Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisInactiveAlpha Phi1934–1956Cornell UniversityIthaca, New YorkInactiveAlpha Chi1934–1946,1948–1955Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, New JerseyInactiveAlpha Psi1934Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LouisianaInactiveAlpha Omega193x ?InactiveBeta Alpha1937–1939Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, IowaInactiveBeta Beta1937Moravian CollegeBethlehem, PennsylvaniaInactiveBeta Gamma19xx ?InactiveBeta Delta19xx ?InactiveBeta Epsilon1940Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human DevelopmentNashville, TennesseeInactiveBeta Zeta1948Point Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego, California,InactiveBeta Eta1948Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, AlabamaInactiveBeta Theta1949–1953State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New YorkInactiveBeta Iota1949–1952Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TexasInactiveBeta Kappa1950Arizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaInactiveBeta Lambda1950Villanova UniversityVillanova, PennsylvaniaInactiveBeta Mu1951Furman UniversityGreenville, South CarolinaInactiveBeta Nu1951Clemson UniversityClemson, South CarolinaInactiveBeta Xi1952–1954Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TexasInactiveBeta Omicron1953–1953Virginia State UniversityEttrick, VirginiaInactiveBeta Pi1954Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveBeta Rho1954American UniversityWashington, D.C.InactiveBeta Sigma1954Idaho State UniversityPocatello, IdahoInactiveBeta Tau1955Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MissouriInactiveBeta Upsilon1956University of GeorgiaAthens, GeorgiaInactiveBeta Phi1956Southern UniversityBaton Rouge, LouisianaInactiveBeta Chi1957Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GeorgiaInactiveBeta Psi1958Montana State University BillingsBillings, MontanaInactiveBeta Omega19xx ?InactiveGamma Alpha1960Saint Michael's CollegeColchester, VermontInactiveGamma Beta1962Johnson State CollegeJohnson, VermontInactiveGamma Gamma1965Louisiana CollegePineville, LouisianaInactiveGamma Delta1967Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MassachusettsInactiveGamma Epsilon196x ?InactiveGamma Zeta1969California University of PennsylvaniaCalifornia, PennsylvaniaInactive Notes References External links Category:Lists of chapters of former Professional Fraternity Association members by society Category:Professional fraternities and sororities

Mas Hafizulhelmi

Mas Hafizulhelmi Rahman (; born 1 January 1981) is a Malaysian chess International Master (IM) and a two-time Malaysian Chess Champion. He is the second Malaysian to receive the title of IM after chess veteran Jimmy Liew. Chess career Early years Born and raised in Kelantan, Hafizulhelmi started playing chess at the early age of 4 where he was first introduced to the game by his father. His first recorded tournament was the Kelantan Closed (Open Category) in 1987 where he scored 1.5/7 at the age of 6. Throughout his life in chess, Hafizulhelmi idolized the former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and imitated his playing-style. National champion Hafizulhelmi won the Malaysian Chess Championship twice consecutively in 1994 and 1995. He has also represented Malaysia in nine Chess Olympiads, where he is ranked 4th in total appearances among all Malaysian chess players, the latest being in the 39th Chess Olympiad held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Notable games Hafizulhelmi's best moment in chess was defeating 10 time World Champion candidate, the late Grandmaster (GM) Viktor Korchnoi where he played the Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation (C69) in the 37th Chess Olympiad held in Turin, Italy. He also defeated GM Ian Rogers in the 2007 Sydney QVB GM Invitational Tournament which Rogers later on became his coach for the 2008 Malaysian Open. His last notable game was a draw against an 11-year-old Gukesh Domamaraju in 2017, who is the 2024 Candidates Tournament winner. National chess records Youngest Malaysian International Master (17 years); later surpassed by Poh Yu Tian (15 years) in 2024 after 26 years of holding the record Longest chess game played in a tournament by a Malaysian (131 moves against CM Leon Kempen, Haarlem 2009) Most FIDE rated games played by a Malaysian in a single year (150 games in 2008) References External links Mas Hafizulhelmi chess games at 365Chess.com Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Chess International Masters Category:Malaysian chess players Category:Chess Olympiad competitors

Chamerian conflict

The Chamerian conflict, occurring during World War II, was a violent and tragic episode marked by deep ethnic and political tensions between the Cham Albanian population and the Greek forces. The conflict primarily took place in the region of Epirus, known as Chameria by the Albanian population. During the Axis occupation of Greece, Cham Albanians, many of whom collaborated with the Italian and later German forces, were accused of committing atrocities against the local Greek population. This collaboration was partially facilitated by the Balli Kombëtar, an Albanian nationalist and collaborationist organization, which controlled parts of the region during the war (1942–1944). As the tide of war turned and Axis forces retreated, Greek resistance groups, particularly EDES (National Republican Greek League), led by Napoleon Zervas, launched a series of reprisals against the Cham Albanians. These reprisals led to widespread violence, including massacres and forced expulsions of the Cham Albanian population. By 1944–1945, the Greek forces had successfully reasserted control over the region, leading to the destruction of Cham villages and the expulsion of the Cham Albanians into Albania. This conflict resulted in the near-complete depopulation of the Cham Albanian community from Epirus and left a legacy of bitterness and unresolved grievances that persist to this day. Background The Chamerian conflict's origins are deeply rooted in the complex and volatile relationship between the Greek and Albanian populations in the Epirus region, exacerbated by the events of World War II. The Greco-Italian War of 1940-1941 played a crucial role in setting the stage for the conflict. When Mussolini's Italy invaded Greece from Albania in October 1940, Cham Albanians, many of whom harbored grievances against the Greek state, collaborated with the Italian forces, providing intelligence and logistical support. This collaboration strained the already tense relations between the Greek and Cham Albanian communities. After the Italian invasion was repelled by Greek forces, the German invasion of Greece in April 1941 (Operation Marita) led to the occupation of Greece by Axis powers. During the occupation, Cham Albanian collaboration with the Italian and later German occupiers intensified. The Cham Albanians, under the influence of nationalist groups like Balli Kombëtar, saw the occupation as an opportunity to settle old scores and secure greater autonomy or even annexation to a Greater Albania. This led to widespread persecution and violence against the local Greek population, including massacres and forced expulsions, which would later provoke harsh reprisals from Greek resistance forces as the Axis retreated. The deep-seated ethnic animosities, fueled by these wartime alliances and the broader context of the Greco-Italian War, created a volatile environment in which the Chamerian conflict erupted, leading to significant bloodshed and the eventual expulsion of the Cham Albanian population from Greece. Conflict The Chamerian conflict unfolded amidst the broader chaos of World War II, particularly following the Axis occupation of Greece in 1941. Cham Albanian collaboration with the occupying Italian and German forces significantly exacerbated tensions in the region. Cham Albanians, motivated by nationalist ambitions and long-standing grievances against the Greek state, engaged in widespread acts of violence and retribution against the local Greek population. This included assisting Axis forces in operations against Greek resistance fighters and participating in the persecution of Greek civilians. As the Axis powers began to lose their grip on the region, Greek resistance groups, particularly EDES (National Republican Greek League) led by Napoleon Zervas, launched a series of brutal reprisals. These reprisals targeted Cham Albanian communities, resulting in massacres, the destruction of villages, and the forced expulsion of thousands of Cham Albanians into Albania by 1944–1945. The conflict led to the near-complete depopulation of the Cham Albanian population in Greek Epirus, effectively ending their centuries-old presence in the region. The violence and forced expulsions left a legacy of bitterness and unresolved disputes that continue to strain Greek-Albanian relations to this day. Aftermath As a result, the Cham Albanian community dispopulated a lot and left Epirus after the Chamerian conflict and the Explusion of Cham Albanians. Many property which was owned by the Chams, was seized by the Greeks, many cham villages were destroyed or burned. The Chamerian conflict, resulted in the decline and explusion of many Chams and other Albanians. References Category:Wars involving Albania

Zhuhai Fisher Girl

Zhuhai Fisher Girl () is a statue and landmark in the area of Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Commissioned ahead of the establishment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, the statue was designed by based on a local legend about a celestial being who descended to the region to live as a simple fisherwoman. Though its cost was controversial, the statue was completed in 1982 and became part of the region's growing tourism industry. It was designated a cultural relic in 2014, and in 2015 the sculptor completed a companion piece with his son that depicts the fisher girl as a mother. A proposal has been made to expand the area around the statue into a mixed-purpose recreational area. Location and description The statue stands on a boulder in . It is located southeast of Zhuhai, and accessible via Qinglu Middle Road. A boardwalk on the shore allows for close views, while the nearby park – known as Lover's Road – contains ginkgo, white pine, elm, and locust trees. Admission is free of charge. The statue depicts a young woman, trouser leg rolled high, who is draped by a fishnet and holds a pearl high in the air with both hands up to the sky. The figure is adorned with jade bracelets and a pearl necklace. She is described by the 21st Century Business Herald as "endowed with the image of classical beauty", her strong and plump body combining the beauty of Ancient Greek sculpture with the "Oriental charm" of depictions of the Buddha. The statue, which symbolizes a vigorous and lively Zhuhai welcoming visitors from all over the world, stands tall and is composed of seventy pieces of granite. It weighs . History thumb|Zhuhai Fisher Girl (bottom left) along the coast of Zhuhai|left In 1979, as the Government of China prepared to create the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, – later the first secretary of the municipal Chinese Communist Party committee – proposed the creation of a new statue that would become iconic of the nascent city. The committee reached out to the Department of Sculpture at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, seeking designs. Initial drafts suggested erecting the sculpture at the Gongbei Port of Entry, and many of the early designs drew on imagery of male creators. However, , an established sculptor and professor from the academy, proposed instead a design that reflected the historical importance of fishing in the region: a fisherwoman. This idea drew on a local legend, which is recorded in several versions. According to one version, the daughter of the celestial Dragon King visited the Pearl River delta. Enamored by the beauty of the Zhuhai region, she disguised herself as a fisher girl and lived among the people there, weaving baskets and healing locals with her powers until she fell in love with a fellow fisherman named Haipeng. Their romance was interrupted by vicious rumors about the fisherwoman's true origins. Haipeng eventually confronted her about this and demanded that she give her magical pearl bracelets to him as proof of her love. She confirmed the rumors and explained that, if she removed even one of the pearls, she would die. As Haipeng turned to leave, the girl took off her bracelets, dying in his arms. Heartbroken and guilt-ridden, Haipeng set out to find a cure, eventually discovering from an elder that he would need to cultivate a special grass with his own blood. After years of toiling, Haipeng finally harvested enough to revive his beloved, turning her into a mortal. The two married and the fisher girl found a large pearl, which she gifted to the elder in gratitude. thumb|Tourists at the statue This design was ultimately selected, to be erected in Xianglu Bay – then replete with wormwood and undergrowth. The initial design depicted the woman holding a pearl before her, standing atop a fish. In the final design, she holds the pearl aloft, which the news website 163.com describes as giving a more pure and generous presentation. The fish, meanwhile, was removed from the design when its execution proved too difficult. During the construction process, the sculpture became the subject of several discourses. Opponents argued against the depiction of a fisherwoman, which was deemed immoral, as well as the cost of erecting a large sculpture – estimated at 200,000 yuan – when the new city lacked adequate housing. Supporters, meanwhile, argued that the statue was necessary for Zhuhai to establish its own cultural identity, rather than be perceived as feeding off nearby Hong Kong and Macau. Over time, as housing projects were completed and the special economic zone began to be realized, this controversy dwindled. Installation of the statue was completed in 1982, and it was used as part of zone's growing tourism industry. Zhuhai Fisher Girl was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a cultural relic in 2014, after the definition of "relic" was expanded to include works created after the founding of the People's Republic of China. With this designation, no further changes could be made to the statue; however, plans were made in preparation to expand the surrounding area to create a mixed-purpose recreational area surrounding the statue. Drawing on the examples of the Macau Tower in Macau and the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai, this proposal would see the bay around the statue reclaimed to create a modern tourist destination. In 2005, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Zhuhai's designation as a special economic zone, China Post issued a commemorative stamp titled "Beautiful Zhuhai" that depicts the Zhuhai Fisher Girl. Pan He completed a companion piece, "Mother River" (), in 2015 together with his son Pan Fen. Located along the in Zhuhai's Doumen District, the statue depicts the young fisherwoman with her son. She has settled the land and is teaching her child to swim, even as she carries a fishing net and a pearl oyster. Explanatory notes Works cited Category:1982 sculptures Category:Zhuhai Category:Tourist attractions in Guangdong Category:Granite sculptures in China

Peacock Society

Peacock Society is an annual electronic music festival held in Paris, France, known for its eclectic blend of techno, house, and experimental electronic music. Launched in 2013, it is a significant event in the European electronic music calendar, drawing approximately 25 000 music lovers from across the continent. History The festival was founded in 2013 by the Paris-based event companies We Love Art and Savoir-Faire, both of which have strong ties to the electronic music scene in France. The Peacock Society was conceived as a celebration of electronic cultures, aiming to showcase both established and emerging talents from France and around the world. The festival takes place in the scenic Parc floral de Paris, a large botanical garden in the city's Bois de Vincennes district. In 2020 and 2021, The Peacock Society festival skipped two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the festival was relocated from its usual venue at Parc Floral de Paris to Parc de Choisy in Créteil to continue its tradition of showcasing electronic music in a natural setting. After the pandemic, the festival returned to Parc Floral in 2024. Format and venue The Peacock Society typically runs for two days each summer, offering a carefully curated lineup that spans various sub-genres of electronic music. The festival is renowned for its immersive atmosphere, which is enhanced by cutting-edge visual installations and digital art displays. The main stages are set against the backdrop of lush greenery of the Parc Floral, offering festival-goers a unique blend of natural and urban aesthetics. Some years, the organizers add a winter event as well. In addition to music, the festival includes art installations, workshops, and debates, making it a comprehensive cultural experience. The organizers emphasize a strong connection to the local scene, with a significant portion of the lineup dedicated to French artists. Cultural impact The Peacock Society has become a key event in Paris's cultural calendar, attracting not only music fans but also artists and creatives from various disciplines. Its commitment to showcasing a diverse range of electronic music has made it a crucial platform for both established and up-and-coming artists. The festival's combination of music, visual arts, and cultural activities reflects a broader trend in the festival scene, where events are increasingly becoming immersive, multidisciplinary experiences. Notable musical performances thumb|Typical Peacock Society festival 3-day lineup flyer in French from 2016-07|right Each year, The Peacock Society attracts a lineup of internationally acclaimed artists alongside local French talent. Some of the notable performers have included Carl Craig, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Sven Väth, Charlotte de Witte, Dixon, and Ricardo Villalobos. The 2019 edition, for instance, saw performances from Mount Kimbie and The Black Madonna, further solidifying the festival's reputation as a premier destination for electronic music enthusiasts. 2013 Selected performers: Richie Hawtin Ricardo Villalobos Clement Meyer & Tomas More DJ Koze Audion aka Matthew Dear 2014 Selected performers: Richie Hawtin DARKSIDE The Martinez Brothers Recondite Ron Morelli Cassius OMAR S Paul Kalkbrenner Makam 2015 Selected performers: Seth Troxler B2B Michael Mayer Laurent Garnier Traumer Margaret Dygas Loco Dice 2016 Selected performers: Kerri Chandler Function live Jeremy Underground Virginia ft. Steffi & Dexter live Laurent Garnier Sven Väth DJ Shadow Margaret Dygas b2b Bambounou 2017 Selected performers: Nina Kraviz Carl Craig Marcel Dettmann The Martinez Brothers Dixon The Black Madonna OKO DJ 2018 Selected performers: Laurent Garnier Jeff Mills Richie Hawtin Tale Of Us Maetrik Charlotte de Witte Chloé 2019 Selected performers: Charlotte de Witte Denis Sulta Derrick May Modeselektor Rødhåd Robert Hood 2022 Selected performers: Richie Hawtin Dax J Dixon Nina Kraviz DJ Python SHERELLE Bambounou Notable screenings at Peacock Society In addition to live music performances, The Peacock Society integrates a variety of film screenings and experimental video projections into its program. Some notable screenings have included: Raving Iran (2016) - A documentary that provides a glimpse into the underground techno scene in Iran, highlighting the life-threatening challenges faced by two DJs under a repressive regime. Kvadrat (2013) – A documentary illustrating the archetype of a techno DJ on tour, screened during the 2016 edition of the festival and followed by a Q&A with director Anatoly Ivanov, joined by DJ Simo Cell, DJ Busy and moderated by Trax magazine journalists Patrick Thevenin and Arnaud Wyart. Ex-TAZ Citizen Ca$h - A documentary about the 1987-1994 early undergroung Paris electronic music scene, by Xanaé Bove, featuring Lychee, Jean-Claude Lagrèze, David Guetta, Albert de Paname, Ariel Wizman and Pat Ca$h Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis (1927) - A classic silent documentary by Walter Ruttmann, set to a live electronic score, immersing the audience in a historical yet modern cinematic experience. The festival also features avant-garde video art installations by contemporary artists, creating an interplay between electronic soundscapes and visual stimuli. Arte broadcast The festival was featured on the French-German culture channel Arte in 2022, highlighting the essence of the festival's outdoorsy atmosphere, particularly through the performance of u.r.trax, a rising star in the French techno scene. The Arte broadcast captured the unique vibe of the festival, showcasing how the lush surroundings of Parc de Choisy in Créteil contribute to its distinctive character. External links Official website We Love Art - The Peacock Society References Category:Electronic music festivals in France Category:Music festivals established in 2013 Category:2013 establishments in France Category:Culture of Paris

Aris Vaporakis

Aris Nikolaos Helling Vaporakis (born 6 January 1995) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish 1st Division side B.93. Career Club career Aris joined B 1903 as a 5-year-old and played until U17 in B 1903, after which he moved on to F.C. Copenhagen.Superliga-målmand glemmer ikke rødderne, ive-1533-boldklubben-1903.umbraco-proxy.com, 10 August 2017B1903'ere på kontrakt, b1903.dk Here he played for a few seasons before moving to the Danish 1st Division club Akademisk Boldklub as a senior player.AB henter målmand i FCK, tipsbladet.dk, 11 July 2014AB henter Vaporakis i FCK, dbold.dk, 11 July 2014 However, Vaporakis was only used in the cup tournament, as he was a reserve for Jannich Storch. Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Vaporakis signed with FC Helsingør. He made his debut for the club in the 17th round of the 2015-16 Danish 1st Division against FC Fredericia, as the first goalkeeper, Mikkel Bruhn, had fallen ill.Vaporakis overrasket over Helsingør-debut, bold.dk, 16 November 2015 In his first season, Vaporakis made seven appearances. In the 2016–17 season, Vaporakis also made 7 appearances for Helsingør, contributing to their promotion to the 2017-18 Danish Superliga. In May 2017, he signed a 2-year contract extension.FC Helsingør forlænger med reservekeeperen, bold.dk, 23 May 2017 In the 2017–18 season, Vaporakis was still behind Bruhn in the queue. Therefore, in April 2018, he was loaned out to Icelandic club Víkingur until the end of October.Aris Vaporakis udlejet til Islandske Vikingur, fchelsingor.dk, 26 April 2018 Vaporakis played the first two games in Iceland before an injury and a new competitor put an end to playing time. Therefore, he terminated his loan spell in the summer and returned home to Helsingør, with whom he terminated his contract in August 2018. He then started training with Brønshøj Boldklub.Kontraktfri Vaporakis skal tale med Brønshøj, bold.dk, 9 November 2018 In 2019 he was affiliated with his former club Akademisk Boldklub for a short period, after which he switched to Hellerup IK in August 2019. In January 2020 he made the move to B.93.1. Aris Vaporakis | B.93 i NordicBet .., b93prof.dk Vaporakis made his debut in 2020 in a home match against Næsby Boldklub, where B.93 won 4–0. In the 2020/21 season Aris started in 27 of the 31 matches. In May 2024, Vaporakis had his contract extended until June 2025.B.93 forlænger med Aris Vaporakis, b93prof.dk, 24 May 2024 Personal life Aris Vaporakis has a Danish mother, a Greek father and a twin brother.Aris Vaporakis er ugens profil, b93.dk, 16 November 2021 References External links Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Copenhagen Category:Danish people of Greek descent Category:Danish twins Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Boldklubben 1903 players Category:F.C. Copenhagen players Category:Akademisk Boldklub players Category:FC Helsingør players Category:Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Category:Hellerup IK players Category:Boldklubben af 1893 players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Danish 1st Division players Category:Danish 2nd Division players Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland

Siege of Carthage (536)

The Siege of Carthage occurred around Easter of 536, when dissatisfied Byzantine soldiers revolted against Solomon, the ruler of the Praetorian prefecture of Africa, because he refused to share with the soldiers the wealth that had been plundered from the Vandal Kingdom, which had been defeated two years prior in 534. A sizeable amount of these soldiers were also Arian Christians, and were disgruntled because Emperor Justinian had banned Arians from practicing their religion. Solomon, as well as his secretary, Procopius, fled to Sicily, where they informed Belisarius, who had just recently conquered the island, about the revolt. Carthage was being besieged by 9,000 rebels, 1,000 of which were Vandals. The rebels were being led by Stotzas, a former soldier in the Byzantine Army. After being made aware of the revolt by Solomon, Belisarius prepared for an invasion of Carthage to crush the revolt. He, along with Solomon, prepared an invasion force of 100 elite troops and around 2,000 regular troops, as well as one warship to blockade the city. By the time Belisarius arrived in , the defenders of Carthage were considering surrendering to Stotzas and the rebels. Belisarius was significantly outnumbered, as he had about 2,100 troops compared to Stotzas's 9,000. However, he still presented a significant threat to the rebels, who lifted their siege of Carthage, and subsequently withdrew. Belisarius pursued the withdrawing rebels, and the two sides clashed at the Battle of Membresa, also known as the Battle of the Bagradas River. The battle ended in Stotzas's troops being defeated by those of Belisarius, and the former subsequently retreated, despite having suffered low casualties. Belisarius's troops then looted the abandoned rebel camp, where large amounts of gold and female slaves were found, which the rebels had seized during the siege. Stotzas would continue his to rebel against the Byzantines until his death in 545. References Category:Battles involving Carthage Category:530s conflicts

2024–25 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Colorado State Rams men's basketball team represented Colorado State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams are led by 7th-year head coach Niko Medved and play their home games for the 59th season at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colorado. They participate as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 26th season. Previous season The Rams finished the 2023–24 season 25–11, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tied for 6th place. They defeated San Jose State in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament and Nevada in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed in the Midwest Region where they defeated Virginia in the first four before losing to Texas in the first round. Offseason Departures Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Joel Scott 1 F 6'7" 225 GS Senior Monument, CO Graduated Taviontae Jackson 2 G 6'2" 165 Sophomore Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Southern Utah Josiah Strong 3 G 6'4" 195 GS Senior Brooklyn Park, MN Graduated Isaiah Stevens 4 G 6'0" 185 GS Senior Allen, TX Graduated/undrafted in 2024 NBA draft; signed with the Miami Heat Jack Payne 11 F 6'6" 195 15px|Redshirt Freshman Boise, ID Transferred to Idaho Patrick Cartier 12 F 6'8" 220 GS Senior Brookfield, WI Graduated Javanté Johnson 13 G 6'6" 215 15px|Redshirt Senior Colorado Springs, CO Transferred to California Baptist Joe Palmer 20 F 6'4" 190 GS Senior Faribault, MN Graduated Cam Lowe 22 G 6'5" 182 Freshman Monument, CO Walk-on; transferred to Black Hills State Kyle Evans 32 F 6'10" 200 Sophomore Aliso Viejo, CA Transferred to UC Irvine Incoming transfers Name Num Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Jaylen Crocker-Johnson 8 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore San Antonio, TX Little Rock Keshawn Williams 11 G 6'4" 175 GS Senior Chicago Heights, IL Southern Illinois Bowen Born 13 G 5'11" 170 GS Senior Norwalk, IA Northern Iowa Nikola Djapa 23 F 7'0" 230 Sophomore Belgrade, Serbia LIU Ethan Morton 25 G 6'7" 215 GS Senior Butler, PA Purdue Charlie Dortch 30 F 6'9" 235 15px|Redshirt Freshman Fort Collins, CO Walk-on; Fort Lewis 2024 recruiting class 2025 recruiting class Roster Schedule and results |- !colspan=12 style=| Exhibition |- !colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season |- !colspan=12 style=| Mountain West regular season |- !colspan=12 style=| Mountain West tournament Source Rankings See also 2024–25 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team References Colorado State Category:Colorado State Rams men's basketball seasons Colorado State Rams men's basketball Colorado State Rams men's basketball

Daryl Fridhandler

Daryl Fridhandler is a Canadian corporate lawyer, arbitrator, businessman, and politician. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on August 31, 2024. He was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and appointed by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Fridhandler joined Alberta bar in 1984. He has been a partner in the Calgary-based law firm of Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP since 1990 and is on the board of directors of Enmax, an electricity provider. The appointments of Fridhandler and Kristopher Wells as Senators for Alberta were criticized by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for ignoring the results of the province's unofficial Senate nominee election. Smith issued a statement saying: "Despite our province's repeated democratic election of senators-in-waiting ready to represent Albertans’ interests, [Prime Minister Trudeau] has chosen to appoint left-wing partisans who will do whatever he and the Liberals order them to." Education He holds a Bachelor of Arts (1980) from McGill University, a Bachelor of Law (1983) from Dalhousie University, and a Master of Law (2016) from New York University. Political career Fridhandler was the Liberal Party of Canada's election co-chair in Alberta from 2004 and 2009 under then-Liberal leaders Paul Martin and Michael Ignatieff and has donated at least $30,000 to the Liberal Party between 2004 and 2023, including $12,000 to Justin Trudeau's 2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election campaign. He has also donated to the Green Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Alberta, the Alberta Party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, and the New Democratic Party of Alberta. He was also the campaign chair for former Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier for five municipal campaigns. He served on the finance committee of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party from 2011 to 2015 and worked on Gary Mar's 2011 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta leadership election campaign. Community work Fridhandler has also been chair of the Alberta Ballet, Calgary Economic Development, and Arts Commons, served as a governor of the Alberta University of the Arts and Mount Royal University, vice-chair of the Calgary Police Commission and chair of the Calgary Public Library. References Category:Living people Category:Canadian senators from Alberta Category:Independent Canadian senators Category:Canadian King's Counsel Category:Canadian campaign managers Category:1952 births Category:Politicians from Calgary Category:21st-century Canadian politicians Category:McGill University alumni Category:Schulich School of Law alumni Category:New York University School of Law alumni

María López Sández

thumb|María López Sández (2024) María López Sández (Lugo, September 17, 1973) is a Galician philologist and essayist. She is an academic numerary of the Royal Galician Academy (RAG). Education She graduated from and obtained a degree in Hispanic, English and Galician-Portuguese Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USD). She received her doctorate in Literary theory and comparative literature from this university with the thesis, (Topographic description, its role in the construction of a cultural imaginary in the Galician literary discourse - "Cantares Galicians", "Arredor de si" and the textual cycle of "Tagen Ata") (2006). She received the End of Education Career Award of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, and the National Award for Completion of University Studies in Philology. Career and research Lopez taught in secondary education at (CPI) Fonte Díaz, Touro, Spain and at (IES) in Negreira. She is also an associate professor at the USC Faculty of Education Sciences. Her work as a researcher focuses on the relationship between Galician literature and landscape imagery and urban space, as well as the study of cartography as a semiotic of space. She is the author of articles and studies on Rosalía de Castro, . She has participated in international congresses with reports on Castro, .[6] In 2022, she was elected an academic numerary of RAG. On March 11, 2023. She delivered her induction speech (Where the spring flows: the landscape at the root of the Galician essay). Awards and honours 2023, Premio 8 de Marzo 2020, Finalist, Raíña Lupa Award, for 2014, Finalist, La Voz de Galicia Novel Award, for 2012, Repsol Short Narrative Award, for 2007, Ramón Piñeiro Prize for Essay, for Selected works in Galician Essays Paisaxe e nación. A creación discursiva do territorio (2008), Galaxia Movendo os marcos do patriarcado, co-author with Marilar Aleixandre, 2021 Translated into Spanish by the authors themselves. Narratives A forma das nubes (2012)., Galaxia. Second edition, 2014. O faro escuro (2015), Galaxia A noite da deusa (2020), Galaxia, Costa Oeste Collective works Libres e vivas (2021), Galaxia References External links Inma Otero interviews María López Sández, at insulaeuropea.eu, via Internet Archive Culturgal 2012. María López Sández: The shape of clouds, 24 January 2013, via YouTube Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Royal Galician Academy Category:21st-century philologists Category:21st-century Spanish essayists Category:Women philologists Category:Spanish women essayists Category:Spanish philologists Category:21st-century Spanish women writers Category:People from Lugo Category:Galician-language writers Category:University of Santiago de Compostela alumni Category:Academic staff of the University of Santiago de Compostela

Carlos Eduardo Alves

Carlos Eduardo Nunes Alves (born 5 June 1959) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who was the mayor of the city of Natal from 2002 to 2009, and again from 2013 to 2018. During his second term, he won the election in 2012, and began his mandate on 1 January 2013. He was reelected in the first round in 2016 with 63.42% of the vote, totaling 225,741 votes. On 6 April 2018, he announced his resignation to run to be governor of the state of Rio Grande do Norte that year. Biography Alves graduated with a law degree from Universidade Santa Úrsula, though he never became a lawyer because he never had registered with the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB). Coming from a politically prominent family, he is the son of former Natal mayor Agnelo Alves, who had been removed from office during the Brazilian military dictatorship due to his family's opposition to the regime. Carlos Eduardo Alves later entered into politics in Natal and became a state deputy in 1986. His uncles were ex-governor of Rio Grande do Norte , through whom Henrique Eduardo Alves is his cousin, and former senator Garibaldi Alves, through whom Garibaldi Alves Filho is also his cousin. In 2000, he was elected vice-mayor of Natal, having assumed the mayoralty in 2002 after the resignation of then-mayor Wilma de Faria, to run for governor. He was reelected in his own right in 2004. After ending his mandate, Alves was caught in scandals involving the expiration of eight tons of medicine that were stored by his administration that were later discarded. In 2010, he ran for governor of Rio Grande do Norte as part of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT), receiving third place with 160,828 votes (10.37%) and not advancing to the second round. The winner was Rosalba Ciarlini of the Democrats. During the 2012 municipal elections in Natal, Alves once again became a candidate for mayor for the PDT, with former governor Wilma de Faria of the PSB as his vice-mayoral pick. On 7 October, he came in first place with 153,464 votes (40.42%). He moved on to the second round on 28 October against Hermano Moraes of the PMDB. He was elected in the second round with 214,687 votes, or 58.31% of the vote. Alves ran for reelection in 2016, and won reelection in the first round, with 225,741 votes, or 63.42% of the vote. He took office on 1 January 2017. On 6 April 2018, he announced that he would resign from office to run to be governor of Rio Grande do Norte later that year. His vice-mayor, Álvaro Costa Dias, assumed the mayoralty. He advanced to the second round, but lost to then-senator Fátima Bezerra. Electoral history YearElectionPartyPositionVotes %ResultRef1986Rio Grande do Norte state electionsPMDBState deputy24,3672.62%rowspan=7 1990Rio Grande do Norte state elections14,9201.57%1994Rio Grande do Norte state elections21,5562.67%1998Rio Grande do Norte state elections41,6893.71%2000Natal municipal electionsVice-mayor178,01657.71% 2004Natal municipal electionsPSBMayor137,66437.30% (1st round)192,51351.92% (2nd round)2010Rio Grande do Norte state electionsPDTGovernor160,82810.37% 2012Natal municipal electionsMayor153,46440.42% (1st round)rowspan=3 214,68758,31% (2nd round)2016Natal municipal electionsMayor225,74163.42% 2018Rio Grande do Norte state electionsGovernor525,93332.04% (1st round) rowspan=3 753,03542.40% (2nd round)2022Rio Grande do Norte state electionsSenator565,23533.40% References Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian Democratic Movement politicians Category:Democratic Labour Party (Brazil) politicians Category:Brazilian Socialist Party politicians Category:Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011) politicians Category:Mayors of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Norte Category:Alves family

2025 Netherlands budget

The 2025 Netherlands budget is planned to be presented to the States General on 17 September 2024, a day also known as . It will be the first budget of the Schoof cabinet and of Minister of Finance Eelco Heinen. Background A general election was held in November 2023 that resulted in the swearing in of the right-wing Schoof cabinet in July 2024, referred to by the coalition parties as an extra-parliamentary cabinet. It consisted of the Party for Freedom (PVV), the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), New Social Contract (NSC), and the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). In their coalition agreement, the parties agreed on the cabinet's policy agenda and on its finances. Several financial setbacks arose afterwards, as the Supreme Court ruled that the manner in which the wealth tax was levied was unfair and as the intended sale of the German division of TenneT, a government-owned transmission system operator, failed. In August 2024, the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) published its economic projections in August 2024, concluding that government finances would deteriorate and that the budget deficit would grow. The cabinet met after summer recess to draft its budget. In late August, leaders of the coalition parties met with the cabinet at the Ministry of Finance for two days to discuss the 2025 budget. Even though the talks led to some changes, participants denied that they could be characterized as negotiations due to the supposed extra-parliamentary nature of the cabinet. The PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB voiced their support for the budget on 30 August 2024. The budget was approved by the Council of Ministers the next day and sent to the Council of State for advice. National media outlets reported the budget differed from a few of the proposals in the coalition agreement: a compensation scheme for school books would be introduced as a result of an increase in the sales tax for books, and the charitable contributions deduction would be less severely scaled back. Furthermore, the tightening of the expat tax break would be rolled back, funding for free school means would remain intact, and funding would be allocated for an early retirement scheme for physically demand occupations. References Netherlands Category:2025 in the Netherlands Category:Dutch budgets

Mexico City-Querétaro electric passenger train

The Mexico City-Querétaro electric passenger train () was a passenger train that provided services in central Mexico. During its 2 years of existence (1994-96), it was operated by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. History Background The oldest antecedents of this railroad date back to the concessions granted by the government of President Porfirio Díaz for the construction of the Mexican Central Railway, which used both American and Mexican capital. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway provided the American capital, while the federal government of Mexico provided the Mexican capital. The base concession allowed the construction of a line between Mexico City and Ciudad Juárez, which was opened. in 1884. In 1888, a branch was added to the Pacific Ocean via the cities of Guadalajara and Querétaro. In 1908, at the end of the Porfirian government, the state-owned Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México was created, which constituted the first nationalization of strategically valuable railroads in Mexican history. This nationalization was achieved by expropriating and merging the Mexican Central, National and International railroads, along with other smaller companies. The resulting company controlled of nationalized railroads. Between 1910 and 1929, the state of these lines was uncertain, as they fell into the hands of the different groups that fought during the Mexican Revolution. First proposals for electrification The Mexican government's Railroad Development Plan 1973-1986 () had, among other project, proposed the construction of an electrified Mexico City-Tijuana double-track railroad for the transport of cargo and passengers. In 1978, the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation planned the construction of the first Mexican double-track electric railroad fed by catenary. Based on a study prepared by that government agency, it was determined that the Mexico City-Querétaro route was the most viable to electrify. due to its high influx of passengers and cargo, almost slopeless topography, and strategic location in the center of the country. thumb|295x295px|Current situation of the line, as of 2024 In 1979, as part of the construction work, the Mexican government included Japanese, English and French participation in the project. The locomotives used were the GE E60C-2, which were designed and assembled by the GE Transportation company in Aguascalientes between 1980 and 1982. Around 1983, the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation decided to suspend the project due to changes in the layout of the routes and the operating policies. In 1986, electrification was restarted only with the participation of technical staff from the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, and the French Société Francais d’Etudes et de Réalisations Ferroviaires. During the construction of the track that lasted from 1983 to 1994, the construction of a railway like the Shinkansen on the same right-of-way was considered in 1987, but the lack of funds made it unfeasible. For this reason, the construction of the electrified tracks for mixed service continued. Operation On 14 February 1994, regular electric trips between the Buenavista station in Mexico City and Querétaro began. The service only lasted until 1996 with a poor result, because the electric locomotives could not run at full speed, since they had to share the tracks with diesel-electric locomotives. The restriction of the E60C-2s to serve only on this line made them unaffordable. End of operations In 1996, President Ernesto Zedillo disincorporated the state-owned company Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México, and passenger transport operations throughout most of the country were terminated. After the railroad network was privatized again in 1997, Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana decided to sell the 39 GE E60C-2 locomotives to American companies, ending the use of electrified track, leaving the electrified catenary lines for supposed use in the future. 22 of the locomotives were traded back to GE Transportation in exchange for GE AC4400CW diesel locomotives. Three of those were then sold to Texas Utilities for use on electrified freight trains. Meanwhile, the TFM sold 6 more E60C-2s to the Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad. Later use of electric infrastructure Some of the overhead lines on this line would later be reused for the Tren Suburbano, an electrified commuter train between Mexico City's new Buenavista railway station and Cuautitlán. References * See also Rail transport in Mexico Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México Category:Rail transportation in Mexico

List of Tolkien societies

Dedicated Tolkien Societies provide platforms for a combination of Tolkien fandom and academic Tolkien studies in several countries. Societies by country United States The first recorded organized Tolkien fan group was "The Fellowship of the Ring", founded by Ted Johnstone. Their first annual meeting was held at Pittcon, the 1960 Worldcon. They published four issues of the fanzine i-Palantír before the organization disbanded; the first was published a month before the Pittcon meeting, dated August 1960. The Tolkien Society of America first met "in February, 1965, beside the statue of Alma Mater on the Columbia University campus," according to a 1967 New York Times interview with Richard Plotz, the society's founder and first Thain. By 1967, Meskys had become Thain and the society boasted over 1,000 members, organized into local groups or smials, a pattern that would be followed by other Tolkien fan organizations. The society published a newsletter, Green Dragon, and The Tolkien Journal (edited by Plotz). In 1969, the society sponsored the first Tolkien Conference at Belknap College. The Tolkien Conference was not a science fiction convention but a scholarly event. The University of Wisconsin Tolkien and Fantasy Society was founded in 1966, and is best known for its journal Orcrist (1966–1977), edited by Richard C. West. Across the continent, Glen GoodKnight founded the Mythopoeic Society in California in 1967 for the study, discussion, and enjoyment of fantastic and mythic literature, especially the works of Tolkien and fellow-Inklings C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. The society held its first Mythcon conference in 1970, which featured readings, a costume competition, an art show, and other events typical of science fiction conventions of the day. The society's three current periodicals are Mythprint, a monthly bulletin; Mythlore, originally a fanzine and now a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles on mythic and fantastic literature; and The Mythic Circle, a literary annual of original poetry and short stories (which replaced the society's earlier publications Mythril and Mythellany). Alongside that was a monthly newsletter, Mythprint. Also available from the Chicago Tribune. Beyond Bree is the monthly newsletter of The American Mensa Tolkien Special Interest Group. United Kingdom The Tolkien Society (UK) was founded in the United Kingdom in 1969, and remains active as a registered charity. The society has two regular publications, a bi-monthly bulletin of news and information, Amon Hen, and an annual journal, Mallorn; this began informally but switched to scholarly articles on Tolkien's work. They host annual events, including a conference held at Oxford, Oxonmoot. The society has three regular UK gatherings: an Annual General Meeting and Dinner; a Seminar with a mix of serious and lighthearted talks; and the Oxonmoot, a regular September gathering organized by the British Tolkien Society. The society's journal is Mallorn. It consists of long articles studying aspects of Tolkien's work, plus some artwork. The name is a reference to the Mallorn tree and an illustration of such a tree appears on the front of each issue. In the past it was issued every autumn, but since 2003 has been released in mid-summer. German-speaking Europe The German translation of The Hobbit appeared in 1957 (translated by Walter Scherf), and that of The Lord of the Rings in 1972 (translated by Margaret Carroux and ). The Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft (DTG) is a German association dedicated to the study of the life and works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Founded in 1997, it is based in Cologne. The DTG has more than 500 members (as of 2005) and is organized in a widespread network of local chapters. It is the main driving force of Tolkien reception in the German speaking countries (c.f. Honegger (2006); the first Swiss Tolkien Society (Eredain) was founded in 1986 and published the Aglared journal;Bramlett, Perry C. "Appendix IV: Tolkien Journals, Societies, Newsletters, and Archives" from I Am in Fact a Hobbit: An Introduction to the Life and Works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Mercer University Press. Pg.230. 2003. it dissolved in 2006 and a second Swiss Tolkien Society (Seryn Ennor) was founded in 2014Swiss Tolkien Society: Seryn Ennor and is based in Jenins; an Austrian Tolkien Society was founded in 2002). The DTG organized a seminar on Tolkien studies in Cologne in 2004, in Jena in 2005 and in Mainz in 2006. The conference proceedings are published in their Hither Shore yearbook.Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft Hungary The Magyar Tolkien Társaság (Hungarian Tolkien Society) is a registered public benefit organization whose aim is to enhance public knowledge on the works and mythology created by J. R. R. Tolkien. Apart from organizing the Hungarian Tolkien aficionados into a community (choir, charity ball, creative workshops), the association has grown multifaceted since its foundation in 2002, it provides professional and technical editorial support for new publications, publishes the semiannual magazine Lassi Laurië featuring scholarly articles, interviews, and literary works, and it organizes numerous conferences, meetings and summer camps. In 2002, for its tenth anniversary, the society organized a joint conference with the Institute of English Studies of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary entitled "J. R. R. Tolkien: Fantasy and Ethics" and published a book of studies containing the papers presented. The Magyar Tolkien Társaság maintains relations with other tertiary institutions such as the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of Eötvös Loránd University, together with whom it regularly launches courses on Tolkienian subjects ("J. R. R. Tolkien – A 20th Century Mythology") Czech Republic Společnost přátel díla pana J. R. R. Tolkiena (Society of Friends of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien), often abbreviated SPDPJRRT, is the Tolkien Society in the Czech Republic founded in 1992 to commemorate the centenary of J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday. The members of the Society have the opportunity to gather at various meetings. The two main events organized by the society are: The Celebration of the Destruction of the Ring in the end of March and the Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday in September. In addition to that, there is another event called TolkienCon held in Prague annually in January since 2003. It is not officially organized by the Society, but the organizers are in close contact with the Society. It usually starts late afternoon on Friday and ends midday on Sunday. It is based at a school, including facilities for ‘sleeping rough’ in classrooms. Slovakia The main Slovak organization for fans of Tolkien's fiction is the non-profit civic association Spoločenstvo Tolkiena (The Fellowship of Tolkien), founded in 2002.Slovak Tolkien fandom civic association Spoločenstvo Tolkiena Its main goal is to unite fans of Tolkien's works and discuss them, as well as discuss other related fantasy fiction by non-Tolkien authors. In the past, the association published its own irregular fanzine, dubbed Athelas.Athelas fanzine of the Spoločenstvo Tolkiena association Other activities of the association include reenactment and live-action roleplaying, and between 2006 and 2019, serving as the co-founder and co-organiser of the annual Slovak fantasy fiction festival SlavCon (now run by its own dedicated association).About the SlavCon festival and its history under Spoločenstvo Tokiena Nordic countries Sweden The Tolkien Society of Sweden was the first J. R. R. Tolkien society in Europe. It was started in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1968 by members of Club Cosmos. They published the members' magazine Långbottenbladet. Originally it was just called "The Tolkien Society" but when the British society of the same name was created the members added "of Sweden" to its name.Fandboken 0.91 The Tolkien Society Forodrim (Sindarin for "People of the North") was founded in Sweden in 1972 and is one of the oldest Tolkien fan organizations. The Forodrim was founded in a public toilet during a science fiction convention (possibly SF-Kongressen 1973) as a name change of Sam J Lundwall's Hyboria. Co-founders were Jörgen Peterzén and Anders Palm.Elfwood Denmark In Denmark, Tolkien became well known in the 1970s; his works have since considerably influenced Danish language fantasy literature. In 1977, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark illustrated The Lord of the Rings. There are two Danish Tolkien societies; Bri, the Danish Tolkien Society,Bri and the online Imladris community.imladris.dk Norway The Hobbit appeared in Norwegian translation in 1972 and The Lord of the Rings followed from 1973 to 1975 (Tiden Norsk Forlag). Both translations were harshly criticized for errors and inconsistencies and complaints resulted in a new translation of The Lord of the Rings, published in 1980/81. By the late 1980s, Tolkien's works were well known to the Norwegian public. A translation of the Silmarillion appeared in 1994. The unsatisfactory Hobbit translation was replaced only in 1997. By the mid-1990s, the popularity of Tolkien had risen to a level that made viable translations of his minor works. Arthedain – The Tolkien Society of Norway was founded in Oslo in 1981. Finland The Finnish Tolkien Society Kontu (Suomen Tolkien-seura Kontu ry in Finnish) is a registered society based in Helsinki, Finland. The society was originally two different societies that unified at the beginning of 2012. The Finnish Tolkien Society (Suomen Tolkien seura) was founded on 3 January 1992 and Kontu Internet Community (Verkkoyhteisö Kontu ry) was founded on 19 December 2006. The main focus of the society is to improve knowledge of J. R. R. Tolkien and his works in Finland as well as to maintain the virtual community and thus the website the society originated from. The various parts of the website contain a discussion forum, a wiki and an IRC channel. KontuWiki has been credited in several Finnish Tolkien related publications since 2007. Every year the society awards the Kuvastaja-prize for the year's best Finnish Fantasy book. There is much smial-activity and the society organizes meetings and other events for Tolkien fans from all over the country. Russia Interest in Russia awoke soon after the publication of The Lord of the Rings in 1955, long before the first Russian translation. A first effort at publication was made in the 1960s, but to comply with literary censorship in Soviet Russia, the work was considerably abridged and transformed. The ideological danger of the book was seen in the "hidden allegory 'of the conflict between the individualist West and the totalitarian, Communist East.'", while, ironically, Marxist readings in the west conversely identified Tolkien's anti-industrial ideas as presented in the Shire with primitive communism, in a struggle with the evil forces of technocratic capitalism. Russian translations of The Lord of the Rings were published only after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but then in great numbers, no less than ten official Russian translations appeared between 1990 and 2005. Tolkien fandom in Russia grew especially rapidly during the early 1990s at Moscow State University. Many unofficial and partly fragmentary translations are in circulation. The first translation appearing in print was that by Kistyakovskij and Muravyov (volume 1, published 1982). Notable fan works by Russian writers, which often take the form of alternative accounts or informal sequels to Tolkien's published works, include The Last Ringbearer (Последний кольценосец) by Kirill Eskov, and The Black Book of Arda ("Чёрная Книга Арды"). One of the authors of The Black Book of Arda derived her pen name from Nienna, the Vala Lady of Mercy: according to Mark T. Hooker, the work proved so influential in Russia following its 1992 release that "Niennism" emerged as a term used to describe both a "distinctive literary turn and intellectual following". Japan The Hobbit appeared in a Japanese translation in 1965 (Hobitto no Boken) and The Lord of the Rings from 1972 to 1975 (Yubiwa Monogatari), both translated by Teiji Seta (1916–1979); they were revised by Seta's assistant Akiko Tanaka in 1992. In 1982, Tanaka translated the Silmarillion (Sirumariru no Monogatari). Teiji Seta was an expert in classical Japanese literature and a haiku poet, and the Tolkien scholar regards the Seta and Tanaka translations as "almost perfect". Greece The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings were published in Greek by Kedros during the 1970s, each by different translators. In the mid-90s Aiolos published Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. In 2001, shortly before the release of the movies, the first Greek on-line community was formed in a promotional web site which in 2002 founded an official group of fans under the name The Prancing Pony. The group is unofficially divided in two 'smials', in Athens and Thessaloniki.Greek Lord of the Rings Society Bulgaria The Bulgarian Tolkien Society was officially established in 1998 when the Bulgarian Tolkien Fan Club Rin Ennor was first registered as a non-profit non-governmental organization by a few students from the Sofia University. Apart from the larger communities in the big cities, the Bulgarian Tolkien Society has local clubs and groups.It is nowadays represented by the website https://www.endorion.org/ and the only remaining discussion board http://bgtolkienforum.org/ Turkey Interest in Turkey awoke to The Lord of the Rings in the late 1980s, long before the first Turkish translation. A translation of The Lord of the Rings into Turkish was published as Yüzüklerin Efendisi in 1997. After the release of the movies, other Tolkien-related books such as The Silmarillion were translated into Turkish. Pakistan Interest in Prof Tolkien's work developed in Pakistan soon after its earliest inception as a separate nationSee Hall Mark: Burn Hall School Magazine Annual 1959, Review, p.15, published by the Burn Hall School, Abbottabad, Pakistan and has existed sporadically over the years. Interest grew manifold after the release and completion of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and in 2003–04, the 'Lahore Tolkien Reading Group' was established there.Affiliated with and reported in the Official Tolkien Society newsletter see http://www.tolkiensociety.org/ in the UK Italy The Italian Tolkien Society (Società Tolkeniana Italiana - STI) was founded in February 1994, after a series of lectures about Tolkien's thought and works made in Italy in 1992 by the Tolkien Society archivist, Patricia Reynolds, on the centenary of Tolkien's birth. She stimulated the creation of the new society, of which she became a godmother. Priscilla Tolkien also became an honorary partner. During the years the society managed to grow enough to have hundreds of members and a lot of constant activities. It publishes two six-monthly magazines (Terra di Mezzo and Minas Tirith) and organizes two competitions for narrative and images (The Silmaril Awards), from which various publications (such as the volume Frammenti della Terra di Mezzo, a collection of the best stories) are derived. In collaboration with Italian national publishers it also publishes illustrated calendars whose beauty been recognized not only in Italy but internationally as well, for example by HarperCollins (Tolkien's publishing house) that drawn some images from them for their book "Realms of Tolkien". Every year, in September, usually on its first weekend, they organize the Hobbiton, a great three-days feast with conferences, meetings, debates, concerts, dances, costume re-enactments, film screenings, treasure hunts and other Middle-Earth related activities. They also founded the Palantír publishing house. In 2021, a pastry chef, Nicolas Gentile, bought a piece of land at Bucchianico in Abruzzo, and walked with friends in costume as the members of the Fellowship of the Ring to throw a ring into the crater of Mount Vesuvius. He has built a hobbit-style house and is seeking crowdfunding to build more. In his view, the people of the region "have always lived as hobbits" close to nature. References Sources External links Tolkien societies Elanor – Flanders, Belgium Bri – Denmark Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft – Germany Società Tolkeniana Italiana – Italy Unquendor – Netherlands Arthedain – Norway Forodrim – Stockholm, Sweden Seryn Ennor – Switzerland The Tolkien Society – United Kingdom The Mythopoeic Society site – United States Magyar Tolkien Társaság – Hungary Spoločenstvo Tolkiena – Slovakia Orta Dünya – Turkey Meneltarma – Romania Category:Tolkien fandom

Tim Freriks

Tim Freriks (born 2 October 1998) is a Dutch footballer, who plays as a forward for Danish 1st Division side Esbjerg fB. Career Club career Freriks took his first steps in football at PSCK Zaandam. Meanwhile, the club merged with VVZ to become Hercules Zaandam.Zaandammer Tim Freriks scoort er op los in Denemarke, voetbalinzaanstad.nl, 30 March 2024 He then moved to KFC before being scouted by FC Groningen, who he ended up joining.Katwijk-aanvaller Tim Freriks is een huismus die altijd terugkomt, voetbaljournaal.com, 24 December 2022 Freriks quickly became a prolific scorer for Groningen's U-19 team and the U-21 team, Jong FC Groningen. He made his Eredivisie debut on May 6, 2018, in a match against PSV Eindhoven, with 19-year-old Freriks coming on for the final few minutes.PSV vs. Groningen 0 - 0, soccerway.com, 6 May 2018 In the following 2018–19 season, Freriks made just seven appearances for Groningen in the first half of the season. In January 2019 Freriks made the switch to FC Utrecht.Beloftenselectie versterkt met Tim Freriks, fcutrecht.nl, 30 January 2019 However, it was not a successful stay as Freriks suffered from chronic intestinal inflammation during his time at the club and only played four games for the club's Jong FC Utrecht team. To get back on track, Freriks took a step back and joined OFC Oostzaan in the Dutch fourth tier. Already six months later, in December 2019, it was confirmed that he would join Tweede Divisie club VV Katwijk for the upcoming 2020–21 season.Nieuw avontuur Freriks: “De club heeft een duidelijk plan met mij”, hetamsterdamschevoetbal.nl, 14 December 2019 After three seasons at VV Katwijk, Freriks moved to Danish 2nd Division club Akademisk Boldklub in the summer of 2023.AB Gladsaxe henter Tim Freriks, ab-fodbold.dk, 24 July 2023 After a good season where he scored 15 goals in 30 games in all competitions, Freriks was sold to newly promoted Danish 1st Division club Esbjerg fB in the summer of 2024, where he was signed until June 2027.Tim Freriks ny EfB-angriber, efb.dk, 28 June 2024Tim Freriks skifter til Esbjerg fB, ab-fodbold.dk, 28 June 2024 References External links Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Eredivisie players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:Tweede Divisie players Category:Derde Divisie players Category:Danish 1st Division players Category:Danish 2nd Division players Category:FC Groningen players Category:Jong FC Utrecht players Category:OFC Oostzaan players Category:VV Katwijk players Category:Akademisk Boldklub players Category:Esbjerg fB players Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark

Moacyr Góes

Moacyr Góes (born 23 October 1961) is a Brazilian screenwriter and film and theatre director. Biography Góes was born on 23 October 1961 in Natal. He is the son of educator and historian Moacyr de Góes and brother of actor Leon Góes. He graduated from the University of Rio de Janeiro (Uni-Rio) with a degree in theatre directing. Beginning with directing plays for the youth, he would go on direct plays such as Noseferatu and the Georg Büchner Woyzeck. In 1988, he founded the Companhia de Encenação Teatral. In 1998, he transferred over to Teatro Carlos Gomes. He later transitioned to directing films and television, including Laços de Família and several movies by Xuxa. Filmography As director 2003 - Dom 2003 - Maria - Mãe do Filho de Deus 2003 - Xuxa Abracadabra 2004 - Um Show de Verão 2004 - Irmãos de Fé 2004 - Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida 2005 - Xuxinha e Guto contra os Monstros do Espaço 2006 - Trair e Coçar É só Começar 2007 - O Homem Que Desafiou o Diabo 2009 - Destino 2013 - Bonitinha, mas Ordinária 2017 - Gabeira (documentary) Moacyr Góes finaliza filme sobre Gabeira: 'Ele é o único homem livre que eu conheço'. O Globo, 4 September 2017. As screenwriter 2003 - Dom 2003 - Maria - Mãe do Filho de Deus 2004 - Irmãos de Fé 2007 - O Homem Que Desafiou o Diabo Television As director 1999 - Suave Veneno 2000 - Laços de Família Theatre 1994 - Peer Gynt. Debuted at Teatro Glória (Rio de Janeiro) in April 1994 with production by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro and the Municipal Secretary of Culture, directed by Góes. Cast included José Mayer, Ivone Hoffman, Patrícia França, Letícia Spiller, Marília Pêra, Paula Lavigne, Ítalo Rossi, and Floriano Peixoto.SILVA, Jane Pessoa da. Ibsen no Brasil. Historiografia, Seleção de textos Críticos e Catálogo Bibliográfico. São Paulo: USP, 2007. Tese. References External links Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:People from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte Category:Brazilian screenwriters Category:Brazilian theatre directors

Manfred Bierwisch

Manfred Bierwisch (1930–2024) was a German linguist in the area of structuralism and generative linguistics, with profound connections to music and cultural theory. Bierwisch is near singular in linguistic-theoretical thought in that he, rooted in Eastern Germany, combined several intellectual streams in the post-WII period before Wende, maintaining scholarly exchanges in dictatorship East Germany - at times at great personal cost, including jail time in the 1950s-, with West Germany, French and North American scholarship. Life Bierwisch studied in Leipzig under ). Frings recommended Bierwisch to the Berlin doctoral college but remained his primary PhD supervisor. After an interlude of 10 months in an Eastern German jail for the possession of Western intellectual magazines, Bierwisch was able to join in 1956 the new doctoral college on linguistic structuralism to Humboldt University in East Berlin under the leadership of Wolfgang Steinitz, completing his PhD dissertation in 1961. Bierwisch was not the only linguist to be jailed by the East German authorities (see, e.g. ). Frings, as a more traditional structuralist, failed to see the relevance of cognitive processes in linguistic analysis, which would, for a while, become the forté of the budding field of generative linguistics. This would cause issues during Bierwisch's later PhD writing phase, which were resolved by Wolfgang Steinitz as secondary reader taking over primary supervisory responsibilities., as a more traditional structuralist, failed to see the relevance of cognitive processes in linguistic analysis, which would, for a while, become the forté of the budding field of generative linguistics. This would cause issues during Bierwisch's later PhD writing phase, which were resolved by Wolfgang Steinitz as secondary reader taking over primary supervisory responsibilities. Work Bierwisch was in the interesting position, both in 1960/61 and in 1989/90 and following, to contribute to linguistic thought at particular junctions. In the early 1960s he may have been one of the first on the continent to develop structuralist grammar into a mentalistic approach, influenced by Chomsky's Syntactic Structures. In the 1990s he was one of the few East German academics who did not only not lose his academic standing but increase it, due to his early adoption of cognitive linguistic approaches. It is worth noting that Bierwisch's considered his research groups, which he led in GDR times at the (East) Berlin Academy of Sciences, in the 1960s/early 1970s for Structural Grammar (disbanded by the GDR regime in 1973), and in the 1980s/1990s for Cognitive Linguistics, as continuation of structural linguistics, combined with a mentalistic perspective. References Category:1930 births Category:2024 deaths Category:Linguists from Germany

The Body in the Silo

The Body in the Silo is a 1933 detective novel by the British author Ronald Knox.Rooney p.199-200 Magill p.1000 It is the third in a series of five novels featuring the insurance investigator Miles Bredon, one of the many detectives of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.Shaw p.238 It is a country house mystery taking place in Herefordshire close to the Welsh border. It was published in the United States by Dutton under the alternative title Settled Out of Court.Reilly p.912 Synopsis Bredon and his wife are invited to join a country house party of the Hallifords, a couple they have recently met. Reluctant to go he is persuaded to by his wife, but finds the company of his hosts and the various other guests unsettling. Not long after they have arrived it is suggested that they all play the eloping game, a variation of a scavenger hunt, which involves a midnight chase across country by car. After returning back the guests return to their beds. In the morning it is discovered that one of them Cecil Worsley, who did not take part in the game, has been found dead in the vary tall silo on the estate. Used to create Silage, Worsley has very obviously been overpowered by fumes in either a tragic accident or suicide. However, despite the inquest ruling it as an accident, the newspapers and Scotland Yard believe that some foul play may have taken place. Worsley was an influential figure, well-connected in government. As he had a small life insurance policy with Bredon's employer, the Indescribable Insurance Company, he reluctantly agrees to stay on and keep his eyes open to see if he can ferret out information to slip to his old friend Leyland of Scotland Yard. He becomes convinced that the eloping game was a deliberate ploy to empty the house entirely of guests in order to commit the crime, but comes to doubt whether Worsley was really the intended target. References Bibliography Barzun, Jacques & Taylor, Wendell Hertig. A Catalogue of Crime. Harper & Row, 1989. Corbishley, Thomas. Ronald Knox, the Priest. Sheed and Ward, 1965. Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984. Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 3. Salem Press, 1988. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015. Rooney, David. The Wine of Certitude: A Literary Biography of Ronald Knox. Ignatius Press, 2014. Shaw, Bruce. Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the Golden Age. McFarland, 2013. Category:1933 British novels Category:British mystery novels Category:Novels by Ronald Knox Category:Novels set in Herefordshire Category:Novels set in Worcestershire Category:Novels set in London Category:British detective novels Category:British crime novels Category:Hodder & Stoughton books

Haravijaya

Haravijaya is a Sanskrit mahākāvya written by Ratnākara. The poem narrates Śiva's victory over Andhaka. Authorship In the praśasti of Haravijaya, Ratnākara, its author, speaks of himself as the son of Amṛtabhānu, a descendant of Durgadatta from Gangāhrada. According to Kalhana's Rājataraṅgiṇī, he gained fame during the reign of Avantivarman (), but the colophons of Haravijaya suggest it was composed during the reign of Cippaṭa Jayāpīḍa, between 826 and 838 CE. From the theme of his poem, it can be assumed that he was a practitioner of Kashmiri Śaivism; Alexis Sanderson states that the poem's hymns to Śiva and Pārvatī in canto 6 and 47 respectively are the earliest dateable evidence of the presence of Mantramārgic Śaivism in Kashmir. He also authored the Vakroktipañcāśikā, containing fifty verses of dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, employing the device of vakrokti ("punning conversation"); this is possibly his only other preserved work.: "Another work called Dhvanigāthāpañjikā, according to [Warder(1988), pp. 157-158], appears to be by some later Ratnākara, also [Smith(1985), p.22] doubts the identy of its author with the one of the Haravijaya." Summary Haravijaya is the longest extant Sanskrit mahākāvya, containing a total of 4351 verses in fifty sargas (cantos). The poem narrates Śiva's victory over the Andhaka. In accordance with mahākāvya convention, the poem explores many aspects of life, including nature, seasons, love, and a battle. It also describes Śiva's iconographic features and gives an exposition of Śaiva philosophy in canto six. The poem belongs to a later phase of kāvya development, emphasising display of knowledge and command of poetical devices. The poet liberally uses concepts and technical terms from various śāstras on the fields described in the poem. Reception Haravijaya has been praised in many Sanskrit anthologies and works on rhetorics and is also held in high esteem by modern Indian Sanskrit scholars. Rājaśekhara complemented Ratnākara with the following verse: Commentaries Peter Pasedach lists three commentaries on the poem: Viṣamapadoddyotā by Alaka, Laghupañcikā by Ratnakaṇṭha, and Haravijayasāravivaraṇa by Utpala. Editions An edition of the work was published in 1890, prepared by Pandit Durgaprasad and Kasinath Pandurang Parab for the Kāvyamālā series. It contains Alaka's commentary up to canto 46. Another edition of the text, from 1982, was prepared by Dr. Goparaju Rama for the Ganganatha Jha Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapitha Text Series and published in two volumes. It is a critical edition based on six manuscripts without any serious variation, and only contains Ratnākara's verses, without any commentary. References Notes Bibliography Further reading Category:9th-century poems Category:Sanskrit poetry Category:Ancient Indian poems Category:Hindu poetry Category:9th-century Sanskrit literature

André Rochat

André Rochat is a retiredhttps://vegas.eater.com/2015/1/27/7863541/andre-rochat-vegas-first-celebrity-chef-reflects-on-35-years French chef and restaurateur best known for his Michelin-starred Las Vegas-based restaurants Andre’s and Alizé. Early years Born in the French Alps, Rochat learned about the food business from his family, who owned a meat preparation business, in the village of La Rochette in Savoy, France.https://www.reviewjournal.com/life/r-jeneration-andre-rochat-turns-lifelong-passion-for-cooking-into-career-as-las-vegas-celebrity-chef/ Rochat left France in 1965 and moved to Boston. He worked in various East Coast hotels including Boston's Charter House and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. as well as a stint as an in-flight chef for United Airlines.https://lasvegassun.com/news/2004/jan/07/dinner-with-andre-french-born-rochat-graduates-har/ In 1973, he opened his Savoy French Bakery in Las Vegas on the corner of Flamingo and Maryland Parkway. Andre’s In 1980, Rochat opened Andre’s, a French restaurant located in Downtown Las Vegas. The restaurant would feature a rustic ambiance. Andre's would go on to receive Michelin one-star ratings in 2008 and 2009 (the only two years the Michelin Guide rated Las Vegas restaurants) as well as AAA four-diamond ratings. The downtown location would close in 2009. Upon closure, Rochat commented, “Real nice place…Wrong location.”https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/downtown-bids-adieu-to-andres/ Andre’s Restaurant & Cigar Lounge opening at the Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip in 1997. Andre's had a cigar bar and lounge with a library featuring Rochat's collection of hundreds of cookbooks.https://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-restaurants-andres-20150401-story.htmlhttps://vegas.eater.com/2015/3/31/8319883/las-vegas-restaurants-andre-rochat-culinary-library It contained a large wine cellar, as well as what the restaurant called "one of the widest selections of cognacs, armagnacs and after-dinner drinks in North America." The restaurant would be a multi-year recipient of the AAA 4-diamond rating. The Monte Carlo location would close in October 2016.https://vegas.eater.com/2016/8/12/12463038/andres-monte-carlo-closes Alizé Rochat opened Alizé at the Palms Casino Resort on the Las Vegas Strip in 2001. A fine dining establishment that served French cuisine would be located at the top floor of the casino/hotel. Alizé would go on to receive Michelin one-star ratings in 2008 and 2009 (the only two years the Michelin Guide rated Las Vegas restaurants). The restaurant would close in 2017.https://vegas.eater.com/2017/11/14/16652204/alize-palms-closed Andre’s Bistro & Bar In 2016, Andre’s Bistro & Bar opened in Summerlin but it was short-lived and closed in 2018. Rochat requested that his name no longer be associated with this restaurant that was to be an homage to him after the closure of Andre's at the Monte Carlo.https://vegas.eater.com/2018/12/13/18138758/andres-bistro-bar-closed Awards 2008: James Beard Foundation Award, Semifinalist, “Outstanding Restaurateur”https://www.jamesbeard.org/chef/andre-rochat 2014: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nevada Restaurant Associationhttps://vegas.eater.com/2014/10/31/7138135/meet-the-nevada-restaurant-association-culinary-excellence-award#0 See also List of Michelin-starred restaurants in Las Vegas References Category:French chefs Category:Living people Category:Head chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Skye (song)

"Skye" is a 1984 single released by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, released as the second single from their fourth studio album Heartland (1985). Released on 30 November 1984, St. Andrews Day in Scotland, "Skye" is a tribute to the Isle of Skye, the island in the Inner Hebrides off the coast of mainland Scotland, where the band originate from. It was produced by Alan O'Duffy, alongside its B–side "Hey Mandhu". Background The track "Skye" was written by the band as an acknowledgement of their place of origin, the Isle of Skye off the coast of mainland Scotland, where they formed in 1973. Jerry Smith from Musicweek commented that "Skye" was a "change of direction from the normal sedate folk rock", whilst describing the song as "a fast paced single with a rousing chorus and guitar lines vaguely reminiscent of Big Country", claiming the song to be "a fine piece of Gaelic tinged rock and roll". Release and promotion "Skye" was released in 1984 as the second single from their fourth studio album Heartland. It marked one of the earliest releases by the band since signing with Simple Records. They were credited by the record label for "danceable rock music heavily tinged with Celtic influences from their native Isle of Scotland". The first release by the band under Simple Records was the predecessor single to "Skye", "Dance Called America" was released in August 1984 on both 7" and 12" formats. Simple Records had recently signed a distribution deal with EMI Records shortly before "Skye" was released. The first known occasion the band performed the track live was during a concert at Caol Community Center in Fort William in 1985. By 1986, the song was featured on the bands setlist for concerts in Scotland and Germany. In 1987, during their supporting act appearance in Edinburgh for Irish rock band U2, "Skye" was included on the setlist for the concert played at Murrayfield Stadium on 1 August 1987, and featured on all concert appearances by the band that year. In 1996, "Skye" was performed by the band during their appearance at Rockpalast held in Philipshalle, Düsseldorf. The concert was later released on DVD in 2020. Chart and sales controversy Gallup, Inc. was criticised heavily by Simple Records after "Skye" was deleted from the listing of singles that charted between 100-200 on the UK Singles Charts, citing that Gallup had given them "no way to fight back" and dispute the decision. Gallup began an investigation into alleged suspicious sales of "Skye" after it was deemed ineligible for charting, despite it charting at number 108 on the UK Singles Charts in the week previous. A spokesperson for Gallup claimed that "Skye" had been deemed ineligible for charting and thus deleted from the listing due to a "discrepancy between the returns from chart panel shops and those from the check panel", further adding that Gallup deemed the sales of the single to "be suspicious". Four incidents were recorded and flagged to Gallup surrounding multiple sales. Simple Records argued that unusual sale figures were in part due to "most loyal Runrig fans" being Scottish Gaelic speakers. Solicitor Michael Mellersh who was acting on behalf of the record company stated in a letter to Gallup that "many native Gaels go home to the islands in early December until the New Year. While Simple has serviced some general record stores direct, most people in those regions rely on those friends and relations returning to the cities to send copies to them". Four incidents were recorded and flagged to Gallup surrounding multiple sales. Representatives of Simple Records and the British Phonographic Industry met with Gallup to discuss the single. The investigation by Gallup was delayed as a result of bad weather in January 1985. Shirlie Stone, who ran Simple Records, said that she was "disappointed at the lack of information coming from Gallup". Track listing 1984 7" Vinyl, White Label "Skye" "Hey Mandu" Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, single "Skye" "Hey Mandu" Chart performance Chart (1984)Peakposition See also Isle of Skye Runrig discography References Category:1984 songs Category:1984 singles Category:Runrig songs

Dimitrije Konjović

Dimitrije Konjović (German: Demeter Konjovics; 31 December 1888 – 5 January 1982) was Serbian naval officer, aviator and entrepreneur of the Austro-Hungarian Marine Air Force and later Yugoslav Air Force. In 1923 he founded the Ikarus Aircraft Factory in Zemun, in present-day Serbia. Dimitrije Konjović is the younger brother of the composer Petar Konjović and the cousin of the painter Milan Konjović. Biography Youth Konjovic was born in Stanišić near the town of Sombor, Vojvodina, a region which was then part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. After completing the elementary school in Stanišić, near Sombor, he studied the Hungarian High School in Sombor and then, with the help of his parish, he studied at the Naval Academy in Fiume. After four years of studies he sailed in the Mediterranean and on the oceans serving as an Austro-Hungarian Navy navigation officer. He got acquainted with aviation in 1911 and 1912 during his service in Pula, where he flew a seaplane built by engineer Josif Mikla. World War I thumb|left|Lieutenant Konjović saves the officers of a damaged k.k. plane under fire of enemy batteries in the Adriatic Sea, February 2 1916 (German illustration) thumb|The aviation officers of the k.u.k. Flotten-Flugabteilung with its commander, Lieutenant Konjović (3.) 1. Freglt. Klimburg, 2. Freglt. Kunsti 4. Freglt. Ritschel, 5. Seektl. Fritsch von Cronenwald, 6. Seekdt. Schmidt, 7. Seekdt. Severra At the outbreak of World War I he served as an officer and commander of a naval squadron. At the end of 1914, at his request, he underwent a year-long pilot training until the end of 1915, he when he start to participate on a air patrols in the northern Adriatic Sea. He was then appointed commander of all seaplane bases from Šibenik to the Albanian border with the command base located at Kumbor. In the Bay of Kotor and he remained placed until the end of the war. On September 15 1915, Lieutenant-Commander Konjović and Officer Valter Železny, flying the UFAG TL L132 (Konjović) and Ufag TL L135 (Železny) seaplanes, surprised a French submarine Foucault (Q70), bombed it and sank it; the survivors were rescued. This was the first time that an aircraft had sunk a submarine. An the end of the war Konjović reached the rank of Frigate captain. Yugoslavia After the armistice in 1918 Konjović handed over the Austro-Hungarian marine air fleet under the command of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and later was appointed the first head of the Naval Aviation of the new country, remaining in this position until 1923. On 2 October 1923, he founded the Ikarus aircraft company, one of the first aircraft manufacturers in the Balkans, and then served as its director and one of the main shareholders for twenty years. During World War II, when the Axis powers occupied Yugoslavia, Konjović was arrested and imprisoned in the Banjica concentration camp near Belgrade for a few years. After his release, he spent the rest of the war living on a farm near the capital. After the 1945 liberation of Yugoslavia he reorganized his factory in Zemun and once again worked there as the director. However, in 1946 he was accused by the communist authorities of "economic collaboration with the occupiers". His assets were confiscated, including his shares in the Ikarus company. In 1947, Konjović retired from the public life and moved with his family to Beška, where he worked in agriculture. Family returned to Belgrade in 1961. Dimitrije Konjović lived there until his death in 1982. See also Ikarus Aircraft Factory References Bibliography External links Category:1888 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Serbian aviators Category:Serbian businesspeople Category:Serbian engineers Category:Austro-Hungarian World War I pilots Category:Aviation pioneers Category:Aviators from Austria-Hungary

Regiomontano (train)

The Regiomontano (from the Spanish demonym for a person from Monterrey) was a passenger train that provided service between Mexico City and Monterrey, formerly operated by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. It was considered a luxury train, due to the small niche of users, mainly from the middle or upper class. Therefore, it did not provide a mass transport service. Its journey was fifteen hours, and its intermediate stops were mainly San Luis Potosí and Saltillo. The train had 4 stations on its route: Mexico City's Buenavista station, San Luis Potosí, Saltillo, and Monterrey. History Line B of the national railway network, which runs from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo, was built during the Porfiriato through foreign capital investment. On 31 August 1882, it reached Monterrey, which, together with the steel and brewing industries, triggered the development of the third most important metropolitan area in Mexico. Because its route was geographically less rugged than other routes from the country's capital, it was supposed to be one of the two fast trains of the Mexican railway system, along with the Águila Azteca, that transported passengers from Mexico Cityu to Monterrey, being able to cover that route in a time of between twelve and fourteen hours, not making any stopovers. During the 1970s, railroads built on wooden sleepers were better off than asphalt or dirt roads; and passenger transport was cheaper than the more modern civil aviation. Initially, the city of San Luis Potosí was the only stopover between Monterrey and Mexico City; but in time it was possible for the train to stop at Huehuetoca. Following the decentralization of the national rail transport service in 1996 and the dissolution of Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 2001, privately owned railroads have used Line B for freight transport only. From the end of the N de M until the opening of Tren Maya and Tren Interoceánico in 2023, the only remaining inter-city passenger trains in Mexico were tourist trains, such as the Tequila Express and the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico. Proposed revival On 20 November 2023, the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced a decree to reactivate seven passenger train routes, including the Mexico City-San Luis Potosí-Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo route. By February 2024, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the current operator of the Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo Line, had expressed interest in hosting the service. The following July, president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced that this line will be the first passenger train route to be built during her administration, and that it will be built by military engineers of the Secretariat of National Defense. The revived Mexico City-Nuevo Laredo train, will be an electric train traveling at a top speed of , and it will have intermediate stops at Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Monterrey. This train is currently scheduled to open in December 2029. Amenities The Regiomontano was a luxury train which carried a dining car that offered a first class service, a menu of exquisite table wines, and dishes for dinner and lunch. It also had a bar car in which drinks and snacks were served. The sleeping cars had dressing rooms and bedrooms with private bathrooms and comfortable armchairs that, at night, became beds. See also Águila Azteca Rail transport in Mexico Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México References Category:Named passenger trains of Mexico

Nicole Laroche

Nicole Laroche (née Schrottenloher) (20 July 1945 - 28 May 2019) was a French engineer. In 1964, she became the first female Gadzarts, the nickname given to students attending the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (ENSAM) engineering grande ecole. Early life and education Nicole Christiane Schrottenloher was born on 20 July 1945 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris to a family of modest means, her father was a bakery worker. She passed the entry examination for the École nationale supérieure d'arts et métiers (ENSAM) in 1964. She was the first female student to enter the school, and her admission to ENSAM received extensive media coverage. First female Gadzarts engineer In 1964 Nicole Schrottenloher became the first woman Gadzarts, the nickname given to students attending the Arts et Métiers ParisTech (formerly the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers - often abbreviated to ENSAM), a grande ecole (university) specialised in engineering. Her entry into ENSAM was the subject of significant media attention. The Gadzarts wear a formal navy blue uniform, nicknamed a 'Zag', in a nod to the university's military foundation. As the first woman to join the college, it was decided that a women's uniform was required. It was designed for her by French designer Jacques Esterel, himself an earlier graduate of ENSAM (Cl. 35), who also designed uniforms for air crews and French Olympic teams in the 1960s. Schrottenloher was one of the first women to enter the leading French engineering schools: the first woman to be admitted to the École des ponts ParisTech had only been two years earlier in 1962. It took until 1970 for a woman to be admitted to Mines Paris – PSL and until 1972 for the École polytechnique to admit a woman. Anne-Marcelle Schrameck had graduated from l'École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne in 1919, but remained the only woman to attend for 50 years as the rules were changed to exclude female students after her. Schrottenloher entered the Lille class, classified as Class Li.64 in the ENSAM system. The living accommodation at the college was only designed for men, so Schrottenloher had to live in the town rather than the college which limited her presence at lessons and meals. The expenses were covered by a loan from the Soci (Alumi society), which she repaid in full as soon as she graduated to ensure that other students could benefit from future financial support. Her male classmates were supportive, and she made lifelong friends, but she was isolated at times, and the college experience wasn't particularly easy for her. Nicole Schrottenloher married Michel Laroche and used the name Nicole Laroche from then on. She later shared her experience for a commemorative exhibition in 2015.(préf. Jacques Paccard, photogr. Carine Lutt), Paris, Société des ingénieurs Arts & Métiers, 2015, 141 p. (ISBN 978-2-9551586-0-9), p. 5, 16, 17 Career Nicole Laroche began her career in the sales department of a steel equipment company for a few months. She was soon earning double her father's salary. She then became coordinator of design and methods for an automotive subcontractor, a position she held for 4 years before returning to college for further study. She obtained her engineering diploma from the Institut Français du Froid Industriel (IFFI) in 1975. Laroche worked as design manager for air conditioning in railway carriages for the next 14 years. She then made a career change, taking the Ministry of National Education (France) exams to become a mathematics teacher at the Lycée Professionnel La Tournelle in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts de Seine until her retirement. Laroche was supportive of women engineering students who followed in her footsteps and spoke of her experiences at events to encourage girls to consider engineering as a career. Awards In 2014, Nicole Laroche was awarded the Médaille de Bronze by the société des Ingénieurs Arts et Métiers, the alumni association of Arts et Métiers ParisTech. Death During her battle against cancer, Laroche enjoyed meeting up with her old classmates. Nicole Laroche died on the 28 May 2019 in Argenteuil, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. She was survived by her husband Michel and son Sylvain. References Category:1945 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Arts et Métiers ParisTech alumni Category:20th-century French engineers Category:20th-century French women engineers Category:21st-century French women engineers Category:Engineers from Paris Category:Deaths from cancer in France

Bernlef

Bernlef (; died 809) was a Frisian bard and convert to Christianity. During his life, he traveled through the coastal regions of Frisia, singing epics about Frisian kings and heroes. According to tradition, he was healed of his blindness by Saint Ludger who then taught him to play the Psalms on his harp instead. When Ludger was forced to leave by the Saxons during their persecution of Christians, he called on Bernlef to evangelize to the Frisian people and baptize infants who were likely to die shortly. Biography Bernlef was born during the 8th century. During his life, he traveled the coast throughout Frisia, between what is now the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Friesland, singing laudatory poems about the wars, heroes, and kings of Frisia while he played his harp. Some time around the turn of the 9th century, he was converted to Christianity by Saint Ludger. Much of what is known about Bernlef's life comes from ('The Life of Saint Ludger'), a hagiography by his relative Saint Altfrid, which is compiled with three other accounts written by monks at the monastery established by Ludger in Werden: the ('The Life [of Saint Ludger] the Second [Version]'), ('The Life [of Saint Ludger] the Third [Version]'), and ('The Life [of Saint Ludger, written in] Verse'). These works were compiled by monks from other copies of the story, except the , which is partially from oral tradition as well. Bernlef died in 809. According to W. Moll's ('Church History of the Nederlands before the Reformation'), Bernlef and his wife resided in Holwert near Dokkum and traveled during the winter months to sing songs where he was held in high esteem by listeners on. Over time, Bernlef had become blind and his wife invited Ludger into their home as he passed through Holwert to proselytize, hearing of his good works in the south. Traditionally ascribed to a miracle, Bernlef's blindness was cured by Ludger. Some versions of the story relate that Bernlef doubted Ludger's Christian message by saying "If your God is so powerful, show me a sign." Thereafter, Ludger placed his hands on Bernlef's eyes and with a prayer healed his blindness. Other versions say that he confessed his sins to Ludger and was healed. After gaining his sight, Bernlef learned to play the Psalms on his harp from Ludger, forgoing the bellicose poetry from his earlier days and evangelizing to the Frisian people. When Ludger was expelled from the area by the Saxons, he charged Bernlef with continuing the evangelizing mission and the baptism of believers, particularly baptizing children who were in poor health and likely to die. Bernlef had eighteen children, only two of whom survived. Both of the surviving children were confirmed by Ludger. Bernlef held to his faith during the Saxon persecution of Christians and died in old age. On his deathbed, he comforted his wife by saying that they would not be separated for long if his prayers were answered and she died fifteen days later. Some of what has been written about Bernlef is subject to debate. For example, disputed W. Moll's recounting of Bernlef's life, stating that although Moll was "otherwise so precise a historian, [he] unconsciously formed the legend of the Psalm-singing Bernlef". Acquoy points to several sections of the where Moll appears to take artistic license, which may have been truthful but are not found in the source Moll purported to have found it. For example, Moll writes that Bernlef "was a welcome guest on winter evenings far and wide by free commoners in the area", but Acquoy cites the original , which only holds that he was held in high esteem by his neighbors. The only writes that he was "loved intensely by the plain and the wealthy", which is copied by the , and nothing of this is mentioned in the . Acquoy also notes that Moll later reported that he had gotten the town Bernlef was from wrong; Bernlef was actually from Holwierde near Delfzijl, not Holwert near Dokkum. Legacy Bernlef has been considered as a possible author of the , an Old Saxon religious poem. Although none of his work has survived, some Frisians consider him to be the first poet, though critics such as Coen Peppelenbos have criticized this notion, saying that "Friesland has wrongly hijacked him as the first poet". The Dutch poet Hendrik Jan Marsman used the pen name "J. Bernlef" after the blind bard. Gallery See also Christianization of the Germanic peoples References Citations Sources External links Category:8th-century births Category:809 deaths Category:Medieval Frisians Category:Converts to Christianity from pagan religions Category:Bards Category:8th-century musicians Category:9th-century musicians Category:Blind musicians Category:Harpists

Kristopher Wells

Kristopher Wells (born ) is a Canadian academic and politician. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on August 31, 2024. He was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and appointed by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Education Wells has earned three degrees from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Education, a Master of Education, and a Doctor of Philosophy. Career Wells was a public school teacher in St. Albert, Alberta. He then worked as diversity consultant for Edmonton Public Schools, where he helped develop the first sexual and gender identity school board policy in Western Canada. In 2012, he became a professor at MacEwan University and faculty director of the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta. In 2018, he was appointed MacEwan University's first Canada Research Chair and was the founding Director of the MacEwan Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity. Wells has served on various committees in Alberta, including the Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities, REACH Edmonton, the Alberta Hate Crimes Committee, the Edmonton Police Chief's Community Advisory Council, and the LGBTQ2+ National Monument Committee. He has been a critic of the Alberta government's plan to require parental consent before children under 16 can change their names or preferred gender pronoun in schools. Wells is the co-creator of Pride Tape, a campaign that encouraged NHL hockey players to use rainbow patterned hockey tape on their sticks as a way of showing support for LGBTQ rights. At the time of his appointment to the upper house, Wells was an associate professor at MacEwan University in the Department of Child and Youth Care in the Faculty of Health and Community Studies and the Canada Research Chair for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan University. His academic work specializes in sexual and gender minority youth, education, and culture. He is the co-editor of the Journal of LGBT Youth. Senate The appointments of Wells and Daryl Fridhandler as Senators for Alberta were criticized by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for ignoring the results of the province's unofficial Senate nominee election. Smith issued a statement saying: "Despite our province's repeated democratic election of senators-in-waiting ready to represent Albertans’ interests, [Prime Minister Trudeau] has chosen to appoint left-wing partisans who will do whatever he and the Liberals order them to." Honours Wells is a recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal, the Alberta Award for Study of Canadian Human Rights and Multiculturalism, the Alberta Teachers’ Association's Public Education Award, and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. References Category:Living people Category:Canadian senators from Alberta Category:Independent Canadian senators Category:Academic staff of MacEwan University Category:Canadian LGBT rights activists Category:Canadian LGBT writers Category:People from St. Albert, Alberta Category:Canadian LGBT senators Category:21st-century Canadian LGBT people Category:University of Alberta alumni

Climatological normals of india

Climatological normals of India are long-term averages of meteorological variables that provide a standard baseline for assessing India's climate and its variations. These normals are typically calculated over a 30-year period and are updated every decade by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The most recent set covers the period from 1991 to 2020, replacing the previous 1981-2010 normals. India's climatological normals encompass a wide range of weather conditions due to the country's vast geographic scale and varied topography. The data includes parameters such as air temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, cloud amounts etc. s for hundreds of weather stations across India. These normals are crucial for understanding regional climate patterns, identifying long-term trends, and supporting various sectors including agriculture, water resource management, and urban planning. The diverse climate of India, ranging from tropical in the south to alpine and tundra in the Himalayas, is reflected in these normals. They capture key features of India's climate such as the monsoon seasons, which significantly influence precipitation patterns across the country. Climatological normals serve as an important reference for climate research, policy-making, and assessing the impacts of climate change in India. Definition and Purpose Climatological normals of India are long-term averages of meteorological variables calculated over a 30-year period, providing a standard baseline for assessing India's climate and its variations. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines climatological normals as "arithmetic averages of climatological data computed for consecutive periods of thirty years". These normals are crucial for understanding India's diverse climate patterns and serve multiple purposes: Baseline for climate assessment: They provide a reference point for comparing current weather conditions to long-term averages. Climate change monitoring: Normals help in identifying long-term climate trends and assessing the impacts of climate change across India's varied geography. Sectoral planning: They are essential for various sectors such as agriculture, water resource management, urban planning, and energy production. Weather forecasting: Normals assist meteorologists in making more accurate weather predictions by providing historical context. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) calculates these normals for numerous weather parameters, including temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind speed. The normals are updated every decade to reflect the most recent 30-year period, ensuring they remain relevant in the face of changing climate conditions. Historical Development of the Normals The concept of climatological normals in India has a rich history dating back to the early days of organized meteorological observations: Early beginnings: The India Meteorological Department was established in 1875, marking the start of systematic weather observations across the country. First publication: The first set of climatological tables for India was published in 1904, based on data from 171 stations. Standardization: In 1935, the International Meteorological Organization (now WMO) standardized the use of 30-year periods for calculating normals, starting with 1901–1930. Expansion of network: Over the decades, IMD significantly expanded its network of weather stations, improving the spatial coverage and accuracy of climatological data. Modernization: The introduction of automated weather stations and advanced data processing techniques in the late 20th century enhanced the quality and quantity of data used for calculating normals. Recent updates: IMD has consistently updated its climatological normals every decade. The most recent set covers the period from 1991 to 2020, replacing the previous 1981-2010 normals. Increased parameters: Over time, the range of meteorological parameters included in the normals has expanded, providing a more comprehensive view of India's climate. List of Observatories There are a total of 405 observatories spread across Indian cities and villages from where this data has been collected. 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(Municipality)MIDNAPOREUrbanPURULIAUrbanSAGAR ISLANDRuralSANDHEADSRuralSHANTI NIKETAN80210Town (Municipality)ULBERIA222240Town (Municipality) References Category:India Meteorological Department Category:Climate and weather statistics

Loch Lomond (Runrig song)

"Loch Lomond" is the debut single by Scottish celtic rock band Runrig, released in December 1982 as a non-album single. "Loch Lomond" is a cover version of the traditional Scots song, "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond". The song was released via Ridge Records, and was recorded at Castlesound Studios in Edinburgh. In 2007, Runrig and the supporters of the Scotland national football team, the Tartan Army, recorded a remix version of "Loch Lomond", released as "Loch Lomond (Hampden Remix). It was a commercial success in both their native Scotland as well as the United Kingdom. It debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Charts, where it remained for four weeks, and debuted at number nine in the United Kingdom. The 2007 remix was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. Background "Loch Lomond" was recorded as a cover version of the historic traditional Scottish song, "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond". The original songwriter and composer of "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" is unknown, thus, no songwriters are credited on the "Loch Lomond" release by Runrig. However, "The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond" was first published in a book entitled Vocal Melodies of Scotland in 1841, but it is estimated that the origins of the song can be traced back to at least back to the eighteenth century. "Loch Lomond" is credited as being about "two Scottish soldiers who were imprisoned on the Scottish border. They were tried, and one of them would be sentenced for execution while the other one would be set free". Lyrically, "Loch Lomond" centres around the events of the doomed soldier who is comforting the soldier who will be set free. The soldier, who will be let go, is thought to be deeply distraught about his friend's fate as suggested by the songs lyrics, however, his friend tells him that “you’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road, and I’ll be in Scotland before ye”. It is said that in traditional and ancient Scottish legend, anyone who passes away outside Scotland will take the “low road” back to their homeland, where they will finally be at peace. Recording and release The band first recorded a version of "Loch Lomond" for their album The Highland Connection which was released in 1979. Rather than having the song arranged in a composure that would create its arrangement as a ballad, the band decided to compose and frame their version within the rock band format of the album, with reasonably high pacing. Runrig later re-recorded the song, leaning towards a significantly softer sound and purer ballad expression than their first version which was included on The Highland Connection. In an attempt to reach a wider audience, Runrig decided to release a single, with "Loch Lomond" chosen for its commercial appeal. For the single release, the song was re-recorded at Castlesound Studios in Edinburgh. Released in December 1982, "Loch Lomond" received high radio airplay in Scotland and sold very well there. The song also received some airplay in England, such as on Radio 1, through disc jockeys Simon Bates and Terry Wogan. The remix, re-recorded version was recorded with 50,000 Scotland national football team supporters, and coincided with the BBC Children in Need fundraiser in Scotland. BBC Scotland were also involved in the recording process of the track, with Runrig claiming that they were "thrilled" to be part of the project to raise funds for Children in Need. Legacy Supporters of German football team FC Köln sing a song to the tune of "Loch Lomond" before each match the club plays. The song was later adopted as the clubs anthem. Based on data from streaming network Spotify, The Scotsman ranked "Loch Lomond" as number one in the top five Runrig songs of all time. At Scottish weddings, "Loch Lomond" is commonly played at the end of the wedding ceremony in celebration of a newly wedded couple. The song has been described by the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame as a "rocking anthem", partly due to a concert held by the band in 1991 on Loch Lomond itself with a crowd of 45,000 people in attendance. Commercial performance In the United Kingdom, "Loch Lomond" was the debut appearance by Runrig on the official UK Singles Chart following its debut and peak position of number eighty-six on 8 January 1983. It remained in the UK Top 100 for only one week, before falling out of the UK Top 100. In 2007, the remix version of "Loch Lomond" which features the Tartan Army, the name of supporters of the Scotland national football team, debuted and peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Charts, giving Runrig their first and only UK Top 10 single. The 2007 version remained on the UK Singles Charts for four weeks. In their native Scotland, the 2007 remix featuring the Tartan Army debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Charts on 24 November 2007. It remained at number one in Scotland for four weeks, keeping "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis from the top spot. In its fifth week, it fell to number two, behind "What a Wonderful World" by Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua. In its sixth week, it fell to number four where it remained for two weeks, before falling to number nine in the last week of December 2007. By January 2008, it began to climb the charts again in Scotland, climbing to number seven. Track listing 7": Ridge / RRS003 (1982) "Loch Lomond" – 4:27 "Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh" – 2:28 CD: Ridge / RRS048 (2007) "Loch Lomond" (Hampden Remix) – 7:42 "Clash of the Ash" – 3:16 Chart performance 1982 release Chart (1983)Peakposition 2007 remix Chart (2007)Peakposition See also The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond Loch Lomond References Category:2007 singles Category:1982 singles Category:1979 songs Category:Runrig songs

Mário Augusto Caetano João

Mário Augusto Caetano João de Sousa (born 24 November 1978) is an Angolan professor, economist, writer, and politician. He has been the Minister of the Economy and Planning of the Republic of Angola since 2021. Biography Caetano was born in 1978 in the Maianga zone of Luanda. His uncle was militant and pro-independence activist Jacob Caetano.Mário Caetano João: De empregado de McDonald's a Ministro da Economia de Angola. Luanda Post. 2 September 2021. He spent his childhood in the Alvalade neighbourhood, where he went to daycare between 1982 and 1983. He went on to practice ballet at the Escola de Dança Contemporânea de Luanda, from 1984 to 1986, as well as to play basketball with C.D. Primeiro de Agosto from 1994 to 1995. He went on to attend secondary school in Luanda until 1990, retaking it in the same city between 1993 and 1995. Academic and professional career Caetano moved to Bonn, Germany, where he lived from 1990 to 1992, returning to Angola afterwards. Living in Europe inspired him to move to Prague in 1995, where he graduated from secondary school in 1997. In 1998, he matriculated in licensing courses in pedagogy and physical education, with French language courses at Charles University. He transferred to the Portuguese language courses at the same university, graduating in 2003. During his time at university in Prague, he began to work part time at a McDonald's, having eventually risen to be the manager. He also lectured part time at the Lycée Josef Skvorecky in Prague. Later on, from 2004 to 2006, he became the commercial and investment manager for AICEP Portugal Global (AICEP), the commercial section of the Portuguese Embassy in Prague. In 2004, Caetano began a master's program in Portuguese Studies at Charles University. In 2006, he also began a master's program in agrarian economics from the College of Economics and Management at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. He continued his studies and, in 2009, graduated with both a master's and doctorate in African Studies from Charles University. He began his career as an economic in the Czech Republic in 2006, during which time he also became a polyglot, becoming fluent in English, French, Czech, German, Swahili, Spanish, and Italian. He returned to Angola in 2007 to begin lecturing at the Methodist University of Angola and was admitted as an employee at the Ministry of Finance. He was the Chief of Exchange and Cooperation of Angolan Customs from 2008 to 2012. He became, from 2008 to 2010, part of the Multisectoral Technical Group for the implementation of the Protocol on Commercial Returns from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and, from 2007 to 2012, the Business Group of Angola for the negotiations of economic partnership agreements with the European Union. He became the first African person to be accredited by the World Customs Organization as an Advisor of Customs Modernization in 2011. In 2011 as well, he was highlighted in Botswana, where he worked a commercial and customs expert at the Directory of TIFI (Trade, Industry, Finance, and Investment) of the SADC. Political and governmental career in Angola On returning to Angola, Caetano became an activist and member of the provincial Politburo of the MPLA in Luanda. In 2012, he was transferred to the Study and International Relations Cabinet of the Ministry of Finance, having been, from 2013 to 2015, the Head of the Department of Policies and Macroeconomic Management and, from 2015 to 2016, the Head of the International Relations Department. Caetano stepped aside from government work from 2016 to 2019 to become the Administrative Assessor of the 25th constituency of World Bank Group, based in Washington, D.C. in the United States. In 2019, however, at the invite of the Angolan government, he returned to Angola to work as the Executive Administrator of the Angola Debt and Stock Exchange (BODIVA) in their finances division. He assumed, in January 2020, the role of Secretary of State of the Economy. While secretary, he was responsible for overseeing the Programa de Apoio à Produção, Diversificação das Exportações e Substituição das Importações (PRODESI) On 1 September 2021, Caetano was nominated by president João Lourenço to become the Minister of the Economy and Planning and continued to do so after the 2022 Angolan general election. In 2021, after 5 successive years of GDP decline in Angola, estimates pointed towards positive GDP growth of 0.7%. Caetano, as minister, implemented the Programa de Reconversão da Economia Informal (PREI). Awards 2022 — Special Prize of African Public Service Works and public articles 2005 — Historie angolského zemědělství" (History of Angolan Agriculture), (2005) in Sbornik Prispevku z doktorskeho seminare, vol. 1., Praha: Czech University of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics and Management. 2006 — Ekonomie angolského zemědělství" (Economics of Angolan Agriculture), (2006) in M. Caetano Joao, P. Jelinek & A. Knitl (eds.): Lusofonní Afrika 1975–2005 África Lusófona 2012 — "Centenário da primeira União Aduaneira do mundo" (Centenary of the first Customs Union in the world), (2010) in Suplemento do Espaço Aduaneiro n. 56, Alfândegas de Angola. 2013 — Economia Internacional Volume: 1: Geografia Económica. 2018 — Economia Internacional. Volume. 2: Centros, Regiões e Blocos Económicos. 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Royal Palace of Tordesillas

thumb|300px|right|Royal Palace of Tordesillas (right next to the church and the bridge) on a panoramic view by Anton van den Wyngaerde (around 1565) The Palace of Tordesillas () is a former royal residence in Tordesillas, Spain. It was here that queen Joanna of Castile, after being declared insane, was confined in 1506 until her death in 1555. The palace was demolished in the 18th century. History thumb|300px|right|Queen Joanna of Castile confined at the palace of Tordesillas thumb|300px|right|Another painting depicting Queen Joanna of Castile confined at the palace of Tordesillas One of the most important buildings in Tordesillas was its Royal Palace, the temporary seat of the itinerant courts of the Castilian monarchies and especially notable for being the place where Queen Joanna I of Castile stayed for 46 years, after being declared insane in 1506. After the palace of Alfonso XI and Pedro I was converted into a convent of Poor Clares, the Royal Convent of Santa Clara, King Henry III decided to build another palace near the previous one, overlooking the Douro river. Its perimeter was rectangular, it was built with masonry and adobe and had two floors of height. It had three gates: the main one, to the south facing the river; another to the west, on San Antolín Street and the third to the north, in front of the Alderete palace. It also had an exterior corridor that ran along the south façade and more than half of the west façade, continuing as an elevated passageway over the street to communicate with the church of San Antolín. In the center of the south façade there was a square tower with three levels and a corridor in the last one, which was used for surveillance. The rooms were covered with wooden coffered ceilings and their walls with rich tapestries. They were arranged around two patios and an orchard to the east. The royal palace underwent renovations to accommodate Queen Juana and her entourage. Until 1524, she was accompanied by her daughter, Catherine, who left Tordesillas when she married John III of Portugal. Due to the poor quality of the construction materials, it needed continuous repairs. After the death of Queen Joanna, the building was abandoned and, despite carrying out repairs to prevent its state of ruin, it was demolished in 1773 during the reign of Charles III. New buildings were constructed on the palace site and the urban landscape changed completely. For an exhibition on the palace in Tordesillas in 2017, a replica of the palace has been made at a scale of 1:40. This model can be seen in the Treaty House museum in Tordesillas. References Literature Category:Former palaces Category:Palaces in Spain Palace of Tordesillas

Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata

Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata (17th century–18th century) was a noble from the House of Medrano in Sojuela, La Rioja, lord and divisero of Regajal, a knight of the Order of Calatrava, and a prominent colonial official in New Spain who served as the governor of the province of Carrión in the valley of Atlixco, located in present-day Puebla, Mexico, from 1693 to 1706. Governor of the Province of Carrión (1693– 1706) thumb|Section of Juan Manuel Martínez Caltenco's mural work in the municipal building depicting the history of the municipality of Atlixco Before Medrano became governor, the city of Atlixco and the surrounding area was under the jurisdiction of Huejotzingo, but in 1632, it became a local independent seat of government. In 1693, Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata became the governor of the province of Carrión, in the valley of Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico, with his seat in the city of Atlixco, from 1693 to 1706.Tomás Fernández de Medrano, consejero y secretario de Estado y Guerra de los Duques de Saboya, divisero del Solar de Valdeosera by D. Luis Pinillos Lafuente, divisero of Valdeosera page 29. https://cuadernosdeayala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CAyala-87.pdf In 1706, the area came under the direct control of the Spanish Crown, with Philip V from the House of Bourbon granting José Sarmiento de Valladares, the royal title of Duke and Lord of Atlixco. The region was historically significant for its role in the Flower Wars, ritual battles fought by the Aztec Empire and their rivals from 1454 to 1519. These conflicts originate from Atlixco’s strategic importance and fertile land, which later made it a vital agricultural center in New Spain during Don Diego Fernández de Medrano's governorship. During his governance, Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata witnessed the transition of power from the House of Habsburg to the House of Bourbon after the death of Charles II of Spain, who left no male heir, which led to the War of the Spanish Succession and ultimately the Bourbon Reforms.The Bourbon Reform of Spanish Absolutism - KU ScholarWorks (2014) https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/22033/Fox_ku_0099D_13266_DATA_1.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 Portrait thumb|Portrait of "The Lord General Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata, governor of the province of Carrión in the valley of Atlixco" (1693) The portrait of Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata, created in 1693, is a remarkable example of the 17th-century New Spanish School's artistry (Escuela Novohispana). This oil-on-canvas painting measures 182 x 108 cm. The portrait recently garnered significant attention when it was auctioned, with its price surging from 3,000 to 16,000 euros. Biography Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata was a Basque-Castillian nobleman and colonial administrator in New Spain, born in Sojuela, and later a resident of Logroño in La Rioja. Sojuela was ruled by his relative Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zenizeros, Lord of Valdeosera, commissioner of Spanish infantry, priest and chaplain. Family Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata was a knight of the prestigious Order of Calatrava and the son of Don Juan Fernández de Medrano, a notable member of the Holy Office in Logroño and the owner of the Solar de Regajal, and Doña Francisca de Zapata y Medrano, a former resident of Calahorra. The couple had two sons, Don Diego and Don Francisco Antonio Fernández de Medrano y Zapata. Will and testament The Toledo Archivo de la Nobleza (Dukes of Baena) contains a copy, dated October 15, 1750, of the wills executed in Calahorra by three members of the Fernández de Medrano family: his father Don Juan Fernández de Medrano on March 22, 1665; Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata on August 3, 1708; and his son Don Enrique Fernández de Medrano on September 29, 1735.Copies of the wills executed in Calahorra (La Rioja) by Enrique Fernández de Mediano on November 29, 1735, by Diego Fernández de Medrano Zapata on August 3, 1708, and by Juan Fernández de Medrano on March 22, 1665. https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/6159573 Heir Don Enrique Fernández de Medrano, son of Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata, was involved in proceedings for the granting of the title of Knight of the Order of Calatrava in 1702. Enrique Fernández de Medrano y Vicuña Zapata y Echavarri, a native of Sojuela, was confirmed as a knight. In 1723, documentation was also prepared for Doña Francisca Jiménez de Tejada Eslava López de Mirafuentes y Vicuña, a native of Funes, to marry Enríque Fernández de Medrano, who was by then a Knight of the Order of Calatrava.Tomás Fernández de Medrano, consejero y secretario de Estado y Guerra de los Duques de Saboya, divisero del Solar de Valdeosera by D. Luis Pinillos Lafuente, divisero of Valdeosera page 30. https://cuadernosdeayala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CAyala-87.pdf Eulalia Fernández de Medrano y Jiménez de Tejada His son Enríque had a daughter named Eulalia Fernández de Medrano y Jiménez de Tejada, who married José Javier de Gaínza y Monzón, lord of the Gaínza estate. Eulalia Fernández de Medrano and José were the parents of Don Gabino Gaínza Fernández de Medrano, Knight of the Order of Saint John, and the last governor and captain-general of the Kingdom of Guatemala, famous for declaring independence on 15 September 1821, becoming the first ruler of a united and independent Central America. Diego's granddaughter Eulalia Fernández de Medrano was the great-niece of Friar Francisco Jiménez de Tejada, 69th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta in the early 18th century. Eulalia is also related to the 1st Marqueses of Ximénez de Tejada, Don Pedro Gregorio Ximénez de Tejada y Eslava (1708-1794) and Doña Joaquina de Argaiz y Velaz de Medrano (Peralta, b. 1711).Ministry of Justice, Government of Spain (2007). «Marquises». In Ministry of Justice, ed. Greatness and Titles of the kingdom. Official Guide . ISBN 978-84-7787-097-5 Relatives thumb|right|Coat of Arms of the House of Medrano on top of the coat of arms of the Lordship and Solar of Valdeosera, as seen in the political treatise Mista Republica by Tomás Fernández de Medrano (1602) Diego's ancestor Don Francisco Fernández de Medrano was the brother of Tomás Fernández de Medrano, mayor, lord and divisero of Valdeosera, knight in the Order of Saint John, Secretary of State and War for the Dukes of Savoy, author of the important political treatise "Republica Mista" published in 1602; and of General Diego de Medrano, famous naval commander in the Spanish Armada. Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zenizeros Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata was also a close relative of the Chaplain and Priest Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zenizeros, lord and divisero of the Villa and Solar of Valdeosera, and of the town of Sojuela, knight in the Order of Santiago, owner of the House and Tower of La Vega and the Palace of Entrena, Commissioner of Spanish Infantry and Alcaide of the Castles of Villarejo de Salvanés and Fuentidueña (Guadalajara), which belong to the Order of Santiago. Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zenizeros, Lord of Valdeosera and Sojuela, was the author of the panegyric and political treatise "Heroic and Flying Fame of the Most Excellent Lord Don Luis Méndez de Haro, Count-Duke of Olivares" and the political treatise "Mirror of Princes: Crucible of their Virtues, Astonishment of their Failings, Soul of their Government and Government of their Soul" dedicated to Don Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, of the House of Austria. In the registry of the Divisa Regajal, on May 1, 1624, Don Diego Fernández de Medrano and his son Don Diego were registered on leaf 109, Lords of the Villa of Sojuela.S.II, B.2, fol. 24 Don Diego de Medrano served as alcalde mayor of the Solar of Valdeosera in the years 1624-1625 and 1643–1644.Tomás Fernández de Medrano, consejero y secretario de Estado y Guerra de los Duques de Saboya, divisero del Solar de Valdeosera by D. Luis Pinillos Lafuente, divisero of Valdeosera page 28. https://cuadernosdeayala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CAyala-87.pdf Clemente Fernández de Medrano King Philip IV of Spain, through a Royal dispatch dated June 23, 1638, issued a report detailing the services of Diego's relative Don Clemente Fernández de Medrano, employed by His Majesty and recorded in the documents of the secretary of state and war of the Government of the Kingdom of Sicily, based on his original papers, which were submitted by his grandsons, Don Francisco and Don Nicolás Fernández de Medrano, in Palermo on July 25, 1690. Lord and Divisero of Regajal thumb|right|Coat of arms of the House of Medrano: Gules field, hollow cross of Calatrava in gold, argent goshawk on the hand of the Medrano family progenitor, surrounded by an azure border with their family motto "Ave María Gracia Plena Dominus Tecum" in sable letters (1568). Regajal is a village that belonged to the Community of Villa and Tierra de Jubera. The Solar of Regajal is connected to the Solar of Valdeosera, one of the most ancient corporations in Spain, associated with the battle of Clavijo. His father Juan Fernández de Medrano was a prominent figure who took possession of the Divisa Regajal on June 13, 1596.(Serie Il, Becerro 1, folio 80) His father was associated with the Holy Office of Logroño, with residency in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. On May 10, 1664, Diego Fernández de Medrano y Zapata took possession of the Divisa Regajal.(S.V., B.20, fol. 123). Lords of Regajal His ancestor Don Francisco Fernandez de Medrano, from Navarrete, lord and divisero of Regajal, fought during the French Wars of Religion under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma. Francisco Fernandez de Medrano married Maria Ana de Espinosa. Captain Francisco Fernández de Medrano was registered in the census of divisional knights as a captain, and neighbor of Entrena, registered on 1 May 1596, Divisa de Regajal. Two sons of Francisco are also registered on 1 May 1614: Don Diego Fernández de Medrano y Espinosa and Don Francisco Fernández de Medrano y Espinosa, legitimate sons of Don Francisco Fernandez de Medrano and of Doña María Ana de Espinosa, his wife, lords of the said Solar and Divisa de Regajal. Diego Fernández de Medrano y Espinosa was born in Logroño in 1564, his grandfather had also been a secretary to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, himself. In 1607, he was appointed chaplain of honor, judge of the royal chapel, administrator and deputy of the Royal Hospital of the court and testamentary executor of Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. In the Archive of Valdeosera, Francisco and Diego Fernández de Medrano y Espinosa were both registered as natives and descendants in the direct male line of the manor and Divisa de Regajal. See also Tomás Fernández de Medrano Gabino Gaínza Fernández de Medrano Pedro Antonio de Medrano García de Medrano y Alvarez de los Rios García de Medrano y Mendizábal, 1st Count of Torrubia Bibliography Luis Pinillos Lafuente: Valdeosera. El Solar de las Trece Divisas. Logroño, 2008. References Category:16th-century Spanish nobility Category:People from La Rioja Category:People from Logroño Category:17th-century births Category:18th-century deaths Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Year of death unknown Category:Spanish colonial governors and administrators Category:Castilian nobility Category:Knights of Calatrava

Leonel Montano

Leonel Caicedo Montano Dahl (born 2 October 1999) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a left-back for Danish 1st Division side Esbjerg fB. Career Club career Montano started his career as a youngster in BK Skjold, before switching to B.93 at the age of 11.Leo er ugens profil i 93’eren, b93.dk, 19 November 2018 Here he played his way up through the club's youth academy and later became a regular member of the club's senior squad. Montano made his debut for B.93 as a 17-year-old on March 1, 2017, against F.C. Copenhagen in a Danish Cup match.14. Leonel Montano, b93prof.dk After his debut, Montano was firmly promoted to the first team and quickly became an important player for the Danish 2nd Division squad, where he proved to be a goal-scoring midfielder. On July 4, 2019, Danish 1st Division club Vejle Boldklub confirmed that they had signed Montano on a deal until June 2023, effective from January 2020.19-årig stærk midtbanespiller skriver under med VB, vejle24.dk, 4 July 2019Vejle Boldklub har hentet den 19-årige Leonel Montano..., facebook.com, 4 July 2019 In his first six months he played 8 games, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist, contributing to Vejle's promotion to the 2020-21 Danish Superliga. After promotion to the Danish Superliga, playing time became more scarce for Montao: 6 appearances in the league and 3 matches in the cup tournament with 2 goals. In search of more playing time, Montano was loaned out to Danish 1st Division club FC Fredericia on February 1, 2021.Vejle Boldklub udlejer offensivspiller, tipsbladet.dk, 1 February 2021 Here Montano scored 3 goals in 13 games.Udlejet Vejle-angriber: Har manglet held, bold.dk, 8 April 2021 On September 1, 2021, Montao joined Esbjerg fB on a contract until June 2025.Offensivspiller Leonel Montano er ny mand i Esbjerg fB-trøjen på en aftale frem til sommeren 2025. Han kommer til fra Vejle BK., efb.dk, 1 September 2021 In the 2023–24 season, Montano was converted to left-back. Before then, Montano had always played in the offensive positions, from striker, to winger, to midfielder.Omskolet back elsker endelig at være en del af holdet: Montano måler glæde i spilletid, jv.dk, 26 August 2023 Personal life Leonel Montano was born and raised in Denmark with a Danish mother and Colombian father.Ny VB'er: Jeg skal gribe chancen, når den kommer, vafo.dk, 11 January 2020 References External links Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Danish people of Colombian descent Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Danish 1st Division players Category:Danish 2nd Division players Category:Boldklubben Skjold players Category:Boldklubben af 1893 players Category:Vejle Boldklub players Category:FC Fredericia players Category:Esbjerg fB players

John Hamilton Stubbs

Lieutenant-Commander John Hamilton Stubbs, (June 5, 1912 – 1944) was a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He was killed in the sinking of the destroyer in 1944. Biography Born in Kaslo, British Columbia, Stubbs was the son of an electrical engineer. From an early age, he expressed an interest in becoming a sailor, and joined the Navy League Sea Cadets aged 10. After attending the Brentwood College School, he applied to join the Royal Canadian Navy, and joined the service as a cadet in 1930. After initial training, Stubbs was sent to the Royal Navy for further training, He was posted to the Mediterranean Fleet, and served in ships including in the battleship . In 1935, he was appointed navigation officer in the Canadian destroyer , and was promoted to lieutenant the following year. He was then sent to the United Kingdom to receive the Long Navigation Course in . After finishing the course, he was posted to the destroyer HMCS Ottawa as navigation officer. In 1940, Stubbs was posted to the destroyer HMCS Assiniboine as executive officer under Commodore Leonard W. Murray, taking over as commanding officer from Murray in September that year. For the next two years, Stubbs was mainly engaged in convoy escort duties in Assiniboine, though in August 1941 he escorted the battleship to Placentia Bay where British prime minister Winston Churchill met US President Franklin Roosevelt for the first time. Whilst escorting Convoy SC 94 in early August 1942 as part of Escort Group C1, Assiniboines Type 286 radar spotted the in a heavy fog on 6 August. After attacking the submarine with machine gun fire, Stubbs rammed it twice and finally sank it with depth charges. For his actions, Stubbs was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. In 1944, whilst in command of the destroyer , Stubbs took part in the Action of 26 April 1944, which resulted in the destruction of the . For this action, Stubbs was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Three days later, Athabaskan was torpedoed and sank, with heavy loss of life. Stubbs was one of those killed. He reportedly refused rescued and shouted to , which was searching for survivors, to get to safety. Stubbs is buried in Plouescat Communal Cemetery, France. Mount Stubbs in British Columbia and École John Stubbs Memorial School in Colwood, British Columbia are named in his honour. References External links Canada.com Naval heroes Canadian naval tribute Category:1912 births Category:1944 deaths Category:Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Category:Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Category:People from British Columbia Category:Royal Canadian Navy officers Category:Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II

Leo McCrea

Leo McCrea (9 November 2003) is a British-Swiss Paralympic swimmer. He represented Switzerland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke SB5 event. Early life and career McCrea was born on 9 November 2003 with achondroplasia. He is from Poole, England; his father is from England and his mother, Corinne, is from Switzerland. He started swimming at the age of 6, inspired by his older sister, Jasmine. He started his competitive career at age 8, with Val Simmonds, Ellie Simmonds' mother, recommending that he join a club. He won multiple honours at the 2011 World Dwarf Games. McCrea is a Bournemouth University student. 2019–2021: Tokyo Summer Paralympics Since April 2019, McCrea has represented Switzerland in international competitions. He competed in the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, where he participated in the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB6, 100 m freestyle S6, 100 m freestyle S6, 200 m individual medley SM6, and 400 m freestyle categories. He finished 8th in the final of the 400 m freestyle. McCrea competed in the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal, where he entered the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, and 400 m freestyle S6 categories. He reached the finals in all of these events. McCrea qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. He participated in the 100 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, 200 m individual medley SM6, and 400 m freestyle S6 events. He reached the final of the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event, where he placed 5th. 2022–2024: Paris Summer Paralympics He competed at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal, in the 50 m freestyle S6, 100 m breaststroke SB5, and 100 m freestyle S6. He earned a silver medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 and reached the finals in the 100 m freestyle S6. At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England, McCrea participated in the 100 m breaststroke SB5, where he won a silver medal, and the 100 m freestyle S6 events. At the 2024 World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event and he competed in the 200 m individual medley SM6 event. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. He won a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke SB5 event and he competed in the 200 m individual medley SM6 event. References External links Category:2003 births Category:Alumni of Bournemouth University Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic swimmers for Switzerland Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Switzerland Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming Category:S5-classified para swimmers Category:S6-classified para swimmers Category:Sportspeople from Poole Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Swimmers with dwarfism Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen

Monument to the Glory of Émile Levassor

The Monument to the Glory of Émile Levassor (French: Monument à la gloire d'Émile Levassor), also known as The Triumph of Levassor (French: Le Triomphe de Levassor), is a sculpture in Paris, France, placed in the Alexandre and René Parodi Square, near Admiral Bruix Boulevard, within the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is dedicated to Émile Levassor, an engineer and a pioneer of the automobile industry and car racing in France, and commorated him crossing the finish line first in the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, which is sometimes considered the first automotive race in history. It was designed Jules Dalou and Camille Lefèvre, and unveiled on 26 November 1907, at the entrance to Boulogne Woodland park. In 1972 it was moved to its current location. History thumb|220px|left|Émile Levassor and Louise Sarazin-Levassor at the start of the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris. thumb|left|180px|The monument in the 1900s. The monument was dedicated to Émile Levassor, an engineer and a pioneer of the automobile industry and car racing in France, and commorated him crossing the finish line first in the 1895 Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, which is sometimes considered the first automotive race in history. It was commitioned by Automobile Club of France in 1898, a year after his death. Work on the monument was begun by sculptor Jules Dalou, and following his death in 1902, it was continued by one of his students, Camille Lefèvre, who based it on his drawings. The monument was unveiled on 26 November 1907, at the entrance to Boulogne Woodland park.Éamon Ó Cofaigh: A Vehicle for Change: Popular Representations of the Automobile in 20th-Century France. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2022. ISBN 9781802070675.June Ellen Hargrove: The Statues of Paris An Open-air Pantheon: the History of Statues to Great Men. Mercatorfonds, 1989, p. 219. ISBN 9789061532095. In 1972, due to the construction of the Peripheral Boulevard, the monument was moved to Alexandre and René Parodi Square, near Admiral Bruix Boulevard, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Characteristics The monument is placed in the Alexandre and René Parodi Square, near Admiral Bruix Boulevard, within the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It has a form of a large tall stone cuboid, that is stylilyzed to resemble a triumphal arch with two columns placed in front of it. In the centre is featured a relief titled The Triumph of Levassor (French: Le Triomphe de Levassor). It depicts Émile Levassor driving a 1895 Panhard et Levassor automobile, featuring racing number 5 written on its front, and decorated with laurel branches. Behind and to his right, is depicted a cheering crowd of people, with men to waving their hats in the air. Above them are branches of a tree. On top of the arch, above the relief, is a sculpture of a car wherl with wings.Hervé Poulain, Jean Jacques Lévêque: L'art et l'automobile. Les Clefs du Temps, 1973, p. 60. (in French) Gallery References Category:Monuments and memorials in Paris Category:1907 establishments in France Category:1907 sculptures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1907 Category:Outdoor sculptures in Paris Category:Sculptures of men in France Category:Sculptures of women in Paris Category:Sculptures of objects Category:Cars in art Category:Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Category:Panhard Category:Reliefs in France Category:Cultural depictions of engineers Category:Cultural depictions of racing drivers Category:Stone monuments and memorials Category:Relocated buildings and structures

Anna-Lena Frömming

Anna-Lena Frömming (born 18 February 1995) is a German taekwondo athlete. Career Anna-Lena Frömming began practising the Korean martial art of taekwondo in 2001. In 2007, she was runner-up in the European Cadet Championships in Budapest, and in 2009 she again achieved a European medal, winning a bronze at the European Junior Championships in Trelleborg. In 2011, she became European Junior Champion in the 55 kg weight class in Paphos. In 2012, Frömming won a bronze medal in the same category at the World Junior Championships in Sharm El-Sheikh. She won two more bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 European Under-21 Championships in Chișinău and Innsbruck. In the senior category, she won bronze in the weight class up to 57 kg at the 2013 World Taekwondo Championships in Puebla. In 2015, Frömming took part in the European Games and the Universiade. This was followed by podium places at the Military World Games, a silver medal in 2015 in Mungyeong and a bronze medal in 2019 in Wuhan. In 2017, Frömming took part in the Universiade for a second time, before winning bronze at the 2018 World Military Championships in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016, Frömming took part in the European qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de Janeiro, where she achieved a third place and was therefore unable to qualify for a quota place for the Olympic competition.https://aoc-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/corporate/live/files/dmfile/Rio2016QualificationSystem-Taekwondo.pdf At the 2021 Women's Taekwondo World Championships in Riyadh, she won a bronze medal in the 62 kg category. Due to a metacarpal fracture, Frömming had to take a break for several months in 2023 and finished 9th at the World Championships in Baku in the same year. She also took part in the European Games for a second time in 2023. Personal life Frömming has studied Psychology. References External links Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:German female taekwondo practitioners Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists Category:21st-century German sportswomen Category:European Games competitors for Germany Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games Category:Military World Games silver medalists for Germany Category:Military World Games bronze medalists for Germany Category:Military World Games medalists in taekwondo

Angus Lapsley

Angus Charles William Lapsley is a British civil servant, who came under investigation after reportedly leaving highly classified documents at a bus stop in Kent. He has been the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning since September 2022. Biography Lapsley attended Warwick School from 1981 to 1988. He studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. He joined the Civil Service in 1991, working in the Department of Health and then the UK Representation to the European Union, before serving as the Home Affairs Private Secretary. In 1999 he joined the FCO, leading the EU Institutions Unit during the Nice Treaty negotiations. He served in Paris between 2001 and 2005 on foreign and security policy issues. From 2006 he was Deputy Balkans Co-ordinator, and from 2006 to 2010 he was Counsellor and Head of the Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP), Common Security and Defence Policy and EU Enlargement team at the UK Representation to the EU. He was Director (Americas) in the FCO, before moving to the Cabinet Office as Director in the European and Global Issues Secretariat in April 2012. He also led the Cabinet Office's role on the review of the balance of competences between the UK and the EU. From March 2015 until September 2017, Lapsley served as the UK's Political and Security Ambassador to the EU. Lapsley was invested as a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for services to British foreign policy in the 2019 Birthday Honours. In 2021, Lapsley was reported to be under consideration for the role of British ambassador to NATO. In September 2024, Lapsley was asked to advise on a review of the British government's defence policy. References External links Category:British civil servants Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:NATO officials Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:People educated at Warwick School

2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament

The 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Women's tournament is the 5th edition of this championship. The event was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was contested by 20 teams. Host selection Ulaanbaatar was given the hosting rights on June 20, 2024. Teams Africa Americas Asia and Oceania (hosts) Europe Seeding The seeding and groups were as follows: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D (1) (8) (9) (16) (17) (2) (7) (10) (H) (15) (18) (3) (6) (Hosts) (11) (14) (19) (4) (5) (Hosts) (12) (13) (20) Venue Ulaanbaatar Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage All times are local. {{#invoke:RoundN|N8 |bold_winner=high |team-width=210 |Consol=Bronze medal |3rdplace=yes | September – |- | - |- | - | September – |- | - |- | - | September – |- | - |- | - | September – |- | - |- | - | September – |- | - |- | {{nowrap|17 | September – |-| - |- | {{nowrap|21 | 15 September – |-| - |-| Final standings Tiebreakers 1) Wins 2) Points scored 3) Seeding Pos Team 1 7 6 1 86% 133 17.1 2 7 5 2 71% 120 19.1 3 7 5 2 71% 134 17.3 4 7 4 3 57% 121 16.4 5 5 4 1 60% 82 18.6 6 5 3 2 60% 93 18.2 7 5 3 2 60% 91 18.2 8 5 3 2 60% 82 16.4 9 4 3 1 75% 74 18.5 10 4 3 1 75% 70 17.5 11 4 2 2 50% 79 19.8 12 4 2 2 50% 69 17.3 13 4 1 3 25% 63 15.8 14 4 1 3 25% 59 14.8 15 4 1 3 25% 52 13.0 16 4 1 3 25% 49 12.3 17 4 1 3 25% 47 11.8 18 4 0 4 0% 56 14.0 19 4 0 4 0% 52 13.0 20 4 0 4 0% 25 6.3 Awards Most valuable player References External links Official website Category:FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Mongolia FIBA 3x3 FIBA 3x3 Category:Sports competitions in Ulaanbaatar

Donald Ramphadi

Donald Ramphadi (born 10 June 1993), nicknamed Dona, is a South African wheelchair tennis player who plays in the sport's quad division. Ramphadi, alongside partner Andy Lapthorne, is the 2023 French Open quad wheelchair doubles champion. Ramphadi has also been the runner-up in numerous quad wheelchair doubles grand slam events, with frequent partners including Lapthorne, Lucas Sithole, and Koji Sugeno. Ramphadi and Sithole won bronze in the quad doubles wheelchair tennis event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which was the African continent's first-ever wheelchair tennis medal. Tennis career Ramphadi first started playing tennis in 2009 while studying at Letaba Special School in Tzaneen, Limpopo Province, and originally thought tennis was "a white people sport" but ended up falling in love with the game. He was cleared to compete in the quad division of wheelchair tennis in 2018. Ramphadi has participated in several Grand Slams' quad wheelchair divisions in both singles and doubles. Ramphadi and his partner Andy Lapthorne claimed the 2023 French Open quad wheelchair doubles title at Roland-Garros, winning the final match on Ramphadi's birthday while he played in a secondhand wheelchair. thumb|left|alt=Two Black South Africans play on the same side in a doubles tennis match. Ramphadi, on the left, is in the middle of serving, while spectators watch.|Ramphadi (left) and Lucas Sithole in their semifinal match at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Ramphadi and partner Lucas Sithole made it to the semifinals of the 2024 Paralympics' quad doubles wheelchair tennis event, losing to 2020 gold medalists Sam Schröder and Niels Vink. Ramphadi and Sithole then defeated the Brazilian pair of Ymanitu Silva (one of Ramphadi's previous partners) and Leandro Pena to win the event's bronze medal, which was South Africa's fourth medal of the 2024 Games and the first-ever wheelchair tennis medal won by an African country. Ramphadi has noted his desire to encourage more young Black South Africans to pick up tennis, saying, "Now that I am a grand slam champion, just to change the way that young kids are thinking at home is the aim." Personal life Ramphadi was born in Mogapeng, a village in the Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa. He was fully able-bodied until the age of 12, when he developed osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease. His mobility decreased until he almost could not walk, though it began to partly increase after his mother suggested he begin walking with a cane she had collected in a local forest. Ramphadi attended the University of South Africa. He now lives in Pretoria and is a father to one son. References Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:South African male tennis players Category:21st-century South African people Category:Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for South Africa Category:Wheelchair tennis players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa Category:Paralympic medalists in wheelchair tennis

Hapa haole music

thumb|Henry Kailimai and his Hawaiian Quintet, among the first to perform hapa haole in the mainland United StatesHapa haole music ( in Hawaiian) is a genre of Hawaiian music which utilizes primarily English lyrics with themes and instruments attributed to Hawaii, such as the ukulele and steel guitar. Although it has its beginnings in the early 20th century with influences traditional Hawaiian music and American ragtime, the term "hapa haole" now comprises a wide variety of styles, including swing, rock and roll, and rap. It became greatly popular in the mainland United States in the 1910s, appealing to touristic perceptions of Hawaii as an exotic paradise. Description Etymology "Hapa haole" is a Hawaiian term referring to someone of part-Hawaiian, part-foreign ancestry. It emerged after Christian missionaries in Hawaii introduced the term "half" to Hawaiians, which became "hapa" in Hawaiian. Style Hapa haole is described as Hawaiian music that uses primarily English lyrics, with both real and mock Hawaiian words sometimes included. Its lyrical content usually focuses on the people, culture, and nature of the Hawaiian Islands. Early hapa haole was influenced by music popular in the mainland United States in the early 20th century, especially ragtime. Throughout its evolution, hapa haole began to comprise other styles of music, including Hawaiian swing, rock and roll, and rap with English lyrics. History thumb|259x259px|"On the Beach at Waikiki" Around the beginning of the 20th century, stringed instruments, such as the ukulele and the steel guitar, overtook traditional wind instruments as the ones most commonly used by Hawaiian musicians. During this time, the phrase "hapa haole" first began to be used in reference to any Hawaiian song that had mostly English lyrics and influence from American genres. "My Waikiki Mermaid", possibly the first hapa haole song, was composed by Sonny Cunha in 1903. left|thumb|252x252px|"Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula", a novelty song with faux-Hawaiian lyrics by Al Jolson Hapa haole music was introduced to the mainland United States at multiple points through the 1910s. The 1912 Broadway musical The Bird of Paradise contained multiple songs from the genre. Additionally, hapa haole was widely performed by bands at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in 1915 as a part of the exposition's Hawaiian Pavilion. "On the Beach at Waikiki", a hapa haole composition by Henry Kailimai which was performed at the exposition,Tranquada, Jim; King, John (31 May 2012). The 'Ukulele: A History. University of Hawaii Press. p. 94. ISBN 9780824865870. went on to become a major hit in the mainland, one of the first of the genre to do so.D'Ville, Jim; Peare, Gary (14 September 2023). "Henry Kailimai and the Ford Hawaiians Introduced the Motor City to the 'Sweet' Sound of Ukulele". Ukulele Magazine. Vol. 42. Retrieved 31 August 2024. Following these initial introductions of the genre in the mainland, hapa haole and Hawaiian music as a whole began to find a large amount of attention and commercial success across the country. In 1916, hapa haole was the best-selling genre in the United States. The popularity of one hapa haole artist, Johnny Noble, led to him recording 110 Hawaiian songs with Brunswick Records, a mainland label, in 1928. Novelty songs written by non-Hawaiians, such as songwriters from Tin Pan Alley, formed a considerable amount of hapa haole songs produced following its initial explosion in popularity. Many of these songs were detached from actual Hawaiian culture, and used nonsensical, faux-Hawaiian lyrics. The songs also intended to appeal to American tourists' notions of Hawaii; specifically, the islands' perceived "exoticism and seduction". Later on, during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s, the genre was the subject of criticism due to its perceived inauthenticity. The hapa haole "craze" peaked and began to dissipate in the 1930s. Harry Owens' "Sweet Leilani" became a number one hit in the United States following Bing Crosby's performance of the song in the 1937 film Waikiki Wedding. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938. The genre gradually faded in popularity until the Hawaiian Renaissance led to renewed interest in Hawaiian music, including hapa haole. Although it had its beginnings in Hawaiian traditional music and ragtime, the genre evolved alongside American popular music, and now comprises other styles, including swing, rock and roll, and rap. References Category:Music of Hawaii Category:American styles of music Category:20th-century music genres

Vishay Hard

Vishay Hard is a 2024 Indian Marathi-language romantic-comedy film directed by Sumit Patil, who co-wrote the screenplay with Deepak Madekar. The film is produced by Birdboy Entertainment and Kolhapur Talkies. The film starring Sumit Patil and Parna Pethe in the leading roles. Cast Sumit Patil as Sandya Nihal Mirajkar as young Sandya Parna Pethe as Dolly Adhishri as young Dolly Vipin Borate as Hawaldar Kishore Nitin Kulkarni as village police chief Hassan Sheikh as Shrinya Pratap Sonale as Manu driver Anand Ballal as Dolly's father Atul Savekar as Sandya father Rakesh Gath as Amrya Sagar Langote as Sashya Ravindra Kamat as Sarpanch Bhumi Patil as Barki Marketing and release The first motion poster of the film was revealed on 16 May 2024. The teaser was released on 14 June 2024 and the trailer was released on 30 June 2024 on social media. The film was theatrically released on 5 July 2024 across Maharashtra. Critical reception Santosh Bhingarde of Sakal rated 3 stars out of 5 stars and acknowledging that while the film's pacing and screenplay falter in the second half, particularly due to its low budget and technical limitations, it still demonstrates the writer and director's effort and potential. He appreciate the refined plot and fun concept, highlighting the overall positive aspects despite the flaws. Sanjay Ghaware of Lokmat rated 3 stars out of 5 stars and finds the screenplay by Sumit to be precise but slow-paced, and notes that the film's delayed release and title are detrimental. Despite some predictable moments and neglected plot points, the strong dialect work, witty dialogues, and commendable performances by the cast, including Parna Pethe and Sumit, stand out as positives. Anub George of The Times of India rated 2.5 stars out of 5 stars and wrote "A few twists and turns, and some comic relief help the film, but it's still not the best one in the genre out there." Reference External links Category:2024 romantic comedy films Category:2020s Marathi-language films Category:Marathi-language romantic comedy films Category:Indian romantic comedy films Category:2024 directorial debut films

Gwen Swick

Gwen Swick is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Elora, Ontario.Liam Lacey, "Surprising tunes and unusual lyrics: Swick's songs a pure delight". The Globe and Mail, June 28, 1985. Although she has recorded and performed as a solo artist, she has been best known as a member of folk music groups such as Tamarack,Tony Atherton, "Tamarack taps Ontario's roots in folk music". Ottawa Citizen, September 20, 1992. The Three Marias,Peggy Nagle, "Uplifting folkie : Gwen Swick tackles romantic themes that invariably end on positive note". Waterloo Region Record, August 6, 1992. QuartetteTed Shaw, "Blend of seamless grace served up by Quartette". Windsor Star, December 20, 1996. and The Marigolds.Robert Reid, "Marigolds for a State of bliss". Guelph Mercury, September 24, 2009. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she grew up in a variety of Canadian cities as her father was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.Lynn Saxberg, "Swick rides back into Ottawa on rave wave over solo album". Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 1996. After studying music at York University, she began performing as a singer-songwriter in the mid-1980s.Evelyn Erskine, "Gwen Swick's sound piques interest". Ottawa Citizen, October 24, 1985. She recorded demos with Eddie Schwartz for a planned debut album in this era, but paused her career for a few years after giving birth to her daughter Anna with husband Randall Coryell. She joined Tamarack in 1991,"Fields of rock and folk : LPs highlight Guelph singer's range". Waterloo Region Record, August 15, 1991. and performed with Cherie Camp and Shirley Eikhard in The Three Marias during the same era. She released her self-titled debut album in 1993, and followed up in 1995 with A Pebble of Mercy. She joined Quartette in 1996 following the death of Colleen Peterson.Ted Shaw, "Quartette copes with loss". Windsor Star, December 14, 1996. In 2002 she released her third solo album, Love and Gold.Peter North, "Swick finds her direction with wise, honest view of life". Edmonton Journal, December 6, 2002. In the 2000s she also performed with Caitlin Hanford and Suzie Vinnick as The Marigolds. Her songs have also appeared in film soundtracks, including Never Talk to Strangers,Joel Rubinoff, "Gwen Swick: Elora singer beats stage fright with personal songs". Waterloo Region Record, January 11, 1996. Heater,Robert Reid, "Gwen Swick; Her lyrics tell stories". Waterloo Region Record, September 21, 2000. and Sleeping Dogs.Robert Reid, "Odette returns to his roots; Award-winning filmmaker drawn to native Kitchener to shoot new project". Waterloo Region Record, September 9, 2006. References Category:20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:20th-century Canadian women singers Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Canadian women singers Category:Canadian folk singer-songwriters Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Ontario Category:People from Centre Wellington

Meekatharra to Horseshoe railway line

The Meekatharra to Horseshoe railway line was a long private railway line in the Mid West region of Western Australia, connecting Meekatharra to the Horseshoe mine, north of Peak Hill. It was operated by the West Australian Manganese Company from 1927 to 1933. History The Meekatharra-Horseshoe Railway Act 1920, assented to on 31 December 1920, authorised the construction of the railway line from Meekatharra, where it intersected the Mullewa–Meekatharra railway, to the Horseshoe mine, north-west of Peak Hill, near the former gold mining town of Horseshoe. The private railway was short-lived, existing from 1927 until 1933, when the company mining manganese went into receivership. The origins of the mine and railway go back to March 1919, when the General Chemical Supply Company was registered with a capital of £A 5,000, at a value of £A 1 per share. On 4 July 1921, the company's capital was increased to £A 10,000, and to £A 30,000 on 8 December 1924. In February 1925, the General Chemical Supply Company acquired the Horsehoe Range deposit. The General Chemical Supply Company assigned its rights to the West Australian Manganese Company Ltd, which was registered on 15 June 1925, with a value of £A 250,000. No cash was involved in the transaction of the rights, instead the General Chemical Supply Company took out shares in the new company. Construction of the railway line commenced in June 1927 and was completed in October that year. By 1929, the company was in a difficult financial situation and had to suspend operations in April that year. The railway line, commonly referred to as the Manganese Railway, ended up owing the Western Australian state government £A 27,500 after having received financial assistance during the construction of the line. In May 1933, the state revoked the concession for the West Australian Manganese Company Ltd to operate. By October 1933, removal of the railway line was in progress, with the government especially interested in the 200,000 railway sleepers the line consisted off, which had been purchased at a price of £A 51,000 by the West Australian Manganese Company. In 1934, George Lambert, member for the Electoral district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie and a former director of the West Australian Manganese Company Ltd, traced its history and defended the company and the investment in the mine and railway in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. Lambert stated that he had argued for the construction of a basic and cheaper tramway, similar to the timber railway lines in the state, instead of a railway, but the state government had insisted on a proper railway to be able to use the line for livestock transports as well. The state government made the heavier rails available for the line under a hire and purchase agreement and charged the company accordingly. Lambert criticised the state government for this which, unlike the company directors and shareholders, who made no money out of the company, the government did. At the same time, the port facilities for shipping the mine's ore at Geraldton promised by the state government were never constructed. The railway line's main purpose was as a mining railway but it also carried livestock and wool throughout its short history. The West Australian Manganese Company Ltd also invested £A 805 in the construction of cattle yards along the railway, despite this being outside their line of business. During the final years of World War I, just prior to the railway line being proposed, manganese had sold for £A 20 per ton but, a decade later, this had declined to £A 5. One of the reasons Lambert stated for the demise of the company was that the price of manganese had fallen from £A 5 per ton to less than half that amount in 1929 because of deposits in the Soviet Union having been opened up. Ore from the Soviet Union subsequently flooded the market and made the Western Australian mine unprofitable. In December 1935, the West Australian Manganese Company paid out £A 4,895 to its debenture holders, a final payment as no further assets existed, with the rails and sleepers having been taken over by the state government. Manganese was eventually mined in the area, at the Horseshoe South mine, which operated from 1948 to 1969 and, again, from 2008 to 2011. References Category:Railway lines in Mid West (Western Australia) Category:Railway lines opened in 1927 Category:Railway lines closed in 1933 Category:1927 establishments in Australia Category:1933 disestablishments in Australia Category:Closed railway lines in Western Australia Category:Shire of Meekatharra

Jane Campbell (writer)

Jane Campbell (born 1942 in Hoylake) is a British writer. Her first work is the short story collection Cat Brushing, published in 2022, which the New York Times compared to the work of Edna O'Brien and Muriel Spark. Her debut novel Interpretations of Love was published in the summer of 2024. Life Jane Campbell was born in Hoylake near Liverpool and spent the first four years of her life growing up with her great-grandmother and mother. Her father was a prisoner of war in Austria during the Second World War and returned to England in 1946. As he did not like the newly introduced state health system (National Health Service), he decided to emigrate to Africa with his family. Campbell spent her childhood in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, where her father worked as a doctor. She showed a passion for writing from a young age and began writing poems and stories at the age of eight. After returning to England, she studied English and English literature at Oxford University. Campbell then spent fifteen years living with her British husband in Bermuda, where she took correspondence courses in psychology at the University of Toronto. After her divorce in her late 30s, she returned to Oxford. She completed a master's degree in Applied Social Sciences and trained as a group analyst. She worked as a therapist in her practice in Oxford for almost forty years of her life. Jane Campbell is the mother of four children. Literary work At the age of 75, Jane Campbell published her first short story "Cat Brushing", which appeared in the renowned London Review of Books. The editor Mary-Kay Wilmers received it enthusiastically and encouraged Campbell to continue writing. Twelve more stories followed, most with a sexual undertone, reflecting the decades Campbell had spent as a psychoanalyst listening to people talk openly about “all sorts of things”. Her short story collection was published in England in 2022 under the title Cat Brushing. It was an excellent, groundbreaking collection, wrote a New York Times reviewer, and deserved comparison with the work of Edna O'Brien or Muriel Spark, while an eerie streak running through several of the stories brought Daphne du Maurier to mind. This was followed in 2024 by her debut novel, originally titled Interpretations of Love. Everything she has done with her life has been relatively superficial, she said in an interview with Alard von Kittlitz in Zeit magazine. "My most important self was always a writer." Campbell told an interviewer from the Telegraph, "I would hate it to be thought that [Cat Brushing] is a miracle because it was written by a 77-year-old woman as opposed to because it’s brilliant prose and interesting stories and amazing characters." Cat Brushing In thirteen stories, Jane Campbell tells of the lives of "old women" in different constellations. The first-person narrators deal with their respective life situations, in particular with the way they themselves deal with old age and the situations associated with it. In a review, the Washington Post described how Campbell dispels the common cliché that older women are weak or powerless: "Campbell, an octogenarian herself, gives life to 13 women in stories centering on their passions, libidos and sense of self. Denying that invisibility arrives with wrinkles, these women experience a range of emotion — joy, heartbreak, trauma, regret and satisfaction — while living the lives they want on their own terms." Interpretations of Love In the novel Interpretations of Love, several characters take center stage and a secret letter that could not be delivered for more than 50 years plays a central role. During the heavy bombing of Liverpool, an affair develops between Sophy, an ambulance driver, and a paramedic. The plot follows Sophy, who marries another man after the war and takes the secret of her daughter's paternity to her grave. From then on, her daughter grows up with her grandparents. After Sophy's death, her older brother receives the letter revealing their father's true identity. Fearing the consequences, he keeps this knowledge to himself for decades, but eventually decides to talk about the letter. Publications Cat Brushing. Grove Press, New York 2022, ISBN 978-0-80216-002-7. Interpretations of Love. Grove Press, London 2024, ISBN 978-0-80216-288-5. References Category:1942 births Category:21st-century British women writers Category:Living people Category:British women short story writers Category:British women novelists Category:People from Hoylake Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford Category:University of Toronto alumni

Emilio Sakraya

Emilio Sakraya Moutaoukkil (born 29 June 1996), also known as Emilio, is a German actor and singer. Biography Sakraya, whose mother Meryem is from Morocco and his father from Serbia, was born in 1996 in Berlin and grew up there. His parents are separated, he has several half-siblings one of them being actor Ilyes Raoul. As a child, he spent the summer with his family in Morocco and attended the Annie Heuser Waldorf School in Wilmersdorf. He started his career when he was nine years olf, making his first appearance in 2005 in the commercial Tell Children. As a child he also developed a passion for karate and kung-fu, he won a German championship in karate in the version of the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) in 2010. That same year he also made his first appearance in a movie, in the Zeiten ändern dich directed by Bernd Eichinger. According to his own account, he started playing the piano, guitar and drums at the age of eleven and joined a school band, at the age of 15 or 16 he started to write his own songs. In May 2016 he released his debut single Down by the Lake. At the end of the year Emilio decided to stop using his surname, Moutaoukkil, publicly and instead use his middle name as his stage name. In January 2017 he played a leading role in the episode Tatort Saarland's episode Sons and Fathers. Sakraya took over the leading role in the film Kalte Füße at the beginning of 2018, directed by Wolfgang Groos, starring along Heiner Lauterbach and Sonja Gerhardt. In the summer he starred in the NDR Tatort episode The Missing Child in Göttingen. For his performances he was nominated for the Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis. 2019 Sakraya played JC in the new international Netflix drama series Warrior Nun, created by Simon Barry. That year he also was on of the main characters in Philip Koch’s new series Tribes of Europa. During the summer of 2020 he shot the film Die Rettung der uns bekannten Welt directed by Til Schweiger, taking the lead role. On September 18, 2020, his debut album Roter Sand was released by Jive Records. In 2022 Emilio was elected by EFP for the Shooting Stars Award. In the same year, Fatih Akin’s feature film Rheingold was released, in which Sakraya played the lead role of gangsta rapper Xatar. During 2024 he starred in Schlag den Star, loosing to Bausa, and Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert. Sakraya is the father of a son. Filmography Cinema 2008: Speed Racer 2010: Zeiten ändern dich 2013: V8 – Du willst der Beste sein 2013: Der Prinz von Gmünd (short film) 2014: Bibi & Tina: Voll verhext! 2016: Bibi & Tina: Mädchen gegen Jungs 2017: Bibi & Tina: Tohuwabohu Total 2017: Rock My Heart – Mein wildes Herz 2018: Heilstätten 2018: Meine teuflisch gute Freundin 2018: Kalte Füße 2021: Die Rettung der uns bekannten Welt 2021: One Night Off 2022: Lieber Kurt 2022: Rheingold 2024: 60 Minuten Television 2012: Die Draufgänger (tv series, episode Family Ties) 2014: Kein Entkommen (tv film) 2014: Die Detektive (tv series, 1 episode) 2015: Mitten in Deutschland: NSU (miniserie, 1 episode) 2015: Letzte Ausfahrt Sauerland (tv series) 2016: Die siebte Stunde (tv film) 2016: Löwenzahn (tv series, 1 episode) 2016: Die Opfer – Vergesst mich nicht (2nd episode of the trylogy Mitten in Deutschland: NSU) 2016: Solo für Weiss – Die Wahrheit hat viele Gesichter 2016: Winnetou – Der Mythos lebt 2017: Tatort: Father & Son 2017: 4 Blocks 2017: Ferien vom Leben (tv film) 2017: Der Schweinehirt (tv film) 2019: Tatort: The missing child 2020–2022: Warrior Nun 2021: Tribes of Europa 2024: Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert 2024: Those About to Die Discography + Title Album details Peak chart positions GER AUT SWI Roter Sand Released: September 18, 2020 Label: Jive Records (Sony) 40 47 86 1996Released: July 1, 2022 Label: Jive Records (Sony)191732 BlessingsReleased: April 19, 2024 Label: Jive Records (Sony)81550 External links Emilio Sakraya at filmportal.de Emilio Sakraya at castupload.com References Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:Male actors from Berlin Category:German male actors Category:German male film actors Category:German male television actors Category:German child actors Category:German singers Category:German people of Moroccan descent Category:German people of Serbian descent

Albanian-Prilep War

The Albanian-Prilep War (Albanian:Lufta Shqiptaro-Prilep) was a conflict between the forces of the Muzaka family, a prominent Albanian noble family, and the Principality of Gropa on one side, against the Lordship of Prilep, a region under the control of the Mrnjavčević family. The conflict took place in the late 14th century during a period of political fragmentation in the Balkans, following the decline of the Serbian Empire. Background On December 4, 1371, the Serbian Empire dissolved and was divided between several feudal fragmentations, in particular one of them was the Lordship of Prilep in the modern territories of Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo and Greece, under the regime of King Marko this Lordship wanted to expand its territories towards the rest of the Balkans, trying to reform the old empire but they did not expect resistance from the neighboring principalities. Causes of the War The war was primarily caused by territorial disputes and the desire for control over strategic regions in central and southern Albania, as well as northern Macedonia. The Muzaka family, one of the most influential Albanian noble families, sought to expand their influence and consolidate their power in the region. The Principality of Gropa, a smaller but strategically located principality, allied with the Muzaka family to counter the growing influence of the Mrnjavčević family, who ruled the Lordship of Prilep. Course of the War The conflict began in early 1371, with both sides mobilizing their forces. The Muzaka family, led by Andrea II Muzaka, coordinated their efforts with the Gropa family, led by Andrea Gropa. The Albanian forces launched a series of raids into the territory controlled by the Lordship of Prilep, targeting key fortresses and supply routes. The Lordship of Prilep, under the command of Marko Mrnjavčević, mounted a counteroffensive to repel the Albanian advance. Despite their efforts, the Prilep forces were unable to match the strategic coordination and determination of the enemies and most of the principality land got conquered. Key Battles Several key battles took place during the war, with the most significant being the Battle of Savra. Although traditionally associated with the Battle of Maritsain which Vukašin Mrnjavčević met his end,the Muzaka family used the instability following this battle to secure a decisive victory in their conflict with Prilep. Outcome The Albanian-Prilep War ended with a decisive victory for the Albanian principalities. The Muzaka family succeeded in expanding their territory and solidifying their control over key regions in central and southern Albania. The Principality of Gropa also benefited from the victory, strengthening its position in the region and expanded their territory a little. The defeat weakened the Lordship of Prilep, diminishing its influence in the Balkans and contributing to the gradual decline of Serbian dominance in the area. The victory of the Albanian forces set the stage for the rise of Albanian principalities and the eventual emergence of the League of Lezhë 73 years later, which would play a crucial role in resisting Ottoman expansion in the region. See also Muzaka family History of Albania Serbian empire Andrea II Muzaka King Marko Lordship of Prilep History of Serbia Albanian Principalities References Category:Wars involving Albania Category:14th century in Albania Category:1371 in Europe Category:Conflicts in 1371

Maula Bakhsh

Maula Bakhsh Gotai (; 1947 – 31 August 2021) alternatively spelled Maula Bux, was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a forward. Bakhsh represented the Pakistan national team from 1964 to 1974, and captained the national team in 1973. He is also one of the first and few Pakistani footballers to play professional football in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. Early life Bakhsh was born in Saifi Lane, in the Lyari locality of Karachi in 1947. He started playing football at an early age for the local Saifi Sports Club. A graduate of Karachi University, Bakhsh played for several school football teams until eventually getting selected for the Karachi youth team. Most footballers in Pakistan during the early years rose through the ranks from school football. Club career West and East Pakistan Bakhsh played for Karachi Port Trust and Pakistan Airlines departmental teams in the domestic setup in the 1960s. Like several notable players of West Pakistan, Bakhsh represented several clubs in East Pakistan at the Dhaka League, where he played for EPIDC. Turkey In 1968, Bakhsh along with national teammate Abdul Jabbar signed for Turkish club Yeni Mersin İdmanyurdu on a two-year contract. Bakhsh during an interview in 2014, reported that both faced difficulties, and could not match the stamina and fitness required for the Turkish football team, due to the poor level played in Pakistan. United Arab Emirates During the 1970s, several local leagues were launched across the Middle East, where several Pakistani players represented club sides in these leagues and some of these players even coached the clubs’ new youth setups. Subsequently, Bakhsh moved to the United Arab Emirates, where he featured for Al-Shaab CSC in Sharjah in the mid-1970s, later also coaching the team. International career left|thumb|Bakhsh sitting in middle as captain of Pakistan during a tour to China in 1973 Bakhsh represented the Pakistan national football team from 1964 to 1974. Bakhsh captained the national side in 1973, when the national team toured the far east, which included several test matches against local teams and a friendly against China ending in a 4–7 defeat. Personal life and death After retiring from football after his last spell in Sharjah, he settled in the United Arab Emirates, where he passed away on 31 August 2021. Career statistics International goals Note: Exact figures of Pakistani players before 1989 are not yet known and yet to be researched. Below are goals recorded. +List of international goals scored by Maula BakhshNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition115 November 1967Rangoon, Burma1–11968 AFC Asian Cup qualification210 September 1969Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey1–02–41969 RCD Cup See also List of Pakistan national football team captains References Category:1947 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Pakistani men's footballers Category:Pakistan men's international footballers Category:Footballers from Karachi Category:Team BJMC players Category:Men's association football forwards

Alopia bogatensis

Alopia bogatensis is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae. Subspecies/ Alopia bogatensis angustata (E. A. Bielz, 1859) Alopia bogatensis bogatensis (E. A. Bielz, 1856) Alopia bogatensis laevior H. Nordsieck, 2024 Description The length of the shell varies between and , its diameter between and . AnimalBase: Alopia bogatensis (Original description in German) The sinistral shell shows arched grooves and has a ventricose spindle shape. The shell is thin, translucent, and exhibits an oily sheen, with a bluish tint when alive. It has 10 convex whorls adorned with fairly widely spaced, irregular ribs that become only slightly weaker towards the lower part of the whorl. The neck near the aperture is whitish, featuring coarser, more wavy wrinkles, compressed into a ribbed bulge by a slight indentation below. The aperture is irregularly elongated and bean-shaped, extending into an angular point at the columella. The outer lip is continuous, detached, reflexed, and white, without a distinct lip edge. The upper lamella is short and does not extend to the aperture lip. The lower lamella is fairly prominent, projecting in a curved arc, compressed, and slightly bent at the edge. There are four palatal folds: the uppermost is very long, standing 1/2 mm away from the suture and projecting significantly forward; the second to fourth folds diverge sharply from the uppermost, are smaller, with the third being dot-shaped and the fourth also projecting. The columellar fold reaches the aperture lip, making the aperture angular. The lunate fold is absent. The spiral lamella is broad and recedes far behind the upper lamella. The closing nodule is notched into two lobes, with the right lobe being longer. {{source-attribution Distribution This species occurs in Romania. References bogatensis Category:Endemic fauna of Romania Category:Gastropods of Europe Category:Gastropods described in 1856 [[Category:[Endemic fauna of Romania]]]]

Lady Wimborne Cottages

The Canford Estate Cottages (known as Lady Wimborne Cottages) refer to 111 cottages built by the Guest Family of Canford Manor, between 1867 and 1904 to improve the living standards of workers on the estate. They are named after Cornelia Guest, Lady Wimborne who, as wife of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, oversaw the construction of the majority of the estate cottages. Located within Dorset they span the breadth of the original Canford estate, clustered mostly in Canford Magna and Ashington, yet can been further afield in Poole, Hamworthy, Lilliput and Longham, Ferndown. Being of significant historic importance, all the cottages are either Grade II Listed or Locally Listed. thumb|307x307px|George Jennings engravings of the cottages, South Western Pottery Guest Family and Origin In 1846, the Canford Manor Estate, Dorset was purchased by John Josiah Guest, the Welsh iron magnate, and his wife Lady Charlotte Guest, for £335,000 as a country retreat.Lady Charlotte Schreiber (Biographical details), British Museum. Accessed 8 May 2019 Over time the family spent increasing amounts of time in Dorset, although Guest continued his role as sole manager of the Dowlais Ironworks Company, which had established his wealth. In 1847 the Manor was partly remodelled by the Guests who employed celebrated architect Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament, and between 1848-53 the process of alteration continued under his son Charles Barry Junior. The work of Charles Barry Sr. can be seen elsewhere on the estate, through the design of Bridge 77, the 'Lady Wimborne Bridge.' Whether or not Barry was the architect of the Lady Wimborne cottages, still remains uncertain, yet we can be certain that his son Charles Barry Jr. in partnership with Robert Banks, did design the armorial crests that adorn the cottages, and is believed to have drafted the designs for the cottages himself. George Jennings, however adapted the designs for local usage. He was responsible for producing the designs for the lancet windows and door surrounds, which were produced in Parkstone.thumb|309x309px|Engravings of details for windows and doorways of Lady Wimborne Cottages, G. Jennings, Poole thumb|309x309px|Semi-detached Lady Wimborne Cottages, Ashington Architectural Features The cottages fenestration is mostly of the perpendicular gothic style, with rectangular openings inset with deeply recessed lancet windows. These windows were dressed with stone arches, sills, mullions and drip strip mouldings. These ornate features were constructed, not from stone, but from moulded terracotta bricks, made locally at George Jennings’ South Western Pottery factory in Parkstone. The mock arrow slits that feature in the gables of the cottages, may appear purely decorative, yet also served a role in aiding ventilation within. Every cottage, regardless of the variation in style, can be identified as one of the estate cottages by the presence of the armorial panel. This decorative cypher, found on the gable, was designed by Charles Barry Jr. and bears the coat of arms of the Guest family and features the date it was built. A terracotta plaque can also be found usually above the doorways, featuring a number denoting the chronological order of its construction. These panels and the cottages themselves are described derisively by Sir Frederic Treves in the 1906 publication, Highways and Byways in Dorset. "Built according to a contract pattern. The houses, all alike, are all stamped with the same effusive coat of arms, as are the sheets of a quire of much emblazoned notepaper."thumb|311x311px|Cypher drawing by Charles Barry Jr. for the Lady Wimborne Cottagesthumb|311x311px|Edwardian family stood outside 8 Oakley Lane, A semi-detached Lady Wimborne Cottage of the later style, Canford Magna Variation Between Cottages The style of the cottages developed over time before reaching a uniform style. Various patterns for the cottages were trialed on the outskirts of the estate between 1867 and 1870, which adopted the 'Polite Tudor' style, inspired by a series of articles published in a 1948 edition of The Illustrated London News, suggesting a suitable style for the cottages of agricultural workers. From 1870 cottages began to be built according to a more similar design, featuring brick and ornate terracotta lancet windows. This was known as the De Ville style and from 1870 onwards all the cottages were built in this way. The first of this type, which can be found in West Howe, featured bay windows, yet these were not used in subsequent cottages. These De Ville style cottages were designed either as terraced housing of 4 or 5 houses, or as semi-detached cottages, with the uniform semi-detached variant being the only variant built from 1873 onwards. With the terraced cottages in Canford Magna, the front door opened into the living-room and behind was an incredibly narrow strip of kitchen, with stairs to small bedrooms, one of which is the landing. A door in the passage-kitchen opened onto a communal tiled yard with taps for water supply. The undivided gardens run up to a little range of lavatories. The later semi-detached cottages, however, had a hallway where the staircase was located and where the two ground floor room should be accessed. Off the hall was a living room with a fireplace, and a scullery containing: a sink, a copper (for water heating), a fireplace (for cooking) and an adjoining pantry. Upstairs there were three bedrooms, two of which had fireplaces.thumb|308x308px|Terracotta number plate manufactured by George Jennings for the Lady Wimborne Cottages. Illustration by Barbara Jones Tenant Terms Each of the semi-detached cottages were set in a quarter of an acre of land to promote self-sufficiency. To the rear of the properties was a small building divided across the boundary, which served as a pig sty and housed a privy. Lady Wimborne made frequent inspections of the properties accompanied by the bailiff. Prizes were awarded for the best kept gardens and allotment and plants were provided by the estate to encourage tenants to maintain their gardens. The estate worker tenants were charged a mere 1 shilling per week rent for the cottages, further emphasising the philanthropy of the Guests. A 1900 study conducted by Seebohm Rowntree found that the average rent for a private three-bed house was five shillings. No colour wash was allowed on the interior walls of the houses, only lime, for which an allowance of 5p was allocated. thumb|397x397px|Lady Wimborne, Cornelia Henrietta Maria Guest, (1847-1927) after whom the cottages are named thumb|307x307px|Terraced Lady Wimborne Cottages, (no. 45-49) built 1870, Canford Magna References External Links https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17617307-lady-wimborne-cottages Category:Architecture Category:Philanthropy Category:Dorset Category:England Category:Cottages Category:Cottages in Dorset Category:Poole Category:Guest family Category:Buildings and structures Category:Gothic Revival architecture Category:Tudor Revival architecture

Coahuilasaurus

Coahuilasaurus (meaning "Coahuila lizard") is an extinct genus of kritosaurin ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila, Mexico. The genus contains a single species, C. lipani, known from the associated tips of the upper and lower jaw and other fragmentary skull bones. It is a large kritosaurin with an estimated body length of . Discovery and naming thumb|left|Reconstructed skull The holotype specimen, IGM 6685, is a partial skull. It was originally thought to belong to the same genus as PASAC 1, a large unnamed specimen known as the "Sabinas hadrosaurid", but this referral was later rejected. IGM 6685 was later referred to as a specimen of Kritosaurus. IGM 6685 was later named as a new genus and species of kritosaurin hadrosaurid in 2024. The generic name, Coahuilasaurus, honors the Mexican state of Coahuila, where the fossils were found. The specific name, lipani, honors the Lépai-Ndé or Lipani, a tribe of Apache Native Americans known from the area. thumb|Life restoration and size comparison. Classification thumb|Life restoration Longrich et al. added Coahuilasaurus to a phylogenetic analysis which found it to be a member of the Kritosaurini, while the Sabinas hadrosaur was found to be a member of Saurolophini. A cladogram adapted from that analysis is shown below: Paleoenvironment right|thumb|A reconstruction of North America during the Campanian The Cerro del Pueblo Formation is the oldest member of the Difunta Group, which is believed to have been deposited in the Campanian. It is primarily made up of alternating layers of siltstones, sandstones, and gray shales. These rocks preserve fluvial, lacustrine, coastal, and shallow marine ecosystems. The shale layers primarily preserve marine invertebrates such as ammonites and gastropods and they interbedded with sandstone and siltstone layers, suggesting that sea levels were fluctuating over the time that the formation was deposited. The terrestrial deposits, in which the contemporary ornithomimosaur Paraxenisaurus was found, are believed to represent a coastal floodplain on the margin of an estuary. The presence of a diverse array of crocodiles, turtles, and freshwater bivalves suggests a heavily vegetated riverine ecosystem. The abundance of dinosaur teeth and bone fragments also suggests that the region was replete with vegetation and supported a diverse assemblage of megafauna. Contemporary fauna Dinosaur remains are abundant in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, but most of the known remains are very incomplete. Many of these dinosaurs are known only from teeth, and are therefore very difficult to assign to any specific genera. Teeth from theropods are very common and have shown that tyrannosaurids, dromaeosaurids, troodontids, and caenagnathids lived in this environment in addition to the above-mentioned ornithomimosaurs. thumb|left|A reconstruction of Velafrons in the environment of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation Ornithischians were also common and diverse in the ecosystem, much like the contemporaneous Dinosaur Park, Two Medicine, Kaiparowits, and Kirtland formations. Hadrosaur remains are the most common dinosaur fossil material found in the Cerro del Pueblo, being known from vertebrae, limb bones, jawbones, teeth, and shoulder bones. Some of these taxa have been named and described, such as Tlatolophus, Velafrons, and Latirhinus,<ref name="ramirezvelasco2021"/ but most remains have yet to be formally named or described, and additional species may have existed. Ankylosaurs are represented by several unnamed taxa, and ceratopsids like Coahuilaceratops are known to have coexisted with both chasmosaurines and centrosaurines. Fossilized footprints from some kind of pterosaur are also known from this formation. Like most fluvial sediments from the Campanian of Laramidia, the Cerro del Pueblo Formation was home to a wide array of turtles including pleurodires, paracryptodires, cheloniids, kinosternids, and trionychids. These would have coexisted with both goniopholids and eusuchian crocodyliformes in both freshwater and saltwater environments. There is also some evidence of snakes from this environment. Microfossils have also preserved gastropods, ammonites, bivalves, and other invertebrates. See also Timeline of hadrosaur research 2024 in archosaur paleontology References Category:Saurolophines Category:Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of North America Category:Fossils of Mexico Category:Late Cretaceous genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2024 Category:Monotypic dinosaur genera

Paul Dwayne

Paul Després (February 27, 1964 – August 26, 2024), known by the stage name Paul Dwayne, was a Canadian country singer-songwriter who was a key figure in Acadian musical culture.Sylvie Mousseau, "Le milieu de la musique country ébranlé par le décès de Paul Dwayne". L'Acadie Nouvelle, August 27, 2024. Biography A native of Bouctouche, New Brunswick,Daniel Aucoin, "Paul Dwayne a pavé le chemin pour les artistes country acadiens". CKJM-FM, August 28, 2024. he began performing locally as a teenager, initially singing in English before switching to French.Grant Kerr, "Francophone group traces roots back to Kitchen parties". Telegraph-Journal, January 25, 2002. He competed in the 1992 Bud Country Talent Search, finishing in second place behind Sheila Deck.Sharon Sontag, "Sheila Deck takes the grand prize for talent". Calgary Herald, September 20, 1992. He released his debut album Mon petit chenou in 1998, receiving nominations for Country Artist of the Year and Country Album of the Year at the 1999 FrancoFête."FrancoFete goes global With a little help from the recent Francophonie Summit, the upcoming cultural event is gaining international attention". Times & Transcript, October 30, 1999. He received an East Coast Music Award nomination for Francophone Artist of the Year in 2001."The nominees are . . .". Telegraph-Journal, December 7, 2001. He performed primarily original material in French, although he also recorded one album of covers of classic English country songs.Pascal Raiche-Nogue, "Le chanteur country acadien Paul Dwayne n’est plus". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, August 27, 2024. He released seven albums between 1998 and 2011; and continued to perform occasional shows at music festivals in the Atlantic Canada region in the 2010s.Jeremy Trevors, "Country singer excited to perform". Miramichi Leader, June 21, 2017. Dwayne died on August 26, 2024, at the age of 60. His final performance before his death was a private show at a wedding. His son, James Després, is also a country singer. Discography Mon petit chenou - 1998 Always Country - 2000 Ensemble pour toujours - 2000 Noël avec mes amis - 2001 Ma p'tite guitare - 2003 Je t'aime - 2006 Mon Dodge Truck - 2011 References External links Category:1964 births Category:2024 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian male singers Category:20th-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:21st-century Canadian male singers Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Canadian country singer-songwriters Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters Category:French-language singers of Canada Category:Musicians from New Brunswick Category:People from Bouctouche

Jeong Jae-gun

Jeong Jae-gun (, born 22 November 1976) is a South Korean para-badminton player. He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he reached the gold medal match of the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event with Yu Soo-young.https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20240901/126787997/1 Biography Jeong became disabled in 2007 after suffering a spinal fracture while working. He started exercising while hanging out with disabled badminton players at a rehabilitation hospital. Achievements Paralympic Games Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Porte de la Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Yu Soo-young Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 10–21, 12–21 16px Silver World Championships Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Kim Jung-jun 9–21, 17–21 Silver Silver 2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Qu Zimo 14–21, 4–21 Bronze Bronze Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Yu Soo-young Rick Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider 13–21, 21–18, 22–24 Bronze Bronze BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (4 titles, 3 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. Men's singles WH1 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Hiroshi Murayama 21–10, 21–10 Winner 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Muhammad Ikhwan Ramli 23–21, 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Thomas Wandschneider 21–17, 23–25, 22–20 Winner Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Canada Para Badminton International Level 1 Kim Jung-jun Kim Kyung-hoon Lee Sam-seop 20–22, 21–11, 18–21 Runner-up 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Yu Soo-young Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2024 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Yu Soo-young Rick Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider 21–14, 21–12 Winner 2024 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Yu Soo-young Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 21–14, 21–14 Winner International tournaments (from 2011 to 2021; 3 titles, 6 runners-up) Men's singles WH1 Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2018 Irish Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2018 Japan Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2019 Irish Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop 19–21, 21–17, 17–21 Runner-up 2020 Brazil Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop 21–23, 17–21 Runner-up Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2018 Spanish Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop 21–16, 11–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2018 Japan Para Badminton International Lee Sam-seop Kim Sung-hun David Toupé 17–21, 22–20, 13–21 Runner-up 2019 Dubai Para Badminton International Kim Jung-jun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 21–17, 21–7 Winner 2019 Thailand Para Badminton International Kim Kyung-hoon Kim Jung-jun Lee Sam-seop 21–19, 11–21, 22–24 Runner-up Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year TournamentPartner Opponent Score Result 2018 Irish Para Badminton International Pilar Jáuregui Lee Sam-seop Lee Sun-ae 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up References External links Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:People from Gyeongju Category:South Korean para-badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic badminton players for South Korea Category:Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea Category:Paralympic medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Yu Soo-young

Yu Soo-young (, born 27 November 2002) is a South Korean para-badminton player. He competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, where he won the silver medal in the men's doubles WH1–WH2 event with Jeong Jae-gun.https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20240901/126787997/1https://m.news.nate.com/view/20240901n19491?mid=m04&list=recent&cpcd= Achievements Paralympic Games Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Porte de la Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Jeong Jae-gun Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 10–21, 12–21 16px Silver World Championships Men's singles WH2 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand Daiki Kajiwara 16–21, 10–21 Silver Silver Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Jeong Jae-gun Rick Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider 13–21, 21–18, 22–24Gold Bronze Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,Tokyo, Japan Kwon Hyun-ah Yuri Ferrigno Pilar Jáuregui 19–21, 21–13, 10–21Gold Bronze Asian Para Games Men's singles WH1 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Daiki Kajiwara 15–21, 9–21 Silver Silver Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Lee Sam-seop Mai Jianpeng Qu Zimo 9–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze Asian Youth Para Games Boys' singles WH2 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2021 Alba Club, Manama, Bahrain Daiki Kajiwara 15–21, 11–21 Silver Silver BWF Para Badminton World Circuit (4 titles, 7 runners-up) The BWF Para Badminton World Circuit – Grade 2, Level 1, 2 and 3 tournaments has been sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation from 2022. Men's singles WH2 Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Bahrain Para Badminton International Level 2 Daiki Kajiwara 9–21, 6–21 Runner-up 2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Daiki Kajiwara 10–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2023 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 2 Daiki Kajiwara 20–22, 13–21 Runner-up Men's doubles WH1–WH2 Year Tournament LevelPartner Opponent Score Result 2022 Thailand Para Badminton International Level 1 Jeong Jae-gun Choi Jung-man Kim Jung-jun 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2024 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Jeong Jae-gun Rick Hellmann Thomas Wandschneider 21–14, 21–12 Winner 2024 4 Nations Para Badminton International Level 1 Jeong Jae-gun Daiki Kajiwara Hiroshi Murayama 21–14, 21–14 Winner Mixed doubles WH1–WH2 YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult2022Bahrain Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Kwon Hyun-ah Chatchai Kornpeekanok Amnouy Wetwithan17–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner 2022 Dubai Para Badminton International Level 2 Kwon Hyun-ah Choi Jung-man Lee Sun-ae 21–16, 12–21, 21–17 Winner 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International II Level 2 Kwon Hyun-ah Yuri Ferrigno Pilar Jáuregui 21–23, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 Spanish Para Badminton International I Level 1 Kwon Hyun-ah Choi Jung-man Lee Sun-ae 21–19, 19–21, 21–23 Runner-up2023Brazil Para Badminton InternationalLevel 2 Kwon Hyun-ah Yuri Ferrigno Pilar Jáuregui15–21, 15–21 Runner-up References Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Gunsan Category:South Korean para-badminton players Category:Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic badminton players for South Korea Category:Paralympic silver medalists for South Korea Category:Paralympic medalists in badminton Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Mika Mizuta

is a Japanese Paralympic shooter. She specializes in 10m air rifle prone shooting (SH2 class). Career When Mizuta was in the second year of junior high school, she was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an incurable disease, and her upper limbs (from her right elbow to the fingertips of her left hand) and lower limbs (from both knees to the knees) are paralyzed. She attended Morimura Gakuen Elementary and Junior High School, but due to her illness, she went on to Machida-no-Oka Gakuen, a special needs school for high school. She started shooting beam rifles at the age of 17 and air rifles at the age of 19. Before her injury, she had experience in classical ballet and skiing, and was active in English musicals with the ESS club during her junior high school days. In 2017, Mizuta placed second in her first appearance at the All Japan Para Rifle Shooting Championships. In 2019, she placed 24th in the mixed air rifle prone event at the World Championships, and was selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. In November of the same year, she won her first All Japan Para Rifle Shooting Championships with a personal best score of 633.3 points. In March 2020, Mizuta started crowdfunding to purchase a new wheelchair for competition, and exceeded her initial goal of 2 million yen in about one month after the start.「車いす新調費　ネット公募　パラ射撃・水田　目標の200万円突破」『読売新聞』2020年5月10日（朝刊） In March 2020, she graduated from J. F. Oberlin University[6] and joined Hakuju Life Science Institute on an athlete contract. She is currently enrolled in the Business Development Department. At the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, she participated in the mixed 10m air rifle prone event (SH2 class). She began to experience breathing difficulties, which she had been concerned about, halfway through the event, and was eliminated in the preliminaries in 32nd place. References External links Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:People from Machida, Tokyo Category:Sportspeople from Tokyo Category:Japanese female sport shooters Category:Paralympic rifle shooters Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Japan Category:Paralympic medalists in shooting Category:Shooters at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Category:Shooters at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen

Erwin Biswanger

thumb|right|Erwin Biswanger in Metropolis (1927) Erwin Paul Biswanger (26 November 1896 in Berlin – 28 October 1944 in Berlin) was a German actor and screenwriter most famous for his role as Georgy in Metropolis (1927). Life and work Little is known about Biswanger's life and career. The son of the saddler and upholsterer Carl Biswanger and his wife Marie, née Wilke,Landesarchiv Berlin, Geburtsregister Standesamt Berlin X a, Nr. 2177/1896 (online auf Ancestry.com, he was born in Berlin where he was in education until 1918 and, according to his own statement, was a student at the beginning of the Weimar Republic. Despite his claim to have served in World War I, he was brought into films by Richard Eichberg in 1918. Biswanger also appeared on stage after his engagement at the Berlin Lessing Theater (1920/21 season). Until 1926, the blonde actor with the distinctive middle parting appeared in front of the camera in a series of mostly less important productions, only his Giselher in Fritz Lang's legendary Nibelungen filmsErwin Biswanger in Nibelungen, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and his worker number 11811, Georgy, in MetropolisGustav Frohlich and Erwin Biswanger in Metropolis (1927), Academy Film Archive, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the same director stand out. In 1926 his film career came to an abrupt end, and although he was still listed in the stage yearbooks until the 1930s, Biswanger was no longer permanently engaged at a theatre. Instead, he devoted himself to writing screenplays around the early phase of World War II. In the early 1940s in particular, he collaborated several times with other authors such as the Austrian Alexander Lix. Later, he worked on Harry Piel’s film Panik. He died in 1944 in the sanatorium and care facility in Berlin-Buch.State Archives Berlin, Death Register, Berlin-Buch Registry Office , No. 2826/1944 (online on Ancestry.com) Filmography (selection) As an actor 1918: Der Narr hat sie geküßt 1919: MorphiumErwin Biswanger, The German Early Cinema Database 1919: Die Hoffnung auf Segen 1920: Dieb und Weib 1920: Uriel Acosta 1920: Wildes Blut 1921: Der Mann ohne Nerven 1921: Unter Räubern und Bestien 1923: ErdgeistFilmography of Erwin Biswanger, Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute) 1923: Der Menschenfeind 1924: Die Nibelungen, Part 1 1924: Die Nibelungen, Part 2 1924: Die Fahrt ins Verderben 1926: Eternal Allegiance 1927: Metropolis As screenwriter 1939: In letzter Minute 1940: Tip auf Amalia 1943: Die große Nummer 1940–43/53: Panik Bibliography Hans Richter (Hrsg.): Filmstern. Richters Handbuch der Schauspieler, Regisseure und Schriftsteller des Films (= Kinojahrbuch. Band 4). Hans Hermann Richter Verlag, Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1921/1922, , S. 13. References External links Erwin Biswanger on Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Erwin Biswanger at Filmportal de. Category:1896 births Category:1944 deaths Category:20th-century German male actors Category:German male film actors Category:German male silent film actors Category:German male stage actors

Lithuanian Mathematical Society

The Lithuanian Mathematical Society or LMS (Lithuanian: , LMD) is a mathematical society founded in 1962. The LMS is based in Vilnius, and is a founding member of the European Mathematical Society. It is a full member of the International Mathematical Union. History Lithuania was a part of the Russian Empire from 1795 to 1914. The Lithuanian press ban, in force from 1865 to 1904, forbade the publication of material using the Latin alphabet in the Russian Empire, which made it harder to publish in Lithuanian. Shortly after the ban was lifted, the Lithuanian Learned Society was founded in 1907, which counted some mathematicians as members. From 1918 to 1940 Lithuania was an independent state, though Vilnius was occupied by Poland, and in this period the Lithuanian Society of Teachers of Mathematics and Physics was active in improving mathematics education. In 1940 Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union, and in 1941 it was invaded by the Nazis as part of Operation Barbarossa. Many teachers and professors fled Lithuania; after the Second World War the country became the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, and remained a part of the Soviet Union until 1990. The most significant Lithuanian mathematician of the Soviet period was Jonas Kubilius. Kubilius was born close to Eržvilkas, studied mathematics at Vilnius University from 1939 to 1946, and obtained his PhD from Leningrad University in 1951. Kubilius returned to Lithuania in 1951 and began working at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He played a role in the formation of the Institute of Physics and Mathematics in 1956, and became an assistant director, leading the Division of Mathematics. In 1958 Kubilius became rector of Vilnius University, replacing Juozas Bulavas who had been removed for trying to reduce Soviet influence on the university. The same year, the Institute of Physics and Mathematics held its first annual mathematics conference, where the idea of a national mathematical society was raised, and a working group was appointed to write its statutes. Kubilius' international reputation as a mathematician was growing, and the Soviets allowed the creation of the society. The Lithuanian Mathematical Society registered its statutes on 3 February 1962 under the patronage of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; it did not become fully independent until 2014. Kubilius served as the president of the society from its founding until his death in 2011. Publications The LMS was involved in the founding of the in 1961, which since 2008 has been published by Springer. Together with Vilnius University, the LMS publishes , a journal of research mathematics in both Lithuanian and English. From 1996 to 2003 the LMS published the journal α+ω, which billed itself as "a magazine for teachers, pupils, students and teachers of mathematics and computer science, for anyone interested in the problems, history and development of mathematics." Prizes The Lithuanian Mathematical Society biennially awards its Young Mathematicians Prize (Lithuanian: ) to a Lithuanian mathematician under the age of 40. Past winners are: 2016 Vytautas Paškūnas 2018 Kęstutis Česnavicis 2020 Paul Drungil 2022 Vidas Regelskis The Zigmas Žemaitis Medal of the LMS is awarded for contributions to science and education in Lithuania; it is named for Lithuanian mathematician . Presidents The past presidents of the Lithuanian Mathematical Society are: Jonas Kubilius (1962–2011) (2011–2014) (2014–2021) Artūras Štikonas (2021–present) See also List of mathematical societies References External links Old website of the LMS The Lithuanian Mathematical Society at MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Category:Mathematical societies Category:Scientific organizations established in 1962 Category:Scientific societies based in Lithuania Category:1962 establishments in Lithuania Category:Science and technology in Lithuania Category:Organizations based in Vilnius

2018 4 Hours of Fuji

thumb|The Track map of the Fuji Speedway The 2018 4 Hours of Fuji was the second round of the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on December 9, 2018, at Fuji Speedway in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. Qualifying Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold. ClassEntryChassisTime1LMP222 United AutosportsLigier JS P2-Nissan1:31.6852LMP224 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2-Judd1:32.0203LMP28 Spirit of RaceLigier JS P2-Nissan1:32.1544LMP223 United AutosportsLigier JS P2-Nissan1:32.8855LMP225 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2-Judd1:33.0286LMP24 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P2-Nissan1:33.0987LMP235 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P2-Judd1:34.7518LMP365 Viper Niza RacingLigier JS P31:35.4679LMP32 United AutosportsLigier JS P31:36.09510LMP33 United AutosportsLigier JS P31:36.15211LMP336 Eurasia MotorsportLigier JS P31:36.55112LMP313 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P31:36.83613LMP37 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P31:36.83814GT11 CarGuy RacingFerrari 488 GT31:37.85215GT51 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GT31:38.23616GT88 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRTAudi R8 LMS1:38.77417GT66 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRTAudi R8 LMS1:39.65918GT5 Red River Sport by TF SportAston Martin V12 Vantage GT31:45.26619LMP350 R24Ligier JS P31:52.96420LMP379 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P3—Source: Race Race results Class winners in bold. ClassEntryDriversChassisLapsEngine1LMP224 Algarve Pro Racing Harrison Newey Andrea PizzitolaLigier JS P2140Judd HK 3.6 L V82LMP222 United Autosports Phil Hanson Paul di RestaLigier JS P2140Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V83LMP24 ARC Bratislava Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Kang LingLigier JS P2138Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V84LMP235 Panis Barthez Competition François Heriau Matthieu LahayeLigier JS P2138Judd HK 3.6 L V85LMP223 United Autosports Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Salih YoluçLigier JS P2138Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V86LMP28 Spirit of Race Pipo Derani Côme Ledogar Alexander WestLigier JS P2137Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V87LMP33 United Autosports Matthew Bell Christian England Kay van BerloLigier JS P3135Nissan VK50 5.0 L V88LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Martin HippeLigier JS P3134Nissan VK50 5.0 L V89LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Anders Fjordbach Chris McMurry Mark PattersonLigier JS P2134Judd HK 3.6 L V810LMP379 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Colin Noble Anthony WellsLigier JS P3133Nissan VK50 5.0 L V811LMP37 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Nick Adcock Christian Stubbe OlsenLigier JS P3133Nissan VK50 5.0 L V812GT11 CarGuy Racing James Calado Kei Cozzolino Takeshi KimuraFerrari 488 GT3132Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V813LMP32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Chris Buncombe Garett GristLigier JS P3132Nissan VK50 5.0 L V814LMP365 Viper Niza Racing Douglas Khoo Nigel MooreLigier JS P3132Nissan VK50 5.0 L V815GT51 Spirit of Race Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier GuidiFerrari 488 GT3131Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V816GT66 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT Xu Wei Max Wiser Zhang YaqiAudi R8 LMS130Audi 5.2 L V1017GT88 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT Dries Vanthoor Anthony Liu XuAudi R8 LMS130Audi 5.2 L V1018GT5 Red River Sport by TF Sport Johnny Mowle Bonamy Grimes Ivor DunbarAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3129Aston Martin 6.0 L V1219LMP350 R24 Anna Inotsume Sayaka Katō Marie IwaokaLigier JS P3116Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8DNFLMP336 Eurasia Motorsport Nobuya Yamanaka Aidan ReadLigier JS P3104Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8Source: References External links Category: 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season Category:2018 in Japanese motorsport

Vidal Morales y Morales

Vidal Morales y Morales (April 21, 1848 – August 27, 1904) was a Cuban lawyer, writer, and historian.Santiago. (1981). Cuba: La Universidad. Biography Early life and education Vidal Morales y Morales was born on April 21, 1848, in Havana, Spanish Cuba. Morales completed his Civil Law studies at the University of Havana. He was a pupil of José Ignacio Rodríguez's teachings in Havana.McCadden, J., McCadden, H. M. (1969). Father Varela; Torch Bearer from Cuba. United States: United States Catholic Historical Society. By 1872, he had become a Doctor of Jurisprudence.American Sugar Industry. (1915). United States: R. Palmer. He was the founding secretary of the Havana Bar Association () in Havana.Santa Cruz y Mallén, F. X. d. (1940). Historia de familias cubanas. United States: Editorial Hércules. Cuban Anthropological Society On September 16, 1877, the Anthropological Society of the Island of Cuba () elected its new board for 1877–1878, with Morales among the members in attendance.Crónica médico-quirúrgica de La Habana. (1877). Cuba: Propaganda Literaria. In 1882, Vidal Morales y Morales had been in contact with Marcos Jiménez de la Espada to find out if the second volume of La Guerra de Quito had been published.Morales y Morales, V., Jiménez de la Espada, M. (1882). Vidal Morales y Morales se dirige a Marcos Jiménez de la Espada para saber si se ha publicado el tomo segundo de La Guerra de Quito. (n.p.): (n.p.). Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country He attended the inauguration of the "Royal Academy of Medical, Physical, and Natural Sciences" (now the Cuban Academy of Sciences) in Havana on May 19, 1886, as a correspondent for the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country ().Anales de la Academia de ciencias medicas, físicas y naturales de la Habana: Revista científica. (1886). Cuba: Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana.. He donated a volume to the Boston Public Library from Havana, in 1888.Document. (1890). United States: City Council. In 1891, Morales wrote his first piece appearing in La Tertulia, a publication of Cuban cultural promotion.Cuadernos de cultura. (1934). Cuba: Ministerio de Educación, Dirección de Cultura. By 1892, the noted biographer Morales was in possession of an unpublished manuscript for José Antonio Saco's autobiography.Revista cubana. (1892). Cuba: Soler, Alvarez y Comp.. U.S. occupation of Cuba On August 2, 1899, the military governor of Cuba Leonard Wood assigned Vidal Morales y Morales to be an associate justice of Pinar del Río Province.Annual Reports of the War Department. (1900). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office. National Archive of Cuba Appointed by Gen. Wood on January 25, 1900, he began overseeing the Archivo Nacional de la República de Cuba in February.Annual Report of the Secretary of War. (1901). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office. He was the founder of its bulletin.General History of the Caribbean. (1999). United Kingdom: Unesco. In January 1901, he published "Inciadores y Primeros Mártires de la Revolución Cubana" () in Havana.Wilgus, A. C. (1965). Histories and Historians of Hispanic America. United Kingdom: Cooper Square Publishers. He wrote the historical manual, Nociones de Historia de Cuba (), published in 1901.The Cuban Republic and José Martí: Reception and Use of a National Symbol. (2006). United Kingdom: Lexington Books. The texts were the leading textbooks on Cuban history in elementary schools. A 1902 manual for Cuba's teacher certification exam included letters by Morales, Manuel Sanguily, Nicolás Heredia, Carlos de la Torre, Manuel Valdés Rodríguez, and Esteban Borrero.Iglesias Utset, M. (2011). A Cultural History of Cuba During the U.S. Occupation, 1898-1902. United States: University of North Carolina Press. It was approved by the Board of Superintendents of Public Schools of the Island of Cuba on November 25, 1903.Alvarez Conde, J. (1951). Carlos de la Torre, su vida y su obra. Cuba: Impr. 'El Siglo XX'. In the early months of 1904, Morales y Morales had publications in the January, February, and March issues of the magazine Cuba Pedagógica.Cuba contemporanea: revista mensual. (1925). Cuba: (n.p.). His work Hombres del 68 () was also published in 1904.Morales y Morales, V. (1904). Hombres del 68: Rafael Morales y González : contribución al estudio de la historia de la independencia de Cuba. Cuba: Rambla y Bouza. Death Morales died in Havana, Cuba on August 27, 1904.Dollero, A. (1916). Cuban Culture. Cuba: Impr. "El Siglo XX" de A. Miranda. Further reading The Vidal Morales y Morales Collection is included in the 'Antonio Bachiller y Morales' Collection at the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí in Havana, Cuba.Pettway, M. (2019). Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection: Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion. United States: University Press of Mississippi. References Category:1848 births Category:1904 deaths Category:Cuban writers Category:Cuban lawyers Category:Cuban autobiographers Category:19th-century Cuban lawyers Category:Cuban historians Category:19th-century Cuban historians Category:People from Havana

Jassas ibn Murrah

Jassas ibn Murrah al-Shaybani al-Bakri (Arabic: جساس بن مرة الشيباني البكري) was a pre-Islamic tribal chief of the Banu Shayban, a division of the Banu Bakr tribe. He is best remembered for his assassination of the chief of the Taghlib tribe, Kulaib ibn Rabiah, which sparked the 40-year conflict known as the Basus War. Biography Family According to Yaqut al-Hamawi, the full lineage of Jassas ibn Murrah is in fact Jassas, son of Murrah, son of Dhal, son of Shayban, son of Tha'laba, son of Aqaba, son of Sa'b, son of Ali, son of Bakr ibn Wa'il; al-Hamawi proceeds to trace this lineage back to Adnan. Hence, Jassas is from the Banu Bakr and belongs to the Banu Shayban division of the tribe. Additionally, Jassas' descent from Adnan confirms that he is not only amongst the Adnanites, but also a descendant of the biblical patriarch Ishmael.Mubarakpuri, Saifur Rahman (2008). The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet. Dar-us-Salam Publications. Jassas' sister, Jalilah bint Murrah, was married to Kulaib ibn Rabiah hence making him the brother-in-law of Kulaib. Jassas' nephew from Kulaib and Jalilah's marriage was al-Jarw ibn Kulaib. His maternal aunt was Al-Basus, who was the same woman whom incited him to kill Kulaib which started the 40-year Basus War. Conflicts with the Taghlib Igniting the Basus War After Kulaib ibn Rabiah of the Taghlib tribe had shot a prized she-camel belonging to an influential woman affiliated with the Banu Bakr named Al-Basus, this action angered Jassas ibn Murrah.Al-Kāmil fi at-Tārikh, ed. Abū l-Fidāʾ ʿAbdallāh al-Qāḍī (11 vols., Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1987–2003) Jassas murdered Kulaib over this conflict, and this aroused the anger of the whole Taghlib tribe, who started to have an enmity against Jassas' tribe, the Banu Shayban and its parent tribe, Banu Bakr. The Taghlib fought against the Banu Bakr for 40 years, in the long series of conflicts known as the Basus War. The time period of this war has been dated to around 494–534 CE. Death According to the historian Monir Al-Balbaki, Jassas ibn Murrah was killed in 534 CE. There are conflicting reports on the manner of how he died, although both agree that he was killed. Death in battle The Muslim historian, Ibn al-Athir, states that Jassas ibn Murrah was fatally injured by the Taghlibi warrior Abu Nuwayra al-Taghlibi and he later died of his injuries while resting in the care of his relatives. Death by homicide Another narration states that Jassas was murdered by his nephew as an act of revenge for Jassas killing his father Kulaib. Personal life Jassas ibn Murrah was a proficient poet in his spare time especially during the Basus War. Legacy Jassas ibn Murrah appeared in the television drama series, Al-Zir Salem. He was portrayed by Abed Fahd. See also Kulaib ibn Rabiah Basus War List of Arabic-language poets References Category:6th-century Arab people Category:534 deaths

World Youth Congress Movement

The World Youth Congress Movement was an international left-wing popular front made up of youth groups from around the world from 1936 to 1940 promoting world peace, international co-operation, and progressive reforms.Lavery KP. ‘Youth of the world, unite so that you may live’: Youth, internationalism, and the Popular Front in the World Youth Congress Movement, 1936–1939. Peace & Change. 2021; 46: 269–285. https://doi.org/10.1111/pech.12476 History The World Youth Congress Movement was founded in 1936 as a result of the First World Youth Congress, organized by the International Federation of League of Nations Societies in Geneva from August 31 to September 6, 1936, and involving 700 delegates with representatives of Christian, students’, women's, youth and political organizations from 36 countries, including Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Irish Free State, Netherlands, the Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Yugoslavia and delegates from provisional committees in Australia, China, New Zealand, Palestine, Romania, and Switzerland. The congress was boycotted by Germany and Italy, both of which withdrew from the organizing committee before the conference began. Japan also did not send delegates.Davies, T. R. (2012). Internationalism in a Divided World: The Experience of the International Federation of League of Nations Societies, 1919–1939. Peace and Change: a journal of peace research, 37(2), pp. 227-252. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0130.2011.00744.x Its objectives were: (a) To provide an opportunity for youth of all countries to exchange ideas on international affairs and to reach agreement upon a common plan of international cooperation for the prevention of war and the organisation of peace (b) To bring about the co-operation of youth of all countries, based upon mutual understanding and mutual respect for opinion, to attain those ends, and to take common action to give effect to the decisions of the World Youth Congress; (c) To strengthen the links between the organisations of youth themselves and between youth and the League of Nations Societies. The 1936 Congress resulted in the establishment of the World Youth Congress Movement with an executive committee and international council. While the WYCM maintained a relationship with the International Federation of League of Nations Societies, it was autonomous and not under the IFLNS's auspices. The First World Youth Congress was organized as a result of a decision by the International Federation of League of Nations Societies assembly in 1933 that “the hour had come for the generation which was not old enough to have participated in the world war itself to take action for the reform of international and social policies that their elders had followed with such unhappy results". The Second World Youth Congress was held in August 1938 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In an attempt to include youth of all political tendencies, the WYCM's international council invited the Hitler Youth to send a delegation. The German organization said it would attend on the condition that German was made an official language of the Congress, no German émigré organizations would be allowed, no criticism would be made of the Nazi regime, and that all Communists be barred from attending. The WYCM refused to accept the final demand and the Hitler Youth boycotted the congress as a result. The Second Congress was widely criticized by anti-Communist politicians and media for the involvement of Communists and was investigated as a possible communist front organization by the newly formed House Un-American Activities Committee, but had the support of Eleanor Roosevelt and other liberal progressives. The second congress included 700 delegates and observers from fifty-four countries and included delegations from the colonial world including Indonesia, Burma, and India while the South African delegation added Black delegates and the Mandatory Palestine delegation included Arab delegates, in contrast to their delegations to the first congress. The Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy did not send delegations, while Japan and the Dominican Republic only sent observers. The Catholic church and the Boy Scouts of America boycotted the meeting. The WYCM faced divisions after its 1938 congress as the European situation deteriorated in the lead-up to World War II. The Swiss national committee resigned due to a loss of faith in collective security during the Munich crisis. Socialist Youth International, the youth movement associated with social democratic parties, also stopped attending meetings of the WYCM's council. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union undermined the WYCM's anti-fascism. On 31 August 1939, one day before the German Invasion of Poland and the start of the Second World War, the WYCM's International Council issued an emergency resolution reaffirming its support for the Vassar Peace Pact, denouncing “the policy of delivering entire peoples over to the aggressor nations,” and calling upon youth to unite against military aggression. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact would bring the Communist movement's popular front strategy to an end, with Joseph Stalin instructing the Comintern on September 9, 1939, to end the anti-fascist Popular Front strategy and instead oppose "imperialist war". It would also see a split between liberals and Communists, with most of the WCYM's remaining liberal supporters withdrawing their support. The WYCM continued until 1940, with its international secretary, Elizabeth Shields-Collins, announcing that the work of the WYCM would continue but be in the form of agitating for peace rather than anti-fascism, despite the WYCM's earlier support for collective security. The WYCM ceased to function and several national affiliates such as the Canadian Youth Congress and the Australian Youth Council were banned as subversive organizations due to their opposition to the war effort. Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Shields-Collins and other Communists reversed their position about the war to see it as an anti-fascist struggle. In London, Communists organized the International Youth Rally for Victory at Albert Hall on 11 October 1941 Shields-Collins as former secretary general of the WYCM, was chosen to set up a preparatory committee to organize the International Youth Council of Great Britain as an umbrella group for anti-fascist youth and exiles from Allied countries living in Britain. This, in turn, led to the foundation of a World Youth Council in 1942 with representatives from 29 countries. With the war coming to an end, the World Youth Council organized a World Youth Conference in London at Albert Hall with 600 delegates from predominantly Communist-led organizations in November 1945 which founded the Communist-led World Federation of Democratic Youth. Resolutions The 1936 World Youth Congress passed resolutions supporting internationalism and calling for strengthening the League of Nations as a tool for world security and for preventing war, against protectionism, for improved treatment of colonies and against war and called on delegates to promote peace and internationalism in their own countries. The 1938 World Youth Congress at Vassar College passed resolutions calling for social justice as a requirement of peace, in favour of labour reforms, for humanitarian aid to victims of aggression, and for boycotts and intervention against fascist aggression. The congress also passed the Vassar Peace Pact opposing wars of aggression, for fair peaceful settlement of disputes and collective security when such diplomacy fails, against aerial bombardment of towns, in favour of the self-determination of the colonial world. The peace pact stated: See also American Youth Congress Canadian Youth Congress World Federation of Democratic Youth - founded after World War II References Category:Youth organizations established in 1936 Category:Organizations disestablished in 1940 Category:Youth rights organizations Category:History of youth Category:League of Nations Category:Defunct organisations based in Switzerland Category:Organisations based in Geneva Category:Organizations disestablished in 1939 Category:Peace organizations Category:International nongovernmental youth organizations

2024–25 Mestis season

The 2024–25 Mestis season is the 25th season of Mestis, the second level of ice hockey in Finland. 10 teams participates in the league and each will play 49 games during the regular season. The regular season is followed by playoffs, promotion and relegation series. The winner of the playoffs will be declared the Champion of Mestis and will participate in the promotion series to Liiga. Those teams finishing ninth and tenth will play a series to avoid relegation to Suomi-Sarja. Clubs Updated 1 September 2024. Team City Home arena, capacity Founded Head coach Hermes 20px Kokkola Kokkolan jäähalli, 4,200 1953 Tuukka Poikonen Hokki 20px Kajaani Kajaanin jäähalli, 2,372 1968 Antti Halonen IPK 20px Iisalmi Kankaan jäähalli, - 1966 Simo Karjalainen Jokerit 20px Helsinki Helsinki Ice Hall, 8,200 1967 Tero Määttä JoKP 20px Joensuu Mehtimäki Ice Hall, 4,800 1953 Kasper Vuorinen Ketterä 20px Imatra Imatra Spa Areena, 1,300 1957 Janne Tuunanen KeuPa HT 20px Keuruu Keuruun Jäähalli, 1,100 1995 Niko Raiskio Kiekko-Vantaa 20px Vantaa Trio Areena, 3,700 1994 Jani Manninen RoKi 20px Rovaniemi Lappi Areena, 3,500 1979 Sakari Salmela TUTO Hockey 20px Turku Rajupaja Areena, 3,000 1929 Jonne Virtanen Team changes The following team changes have happened for the 2024–25 season: To Mestis Promoted from Suomi-sarja None Relegated from Liiga None as Liiga is closed From Mestis Promoted to Liiga Kiekko-Espoo Relegated to Suomi-sarja FPS Other KOOVEE did not receive a license for the season and went bankrupt. Regular season The regular season consists of 49 matches. Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Penalty minutes. Playoffs Playoffs are being played in three stages. Quarter-Finals is a best-of-5 series, with the semifinals and the finals being a best-of-7 series. The teams are reseeded after the first two stages, so that the best team by regular season performance to make the quarter-finals and the semifinals faces the worst team in the corresponding stage. The bronze medal will be decided in a single game. Bracket Promotion and relegation Promotion For the first time since the summer of 2013, the promotion playoffs will make a comeback. The Mestis champion will compete against the last-placed team of Liiga, with the winner of the best-of-7 series being promoted to Liiga and the loser being relegated to Mestis. Relegation In the first round of relegation playoffs the 9th and 10th seated teams will play against each other. The winner will stay in Mestis while the looser will continue to play against the champion of Suomi-sarja for a place in next season in Mestis. Both 1st and 2nd rounds are played as a best-of-7 series. References Category:Mestis seasons Mestis

Gaabh

Gaabh is a 2024 Indian Marathi-language dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Anup Jatratkar and produced by Timelapse Productions and Multimedia Productions. The film starring Kailash Waghmare, Sayali Bandkar in the leading roles. Plot Dadu, a man in his mid-thirties living with his elderly grandmother, acquires a buffalo to meet her demands. Constantly subjected to her taunts due to his unmarried status and perceived failures, Dadu harbors resentment towards his deceased father, whom he blames for his own unfinished education. He is in denial about his role in his father's suicide, attributing his problems solely to his father. When his new buffalo unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Dadu hesitates to arrange for its mating, further provoking his grandmother's criticisms. Frustrated by her incessant nagging, Dadu sets out to find a mate for the buffalo, but encounters difficulty due to the common practice of selling male calves to butchers. His search leads him to a village where he learns that the local male buffalo, intended for a wedding, has been absconded with by the bride. Dadu then undertakes the task of locating and recovering the runaway buffalo, embarking on a journey that ultimately leads him to a deeper self-discovery. Cast Kailash Waghmare as Dadu Sayali Bandkar as Fulwa Umesh Bolake as Gundyappa, Fulwa's father Vasundhara Pokhrankar as Dadu's grandmother Vikas Patil as Janya Chandrashekhar Janawade as Kisan Release The film was theatrically released on 21 June 2024. Critical reception Santosh Bhingarde of Sakal rated 3/5 stars and praised the film's cinematography, while the first half might feel a bit slow, the movie picks up speed in the second half, delivering a touching social message through a unique love story that highlights the special bond between humans and animals. Sanjay Ghaware of Lokmat rated 3/5 stars and praises the film for its unique blend of messages and its engaging, if slow, storyline that picks up after the interval. He appreciate the strong acting performances and the film's emotional depth, though they note that the comedy falls short and the cinematography is average. Shrikant Bhosale of ABP Majha also rated 3/5 stars and suggesting that while the film "Ghabh" offers a unique take on a love story and explores agricultural themes, its slower pace and rural focus might not resonate with urban viewers. However, from a human perspective, the film's emotional depth can be appreciated. Music The lyrics, music, and sound design are created by Chandrasekhar Janwade, while the background score is composed by Ravindra Chandekar. The songs are performed by Anand Shinde, Prasannajit Kosambi, and Savani Ravindra. References External links Category:2020s Marathi-language films Category:Marathi-language black comedy films Category:Indian black comedy films Category:Films about animals Category:Films set in Kolhapur Category:Films set in Maharashtra

Saleh Shahin

Saleh Shahin (סאלח שאהין ;صلاح شاهین; born 28 October 1982) is an Israeli Paralympic medalist rower. He is Druze, from the Arab city of Shfaram, Israel. He enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces, and served as a commander in the paratroopers. He was wounded in 2005 in a terrorist attack. Shahin represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls, and won the bronze medal with Shahar Milfelder. Early and personal life Shahin is Druze, from the Arab city of Shfaram, Israel. He and his wife Sabrin have two daughters."Makers for Heroes; Saleh Shahin," Restart. He enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces in 2003, and rose to be a commander in the paratroopers."Beit Halochem athletes are going to the Paralympics!," Beit Halochem Canada, August 7, 2024. Speaking of Arab-Jewish coexistence, Shahin said: "I feel an inseparable part of the State of Israel, and equal among equals." Terrorist attack and injury On January 13, 2005, Shahin was at work as a security guard for the Israel Airports Authority at the Karni crossing checkpoint on the Gaza-Israel border.Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics," The Jewish Chronicle. A number of terrorists from Gaza attacked the crossing, killed six Israeli civilians, wounding four others, and seriously wounding Shahin.Amy Spiro (September 1, 2024). "Rowers take gold, bronze as Israel continues to rack up Paralympic medals; Champ Moran Samuel says the day, like the year, held mixed emotions; Druze rower Saleh Shahin, wounded in 2005 Gaza border terror attack, says he wanted to bring some ‘light’ to nation," The Times of Israel. Shahin attacked the terrorists, and in his exchange of gunfire with them Shahin was injured by four bullets which crushed his left foot, and entered his left thigh tearing a main artery, hip joint, pelvis, and intestines in his abdomen.Stav Ifergan (September 1, 2024). "Success in Paris: gold for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin," Ynet.Guy Laiba (September 1, 2024). "The Paralympic athletes presented the most beautiful face of Israel," Ynet. He killed the terrorist who had shot him, as well as two other terrorists."The amazing story of Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin; The rower was a basketball player and underwent surgery to remove a pelvis due to an illness, the Druze rower was injured in the attack after eliminating three terrorists: the story of the new bronze medalists," One, September 1, 2024."A huge achievement: a medal for Millfelder and Shahin in the pair rowing; Amazing: the pair of Israeli rowers who came as underdogs surprised in a big way in the final of the double rowing at the Paralympic Games, when they stopped the clock in a time of 8:31.85 minutes," One, September 1, 2024. Shahin received two awards for his acts of bravery in stopping the attack and pursuing an attacker."A significant Israeli achievement," Yoseph Haddad, June 16, 2023.. He suffers from considerable limitation in his range of motion as a consequence of his injuries. Rowing career His club is Beit Halochem in Tel Aviv, Israel. Shahin trains at the Daniel Rowing Centre and on the banks of the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, and his coaches are Dmitry Margolin and Sergey Bokarib."Schwang Athlete of the Week |Saleh Shaheen; Our athlete of the week was injured in a battle with terrorists and through sports managed to rehabilitate and even managed to compete in the world championship and world cup in rowing," Shvoong, April 20, 2021. He practices twice a day, six days a week."Sport saved Israeli Paralympian," DW, September 5, 2024 (video). He is 1.95 meters (6 feet, 5 inches) tall."Druze rower qualifies for Paralympic games with Jewish counterpart' Injured in a terror attack in 2005, Saleh Shaheen’s story is one of resilience, persistence and trust," The Jerusalem Post. His rowing partner is Jewish-Israeli Shahar Milfelder, who is 15 years his junior, at 16 years old was diagnosed with cancer, and half of her pelvis was removed.Dotan Malach (August 28, 2024). "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfeder dream of bringing a medal together," Makor Rishon. At the 2019 World Rowing Cup III, they won a gold medal in the PR3 Mixed Double Sculls (FA). At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, they came in first in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B. At the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Switzerland, they won a silver medal in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls and qualified for the 2024 Paralympics.Oren Aharoni (May 26, 2024). "Without the injury I might not have been at the Paralympic Games in Paris - that's my destiny," Israel HaYom."Saleh SHAHIN," World Rowing.Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics," The Jewish Chronicle."Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfelder," INZ-org. 2024 Paris Paralympics bronze medal Shahin represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls. He said: "It’s a great honour to represent my country, but it’s also a huge responsibility. I hope to do so in the most deserving and honorable way, especially in this difficult period after October 7. It is my goal to show the world how strong we are."Amelie Botbol (August 28, 2024). "The Israeli war veterans going for sporting glory at the Paralympics; ‘It is my goal to show the world how strong we are’", The Jewish Chronicle. He won the bronze medal with Shahar Milfelder, with a time of 8:31.85, 13 seconds behind gold medalist Great Britain.Oren Aharoni (September 1, 2024). "Gold medal in rowing for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahin and Millfelder," Israel HaYom."I will go to Millfelder and Shaheen in Paris; The pair of Israeli rowers, in their first appearance at the games, reached the podium in rowing," Mako, September 1, 2024. He said that at the start of their race, he heard the Israeli national anthem, and was in tears. Speaking of the killing of six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza that day, Shahin said: "I started with a really difficult morning with everything that is happening in the country at this time, and I said that there should be light at the end of the tunnel." See also List of Arab citizens of Israel List of Israeli Druze References External links Instagram page Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli Druze people Category:Israeli soldiers Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Category:Paralympic medalists in rowing Category:Paralympic rowers for Israel Category:People from Shefa-'Amr Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Shahar Milfelder

Shahar Milfelder (שחר מילפלדר; born 17 September 1997) is an Israeli Paralympic medalist rower. She competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls and won the bronze medal with her rowing partner Druze-Israeli Saleh Shahin. Early life Milfelder grew up in Moshav Beit Yitzchak in Israel. At the age of 15, she was diagnosed with a rare and violent bone cancer, and at the time was the only patient in Israel who suffered from it. She went to a hospital in New Jersey in the United States for radiation therapy, but the tumor returned after her treatments. She then underwent a 16-hour operation in a Manhattan hospital, in which half of her pelvis was removed. Initially, she had a special brace so she could walk with a walker, but in time she switched to crutches, and she now can move around with one crutch. She moved to Tel Aviv to be close to her training facility. She later volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces, and served for five years as a simulator instructor and officer in the Israeli Air Force. Rowing career Milfelder's club is Beit HaLohm Tel Aviv, and she trains at the Daniel Rowing Center with Dima Margolin and Sergi Bokarib. Her rowing partner is Druze-Israeli Saleh Shahin, who is 15 years older than she is, and was injured while fighting terrorists on the Gaza border.Dotan Malach (August 28, 2024). "Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfeder dream of bringing a medal together," Makor Rishon. At the 2019 World Rowing Cup III, they won a gold medal in the PR3 Mixed Double Sculls (FA). At the 2023 World Rowing Championships, they came in first in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls Final B. At the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Switzerland, they won a silver medal in the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls and qualified for the 2024 Paralympics.Oren Aharoni (May 26, 2024). "Without the injury I might not have been at the Paralympic Games in Paris - that's my destiny," Israel HaYom."Saleh SHAHIN," World Rowing.Eliana Jordan (August 9, 2024). "Meet the Jewish and Israeli athletes competing in the 2024 Paralympics," The Jewish Chronicle."Saleh Shahin and Shahar Milfelder," INZ-org. 2024 Paris Paralympics; bronze medal They competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the PR2 mixed double sculls, and won the bronze medal, with a time of 8:31.85, 13 seconds behind gold medalist Great Britain.Oren Aharoni (September 1, 2024). "Gold medal in rowing for Moran Samuel, bronze for Shahin and Millfelder," Israel HaYom."I will go to Millfelder and Shaheen in Paris; The pair of Israeli rowers, in their first appearance at the games, reached the podium in rowing," Mako, September 1, 2024. Milfelder, speaking of the families of the six newly confirmed dead hostages, said: "We had in mind to give pride to the country. I cried in the morning from the hard news, and now I cry from the good news, and send the biggest hug I can to the families of the abducted and to all the citizens of the State of Israel."Jacob Gurvis (September 3, 2024). "As Israel endured a difficult weekend at home, its athletes won several Paralympic medals, bringing Paris total to 7," See also List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners References External links Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli Air Force personnel Category:Israeli female rowers Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Moshavniks Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel Category:Paralympic medalists in rowing Category:Paralympic rowers for Israel Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Sportspeople from Tel Aviv

Grace Donworth

Grace Donworth (July 22, 1857 – November 25, 1945) was an American writer and artist, based in Maine. Mark Twain promoted her "Jennie Allen" books to his audiences. Early life Donworth was born on July 22, 1857, in Machias, Maine, the daughter of Patrick Enright Donworth and Mary Eliza Baker Donworth. Her father was a lumberman, and her four brothers became lawyers. Her brother George Donworth was a judge in Washington state. Her younger brother Albert B. Donworth was also a writer. She graduated from Notre Dame Academy, with further art training in Boston. Career Donworth taught school in Massachusetts and Maine. She was regent of the Machias chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). She also belonged to the American Folklore Society and the Boston Authors' Club. Donworth joined other women in Providence, Rhode Island, to assemble relief shipments to the victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; while there, she wrote humorous letters to a fellow aid worker, Miss Stockbridge, in the persona of an "unsophisticated and old fashioned" seamstress. Those became her "Jennie Allen" stories. Stockbridge shared the letters with her brother and with a DAR meetings, and they eventually came to the attention of Mark Twain. Mark Twain enjoyed Donworth's "Jennie Allen" writings. They were first presented to him as genuine correspondence, but he soon knew they were Donworth's creation: "'Jennie's' letters are an innocent fraud, and a quite justifiable one, since they make pleasant reading and can harm no one," he wrote in a 1906 letter."Grace Donworth" Putnam's Magazine 5(6)(March 1909): 755-757. He helped her find a publisher, and promoted her works to his audiences. In Everybody's Magazine, J. B. Kerfoot called The Letters of Jennie Allen "the best piece of homely fun of the year."Kerfoot, J. B. "A Row of Books" Everybody's Magazine 20(2)(February 1909): 435. Publications The Letters of Jennie Allen (1908)"More Letters" The Canadian Magazine 32(4)(February 1909): 386. (first published in Ladies' Home Journal) Down Home with Jennie Allen (1910)"Down Home with Jennie Allen" The Publishers' Weekly 2026(November 26, 1910): 106. Personal life Donworth died in Machias, on November 25, 1945, aged 88. Her papers are in the Maine State Library. References Category:1857 births Category:1945 deaths Category:American women writers Category:People from Machias, Maine Category:American humorists Category:American educators

2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season

The 2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season is the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL). On 22 February 2024, Scott Ninnis signed a two-year contract as head coach. However, on 12 August 2024, the 36ers replaced Ninnis with Mike Wells. Roster Source: 2024–25 Adelaide 36ers roster Depth chart Standings Ladder The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding. Ladder progression Game log Pre-season |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 17 September | New Zealand | L 75–101 | Isaac Humphries (22) | Isaac Humphries (7) | three players (3) | Gold Coast Convention Centren/a | 0–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2 | 19 September | @ Perth | L 112–80 | Cadee, Franklin (15) | Trentyn Flowers (6) | Jason Cadee (4) | Gold Coast Convention Centren/a | 0–2 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 3 | 21 September | @ Tasmania | L 86–82 | Tohi Smith-Milner (21) | Mitch McCarron (7) | Mitch McCarron (10) | Gold Coast Convention Centren/a | 0–3 Regular season |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 1 | 29 September | @ Brisbane | L 86–71 | Isaac Humphries (17) | Jacob Wiley (9) | Kell, Wiley (5) | Nissan Arena4,286 | 0–1 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 2 | 1 October | Melbourne | L 74–82 | Jason Cadee (18) | Kyrin Galloway (9) | Jason Cadee (6) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre8,165 | 0–2 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 3 | 6 October | @ Perth | L 82–75 | Isaac Humphries (18) | Jacob Wiley (8) | Cadee, McCarron (4) | Perth Arena11,306 | 0–3 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 4 | 8 October | @ Sydney | L 109–100 | Trey Kell (28) | Mitch McCarron (10) | Jacob Wiley (5) | Sydney SuperDome14,029 | 0–4 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 5 | 14 October | Illawarra | W 89–80 | Trey Kell (25) | Kell, Wiley (9) | Jason Cadee (4) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,108 | 1–4 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 6 | 19 October | S.E. Melbourne | L 85–102 | Trey Kell (21) | Jacob Wiley (8) | three players (2) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre6,870 | 1–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 7 | 21 October | Perth | W 89–78 | Isaac Humphries (26) | Humphries, Wiley (8) | Dejan Vasiljevic (6) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre8,140 | 2–5 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 8 | 26 October | @ New Zealand | W 85–97 | Dejan Vasiljevic (24) | Jacob Wiley (13) | Dejan Vasiljevic (5) | Spark Arena4,646 | 3–5 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 9 | 4 November | @ Perth | L 99–88 | Trey Kell (25) | Alex Starling (6) | Trey Kell (6) | Perth Arena11,326 | 3–6 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 10 | 11 November | Tasmania | L 72–82 | Dejan Vasiljevic (16) | Mitch McCarron (8) | Nick Marshall (4) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,440 | 3–7 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 11 | 17 November | S.E. Melbourne | W 96–93 | Dejan Vasiljevic (29) | Jacob Wiley (14) | Jason Cadee (4) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre7,833 | 4–7 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 12 | 30 November | @ New Zealand | L 96–83 | Dejan Vasiljevic (14) | Jacob Wiley (12) | Dejan Vasiljevic (4) | Christchurch Arena3,936 | 4–8 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 13 | 2 December | @ Tasmania | L 94–59 | Dejan Vasiljevic (14) | Alex Starling (8) | Alex Starling (3) | Derwent Entertainment Centre4,340 | 4–9 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 14 | 9 December | Cairns | L 101–116 | Dejan Vasiljevic (30) | Isaac Humphries (9) | Trey Kell (6) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre8,954 | 4–10 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 15 | 16 December | @ Melbourne | L 107–96 | Dejan Vasiljevic (23) | Jacob Wiley (9) | Dejan Vasiljevic (6) | John Cain Arena7,757 | 4–11 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 16 | 24 December | Brisbane | W 95–88 | Dejan Vasiljevic (23) | Jacob Wiley (12) | Dejan Vasiljevic (6) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,440 | 5–11 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 17 | 28 December | Perth | L 82–100 | Isaac Humphries (24) | Alex Starling (7) | Dejan Vasiljevic (5) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,468 | 5–12 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 18 | 31 December | @ Illawarra | L 91–84 | Isaac Humphries (26) | Trey Kell (10) | Trey Kell (12) | Wollongong Entertainment Centre5,101 | 5–13 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 19 | 6 January | Melbourne | W 100–96 | Dejan Vasiljevic (30) | Trey Kell (10) | Trey Kell (5) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,564 | 6–13 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 20 | 11 January | Sydney | W 95–82 | Trey Kell (27) | Isaac Humphries (12) | Dejan Vasiljevic (8) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,580 | 7–13 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 21 | 13 January | @ Cairns | L 111–101 (OT) | Isaac Humphries (28) | Isaac Humphries (11) | Trey Kell (3) | Cairns Convention Centre4,659 | 7–14 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 22 | 17 January | @ S.E. Melbourne | W 85–110 | Isaac Humphries (25) | three players (7) | three players (4) | State Basketball Centre3,422 | 8–14 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 23 | 20 January | @ Illawarra | W 89–96 | Trey Kell (26) | Isaac Humphries (10) | Nick Marshall (3) | Wollongong Entertainment Centre3,555 | 9–14 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 24 | 27 January | Cairns | W 88–71 | Dejan Vasiljevic (28) | Kyrin Galloway (8) | three players (3) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,471 | 10–14 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 25 | 2 February | Sydney | W 85–78 | Humphries, Vasiljevic (20) | Isaac Humphries (11) | Trey Kell (7) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,434 | 11–14 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 26 | 4 February | @ Tasmania | L 109–86 | Trey Kell (29) | Trey Kell (10) | Nick Marshall (4) | Derwent Entertainment Centre4,340 | 11–15 |-style="background:#FFBBBB;" | 27 | 9 February | @ Brisbane | L 102–84 | Dejan Vasiljevic (28) | Trey Kell (10) | Mitch McCarron (4) | Nissan Arena4,987 | 11–16 |-style="background:#BBF3BB;" | 28 | 18 February | New Zealand | W 76–70 | Dejan Vasiljevic (25) | Dejan Vasiljevic (14) | Mitch McCarron (6) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre9,513 | 12–16 Transactions Re-signed Player Date Signed Contract Ref. Dejan Vasiljevic 29 January 2024 3-year deal Isaac Humphries 7 March 2024 3-year deal Alex Starling 29 April 2024 1-year deal Jacob Rigoni 7 May 2024 2-year deal (club option) Fiston Ipassou 30 July 2024 1-year deal Keanu Rasmussen 30 July 2024 1-year deal Additions Player Date Signed Contract Former team Ref. Lat Mayen 16 April 2024 1-year deal Cairns Taipans Ben Griscti 21 May 2024 3-year deal UC Riverside Kendric Davis 17 July 2024 1-year deal Santa Cruz Warriors Patrick D’Arcy 30 July 2024 1-year deal Sturt Sabres Subtractions Player Reason left Date Left New Team Ref. Jacob Wiley Free agent 11 April 2024 TBC Tohi Smith-Milner Free agent 19 April 2024 Brisbane Bullets Mitch McCarron Free agent 26 April 2024 New Zealand Breakers Kyrin Galloway Free agent 29 April 2024 Cairns Taipans Awards Club awards Club MVP: Most Improved: Coaches Award: Members Choice: Best Defensive Player: Chairman's Award: See also 2024–25 NBL season Adelaide 36ers References External links Official Website Adelaide 36ers Category:Adelaide 36ers seasons Adelaide 36ers season

Sanzu River (Burundi)

The Sanzu River () is a river in Burundi, a right tributary of the Nyabaha River. Course The Sanzu River forms in the east of Ruyigi Province to the southwest of Kigamba and northwest of the city of Ruyigi. It is formed where the Rusabagi River from the northwest joins the Rutimbura River from the southeast. It flows west to join the Nyakijanda River, which flows from the south. The combined stream is the Nyabaha River, which flows northwest to join the Ruvubu River. The Sanzu flows through the Commune of Ruyigi and the Commune of Butaganzwa. Environment The surroundings of the Sanzu river are a mosaic of farmland and natural vegetation. The area is quite densely populated, with 111 inhabitants per square kilometer as of 2016. The average annual temperature in the area is . The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is , and the coldest is April, with . Average annual rainfall is . The rainiest month is December, with an average of of precipitation, and the driest is July, with of precipitation. Issues There is an old hydroelectric dam owned by Regideso on the Sanzu River on the Ruyigi-Kayongozi road, about from Ruyigi. The power plant ceased to function in 2000, and the canal that carried water to the plant became clogged due to lack of maintenance. This has caused flooding to several rice fields along a stretch. In April 2023 one of the pipes broke, causing further damage. In May 2023 torrential rain caused the flooding of marshes beside the Sanzu River in Ruhwago colline, Commune of Ruyigi. Beans, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops were washed away about three weeks before they were to be harvested. See also List of rivers of Burundi References Sources Temperature data from satellite measurements of the earth's surface temperature within a box that is 0.1×0.1 degres. Average value for the years 2012–2014 within a box that is 0.1×0.1 degres. Category:Rivers of Burundi Category:Ruyigi Province

2018 4 Hours of Shanghai

thumb|Track map of the Shanghai International Circuit The 2018 4 Hours of Shanghai was the first round of the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on November 25, 2018, at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. Qualifying Qualifying results Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold. ClassEntryChassisTime1LMP28 Spirit of RaceLigier JS P2-Nissan1:55.4762LMP224 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2-Judd1:55.8043LMP222 United AutosportsLigier JS P2-Nissan1:56.2304LMP21 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota SportOreca 05-Nissan1:56.4445LMP223 United AutosportsLigier JS P2-Nissan1:56.4456LMP235 Panis Barthez CompetitionLigier JS P2-Judd1:56.5077LMP225 Algarve Pro RacingLigier JS P2-Judd1:57.1468LMP24 ARC BratislavaLigier JS P2-Nissan1:57.8359LMP313 Inter Europol CompetitionLigier JS P31:59.71110LMP365 Viper Niza RacingLigier JS P31:59.89811LMP32 United AutosportsLigier JS P31:59.92712LMP33 United AutosportsLigier JS P32:00.41613LMP336 Eurasia MotorsportLigier JS P32:00.63114LMP379 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P32:00.92415LMP37 Ecurie Ecosse/NielsenLigier JS P32:01.21616LMP338 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota SportLigier JS P32:01.21817GT88 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRTAudi R8 LMS2:02.60318GT11 CarGuy RacingFerrari 488 GT32:03.28619GT51 Spirit of RaceFerrari 488 GT32:03.37520LMP350 N24Ligier JS P32:03.66421LMP337 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota SportLigier JS P32:03.73622GT66 TianShi Racing Team by Anstone RacingMercedes-AMG GT32:05.75223GTC16 Modena MotorsportsPorsche 991 GT3 Cup2:08.40124GTC59 EKS MotorsportsPorsche 991 GT3 Cup2:09.03925GT5 Red River Sport by TF SportAston Martin V12 Vantage GT32:10.60926GTC21 OpenRoad RacingPorsche 991 GT3 Cup2:10.78027GTC12 Earl Bamber MotorsportPorsche 991 GT3 Cup2:17.993Source: Race Race results Class winners in bold. ClassEntryDriversChassisLapsEngine1LMP28 Spirit of Race Pipo Derani Côme Ledogar Alexander WestLigier JS P2115Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V82LMP222 United Autosports Phil Hanson Paul di RestaLigier JS P2115Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V83LMP223 United Autosports Patrick Byrne Guy Cosmo Salih YoluçLigier JS P2114Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V84LMP24 ARC Bratislava Darren Burke Miroslav Konôpka Kang LingLigier JS P2114Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V85LMP225 Algarve Pro Racing Anders Fjordbach Chris McMurry Mark PattersonLigier JS P2114Judd HK 3.6 L V86LMP235 Panis Barthez Competition François Heriau Matthieu Lahaye Jean-Baptiste LahayeLigier JS P2113Judd HK 3.6 L V87LMP313 Inter Europol Competition Jakub Śmiechowski Martin HippeLigier JS P3112Nissan VK50 5.0 L V88LMP32 United Autosports Wayne Boyd Chris Buncombe Garett GristLigier JS P3112Nissan VK50 5.0 L V89LMP336 Eurasia Motorsport Nobuya Yamanaka Aidan ReadLigier JS P3111Nissan VK50 5.0 L V810LMP379 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Colin Noble Anthony WellsLigier JS P3111Nissan VK50 5.0 L V811LMP37 Ecurie Ecosse/Nielsen Nick Adcock Christian Stubbe OlsenLigier JS P3111Nissan VK50 5.0 L V812LMP33 United Autosports Matthew Bell Jim McGuire Kay van BerloLigier JS P3110Nissan VK50 5.0 L V813GT11 CarGuy Racing James Calado Kei Cozzolino Takeshi KimuraFerrari 488 GT3110Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V814GT51 Spirit of Race Francesco Piovanetti Oswaldo Negri Jr. Alessandro Pier GuidiFerrari 488 GT3109Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V815GT5 Red River Sport by TF Sport Johnny Mowle Bonamy GrimesAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3108Aston Martin 6.0 L V1216LMP350 N24 Sarah Bovy Stéphane Kox Marie IwaokaLigier JS P3107Nissan VK50 5.0 L V817LMP365 Viper Niza Racing Douglas Khoo Nigel MooreLigier JS P3106Nissan VK50 5.0 L V818GT66 TianShi Racing Team by Anstone Racing Xu Wei Max WiserMercedes-AMG GT3106Mercedes-Benz 6.2 L V819GTC16 Modena Motorsports Philippe Descombes Benny SimonsenPorsche 991 GT3 Cup102Porsche 4.0 L Flat-620GTC59 EKS Motorsports Bao Jinlong Porsche 991 GT3 Cup101Porsche 4.0 L Flat-621LMP338 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Hugo de SadeleerLigier JS P398Nissan VK50 5.0 L V822GTC21 OpenRoad Racing Francis Tjia Michael SoeryadjayaPorsche 991 GT3 Cup98Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6DNFGT88 Audi Sport Customer Racing Asia by TSRT Dries Vanthoor Dennis ZhangAudi R8 LMS78Audi 5.2 L V10DNFGTC12 Earl Bamber Motorsport Jeffrey Chiang Graeme Dowsett Will BamberPorsche 991 GT3 Cup61Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6DNFLMP21 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Jazeman Jaafar Nabil Jeffri Weiron TanOreca 0536Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8DNFLMP224 Algarve Pro Racing Ate de Jong Harrison Newey Andrea PizzitolaLigier JS P29Judd HK 3.6 L V8DSQLMP337 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport Yoshiharu Mori Hwang Do-yun Neale MustonLigier JS P3—Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8Source: References External links Category: 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series season Category:2018 in Chinese motorsport

Sack of Lanzarote (1586)

The Sack of Lanzarote occurred in 1586, when 6 or 7 Algerian Galleys, sacked the Spanish island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. The Algerians were successful and occupied the island for a month before leaving it. Background In 1582, the Ottoman-Algerian Admiral, Murat Reis the Elder, sailed to the Strait of Gibraltar.Robert C. Davis, p. 82 In late June 1586,Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168 after stopping at the Moroccan city of Salé,Robert C. Davis, p. 82 he executed another sudden landing in Lanzarote with 6 or 7 galleys, 1,200 men, including 400 Turks.Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168Robert C. Davis, p. 82 The Algerians poured onto the island like a torrent, furiously attacking the castle of Guanapaya, which is the stronghold of the town of Teguise. After assaulting it twice, they managed to destroy it after the death of the commander Diego de Cabrera Leme in its defense.Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168 Thus freed from that obstacle, they burned more than ten thousand fanegas of wheat and barley; and set fire to all the archives and offices of notaries, without saving any ancient document or useful manuscript from the flames. The governor Don Agustin de Herrera y Rojas, the first Marquis of Lanzarote, was captured along his wife Doña Inés Benitez de las Cuevas and Doña Constanza de Herrera, his natural daughter. Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168 However, Murat raised a flag of peace before returning, a truce was agreed upon to negotiate the ransom of those two illustrious prisoners, the sum of which amounted to fifteen thousand ducats. And since only five thousand could be presented at once, Don Diego Sarmiento, the natural brother of the marquis, and Marco de San Juan Peraza were delivered as hostages for the remaining ten thousand.Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168 Thus, Murat withdrew from the island on August 26, taking with him 200Jose de Viera y Clavijo, p. 168 or 300 captives.Robert C. Davis, p. 82 References Category:16th-century military history of Spain Category:Barbary slave raids Category:1586 in Spain Category:1586 in the Ottoman Empire Category:Looting in Spain Category:Naval battles involving the Ottoman Empire Category:Naval battles involving the Regency of Algiers Category:Naval battles involving Spain Category:16th century in slavery Sources Robert C. Davis (2009), Holy War and Human Bondage: Tales of Christian-Muslim Slavery in the Early-Modern Mediterranean. Jose de Viera y Clavijo (1859), Noticias de la historia general de las Islas Canarias.

M.2 Città di Ferrara

M.2 Città di Ferrara was a semi-rigid military single-gondola airship made in 1910 by the Stabilimento Costruzioni Aeronautiche in Rome, designed by Gaetano Crocco and Ottavio Ricaldoni as the second aircraft of the "M-Class" airships and operated by Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). On 8 June 1915 it war destroyed by the Austro-Hungarian seaplane, as the first airship ever destroyed by the other aircraft in military aviation history. Development According to the 1910 Italian law for the strengthening of the aeronautics the construction of 9 airships was ordered by the army, including three small, five medium and one large aircraft. The medium-class semi-rigid airships (M type) were designed by the military engineers and officers Gaetano Arturo Crocco and Ottavio Ricaldoni. The first of the airships, M.I, equipped with 2 Fiat S-76A 200 HP engines, was assigned to the Royal Army. In 1913 Regia Marina also decided to equip itself with airships. The first of them, the M.2, was built in Vigna di Valle according to specifications issued by the marine technicians. Worried about having to encounter enemy aircraft during the missions over the Adriatic, requested the replacement of the two Fiat engines with four of English origin Wolseley 125 HP single-propeller engines, in order to increase the obtainable speed to the maximum, which after the improvement reached the highest speed of 82 km/h. Due to the increase in weight, the transportable load was reduced by about 300 kg (it reached a maximum of 3,000 kg), and the maximum reachable height dropped to less than 2,000 meters. thumb|Gondola of the M.2 The airship was first introduced on 26 May 1913, and took flight for the first time on 13 July, after receiving important modifications to the nacelle. On 11 August the airship performed a test flight over the city of Rome, with an aircraft dropping incendiary devices over the airship, while the latter tried to avoid the attack by performing disengagement manoeuvres. On 26 August it made a two-hour test flight in Bracciano with the Minister of the Navy Enrico Millo on board. Once back in Vigna di Valle, ship was then transferred to the Ferrara-San Luca Airport on 27 August, carrying out a 380 km flight in seven and a half hours under the command of Lieutenant Emanuele Ponzio and his crew: Lieutenant Giovanni Battista Carniglia, Sub-Lieutenant Giacinto Valerio and Chief Mechanic Antonio Mantero. Operational history thumb|left|Hangaring the ship Between the end of 1913 and 1914 the M.2 performed numerous test flights, including the one on the route of Ferrara, Ancona, Capo Gargano, Gulf of Manfredonia and back covering 1,200 km while being 21 hours in the air without any technical stopover, conquering the Italian record for duration and distance without stopping. From 13 to 16 April 1914 the M.2 took part in a combined military maneuvers with aircraft, airships and submarines over the sea between Venice and Ancona. In May 1914, during a special ceremony, the war flag, donated by a ladies' committee from the city of Ferrara, was delivered to the airship. Renamed M.2 Città di Ferrara, in May 1915 it was transferred to the Jesi airport under the command of Lieutenant Castruccio Castracane. After the Kingdom of Italy entered the war on 24 May, the airship was immediately used in operational missions as a part of coastal airpatrols and subsequent bombing of Austro-Hungarian ships. Its first action began on the night between 23 and 24 May, when the V.1 Città di Jesi and M.2 had the task of carrying out an incursion on the enemy naval stronghold of Pola. The M.2, which left at 11.20 p.m., then suddenly found itself in the middle of the enemy operation of the Austro-Hungarian Navy conducting actions against several targets along the Italian coast. At 0.28 a.m., surrounded by the artillery fire from the enemy light cruiser, it gave up action against Pula, reversing course. While returning to the home base, at 5:10 in the morning the M.2 dropped some bombs on the naval units that had just proceeded the bombing raid on Porto Corsini, Senigallia and Ancona, among them the explorer Novara, damaging the destroyer SMS Velebit. Reached by two enemy seaplanes, the commander suspended the action and returned to the Jesi airfield. On 30 May airship took off from the Campalto airport near Venice to bomb Pula. The raid was successful: M.2 managed to drop some bombs and also escape the anti-aircraft artillery fire, because, thanks to the clouds and darkness, the anti-aircraft lights were unable to frame and chase him. Destruction thumb|Airkill of the Italian Navy airship Citta de Ferrara by Austro-Hungarian waterplane L 48, 8 June 1915 (illustration by W. Malchin) On 8 June 1915, upon returning from a bombing mission against the Whitehead torpedo factories and the Ganz & Co. Danubius shipyards in Fiume, the airship, under the command of Captain Castracane, was hit and seriously damaged. Città di Ferrara attempted to return to base, but approximately 20 km from Premuda it was spotted by the Austro-Hungarian patrolling marine aircraft marked Lohner L 48 piloted by Lschlt. Gustav Klasing with Skdt. Hans Fritsche von Crouenwald as an observer. Klasing managed to got his plane closer to the airship and then the crew shot a flare to the airship body. The M.2 started to burn and fell into the sea: impact on the water or drowning caused the death of two crew members, while the survivors were picked up by an Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat and taken war prisoners. Residues of the ship were collected and taken to Fiume. Shotdown of the M.2 airship entered to the military aviation history as the first successful attack of the plane on the airship. Specifications See also References Bibliography Petrescu, R. V., Petrescu, F. I. (2013). The Aviation History: New Aircraft I - Color. Germany: Books on Demand. External links Category:1910s Italian aircraft Category:Airships of Italy Category:Aircraft first flown in 1913 Category:Regia Marina

La Regeneración (Paraguay)

La Regeneración was a liberal periodical published in Paraguay by the brothers José Segundo Decoud, Juan José Decoud and Adolfo Decoud, along with Facundo Machaín. It was Paraguay's first wholly private newspaper, funded primarily by returning exiles from Argentina in the aftermath of the Triple Alliance War, such as Juan Francisco Decoud. It ran only briefly, between the end of 1869 and 1870, closing when its office in Asunción was raided by a group of the city's Italian community, due to the publication of a news article which falsely attributed a murder to an Italian man, but had dispropportionate importance on the country's politics in the postwar era. History La Regeneración was Paraguay's first wholly privately owned newspaper, funded in the 1st of October 1869, while the Triple Alliance War still raged in the country's interior and Asunción, the capital, was under allied military occupation. Written by young liberals, the diary was an important piece in the country's political disputes as the rival power blocks coalesced, one led by Candido Bareiro centered amongst former prisoners of war and functionaries of the López regime, and the other by the Decouds, mainly José Segundo, mainly formed by members of the Paraguayan Legion and others who had been in exile during the López years. The 1870 Constitution's original project was first shown publicly through La Regeneración, probably a consequence of José Segundo's importance in drafting it and his key role with the newspaper. The provisional government's official acts were also published in it, until the 1st of September 1870, when Facundo Machaín, one of the diary's contributors, was named president by the Constitutional Assembly, but soon afterwards toppled by Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, aided by the Brazilian occupation forces. After this event, the diary took up opposition to the government, which tried to censor it. On the 18th of September, a news article was published blaming an Italian man for the brutal murder of a woman in the port district of Asunción. Over the next few days, it was discovered that the murderer was in truth an Argentinian man, leaving the city's Italian community enraged. A few days later, a crowd of between 200 and 250 was formed and marched towards the newspaper's building, armed with handguns and knives. The police arrived too late to keep the mob from trashing the building and fighting its workers. The police chief, Rufino Taboada, was a political enemy of the Decouds. When the police did arrive, however, they fired a volley at the mob, and then charged them with bayonets drawn. The riot's aftermath was that most of the press's materials were destroyed, some of it set on fire and some of it thrown out the building's windows. Two workers, one from Brazil and another from Uruguay, were killed, and two more were wounded. Amongst the rioters, three were killed and many others wounded by the police. A policeman also lost his life. At the end of the day, close to 200 Italians had been arrested, and at least 20 killed, as the police cracked down on the Italian community and searched their homes. The Argentine occupation commander's nephew also was killed. Segundo Decoud received an offer from president Rivarola to use rival newspaper El Paraguay'''s press while theirs was rebuilt, but the proposal was declined. The paper's eventual successor was called La Opinión Pública. Editorial La Regeneración'' was led mostly by young émigrés, recently returned from Argentina and elsewhere, heavily influenced by the liberalism of the time and by its Argentinian exponents, such as Domingo Sarmiento and Juan Bautista Alberdi. Amongst those who wrote for the newspaper there were heavyweight political figures such as Facundo Machaín, Benigno Ferreira, Juan Silvano Godoi, a single woman, Asunción Escalada, and the Decouds, Juan José, Adolfo and José Segundo. The paper's editorials and opinion pieces were centered on opposition to the Bareiro bloc and to the López regime, even after the Triple Alliance War ended with the Battle of Cerro Corá. They also were friendly to Argentina rather than Brazil. The diary positioned itself in favor of political, economical and individual liberty, a secular State, European and North American immigration, and the separation of powers. It also was . References Citations Sources Category:Defunct newspapers published in Paraguay Category:Newspapers established in 1869 Category:Spanish-language newspapers Category:1869 establishments in Paraguay Category:1870 disestablishments in Paraguay Category:Publications disestablished in 1870

Once More (Spandau Ballet song)

"Once More" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the second single from their 2009 acoustic album album of the same name. It reached number 82 on the UK Singles Chart and received mixed reviews. Background Spandau Ballet reunited in 2009, ten years after a disagreement over publishing royalties resulted in a court case and twenty years after the release of their last and least successful album, Heart Like a Sky. A tour was planned to mark the occasion along with an album of acoustic re-recordings of their biggest hits. Regarding the reunion, their saxophonist Steve Norman said, "[W]e bonded more than we ever have before, and it was important we did that." He found covering their own material to be beneficial in that "it kind of eased us into the studio process together. If we'd all gone into the studio and tried to have written songs together, it might have been a bit too much to handle at the time." He also explained that the record company wanted a new song for the album and that "the intention was really to build a bridge between now and the future of Spandau Ballet." Composition The record company wanted the new song to be a ballad. The band's lead guitarist and songwriter Gary Kemp decided to have it showcase the talents of lead singer Tony Hadley. He told John Wilson in a Mastertapes interview in 2013 that he wrote the song specifically with Hadley in mind, which was the first time he had needed to do so in two decades. He said, He also wanted it to be something "epic" and "cinematic" that would convey emotions similar to what the band had just been through and described the song as "a love affair about people trying [to have a relationship] again." Music video The band wanted the video to emphasize performing; the black-and-white clip takes place in a recording studio. Kemp said, "We didn't want it to be telling some drippy story as we walked across some landscape." Commercial performance "Once More" spent its sole week on the UK Singles Chart on 31 October 2009 at number 82. Critical reception When the band released the album Once More, the title song was mentioned by critics alongside the other new composition included, "Love Is All", and received mixed reviews. Stephen Schnee of AllMusic wrote, "Both tracks are wonderful ballads that may not be as drop-dead gorgeous as 'True', but they are right up there with other favorites like 'How Many Lies'." Paul Lester of the BBC was not as impressed by either of the new songs, writing, "[T]hey are, in this context, and given the consistently bland treatment, virtually indistinguishable from their 80s hits." Charts + Weekly chart performance for "Once More" Chart (2009) Peakposition References Category:2009 songs Category:2009 singles Category:Songs written by Gary Kemp Category:Spandau Ballet songs

2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament

The 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup – Men's tournament is the 5th edition of this championship. The event was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It was contested by 20 teams. Host selection Ulaanbaatar was given the hosting rights on 20 June 2024. Teams Africa Americas Asia and Oceania (hosts) Europe Seeding The seeding and groups were as follows: Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D (1) (8) (9) (16) (17) (2) (7) (10) (H) (15) (18) (3) (6) (11) (14) (19) (4) (5) (12) (13) (20) Venue Ulaanbaatar Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage All times are local. {{#invoke:RoundN|N8 |bold_winner=high |team-width=210 |Consol=Bronze medal |3rdplace=yes | September – |- | |- | | September – |- | |- | | September – |- | |- | | September – |-| Final standings Tiebreakers 1) Wins 2) Points scored 3) Seeding Pos Team 1 7 7 0 100% 147 21.0 2 7 6 1 86% 104 17.3 3 7 5 2 71% 112 18.7 4 7 5 2 71% 128 18.3 5 5 3 2 60% 97 19.4 6 5 3 2 60% 95 19.0 7 5 3 2 60% 84 16.8 8 5 2 3 40% 79 15.8 9 4 2 2 50% 74 18.5 10 4 2 2 50% 70 17.5 11 4 2 2 50% 63 15.8 12 4 2 2 50% 62 15.5 13 4 2 2 50% 40 13.3 14 4 1 3 25% 66 16.5 15 4 1 3 25% 65 16.3 16 4 1 3 25% 44 14.7 17 4 1 3 25% 48 11.7 18 4 0 4 0% 60 15.0 19 4 0 4 0% 58 14.5 20 0 0 0 0% 0.0 0 Awards Most valuable player References External links Official website Category:FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Mongolia FIBA 3x3 FIBA 3x3 Category:Sports competitions in Ulaanbaatar

List of candidates in the 1989 Dutch general election

Prior to the 1989 Dutch general election, contesting parties put forward party lists. 1: Christian Democratic Appeal + Candidate list for the Christian Democratic Appeal Number Candidate Votes Result 1 2,970,093 Elected 2 14,374 Elected 3 7,988 Elected 4 7,015 Elected 5 19,126 Elected Regional candidates + Regional candidates for the Christian Democratic Appeal Candidate Votes Result Number scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 532 Elected8 297 25 636 Elected 11 476 20 486 Elected 12 5,804 Elected 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 3,392 Elected 8 8 8 8 7 232 Elected 15 15 2,610 Elected 6 6 6 6 6 1,985 Elected 30 9 8 8 305 19 340 Replacement 14 15 170 26 747 Elected 10 178 28 274 Elected 13 14 187 Elected 13 11 168 Elected 10 189 Elected 12 518 18 205 Elected 17 261 27 659 21 1,171 Elected 14 345 22 151 24 1,973 Elected 9 11 320 29 330 Elected 9 391 Elected 16 127 23 5: Reformed Political Party + Candidate list for the Reformed Political Party Number Candidate Votes Result 1 156,668 Elected 2 1,601 Elected 3 1,096 Elected 4 1,919 5 549 6 246 7 380 8 202 9 100 10 160 11 54 12 111 13 172 14 220 15 345 16 424 17 96 18 532 19 121 20 108 21 55 22 100 23 104 24 27 25 147 26 60 27 203 28 79 29 66 30 137 Source References Notes Category:Candidate lists in Dutch general elections Category:1989 elections in the Netherlands

Halghton Hall

Halghton Hall is a house in the hamlet of Halghton in Wrexham County Borough, North Wales. Designed in around 1662 in a Jacobean style, it is a Grade I listed building. Various former estate buildings have their own historic listings. History Evidence of human habitation at Halghton dates from the Middle Ages. To the north of the present hall is the site of a Medieval moated manor house, although nothing but the platform and the moat now remain. Halghton Hall dates from 1662 and is thought to have been built by a cadet branch of the Hanmer family of Hanmer, Flintshire. By the 18th century the hall had descended to the status of a farmhouse, and formed part of the estate of Lieutenant Colonel Philip Lloyd Fletcher, commander of the Royal Flint Rifles. It was later sold to the Kenyon family, local landowners. The hall was sold again in the mid-20th century and remains privately owned, the centre of an agricultural estate. It is not open to the public. Architecture and description Halghton was intended to be built to a traditional h-plan, with a central block and two cross wings. The eastern section does not now exist, and it is likely that it was never built. Edward Hubbard, in his Clwyd volume in the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, suggests that it was not, and Cadw also thinks this probable, although it raises the possibility that the eastern section was constructed and later removed. The house is built of brick with ashlar dressings. Hubbard describes the "very large" off-set porch as "crudely Jacobean in style". A partial moat remains. Halghton is a Grade I listed building. A lodge, a farm building and a forge are all listed at Grade II. The site of the moated Medieval manor is a Scheduled monument. Footnotes References Sources Category:Houses completed in the 17th century Category:Grade I listed houses in Wales Category:Grade I listed buildings in Wrexham County Borough Category:Jacobean architecture