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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vethathiri%20Maharishi
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Vethathiri Maharishi
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Vethathiri Maharishi (14 August 1911 – 28 March 2006) is an Indian yoga guru, philosopher and Hindu spiritual leader. He founded the World Community Service Centre (WCSC) in Chennai and established the Temple of Consciousness (Arivu Thirukkoil) at Aliyar near Coimbatore. He promoted the practice of yoga and meditation as a means of achieving spiritual awareness and thereby the development of mankind for the furtherance of human brotherhood and world peace. He evolved a simplified Kundalini Yoga combining yoga with meditation, simple exercises, and traditional medicinal practices which enabled him to teach it to the common people.
Early life and family
Vethathiri was born into a Tamil family on August 14, 1911, in Guduvancheri near Madras in the Madras Presidency (now part of Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu). He was the eighth child of his parents Varadappan and Chinnammal, who were weavers. In 1916, he was enrolled for schooling at the age of five but had to drop out of school due to the poor economic situation of the family and extreme poverty.
At the age of 12, he met A. Balakrishna, who introduced Vethathiri to spirituality, Advaita philosophy and devotion to God. He moved to Madras after accepting a job at a private company. There he met S. Krishna Rao, who trained him in traditional Siddha and Ayurveda medicine. Vethathri passed the Ayurvedacharya examination conducted by the Government Medical Council to qualify as a physician and served as an aide during the Second World War. He met seer Paranjyothi, who initiated him into Kundalini Yoga and taught him Hindu philosophy and meditation techniques.
At the age of 23, he married Logambal. He engaged in multiple businesses till his late 30s and worked as a clerk with the postal department before embarking on a spiritual life.
Spiritual life and yoga
While he was involved in analyzing scriptures and trying to ascertain the meaning of self-realization over the years, he was inspired by Ramalinga Swamigal, after which he was completely engrossed in spirituality. Vethathri spent time investigating civil wrongs in social life and motivated him towards a moral life with charity to share one's possessions equitably with others. He preached attaining a state of knowledge through self-realization and to live in peace.
Vethathri practiced Kundalini Yoga and evolved a Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) from the same combining it with kayakalpa and simple exercises in order to teach them to the common people. In 1958, he founded the World Community Service Centre (WCSC) in Chennai. WCSC was established as a non-profit, non-religious and philanthropic organization and has an ECOSOC consultative status with the United Nations. It is involved in running meditation centers internationally and in teaching his practices. In 1984, he established Arivu Thirukkol (Temple of Consciousness) at Aliyar in Coimbatore district which became the center of his teaching and practices during the later part of his life.
Teachings
As per Vethathri, “Individual Peace leads to World Peace” and he emphasized that world peace is only possible when every individual is living peacefully in co-existence. He believed that peace percolates to his/her immediate family and society and eventually to the whole world. He gave 14 practical points to achieve the same, collectively termed as Vethathiriam. He integrated scientific practices with spirituality and medicine. Because of his preaching of simplified teachings, he was addressed as Thathuva Gnani (loosely translated as "the Common Man’s Philosopher").
He believed that the fundamental cause of human misery was the lack of self-awareness and awareness about the relationship with others. He emphasized proper education as it is the basis for physical and mental maturity. As per Vethathri, introspection leads to self-awareness, and the practices of yoga help in developing the necessary strength and character to achieve the same. The Universe is made up of space which evolves consistently with various objects in it made up of smaller particles. According to him, time, matter, and energy are manifestations of space and gravity itself is a manifestation of compression of particles in space.
Death
Vethathri Maharishi passed away on 28 March 2006 after a brief illness followed by a heart attack.
Bibliography
Vethathri has written more than 75 books mostly in Tamil language and later translated into others. Most of the books are on the subjects of world peace, virtues to be followed in life and practice of Yoga and meditation. He ran a monthly journal titled Arivoli for more than 35 years. Notable works include Gnana Kalanjiyam (Encyclopedia of knowledge), published in two volumes and contains 1854 songs. Other notable works include:
Original from: the University of Michigan
In popular culture
In 2010, India Post released a commemorative stamp of Vethathri Maharishi on his hundredth birth anniversary.
References
1911 births
2006 deaths
Nonviolence advocates
21st-century Hindu religious leaders
Hindu mystics
Indian Hindu spiritual teachers
Indian spiritual writers
Transcendental Meditation exponents
20th-century Indian philosophers
Modern yoga gurus
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20Chester%20City%20Council%20election
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2000 Chester City Council election
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The 2000 Chester City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
Blacon Hall
Blacon Lodge
Boughton Heath
City & St. Annes
College
Dodleston
Farndon
Handbridge & St. Marys
Hoole Groves
Lache Park
Malpas
Newton Brook
Newton St. Michaels
Saughall
Tarvin
Tattenhall
Upton Grange
Upton Westlea
Vicars Cross
Waverton
References
Chester City Council elections
Chester
May 2000 events in the United Kingdom
2000s in Cheshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Women%27s%20Basketball%20Association
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National Women's Basketball Association
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The National Women's Basketball Association (NWBA) was an American women's basketball league that intended to play its first full regular season in 1986–87. Headquartered in Lake Wylie, South Carolina—a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina—and owned by Howard Hanson, the league planned to start with eight teams, primarily in the Southeastern United States. It struggled to sign marquee players because of concerns about its amateur status and consequent effects on Olympic eligibility, and ticket sales were slow. While several exhibitions were held, a key financial backer failed to fulfill his commitment, and no regular-season games were played. The league, indebted, formally canceled the season by the end of 1986.
Announcement
The formation of the league was unveiled in April 1986. Its owner, Howard Hanson, declared that the league would avoid the financial pitfalls that doomed two prior attempts—the Women's American Basketball Association and Women's Basketball League—by controlling costs. The eight teams would be centrally owned by the league for several years, and the teams would pay salaries of $10,000 to $18,000 to their twelve players. Games would be played on weekends only in a regular season extending from November through May. There would be an all-star game in January and playoffs in May, with all eight teams qualifying.
In early June, the league held a territorial draft, assigning players to teams based on their college locations in a process similar to that used by the United States Football League. The concept was to draw fans based on players who had played college basketball in the same general area. Cheryl Miller was selected first overall, but Miller—who became aware of the NWBA only by reading newspaper reports—refused to play in the new league because she could make more from commercial endorsement deals than the $18,000 maximum salary. With no coaches formally hired, the draft was conducted by the league office. Kim Boatman of The Knoxville News-Sentinel criticized the draft as evincing unfamiliarity with women's college basketball, noting that many talented players were ignored and that the Southeastern Conference was underrepresented. Later that month, the league held tryouts in Charlotte; Orange County, California; Hartford, Connecticut; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, to search for players.
Several teams moved or changed names in the planning stages. The Cincinnati Tiger-Cats had been relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee, as the Tennessee Tigercats by late May. By that same time period, the Virginia Mermaids, to play in Richmond, had been renamed the Express. Some cities, though small, were chosen for their support of women's college basketball. For instance, Monroe, Louisiana, had good support for the women's teams at Northeast Louisiana University, and Louisiana Tech University was 30 minutes away.
The most drastic move came from the Iowa franchise—announced as the Iowa Aces, to play in Cedar Rapids, at the 7,500-seat Five Seasons Center. That news came as a surprise to management of the Five Seasons Center, which had not heard from the team. The center's commissioners worried that the Aces would face poor ticket sales in light of competition from Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball in nearby Iowa City and high school sports; its manager pointed out that the arena was booked for key February and March dates by such events as the Home Show and Country Art Fair. By mid-June, the league was analyzing moving the team out of Cedar Rapids, though Bruce Mason—a former assistant coach at Drake University who had been involved with the WBL's Iowa Coronets—doubted that arrangements could be made there.
In August, the league announced at a press conference that Wanda Ford, a star at Drake, was considering signing with the Iowa team, which had been renamed the Pride of Iowa and moved to Des Moines. However, Ford was still concerned about losing her amateur status—and thus her eligibility to compete in the 1988 Summer Olympics—were she to sign with the league. Other big names, like Kamie Ethridge and Fran Harris, opted to wait for the league to obtain this status. An October 3 deadline for an announcement on the matter came and went. Ultimately, Ford chose to play in Italy, preserving her amateur status and Olympic eligibility. Cindy Brogdon, the anticipated star player for the Georgia Peaches, opted out two weeks before the season was to start.
Financial issues and cancellation
Financial concerns continued to hang over the new league. In July, Leonard Laye of The Charlotte Observer wrote a feature story that included troubling signs of the league. No contracts had been signed for any of the venues. Deadlines to hire coaches had come and gone, and announced hirings of Richard Keast in Georgia and Charlotte Mason in Texas failed to materialize; additionally, the league was late to sign any players. For others, such as Pat Summitt, the poor track record of startup women's basketball leagues was enough to cause concern. Acting commissioner Wayne Fulcher claimed that the league had enough investor backing to run a season without gate receipts or television contract money, but the league was reticent to discuss its finances.
Season ticket sales started very slowly. By early September, the league had sold just 50 season tickets, each worth $200, across its markets. The league's offering struggled to coexist with more popular, and often cheaper, college season ticket packages in the same markets. For instance, in Knoxville, the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers sold season tickets for $50, but even after cutting prices, a full season of Tigercats basketball cost $150. To cut expenses, the league office moved to smaller quarters in Pineville, North Carolina, another Charlotte suburb. Fulcher stated that, for the Virginia Express to break even, the team would need to attract 1,000 fans. Another way the league hoped to raise money was by selling a "founder's package", consisting of a T-shirt, medallion, and certificate. The league contacted college programs and asked them to buy the packages so players could resell them. Bernadette McGlade, the head women's basketball coach at Georgia Tech, derided the concept as "like something from grammar school, making money for a class trip"; Howard Hanson later said it was a mistake not to seek corporate support first.
As the season approached, some teams were in much better shape than others, and several teams began playing exhibitions. On October 19, the league held a jamboree exhibition event in Charlotte, which was intended to feature all eight teams. Only four teams played: Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Pride of Iowa also made the trip but not to play; the franchise still needed players to fill out its roster, with only six signed players as of October 3. Its office telephone had been disconnected, and the Veterans Memorial Auditorium—which demanded money up front because the defunct Coronets still owed the arena—began booking other events on dates scheduled for the team's home games. California, Louisiana, and Texas did not make the trip, per commissioner Fulcher, "to work on promotions in their area"; the primary reason Texas failed to show was that the team had no point guard on its roster. The event, which the league hoped would attract as many as 1,000, was reported by the league to have an attendance between 300 and 400; Stan Olson of The Observer cited a headcount of 188. The league sent a bus to Knoxville to pick up the Tigercats; by the time it got there, it was running on empty, forcing coach Gina DiCicco to pay for gas.
Michael Kramer, a California investor contacted in August, failed to fulfill his $2.6 million investment commitment in the NWBA. As a result, at an October 25 meeting in Atlanta, the league postponed the start of the season from November 1 to December 5; Kramer stated he was trying to raise the money, while teams were not informed of his withdrawal for 30 days, preventing them from securing other funding sources. Unpaid bills were piling up, including hotels, telephone service, and liability insurance through Mutual of Omaha. With the postponement, Dave Wolter, head coach of the California Stars, told The Observer that the team had ceased practicing and he had resigned, with his lone paycheck bouncing; Gina DiCicco announced that all local operations of the Tennessee Tigercats had folded, and half of her ten-player squad had departed. Texas Twisters coach Gary Orr's lone paycheck also bounced, as did several player paychecks. Orr was $10,000 in debt after running the Twisters for two months. On November 21, the postponement became indefinite; the league abandoned its headquarters, and the telephones there were disconnected.
The Carolina Blaze were the last team to stay together, through the end of 1986, but coach Angie Rinehart folded the team after no movement toward starting the season took place. The league formally canceled its operations at the end of January 1987, some $150,000 in debt. Molly Bolin, hired as an assistant commissioner, recalled the league never reimbursed her for travel to the Iowa press conference. Fulcher, the acting commissioner, reported that he was still under contract but not being paid.
Teams
The NWBA intended to field eight teams:
A ninth team was cited as a possibility for Columbia, South Carolina, if enough season tickets were sold there.
Notes
References
Defunct women's basketball leagues in the United States
Defunct professional sports leagues in the United States
Sports leagues established in 1986
Sports leagues disestablished in 1987
1986 establishments in North Carolina
1987 disestablishments in North Carolina
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoir
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Savoir
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Savoir might refer to:
Savoir Adore, American musical group
Va savoir, French film
Savoir Beds, British luxury bed company
"Savoir aimer", French song
Alfred Savoir, French playwright
Savoir Flair, fashion magazine
Savoir Media, French media company
See also
Savoir faire (disambiguation), French phase
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Harry E. Gallagher Jr.
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Harry E. Gallagher Jr. (March 1, 1932 – March 27, 2024) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1972 to 1974.
Life and career
Harry E. Gallagher Jr. was born in Lawrence, Kansas on March 1, 1932. He attended the University of Kansas City. He worked as an insurance agent. In 1972, Gallagher was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. Gallagher died on March 27, 2024, at the age of 92.
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1932 births
2024 deaths
Politicians from Lawrence, Kansas
Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellhorn
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Ellhorn
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Ellhorn is a mountain in Switzerland on the Rätikon mountain range on the Central Eastern Alps, located on the border with Liechtenstein. It has an elevation above sea level.
History
The mountain was historically part of Liechtenstein, in the municipality of Balzers. In the 1930s, Swiss military planners became concerned that the territory made nearby fortifications in Fläsch vulnerable, following concerns that Liechtenstein might be annexed into Nazi Germany in the wake of the Anschluss of Austria.
In 1938, the Swiss Federal Council began negotiations with Liechtenstein to cede the Ellhorn mountain to them. Though Josef Hoop, the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein, was supportive of the transfer, he argued that the country should be fairly compensated for the loss of territory, with either a transfer of Swiss land elsewhere or greater banking cooperation between the two countries. The transfer faced resistance from the residents in Balzers, and was not approved by Franz Joseph II, the ruling Prince of Liechtenstein. In addition to unofficial objections from Nazi Germany, it forced Hoop to end the negotiations with Switzerland.
Following World War II, Switzerland once again pressed Liechtenstein into the transfer of Ellhorn. Switzerland threatened to, among other things, end the customs union between the two countries, which had existed since 1924. Despite the local community in Balzers previously refusing to do so in November 1948, the transfer was approved by the Landtag of Liechtenstein the following month and conducted in 1949. In exchange to the transfer, Switzerland agreed to forgive much of Liechtenstein's debt that it had acquired to the country throughout World War II.
In 1952, Switzerland expanded its fortifications in the area to include the Ellhorn mountain.
References
Mountains of Graubünden
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Fläsch
Liechtenstein–Switzerland relations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387%20Tennessee%20Lady%20Volunteers%20basketball%20team
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1986–87 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team
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The 1986–87 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1988–89 women's college basketball season. Coached by Pat Summitt, the Lady Volunteers finished 28–6 and won the program's first NCAA championship. The Lady Vols started the season ranked No. 3 and played their home games at Stokely Athletic Center for the final season.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Rankings
References
Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball seasons
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship seasons
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
Volunteers
Volunteers
1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament participants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay%20van%20der%20Meer
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Gay van der Meer
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Gatske (Gay) van der Meer (5 June 1924 - 9 August 2014) was a Dutch numismatist, who specialised in early medieval coinage of Britain, as well as historic and contemporary medallic art. Van der Meer was awarded the Brenner Medal, as was an honorary member of the British Numismatic Society and the Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen. She was also appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau and was a member of Teylers Tweede Genootschap.
Early life and education
Van der Meer was born on 5 June 1924. Her brother, Simon van der Meer, became a physicist and was awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1943 she graduated from school and went to work in an import and export business. During the Dutch famine of 1944–1945 she remained in Friesland, and in 1946 was working for the same business as previously.
In a move to Paris she contracted tuberculosis, and during her recovery she listened to the BBC - later stating that this made her want to undertake further academic study. She moved to Amsterdam and in 1957 graduated with a degree in English and Linguistics. Van der Meer wanted to continue to study for a PhD, but this ambition was initially halted as the Dutch government would not fund women to study to PhDs. On a scoping trip to the British Museum she learnt that they were looking to recruit someone to work on names on Anglo-Saxon coins, and she subsequently began her phd in this field with Michael Dolley in 1958.
Career
In 1959 she started her work at the Rijksmuseum Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet (nl), where she was first an assistant and then curator of the medal collection.r. In the 1960s she worked on the coins in the collection of Robert Bruce Cotton, in collaboration with Michael Dolley and Christopher Blunt. It was her discovery of a manuscript that enabled scholarship to understand what was missing from the Cotton collection. She also had a long-standing research interest into the tokens of the Holtzhey family. She also studied Gillis Anselmo's album amicorum. In 1963 she was appointed Acting Director of the Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, a role she held until 1984. From her position at the Penningkabinet, she compiled the Dutch entry for Fédération Internationale de la médaille d'Art (FIDEM) from 1969 to 1990.
Gay held a series of voluntary positions, often for many years, supporting specialist organisations in the field. From 1966 to 1973 she was secretary of the Royal Dutch Society for Coins and Medals, where she received the literature prize in 1978 and was made an honorary member in 1984. In 1986 she became a member of Teylers Tweede Genootschap and as honorary curator of the Numismatic Cabinet of Teylers Museum.
In 1991 Geer Steyn created a medal in her honour, inspired by some the medals that van der Meer studied by Martinus and Johan George Holtzhey.
Van der Meer died on 9 August 2014.
Awards and honours
1968, appointed an honorary member of Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen.
1979, awarded the Brenner Medal.
1985, appointed Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau.
1986, appointed honorary member of the British Numismatic Society.
Selected works
Van der meer, G. (1962). A Second Anglo-Saxon Coin of Reading. British Numismatic Journal 31. Vol 31, pp. 161-162.
Van Der Meer, Gay. "Sir Robert Bruce Cotton and His Illuminated Genesis Manuscript." Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art/Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek Online 16.1 (1965): 3-15.
References
External links
Medal of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (British Museum)
Teylers Museum holds archive of Steyn's medal for van der Meer, see here and here
1924 births
2014 deaths
Women numismatists
Dutch curators
Dutch numismatists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Snow%20on%20the%20Footsteps%20%281923%20film%29
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The Snow on the Footsteps (1923 film)
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The Snow on the Footsteps (French: La neige sur les pas) is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by Henri Étiévant and starring Victor Francen, Germaine Fontanes and Simone Guy. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same title by Henry Bordeaux, later adapted into a 1942 sound film.
Cast
Victor Francen as Marc Romenay
Germaine Fontanes as Thérèse
Simone Guy as La petite Juliette
Monsieur Borin as André Norans
Marie-Ange Fériel as Madame Romenay
Madame Caillard-Dubuisson as La gouvernante
R.P. Sounier as Le révérand père Cornaz
Alfred Pellouchoud as Chanoine Pellouchoud
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
1923 films
French drama films
1923 drama films
French silent films
1920s French-language films
Films directed by Henri Étiévant
French black-and-white films
1920s French films
Films based on French novels
fr:La Neige sur les pas (film, 1923)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmina%20Kujur
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Ajmina Kujur
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Ajmina Kujur (born 9 December 2001) is an Indian field hockey player from Odisha. She plays as a midfielder. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation in the domestic tournaments and for the India hockey team in Hockey5s team.
Early life
Ajmina hails from Panposh, near Rourkela, in Sundergarh district. She received an award of Rs.12,50,000 from Odisha government for playing for the Indian women's hockey team.
Career
She made her debut for India under-21 team in February 2019 at Lucknow against France. Then she played the 4 Nations Junior Women Invitational Tournament at Dublin in June 2019 and later played the 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Canberra, Australia in December 2019. Her big moment came when she represented the country in the Junior World Cup in April 2022 at Potchefstroom, South Africa. Later, she also represented India in the Hockey5s tournaments starting with Hero Hockey5s tournament in Lausanne in June 2022. Then she played in the Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup at Salalah, Oman in August 2023. In January 2024, she was part of the Indian team at the inaugural FIH Hockey5s World Cup held in Muscat, Oman. She was also in the National Camp probables in October 2023.
References
Living people
2001 births
People from Sundergarh district
Indian female field hockey players
Field hockey players from Odisha
Sportswomen from Odisha
Female field hockey midfielders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetZero
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JetZero
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JetZero is a startup company in the aviation industry founded in Long Beach, California, in 2021. It focuses on blended wing body aircraft.
The U.S. Air Force, NASA, and a small group of private investors supplied the initial funding.
Tom O’Leary is a co-founder and the CEO. Mark Page is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
History
In 2023, JetZero announced its Z5 project, designed to carry 250 passengers, targeting the New Midmarket Airplane category, expecting to use existing CFM International LEAP or Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines. In August 2023, the U.S. Air Force announced a $235-million contract awarded over a four-year period to JetZero, culminating in first flight of the full-scale demonstrator by the first quarter of 2027. The goal of the contract is to demonstrate the capabilities of BWB technology, giving the Department of Defense and commercial industry more options for their future air platforms.
In January 2024 the company began moving into a 275,000 sq ft space at Long Beach Airport formerly occupied by Gulfstream.
In March 2024 its Pathfinder 1:8 scale demonstrator received its airworthiness certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), clearing the aircraft for test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
References
Blended wing body
2021 establishments in California
Companies based in Long Beach, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20United%20Women%27s%20Soccer%20Season
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2024 United Women's Soccer Season
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The 2024 United Women's Soccer season is the 30th season of pro-am women's soccer in the United States, and the eighth season of the UWS league.
Team changes
New teams
Black Mountain Torrent
Elite 14 SC
Pass FC
Troy City WFC
Players SC
Promoted from UWS2
Hudson Valley Crusaders
Steel United NJ
Renamed Teams
Flower City Union to Flower City 1872
Demoted to UWS2
Reno Vikings
Departing Teams
RBFC Elite
Lancaster Inferno FC
BC United
Scorpions SC
Keystone FC
Luxoria SC
San Antonio Athenians SC
ATX Blues SC
San Antonio Runners
Standings
East Conference
Midwest Conference
West Conference
References
External links
2024
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Thomas%20Cup%20knockout%20stage
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1992 Thomas Cup knockout stage
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The knockout stage for the 1992 Thomas Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia began on 12 May 1992 with the semi-finals and ended on 16 May 1992 with the final.
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
References
Thomas & Uber Cup
1992 in badminton
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Conference%20%28California%29
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Metropolitan Conference (California)
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The Metropolitan Conference was a junior college athletic conference with member schools located in Southern California. The conference was formed in 1938 by the Southern Conference Junior College Association. The conference's initial members were Bakersfield College, Compton College, Glendale Junior College, Long Beach City College, Los Angeles City College, Pasadena Junior College, Santa Monica College, Taft College, and Ventura College.
Football standings
References
Junior college sports conferences in the United States
College sports in California
Sports leagues established in 1938
1938 establishments in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20amphitheatre%20of%20Albano%20Laziale
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Roman amphitheatre of Albano Laziale
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The Roman amphitheatre of Albano Laziale is a Roman amphitheatre located in the center of Albano Laziale in the province of Rome, in Lazio.
The amphitheatre was built for the nearby Castra Albana, the fort of the Legio II Parthica founded by the emperor Septimius Severus (193-211); however, the amphitheatre was built later than that of the castra around the middle of the 3rd century. Its capacity was at least 15,000 people. Its maximum length was 113 m.
Description
The superstructure terrace
The amphitheatre stands on a terrain with a steep slope: to reinforce the platform on which it was built, a superstructure terrace had to be constructed, 6.75 meters high and 59.60 meters long, running parallel to the amphitheatre's line to the west at an average distance of 23 meters. The terrace wall, adorned with fourteen niches positioned 2.10 meters above the ground, is built with irregular layers of peperino parallelepipeds and bricks. During the second excavation campaign of 1919-1920, the entire terrace wall was excavated up to the boundary of the property of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, who oversee the church of San Paolo.
The "vomitoria"
In a Roman amphitheatre, the vomitoria were the two triumphal entrances located at the ends of the major axis of the arena. In the case of the Alban amphitheatre, the rugged terrain necessitated the relocation of the vomitoria, so they are not aligned with the major axis of the arena. A similar situation is also found in the Pompeii amphitheatre, half of which is supported by the embankment of the city walls.
Western "Vomitorium"
This vomitorium, shifted slightly from the major axis of the arena, was largely carved into the solid rock of peperino, to a height of about 2.50 meters. The rest was constructed with opus quadratum in the same volcanic stone. Only the first section of the vomitorium, approximately 6.50 meters wide, was covered by a barrel vault for a length of 11.50 meters. In the second section, two staircases, each 1.70 meters wide, provided access to the seating. The entrance is partly closed by a partition, probably added later, and partly open but originally closed by a gate, the hinges of which are still visible. In the floor of the vomitorium, there is a rectangular pit containing a low medieval Christian burial, dating to the period when the amphitheatre was partially converted into a Christian oratory.
Eastern "Vomitorium"
This vomitorium also has an unusual rectangular shape, allowing the entrance to align with the major axis of the arena. Archaeologist Giuseppe Lugli praised the architect's skill in solving this issue. The first section, aligned with the major axis of the arena, is 6.35 meters long and 4.70 meters wide, while the second section, perpendicular to the major axis of the arena and forming a right angle with the first, is 30.05 meters long and exits outside the amphitheatre. Like the western vomitorium, part of the structure is carved into the peperino rock, while part is constructed with opus quadratum in the same stone.
The Arena
The major axis of the ellipse formed by the arena measured 67.50 meters, while the minor axis measured 45 meters, resulting in a total area of around 2500 square meters. The first excavation campaign of 1912-1914 uncovered the entire southern hemisphere of the arena, which was founded on the solid rock of peperino. Around the entire ellipse, there is a drainage channel, approximately 0.30 to 0.35 meters wide, which discharged water into a channel originally covered by removable wooden boards, 1.20 meters wide and 3 meters deep. This larger channel then emptied into an underground chamber near the pulvinar. During the second excavation campaign of 1919-1920, it was discovered that the water flowed into another channel beyond the superstructure terrace. However, traces of this latter channel were lost beyond the boundary of the property of the episcopal seminary. The aforementioned 3-meter-deep channel had a dual purpose: to drain water and to provide access for those arranging the stage equipment, who would then emerge in the center of the arena. The arena's enclosing wall has been preserved to a maximum height of 2.50 meters. However, it is likely, based on some discovered blocks, that it originally extended higher with a curved overhang.
The "Cavea"
The cavea and seating have largely been lost due to the stripping of the monument following the Roman era. However, it is believed that the seating was divided into two sections, the maenianum primum and the maenianum secundum, each further divided into lower and upper sectors. From the remains of stairs found in the superstructure arches, it is hypothesized that one stairway every three arches provided access between the lower and upper levels.
Regarding the number of seating rows, Leon Battista Alberti calculated 30, a number still considered plausible today. Archaeologist Giuseppe Lugli also estimated that the amphitheatre could accommodate a maximum of about 16,000 spectators (14,850 seated), assuming each seat was 0.44 meters wide, as in the Colosseum in Rome, and considering that the cavea rises about thirty meters with a base of 23.50 meters and an incline of 27 degrees.
The "Pulvinar"
The pulvinar was the imperial box, equivalent to the "authorities' tribune" in our larger stadiums. It was originally located at the center of the seating semi-circle, on the southern side. Access was initially through fornix XIII of the first order, measuring 23.05 meters long and 3.05 meters wide, via two double-ramped staircases that led to either side of the platform. However, this access was later abandoned in favor of the nearby fornix XIV, probably due to the closure of the two staircases, allowing the pulvinar's surface area to triple. The entrance to this fornix is marked by two semi-columns in brick with Attic bases in peperino. The width is also less than the previous fornix (from a maximum of 2.40 meters to a minimum of 1.97 meters).
The Superstructure Arches
Due to the particularly challenging terrain, the builders chose to support the seating with a series of superstructure arches. Archaeologist Giuseppe Lugli commented on these structures:
"At first sight, the great irregularity that exists among them in shape and size is striking, not explained by particular conditions of the terrain. We cannot account for this except by rethinking the hasty construction and the lack of an elaborate and precise design."
(Giuseppe Lugli, "The amphitheatre after recent restorations," p. 225, in Ausonia, year X (Rome 1921).)
The maximum length of the interior rooms within the superstructure arches, arranged on two levels, ranges from 22 to 23 meters, while the width varies between 2 and 4.50 meters. Additionally, each arch has a different roof, floor level, and foundation offset, leading Lugli to describe these constructions as "peculiar."
Each of the rooms in the arches had its own function: for example, fornices VI and VII were likely where animals were kept for performances; fornix IX was a storage room, fornix XVI a storeroom, fornices V, VIII, XII, XVII, and XX served as stairwells to the second level, fornices XIII and XIV as access to the pulvinar. In some fornices (VII and VIII), there are medieval Christian burials, while in others, it was not possible to clear the fill material due to the precariousness of the walls.
Around the circumference of the amphitheatre, at least on the southern side, there was a paved road, which probably then reached the Appian Way, following the current Via dell'Anfiteatro Romano to Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini. A second road likely led to Domitian's Villa at Castel Gandolfo, following the current "galleria di sopra," based on Roman cobblestones found in 1917 and 1921 near the church of Santa Maria Assunta and the adjacent Collegio di Propaganda Fide at Castel Gandolfo, in the extraterritorial area of the Pontifical Villa of Castel Gandolfo.
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Roman amphitheatres
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Section 8 of the Constitution Act, 1867
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Section 8 of the Constitution Act, 1867 () is a provision of the Constitution of Canada requiring a census every ten years.
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the constitutional statute which established Canada. Originally named the British North America Act, 1867, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada.
Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the supreme law of Canada. The Act sets out the constitutional framework of Canada, including the structure of the federal government and the powers of the federal government and the provinces. It was the product of extensive negotiations between the provinces of British North America at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the Quebec Conference in 1864, and the London Conference in 1866. Those conferences were followed by consultations with the British government in 1867. The Act was then enacted in 1867 by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867. In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867. Since Patriation the Act can only be amended in Canada, under the amending formula set out in the Constitution Act, 1982.
Text of section 8
Section 8 reads:
Section 8 is found in Part II of the Constitution Act, 1867, dealing with the union of the provinces.
Legislative history
Section 8 is based in part on the provisions of the Quebec Resolutions relating to the census. The requirement for a census every ten years is closely tied to the redistribution of seats in the House of Commons. The Quebec Resolutions provided that there should be a census every ten years, starting in 1871, that no redistribution of seats could occur until after the 1871 census, and that there should be a redistribution of seats after every decennial census. The London Resolutions were to similar effect. The census requirement for the purposes of redistribution was in the first rough draft of the bill, varied in the initial draft, and took final form in the version introduced in the British Parliament.
Section 8 has not been amended since the Act was enacted in 1867.
Purpose and interpretation
At Confederation, the population imbalance between Canada East (now Quebec) and Canada West (now Ontario) was one of the major political issues which contributed to the push for Confederation. Canada East and Canada West had equal representation in the Parliament of the Province of Canada, but Canada West had substantially more people. George Brown, one of the leading Reformers in Canada West, campaigned for several years on "rep by pop", namely that the representation of each section in Parliament should be directly tied to each section's population. That principle was recognised in the Quebec Resolutions, crafted by the Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec Conference in 1864. They agreed that representation in the lower house of the new Parliament would be based on each province's share in the national population.
Section 8 of the Act implemented this principle by requiring a national census every ten years, with the total population broken down by province. That way, the seats in the House of Commons could be allocated to each province based on the province's share of the national population.
Related provisions
Section 51 of the Act requires that there be a redistribution of seats in the House of Commons every ten years, after the decennial census.
Section 52 of the Act provides that the House of Commons can be increased in size, provided the increase does not affect the proportionate representation of the provinces.
References
Constitution of Canada
Canadian Confederation
Federalism in Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio%20Lora-Tamayo
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Emilio Lora-Tamayo
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Emilio Lora-Tamayo D'Ocon (5 November 1950 – 29 March 2024) was a Spanish physicist and academic. He served as the president of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) twice, from 2003 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2017. He was a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and served as rector for Menéndez Pelayo International University and the Universidad Camilo José Cela.
Early life and education
Emilio Lora-Tamayo was born on 5 November 1950, in Madrid. He was the son of Manuel Lora-Tamayo, who served during the Francoist dictatorship as the Minister of Education from 1962 to 1968 and president of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) from 1967 to 1971.
Lora-Tamayo received a degree in physical sciences in 1972 and his Diplôme d'Études Approfondies from Paul Sabatier University. He received his PhD in physical sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1977. He then conducted research at the École Supérieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace and the Laboratoire de l'Informatique et de l'Electronique in France.
Career
Prior to the completion of his doctorate, Lora-Tamayo worked at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), devoted in particular to microelectronics. Following the 2002 Prestige oil spill, he served as president of the Scientific Advisory Committee convened by the Spanish government. He held the post of Professor of Electronics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, beginning in 1989. He was vice president of Scientific and Technical Research at the CSIC between 1996 and 2003. In 2003 he was appointed president of the CSIC by the government of José María Aznar and served in that role until 2004. Between 2008 and 2012 he directed the CSIC's Barcelona Microelectronics Institute of the CSIC. He was appointed president of the CSIC again by the government of Mariano Rajoy in 2012, and held the position until 2017. He was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States.
Statements made by Lora-Tamayo in November 2014 describing the brain drain in Spain as an "exaggerated urban legend" caused unease in the Spanish scientific community due to the declining numbers of researchers in the CSIC and emigration to institutes abroad. Lora-Tamayo was also criticised for the abrupt dismissal of the director of the , Juan José Negro, ten months before the end of his mandate on 30 September 2015. Negro had been proposed by a majority of his fellow researchers. The environmental organisation WWF said it would not like the dismissal to have been "a punishment for his clear and exemplary stance in the management of Doñana on issues such as the dredging of the Guadalquivir, the reopening of the Aznalcóllar mines or the claim for funds so that the Doñana Biological Station can continue".
Lora-Tamayo was appointed rector of Menéndez Pelayo International University in November 2017. Less than a year later, the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, chaired by Pedro Duque, demanded his resignation. Initially, Lora-Tamayo declined but agreed to resign after the ministry presented a motion of censure in November 2018. According to Lora-Tamayo, the government asked him to resign in order to put a woman in the post, with the secretary of state, , arguing that this was the government's political line. He was succeeded in the post by María Luz Morán Calvo-Sotelo, daughter of Fernando Morán López.
Lora-Tamayo served as rector of the Universidad Camilo José Cela from 2020 to 2023.
During his academic career, he published over 100 articles in scientific journals and presented more than 150 papers at national and international conferences. He also co-authored seven patents. He was also a member of the Real Academia San Dionisio of Jerez and of the Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona.
Lora-Tamayo died in Madrid on 29 March 2024, at the age of 73.
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External links
Bibliography on Google Scholar
1950 births
2024 deaths
20th-century Spanish physicists
21st-century Spanish physicists
Scientists from Madrid
Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
Complutense University of Madrid alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Paraguayan%20flags
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List of Paraguayan flags
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This is a list of flags used in Paraguay. For more information, see The Flag of Paraguay.
National Flag
Goverment Flags
Ethnic Group Flag
Military Flag
Political Flags
Department Flags
District Flags
Historical Flags
Spanish Rule
Territories under Portuguese Rule
Historical National Flags
Territories under Argentina
Territories under Bolivia
Territories under Brazil
See also
Flag of Paraguay
Coat of arms of Paraguay
References
Lists and galleries of flags
Flags
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Roberto Pane
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Roberto Pane (21 November 1897 – 29 July 1987) was an Italian art historian, art critic, architect and painter.
Life and career
Born in Taranto, at a young age Pane moved with his family to Naples. After taking part in World War I as a volunteer, and participating in the Gabriele D'Annunzio-led occupation of Rijeka, in 1922 he graduated in architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome. In the 1920s he served as professor at the Classical Lyceum Umberto I in Naples, and collaborated with the Superintendency of Antiquities of Campania on several projects. Starting from 1924, he took part in several editions of the Venice Biennale, held several solo exhibitions, and cured several projects in Naples, including the Molosiglio Gardens, the restoration of the Madonna della Pace Church, and the African-Christianity pavilion at the 1940 Mostra d'Oltremare. In 1930 he became professor of architecture at the University of Naples Federico II, a role he held until 1942.
After debuting as an art critic in the journal Pan, Pane made his literary debut in 1936, with Architettura rurale campana ("Rural Architecture in Campania"), which was followed by Architettura del Rinascimento in Napoli ("Renaissance Architecture in Naples", 1937) and Architettura dell’età barocca in Napoli ("Baroque Age Architecture in Naples",1939). Characterized by noticeable Benedetto Croce's influences, his major work was Architettura e arti figurative ("Architecture and figurative arts", 1948).
Starting from the 1950s, Pane was a vocal opponent of the speculative construction and championed the inalterability of historic centres. He collaborated on restoration and landscape plans of various cities, and in 1969 he founded a postgraduate school specializing in monument restoration. He collaborated with various institutions including UNESCO, served as president of the interdisciplinary coordination committee for the reconstruction following the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Active until his later years, Pane died on 29 July 1987, at the age of 89.
References
1897 births
1987 deaths
People from Taranto
Italian art historians
Italian art critics
Italian architects
Italian essayists
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II
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Amidst a Snowstorm of Love
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Amidst a Snowstorm of Love () is a 2024 Chinese television series based on a novel with the same title by Mo Bao Fei Bao, starring Leo Wu and Zhao Jinmai. It aired in Tencent Video and Dragon TV on 2 February until 14 February 2024 everydays for 30 episodes. It also available on Netflix, Rakuten Viki, and Astro QJ.
Synopsis
A former professional Snooker player Lin Yiyang (played by Leo Wu) and a famous Nine-ball athlete Yin Guo (played by Zhao Jinmai) met on a rare snowstorm night. With the help of Yin Guo's cousin, the two gradually get along with each other's and Yin Guo also learned about Yiyang's past. It turns out that he was once a sensational snooker genius. One day during a game, the young and arrogant Lin Yiyang refused to accept the referee's decision and directly announced his retirement. The appearance of Yin Guo changed Yiyang's life, make him not only began to pursue her hard, but also regained his original dream and returned to the professional billiards arena.
Cast
Main
Leo Wu as Lin Yiyang a.k.a Duncuo
Qiao Yang as childhood Lin Yiyang
Gao Yier as teenage Lin Yiyang
A good-looking, genius yet aloof and distant Dongxin Snooker player who lost his parents in a car accident when he was young. He became He Wenfeng's last disciple and also the most talented one. One day, he disobeyed the referee's decision in a game and chose to retire from billiards. He slowly takes interest and develops feelings to Yin Guo.
Zhao Jinmai as Yin Guo
Pan Yiqi as young Yin Guo
A sweet and shy Bei Nine-ball athlete who was born in a billiards family. She was trapped in Red Fish Bar in a snowstorm night, where she met Yiyang there. She gradually encourage him to return to the billiards arena.
Wang Xingyue as Meng Xiaodong
Alan Luo as young Meng Xiaodong
A Bei Snooker player and Yin Guo's older cousin with cold personality who was once the world snooker champion, but retired. He seems resent Yiyang in the early episode, but revealed to hope that Yiyang could comeback and not waste his billiards talent.
Supporting
People around Lin Yiyang
Luo Yixin as Lin Yidong, Yiyang's younger brother.
Tang Hao as young Lin Yidong
Liu Yichun as Lin Yidong's wife
Huang Bosi as Ganzhe a.k.a Xiaoyo, Yidong's daughter who likes Yin Guo very much.
Zou Jixin as Sun Zhou, a man who helps Yiyang manage the underground billiards room.
Xu Ruihao as Sun Yao, Sun Zhou's younger brother and Yiyang's apprentices.
Huang Shilin as Xie Yaoyao, Yiyang's apprentices who signs up for the Nine-ball open competition.
Liu Qianwen as Liu Yanyan, Yiyang's apprentices.
Shi Ruiyi as Da Hao, Yiyang's apprentices who signs up for the Nine-ball open competition.
Sun Xueyan as Uncle Qian, Yiyang's apprentices who signs up for the Nine-ball open competition.
People around Yin Guo
Shi Yu as Yin Guo's father
Tang Qun as Yin Guo's grandmother
Jiang Hongbo as Wu Qian, Yin Guo's mother and the deputy leader of the referee team.
Han Shumei as Yin Guo's aunt
Wang Jiaxuan as Meng Xiaotian
Meng Xiaodong's younger brother who was also trapped in Red Fish Bar alongside Yin Guo, his older cousin. There, he befriends with Yiyang and Wu Wei.
Hai Ling as Wu Tong, Yin Guo's half sister.
Amy Sun as Zheng Yi, Yin Guo's best friend and Yiyang's schoolmate.
Lu Meixi as Su Wei
Dongxin city Club
Ding Xiaoying as Lin Lin
A Nine-ball player who retired and became a referee, is Meng Xiaodong's ex-girlfriend. She has a stern personality and is resolute in her work.
Li Jianyi as He Wenfeng, Dongxin founder and coach to Yiyang and Jiang Yang.
Meng Xiu as He Wenfeng's wife
Gong Xiaorong as He Jia, Wenfeng's daughter.
Chen Jingke as Jiang Yang, a Snooker player who became Wenfeng's disciple prior to Yiyang.
Dong Zifan as Wu Wei, a man who is very good at create opportunities to bring Yin Guo and Yiyang together.
Kong Ran as Fang Wencong, a Snooker player.
Han Donglin as Chen An'an, a Nine-ball player.
Ai Yi as young Chen An'an
Wang Yuexi as Liu Xiran, a Nine-ball player who was once retired, but comeback for her family's sake.
Dai Si as Cheng Yan, a Nine-ball player who likes Yiyang.
Yao Lichun as Coach Chen
Kong Defeng as Coach Xin, Lin Lin's coach.
Hai Ling as Wu Tong
Bei city Club
Wang Runze as Li Qingyan, a Snooker player who has crush on Yin Guo.
Xiong Aobo as Xiao Zi, a Snooker player who often follows Li Qingyan.
Li Ao as Wen Xiao, a Nine-ball player and Yin Guo's best friend.
Ding Xiaoming as Chen Fang, Yin Guo's coach.
Others
Zhao Yansong as Wen Bin, the head coach of the national billiards team.
Zhang Yiyang as a young master who has been pursued Yin Guo since a long time.
Chen Yuzhe as Shi Tou, Jiang Yang's son (ep. 30)
Li Bin as Li Qingyan's father
Fang Xiaoyue as Li Qingyan's mother
Original Soundtrack
References
External links
Amidst a Snowstorm of Love on Rakuten Viki
Chinese romance television series
Chinese sports television series
Television shows based on Chinese novels
Chinese drama television series
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Kenneth D. Stofferahn
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Kenneth D. Stofferahn (April 5, 1934 – March 18, 2024) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives.
Life and career
Stofferahn was born in Lakefield, Minnesota. He attended South Dakota State University. Stofferahn served in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1976. He died on March 18, 2024, at his home in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 89.
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1934 births
2024 deaths
Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives
20th-century American politicians
South Dakota State University alumni
People from Jackson County, Minnesota
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395%20Tennessee%20Lady%20Volunteers%20basketball%20team
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1994–95 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team
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The 1994–95 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1994–95 women's college basketball season. Coached by Pat Summitt, the Lady Volunteers finished 34–3 (11–0 SEC). They finished runner-up to No. 1 and unbeaten UConn, losing by six points in the National Championship game. The loss would motivate the Lady Vols and they would follow this season with a run of three consecutive National championships.
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References
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
Volunteers
Volunteers
1995 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament participants
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre%3A%20Sadboy
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Genre: Sadboy is a collaborative extended play by American rappers MGK and Trippie Redd. It was released on March 29, 2024.
Background
MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly) and Trippie Redd are both Ohio natives and collaborated on several tracks prior to the release of Genre : Sadboy. They first collaborated in 2019, when Redd was featured on the track "Candy" on Machine Gun Kelly's fourth studio album, Hotel Diablo. Redd was featured again on "All I Know", a track off of Machine Gun Kelly's 2020 album, Tickets to My Downfall. Later that year, the duo collaborated again for two tracks on Redd's album, Pegasus. A majority of the album was recorded at Record Plant Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California.
Release and promotion
The duo announced the album in a March 23, 2024, Instagram post featuring a snippet of the song "Lost Boys". On March 25, 2024, in response to a post about the album's release, a producer named Kaixan wrote on X, "the way I just learned I have a beat placement in this this morning and I know it's bout to be the worst song I've ever heard." Following his tweet, Trippie Redd responded and said he was removing Kaixan from the album. On March 26, 2024, they released their first track, "Lost Boys", as a single with an accompanying music video. Genre : Sadboy was released on March 29, 2024. A mini-documentary, directed by Sam Cahill, was released alongside the album, giving fans a look at the rappers' creative process in the studio, as well as behind-the-scenes music video footage.
To promote the album, the duo announced two free concerts, scheduled for April 2, 2024, at Irving Plaza in New York City, and April 4 at the Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio.
Track listing
Note
signifies a co-producer.
Personnel
Colin Leonard – mastering
Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
Matthew Testa – mixing
Shaan Singh – engineering
Conner Harris McFarland – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 8)
References
2024 collaborative albums
Machine Gun Kelly (musician) albums
Trippie Redd albums
Interscope Records albums
10K Projects albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20European%20Throwing%20Cup
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2024 European Throwing Cup
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The 2024 European Throwing Cup was held from 9 to 10 March 2024 in Leiria, Portugal.
Results
Men
Seniors
U23
Women
Seniors
U23
Medal table
Participating Issue
Because of Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were banned.
References
External links
European Throwing Cup
European Throwing Cup
European Throwing Cup
European Throwing Cup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Crossroads%20%281942%20film%29
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The Crossroads (1942 film)
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The Crossroads (French: La Croisée des chemins) is a 1942 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Pierre Richard-Willm, Josette Day and Madeleine Robinson. It is based on the 1909 novel of the same title by Henry Bordeaux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.
Cast
Pierre Richard-Willm as Pascal Rouvray
Josette Day as Laurence Chassal
Pierre Brasseur as Hubert Epervans
Gisèle Parry as Claire
Madeleine Robinson as Henriette Rouvray
Georges Lannes as Félix Chassal
Jacques Tarride as Julien
Jean Toulout as Hérault
Paul Barré as Gardannes
Alexandre Fabry as Le maire
Albert Gercourt as La facteur
Robert Moor as Emile
Gaston Séverin as Maître Berthier
Raymonde Vernay as La mère
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Griffiths, Kate & Watts, Andrew. The History of French Literature on Film. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2020..
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
1942 films
French drama films
1942 drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by André Berthomieu
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
Films based on French novels
Gaumont Film Company films
Films set in Paris
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section%2016%20of%20the%20Constitution%20Act%2C%201867
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Section 16 of the Constitution Act, 1867
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Section 16 of the Constitution Act, 1867 () is a provision of the Constitution of Canada, making Ottawa the seat of government of Canada.
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the constitutional statute which established Canada. Originally named the British North America Act, 1867, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada.
Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the supreme law of Canada. The Act sets out the constitutional framework of Canada, including the structure of the federal government and the powers of the federal government and the provinces. It was the product of extensive negotiations between the provinces of British North America at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the Quebec Conference in 1864, and the London Conference in 1866. Those conferences were followed by consultations with the British government in 1867. The Act was then enacted in 1867 by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867. In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867. Since Patriation the Act can only be amended in Canada, under the amending formula set out in the Constitution Act, 1982.
Text of section 16
Section 16 reads:
Section 16 is found in Part III of the Constitution Act, 1867, dealing with the executive power of the federal government.
Legislative history
One issue which needed to be addressed for the new country was the location of the seat of government. Both the Quebec Resolutions and the London Resolutions provided that the seat of government should be Ottawa, but stated that the designation of the seat of government was "subject to the Royal Prerogative".
During the drafting of the bill, this provision first appeared in the fourth draft, which continued to refer to the royal prerogative. The section took its current wording in the final draft of the bill, which gave the Queen the statutory power to direct a different location, rather than citing the royal prerogative.
Section 16 has not been amended since the Act was enacted in 1867.
Purpose and interpretation
Previous dispute about the seat of government
The choice of a seat of government had been a major political issue in the Province of Canada, resulting in an itinerant parliament over the course of twenty-five years, a referral of the issue to Queen Victoria, and the fall of the Canadian government in 1858.
From 1841 to 1866, the seat of government of the Province of Canada had relocated seven times, to five different cities: Kingston (1841 to 1843); Montreal (1843 to 1849); Toronto (1850 to 1851); Quebec City (1852 to 1854); Toronto again (1855 to 1859); Quebec City again (1860 to 1865), and finally Ottawa (1866). Each of these relocations had triggered significant political debates, as there were strong regional feelings concerning the location of the seat of government.
Decision deferred to Queen Victoria
In 1857, the issue came up again in the Parliament of the Province of Canada. John A. Macdonald, the leader of the Liberal-Conservatives from Canada West (now Ontario), and George-Étienne Cartier, the leader of the conservative Bleus from Canada East (now Quebec), were convinced that the issue of the seat of government had to be removed from Canadian politics to keep the Province of Canada together, so strong were the regional loyalties. Even their own Cabinet was divided on the issue, as Macdonald admitted in the Legislative Assembly.
To resolve the impasse, Macdonald and Cartier proposed that Queen Victoria be asked to determine the location of the seat of government. That proposal passed in the Legislative Assembly, but was controversial. The Globe newspaper in Toronto, published by one of the leading Reform party members, George Brown, condemned the decision, saying that it amounted to a vote "to destroy responsible government by sending to Downing Street for Mr Labouchere [the Colonial Secretary] to fix the seat of government." For a short time, however, this approach removed the seat-of-government issue from Canadian politics.
The Queen chooses Ottawa, 1857
After the passage of the resolution by the Assembly, the Governor General, Sir Edmund Head, prepared a confidential memorandum, considering the claims of each of the cities to be named as the seat of government. He recommended that Ottawa be chosen, in part because of its location on the boundary between Canada East and Canada West, which he thought would satisfy some of the regional tensions. He also relied on a military consideration: Ottawa was located a considerable distance from the United States, unlike Toronto, Kingston and Montreal.
Head then went to London to explain his recommendation to the British government. The Colonial Secretary, Henry Labouchere, agreed with Head's position and recommended Ottawa to Queen Victoria. The Prince Consort, Prince Albert, also favoured Ottawa. Late in 1857, the Queen made her decision, in favour of Ottawa.
Fall of the Canadian government, 1858
The Queen's choice did not end the dispute, and gave rise to a complicated political episode, the Double Shuffle. In the parliamentary session in 1858, the Macdonald–Cartier government introduced a motion to authorise funding to build parliament buildings at Ottawa. The opposition, led by Antoine-Aimé Dorion and George Brown, opposed the proposal, and the government was defeated in the Assembly on the issue. The Macdonald–Cartier government treated the defeat as a matter of confidence and resigned. Brown and Dorion formed a government, but within a few days, they too were defeated and also had to resign. In the interval, Macdonald and Cartier were able to find support in the Assembly and were reappointed by Governor General Head.
The next year, 1859, the Cartier–Macdonald government returned to the issue. This time, after a bitter debate lasting two weeks, they were able to carry the motion for the construction of the new parliament buildings in Ottawa, in an exchange for a commitment that the Parliament would sit at Quebec City until the new buildings were ready in Ottawa. Even that was not the end of the debate. There was one final attempt in the parliamentary session of 1860 to re-open the question, but this time it was defeated by a strong majority in the Assembly.
Construction of Parliament buildings
Construction of the new parliament buildings began in 1860. Progress was initially fast, but the construction was temporarily halted in 1862 because of large cost overruns. A public inquiry was held, which found various faults with the construction process, but recommended that the original architects and builders be allowed to continue the project. By the time the buildings were completed in 1865, the total cost was $2,591,760, a considerable cost overrun from the original budget of £225,000 (equivalent to $1,094,985 at the statutory conversion rate then in use).
The last session of the Parliament of the Province of Canada was held in Ottawa in 1866.
Fathers of Confederation choose Ottawa
With that history of political conflict, and the cost of the new Parliament buildings, it was not surprising that the delegates to the Quebec Conference agreed on Ottawa as the seat of government. On October 26, 1864, Macdonald proposed to the Conference that Ottawa be the seat of government, "subject to the royal prerogative". The motion passed unanimously.
There are some indications that behind the scenes, the issue was not yet firmly settled. On his return from the London Conference, Macdonald stated publicly that "he had some doubts before going to England as to whether the seat of government for the Dominion would remain in Ottawa, but he was now happy to say there was no question Ottawa was confirmed as the capital of the new Dominion." The Governor General, Lord Monck, was privately grumbling over the choice of Ottawa. In a confidential letter to the Colonial Secretary, he stated that the choice of Ottawa "...seems like an act of insanity." He predicted that within four years the seat of government would move, likely to Quebec City.
Although the monarch retains the power to move the seat of government under section 16, there has not been any such proposal since the enactment of the Constitution Act, 1867.
Provincial jurisdiction over Ottawa
Unlike other federations, Canada does not have a specially designated capital area under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government. Municipalities are under provincial jurisdiction, through section 92(8) of the Act. The city of Ottawa is in the province of Ontario and is incorporated under Ontario law. The federal government also has a considerable presence in the office towers of the city of Gatineau, located across the Ottawa River, but Gatineau is in the province of Quebec and is incorporated under Quebec law.
There is no equivalent to the District of Columbia in the United States, nor the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. One Father of Confederation, John Hamilton Gray of New Brunswick, while praising the choice of Ottawa, stated that the lack of a federal district under the control of Parliament was a mistake.
The federal Parliament has passed a statute to create the National Capital Commission, but that federal legislation does not oust Ontario jurisdiction over Ottawa, nor Quebec jurisdiction over Gatineau. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that the federal Parliament has some legislative jurisdiction over the area around the seat of government, but the extent of that power is not clear.
The mixture of federal, provincial and municipal jurisdiction over Ottawa and Gatineau became an issue during the Canada convoy protest in 2022. The commissioner appointed to review the use of the Emergencies Act by the federal government commented on the overlapping jurisdiction, and stated that it may have contributed to the slow response to the protests.
Related provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867
Section 68 of the Act defines the seats of government of the four original provinces of Canada: Toronto for Ontario; Quebec City for Quebec; Fredericton for New Brunswick; and Halifax for Nova Scotia.
Section 92(8) of the Act provides that the provinces have exclusive jurisdiction over municipalities.
References
Constitution of Canada
Canadian Confederation
Federalism in Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promenada%20Mall%20%28Bucharest%29
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Promenada Mall (Bucharest)
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Promenada Mall Bucharest is a shopping center located in Romania. It was developed by investment firm Raiffeisen Evolution
and inaugurated on 17 October 2013, after a 130 million euro investment.
Promenada is the first mall opened in bucharest after the financial crisis in 2007-2009, construction began in January 2012 and lasted 22 months.
The shopping center includes the businesses Carrefour Market, CCC, Help Net, Hervis, Burger King, Zara, Samsung, H&M, Altex, KFC, Intersport, Deichmann, ISTYLE, McDonald's, C&A and Peek & Cloppenburg.
Promenada Mall, in Bucharest, won the first prize in the category "Mixed solutions" at the first edition of the Rigips Trophy România.
În November 2013, the shopping center was purchased by investment firm NEPI.
Facilities
Promenada Mall contains over 1.300 parking spots and 150 bike spots.
The shopping center has 6 floors – two floors of underground parking, one floor which contains stores and is also underground, as well as three others which are overground – the last one being dedicated to restaurants and coffee shops.
The surface of the terrace is of 7.000 mp.
The shopping center is situated in the north, in Sector 1, also named „mall of the corporates” due to being located near many multinational office buildings.
References
External Links
2013 establishments in Romania
Shopping malls in Bucharest
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credibly%20%28company%29
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Credibly (company)
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Credibly is an American financial services company based in Michigan. It provides financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
Over 46K small businesses have received over $2.25B from Credibly in over 1,000 industries. Credibly also provides business lines of credit, long-term loans, and equipment loans through financing partners.
History
Credibly, formerly known as RetailCapital LLC was founded in 2010 in Michigan by Ryan Rosett and Edan King. It has offices in Southfield, MI, New York, NY and Tempe, AZ. Credibly was founded after the 2008 financial crisis, a period after which small business owners had difficulties securing financing from traditional banks. RetailCapital LLC had a joint venture with Crestmark Bank, member FDIC, until 2014 when they received an investment from Flexpoint Ford, a private equity firm. The company's first financial offering was focused on Merchant Cash Advances (MCAs) and soon expanded to offer Working Capital Loans (WCLs).
In 2015, Retail Capital LLC rebranded as Credibly, expanding its product offerings to Business Expansion Loans (BXLs). The company also started offering merchants $100 million in funding year over year.
Credibly partnered with the Small Business Association of Michigan to support small businesses.
In 2017, Credibly repositioned its WebBank, (a Utah chartered industrial bank headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, member FDIC) loan origination program to offer loans directly through Credibly.
Awards
2015 became one of New York's fastest growing companies in the Crain's New York Fast 50.
2023 Credibly named a USA Top Workplace by Employees
References
Companies based in Oakland County, Michigan
American companies established in 2010
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section%2020%20of%20the%20Constitution%20Act%2C%201867
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Section 20 of the Constitution Act, 1867
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Section 20 of the Constitution Act, 1867 () is a repealed provision of the Constitution of Canada, which required annual sittings of the Parliament of Canada. It was repealed in 1982 and replaced by a similar provision in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Constitution Act, 1867 is the constitutional statute which established Canada. Originally named the British North America Act, 1867, the Act continues to be the foundational statute for the Constitution of Canada, although it has been amended many times since 1867. It is now recognised as part of the supreme law of Canada.
Constitution Act, 1867
The Constitution Act, 1867 is part of the Constitution of Canada and thus part of the supreme law of Canada. The Act sets out the constitutional framework of Canada, including the structure of the federal government and the powers of the federal government and the provinces. It was the product of extensive negotiations between the provinces of British North America at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, the Quebec Conference in 1864, and the London Conference in 1866. Those conferences were followed by consultations with the British government in 1867. The Act was then enacted in 1867 by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867. In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867. Since Patriation the Act can only be amended in Canada, under the amending formula set out in the Constitution Act, 1982.
Text of section 20
Section 20 has been repealed. As originally enacted in 1867, it read:
{{Blockquote|Yearly Session of the Parliament of Canada20 There shall be a Session of the Parliament of Canada once at least in every Year, so that Twelve Months shall not intervene between the last Sitting of the Parliament in one Session and its first Sitting in the next Session.}}
Section 20 was found in Part IV of the Constitution Act, 1867, dealing with the federal legislative power.
Legislative history
Section 20 had its origins in the similar provisions in pre-Confederation Canada.
In 1791, the British Parliament passed the Constitutional Act 1791, which split the old Province of Quebec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada. Both of the new provinces had its own parliament, and each was required to meet annually. This provision in turn was carried forward in the Union Act 1840, which reunited the two provinces into the Province of Canada.Union Act, 3-4 Vict. (UK), c. 35, s. 31.
The requirement for an annual sitting of Parliament was set out in resolution 28 of the Quebec Resolutions, produced by the Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec Conference in 1864. The provision was continued as resolution 27 of the London Resolutions at the London Conference in 1866. It was included in the rough draft of the bill, modified in the initial draft, and took final form in the final draft. It was then included as section 20 in the Constitution Act, 1867.
Section 20 only required annual sittings of Parliament, and did not apply to the provincial legislatures. It was repealed in 1982 on the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was replaced by section 5 of the Charter, which requires that Parliament and each provincial legislature must sit at least once every twelve months.
Purpose and interpretation
The requirement for annual meetings of Parliament evolved gradually in England and then Great Britain. The Triennial Acts, passed in the 17th century, established that Parliament must be elected at least once every three years. The need for the government to pass financial measures had the practical effect of requiring that Parliaments actually meet at least once a year, although that requirement was not included in the Triennial Act 1694''. Section 20 codified the British practice.
Related provisions
Section 50 of the Act provides that the House of Commons shall not last for more than five years from the last election.
Section 5 of the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires annual sittings of Parliament and the provincial legislatures.
References
Constitution of Canada
Canadian Confederation
Federalism in Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachmeier
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Bachmeier
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Bachmeier is a German surname. Notable people with it include:
Adolph Bachmeier (1937–2016), American-Romanian soccer player
Hank Bachmeier (born 1999), American football quarterback
Jacob Bachmeier (born 1998), American politician
Marianne Bachmeier (1950–1996), West German vigilante killer
See also
Bachmayer
Surnames
German-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriftimart
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Thriftimart
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Thriftimart was an American chain of supermarkets in Greater Los Angeles until 1984, founded by Roger M. Laverty. Many stores continue to operate as Smart & Final stores, now owned by Mexico City-based Chedraui.
History
As Fitzsimmons Markets, Ltd. (1930-1957)
Roger Montgomery Laverty was born in 1890 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1930, Laverty was vice president of the Central Division of the A&P, the largest U.S. grocery chain at the time. He and a group of colleagues bought Fitzsimmons Stores, Ltd., a small Los Angeles chain of markets. In 1939, Fitzsimmons acquired 9 Thriftimart stores, then in 1947, Laverty bought Thriftimart Inc. and the combined company kept the Fitzsimmons Stores, Ltd. name. In 1948, sales at Fitzsimmons Stores Ltd. amounted to $19,931,475.
In 1949, Fitzsimmons Stores Ltd. acquired Fred Roberts & Co. which operated Roberts Markets, a 19-store Los Angeles-based chain, as well as 15 liquor stores. Roberts' 1948 sales were $18,889,948, just under Fitzsimmons' numbers for that year.
Geographic presence 1952
T=Thriftimart, R=Roberts, F=Fitzsimmons, FL=Foodland RR=Roberts Ranch, CR=Clark's Ranch, B=Bill's. Antelope Valley and stores outside L.A. County are not listed.
Westside
Venice 3R 1CR
West Los Angeles 1T 1R
Santa Monica 1T 1R
Beverly Hills 2T
Westdale 1T
Westchester 1T
Palms 1T
Ladera 1T
Brentwood 1T
San Fernando Valley
Glendale 6T
Burbank 1T 1FL 1B
Van Nuys 2T
Valley Village 1T
Studio City 1T
North Hollywood 1F
Hollywood/Mid-Wilshire
Hollywood 2T
West Hollywood 1T
Silverlake 1T
Leimert Park 1T
Echo Park 1T
Long Beach
Los Altos South 1T
Lakewood Village 1T
Grant 1 RR
Franklin 1T
Central Los Angeles & adj.
Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw 1T
Glassell Park 1R 1F
University Park 1T
East Los Angeles 1RR
South Bay
Inglewood 1T
Hermosa Beach 1R
Compton 1T
Southeast Los Angeles County
South Gate 1R
Bellflower 1T
In 1954, Fitzsimmons acquired the large, Big Owl supermarket at Valley Plaza in North Hollywood, which was rebranded Thriftimart. Big Owl had been a project of the Owl Drug Company, which stated that it had completed extensive research on shoppers' in-store behavior, the results of which it used to create a "revolutionary" store layout for Big Owl that would shorten the amount of walking required to complete a typical shopping trip. With the aim of providing the convenience of one-stop shopping, Big Owl also incorporated stores-in-store, which was uncommon at the time, including Van de Kamp's Bakeries, See's Candies, a "soda grill" for quick meals and snacks, a barber, cleaners, watch repair, and sales of china and gift items. It had 12 checkout lanes with electric cash registers, where shoppers could pay for good from all the departments (a relatively recent innovation in markets at the time), 9 entrances for the public, and its parking lot had space for 750 cars. Through a window, customers could watch meat be packed in cellophane, weighed, labeled and marked with a price, then watch a "tremendous, store-long" conveyor belt transport it to refrigerated cases in the store's meat sales area. Big Owl stated that its neon sign was the brightest in the U.S. west of Chicago.
Fitzsimmons Stores, Ltd. bought the "Smart & Final Iris" company and its cash-and-carry (wholesale) stores in 1955.
As Thriftimart, Inc. (1957–1984)
In 1957, Fitzsimmons Stores Ltd. had changed its name to Thriftimart, Inc., saying that Thriftimart had "come to mean leadership in the grocery field" and that it was for that reason most appropriate that the firm bear the Thriftimart name. At the time there were 43 Thriftimart-branded stores in addition to Fitzsimmons-branded stores.
As Greater Los Angeles grew, so did Thriftimart, Inc. There were 50 Thriftimart retail grocery stores in May 1960: 44 in Los Angeles County (including 1 in Lancaster), plus 1 in Riverside, 1 in San Bernardino County (Colton), 2 in Bakersfield and 2 in Las Vegas.
This grew to 56 (and 3,000 employees) by October 1960 and 77 by 1971, and 79 (plus 86 cash-and-carry and 5 warehouses) in 1976.
In 1968, son Robert Edward Laverty became president and chairman of the board.
Decline and sale to Casino
Thriftimart opened its last new store in 1971. By 1983, the by then 43-store Thriftimart chain determined that it could not adapt to the trend towards larger supermarkets. Its stores measured on average while others' averaged . Thriftimart stated that it had looked for a buyer, but of the major local chains — Boys, Hughes, Lucky, Ralphs, Safeway, and Vons — none was interested.
As Smart & Final Iris Co. (1984–)
In 1984, Thriftimart, Inc. changed its name to Smart & Final Iris Co. In June of that year, Casino USA Inc. acquired the 8.3% stake in the Class A shares of Thriftimart Inc. owned by movie theater executives Michael Forman and James Cotter.
On March 1, 1984, Thriftimart announced that it would sell 23 of its then 40 stores to Oakland-based Safeway Stores, Inc. which operated about 2,500 supermarkets but had relatively weak coverage in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, ranking #5 in 1983, trailing Ralphs, Vons, Lucky and Alpha Beta. 17 Thriftimart stores remained.
In September of that year, Casino gained control of Smart & Final Iris (i.e. the former Thriftimart, Inc.) by acquiring the combined 87% of the company's Class B stock owned by the founder's children Roger Laverty II, Robert Laverty, and Nancy Harris for $75 million. Class B shareholders controlled 5 of the company's 9 board seats.
References
External links
Thriftimart discussion page on Groceteria blog
Supermarkets based in California
Greater Los Angeles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un%20Mech%C3%B3n%20de%20Pelo
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Un Mechón de Pelo
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Un Mechón de Pelo (stylized in all lowercase) () is the upcoming fifth studio album by Argentine singer Tini, set for release on 11 April 2024, through 5020 Records, Sony Music Latin, and Hollywood Records.
Tini conceived the album shortly after finishing work on Cupido (2023) and continued developing it during her third concert tour, Tini Tour (2022–2023). It is her first album to contain no features or collaborations. Un Mechón de Pelo was preceded by the promotional single "Pa" on 1 April 2024.
Background
Tini's fourth studio album, Cupido, was released on 16 February 2024. The album was a commercial success and was met with a generally positive critical response. The record yielded multiple singles including the Argentina Hot 100 number-ones "Miénteme", "Bar", and "La Triple T". It made Stoessel the first Argentine act since Miguel Caló in 2016 to debut in the top ten of Billboards Latin Pop Albums chart. Cupido was certified double platinum (Latin) in the United States by the RIAA. Tini embarked on the Tini Tour in support of the album and its predecessor Tini Tini Tini (2020), which included 60 shows across South America, North America, and Europe, from May 2022 to November 2023.
In March 2023, Tini revealed that she was working on new music. Recording sessions began that month with Tini working with longtime producers Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo. In an interview with El Diaro in November 2023, Tini revealed that personal struggles that she had over the past few years had predominantly influenced her new album. She stated that she wanted to "open up" to the public via the album, which she revealed would sonically mark a departure from the sound of her previous music. In February 2024, Stoessel won the Premio Lo Nuestro award for Urban/Pop Album of the Year for Cupido; in her acceptance speech, she revealed that her next musical project was imminent which she "never imagined" she "would [have dared]" to make.
In anticipation of new music, Tini blanked out her social media on 15 March 2024 and shared a picture of a floor full of strands of cut hair to her Instagram Stories. Over the next few days, she posted images from a photoshoot set against a bathroom backdrop; they depicted the procedure of her hair makeover to blonde. On 23 March, she previewed new music.
On 26 March 2024, Tini announced her fifth studio album, titled Un Mechón de Pelo, and its release date via her social media. The announcement was accompanied with a promotional image of her looking into the mirror.
Release and promotion
Un Mechón de Pelo will be released on 11 April 2024 via 5020 Records and Sony Music Latin. The album will be available for digital download and streaming.
Following its announcement, a trailer for the album was released to Tini's social media and YouTube channel on 27 March 2024. It features Tini quietly sobbing while she cuts her hair, with a voiceover by her of her thoughts on themes of mental health. The cover artwork and tracklist of the album were unveiled the day after.
"Pa" was released on April 1, 2024, as a promotional single of the album.
Track listing
Notes
All tracks are stylized in all lowercase.
Release history
References
2024 albums
Tini (singer) albums
Hollywood Records albums
Sony Music Latin albums
Spanish-language albums
Upcoming albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20bandit%20cannot%20rule%20the%20world
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A bandit cannot rule the world
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A bandit cannot rule the world () is a Turkish television series in the genre of action, crime and drama, the first episode of which was released on September 8, 2015, written by Raci Şaşmaz and Bahadır Özdener, and directed by Onur Tan, Zübeyr Şaşmaz and Baran Özçaylan. The series, consisting of a total of 6 seasons, is in its 199th episode, which was released on June 15, 2021. It appeared on the screens for the last time with the episode to make the season finale, and was taken off the air in October 2021 due to the disagreement between ATV and the series team.
About the series' transition to digital
We shook hands with BluTV for the continuation of the series. First of all, the 200th edition, which was ready but not published. The episode will be a movie with renewed montage and additional scenes. The new name of the project, whose naming rights belong to ATV, is "The Last Legend". On the other hand, the TV series version of the project will be shot in February and the successful actor Ozan Akbaba, who plays İlyas Çakırbeyli, will be in the leading role. Oktay Kaynarca, the character of Hızır in the series, is in prison, and Yunus Emre Yıldırımer, the character of Alpaslan, will not appear in the series because he will be shown in exile abroad.
Following this development, ATV announced that it would file a lawsuit against BVB Yapım for 165 million. According to the news circulating behind the scenes, BluTV withdrew from its contract with BVB Yapım after ATV was preparing to file a lawsuit.
Background
Raci Şaşmaz, who co-wrote the series with Bahadır Özdener for 3 seasons, could not pay the salaries of the actors in 2019 and had to transfer the production to ATV İç Yapımlar. Bahadır Özdener continued to write the series script together with Berna Aruz. 7th of the series. The first episode of the season is 200. The episode was shot, but as a result of the discussions between ATV managers Ömer Numanoğlu and Bahadır Özdener, the tape was not delivered on October 26, 2021, and the episode was not broadcast. It was announced that the series was canceled on October 31, 2021.
Cast and characters
Not: Detailed descriptions of the main characters below, detailed information about supporting characters and other characters, and information about episode numbers. See the character list to obtain.
Main characters
Hızır Çakırbeyli (Oktay Kaynarca): He is known as Hızır Reis. (season 1–6)
Meryem Çakırbeyli (Deniz Çakır): Hızır's first wife. (season 1–3)
Alparslan Çakırbeyli (Yunus Emre Yıldırımer): Hızır's nephew. (season 1–6)
İlyas Çakırbeyli (Ozan Akbaba): Hızır's brother. (season 1–6)
Ünal Kaplan (Tarık Ünlüoğlu): Founding leader of NASA. (season 1–4)
Şahin Ağa/Şahin Yüksel (Turgay Tanülkü): Hızır's Cell Friend. (Seasons 1–6)
Hızır Ali Çakırbeyli (Yalçın Hafızoğlu): The son of Hızır. (season 2–6)
Fahri (Kenan Çoban): Hızır's cellmate. (season 1–5)
Ceylan Özsoy (Sanem Çelik): David's brother. (season 2–3, season 5–6)
Ömür Façalı (Ceren Benderlioğlu): Haşmet and Behzat's brother. (season 4–6)
Nazlı Meriç (Müjde Uzman): Khidr's mistress. (season 1)
Susan Eliot / Suzi (Meryem Uzerli): CIA agent. İlyas' ex-girlfriend. (season 2)
Tipi ağa-Murat İspirli (Savaş Özdemir): A member of the table. Hızır's best friend.. (season 1–6)
Beşir Hamdi Korkmaz (Muhammed Cangören): The father of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
Kimsesiz Yaşar (Olgun Şimşek): A member of the Table. Friend of Elijah. (season 3)
Ekrem Yıldıran (Mesut Akusta): NATO supporter. A member of the Table. (season 3)
Tufan Tezyürek (Hüseyin Avni Danyal): A member of the Table. (season 4–6)
Boran Kayalı (Mustafa Üstündağ): A member of the Table. Friend of Elijah. (season 4–5)
Haşmet Façalı (Turgut Tunçalp): Behzat and Ömür Ün's older brother.(4–6. season)
Behzat Façalı (Emir Benderlioğlu): Haşmet's brother. Friend of Elijah. (season 4–6)
Feyyaz Meftun (Burak Sergen): A member of the Table. (season 5)
Melike Meftun (Selda Alkor): Feyyaz's older sister. (season 5)
Sevda Meftun (Naz Elmas): Feyyaz's nephew. (season 5)
Kimsesiz Doğan (Ali Sürmeli): Father of orphans. (season 5–6)
Bahar Sincanlı (Pelin Akil): Daughter of the Sincan family. (season 6)
Beşir Hamdi Korkmaz (Muhammed Cangören): He is the father of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
Yaman Korkmaz (Engin Benli): Son of the Korkmaz family. (season 6)
İshak (Caner Kurtaran): Counter-guerrilla member. (season 6)
Publication calendar
Not: The 200th episode, the first episode of the 7th season of the series, was shot but not broadcast.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
atv'nin resmî sitesinde Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz
Turkish drama television series
Television series about organized crime
2010s Turkish television series
2015 Turkish television series debuts
2021 Turkish television series endings
Show TV original programming
Kanal D original programming
Works about organized crime in Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937%20Arizona%20State%E2%80%93Flagstaff%20Lumberjacks%20football%20team
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1937 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team
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The 1937 Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks football team represented Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (now known as Northern Arizona University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1937 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Garrett Arbelbide, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a conference record of 1–4, and finished sixth in the Border.
Schedule
References
Northern Arizona
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football seasons
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royston%20Barney-Smith
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Royston Barney-Smith
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Royston Barney-Smith is a British professional boxer currently competing in the super featherweight division.
Early life
Barney-Smith was born in Poole but grew up in Southampton where was he was coached by boxing trainer Wayne Batten.
Amateur career
Barney-Smith had a highly successful amateur career with a record of 45-5 and winning gold at the 2017 and 2018 European championships.. He was expected to compete at the 2024 Olympics but decided to turn pro instead.
Professional career
Barney-Smith made his debut on the undercard of David Avanesyan vs Oskari Metz on March 19, 2022, at the Wembley Arena..
Professional boxing record
References
External links
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1069411
2004 births
Living people
People from Poole
British male boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh%20copper-plate%20inscriptions
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Sikh copper-plate inscriptions
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Sikh copper-plate inscriptions (Tamar Patar) are historical Sikh inscribed copper plates that were commissioned by Guru Gobind Singh and gifted by him to three-known Hindu temples during his guruship period. Three inscribed copper plates of this kind are known.
Description
The copper plates were etched in the Gurmukhi script by the sevadars or scribes in the service of the tenth Sikh guru. They were likely created by blacksmiths serving the Sikh court, who then printed the inscriptions on the plate. The Sikh guru gave the command for the commissioning of a copper plate in the morning-time, leaving the blacksmiths to create the product and paraphrase the Guru's command to writing in the form of the inscriptions present on the plates. When the copper plate was ready, it was bestowed to a local priest of the temple.
It had been a custom of the Rajput Rajas, of the Punjab Pahari Hills region, to commission and gift inscribed copper plates to Hindu temples falling within the jurisdiction of their polity. Guru Gobind Singh, who had been becoming more influential in the regions of Paonta and Anandpur, emulated the Hill Rajas by commissioning and gifting his own copper plates to prominent Hindu temples in the area his entourage resided in. By adopting and imitating local royal customs of the region, this was a sign of the growing power and influence of the Sikh guru. The temples of particular regions accepting copper plates issued by the Sikh guru served as a symbol of their "formal submission to Sikh authority".
The inscribed copper plates were brought to the light of mainstream Sikh Studies through the research and fieldwork of Gurinder Singh Mann. The inscribed copper plates of this region and era served as a symbol of political patronage, benevolence, and authority. Between the years 1650 to 1725, twenty-six extant examples of such copper plates are known, which were gifted by local Hill polities to Hindu temples in the Naina Devi region. The current familial custodians of the Sikh-commissioned copper plates all vouch for their authenticity and have preserved them due to their importance related to the sites they were gifted to.
Naina Devi
The Naina Devi temple near Paonta was a recipient of a copper plate by the Sikh guru. The presentation of this inscribed copper plate to the Naina Devi temple is recorded in a late 18th-century Sikh text called Sudharam Marag Granth ('Book of the Good Religious Path'). This source asserts that Guru Gobind Singh gifted the copper plate to a Brahmin of Naina Devi named Bhadia while the guru visited the temple. Bhadia was the head priest of a Havan ceremony being performed and had been paid 100,000 rupees by the Sikh guru. However, Bhadia rejected this monetary sum and requested that the guru gift him something that will last for a long-time and survive throughout the generations to be revered. As a result, the Sikh guru bestowed an inscribed copper plate, with its inscription in the form of a Hukam edict, to the Brahmin of Naina Devi instead. The inscription etched on this copper plate was scribed in the Anandpuri Lipi style of Gurmukhi. This style of Gurmukhi script can also be found in Hukamnama manuscripts and Khas Patra pages of historical manuscripts of the Dasam Granth, which had been handwritten by the Sikh guru himself. Contemporary Sikh sources make no mention of the issuing of an inscribed copper plate to the Naina Devi temple by the Sikh guru.
A translation of the inscription of the copper plate is rendered as follows:
The Naina Devi copper plate was examined by G. S. Mann in the Summer of 2000. Mann discovered that the name 'Bhadia' does appear in the genealogical records (kursinama) of the current custodians of the copper plate and traced the year this ancestor would have flourished to the year 1700 based on generational counts and lengths.
Kapal Mochan
A Shiva temple in Kapal Mochan, located near Anandpur, had been gifted a copper plate by Guru Gobind Singh. It had been recently rediscovered. Kapal Mochan was visited by the tenth Guru when he travelled between Paonta and Anandpur. The copper plate was bestowed to the temple in the year 1679 and was a sign of the Sikh guru's interest in ruling near the area. The inscription on this copper plate contains the Ardaas supplication. The inscribed copper plate employs regular (non-calligraphic) Gurmukhi font rather than Anandpuri Lipi. Curiously, the guru's name is inscribed as 'Guru Gobind Singh', containing the Singh appellation, even though the copper plate was issued to the temple in 1679, twenty years before the traditional dating of 1699 for the establishment of the Khalsa Panth. This has been used as evidence that the Khalsa may have been established earlier or at-least there were pre-cursory features of it already present amongst the Sikhs before 1699. G. S. Mann asserts that this is evidence that the tenth Guru had adopted the 'Singh' title earlier in the year 1675.
A translation of the inscription of the copper plate is rendered as follows:
The current custodians of the copper plate claim the Sikh guru visited the Kapal Mochan temple two times, with the visits taking place in 1679 and 1688 respectively. According to them, while the Guru gifted an inscribed copper plate in 1679, he also gifted an illuminated Hukamnama document during his 1688 visit to the premises. A contemporary Sikh account of the guru's 1688 visit to the temple makes no reference to the gifting of a Hukamnama.
Kurukshetra
A temple located in Kurukshetra also received an inscribed copper plate from the Sikh guru. However, the inscribed copper plate was lost in early 1980 while it was being displayed in a local gurdwara and no photographs or etchings of its inscription are known to exist or be publicly available, rendering its contents unknown. The former, familial custodians of the plate also claimed to have had in their possession a Hukamnama document gifted to them by the tenth Sikh guru, however it was confiscated by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee in the 1970s.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumy%20Al-Qahtani
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Rumy Al-Qahtani
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Rumy Al-Qahtani (Arabic: رومي القحطاني) is a Saudi Arabian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first ever Miss Universe Saudi Arabia and now will represent her country at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico. She is the first Saudi Arabian to participate in Miss Universe pageant.
References
External links
Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2024 contestants
Saudi Arabian female models
Living people
People from Riyadh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20H%C3%B6fner
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Ernst Höfner
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Ernst Höfner may refer to:
Ernst Höfner (politician)
Ernst Höfner (ice hockey)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Langui
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El Langui
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Juan Manuel Montilla Macarrón (born 1 November 1979), better known as El Langui, is a Spanish rapper and actor. He was a member of musical trio La Excepción.
Life and career
Juan Manuel Montilla Macarrón was born in Madrid on 1 November 1979 and was raised in Pan Bendito, a southern area of Madrid. Due to lack of oxygen during childbirth, he suffers from cerebral palsy, which caused him a motor disorder of spasticity.
Together with Gitano Antón and Ladako Style, El Langui founded the hip-hop trio La Excepción. La Excepción won Best Spanish Act at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards.
He made his feature film acting debut in The One-Handed Trick (2008) portraying Cuajo, a young man with palsy who fights for his dream of setting up a film studio. He won a Goya Award for Best New Actor and a Goya Award for Best Original Song for his work in the film. He has since featured in films such as Que baje Dios y lo vea, La cripta, el último secreto, or La familia Benetón and series such as Cuerpo de élite and 30 Coins.
His solo musical career beyond La Excepción includes the release of two albums: Hola (2015) and Espasticidad (2022).
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People from Madrid
People with cerebral palsy
1979 births
Spanish male rappers
21st-century Spanish male actors
Spanish male film actors
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Abruzzo
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Tony Abruzzo
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Anthony "Tony" Abruzzo (1916–1990) was an American comic book artist. He is best known for his work in the romance comics field for National Periodicals (later DC Comics), particularly Girls' Love Stories, for which he illustrated stories continuously from 1954 to 1972. In the early 1960s, pop artist Roy Lichtenstein derived many of his best-known works from the panels of romance comics that had been illustrated by Abruzzo.
Biography
Born in New York City, Abruzzo Alexander Hamilton High School in Brooklyn. He trained at the Pratt Institute and the Traphagen School of Fashion. Living in Ozone Park, Queens, Abruzzo initially gained recognition as a dress designer. He also ventured into fashion advertisement design and harbored aspirations of moving to Paris to pursue a career in fashion.
The outbreak of World War II interrupted Abruzzo's plans as he was drafted into the U.S. Army. During his military service, he illustrated tanks, scout cars, and jeeps for specialized Armored Force training manuals.
By the mid-1950s, Abruzzo had transitioned to working as a comic book artist for National Periodicals. His background in the fashion industry positioned him as a fitting artist for the company's extensive array of romance titles. Throughout the early 1970s, Abruzzo illustrated numerous love stories featuring captivating female protagonists in titles such as Girls' Love Stories, Girls' Romances, Secret Hearts, Young Love, Young Romance, and Falling in Love. Robert Kanigher, a long-time DC editor, said of Abruzzo, that he was, "The finest artist in the romance field bar none."
Abruzzo died in Brooklyn, New York, on December 30, 1990, at age 74. He never married.
Abruzzo and Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein made a splash in the 1960s with his pop art "appropriations" based on the work of Abruzzo and other comic book artists, who rarely received any credit. Notable examples include:
Drowning Girl (1963) — Lichtenstein adapted the splash page from "Run for Love!", illustrated by Abruzzo and lettered by Ira Schnapp, in Secret Hearts #83 (DC Comics, November 1962)
Hopeless (1963) — adapted from a panel from the same story, "Run for Love!", artwork by Abruzzo and lettered by Ira Schnapp, in Secret Hearts #83 (November 1962)
Crying Girl (1963) — adapted from "Escape from Loneliness," penciled by Abruzzo and inked by Bernard Sachs, in Secret Hearts #88 (DC Comics, June 1963)
Ohhh...Alright... (1964) — also derived from Secret Hearts #88 (June 1963)
In the Car (sometimes called Driving) (1963) — adapted from an Abruzzo panel in Girls' Romances #78 (DC, September 1961)
Sleeping Girl (1964) — based on an Abruzzo panel from Girls' Romances #105 (October 1964)
Jack Cowart, executive director of the Lichtenstein Foundation, contests the notion that Lichtenstein was a copyist, saying: "Roy's work was a wonderment of the graphic formulae and the codification of sentiment that had been worked out by others. The panels were changed in scale, color, treatment, and in their implications. There is no exact copy." Comics industry figures don't have such a sanguine attitude about Lichtenstein's swipes.
In 2013, Abruzzo's artwork was exhibited as part of the show "Image Duplicator" at Orbital Comics in London. The exhibition involved cartoonists "re-appropriating the works of Roy Lichtenstein, tracking them back to their original source material and then creating a new comic book image that credits the original artist." Curated by Rian Hughes and Jason Atomic, Abruzzo was one of the artists featured, alongside the likes of Dave Gibbons, Rian Hughes, Salgood Sam, Steven Cook, and Howard Chaykin.
Further reading
References
External links
1916 births
1990 deaths
American comics artists
Artists from New York City
Pratt Institute alumni
Roy Lichtenstein
United States Army personnel of World War II
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Hainuca
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Gilbert Hainuca
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Gilbert Hainuca (born 12 March 1994) is a Namibian sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2024 African Games in Accra, Ghana.
International competitions
1Disqualified in the final
Personal bests
Outdoor
60 metres – 6.60 (+0.6 m/s, Windhoek 2021)
100 metres – 10.16 (+1.7 m/s, Sasolburg 2022)
200 metres – 20.91 (-0.1 m/s, Windhoek 2023)
References
Living people
1994 births
Namibian male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RECADI
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RECADI
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The Office of Differential Exchange Regime (RECADI) was an currency exchange control system in Venezuela implemented during the government of Luis Herrera Campíns that operated between 28 February 1983 (ten days after Viernes Negro) and 10 February 1989 to regulate the delivery of foreign currency. It was established to administer a system of differential exchange rates and capital controls.
History
On 15 June 1987, in compliance with Presidential Decree No. 1,544, RECADI ceased its functions; foreign currency purchase and sale operations, still restricted by the government, became directly administered by the Ministry of Finance. The system was dissolved in 1989, when the differential exchange rate system was abolished. On 24 February, an investigation was opened by presidential order against RECADI for alleged financial fraud. RECADI constituted a break in the highlight of Venezuelan corruption, and became a major scandal in 1989 when five former ministers were arrested. However, the charges were later dropped.
Since Black Friday, it represents a milestone that changed its economic history. Until that day, the stability and reliability that had characterized the bolivar since the second decade of the XX century, whose last free exchange rate against the dollar was at a fixed value of 4.30 bolivars, was officially maintained. Since then, the constant devaluation of the bolivar, complications with the payment of the foreign debt, the accelerated deterioration of the purchasing power and the implementation of RECADI made the stability of the Venezuelan currency disappear.
See also
Ho Fuk Wing
National Center for Foreign Commerce
Corruption in Venezuela
References
1980s in Venezuela
Economic history of Venezuela
Jaime Lusinchi
Luis Herrera Campins
Corruption in Venezuela
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Hosken%20Fernandez
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Philip Hosken Fernandez
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The Rev. Philip Fernandez was a footballer who played in the 1877 FA Cup final for Oxford University.
Early life
Fernandez was the eldest son of Thomas Francis of Madras, where he was born in 1854; by 1861 the family was back in England. He was educated at Westminster School, which was an early adopter of association laws. He represented the school at the Winchester code of football against London Wykehmanists, and College against the Commoners in the "fifteens", in 1871. He also represented the college at cricket.
In 1873, he went up to Trinity College, Oxford; he took his Bachelor of Arts in 1877 and his Master of Arts in 1880.
Football career
Fernandez first appeared for the Oxford University A.F.C. in February 1874, in a 2–1 win over a Gitanos side featuring many Wanderers players. He was not a regular University player, making his first competitive appearance in a 2–1 win in the 1874–75 FA Cup third round win over the Wanderers. He kept his place for the ties against the Royal Engineers at the semi-final stage, playing as a right-side forward.
His only appearance in the 1875–76 FA Cup was in the surprise fourth round defeat to the Old Etonians, although he did appear in the Varsity match for the only time that season; despite Oxford being down to 10 men through injury for much of the match, the Dark Blues beat Cambridge University 4–1. Fernandez clinched the victory with the fourth goal ten minutes from time, "mugging" the Cambridge backs, who had paused, assuming there would be a claim for hand-ball made against them.
In the 1876–77 season, he only played twice, both times in the 1876–77 FA Cup; the first time in the replay win over Upton Park at the Kennington Oval in the last 5 stage, and the second time in the final defeat to the Wanderers, again on the right, with captain Edward Parry. His graduation made him ineligible for the university side afterwards, and there is no record of him playing football again at any reportable level.
Post-university
In 1882 he became the assistant-master of Uppingham School. In 1886 he was ordained as a Church of England vicar, and was first sent to South Africa, where until 1897 he held curacies in Maritzburg and Natal. From 1912 to 1918 he was the vicar of Hewelsfield in the diocese of Gloucester, and from 1918 to 1926 of Dewsall in the diocese of Hereford. From 1927 to 1932, he lived in Monkton Combe, in Somerset, where he died of pneumonia following a bout of sunstroke. He left a widow, Annie (née Leighton), whom he married in Hewesfield in 1913.
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1854 births
1932 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Men's association football forwards
Oxford University A.F.C. players
People educated at Winchester College
Wanderers F.C. players
Footballers from Chennai
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo%20Linturi
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Arvo Linturi
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Arvo Linturi (23 February 1887–1975) was a Finnish civil servant. He was the minister of interior between 1929 and 1930.
Biography
Linturi was born in Turku on 23 February 1887. He was a member of the National Progressive Party. He was appointed minister of interior on 16 August 1929 to the third cabinet of Kyösti Kallio. Linturi's term ended on 4 July 1930.
Linturi served as the vice-chairman of the supervisory board of Oy Alkoholiliike Ab, precursor of Alko, which is the national alcoholic beverage retailing company. During his term he supported and introduced moderation in drinking habits of Finnish people.
Linturi died in 1975.
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1914 births
1975 deaths
Ministers of the Interior of Finland
National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians
Politicians from Turku
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikriz
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Nikriz
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Nikriz is the a scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Nikriz in 53-TET
Comparison with Western scales
Since the makam is based on 53-TET, it is impossible to directly tie it to 12-TET Western scales. However, using the 48-TET model, while worse than many other models in approximation, allows for such comparisons.
The approximation of Nikriz within 48-TET would be:
Ukranian Dorian (3, 7 included along with 7)
Usage
Songs that use the Nikriz scale
Tanrıya Feryat
Sevda Çiçeği [tr]
Related makams
Acemli Rast (Rast with Acem), same as Rast descending
Notes
References
Turkish makam music
Modes (music)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isma%27il%20Pasha%20Abu%20Jabal
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Isma'il Pasha Abu Jabal
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'Amir al-Liwa' Ismail Pasha Abu Jabal () (1234 AH – 17 Jumada al-Thani 1300 AH) was an Egyptian military and political leader who lived in the nineteenth century. He participated as a brigade commander in the Crimean War, which the Egyptian army fought alongside the armies of the Ottoman Empire, and then the wāli of Egypt, Sa'id Pasha, assigned him - on Muharram 15, 1272 AH, corresponding to September 27, 1855 AD - to lead the Egyptian armies in the Crimea after Ahmad Pasha al-Munkali was excused due to ill health.
Upbringing
Ismail Haqqi bin Suleiman bin Bakir bin Ahmad was born in the year 1234 AH in the village of Muridi, in the state of Ma'amoura al-Aziz (Elazığ) in Anatolia, and his father was the Kaymakam of his village. His father sent him to Egypt in the year 1248 AH, where he joined the Darsakhana School in the Citadel, where he mastered the Turkish and Persian languages speaking and writing. Then he moved to the military schools in Bujaq al-Nakhila (in Khanka).
Miltiary career
On 4 Safar 1250 AH, he was attached to the 21st Infantry Alai (regiment) (21st Ji Alai Bayada) with the position of Barinji Alamdar, then he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in Barinji Orta (battalion) 8 J Block, and was soon promoted to the rank of Yuzbashi Baranji Orta Barinji Block on 6 Dhu al-Qadah. Then he traveled within the forces of Ibrahim Pasha to fight the Wahhabis, and there he was promoted to the rank of Barinji Saghul Aghasi, then he was promoted to the rank of 2nd G Bekbashi after he proved his worth in the battle of Jabal al-Diriyah, then he was promoted to the rank of Barinji Bekbashi (which is equivalent to the rank of Kaymakam) and was appointed commander of a group of soldiers that fought a decisive battle in which Ismail Pasha performed well.
After Ismail Pasha returned from Hejaz with the Egyptian expedition, he was granted the rank of Amiralai, and on the seventh of Jumada al-Thani in the year 1266 AH, he was promoted to the rank of Major General, and was entrusted with the command of Alai 3G and Alai 4G Bayada (infantry), then he was appointed Director of the General Directorates of Qena and Esna, then Hakmdar (governor) of Sudan and a commander of its soldiers, then he returned to Egypt and was appointed general of Beringi Alai and 4G Alai Bayada.
When the Crimean War broke out, the Ottoman Empire requested an Egyptian expedition to fight the Russians, so the Egyptian government prepared an army whose commander-in-chief was Ahmad Pasha al-Munkali, and Ismail Pasha Abu Jabal was appointed as a second commandant of three columns of Bayada soldiers, alai of Zarkh cavalry, and a section of Tobgia (artillery) instead of Major General Ahmad Pasha Shukri.
Then al-Munkali Pasha was relieved of command of the expedition due to his ill health, so Sa'id Pasha relieved him on September 27, 1855, AD (Muharram 15, 1272 AH), and Ismail Pasha Abu Jabal took his place.
Following Abu Jabal's return to Egypt in the year 1272 AH, he was appointed temporary president of the Tanta Council, then he was appointed general commander (commander-in-chief) of the infantry soldiers, during the reign of Sa'id Pasha, and he remained in this position until the Nizarat al-Jihadia (Ministry of War) order was issued to dispense with all brigades and assistants, so he resigned and was given Atyan. As a pensioner, however, he was soon returned to military service and appointed a major general in charge of the al-Ma'ia al-Sunnia soldiers, then he was appointed a member of the ruling council, then he was appointed “Sir Çeşmeh Ordi” in the Jihadia office instead of Ali Pasha Qulli, then he returned again to the ruling council, which he soon returned to. It was canceled by order of Sa'id Pasha, so Ismail Pasha was appointed commissioner to sell the Miri properties (government properties) to pay off the debts.
Meanwhile, the Arabs of Faiyum and al-Wahat rebelled, so Ismail Pasha was appointed as an extraordinary military commander to put down their revolt. He succeeded in doing so, then he was appointed director of the Qena and Esna districts. At that time, the Crown Prince of Belgium (King Leopold II later) came to visit Upper Egypt, and Ismail Pasha met him. He stayed with him for the duration of his stay, and when the Belgian prince returned to his country, the government of Belgium presented Abu Jabal with the Order of Leopold, with the rank of Officer, accompanied by a letter of thanks received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated July 12, 1863 AD.
Then Abu Jabal was appointed head of the Military Council in Egypt, then director of Gharbia, then Khedive Ismail granted him the rank of lieutenant general, then he was appointed a member of the Council of Rules until that council was abolished.
In the year 1283 AH, Abu Jabal assumed the position of Ma'moor 'Omoom al-Malahat, then the mission of the improvements of the Ibrahimiya Canal in Dairut was added to his responsibilities. He was then appointed governor of Cairo while the first mission remained in his charge. Then he was separated from it and appointed as a warden for collections of late funds in Upper Egypt. In the year 1291 AH, he was appointed a member of the Judgments Council, and in the following year he was appointed deputy of that council. Then in the following year he assumed the position of Secretary-General of the Egyptian Treasury, and on April 10, 1879, he was appointed President of the Judgments Council, and he remained in this position until he was retired on September 15. 1879.
When the Urabi Revolt broke out, Abu Jabal was one of its major opponents, and he accompanied Khedive Tawfiq to Alexandria, and after the attack on Alexandria, he accompanied Tawfiq to the Ras el-Tin Palace, but his health soon deteriorated after his return to Cairo, where he died on Jumada al-Thani 17, 1300 AH.
Nickname
Abu Jabal was given this title in honor of his good performance in one of the battles of the Wahhabi wars. In one incident, the force he was leading was trapped in the mountain, and the enemy surrounded them from every direction. Ismail Pasha drew his sword and led his soldiers in a counterattack. Ibrahim Pasha was watching the fighting from a distance. Ismail Pasha was seriously injured in this battle, but it has been proven that with his soldiers until he was finally victorious, Ibrahim Pasha summoned him and thanked him for his valor and ordered his personal doctor to treat his wounds, and from that time he was nicknamed Abu Jabal.
Honors
Order of the Medjidie, second class (Ottoman Empire)
Medal of Excellence (Ottoman Empire)
Turkish Crimea Medal (Ottoman Empire)
Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire)
Order of Leopold (Belgium)
References
Egyptian generals
Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class
Recipients of the Order of Leopold II
Egyptian people of Turkish descent
Egyptian pashas
19th-century Egyptian people
19th-century Muslims
Egyptian people of the Crimean War
People from Elazığ
Governors of Qena
Governors of Gharbia
Governors of Cairo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9%20Omgba
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Aimé Omgba
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Aimé Ntsama Omgba (born 22 October 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for NAC Breda as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Leiden, Omgba spent his early career with Feyenoord and NEC Nijmegen, before signing for NAC Breda in 2021. In January 2023 he signed a new two-and-a-half year professional contract with the club. He scored his first professional goal in a match against VVV Venlo.
In January 2024 he was linked with a transfer to Belgian club Anderlecht, although it was stated that he would spend the rest of the season with Breda. In March 2024, he suffered an injury.
Personal life
Omgba is of Cameroonian descent.
References
2002 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
Feyenoord players
NEC Nijmegen players
NAC Breda players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football midfielders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithaeidae
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Tithaeidae
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Tithaeidae is a family of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores, Epedanoidea with about 40 described species.
The Tithaeidae are endemic to East and South-east Asia.
Description
They are typically relatively small harvestmen, often dwelling in leaf litter.
Name
The type genus Tithaeus is derived from Ancient Greek, which Thorell (1890) states in a footnote as "Τιθαιος, nom. prop. person". This possibly reflects Herodotus's The Histories, Book VII: "The captains of horse were Harmamithres and Tithaeus, sons of Datis"
Genera
Istithaeus Roewer, 1949
Kondosus Roewer, 1949
Sterrhosoma Thorell, 1891
Tithaeomma Roewer, 1949
Tithaeus Thorell, 1890
†Ellenbergellus Bartel, Dunlop, Sharma, Selden, Ren & Shih, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
References
(eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press
External links
Harvestman families
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Butera
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Battle of Butera
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The Battle of Butera happened in late 845 or early 846 between the Aghlabid army and the Byzantine army at Butera, south of Sicily. The Aghlabids achieved a resounding success against the Byzantines.
In 845, the Byzantines and the Abbasids made a peace treaty. The Byzantine empress, Theodora, wanting to take advantage of the peace treaty, dispatched an army to re-establish Byzantine control of Sicily. The Byzantine army was mostly recruited from the theme of Charsianon. The Byzantine numbers were substantial and were equipped and ready to fight. The Byzantine general, however, was not ready. Both sides met at Butera, and the Aghlabid general, Al-Abbas ibn al-Fadl, defeated the Byzantines and killed 9,000 to 10,000 of their troops, according to Arab sources, which is probably an exaggeration. The Aghlabid casualties were insignificant. The battle happened either in late 845 or early 846.
Following this defeat, the Byzantines suffered several setbacks in quick succession. In 846, the Arabs annexed Lentini and destroyed Ragusa in 848. For his victory at Butera, Al-Abbas became the governor of Sicily in 851.
References
Sources
Andrew Holt & Florin Curta (2016), Great Events in Religion, An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History.
John Bagnell Bury, A history of the Eastern Roman empire
Alexander A. Vasiliev, Byzantium and the Arabs. Volume I, The Amorium dynasty (820–867).
845
840s in the Byzantine Empire
840s conflicts
Byzantine Sicily
Muslim conquest of Sicily
Battles involving the Aghlabids
Battles of the Arab–Byzantine wars
Battles involving the Byzantine Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illien
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Illien
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Illien is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Maël Illien (born 1990), French footballer
Mario Illien (born 1949), Swiss engineer
French-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20St.%20Ivany
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Jack St. Ivany
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John St. Ivany (born July 22, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League.
References
External links
1999 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey defensemen
Sioux Falls Stampede players
Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players
Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players
Ice hockey players from California
Sportspeople from Manhattan Beach, California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863%20Georgia%20gubernatorial%20election
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1863 Georgia gubernatorial election
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The 1863 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on October 5, 1863, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. It was the last gubernatorial election in Georgia under the Confederate States of America and saw Independent Democrat nominee and incumbent Governor Joseph E. Brown win a fourth and final term against Unionist nominee Joshua Hill and Pro-Administration nominee Lt. Col Timothy Furlow.
Background
Search for a successor
Initially, Brown never intended to run for a fourth term and had early in 1863 begun to look around for a State Rights Democrat to succeed him. One while doing his duty towards the Confederacy, would protect the rights and sovereignty of Georgia.
He thought it was best to leave his opponents under the delusion that he would run for another term and so never made any public announcement of his plans to step down. In the meantime, he chose Linton Stephens, junior half-brother of Alexander H. Stephens, from a list of possible people to succeed him. Robert Toombs, Confederate Brigadier General, was his second choice and Brown was willing to step aside to support either of them.
Stephens refused to run for governor and so Brown turned to Toombs, who having resigned his brigade command in March 1863, returned to Georgia, and it was generally believed that he had political ambitions. Duff Green prophesied that Toombs would be elected governor of Georgia in the autumn of 1863 and that the state would possibly make peace with the Union. A. H. Kenan feared that Toombs would seek the office and he raised the question of Toombs' avowed opposition to President Davis in an effort to weaken Toombs's candidacy. The editor of the Enquirer did not want Toombs to seek the governorship as it would create a situation in Georgia analogous to that in North Carolina where an avowed anti-Davis man was standing for governor. Mention was made of Toombs's address on "The State of the Republic" at Sparta on June 17, 1863, an address in which Toombs roundly scored President Davis and the policies of the administration at Richmond.
It's highly possible that Toombs gave the governorship a consideration but he chose to run for Senate instead, being decisively defeated for the Confederate senate by former governor H. V. Johnson.
Brown candidacy
Brown feared that the "administration" at Richmond would support a Pro-Administarion candidate with Confederate Congressman and former Confederate General Lucius J. Gartrell being seen as the most formidable possible candidate. It was his popularity among the troops that scared Brown the most.
Brown's concerns were not unfounded as there was a distinct demand in Georgia for a "Jeff Davis man" for governor. An editorial in the Daily Sun advocated for Brown's removal from office, arguing that a "good and loyal" individual should take his place. The organ disputed the notion that conscription was widely unpopular in Georgia or that Brown enjoyed significant support among the military, except for a small faction within the state militia seeking his favor. It predicted Brown's defeat by a margin of 20,000 votes.
Upon failing to identify another State Rights advocate to assume his position, Brown opted to seek reelection. Prior to launching his campaign, Brown took measures to disassociate himself from being perceived as an opponent of the current administration. He advocated for maintaining the existing administration and supported increasing Confederate private salaries from $11 to $20. He asserted that he had effectively neutralized any Pro-Administration candidate who might challenge him on grounds of loyalty to the Confederacy. In a letter of consent dated May 21, he acknowledged his previous pursuit of the governorship during peacetime but affirmed his willingness to continue serving if reelected during wartime. He suggested that changing leadership amidst the turmoil of war would be unwise and that he possessed superior qualifications compared to any potential newcomer. Regarding his stance against conscription, he maintained that his opposition stemmed from honest conviction.
Opposition candidates
None of the Pro-Administration candidates whom Brown anticipated stood for the office, but he was not without opposition. The Atlanta Gazette hoisted the banner of Joshua Y. Hill of Madison and the Southern Recorder placed Lt. Col Timothy M. Furlow of Americus in the race. Neither of these men made a formidable opponent for Brown.
Although a plantation owner, Hill bitterly opposed secession in 1861, always denying the legality of the ordinance of secession. Throughout the war, he was regarded as a reconstructionist and a Union man. Hill was in touch with William Tecumseh Sherman during the general's March to the Sea in September 1864 and during the Reconstruction period he went over to the Republican Party. He was the candidate of the old Whig-American group and the Peace Party in Georgia in 1863.
Furlow was the candidate for the people who were opposed to the Unionist Hill and were opposed to Brown's hostility to Confederate policies under Davis.
Plan
During this time there was no run-off system like there is today. If no candidate could receive a majority vote then the election would be thrown into the Georgia General Assembly. It just so happened that the General Assembly was majority Anti-Brown and so it was hoped that Furlow would get enough loyal and state-rights Democratic votes to prevent Brown from receiving a majority over him and Hill.
The newspapers opposing Brown displayed even greater animosity than in the previous election, launching attacks on every vulnerable aspect of his character. Accusations against Brown ranged from demagoguery and self-serving behavior to religious hypocrisy, dishonesty, and disloyalty to the Confederacy. Critics highlighted Brown's tactic of portraying himself as "conscripted" into seeking reelection, reminiscent of his actions in 1861, and argued that his announcement of not actively pursuing the office was merely a ploy to elicit public support for a "call to service." He was labelled as an "oily flatterer of the masses" and of ever trying to ingratiate himself with the masses. Brown's supporters harped on the idea that the office should be conferred upon the man and should not be sought. It was pointed out by Brown's enemies that such an argument gave Brown an unfair advantage because he was already in office.
Just like the last election, his opponents were enraged at the idea of office not being changed in times of war and often referred to him as "Joseph I."
General election
On election day, October 5, 1863, Independent Democrat nominee Joseph E. Brown won re-election by a margin of 8,262 votes against Unionist nominee Joshua Hill and Pro-Administration nominee Lt. Col Timothy Furlow, thereby becoming the first person to hold the office of Governor of Georgia for four terms. Brown was sworn in for his fourth and final term on January 3, 1864.
While Hill polled his greatest vote from the old Union element in the mountainous counties of the North, this was in no means a reconstruction vote. He polled the tired-of-the-war vote plus a certain conservative vote. Hill, though of no family relation, supported him as did many old Whigs and Americans.
It was obvious that Furlow failed to carry the full strength of the so-called loyal vote, failing to win a single county north of the capital.
For what Brown lost to Hill in north Georgia, he had made more than a corresponding gain in central and south Georgia.
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Georgia (U.S. state) gubernatorial elections
1863 United States gubernatorial elections
October 1863 events
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YourFellowArab
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Addison Pierre Maalouf (), known online as YourFellowArab or Arab, is a Lebanese-American Youtuber and online streamer. He became known for touring dangerous locations and went viral for meeting up with gangs in Brazil, Mexico, and Lebanon.
Online career
Gaming and Twitch streaming
Maalouf uploaded his first YouTube video on April 18, 2016, where he began making commentary and skits and later began live-streaming himself playing video games like Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto V. In 2019 he partook in Fortnite tournaments winning prize money and started coaching other people on the game. After the 2020 Beirut explosion, Maalouf raised nearly 20,000 dollars in donations to the Red Cross.
On October 30, 2021, he uploaded a video titled "The End" where he announced that he would stop live-streaming video games and instead start filming real-life interactions with people. He also launched his website Arabuncut.com.
Adventures
On December 11, 2022, he uploaded a video on YouTube titled "im lost" where he expressed his desire to document and explore dangerous and rarely visited areas himself. Some of his first viral videos was of him exploring South Africa and documenting a rare meeting with Nouh Zaiter, a Lebanese drug lord wanted by Interpol, in the Beqaa Valley. On July 2023, he gained large media attention internationally after interviewing members of the Balaclava-clad favela gang in Rio de Janeiro. He revisited Brazil on January 2024 with Youtuber IShowSpeed in which they visited Cidade de Deus community in Rio de Janeiro.
Kidnapping
Amidst the ongoing gang war, on March 13, 2024, Maalouf traveled to Haiti to interview notorious gang leader named Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier. However, twenty-four hours after Maalouf's arrival, he was allegedly taken by members of the 400 Mawozo gang and held for a ransom of $40,000 (which increased to $600,000) along with his guide Sean Roubens Jean Sacra. On March 28, Maalouf's brother posted on X (formally Twitter) confirming his disappearance, as did fellow YouTuber Miles Routledge and Addison's close friend Sneako. On March 30, 2024, he claimed on Twitter that he was released.
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Rowan Besselink
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Rowan Besselink (born 11 October 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for NAC Breda as a defender.
Career
Born in Rijswijk, Besselink began his career with NAC Breda, where he made his senior debut in August 2022, the same month he was linked with a transfer to Italy. He signed his first professional contract in October 2022.
In January 2023, following a Cup win, he was described as a "hero". In October 2023, following an injury to Cuco Martina, Besselink began to play regularly for the first-team. In March 2024 he spoke of "becoming a man" following his first-team experiences.
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2004 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
NAC Breda players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football defenders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anca%20Sz%C3%B6nyi%20Thomas
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Anca Szönyi Thomas
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Anca Szönyi Thomas (born 22 April 1958) is a Romanian visual artist and actress.
Education
She graduated in 1982 from the Faculty of Monumental Art and Restoration of the Bucharest National University of Arts.
Personal life
She is the daughter of the painter Ștefan Szönyi and sister of the actress Julieta Szönyi.
She settled in France in 1987 and married French politician and businessman Jean-Pierre Thomas (born 1957) in 1993. They have a daughter Diane-Emmanuelle (born 1996).
Filmography
Tănase Scatiu - Mary (1976)
The three seal mace - Maria, daughter of István Jósika (1977)
Blauvogel (1979)
Burebista - Lydia, wife of Hybrida (1980)
Dangerous Turn - Lt. Sultana Mihăilescu (1983)
The Mysteries of Bucharest - Aneta of the Bearded Man from Delea Veche (1983)
Ciuleandra - Mădălina Faranga (1985)
Manjun et Layla - Layla (1989)
C'est quoi ce petit boulot? - radio hostess (1991)
Le Passage (1991)
Oglinda - Petersen, Killinger's secretary (1994)
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External links
1958 births
People from Bucharest
Romanian expatriates in France
Hungarians in Romania
Bucharest National University of Arts alumni
Living people
Romanian film actresses
20th-century Romanian actresses
21st-century Romanian actresses
Romanian actor stubs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Terry%20%28New%20Hampshire%20politician%29
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Paul Terry (New Hampshire politician)
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Paul Terry is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the Belknap 7th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Neal%20%28disambiguation%29
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William Neal (disambiguation)
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William Neal (born 1947) is an English artist.
William Neal may also refer to:
Sir William Neal, 1st Baronet (1860–1942), British businessman and Lord Mayor of London
William Keith Neal (1905–1990), English antique firearms collector
Will E. Neal (1875–1959), American politician
Bill Neal (1931–2024), American football coach
See also
William Neale (disambiguation)
William Neill (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleached%20Wavves
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Bleached Wavves
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Bleached Wavves is the debut studio album by Ojibwe shoegaze musician Daniel Monkman, known by the stage name Zoon. The album was released on June 19, 2020, via Paper Bag Records. Monkman was raised in the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation and faced many struggles growing up, such as poverty and addiction. They discovered shoegaze music as a teenager, and started a band after moving to Hamilton, Ontario. The album has been described as shoegaze and "moccasin-gaze". It has received positive reviews from AllMusic, Exclaim!, and No Ripcord. It was also shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.
Background and recording
Daniel Monkman is an indigenous Canadian who was raised in the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, near Winnipeg, Manitoba. Monkman discovered shoegaze music as a teenager. They faced many struggles while growing up, including poverty and addiction, leading them to seek spirituality. They moved to Hamilton, Ontario, where they started the band Bloom, later renamed to Zoon after the Ojibwe word . Under Bloom, Monkman released the EP Bleached Wavves via cassette-only, containing early versions of some songs that were on the album.
Monkman had their equipment stolen prior to finishing the album. They recorded Bleached Wavves mostly alone, using a guitar and one effects pedal. The album was released on June 19, 2020, via Paper Bag Records.
Music
Bleached Wavves is a shoegaze album that has drawn comparisons to My Bloody Valentine. The album has also been described as "moccasin-gaze", which is a blend of shoegaze with North American Indigenous music.
"Vibrant Colours" takes inspiration from Madchester. "Was & Always Will Be" expands on shoegaze's sound and was described as "less a song than a mantra" by Paul Simpson of AllMusic. Guitars reminiscent of Slowdive feature on "Light Prism". "Infinite Horizons" features a spoken word monologue about Monkman's ancestry and history. The instrumental "Landscapes" uses guitars and "hard rhythmic panning". The closer track "Help Me Understand" combines guitars and traditional drums to create a sound that "seems to transcend shoegaze", according to Josiah Nelson of Exclaim!
Critical reception
Paul Simpson of AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, writing "it'll be fascinating to see where [Monkman] goes from here". Juan Edgardo Rodríguez of No Ripcord gave the album 8 out of 10 points, and described it as a "sonic meditation" filled with symbolism. Josiah Nelson of Exclaim! gave the album 9 out of 10 points, praising it for its "rich" emotion and ability to take influence without being derivative.
Bleached Wavves was shortlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize, which awards the best Canadian album of the year, regardless of genre.
Track listing
"Clouded Formation" – 1:05
"Vibrant Colours" – 4:36
"Was & Always Will Be" – 3:10
"Bleached Wavves" – 3:27
"BrokenHead" – 2:48
"A Perfect Sunset Ahead" – 0:44
"Light Prism" – 3:54
"Infinite Horizons" – 2:05
"Landscapes" – 2:56
"Help Me Understand" – 4:28
Total length – 29:13
References
External links
Bleached Wavves on Bandcamp
Shoegaze albums by Canadian artists
2020 debut albums
Albums by First Nations artists
Paper Bag Records albums
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Pouria Zeraati
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Pouria Zeraati (; born 22 September 1987) is an Iranian-British journalist and reporter for Iran International. In March 2024, Zeraati was hospitalized due to being stabbed by unidentified assailants upon leaving his London residence.
Career
Zeraati was born in Babolsar, Mazandaran. He received a degree in mechanical engineering from Brunel University London, and was a newsroom editor, host, and announcer on Manoto Network, and joined Iran International Network in 2020 as a producer and presenter of the program "The Last Word".
Attack
Background
In December 2021, British ITV news channel reported in an exclusive report that "Iranian spies" had ordered a "human trafficker" in exchange for the payment of 200 thousand dollars, to terrorize IITV presenters Sima Thabit and Fardad Farahzad.
In February 2023, amidst the Mahsa Amini protests, Iran International reported about the threats from the Revolutionary Guards against its journalists.
Stabbing
On 30 March 2024, upon leaving his London residence, Pouria Zeraati was attacked by some unidentified assailants, stabbing him in the leg. Iran International announced that he is hospitalized and his condition is stable.
Reactions
The attack was widely condemned by Iranian and international celebrities, journalists and media, political activists, human rights defenders and social media users, and was reflected in British and world media. After the news of the attack on Zeraati, a number of Iran International audiences condemned the attack and wished him well. Protesters of the attack wrote slogans on the wall next to a street in Tehran against the Islamic Republic and in support of Pouria Zeraati and Sara Tabrizi. Notable figures stated:
Alicia Kearns, Chair of the British Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, said: "It is with great sadness that Iran International has had to close its UK office for a short period of time and has recently started broadcasting live from London. While we do not know the circumstances of this attack, Iran continues to pursue those who have the courage to speak against it. However, I am not convinced that we and our allies have clear strategies to protect people in our countries from them (the Iranian regime) and to protect our interests abroad."
The National Union of Journalists of Great Britain and Ireland called it "shocking" in a statement. Michelle Stanistreet, General Secretary of the NUJ, said: "The systematic targeting of journalists simply for doing their jobs must stop. "The international community should increase the pressure on Iran and the United Nations should hold Iran accountable for its actions."
Hamed Esmaeilion called this act brutal and wrote: "The horrific news of an Iranian journalist stabbed in London this morning is outrageous. I wish a speedy recovery for Mr. Pouria Zeraati and his return to work. Hopefully the London Police will find the perpetrators of this crime and those behind it. A free press is one of the pillars of democracy, it is sad to see these heinous acts happen in the free world."
Masih Alinejad wrote: "I am deeply disturbed by the cowardly assault on my friend Pouria Zeerati, an Iranian journalist in London. Pouria was stabbed near his residence in London; as the host of Iran International’s Last Word show, he sustained multiple knife wounds and has been hospitalized. He is a brave journalist who has dedicated his life to expose Islamic Republic’s crimes and acts of terrorism. My thoughts are with him and his family during this difficult time for the international governments to take Islamic Republic threats, seriously and criminalize transnational repression. I strongly urge the London police to conduct a thorough investigation into this appalling attack. It is alarming to note that journalists from [Iran] International TV have been subjected to ongoing threats from the Islamic Republic. We must unite in condemning such senseless acts of aggression."
Nazanin Boniadi, human rights activist: "Horrified to learn that my friend, prominent Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati was stabbed outside his home in London. While we wait for an investigation, I hope the Met Police takes the threats by the Islamic Republic to kill Iranian journalists in exile seriously."
Daily Telegraph, the Intelligence Organization for National Security of England (MI5) has been informed of the attack on Zeraati. Many other British media, including the BBC, the Independent and the Guardian, have also addressed this news and the history of the Islamic Republic's threats against Iranian journalists abroad, and especially the staff of Iran International.
Alireza Akhondi, an Iranian representative of the Swedish Parliament: "One of the most prominent Iranian journalists, Pouria Zeraati has been viciously attacked with a knife in London. Let me be unequivocal: this heinous act reeks of #IRGCterrorists and the unmistakable hand of the Islamic regime. I demand swift and transparent action from the British government to apprehend the culprits and safeguard other fearless Iranian opposition voices."
Nazanin Afshin-Jam, human rights activist: "How many more assassination plots before the UK, Canada, Australia and countries in the EU will list the IRGC on the terrorist list? #IRGCterrorists"
References
1987 births
Living people
Iranian political journalists
20th-century Iranian journalists
21st-century Iranian journalists
Iranian television presenters
Iranian television people
Iranian emigrants to England
Iranian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Alumni of Brunel University London
British journalists
People from Babolsar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepijn%20van%20de%20Merbel
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Pepijn van de Merbel
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Pepijn van de Merbel (born 18 March 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for NAC Breda as a goalkeeper.
Career
Born in Oud Gastel, van de Merbel began his career with NAC Breda, signing a three-year professional contract in January 2021. Playing at youth level, he said he was keen to learn. He made his senior debut in December 2022, in a 1–0 home defeat to Almere City.
References
2002 births
Living people
Dutch men's footballers
NAC Breda players
Eerste Divisie players
Association football goalkeepers
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The Influencer
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The Influencer () is a Colombian telenovela created by Héctor Rodríguez Cuéllar and produced by Caracol Televisión. It premiered on Netflix on 13 December 2023. The series stars Mariana Goméz and Juan Manuel Mendoza.
Plot
The series follows Maritza, an aspiring influencer who has a speech disorder. She decides to make a viral video to establish herself and help her father, who is struggling financially. Germen, her boyfriend, suggests her to do an extreme stunt, which she agrees to. However, he betrays her during the broadcast and the whole thing goes wrong. The incident tarnishes Maritza's reputation and from then on she has to work hard to restore her image while dealing with the repercussions and her haters on the internet.
Cast
Mariana Goméz as María Isabel "Maritza" Matallana
Juan Manuel Mendoza as Salvador Sarabia
Luna Baxter as Avril
Carlos "Pitty" Camacho as Nibardo
Camilo Amores as Peluche
Marcela Agudelo as Teresa
Andrea Gúzman as Yesenia
Felipe Calero as Quique
Norma Nivia as Laura
Daniel Rodríguez as Polo
Ivan Rodríguez as Castor
Leonardo Acosta as Aldo
Alexandra Restrepo as Martha
José Daniel Cristancho as Nacho
Paula Estrada as Mafe
Xilena Aycardi as Paloma
Viviana Santos as Kamila
Fiona Horsey as Aida
Edwin Maya as Germen
References
External links
2023 Colombian television series debuts
2023 telenovelas
2024 Colombian television series endings
Caracol Televisión telenovelas
Netflix original programming
Spanish-language telenovelas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriana%20arizonica
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Valeriana arizonica
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Valeriana arizonica, the Arizona valerian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to the US states of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Texas. A perennial forb reaching , it is found growing in coniferous forests at elevations from .
References
arizonica
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Utah
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Colorado
Flora of the South-Central United States
Plants described in 1883
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John Farinacci
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John Farinacci (born February 14, 2001) is an American ice hockey forward currently playing for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 76th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the third round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He played college ice hockey for the Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team.
Playing career
Collegiate
Farinacci was drafted 76th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He committed to play college ice hockey at Harvard University starting in the 2019–20 season.
Farinacci had a successful freshman year with the Crimson, scoring 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points in 31 games. Unfortunately, Farinacci and the rest of the team's season was abruptly cancelled during the 2020 ECAC Hockey Tournament due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
After initially expecting to play, the Ivy League announced on November 12, 2020, that they would be cancelling winter sports for the season. This meant that Farinacci would not play for Harvard in the 2020–21 season. However, this did not stop him from playing successful hockey. For the season, he returned to play for the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League (USHL), where he played for a little while before committing to Harvard. In seven games with the Lumberjacks, serving as an assistant captain, he scored four goals and four assists. Farinacci also played on the international stage during the season, representing the United States at the 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he scored five goals and two assists in seven games en route to the gold medal. After the tournament, he would not return to play for the Lumberjacks, instead opting to train and focus on preparing for his next season at Harvard.
Farinacci returned to Harvard for the 2021–22 season for his junior year. Unfortunately for Farinacci, his production dipped in comparison to his freshman year, scoring 10 goals and nine assists for 19 points in 29 games. However, he helped Harvard win the 2022 ECAC Hockey tournament, giving Harvard an automatic bid in the 2022 NCAA tournament. Harvard would be eliminated in the first round to the Minnesota State Mavericks.
Farinacci was named captain of the Crimson for the 2022–23 season. However, he would end up missing the first part of the season recovering from surgery due to a herniated disc. After returning to action on January 13, 2023, Farinacci put up great numbers and had his best statistical season at Harvard yet, given his missed time. He scored five goals and 15 assists in 19 games. Farinacci would help Harvard reach the final of the 2023 ECAC Hockey tournament, where they would lose to the Colgate Raiders. Despite this, Harvard still received a bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament, where they would lose 8–1 in the first round to the Ohio State Buckeyes, in what would be Farinacci's final game of his college career. Farinacci scored the lone Crimson goal in the loss.
The Ivy League did not offer their athletes another year of eligibility due to the lost 2020–21 season. As such, Farinacci could not return to Harvard for a fourth season. Although he could've transferred for another year, Farinacci did not want to play college hockey anywhere but Harvard, and as such, was set to turn pro.
Professional
On April 12, 2023, it was announced that Farinacci would not sign with the Coyotes, and intended to test the free agent market. He became a highly coveted collegiate free agent, and ultimately signed a two-year entry level contract with the Bruins on August 16, 2023.
Personal
Farinacci has many connections within the hockey community. He is cousins with Chicago Blackhawks forward Ryan Donato, and his uncle, Ted Donato was his head coach at Harvard.
Farinacci is also Brady Tkachuk's brother-in-law.
Career statistics
International
References
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2001 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey centers
Arizona Coyotes draft picks
Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players
People from Red Bank, New Jersey
Providence Bruins players
Muskegon Lumberjacks players
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Dry Branch State Natural Area
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Dry Branch State Natural Area is a nature preserve located in Lewis, Hickman, and Perry counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The land was first designated as a natural area of interest in 2003 when it was owned by International Paper. The Nature Conservancy purchased the land from 2006, and turned it over to the state in 2007. The area is protected due to the presence of rare ecosystems supporting the growth of endangered plants, including Tennessee yellow-eyed grass, which is found only in five other locations in the state.
References
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2006 establishments in Tennessee
Protected areas of Lewis County, Tennessee
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Noam Bettan
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Noam Bettan (born March 6, 1998), is an Israeli-French singer-songwriter.
Life
Bettan was born in Ra'anana on March 6, 1998, to an immigrant family of French Israeli descent. After completing his military service in the ranks of the IDF, he began his musical career; in 2018, he participated in the reality show "Aviv o Eyal", ranked to the final and came in third place.
In 2021, Bettan began working on his debut album, מעל המים, and released its first single, "בעיר שלי", which was very successful on streaming networks. That same year he released the singles "בעיר שלי" and "K.O (נוקאאוט)", which were also successful.
In 2022, the singles "כביש מהיר" and "היום" were released from Bettan's debut album. At the end of this year, Bethan released the sixth single from the album, "Bova". The song was successful on streaming networks and radio stations and even managed to enter the official Galgalat parade, peaking in third place. The album was released in 2023. On August 1, 2023, he released the single "סכין בלב". The album peaked at number 21 on the Israeli album chart of the streaming platform Spotify.
Discography
Album
2023: מעל המים.
Singles
(2017) Hofshi
בעיר של (2021)
רק התחלתי (2022)
כביש מהיר (2022)
(2022) KO (נוקאאוט)
בובה (2023)
סכין בלב (2023)
לחזור הביתה (2023)
היום (2024)
See also
Eliad Nachum
Noa Kirel
Jonathan Mergui
References
External links
on YouTube
1998 births
21st-century Israeli male musicians
21st-century Israeli male singers
Israeli songwriters
Israeli dancers
Israeli people of French-Jewish descent
Israeli pop singers
Israeli rock singers
Living people
People from Ra'anana
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola%20Spiced
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Coca-Cola Spiced
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Coca-Cola Spiced is a new flavor of Coca-Cola, launched in February 2024. According to its label, it is a "Raspberry Spiced" flavored drink.
Coca-Cola Spiced was the first permanent drink Coca-Cola launched since 2020 in North America. It comes in both Regular and Zero Sugar variants.
About
"It's Coca‑Cola, only spiced. Coca‑Cola Spiced transforms the familiar into the extraordinary. Blending the iconic taste of Coca‑Cola with a burst of refreshing notes from raspberry and spiced flavors, Coca‑Cola Spiced offers an uplifting taste experience." Coca-Cola claims.
Coca-Cola created the drink in an attempt to bring in the next generation of consumers.
Criticism
Coca-Cola Spiced has been criticized for not being as spicy as expected.
A review from Mashed claims: "The complete and utter lack of authentic spice found in Coke Spiced is an immense letdown."
References
Caffeinated soft drinks
Coca-Cola cola brands
Food and drink introduced in 2024
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Chester%20City%20Council%20election
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2002 Chester City Council election
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The 2002 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
Election result
Ward results
Blacon Hall
Blacon Lodge
Boughton
Christleton
City & St. Annes
College
Curzon & Westminster
Elton
Handbridge & St. Marys
Hoole All Saints
Kelsall
Lache Park
Mollington
Newton St. Michaels
Saughall
Tarvin
Tilston
Upton Grange
Upton Westlea
Vicars Cross
References
Chester City Council elections
Chester
May 2002 events in the United Kingdom
2000s in Cheshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Day%20Late%20and%20a%20Dollar%20Short%20%28disambiguation%29
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short (disambiguation)
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short may also refer to:
A Day Late and a Dollar Short, The Queers album
A Day Late and a Dollar Short (novel), Terry McMillan novel
"A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (Ian Gillan song)
"A Day Late, a Dollar Short", Hanoi Rocks song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Gifford
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Terry Gifford
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Terry Gifford (born in 1946) is a British scholar at Bath Spa University
and poet. He is known for his role in developing British ecocriticism and his research interests include pastoral literary theory, ecofeminist analysis of D.H. Lawrence, John Muir, Ted Hughes, creative writing, poetry, and mountaineering. He has also published his own poetry collections.
He was the founding Director of the International Festival of Mountaineering Literature (1987–2008), Chair of the Ted Hughes Society (2015–2021), and Chair of the Mountain Heritage Trust (2007–2010). His book D. H. Lawrence, Ecofeminism and Nature (Routledge 2023) was put on the shortlist for the Association for Studies in Literature and it garnered the Environment prize in 2023 for Best Academic Monograph.
Education
In 1967, he completed a Certificate of Education with a specialization in Education and English at Sheffield City College of Education. In 1973, he finished a B.Ed. Honours in English and Education at the University of Lancaster. In 1978, he completed an M.A. in English Literature at the University of Sheffield, for which thesis on the poetry of Ted Hughes. In 1993, he finished a Ph.D. in English Literature at the University of Lancaster, where he submitted a dissertation entitled “Beyond Pastoral Poetry: Notions of Nature in Poetry 1942–1992”.
Career
From 1967 to 1970, he taught at Thornbridge Grammar School in Sheffield. After a secondment at BBC Radio in Sheffield, he began teaching at Rowlinson Comprehensive School, Sheffield, where he stayed until 1979.
In 1979, he became Head of English at Yewlands Comprehensive School in Sheffield, while also lecturing at the University of Sheffield. In 1985, he became a Senior Lecturer in English at Bretton Hall College in Leeds University. In 2000, he became a Reader in Literature and Environment, at the University of Leeds, alongside an appointment as Director of Research at the School of Performance and Cultural Studies at the same university. From 2006 to 2011, he was visiting professor at the University of Chichester. In 2010, he was named a Senior Research Fellow at the Universidad de Alicante in Spain. In 2011, he became a Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University.
Selected works
A small sample of his major works, chosen to demonstrate the variety of his output, includes:
Pastoral, 2nd edition (London: Routledge, 2020).
Green Voices: Understanding Contemporary Nature Poetry, 2nd edition (Nottingham: Critical, Cultural and Communications Press, 2011).
Ted Hughes (London: Routledge, 2009).
Reconnecting with John Muir: Essays in Post-Pastoral Practice (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2006).
The Cambridge Companion to Ted Hughes (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
”Mountaineering Literature as Dark Pastoral” in David Borthwick, Pippa Marland and Anna Stenning (eds), Walking, Landscape and Environment, pp. 203–216, Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
”The Environmental Humanities and the Pastoral Tradition”, Christopher Schliephake (ed.), Ecocriticism, Ecology, and the Cultures of Antiquity, pp. 159–173, London: Lexington Books, 2017.
"Nature Poetry", Kirilka Stavreva (ed.) British Literature II. Gale Researcher, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2016.
"Pastoral, Anti-Pastoral, Post-Pastoral", Louise Westling (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Environment, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
"Nether Stoical?: Re-walking Coleridge and Wordsworth’s Paths as Post-Pastoral Spaces", in Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism, Vol 26 No 3 (August 2022).
References
External links
Official website
1946 births
21st-century British writers
Pastoral science fiction
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Punay
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Alex Punay
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Alex Manolo Punay (born 24 March 2002) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays for Liga Nacional club Antigua.
References
External links
2002 births
Living people
Guatemalan men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Antigua GFC players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivabhuti
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Sivabhuti
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Sivabhuti was a Jain monk in the 1st century AD who is regarded as the monk who started the Digambara tradition in 82 AD as per the 5th century Śvetāmbara text Avashyak Bhashya written by Jinabhadra. Little is known about him apart from a single story that is written in the ancient Śvetāmbara text. Among several works of research on Jainism, The Jains, a book by Paul Dundas mentions him and the story. However, historical authenticity of his existence or the truthfulness of the story has not been verified.
Background
Śvetāmbara texts accuse of starting the Digambara tradition with "eight concealments" of rejection of Jain texts followed and preserved by Śvetāmbaras. Śvetāmbara texts openly and directly accuse him of gravely misunderstanding scriptures and traditional Jain ideologies regarding draping of clothes and stree nirvana (attainment of liberation or nirvana by women).
Story of Creation of Digambara Sect
According to the Śvetāmbaras, the Digambara sect was formed by a rebellious monk named Sivabhuti in 82 AD. The basis for this is the scripture Avashyak Bhashya composed by Acharya Jinbhadragani Kshamashraman.
The story says that about 609 years after Mahavira attained nirvana, there was a city Rathavirapur near present-day Mathura. A layperson named Sivabhuti lived there and worked for King Sinharath. He had earned several accolades for his service to the king. As a result, he turned 'proud' and often stayed out of home late at nights. Once, his wife complained to his mother. To teach him a lesson, his mother asked him to leave and go somewhere else. Wandering, he entered Arya Krishnasuri's upashray (dwelling). After taking alochna (repentance) from Acharya Krishnasuri, he requested to become a monk. Sivabhuti was then initiated as a monk.
One day, while wandering as a monk, he arrived at Rathavirapur. On hearing about his arrival, the king gifted him a shawl (ratna-kambal). The shawl was a precious possession, but such a thing was totally against the Jain principle (vow) of Aparigraha. His preceptor, Acharya Krishnasuri tried to explain this to him, but to no avail. The acharya tore the shawl and this did not go well with Sivabhuti. He protested by stating that if the shawl was a possession then so were clothes. He adopted nudity immediately. Two monks Kaundinya and Kottavira joined him as disciples and this was the beginning of the Digambar sect. He preached that Moksha can be attained only through complete non-possession, including clothes. Śvetāmbaras believe he had heard his preceptor talk about jinkalpa (a way of attaining liberation by giving up all possessions, including clothes). However, he heard him mention that the culture had become extinct after Ganadhar Jambuswami. He, then, based on his limited knowledge of scriptures, rebelliously started imitating tirthankars and preaching that public nudity even with incomplete and insufficient knowledge of the scriptures was permitted in Jainism. This was in contradiction to the major Śvetāmbara texts like Acharanga Sutra and Uttaradhyayana Sutra.
The scripture also states that Sivabhuti's sister adopted nudity and joined him. However, the society thought of her as a prostitute, so Sivabhuti prevented nuns from staying nude. A condition was enforced that since women possess clothes in Digambara tradition, they are not fit to attain Moksha or liberation. This is in accordance with what current-day Digambaras believe regarding women attaining salvation.
Citations
References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalez%20v.%20Trevino
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Gonzalez v. Trevino
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Gonzalez v. Trevino (Docket No. 22-1025) is a pending United States Supreme Court case relating to Nieves v. Bartlett. In the case, the Court will clarify the scope of Nieves, and the requirements for a plaintiff to allege a retaliatory arrest claim.
Background
Nieves v. Bartlett
Nieves v. Bartlett is a 2019 United States Supreme Court case. The case involved the issue of whether probable cause to arrest a suspect defeats a retaliatory arrest claim. In that case, Russell Bartlett sued Luis Nieves and his colleague, both Alaska State Troopers. Bartlett alleged that he had been retaliated against for his protected First Amendment speech by being arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. The arrest in question was based on probable cause. The court held that probable cause will "generally" defeat a claim of retaliatory arrest, except in cases where an officer would typically exercise discretion not to make an arrest, such as in cases of jaywalking. The Court explained:
Factual Background
In May, 2019, Sylvia Gonzalez—who had then recently been elected to the city council of Castle Hills, Texas—spoke at a city council meeting in favor of removing the city manager, a motion she led. Gonzalez had long been a critic of the local government. Near the end of the meeting and while gathering her papers, Gonzalez mistakenly gathered up the petition along with her belongings. Noticing this mistake, Gonzalez removed the petition from her belongings soon after.
Months later, Gonzalez was arrested and charged with “destroy[ing], conceal[ing], remov[ing], or otherwise impair[ing] the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental record.” Gonzalez was booked into the county jail, wore inmate attire, and was required to wear handcuffs.
Gonzales sued various local officials—including mayor Edward Trevino, II, the chief of police, and a lawyer-turned special detective for the police—for retaliatory arrest against her protected First Amendment speech, the culmination of an alleged months-long scheme to punish her for her petition to remove the city manager. In her complaint, Gonzalez accused the city officials of deliberately circumventing the district attorney's office in order to insure that Gonzalez would be arrested and formally booked into jail, rather than simply issued a summons—upon learning of the charges, the district attorney's office immediately dismissed them. The complaint also documented the absence of arrests for conduct similar to Gonzalez's in the decade prior to her arrest. The complaint sought retrospective relief; at that time, Gonzalez's mugshot had already been widely disseminated, and she had been hounded out of office.
The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on grounds of qualified immunity. This motion was denied by the district court. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed, holding that the Nieves probable cause exception could not be invoked unless Gonzalez could point to specific individuals who were not critics of the Castle Hills local government, and had not been arrested after mishandling a government petition.
Supreme Court
On April 20, 2023, Gonzalez petitioned the Supreme Court to hear her case. On October 13, the Court granted certiorari. Oral arguments were heard on March 20, 2024. The case was argued by Anya Bidwell, Nicole F. Reaves, and Lisa Blatt, on behalf of Gonzalez, the United States, and Trevino, respectively.
References
United States Supreme Court cases
Retaliatory arrest and prosecution
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Slang
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Grand Slang
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Grand Slang is a calligraphic sans serif typeface created by a German graphic designer named Nikolas Wrobel. It was released on September 1, 2019, through his type foundry, Nikolas Type.
Background
The idea for the design of Grand Slang (IPA /ɡɹˈænd slˈæŋ/) draws inspiration from 20th century American calligraphy and the works of American calligraphers Oscar Ogg and William Addison Dwiggins. Additionally, it takes cues from signs in American movies from the 1940s and 1950s.
Grand Slang combines strength and versatility by blending elements of traditional and contemporary handwriting, alongside basic shapes. It encompasses more than 310 glyphs, covering capital and small letters, numbers, punctuation marks, accents, ligatures, diacritics and symbols.
The name Grand Slang is derived from the English words grand and slang. The word grand is used in US and UK slang to signify a thousand dollars or a thousand pounds.
The typeface is available for download online in OTF and WOFF file formats, making it suitable for graphic design, web design, applications and e-books.
Grand Slang supports writing in numerous European languages that use the Latin alphabet. It is a proprietary software (or closed source software), meaning it can be used only by accepting the terms of the software license.
Related pages
Typography
Font
Other websites
Official website
Fonts In Use (Grand Slang)
References
Typefaces
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%20Tian
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Lin Tian
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Lin Tian is a Chinese-American neuroscientist and biochemist. She is a Scientific Director of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience in Jupiter, FL, and was formerly a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Tian is known for her research in the fields of neuroscience and biochemical engineering. She develops and applies molecular tools to understand brain function and dysfunction at the individual, neuronal level.
Early life and education
Tian received her Ph.D. in biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology at Northwestern University, where she studied the mechanism of protein processing by the proteasome. Her graduate advisor was Andreas Matouschek.
From 2007 to 2009, Tian was a postdoctoral scholar at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) Janelia Research Campus, working with Loren Looger and Karel Svoboda. During this time, Tian began her work on the development of tools for enhanced neuronal imaging and cell-specific labeling. She created protein-based tools, including improved GCaMP indicators, for studying and manipulating the brain and other biological samples.
Career and research
Tian started her lab at UC Davis in 2012 as an assistant professor, later becoming a Professor and Vice Chair. In October 2023, she became a Scientific Director at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.
Tian is best known for creating a new classes of genetically encoded indicators for detecting neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, such as serotonin and dopamine. She and her team use molecular scaffolds and computational modeling to create the biosensors, which can dynamically map neurotransmitter flow in the brain. These tools are distributed through UNC NeuroTools and Addgene. Her work has implications for drug discovery, aiding in the identification of new therapeutic targets.
She also worked with David E. Olson and developed a method to identify the hallucinogenic potential of psychedelic compounds. They engineered psychLight5, a “sensor that glows in the presence of a hallucinogenic compound when it interacts with a serotonin receptor."
Awards and honors
W.M. Keck Foundation Research Award (2022); joint with Na Ji
Rita Allen Young Investigator Award (2016)
NIH Director's Innovator Award (2014)
References
External links
Lin Tian publications indexed by Google Scholar
American women biochemists
Northwestern University alumni
Max Planck Institute directors
Women in optics
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FundTool
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FundTool
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Fundtool is an American Fundraising platform that empowers individuals and organizations to raise money for causes ranging from Mission trips to High School Sports teams.
History
The company was founded in January of 2024 by Brian Preston in Carrollton, GA. Brian realized there was a disparity in sports leagues between those that had money to spend on sport equipment and those that didn't. Fundtool was started to provide a tool to help individuals on a sports team raise money for equipment. Over time the platform progressed to supporting a whole team fundraising initiative, and later to support other non-sports related causes.
Notable Projects
My Turn Baseball League
My Turn is an organization based out of Haralson County, Georgia that provides inclusive baseball experiences for children with disabilities and Special needs that would not normally get a chance to play in traditional sports leagues. The organization had been granted land to build their adaptive field for the league, but also needed to raise money to build the field.
References
Fundraising websites
American websites
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325%20VCU%20Rams%20men%27s%20basketball%20team
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2024–25 VCU Rams men's basketball team
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The 2024–25 VCU Rams men's basketball team will represent Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by second-year head coach Ryan Odom, will play their home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia, as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Previous season
The 2023–24 team was the first year with Ryan Odom coaching the squad. During the season, VCU finished the season with a 24–14 record including an 11–7 record in Atlantic 10 play. The Rams lost in the Atlantic 10 championship game to Duquesne, and earned an at-large berth into the 2024 National Invitation Tournament. In the NIT, the Rams had their best performance in the tournament since 1988, reaching the quarterfinals before losing to Utah.
Offseason
Departures
Incoming transfers
2024 recruits
No players have officially committed to VCU.
References
External links
VCU Basketball
VCU Rams men's basketball seasons
VCU Rams men's basketball
VCU Rams men's basketball
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo%20du%20Parc
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Bingo du Parc
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Bingo du Parc (born on May 11, 2011) is a Selle Français gelding with a chestnut coat, ridden in show jumping by the Dutch rider Harrie Smolders. He notably participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
History
He was born on May 11, 2011, at André Herouart's stud farm in Escolives-Sainte-Camille.
He has been ridden by the Dutch rider Harrie Smolders since September 2020. Smolders, faced with the retirements of his excellent horses Don VHP Z and Emerald, had to prepare a replacement for the Olympics in a few months. Initially, Smolders, selected for the Dutch team, planned to take his horse Dolinn N.O.P. to Tokyo. Ultimately, Smolders takes Bingo, becoming a substitute for the Dutch show jumping team.
Participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Smolders and Bingo du Parc replace Willem Greve and his mount during the team qualifying event at the Tokyo Olympics. Bingo, less tired than most other competing horses, completes a faultless course, allowing the Netherlands to maintain a total team score of 9 points.
Description
Bingo du Parc is a chestnut gelding registered in the Selle Français stud-book.
Achievements
He achieved a show jumping index (ISO) of 166 in 2020.
Origins
He is a son of the stallion Mylord Carthago. His mother, Tsigane Semilly, is a daughter of the Selle Français stallion Diamant de Semilly.
References
2011 animal births
Show jumping horses
Individual Selle Français horses
Horses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20King%20%28singer%29
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Jean King (singer)
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Jean Louise King Richstein (October 12, 1938 – March 28, 1983) was an American singer, who worked with the Blossoms from 1964 until her death in 1983.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, King was raised in Washington Terrace, Utah. King was an Roman Catholic. King sung in the choir and attended Weber High School. She was importantly influenced by glee clubs, talent shows, and formal opera studies. In 1956, she majored in music at University of Southern California, after receiving a scholarship. In May 1963, King performed in Ray Charles' backing group the Raelettes during his shows in Paris, and had her own solo act in the shows during that same period, accomped by Charles' orchestra. In July that same year, she backed Del Shannon on his song "Red Rubber Ball" in the vocal chorus. The following year, she joined the Blossoms through a connection with H. B. Barnum, replacing Gracia Nitzsche. She replaced Nitzsche, who was white, after the group received a call by Shindig! to appear on the show after Nitzsche left because Shindig did not want a mixed group on the show. However, they continued to perform on the show from 1964 until 1966. During her tenure in the group, she had a stint as a solo artist, recording for Hanna-Barbera subsidiary Hanna-Barbera Records, and King released her debut and only studio album, "Sings for the In-Crowd" in May 1966. Throughout her tenure with the Blossoms, she sung backup for Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Nancy Sinatra, and Bill Medley. By 1974, after Love left following a backstage incident that caused the Blossoms to be fired as background singers by Dionne Warwick, and King's collapse after taking drugs, King and James continued the Blossoms, performing in Las Vegas as background singers with Alex Brown, Stephanie Spruill, and Cynthia Woodward as replacements for Love. They released a single, "A.P.B." in 1977, on MAM Records. In her later years, she remained in Las Vegas, and married soundman Larry Richstein (1945–2012). On March 28, 1983, King suffered a massive heart attack and died in Las Vegas.
Discography
Albums
Sings for the In-Crowd (1966, Hanna-Barbera Records)
Singles
Something Happens to Me (1965, Hanna-Barbera Records)
Don't Say Goodbye (1966, Hanna-Barbera Records)
Watermelon Man (1966, Hanna-Barbera Records)
References
External links
Jean King Credits on AllMusic
1938 births
1983 deaths
American soul singers
Singers from Chicago
20th-century African-American women singers
20th-century American women singers
20th-century American singers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Calderdale%20Metropolitan%20Borough%20Council%20election
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2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2024 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day.
Background
The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Calderdale was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county. The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.
Calderdale Council was under no overall control with Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour leaders until the Labour Party achieved a majority of seats in the 2019 election, when they gained four seats to hold 28 of the council's 51 seats. In the most recent election in 2023, seventeen seats were up for election. Labour won ten seats, the Conservatives won four seats, Liberal Democrats won two seats and the Greens won one seat.
Seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020, but were delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In that election, the Conservatives won nine seats, Labour won eight, and the Liberal Democrats won two. Labour retained its majority on the council at this election.
Electoral process
The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election for three consecutive years and no election in the fourth year. The election used first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Calderdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Previous Composition
Changes:
November 2023: Guy Beech (Conservative) resigns; seat will remain vacant until the regularly schedule May 2024 elections.
February 2024: Rahat Khan resigns from the Labour Party and sits as an independent.
References
Calderdale Council elections
Calderdale
2020s in West Yorkshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HICAL
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HICAL
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Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd., or HICAL, is a Chinese state-owned company that operates the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, China's first commercial spaceport. Established in 2022, HICAL is the first commercially incorporated company in China to independently own and manage a spaceport.
History
Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Co., Ltd. (HICAL) was incorporated on June 2, 2022. The company is jointly funded by the Hainan Provincial Government and three state-owned aerospace contractors: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and China Satellite Network Group. HICAL was established with a starting capital of RMB 1.5 billion.
On July 6, 2022, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, which is China's first commercial space launch complex, and which is fully funded, constructed and operated by HICAL. Launch Complex 1 was completed in December 2023 and Launch Complex 2 is expected to be completed in 2024.
References
Companies based in Hainan
Chinese companies established in 2022
2022 establishments in China
Transport companies established in 2022
Government-owned companies of China
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nude%20Woman%20%281949%20film%29
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The Nude Woman (1949 film)
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The Nude Woman (French: La femme nue) is a 1949 French drama film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Yves Vincent, Gisèle Pascal and Jean Tissier. It is based on the 1909 play of the same title by Henry Bataille. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre.
Synopsis
The artist Pierre Bernier has earned fame for his painting The Nude Woman the model for which Loulou he has subsequently married. Now however Pierre is in love with a high society lady. In his her desperation to keep him Loulou attempts suicide.
Cast
Yves Vincent as Pierre Bernier
Gisèle Pascal as Loulou
Jean Tissier as Roussel
Paulette Dubost as Suzon
Jean Davy as Ronchard
Michèle Philippe as La princesse de Chabran / The Princess
Pierre Magnier as Le prince de Chabran / The Prince
Arthur Allan as Jacopoulos
Annie Avril as La bonne
Germaine Charley as Mme Garzin
Eddy Debray as Le chirurgien
Maurice Dorléac as Le médecin
Paul Faivre as Le père Louis
Suzanne Guémard as L'infirmière
Harry-Max as Le critique
Marcel Loche as Le portier
Michel Nastorg as Le peintre
Robert Rollis as Le menuisier
Jean Toulout as Garzin
Georges Vitray as Gréville
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999..
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
1949 films
French drama films
1949 drama films
1940s French-language films
Films directed by André Berthomieu
French black-and-white films
1940s French films
French films based on plays
Sound film remakes of silent films
fr:La Femme nue (film, 1949)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klemens
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Klemens
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Klemens may refer to:
Klemens (given name)
Klemens (surname)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi%20Zafar
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Sufi Zafar
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Sufi Zafar is a physicist and electrical engineer known for her research on CMOS-based biosensors. She has a 1991 PhD in physics from Syracuse University, and works as a researcher for IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
Zafar was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007, after a nomination from the APS Forum on Industrial & Applied Physics, "for her contribution to the understanding of electrical degradation and charge transport mechanisms in high permittivity and SiO2 dielectric thin films, with a focus on advanced CMOS and memory device applications". She was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2023, "for contributions to CMOS-compatible biosensors and high permittivity field effect transistor reliability models".
In 2021 she received the 2021 FIAP Career Lectureship Award of the APS, "for contributions to semiconductor device-based biosensors with applications in biology, healthcare and Internet of Things (IoT)". She was a Distinguished Lecturer of the APS for 2022.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Semiconductor physicists
Women physicists
Electrical engineers
Women electrical engineers
Syracuse University alumni
IBM employees
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Fellow Members of the IEEE
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UIL%20Academics
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UIL Academics
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The University Interscholastic League Academic Contests, also known as UIL Academics, is a series of academic contests offered by the University Interscholastic League in the state of Texas. At the High School level, 30 contests are offered. At the Middle and Elementary School levels, 20 contests are offered. The UIL estimates that more than half a million students participate in its competitions in a given year.
History
In 1910, the University of Texas at Austin created the extension department to sponsor Academic contests. At the request of the Texas State Teachers Association, this initial organization, then known as the Debating League of Texas High Schools, held its first state championship meet. Sixty students from ten schools participated in a forerunner to today's Cross-Examination Debate. El Paso High School won the inaugural state championship, in 1911. In 1913, the Debating League of Texas voted to merge with the Interscholastic Athletic Association (which sponsored the inaugural Track & Field meet in 1911) and formed the University Interscholastic League.
The league grew rapidly, and some changes where made. In 1918, the UIL excluded private schools from membership, a rule which largely remains in effect today (the exceptions, of course, being that Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory where allowed admission after extensive litigation). In 1920, a team of girls from Mathis High School won the state championship, prompting the league to separate Boy's and Girl's competition. Also in 1920, Prairie View A&M University began the sponsorship of the Prairie View Interscholastic League (PVIL), a UIL alternative for students of color, as the UIL limited its membership to white schools only. Beginning in 1956, the PVIL and the UIL merged into one organization, retaining the UIL name.
In 1945, the UIL created separate conferences for schools of different sizes for the first time, Conference AA for large schools and Conference A for small schools. This temporarily ended gender segregation in debate. In 1947, gender segregation was re-introduced in debate in Conference AA and Conference A was renamed Conference AB. In 1948, Conference AB was disbanded, a City Conference was created for urban schools, and Conference A and Conference B where created for smaller schools. All except Conference B had gender segregation in debate. This structure continued until 1951, when the City Conference was disbanded. In 1959, two new Conferences for Large Schools, Conference AAA and Conference AAAA, where created. Gender segregation existed in both conferences, although Conference A ended its gender segregation. In 1974, all conferences had gender segregation. In 1975, gender segregation in debate ended permanently. In 1981, Conference nomenclature changed, and Conference B became Conference A, and all Conferences will the letter "A" adding an additional A. This five conference system would remain the same until 2014–2015, when Conference AAAAAA was created. In 2020, all events except Congressional Debate where cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Congressional Debate, which holds their state championship in January, was already over before the pandemic began in March).
Contests offered
Accounting
Calculator Applications
Computer Applications (individual competition only)
Computer Science
Current Issues and Events
Literary Criticism
Mathematics
Number Sense
Ready Writing (individual competition only)
Science
Social Studies
Spelling and Vocabulary
Speech (an award is given to the top overall school in speech events; the award does not qualify students for advancement)
Cross-Examination Team Debate (team competition only)
Lincoln-Douglas Debate (individual competition only)
Congressional Debate (individual competition only)
Extemporaneous Informative Speaking (individual competition only)
Extemporaneous Persuasive Speaking (individual competition only)
Poetry Interpretation (individual competition only)
Prose Interpretation (individual competition only)
Journalism (an award is given to the top overall school in journalism events; the award does not qualify students for advancement)
Editorial Writing (individual competition only)
Feature Writing (individual competition only)
Headline Writing (individual competition only)
News Writing (individual competition only)
One-Act Play (team competition plus individual awards that do not lead to advancement) (List of Previous Texas UIL One Act Play Winners)
Structure and notable rules
Structure
For all competitions excluding Congressional Debate, the first round of competition is the district level. To advance from district to region, a student must either place top three in their event, be a part of a district champion team, or have their team earn a wild card bid. The first-place finishers in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics (subsections of the Science event) also advance to Region. Advancement from Region to State works similarly.
In Cross-Examination Debate, the top two teams advance directly from district to state. After a day of preliminary rounds, the top sixteen teams in each conference advance to a single elimination bracket to determine a state champion.
In Congressional Debate, the boundaries of the state's twenty Educational Service Centers are used as opposed to districts determined by the league. The top three students from each region in each conference advance to state, although an additional competitor may advance for each ten students beyond thirty that compete at each regional meet. At state, a preliminary and finals round also exists.
Regional and state host sites
For all events in all conferences, the University of Texas at Austin currently serves as the host site for the state meet, although the Texas State Capitol hosts the State Finals in Congressional Debate.
The following regions are hosted at the following locations:
1A Region I - South Plains College in Levelland
1A Region II - Angelo State University in San Angelo
1A Region III - McMillen High School in Murphy (Plano ISD)
1A Region IV - Blinn College in Brenham
2A Region I - West Texas A&M in Canyon
2A Region II - Grayson College in Denison
2A Region III - Panola College in Carthage
2A Region IV - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi
3A Region I - Abilene Christian University in Abilene
3A Region II - Tyler Junior College in Tyler
3A Region III - Blinn College in Brenham
3A Region IV - Davenport High School in San Antonio
4A Region I - Texas Tech University in Lubbock
4A Region II - Texas A&M-Commerce in Commerce
4A Region III - Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches
4A Region IV - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi
5A Region I - Texas Tech University in Lubbock
5A Region II - University of Texas-Arlington in Arlington
5A Region III - Fulshear High School in Fulshear
5A Region IV - University of Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio
6A Region I - Rock Hill High School in Prosper
6A Region II - Baylor University in Waco
6A Region III - Seven Lakes High School in Katy
6A Region IV - University of Texas-San Antonio in San Antonio
A+ Academics
UIL A+ Academics are similar to other UIL Academics contests, except they are intended for Elementary and Middle School. Other notable differences exist as well. For example, A+ Academics events have no post-district advancement. Additionally, unlike the high school contests, where the UIL designs districts and regions for competitions, Elementary and Middle schools are free to determine their own districts. For smaller school districts, it is commonplace for multiple ISDs to come together into one A+ Academics District. School districts with multiple elementary or middle schools also organize themselves into districts whenever possible.
List of events
Art (two divisions for grades 4–6 and 7–8)
Calculator Applications (one division for grades 6–8)
Chess Problem Solving (grades 2–8)
Creative Writing (one division for grade 2 only)
Dictionary Skills (two divisions for grades 5–6 and 7–8)
Editorial Writing (one division for grades 7–8)
Impromptu Speaking (one division for grades 6–8)
Listening (two divisions for grades 5–6 and 7–8)
Maps, Graphs & Charts (two divisions for grades 5–6 and 7–8)
Mathematics (one division for grades 6–8)
Modern Oratory (one division for grades 6–8)
Music Memory (two divisions for grades 3–4 and 5–6)
Number Sense (two divisions for grades 4–6 and 7–8)
One-Act Play (one division for grades 6–8)
Oral Reading (two divisions for grades 4–6 and 7–9)
Ready Writing (three divisions for grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8)
Science I and II (grades 7 and 8, respectively)
Social Studies (two divisions for grades 5–6 and 7–8)
Spelling (three divisions for grades 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8)
Storytelling (one division for grades 2–3)
References
Educational organizations based in Texas
Organizations based in Austin, Texas
Organizations based in Texas
1910 establishments in Texas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Carr%20%28keyboardist%29
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David Carr (keyboardist)
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David John Carr (4 August 1943 – 12 July 2011) was a British keyboardist and composer.
Career
Carr joined The Fortunes in 1963, and performed on their first hit songs including "You've Got Your Troubles" and "Here It Comes Again". He left the band in 1968, and relocated to Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1971. He worked with the instrumental group The Ventures, and was even a member of the band from 1972 to 1978. He worked as a studio arranger for the band up until his death. Carr worked with Kim Fowley as well, and the two co-produced the album "Beauty's Only Skin Deep" for Cherie Currie. He later opened a recording studio in Burbank, California.
Carr died in California on 12 July 2011, aged 67.
References
Additional
David Carr's obituary
1943 births
2011 deaths
British keyboardists
British producers
The Ventures members
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League%203
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League 3
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League 3 may refer to one of the following association football leagues:
I-League 3 in India
League 3 (Iran)
Thai League 3
Victorian State League 3 in Australia
See also
Division 3 (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textielprijs%20Vichte
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Textielprijs Vichte
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The Textielprijs Vichte is a Belgian cycling race that was organized for the first time in 1928.
With Vichte as both start and finish place, the course is situated in the region of West-Flanders.
The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Marcel Kint, Rik Van Looy, Walter Godefroot and Iljo Keisse. The record of victories, however, belongs to Alfred Hamerlinck.
Winners
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References
Cycle races in Belgium
Annual sporting events in Belgium
1928 establishments in Belgium
Recurring sporting events established in 1928
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20X%20%28Straub%20novel%29
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Mr. X (Straub novel)
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Mr. X is a 1999 horror mystery novel by American writer Peter Straub. The book won the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel and was a 2001 August Derleth Award nominee.
The novel is a tribute to H. P. Lovecraft.
Synopsis
The novel tells story about Ned Dunstan, a computer programmer with an odd past that he finds himself constantly questioning. Every year on his birthday, Ned is cursed with visions of horror committed by a savage figure he calls "Mr. X." Now, as his 35th birthday approaches, Ned has been drawn back to his home town of Edgerton, Illinois, by a premonition that his mother is dying. His mother reveals the identity of his mysterious father and warns him of grave danger. Ignoring the warnings, Ned explores his dark past and the astonishing legacy of his kin, driving the case to a sinister turn as it appears he may or may not have a devious doppelgänger responsible for gruesome murders. Soon, Ned is accused of crimes he couldn't possibly have committed, while he enters a hidden world of ominous mysteries, where he must confront his deepest nightmares.
References
1999 American novels
Bram Stoker Award for Novel winners
Novels by Peter Straub
Novels set in Illinois
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahammad%20bin%20Ali%20al-Khalanji
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Mahammad bin Ali al-Khalanji
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Mahammad bin Ali al-Khalanji or Ibrahim al-Khaliji or Mahammad bin al-Khalij (Egyptian Arabic: محمد بن الخليج) (possibly d. 905 AD) was one of the senior commanders in the Egyptian Tulunid army, who rebelled against the Abbasid Caliphate after the fall of the Egyptian Tulunid Emirate.
Early life
He was an Egyptian officer born in the Bay of Fustat and that's where the name "ibn al-Khalji" come from.
Ibn al-Khalij was one of the junior officers in a section of the Egyptian Tulunid army headed by Commander Safi al-Rumi, and there is not sufficient information about his upbringing or activity at that time.
Restoration of Independence
After the fall of the Tulunid dynasty and the entry of the Abbasid armies into Egypt, the Abbasids committed crimes against humanity against Egyptians, whether soldiers or civilians. The historian Ibn Taghribirdi says about that incident: “They attacked the homes of the people, plundered them, took their money, violated their harems, took the virgins, and did to the Egyptians what they would not do to the infidels.”When the Abbasids first entered Egypt, they disbanded the Egyptian army and captured all the remaining officers and soldiers who remained from the last battle to defend the capital at that time, al-Qata'i, and sent them in batches to Baghdad. In one of these batches, there was an Egyptian officer named Mahammad bin al-Khalij or Mahammad bin Ali al-Khalanji.
On the way to Baghdad, the officer, Mahammad ibn al-Khalij, conspires with the captured officers, specifically with the Egyptian officer, Shafi’ al-Lulu’i. Thousands of Egyptian soldiers are liberated and attack the Abbasid soldiers. They are freed from captivity and return to Egypt.
On the way to the Egyptian army liberating Egypt, they entered the city of Ramla in Palestine and defeated the Abbasid army there, whose leader was Wasif bin Sawartkin the Younger. There in Ramla, Emir Mahammad bin al-Khalij ordered the proclamation in the minbars (pulpits) that Egypt had become independent again and that the state of Banu Tulun had returned. After that, the Egyptian army moved under the leadership of Ibn al-Khalij, and at Gaza they were met by the Abbasid army stationed in Egypt The Egyptian army won a landslide victory, then moved towards Arish and defeated the Abbasid garrison there, then to Farma and defeated the Abbasids there.
After that, the Abbasid governor of Egypt, Isa al-Nushari, prepared a very large army and met the Egyptian army at Bilbeis in Sharqia. There the Egyptians won another decisive victory, and the road to the Egyptian capital, Fustat, was opened. As for the Abbasid governor al-Nushari, who heard of the defeat of the Abbasid army, he fled from Fustat with the remains of his commanders.
After that, the victorious Egyptian army, led by Ibn al-Khalij, entered the city of Fustat. The Egyptian people received the army with ululations and celebrations and prayed for Ibn al-Khalij from the pulpits of the mosques after the Abbasid Caliph and Ibrahim bin Khumarawayh (the last Tulunid prince captured in Baghdad).
Ruling Egypt
Ibn al-Khalij worked to calm things down and eliminate the chaos in Egypt. Dr. Wafa Mahammad Ali says in his book “Pages from the History of the Abbasids صفحات من تاريخ العباسيين” that Ibn al-Khalij's entry into Fustat restored hope that the Tulunid state would soon return again, and the Egyptians were very happy with great joy due to the intensity of their love for the dynasty and the glory days of Egypt and its independence during their reign.
When Ibn al-Khalij entered Fustat, the Egyptians decorated themselves and the streets with saffron, and the barbers came and washed and shaved the hair of Ibn al-Khalij's horse.
Ibn al-Khalij settled in the city of Fustat after he was confident that his rule was stable in Fustat and the Delta. Ibn al-Khalij ordered the necessity of the official return of the Egyptian army and the opening of the door to volunteering for all Egyptians. People came to him from all over Egypt to volunteer for his army, to the point that the Egyptian army under his rule became fifty thousand, which was a large number at the time.
After that, al-Khalanji still wanted to get rid of the Abbasid presence as quickly as possible, so he ordered a commander named Khafif al-Nubi to eliminate the remnants of the Abbasids in Egypt. Indeed, the Abbasids fled from the first time they heard of the Egyptian army's movement from Fustat, and they were forced to flee to Alexandria, then to the village of Turuja in Beheira, and there the Abbasids set a trap for Commander Khafif. Khafif who fell into the trap was forced to withdraw to Fustat. The remnants of the Abbasids fled to Upper Egypt, led by the former governor of Egypt, Isa al-Nushari.
Fall
At that time, the Abbasid Caliphate sent land and sea forces to support al-Nushari, by land under the leadership of Abu al-Az Khalifa bin Mubarak al-Sulami, and by sea under the leadership of Damian of Tarsus. Thus, the situation became dangerous for Ibn al-Khalanji in front of the Abbasid Caliphate's army and fleet coming from the north, and the army of Isa al-Nushari coming from the south in Upper Egypt.
But Ibn al-Khalanji was not shaken for a moment and was determined to fight the Abbasids until his last breath, so he went out to meet the army that came from outside at Arish. The Egyptian army, led by Ibn al-Khalanji, was victorious in the Battle of al-Arish in the year 293 AH. In this battle, a large number of Abbasid soldiers were captured. After that, Ibn al-Khalij found another Abbasid army coming by land under the command of Fatik al-Mutaddi by land, and Damian's forces by sea.
After that, Ibn al-Khalij found another Abbasid army coming by land under the command of Fatik al-Mu'tadidi by land, and Damian's forces by sea. Indeed, Ibn al-Khalanji defeated Fatik and his army more than once, but unfortunately, the last time, Ibn al-Khalanji was defeated at Beni Suef after valiant resistance.
After that, Ibn al-Khalanji was forced to withdraw to Fustat, and at that time the Abbasid fleet entered under the leadership of Damian, and al-Khalanji saw that he was beginning to be effectively defeated in the war, and his position was worsened by the worsening conditions in Egypt due to the large number of wars, to the point of rising prices.
In the end, the Abbasids entered Fustat by land and sea, and Ibn al-Khalanji was forced, with regret, to hide in the house of a foreign man named Trik, but this man reported him to the Abbasids, so Mahammad Ibn al-Khalij was arrested and sent to Baghdad, along with his closest followers, after he ruled Egypt for nearly a year, specifically seven months and twenty-two days. There, he and his companions were tortured in Baghdad, and the Abbasid Caliph ordered them to be slandered over camels, then he ordered his killing, in order to thus end this temporarily successful attempt to restore the Tulunid state, which cost Ibn al-Khalanji the lives of him and many Egyptians.
References
Egyptian generals
905 deaths
People from Cairo
People from the Tulunid dynasty
Tulunid emirs
Tulunid generals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio%20S%C3%A1ez
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Ignacio Sáez
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Ignacio Saez is a neuroscientist and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Trained in biochemistry, molecular biology, and neuroscience, Saez uses intracranial electrophysiology recordings in patients undergoing neurosurgical treatment for epilepsy and other neurological conditions to understand the interactions between cortical and subcortical brain regions.
Early life and education
Saez attended the University of Navarra in Spain as an undergraduate student. He received his PhD in Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine with Michael Friedlander, studying the cellular neurophysiological basis for synaptic plasticity. Using quadruple patch-clamp techniques to examine unitary connections between pairs or triplets of cells in an acute slice preparation, he reported that connections between pairs of neurons in have various baseline characteristics that influence their plasticity when stimulated with Hebbian pairing protocols.
From 2010 to 2018, Saez worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Virginia Tech and the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. He published papers on the role of dopamine in valuation mechanisms and specificity of neural substrates of decision-making under uncertainty. His studies found that altering neurotransmitter (especially dopamine) concentrations enhanced compassion and engagement during situations requiring social cooperation, such as equitably sharing money within a group.
Professional career
Saez held a faculty position at the University of California, Davis prior to joining the Icahn School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. Saez's lab develops neurosurgical methods to capture human electrophysiological activity at sub-second resolution, using electrochemical and electrophysiological techniques to monitor changes in neuromodulators like dopamine and serotonin while patients participate in social behaviors and planning.
Research from Saez and his team has been highlighted by US and international news sources such as El País, The Independent and Time. He also collaborates with Precision Neuroscience on human trials of their brain-computer interface device.
Awards
One Mind Rising Star Award, 2023
References
Neuroscientists
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boat%20Race%202024
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The Boat Race 2024
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The Boat Race 2024 was a series of side-by-side rowing races in London which took place on 30 March 2024.
Held annually, The Boat Race is contested between crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, usually along a tidal stretch of the River Thames, known as the Tideway, in south-west London. This was the 78th women's race and the 169th men's race. Cambridge led the longstanding rivalry 86–81 and 47–30 in the men's and women's races, respectively.
Details
The crews for both men's and women's boats were announced earlier in March 2024. The women's race was umpired by Richard Phelps and the men's race was umpired by former Olympian Matthew Pinsent.
Cambridge retained their title as winners of the Women's Boat Race for the seventh consecutive year, 7 lengths ahead of rivals Oxford. This took the overall record in the women's race to 48–30 to Cambridge. Cambridge beat the Oxford men by 3 lengths in a time of 18 m 56 s in a tense encounter, resulting in the head-to-head record being 87–81 to Cambridge. Oxford women's boat Osiris won the women's reserves race. Cambridge's Goldie won the men's reserves race. Cambridge's men and women secured victory in the The Lightweight Boat Races.
The race was broadcast internationally on television. Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, CBS and other international media organisations ran stories about the poor water quality in the Thames, specifically citing excrement in the water during the race. Thames Water said improving river health was a "key focus" for the company, which recently completed the Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer to stop sewage overflows and improve water quality in the Thames.
References
The Boat Race
Women's Boat Race
2024 in English sport
2024 sports events in London
2024 in English women's sport
March 2024 sports events in the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda%2047
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Agenda 47
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Agenda 47 (styled by the Trump campaign as Agenda47) is a package of proposals put forward by the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that he states he would implement if he was to be elected as the 47th president of the United States.
A common theme among many of these proposals is a wide-ranging increase in the personal power of the president, and removals of checks and balances on presidential power.
Many of them involve culture war issues. Margaret Hartmann, writing in New York magazine, has described some of them as "unhinged". Chauncey DeVega, writing in Salon magazine, described the program as "fascist".
According to the Trump campaign, Agenda 47 is "the only official comprehensive and detailed look at what President Trump will do when he returns to the White House".
List of proposals
According to the Trump campaign website, the proposals are as follows:
"President Donald J. Trump Declares War on Cartels"
"Ending Veteran Homelessness in America"
"No Welfare for Illegal Aliens"
"The American Academy"
"President Trump’s Message to America’s Auto Workers"
"President Trump’s Pledge to Homeschool Families"
"President Trump’s Ten Principles For Great Schools Leading To Great Jobs"
"America Must Have the #1 Lowest Cost Energy and Electricity on Earth"
"Returning Production of Essential Medicines Back to America and Ending Biden’s Pharmaceutical Shortages"
"President Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Human Traffickers"
"Rescuing America’s Auto Industry from Joe Biden’s Disastrous Job-Killing Policies"
"Rebuilding America’s Depleted Military"
"Protecting Students from the Radical Left and Marxist Maniacs Infecting Educational Institutions"
"Protecting Americans by Taking on Big Pharma and Ending Global Freeloading"
"Cementing Fair and Reciprocal Trade with the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act"
"Using Impoundment to Cut Waste, Stop Inflation, and Crush the Deep State"
"Addressing Rise of Chronic Childhood Illnesses"
"Ending the Scourge of Drug Addiction in America"
"Celebration Of 250 Years Of American Independence at the Iowa State Fairgrounds"
"Day One Executive Order Ending Citizenship for Children of Illegals and Outlawing Birth Tourism"
"Protecting Students from the Radical Left and Marxist Maniacs Infecting Educational Institutions"
"Ending the Nightmare of the Homeless, Drug Addicts, and Dangerously Deranged"
"Liberating America from Biden’s Regulatory Onslaught"
"Firing the Radical Marxist Prosecutors Destroying America"
"President Trump’s Plan to Dismantle the Deep State and Return Power to the American People"
"Ending Biden’s War on the Suburbs That Pushes the American Dream Further From Reach"
"Joe Biden Has Been a Disaster for the Economy"
"Preventing World War III"
"A New Quantum Leap to Revolutionize the American Standard of Living"
"Reversing Biden’s EO Embedding Marxism in the Federal Government"
"Reclaiming America’s Independence by Slashing Biden’s Disastrous Trade Deficits"
"President Trump’s New Trade Plan to Protect American Workers"
"President Trump Continues to Lead on Protecting Americans from Radical Leftist ESG Investments"
"President Trump Announces Plan to Stop the America Last Warmongers and Globalists"
"President Trump Announces Plan to End Crime and Restore Law and Order"
"President Trump on Making America Energy Independent Again"
"Stopping Chinese Espionage"
"President Trump Will Build a New Missile Defense Shield"
"President Trump Calls for Immediate De-escalation and Peace"
"President Trump’s Plan to Protect Children from Left-Wing Gender Insanity"
"President Trump’s Plan to Save American Education and Give Power Back to Parents"
"We Must Protect Medicare and Social Security"
"President Trump Will Stop China From Owning America"
"President Donald J. Trump Calls for Probe into Intelligence Community’s Role in Online Censorship"
"Total Ban on Taxpayer Dollars Used to Free Illegal Aliens and Criminal Penalties for Administrative Noncompliance"
"President Donald J. Trump — Free Speech Policy Initiative"
See also
Project 2025, a collection of proposed Republican policies authored under the umbrella of the Heritage Foundation
References
External links
Agenda 47 page on the donaldjtrump.com website
Donald Trump
Trumpism
2024 in politics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Castleford%20Conundrum
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The Castleford Conundrum
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The Castleford Conundrum is a 1932 detective novel by the British author Alfred Walter Stewart, published under his pseudonym J.J. Connington. It is the eighth in his series of novels featuring the Golden Age Detective Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield, the Chief Constable of a rural English county.
References
Bibliography
Barzun, Jacques & Taylor, Wendell Hertig. A Catalogue of Crime. Harper & Row, 1989.
Evans, Curtis. Masters of the "Humdrum" Mystery: Cecil John Charles Street, Freeman Wills Crofts, Alfred Walter Stewart and the British Detective Novel, 1920-1961. McFarland, 2014.
Hubin, Allen J. Crime Fiction, 1749-1980: A Comprehensive Bibliography. Garland Publishing, 1984.
Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1932 British novels
British mystery novels
Novels by Alfred Walter Stewart
Novels set in England
British detective novels
British crime novels
Hodder & Stoughton books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaaf%20Van%20Tendeloo
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Gustaaf Van Tendeloo
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Gustaaf Van Tendeloo (born 1950), or Staf Van Tendeloo is a Belgian physicist known for his contributions to electron microscopy, electron crystallography, and the physics of materials. In 2011, his group reported the first atomically resolved reconstruction of a nanoparticle in 3D.
Van Tendeloo was born in Lier, Belgium. He obtained his licentiate in physics from the Free University of Brussels in 1972, followed by his doctorate from the University of Antwerp in 1974 under the supervision of Severin Amelinckx. He received an aggregation from the Free University of Brussels in 1981. Since 1972, Van Tendeloo has been associated with the University of Antwerp, where he currently holds the position of Professor of solid state Physics. Additionally, he serves as Professor of the Physics of Materials at the University of Antwerp. In 1986 he became part time professor at the Free University of Brussels and since 1994 he has been a full professor at the University of Antwerp. Since 2003, he has been the head of the EMAT (Electron Microscopy of Materials) laboratory on electron microscopy.
Throughout his career, Van Tendeloo has undertaken significant research endeavors both domestically and internationally, including research stints at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Université de Caen. He is a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts since 2010. He received the Dr. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart Prize from the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) in 2015. In 2023, He received a honorary doctorate degree from the University of Zaragoza.
Bibliography
References
1950 births
People from Lier, Belgium
Belgian physicists
Materials scientists and engineers
Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni
University of Antwerp alumni
Academic staff of the University of Antwerp
Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-D2PV
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Alpha-D2PV
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Alpha-D2PV (DPPE) is a substituted cathinone derivative which has been sold as a designer drug. It was invented in the 1950s, and first identified by forensic laboratories as a designer drug in 2020, though anecdotal reports suggest it may have emerged earlier than this. It is similar in structure to the potent designer stimulant drug alpha-PVP but with the propyl side chain replaced by a phenyl ring, and while it is less potent than alpha-PVP itself, Alpha-D2PV is still a reasonably potent stimulant and has been known to cause poisoning when misrepresented as less potent drugs such as MDMA. While it is also similar in structure to the dissociative drug diphenidine, Alpha-D2PV appears to produce only stimulant effects.
See also
α-PCYP
βk-Ephenidine
IPPV
Fluorolintane
Lefetamine
Zylofuramine
References
Cathinones
Designer drugs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Stirling
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Michael Stirling
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Michael Stirling or Sterling may refer to:
Mike Stirling, editor-in-chief of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Michael Sterling, British professor
Michael Sterling (musician)
Michael Sterling Music Group
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20GP%20Miguel%20Indur%C3%A1in
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2024 GP Miguel Induráin
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The 2024 GP Miguel Induráin was the 70th edition of the GP Miguel Induráin road cycling one day race, which was held on 30 March 2024, starting and finishing in Estella.
Teams
Eleven of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI ProTeams, and two UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race. Of these teams, 18 entered a full squad of seven riders, while ,
, and entered six riders.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
Result
References
External links
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Lalo de Almeida (born 1970) is a Brazilian documentary photographer based in São Paulo. He has been co-winner of the W. Eugene Smith Grant and has twice won first prize awards in the World Press Photo Contest.
Life and work
Almeida studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy. Since the late 1990s, he has worked in Brazil for the daily newspaper Folha de S.Paulo and since 2005 for The New York Times. Since 2020, he has been represented by Panos Pictures. His long-term project Amazonian Dystopia is about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, by logging, gold mining and hydroelectric power generation, under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.
Publications
Nas Asas do Correio Aéreo: a rota do Tocantins = Flying with the airmail service. São Paulo: Metalivros, 2002. . Edited by Isio Bacaleinick and with text by Tânia Carvalho. Brazilian Portuguese-language edition.
Short video documentaries
A World of Walls
The Battle of Belo Monte
The Climate Crisis
Awards
2017: 2nd prize, Contemporary Issues category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for "Victims of the Zika Virus"
2021: 1st Prize, Environment category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for "Pantanal Ablaze"
2021: Co-winner, W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, USA for Amazonian Dystopia. A $10,000 grant.
2022: Overall winner, Long-Term Projects category, World Press Photo Contest, Amsterdam, Netherlands for Amazonian Dystopia
References
External links
"Lalo de Almeida Documents the Exploitation of the Amazon" – interview at The Phoblographer (2023)
Documentary photographers
Brazilian photographers
Living people
1970 births
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Laz nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that the Laz people are a nation and promotes the Laz identity. The movement mainly asserts that the Laz people are an independent nation, distinct from Turks, and distinct but related to Georgians. Many also advocate for the independence of Lazistan, and have been tried in court for it.
Background
Laz nationalism, like Kurdish nationalism, also emerged as a reaction to Turkish nationalism and Turkification policies that indirectly banned Laz culture, changed Laz city names, prohibited the Laz language, and resettled the Laz people in places determined by the government. The existence of the Laz as an ethnic group was also denied by Turkish nationalists. In 1993, a book titled "History of the Laz", which claimed that the Laz were a Kartvelian people, boosted nationalist sentiments.
History
Studies on the Laz people, culture, and language started during the reign of Abdul Hamid II. Hopalı Faik Efendi was the first person to publish a book about the Laz in that time, and his book was burned and he was sentenced to prison. In March 1919, Ahmet Tevfik Yücesoy founded the "Laz Tekamül-i Milli Cemiyeti", which was a regionalist organization which aimed to establish cooperation between the Laz.
In 1984, the Laz nationalist movement revived with the efforts of Germany-based Laz activists such as Fahri Kahraman and Selma Koçiva, who produced the only Laz-language works of that period with the book Nananena [Motherland] and two magazines (Parpali [Butterfly] (1984), Lazuri Ambarepe [Laz News] (1992) magazines. Some Turkish sources claimed that the Laz are Turks and that the German Federal Intelligence Service tried to brainwash them with the "Caucasian Culture Ring" theory.
Many Laz living in Georgia also hold nationalist sentiments, and call on the Laz in Turkey to resist Turkification.
In 1993, Laz nationalism started to experience its strongest times. In 1992, the book written by Laz activists from Georgia, Muhammed Vanilishi and Ali Tandilava, was translated into Turkish under the name "History of the Laz". In 1994, the Civiyazıları Publishing House was founded by Özcan Sapan, who aimed to do publishing activities on the Laz. In 1992, a Laz rock music group called Zuğaşi Berepe was established. Together with Zuğaşi Berepe, the Laz cultural movement was noticed by the young people. In 1997, Birol Topaloğlu released his music album consisting of Laz songs called Heyamo. He was arrested for separatism for releasing an album.
The Laz Cultural Association was established in 2008 and the Laz Institute was established in 2013. Mehmet Bekaroğlu, the then president of the Laz Institute, stated that the only goal of the institute was to prevent the extinction of the Laz language and Kartvelian studies.
Today
Today, many Laz nationalists believe that the Laz cultural and political movement is being ignored and that the Kurdish Political Movement in Turkey has more attention. However, like the Laz movement has similar demands as the Kurdish movement, which include reinstating native city names, and official recognition as a minority people and language. Turkish author Hale Yılmaz stated that the Laz nationalist movement has the potential to turn into an open conflict with the Turkish state in the future.
See also
Georgian nationalism
References
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Daphne Hastings
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Daphne Hastings may refer to:
Daphne Hastings, character in She's the Man
Daphne Hastings, character in Bridgerton
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