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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phanie%20Fillion
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Stéphanie Fillion
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Stéphanie Fillion (born 23 March 1992) is a French-Canadian journalist specializing in human rights and international affairs. Fillion has covered the United Nations and women in politics.
Early life
Fillion was born in Chicoutimi, Canada, in a French-speaking family. She knew from an early age that she wanted to be a journalist and cover international politics. She studied broadcast journalism at the Cégep de Jonquière, and holds a Bachelors degree in political science, history and Italian study from McGill University and a Master's degree from Columbia Journalism School. She speaks French, English, and Italian.
Career
Fillion started her journalism career in Vancouver, Canada in 2012 as a sports and weather reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and eventually became a breaking news reporter covering current affairs. In 2015, she won the EU-Canada Young Journalist award for her story on Abraham Ulrikab and ethnographic shows. She moved to New York City in 2016 to pursue a master's degree at Columbia University.
In 2017, Fillion worked as a fellow at the Italian newspaper La Stampa on the foreign affairs desk.
In 2021, she was awarded the Prince Albert II of Monaco & UNCA Global Prize for her reporting that dealt with ways in which the Security Council addressed the issue of climate change. In 2022, she won the Gracies Award for individual achievement in a foreign language for her coverage of the 2021 United Nations Secretary-General selection process and persistent coverage of women in the race. In 2022, she won the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize for her coverage of pandemic preparedness at the United Nations. Her reporting showed how WHO selected Berlin for geopolitical and financial reasons and how the organization struggled from the onset of the deadly Covid-19 virus in early 2020.
References
French-Canadian people
Canadian women journalists
1992 births
Living people
McGill University Alumni
Columbia University Alumni
Columbia Journalism School Alumni
Canadian women television journalists
Canadian emigrants to the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korolivka%2C%20Bucha%20Raion%2C%20Kyiv%20Oblast
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Korolivka, Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast
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Korolivka () is a village in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Makariv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Korolivka was located in Makariv Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Makariv Raion was split between Bucha and Fastiv, with Koroliv being transferred to Bucha Raion.
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Ukrainian 99.43%
Others 0.57%
References
Villages in Bucha Raion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel%20Pires
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Isabel Pires
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Isabel Cristina Rua Pires (born 21 June 1990) is a Portuguese politician and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. A member of the Left Bloc, she has represented Lisbon from October 2015 to March 2022 and Porto from September 2023 to March 2024. She had also been a temporary substitute member of the Assembly from February 2023 to August 2023.
Early life
Pires was born on 21 June 1990 in Vila Nova de Gaia. She lived in Gaia until she was 19 when she moved to Lisbon to study. She has a degree in political science and international relations from NOVA University Lisbon (she had started her studies in language, literature and culture before switching subjects). She was a student activist, organinsing general strikes and demonstrations. She received a masters degree in political science from NOVA in 2021 after producing a thesis titled Evolução do Nacionalismo Catalão: fatores institucionais e políticos, consequências e resultados.
Career
Pires worked in call centres.
Pires has been a member of the Left Bloc (BE) since 2008. She is a member of BE's political committee. She has been a member of Lisbon City Council since 2013. She was elected to the Assembly of the Republic at the 2015 legislative election. She was re-elected at the 2019 legislative election. At the 2022 legislative election Pires was placed third on BE's list of candidates in Porto but the party only won two seats in the constituency. She was a temporary member of the Assembly of the Republic from February 2023 to August 2023, substituting for José Moura Soeiro. She was appointed to the Assembly as permanent member in September 2023 following the resignation of Catarina Martins. At the 2024 legislative election she was placed third on BE's list of candidates in Porto but the party again only won two seats in the constituency.
Electoral history
References
1990 births
Left Bloc politicians
Living people
Local politicians in Portugal
Members of the 13th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Members of the 14th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Members of the 15th Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
NOVA University Lisbon alumni
Politicians from Lisbon
Women members of the Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentytwo%20des%20Biches
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Twentytwo des Biches
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Twentytwo des Biches (born on May 27, 2007) is a chestnut mare, bred in the French Selle Français studbook, ridden in show jumping by the Franco-Swiss rider Romain Duguet. This daughter of Mylord Carthago won the silver medal individually during the final of the 2016-2017 Show Jumping World Cup.
History
Twentytwo des Biches' mother, Twenty One, is an old mare purchased by Mylène Martin at the age of 20, then destined for the slaughterhouse. Twentytwo is her last foal, born when the mare was 22 years old (hence her name, "twentytwo" meaning "twenty-two" in English). She was born on May 27, 2007, at Mylène Martin's breeding farm in Notre-Dame-d'Estrées, France. She wasn't pretty at birth, but she had a beautiful head, brilliant paces, and a pleasant character, very close to humans.
Reynald Angot, Felipe Posada, and Axel Van Colen rode her from the age of four, including in competitions. She placed 3rd in the grand final of Fontainebleau's classic cycle at six years old, then participated in the CSI2* of the Oliva tour. Romain Duguet heard about this mare from Axel Van Colen, acquired a part of her, then tried her under saddle and bought her entirely. He worked with her, making her his second competition horse after Quorida de Treho. She participated in the final of the Show Jumping World Cup in 2017 and unexpectedly won the silver medal, as Quorida was injured.
In September 2018, following his separation from Romain Duguet, Twentytwo's owner, Christiana Duguet, entrusted her to another Swiss rider, Bryan Basinger. The young rider performed poorly with the mare during the Tokyo Olympics, with 16 penalty points, dropping the Swiss show jumping team to eighth place in the provisional standings, depriving them of any chance of a medal.
Description
Twentytwo des Biches is a chestnut mare registered in the Selle Français studbook.
Achievements
April 2017: Silver medal in the final of the 2016-2017 Show Jumping World Cup in Omaha.
August 2017: Bronze medal by teams at the European Show Jumping Championship in Gothenburg.
November 2017: Winner of the CSI4* in Samorin at 1.50m.
March 2018: Winner of the Grand Palais Prize in Paris, at 1.45m.
Origins
Twentytwo des Biches is a daughter of the stallion Mylord Carthago and the mare Twenty One, by Kalor du Bocage.
References
2007 animal births
Show jumping horses
Individual Selle Français horses
Individual mares
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byshiv%2C%20Kyiv%20Oblast
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Byshiv, Kyiv Oblast
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Byshiv () is a village in Fastiv Raion of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Byshiv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
Until 18 July 2020, Byshiv was located in Makariv Raion. The raion was abolished that day as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast to seven. The area of Makariv Raion was split between Bucha and Fastiv, with Byshiv being transferred to Bucha Raion.
Demographics
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:
Ukrainian 96.55%
Russian 2.96%
Others 0.17%
References
Villages in Fastiv Raion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-seven%20phenomenon
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Blue-seven phenomenon
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The blue-seven phenomenon refers to a social phenomenon where a purported statistical majority of people in the US choose the color blue and number seven when asked to randomly select a color and a single digit number. The cause of the cognitive bias is not understood.
The existence of the phenomenon has been disputed. Outside of the US, these preferences may not hold.
References
Cognitive biases
Social phenomena
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz%C3%A1s%20%28Rich%20Music%2C%20Sech%2C%20and%20Dalex%20song%29
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Quizás (Rich Music, Sech, and Dalex song)
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"Quizás" (English: "Maybe") is a song by record label Rich Music, Panamian singer Sech, and American singer Dalex; featuring American singer Justin Quiles, Puerto Rican singer Lenny Tavárez, Colombian singer Feid, and also Puerto Rican singers Wisin and Zion. The song was released on September 20, 2019, as the only single from the collaborative EP The Academy (2019).
Music video
The music video for "Quizás" was released with the song on September 20, 2019 on Rich Music's YouTube channel.
Charts
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
2019 singles
2019 songs
Reggaeton songs
Sech (singer) songs
Justin Quiles songs
Feid songs
Wisin songs
Zion (artist) songs
Songs written by Justin Quiles
Songs written by Feid
Songs written by Wisin
Songs written by Dimelo Flow
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Experience%20season%2036
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American Experience season 36
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Season thirty-six of the television program American Experience aired on the PBS network in the United States on January 23, 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2024. The season contained seven new episodes and began with the film Nazi Town USA.
Episodes
References
American Experience
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Darcy%20%28footballer%29
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Sam Darcy (footballer)
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Sam Darcy (born 19 July 2003) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Darcy studied at Scotch College, Melbourne. was drafted at pick number 2 in the 2021 AFL Draft under the Father-son rule. His father, Luke Darcy, and grandfather David Darcy both played for the Bulldogs.
References
Living people
2003 births
Western Bulldogs players
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa%20del%20Pueblo%2C%20Lima
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Casa del Pueblo, Lima
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The Casa del Pueblo () is a building that serves as the main headquarters of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, a political party in Peru. In addition to its political functions, it also provides social services, incling education, healthcare and soup kitchen.
History
The Party was originally headquartered at 1065 Belén Street, near the Plaza San Martín. Since 1948, the Central Command of the Peruvian Aprista Party has been in the city of Lima and is located in an old house which originally housed the , in Alfonso Ugarte Avenue. It was acquired after an intense partisan collection under the influence of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre himself. This property is a historical symbol of the Aprista Party and its facilities are also part of the places used by union members to report on their work.
The building was targeted by a number of administrations, such as in 1992, during the government of Alberto Fujimori, who ordered a military intervention.
From April 17 to 19, 2019, the funeral of former APRA president Alan García was held in the building.
Overview
The two-storey building is located in Lima District, on an avenue nicknamed the "Avenue of the White Handkerchiefs", as a popular recognition of the presence of the APRA in the Peruvian capital, in allusion to the APRA ritual of greeting its leaders with white handkerchiefs, a symbol of their loyalty and brotherhood.
The building has several rooms and a large "Aula Magna", where it says: "Only God will save my soul and only Aprism will save Peru." In the main building, on the first floor is the Headquarters, where Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre listened to the people, and the National Policy Directorate. On the second floor are the offices of the Party Presidency, the General Secretariat, the General Management and the Moral Ethics Court.
Near the patio are the classrooms of the National School of Oratory () and also the Antenor Orrego Pre-University Academy (), named in honor of the APRA philosopher.
See also
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
References
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
Headquarters of political parties
Buildings and structures in Lima
Breña District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Caroline%20of%20Saxe-Coburg%20and%20Gotha
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Maria Caroline of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Maria Caroline of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Maria Karoline Philomena Ignatia Pauline Josepha Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) (10 January 18996 June 1941) was a German princess.
Her father was Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which made her a great-granddaughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, and a fourth cousin of King George VI of the United Kingdom. She belonged to what was known as the Brazilian branch of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.
She had learning difficulties. In 1938 her family decided to place her in an institution. She was killed at the Hartheim killing centre as part of the Nazi Aktion T4 program. There are questions about whether her relatives, who included Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, did anything to protect her.
Sources
Alan R. Rushton Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg : The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill “Unfit” Citizens 1933-1945, Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018, 225 p. (ISBN 978-1-5275-1340-2).
Olivier Defrance and Joseph van Loon, The Last Kohary - The life of Philipp Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Royalty Digest Quarterly, no 4, 2017, p. 1-12 (ISSN 1653-5219)
1899 births
1941 deaths
Aktion T4 victims
Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
People with intellectual disability
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Chester%20City%20Council%20election
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2003 Chester City Council election
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The 2003 Chester City Council election took place on 1 May 2003 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
Barrow
Blacon Hall
Blacon Lodge
Boughton
Boughton Heath
Christleton
College
Curzon & Westminster
Elton
Hoole All Saints
Hoole Groves
Huntington
Kelsall
Lache Park
Malpas
Mickle Trafford
Newton Brook
Tattenhall
Upton Grange
Vicars Cross
References
Chester City Council elections
Chester
May 2003 events in the United Kingdom
2000s in Cheshire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Wang%20%28analyst%29
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Dan Wang (analyst)
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Dan Wang is a Canadian technology analyst and writer, specializing in contemporary China. Wang is an analyst at Gavekal Dragonomics and visiting scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center. Based in China from 2017 to 2023, Wang publishes annual letters on China's economy, technological development, and culture. Wang has commented extensively on US-China relations through the lens of technology, including semiconductor manufacturing and social media.
References
Canadian sinologists
University of Rochester alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20diplomacy
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Animal diplomacy
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Animal diplomacy refers to the use of living animals by governments in their international relations. Attested since antiquity, this diplomacy traditionally took the form of exotic animals (lions, elephants, giraffes, etc.) or domestic animals (horses, dogs, birds of prey) offered as gifts between heads of state. From the 20th century onwards, it has been increasingly perceived as a form of soft power and has been integrated by some states into their public diplomacy strategies; the most famous example being panda diplomacy practiced by China.
Bibliography
General
Halvard Leira and Iver B. Neumann, "Beastly Diplomacy", The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, vol. 12, no. 4, March 2017, p. 337–359 (ISSN 1871–1901 and 1871-191X, DOI 10.1163/1871191X-12341355, available online).
Liliane Bodson (dir.), Les Animaux exotiques dans les relations internationales : espèces, fonctions, significations : Journée d'étude Université de Liège, March 1997, Liège, Université de Liège / Institut de zoologie, 1998. (in French)
Nadir Weber, "Diplomatic History", in Handbook of Historical Animal Studies, De Gruyter, 2021 (ISBN 978-3-11-053655-3, DOI 10.1515/9783110536553-017), p. 197–212.
Antiquity
Dominique Collon, "L'animal dans les échanges et les relations diplomatiques", Topoi. Orient-Occident, Supplement 2 "Les animaux et les hommes dans le monde syro-mésopotamien aux époques historiques", 2000, p. 125–140 (available online). (in French)
Henri Limet, "Les animaux, enjeux involontaires de la politique au Proche-Orient ancien", in Liliane Bodson, ed., Les Animaux exotiques dans les relations internationales : espèces, fonctions, significations, Liège, University de Liège/Institute of Zoology, 1998, p. 33-51. (in French)
Brigitte Lion, "La circulation des animaux exotiques au Proche-Orient ancien", in Dominique Charpin and Francis Joannès, ed., La circulation des biens, des personnes et des idées dans le Proche-Orient ancien : Actes de la 38e Rencontre assyriologique internationale (Paris, July 8–10, 1991), Paris, Editions Research on Civilizations, 1992, p. 357-365. (in French)
Middle Ages
Thierry Buquet, "Les animaux exotiques dans les ménageries médiévales", in Jacques Toussaint (ed.), Fabuleuses histoires des bêtes et des hommes, Namur, Trema / Société archéologique de Namur, 2013 (available online), p. 97-121. (in French)
Nicolas Drocourt, "Les animaux comme cadeaux d’ambassade entre Byzance et ses voisins (viie – xiie siècle)", in Bernard Doumerc and Christophe Picard, ed., Byzance et ses périphéries : hommage à Alain Ducellier, Toulouse, CNRS / Université de Toulouse-le Mirai, 2004 (ISBN 2912025141 and 9782912025142, available online), p. 67-93. (in French)
Renaissance and Early Modern Period
Catarina Simões, "Non-European Animals and the Construction of Royalty at the Renaissance Portuguese Court", in Mark Hengerer, Nadir Weber, ed., Animals and Courts: Europe, c. 1200–1800, Berlin / Boston, De Gruyter, 2019 (DOI 10.1515/9783110544794-004), p. 55-78.
Contemporary Period
Nancy Cushing and Kevin Markwell, "Platypus diplomacy: animal gifts in international relations", Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 33, no. 3, September 2009, p. 255–271 (ISSN 1444-3058 and 1835–6419, DOI 10.1080/14443050903079664).
Falk Hartig, "Panda Diplomacy: The Cutest Part of China’s Public Diplomacy", The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, vol. 8, no. 1, 2013, p. 49–78 (ISSN 1871-1901 and 1871-191X, DOI 10.1163/1871191X-12341245).
Nikhil Menon, "Jumbo Exports: India's History of Elephant Diplomacy", Caravan Magazine, March 1, 2019, p. 8-10 (available online, accessed February 6, 2021).
Tirth Raj Ghimire, Anita Bhattarai, Nirju Ojha and Pitamber Pant, "Wildlife Diplomacy and Gifting in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Region: A Chronological History and Opinion of Nepalese Literates", in Ganga Ram Regmi and Falk Huettmann, Hindu Kush-Himalaya Watersheds Downhill: Landscape Ecology and Conservation Perspectives, Springer International Publishing, 2020 (ISBN 978-3-030-36275-1, DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-36275-1_21, available online), p. 419–433.
See also
Panda diplomacy
References
Diplomacy
Animals as diplomatic gifts
Animals and humans
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition%20of%20same-sex%20unions%20in%20Palau
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Recognition of same-sex unions in Palau
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Palau does not recognise same-sex marriage, civil unions or any other form of recognition for same-sex couples.
Legal history
Background
Homosexuality in Palau has historically been taboo, and society generally does not accept same-sex relationships. Same-sex sexual relations were prohibited in Palau until a new penal code was enacted in 2014. Christianity, introduced to Palau in the 19th century, has also shaped societal perception, leading LGBT people to experience social marginalisation and discrimination today.
Constitutional ban
The Constitution of Palau has defined marriage as between "a man and a woman" since 2008. The constitutional ban was among the 22 amendments passed during the November 4, 2008 referendum. Previously, the Constitution did not address same-sex marriage or marriage explicitly. Article IV, Section 13 of the Constitution was amended to read:
In July 2019, in response to a question at a weekly press conference, President Tommy Remengesau Jr. said he supported striking down the ban, saying he believes in "full equality" and branding it discriminatory. "Those who are different doesn't mean that they should be outcast, second class citizens, or that they can't contribute to the community. So I want to make it clear that I don't believe in the constitutional amendment that promote[s] discrimination. I want it to be on record that I support the rights of each individual, any Palauan, to be treated equally... Let us treat each other with respect and dignity. This won't be positive for us at the UN level as the trend worldwide is opening up to these individual rights, but we are taking a step backward.", he said. He finished his statements with "as long as they believe in God like everyone else, we can treat each other with respect and dignity". Local activists applauded his comments, calling it a "very surprising and progressive act".
Statutory laws
In February 2014, a bill was introduced to the Senate of Palau to define marriage in the National Code as being between "a man and a woman" in order to give statutory effect to the new constitutional definition of marriage. The bill passed its first reading in May 2014, but eventually did not pass the National Congress. The Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation (KHRF) considered that if enacted, the bill would have "further entrench[ed] discrimination against same-sex couples in Palauan law". Palau does not recognize civil unions providing same-sex couples with a subset of the rights and benefits of marriage. The KHRF reported in 2016 that the constitutional definition of marriage "[does] not hinder the ability of the National Congress to legislate for other forms of relationship recognition". At Palau's second Universal Periodic Review on 21 January 2016, Spain recommended the government to legalize same-sex marriage. The government "noted" (rejected) these recommendations.
The National Code does not expressly forbid same-sex marriages, but its provisions on marriages between two non-citizens or between a citizen and a non-citizen state that the "the male" must be at least 18 years of age and "the female" at least 16 years of age.
Palau law does not expressly ban the recognition of same-sex marriages validly performed abroad, but an attempt to register an overseas same-sex marriage was denied in 2014. This refusal was not pursued in court. A 2023 government report recommended allowing same-sex couples married abroad to be recognized and allow surviving spouses to access insurance social security benefits. The report, which according to Vice President Uduch Sengebau Senior can serve as "valuable resource for informed-decision making and policy formulation", also noted that the "LGBT community in Palau supports the removal of the constitutional provision against same-sex marriage".
See also
LGBT rights in Palau
Recognition of same-sex unions in Oceania
Notes
References
Palau
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20Islands
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Cat Islands
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Cat Island is nickname of two locations in Japan:
Aoshima, Ehime
Tashirojima
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antignano%20railway%20station
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Antignano railway station
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Antignano railway station is a secondary railway station, situated in the frazione of Antignano, Livorno, in Italy.
History
The station was opened in 1910, one year after the inauguration of the coastal section of the railway.
Current use
The station has no personnel, but there are automatic ticket machines. Only some regional trains stop at the station.
References
1910 establishments in Italy
Railway stations opened in 1910
Railway stations in Italy opened in the 1910s
Buildings and structures in Livorno
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styphelia%20pentapogona
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Styphelia pentapogona
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Styphelia pentapogona is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a diffuse shrub with many erect or ascending branchlets, crowded egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves about long, with a small point on the tip. The flowers are borne in lower leaf axils and are sessile with very small bracts and bracteoles less than long at the base. The petals are joined at the base forming a tube about long with bearded lobes.
Styphelia pentapogona was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller in his Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by George Maxwell.
This styphelia is found in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened".
References
pentapogona
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1867
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Bank
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Jacob Bank
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Jacob Bank (born 9 February 2001) is an Danish professional boxer.
Amateur career
Jacob Banks amateur career was 175–5.
Professional career
Bank has picked up the WBO European title since he turned pro and is viewed as a geniune prospect.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Danish boxers
Danish male boxers
People from Kolding
Super-middleweight boxers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka%20Dazzlers
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Dhaka Dazzlers
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Dhaka Dazzlers () is an amateur sports team based in Southern Dhaka, Bangladesh. They clinched the title of Euphoria Cricket Season 2 in 2023, the second tier of the amateur cricket tournament for SCC 97 - HSC 99 batch group, in their 2nd appearance. Founded in 2019, the club started to burn cricket pitches in 2020 and won the Champion Trophy in the 1st Kings Cup Cricket League organized by the Sultans themselves. The club is owned and managed by the friends of 9799 Batch Group.
History
Inception
The club started its journey with 9799 Football Tournament 2019, where they finished the tournament as a Quarter-finalist.
External links
Dhaka Dazzlers at SSC97HSC99
References
Cricket teams in Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia%20einseleana
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Aquilegia einseleana
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Aquilegia einseleana, or Einsele's columbine, is a perennial species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae, endemic to the central and eastern Alps of Slovenia and small areas of Germany, Austria, and Italy.
Description
Aquilegia einseleana grows to 45cm. It has blue-violet flowers which appear from May to September.
Taxonomy
The species was described by the German botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804–1876) in 1848, and named after his friend Dr. (1803–1870), a Bavarian physician and botanist.
Distribution and habitat
Einsele's columbine grows in grassy and rocky limestone areas at altitudes between 600m and 1800m.
References
External links
einseleana
Flora of Austria
Flora of Germany
Flora of Italy
Flora of Slovenia
Plants described in 1848
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%20Compton%20Tartars%20football%20team
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1955 Compton Tartars football team
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The 1955 Compton Tartars football team was an American football team that represented Compton College as a member of the Western State Conference (WSC) during the 1955 college football season. In their 16th-year under head coach Tay Brown, the Tartars compiled a perfect 11–0 record (5–0 in conference games), won the WSC championship, defeated in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 403 to 63.
At the end of the regular season, Compton was ranked No. 1 and Jones County No. 2 in the junior college rankings. With its victory over Jones County in the Junior Rose Bowl, Compton was acknowledged as the junior college national champion.
Halfback Jim Waddell set the school's single game rushing record with 317 yards, scored 107 points, and ranked with the school's all-time rushing and scoring leaders (and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees), Hugh McElhenny and Joe Perry.
Compton placed five players on the first team of the 1955 All-Western State Conference football team: Jim Waddell and Lee Mack at back; Jack Atwood at center; Dick Long at guard; and David Main at tackle. Four others were named to the second team: Bunny Aldrich at back; Marvin Perz at guard; Joe Lewis at tackle; and Charles McNeil at end.
The team played its home games at Ramsaur Stadium in Compton, California.
Schedule
References
Compton College
Compton Tartars football
Junior college football undefeated seasons
Compton Tartars football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Rank%20Centre
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Arthur Rank Centre
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Arthur Rank Centre is an ecumenical charity which provides resources, training, and advocacy for rural Christians, rural churches and the communities they serve, across England and Wales. It is based at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. It is part of the Rural Coalition
It was established in 1972with the support of the Rank Foundation shortly after the death of the benefactor and film producer J. Arthur Rank, who had been an active methodist teaching at Sunday schools.
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Charities based in England and Wales
Rural Coalition (England)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest%20%28EP%29
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Rainforest (EP)
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Rainforest is the debut extended play (EP) by American musician Clams Casino, released on June 27, 2011, through Tri Angle Records. Initially known as a rap producer, Volpe started resonating with the electronic music public after the release of his Instrumentals mixtape in March. For the Rainforest EP, he chose five instrumentals that had been rejected by rappers.
Background and production
Clams Casino, real name Michael Volpe, started producing music seriously in 2007. He began connecting with rappers over the Internet and soon began producing for them, including Lil B, Havoc and Soulja Boy. In March 2011, after fans requested Volpe to release instrumental versions of the songs he had produced, he released the Instrumentals mixtape. Volpe reported that, following the release, he started being seen as an artist in his own right instead of a rap producer. He said that the more "textured" music he was making resonated more with people interested in electronic music instead of rappers, who had rejected to rap over some of his instrumentals. These rejected instrumentals appeared in Rainforest.
Volpe wanted to make the extended play (EP) similar to the Instrumentals mixtape. While he had a lot of music he wanted to release, including all these tracks in the album would make it feel less cohesive; he instead chose five "really strong" tracks. Volpe noted in a press release that the EP tracks always existed as instrumentals, unlike the Instrumentals mixtape. He said that before Rainforest, he didn't master his works properly, "just turning the volume up". Attributing this to his inexperience, he abandoned this practice for the EP.
For the EP, Volpe signed with Tri Angle Records. He said that after releasing Instrumentals, someone sent the mixtape to the label, who messaged Volpe on Twitter. Volpe was surprised that the label's sound was similar to his work and accepted their offer. In May 2011, Volpe's computer broke due to a power outage, and, since he didn't have a backup, he lost all his files, which amounted to four years of work. Volpe noted in an interview with DMY that, had he delayed the completion of the EP for a few days, "it wouldn't have happen[ed] at all!".
Composition
Randall Roberts of Los Angeles Times wrote that "Treetop" "is a National Geographic acid trip: bird songs, frog croaks and insect crackles funneled through hot springs" and "Gorilla" "sounds like a '90s trip-hop track stuck in quicksand".
Release and reception
Volpe announced the EP on April 14, with Pitchfork premiering the track "Gorilla". After being available for streaming weeks earlier, Rainforest was released worldwide on June 27, 2011, in download, CD and vinyl formats; it was the first official release by Volpe. According to review aggregator Metacritic, Rainforest received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 6 critics scores.
In September 2014, SL Jones rapped over Rainforest. On February 27, 2019, Volpe released a deluxe edition. In his 2017 book Sonic Intimacy, Dominic Pettman wrote: "Staying in the realm of hip-hop, [the EP] is an especially rich sonic line of inspiration for using technology to elicit or engineer the vanishing voice(s) of endangered environments and habitats." In 2020, "Treetop", "Drowning", and "Gorilla" were remastered for Volpe's compilation Instrumental Relics. That same year, Noah Yoo of Pitchfork named Rainforest one of Tri Angle Records' most essential albums, writing that "the crushed soundscapes of Rainforest showed the brilliance Clams was capable of when he flew solo".
Track listing
References
2011 EPs
Clams Casino albums
Albums produced by Clams Casino (musician)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulty
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Goulty
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Goulty is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Goulty (born 1947), British diplomat
Horatio Nelson Goulty (1832/33–1869), English architect
John Nelson Goulty (1788–1870), English Nonconformist Christian pastor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Romat%20Mountain
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Al Romat Mountain
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Al Romat Mountain, or Aynin Mountain, is a small mountain adjacent to Mount Uhud, about three kilometers north of the Prophet's Mosque near Medina. It is the mountain where Muhammad, in the Battle of Uhud, ordered the stationing of fifty archers to protect the backs of the Muslims from the infiltration of the polytheists. The archers disobeyed the orders, thinking that the battle had finished. The polytheists used the emptiness of the mountain, attacked the Muslims, and killed a large number of them.
Naming reason
It was named Al Romat (Archers) because Muhammad ordered Abdullah bin Jubayr and fifty of his companions in the Battle of Uhud to repel the polytheists from the southern side and throw darts at them, and instructed them not to move whether the Muslims were victorious or defeated.
Status and significance
Al Romat Mountain has a strategic location; it was the protection of the Muslims' backs during the battle with the polytheists, so it was an impregnable protection that was guarding the backs of the Muslims from the encirclement and invasion of the polytheists from its side. Khalid ibn al-Walid, the leader of the polytheists' cavalry before he converted to Islam, realized the importance of the mountain and its location in changing the tactics of the battle. He kept his eye on the mountain, and when he saw the Muslim archers leaving their positions, he made a quick detour and attacked them from behind.
Vital role
Al Romat Mountain played a vital role in the Battle of Uhud, and the gaps it bridged were important in two ways: first, protecting the Muslims' backs from the polytheists and second, to attack the polytheists with arrows; especially because the archers were at a high altitude and the impact of the arrows would be faster and deeper.
Knowledge and comprehension
Al Romat Mountain had a prominent role in comprehending the battle in terms of opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses. Also, in exposing the enemies, their positions and movements, and knowing their numbers. For this reason, they were the first ones to discover the defeat and flight of the polytheists, which could indicate their awareness more than the others. All this played a role in changing the tactics of the battle according to their interests and needs. It is known that there was communication between the archers and the commander, about the needs and interests; therefore he used to say to them: "When you see that we have defeated the people and subdued them, do not leave until I send for you."
Selection
Muhammad selected fifty archers under the command of Abdullah ibn Jubayr and placed them on the mountain to prevent the polytheists' army from surrounding the Muslim army, and to protect their backs. There was a special selection of experienced archers who were trained in the skill of marksmanship so that they could hit the enemies. This happened in the beginning, before the retreat.
Reasons for the archers' defeat
When the archers saw the defeat of the polytheists and the spoils on the battlefield, they were tempted to abandon their positions, thinking that the battle was over. They said to their commander, Abdullah bin Jubayr : "The plunder! Your friends appeared? What are you waiting for?" Abdullah ibn Jubayr said: "Have you forgotten what Muhammad told you? Have you forgotten what Muhammad told you?" They said, "By Allah, let us go to the people and take some of the plunder. Then they went off to collect the plunder, not caring what their commander said. Ibn Abbas described the state of the archers in that situation: "When Muhammad took the spoils and cleared the camp of the polytheists, the archers all poured into the camp to loot. The ranks of Muhammad converged like this (he clasped his hands) and they charged, and when the archers vacated the hiding place they were in, the horses from that place entered the companions of Muhammad . There was confusion and they struck each other and many Muslims were killed".
Consequences of leaving the mountain
One of the effects and disadvantages of the archers abandoning their posts was: the enemy encircling the Muslims and attacking them from the back, hence the difficult defeat of the Muslims and the killing of many of the Companions. This could have been the consequence of abandonment and choosing this world over the hereafter. Abdullah ibn Jubayr, a Companion, felt alienated as he watched his fifty companions descend from their posts one by one. The grief and sorrow became vast. When he saw that the posts had been abandoned and that the people had left behind a great void, he shouted to them: "Have you forgotten what Muhammad told you?
Amnesty for the archers
The archers who erred in interpreting the battle of Uhud were not taken out of line by Muhammad . He did not say to them: You are not fit for any of this after the experience of your shortcomings and weaknesses. Rather, he accepted their weaknesses with mercy, forgiveness, and tolerance. Then Allah, included in his care and forgiveness all those who participated in this invasion, despite the grave mistakes made by some of them, and the resulting losses. Allah said: "Indeed, Allah fulfilled His promise to you when you initially swept them away by His Will, then your courage weakened and you disputed about the command and disobeyed after Allah had brought victory within your reach. Some of you were after worldly gain while others desired a heavenly reward. He denied you victory over them as a test, yet He has pardoned you. And Allah is Gracious to the believers".[Al-Imran: 152]. We say to all those who sinned and strived or neglected a position that was his or hers to protect or left a vacant place after him or her, Whether it's a matter of education or other legitimate, serious concerns, Come back; the return is better, and God forgive us for what we have done. Come back with a spirit that rises above the mountains, With an ambition that transcends time, and a determination that breaks iron; sensing God's help for you, Glorifying the role you play, minimizing the obstacles and consequences, Choosing the hereafter over the world, "even though the Hereafter is far better and more lasting". [Al-A'la: 17].
See also
List of mountains in Saudi Arabia
Medina
Mount Uhud
References
External links
Al Romat... Mountain in the city is the most important landmarks of the Battle of Uhud
Photos... What was the name of Mount Uhud before the "Archers" incident?
Al Romat Mountain...The story of the tipping of the scales at the Battle of Uhud.
Explanation of the details of the battle and how it happened in detail on the ground
Aerial view of Mount Archers
Geography of Saudi Arabia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix%20Messenzehl
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Felix Messenzehl
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Felix Messenzehl (born 2003) is a German curler from Oberstdorf.
Career
Messenzehl began curling in 2014, and got into the sport because of his father, Markus, who was on the German team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Messenzehl made his international début at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, where he was the skip of the German team. There, he led his team of Joy Sutor, Johannes Scheuerl and Zoe Antes to a 3–3 record, missing the playoffs.
Messenzehl was a member of the German junior men's team from 2022 to 2024, playing third on the rink, which was skipped by Benjamin Kapp. The team won silver medals at the 2022 and 2023 World Junior Curling Championships, the latter played on home ice in Füssen. The team did not fare as well at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing 5th.
For the 2023–24 season Messenzehl, as well as his junior teammates Kapp and Scheuerl, played second for the Marc Muskatewitz rink for men's play. That season, the team won the Aberdeen Classic. The team also won the German Men's Curling Championship in 2024, earning the rink the right to represent the country at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship. It would be a World Championship début for Messenzehl.
Personal life
Messenzehl attended the Oberstdorf sports high school.
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Living people
2003 births
Sportspeople from Oberstdorf
German male curlers
21st-century German people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracruz%20Church
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Veracruz Church
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Veracruz Church () is a Roman Catholic church under the invocation of the "Vera Cruz" or Holy Cross. It is located in the center of the city of Medellín, Colombia, on the western side of the Plazuela de la Veracruz. It is the only colonial church in the city.
History
In 1682, Captain Juan Céspedes de Hinestroza began the construction (at the site of the current church of La Veracruz) of a chapel or hermitage on land purchased from Mr. Luis Acevedo Rides. However, when the walls had advanced to a height of a few meters, the work was suspended.
In 1712, Captain Céspedes formed a committee among Europeans and foreigners to establish the Brotherhood of N. S. de los Milagros, and in the first session, it was resolved to request authorization from the Bishop of Popayán to finalize the hermitage, to whose jurisdiction the entire province of Antioquia belonged.
The Governor of Antioquia, Francisco Baraya y Campa, also granted permission. At that time, permits from both civil and ecclesiastical authorities were necessary to build churches, chapels, or hermitages for public worship.
Due to the great dedication of the president of the committee, Captain Céspedes, who fought to give it a quick completion, and with the help of some wealthy and wealthy foreigners residing in Medellín, the hermitage was completed in January 1713.
The church came to be called the hermitage of La Veracruz de los Forasteros, which served as a cemetery for foreigners, in addition to hosting masses and also serving to deposit the Holy Sepulcher during Holy Week and for the processions of the greater litanies, following the example of the hermitages in the city of Antioquia.
In March 1791, it was threatened with ruin, so it was completely demolished, and reconstruction began on December 26 of that same year. The Spanish resident Don José Peinado Ruiz invested large sums of money in the reconstruction of this significant work, which was inaugurated on November 30, 1803. Chronicles recount that this gentleman, for the day of the inauguration, decorated the entire church with carnations, roses, and lilies brought from Rionegro, and to the surprise of the crowd, he watered the entire church floor with cologne water. Its master builders were José Ortiz, Joaquín Gómez, and José Peinado himself. The blessing of the current Church of La Veracruz, of a popular Baroque style, took place on March 26, 1809, by the priest Alberto María de la Calle, who blessed and dedicated the work to priestly and religious service.
Since then, La Veracruz has been a support point for the worship of the Church of La Candelaria, mainly in 1826 and 1850 when it was closed for renovations, and for this reason, the funeral of Monsignor Juan de la Cruz Gómez Plata, Bishop of Antioquia, who died in this city on December 1, 1850, was held at La Veracruz. In 1868, it had to serve as the Parish of the cathedral, due to the new designation of La Candelaria, upon the creation of the Diocese.
In 1883, La Veracruz was the second parish in the urban area of Medellín. It is said that one of its bells was used by the Sage Francisco José de Caldas to make a cannon destined for Independence.
In 1968, the plaza was remodeled, and the columns of hematites were placed, along with the first bronze fountain that Medellín had. The monument to Atanasio Girardot, a work by Francisco Antonio Cano, was also remodeled. In 1976, Father Celedonio Arismendi decorated all the altars with fine gold and retouched the images in the same metal. Father Gabriel Escobar had already built the rectory, adjacent to the church and facing the plaza.
It was declared a cultural heritage of the nation on March 12, 1982. Today its façade can be seen in white color, and it was restored by the Ferrocarril de Antioquia Foundation.
Bibliography
Bronx, Humberto (1984). La veracruz de Medellín. Medellín: Copiyepes.
References
Medellín
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessing%20Agbomadzi
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Blessing Agbomadzi
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Blessing Shine Agbomadzi (born 11 June 2001) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a defender for AS FAR in the Moroccan Women's Championship, and the Ghana women's national football team. She represented Ghana at the U17, U20 levels and the senior team.
Club career
Agbomadzi started her career with Kumasi Sports Academy Ladies before joining Sea Lions. She played for Sea Lions in the Ghana Women's Premier League. In October 2020, she joined Israeli top-flight side, Hapoel Be'er Sheva on a two-year deal. Her time at Hapoel Be'er Sheva was cut short abruptly as it lasted only a season, due to the conflict between Israel and Palestine which spanned for months.
Agbomadzi returned to Ghana and subsequently joined Hasaacas Ladies ahead of the maiden CAF Women's Champions League. She played in all matches and formed a strong centre-back partnership with Janet Egyir, helping Hasaacas Ladies to reach the final of the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League. They however lost to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies by 2–0 in the 2021 CAF Women's Champions League final. In her only season (2021–22 season) with Hasaacas, she played in 17 out of 19 league matches with Hasaacas finishing the season as Southern Zone Champions but losing the championship final to Ampem Darkoa Ladies. She was nominated for the Defender of the Year award.
In September 2022, Agbomadzi joined Moroccan Women's Championship club AS FAR on a two-year contract. In her first season with the club, she won the 2022 CAF Women's Champions League where she played in all matches, including the final which AS FAR won by 4–0 against defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies. The following season, she won a double, winning the Moroccan Women's Championship and Moroccan Women Throne Cup trophies. She also helped AS FAR to win place third in the 2023 CAF Women's Champions League defeating Ampem Darkoa Ladies by 2–0. As a result of that, she became the first player to win all three medals in the CAF Women's Champions League.
International career
Agbomadzi played for the Ghana U-17 women's team, the Black Maidens. In 2016, she was a member of the team that played at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals. She played alongside Sandra Owusu-Ansah, Nina Norshie and Vivian Adjei.
In 2018, Agbomadzi was a member of the Ghana U-20 women's team, the Black Princesses and was part of the squad that played at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup coached by Yusif Basigi. In August 2020, she was also part of the 31 players who were invited to the Black Princesses camp ahead of the 2020 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying matches. In late October 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament had been cancelled.
Honours
Hasaacas Ladies
CAF Women's Champions League runner-up: 2021
Ghana Women's Super Cup: 2021
First Lady's Cup: 2021
AS FAR
CAF Women's Champions League: 2022
Moroccan Women's Championship: 2022–23
Moroccan Women Throne Cup: 2023
Individual
Ghana Football Awards Women's Footballer of the Year: 2023
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External links
Living people
2001 births
Ghanaian women's footballers
Women's association football defenders
Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate women's footballers in Israel
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Expatriate women's footballers in Morocco
Ghana Women's Premier League players
Hasaacas Ladies F.C. players
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Agnes Northrop
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Agnes Northrup (1857 – 1953) was an American glass artist. She is best known for her design work for Louis Comfort Tiffany and for work in iridescent glass.
Early life and education
Agnes Fairchild Northrup was born in Flushing, Queens in 1857. She studied at the Flushing Institute.
Career
Northrup started working for Louis Comfort Tiffany's Glass Company in the early 1880s. She worked in the Women's Glass Cutting Department where she served as head of the department briefly before being replaced by Clara Driscoll.
By the 1890s she was a designer for Tiffany with her own studio. She designed several window for the Bowne Street Community Church (now the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing).
Her window Magnolia was exhibited at the 1900 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.
Northrup worked for Tiffany for close to 50 years.
Northrup died at the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan in 1953. She never married.
Work in public collections
Her work is in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Driehaus Museum, the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 2024 the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a stained glass triptych by Northrup entitled Garden Landscape.
References
External links
The Garden as a Picture: Agnes Northrop’s Stained-Glass Designs for Louis C.Tiffany Smithsonian Associates lecture by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
(photo of headstone with birth and death dates engraved.)
1857 births
1953 deaths
People from Queens, New York
Tiffany Studios
American stained glass artists and manufacturers
19th-century American women artists
20th-century American women artists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wateringue%20%28drainage%29
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Wateringue (drainage)
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A wateringue (also known as a watering or watergang) is a ditch or drainage structure designed to drain marshlands, wetlands, or flood-prone areas located in coastal plains below the level of high tides (polders), in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
In northern France, the term "les wateringues" can also refer to "a forced association of property owners", now known as the Intercommunal Institution of the Wateringues, which is responsible for managing interactions between freshwater and seawater.
Etymology
"Wateringue" is a masculine or feminine term derived from the Dutch word "watering" (wetering), itself stemming from the word "water," meaning "water" in Dutch.
By metonymy, the word also describes the (sometimes compulsory) association of property owners who collectively finance the maintenance and operation of the drainage network. In northern France, the network is divided into "wateringue sections," whose members must maintain their network, with the assistance of the administration and subsidies from local authorities if necessary.
Usage
Water is taken from these areas to be returned to the sea, either at low tide when the locks open, or by windmills that lift it (formerly in the Netherlands and Flanders) or more commonly today by electric pumps.
History
The history of wateringues is closely linked to the history of polders.
Roman Era
The Morini inhabited a marshy and forested strip of land. Strabo indicates that they lived "on small islands and [placed] their huts on eminences formed in some places by nature and in others by the hand of men, and quite high so that the tides cannot reach them...". At the same time, he reports that "the ocean flows into the plain twice a day and makes one doubt if these places are indeed part of the mainland". Undoubtedly, it was due to these conditions that Caesar's Roman legions had great difficulty conquering this warlike people. Even after the victory, no embankment work was undertaken. Only a few roads were built to reach the sea at low tide. Perhaps it was also to have a buffer zone between Frisian and Saxon attacks? Their occupation is attested until the reign of Quintillus based on coins found during excavations. Their withdrawal was commanded by two events: the great flood of the 4th century, forcing them to retreat; and the Frankish invasion around 420.
Dunkirk Transgression
This would have occurred in the 4th century according to Gilbert Delaine, as there are no longer any traces of Frankish civilization. It can therefore be assumed that this transgression took place between the reign of Quintillus and that of the Franks. This transgression will make it possible to provide peat and polder clay, while smoothing the landscape. The rivers, especially the Aa, then flow through numerous gullies, later filled in. Thus, the Aa will carve out beds that will become the Colme, Bergues canal, and the Vliet, which will become the Bourbourg canal.
These transgressions continue from the 5th to the 7th century. The soil of the maritime plain reappears above sea level as it decreases, and dune ridges form, allowing water to pass only through openings. Gradually, the water, due to the tides, will slowly uncover the plains. It will take until the 12th century for the sea to remain only on the outskirts of Dunkirk.
Christianization of the Country
Several attempts were made. The first was in the 4th century by two priests from Rome, but they were driven out of the country. A century later, Saint Victrice, a converted soldier and bishop of Rouen, began the evangelization with success, but the Franks reduced his work to nothing. It will take until the 6th and 7th centuries for monastic institutions to settle, the first being in Thérouanne. Saint Omer, the bishop of Thérouanne, will say of Sithiu (now the city of Saint-Omer), "Basilica in insula Sithiu, ubi antea monasterium", which proves the insularity of Saint-Omer and that the drainage has not yet begun. Nevertheless, the spread of Christianity is rapid in Flanders thanks to Saint Mommelin, Saint Bertin, or even Saint Winoc. In fact, this Christianization will be mainly due to the ability of monks to cultivate marshy lands by draining them. But each time, this progress of cultivable land stops at the limit of the domain. People will follow these precepts and arrangements will be made to send water to one's neighbor, which will provoke many quarrels.
However, the floods of the Aa (freshwater) and the high tides (saltwater) as well as the Norman invasions prevented the expansion of these domains. During all this time, crops were only grown on high ground, perhaps some summer or occasional crops were grown on the lowest lands, covered by floods.
Counts of Flanders
Baldwin I, called "Iron Arm," inherited the county of Flanders by marrying the daughter of Charles the Bald. Norman invasions raged, but it would take about a hundred years, until the middle of the 10th century, for Baldwin III to be moved by acts of barbarism and fortify several towns where peasants came to take refuge. The central power having no power to maintain order, military leaders, governors, and counts raised armies to fight the enemies. The military leader is called a castellan, commanding the forces of neighboring lords to resist the Normans. This association gave birth to the châtellenie, the name given to the country dominated by the castellan, as well as to the confederation established under his orders. Castles and strongholds were then surrounded by fortified walls for the subordinate classes, places called bourg. The failure of central power allowed castellans to establish the feudal system. Around the beginning of the 11th century, when Norman invasions ceased, the ground sank and let in seawater. The plain is flooded again up to Saint-Omer.
These floods had the effect of raising the ground level through alluvial deposits. People resumed their embankment and drainage work by sending water gravitationally to the sea, or into collapses when the land was lower than the sea, thus forming large lakes (the moëres) which emitted pestilential odors and often caused epidemics.
In order to stimulate land drainage work, the counts of Flanders granted monastic institutions all the land gained by them from the sea. The first charter granting this right is that of Baldwin of Lille, who grants to the abbey of Saint-Winoc in Bergues "dunes, lands and privileges, with the right to obtain ownership [...] of the lands gained from the marshes that it could transform into arable or productive lands". Successors, including Robert of Flanders or Charles the Good, granted the same rights to other abbeys.
However, while the maritime plain dried up rapidly, the new owners, eager to obtain new lands, were not very careful about how they achieved their goals, often cutting off their neighbor's drainage network. Conflicts arose.
Philip of Alsace
This is how Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders and Vermandois, looks at the situation. He looks at the problem in general, convinced that problems can only be solved on the scale of the entire maritime plain. His first act is to define the Terra Nova as "the land that has been withdrawn from the impetuosity of the sea and floods, by man and with his money". In 1169, he donated to the canons of Aire the lands located between Bergues and Watten, so that they could be drained. The canons then create a drainage canal between dikes, from Bergues to Watten, using one of the branches of the Aa. The Colme canal is born. Following some disputes over the validity of donations made by the charters of the Counts of Flanders, Philip of Alsace confirms these privileges. Finally, and in order to keep his lands dry, he creates an organization: the Waeteringues.
For the maintenance of the waeteringues, taxes are instituted and placed under the responsibility of a receiver of the wateringues and drainage ditches, obliged to render annual accounts to the great members of the waeteringues who are the large landowners. Thus, in the châtellenie of Bourbourg, the five great members of the waeteringues are the lord of the Cour du Ghyselhuys, lord of the place, the vicomte castellan of Bourbourg, the abbot of the abbey of Saint Bertin of Saint-Omer, the abbot of the abbey of Clairmarais and the abbess of Bourbourg.
After the French Revolution
According to the chief engineer of bridges and roads Joseph Louis Étienne Cordier (1775-1849): "Two-thirds of the Dunkirk district, lying below sea level, as well as Holland, were flooded in 1793 as a defense measure. The following seven years, the soil soaked in salt was almost sterile and the people became very unhappy. For this reason, they were granted the privilege of governing themselves. The landowners of the Wateringues have, since that time, the right to assemble, to appoint commissioners, and to invest them with great power. These commissioners, or administrators, chosen from the most enlightened landowners, establish taxes, regulate their use."
Cordier adds: "The only safety measure taken by law is the obligation imposed on the commissioners to have each act approved by the Prefect. This precaution prevents all abuses, without causing delays in business operations, as the Prefect supports with all his power such a useful institution. This paternal administration enjoys such consideration that it freely obtains from taxpayers more than 200,000 francs per year; and the influence of the work it carries out is so rapid that in less than ten years the lands of the Wateringues have doubled in value. This country is prospering as quickly as the United States of America and for the same reasons. Every year, roads are opened; locks, drainage canals, and irrigation canals are built; the population is growing rapidly; farms are springing up everywhere; agriculture is making rapid progress; and already on these lands, formerly marshy, superb crops of flax, rapeseed, precious crops once considered privileged and peculiar to the Lille district alone, are observed. If the country of the Wateringues, now so rich, were subject to common law; if the right to impose extraordinary taxes were denied it, in less than three years it would return under water."
Wateringues
Meaning
The word "wateringue" seems to come from the contraction of two words: water = water and ring = circle.
By analogy, some have deduced that this meant canals or marshes. Others, by extension, used the term to refer to both the administration responsible for drainage and the canals themselves, which are also called watergangs.
Organization
In the 12th century, Philip of Alsace decided to organize drainage along the entire coast at the same time. In this context, he divided the territory of the coast into wateringues, whose administration he entrusted to the abbots of the four abbeys of Saint-Omer, Furnes, des Dunes, and Bergues, with the title of opper-watergraaf, or chief count of the waters. They entrusted their responsibility to three assemblies, "benches," composed of bailiffs representing the châtellenies, aldermen constituting the magistrate of the cities and keures, and finally fief men representing the lords of the country. These benches had the power to appoint watergraven, counts of the waters. These watergraven met in assemblies or colleges. Their roles were to determine drainage programs, decide on the layout of new watergangs and canals to be created, deal with the establishment and maintenance of dikes, roads, and their conservation, set taxes, maintain order within the wateringues by enforcing their police regulations and administering justice. These colleges had extensive powers, even the right to build dikes if necessary, and if necessary following the refusal of tenants,to impose a fine. However, the counts retained some control over the organization, and if the abbey refused to carry out necessary works, the abbey could be forced to pay the subsidy that the wateringues declared by oath to be necessary. On the other hand, those who damaged or broke the dikes would be subject to the justice of the count, whose bailiff inspected each year the dikes and works necessary for the flow of water.
The charter of April 1255 gives the bailiff, castellan, and watergraaf the right to regulate the water of the mill [...] for twelve weeks "for the public good." Indeed, many mills dotted the canals and altered the flow of water in summer. This water right had until now been an inviolable right consecrated by numerous charters since the Merovingian era. This measure by the countess of Flanders was harsh but technical advances made it possible to replace water mills with windmills imported from the East.
This last charter allowed a real advance in land drainage and the power of the four abbots and their watergrafs only increased. The counts of Flanders took umbrage at this, and in 1292, to safeguard their influence over the territory, imposed technicians tasked with consulting assemblies and coordinating major works, ensuring their execution, and taking charge of the management of these administrations. They took the name of general moermaistre of Flanders, or general governor of the marshes of Flanders. The counts increased the prerogatives of these officials at the expense of the colleges created by the four abbots. Following the excesses of these said officials, and then the zeal of their replacements, the lords saw their powers and privileges threatened.
Robert de Cassel
One of these lords, Robert de Cassel, count of Marles, heir to the lordship of Dunkirk, brought a lawsuit against Philip of Burgundy, count of Flanders, before the Parliament of Paris in 1403. On October 7, the judgment of the Parliament reaffirmed that the wateringues were not administrative divisions but territorial divisions created according to the ordinance of Philip of Alsace in 1169. Robert de Cassel is therefore recognized as the legitimate owner, and the rights claimed by the count of Flanders, other than suzerainty, are null and void.
Louis XIV
Louis XIV, after the conquest of Flanders, also interfered in the organization of the wateringues by replacing the general moermaistre with Intendants of maritime Flanders. It was not until the Revolution that these officials disappeared definitively, but they were quickly replaced by the Ponts-et-Chaussées by a decree of the general council of Pas-de-Calais of February 28, 1793.
Complements
The first known ordinance concerning the wateringues dates back to 1169 (charter of Philip of Alsace, count of Flanders and Vermandois)
The last royal decree concerning drainage by the wateringues dates from December 6, 1789
In 1806, an imperial decree and then another on May 28, 1809, and a royal ordinance in 1833 were issued
In 1816, the geographer and cartographer Louis Cordier drew a map of the Nord department and a map of the Dunkirk district including the four sections of the wateringues, or the French marshes, in 1815 (by MM. Cordier and Bosquillon, engineers)
In 1852, Louis Devot estimated that "30 thousand hectares of land worth nearly 100 million francs are protected against flooding, and are now in a state of cultivation"
A permanent maritime threat
This is due to two phenomena: situations of overtopping, unpredictable over long periods of time, and for some decades or centuries because of rising sea levels and perhaps increased risks of winter rainfall.
Thus, on January 31, 1953, a storm swept through the Calaisis. It pushed the sea towards the coast. A dike gave way at a place called Maison Blanche near Oye-Plage, drowning 23 hectares of land. Another breach (15 meters wide) was reported between Blériot-Plage and Sangatte, flooding the national road and fields under 40 centimeters of saltwater. Despite the heavy equipment quickly deployed, one of the two repairs gave way to the following tide, which flooded 200 hectares near Oye-Plage this time. In the port of Calais, the Angoulême quay is underwater, without human casualties.
Today, the network of wateringues is managed by the wateringue sections, responsible for dredging, mowing, and clearing to ensure proper water flow and maintain navigation where it is practiced. Occasionally, they may intervene in the fight against certain invasive species (marsh marigold, muskrat, Japanese knotweed, etc.).
For their part, private landowners must maintain their banks to ensure proper water flow, avoid hydraulic problems (pruning willows, coppicing, pruning, etc.), which can sometimes contradict the needs or projects for the renaturation of the green and blue framework to restore the good ecological status of the watershed (in inhabited areas, residents and municipalities have often heavily engineered the banks (wood tunnelling, metal sheeting, sheet piling, concrete slabs, brick walls, rubble, etc.) to limit erosion and the meandering of watercourses).
In addition, the Intercommunal Institution of the Wateringues ensures the management, operation, and maintenance of large evacuation structures to the sea. Moreover, various water-related unions also contribute to maintaining watercourses (e.g., SMAGE Aa, SYMSAGEL, SAGE of the Delta of the Aa, River Syndicate of the Melde in the Pays de Saint-Omer). SAGEs are part of the places where these actions are coordinated.
In 2009, a risk study was launched by the DREAL to better assess and understand the level of flood risk in the Wateringues polder in the event of an unfavorable synergy between meteorology (for example, in the event of watershed floods combined with one or more episodes of rain saturating the polder soils) and a high tide and/or overtopping and possible malfunctioning of structures, while taking into account climate change and sea level rise. A method for quantifying the hazard was created for this purpose, inspired by those developed for the study of extreme levels along the Loire estuary by Lepelletier in 2010. Such a study requires a very good understanding of the hydro-ecological functioning of the basin that feeds the waterways.
See also
Tile drainage
Marais Audomarois
Les Moëres, Nord
Polder
Wetland
Ditch
References
Bibliography
Drainage
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Hydraulic structures
Condominiums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On%20the%20Night%20of%20the%20Fire%20%28novel%29
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On the Night of the Fire (novel)
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On the Night of the Fire is a 1939 crime drama novel by the British writer F. L. Green. It was Green's second published novel and his breakthrough work.
Film adaptation
The same year it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard. It is considered an early film noir.
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
Grant, Kevin. Roots of Film Noir: Precursors from the Silent Era to the 1940s. McFarland, 2002.
Moore, Matthew Dwight. Watching Cosmic Time: The Suspense Films of Hitchcock, Welles, and Reed. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 26 Oct 2022.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
1939 British novels
Novels by F. L. Green
British crime novels
British novels adapted into films
Novels set in England
Michael Joseph books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20Maury
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Hotel Maury
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The Hotel Maury is a three-star hotel located at the corners of Carabaya and Ucayali streets in the historic centre of Lima, Peru. It is considered one of the oldest hotels in both Peru and the Pacific coast.
History
The hotel was inaugurated in 1835. Founded by the French merchant Pedro Maury, it was created as an inn for travelers passing through Lima. It is located in block 3 of Jirón Carabaya, one block from the capital's main square.
Thanks to the fact that its property passed into the hands of the Chilean named Lecaros, the hotel was not looted during the occupation of Lima by the army of that country, when Peru faced Chile in the War of the Pacific.
Its ownership was transferred to Antonio Bergna after its purchase. In 1954 the 45-room building was demolished and the reconstruction was carried out by local architect and the engineer Adolfo Carozzo. The new building has five storeys. It was later remodelled again and reopened in February 2000.
Bar and restaurant
The hotel's bar and restaurant were popular for their cuisine and service. The owners also owned the restaurant in the Park of the Exhibition, the Jardín del Camal, and the Ancón hotel.
The hotel bar became known for its pisco sour. The drink was invented in the Bar Morris (in the Calle Boza), but the recipe was improved in the bar of this hotel. Also in the original establishment, another pisco-based cocktail was created, the . It is, together with the Gran Hotel Bolívar and the Casa Tambo, part of the "Pisco Sour route in the Centre of Lima."
See also
Gran Hotel Bolívar
References
Hotels in Lima
Buildings and structures completed in 1835
Historic Centre of Lima
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapeuzinho%20Amarelo
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Chapeuzinho Amarelo
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Chapeuzinho Amarelo is a children's book written by musician Chico Buarque in 1970, and later becoming known for having been illustrated by cartoonist and writer Ziraldo in 1979. The book was originally dedicated to Buarque's daughters and by 2017 there had been 40 editions released.
It is known for being a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood addressing a story about overcoming fear. It's considered a cult classic of Brazilian children's literature, it was awarded the Highly Recommended for Children seal from the National Children's Book Foundation (FNLIJ) in 1979 and won the Jabuti award in the Illustration category in 1998.
Plot
The book tells a story in poetry form about a girl called Chapeuzinho Amarelo (lit. Little Yellow Riding Hood), a girl wearing a yellow hat who is known for being afraid of everything with her greatest fear being an imaginary wolf that she had never met and as her fears grew, the greater her fear of the wolf grew. After thinking so much about the wolf she decides to meet him, but after meeting him her fear gradually disappears until her fear for him disappears. The wolf, unhappy with seeing the girl lose her fear, decides to scare her by shouting "I'm a wolf!" several times, but Little Yellow laughs and ignores him until the wolf after shouting so much and reversing the syllables from lobo (wolf) to bolo (cake) turns into a cake that is afraid of being eaten by her. Little Yellow ignores the wolf and all her fears, and from then on starts to personify each creature that scares her in a different way, reversing the syllables of their names.
Adaptations
The book was adapted into animation in 2001 in one of the episodes of the first season of Livros Animados, which aired on the Futura.
On January 12, 2019, an animated series titled Chapeuzinho de Todas as Cores (lit. Little All-Colors Riding Hood) premiered on Saturday mornings on TV Cultura with just one season with 13 7-minute episodes produced by the animation studio Animaking.
Adaptations of the book in the form of plays have also occurred over the years.
Reception
The book was listed as one of the best children's books to help children deal with fears in addition to being praised for its humorous narrative adapting the original fairy tale.
The illustrations made by Ziraldo have been the target of critical praise, considering that his arts helped to better interpret Buarque's story, being awarded for best illustration in 1998. Because of this, the book is considered one of Ziraldo's main works, who would later be known for writing more children's books throughout his career.
References
External links
Chapeuzinho Amarelo (PDF)
1970 children's books
Brazilian children's books
Children's books about fear
Literature based on Little Red Riding Hood
Picture books based on fairy tales
Children's books about wolves
Children's books adapted into television shows
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Frances%20Lovell
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Mary Frances Lovell
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Mary Frances Lovell (1843–1932) was a British-born American writer, humanitarian, and temperance reformer. She co-founded the American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS), and also, in 1859, the Women's Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (WPSPCA), serving as the latter's corresponding secretary and honorary president. She served as vice-president of the American Humane Association and through her work with the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), her humanitarian efforts were introduced into some 20 countries around the world.
Biography
Mary Frances Whitechurch was born in London, England, July 11, 1843. Her father, Robert Whitechurch, was an engraver. She came to the U.S. in early 1849.
She was educated in American private schools.
On September 13, 1864, she married George S. Lovell, of Brimfield, Massachusetts, a wholesale clock dealer.
Lovell joined the WCTU at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1885. To her astonishment, she was immediately elected superintendent of the department of scientific temperance instruction in schools and colleges for the Bryn Mawr WCTU. For several years, she was actively associated with Mary H. Hunt, of the National WCTU, in her work for scientific temperance' instruction in the public schools. Due to the prolonged illness of her husband, Lovell was obliged in 1897 to resign temporarily from active WCTU work.
From childhood, Lovell had a love of animals and a hatred for any sort of cruelty. While at Bryn Mawr, she became a member of the WPSPCA. Later, she became a member of the AAVS, vice-president of the American Humane Association, and associate editor of the Journal of Zoöphily.
Her discoveries of the cruelties of vivisection aroused in Lovell a desire to advance humane education everywhere as rapidly as possible, and the thought came to her to create a Band of Mercy Department as part of the work of the WCTU. She proposed the plan in the Bryn Mawr Union, and it was successfully adopted there. She next wrote a paper entitled "Why the Band of Mercy Should Form a Part of the work of the WCTU", which she read at a convention of the WCTU of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was ordered printed and was shortly published in The Union Signal, the organ of the National WCTU. At her request, the Pennsylvania WCTU created in 1888 a Department of Mercy, and at the State convention, she was elected its superintendent, having had previous experience in the same capacity for her county union. After existing for two years as a State department only, a national Department of Mercy was created, and Lovell was chosen its superintendent also. In this office, she secured the adoption of the Department of Mercy (later, the Department of Humane Education) in 44 States of the Union.
Lovell was also the World's superintendent, the Department of Mercy having been adopted by the World's convention in London in 1895. Miss Marshall Saunders of Canada, author of Beautiful Joe, was made the first superintendent, but, upon her resignation, Lovell succeeded to the position.
Thus her humanitarian efforts were introduced into some 20 countries scattered throughout the world.
Death and legacy
Lovell resided at Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
In recognition of Lovell's services in humane educational work, her portrait in oil was presented to the WPSPCA in December 1923, a gift and work of Mary J. Eddy, of Rhode Island.
Mary Frances Lovell died in Philadelphia, June 25, 1932.
Selected works
"Why the Band of Mercy Should Form a Part of the work of the W.C.T.U."
"Prayer"
"The Path of the Just"
"The Ideal Woman"
"What is Humane Education?"
"Is Vivisection Philanthropy?"
"The Fur Trade"
"Slaughtering"
Notes
References
1843 births
1932 deaths
Temperance activists from Pennsylvania
People from London
American animal rights activists
Anti-vivisectionists
Woman's Christian Temperance Union people
19th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
19th-century American women writers
20th-century American women writers
English emigrants to the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul%20Financial%20Center
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Istanbul Financial Center
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The Istanbul Financial Center (IFC) is a financial district serving banks, autonomous public institutions, multi-national companies and their related back offices and service firms. Located on the Asian side of Istanbul in the Ataşehir district, the IFC seeks to consolidate various financial institutions, services, and infrastructures within a designated area to promote collaboration, efficiency, and growth within the financial sector.
The Istanbul Financial Center, which employs approximately 100 thousand employees, consists of offices, shopping malls, hotels, conference and exhibition centers.
Development
The concept of the Istanbul Financial Center emerged in the early 2000s as part of Turkey's broader economic vision to elevate its status in the global financial arena. The project gained momentum with the formal announcement by the Turkish government in 2009, signaling its commitment to transforming Istanbul into a significant financial hub. Subsequent legislative measures and substantial investments were made to advance the project.
In 2023, the opening ceremony of the Istanbul Financial Center was held with the participation of the President.
Location
Situated in the Ataşehir district on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, the Istanbul Financial Center enjoys a strategic location with convenient access to both domestic and international markets. The area benefits from transportation links, including highways and public transportation networks, as well as proximity to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, facilitating connectivity for businesses and professionals.
Components
The Istanbul Financial Center comprises several components designed to accommodate diverse financial activities and services.
Financial Institutions
The center hosts leading banks of the country, investment firms, asset management companies, and other financial institutions, offering a comprehensive range of banking, investment, and advisory services.
Regulatory Bodies
Regulatory agencies such as the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) and the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) have a presence in the center to ensure compliance with regulations and maintain market integrity.
Business District
A modern business district within the center provides state-of-the-art office spaces, conference facilities, and commercial amenities to support the operations of financial firms and facilitate collaboration and networking. Notably, in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, all offices within the IFC are equipped with operable windows and UV-filtered ventilation systems, ensuring a safe working environment for the employees.
Infrastructure
The Istanbul Financial Center features robust infrastructure, including advanced telecommunications systems, high-speed internet connectivity, to meet the technological needs of financial institutions and businesses.
Residential and Recreational Areas
The development includes residential complexes, hotels, restaurants, and recreational facilities, creating a vibrant living environment for the employees, as well as attracting international professionals and visitors.
Transport
Road
The Istanbul Financial Center is connected to the city's extensive road network, including major highways such as the O-4 and O-2 (part of European route E80 and Asian Highway 1), which provide direct links to other parts of Istanbul and beyond. These highways offer access for commuters traveling by car or bus.
Public Transportation
The center is served by Istanbul's public transportation system, including metro, bus, and minibus routes. The M4 metro line provides direct access to the center, while the M12 is under construction. Additionally, numerous bus and minibus routes connect the center to various neighborhoods across Istanbul.
International Airport
Situated in close proximity to the Istanbul Financial Center, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport serves as a transportation hub for domestic and international flights. The airport offers a wide range of domestic and international destinations, providing access for business travelers and facilitating connectivity with global financial centers.
See also
List of tallest buildings in Istanbul
References
External links
Finance Office
Financial districts
Economy of Istanbul
Financial districts in Turkey
Mixed-use developments in Turkey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lissanthe%20scabra
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Lissanthe scabra
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Lissanthe scabra is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, erect, branching shrub that typically grows up to high. The flowers are white and borne on a pedicel above bracteoles.
Lissanthe scabra was first formally described in 2003 by Darren Crayn and Elizabeth Brown in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by Michael Hislop in 2000. The specific epithet (scabra) means "rough", referring to the stem.
This species grows on breakaways and uplands in the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.
References
scabra
Ericales of Australia
Flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 2003
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Loeffler
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Josh Loeffler
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Josh Loeffler (born ) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the Swarthmore Garnet Tide and has previously worked with the Hamilton Continentals, St. Lawrence Saints, Williams Ephs, Stevens Tech Ducks, Lafayette Leopards, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, and Cincinnati Bearcats.
Early life
Loeffler grew up in West Grove, Pennsylvania, and attended Wilmington Friends School in Delaware. At Wilmington, he played football and basketball; Loeffler was co-captain of the football team. He graduated from Wilmington in 1999 and then attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he played four years on the basketball team and was a starter for three. He graduated from Swarthmore in 2003 and received a degree in economics.
Coaching career
Loeffler got his first coaching job at Hamilton College in 2003, serving one season as assistant basketball coach while helping them reach the NCAA Division III Tournament; he also was the defensive line coach of the football team. He then was a graduate assistant with the St. Lawrence Saints during the 2004–05 season before becoming an assistant coach for the Williams Ephs in 2005–06.
Loeffler received his first head coaching position with the Stevens Tech Ducks in 2006, leading them to an overall record of 46–13 in his two seasons there, which included an NCAA Tournament appearance and tying for the conference regular season championship each year. He left the program in 2008 to become an assistant for the Lafayette Leopards. Loeffler was the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Leopards for four years, leaving in 2012 to become director of operations with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Loeffler remained at Rutgers for a year before joining the Loyola Greyhounds as assistant coach in 2013. After four years in the position, he became head coach of the Division III Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in 2017. In six years in the role, he helped the team compile an overall record of 114–27, which included participation in four NCAA Tournaments and three conference titles. He resigned in 2023 to take a post as assistant at Cincinnati. He also became the team's chief of administrative staff.
After one year at Cincinnati, Loeffler was introduced as the head coach of the Loyola Greyhounds on March 30, 2024.
Personal life
Loeffler is married and has two children.
References
1980s births
Living people
Basketball players from Pennsylvania
Basketball coaches from Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College alumni
Swarthmore Garnet Tide men's basketball players
Hamilton Continentals men's basketball coaches
Hamilton Continentals football coaches
St. Lawrence Saints men's basketball coaches
Williams Ephs men's basketball coaches
Stevens Tech Ducks coaches
Lafayette Leopards men's basketball coaches
Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball coaches
Loyola Greyhounds men's basketball coaches
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men's basketball coaches
Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball coaches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Eccentric%20Doctor%20of%20the%20Moon%20Flower%20Kingdom
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tohru Himuka. It began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's shōjo manga magazine Asuka in January 2018.
Characters
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tohru Himuka, The Eccentric Doctor of the Moon Flower Kingdom began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's shōjo manga magazine Asuka on January 24, 2018. The series' chapters have been compiled into eleven tankōbon volumes as of November 2023.
During their panel at Anime Expo 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series.
Other media
A voice comic adaptation was released on the Kadokawa Anime YouTube channel on June 24, 2021. It contained the voices of Yumiri Hanamori, Kenji Akabane, Takuya Satō and Tarusuke Shingaki.
References
Further reading
External links
Drama anime and manga
Fantasy anime and manga
Historical anime and manga
Kadokawa Shoten manga
Medical anime and manga
Romance anime and manga
Seven Seas Entertainment titles
Shōjo manga
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre%20Bachelet
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Andre Bachelet
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Andre Bachelet (born March 11, 1970) is an American former international rugby union player.
A native of Sydney, Australia, Bachelet attended University of California, Berkeley and won three collegiate titles playing with the Golden Bears. He played club rugby for Old Blues and Denver Barbarians, with a stint in England at Reading.
Bachelet played scrum-half on the United States national team from 1993 to 1998 and was a team captain.
See also
List of United States national rugby union players
References
External links
1970 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
California Golden Bears rugby players
Rugby union players from Sydney
Rugby union scrum-halves
Reading R.F.C. players
Australian emigrants to the United States
Expatriate rugby union players in England
American expatriate rugby union players
American expatriate sportspeople in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Minto
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Mount Minto
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Mount Minto may refer to
the former name of K'iyán Mountain in British Columbia, Canada
Mount Minto (Nunavut) in Nunavut, Canada
Mount Minto (Antarctica) in Antarctica
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake%20Bates
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Jake Bates
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Jacob Bates (born March 30, 2000) is an American football placekicker for the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL). He played college soccer for Central Arkansas, and college football for Texas State and Arkansas. Bates holds the record for the longest successful UFL field goal at 64 yards. Bates has also played for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL).
College career
Bates played two seasons of college soccer at Central Arkansas in 2018 and 2019, before transferring to play college football at Texas State in 2020 where he only handled kickoffs. He transferred to Arkansas in 2022, once again only handling kickoff duties. He was named to the First-team All-SEC team in 2022.
Professional career
Houston Texans
After going undrafted in the 2023 NFL draft, Bates signed with the Houston Texans on July 31, 2023. He was released on August 12, 2023.
Michigan Panthers
On December 25, 2023, Bates signed with the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL). On March 30, 2024, during Week 1 of the 2024 UFL season, Bates made a game-winning 64-yard field goal against the St. Louis Battlehawks, marking it his first attempted field goal since high school, as well as the longest field goal in the history of both the UFL and its predecessor leagues, five yards longer than the previous record set by Donny Hageman the previous year. It is the second-longest recorded field goal in professional football history; coincidentally, the lone longer kick—Justin Tucker's 66-yard kick for the Baltimore Ravens against the Detroit Lions in 2021—occurred under nearly identical circumstances and on the same field (Ford Field). Bates had made the kick twice, the first being discarded due to the Battlehawks icing the kicker.
References
External links
Texas State Bobcats bio
Arkansas Razorbacks bio
2000 births
Living people
Players of American football from Harris County, Texas
People from Tomball, Texas
American football placekickers
Michigan Panthers (2022) players
Central Arkansas Bears soccer players
Texas State Bobcats football players
Arkansas Razorbacks football players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromyrtus%20vernicosa
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Micromyrtus vernicosa
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Micromyrtus vernicosa is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a south-eastern Queensland. It is a spreading shrub with overlapping lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and small white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with 5 stamens in each flower.
Description
Micromyrtus vernicosa is a spreading shrub that typically grows up to high and wide and has more or less drooping branchlets. It has overlapping, lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide on a petiole long. The leaves are glabrous and glossy with prominent oil glands. The flowers are wide and arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle long, with 2 translucent bracteoles about long at the base. There are 5 more or less round sepals lobes long and wide, and 5 white, elliptical petals long and wide. There are 5 stamens, the filaments about long and the style is long. Flowering has been observed in May and June.
Taxonomy
Micromyrtus vernicosa was first formally described in 1997 by Anthony Bean in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected in Mount Walsh National Park. The specific epithet (vernicosa) means "varnished", referring to the glossy leaves.
Distribution and habitat
This species of micromyrtus is endemic to Mount Walsh where it grows in rocky soils in heathland.
Conservation status
Micromyrtus vernicosa is listed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.
References
vernicosa
Flora of Queensland
Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 1997
Taxa named by Anthony Bean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And%20He%20Shall%20Be%20a%20Good%20Man
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And He Shall Be a Good Man
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"And He Shall Be A Good Man" is the thirteenth and final episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series iZombie. It was released on The CW on May 28, 2018. The series stars Rose McIver and revolves around medical examiner Olivia Moore, who was turned into a zombie and must eat brains to sustain herself and solve crimes. The episode was written by Rob Thomas and directed by Dan Etheridge.
Plot
Chase prepares to execute Liv and Levon, while Ravi, Peyton and Clive all try to stop him. Major and Jordan work together to distract Fillmore-Graves, which leads them to move up the execution. Liv's associates release Levon's documentary video on her work, after the public view the documentary they prepare to prevent the execution, Chase sees the documentary and decides to move, the execution ceremony begins and Chase uses a guillotine to kill Levon. Moments later Major, breaks the door open and saves Liv's life, accidently pushing Chase into the guillotine killing him. Major becomes the new commander of Fillmore-Graves.
Ravi gives Liv the brain of Isobel's and tells her that it is the zombie cure, but Liv decides to give it to Dale after she and Clive get married. Angus leads 1,000 zombies outside the wall, but the US Army shoots them all down and kills them, including Angus. Earlier that day, the government had announced an end to shipping brains to New Seattle; so that humans either kill zombies in self-defense or all the humans die and New Seattle gets nuked to wipe out the zombie virus. Needing to prevent that, Major is forced to make a deal with Blaine, promising wealth and respectability in exchange for bringing brains into the city. As Liv prepares to retire, she walks into her apartment lobby, where a crowd of zombies and humans cheer her on, and she decides to stay on as Renegade.
Production
"And He Shall Be A Good Man" was written by series creator Rob Thomas, and directed by Dan Etheridge. The title of the episode is a lyric from the Elton John song "Levon", which foreshadows the death of Levon in the episode. The episode features a voice only cameo by Paul Rudd as himself narrating a pro-zombie documentary. Rudd voice over was described both in and out of universe as a "good get".
The episode stars Rose McIver as Olivia Moore, alongside principle cast members Robert Buckley as Major Lillywhite, Malcolm Goodwin as Clive Babineaux, Aly Michalka as Payton Charles, Robert Knepper as Angus McDonough, Rahul Kohli as Ravi Chakrabarti, and David Anders as Blaine DeBeers. This episode marks the finale appearance of Knepper in iZombie as he would not return for the fifth and final season. The CW confirmed the decision to remove the character was a creative choice and not related to the sexual allegation against Knepper. Jason Dohring and Daniel Bonjour guest star as Chase Graves and Levon Patch, respectively.
Release
"And He Shall Be A Good Man" released on The CW on May 28, 2018, to an audience of 780,000 live viewers.
Critical reception
The episode was met with positive reactions from critics. Many critics praised Paul Rudd's cameo feeling that while it was unexpected it still worked. Writing for Den of Geek, Kayti Burt gave the episode 3.5/5 stars. praised the romantic accepts of the episode, while criticizing the character arc of Major Lillywhite.
Writing for The A.V. Club Carrie Raisler rated the episode a B+. Raisler felt that episode was a "solid ending" to a "frustrating season". He stated that while the episode was good overall, various sections were underdeveloped, the most prominent of which being Angus' story arc. Raisler described the arc as both "underdeveloped" and anticlimactic. Raisler praised the episode for wrapping up the narrative, feeling optimistic for the next season.
References
Further reading
Fictional portrayals of the Seattle Police Department
2018 American television episodes
Fiction about human–zombie romance
Television episodes about zombies
Television episodes about weddings
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John Mickel
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John Mickel may refer to:
John Mickel (racing driver)
John Mickel (politician)
John Mickel (rugby union)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Remington%20models
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List of Remington models
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Below is a list of firearms produced by the Remington Arms company, founded in 1816 as E. Remington and Sons. Following the breakup of Remington Outdoor Company in 2020, the Remington Firearms brand name operates under RemArms, LLC.
Rifles
Bolt-action
JuniorTarget 521TL
Remington–Keene rifle
Remington-Lee Rifles
M1903 Springfield rifle
M1917 Enfield rifle
Model 5
Model 6
Model 7
Model 30
Model 33
Model 34
Model 241
Model 504
Model 511 Scoremaster
Model 512 Sportmaster
Model 513
Model 541S
Model 541T
Model 580
Model 591
Model 592
Model 600
Model 660
Model 673
Model 700
Model 710
Model 720
Model 721
Model 722
Model 725
Model 770
Model 783
Model 788
Model 798
Model 799
Sniper rifles
Modular Sniper Rifle
M24 Sniper Rifle
XM2010 ESR
SR-8
Pump-action
Model Six
Model 12
Model 14
Model 25
Model 121 Fieldmaster
Model 141
Model 572
Model 572 Fieldmaster
Model 760
Model 7600
Semi-automatic
Model Four
Model 8
Model 24
Nylon 66
Apache 77
Model 522
Model 550-1
Model 552
Model 597
Model 740
Model 742
Model 750
Model 7400
Model R-15
Model R-25
Remington RSASS
Single-shot
Remington 1863 Contract Rifle aka "Zouave Rifle"
Remington-Hepburn No. 3 Falling Block Rifle
Remington Model 1816 Musket aka "Maynard Rifle"
Remington Rolling Block rifle family
Remington Rolling Block Model 4
Remington Rolling Block Model 6
Remington M1867
Automatic
Adaptive Combat Rifle
R4
R5 RGP
Other
Nylon 76 (lever-action)
Express Air Rifle
Shotguns
Pump-action
Model 10
Model 17
Model 29
Model 31
Model 870
Model 887
Semi-automatic
Model 11 (Browning Auto-5)
Model 11-48
Model 11-87
Model 11-96 – "Euro Lightweight"
Model 58 – "Sportsman 58"
Model 878 – "878 Automaster"
Model 1100
Model SP-10
Spartan 453
Versa Max
V3
Break-action
Model 1894 SXS
Model 3
Model 9
Model 32
Model 3200
Spartan 100
Spartan 310
Handguns
Semi-automatic
1911 R1
Model 51
R51
RM380
RP9
RP45
Derringer
Remington Rider Single Shot Pistol
Zig-Zag Derringer
Model 95
Revolvers
1st Model
2nd Model
3rd Model
Remington–Smoot No. 1 Revolver
Model 1858
Model 1875
Model 1890
Other
Naval Model 1865 Pistol (rolling-block)
XP-100 (bolt-action)
Notes
References
Remington
Remington
Remington
Remington
Remington
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddiqur%20Rahman%20%28disambiguation%29
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Siddiqur Rahman (disambiguation)
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Siddiqur Rahman may refer to:
Siddiqur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician
Siddiqur Rahman (Brahmanbaria politician)
Siddiqur Rahman (Patuakhali politician)
Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury, former finance secretary of Bangladesh
Siddiqur Rahman Miah, Bangladeshi supreme court judge
Siddiqur Rahman Patwari, Bangladeshi politician
Siddiqur Rahman Sarker, Bangladeshi soldier
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivane%20II%20Orbeli
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Ivane II Orbeli
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Ivane II Orbeli was a Court official of the Kingdom of Georgia, holding the offices of Amirspasalar (Commander-in-Chief) and Mandaturtukhutsesi (Lord High Mandator).
Biography
According to Vardan Areveltsi the Georgian King David V was poisoned by Sumbat and Ivane Orbeli who had made an agreement with Prince George, that he would appoint them generals. In 1156 Ivane Orbeli was indeed rewarded by George III with the post of Amirspasalar (commander-in-chief).
When King George III captured Ani in 1161 he appointed Ivane as governor. In the same year a Muslim coalition of Shah-Armens, Saltukids and Artuqids suffered a defeat when they tried to recapture Ani from the Georgians.
In 1163 a second coalition was led by atabeg Shams al-Din Ildeniz, Eldigüz who defeated the Georgian king, George III was forced to hand over Ani to Fadl ibn Mahmud's brother Shahanshah ibn Mahmud. The Shaddadids ruled Ani for about 10 years as vassals of the Eldiguzids, but in 1174 George III captured Shahanshah as a prisoner and recaptured Ani once again, reappointed Ivane Orbeli as governor.
Family
Ivane was married to a Rusudan their childrens were:
Sumbat
A daughter, married to Demna of Georgia.
References
Bibliography
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy%20Mountain%20AVA
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Candy Mountain AVA
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Candy Mountain is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Washington that encompasses the slopes surrounding Candy Mountain in Benton County located southwest of Richland along the Columbia River. The viticultural area is the state's 16th AVA formally established on September 24, 2020, by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Dr. Kevin R. Pogue, professor of geology at Whitman College, on behalf of the following industry members with wine businesses within the Candy Mountain appellation: Ramer Holtan, who is developing a commercial wine grape vineyard on Candy Mountain; Premiere Columbia Partners LLC, owners of Candy Mountain Vineyard; and Paul and Vickie Kitzke, owners of Kitzke Cellars. For wines to bear the “Candy Mountain AVA” label, at least 85% of the grapes used for production must be grown in the designated area, Candy Mountain is a sub-appellation entirely within the Yakima Valley and the expansive Columbia Valley AVAs adjacent to the eastern boundary of Goose Gap AVA and few miles southeast of Red Mountain AVA. Within the minute AVA, there are currently two producing commercial vineyards, Candy Mountain Vineyard and Kitzke Cellars, which cultivate approximately with future expansions for
Terroir
Topography
The distinguishing features of the Candy Mountain AVA are its soils and topography. Candy Mountain appellation is a segment of a series of four mountains in the area, which includes Red Mountain, Baker Mountain, and Little Badger Mountain, that are collectively referred to as “the rattles” due to their alignment with the larger Rattlesnake Mountain. Topography also distinguishes the Candy Mountain AVA from the surrounding regions which is located on the southwest-facing slope of Candy Mountain. Within the AVA, elevations range from , and slope angles are moderate ranging from 2 to 20 degrees. Gentle slopes facilitate mechanized vineyard maintenance and harvest. A south-facing slope aspect increases the amount per unit area of solar radiation that reaches the surface and promotes photosynthesis in the grape vines, as well as grape development and maturation. By contrast, the valley floor surrounding both the entire Candy Mountain and the AVA is essentially flat, with slope angles less than 2 degrees, and is susceptible to cold air pooling and the associated frosts and freezes. Additionally, much of the land immediately surrounding the appellation is a valley floor with elevations below . The exception is the northeastern side of Candy Mountain, which has similar elevations to the proposed AVA but were excluded due to northeasterly slope aspect and steep slope angles of up to 60 degrees.
Soil
The soils of Candy Mountain are developed from wind-deposited silt (loess) and fine sand overlying sediment. The sediment is a mixture of gravel and sand that was derived directly from surging ice-age Missoula Flood waters and also includes silt and fine sand that settled out of suspension when the flood waters pooled behind downstream topographic restrictions that define Columbia Valley soils. The loess and sediment, in turn, both overlay basalt bedrock. The thickness of the flood-water sediment within the Candy Mountain AVA gradually decreases as one moves up the mountain, and the sediment is not found within the upper of the appellation. By contrast, the regions to the north, south, and west of the mountain and Candy Mountain are at lower elevations and, therefore, have thicker accumulations of flood sediments in their soils. According to the petition, the soils of the AVA have an effect on viticulture. The soils are fairly loose, which allows for root expansion. The soils also do not have a large water holding capacity, meaning that vineyard owners must monitor soil moisture carefully to ensure the vines have adequate access to water. Finally, the thin soils allow roots to come into contact with the underlying basalt bedrock, which is composed of calcium-rich feldspars and other minerals that are rich in iron and magnesium, such as pyroxene and olivine. The petition states that these minerals and nutrients are only present in the bedrock, so vines planted in the surrounding regions where the soil is thicker do not have the same access to these elements as vines planted within the AVA.
Climate
Candy Mountain lies southeast of Red Mountain and borders Goose Gap sharing similar terroir where southwest facing slopes experience warmer temperatures and more sunlight hours than any other part of the Columbia Valley. Like Red Mountain, it also has higher winds relative to the surrounding area. Temperatures on Red Mountain tend to be hotter during the growing season than those in other areas of the Yakima Valley viticultural area. The nighttime temperatures drop considerably, helping to preserve the acid levels within the grape. To support this observation, the Red Mountain petition submitted temperature data gathered from weather stations in the Washington Public Agriculture Weather System administered by Washington State University. He compared data from the weather stations of Benton City, Sunnyside, Buena, and Gleed, all located in the Yakima Valley viticultural area. The Benton City station is located on Red Mountain within its viticultural area. A comparison of average annual air temperatures for the years 1995 through 1999 shows that the Benton City station consistently had the warmest temperatures. The average temperature difference between Benton City and Gleed, the coolest site, ranged from 3.92 to 5.61 degrees. The petitioner stated that the difference of only a few degrees over the course of a growing season can produce dramatic results on the enological characteristics of wine. He further stated that Red Mountain is typically the first grape growing area in Washington State to harvest grapes because of its warmer temperatures. According to the petitioner, the warmer temperatures also help to produce fully mature, ripe grapes with exceptional balance that differ substantially in quality from those of other growing areas in the state.
At Benton City, the Yakima River flows past the area and provides a moderating effect on the temperature. Cool air from the northern elevations flowing to the lower river valley moves across the hillside vineyards and keeps the grapes from being overheated. This constant air movement prevents air settling and frost damage to the grapes
The area has a desert climate with average annual rainfall of . During the growing season, daytime temperatures average with nighttime temperatures dropping below . Vineyards rely on irrigation to supply water to the vines allowing viniters to optimize the growth cycle of their grapevines.
Industry
Within its , the minute AVA began with two producing commercial vineyards, Candy Mountain Vineyard and Kitzke Cellars, which cultivated approximately . Additionally, Mr. Holtan secured long-term leases from the Washington Department of Natural Resources to cultivate additional of vineyards in the AVA. A copy of the lease was included in the petition as evidence of Mr. Holtan's intent to grow wine grapes. Currently, Kitzke Cellars is the only winery within the AVA, although the petition noted that other Washington wineries source from Candy Mountain grapes.
References
External links
TTB AVA Map
American Viticultural Areas
Geography of Benton County, Washington
Washington (state) wine
2020 establishments in Washington (state)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napomyza%20nigritula
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Napomyza nigritula
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Napomyza nigritula is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Distribution
Europe, Canada, United States.
References
Agromyzidae
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
Insects described in 1838
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Randell
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Rob Randell
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Robert Raihania Randell (born April 8, 1967) is a New Zealand-born American former international rugby union player.
Born in Hawke's Bay, Randell was educated at Church College, a Mormon private school in Hamilton. He represented New Zealand Secondary Schools in both rugby union and water polo, before moving to the United States. Randell is of Māori descent.
Randell, a lock, competed on the United States national team from 1993 to 1997, earning 12 caps. He played his club rugby in California for Old Blues and Belmont Shore. Settling in Utah, Randell has held several coaching positions since retiring, including working as a forwards coach for the Utah Warriors.
See also
List of United States national rugby union players
References
External links
1967 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union players from the Hawke's Bay Region
Rugby union locks
New Zealand emigrants to the United States
American rugby union coaches
People educated at the Church College of New Zealand
New Zealand Māori rugby union players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20Heaphy
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Curtis Heaphy
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Curtis George Heaphy (born 28 July 2003) is a New Zealand cricketer, who is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman. He plays for Central Districts cricket team in domestic cricket.
Early life
Born in Palmerston North on 28 July 2003, Heaphy was educated at Huntley School and Palmerston North Boys' High School, and is Māori of Ngāi Tahu descent. He started playing cricket at about the age of 7, and represented Palmerston North Boys' High School in inter-school competitions. He was named the Central Districts under-19 player of the year for 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. In November 2022, he was named in the New Zealand men's development squad for their matches against domestic A teams.
Domestic career
A right-handed wicket-keeper batsman, Heaphy made his first-class debut for Central Districts on 5 November 2022, against Northern Districts in the 2022–23 Plunket Shield season. In July 2023, he was awarded a full season contract for the first time by Central Districts ahead of the 2023–24 season. He made his List A debut on 29 November 2023, against Canterbury in the 2023–24 Ford Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Central Stags on 22 December 2023, against Northern Brave in the 2023–24 Super Smash. On 9 March 2024, he scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, against Wellington in the 2023–24 Plunket Shield season.
References
External links
2003 births
Living people
Ngāi Tahu people
New Zealand cricketers
Central Districts cricketers
New Zealand Māori sportspeople
Cricketers from Palmerston North
People educated at Huntley School, New Zealand
People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napomyza%20thalhammeri
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Napomyza thalhammeri
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Napomyza thalhammeri is a species of fly in the family Agromyzidae.
Distribution
Yugoslavia.
References
Agromyzidae
Diptera of Europe
Taxa named by Gabriel Strobl
Insects described in 1900
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Cross%2C%20Boroughbridge
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Battle Cross, Boroughbridge
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The Battle Cross is a historic monument in Aldborough, North Yorkshire in England.
The 18-foot high cross was erected to commemorate the Battle of Boroughbridge, which took place in 1322. The cross itself is probably 15th century, and it originally stood in the market place of Boroughbridge. In 1852, it was moved to the nearby village of Aldborough, in front of St Andrew's Church. It was grade II listed in 1966.
The cross consists of four diagonal shafts with spurs between, in three diminishing stages, with moulded capitals. The shafts of the middle stage have crocketed capitals, and the top stage has a crocketed capital. The top parts have been damaged, and Nikolaus Pevsner describes them as having been "reassembled with dubious accuracy".
See also
Listed buildings in Boroughbridge
References
Boroughbridge
Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire
Monumental crosses in England
Monuments and memorials in North Yorkshire
War memorials in the United Kingdom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchism%20in%20German-speaking%20countries
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Monarchism in German-speaking countries
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The Monarchy of Germany was abolished after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm in 1918, which preceded the Revelation of 1918-1919 and the proclamation and transition of the German Reich into a Republican form of government. I.e The establishment of the Weimar Republic and the abdication of the German Kings. Today the only monarchist organizations working at the federal level are Tradition und Leben, as well as regional groups in Bavaria and Saxony, among others, supporters of the former ruling family's such as the Wittelsbach and Witten family's. Today, most associations don't argue for the return of the former systems, but instead push for a parliamentary system more similar to other European Kingdoms. Today the only German speaking country's that are still monarchies are Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.
Monarchist Groups
Current
Tradition und Leben
Black-Yellow Alliance
Free Saxons
Defunct
Christian Social Party
German Conservative Party
German Fatherland Party
German National Peoples Party
German People's party
German Party
League for Bavaria and Empire
References
Monarchism in German-speaking countries
Monarchism in German-speaking countries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Clinton%20Driffield
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Sir Clinton Driffield
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Sir Clinton Driffield is a fictional police detective created by the British author J.J. Connington. He was one of numerous detectives created during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, making his first appearance in Murder in the Maze in 1927. He appeared in four subsequent novels by 1929 when Connington apparently wished to write him out following Nemesis at Raynham Parva. However, his replacement Superintendent Ross failed to gain the same level of popularity over two novels and Sir Clinton returned in the 1931 mystery The Boathouse Riddle. He went on to appear in a further eleven novels. The last entry Common Sense Is All You Need was published the year of Connington's death in 1947 and is set in wartime Britain.
Driffield is a former colonial official in South Africa who on returning home has taken over the role of Chief Constable of a rural English county. His cases revolve around the market town of Ambledown and the nearby country estates. The plots often mingle the "fair play" detective story with the country house mystery, both genres at their height at the time. He is frequently accompanied by his friend, the wealthy landowner Wendover, who he affectionately calls squire due to his social position and traditional, conservative views.
Connington was the pen-name of the chemist and academic Alfred Walter Stewart. While popular at the time of publication, the books went out of print in subsequent decades. One modern encyclopaedia of crime fiction describes Sir Clinton Driffield as an "also-ran of the Golden Age". In his 1972 work Bloody Murder the crime writer and historian Julian Symons dubbed Connington as one of the "humdrum" writers of detective fiction along with Freeman Wills Crofts and Cecil Street.
Novels
Murder in the Maze (1927)
Tragedy at Ravensthorpe (1927)
Mystery at Lynden Sands (1928)
The Case with Nine Solutions (1928)
Nemesis at Raynham Parva (1929)
The Boathouse Riddle (1931)
The Sweepstake Murders (1931)
The Castleford Conundrum (1932)
The Ha-Ha Case (1934)
In Whose Dim Shadow (1935)
A Minor Operation (1937)
Truth Comes Limping (1938)
For Murder Will Speak (1938)
The Twenty-one Clues (1941)
No Past Is Dead (1942)
Jack-in-the-Box (1944)
Common Sense Is All You Need (1947)
References
Bibliography
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.
Herbert, Rosemary. Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing. Oxford University Press, 2003.
James, Russell. Great British Fictional Detectives. Remember When, 2009.
Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
French
Novel series
Driffield
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place%20Names%3A%20Approaches%20and%20Perspectives%20in%20Toponymy%20and%20Toponomastics
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Place Names: Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics
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Place Names: Approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics is a book by linguists and authors Francesco Perono Cacciafoco and Francesco Paolo Cavallaro. The book explores toponymy and toponomastics. Through associating these studies with various disciplines and elucidating key methodologies with illustrative case studies, the volume provides an introduction to the origins, structures, and significance of place names worldwide. It was published in March 2023 by Cambridge University Press.
Synopsis
The book consists of an introduction and nine core chapters in which Perono Cacciafoco and Cavallaro provide an exploration of toponymy, spanning from linguistic and etymological analyses to societal implications. Using diverse case studies from around the world, the volume develops a comprehensive exploration of place name research, covering historical and linguistic studies alongside contemporary naming practices. The authors demonstrates the significance of place names in understanding societal and environmental contexts. Through ten chapters, various methodologies and approaches are presented, from historical toponomastics and diachronic toponymy to landscape archaeology. The book navigates through the complexities of categorizing and analyzing place names, emphasizing their role as "linguistic fossils". The book also delves into the evolution of naming practices over time and examines the socio-political influences on place naming. Case studies from diverse regions and chronological contexts offer concrete examples of the book's theoretical discussions.
Chapters
The introductory chapter defines and presents the basics of toponymy and toponomastics.
The second chapter Language Change explores how toponyms, despite their status as linguistic fossils, are subject to both internal and external forces of language change, and demonstrates their crucial role in deciphering ancient languages like Linear B and potentially unlocking the secrets of undeciphered scripts such as Linear A.
The third chapter is a guide to historical toponomastics, examining linguistic and extra-linguistic analyses.
The fourth chapter Toponymy and the Historical-Linguistic Reconstruction of Proto-Languages explores the methods and challenges faced by toponymists in reconstructing ancient linguistic roots.
The fifth chapter explores diachronic toponymy, examining how oral traditions and linguistic analysis can reconstruct place names in communities without written records, demonstrated through a study of Abui toponyms in southeast Indonesia.
The sixth chapter delves into the enduring relationship between landscape and place names.
The seventh chapter examines the interdisciplinary field of historical geography, examining its methods, applications in analyzing place names through archival sources, and its relevance in understanding the evolution of toponyms across different historical and contemporary contexts.
The eighth chapter Synchronic Toponymy explores the shift from historical approaches to synchronic toponymy.
The ninth chapter studies the intricate sociopolitical dynamics surrounding the use of place names.
The tenth chapter explores the multifaceted relationship between toponymy and cartography, highlighting the essential role of place names on maps, their historical and ideological significance, and the intriguing phenomenon of phantom place names which reflect human desires and perceptions throughout history.
Critical reception
In his review of the book, Swedish linguist Staffan Nyström judged it as a comprehensive and impressive work. He praised its breadth, richness in content, and its coverage of ancient and modern place names from various regions worldwide. Nyström highlighted the book's success in exploring place names from diverse angles, considering linguistic, societal, and historical perspectives. He noted the authors' adeptness at connecting names to the societies and environments where they originate, emphasizing the influence of aesthetics, ideologies, and power dynamics. Nyström found the book's discussion of place names as products of shifting human emotions and ambitions particularly insightful.
Sergei Basik said the work is a ground-breaking college textbook in toponymy and lauded its thematic range spanning from linguistic investigations to discussions on naming practices and decolonization. Basik commended the wide variety of empirical case studies from around the world, particularly highlighting the insightful examples collected during toponymic fieldwork in the context of language documentation. He also appreciated the inclusion of a meticulously crafted glossary, although he acknowledged minor shortcomings such as technical typos and geographical misapprehensions. Despite these, Basik concluded that the book is a commendable attempt to fill the gap in academic textbooks on toponymy and is insightful and enjoyable for all readers.
Remus Creţan wrote:This book brings together ideas that conceptualise the practices of place naming. Grounded in a multidisciplinary fashion – from sociolinguistics to geography – this volume is innovative as it examines place names according to their relations with histories, cultures, and societies in order to understand their historical and linguistic origins as well as the role they play in people's everyday lives.
Footnotes
References
External links
Francesco Perono Cacciafoco - Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
2023 books
Cambridge University Press books
Books about languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20Race%20Vegas%20Live%21%20Makeovers
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Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers
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"Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers" is the thirteenth episode of the sixteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. It originally aired on March 29, 2024. Kelsea Ballerini is a guest judge.
The episode's main challenge has the final five contestants give makeovers to members of the Pit Crew of the Las Vegas variety show RuPaul's Drag Race Live! Morphine Love Dion is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync against Sapphira Cristál to Ballerini's "Miss Me More".
Episode
The final five contestants return to the Werk Room after Dawn's elimination in the previous episode. On a new day, the contestants find a Drag Race version of Monopoly on the table. RuPaul greets the group and reveals the main challenge: to give makeovers to Pit Crew dancers from Las Vegas variety show RuPaul's Drag Race Live! The teams are determined randomly. RuPaul tasks each pair with creating choreography for a dance breakout to be held on the main stage.
The pairs get acquainted and work on their looks and runway presentations. RuPaul visits the Werk Room and gets status update from each team. The pairs practice on the main stage, then make final preparations in the Werk Room. Nymphia Wind shares about her lack of self-confidence. One of the Pit Crew members discusses his dance background and coming out experience with Plane Jane, who relates.
On the main stage, RuPaul greets fellow judges Michelle Visage and Ts Madison as well as guest judge Kelsea Ballerini. The runway category is "Drag Family Resemblance". Q and Luna present monster-inspired outfits. Morphine Love Dion and La Tina Love Dion have sparkly dresses that tear away to bodysuits. Nymphia Wind and Juanita Wind wear feathered bodysuits. Sapphira Cristál and Shakira Cristál wear orange, and Plane Jane and Lazi Susan wear yellow. The teams perform to RuPaul's song "Super Queen". The judges provide their critiques, then excuse the contestants from the stage during deliberations.
Q, Nymphia Wind, and Plane Jane receive positive critiques, and Plane Jane is declared the winner. Morphine Love Dion and Sapphira Cristál place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to Ballerini's "Miss Me More" (2018). Sapphira Cristál wins the lip-sync and Morphine Love Dion is eliminated from the competition.
References
2024 American television episodes
2024 in LGBT history
RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20LeClerc
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Bill LeClerc
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Peter William LeClerc (born September 20, 1961) is a New Zealand-American former international rugby union player.
Born in Whangārei, New Zealand, LeClerc gained 16 caps playing as a prop on the United States national team from 1996 to 1999. He retired as a player in 2001 after winning a national title with the Gentlemen of Aspen.
LeClerc held his first coaching position when he was put in charge of San Francisco Golden Gate. He is a former scrum coach for the men's national team and has also served as an assistant coach with the women's national team.
Since 2011, LeClerc has been head coach of the Army women's team.
See also
List of United States national rugby union players
References
External links
1961 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand emigrants to the United States
Rugby union props
Northland rugby union players
Gentlemen of Aspen RFC players
American rugby union coaches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RemArms
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RemArms
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RemArms, LLC, is an American holding company that operates the firearms manufacturing portion of the former Remington Arms company. Based in Ilion, New York, the company is relocating its headquarters to LaGrange, Georgia.
History
Remington Arms was a notable American manufacturer of firearms, founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington and originally known as E. Remington and Sons. The company was acquired in June 2007 by a private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management. It became part of the firm's Freedom Group, which was renamed in 2015 as Remington Outdoor Company. Remington Outdoor Company declared bankruptcy in 2018, from which it emerged, and in 2020, following which it was broken up.
The firearm portion of Remington Arms (excluding Marlin Firearms) was sold to Roundhill Group, LLC, and was then organized as RemArms, LLC. Vista Outdoor purchased Remington Arms' ammunition business, which it subsequently organized as Remington Ammunition. Vista Outdoor also purchased various intellectual property, including the Remington brand name. RemArms licensed use of the brand name from Vista Outdoor in order to market its products using Remington Firearms branding.
Both Remington Firearms and Remington Ammunition appear to claim Remington Arms' history, the former noting in a 2021 press release, "Founded in 1816, Remington Firearms is one of the nation’s oldest firearms brands, operating for 205 years" and the latter noting on its website "We’ve been here since 1816."
RemArms obtained a Federal Firearms License in early 2021, and resumed production of some firearms at the former-Remington Arms manufacturing facility in Ilion, New York. The company announced its launch in September 2021, via a video from its CEO.
In November 2021, the company announced it would relocate its global headquarters to LaGrange, Georgia, with plans to contain a new advanced manufacturing operation and a research and development center. In November 2023, it was reported that the company would end its operations in Ilion in March 2024 with approximately 250 to 300 employees affected by the plant closure. The plant's union representative, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), condemned the planned closure. Closure of the company's manufacturing operations in Ilion was reported to be imminent in mid-March 2024.
, the company lists approximately 25 international distributors, located in:
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
South America: Argentina, Chile, Panama, Uruguay
Other: Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Products
Remington Arms manufactured many different models of rifles, shotguns, and handguns during its existence.
A smaller number of products have been offered under the Remington Firearms brand. , the following models are listed on the company's website:
Rifles
Remington Model 700 (bolt action)
Muzzleloader variant also offered
Remington Model 783 (bolt action)
Shotguns
Remington V3 (autoloading)
Tactical variant also offered
Remington Model 1100 (autoloading)
Remington Model 870 (pump-action)
Tactical variants also offered
References
External links
Remington Arms
Firearm manufacturers of the United States
American companies established in 2021
Manufacturing companies established in 2021
2021 establishments in New York (state)
Manufacturing companies based in New York (state)
Manufacturing companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20Oregon%20Commissioner%20of%20Labor%20election
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2022 Oregon Commissioner of Labor election
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The 2022 Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries election was held on November 8, 2022, in order to elect the Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries. The election was held on a nonpartisan basis.
Incumbent Commissioner Val Hoyle did not seek reelection in order to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Christina Stephenson was elected to succeed her, defeating former state representative Cheri Helt.
Primary election
The primary election was held on May 17, 2022. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote, the top two placing candidates advanced to the general election in November.
Candidates
Aaron Baca, reforestation company owner
Brent Barker, real estate broker
Cheri Helt, former state representative
Chris Henry, truck driver and perennial candidate
Casey Kulla, Yamhill County commissioner
Robert Neuman, business manager
Christina Stephenson, lawyer
Prior to the election, Chris Henry withdrew from the race and endorsed Christina Stephenson. However, his name remained on the ballot.
While the position of Labor Commissioner is nonpartisan, Barker, Helt, and Neuman have run for office as Republicans, while Kulla and Stephenson are Democrats. Henry is a member of the Oregon Progressive Party.
Results
General election
Campaign
Although the position is nonpartisan, Stephenson was endorsed by Democratic Party officials, including gubernatorial nominee Tina Kotek and incumbent commissioner Val Hoyle. Helt was endorsed by Republican gubernatorial nominee Christine Drazan and independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson.
Results
See also
2022 Oregon state elections
References
Labor Commissioner
Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries elections
2022 state constitutional officer elections in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%20Maricopa%20County%20elections
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2024 Maricopa County elections
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The 2024 Maricopa County elections will be held on November 5, 2024, in Maricopa County, Arizona, with partisan primary elections for county offices being held on July 30, 2024. All five seats of the Board of Supervisors are up for election, as well as all county-wide elected officials (except the Clerk of the Superior Court).
Democrat Joe Biden won the county with 50.13% of the vote in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party holds five of the six offices. The one Democrat is Sheriff Russ Skinner, who changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic in January 2024 prior to being appointed to the position.
Board of Supervisors
All five seats on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are up for reelection.
The Republican Party currently holds four seats on the board, while the Democratic Party holds one.
Assessor
Republican Eddie Cook was appointed in 2020, following the resignation of Paul Petersen, and was reelected in 2020 with 52.4% of the vote.
Republican primary candidates
Eddie Cook, incumbent
Democratic primary candidates
Gregory Freeman, commercial property manager.
County Attorney
Republican Rachel Mitchell was first appointed in 2022, following the resignation of Allister Adel, and reelected in the 2022 special election with 52.8% of the vote.
Republican primary candidates
Rachel Mitchell, incumbent
Gina Godbehere, former prosecutor and candidate in 2022.
Democratic primary candidates
Tamika Wooten, pro tem judge and former defense attorney
County Recorder
Republican Stephen Richer was first elected in 2020, defeating Democrat incumbent Adrian Fontes, with 50.1% of the vote. Fontas had defeated long-time Recorder Helen Purcell in 2016 with 50.53% of the vote.
Republican primary candidates
Stephen Richer, incumbent
Steven Hines, businessman
Clair Van Steenwyk, candidate in 2020. Perennial candidate.
Democratic primary candidates
Timothy Stringham, attorney and former United States Navy Judge Advocate.
County School Superintendent
Republican Steve Watson was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020 with 50.3% of the vote.
Republican primary candidates
Steve Watson, incumbent
Nickie Kelly, math teacher at Tolleson Union High School.
Shelli Lynn Boggs, former head of the governing board of the East Valley Institute of Technology
Democratic primary candidates
Laura Metcalfe, teacher and former County Superintendent employee.
Sheriff
Democrat Paul Penzone was first elected in 2016, defeating Republican Joe Arpaio, and reelected in 2020 with 55.7% of the vote. Penzone resigned in January 2024. Deputy Sheriff Russ Skinner, changed his party registration from Republican to Democratic and was appointed as Penzone's replacement.
Republican primary candidates
Jerry Sheridan, former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy and nominee in 2020.
Frank "Mike" Crawford, retired Glendale police officer and candidate in 2020.
Joel Paul Franklin Ellis, Navy veteran and businessman with "a private security background"
Joe Melone, anti-government activist
Democratic primary candidates
Russ Skinner, incumbent (former Republican)
Jeffrey Kirkham, former police chief of Apache Junction (former Republican)
Tyler Kamp, former Phoenix police lieutenant (former Republican). Supported by the Maricopa County Democratic Party.
Treasurer
Republican John Allen was first elected in 2020 with 52.3% of the vote.
Republican primary candidates
John Allen, incumbent
William Jay Lichtsinn, accountant. Former naval officer.
Democratic primary candidates
none
References
2024 Arizona elections
2024 United States local elections
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonanthemum
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Lemonanthemum
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Lemonanthemum zygophylloides is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is a succulent subshrub endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is the sole species in genus Lemonanthemum.
The species was first described as Mesembryanthemum zygophylloides in 1927 by Louisa Bolus. In 2020 it was placed into its own genus, Lemonanthemum.
References
Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Aizoaceae genera
Taxa named by Louisa Bolus
Plants described in 1927
Monotypic Caryophyllales genera
Aizoaceae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Security%20Advisor%20of%20Libya
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National Security Advisor of Libya
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The National Security Advisor is a senior aide in the Government of Libya. The national security advisor serves as the principal advisor to the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya on all national security issues.
List
References
National security councils
Government of Libya
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%20Liberty%20Baptist%20Flames%20football%20team
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1976 Liberty Baptist Flames football team
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The 1976 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1976 NAIA Division I football season. Led by third-year head coach John Cartwright, the Flames compiled an overall record of 5–4–1.
Schedule
References
Liberty Baptist
Liberty Flames football seasons
Liberty Baptist Flames football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20%282023%20film%29
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Carlos (2023 film)
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Carlos is a 2023 documentary film about American guitarist Carlos Santana.
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10.
References
External links
2023 films
2023 documentary films
2020s English-language films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Spice%20and%20Wolf%3A%20Merchant%20Meets%20the%20Wise%20Wolf%20episodes
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List of Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf episodes
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Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf is an anime television series based on the light novel series Spice and Wolf written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Jū Ayakura. The story follows a 25-year-old traveling merchant named Kraft Lawrence who meets Holo, a female wolf deity of harvest. Holo, bound to a nearby town by an old promise to ensure a good wheat harvest every year, escapes with Lawrence when the townspeople stop believing in her. Lawrence promises to take her north to her homeland, Yoitsu, while she helps him with his business transactions along the way in return.
A new anime adaptation was announced on February 25, 2022, as part of the light novel's 15-year anniversary. It was later confirmed to be a rebooted anime series produced by Passione and directed by Hijiri Sanpei, with Takahashi returning as chief director, Kevin Penkin composing the music, and Fukuyama and Koshimizu returning to reprise their roles as Lawrence and Holo respectively. The series is set to premiere on April 2, 2024, on TV Tokyo, AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Tabi no Yukue" performed by Hana Hope, while the ending theme song is "Andante" performed by ClariS. Crunchyroll has licensed the series outside of Asia. On March 21, 2024, Netflix announced that it would be streaming the series in select Asian regions.
Episodes
See also
List of Spice and Wolf episodes
List of Spice and Wolf light novels
List of Spice and Wolf chapters
Notes
References
Spice and Wolf
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam%27s%20Song%202
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Noam's Song 2
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"Noam's Song 2" (Hebrew:השיר של נעם 2) is a song by Israeli musical duo Israeli rappers Maor Ashkenazi and Noam Cohen. It was released as a single on November 12, 2023.
Background and origin
The song was written by Maor Ashkenazi and Noam Cohen, as a sequel to the song "Noam's Song" (2022) from Ashkenazi's debut album, "טיפשים וצעירים", about the story of Cohen, who survivor of the Hamas attack on the festival in Re'im in the surprise attack on Israel on Simchat Torah. Cohen arrived at Nova party along with two of his friends, and shortly after arriving, a barrage of rockets began to hit the area. Along with his two friends, Cohen ran to the car to escape the scene. When they left the match venue they met terrorists who shot at their car. One of his friends was hit in the leg by a bullet, and Cohen turned the car around thinking he was safer in the party area, and then found a shelter, where the terrorists entered and shot him. Cohen hid under the bodies and was saved.
A review of "Noam's Song" in The Times of Israel found that the song "encapsulates a sense of mixed feelings and confusion" following the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, which they say is an example of "airing and regulation." Of emotions", a "very important" function of popular music, mentions Dr. Avi Bar Eitan. Many of the most emotional tracks feature a direct connection or tribute to people affected by current events. An important theme is bringing home the hostages held in Gaza, making those songs “an emotional vehicle, but also a political one.” “Music is a way to give agency to the hostages,” says Bar Eitan. while an article in The Jerusalem Post called it a "melancholic rap." Kveller called it an "infectious trap", while Mako's Dor Meir Moalem wrote that the song could have a better hook.
Music and lyrics
"Noam's Song 2" is a trap song, typical of Israeli hip hop, with a minimalist drill beat. Vocalists Noam Cohen and Maor Ashkenazi trade off verses in the song.
The song lyrics support the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces and condemn the perpetrators of the Hamas attack on Israel, calling for the arrest of Hamas leaders, justice and peace for all Israelis.
Charts
As of March 2024, "Noam's Song 2" has received over 1.7 million views on YouTube and additional millions on Spotify.
The song was a hit on streaming and entered at number 33 on the Mako chart. At its peak, it reached number 26 on the charts. In the official Galgalat parade, which resumed on November 29 after an eight-week hiatus following the Israel–Hamas war, the song entered tenth place. It was also the most popular song on streaming platforms in Israel, including YouTube and Spotify.
See also
Israel–Hamas war in Israeli music
Cohen@Mushon
References
External links
on Spotify
2023 singles
2023 songs
Songs in Hebrew
Israeli songs
Israeli hip hop
Zionism in Israel
Songs about Israel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough%20Bridge
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Borough Bridge
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Borough Bridge is a historic bridge across the River Ure in Boroughbridge, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The bridge lies on what was the Great North Road, spanning the former boundary between the West and North Ridings of Yorkshire, and the parishes of Langthorpe and Boroughbridge. A timber bridge at the location was first recorded in the 12th century, and again in 1322, at the time of the Battle of Boroughbridge. In 1562, the bridge was rebuilt in stone. It was widened between 1782 and 1785 by John Carr of York and John Gott, surveyors for the North and West Ridings, respectively. The southern section of the bridge collapsed and had to be entirely reconstructed. The bridge was grade II listed in 1966.
The bridge is built of sandstone, and has three segmental arches. There are two pointed cutwaters on the east side and semicircular cutwaters on the west, carried up as buttresses. Under the arches are five wide ribs. The parapets continue beyond the bridge to the north, and have square terminals.
See also
Listed buildings in Boroughbridge
References
Boroughbridge
Bridges completed in 1562
Bridges in North Yorkshire
Grade II listed bridges
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C5%A9%20L%E1%BA%ADp
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Vũ Lập
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Vũ Lập (born Nông Văn Phách; 1924–1987) was a colonel general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) active during the First Indochina War, Vietnam war, Laotian Civil War and Sino-Vietnamese War. He commanded PAVN forces in Campaign 139 in Laotian Civil War, and PAVN Military Region 2 (Cao Bằng front) in Sino-Vietnamese War.
In the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, Vũ Lập was the chief of staff, commanded 316th Brigade besieging, attacking Eliane positions of French Central positions (Vietnamese: phân khu Trung tâm - Mường Thanh) together with the commander Lê Quảng Ba and political commissar Chu Huy Mân.
References
1924 births
1987 deaths
Tày people
People from Cao Bằng Province
Generals of the People's Army of Vietnam
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveView%20Technologies
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LiveView Technologies
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LiveView Technologies (LVT) is a video surveillance company based in Orem, Utah. It was founded by Ryan Porter and Bob Brenner in 2005.
The company create the D3 Mobile Security Unit, a solar-powered surveillance trailer with cameras on a 22-foot pole, a two-way audio system, and blue flashing lights. The trailers are often placed in retail parking lots and paid for by retailers including Advance Auto Parts, Home Depot, Kroger, Lowes, Safeway, Walgreens, and Walmart.
Oroville, California's police department pays $45,000 per year for one LVT trailer. Another source placed the price at $3000 per unit. An LVT trailer in a San Francisco Safeway parking lot played classical music at a loud level 24 hours per day for at least a week to deter loitering, per Safeway's corporate response. The 24/7 music has also been used in an LVT at a Home Depot in Denver.
LVT has been the main jersey sponsor of NBA's Utah Jazz since 2023, in a deal organized by Klutch Sports Group.
LVT has installed solar-powered cameras for the State of Utah along the state's creeks and rivers to detect flooding.
The company announced its $50 million Series B round in June 2022. Sorenson Capital, Pelion Ventures, The Larry H. Miller Group, and Lead Edge Capital are funders.
References
External links
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance%20Manga
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Lance Manga
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Lance Manga (born July 20, 1956) is an American former international rugby union player.
Born in Philadelphia, Manga attended Woodrow Wilson High School (since renamed as Eastside High School) in Camden, New Jersey, before getting his start in rugby in 1977 with the South Jersey club. He had a season in Wales with Pontypridd in 1983/84.
Manga, a prop, competed on the U.S. national team from 1986 to 1992, gaining eight caps. He was a member of the side at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he played against the All Blacks and faced host nation England at Twickenham.
See also
List of United States national rugby union players
References
External links
1956 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
Rugby union players from New Jersey
Rugby union props
Pontypridd RFC players
Sportspeople from Camden County, New Jersey
American expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in Wales
American expatriate sportspeople in Wales
1991 Rugby World Cup players
Eastside High School (Camden, New Jersey) alumni
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojo%20carmes%C3%AD
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Rojo carmesí
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Rojo carmesí is an upcoming Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It is set to premiere on Canal RCN on 16 April 2024. The series stars Laura de León, Carlos Báez and Carolina Gaitán.
Cast
Laura de León as Juana Levy
Carlos Báez as Jorge García
Carolina Gaitán as Valeria Ruiz
Marcelo Dos Santos as Alejandro Ruiz
Natasha Klauss as Paulina
Kepa Amuchastegui as Khalil Fatat
Natalia Durán as Helena
Mya Durán as Gabriela
Manuela Valdés as Daiana Vásquez
Juan Guilera
Ana Wills
María del Rosario
Aida Morales
Jeimy Paola Vargas
Juan Pablo Posada
Alejandra Ávila
Production
In June 2021, Adriana Suárez announced that she would write a telenovela based on a synopsis left by Fernando Gaitán before his death in 2019. In April 2023, Rojo carmesí was confirmed as the title of the telenovela. Filming began in January 2024.
References
External links
RCN Televisión telenovelas
Spanish-language telenovelas
Upcoming telenovelas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmiivska%20thermal%20power%20plant
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Zmiivska thermal power plant
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Zmiivska thermal power station is a large thermal power plant (TEC) in the Slobozhanske, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is one of Ukraine's largest power plants. It is operated by Centrenergo. It had an installed capacity of 2,400 MWe and was mostly fuelled by coal. The plant was mostly destroyed during the 22 March 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine.
History
The construction of the powerplant was approved in 1955 and it started operations in 1960.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the plant was damaged by Russian in September of 2022. Four civilian workers at the power plant died during that incident and electricity and water delivery was affected. The damage was repaired later.
In 2023 the plant was foritifed against war damage, with additions of protective structures around critical elements of the plant's facilities which was supposed to protect them against "rocket fragments, indirect UAV attacks" and similar threats.
During the 22 March 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine, the plant has sustained major damage due to Russian bombardment and has been described as destroyed. Representative of its operating company, Centrenergo, noted that due to extensive damage, repairs will take long time and require international aid.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, power outages affected some 700,000 of the region inhabitants; several days later, over 100,000 were still affected and an hourly blackout schedule had to be implemented. Zmiivska plant was one of several energy infrastructure objects damaged during the 22 March attacks; three days after the attack the combined heat and power plant Kharkiv TEC-5 was stated to have ceased operation due to the damaged it had suffered during the attack.
See also
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)
References
External links
Official website
Companies based in Kharkiv Oblast
Companies established in 1960
Natural gas-fired power stations in Ukraine
Coal-fired power stations in Ukraine
Oil-fired power stations in Ukraine
Power stations built in the Soviet Union
Chuhuiv Raion
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollo%20Lane
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Bollo Lane
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Bollo Lane is a street in Acton in London running northeastwards from Chiswick Park tube station to Acton Town tube station. It is one of the oldest streets in the area, the name dating back to the Bollobridge over Stamford Brook in the twelfth century. The earliest reference to the street is as Bolhollane in 1408, the name meaning the "lane at Bull Hollow". It marks the boundary between the London Borough of Ealing to the north and the London Borough of Hounslow to the south. The Bollo pub is located in the street nearer to the Chiswick Park end.
References
Bibliography
Knights, David and Amanda. Acton Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited, 2012.
Mills, A.D. Dictionary of London Place Names. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Pevsner, Nikolaus. London 2: South. Penguin, 1973.
Talling, Paul. London's Lost Rivers: a beautifully illustrated guide to London's secret rivers. Random House, 2020.
Streets in the London Borough of Ealing
Streets in the London Borough of Hounslow
Acton, London
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-Space%3A%20Theatre%20Architecture%20and%20the%20Historical%20Avant-Garde
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Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde
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Event-Space: Theatre Architecture and the Historical Avant-Garde is a book by New Zealand scholar and author Dorita Hannah. It was published in 2018 by Routledge. The book delves into the avant-garde movement's departure from traditional theatre spaces in favor of more unconventional venues, exploring the significance of 'event' as a central concept in modernism's revolutionary agenda. Through the lens of performance and architectural studies, Hannah establishes a theory of 'performative architecture', shedding light on historical avant-garde performance while offering insights for contemporary approaches to performance space design.
Summary
The book explores the interplay between performance and architecture from Wagner's Bayreuth Festspielhaus to Artaud's avant-garde works. Hannah introduces the concept of 'event-space' to analyze this relationship, delving into the divergent attitudes towards performance space during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through meticulous examination, the book connects key figures and movements, such as symbolism, constructivism, and surrealism, to their impact on theatre design. It navigates through the evolution of spatial performativity, from absolute space to abstract space and abject space, shedding light on the complexities within modernist architecture and performance art. Hannah's analysis is enriched by visual imagery and offers fresh perspectives on well-known figures and spaces. Ultimately, "Event-Space" serves as a significant contribution to understanding the intricate dynamics between architecture and performance, appealing to scholars, artists, and enthusiasts alike.
Critical reception
Andrew Filmer judged the book as a remarkable text and lauded Hannah's insightful exploration of spatial performativity during the historic avant-garde period. He admired the author's adept analysis of the schism between architectural rationalism and artistic avant-garde's challenges to convention, highlighting her nuanced readings of key events, scenes, and spaces. Filmer commended the book's clear conceptual grounding, its rich visual presentation, and Hannah's ability to draw fresh insights and connections through her spatial perspective.
Evelyn Lima lauded the book for its original contribution to the field of theatre architecture and performance studies, particularly its examination of the historical avant-garde's impact on performance spaces. Lima highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of the book, which draws on philosophy, art history, scenography, and more, making it appealing to a wide range of readers. She commended Hannah's meticulous research and coherent analysis, emphasizing the book's relevance for both academics and practitioners in the fields of performing arts and architecture.
References
Routledge books
2018 books
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husni%20Abdel%20Wahed
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Husni Abdel Wahed
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Husni Muhammad Ahmed Abdel Wahed (; born January 1, 1960) is a Palestinian journalist, politician and diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Argentina from 5 March 2015 until December 2021. He currently holds the position of Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of Spain.
Early life and education
Hosni Abdel Wahed was born on 1st January 1960, in Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho Governorate, east of the West Bank, to a Palestinian family displaced by the Nakba from the village of Al-Tira, near the city of Lod. After the events of the Six Day War in 1967, his family immigrated to another camp in Jordan, where he finished his school education. He left for Bulgaria where he obtained a diploma in social sciences, then to Cuba where he obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from the University of Havana.
Career
Abdel Wahed worked as a journalist for Balsam magazine. He also worked as a coordinator of Arab culture for a few years in Santiago, and then as an advisor to the Education Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
His political career began in the Europe Department of the General Administration for Diaspora Palestinians within the Palestinian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, then he assumed the presidency of the Latin America Department. Later he was Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, then Director General for the Arab World at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Counselor at the embassies of the State of Palestine in Venezuela and Mexico, and Director General for Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In February 2015, he was appointed Ambassador of the State of Palestine in Buenos Aires to Argentina and served until 2021.
On 19 May 2022, he presented his credentials as Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Spain to King Felipe VI.
Personal life
Abdel Wahed is married to Amneh Abdel Wahed and has four children, two boys and two girls.
References
Palestinian diplomats
1960 births
Living people
Palestinian journalists
Ambassadors of the State of Palestine to Argentina
Palestinian politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20Liberty%20Baptist%20Flames%20football%20team
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1977 Liberty Baptist Flames football team
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The 1977 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1977 NAIA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 3–7.
Schedule
References
Liberty Baptist
Liberty Flames football seasons
Liberty Baptist Flames football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia%20%28plant%29
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Namibia (plant)
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Namibia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes two species of succulent subshrubs endemic to Namibia.
Namibia cinerea
Namibia pomonae
References
Aizoaceae genera
Endemic flora of Namibia
Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes
Taxa named by Kurt Dinter
Aizoaceae
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324%20BFA%20Senior%20League
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2023–24 BFA Senior League
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The 2023–24 BFA Senior League is the 33rd season of the BFA Senior League, the top division football competition in Bahamas. The season began on 29 October 2023. The season will be followed by a four-team playoff to determine the champion of the league, who will automatically qualify for the 2025 Caribbean Club Shield. Western Warriors are the defending champions from the previous season.
Regular season
An eleventh team was added to the league from the previous season, Inter Nassau FC.
Playoffs
Following the conclusion of the season, the top four teams in the league will advance to a single-elimination playoff to determine the champion.
References
BFA Senior League seasons
Bahamas
2023 in Bahamian sport
2024 in Bahamian sport
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza%20Bakhish%20Nadim
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Mirza Bakhish Nadim
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Mirza Bakhish Nadim (; b. 1785; Navahı, Javad Khanate - d. 1880; Navahı , Javad uezd, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Azerbaijani Turkish poet and satirist who lived in the 19th century.
Life
Mirza Bakhish Nadim was born in 1785 in Navahi village in a religious family. His family was originally from the city of Shamakhi. His father, Molla Asadullah, was one of the open-minded people of his time and raised his son in this way. Mirza Bakhish received his first education at home from his father, then he was sent to Shamakhi Madrasah. While studying at the madrasa, he also learned Arabic and Persian languages. After finishing his education, he returned to Navahi and started working here. Mirza Bakhish worked for the settlement of land and other issues of the peasants in the state bodies, for this he often represented the peasants in meetings with the state bodies in Salyan, Shamakhi and Baku. Because of this work, he was given the nickname Mirza. He was fired from his job due to problems with state authorities, but was later appointed to the position of head of the Pirsaat river water department. He died in Navahi village in 1880.
Creativity
Mirza Bakhish Nadim, like most of his contemporaries, wrote both in the style of traditional ashug and classical poetry. His work includes a large number of goshmas, geraylis, ghazals, mukhammas, tarjibands, tarkibbends, hijvs and satire. Its satires “The Great Hungry Year in Navagi and the neighboring village in 1879”, “Description of the winter”, "The work of the water chief" against the beys and khans brought him wide fame. In an important part of his poems, he criticized the rules and laws of his time, state bodies, beys and khans.
One of Nadim's significant works is a historical poem describing the conquest of the Ganja, Shirvan, Baku, Guba, Erivan and Derbent khanates by the Russian Empire. He describes various bloody battle scenes of the Azerbaijani khanates, the conquest of Ganja, the oppression of the Azerbaijani peasants. The poet also described the hard and difficult life of the people, and in passages complained about his financial difficulties. His poems of this type include the satires "Egyptian grandson of Imamverdi", "Murad Khan", "Karbalayi", "Mahmud". His satirical poems were similar to the poems of Gasim Bey Zakir.
Mirza Bakhish's works, which were not published in the press of that time, were considered lost for a long time. Thus, until 2017, only a few poems of Mirza Bakish were known. However, in 2017, employees of the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Pasha Karimov and Ragub Karimov, discovered two collections of handwritten poems. A book was prepared based on these poems. During the examination of these new works, it became clear that Mirza Bakhish was the author of many lyrical and religious poems as well as satirical poems. According to researchers, there are still manuscripts of his poems. It is likely that after the discovery of these works, a complete idea of his creativity can be given.
References
Bibliography
Azerbaijani-language poets
Azerbaijani nobility
1785 births
1880 deaths
19th-century poets
Azerbaijani poets
Azerbaijani satirists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Connecticut%20Secretary%20of%20the%20State%20election
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1990 Connecticut Secretary of the State election
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The 1990 Connecticut Secretary of the State election took place on November 6, 1990, to elect the Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Republican nominee Pauline R. Kezer defeated two-term incumbent Democrat Julia H. Tashjian. As of , this was the last time a Republican was elected Secretary of the State of Connecticut.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Julia H. Tashjian, incumbent secretary of the state (1983–1991)
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Pauline R. Kezer, state representative from the 22nd district (1979–1987)
General election
Results
References
Secretary of State
Connecticut
Connecticut Secretary of State elections
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20McGovern
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Tim McGovern
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Tim McGovern (June 24, 1955 – March 30, 2024) was an American visual effects artist. He won a Special Achievement Academy Award in the category Best Visual Effects for the film Total Recall.
Life and career
McGovern was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 1955. He was a founding member of Sony Pictures Imageworks. McGovern died on March 30, 2024, at the age of 68.
Selected filmography
Total Recall (1990; co-won the Special Achievement Academy Award with Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin and Alex Funke)
References
External links
1955 births
2024 deaths
People from Chicago
Visual effects artists
Visual effects supervisors
Special Achievement Academy Award winners
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20Jones%20%28country%20singer%29
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Willie Jones (country singer)
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Willie Jones is an American country music singer and a former contestant on The X Factor.
Early life
Jones was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on September 23, 1994, the son of a preacher. He is a graduate of Green Oaks Performing Arts Academy in Shreveport. He learned to sing in his church choir and appeared in musicals at school.
Career
When he was 17 years old, he competed in the second season of The X Factor where he auditioned with Josh Turner's song Your Man. In 2016 he appeared in the Netflix reality show Chasing Cameron. In 2021, he signed with Sony Music and The Penthouse and released his first album Down for It which features T.I. Jones also appeared in the 2022 documentary For Love and Country. In 2024, he was featured on Beyoncé's album Cowboy Carter on the track "Just for Fun". He has toured with artists Shawn Mendes, Michael Ray and Logan Mize.
Influences
Jones has been influenced by a variety of musicians, including John Legend, Sam Cooke, Randy Travis, Darius Rucker and Kacey Musgraves.
Personal life
Jones lives in Nashville.
Discography
Albums
Right Now (2021)
Something to Dance To (2023)
Singles
"Down for It" (2019)
"American Dream" (2021)
References
American country singers
The X Factor (American TV series) contestants
Musicians from Shreveport, Louisiana
Sony Music artists
21st-century African-American male singers
1994 births
Living people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda%20Chausutsuka%20Kofun
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Oda Chausutsuka Kofun
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The is a Kofun period burial mound, located in the Oda neighborhood of former Amagi city in what is now part of the city of Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979. It is believed to have been built in the late 5th century.
Overview
The Oda Chausutsuka Kofun is located on the eastern edge of the Chikugo Plain, on the right bank of the Sada River, a tributary of the Chikugo River. Its existence has been known for a long time, and it is listed in a local history texts on Chikuzen Province in 1798 and 1863. The total length of the tumulus is 54.5 meters, and it is a , which is shaped like a keyhole, having one square end and one circular end, when viewed from above. The diameter of the posterior circular portion is 39.7 meters, and the width of the rectangular anterior portion is 25 meters, narrowing to 14.5 meter at the construction between the two portions. The length of this anterior portion is only 14.5 meters, which is short for a typical tumulus of this style. The height of the tumulus os 5 meters. The tumulus is orientated to the north, but the opening for the horizontal passage-style stone burial chamber is to the southwest. This chamber measures 3.5 meters long by 2.2 meters wide and 1.6 meters high. The tumulus was surrounded by a moat 4 meters wide and 0.6 meters deep.
The posterior circular part was constructed in three stages, with the bottom stage being carved out of the ground, and the second and higher stages being mounds with fukiishi. The anterior part was built in two stages, and in the second stage a row of cylindrical and "morning-glory shaped" haniwa was detected. Additionally, a large Sue ware jar and a utensil stand were placed above the constriction.
During the construction of a road in 1928, the southeastern portion of the posterior circular part was destroyed and the burial chamber exposed. A local teacher from Asakura Junior High School (currently Asakura High School) conducted a survey, and many of the excavated grave goods are still stored at the school. A formal archaeological excavation was not conducted until 1973. The grave goods recovered in 1928 included a short armor with horizontal strips, a helmet, a pauldron, an iron sword, two iron spears, five iron bars, a bundle of iron arrowheads, eight cyliindrical beads, 226 round glass beads, and 161 small beads. Also found were horse harnesses, a four-ringed bell, stone pestle and ancient Sue ware pottery.
Approximately three kilometers north of the tumulus is the Amagi Historical Museum, which displays excavated items. The tumulus itself is approximately eight minutes by car from Amagi Station on the Amagi Railway Amagi Line.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
References
External links
Asakura city home page
Historic Sites of Japan
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Kofun period
Zenpokoenfun
Asakura, Fukuoka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styphelia%20piliflora
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Styphelia piliflora
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Styphelia piliflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It was first formally described in 2019 by Darren Crayn in Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected by Bernard Hyland in 1980. The specific epithet (piliflora) refers to the long, soft hairs on the outside of the petal tube. This species is endemic to Queensland and is listed as of "least concern" by the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science.
References
piliflora
Ericales of Australia
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 2019
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marengo%20batheryensis
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Marengo batheryensis
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Marengo batheryensis is a species of jumping spider endemic to India.
Description
The female of Marengo batheryensis has white lateral spots on the carapace and three white spots forming a triangle on the abdomen, distinguishing it from M. striatipes. The male is similar to M. striatipes except for slender femur 1.
Range
Marengo batheryensis is endemic to India. Its type locality is the Sulthan Bathery Range within the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary of Kerala.
Etymology
The specific epithet is an adjective derived from the last name of the forest range (Sulthan Bathery) from where the type specimen of Marengo batheryensis was collected.
References
Salticidae
Spiders described in 2019
Spiders of the Indian subcontinent
Arthropods of India
Fauna of Karnataka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country%20Club%20Lima%20Hotel
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Country Club Lima Hotel
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The Country Club Lima Hotel is a five-star hotel in San Isidro District, Lima, Peru. It was inaugurated on February 8, 1927, as the most exclusive country club in Lima before being reorganised as a hotel. It is part of the Cultural heritage of Peru.
The hotel has housed a number of important personalities of the 20th century, including the Duke of Windsor and his wife, French President Charles de Gaulle, U.S. President Richard Nixon, writer Ernest Hemingway, actors Ava Gardner and John Wayne, musician Mick Jagger, among others.
History
In 1925 the Sociedad Anónima Propietaria del Country Club was formed with a capital of Lp. 150,000, with the purpose of building developing the adjoining area of 1,300,000 m2 acquired from the Conde de San Isidro, Lobatón, Matalechuzas and Orrantia estates. The sale of the land was calculated at S/. 15 per urbanised m2 to reinvest part of the profits in building's construction.
In 1926 Lima Country Club was founded, an independent company from the previous one, which contracted the preparation of the architectural project for the club's premises. The project's execution was entrusted to the American architect T.J. O'Brien, who completed the project and inspected the construction, whose materials were imported from the United States and Great Britain.
The premises were inaugurated on Sunday, February 8, 1927, by President Augusto B. Leguía. There was a lunch for the President, his Cabinet of Ministers and a series of political, intellectual and artistic personalities of the city. Up until the 1970s, it was the meeting point for the Peruvian elite and the city's British colony, also receiving important guests from other countries, such as the adbicated Duke of Windsor and his wife, French President Charles de Gaulle, U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway, and actress Ava Gardner, among others.
After being negatively affected during the economic crisis of the 1980s, it was acquired by the Consorcio Inmobiliario Los Portales and ICA in 1996, who invested in the hotel's renovation, being reinaugurated on July 21, 1998. It was subsequently declared part of the Cultural heritage of Peru by the Ministry of Culture and the National Institute of Culture.
It was again renovated from 2015 to 2017. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, the hotel remained open as it adopted the biosecurity measures mandated by the Peruvian government.
The hotel restaurant, Perroquet, has won first place for "Best Hotel Restaurant" in several international awards for several years. The hotel's traditional English bar is recognized for having one of the best pisco sours in the city, and in 2012, 2013 and 2022 it was awarded as the best bar in Lima according to the SUMMUM awards.
In popular culture
The hotel is featured in two novels by Alfredo Bryce, Un mundo para Julius and , being a prominent part of the latter's story.
Peruvian saxophonist Jean Pierre Magnet, member of Traffic Sound, started his career in the club.
See also
Embassy of China, Lima, located behind the hotel.
Delfines Hotel & Convention Center, located next to the hotel.
References
Hotels in Lima
Clubs and societies in Peru
Historicist architecture
San Isidro District, Lima
Cultural heritage of Peru
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate%20groups
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Moderate groups
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The moderate groups, centrist camp, or moderate camp is Hong Kong's moderate political alignment.
Political position
The Centrist camp represents a moderate view between the pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps. However, depending on the political party, it may be partly closer to the pro-Beijing or pro-democracy.
Although they are not actively pro-government at the level of the pro-Beijing camp, the centrist camp's people interact with the mainland Chinese government, unlike the pro-democracy camp; Ronny Tong on the Path of Democracy entered the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Chow Yick Hay (周奕希) on the Third Side is a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member based on Zhaoqing,, Chow also became vice-chairman of the Kwai Tsing District Council with the help of the pro-Beijing camp, Wong Sing-chi on the Third Side was appointed by the government to be a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, and even Christine Fong is partly related to pro-Beijing organizations.
History
Political events such as the Umbrella Movement and Waiting for Uncle Fat led to social differentiation; the pro-democracy camp was divided and some formed the localist camp.
In 2015, Ronny Tong, a member of the Civic Party, left the Civic Party and resigned as a member of the Legislative Council, advocated political reform, and formed a centrist organization, 'Path of Democracy'. Around the same time, former Legislative Council member Tik Chi-yuen of the Democratic Party bolted from the party and formed the 'Third Side' with Wong Sing-chi, another former Legislative Council member who was expelled from the Democratic Party.
A 2015 poll by The University of Hong Kong found that 41.9% of centrist camp supporters, 28.4% of pro-democracy camp supporters, and 11.4% of pro-Beijing camp supporters.
Christine Fong and Wong Sing-chi, classified as centrist camp in the 2016 New Territories East by-election, lost to Alvin Yeung, classified as pro-democracy camp. At the time, Christine Fong received 33,424 votes, while Wong Singh-chi received 17,257 votes; in New Territories, centrist camp received about 12%.
Third Side chairman Tik Chi-yuen claims that voters abandoned the centrist line and voted for a pro-Beijing camp because of the 'Returning to the Edge Effect' (歸邊效應) in the election. He analyzed that the centrist camp is likely to win 1 seat in the New Territories if it works with politicians who belong to the centrist camp at the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election.
In the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election; Wong Singh-chi bolted from the Third Side and ran for the Social Welfare functional constitution, Tik Chi-yuen ran for the Kowloon West, Christine Fong was eliminated from 10th place with 34,544 votes in the eastern district of New Territories, the Path of Democracy sent two lists to Hong Kong Island and the eastern part of the New Territories and losing with 10,028 and 8,084 votes (respectively, which was a very small number of votes, resulting in the confiscation of the election deposit).
On 1 July 2017, Ronny Tong joined the Executive Council of Hong Kong composition.
In January 2018, the pro-democracy camp decided to hold a primary election to select candidates for the March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections, and Frederick Fung, who was still a member of Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) at that time, became a preliminary candidate ("Plan B"), but the pro-democracy camp persuaded Frederick Fung to give up his position as "Plan B". Under the pressure of various parties, Frederick Fung announced that he would give up his position, and at the same time, it sowed the seeds of Frederick Fung's defection from the pro-democracy camp.
In July 2018, Frederick Fung withdrew from ADPL, and in September, he expressed his intention to run in the by-election to show his opposition to the pro-democracy camp's preordaining of Lee Cheuk-yan to serve as preliminary candidate ("Plan B"). After Frederick Fung's break with the pro-democracy camp, ADPL immediately expressed its stance in support of Lee Cheuk-yan. During the canvassing period of the by-election, Frederick Fung was criticized by Lee Cheuk-yan for "vote rigging", which had a negative impact on the pro-democracy camp, describing him as "Team B of the pro-establishment camp". In the end, both Lee Cheuk-yan and Frederick Fung lost the by-election because their combined votes were less than that of Chan Hoi-yan, the representative of the pro-Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
In 2019, the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement caused a backlash from Hong Kong public opinion, and Ronny Tong, as an executive council member, intensified the confrontation over the Hong Kong government's Extradition Law. After the Umbrella Movement, political conflict in Hong Kong society intensified again, narrowing the political space of the centrist camp. At the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, the centrist camp won only four seats, and all four running for Ronny Tong's Path of Democracy lost with a low vote and their election deposit was confiscated.
In 2020, Hope for Hong Kong was founded; the majority of its members are from or related to pro-business parties. However, the party was disbanded after a year.
In the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, only one Tik Chi-yuen was elected from several centrist camp figures.
Political organizations
Professional Power (2010–present)
Path of Democracy (2015–present)
Third Side (2016–present)
Hope for Hong Kong (2020–2021)
HK Round Table On People’s Livelihood (2022–present)
The Roundtable is not part of the moderate groups but has a moderate view among the pro-Beijing camp parties and is friendly to the moderate groups.
In Macau
In Macau, there are political party that claim to be "中間派" between pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps, it is Synergy of Macao founded in 2017.
References
Centrism in Asia
Politics of Hong Kong
Political party alliances in Hong Kong
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfred%20Dazel
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Renfred Dazel
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Renfred Leroy Dazel (born 4 May 1981) is a South African rugby union coach and former player.
Biography
Raised in Paarl, Dazel was educated at Paulus Joubert Secondary School.
Dazel competed in the Currie Cup for the Boland Cavaliers and played on the South Africa national rugby sevens team from 2005 to 2012. He represented South Africa at two Commonwealth Games, won a IRB Sevens World Series title in 2008–09 and was one of the nominees for the 2009 IRB Men's Sevens Player of the Year.
After retiring as a player, Dazel made the transition into coaching. He was appointed full-time coach of the South Africa women's national rugby sevens team in 2023, having previously held the role from 2013 to 2017.
References
1981 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby sevens players
South African rugby union coaches
Rugby union players from Paarl
Boland Cavaliers players
World Games medalists in rugby sevens
World Games silver medalists for South Africa
World Games bronze medalists for South Africa
Medalists at the 2005 World Games
Medalists at the 2009 World Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for South Africa
Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303%20Rushden%20%26%20Diamonds%20F.C.%20season
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2002–03 Rushden & Diamonds F.C. season
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During the 2002–03 English football season, Rushden & Diamonds competed in the Third Division.
Season summary
Rushden & Diamonds finished the season as Third Division champions, ensuring their first ever season in the Second Division.
Kit
Rushden & Diamonds retained the previous season's kit, which was manufactured by Fila and sponsored by Dr. Martens.
First-team squad
Squad at end of season
Left club during season
References
Notes
Rushden and Diamonds
Rushden and Diamonds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send%C5%8D%20Kofun
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Sendō Kofun
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The is a Kofun period Decorated kofun burial mound, located in the Hisamitsu neighborhood of the town of Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1978.
Overview
The Sendō Kofun is located in the northern part of the Chikugo Plain, at the foot of the Amidagamine Hills, which extends south from the Asakura Mountains. Approximately 50 -style circular tumuli, in the area make up the Amidagamine Kofun Cluster, and Sendō Tumulus is the largest of these. Archaeological excavation in 1977 revealed that it was a two-tiered tumulus with fukiishi on the surface, and that it has a diameter of about 33 meters and height of four meters. It is surrounded by a double moat, two to three meters wide and about one meter deep. The horizontal-entry stone burial chamber is orientated to the southwest, and was robbed in antiquity. The burial chamber is located in the center of the mound, and is 2 to 2.4 meters wide and 3 meters long, and the floor is covered with paving stones. Decorative murals cover the entire surface of the burial chamber. The patterns are geometric, such as circles and triangles, and the colors red and green are used. The only remaining evidence of grave goods was some small fragments of jade, possibly from a bracelet. However, anthropomorphic haniwa of warriors carrying shields and horses were discovered from the outer periphery of the mound, indicating that the tomb was constructed around the 6th century. It is a unique tumulus in that decorative kofun do not normally have haniwa.
Currently, the tumulus is maintained as part of an archaeological park and the burial chamber is open to the public every spring and fall. It is located 5.3 kilometers (about 15-minutes by car) northwest of Amagi Station on the Amagi Railway Amagi Line.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
Decorated kofun
References
External links
Cultural Properties in Fukuoka
Chikuzen Town home page
Fukuoka Tourism Web
History of Fukuoka Prefecture
Historic Sites of Japan
Round Kofun
Decorated kofun
Chikuzen, Fukuoka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Liberty%20Baptist%20Flames%20football%20team
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1978 Liberty Baptist Flames football team
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The 1978 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1978 NAIA Division I football season. Led by second-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 4–5–1.
Schedule
References
Liberty Baptist
Liberty Flames football seasons
Liberty Baptist Flames football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie%20Boldt
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Rollie Boldt
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Rolland Edward Boldt (April 4, 1904 – March 13, 1972) was an American basketball player and coach who was the head coach of the Toledo Rockets men's basketball team from 1944 to 1946.
Playing career
Boldt played basketball at Woodward Technical High School and was captain of the 1922–23 team. After graduating, he played professionally and semiprofessionally for the National Supply, Oak Harbor American Legion, Scott Shops, and Toledo Red Man Tobaccos teams.
Coaching
Boldt served as an assistant at Woodward Tech while attending the University of Toledo. After graduating, he was the head basketball and baseball coach at Point Place High School. In 1932, the Point Place baseball team won the Class B District championship. The high school closed in 1937 after Point Place was annexed into the city of Toledo and Boldt became a teacher at the Point Place Junior High School.
Boldt returned to coaching in 1944, when he was named head basketball coach at the University of Toledo. Toledo played a limited schedule that season due to World War II finish the year with a 9–4 record. The war ended in time for the school to arrange a stronger schedule for the 1945–46 season and the Rockets went 20–7. Boldt resigned after the season allow a full-time coach to be hired, but returned in 1947 as an assistant to Jerry Bush. Boldt coached the team for the first two games of the 1952–53 season while Bush was away on a scouting trip. He resigned in 1954, as the university wanted an assistant basketball coach who was a full-time staff member while Boldt did not want to lose his tenure in the Toledo City School District.
Later life
From 1949 until his retirement in 1966, Boldt was a social studies and orientation teacher at Macomber High School. In 1953, he coached the Macomber tennis team to the city championship. He also served as manager of the Jermain Park tennis courts from 1947 to 1965. He died on March 13, 1972, at St. Luke's Hospital.
References
1904 births
1972 deaths
Basketball players from Toledo, Ohio
High school basketball coaches in Ohio
Schoolteachers from Ohio
Toledo Red Man Tobaccos players
Toledo Rockets men's basketball coaches
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Nations%20Baptist%20Church
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All Nations Baptist Church
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All Nations Baptist Church () is a Russian-language Baptist congregation in Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It shares facilities with the Park Slope Community Church. The congregation is often associated with Koryo-saram: ethnic Korean of the mainland former Soviet Union. It has been described as the only such Koryo-saram church in New York City.
Description
The founding leader of the congregation is Leonid Kim. Kim was born in Uzbekistan. His grandparents were Koreans who lived in the Russian Far East and were forced to move to Central Asia in 1937. Kim was first introduced to Christianity at age 41, when he still lived in Uzbekistan, by a Korean-American missionary from Texas. Despite Soviet discouragement on religion, he converted and became devout. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he openly approached Korean missionaries, learned Korean, and openly attended church. He emigrated to the United States in 1995 at the invitation of the American Baptist College. From 1997, he worked as a missionary in Ukraine.
He started the congregation in 2002. Initially, the congregation had four members: Kim, his wife, his son, and one other woman. By 2008, it had over 100 members. During this time, the Korean American Christian community continued to send missionaries to Central Asia in order to convert and bring more Koryo-saram to the United States. After arriving, these immigrants often needed communities and assistance, and found churches such as these to be helpful with that.
According to Kim, the congregation serves some function as a community center for Koryo-saram. Some join the congregation initially because they come to ask for help on immigration issues, but end up staying for the community. In 2017, it was reported that the congregation was 60% Koryo-saram. In 2022, the demographics were reported as 30% Koryo-saram, 40% Ukrainian, and 20% Russian. The congregation has also been known to collaborate and host joint events and services with other local Korean American churches.
According to Kim, the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine initially caused some strife in the community that eventually healed. In 2022, the congregation collected donations and funded Kim to visit Ukraine to offer aid and assistance.
See also
Cafe Lily – a nearby Koryo-saram restaurant
References
External links
YouTube channel (in Russian)
Facebook (in Russian)
– an interview with Kim in 2022, discussing his trip to Ukraine (in Korean)
Korean churches in the United States
Koryo-saram organizations
Churches in Brooklyn
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelia%20%28disambiguation%29
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Nelia (disambiguation)
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Nelia may refer to:
Nelia, an ancient city in Greece
Nelia (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
Nelia (plant), a genus of flowering plants in family Aizoaceae
Nelia, Queensland, a town in Queensland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semzi
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Semzi
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Banjo Oluwasemilogo Kayode (born 31 March 2000), known professionally as Semzi, is a Nigerian music producer and sound engineer, whose production style is mostly described as Afro-pop and Afro-Fusion. He has worked and produced musical projects with several prominent Nigerian artistes such as Mayorkun, Davido, Olamide,Victony, Bad Boy Timz, Bnxn, Joeboy, Omah Lay and others. He is well identified with his tag sound "Original".
Early life and career
Semzi is a native of Ogun State. The Lagos-based self taught music producer started production in 2019 when he was in junior school using a laptop with a beat making app and YouTube tutorials. The song that gave him his breakout was "MJ" by Bad Boy Timz, which was quickly followed by another successful production of "Holy Father" by Mayorkun and Victony.
Discography
Recognition and Awards
References
2000 births
Living people
Nigerian hip hop record producers
People from Ogun State
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand%20Round%20my%20Brave%20Boys
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Stand Round my Brave Boys
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Stand Round my Brave Boys is a 1745 song composed by George Frideric Handel. It was commissioned to celebrate the Gentlemen Volunteers of the City of London, a regiment raised to resist the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Handel had close connections with the ruling House of Hanover, and composed several tunes supportive of a loyalist position opposed to the rival Jacobite House of Stuart during his career. It was part of the patriotic fervour that also saw God Save the King adopted as a popular song. Handel's piece was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and then published on 14 November 1745. It was later included in the Jacobite Relics, a compilation of songs from the era.
References
Bibliography
Burrows, Donald. Handel. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Harris, James. Music and Theatre in Handel's World: The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1780. Oxford University Press, 2002.
Robinson, D.H. The Idea of Europe and the Origins of the American Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2020.
British songs
1745 songs
Compositions by George Frideric Handel
Jacobite rising of 1745
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altica%20cirsicola
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Altica cirsicola
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Altica cirsicola is a species of leaf beetle, belonging to the Chrysomelidae family.
Geographic range
Although beetles of the genus Altica are widely distributed throughout the world, A. cirsicola are primarily distributed throughout East Asia. The species is native to the countries of Japan and China. Since the first descriptions of A. cirsicola, more recent reports have found the species in other regions, with a 2024 publication reporting the first documented presence of the species in Russia. Although A. cirsicola is nearly identical morphologically to the Altica carduorum species, A. carduorum is instead native to Europe.
References
Alticini
Beetles described in 1960
Beetles of Asia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelia%20%28plant%29
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Nelia (plant)
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Nelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae. It includes two species of succulent subshrubs endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Nelia pillansii
Nelia schlechteri
References
Aizoaceae genera
Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Taxa named by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes
Aizoaceae
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