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Eger Synagogue
The Eger Synagogue was a Jewish Synagogue in Eger, Hungary.
The Eger Synagogue was built between 1911 and 1913 on the corner of what is now known as Hibay Károly Street and Kossuth Lajos Street in Eger, Hungary. The building was officially inaugurated on September 13, 1913. The synagogue was designed by Lipót Baumhorn, who worked in the late Eclectic-Art Nouveau style. The form and style were typical of Baumhorn's synagogue architecture, and it bore similarities to the Szeged New Synagogue and the Novi Sad Synagogue.
Because of the devastation of the Holocaust and World War II on the local Jewish community, the synagogue became unable to function. Following the war, the building was sold to the Eger city council, which used it as a warehouse. It was destroyed in 1967 and no longer exists.
The Hotel Unicornis, named for the unicorn in the Eger coat of arms, stands on the site today.
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Lučenec Synagogue
Lučenec Synagogue is a Neolog synagogue, constructed in Secession style, in Lučenec. It was built between 1924 and 1925 and is registered as a . It was reconstructed and reopened as a cultural center on 13th May 2016.
The synagogue was designed by the Hungarian architect Lipót Baumhorn to replace the older, dilapidated synagogue which had stood on the site since 1863. The domed structure is notable for its use of lightweight reinforced concrete.
The synagogue was officially opened on the 8th of September in 1925 and could accommodate up to 1100 worshipers. The cost of the construction was around $1.5 million "Kčs." The synagogue was used for religious services until 1944 when the interior of the synagogue was destroyed. The last rabbi of the synagogue was Arthur Rashovsky, who was killed in Auschwitz after the Jewish community of Lučenec was deported there on 12th June 1944.
The synagogue was partially restored after the war. Around the 1960s, the building was used as a warehouse for synthetic fertilizers, the presence of which caused serious damage to the fabric of the building. In 1980 the building fell out of use. Although it was listed as a historical monument in 1985, it gradually fell into disrepair.
Between 2014 and 2015, the synagogue was completely reconstructed. The project cost €2.5 million, of which €2.4 million was funded from an EU grant. The building is now operated as a Lučenec Cultural Quarter and is used for art events such as theater performances, concerts, exhibitions, and other cultural activities. The space can also be used for events such as graduation ceremonies, wedding receptions and public meetings. From September to November 2019, the synagogue also hosted a traveling exhibition of Chinese terracotta soldiers.
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Gyöngyös Synagogue
The Gyöngyös Synagogue is a large Jewish religious structure in Gyöngyös, Hungary.
The large, domed synagogue was built in 1930 according to the plans of Lipót Baumhorn and his son-in-law György Somogyi in an eclectic style decorated with medieval European and Eastern elements. The large building was severely dilapidated by the beginning of the 21st century and is currently being renovated. It no longer has a religious function, but is intended to serve as a venue for cultural programs in the future.
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Khatuna Gogaladze
Khatuna Gogaladze (; born 18 April 1970) is a Georgian politician. Between 2012 and 2014 she was Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection in the cabinets of Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Garibashvili.
She has a degree in biology from the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and master's degrees in Public Affairs from Indiana University Bloomington, and in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University, Budapest.
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Esztergom Synagogue
The Esztergom Synagogue is a building located in the town of Esztergom, Hungary. It was built in 1859, renovated in 1888, and severely damaged by a bombing during World War II. Since almost all Jewish people in the town were deported during the Holocaust and Communists subsequently gained control of the country, it has not been used for religious purposes since the 1940s.
Contemporary historian János Németh wrote that the synagogue continued to deteriorate until 1962, when the city council bought it from the National Office of the Hungarian Israelites. It was later rebuilt and inaugurated as the House of Technology () on September 28th, 1964. However, another source states that in 1981 it became the House of Technology after repair work was done between 1980 and 1981 that "involved a strong simplification of the exterior" and "a complete transformation of the interior."
Per Németh's account, many government members and skilled volunteers worked to rebuild Esztergom Synagogue between 1963 and 1964. On September 28th, 1964, it was inaugurated as the "House of Technology" and became the home of the city's "Organization of Technical and Natural Science Associations" (MTESZ), which was founded on the same day.
In 2006, it was bought by the municipality and now hosts a variety of cultural institutions and events.
Esztergom had been home to a large number of Jewish communities since the Árpád dynasty period. There are references to a synagogue dating back to circa 1050.
During the Reformation, Esztergom welcomed Jewish merchants and craftsmen, who built a synagogue there. In 1858, another temple was erected on the site of today's synagogue in the former village of Szenttamás.
About thirty years later, a colleague of architect Ödön Lechner, Lipót Baumhorn, was commissioned to design a new synagogue; it was Baumhorn's first solo work. The synagogue was designed in the style of the Late-Romantic Period and was originally single-story with a gallery for the women of the congregation. It was inaugurated in 1888 by Ignác Weisz, the Rabbi of Esztergom, and Immánuel Lőw, the Rabbi of Szeged.
Until World War II, it was frequented by the Jews of Esztergom and the surrounding villages. During World War II, the synagogue was bombed and badly damaged. Approximately five hundred Jewish people were deported, and have not had a significant community in the city since. Since then, only the name "("lit. "Meetinghouse street") is a reminder of the original purpose of the building.
Contemporary historian János Németh stated that the synagogue continued to deteriorate until 1962, when the city council bought it from the National Office of the Hungarian Israelites. It was subsequently rebuilt and inaugurated as the House of Technology on September 28th, 1964.
Per his account, multiple parts of the government and skilled volunteers worked to rebuild it between 1963 and 1964, and on September 28th of 1964, it was inaugurated as the House of Technology (Hungarian "Technika Háza"), and became the home of the city's "Organization of Technical and Natural Science Associations" (MTESZ), which was founded on the same day.
Over the next few years, the organization continuously renovated and completely restructured the space to be able to hold conferences and lectures. It created lecture rooms, interpreting booths, rooms suitable for receptions, and district heating has been introduced. In 1996, the roof and dome shells were renovated.
Several prestigious events took place between the walls of the synagogue. Politicians often gave lectures here on their tours. In 2006, the municipality bought the House of Technology for 70 million HUF. After that, the office of the Ister-Granum Euroregion operated there for a short time, until in 2008 it moved to the building of the County Hall of Bottyán János Street.
In 2014, Hungary's Neo-Nazi political party booked the Synagogue for a political rally. Citizens of Esztergom were enraged at the disrespect towards the Jewish community and asked the government to cancel the event.
The two-story monument synagogue is 1,216 square meters high and contains two tower units that jut out from both sides of the façade. These are connected by a triple-arched, arcade foyer. The original 1888 marble staircase leads to a conference room upstairs with interpreting booths.
The Martyr Monument in front of the building was erected according to the plans of István Martsa in 1985. The original 2.5-meter bronze work was made for the monument competition in Mauthausen and was placed in the Hungarian barracks of the Auschwitz camp museum. Its pedestal is a bonfire made of railway sleepers. A plaque commemorates the abductees on the wall of the building.
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Secession in Australia
This article relates to historical and current and separatist movements within Australia. Separatism includes autonomism and secessionism.
Various attempts for secession have occurred in Western Australia, including the 1933 Western Australian secession referendum, and a number of more recent movements have continued proposing and pushing for independence, including the Western Australia Secessionist Movement
Murrawarri Republic is a micronation in Australia created by a ethnic/racial Indigenous group that has been pushing for independence of Indigenous Australians.
Various proposals have been created to grant Indigenous Australians their own ethno-state, and have also proposed additional autonomous for aboriginal groups that hold native title land over various areas of Australia. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has demanded that the government give Aboriginals control of the Northern Territory as a state, mining rights to all aboriginal reserve lands and settlements, compensation money for lands not returnable to take the form of a down-payment of A$6 Billion and an annual percentage of the gross national income.
Norfolk island is a proposed ethnic state in the Norfolk Islands, an external territory of Australia, made up primarily of Norfolk Islanders have proposed that Norfolk become an independent state. Some islanders claim that Norfolk Island was actually granted independence at the time Queen Victoria granted permission to Pitcairn Islanders to re-settle on the island.
Tasmania, historically an independent colony which joined the Commonwealth of Australia which has had various support groups that have proposed secesionism in Tasmania, with Labor Premier Doug Lowe and Liberal Premier Robin Gray seriously considered secession. In the 1990s the First Party of Tasmania was formed, which aimed for Tasmanian secession.
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Brașov Synagogue
The Beth Israel Synagogue in Brasov (Hebrew: בית ישראל), a neological synagogue in the vernacular language, stands at 29 Poarta Șchei Street in the center of Brasov, Romania, behind the street front, on a plot surrounded by houses. The synagogue still plays a ritual role. The building complex includes a community seat and a kosher restaurant. Beth Israel Synagogue is included in the list of National Historic monuments in Romania under the number BV-II-m-B-11515.
Although practitioners of Judaism had lived in Brașov as early as the 15th century, they did not receive an official settlement permit until 1807. The Brașov Jewish community, which initially comprised four families, was formed in 1826. They initially used the Chapel Street Hospital, established by Saxon Lutherans, as a religious building. The prayer house relocated to the Lakatos-Zwinger area (where the museum is today), and a school was established. From 1856, the community's house of worship was in the Joiner-Zwinger, at the site of the later reformed church (where the Aro Palace stands today).
Brașov was the first Saxon city in which Jewish merchants also played a role: They wrote a petition which later allowed Jews to settle in other cities in Transylvania.
After 1868, the community became neologic. In 1877, it split into an innovative neologist faction led by Aronsohn Löbl and a nationalist orthodox group led by Adler Bernhard. Each community built its own prayer house. The Neology Synagogue was built between 1899 and 1901, at 29 Orphanage Street, according to the plans of architect Lipót Baumhorn. It cost 1.2 million crowns to build, more than the magnificent Szeged Synagogue. Rabbi Ludovic Pap-Rosenberg inaugurated the synagogue on August 20, 1901. Hundreds of soldiers were deployed to maintain order during the ceremony because of the blood blazing charge.
During the first four decades of the 20th century, the city's Jewish community more than quadrupled to 3,494. In 1912, an organization was set up to envision the future of Jewry in Argentina. In 1921, a Jewish sports association was founded under the name Ivria, and soon another was founded under the name Hakoach.
In November 1940, Iron Guards damaged the synagogue, smashing the stained glass, furniture, and organ. During World War II, the building was used as a gym. After the war, it was renovated, and in 1949 the Neologist and Orthodox factions reunited. After the establishment of the State of Israel, the majority of the Jews in Brasov emigrated.
In 2001, on the centenary of its opening, the synagogue was renovated again. Because the community had become more orthodox, the bane was moved to the center of the main ship by moving the benches and cutting them back. In August 2014, a monument was unveiled in the courtyard to commemorate the Transylvanian victims of the Holocaust. In October 2014, the synagogue was renamed Beth Israel (House of Israel). The community currently has about 225 members and the cemetery is on Crișan Street.
The synagogue is built in a three-nave Neo-Gothic style with Moorish elements. Stained-glass windows show the coat of arms of 32 Israeli settlements. The facade's windows emit sunlight, and the top of the roof represents the stone tablet of the Ten Commandments. Memorial plaques in the lobby list the names of the presidents of the Jewish community and the Jews from Brasov who died during World War II. The main nave is separated by rows of columns from the aisles; these pillars have balconies where women can sit. The synagogue is open Monday through Friday; an entrance fee is required.
The building complex, at 27 Orava House, includes a community headquarters, kosher restaurant, medical office, and aid organization.
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SF8
SF8 () is an upcoming South Korean science fiction anthology television series. It is a movie-drama project between the Directors Guild of Korea and the OTT platform . MBC TV is scheduled to air two episodes a week in August 2020.
The series is set to be screened at the 24th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.
"SF8" revolves around people who dream of a perfect society. It tackles the themes of artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, robots, games, fantasy, horror, superpowers and disasters.
Credits adapted from BiFan.
Min Kyu-dong, creator of the series, said that "sci-fi movies were the driving force behind many movie directors' dreams. Unfortunately, due to the relatively high budget and narrow market limitations, various works were not able to be produced." He had been working on this project for two years before he partnered with and MBC. He also took charge of casting the actors, which lasted for a year.
Eight directors from the Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) each directed an episode from the series. Filming began on February 21, 2020 with Jang Cheol-soo's "White Crow" and ended on May 7 with Kim Ui-seok's "Empty Body".
The director's cut will be released online on on July 10, 2020 and the original episodes will be aired on MBC TV from August 17 to September 8.
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Kumai Tea Garden
Kumai Tea Garden is a village in the Gorubathan CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Kumai Tea Garden is located at .
The map alongside shows the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of Kalimpong district. Physiographically, this area forms the Kalimpong Range, with the average elevation varying from . This region is characterized by abruptly rising hills and numerous small streams.It is a predominantly rural area with 77.67% of the population living in rural areas and only 22.23% living in the urban areas. While Kalimpong is the only municipality, Dungra is the sole census town in the entire area. The economy is agro-based and there are 6 tea gardens in the Gorubathan CD block.In 2011, Kalimpong subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.85%, comparable with the highest levels of literacy in the districts of the state.While the first degree college in the subdivision was established at Kalimpong in 1962the entire subdivision (and now the entire district), other than the head-quarters, had to wait till as late as 2015 (more than half a century) to have their first degree colleges at Pedong and Gorubathan.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kumai Tea Garden had a total population of 3,907 of which 1,968 (50%) were males and 1,939 (50%) were females. There were 415 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kumai Tea Garden was 2,790 (79.90% of the population over 6 years).
Kumai is a new offbeat place and tourist destination. It is close to many of the tourist destinations such as Chapramari, Gorumara, Samsing, Gorubathan, Suntalekhola and Jhalong. This small town has hills, forests and rivers and several places for sightseeing – Kumai peak, Gudaray view point, Buddhist stupa and a tea garden.
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Natural time analysis
Natural time analysis is a statistical method applied to analyze complex time series and critical phenomena, based on event counts as a measure of "time" rather than the clock time. Natural time concept was introduced by P. Varotsos, N. Sarlis and E. Skordas in 2001. Natural time analysis has been primarily applied to earthquake prediction / nowcasting and secondarily to sudden cardiac death / heart failure and financial markets. Natural time characteristics are considered to be unique.
"Natural time" is a new view of time introduced in 2001 that is not continuous, in contrast to conventional time which is in the continuum of real numbers, but instead its values form countable sets as natural numbers.
In natural time domain each event is characterized by two terms, the "natural time" , and the energy . is defined as , where "k" is a natural number (the -th event) and is the total number of events in the time sequence of data. A related term, , is the ratio , which describes the fractional energy released. The term is the variance in natural time:
Time reversal, in contrast to clock time, is applicable when studying the approach of a system to criticality with natural time analysis. Living systems for example are considered to operate far from equilibrium as there is flow of energy crossing their boundaries, in contrast to deceased organisms where inner driving forces are absent. While time irreversibility is a fundamental property of a living system, the state of death is more time reversible by means of energy flow across the system's boundaries. Thus a critical state of a system can be estimated by applying natural time analysis upon calculating the entropy upon both normal time flow and time reversal and studying the difference of the two results.
In seismology, nowcasting is the estimate of the current dynamic state of a seismological system. It differs from forecasting which aims to estimate the probability of a future event but it is also considered a potential base for forecasting. Nowcasting is based on the earthquake cycle model, a recurring cycle between pairs of large earthquakes in a geographical area, upon which the system is evaluated using natural time. Nowcasting calculations produce the "earthquake potential score", an estimation of the current level of seismic progress.
When applied to seismicity, natural time has the following advantages:
Typical applications are: great global earthquakes and tsunamis, aftershocks and induced seismicity, induced seismicity at gas fields, seismic risk to global megacities, studying of clustering of large global earthquakes, etc.
Natural time analysis has been initially applied to VAN method in order to improve the accuracy of the estimation of the time of a forthcoming earthquake that has been indicated to occur by seismic electric signals (SES). The method deems SES valid when κ1 = 0.070. Once the SES are deemed valid, a second NT analysis is started in which the subsequent seismic (rather than electric) events are noted, and the region is divided up as a Venn diagram with at least two seismic events per overlapping rectangle. When κ1 approaches the value κ1 = 0.070 for the candidate region, a critical seismic event is considered imminent, i.e. it will occur in a few days to one week or so.
Natural time analysis has been experimentally used for the diagnosis of heart failure syndrome as well as identifying patients at high risk for sudden cardiac death, even when measuring solely the heart rate, either using electrocardiography or far more inexpensive and portable equipment (i.e. oximeter).
Due to similarities of the dynamic characteristics between earthquakes and financial markets, natural time analysis, which is primirily used in seismology, was chosen to assist in developing winning strategies in financial markets, with encouraging results.
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William Birchall
William Birchall (1769–1817) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Promoted to lieutenant in 1790, he served aboard at the Glorious First of June. Birchall was made a commander for acting with ""zeal and intrepidity"" during a boat action with a French privateer and promoted to post-captain following the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. Later, in 1803, Birchall commanded the Chester region Sea Fencibles. He died in Exeter in 1817.
Birchall was born in Bath, Somerset, in 1769. His father was a cabinetmaker and upholsterer. Very little is known about his early life but his examination for lieutenant in 1790 and eventual promotion on 18 June 1793, were recorded in the "Bath Chronicle", which added that he had served 13 years as a midshipman. Birchall served on at the time of his promotion, continuing in her to the West Indies and was probably still on board when she fought at the Glorious First of June (1794).
Birchall had joined by 1796, as second-in-command to Captain Thomas Byam Martin. Towards the end of October, "Santa Margarita" was involved in two actions with French privateers in the English Channel. Having already taken the 16-gun "Buonoparte" earlier in the day, on the night of 23 October, "Santa Margarita" was approached by two other ships, that came almost within hailing distance before suddenly moving away in different directions. "Santa Margarita" gave each a broadside before setting off in pursuit of the larger vessel. In the meantime, Birchall had gathered five others in a boat and set off after the other, which had been badly damaged and was now disabled. The ship they eventually boarded and captured, turned out to be the "Potomac", an ex-British merchantmen from Poole, possessed by a French prize-crew. "Santa Margarita" caught up with, and after a few more shots, forced the surrender of the 16-gun "Vengeur". Being almost outnumbered by their prisoners, the British then put into Plymouth.
Having earned a mention in dispatches for his "Zeal and intrepidity" in the boat action with "Potomac", Birchall was made a commander in 1797 and by 1798, had commissioned the lightly armed but fast troopship, "Hebe". In May, she was serving in a squadron under Home Popham, sent to prevent the movement of a large number of enemy barges from Vlissingen to Dunkirk. The large flat-bottomed boats were to be used to convey troops across the Channel for Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom. At that time, the flotilla was travelling along the inland waterways of Belgium to Ostend, where the British hoped to stop them by destroying the lock gates and sluices there. A force was gathered at Margate, comprising 25 small vessels, of which Popham's 26-gun "Expedition" was the largest, and over 1,000 troops, a good proportion of which were held aboard "Hebe".
The expedition set off on 14 May and arrived, while still dark, on the morning of 19 May. The troops were landed in bad weather while Popham's squadron provided covering fire. Some of the smaller vessels were badly damaged by the enemy batteries and had to withdraw but "Hebe", being more heavily constructed, was able to kedge in close to the shore to continue the bombardment. The troops accomplished their mission but were prevented from re-embarking by the worsening weather and were captured by a superior French force, the following day.
Birchall was given command of the 18-gun brig in March 1800. On 9 January 1801, "Harpy" and the revenue cutter "Greyhound", recaptured the 12-gun cutter, "Constitution". She had been taken earlier that day by two French privateers off the Isle of Portland. Immediately prior to the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801, "Harpy" was one of the smaller vessels that took soundings and marked channels in the Hollands Diep and around the Middle Ground shoal, allowing all but three of Horatio Nelson's squadron to pass safely and engage the Danish fleet. After the action, Birchall noticed the Danes attempting to warp away one of their ships. He ordered a line attached to "Sjaelland" and towed her away as a prize.
Birchall and "Harpy" were ordered to remain off Copenhagen to ensure that terms of the armistice were honoured and to let other British ships know that Nelson had taken the fleet to Bornholm. He was promoted to post-captain for his actions.
Birchall married three times during his life but left no children. He was very young and still a midshipman, when he met and married his first bride in Lyme Regis in 1786. Esther Delaney was his senior by some years and died in 1806 at Bathampton. Birchall took another wife almost immediately, marrying Jane Cross from Bath, in Marylebone. She died in 1811 in Ilfracombe. He eventually remarried again in 1815. His last wife was Leonora, one of the Binghams from Bingham's Melcombe in Dorset.
In 1803, Birchall was given command of the Chester region Sea Fencibles and, according to the "Bath Chronicle", caused a riot on 26 December when he impressed one of the local militia. Following their Christmas parade, the militia responded angrily, attacking the gaol and meeting house, where they tore down Birchall's flag. Birchall was asked to leave town while the army restored order.
Birchall died in Exeter in 1817, then was buried at its Sidwell's church (now chapel) which the Luftwaffe destroyed in the Exeter Blitz of 1942.
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Michael Wirth
Michael Wirth (born 1961) is the present CEO of Chevron Corporation. He started the position in 2017, replacing John S. Watson. Previously he served as the vice chairman of the board of directors of the company.
Wirth joined Chevron in 1982 and worked in multiple sectors including engineering, construction, and operations. He became the president of marketing for Chevron’s Asia, Africa and Middle East region in 2001.
He also served on the board of directors for Caltex Australia Limited and GS Caltex Corporation.
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Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum
The Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum is a mausoleum for Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Kent, the mother of Queen Victoria. It is situated in Frogmore Gardens in the Home Park, Windsor. It was listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England in October 1975. The bridge leading to the island from the mausoleum is listed Grade II.
The Duchess spent the last years of her life at Frogmore House and the top part of the structure was originally intended as a summer house, with the lower level of the structure to be the site of her internment. The Duchess had originally expressed a desire to be buried in the mausoleum of her brother, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the Bavarian town of Coburg. The Duchess died at Frogmore House on 16 March 1861 before the summer-house was completed so the upper chamber became part of the mausoleum and now contains a statue of the Duchess by William Theed completed in 1864. It was completed in July 1861 following the Duchess's death in March. The Duchess's body lay at St George's Chapel in Windsor before being interred in the mausoleum in a granite sarcophagus in August 1861.
The mausoleum was consecrated in July 1861 by Samuel Wilberforce, the Bishop of Oxford, assisted by Rev Gerald Wellesley, the Dean of Windsor, Rev Charles Leslie Courtenay, the Canon of Windsor, Rev J. St. John Blunt, Chaplin to Albert, Prince Consort, and the Vicar of Old Windsor, Rev H.J. Ellison, Chaplin at Windsor Castle and Vicar of New Windsor, and Charles Loyd, the Vicar of Great Hampden.
It was built by the architect A. J. Humbert, based on designs by Professor Ludwig Gruner. Humbert had come to Victoria's attention after his successful redesign of St Mildred's Church, Whippingham the parish church near Osbourne House The design of the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum was inspired by Nicholas Hawksmoor's Howard Mausoleum at Castle Howard in Yorkshire and the Donato Bramante's Tempietto of San Pietro in the Roman district of Montorio. The Historic England listing describes the style of the mausoleum as "Heavy late French neo-classical". It is made from Portland stone with a ribbed dome in copper surmounted by a balustrade. The rotunda structure is surrounded by 16 Ionic 10ft tall columns, made from Cornish granite from Penryn with bronze capitals and bases. The main approach to the mausoleum, faces a bridge over a lake with a double flight of balustraded steps. The mausoleum is decorated with heraldic painting by Gruner. The ceiling is decorated by a blue glass dome ornamented with stars.
The mausoleum was built by Messrs I'Anson of Cirencester Place, with the bronze casting supplied by Messrs Robinson and Co. of Pimlico.
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Sukant Kadam
Sukant Indukant Kadam (सुकांत इंदुकांत कदम) (born 9 May 1993) is an Indian professional para-badminton player. Having made his international debut in 2014, he became world number 2 in the SL4 category on 12 June 2017. He won his first title at the Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017. He currently lives in Pune, Maharashtra.
Kadam was born and brought up in Kautholi which is a small town of Sangli, Maharashtra. He came to Pune for his study at Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd in mechanical engineering and passed out in 2015 with first class. Afterwards, he joined Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy and trained under Nikhil Kanetkar and Mayank Gole since July 2015. Now he is training in national training camp under Gaurav Khanna (badminton) who is head coach of Indian Para-badminton team.
During Kadam's first year of mechanical engineering in January 2011 in Government College Of Engineering And Research, Avasari Khurd he was rejected from the class team because of his slow movement. After a year of practice and hard work, he got a chance to play on his college team. In 2012, Para Athlete Girisha Nagarajegowda won silver medal in high jump (F42) 2012 Summer Paralympics. This is how Kadam got to know about Paralympic sports and Para-badminton. He made his debut at the England Para Badminton International 2014.
Sukant Kadam was employed with Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy from July 2015, as an assistant coach, until August 2018. Following his bronze-medal win at the Asian Para Badminton Championship 2016, he was also appointed as a Taluka Sports Officer (Group-II) by the Government of Maharashtra on 10 January 2019.
Shiv Chhatrapati Award - Eklavya state sports award 2017–18
Olympic Gold Quest
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Hypoid gearboxes
Hypoid gearboxes are gearboxes having axes that are non-intersecting and not parallel. The hypoid gearboxes are a subcategory of spiral bevel gearbox with the axes of gears at an offset from one another. In comparison to the conical geometry of a spiral bevel gear, the basic geometry of hypoid gear is hyperbolic. The spiral angle of the pinion is larger than the spiral angle of the gear in a hypoid gearbox, so the pinion diameter can be larger that of a bevel gear pinion. This helps in attaining an enhanced contact surface and a better tooth strength which allows for higher gear ratios and scope of higher torque transmission. Bearings can also be used on both sides of gears for extra rigidity as the offset between the axes allows the scope for extra support.
Hypoid gearboxes are used in the rear axles of large trucks. The scope of misalignment between the centers of the two interlinking shafts permits utilization of larger sized gears which enhances the contact surface area and reduces the wear and tear on the gear hence extending the life and power transmission capabilities of the gearboxes. The reduction in friction also ensure reduction in the loss of energy and improve the overall efficiency of power transmission.
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Witchcraft in Ghana
Witchcraft is deeply rooted in many African countries and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has been specifically relevant in Ghana's culture, beliefs, and lifestyle and continues to shape lives on the daily. It has promoted tradition, fear, violence, and spiritual beliefs. The perceptions on witchcraft change from region to region within Ghana as it does in other countries in Africa, with the commonality that it is not something to take lightly and the word spreading fast if there are rumors surrounding civilians practicing it. The actions taken by local citizens and the government towards witchcraft and violence related to it has also varied within regions in Ghana. Traditional African religions have depicted the universe as a multitude of spirits that are able to be used for either good or evil through religion. Witchcraft beliefs are deeply rooted in Ghanaian culture and can be traced back to hundreds of years before colonial powers in the country were even present. Today it continues to influence actions and lifestyle through accusations and fear behind witchcraft. Accusations against women and violence are common with the topic of witchcraft, many of them ending in murder and public killings. Witchcraft is observed through numerous lenses varying from local Ghana to how the Western world views the subject and researches it from the action itself to its political undertones and actions surrounding the topic.
A cursory survey of Ghanaian society illustrated how prevalent witchcraft beliefs in Ghana are. Details of witch beliefs and the nocturnal lives of witches are depicted in letters and local newspapers across the country. Witchcraft accusations are commonly seen through various forms of media including television, newspaper, and magazines. Shelagh Roxburgh concluded through field research that there is no clear definition of what witchcraft is exactly, but there is a common factor in what civilians perceived it as: it causes harm. A common reference to witches in Ghana is through the term "spirits", to many losing the status of human in the process of interacting with spirits. Witches are distinguished from healers which use power for aiding rather than "evil".
Precolonial famous practices in Ghana, included odum poison ordeal and "corpse-carrying" , which was a practice where people would carry a dead body and the body would point to the individual responsible for the death through witchcraft. These practices often led to convictions for witchcraft which varied from medicine usage, to public executions, and even selling individuals to slavery. The Native Administration Ordinance, or NAO granted the Gold Coast Tribunals the authority to take on witchcraft cases in 1927. The practice of witchcraft was added to existing law with a series of limitations and rules to follow in the future. This would take a toll on the jurisdiction and power courts of villages have limiting them in comparison to the power colonial rules have.
The topic of witchcraft is often brought up in songs, and is present in the music culture in Ghana. Hearing about the topic through music adds to its broader relevance in its culture. Sang in Akan, the dominant non-English language in Ghana, popular songs reference witchcraft as explanation for things such as infertility, alcoholism, and death. The constant negativity relating to the subject supports the fear in witchcraft engraved in Ghanaian culture, leading to acts of violence as a response to possible threats, rumors, and observations. Legal trials related to witchcraft inspired much songwriting and reports of increased radio airtime of music related to the themes of witchcraft presented in court reaffirmed the relevance of the beliefs of witchcraft in culture, entertainment, and legal spaces.
The 2012 WIN-Gallup International 'Religion and Atheism Index' claimed Ghana as the most religious country in the world with 96 percent of it population identifying as religious Popular religions in Ghana such as Christianity and Islam coexist with the beliefs of spirits, evil, and witchcraft illustrated in traditional beliefs. There is an intersection of religion brought through colonization and existing precolonial beliefs related to witchcraft. In predominantly Christian communities, it is common to find articles and news on what "good" Christians can do to fight evil forces of witchcraft. The Roman Catholic mission in Ghana refused for any of the members of the church to participate in activities surrounding the oracle. The head father, K. Strebler from the mission in the Gold Coast expresses his discomfort with members being accused of being witches. Father Strebler threatened members of the church with severe punishments if they were to go to Suhum, where doctors determined if witch powers were present in one's life and instead insisted that accused members should seek protection. Protestant and Muslim leaders also expressed discomfort, but did not act directly against oracle traditions.
The Kwahu people in Ghana, who live by the Kwahu sandstone plateau do not display the topic of witchcraft openly and have built a culture of spreading the word about rumors and accusations hiding from the direct public eye.
As a result of accusations of magic and witchcraft, reports of women being lynched, burned, and beat became common. Many women across Ghana live in constant fear of being accused and not being allowed an explanation. The existence of witch camps and government interventions have been some of the local and national response to violence resulting from accusations of witchcraft activities.
A witch camp is a place for women to seek refuge from being killed by local citizens and neighbors and can reach a sense of safety. They are said to have been active for more than 100 years. Traditionally, these camps are ran by "tindanas," or local chiefs able to cleanse women and the community of any danger from witchcraft. Today, they are still ran by local chiefs, but they are in threatened of being shutdown by the government. Up to 1000 women have reportedly lived in these camps with very limited resources including the lack of running water and electricity. FIDA has advocated for the closing and abolition of witch camps as part of a movement against violence and women's rights. The government of Ghana has condemned witch camps, but has rarely addressed violence related to the subject of witchcraft through direct action and protocols.
A famous case in 1930, reported by The Gold Coast Times, dealt with a woman in the town of Winnebag, Ghana, who was ordered by her local tribe to be tested through the oracle. The oracle was a shrine located in the Akan state of Akyem Abukwa, commonly used to determine the state of innocence of a woman dealing with witchcraft accusations. The practice involved a Tongo priest stabbing a fowl and throwing it down. The way the bird fell determined if the woman were to be innocent or guilty of witchcraft practices. If the bird fell breast down, a woman would be reassured as innocent. If the woman was to be found guilty through the oracle she would be treated through medicine to get rid of witchcraft powers which were referred to as "bayi" by the people of Akan. The woman arrested in this case reported was a Christian woman, which incited protests by her family claiming that it was common for women to be mistreated and beaten when taken to the Tongo oracle to be tested for witchcraft power. Disputes over the Tongo oracle led to the Gold Coast colonial government to revoke the power from Native Tribunals to judge cases of witchcraft. Witch-hunting became outlawed after this case in 1930, but later revisions in 1932 allowed for voluntary participation to be available. Conflicts rose when village chiefs would imprison or fine people for involvement with witchcraft even after it was outlawed by colonial rule. In modern times, the existence of non-profit organization such as Go Home serves accused women in reaching reconciliation with their village and reach peace with neighbors and family members.
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Cyclone Harold
Severe Tropical Cyclone Harold was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused widespread destruction in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Tonga during April 2020. It was the first Category 5 tropical cyclone in 2020. It was first noted as a developing tropical low within a trough of low pressure during April 1, while it was located to the east of Papua New Guinea. Over the next day, the system moved south-eastwards over the Solomon Sea, before it was classified as a tropical cyclone and named Harold by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The system moved into the Fiji Meteorological Service's area of responsibility on April 2 and began to explosively intensify by April 3, reaching Category 4 status by April 4 on both scales. The next day, it further strengthened into a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, the highest rating on the Australian scale. It made landfall on Espiritu Santo on April 6. Shortly afterward, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) upgraded it to a Category 5-equivalent cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale. It maintained this status for only six hours before being downgraded back to Category 4.
Harold was the first Category 5 severe tropical cyclone to occur in the South Pacific basin since Cyclone Gita in 2018 and was also the second-strongest tropical cyclone to ever affect Vanuatu, behind Cyclone Pam in 2015. The seventh named storm of the 2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, eighth named storm, and fourth severe tropical cyclone of the 2019–20 South Pacific cyclone season, Harold is the most intense tropical cyclone thus far worldwide in 2020, tied with Cyclone Amphan.
On April 1, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) reported that Tropical Low 12U had developed along a trough of low pressure about to the northeast of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. The disturbance initially displayed a broad low-level circulation and scattered atmospheric convection, but it was located within a favourable environment for further development, with developing dual-channel outflow, low vertical wind shear, and warm sea surface temperatures of . Thunderstorm activity began to coalesce about the centre later that day, and a nearby upper-level low directed the system southeast toward the Solomon Islands. Given the increase in organization, the BOM upgraded the storm to a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale and named it Harold, before it passed about to the southeast of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. The United States Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) also initiated advisories on Tropical Cyclone Harold during that day and designated it as Tropical Cyclone 25P. The system subsequently crossed 160°E, where it moved out of the Australian region and into the South Pacific basin, which prompted the BoM to pass the primary warning responsibility to the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS).
As the storm moved away from the Solomon Islands on April 3, it began to rapidly organize and developed a pinhole eye on microwave imagery. As a result, it was classified as a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone by the FMS at 00:00 UTC on April 4. At this time, Harold was located about to the northwest of Luganville in Vanuatu, and its southeast movement had slowed significantly as a result of an extension of a subtropical ridge to the storm's east. Later that day, the FMS reported that Harold had become a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone and predicted it to further intensify to Category 5 status, while the system's eye became subsumed into a large mass of atmospheric convection. The JTWC, meanwhile, assessed that Harold had peaked with 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 215 km/h (130 mph), which made it equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS). During April 5, the JTWC reported that the system had begun to weaken, based on the ragged structure of the eye and warming of the cyclone's cloud tops. However, this weakening phase was short-lived as the system regained a eye and a symmetric central dense overcast, while upper-level outflow remained strong. The FMS subsequently reported that Harold had become a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone with 10-minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph). At this time, the system was located about to the west of Luganville and began to move polewards as a subtropical ridge to its northeast became the primary steering mechanism.
At around 22:00 UTC on April 5 (10:00 FST, April 6), Harold made landfall on the island of Espiritu Santo in northern Vanuatu, with 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h (130 mph). During the following day, the FMS reported that Harold had peaked in intensity with 10-minute sustained winds of 230 km/h (145 mph), while it was located between the islands of Espiritu Santo and Pentecost. The system subsequently made landfall on Pentecost, before it reemerged into the South Pacific Ocean and started to move away from Vanuatu. The JTWC then reported that the system had again peaked in intensity and assessed 1-minute sustained wind speeds of 270 km/h (165 mph), which made it equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane on the SSHWS. After it had peaked in intensity, Harold started to show signs of weakening: its eye became cloud-filled, cloud tops warmed, convection reduced in extent, and dry air started to wrap into the system. As a result, the FMS reported that the system had weakened into a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone during April 7, before Harold's eye and eyewall became visible on their radar in Nadi. The system subsequently passed within of Suva in Fiji, before it passed near or over the Kadavu Group of islands. During April 8, the system intensified slightly before the FMS reported that Harold had become a category 5 severe tropical cyclone again, while it was located about to the north-east of Nuku'alofa on the Tongan island of Tongatapu. As the system continued to move south-eastwards, it passed about to the south of Nuku'alofa, as it started to
weaken and transition into an extratropical cyclone. During the following day, Harold weakened into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone as it moved into New Zealand's MetService area of responsibility, while strong vertical wind shear caused atmospheric convection to become displaced to the south of its eye. The JTWC subsequently issued its final advisory on Harold, as it was expected to gain frontal characteristics and complete its extratropical transition within 12 hours. MetService subsequently declared Harold to be an extratropical cyclone during April 10, before the system was last noted during the following day around to the southwest of Adamstown in the Pitcairn Islands.
After Harold developed into a tropical cyclone during April 2, the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service issued a tropical cyclone warning for the whole of the island nation. They warned that the system was expected to produce gale-force winds, rough seas, moderate to heavy swells of and coastal flooding over the islands. As a result, the SIMS urged sea travellers to consider taking actions to ensure their safety and advised motorists to use extreme caution when travelling. The Royal Solomon Island Police Force recommended elevated caution for commuters and mariners.
An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 people in the Solomon Islands experienced Harold's wind, rain, and storm surge. The National Emergency Operations Center indicated that 57 houses were destroyed and another 20 were damaged. Seven classrooms were also destroyed. Falling trees and branches in Honiara resulted in widespread power outages. The National Referral Hospital in Honiara was among the buildings affected by blackouts. Some fallen trees damaged buildings and blocked roads. The San Isidoro school for the deaf outside Honiara was severely damaged, losing its roof. Heavy rainfall flooded the Kukum Highway in Honiara. A stream swollen from the rains washed out a segment of a bridge connecting parts of northwestern Guadalcanal to Honiara. Dozens of families were forced out of their homes on Guadalcanal. Flooding and fallen trees inflicted damage to buildings in Rennell and Bellona Province as well.
On the night of April 2, the ferry "MV Taimareho" encountered rough seas and gusts of up to 80 km/h (50 mph) generated by Harold in Ironbottom Sound while en route from Taivu to the Aiarai in West Are 'are in Malaita Province. The ship had been sent to evacuate Malaita residents from Honiara as a precautionary measure, though warnings were in effect advising ships to remain in port. Twenty-seven of the 738 passengers were knocked overboard by the waves and are presumed dead; "Taimareho" later took refuge in Su'u Harbor in Malaita Province. Planes and ships were dispatched to search for survivors across an area larger than . Rescue efforts were initially hampered by the inclement conditions; one rescue helicopter could not fly as its second pilot was quarantined. Two bodies were found off the southern coat of Malaita Province, localizing the search region; , seven bodies have been recovered. The Solomon Islands government launched two investigations into the maritime incident, involving a formal inquiry conducted by the Solomon Islands Maritime Safety Administration and a criminal investigation. At least two ships were washed ashore by the storm. Heavy rains from Harold washed out much of the plains in Guadalcanal, reducing the area's food security. The government of Australia donated US$60,000 in relief funds to the Solomon Islands.
On April 3, the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office (VNDMO) issued a yellow alert—indicating the threat of a tropical cyclone within 12 hours—for Torba and Sanma provinces in Vanuatu. The Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department also issued a tropical cyclone warning for these areas. The yellow alert was upgraded to a red alert—the highest-level warning for Vanuatu—on April 4 following the upgrading of Harold to a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, while yellow alerts were also issued for Malampa and Penama provinces.
Red alerts eventually encompassed Malampa, Penama, Sanma, and Torba provinces, with a yellow alert for Shefa Province. The VNDMO advised for all residents under the red alert to remain indoors. Normal activities were suspended to facilitate preparations and evacuations for Harold. Several evacuation centers were set up for those seeking safe housing as the storm approached.
Hundreds of people evacuated to shelters in Espiritu Santo; disrupted communications in rural areas made estimates difficult, though an official with the Vanuatu Red Cross Society estimated as many as 1,000 people were housed in evacuation centres. On April 5, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) granted 50,000 CHF from its Disaster Relief Emergency Fund to the Vanuatu Red Cross Society to help better position staff and aid resources prior to the storm's arrival, mobilizing over a thousand volunteers. Preparing for the storm in Luganville, hundreds of people were sent into evacuation centres before the storm. The Torba provincial headquarters in Sola served as a shelter for families. Development organisation Oxfam Australia coordinated with Vanuatuan agencies to develop a response plan for Harold. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also devised a support package for both the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Harold was the first Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale to strike Vanuatu since Cyclone Pam in 2015, bringing gusts above 275 km/h (170 mph) and 250–450 mm (10–18 in) of rain. Approximately a third of Vanuatu's population was said to have been impacted by the storm across seven islands. Communications were lost in most of the affected areas, particularly in Vanuatu's northern provinces. Telecommunications company Vodafone reported loss of contact with the Banks Islands, Espiritu Santo, Malakula, and Pentecost Island. Connections were reestablished in the hardest-hit areas two days after Harold made landfall. Beginning prior to landfall, the cyclone's slow movement west of Vanuatu drew in copious moisture, resulting in heavy rainfall. Flash flooding forced people to evacuate their homes for higher ground in Espiritu Santo and damaged roads in Penama. On the island of Malakula, rivers overflowed their banks and inundated gardens. Farther south, Aneityum recorded of rain.
Modelling from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre suggested that storm surge heights peaked at in Vanuatu. Damage was extensive in Espiritu Santo where Harold first made landfall. Ships were grounded on the shores of the island by the rough seas. Extensive defoliation and flooding occurred across northern Vanuatu. Water shortages and power outages began affecting Luganville, Espiritu Santo's largest city, prior to Harold's landfall. Heavy rainfall also threatened the contamination of Luganville's water supplies and washing out crops and roads, especially in low-lying areas. As the cyclone made landfall and moved through the city on April 6, the winds unroofed homes and downed trees. Some buildings were flattened by the storm, with one reduced to its foundation. Approximately 50–70 percent of buildings in the city were damaged; about half of homes suffered significant damage. Luganville Mayor Peter Patty stated “We are badly affected. We urgently need water, food and shelter at the moment. Many have lost their homes. Schools are destroyed. Electricity is down. I’m urgently calling for help. This is one of the worst experiences of my life.” following the storm. Further torrential rainfall flooded roadways. Luganville's municipal council building was destroyed. Communications with the city were disrupted as the storm swept through, and the city was further isolated from the rest of Espiritu Santo by floods, debris, and landslides. Mayor of the sister city to Luganville, Mont-Dore in New Caledonia, promised to help bring supplies and "exceptional assistance" to help Luganville recover from the devastating cyclone. Buildings were also destroyed across the rest of Sanma Province. Initial reports suggested severe damage was inflicted near Harold's point of landfall in the southwestern part of the province, with some areas experiencing damage to all structures. Shacks along the coast of Espiritu Santo were completely demolished, with some more developed homes unroofed and their walls ripped off or collapsed in. No building or structure was left unscathed in some communities on Malo Island. Two deaths were reported on the island, and many were said to have been injured.
More extreme damage was reported in Pentecost, where the storm made its second landfall near peak intensity. Entire villages were reportedly destroyed. Further aerial damage surveys were issued to assess damage on the island. With the health facility Melsisi destroyed and staff housing damaged, the lower floor of another damaged building was used as a temporary medical ward. Damage wrought by Harold was said to have affected fewer areas than that of Cyclone Pam five years prior, but overall damage was deemed significantly worse in some areas, particularly Pentecost. 68% of all structures on Pentecost Island were estimated to have been damaged, while 45% were estimated to have been damaged on Malo Island.
During April 6, the FMS issued a tropical cyclone alert for Viti Levu, Kadavu, Lomaiviti as well as the Yasawa and Mamanuca and Lau group of islands.
The FMS issued heavy rain alerts for the western half of Viti Levu, Kadavu, and the Mamanuca and Yasawa islands on April 6, anticipating the arrival of Harold's rainbands and its centre's eventual passage south of Fiji. Storm warnings were later put in effect for the areas under a heavy rain alert, in addition to the Lomaiviti Islands; the heavy rain alert was expanded to encompass the entirety of the Fijian islands. The highest warning, a hurricane warning, was issued for Kadavu and Ono-i-Lau on April 7. The Fiji National Disaster Management Office (FDNMO) activated their Emergency Operations Centre to streamline preparations and evacuations. Across Fiji, 25 evacuation centres were initially opened, with 22 in the Western Division and 3 in the Central Division; at least 2,146 people sought shelter in the centres. The number of shelters and evacuees increased during and after Harold's passage; over 6,000 people sought refuge at 197 evacuation centres, with at least two in each of Fiji's four districts. All village headmen and community leaders were directed to evacuate their people to safety. The Kadavu Provincial Council warned Kadavu residents to seek higher ground. Viti Levu was placed under a restriction of movement order on April 8, ensuring that only emergency services would be on the roads; this order was lifted later that day. The director of the Fijian Ministry of Fisheries, Mere Lakeba, advised aquaculture farmers to reduce water usage and boaters to move their vessels to safety. Maritime clearances were indefinitely terminated for all ships by the Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji, apart from evacuating ships. All Land Transport Authority offices were closed. Non-essential civil servants were directed to stay home. On April 7, Fiji Airways moved some of its larger aircraft to New Zealand to avoid storm damage. Fiji Airways flights carrying evacuees departed for Sydney and Los Angeles.
Early on April 7, villagers in the Malolo and Yasawa groups began to feel some early effects from the storm, including gusty winds, moderate coastal flooding, and storm surge. The Turaga-ni-Koro (village chief) advised all villagers on Malolo to stay inside and remain alert at all times throughout the day. Heavy rainfall flooded several communities across Fiji; flash flood warnings covered all low-lying areas and watersheds throughout the country. Parts of Ba, Lautoka, and two villages were flooded. Patients in the main hospital in Lautoka were moved to the ground floor as a precautionary measure. Police checkpoints were established to restrict travel to Ba due to widespread floods along the Ba River and nearby creeks. Nearly a hundred homes in Qauia, Lami, were affected by flooding. Roads were blocked by fallen trees, floodwaters, and landslides. The Nasivi River overflowed its banks, submerging a highway and a bridge. Sections of Queens and Kings highways were closed due to obstructions. Nine houses were razed in Tailevu Province, injuring several people. Tailevu North College and homes in Tailevu lost parts of their roofs. Crops were uprooted from farms by the winds. In Nadi, winds reached 95 km/h (60 mph) and electricity was cut. Power outages stemming from downed power poles and lines affected much of Fiji's Central and Western divisions. Power company Energy Fiji Limited described the damage to its power lines as "significant". Houses in Sigatoka were damaged by strong winds and most parts of the city were left without power. A tornado struck Vusuya, Nausori on the morning of April 8, unroofing homes, uprooting trees, and felling power poles; fifteen houses were badly damaged and two people were injured. Seven houses and a school were unroofed by another tornado in Nakasi. Nine homes in Narere, Nasinu were damaged by a third tornado produced by Harold. Low-lying areas of Suva were inundated along the coastal waterfront. About ten homes in the city were destroyed. Metal and aluminum pipes from a skyscraper undergoing construction in Suva fell onto the adjacent roads and properties. Heavy rain and strong winds extended into the Northern Division, downing trees and signage. Cassava, plantain, and banana plantations sustained losses due to strong winds in Kubulau, Bua District. Communications were lost in the Kadavu and the Lau islands, where many buildings were damaged. Approximately 50 homes were destroyed in Ono-i-Lau, which was away from the center of Harold at its closest approach. Widespread damage was reported in Dravuni. Farms and crops were damaged in Vanuabalavu. In Bulia, Kadavu, around 20 homes were damaged, including newly-built houses. In total, 26 people were injured across Fiji, and one died. Power remained yet to be restored for 80% of the affected homes by April 11, 3 days after the first impacts.
Damage caused by Harold in the agricultural and educational industry of Fiji totaled up to FJD$28.4 million (USD$12.5 million), but the toll of infrastructural damage remained unknown. 1,919 buildings in Fiji were damaged by Harold and 575 were destroyed, mainly in the Eastern Division.
The Fua’amotu Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre in Tonga was activated on April 7 as Harold was forecast to track into Tongan waters within two days. Heavy rain warnings and flash flood advisories were issued for 'Eua, Ha'apai, Tongatapu, and Vava'u, with additional warnings for high winds covering the same areas in addition to other outlying islands. Commercial banks in Tonga closed on April 9, with normal operations expected to return on April 14. Police advised residents to seek shelter if necessary and to avoid Nuku'alofa's central business district. An extreme high tide warning, the highest level of tide warning possible in Tonga, was issued for Tonga's coastal waters as Harold approached, also coinciding with a king tide, which were predicted to cause possibly the highest tides near Tonga for 2020.
Power outages began affecting parts of Tonga due to falling trees caused by the storm on April 9. The center of Harold passed 90–100 km (55–60 mi) south of Tongatapu, lashing Tonga with heavy rains and wind; a peak gust of was registered at 'Eua Airport. Damage to food crops and water supplies occurred in 'Eua and Tongatapu. Storm surge, reaching above king tide, inundated coastal extents of Tongatapu, with their greatest impacts on the island's central and western shores. Three tourist resorts west of Nuku'alofa were destroyed; their beach-side cottages, events complexes, and residences were razed by the surge. Of the islands, 'Eua was most badly affected, with serious damage wrought to its wharf. Some houses were unroofed and electricity was lost throughout the island. Casualties were reported in the kingdom on April 10, although cut communications by the storm prevented confirmation of them. Farther inland, vegetation and crops were damaged by the storm. On April 23, Tonga's Minister of Finance revealed that the total Damages from Cyclone Harold in Tonga is estimated to in excess of US$111 million.
The state of emergency enacted for Vanuatu for the COVID-19 pandemic was extended to bolster the government response to Harold's aftermath. Recovery efforts were estimated to last 12 months, with the longetivity due in part to the concurrent coronavirus crisis. Oxfam Australia launched a disaster response team to assess and aid in repairing damage across Vanuatu's Sanma Province just hours after the first impacts from Harold, doubling down on COVID-19 aid as well. Save the Children prepared relief materials on the islands for distribution to affected children. The Vanautu Red Cross Society was joined by Red Cross societies from Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Stockpiled emergency kits were distributed by the Vanuatu Catholic Church for those affected. Lisa Faerua, the country director for Oxfam, stated that recovery from the storm could take up to a year, which would likely be delayed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Relief supplies shipped to Vanuatu were required to be quarantined for seven days before distribution on the islands. A P-3 Orion surveillance plane was sent by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to determine where humanitarian assistance could be prioritized. An NZDF C-130 was assigned to deliver a helicopter to Vanuatu to support relief efforts and carry out medical supplies. New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters funded US$485,000 (NZ$500,000) to the Government of Vanuatu to help aid recovery following the storm on April 8. Total direct contributions from New Zealand to Vanuatu amounted to US$1.52 million (NZ$2.5 million). Australia's assistance package to Vanuatu included logistical, health, education, and policing support for government and non-government agencies. An Australian Defence Force plane was sent to northern Vanuatu to send supplies to impacted areas on April 9. France sent tents, shelter kits, kitchen sets and jerry cans to the country under request of Vanuatu’s government. World Vision Australia estimated around 160,000 people (a little less than half the country's population) were left homeless by the storm, and declared the cyclone as a Category II disaster on their disaster rating scale. They then pledged to donate US$4 million (NZ$6.5 million) worth of supplies to affected areas. The OCHA provided a US$2.5 million emergency fund to Vanuatu to help ease the crisis, while UN Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock stated that it was "especially important" to support Vanuatu at a time when the coronavirus pandemic "touches us all". The World Bank donated US$10 million in emergency funding to Vanuatu on April 27. Between April 25 and 27, the Vanuatu Ministry of Health reported a significant increase in dengue fever and malaria cases in Torba and Sanma provinces, believed to be related to the cyclone. The agricultural industry of Vanuatu was hit particularly hard, with at least 60% of agricultural lands hosting bananas and coconuts (which together bring in a large majority of the country's revenue) were severely damaged according to the FAO.
In Fiji, Fijian soldiers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Third Fiji Infantry and police were dispatched to clear debris following the storm. The Government of Australia pledged A$350,000 in aid to Fiji for Harold relief efforts. The High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji, Jonathan Curr, pledged humanitarian and disaster and relief for Fiji from New Zealand.
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Rigidity (K-theory)
In mathematics, rigidity of K-theory encompasses results relating algebraic K-theory of different rings.
"Suslin rigidity", named after Andrei Suslin, refers to the invariance of mod-"n" algebraic K-theory under the base change between two algebraically closed fields: showed that for an extension
of algebraically closed fields, and an algebraic variety "X" / "F", there is an isomorphism
between the mod-"n" K-theory of coherent sheaves on "X", respectively its base change to "E". A textbook account of this fact in the case "X" = "F", including the resulting computation of K-theory of algebraically closed fields in characteristic "p", is in .
This result has stimulated various other papers. For example show that the base change functor for the mod-"n" stable A1-homotopy category
is fully faithful. A similar statement for non-commutative motives has been established by .
Another type of rigidity relates the mod-"n" K-theory of an henselian ring "A" to the one of its residue field "A"/"m". This rigidity result is referred to as "Gabber rigidity", in view of the work of who showed that there is an isomorphism
provided that "n"≥1 is an integer which is invertible in "A".
If "n" is not invertible in "A", the result as above still holds, provided that K-theory is replaced by the fiber of the trace map between K-theory and topological cyclic homology. This was shown by .
used Gabber's and Suslin's rigidity result to reprove Quillen's computation of K-theory of finite fields.
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Roland Dane
Roland William Surrey Dane (born October 1956) is an Irish-Australian automotive businessman who is best known for co-founding motorsport teams Triple Eight Racing in Britain and Triple Eight Race Engineering in Australia, of which he remains team principal.
Dane started his career at automotive manufacturer Panther Westwinds as an apprentice in 1975 and then working in various roles including as a sales executive before his departure from the company in 1984. In 1986, Dane founded car dealership Park Lane Limited, based in London, that now focuses on selling luxury cars across the British Isles and Asia Pacific.
In partnership with racing driver Derek Warwick, Dane founded the Park Lane Racing team in 1991, and they competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in 1992 and 1993. Dane, Warwick and Ian Harrison then founded Triple Eight Race Engineering in late 1996, with the team becoming six-times series champions as the works Vauxhall team from 1997 until Vauxhall left the category in 2009. The team, which later took on manufacturer support from MG, ceased trading in 2018.
By 2002, Dane and Warwick had sold their share in the team and Dane moved to Australia. As part of its British operations, Triple Eight Racing had already competed in two events in Australia in the late 1990s; the 1997 and 1998 Bathurst 1000 races which were run to Super Touring regulations and open to BTCC entrants for the only time. Alongside co-owner Warwick, the team hired local Holden drivers, a sister company to Vauxhall, across the two years, including nine-time event winner Peter Brock in 1997. The team's second entry in 1998 was also re-branded as a Holden.
In 2003, after initial discussions to buy the Holden Racing Team, following the collapse of owners Tom Walkinshaw Racing, were aborted, Dane purchased V8 Supercars team Briggs Motor Sport. This signalled the formation of Triple Eight Race Engineering (Australia) with Warwick, Harrison and Peter Butterly as business partners. The team also recruited French engineer Ludo Lacroix, who had worked for the team in the BTCC era, to the Australian operation and he took on the role as Technical Director before later defecting to rivals DJR Team Penske in 2016.
Craig Lowndes won the team its first race in 2005 and went on to win three consecutive Bathurst 1000s from 2006 to 2008 with Jamie Whincup. Whincup also won the championship in 2008 and 2009 for Ford before Roland Dane brokered a manufacturer switch to Holden for 2010. In the 2010s, the team won six further championships, five of them Whincup's, and four Bathurst 1000s. From 2016 onwards, the team also became the factory Holden team in the category.
During this time, Dane held a position on the Supercars Board of Directors for 12 out of 14 years between 2004 and 2017. As at 2014, Dane had become majority owner of the team, with Harrison holding a minority stake. In 2015, Dane then sold a minority stake to Paul Dumbrell, Tim Miles and Trinette Schipkie while Jamie Whincup and Dane's daughter Jessica became part-owners in 2018, replacing Schipkie. In 2016, Dane became an Australian citizen.
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Khlopok Rebellion
The Khlopok Rebellion was an anti-feudal uprising in Russia of the peasant and servile masses, which was the result of the strengthening of serfdom and the great famine of 1601–1603 at the beginning of the Time of Troubles. Among the many robber detachments operating at that time, the largest, operating near Moscow itself, was the detachment of the chieftain, Khlopok Kosolap, by whose name the phenomenon was named.
The main part of the rebels was the kholops who fled from the estates due to the great famine of 1601–1603, as their masters refused to feed them, but hoped to claim their rights at them after the end of the famine. From the documents of that time, however, it is known that those engaged in robbery received the active support of the peasant population, which made it difficult to combat such detachments. At the same time, government documents do not indicate the political nature of the uprising – the participants in the servile movement are called in them "robbers" (criminals), and not "thieves" (political criminals). The "robbers" did not try to establish control over certain cities and fortresses. The aim of the detachment of Khlopok and others like them was not to seize power, but to obtain livelihoods that became habitual in the conditions of hunger.
The uprising swept many counties of the west, center and south of the Russian state, but the situation was especially difficult in the western regions of the country, where, on the one hand, with low natural yields, were the most severe consequences of mass starvation, on the other, trade routes connecting Russia with Poland and Sweden passed. The so-called "Belsky Mandate" of the Robbery Order is known, which describes the powers sent from Moscow to combat the robberies of commissioners. To combat crime, it was supposed to rely on local forces and the help of rural elders, and the noble militia should not be involved in the capture of the rebels. The measures taken did not significantly change the situation.
In August 1603, a detachment of 100 servicemen under the command of okolnichy Ivan Basmanov was sent from Moscow in a westerly direction to destroy the detachment of Khlopok, the number of which reached 600 people. However, in mid-September, government troops were ambushed by rebels. During the battle, Ivan Basmanov was killed, but the servicemen were able to defeat the rebellious slaves and capture the wounded Khlopok Kosolap, who was soon executed.
With the destruction of the Khlopok detachment, mass robberies in the Russian state did not stop, part of the slaves fled to the south, where they then participated in the Bolotnikov Uprising and other events of the Time of Troubles. By decree of Tsar Boris Godunov, a thorough investigation was conducted into the circumstances of the uprising, since among the rebels there were servants of disgraced boyars.
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Jung Yeon-joo
Jung Yeon-joo (born 13 February 1990) is a South Korean actress and model. Jung is known for her roles in Queen of Mystery, Chicago Typewriter.
She graduated from the Korea National University of Arts and made her debut in the 2011 short movie Guest. She played a small supporting role in drama I Remember You. She then appeared in a number of hit drama series titles such as Queen of Mystery, Chicago Typewriter, and "Forest".
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Sonia Zakrzewski
Sonia Ruth Zakrzewski is a bioarchaeologist and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton.
She is a member of the Paleopathology Association, and on the organising board of the Society for the Study of Human Biology (SSHB) and the British Association for Biological Anthropology & Osteoarchaeology (BABAO). She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 11 November 2011.
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Xavier B. Fernández
Xavier B. Fernández (born 1960, Barcelona) is a Spanish writer and journalist. He studied information science at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and went on to work for a variety of local papers, among them "Els 4 Cantons", "El Punt", and "Diari de Terrassa". In 1994, he made his debut as a screenwriter, penning scripts for episodes of the TV series "Detective Bogey". He also worked on series such as "El patito feo", "Los tres ositos" and "Bandolero". In 20006, the Mexican publisher Resistencia brought out his novel "Kensington Gardens", which became a cult favorite of punk and emo teenagers. He has published half a dozen books till date.
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Negevirus
Negevirus is a taxon of non segmented, positive sense single stranded RNA viruses that have been isolated from mosquitoes and phlebotomine sand flies in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. With the electron microscope the viruses appear to be spherical particles 45 to 55 nanometers in diameter.
There are at least 91 viruses recognised in this taxon.
The viral genomes are between 7.039 and 10.054 nucleotides in length. There are three open reading frames (ORFs). The largest open reading frame lies toward the 5' end of the genome and encodes a polyprotein. This polyprotein has methyl transferase, viral helicase and RNA dependent RNA polymerase domains. There are untranslated regions at the 5' and 3' ends of the genome. These vary with the 5' end being between 72 and 730 and the 3' end 121 to 442 nucleotides in length. The function of the two smaller open reading frames is not known but they appear to be envelope proteins.
This taxon was first described in 2013.
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Lac la Retenue
The Lac la Retenue is an artificial body of water crossed by the rivière la Retenue, a tributary of the Ferrée River. This lake is located northeast of the city of Quebec, in the municipality of L'Ange-Gardien, in the La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Lac Savane is served on the north side by rue de la Vallée, on the east side by chemin Turgeon, on the south side by chemin du Lac la Retenu Sud and on the west side by chemin Lucien Lefrançois. This lake is located in the heart of a residential area in L'Ange-Gardien.
The surface of Lac la Retenue is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The water level of the lake varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
With a length of , this artificial lake receives the waters of the North-West Arm which pours into the bottom of an L-shaped bay with a length of 0.3 km. Lac la Retenue has two outlets: outlet of the rivière la Retenue (main waterway) and the rivière du Petit Pré (secondary effluent) which rises on the south side of the dam.
The mouth of this artificial lake is located at:
From its mouth, the current descends on following the course of the rivière la Retenue, on generally towards the south following the course of the Ferrée river; then on towards the east by the course of the Montmorency River, until the northwest bank of the Saint-Laurent river.
The name of the lake borrows that of the dam which retains the waters of the Retained River. The initial infrastructure would have been built under the aegis of Monsignor de Laval. Under the French Regime, a canal was built from this artificial lake, making it possible to feed the Petit Pré river and the mill river.
The toponym "Lac Savane" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
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INTLAB
INTLAB (INTerval LABoratory) is an interval arithmetic library using MATLAB and GNU Octave, available in Windows and Linux, macOS. It was developed by S.M. Rump from Hamburg University of Technology. INTLAB was used to develop other MATLAB-based libraries such as VERSOFT and INTSOLVER, and it was used to solve some problems in the Hundred-dollar, Hundred-digit Challenge problems.
INTLAB can help users to solve the following mathematical/numerical problems with interval arithmetic.
INTLAB is based on the previous studies of the main author, including his works with co-authors.
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Who's Your Daddy (web series)
Who's Your Daddy is the new webseries of ZEE5. It stars Rahul Dev, YouTuber Harsh Beniwal, Nikhil Bhambri and Anveshi Jain.
The story focuses on various hilariours situations when Tidda is caught making out with his girlfriend and her father Pissu and the antagonist of the serial throws him out of the house in his undies asking him to find out who his mother really is. Soggy then narrates his story in the most hysterical encounters of him trying to achieve his love of life Mehak . how the top women in delhi wanted his father Prem Singh. And finally how Soggy did a porn DVD business. To the end to realize with an emotional connect between Soggy and Tidda.
Who’s Your Daddy is an Original series starring Rahul Dev, Harsh Beniwal, Nikhil Bhambri and Divinaa Thackur. Curious to know about his real mother, Tidda goes to his father Soggy and discovers a shocking truth about his father’s colourful past.
Don’t teach your daddy how to make babies! Especially if your dad is Prem or Soggy, the daddy of all daddies in the daddy history! Who’s Your Daddy is the tale of Prem, Soggy and Tidda, who’ll tickle your funny bones as they go down their memory lanes laced with ‘blue-films’ and hilarious sexual encounters to uncover who’s the Daddy of Soggy’s son!
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Geobiology (pseudoscience)
Geobiology is a term used to describe a study of the effects of the Earth's radiation i.e. telluric currents and other electromagentic fields upon biological life e.g. human, animal and plant.
Also described thus, 'Geobiology is the study of the Earth's influence, at a precise point, on everything that lives, be it human, animal or plant'.
The term is derived from Ancient Greek gē ("ge") meaning ‘earth’ and βίος; ("bios") meaning ‘life’
Practitioners of geobiology will typically use a dowsing rod, pendulum or their hands to ascertain the location of radiation and then use this information to make an assessment on its effect on a residential dwelling or workplace and upon localised natural life.
Practitioners may also claim be to able to propitiously locate and model a building on a similar basis to the theories of Feng shui, Vastu Shastra or use of Sacred geometry
Within this pseudoscience, Hartmann Lines (named after Ernst Hartmann) and Curry Lines (after Manfred Curry) are identified as forming grid patterns on the Earth's surface and posited on occasion to have negative effect on health and viability of biological life. Other patterns of Earth radiation named after practitioners include Peyré lines (after Francois Peyré), Romani waves (after Lucien Romani), Benker cube(after Anton Benker) and Wittmann lines (after Siegfried Wittmann), the latter being an alternative name for the radiation named after Curry
Underground flowing water (groundwater) deemed to create radiation caused by the friction of water against mineral deposits is considered to have a similar effect to the grids mentioned above.
Geological faults and the consequent difference in electric charge of the mass each side of the fault is seen as generating radiation which may have an adverse effect on the habitat.
Also practitioners may claim to locate cosmo-telluric chimneys suggested to be a vortices of energy reaching up into the Cosmos from the
Earth
As well the phenomena mentioned above, considered inherent to the natural environment, a practitioner of Geobiology may also seek out radiation derived from human activity. Examples of this being overhead and underground power lines and telecommunication infrastructure.
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Anders (Dragon Age)
Anders is a fictional character in BioWare's "Dragon Age" franchise. The character made his debut in "" as a human mage pursued by members of the Templar Order, the military arm of the Chantry, which is the dominant religious organization in the "Dragon Age" series. He joins the player character as a party member. He appears again as a companion character in 2011's "Dragon Age II".
Although the character is initially depicted in "Origins – Awakening" to be only concerned about his own personal freedom, by "Dragon Age II" he has developed a zealous passion to help other mages who are oppressed by the Chantry. He later reveals to Hawke, the player character of the second game, that he has allowed himself to be possessed by a spirit prior to his relocation to Kirkwall, whose rigid belief in moral absolutes influenced his predominantly lighthearted and carefree disposition. Anders later orchestrates the destruction of the Kirkwall Chantry; with his actions, the Circles of Magi across Thedas began to rebel against the Templar Order and the Chantry, leading to all-out conflict across the regions of Thedas which later led to the Mage-Templar War in "".
Anders' depiction in "Dragon Age II" has proven divisive among video game journalists and fans. Some found merit and nuance in his changed personality and antagonism against the templars, while others have disapproved of his darker characterization and suggested that his fanaticism lacked depth. His overt flirtation with Hawke, specifically a male player character, generated controversy as well as substantial discussion on the issue of LGBT themes in the "Dragon Age" series.
Anders is a wise-cracking human apostate mage who has escaped the Circle of Magi multiple times, only to be captured and brought back by the templars. Born and raised in Ferelden, his father was originally from the Anderfels, a kingdom in northwestern Thedas. He was brought to the Circle of Magi at Ferelden's Kinloch Hold after his magical powers manifested when he turned twelve. Anders initially refused to speak when he arrived there, not even to tell other apprentices his name. They began calling him "the Ander", referring to his Anders heritage; "Anders" would become the only name he'd use for the rest of his life. Having known friends, a loving family, and a life free of constant supervision during his childhood, the young mage was keenly aware of what he'd lost and constantly rebelled against the Circle's rules and restrictions, and eventually the very structure of the Circle itself. In "Dragon Age II", Anders is depicted as very compassionate and eager to help the downtrodden, and he detests Kirkwall's Templar Order for their treatment of the local mages. Anders has an affinity for cats, and kept a stray kitten he found in the Vigil's Keep whom he named "Ser Pounce-a-lot".
Anders is a potential romance option for Hawke of either gender, whom he will usually develop feelings for even if the player do not flirt with him first. Unlike other companions in "Dragon Age II", Anders is noted for being aggressive and proactive in his romantic pursuit for Hawke, who may respond by allowing or firmly rejecting any further flirtation. Rejecting his advances will yield rivalry points, which may be interpreted by some players as a measurable consequence on the avatar-NPC relationship, even though high rivalry scores unlock bonuses that can't be obtained through a friendship path and inspire companion loyalty just as effectively as high friendship scores. Jessica Hylton, author of the essay "LGBTQIA Inclusion in Dragon Age: Inquisition: Burning Down Stereotypes and Modding for Represention", identified Anders as the most notable example of a character providing gendered responses in the "Dragon Age" series. In "Origins – Awakening", Anders presents himself as heterosexual. If Hawke is male, Anders will reveal that he and Karl were once lovers; if Hawke is female, Anders will omit any mention of his romantic past with Karl. Hylton interprets this as Bioware's attempt to allow players to "use Anders' bisexuality to include LGBTQIA content or to eliminate it from their gameplay entirely".
Jennifer Hepler, the writer for Anders in "Dragon Age II", had intentionally written the character to be a polarizing figure, who would be deeply loved by some players and righteously despised by others. She drew inspiration from the "cursed romance" between Buffy Summers and Angel from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" when writing the romance subplot for Anders and Hawke, noting that it was something Bioware had not done up until "Dragon Age II".
Anders is voiced by Greg Ellis in "Origins – Awakening", and by Adam Howden in "Dragon Age II". Howden used his regular speaking voice for the role, with a slight "angsty" inflection. He did his voice recordings with Caroline Livingstone as the voice director. In preparation for the role, Howden also listened to Ellis' performance from "Origins – Awakening", and he recognized that they both have a similar vocal quality. Noting that Anders had evolved from the previous installment where he was more carefree and easygoing, Howden explained that he went his own way with the character, as he "is written quite differently. He maintains a sense of humor but you learn so much more about him in DA2 and you see a much darker side to him."
Matt Rhodes, who is employed at Bioware as Art Director, uploaded unused concept art he completed during the development cycle of "Dragon Age: Inquisition" on his personal website, which depicts a disheveled Anders living in a cave as a hermit.
Anders is first encountered in "Origins – Awakening" fending off darkspawn on his own when the Warden-Commander arrives in the midst of an assault on Vigil's Keep, with several templars lying dead around him; Anders denies his culpability in the templars' demise. He revealed that he was in the midst of being taken back to the Ferelden Circle when darkspawn attacked Vigil's Keep, but offers to help repel the darkspawn attack. At the conclusion of the siege, the Warden-Commander has the option of conscripting him into the Grey Wardens in order to save him from the templars, who has accused him of murder. During this time he met Justice, a spirit from the metaphysical realm known as the Fade, who is stranded in the decomposing body of a dead Warden named Kristoff. The spirit struggled to understand the real world and its inhabitants, leading him to engage Anders in some in-depth discussions about the world's problems, and eventually about the plight of mages throughout Thedas. For his personal quest, he asks the Warden-Commander to help him find his phylactery, which allows the templars to trace his whereabouts, and destroy it.
"Dragon Age II" reveals that Anders becomes a Grey Warden and survives the events of "Origins – Awakening" regardless of the player's choices, but he deserted from the order soon after the ending of "Origins – Awakening". He also agreed to host Justice as his new vessel, transferring the spirit from Kristoff's corpse into his own body, and relocated to the city of Kirwall in order to help mages fight for freedom from the Chantry. Hawke first meets Anders after Varric directs them to seek out a Grey Warden who possesses knowledge of the Deep Roads. He is found at his clinic in Kirkwall's Darktown giving aid to refugees, healing them free of charge. He convinces Hawke to help rescue his friend Karl from the templars in return for maps of the Deep Roads, but finds that he has been rendered Tranquil, effectively a form of lobotomy which renders the victim unable to feel any emotions. It is then revealed that the spirit of Justice now manifests itself as a spirit of Vengeance, an unintentional side effect of Anders' anger and hatred towards the templars. As a result, Anders struggles to maintain control of his own body and mind, and is eventually driven to become a terrorist in the name of mage rights. During the climax of Act III, Anders destroys the Kirkwall Chantry, killing the Grand Cleric and several others. This in turn gives Knight Commander Meredith the opportunity to invoke the Rite of Annulment, an order to kill all the mages in the Kirkwall Circle, without official sanction from a Grand Cleric or the Divine. Her action sparked the Kirkwall Rebellion. Hawke has the option of executing Anders for his crime, banishing him, or ordering him to fight and make amends. Each companion will react to how Hawke chooses to deal with Anders' fate in their own way, positive or negative.
Anders is a divisive character. Writing for "Kotaku", Hayley Williams placed the character last on her 2015 list which ranked 51 companions from the "Mass Effect" and "Dragon Age" games. She complained that his "terrible characterization in "Dragon Age II" was only made worse by the fact that he was genuinely likable and interesting in his first appearance in "Awakening"", and insisted that there was no resemblance between the two iterations of the Anders character "aside from his odd feathery shoulders". John Walker from "Rock, Paper, Shotgun" contrasted the character's different characterization in "Dragon Age II" from his original appearance as "the formerly fantastically grumpy character from "Awakenings"", claiming "they emasculated him to become such a weedy drip". On the other hand, Kris Ligman from "Pop Matters" opined that "Dragon Age II" delivered "some of the strongest character-driven storytelling that we've seen out of a Bioware title" in spite of its limitations, noting that she would accept "poorer production values as a more than acceptable trade off" if she gets characters "even half as dynamic as Anders". Ligman noted that Anders "makes multiple references to the freeness of sexuality that he was used to in his youth, but in pursuing a romance with him, the player becomes keenly aware how closely the game's writing is in linking the gift of magical powers and sexuality". "PC Gamer's" Chris Thursten empathized with Anders, appreciating the moments when his sense of humor "surfaces above the broody spirit of vengeance that inhabits him"; by contrast, "the final, tragic, explosive expression of his frustration at the treatment of mages" is considered a highlight by Thursten of Hawke's decade-long exploration of relationships with their companions in Kirkwall.
Gieson Cacho, in a 2011 post for "Mercury News's" arts and entertainment blog, was of the view that Anders is the most fascinating aspect of "Dragon Age II" with regards to "how he sets up the conflict that’s central to the game". Cacho drew a comparison to Quentin Tarantino’s "Inglourious Basterds", drawing attention to the similarity between both works where the narrative "turns the table on our perceptions of moral and immoral acts" over the notion that "protagonists can act like terrorists in certain circumstances and be justified". Cacho concluded that while BioWare's approach is flawed as they glossed over the results of the player's actions if they choose to sympathize with Anders, their attempt is considered brave as they "broach the subject better than Infinity Ward did with """. Mattie Brice, writing for "Pop Matters", provided an in-depth analysis of Anders blowing up the Chantry and by extension, BioWare's statement on contemporary social issues. Brice observed that Anders' actions intertwines anger and sympathy "in an uncomfortable knot", and that "general reception of his actions has been negative". She suggests that a gut reaction shared by most players would be to "reprimand Anders in some way, that pushing against violent oppressors is okay -- until you get violent yourself". To compare him to a contemporary social minority, Brice suggested, would lend "a perspective that complicates our thinking of both Anders and social change". Brice concluded that what the game really compels the player to consider is whether "blowing up the Chantry is what’s necessary for the oppression to end", and that it is "a testament to the social relevance that games can have by its blurring of the players’ sense of right and wrong and by its translation of that new understanding into actual activism for issues that exist in reality".
Hylton suggested that BioWare attempted to overcompensate for the perceived discomfort with male-male romance in "Origins" by having Anders not only pursuing the player character aggressively, but also offering different versions of Anders' past relationship with Karl depending on the player character's gender. Evaluating that the relationship between Anders and Karl is not conditional but the revelation of its nature is contingent on the player character being female, Hylton called this approach "a strange way to hide homosexuality". Heather Alexandra, writing for "Kotaku", notes that there is a clear parallel between real world queer experiences and the narrative of "Dragon Age II", which illustrates how mainstream society of Thedas treats individuals born with magical talent, which led to Anders' path to violent revolution. Alexandra stressed that "it speaks volumes that Anders’ struggle, which borrows heavily from real world queer suffering to pack its emotional punch, requires that his gay lover die — perhaps even by Anders’ own hand".
Some sources compared Anders to Alistair, noting a resemblance in physical appearance and personality traits between both characters. Natania Barron of "Wired" commented that she "settled" for Anders and most likely chose him as her character's romance option for "Dragon Age II" because he reminded her of Alistair on a superficial level.
During an interview with "Red Carpet News TV" at the London Comic Con MCM Expo in October 2012, Howden noted that Anders was the role he was most recognized for at the time, and that he was the most frequent character fans would ask him to make an impression of when meeting him in person.
Some players have made open objections towards Anders' unsolicited expression of romantic interest in a male player character. In early 2011, shortly after the release of "Dragon Age II", one player made a forum post on Bioware's then-active social forums expressing their distaste for unwanted homosexual advances. One player made a forum post about how he felt Bioware "neglected their main demographic: The Straight Male Gamer." The post, which is now inaccessible after EA shut down Bioware's forums, criticized the game's diversity in romances, and asked for a much bigger focus on straight male gamers as well as an option to remove homosexual content. Gaider responded to the forum post by saying the game is designed for everyone, ending his note with saying that "the person who says that the only way to please them is to restrict options for others is, if you ask me, the one who deserves it least." Other notable examples include a "Ctrl+Alt+Del" comic strip which lampoons Anders' alleged seduction of an unaware Hawke, and an open petition from a self-described gay player which called for Gaider's dismissal from Bioware over what they perceived to be negative representations of openly gay individuals.
Greg Armstrong-Morris from Xtra was annoyed by what he perceived to be overreaction by some gamers due to their inability to cope with Anders' flirting, and sarcastically proposed that a Kinsey scale which allows players to determine their in-game avatars' sexual orientation should be introduced to keep everyone happy. Ligman quoted Denis Farr from his article written for the GayGamer website to conclude her article "Take Your Damn Rivalry Points Like a Man: The Non-Dialectic of "Dragon Age II"", which read, "Anders does not call you a "whore," "slut," or any other colorful epithets women in our society can expect from turning down an advance. Even rivals in the game respect Hawke". Conversely, Hylton stated that as a result of the writers' approach towards male to male flirtation in "Dragon Age II", Anders is an example of a "problematic bisexual character" and that the game's presentation "inadvertently played into the predatory gay trope".
Reflecting on her writing work for Anders in her autobiography, Hepler expressed bemusement that some players objected more fervently to Anders proactively flirting with a male player character compared to him "murdering a nun in order to start a religious war", noting that the character "has probably succeeded in being the most controversial character in BioWare history" from her perspective.
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Solidarity trial
The Solidarity trial for treatments is a multinational Phase III-IV clinical trial organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to compare four untested treatments for hospitalized people with severe COVID-19 illness. The trial was announced 18 March 2020, and as of 21 April, over 100 countries were participating.
In May, the WHO announced an international coalition for simultaneously developing several candidate vaccines to prevent COVID-19 disease, calling this effort the Solidarity trial for vaccines.
The trial intends to rapidly assess in thousands of COVID-19 infected people the potential efficacy of existing antiviral and anti-inflammatory agents not yet evaluated specifically for COVID-19 illness, a process called "repurposing" or "repositioning" an already-approved drug for a different disease.
The Solidarity project is designed to give rapid insights to key clinical questions:
Enrolling people with COVID-19 infection is simplified by using data entries, including informed consent, on a WHO website. After the trial staff determine the drugs available at the hospital, the WHO website randomizes the hospitalized subject to one of the trial drugs or to the hospital standard of care for treating COVID-19. The trial physician records and submits follow-up information about the subject status and treatment, completing data input via the WHO Solidarity website. The design of the Solidarity trial is not double-blind – which is normally the standard in a high-quality clinical trial – but WHO needed speed with quality for the trial across many hospitals and countries. A global safety monitoring board of WHO physicians examine interim results to assist decisions on safety and effectiveness of the trial drugs, and alter the trial design or recommend an effective therapy. A similar web-based study to Solidarity, called "Discovery", was initiated in March across seven countries by INSERM (Paris, France).
The Solidarity trial seeks to implement coordination across hundreds of hospital sites in different countries – including those with poorly-developed infrastructure for clinical trials – yet needs to be conducted rapidly. According to John-Arne Røttingen, chief executive of the Research Council of Norway and chairman of the Solidarity trial international steering committee, the trial would be considered effective if therapies are determined to "reduce the proportion of patients that need ventilators by, say, 20%, that could have a huge impact on our national health-care systems."
According to the WHO Director General, the aim of the trial is to "dramatically cut down the time needed to generate robust evidence about what drugs work", a process using an "adaptive design". The Solidarity and European Discovery trials apply adaptive design to rapidly alter trial parameters when results from the four experimental therapeutic strategies emerge.
Adaptive designs within ongoing Phase III-IV clinical trials – such as the Solidarity and Discovery projects – may shorten the trial duration and use fewer subjects, possibly expediting decisions for early termination to save costs if interim results are negative. If the Solidarity project shows early evidence of success, design changes across the project's international locations can be made rapidly to enhance overall outcomes of affected people and hasten use of the therapeutic drug.
The individual or combined drugs being studied in the Solidarity and Discovery projects are already approved for other diseases and recognized as safe. They are:
Due to safety concerns and evidence of heart arrhythmias leading to higher death rates, the WHO suspended the hydroxychloroquine arm of the Solidarity trial in late May 2020, although reinstated, then withdrawn again when an interim analysis in June showed that hydroxychloroquine provided no benefit to hospitalized people severely infected with COVID-19.
During March, funding for the Solidarity trial reached million from 203,000 individual donations, charitable organizations and governments, with 45 countries involved in financing or trial management. As of April 2020, the countries participating were Argentina, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, France, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, and Thailand.
The WHO has developed a multinational coalition of vaccine scientists defining a "Global Target Product Profile" (TPP) for COVID-19, identifying favorable attributes of safe and effective vaccines under two broad categories: "vaccines for the long-term protection of people at higher risk of COVID-19, such as healthcare workers", and other vaccines to provide rapid-response immunity for new outbreaks. The international TPP team was formed to 1) assess the development of the most promising candidate vaccines; 2) map candidate vaccines and their clinical trial worldwide, publishing a frequently-updated "landscape" of vaccines in development; 3) rapidly evaluate and screen for the most promising candidate vaccines simultaneously before they are tested in humans; and 4) design and coordinate a multiple-site, international randomized controlled trial the Solidarity trial for vaccines to enable simultaneous evaluation of the benefits and risks of different vaccine candidates under clinical trials in countries where there are high rates of COVID-19 disease, ensuring fast interpretation and sharing of results around the world. The WHO vaccine coalition will prioritize which vaccines should go into Phase II and III clinical trials, and determine harmonized Phase III protocols for all vaccines achieving the pivotal trial stage.
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MANRS
MANRS ("Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security") is an Internet Society-supported activity aimed at securing global Internet routing. Its main participants are Internet Service Providers (ISPs), cloud providers, Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs).
Members of MANRS include Amazon, Cloudflare, Facebook, Google, and Netflix.
MANRS also operates the MANRS Observatory, a service that monitors the Internet for routing problems.
In May 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, MANRS announced that more than 500 autonomous systems had joined the initiative.
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Samabiyong Tea Garden
Samabiyong Tea Garden (also spelt as Samabeyong) is a village in the Gorubathan CD block in the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Samabiyong Tea Garden is located at .
Samabeyong Tea Garden is 8 km from Lava.
The map alongside shows the Kalimpong Sadar subdivision of Kalimpong district. Physiographically, this area forms the Kalimpong Range, with the average elevation varying from . This region is characterized by abruptly rising hills and numerous small streams.It is a predominantly rural area with 77.67% of the population living in rural areas and only 22.23% living in the urban areas. While Kalimpong is the only municipality, Dungra is the sole census town in the entire area. The economy is agro-based and there are 6 tea gardens in the Gorubathan CD block.In 2011, Kalimpong subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.85%, comparable with the highest levels of literacy in the districts of the state.While the first degree college in the subdivision was established at Kalimpong in 1962the entire subdivision (and now the entire district), other than the head-quarters, had to wait till as late as 2015 (more than half a century) to have their first degree colleges at Pedong and Gorubathan.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Samabiyong Tea Garden had a total population of 1,608 of which 824 (51%) were males and 784 (49%) were females. There were 156 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Samabiyong Tea Garden was 1,216 (83.75% of the population over 6 years).
Samabeyong Tea Garden was established by the British Planters in 1887. The garden is located along hill slopes at an altitude of .
“Samabeong is one of the most scenic places in the entire region.” There is a hill-top lodge for tourists.
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Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld (born 20 April 1991, Nieuwendijk, Netherlands) is a Dutch writer. They use the pronouns they/them. Their debut novel, translated into English as "The Discomfort of Evening" by Michele Hutchison, is nominated at the shortlist for the International Booker Prize in 2020, making them only the third Dutch author to be nominated for the prize, after Tommy Wieringa (longlisted in 2019) and Harry Mulisch (shortlisted in 2007).
Rijneveld grew up in a religious family on a farm in North Brabant in the Netherlands. They have said that their debut novel, translated into English as "The Discomfort of Evening", is inspired partly by the death of their brother when the author was three. It took them six years to complete the novel.
Rijneveld started getting an interest in writing in primary school after reading J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which they loaned from the local library. As in Reformed circles, fantasy is a taboo genre, Rijneveld typed over the whole book on their computer so they could re-read it upon returning the novel.
Rijneveld has stated that renowned Dutch writer Jan Wolkers, who also grew up in a Reformed environment, is their idol. Their interest for poetry was conceived when they had speech therapy as they were looking at pictures with poetry on them when waiting on a session. When Rijneveld was progressing in their therapy, they were allowed to read up those poems by their therapist.
They studied to become a Dutch teacher, but dropped out to focus on writing. Next to writing, Rijneveld works on a farm.
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COVID-19 pandemic in Sint Eustatius
The COVID-19 pandemic in Sint Eustatius is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached the Dutch Caribbean of Sint Eustatius on 31 March 2020. On 5 May all cases recovered..
On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019.
The case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower than SARS of 2003, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll.
The island has a population of 3,139 people. The Queen Beatrix Medical Center run by the St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation provides the medical care on the island, but patients requiring intensive care need to be transported to Sint Maarten. Testing for COVID-19 is also being performed in Sint Maarten, but due to the limited capacity, tests for people without symptoms are forwarded to Guadelope, which takes 3 to 5 days.
On 16 March, the airport and harbor were closed to international travel from high risk areas like Europe and the United States.
By 26 March, there were no confirmed cases in the territory, with seven suspected cases coming back negative. Schools have also been shut on the island. Most international visitors are also currently banned from entering the territory.
On 31 March, the first two cases were confirmed. The patients are young men from the Netherlands who arrived on 15 March and self isolated after arrival.
On 1 April, a €13 million support package for businesses, employees, and the unemployed was announced for the BES islands.
On 2 April, it was announced that restaurants, bars, sport centres had to close and that gatherings of over 25 people are banned.
On 7 April, Island Governor Marnix van Rij announced that all non-essential business should close, in supermarkets a maximum of 15 persons is allowed inside including employees, and that Sint Eustatius will not implement a curfew yet.
Peter Glerum has been appointed as crisis management advisor by the Public Entity of St. Eustatius.
On 17 April, a mobile intensive care unit was delivered from Maastricht via Sint Maarten. The two positive cases were retested and are still positive.
As of 19 April, 19 people have been tested and 15 people are in self quarantine.
On 20 April, there was an unclear official statement that the number of cases went to 1, but it turns out that one recovered.
On 22 April, a semi-permanent field hospital has arrived in Sint Eustatius, and will be used for COVID-19 patients in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The field hospital consists of six ICU beds, and is expected be operational on 8 May.
On 23 April, it was announced that the person who was evacuated to Sint Maarten Medical Center on a helicopter on 21 April has tested negative.
On 25 April, it was announced that in order to alleviate the economic hardship, the fixed tariff for electricity and water will be set to zero, and the price of internet will be set to $25.- from 1 May until the end of the year. The island will also receive €150,000 of food aid.
On 28 April, Governor Marnix van Rij announced that repatriation flights for European and United States citizens stranded in Sint Eustatius were being planned.
St. Eustatius started preparation with the Caribbean Netherlands Fire Brigade for a joint hurricane COVID-19 strategy.
On 1 May, Governor Marnix van Rij announced that the schools will gradually reopen from 11 May onward.
On 5 May, all cases recovered. There is still one test pending. The island is under an emergency ordinance which will expire 15 May.
On 18 May, the Queen Beatrix Medical Center gradually reopened. There are still a number of conditions, but normal medical care will be provided once more.
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Muhammad Taqi Amini
Muhammad Taqi Amini ( 5 May 1926 – 21 January 1991) was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist Urdu author and the dean of Theology faculty of Aligarh Muslim University He was known for his works on Islamic jurisprudence and his book "Fiqh Islami ka Tarakhi Pas Manzar" is a required reading for master's degree in Islamic studies at the Islamic University of Science & Technology.
Muhammad Taqi Amini was born on 5 May 1926 in Subeha, a village in Barabanki, United Provinces of British India (now Uttar Pradesh). He acquired his primary education in local madrassas and then went to Jami’ul Ulum in Kanpur. He completed his dars-e-nizami studies under Kifayatullah Dihlawi at Madrasa Aminia in Delhi.
Amini started teaching at Madrasa Subhania Delhi, Nadwatul Ulama and Jami'ul-Uloom in Kanpur.He moved to Nagpur in 1950, where he taught in Madrasa Sanwiya and High School for about 6 years and then moved to Ajmer in 1956 to teach Darul Uloom Muinia where he became Principal and Shaykh al-Hadith. His career in Darul Uloom Muiniya lasted for about seven years and he mainly taught Hadith sciences.
At the request of Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi, Amini joined Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) as a lecturer in the department of Sunni Theology in 1964. He became a professor and department head, then the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, and stayed at the AMU until 1986. However, the Vice Chancellor of the AMU, Sayyid Hashim Ali extended his post up to 1989.
Amini was a member of Majlis Tahqeeqat-e-Shariah, a jurisprudence council established by Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi.
In "Punishment of Apostasy in Islam", S. A. Rahman says that, according to Amini,
Amini died on 21 January 1991 in Aligarh.
At the AMU, Javed Ahsan Falahi wrote a doctoral thesis entitled "Mawlana Muhammad Taqi Amini: Life and contributions".
Amini’s books include:
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Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto
Juan Carlos Fernández-Nieto (born January 26, 1987) is a Spanish-American pianist. He was described by Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung as "A musical sculptor who chisels out melodic lines with sharp contours". and "He set off a firework on the 88 piano keys which excited the audience in the Kulturzentrum right from the start"
Fernández-Nieto was born in Salamanca, Spain, the eldest of three children. Due to his father's job, the family moved often. Days after his birth, they relocated to Figueras. There here spent his first years of life and his first language was Catalan. After his family moved to Valladolid, he started to show interest in music. He began studying piano and violin at the age of four, and gave his first concert at seven.
At the age of 11 Fernández-Nieto started to take classes with Julia Díaz-Yanes, and in 2003 began studying under Claudio Martínez Mehner at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León in Salamanca. In 2007 Fernández-Nieto moved to the United States to study with Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music, receiving a Master of Music in 2009 and an Artist Diploma in 2010. He later pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance at City University of New York studying under Ursula Oppens.
In 2000, at the age of thirteen, Fernández-Nieto won First Prize in the Ciudad de Linares National Piano Competition.
Fernández-Nieto made his debut as a soloist in 2003 at the age of sixteen with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor under the baton of Lutz Köhler to critical acclaim in a live broadcast on Radio Nacional de España.
In the period of 2003-2010 he appeared as a soloist of RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Bari, Orquesta de Extremadura, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y León, he performed in Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Auditorio Monumental, Steinway Hall in New York. and also collaborated with Tokyo String Quartet and the Grammy-nominated "Yale Cellos" under the direction of Aldo Parisot. He was featured on the Messiaen Centennial Celebration at Yale performing "Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus" and appeared in Norfolk Music at Yale in 2010 and in The Holland Music Sessions in 2007.
Fernández-Nieto won First Prize in the National Piano Competition in Leon in 2005, Third Prize in CSMTA Young Artists Competition in 2008, and First Prize in Chamber Music Society at Yale in 2010. He also received the George Miles Fellowship, Linda & Alan Englander Fellowship, and the Yale Alumni Prize.
In 2014, Fernández-Nieto won the Second Prize in 56th Jaen International Piano Competition. In two following seasons he had debuts in Teatro de la Maestranza, Fundación Scherzo, Teatros del Canal, Royal Dublin Society, Fundación Juan March, Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, appeared in Wintergreen Performing Arts in 2014 and Stony Brook Piano Festival in 2015, and performed as a soloist with Orquesta Nacional de El Salvador, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada.
Fernández-Nieto's international career has been rapidly flourishing after he stepped in last minute performing Mozart Piano Concerto "Jeunehomme" at Carnegie Hall with The Chamber Orchestra of New York in 2017, which resulted in a standing ovation. Same year he became a prize winner of the Iturbi International Piano Competition, and debuted in St. Martin in the Fields and St James's Picadilly in London, Chicago Cultural Center, Schumann Haus in Zwickau, Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Palau de la Música, and performed with Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra and Orquesta de Valencia.
In 2018 Fernández-Nieto won the Audience Prize and the Canon Prize in XIX Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, and performed in Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Classical Bridge Music Festival in New York, Festival Internacional de Santander, Semana Internacional de la Música in Medina del Campo, and as a soloist with Orquesta Nacional de Colombia in Teatro Colón in Bogotá
Fernández-Nieto's debut album, "Carnaval," a monographic of music of Schumann, features both his carnavals. It was recorded in 2016 on the Odradek Records label.
The recording of Fernández-Nieto's debut in the Klavier-Festival Ruhr was published as ""Vive la France! Debussy & Saint-Saint-Saëns (Edition Ruhr Piano Festival, Vol. 37)"" in 2019 on the CAvi-music, on which he plays the "Six Bagatelles, op. 3" by Camille Saint-Saëns as well as three valses from the same composer.
Fernández-Nieto has been a featured guest in the TV shows as "Programa de Mano" and "Los Conciertos" on La 2, "Musical Cities" 2017 Mediaset, on Televisión Castilla y León; and on the radio shows as "Estudio 206" and "Cafe Zimmerman" "La dársena" on Radio Clásica (Radio Nacional de España), on Deutschlandfunk,Cadena Cope, Cadena Ser, Radio Nacional de El Salvador, Price-Rubin Radio.
He has been featured as well in specialized magazines as Gramophone UK, Ritmo, Scherzo, Melómano and Platea Magazine.
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Raja Vijayaraghavan V.
Raja Vijayaraghavan Valsala (born on 28 May 1967) is the judge of Kerala High Court. The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The High Court of Kerala is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi.
Raja completed his schooling from Deva Mata Convent School, Kollam, Trinity Lyceum School, Kollam, St. Aloysius Higher Secondary School, Kollam and Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, graduated from Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering, Kollam and obtained Law Degree from Kerala Law Academy. Raja enrolled as an Advocate in 1994 and started practice at Kollam later shifted his practice to High Court of Kerala. On 10 April 2015 she was appointed as additional judge of Kerala High Court and became permanent from 5 April 2017
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Bekir Pakdemirli
Bekir Pakdemirli (born 1973) is a Turkish businessman and current Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.
Bekir Pakdemirli was born at İzmir, Turkey in 1973. His father Ekrem Pakdemirli was a politician, who briefly served as a Deputy Prime Minister in 1991. He studied Business administration at Bilkent University. After receiving his Bachelor's degree, he continued his education at Başkent University graduating with a Master of Business Administration title. Later, he earned a Doctor^s degree from Celal Bayar University.
After completion of his education, Pakdemirli worked as an entrepreneur in the fields of food, agriculture, animal husbandry, technology and automotive. He co-founded and managed various companies. He served as general manager of a major company and a publicly-held food corporation. Following his senior management position in an international food company, he also worked as a consultant in the same company. He was a board member at the mobile network operator Turkcell, the discount store chain BİM and the bank Albaraka Türk.
On 10 July 2018, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in the Cabinet Erdoğan IV.
In his private life, Pakdemirli was active in social responsibility projects holding posts in a number of associations and foundations. He owns licenses of sea captain, aprivate aviation pilot and amateur radio operator.
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Frederik Riise
Frederik Riise (8 December 1863 – 11 January 1933) was a Danish photographer and exhibition curator. He was a noted portrait photographer and is also remembered for his numerous photographs of buildings and streets and monuments in Copenhagen.
Riise was born on 8 December 1863 on Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies, the son of pharmacist Albert Heinrich Riise (1810–82) and Henriette M. Worm (1821–89). He enrolled at the University of Copenhagen where he studied Zoology but discontinued his studies to take over his brother's photographic studio in Copenhagen.
Riise's elder brother Harald Riise (17 October 1856 – 14 January 1892) trained as a photographer and travelled to Australia by way of London in circa 1881, settling in H Hobart where he opened a photographic studio in a partnership with Henry Walter Barnett.. He returned to Denmark in 1885 where he opened a photographic studio at Amagertorv 6. He was later hit by mental illness and hospitalized at Sankt Hans Hospital. The photographic studio was from 1888 continued by Frederik Riise, initially under the name H. Riises Eftfølger (H. Riise's Successor) but after approximately a year under his own name. The studio relocated to Vimmelskaftet 42 in 1897 and was from 1909–13 located at Amagertorv 33.
Riise was a board member of Dansk fotografisk forening from 1891 to 1996 and for some of the time served as vice president of the association. He was a board member of Industriforeningen in 1907–16. This introduced him to the work with arranging exhibitions. He was a commissioner at the 1913 Agricultural Exhibition in Landskrona, the 1014 Baltic Exhibition in Malmö. the 1922 World Expo in Rio de Janeiro and the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.
Riise served as exspector at the lazaret camp for prisoners of war at Hald in 1917–18.
In 1911 he was elected as president of the Historical-Technical Society and worked for the creation of a collection of historical technical instruments and devices. Part of the collection was later included in the collections of the Fanish Technical Museum in Helsingør.
Riise married Anna Dorothea Christine Westergaard (23 November 186 – 29 July 1939(, a daughter of civil servant Chr. Jørgensen Worm (1824–94) and Anna Rebecca Martine Elisabeth Bille (1831–89), on 5 April 1889 in the Church of Holmen. They divorced in 1912
Riise was made a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1014. He died on 11 January 1933 in Gentofte and is buried in Solbjerg Park Cemetery in Frederiksberg.
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Savane Lake (Lac-Pikauba)
The lac Savane ("English: Savannah lake") is a body of fresh water located northeast of the city of Quebec, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This body of water straddles the regional county municipalities of:
Savane Lake is served by a few secondary forest roads for forestry purposes. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; recreational tourism, second.
Because of the altitude, the surface of Savane Lake is generally frozen from the end of November to the beginning of April; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the beginning of December until the beginning of April.
The eastern shore of the lake turns out to be the southeastern limit of the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve. This deep lake between the mountains is located at:
This lake has a length of , a width of and an altitude of . The outlet of the lake is located on the northeast side and empties into the rivière Savane du Nord. Lake Savane is mainly fed by:
Savane Lake is an artificial body of water formed by the construction in 1923 of a dam at its mouth. This infrastructure was used to control the water supply to the reservoir of the Sept-Chutes power station on the Sainte-Anne river. This power station was decommissioned in 1983 and since the wooden infrastructure of the dam is no longer used.
From its mouth, the current goes down following the course of the Rivière Savane du Nord, then flows on first towards the south-east, then the south-west, following the course of the Sainte-Anne river, which crosses downtown Beaupré, to the northwest shore of the Saint-Laurent river.
In the past, this body of water was designated "Grand lac Savane".
The toponym "lac Savane" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
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Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region
Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North Eastern Region (MOVCD-NER) is a Central Sector Scheme under Government of India’s organic scheme which aims at development of organic value chains in the North East Region of India. The scheme is being implemented in all eight states of the North East India namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura since 2015-16.
The scheme entails creation of 100 FPO/FPC across the eight states comprising a total area of 50000 Hectare. As of 2018, 50,000 farmers have been engaged under the scheme. The scheme provides support to the complete value chain through inputs, seeds, organic certification, creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing and brand building initiative. Organic certification of the land under the FPOs is done by a third-party certification body under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP), which is mandatory for exports.
India’s North-East region has witnessed a very limited use of agro-chemicals with farmers using traditional methods and on-farm inputs for farming. The region is also characterized by a diverse agro-ecological zones, variable terrain and sufficient rainfall to support a wide variety of fruit, grain and spice crops. The organic credentials of the region received a boost in the year 2016 when Sikkim was declared India’s first organic state by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. MOVCD-NER scheme was conceptualized to explore this untapped potential for organic in the region.
The scheme has been divided into various value chain components which includes Production, Processing and Marketing for which support is provided to the farmer/FPO in terms of organic inputs, organic certification, processing and storage infrastructure. Under its Value Chain Processing component, the scheme offers subsidies to FPOs and private investors to set up processing and post harvest infrastructure like Integrated Processing Units, Collection Centres, Grading and Sorting Centres, Cold Storages, Refrigerated Transport, etc. Subsidies of upto 50% can be availed by private companies while the FPOs can avail a 75% subsidy
The scheme offers financial assistance for setting up the following:
The FPOs of the MOVCD-NER scheme grow a variety of spices, fruits and grain crops like Turmeric, Ginger, Large Cardamom, Chilli, Pineapple, Kiwi, Mandarin, Red Rice, Black Aromatic Rice ("Chakhao"), Kachai Lemon, Glutinous Rice, etc.
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Susan Coyle
Major General Susan May Coyle, (born 21 May 1970) is a senior officer in the Australian Army. She initially joined the army as a reservist in 1987 but, following training at the Australian Defence Force Academy, was commissioned in 1992 into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. She has commanded the 104th Signal Squadron (2003–04), 17th Signal Regiment (2009–10), Task Group Afghanistan (2015) and the 6th Combat Support Brigade (2017–19), and has deployed on operations to East Timor, the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan. She was appointed Commander Joint Task Force 633, with responsibility for all Australian operations in the Middle East, in January 2020. She is the first woman to command the task force, which has oversight for 1,200 personnel on Operation Okra.
Coyle was born on 21 May 1970 in Kyogle, a small town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Coyle has an elder sister, Alice, and three brothers. Alice joined the Australian Army Reserve and served in the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in the 1980s, which inspired Susan to a career in the Australian Army. During her final years at Oxley High School in Tamworth, Coyle was sponsored under the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) scholarship scheme and joined the Australian Army Reserve herself, serving with the 12th/16th Hunter River Lancers. She graduated from Oxley High in 1988 and, the following January, entered ADFA as an Australian Army officer cadet.
Coyle graduated from ADFA with a Bachelor of Science in 1991 and, following additional training at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, was commissioned into the Royal Australian Corps of Signals in 1992. Coyle's early career was marked by a variety of communications appointments, before she was selected as aide-de-camp to the Commander Australian Theatre from 1998 to 1999. She then received an exchange posting to the United States in 2000, serving as Brigade Satellite Engineer for the 11th Signal Brigade. Coyle was awarded the United States Army Commendation Medal for her performance in this role. She returned to Australia in 2001 and was posted to Headquarters Land Command as SO2 Communications. In 2002, she deployed on Operation Citadel, Australia's contribution to the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor, as J6, the staff officer responsible for communications.
Coyle was posted to Darwin in 2003 as Officer Commanding 104th Signal Squadron. She led the squadron during a deployment to the Solomon Islands on Operation Anode in 2004, receiving a Chief of Joint Operations Command Commendation. She attended the Australian Command and Staff College in 2005, graduating with a Master of Management in Defence Studies from the affiliated University of Canberra. She served as Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Army in 2006 and, following staff postings with the Directorate of Officer Career Management – Army, was appointed to command the 17th Signal Regiment in Sydney from 2009 to 2010. In recognition of her "outstanding achievement" as a "commander and leader" of the regiment, Coyle was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours.
Coyle was next appointed to the directing staff of the Australian Command and Staff College—which included a three-month stint as Director of Studies – Land—prior to being posted as Director of Soldier Career Management – Army. In June 2014 Coyle, now a colonel, deployed to the Middle East as Deputy Commander – Afghanistan in Joint Task Force 633. As operations in the Middle East transitioned to a military intervention against the Islamic State, the Australian forces were reorganised and Coyle became Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633. Towards the end of her twelve-month tour, she raised and was the inaugural commander of Task Group Afghanistan (Task Group 633.6). In recognition of her "distinguished leadership" and "exceptional drive, enthusiasm and commitment" in the Middle East, Coyle was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. She returned to Australia as Chief of Staff and Director Workforce and Behaviours within the First Principles Review, One Defence Implementation Office, prior to being seconded to the United States in 2016 to attend the United States Army War College. She graduated in 2017, leaving the college as a Distinguished Graduate with a Master of Strategic Studies. She also holds a Master in Organisational Development and Strategic Human Resource Management from the University of New England.
Coyle was appointed to command the 6th Combat Support Brigade at Victoria Barracks, Sydney in June 2017. She was also appointed Head of Corps for the Royal Australian Corps of Signals. The 6th Brigade oversees intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance units in the Australian Army to provide specialist combat support to land-based forces. Coyle relinquished command of the brigade in December 2019 and, promoted major general, redeployed to the Middle East as Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operation Okra. Coyle is the first woman to command the task force, which is responsible for all Australian Defence Force operations and more than 1,200 personnel in the Middle East region.
Coyle is married to Mark, an officer in the Australian Army's Royal Australian Engineers, and together they have three children. She enjoys musical theatre, reading, and travel.
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It Happened in Calcutta (web series)
It happened in Calcutta is a romantic web series starring Karan Kundrra and Naghma Rizwan in the leading roles. The series is directed by Ken Ghosh who is known for directing blockbuster movies Ishq Vishk, Fida and Chance Pe Dance.
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Rest in power
In progressive and radical political circles in the United States, rest in power (a variation on "rest in peace") is an expression mainly used by black and LGBT communities to mourn, remember or celebrate a deceased person, especially someone who struggled against systemic prejudice such as racism, homophobia or transphobia, or suffered because of it. It has been used to eulogise victims of hate crimes while protesting the social inequality and institutionalised discrimination that led to their deaths. "Rest in power" is also used to pay tribute to a public figure who made a difference in the lives of minority communities and was significant and respected within them.
As an alternative to the traditional Christian phrase "rest in peace", "rest in power" suggests that even in death the deceased person has the power to make a difference to others. The phrase is a statement of solidarity and a call to continue the struggle for social justice, as the deceased person will not be able to 'rest in peace' until society itself changes. However, it also implies the hope that the deceased person can now rest, free from oppression.
Etymologist Barry Popik has traced the earliest use of the phrase to a newsgroup post on February 18, 2000 which paid tribute to Oakland, California graffiti artist Mike 'Dream' Francisco, who had been shot and killed during an armed robbery. Dream's graffiti art was political in tone, and his pieces often critiqued the United States government’s treatment of poor and marginalized people. The post to alt.graffiti, by a contributor identified only as “SPANK”, ended with the words, “REST IN POWER PLAYA.”
By the mid-2000s, the phrase began to appear in print, again linked to young people's premature, violent deaths. In a 2005 opinion piece in the "San Francisco Chronicle", Meredith Maran reflected on 19-year-old Meleia Willis-Starbuck, a Dartmouth College scholarship student who was home in Berkeley for the summer when she was shot and killed by an unknown assailant outside her apartment. Writing of the makeshift public altar set up to mourn Willis-Starbuck, Moran wrote, "I've never seen 'Rest in Power' written as a substitute for 'Rest in Peace.'"
And a September 29, 2005 article in the "Ottawa Citizen", a Canadian newspaper, described a public graffiti memorial for teenage Ottawa murder victim Jennifer Teague that portrayed “a smiling Ms. Teague beneath the words, ‘Rest in power’” and framed by “two black angels.”
"Rest in power" circulated on Twitter in the late 2000s and early 2010s in tributes to recently deceased people of color such as musicians Eartha Kitt and Prince.
After the 2014 suicide of Leelah Alcorn, "Rest in power" circulated widely on Twitter posts about Alcorn, both as a phrase and a viral image meme and hashtag.
"Rest in power" has since become widely used when mourning the premature deaths of trans people, and is a rallying cry on the Transgender Day of Remembrance, observed each year on November 20.
The parents of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African-American who was fatally shot in 2012, wrote a 2017 nonfiction book titled "" about their son's life and legacy. In 2018 the book was adapted into a six-part television documentary series titled "".
But it was the deaths of two more African-Americans in the summer of 2014 – Michael Brown, who was shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, who was choked to death by police in New York City – that galvanised the broader visibility of "Rest in power", along with other phrases that had previously circulated in vernacular usage in minority communities and among activists, such as "Black lives matter" and "stay woke".
In this context, "Rest in power" refers to any unjust deaths, past and present, due to systemic racist violence – including those who died in earlier civil-rights struggles and lynchings, such as Emmett Till. In the song 'Rest in Power', the official theme for the 2018 documentary series of the same name, Black Thought raps: "To them it's real, sins of the father remembered still / For every Trayvon Martin, there was an Emmett Till".
Much as other words and phrases first seen in activist social media have become used more broadly, and their specific meanings diluted, "rest in power" is now used to mark the deaths of any respected public figures who leave strong legacies, even if they are not known for their political activism. "Slate" writer Rachelle Hampton refers to "that familiar wash-rinse-repeat cycle wherein phrases once associated with black and queer communities enter the mainstream. And as usual, at the end of this co-opting churn, little of the language’s history remains."
"Rest in power" is also used to honour people who did not necessarily die violently or prematurely. As US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar observed of pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died in February 2020 aged 101, "If Katherine Johnson had let racial and gender barriers stop her, we may have never made it to the moon. She lived in power. May she now rest in power."
However, the phrase cannot be used interchangeably with "rest in peace". It still reflects a history in which social and political power is asymmetrically distributed and hard-won. When the Women's March feminist organisation tweeted "Rest in peace and power, Barbara Bush" to mark the 2018 death of the conservative political matriarch, Twitter users criticised the organisation harshly for abandoning its radical beginnings, while others pointed out that in honouring a white woman who benefited from systemic power her entire life, the Women's March organisation was betraying its own lack of interest in fighting for non-white women.
Sohrab Ahmari criticises the phrase's usage in the magazine "Commentary": "As if the peddlers of identity politics hadn’t done enough to poison Western culture in the here and now, they have now set their sights on the afterlife." For Ahmari, the expression attempts to extend the terrain of social justice "beyond the grave" and hence is "a reminder that liberal identity politics is a quasi-religious or quasi-spiritual movement. On Earth, it makes radical claims for group justice, even as it denies any universal standard of justice. In the realm beyond death, it restages the same old campus and Twitter battles against structures of oppression. Even in the afterlife, we are supposed to check our privileges, unpack our biases, and problematize and dismantle hierarchies. Even the afterlife is the battlefield of race against race, sex against sex, trans against cis, and so on."
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Peter Hall (sailor)
Peter Hall (born June 5, 1949) is a sailor from Canada, who represented his country at the 2018 Vintage Yachting Games in Hellerup Denmark. Hall as helmsman together with his fellow crew members Gord de Vries and Johan Offermans (The Netherlands) took the Silver medal in the Soling. Hall is representing Group P in the council of World Sailing. Furthermore he was president of the International Soling Association from 2015 - 2016.
He was born on June 5, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec, Hall attended the Lower Canada College at Monkland Village, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Queen's University at Kingston and a Bachelor's degree in law from McGill University at Montreal.
Hall lives in Montreal, is married with Margot. The couple has 3 children: Krista, Nicolas and William.
Hall is retired from a career as lawyer and business developer at Pratt & Whitney Canada, CAE Flight Simulators, Bell Helicopter Canada, Lavalin Engineering, Teleglobe International, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Ingenium.
Peter started sailing early in life in several classes and is a life member of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Montreal. On the age of 26 he switched to the Soling in pursuit for an Olympic ticket. Besides the Soling he also kept sailing Lightning. After a few years without the Soling he returned to the class in 2006. Hall holds several North American Championships titles in the Soling, in the Lightning he holds one World Champions title as well as two Master titles. In 2011, 2012 and 2014 he became World Champion in the Soling. In 2012 and 14, his youngest son William was a member of the team. In 2013, 14 and 16 Peter received the Soling World Trophy.
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Saint Arsenije Sremac Serbian Orthodox Church
Saint Arsenije Sremac Serbian Orthodox Church (Serbian: Српска православна црква Светог Арсенија Сремца) is a Serbian Orthodox church located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
It is dedicated to Saint Arsenije of Srem, the second Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a disciple of Saint Sava.
The Saint Arsenije Sremac Serbian Orthodox Church and School Congregation of Whitby contains one parish which reaches the far east parts of the Greater Toronto Area: Whitby, Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering and Scarborough and the east all the way to Kingston.
In December 1969, the Bishop of Eastern America and Canada Sava (Vuković) – as requested of him by a number of residents of Oshawa – gave his blessing for the formation of a Church and School Congregation to be named after Saint Arsenije Sremac.
A number of Serb enthusiasts began the attempt to form a membership for the Church and School Congregation. As they didn't have the means to support a full-time priest, missionary priests would from time to time come to serve the Holy Liturgy in a rented church. This continued until the 1980s when the Church and School Congregation was closed and transferred over to the Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church and School Congregation of Toronto.
With the formation of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Canada and the instalment of its first bishop Georgije (Đokić), there was again a wish to renew Serbian Orthodox Church life in Oshawa and its surrounding regions. At the annual diocesan meeting in Hamilton on February 5, 1993, approval was given to form the Saint Arsenije Sremac Serbian Orthodox Church and School Congregation in its borders all the way to Kingston. On the same day, the Diocesan Council and Diocesan Court announced the decision to formally make this Church and School Congregation.
Immediately upon forming the church community, it was decided to buy the Presbyterian church built 1859 in Whitby. The church was blessed on October 9, 1993 by Bishop Georgije. On the initiative of then-vice president of the Church and School Congregation Prvoslav Vujcic, the church was registered by the Town of Whitby as a heritage building. Before the blessing, the church was reordered for Orthodox usage. After the arrival of a full-time priest, the iconostasis was made by iconographer Dragomir "Dragan" Marunić. An altar was made along with two choir stands, places for candles and icons along with a church store. After that, with the donations of parishioners, everything else needed for an Orthodox church was bought. A cupola was installed in 2012.
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IQSL Brasileirinho Clube Social
IQSL Brasileirinho Clube Social is a sports and cultural association of the city of Rio de Janeiro, founded on August 1, 2007.
Currently competes in the State Championship of The C Series of professionals with participations in the years 2018 and 2019 in the State Football Championship in the professional categories, under 20, under 17, under 15, adult women's team and a women's under 18.
The team competes in the Campeonato Carioca Série C.
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1912 Victorian soccer season
The 1912 Victorian soccer season was the fourth competitive season of soccer in the Australian state of Victoria, under association with the governing body of Football Victoria. The season consisted of one league 'Victorian Division 1', that is now recognized as the National Premier Leagues Victoria. At the conclusion of the 1911 season South Melbourne had folded resulting in only six clubs to participate in 1912, however five new clubs were introduced to the league bringing the league total to eleven clubs, the highest number in its history at the time. These new clubs consisted of Albert Park, Birmingham Victoria, Footscray, Melbourne Thistle and Sunshine. Along with club inclusions, there were also two name changes in which Prahran and Williamstown both changed their official names to 'Prahran City' and 'Yarraville respectively. Yarraville were crowned as the premiers, for the second time in their history. The calendar season also saw the fourth tournament of the Dockerty Cup, in which Yarraville defeated regional club Wonthaggi Rangers 3–0 making it the first time in the club's history to have achieved both winning the league and cup in the same season. It is alleged that there was a second league known as 'Division 2' however this remains unknown.
"The below ladder is arithmetically incorrect, however Football Victoria currently recognizes Yarraville as the premiership team along with Fitzroy and Sunshine being the relegated teams."
While there is no complete ladder of the Victorian Division 2 in 1912, it is believed that Preston were the premiers and would feature in the completely documented 1913 season.
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Patricia Bray
Patricia Bray is a romance and fantasy writer as well as an IT Project manager and Systems Analyst.
Patricia Bray lives in New England where she works in IT and has a master's degree in Information Technology. She began by writing historical romances set in Regency England. She began a new series of stories which were more epic fantasy in style and scale. Her books have been translated into multiple languages including Russian, German, Portuguese and Hebrew. Her novel "Devlin's Luck" won the Compton Crook Award in 2003. Bray also works as an editor with a number of anthologies to her name we well as "After Hours: Tales from the Ur-Bar" and "The Modern Fae’s Guide to Surviving Humanity". She works a lot with Joshua Palmatier.
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Kefalari (Argolis)
Kefalari Greek:Κεφαλάρι ‚spring‘ (gushing abundant water)) is the name of the community Kefalari (Argolis). Several Greek villages in mountainous areas, where spring water is abundant, have similar names with some kind of describing supplements. This article is about the community at the northern boarder of the “Plain of Argos”, Peloponnese, at the Argolic Gulf. The village developed around a large geologically significant karst spring. In the mythology and the life of ancient Greeks this spring was of importance and today it is a place of orthodox pilgrimage.
Kefalari is a small community with 577 residents in the municipality of Argos-Mykines on the peninsula Peloponnese. Argos, the next larger city and seat of the municipality, is ca. six km from Kefalari. Here, where the carbonate mountains end and the fertile “Plain of Argos” begins, large quantities of water, so far running in subterranean waterways, emerge from a large karst spring. The karst water runs in river Erasinos (in ancient times a river god) towards the sea, where, after ca. five km it ends up in the village Nea Kios at the Argolic Gulf. The Kefalari spring's outlet is framed by walls and rows of Platanus trees.
Rivers and springs as locations of fresh sweet water played a vital role in Greece at all times – in ancient Greek mythology these locations were the manifestation of gods. Well kept styled fountains as central points and sources of community life and identification are still vivid symbols especially in rural tradition throughout Greece. In Kefalari there is a cave of some 60 m above the karst spring, today decorated and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Cave, spring („Zoodochos Pigi“) and an orthodox church became a center for worship of the „Panagia Kefalariotissa“. The church with foundations dating back to Roman emperors, was reconstructed at its present dominating location in 1835. Today Kefalari is a place of pilgrimage, especially for the nearby Nea Kios.
About two km west of the village there is the archeological site Pyramid of Kefalari. There are two ancient sites with remnants of a pyramidal stone construction in Greece, both in Argolis. The ruin “Pyramid of Kefalari” with its base of 7 to 9 m can hardly be compared with the gigantic pyramids in Egypt.
Most of the water of this karst spring, as well as of other springs close to or directly at the Argolic Gulf has its origin from ponors (in Greece Καταβόθρες) in poljes of the arcadic highland (big Tripoli basin, Argon Pedion) and of the highlands of Corinthia and Argolis (Lake Stymphalia, Alea, Argolis/Skoteini). Common knowledge in hydrogeology says, karst waters of mountainous karst land emerge to the surface right at boarders where there are impermeable sediments - in this case: the fertile “Plain of Argos”. The sediments grew up by fluvial sedimentation and/or a falling water level of the Argolic Gulf (in geological periods).
An elaborate geological/hydrogeological study carried out by an international group of scientists analyzed hydrogeological structures of extended terrains of Acadia, Corinthia and Argolis. An enormous number of katavothres (ponors) in closed basins of highlands, hydro-tectonical structures of fault_(geology)|faults]] were mapped, which allow subterranean waterways directed towards the Argolic Gulf. The distribution of the karst waters flowing to various springs at the Argolic Gulf was mapped in detail and backed up by numerous chemical and physical dye tracingtests in 1983 and 1984.
As rivers and springs always played a vital role for ancient Greeks – mythologically and in their everyday life – it is not surprising, that a water connection between Lake Stymphalia and spring Kefalari was already assumed in ancient times. According to the above-mentioned scientific study of Morfis etal dye tracing tests for Kefalari confirmed a water connection coming from the polje of Skafidia (a small polje belonging to the Feneos-Corintia-Complex and a water connection coming from the Argolis polje Alea/Skoteini to Kefalari.
While the submarine karst spring at Kiveri (with its largest discharge at the Argolic Gulf) flows permanently, Kefalari's spring discharge varies between very much and nill (in the dry period). According to the Morfis study the cave above the spring “corresponds to a former karst level”. After collecting the water of the Kiveri spring by a wall cage in1972 and finishing a ca. 30 km long concreate irrigation channel for the “Plain of Argos” Kefalari's spring got “additional water from the spring Kiveri. Until February 1983 the spring water also served the drinking water supply in Argos. This is no longer possible, because of the bad water quality.”
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George De Cairos Rego
George De Cairos Rego (1858–1946) was an Australian composer of light classical music.
He was appointed to the inaugural staff of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He was born in Victoria but lived mostly in New South Wales.
De Cairos Rego wrote regular columns entitled 'Realm of Music' and 'World of music' for The Daily Telegraph (Sydney).
De Cairos Rego was well known as an organizer in musical circles, as a founder of the Musical Association of New South Wales in which he acted as secretary for his active years. He was also active in the Australian National Council of Music Associations.
He came from a musical family. His children, Rex and particularly Iris became known as a pianist in her own right.
A patent was issued in Britain and the United States Patent and Trademark Office for his invention of an electromagnetic vibrator, possibly to assist violinists with vibrato fingering. He also published research on the conversion of electricity into audible vibration and vice versa.
In 1902 he made a tour of the United States of America. De Cairos Rego survived his wife, Lilian Ada by more than ten years. Possibly this inspired his interest in Theosophy.
A Commonwealth hymn, written for a national celebration of New Year's Eve, at federation of the Australian states, did not proceed as a choir performance, despite his considerable influence.
He received a Licentiate in music from Trinity College London.
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Terra X
Terra X is a brand used by the German public broadcaster ZDF since 2008. Between 1982 and 2008 the brand name was "ZDF Expedition". Some topics under the brand "Terra X" are documentaries about history, nature, archeology, and science. The documentaries are broadcast on Saturdays, 7:30 pm on ZDF. Repeats are also broadcast on ZDFinfo, ZDFneo, Phoenix, Arte, and 3sat.
On 17 January 1982 the first "ZDF Expedition" documentary was broadcast. In 2008 the name was changed to "Terra X". The brand includes documentary series, where a topic will be covered deeper than in usual documentaries. Since the mid 1980s simulations of the past are included for visualization and since 1990s some historical events are re-enact with actors.
Over 40 documentaries are produced per year under the brand of "Terra X". The average cost of a 45-minute-film amounts to 250.000 euro. The documentaries of "Terra X" are sold and broadcast international, for example in National Geographic Channel in the United States.
"Terra X" is also active in the internet. Beside the ZDF video on demand plattform ZDFmediathek, they are publishing documetaries and clips on plattforms like YouTube. They founded the channel "Terra X Lesch & Co" with the moderation of Harald Lesch on 3 February 2016. Later that year, their YouTube channel "Terra X Natur & Geschichte" started on 15 August, where Terra X is publishing full documentaries that are also airing on TV. During the COVID-19 pandemic "Terra X" started the YouTube channel "Terra X statt Schule" ("Terra X Instead of School"), where they are publishing different knowledge videos of content that has been already broadcast. In 2019 Terra X published some clips about the topic climate under CC BY 4.0, so that the clips can be also used in Wikipedia.
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Virus (Haken album)
Virus is the upcoming sixth studio album by British progressive metal band Haken. It is expected for release on 24 July 2020 (postponed three times to date, first from 5 June 2020, then from 19 June 2020 and finally from 10 July 2020) through Inside Out Music.
According to the band's singer, Ross Jennings, the album is loosely connected to their 2018 release "Vector". As well as the latter, "Virus" was mixed by ex-Periphery bassist Adam "Nolly" Getgood and the artwork was created by long-time collaborators Blacklake.
The first single, "Prosthetic" was released on 3 April 2020, along with a music video.
Haken had been secretly writing the music for "Virus" and all the initial ideas were created back when they were writing "Vector" at the end of 2017. The album title generated surprise as it was announced during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Jennings said it was just coincidental. The singer also remarked that "whilst "Virus" can absolutely be enjoyed as a stand-alone work, it is thematically and conceptually linked with "Vector".
The band comments:
Drummer Ray Hearne adds:
Guitarist Richard Henshall about the production:
The themes present in the album are institutional abuse, physical and mentally abusive relationships, anxiety, depression and suicidal tendencies.
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Hermann Wilhelm Albert Blankenstein
Hermann Wilhelm Albert Blankenstein (January 10, 1829, in Grafenbrück – March 6, 1910, in Berlin) was a German architect. He held a 24-year tenure as city councilor for Berlin, during which time he planned the construction of all city buildings, including 120 school buildings.
Blankenstein was the son of a hydraulic engineering inspector. After serving in the military, he began studying at the Berlin Building Academy in 1849.
In 1851 he passed the exam as a construction supervisor. Between 1854 and 1856, he continued his studies at the building academy, receiving a master's degree. He then first worked on the Berlin Military Construction Commission and was then transferred to Szczecin as a government architect.
In 1863 he was transferred to Stargard in Pomerania. In 1865, on the recommendation of Friedrich Adler, he returned to the Ministerial Building Commission in Berlin. Between 1866 and 1872 he taught part-time at the Bauakademie.
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Carl Cari
Carl Nicolas Cellona Cari (born July 4, 1992) is a Filipino politician. He is a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, serving as the current representative of the Fifth District of Leyte. He is a son of the former representative the Fifth District of Leyte, Jose Carlos "Boying" Cari, and the current mayor of Baybay City, Leyte and the late Margarita C. Cari.
Cari graduated from the Mapúa University with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering. Prior to being elected as a member of the House of Representatives, he served as President of the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation (2007-2010) and as President of the Liga ng mga Barangay of the City of Baybay.
At 26, Cari was elected to succeed his father as the representative of the Fifth District of Leyte. As a member of Congress, he serves as a member of the House Committees on Appropriations, Basic Education and Culture, Visayas Development, Youth and Sports Development, among others.
Cari, a resident of Barangay Candadam in Baybay City, Leyte, went through elementary education in the ViSCA Foundation Elementary School (VFES). He graduated from VSU Integrated High School, formerly known as VSU Laboratory High School (VSULHS). On May 25, 2017, he graduated with a degree of Bachelor in Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Mapúa University, which then was known as the Mapúa Institute of Technology.
Cari's father, Jose Carlos "Boying" L. Cari, then on his third term as representative of the Fifth District of Leyte, was term-limited. On October 17, 2018, he Carl Cari filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the position, running against Marilou Baligod of the Nationalist People's Coalition who ran in the past for the position of City Mayor of Baybay against Cari's grandmother, Carmen L. Cari. In an interview, the young Cari said it was his personal decision to run for Congress and that he was not influenced to run for office.
On June 30, 2019, Cari was sworn into office. Voting for Cayetano, he is a member of the majority block in the House.
Since taking his oath of office, Cari has filed bills on establishing Junior High Schools in Barangays Punta and Maganhan, a multi-species marine breeding farm and hatchery, a National Academy for Sports, and an additional Regional Trial Court in Baybay City. He has proposed the Fallen Heroes Scholarship for the Youth Act or the Caring Act of 2019, a bill that covers qualified immediate dependents of firefighters, police officers, and members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in their education. He has also advocated for the vaccination of all students in public and secondary schools who had never received or had incomplete vaccinations by filing the Vaccinate All Children Act of 2020.
Cari is among the principal authors of the Malasakit Centers Act. The neophyte member of Congress is also among the principal authors of measures approved by the House, including the Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act, the Philippine Indigenous Games Preservation Act, and a bill declaring the "balangay" as the national boat.
Currently in the 18th Congress, he is a member of the following House Committees:
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The Mask (franchise)
The Mask is an American comedy film series consisting of three entries, starring Jim Carrey as the titular character, Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask, a bank clerk transformed into a mischievous gangster with superpowers after putting on a magical mask. The first film, "The Mask", was released in 1994 after six years of development, with a stand-alone sequel, "Son of the Mask", released in 2005. In 2021, a crossover film, "", will be released. An was also produced and ran for three seasons.
The first film was widely successful and has a cult following.
In 1989, Mike Richardson and Todd Moyer, who was Executive Vice President of Dark Horse Comics, first approached New Line Cinema about adapting the comic series "The Mask" into a film, after having seen other offers. The main character went through several transformations, and the project was stalled a couple of times.
Initially intended to become a new horror franchise, New Line Cinema offered the job of directing the film to Charles Russell, known for directing such films. However, Russell found the violence of the comic to be off-putting, and wanted the film to be less grim and more fun than the source material.
Unfortunate bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) finds a magical mask that transforms him into a mischievous gangster with superpowers.
After Loki (Alan Cumming) is dispatched to Earth to retrieve the Mask, cartoonist Tim Avery (Jamie Kennedy) inadvertently uses it to conceive a child, who inherits its powers.
The Mask will reportedly appear in the movie as a referee, with Jim Carrey most likely reprising his role.
In March 2020, Jim Carrey was rumored to be reprising his role as The Mask in both a reboot of "" (set to air on HBO Max) and a direct sequel to the original 1994 film. These reports are currently unconfirmed.
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James Yates (activist)
James Yates (born 1906 in Quitman, MS, died 1992 in New York, NY) was an African American anti-fascist who fought in the Spanish Civil War as a soldier in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Before he volunteered to go to Spain to fight fascism in 1937, he lived first in Quitman, Mississippi, the son of sharecroppers. He went to Chicago at the age of 16 and found work as a meatpacker. He was active in the movement to protest the Scottsboro Case and became active in the Unemployed Councils organized by the Communist Party USA. He joined the Communist Party USA in 1936.
In Spain he met Langston Hughes and Ernest Hemingway. He served as an ammunitions and ambulance driver. He later wrote a memoir about his experiences in Spain, "Mississippi to Madrid: Memoir of a Black American in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade".
During World War II he served in the US Army. According to his obituary in the "New York Times" he struggled to find work in the 1950s because of McCarthyism.
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Musa Daggash
Musa Daggash, OFR (born Musa Jibrin Muhammad Al-amin) was a retired Nigerian civil servant, who served as Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Mines and Power, then the Ministry of Defence and finally the Ministry of Transport. Daggash was part of the cohort of civil servants referred to as Super Permanent Secretaries. From 15 January 1966 to 3 June 1967, Nigeria had no Ministers, that was a period of over fifteen months. The two military regimes of Major General Aguiyi Ironsi and General Yakubu Gowon made permanent secretaries members of their Federal Executive Councils. These individuals were later referred to as "Super Permanent Secretaries".
Daggash was part of the first group of Northerners who were transferred to the Federal Public Service during the so called Nigerianisation policy pursued by the Federal Government in the 1950s. He retired from the civil service on 26 March 1969. Daggash was appointed as the chairman of the Corporations Standing Tenders Board in the same year by Gen. Yakubu Gowon. Daggash was appointed as the first Nigerian to chair the Board of Barclays Bank (now Union Bank of Nigeria), from 1973 to 1976. He became the first General Manager of the Chad Basin Development Authority in 1973. He also served as Chairman of the Borno State Local Government Service Commission, Public Complaints Commission and Borno State Civil Service Commission.
Musa Daggash was born in about 1918 at Kirenowa, Marte local government area of Borno State to Jibrin Muhammad Al-amin and Habibata Jidda, he was of the Shuwa Arab ethnic stock. His paternal grandfather, Mu'allim Al-amin was a well to do farmer and cattle rearer. Mu'allim Al-amin owned several slaves who worked on the farms, slaves were a major asset to a farming family especially in pre-colonial Borno. Daggash was the third of nine children, Musa grew up in a traditional Shuwa Arab home, his parents imparted in him the fundamentals of Islamic training received by a child in a traditional Muslim society.
In 1924 the senior superintendent of education Mr. S.L. Price arrived Kirenowa with the aim of enrolling a set of pupils in the provincial school. By virtue of being one of those with children, Jibrin (Musa's father) was told to bring a child from his household for enrolment. Musa was admitted and registered to the Maiduguri Provincial School on 3 May 1924. Having passed through the travails of the Provincial Primary School, Musa proceeded to Borno Middle School in 1930. Musa was among the five Borno Middle School pupils admitted into Katsina Higher College in 1934.
In 1937 after completing Katsina Higher College, Musa and five of his colleagues were selected for training in forestry. Musa Daggash and his colleagues were thus registered as the first set of forestry students at the Samaru Agricultural School on 1 May 1938. During the second part of his technical training, Musa was attached to the Kano-Katsina Desiccation Survey, situated at Katsina. He was placed on a salary of £36 per annum. A month after starting work in katsina, he accompanied Messers W.A. Fairbairn and Ian W.G. Cameron on a fact-finding journey to Agades, Tahaoua and Sokoto. Musa later mentioned that the reason for the trip was a publication in 1937, which indicated that the Sahara Desert was encroaching, the author of the publication was Professor Stebbing of Edinburgh University.
In 1950 Musa was nominated to attend a course at the imperial Forestry Institute (now the Department of Plant Sciences) University of Oxford. On 2 March 1950 Musa was interviewed by the Departmental Selection Board, and upon the Board's strong recommendation a more Central Board screened him again. Musa's admission to this prestigious institution of learning was approved by the end of July 1950. Daggash arrived in the United Kingdom on 14 September 1950, in good time to attend the Colonial Office Summer School, Pembroke College in the University of Cambridge from 18 to 28 September. Daggash completed his studies at oxford and returned to work in November 1951.
Later, in 1960 Daggash decided to pursue a diploma in Public Administration from the University of Manchester, in order to equip himself for a career in Administration. He enrolled in the Department of Overseas Administration at The University of Manchester which was just established in 1960, to run short courses in public administration to civil servants from newly independent former colonies.
Having been a technical forester-trainee for two years after leaving college, Musa was promoted to the rank of Forest Assistant III on 1 April 1940 at the rate of £42 per annum. In September 1941, he was transferred from Katsina to Kano province. Daggash was later transferred to Jos and later Yola, where he started a Forest Department from scratch because the area never had a forester before him. He succeeded in establishing a viable Forestry Department, he introduced the eucalyptus tree to the Mambilla Plateau. In 1946 Musa was awarded an offer of scholarship for intermediate Forest Supervisor's course at Ibadan Forest School. The training at Ibadan earned him promotion to Forest Assistant I on 1 July 1947 with remunerative annual pay of £152.
Daggash was posted to Borno (his home state) in early 1949, where he took charge of forestry in Bornu Province. It was probably in the area of neem planting that Musa Daggash left a lasting mark on Borno within his brief stay in 1949-1950. Some 43,000 neem trees were planted in Maiduguri alone and another 100,000 in other parts of the Province under his supervision.
During his time in Borno, Musa used to spend a lot of time in the company of his good friend , Mallam Sheriff Musa. Mallam Sheriff was less enthusiastic to allow his children to be enrolled in the Western-type school, Daggash, however felt that he would be doing disservice to his friend and his young ones to just leave them like that. Musa decided to take the bull by the horn, he waited for an opportune moment when his friend was out of town, he took Mallam Sheriff's son Bunu and some other boys to Maiduguri Primary School and had them registered. Upon Sheriff's return he concealed his displeasure because of the mutual trust between him and Daggash, he consequently accepted the situation. Sheriff's son Bunu Sheriff Musa later became Nigeria's ambassador to France and a Minister of the federal republic.
In February 1953 Alhaji Musa Daggash was invited by the Lieutenant-Governor of Northern Nigeria Sir Bryan Sharwood-smith, to accompany him to Maiduguri, in order to act as his interpreter. The "ad hoc" visit was due to reports of large scale corruption that was taking place in the native authority administration. Since the Shehu spoke neither English nor Hausa, Sir Bryan requested for a competent but non-partisan interpreter, Daggash was the perfect candidate for the colonial authorities in Kaduna, although a Shuwa Arab by tribe he was very fluent in both Kanuri and English. Daggash, after arriving in Kaduna was allowed to view the Borno file, the Lt.-Governor informed him that if the situation was as bad as it was in the file then even the Shehu if found guilty Should not be spared.
The Nigerianisation exercise of 1959 was in preparation for independence, Nigerians were upgraded to important positions in the civil service, so they could take over from the departing expatriate staff. Daggash was transferred from the Northern Region Service to the Federal Civil Service, he also made a switch from Forestry to administration in the same feat. He assumed duty as an Administrative Officer II(Supernumerary) on 2 January 1960 in Lagos.
Some Lagosians could not believe their eyes, because they had never thought that a Northerner could even understand the English language, let alone occupy a senior position in administration only recently occupied by a white man. By 26 May 1960, Musa earned his promotion to the position of Senior Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Works. After his return from studies in Britain in 1961, Daggash was promoted to the rank of Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary on 30 October 1961. He was promoted to Permanent Secretary on 1 October 1962 and transferred to the Ministry of Mines and Power.
When Daggash was transferred to the Ministry of Mines and power, his Minister was Alhaji Maitama Sule (Dan Masanin Kano). The pair had an excellent work relationship, with this they were able to bring out the best in the dynamic staff of the Ministry. In just over three and a half years the pair worked together they executed key projects that had contributed immensely to national development and had bearing on Nigeria's national interests.
The duo played crucial roles in making Nigeria a successful Oil Producing nation. The Minister, Alhaji Maitama Sule was quoted to have said that "the dedication, selfless service and honesty of Alhaji Musa Daggash, Chief Menshack O. Feyide, Mr Ezekiel Ifaturoti and Mr Gaskell (British) contributed tremendously in the foundation of Nigeria's Petroleum Industry as we know it today." Nigeria's first oil refinery was completed and commissioned under the Maitama Sule and Daggash stewardship in November 1965.
On 22 February 1966 after the first coup d'etat, Mr. S. Olabode Wey (Secretary to the Federal Military Government) phoned to inform Musa Daggash that the Head of State and Supreme Commander had directed that he should Move to the Ministry of Defence still as Permanent Secretary. Daggash was later transferred to the Ministry of Transport where he retired from the Civil Service.
On Saturday 15 January 1966 Musa Daggash having finished his morning routine and oblivious of the events that had taken place in the early hours of the day, he headed for his office in order to continue working on some files. On his way he passed by Dodan Barracks where he met Major General Aguiyi Iironsi and some soldiers, he identified himself to them and told them where he was going. Upon hearing this Gen. Ironsi burst into laughter and told Daggash in Hausa ""Ka tafi gida ba aiki"" (go home, there is no work). This encounter was the reason Gen. Ironsi transferred Daggash to the Ministry of Defence, Ironsi later told Daggash that "I want you to come and work with me; because when everyone was running away you were going to work".
After the then head of State was assassinated during the Ibadan Mutiny on 29 July 1966 and the apparent inability and hesitation of Brigadier Ogundipe (the next most senior military officer) to assume the mantle of leadership, everything revolved around the Ministry of Defence and inevitably around Daggash as the Permanent Secretary.
Daggash's position in the Ministry of Defence gave him some authority and access, which no civil servant had at that critical period in history. It was because of this critical role assumed by Daggash during this period that Mr. H.A Ejueyitchie (later Secretary to the Federal Military Government) jokingly used to say "Musa was Head of State for three days."
Considering the state of confusion in the country the Federal civil Servants decided to hold a meeting with the top military officers, to reiterate that the survival of Nigeria as one indivisible country was paramount. Daggash in the company of other top civil servants met Lt-Colonel Gowon and his colleagues in Ikeja Barracks. A huge debate ensued between the junior Northern officers who wanted "Araba" (Secession), the senior Northern officers, who wanted revenge against the Igbos and the technocrat civil servants who argued for peace and were against the dissolution of the Federation. The debate continued to rage on for hours, while the country drifted dangerously in a power vacuum without a Head of State. The civil servants managed to explain to the military officers how counter-productive and futile their propositions were, so after three days of extensive talks the soldiers agreed to drop their plans to secede and Lt. Colonel Gowon emerged as Head of State.
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Xandarella
Xandarella is an extinct genus of Xandarellid artiopodan known from the Cambrian of China and Morocco, the type species was described in 1991 from the Chengjiang Biota in China. An additional species Xandarella mauretanica was described from the Cambrian Stage 5 Tatelt Formation in Morocco in 2017, which only preseved the ventral anatomy. Like other Xandarellids, the exoskeleton is unmineralised. The cephalon has pronounced eye slits, presumably derived from ancestral ventral stalked eyes.
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Sonja Tomić
Sonja Tomić is a contemporary Croatian writer, translator, illustrator, croatist, Germanist and radio presenter. She has been noted for her works in children's literature and travelogues.
Born in Dubrovnik in 1947, she graduated theology, mathematics, germanistics and Croatian language and literature at the University of Zagreb. She lectured Croatian language for foreigners and both mathematics and physics at the monastic gymnasium Marianum, as well as German at the XVIII gymnasium in Zagreb and at the Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Zagreb.
She is a member of the Croatian Writers' Association. She writes for "Kolo", "Glas Koncila", "Kana", "Veritas", as well for children magazines "Smib", "Zvrk" and "Mak". She is an editor of children radio emissions at the Croatian Radio, Croatian Catholic Radio and Radio Maria.
Her literary works were translated in Slovakian, Swedish, German, English, French and Italian, partially by her. Her husband Stjepan is also writer and co-author of two works. She collaborated with Stjepan Lice, Bonaventura Duda, Ivanka Brađašević and other noted Croatian Catholic writers and intellectuals.
Her children's literature corresponds with biblical-inspired literature of Selma Lagerlöf.
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Święta Lipka Sanctuary
Święta Lipka Sanctuary (; ), in English known as the Holy Linden, is a Roman Catholic basilica located in the small village of Święta Lipka, in northeastern Poland. It serves as a pilgrimage site and a holy shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Built during the late 17th century, the basilica is one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Poland and in the world. It is also famous for its moving pipe organ, possibly the finest church instrument ever constructed.
The semi-legendary cult was cultivated by locals since the 1300s, when a petty criminal carved a figurine of Mary in the nearby Kętrzyn prison following a Marian apparition. He was then unexpectedly released and en route to Reszel he placed the figurine on a linden tree as a sign of gratitude. The object was said to work wonders and had healing properties. Albert, Duke of Prussia, visited the sacred place while pilgrimaging barefoot from Königsberg in 1519. This tradition was also previously observed by the Teutonic Knights.
The medieval shrine was destroyed during the Protestant Reformation in around 1524 and gallows were placed in the same spot to scare off the Catholic worshipers. Almost a century later it was rebuilt by the personal secretary of king Sigismund III, who purchased the land where the missing figurine once stood. A painting of Mary with Baby Jesus by a Belgian master painter Bartholomew Pens from Elbing replaced the lost relic. During the Swedish Deluge, many of the priceless items from the chapel's treasury were hidden in Gdańsk (Danzig) and survived the turmoil. As Catholicism remained the dominant religion in the nearby of Warmia (Ermland), devotees from across the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth regularly journeyed to the place, particularly from Warsaw and Vilnius.
To this day, the pilgrimage route from the town of Reszel to Święta Lipka is aligned with small Baroque shrines and linden trees, dating back to the 18th century.
The church and convent were founded by the Society of Jesus and construction was initiated by Polish Cardinal Michał Stefan Radziejowski in 1688. The temple's consecration occurred on 15 August 1693. Due to the large number of arriving pilgrims, the facility was significantly enlarged over the years and a fortified cloister with domed tower-like chapels was completed in 1708, giving the overall structure a defensive appearance. The elaborate interior took over 50 years to be entirely finished and furnished. The church was further embellished with decoration through donations made by wealthy notables or pious monarchs such as Ladislaus IV, Queen Marie Casimire or Stanislaus I Leszczyński and his wife Catherine.
The monumental altar was made between 1712 and 1714 by the finest sculptors present in Poland at the time. The object, composed of three main parts or storeys, is adorned by the gilded figures of saints and martyrs. John III Sobieski gifted a painting to the Jesuits after his victory at the Battle of Vienna and it was later incorporated into the altarpiece.
The ornate paintwork and frescoes on the vault ceiling was completed in 1727. They feature images of Saint Casimir, Sigismund III and Hedwig of Silesia.
The most distinctive attribute and a treasure of the sanctuary is the moving pipe organ, erected in the years 1719-1721 by Johann Josua Mosengel. The decorative figures and sculptures move as the organ is being played, making it one of the most unique instruments ever made. In 1944, it was damaged but repaired soon after.
The Jesuits were eventually removed from the Święta Lipka monastery by the Prussians after the Partitions of Poland in the 18th century. They returned to the convent in 1932. After World War II, when Warmia-Masuria returned to Poland under the Potsdam Agreement, Święta Lipka was transformed into an important sanctuary, alongside the Jasna Góra Monastery. Furthermore, it remains an outstanding example of Baroque art and architecture.
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Wealth inequality in South Africa
This article analyzes the level of wealth inequality in South Africa. It describes how South Africa's inequality compares to other countries, describes the significance of inequality among racial and ethnic groups, and provides basic background information on the historic, current, and potential economic status of South Africa. This article presents quantitative data in order to illustrate differences in racial groups, and the overall level of inequality.
Wealth inequality among countries measures the diversity in income levels, and exposes the gap between the wealthy and the poor. The way most wealth inequality is measured is typically through the value of an individual’s assets such as homes, investments, savings, and personal belongings. According to the World Bank, South Africa is known to be the most economically unequal country in the world, based on the available data. The difference between wealthy and poor in South Africa has been increasing steadily in the past 25 years (marking the end of apartheid in 1994). There are many variables to consider the cause of this wealth inequality in South Africa. Many use South Africa’s geopolitical state as a reason for its poor growth rate in the past 25 years. South Africa’s Gini coefficient (measurement made by the World Bank that indicates inequality levels) has remained high since 1994 (stands at 63 today), but has proven to be noticeably higher than countries with similar characteristics. For example, South Africa has a Gini coefficient of 63 (highest), the United States is at 41.5 and Ukraine stands with a score of 25 (lowest). The wealth inequality could more easily be looked at according to the income distributions. South Africa has a typical highly skewed income distribution, and it has been set apart from its peer countries because of the consistency of income inequality over a long period of time. For example, even though Brazil and South Africa are often placed in the same category in terms of wealth and income inequality, Brazil has seen more positive results in recent years. In Brazil's case, its Gini coefficient decreased from 59.3 in 2001 to 53.1 in 2011, this is double the rate of South Africa.
The top 20% of the population in most countries holds a median of 47% of the income, whereas in South Africa the top 20% of the population holds near 70% of the income. The remainder is mostly made up of the middle class, and collectively both the top 20% and the middle class leave less than 5% of the income for the bottom 20% of the population. South Africa’s economy is structured around a "dual economy", divided between different sectors. Certain sectors are unevenly affected by a growing unemployment rate. What was once South Africa's thriving industries, such as mining and agriculture, are now becoming less needed with urbanization. This contributes to the general wealth inequality but furthermore, contributes to South Africa’s unequal culture. Those who are unemployed in South Africa have yet to see waves of filtration back into the job sphere. There is no replacement for those out of work because there is a general, unspecific division of labor.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund provide quantitative data on South Africa's current level of economic inequality, but it is important to consider the reality of South Africa’s wealth inequality by combining a statistical and non-statistical point of view; one that includes the measurement of ethnic and racial groups. The white population takes up 12% of the population, Asian/Indians take up 3%, the mixed race category takes up 11%, and the black population stands at nearly 75%. Data made available by CNN presented that white South Africans earn nearly three times the average wage made by black South Africans, who take up the overwhelming majority of the workforce population. Data shows that the widening and intergenerational gap is disproportionately affecting the black South Africans. The World Bank estimates that South Africa would need to double the amount of jobs created every year, in order to see a significant reduction. The service sector dominates the homogenous workforce, and the low skilled manufacturing or agricultural jobs are declining.
The difference between the poor and rich in South Africa is large. South Africa has some of the world’s most rich individuals and simultaneously some of the world’s most poor. With this, there are cultural considerations. The difference between how the wealthy and poor conduct their lifestyles is incredibly wide. The wealthy South African class is based around comfortability, prioritizing the security of their existing wealth while the poor South African class is based around survival, most commonly living in slums for the poorest of the population. In this particular aspect, South Africa's wealth and cultural inequality has often been compared to Brazil's.The point is that the wealth inequality in South Africa acts as a domino effect that causes the cultural inequality. As income disappears for the lower classes, South Africa has presented that much of its culture is also in despair. The underlying problem in this regard includes the difference in ways the rich and poor classes contribute to the economy and society. The higher income classes have more of a steady and normalized way of high skilled jobs, in which individuals are compensated based on performance and growth, whereas the poor govern under a less predictable and less consistent set of norms. The lower income classes are more easily exposed to crime, disease, and unhealthy or dangerous living conditions.
South Africa is on track to produce a more polarized country in multiple categories, leaving the lower income classes with less opportunity to grow and a lack of exposure to education or other ingredients for growth across generations. Organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund illustrate that countries that see less income inequality are able to identify opportunity among all wealth classes and take advantage of the diverse workforce, as they offer employment opportunities to all. A significant problem in South Africa’s case includes a non diverse workforce that doesn’t naturally respond to the demand for lower skilled jobs, compared to other countries. With this economic dilemma, the wealth inequality will likely struggle to be reversed quickly. The country can only easily cater to those who are already capable and qualified, leaving the majority of the citizens out of work. This compared to countries such as the United States is a major difference, as there are enough employers offering jobs to regulate a consistent unemployment rate. The cause of South Africa’s wealth inequality can’t be pinned on one main contribution. Instead, it is a collection of fundamental economic problems that will most likely take years to get back on track.
South Africa governs a dual economy. Part of the country is structured around an advanced capitalist economy, mainly benefiting the white population. The other “dual”, or divided aspect of the country regards the structure consistent with a third world, and underdeveloped country mostly pertaining to the black population. In South Africa, this idea is known as the first (capitalist, high profit industries) and second (underdeveloped) economies. The first economy contributes to the majority of South Africa’s wealth, and is integrated within the global economy. The second economy consists of the low skilled, and outdated jobs. There is little connection between these two economies, as is compliant with the most simple form of the dual economy definition, which is to be divided. This disconnection refers to an economic division, and also contributes to a social division. The second economy does not contribute to economics on a global scale, and serves a purpose to offer growingly low paying jobs. As the division between the first economy and the second economy grows, so does the division between the white and black population. The problem with one sector governing on a pure capitalist agenda, and the other not is that the highly demanded, capitalistic, global companies will grow to even larger sizes over the course of time. South Africa is a prime example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, and the underlying problem includes that this means the white population grows richer and the black population grows poorer. To put this into perspective it is important to consider the data on unemployment rates in the current era.
Historically, South Africa has relied heavily on its mining and agricultural industries, but globalization has altered this. Now the mining and agriculture industries have been labeled as part of the second economy of South Africa. The mining and agriculture industries have been left behind with the modern wave of advanced technology, global trade, and the financial sector of South Africa. As the capitalist financial sector in South Africa has established and important role on a global scale, it has grown since apartheid, and the second economy industries have fallen, along with much of the black population that made up the declining industries. According to the Department of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA), the unemployment rate stood at 29.1% in the 2019 survey. Between quarter 2 and quarter 3 in 2019, the number of unemployed persons increased as both the agriculture and mining industries each reported 38,000 unemployed. As the number of unemployed persons has increased over the course of time (expected to be higher after the analysis of Covid-19’s effect) in the second economy industries, the first economy has actually seen positive charts, instead of negative. In a different quarterly analysis in 2019 (quarter 4), the Stats SA reported that South Africa’s non-agricultural sector added 16,000 jobs, which increased the number of persons employed in the formal non-agricultural sector up to 10.2 million. In this same quarter 4 of 2019 analysis, the trend continued to be positive for the trade industries, as it added 29,000 additional jobs. The business service industry reported 12,000 additional jobs as well.
The reality of South Africa’s wealth inequality is most easily understood through the analysis of the quantitative data of labor market trends. The labor market inequality in South Africa is what it's inequality barrels down to, in terms of racial differences. It has been established that the first economy holds the economic opportunity in South Africa and consists of a white majority, and that the trend has agreed with this trajectory over time. Another study done by Stats SA presented many graphs and charts based on its own research, regarding South Africa’s inequality trends. The chart below, conducted by Stats SA, measures the labor market trends between the black and white population groups in South Africa:
Black African:
White:
These charts offer a view of how the white population has had healthier and more consistent behavior over time. The unemployment rate of the black African population has steadily increased over time, and this is mostly due to the increasingly lower demand in low skilled jobs. There is much less opportunity in the mining and agriculture sector, and the wages are low. Much of the conversation concerning inequality in a given country is based around the political sphere in terms of levels of democracy, but since South Africa’s democratic transition the country has yet to make significant strides and is therefore seen as an outlier.
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Maynard J. Brichford
Maynard J. Brichford (1926-2019) was an American archivist who served as the 35th President of the Society of American Archivists (SAA). He was a leading academic archivist who established the archives program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Born in Madison, Ohio in 1926, Brichford attended Hiram College for a year before joining the Navy in 1945. After the war he returned to his studies, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1948. He then continued his studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received a master's degree in American history in 1951. Following his graduation he worked for a few years at the Wisconsin Historical Society, and as a records manager at the Illinois State Archives and the Wisconsin Department of Administration. During his time in Illinois, Brichford was trained by state archivist Margaret Cross Norton.
In 1963 he became the first archivist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working with the university to make its records accessible to researchers. He also established a manuscripts collecting program, acquiring the collections of the American Library Association and the papers of Avery Brundage. Brichfold also served as a professor of library science at the university and taught courses on archival administration. In the 1970s he took sabbaticals in European archives, bringing European concepts and practices back to the United States. Brichford retired from the university in 1995.
Throughout his career, Brichford was also involved in professional associations such as the Midwest Archives Conference and the Society of American Archivists. He was elected an SAA Fellow in 1970, and served as president of the organization from 1979 to 1980.
Brichford passed away on Dececmber 28, 2019 in Urbana, Illinois, and is buried in Connersville, Indiana.
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Alexandra Phelan
Alexandra Phelan is a faculty member of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University. She specializes in legal and policy issues that are related to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, as well as health threats posed by climate change.
Phelan attended Eltham College before attending Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences in 2006 and her Bachelor of Laws degree in 2009, focusing on human rights and health security. There, she published an honors thesis entitled "Implementing Australia's health security legislation: international obligations, validity and human rights", which examined Australia’s implementation of the 2005 International Health Regulations"."
For her graduate work, Phelan attended The Australian National University, where she received her Master of Laws degree in 2013, specializing in international law and global health security. During that time, she also worked as a solicitor at the Supreme Court of Victoria and High Court of Australia, since she was admitted in 2010. In 2013, she moved to the United States to attend Georgetown University Law Center, where she completed her Doctorate of Law (S.J.D.) degree in 2019 under the mentorship of legal scholar Lawrence O. Gostin. Her doctoral work investigated how international law can facilitate response to and prevention of infectious diseases.
Phelan joined the faculty at Georgetown University as a member of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University School of Medicine, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. There, she continues her research on legal and policy issues surrounding infectious diseases around the world, which have included Ebola, Zika, and now SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus). Her research also factors in concerns around human rights in approaches to deal with disease containment and mitigation. For example, she was critical of a rule proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2016 that would expand its powers to screen, test, and quarantine people traveling in the United States during a disease outbreak. Instead, she proposed adding in basic due process steps to ensure the proper checks and balances that would respect civil liberties.
She currently serves on the National Academy of Sciences Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is currently advising the government on the rapidly developing science and policy issues around the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. She is also a consultant for the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group and was formerly a consultant for GAVI.
Phelan was involved with the public health response that took place during the Western African Ebola virus epidemic, as well as with subsequent outbreaks of Ebola in Africa, consulting for both the World Health Organization and affected countries. During the initial outbreak, she co-authored a recommendation to the United Nations, advocating for the need for a Security Council Resolution to ensure peace and security in light of the epidemic, noting the disease could exacerbate political unrest in affected countries. She later authored a legal analysis of the United States response to the epidemic, offering legal solutions to gaps in pandemic preparedness. In February 2019, she and her colleagues called for the WHO to declare the epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in order to galvanize the international community to provide political, financial, and technical support to prevent the disease from spreading further. The WHO ultimately made the declaration in July 2019, several months after the initial call to action.
Phelan has been monitoring the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic since the disease began to emerge in Wuhan in late 2019. In late January 2020, she advocated that the WHO should declare the novel coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as a signal to the international community to launch a coordinated public health response.
Phelan has also been critical of reports that Chinese officials "cordon sanitaire" in the Hubei Province, forcing the quarantine of those in the region. She notes that the Liberian government's forced quarantine of 60 to 120 thousand people in West Point, Monrovia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak led to violence and public mistrust that exacerbated the spread of the virus. The lockdown may have also limited access to medical supplies and overburdened hospitals during a critical time, so Phelan has also advocated for an investigation into the impact of the forced lockdown. Phelan has asserted that cultivating public trust, while also preserving human rights, is essential for combatting the growing crisis. She also cautioned the United States against initiating a travel ban on people from countries affected by the novel coronavirus, as bans can break international trust.
As the crisis has grown, Phelan and her colleagues have developed a set of recommendations for ensuring COVID-19 control measures are both equitable and inclusive to respect the needs of vulnerable populations, both in terms of increasing access to testing and treatment, as well as access to reliable and timely information. They argue that failure to take such an approach will undermine response efforts to the pandemic, eroding trust among these marginalized communities and frontline healthcare workers.
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Máire Rua O'Brien
Máire Rua O'Brien (1615/1616 – 1686) was an Irish aristocrat, and notorious figure in Irish legend for her violent and murderous actions.
Máire Rua O'Brien was born in 1615 or 1616. She was known as Máire Rua or Red Mary due to her red hair. She was the daughter of lord of East Corcabaskin or Clonderalaw, Sir Torlach Rua MacMahon and the youngest daughter of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, Mary. Some sources have her place of birth as Bunratty, but it is likely she was born at Clonderalaw. The family tradition states her place of birth as Urlan More, but it is more likely that she was fostered there. In 1634 she married colonel Daniel Neylon who fought in the British army in the Spanish war, the marriage having been arranged. She was widowed in 1639 when he died of unknown causes, with three young sons, William, Daniel and Michael. She managed the large Neylon estate until her son William came of age.
The necklace in one of O'Brien's portraits, dating from the 1640s, is said to have come from the Spanish armada.
Seven months after Neylon's death, she married her cousin Conor O'Brien of Leamaneh. They extended the O'Brien tower house at Leamaneh, creating Leamaneh Castle. An inscription on the castle reads: "This was built in the year of Our Lord 1648 by Conor O'Brien and Mary ní Mahon alias Brien wife to the said Conor". The couple had eight children, the eldest of whom, Sir Donough, was born in 1642. The other known children were Teige, Turlough, Murrough, Honora, and Mary, with two other daughters who are believed to have died during the plague which struck the area during the siege of Limerick. It is with Leamaneh Castle that O'Brien's violence and murders are associated, where it is alleged she would hang her servants who displeased her from the corbels of the castle. It is also said that she victimised passers-by and trespassers. The folklorist Máire MacNeill found parallels between some of the stories told about O'Brien, such as challenging suitors to ride a wide stallion, to those of traditional Irish sovereign-goddess myths.
During the Irish wars from 1641 to 1652, her husband led and financed one of the five militia companies of Clare which raided tower houses of Dutch and English settlers, with O'Brien riding with him during some raids. It is known in the proceeding depositions about the siege of Barntick castle, O'Brien is charged with the murder of a servant. Conor O'Brien was commissioned colonel of horse in 1650 to the army of Charles II, dying in 1651 from wounds he received fighting against Edmund Ludlow at the pass of Inchecrogan. It is told that when his body was returned to Leamaneh, O'Brien leaned out of a window and declared that "We want no dead men here". It is claimed that she later drove to the Limerick camp of Henry Ireton dressed in blue silk and lace proclaiming that she was willing to marry any of the officers. Other accounts state that her husband was still alive when he was brought to the castle, and that she nursed him on his death bed. It is suggested that she may have wanted to marry a Cromwellian officer in an effort of secure her property and land from seizure.
The legends of O'Brien describe her as marrying between 12 and 25 Cromwellian officers to secure her property and land. Legends claim that in revenge she killed each one in ways that looked accidental. These methods included pushing them off the top of the castle, suffocating them in bed, pushing them out the window, kicking them in the stomach while shaving, or challenging them to ride to the Cliffs of Moher on her wild blind white stallion who she had trained to fling the husbands and other victims off the cliff edge.
Very soon after her husband's death in battle, she petitioned Charles I's lord deputy in Ireland, Ulick Burke, to become the custodian of the O'Brien estate. She was able to secure the land for her children, but she could not retain Leamaneh Castle, which fell to the Cromwellian army and was turned into a garrison. In 1653, she is recorded as the wife of a former parliamentary officer, Cornet John Cooper and was living with him in Limerick for a while after their marriage before returning to Leamaneh. They are believed to have had a son, Harry, and possibly a daughter. It is Cooper that O'Brien is alleged to have killed with a kick in the stomach, but other sources show they remained married for a number of years but most likely lived apart. After the restoration, O'Brien was indicted for the murder of a local English landlord. She received a royal pardon in 1662, but was still put on trial, which continued for years. Her son, Donough, moved the O'Brien family seat to Dromoland Castle where she lived the final years of her life.
O'Brien is reported to have died an extraordinary death, with one legend stating that she was hanged by her hair in Toonagh Wood, and that she still haunts that wood. A second legend recounts how she was sealed into a hollow tree in Carnelly. It is more likely that she died from the poor health she was suffering when she signed a will on 7 June 1686. She requests to be buried in the abbey of Ennis, and though there is no marker, it is probable she is buried beside her husband, Conor O'Brien. Others contend that she is buried at Coad church in Kilnaboy parish with two of her daughters. There are two known portraits of O'Brien, one held by the O'Brien family, and the second in Dromoland Castle Hotel.
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Dublin Dental University Hospital
Dublin Dental University Hospital () is a dental health and teaching facility in Lincoln Place, Dublin, Ireland.
The facility was established in a building off St Stephen's Green in 1879. It moved to a purpose-built building in Lincoln Place in 1895. Since the 1990s, the Trinity College School of Dental Science, established by amalgamating the dental schools of Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, has been based in the hospital. The hospital was extended in 1998 and again in 2010, in the latter case with a four-storey atrium exhibiting a sculpture by Fergus Martin.
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United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
The United States House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis is a bipartisan United States House of Representatives select subcommittee that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced will be created to provide congressional oversight of the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Pelosi announced on April 2, 2020, that the committee will oversee the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus/rescue legislation (the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) enacted by Congress. The Act created a $500 billion bailout fund for U.S. industry and is the largest economic emergency legislation in U.S. history. It will be a special investigatory subcommittee under the House Oversight Committee.
Pelosi stated in her announcement that the committee will be chaired by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, aided by a staff of experts. It will have subpoena power and a $2,000,000 budget. Pelosi charged the committee with preventing waste, profiteering, and price gouging, and seeking to ensure that responses to the pandemic are based on science. She described the committee as a mechanism for an after-action review.
The committee's mandate is analogous to that of the Truman Committee in the 1940s, which investigated waste and fraud in defense spending.
On April 23, 2020, the House officially voted to approve the committee's creation.
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HUH-tag
HUH endonucleases (HUH-tags) are sequence-specific single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding proteins originating from numerous species of bacteria and viruses. Viral HUH endonucleases are naturally involved in initiating rolling circle replication while ones of bacterial origin initiate bacterial conjugation. In biotechnology, they can be used to create protein-DNA linkages, akin to other methods such as SNAP-tag. In doing so, they create a 5' covalent bond between the ssDNA and the protein. HUH endonucleases can be fused with other proteins or used as protein tags.
HUH endonucleases are broadly split into two categories of enzymes: replication initiator proteins (Rep) or relaxase / mobilization proteins. They both contain small protein domains that recognize sequence-specific origins of replication or origin of transfer at which site they nick DNA. The nicking domain of Reps tend to be smaller, on the order of 10-20 kDa while nicking domains from relaxases are larger, roughly 20-40 kDa in size.
HUH endonucleases generally have two histidine (H) residues in the active site coordinating a metal cation (Mg2+ or Mn2+) that interacts with the phosphate backbone of DNA. This allows for a nucleophilic attack, most commonly, by an activated tyrosine of the scissile phosphate in the DNA backbone, generating a 5' covalent bond with the ssDNA. In contrast to other DNA-protein linkage approaches, this reaction occurs at ambient conditions and does not require any additional modifications. X-ray crystallography and NMR structures have provided insight into the sequence specificity of DNA binding.
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Emotional Rescue (FBI)
"Emotional Rescue" is the nineteenth episode of the second season of "FBI". It is also the season finale. It aired on March 31, 2020. The episode was written by Rick Eid and Joe Halpin and directed by Monica Raymund. The episode included a crossover appearance from Tracy Spiridakos as Hailey Upton, her character from "Chicago P.D."
A man is seen pleading for life as he is beat. Meanwhile, Detective Hailey Upton from Chicago PD arrives at headquarters and is partnered with O.A. They go to assess a dead body that was discovered by a jogger, and find a receipt in his pocket to a university bookstore. They go to the university to investigate further, and find out that the student had been receiving racial comments toward him. They then go to the student's house, and part way through their search gunshots come at them. They chase after the shooter, but lose track of him. They then work to track down the student's roommate. Later, at a park, they find a dead body. On the video footage of the park they see the student's roommate. Unable to track down the roommate, they try to find his girlfriend, by meeting with her dad. They find the girlfriend, and while interrogating her, she gets a ransom call. The caller wants the drugs her boyfriend stole, or they will kill her father. The FBI has the girlfriend set up a meeting with her boyfriend, but she is unable to get any information out of him. He tries to run, but is shot by O.A. They find the drugs in the roommate's car. The girlfriend and the FBI are able to save her father and apprehend the men who held him hostage. Afterwards, OA and Hailey head to celebrate with a beer.
The episode was set up in the "Chicago P.D." episode "Lines", on March 25, 2020. In "Lines", the FBI asked for an officer from Chicago to assist with an unspecified case, and Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) sent Hailey Upton as a punishment for her reckless behavior.
Tracy Spiridakos was set to crossover in more "FBI" episodes, however because production was suspended on the season, this episode was her only appearance. Series star Missy Peregrym did not appear in the episode.
In the United States the episode was watched live by 10.85 million viewers. Within seven days, it was watched by 14.09 millon viewers. It is currently the most watched episode in the series' history.
Laura Hurley with Cinema Blend said "Hailey fit into the action as OA's partner without taking over the episode, which proves to me that future crossovers and connections can work on both networks. Everybody got a moment in "Emotional Rescue," and it was a solid combination of drama and procedural... and this was actually one of my favorite episodes of FBI". She went on to say that "[this episode shows that] FBI definitely needs that Season 3 renewal."
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FBI and FBI: Most Wanted crossover
The FBI and FBI: Most Wanted crossover is a two-part crossover event between "FBI" and "" that aired on CBS. The event aired on March 24, 2020, with the "FBI" episode "American Dreams", followed by the "FBI: Most Wanted" episode "Reveille". Julian McMahon, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Sternberg, Zeeko Zaki, Ebonée Noel, John Boyd, Alana de la Garza, and Jeremy Sisto appeared in both parts of the event as Jess LaCroix, Hana Gibson, Ken Crosby, Sheryll Barnes, Omar Adom "O. A." Agent Zidan, Kristen Chazal, Stuart Scola, Isobel Castille, Jubal Valentine, respectively.
The following contains a list of actors receiving main billing in the crossover event:
The following contains a list of notable guests appearing in the crossover event:
A school bus with 26 elementary students is hijacked, sending the FBI into a rush to find them. With Maggie away on her undercover mission, Jess LaCroix of the FBI Fugitive Task Force and his team join the New York team. After a series of dead ends, they eventually determine that the kids are being held at an Amusement Park. They apprehend the terrorist, and find 25 of the 26 kids (the remaining kid was saved earlier by his parents who cut a deal with the terrorist). However, the wife of the perpetrator escapes, deciding to pick up where her husband left off. Lastly, Jess's daughter, Tali, is taken during an ICE raid on suspicions of being an illegal immigrant due to her skin color.
Jess works to get his daughter back from ICE, and tracks her down to a facility in Georgia. Meanwhile, the team works to determine what the terrorist's wife plans on doing. They later find out that she plans to blow up a building where immigrants, including O.A.'s aunt, are becoming American citizens. They are able to stop her, and Jess and Tali join O.A., in watching his aunt become an American citizen.
The shows were previously set in the same universe with the backdoor pilot for "" which aired as part of "FBI". The backdoor pilot was titled "Most Wanted", and aired on April 2, 2019.
The crossover was originally set to air a week earlier on March 17, 2020, but ended up being pushed back a week.
Brittany Frederick with One Chicago Center said "the episodes were perfectly structured, in that one story was pretty much tied up at the end of hour one (great for syndication), but there was enough story left to go on that it felt natural to extend it into another hour." and "they did a good job of getting at least one big scene for every series regular involved in the event."
In the United States the first part of the crossover was watched live by 10.67 million viewers, and 14.57 million within seven days. The second part was watched live by 9.49 million viewers, and 12.95 million within seven days. Both parts were the most watched episode of their respective series.
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Most Wanted (FBI)
"Most Wanted" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of "FBI". It aired on April 2, 2020. The episode was written by René Balcer and directed by Fred Berner. The episode was also the backdoor pilot for "".
A man kills his family, and flees. The team calls in the FBI's Fugitive Task Force for help. The Fugitive Task force is led by Agent Jess LaCroix, who tells them that his team will handle the case themselves. The Fugitive Task Force fails a few times to find the murderer, before they are finally able to trick the murderer into meeting them at a cabin in the woods. They then successfully apprehend him.
The episode was the backdoor pilot for "", which premiered on January 7, 2020. "FBI: Most Wanted" and "FBI" reunited again in on March 24, 2020.
Julian McMahon, Kellan Lutz, Roxy Steinberg, Keisha Castle-Hughes, and Nathaniel Arcand, all went on to become series regulars on "", with Alana de la Garza and YaYa Gosselin going on to recur.
In the United States the episode was watched live by 9.08 million viewers. Within seven days, the episode was watched by 12.81 million viewers.
Ariel B. with So Many Shows! said "Agent Lacroix is a seemingly be all, know all and so far, it’s kind of frustrating. Feels like a stale concept that has been done time and time again—he probably has some story about how he’s become who he is, and how respected he is for just having a great gut. (You’re not as cool as Gibbs, dude.) I’m not loving this backdoor pilot so far, and I miss our team. I know a backdoor pilot opens up the stage for a new show, but it would be nice to see our main characters from time to time."
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Eighth Day (Hazel O'Connor song)
"Eighth Day" is a song by British singer-songwrier Hazel O'Connor, released in August 1980 as the second single from her debut and soundtrack album, "Breaking Glass". It reached no. 5 on the UK Singles Charts, making it her first top-ten hit and her highest chart placing to date. The song was also certified silver in the UK by the BPI.
O'Connor wrote the song twelve hours before it was recorded as a parallel story of the Book of Genesis where Man made the Earth in his own image, and "having unleashed elements he cannot control, the Man-made Machine Monster takes over".
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The North Star (Roddy Frame album)
The North Star is the debut album by Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Frame, released on 3 November 1998 by Independiente. It features the single "Reason for Living", which peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart.
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"The North Star" spent a total of two weeks in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 55 on 3 October 1998.
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Museum Walserhaus
The Museum Walserhaus Gurin is located in the characteristic Walser village of Bosco/Gurin and is the oldest ethnographic museum in the Canton of Ticino. It is managed by the Walserhaus Gurin Association.
The Association founded in 1936 intends to maintain and upgrade the Walser culture and language of Bosco/Gurin, the so-called "Ggurijnartitsch". In particular, the Association intends to:
The Association counts more than 300 members and is ruled by a Committee where the local authorities and bodies are represented. The execution of the museum’s activities is carried out by a curator helped by a guardian; both live in the village and are supported by numerous volunteers. The habitation museum is unique and not only attracts many visitors (more than 3'000 every year) from all over Switzerland and from abroad, but also has the function of enhancing the Gurin community’s sense of cohesion through a host of activities and of maintaining the links to other Walser communities all over the Alps.
The Museum Walserhaus was opened in 1938 as the first ethnographic museum in the canton Ticino. For this purpose, a very old house from 1386 was made awailable and could therefore be preserved in its original structure. From the beginning, the exhibition grew steadily. In 2006 the permanent exhibition was completely reorganized. Since then, the exhibition concept has expanded to include the nearby barn and the vegetable garden in front of the museum. Since 2009, the museum received another barn in which there is space for temporary exhibitions or handicraft workshops. In 2016, a project was launched to update and modernize the exhibition with a particular focus on upgrading the architectural heritage, the collection and the "Ggurijnartitsch" through an innovative method of presentation. Thanks to the project, the jobs of the curator and the guardian were preserved and work opportunities were offered to the residents and craftsmen of the village. The current exhibition, inaugurated in 2018, can now be seen in its modern form with updated technical infrastructure.
The permanent exhibition is set up in an old Walser house in which various folkloristic and historical topics are presented. The house was originally intended for two families. The building dated 1386 is one of the oldest buildings in the entire Alpine region and is in itself a gem of Walser architecture. One room is dedicated to the Gurin artist and graphic artist Hans Tomamichel (1899 – 1984) who is known for his sgraffitis created throughout Switzerland (20 of which are in Bosco/Gurin) and for the important advertising campaigns created for Knorr, Nestlé and Caritas. Hans Tomamichel was also one of the co-founders of the Walserhaus Association and active in making the Walser culture known as a whole.
In the two nearby barns there are a permanent exhibition on mountain farming and temporary exhibitions ond topics inherent to the village, whereas in front of the museum there is the show garden built in collaboration with the ProSpecieRara Foundation.
The new concept elaborated in 2016 wants to expand the museum into the Gurin territory. For this purpose, the project "Ggurijnar Cheschtschi" (Gurin treasure chest) was developed: a collection of didactic activities and guided tours described in a series of brochures that allow to make tangible themes around the traditions, the language, the art and the environment. The borchures are available to visitors at the reception so that they can explore the village and learn some interesting facts about it. The project "Ggurijnar Cheschtschi" was supported by Pro Patria and by the Bosco/Gurin Association for the landscape.
The didactic vegetable garden ProSpecieRara in front of the building is part of the museum in the territory. Following the intentions of the Swiss Foundation for preservation and promotion of genetic diversity in fauna and flora, the garden wants to attract the visitors’ attention on old and rare sorts of vegetables, which also include a local May beet variety ("Rååfa", "Raaftschi") of Bosco/Gurin. The many vegetables grown here are also the ingredients for the traditional soup "Måtzufåmm". Some years ago, the original recipe was rediscovered and is now the main attraction of the traditional autumn festival organized in collaboration with the local Traditional costume group. During the festival, there are also free village and museum guided visits, a market with local products and games for children. Yet, it is mainly the delicious vegetable soup served with local bread and cheese which every year attracts not only the villagers, but more and more visitors from Ticino, Switzerland and even from abroad.
The Walserhaus Gurin museum is recognized by the Canton of Ticino as a regional ethnographic museum (Law on regional ethnographic museums – 1990.06.18 and chg. 2002.06.04) and is an active member of the International Association for Walserism (IVfW). Hereafter some of the projects implemented in the past decade are presented:
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Another Europe Is Possible
Another Europe is Possible is a civil society organisation based in the United Kingdom which was founded in February 2016 to campaign for the 'Remain' option during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum (often referred to as the 'Brexit referendum'). The group gained attention as a high-profile protest organizing platform during the 2019 British prorogation controversy.
The organisation is critical of the EU, although advocates for a close relationship between the UK and the European Union. New Europeans interprets the group as stressing that the EU is "in dire need of reform" but that it "remains the best place to fight global issues". Writing for Novara Media, Josiah Mortimer summarized the group's goal as "a progressive EU (with the UK in it)."
The organisation's 2018 constitution highlights support for freedom of movement, legal protections for the environment and workers, and solidarity with migrants and refugees. Their constitution also claims that the group will "fight against" racism, border controls, and right wing nationalism.
As with similar campaigns, Another Europe is Possible's support for a second referendum concerning the UK's relationship with the EU, has been criticized as undemocratic. However, the discussion of whether an additional, confirmatory, referendum would undermine the first or instead be a further exercise of democracy is contentious.
Another Europe is Possible exists as a not-for-profit organization and is a limited company, incorporated on 5 May 2016. According to its filings with Companies House, the organisation presently employs 8 people.May 2019 The organisation is additionally supported by volunteers. In its application to register as a company, it stated its address as Housmans Bookshop, in London, England. Housmans Bookshop is notable as a long-standing radical bookshop and meeting place for left-wing intelligentsia in London.
Another Europe Is Possible is governed by an elected national committee and representatives of affiliated organisations.
Another Europe is Possible has received support from the Labour pressure group Momentum, several senior members of Momentum, such as former Momentum steering group member Michael Chessum, have also been highly involved in the organisation. The group is also connected to the Labour Campaign for Free Movement. The organisation's relationship to the UK Labour Party was highlighted in The Clarion. DiEM25 also has close links to the organisation, and has frequently collaborated with it in the past. In 2016, Greek politician Yanis Varoufakis published an open letter expressing his hope that members of Another Europe is Possible would join his pan-European progressive platform. These connections have led 'World Socialist Website' writer (and euro-skeptic) Julie Hyland to claim that The 3 Million is an organisation "where apologists for the EU parade as “progressives”, and argues that the organisation " does not represent working people, but a section of the upper middle class—personified by Varoufakis—who are significant beneficiaries of the EU". Reflecting the fact that views concerning the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Union, and the nature of the EU more broadly, vary both between and within different strains of political thought, Another Europe is Possible has been both supported and criticized by progressive and conservative organizations. Thus, while it does demonstrate links to certain political groups, it is not a clear-cut matter or one which falls neatly along party political lines.
Senior members of Another Europe is Possible are also linked to Global Justice Now, European Alternatives, and Open Labour. The group has received support from leading figures within the Green Party of England and Wales, including Caroline Lucas and Amelia Womack. Another Europe is Possible has also been involved in joint campaigns with The 3 Million, a migrant rights advocacy group. The group has also been connected to the 'Stop Trump Coalition', a protest group which was highly critical of President Donald Trump's 2018 visit to the United Kingdom.
Despite its connections with the UK Labour party, The 3 Million received criticism for allegedly contributing to the party's defeat in the December 2019 general election. The socialist news website Counterfire criticised The 3 Million for running a 'uniquely unsuccessful campaign whose only practical effect is to have forced Labour into a position which materially assisted in its election defeat'. Similarly, the "Morning Star" published an editorial holding responsible 'groups like another Europe Is Possible' for Labour's defeat. Both criticisms center on the idea that the Labour party would have received greater support had it adopted an explicitly pro-Brexit stance. Similarly, in an article for New Statesman, journalist Anoosh Chakelian suggested that Another Europe is Possible, along with a similar group 'For Our Future's Sake', receive negative attention for opposing criticism of Jeremy Corbyn. Chakelian wrote that "regardless of how they feel about Brexit. Corbyn represents the socially liberal values they endorse, and they would prefer to see a purely anti-hard Brexit, anti-Tory approach."
In addition to donations and membership fees, Another Europe is Possible has been financially supported by organisations such as Best for Britain, The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, European Cultural Foundation.
Another Europe Is Possible was formed in February 2016, shortly before the campaign on the UK's EU membership referendum, which took place on 23 June 2016. The official campaign launch was in London on 10 February 2016. A founding statement was published in "The Guardian" on 18 February 2016, outlining what the group described as ‘the progressive case of staying in the EU’, by ‘staying in the EU independently of Cameron and big business, opposing any part of a “renegotiation” that attacks workers’, migrants’ or human rights’. On 28 May 2016, the organisation hosted a campaign event, taking place at the UCL Institute of Education in London and featuring Greek politician Yannis Varoufakis, British Labour politician John McDonnell, and British Green Party politician Caroline Lucas amongs other speakers.
Following the referendum result to leave the EU, the group broadened its campaign aims, being active on issues such as freedom of movement, voting rights and the anti-Trump movement, while continuing to make the case for a more progressive European Union. The organisation opened for membership in 2018 and set up a National Committee with a mix of directly elected members, representatives of affiliate organisations and members co-opted in a non-voting capacity. At this time, Another Europe Is Possible become vocally pro-Remain, arguing for a second referendum. A nationwide UK tour took place to oppose the Brexit Deal as being negotiated by then Prime Minister Theresa May
The organisation's strategy was adopted by the first members’ conference on 8 December 2018 and a written constitution was published afterwards. From December 2018 and throughout 2019, the organisation campaigned to stop Brexit, for a second referendum, and to continue freedom of movement. In 2019, the organisation developed anti-Brexit motions to be sent to the Labour Party's September conference.
In a February 2019 letter, Unite the Union claimed that Another Europe is Possible had misrepresented the union's general secretary Len McCluskey regarding his discussions with then UK Prime Minister Theresa May stating that: “Unite activists for the most part know better than to believe media rumours about their union, and we urge Another Europe is Possible to take the same sceptical approach.”.
Since the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, the organisation has continued to campaign concerning its desire for a close relationship between Europe and the United Kingdom.
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Find My Way
"Find My Way" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper DaBaby, released as the lead single from his third studio album "Blame It On Baby" on April 1, 2020.
The song is produced by DJ K.i.D, who also produced DaBaby's "Intro" and "Shut Up". Lyrically, it deals with DaBaby finding the way to his career. DaBaby switches the flow and cadence on the song and sings on the chorus, while rapping on the two verses.
The guitar riff was sampled from Prime Loops' "Melodic Guitar Hooks 95amin Acoustic Groovy 2" from the sample pack "Melodic Guitar Hooks."
DaBaby teased the song for the first time with a video posted on Instagram on March 25, 2020. He later posted an acoustic video with guitarist Einer Bankz on March 30. The track was released with the music video on April 1, 2020.
On March 30, 2020, B. Simone, who starred in the music video, shared a photo of DaBaby grabbing her butt, with the caption "❤️ 🔐". This sparked dating rumors between the two. However, DaBaby debunked these rumors with the announcement of the song and its accompanying music video.
The music video, directed by Reel Goats, was released on April 1, 2020, and co-stars Instagram influencer B. Simone. The concept bears similarities to the story of Bonnie and Clyde. It shows DaBaby with B. Simone in a car, with flashbacks of the pair shooting people. They then check into in a hotel. Other patrons soon tell the hotel about them and the hotel staff knocks on DaBaby and Simone's hotel door and orders them to leave immediately saying they have two minutes to do so. DaBaby later talks from inside and uses obscene language. After, DaBaby and Simone do not talk, but Simone finds the gun and gives it to DaBaby. The hotel staff start shooting down the room to get in and DaBaby, who is hidden with Simone, begins returning fire. The music video was filmed in the desert in California.
DaBaby shared an alternate ending to the music video on April 8, 2020, with the caption "Raise ya hand for the alternate ending ? 🙋🏾♂️".
The track received generally positive reviews. Bianca Gracie of "Billboard" called the track "melodic". Mitch Findlay of "HotNewHipHop" was extremely positive about the song, calling it his "most stylistically daring track in a minute", saying it was "certainly a promising direction for the rapper's upcoming third studio album". He also said the track "has all the making of a full-fledged hit", and called the delivery "passionate" and "confident", and the production "seductive yet dangerous".
"Find My Way" charted in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and at number 22 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100.
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Þórður Þorláksson
Þórður Þorláksson (14 August 1637–17 March 1697), also known by the Latinized name Theodorus Thorlacius, was the Lutheran bishop of Skálholt from 1674 until his death. Under Þórður's direction, the Church of Iceland's printing press was moved from Hólar í Hjaltadal to Skálholt where he established the first print archive in the country.
Þórður was the son of , bishop of Hólar, and Kristín Gísladóttir. He studied at the Hólaskóli college before travelling to Denmark to attend the University of Copenhagen. Þórður returned to Iceland in 1660 to serve as headmaster of Hólaskóli but went abroad again in 1663 to study in Rostock and the Wittenberg. He also travelled to Paris, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as visiting Stangaland, Norway, where he worked with the historian Þormóður Torfason. During this time, Þórður wrote a history of Iceland, "Dissertatio Chorographico-Historica de Islandia", which was published in 1666.
Þórður was ordained as a Lutheran minister in Copenhagen on 25 February 1672. The following year, he returned to Hólar and took office as Bishop of Skálholt upon the resignation of Brynjólfur Sveinsson in 1674. In 1685, Þórður received approval from King Christian V to move the church's printing press from Hólar to Skálholt, where a lively printing business for both ecclesiastical and secular works began, including the first printed edition of the medieval "Landnámabók" in 1688. Other works published under Þórður's direction include Ari Þorgilsson's "Íslendingabók", the "Kristni saga", and a two-volume edition of The Greatest Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason. This last work included a number of the Icelandic sagas as part of the second volume. In all, more than 60 books were printed at Skálholt during Þórður's lifetime.
Þórður also produced maps of Iceland and Greenland, as well as a copy of Sigurður Stefánsson's map of ancient Norse sites in the western Atlantic. In addition to geography, Þórður was interested in agriculture and he oversaw experiments with different varieties of wheat in Skálholt.
In 1674, Þórður married Guðríður Gísladóttir (1651–1707), daughter of Vísa-Gísla Magnússon, governor of Hlíðarendi. Their sons were Þorlákur, a school headmaster in Skálholt, and Brynjólfur, a farmer and district magistrate in Rangárvallasýsla.
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Softronic Transmontana
Softronic Transmontana is a six-axle electric locomotive for freight trains, produced by the Romanian locomotive producer Softronic.
The first machine of this type was delivered in 2010.
It is used for freight train operation by operators based in Austria, Hungary, Romania, Sweden.
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Reflectarray antenna
A reflectarray antenna (or just reflectarray) consists of an array of unit cells, illuminated by a feeding antenna (source of electromagnetic waves). The feeding antenna is usually a horn.
The unit cells are usually backed by a ground plane, and the incident wave reflects off them towards the direction of the beam.
A phase distribution of concentric rings is applied to focus the wavefronts from the feeding antenna into a plane wave (to account for the varying path lengths from the feeding antenna to each unit cell).
A progressive phase shift can be applied to the unit cells to steer the beam direction. It is common to offset the feeding antenna to prevent blockage of the beam.
In this case, the phase distribution on the reflectarray surface needs to be altered. A reflectarray focuses a beam in a similar way to a parabolic reflector (dish), but with a much thinner form factor.
According to, in a reflectarray a constant phase of the entire reflected field is achieved in a plane normal to the direction of the
desired pencil beam as expressed by:
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where formula_2 is free space wavelength,
formula_3 is the position vector of the formula_4th element/unit cell relative to formula_5,
formula_6 is the focal length,
formula_7 is the position vector of formula_4th element relative to the origin formula_9 i.e. centre of the reflectarray,
formula_10 is the direction vector of the desired pencil beam,
formula_11,
and formula_12 is the phase shift introduced by formula_4th unit cell of reflect array to its reflected field relative to the incident field.
For a feed horn located at formula_5, the formula for the optimal phase distribution on a conventional reflectarray for a beam in the boresight direction is given by:
formula_15
where formula_16 is the phase shift for a unit cell located at coordinates formula_17.
It is important to analyse the reflection magnitude formula_18 and the reflection phase formula_19 across the frequency bandwidth of operation. When designing a reflectarray, we aim to maximise the reflection magnitude formula_18 to be close to 1 (0 dB) . The reflection phase formula_19 at each unit cell determines the overall beam shape and direction. Ideally, the total phase shift range would be 360°. The aperture efficiency, and hence gain, of the reflectarray will be reduced if the angle of incidence to the unit cells is not considered, or if spillover occurs or illumination of the reflectarray is not optimal (see also transmitarrays). Similarly, phase errors due to quantisation into a discrete number of phase states for digital control can also reduce the gain.
A fixed reflectarray has a single beam direction per feed. Changing the shape of the unit cells alters their reflection phase. The unit cells cannot be reconfigured. This has applications in point-to-point communications, or for a satellite covering a specific geographic region (with a fixed beam contour).
A reconfigurable reflectarray has unit cells whose phase can be electronically controlled in real-time to steer the beam or change its shape. Several methods have been used to implement reconfigurable reflectarray unit cells, including PIN diodes , liquid crystal , and novel materials.
Each of these methods introduces loss which reduces the efficiency of the unit cells. Linearity (such as distortion due to the diodes) also needs to be considered to minimise out-of-band radiation which could interfere with users on adjacent frequencies.
In satellite communications, is it necessary to produce multiple beams per feed, sometimes operating at different frequencies and polarisations . An example of this is the four-colour frequency reuse scheme. Circular polarisation is commonly used to reduce the effect of atmospheric depolarisation on the communication system performance. A dual-band reflectarray has two different passband frequencies, for example for uplink and downlink.
A bifocal reflectarray has two principle foci, so can focus wavefronts to or from two feeding antennas simultaneously.
A dual reflectarray consists of two stages of reflection, in which the beam is first focused by one reflectarray, then by another. The phase distribution on each reflectarray must be carefully calculated to ensure that the phase derivatives are consistent with the angle of incidence of the rays The ratio of the sizes and positions of these reflectarrays can be used to achieve quasi-optical magnification (narrowing of the beam).
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Gamar Sheyda
Gamar beyim Sheyda, Azerbaijani: Qəmər bəyim Şeyda, Cyrillic: Гамэр-бейим Шейда (1881-1933) was a poet and playwright from Azerbaijan.
Gamernis Beyim Ata Khan Kyzy Abrahanova was born in Shusha in 1881. Her father was Akbar Agha, a well-known landowner in Karabakh. Agha died when his daughter was young and she was brought up by her older brother, Mohammed, who organised a teacher for his sister at home, and then later encouraged her to go to Shusha School for secondary education. As a teenager, she was presented to the poet Khurshidbanu Natavan at a "Majlisi-uns" (poetic assembly), who recognised her talent and gave her they nickname "Sheyda" which she adopted. Natavan's poetry was a strong influence on Sheyda.
Sheyda was married to Sadig bey Vazirov. They had six children: two sons - Bahadur bey and Nadir bey; four daughters - Leyla khanum, Sanuber khanum, Hamida khanum and Antiga khanum.
Sheyda died in Baku in 1933. It is reported that at her death Sheyda left many manuscripts, however only a few have survived.
Sheyda was a poet and was particularly well-known for writing ghazals. She was part of a wide poetic network in Azerbaijan and exchanged idea and poems with the writer Ziba Ardabili.
Sheyda also wrote plays and the manuscript of the ""Flood of Oppression"", written in 1918, is kept at the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, as well as a copy of her ghazal "Agan Jany".
Sheyda and other female poets from the "Majilisi-uns" group were chosen as inspiration for a project celebrating women from Azerbaijan in 2018. This exhibition was organised as part of the programme celebrating the centenary of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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List of Holby City episodes (series 1–20)
"Holby City" is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama "Casualty". It is set in the same hospital as "Casualty", Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby, however "Holby City" is filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, while "Casualty" is filmed in Cardiff. Occasional crossovers between the two shows were broadcast as "Casualty@Holby City". In 2006, "HolbyBlue", a police procedural spin-off from "Holby City", went into production. Its second series launched with a "Holby City" crossover episode.
"Holby City" follows the lives of surgeons, doctors, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff and patients on the hospital wards. Twenty series of the show have aired, with a twenty-first series currently airing. The show's first series ran for nine episodes. The second and third series ran for sixteen and thirty episodes respectively, with new episodes then airing on a weekly basis from the fourth series onwards. The show typically airs on Tuesdays in the 8:00 pm timeslot, although it is occasionally broadcast on a different day dependent on BBC scheduling. In 2007, the show temporarily moved to Thursday nights, allowing "HolbyBlue" to air in the 8:00 pm Tuesday timeslot.
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William A. Crombie
William A. Crombie (April 20, 1844 - January 3, 1914) was a businessman and local government official in Burlington, Vermont. A Republican, among the offices in which he served was mayor of Burlington (1889-1891).
William August Crombie, was born in New Boston, New Hampshire on April 20, 1844 a son of Samuel Coolidge Crombie (1814-1879) and Susan Augusta (Choate) Crombie (1818-1857). When he was six years old, his parents moved the family to Nashua, New Hampshire. Crombie was educated at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, and at Nashua High School.
At age 16, Crombie joined the Boston, Lowell & Nashua Railway. Beginning with an entry-level position as a tally clerk in the freight department, he worked his way through the department's ranks to become a cashier. He remained with the railroad until 1864, when he moved to Burlington, Vermont.
After becoming a resident of Burlington, Crombie began a career in the lumber business as an employee of L. Barnes & Co. a company owned by Lawrence Barnes, who also operated several other prominent Burlington enterprises. In 1869, Barnes sold L. Barnes & Co. to the owners of a new venture, Shepard, Davis & Company, where Crombie continued to work. In 1876, Shepard, Davis was succeeded by a new company, Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, which included Crombie and George H. Morse as managing partners. Crombie was also an investor, partner, or board of directors member for several other businesses, including the Burlington Shade Roller Company, Porter Manufacturing Company, Baldwin Refrigerator Company, Vermont Life Insurance Company, American Milk Sugar Company, and Brush Electric Light and Power Company.
Crombie was active in Burlington's politics and government as a Republican and attended several city and Chittenden County conventions as a delegate. He was a member of Burlington's board of school commissioners and served as the board's clerk. In 1886, Crombie was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the military staff of Governor Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, and he served until 1888.
In 1889 he was elected to a one-year term as mayor of Burlington, an office previously held by George Morse. He was nominated unanimously by Burlington's Republican Party and in the general election he defeated Democratic nominee Seneca Haselton by 1126 votes (61.5%) to 705 (38.5%). In 1890, he was easily renominated, and in the general election defeated Democrat Elliot M. Sutton by 1041 (56%) votes to 817 (44%). Crombie served as mayor from April 1889 to April 1891.
In 1894, Crombie relocated to New York City, where he owned and operated the W. M. Crombie & Company wholesale lumber dealership is partnership with his sons and George Morse. He maintained his interest in politics, and became the Republican committee leader of the 19th Assembly District and a member of the New York County Republican Committee's executive committee.
Crombie was a member of several civic, political, and fraternal organizations. A partial list includes The Union League Club, Lumbermen's Club of New York City, West Side Republican Club, Sons of the American Revolution, Vermont Society of New York City, Lake Champlain Association, Burlington YMCA, Burlington Young Men's Association, and Merchants' Association of New York City.
Crombie died in New York City on January 3, 1914. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Divine Paternity in Manhattan and Burlington's Unitarian Church. Honorary pallbearers in Burlington included Urban A. Woodbury, Theodore S. Peck, and William J. Van Patten. He was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Burlington.
On June 2, 1868, Crombie married Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Murray (1846-1907) of Nashua, a daughter of Orlando Dana and Mary Jane (Witherbee) Murray. They were the parents of three children, including William Murray Crombie (1871-1939) and Arthur Choate Crombie (1873-1939), who were partners in Crombie's New York City lumber business, and Maude Elizabeth (1881-1966), the wife of first George Franklin Ladue and later Charles Ellmaker Willis.
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List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (seasons 1–19)
"", the first spinoff of "Law & Order", is an American police procedural television series that focuses on crimes of sexual nature. While the victim is often murdered, this is not always the case, and victims often play prominent roles in episodes. The series frequently uses stories that are "ripped from the headlines" or based on real crimes. Such episodes take a real crime and fictionalize it by changing the details. The series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999, and its twenty-first season ended on April 23, 2020.
Most episode titles of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" between seasons three and twelve are a single word or initialism. From seasons thirteen to seventeen and from season twenty-one onwards, the pattern changes to one in which episodes have a title with the number of letters matching the season number. From seasons eighteen to twenty, the episode titles follow no fixed pattern.
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Enabling Women of Kamand
Enabling Women of Kamand (EWOK) Society provides rural women with information, training, guidance and incubation for new business undertakings in the Kamand Valley of Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh.
EWOK was started by IIT Mandi in April 2016. On 18 November 2019 EWOK was registered as a society under the Himachal Pradesh Societies Registration Act of 2006.
EWOK is located in Salgi village, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh. In 2014, a student team from IIT Mandi conducted a survey of women in nearby villages. The study revealed that about 75% of them had not completed schooling (12th grade), limiting them to low paid, unskilled jobs. However, they showed a keen interest in being trained and guided. A lack of awareness, guidance and training has restricted the potential for growth and employment for local women.
EWOK aims to create an eco-system of women-centric entrepreneurship and employment in the Kamand valley of Himachal Pradesh. It focuses on imparting skills training to rural women to enable them to start village-scale businesses. Aiming to bridge the gap between academia, industry and the local community, EWOK has partnered with women from the four panchayats of Kamand, Kataula, Katindhi and Navlaya in Mandi District. EWOK's goals include: helping local women develop employable skills and get better access to relevant information; building a network to bring information on employment and training opportunities to local women, and to connect them to potential employers; and, to enhance the language and communication skills of women, along with their computer proficiency and general professional skills and confidence.
In May 2017, the Government of Himachal Pradesh awarded EWOK a grant of Rs. 30 lakhs in order to support entrepreneurship in the region.
In March 2020, IIT Mandi and EWOK signed an agreement with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to set up 3 farmer producer organisations in Mandi District over a 3-year period. NABARD provided Rs. 35 lakhs funding for this purpose.
So far, EWOK has incubated over 12 start-ups generating employment for over 60 rural women. EWOK publishes regular newsletters with a summary of its activities.
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Li Xian filmography
Chinese actor Li Xian debuted in 2011, and is known for his roles in "Tientsin Mystic" and "Go Go Squid."
Li began his career by appearing in small roles when he was a sophomore in director Wang Jing's film, "Feng Shui". Director Wang Jing at that time was a teacher in the photography department of Li's school, he wanted to find the kind of Hubei children who are 18 or 19 years old and preparing for the college entrance examination.The following year, he had a small role in the romance teen flick "Singing When We're Young", produced by Andy Lau. In 2014, Li made his small-screen debut in the omnibus web drama "City of Fantasy".
In 2015, Li co-starred with Chen Xiao, Du Tianhao and Liu Ruilin in the coming-of-age brotherhood web series "Who Sleeps My Bro" which is adapted from Gao Xiaosong's song with the same name. To meet the image of the rough man required in the play, he barely went to the playground to play football in the sunshine at 30 ℃. Going to move with the people of the moving company, and finally became a dark, strong, bearded guy-Xie Xun. In 2016 the series adapted into a film starring the original cast. In the same year he co-starred with Angelababy, Jing Bairan, and Bai Yu in the romantic movie "Love O2O", and played as Yu Banshan, best friends of leading actor Xiao Nai in the film. In the same year Li co-starred alongside Zhang Ruoyun and Jiao Junyan in the first domestic forensic industry web drama "Medical Examiner Dr. Qin" as the criminal police captain Lin Tao. The drama has been praised for its bold plots, tense storyline and good-looking performers. The web drama garnered 1.2 Billion views.
Li received his first starring role in web drama "Tientsin Mystic" as Guo Deyou. In order to shaped the character, practicing Mengzai, free diving, snorkeling, and deep diving. The web drama marks big improvement of quality of Chinese online series dramas, received Douban scored 8.2 and Netflix bought the copyright. Li also received a lot of praise for his acting, and marked his rising popularity. In the same year, Li with other Chinese young actor participated in the film "The Founding of an Army", dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the establishment of People's Liberation Army, as Luo Ronghuan. In 2018, Li starred in the romance drama "Only Side by Side with You" as a special forces agent, Chang Jianxiong. In order to play the role, Li gained 20 pounds in 45 days and trained 8 abdominal muscles. Li also made a special appearance in web drama, "Women in Shanghai". In the same year Li co-starred again with Zhang Ruoyun in Nuts, as Xu Zicong the rich second generation who has high both IQ as well as emotional intelligence that make him Huang Jian's biggest competitor
At the end of 2017, Li Xian, who was still busy with the promotion period of "Tientsin Mystic" received an invitation to the "live action costume drama Sword Dynasty." He entered the group three months in advance to receive sword training and physical training. The shooting began in 2018, in order to present the most perfect shot, he often shoots it over and over again. There is a 360-degree rollover lens in Weihua. He has repeatedly shot more than 20 times. After the filming, he has suffered from muscle strain. The web drama was broadcast on iQIYI after his hit romance comedy e-sports drama, "Go Go Squid!"
Li revealed that he was filming in Hengdian, when the staff recommended the novel and script of "Go Go Squid!" to him. Li received the offered because hi thought that the character has a lot of fits with him, right perseverance in work and dreams, just like his attitude towards his career as an actor. According to Fang Ying, vice-president of Huace/Croton Media who produced Go Go Squid!, when Li first came on set he couldn’t walk properly, however, he overcame the injury and spared no effort in coping with the filming schedule. The drama not only captured a large number of young fans but also included a group of "mom fans" with economic strength for Li Xian, made him named as a "new fresh meat" in the Chinese entertainment industry. Li later made a cameo appearance as Air Traffic Controller in Chinese film The Captain directed by Hong Kong’s Andrew Lau Wai-keung, which is based on a real-life mid-air crisis aboard a Sichuan Airlines flight. He sing the soundtrack of "Red Fox Scholar", titled "Glorious Future (Qian Cheng Si jin)" with Chen Linong and peak at 8 on Billboard China Social Chart
In 2018 Li starred in the film "The Enigma of Arrival", which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. The film scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day 2020, but delayed to amid the Coronavirus disease.
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Charles van Hulthem
Charles Joseph Emmanuel van Hulthem (1764–1832) was a bibliophile from the Low Countries whose collection of books provided the first kernel of the Royal Library of Belgium.
Charles was born in Ghent in the County of Flanders (Austrian Netherlands) on 17 April 1764, the youngest of the nine children of Joseph-François van Hulthem and Isabelle vander Beke. He lost his father when still small, and was educated in the Augustinian College and the Collège Royal in Ghent. After finishing his secondary education he was sent to Lille to be trained in commerce, but after 15 months he begged his uncles to send him to university, and was allowed to matriculate at Leuven University. He graduated Bachelor of Law in 1788. As a student he had spent the vacations travelling to libraries, and had got to know Jean-Noël Paquot, whose manuscripts he would acquire in 1812.
During the Brabant Revolution of 1789 he was elected to Ghent city council, and represented the city on a number of occasions, remaining in public office through the Austrian restoration of 1790 and the French annexation of 1795. In 1792 and again in 1796 he organised exhibitions of contemporary art in the city hall. After the Battle of Fleurus in 1794, he spent two months as a hostage in Amiens. In 1796 he was charged with selecting books and paintings from the religious houses that were being closed down, for the new public library and museum to be established in Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent. For three years he was a deputy of the Département de l'Escaut in the legislative Council of Five Hundred in Paris, returning to local government thereafter.
Van Hulthem was active on behalf of the botanical garden in Ghent, and promoted the first flower show held there. From 1809 to 1813 he was rector of the academy and the law school in Brussels. In 1811, together with the mayor of Brussels, he set up an art society that held its first salon on 4 November that year. He was an early supporter of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, proclaimed in 1815, and of Ghent University, founded in 1817. He was elected to the Royal Academy in Brussels on 3 July 1816. He served as secretary from 1816 to 1821. He was also president of the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Ghent.
During the Belgian Revolution of 1830, his house in Brussels was on the front lines and his considerable collection of books, medals and antiquities was severely damaged. He died in Ghent on 16 December 1832.
In 1837, the collection of approximately 60,000 manuscripts and printed books that he had left was acquired by the Belgian state for 315,000 francs and formed the basis of the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.
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Martin M. Block
Martin Moses Block (November 29, 1925 – July 22, 2016) was an American physicist, known as a co-discoverer with Aihud Pevsner of the eta meson in 1961.
Block was born in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University in 1947 with B.S., in 1948 with M.A., and in 1952 with Ph.D. supervised by William W. Havens Jr. At Columbia, Block helped to design the magnets for the Nevis cyclotron. In 1949 he married Beate Sondheim. He joined the faculty of Duke University in 1951. He attended the University of Rochester's 6th Annual Conference on High Energy Nuclear Physics, where he contributed a paper and roomed with Richard Feynman. Block suggested to Feynman that parity is not conserved in weak interactions, and Feynman raised the question with the other experts. At Duke University, Block led the team that developed the world's first liquid-helium bubble chamber, which was used for study of several newly discovered particles. In 1961 he left Duke University for Northwestern University, where he remained on the faculty until he retired as professor emeritus in 1996. At Northwestern University, he did research on large spectrometer counter and spark chamber systems. In the early 1960s he did research at Giampietro Puppi's lab. At CERN in 1964–1965, as a Ford Foundation Fellow, a NATO Fellow, and a UNESCO Fellow, Block was part of a team that was the first to use a heavy liquid chamber to measure neutrino interactions. His experimental team was the first to measure the relative parity of two strange particles, demonstrating that the - parity is odd. In 1972–1973 he was a NATO Fellow in Giuseppe Cocconi's lab at CERN.
After 1964, during summers and winters, Martin and Beate Block were in Aspen, in Geneva, Switzerland where Martin worked at the CERN particle accelerator, or in Evanston, Illinois where he taught and did research. In 1985, Martin Block started the first Aspen Winter Physics Conference with Beate Block in charge of logistical planning, lodging, events and entertainment. As the conferences grew larger, she left all of the planning to professional staff.
After moving to Aspen with his wife, Block did research in theoretical and computational physics.
Block died on July 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Upon his death he was survived by his widow, a son Steven Block, a daughter, and two grandchildren.
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Steam (Soft Machine Legacy album)
Steam is the fourth album by the Canterbury associated band Soft Machine Legacy and their second studio album, released on CD in 2007. This is the final Soft Machine project to feature bassist Hugh Hopper prior to his death in June 2009. He was replaced by Roy Babbington, Soft Machine member from 1973 to 1976. Babbington has previously replaced Hopper in Soft Machine-proper. "Steam" also marks the first appearance of Theo Travis in the group replacing Elton Dean who died in February 2006 at age 60.
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List of awards and nominations received by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (often abridged as "Last Week Tonight") is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show was created by Oliver, who also serves as an executive producer, and premiered on HBO on April 27, 2014.
"Last Week Tonight" has received critical acclaim and won several major awards, including sixteen Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, five Producers Guild Awards, five Writers Guild of America Awards, one Critics' Choice Television Award, three TCA Awards, and has been nominated for three Directors Guild of America Awards.
The Critics' Choice Television Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Broadcast Television Journalists Association in recognition of outstanding achievements in television, since 2011. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won one award from a total of four nominations.
The Directors Guild of America Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Directors Guild of America in recognition of outstanding achievements in film and television directing, since 1938. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has received a total of three nominations.
The Dorian Awards are an annual accolade bestowed by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics in recognition of outstanding achievements in film and television. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won one award from a total of six nominations.
The GLAAD Media Award is an annual accolade bestowed by GLAAD to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won two awards from a total of four nominations.
The MTV Movie & TV Awards is a film and television awards show presented annually on MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV and the winners are decided online by the general public. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has received one nomination.
The George Foster Peabody Awards, or simply Peabody Awards, are named after American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, and recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals. "Last Week Tonight" has received two awards.
The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has received one nomination.
Awarded since 1949, the Primetime Emmy Award is an annual accolade bestowed by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizing outstanding achievements in American prime time television programming. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won sixteen awards from a total of thirty-six nominations.
The Producers Guild of America Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Producers Guild of America in recognition of outstanding achievements in film and television producing, since 1990. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won five awards from a total of six nominations.
The TCA Awards are an annual accolade bestowed by the Television Critics Association in recognition of outstanding achievements in television. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won three awards from a total of five nominations.
The Webby Award is an award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a judging body composed of over two thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include websites, advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won two awards from a total of four nominations.
The Writers Guild of America Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the Writers Guild of America in recognition of outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio, since 1949. As of 2020, "Last Week Tonight" has won five awards from a total of five nominations.
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Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
The Swiss Journal of Palaeontology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for palaeontology and taxonomy. It succeeded the Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen from 2011 and is published twice yearly.
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Clayton Bates (basketball)
Clayton Bates (born c. 1972) is the men's head basketball coach for the Western Michigan Broncos.
Bates played basketball at Florida from 1992 to 1996. He helped the Gators reach the Final Four in 1994. Bates was the 1996 Most Outstanding Academic Player, and was named the 1996 Fred Koss Memorial Award winner. He earned a bachelor's degree in exercise physiology in 1995 and completed his master's degree in sports administration in 1997 at Illinois.
Bates began his coaching career as an administrative assistant at Illinois in 1997 under Lon Kruger. Bates became an assistant at Jacksonville in 1998 under Hugh Durham. Bates joined Western Michigan as an assistant in 2000. He decided to take a year off from coaching in 2008, taking a job at a medical supply company to spend more time with his family. Bates returned to Western Michigan for the 2009–10 season. In 2010, Bates decided to become an assistant at Wright State. After two seasons, Bates became homesick for Kalamazoo and returned to Western Michigan. He helped the Broncos reach the NCAA Tournament in 2014.
On March 28, 2020, Bates was promoted to head coach at Western Michigan, replacing his former boss Steve Hawkins. Athletic director Kathy Beauregard said the COVID-19 pandemic affected the job search but Bates was the right person for the job. Bates' salary increases from $110,000 to $120,000 per year, with an additional $100,000 for multimedia rights and speaking opportunities. He takes over a program that finished 21–43 in the past two seasons, but he retained assistant coach Thomas Kelley. Shortly after he was hired, the top two scorers at Western Michigan, Michael Flowers and Brandon Johnson, decided to transfer.
Bates is married to the former Annemarie Mernagh, who was an All-Big East volleyball player at the University of Pittsburgh and was an assistant volleyball coach at Western Michigan. They have two daughters, Annelyse and Sydney.
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Nance Wood
Nance Wood is a woodland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Portreath, west Cornwall. The site was first notified in 1951 for its almost pure dwarf, sessile oak ("Quercus petraea") coppiced woodland, good bryophyte flora and Irish spurge ("Euphorbia hyberna"), which is found in only two localities in Britain.
Nance Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest is a narrow strip of semi-natural woodland, on a steep north-facing slope, which was designated as a SSSI for its biological characteristics. The wood's eastern boundary is beside the hamlet of Bridge and the western boundary is at the inland edge of Portreath. Also included are the Illogan Woods, a small side valley on the western side of the SSSI. Most of the woodland trees are high, wind-pruned, sessile oak ("Quercus petraea") which were last coppiced in the first half of the 20th century. The woods are one of only two sites in Britain to contain Irish spurge ("Euphorbia hyberna"), a Red Data Book plant. The B3000 (road) from Redruth runs alongside the stream to Portreath, and at the top of the valley slope, but not within the SSSI, are agricultural fields and Nance Round, an Iron Age defended settlement.
Overlooking the valley at the top of a north-facing slope is Nance Round, an Iron Age defended settlement, which survives as a roughly oval area with double ramparts with ditches. The outer rampart is up to 1.8 m high and the inner rampart up to 2.4 m. The British Iron Age dates from 800BC to 100AD.
Pheasant shooting during the late-Victorian era was a popular pastime for landowners and their guests and thousands were raised yearly by gamekeepers. Local people were employed as ″beaters″, advancing in a line towards butts, where men waited with their rifles to shoot the birds flying above. Nance Round was perfect for use as a butt and in one week in 1899 the quests of Arthur Francis Basset of Tehidy shot 703 birds on a Tuesday, 785 on the Wednesday and 1109 on the Thursday. The record for one day was 1600 birds.
Nance Wood was originally designated by the Nature Conservancy in 1951 under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and renotified in 1984 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Most of the woodland is almost pure sessile oak which was last coppiced in the first part of the 20th-century. Being close to the coast has resulted in a low, wind-pruned canopy between 4 m and 6 m high. The shrub layer is mainly of hawthorn ("Crataegus monogyna"), hazel ("Corylus avellana"), and holly ("Ilex aquifolium"), while the ground flora consists of bluebell ("Hyacinthoides non-scripta"), bracken ("Pteridium aquilinum"), bramble ("Rubus fruticosus") and honeysuckle ("Lonicera periclymenum"). Scattered stands of greater woodrush ("Luzula sylvatica") is found on the steeper slopes. The southern arm has a more varied canopy with ash ("Fraxinus excelsior"), oak and sycamore ("Acer pseudoplatanus") coppice with a few wych elm ("Ulmus glabra"). The shrub layer consists of blackthorn ("Prunus spinosa") and hawthorn.
The SSSI has a good bryophyte flora with 21 species of liverwort and 81 moss species. Notable are "Hookeria lucens" which has a typical oceanic west coast distrilbution and two nationally rare species; "Aloina ambigua" and "Pohlia rothii".
Irish spurge was first found in Cornwall by E Q Marquand in the summer of 1883, and at a 1984 meeting of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society it was remarked on how unusual it was to add a new species of plant to the West Cornwall list. At that time the only other known site in Britain was at Combe Martin in Devon. It is a native plant, widespread in [[Ireland|southern Ireland and extremely rare and local in Cornwall, Devon and [[Somerset]]. In Nance Wood it is found in the formerly coppiced oak woodland and on a Cornish hedge within the wood. Internationally the plant has a [[disjunct distribution]] and is part of the [[Lusitanian flora]] which are found only in south-west Ireland and northern [[Iberia]]. They are usually absent from other nearby regions. Irish Spurge is the only species of the Lusitanian flora which also occurs in south-west England.
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Delwara
Delwara (देलवाडा), nestled in the Aravalli Range (अरावली) hills, is about 28 km away from Udaipur, Mewar (a former state in present day Rajasthan) and close to Eklingji Temple, on way to temple town of Nathdwara, in the state of Rajasthan, India. Delwara was originally known as ‘Devkul Patan Nagri’ (देवकुल पाटन नगरी) which means the town of god. It boasted of over 1500 temples at one time, out of which there were over 400 Jain temples. Delwara was the center of learning and culture before 15th century AD. Around middle of 13th century, Raja Sagar, a Deora Chauhan and a descendant of Rao Kirtipal of Jalore was a very brave king of Delwara (Mewar). Descendants of Raja Sagar sacrificed their lives whilst fighting alongside Ranas of Mewar against Muslim invaders. Raja Sagar was the progenitor of Bachhawat clan of Oswals. Sagar's son, Kunwar Bohitya was immensely influenced and inspired by Jain philosophy. Samdhar, a grandson of Bohitya and a Deora Chauhan, was the first man in his genealogy to convert to Jainism.
The ancient Jain temples of Delwara, now in total ruins, are believed to have been built during the reign of Samrat Samprati (224-215 BC). He was grandson of Samrat Ashoka and son of Ashoka's blind son Kunal. Samprati became the Emperor of entire western and southern part of India (Maurya Empire) and ruled from Ujjain. It is said that Samprati, also known as ‘Jain Ashoka’, built thousands of Jain temples in India. It may be noted that all the ancient Jain monuments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, including the Jain temples at Delwara (Mewar), are also attributed to Samrat Samprati.
Delwara, Nagda and Aahar (Ayad) were the centers of learning and culture before 15th century AD. Most princes of Mewar and adjoining kingdoms were groomed in the art of warfare and formal education at Delwara. Hence it was also known as Kunwarpada – center of learning. Delwara was a large town and spread from Gandharva Sagar Lake to Nagda. Today only 25% of the original town remains.
As on 2017, three main Jain temples remain in Delwara, for which good restoration work has been undertaken. Two of the temples are of Rishabhdev (ऋषभदेव भगवान) and one of Parshvnath (पार्श्वनाथ भगवान). Jain temples at Delwara were built with white marble stones. Despite being plain and austere on outside, the interiors of all these temples are covered with delicate carvings. Each has a walled courtyard called Rang Mandap. In the center of the courtyard is the shrine with the image of the deity, Rishabhdev and Parshvnath, respectively. Around the large courtyard, there are numerous small shrines, each housing a beautiful sculpture of the 24 Tirthankara (तीर्थंकर) with a series of elegantly carved pillars from the entrance to the courtyard. The special feature of these temples is its ceiling, which is circular in eleven richly carved concentric rings. The central ceiling of the temple is adorned with magnificent carving and it culminates into ornamented central pendant. The pendant of the domes tapers down forming a drop or point, like a lotus flower. This is an astonishing piece of work. It symbolizes the divine grace coming down to fulfill human aspirations. The figure of sixteen goddesses of knowledge, (विध्या देवी) are carved on the ceiling.
There is a story that the ministers of the Solanki rulers of Gujarat visited these temples during 11th and 13th centuries AD and were much impressed with the architecture and carving of the temples. At the request of these visiting ministers, then rulers of Delwara (Mewar), provided the design and drawings of the Jain temples. Vimal Shah, minister, governor of Chandravati and commander-in-chief of Bhimadev I (1022–64), the Solanki ruler of Gujarat, came to Delwara. He was inspired by Jain Acharya to wash out his sins perpetrated in the battle fields, hence constructed a temple near Mount Abu which was the replication of Delwara (Mewar) Jain temple.
The temple is known as Vimal Vasahi (Shri Adinath temple). He was remorseful and spent the rest of his life in religious discourse at Chandravati (near Abu road). Later, in 1230 AD, the two Porwad brothers – Vastupal and Tejpal, both ministers of the Vaghela ruler of Gujarat, came to Delwara. They also built the Jain temples designed after Vimal Vasahi temples near Abu. Since these five temples, built between 11th and 13th century at Abu, are similar in design and architecture to the ones at Delwara (Mewar), came to be known as Dilwara Temples (देलवाडा जैन मंदिर). These temples are a composite cluster of five temples, with their own unique identity. Each is named after the small village in which it is located. The grandeur of sculptured marble, exquisite carvings of ceilings, domes, pillars and arches of the temple which is beyond anyone's expectations, is far superior to the originals at Delwara (Mewar).
The Chauhan clan of Rajputs, ruled over a large area of South Western Rajasthan and Gujarat. Alhana, younger son of Wakpati Rao Chauhan, seized Nadol (near Jodhpur) from the Paramaras and established himself there toward the end of the 10th century. His descendant, Kirtipal (Keytu) was driven from Nadol by Sultan Qutbud-din Aibak of Delhi, during the 12th century. Kirtipal, then journeyed further to the south-west to Bhinmal and Sanchor, before seizing Jalore from the Paramaras. Some of his descendants were known as Sanchora Chauhans. Rao Kirtipal, the youngest son of Alhana, ruler of Nadol, is the founder of the Jalore line of Chauhans. He captured it from the Paramaras in 1181. Kirtipal was progenitor of Songara clan of Chauhans. He died in 1182 and was succeeded by his son Samar Singh.
Chauhans have 24 major sects - Hada, Songara, Deora, Khichi, Shambhri, Sanchora, Pavia, Goyalwal, Bhadauria, Malani, Nirwan, Puravia, Madrecha, Cheeba, Mohil, Chahil, Balecha, Chachera, Boda, Nadola, Nikumbh..etc. It is said that Rao Bisaldeo was the progenitor of the Deora clan. Prithviraj Chauhan III was nephew of Rao Bisaldeo. In ages past, the rulers of Jalore, Chandravati and Sirohi belonged to the Songara and Deora clans.
It is said that around 1172–80, King of Jalore, Rao Kirtipal (Keytu, a Songara Chauhan), captured Ahar (now Ayad), then capital of Mewar, from Rawal Samant Singh. In 1172, Rawal Samant Singh of Mewar was forced to move his capital from Ahar to Dungarpur. Samant Singh and his younger brother Kumar Singh ruled from Dungarpur. However, Ahar and the adjoining area of Mewar, was ruled by Songara / Deora Chauhans for few years, till they were recovered by Rawal Kumar Singh. Interregnum, the brothers and cousins of Songara / Deora Chauhans were perhaps given the Jagirs in the Girva – the villages surrounded by Aravalli hills of the present-day Udaipur city. Jagirdars of Girva were called Raja. There is no historical record or manuscript of Mewar / Jalore state narrating that Rawal Samant Singh was dislodged by Keytu of Jalore. However, the extract of personal dairy written in 1939 by Mathuranath Purohit, Master of Ceremonies, Mewar, states,"“Keytu Chauhan, the King of Nadol snatched Ahar from Samant Singh, after defeating him in a battle. Samant Singh went to Vagad and established Dungarpur state. Later Rawal Kumar Singh, younger brother of Rawal Samant Singh, recaptured Ahar, the capital of Mewar”".
[सामंत सिंह: इन्होने गुजरात के राजा अजयपाल को परास्त किया, इस युद्ध में इतने कमजोर हो गए कि नाडोल के केय्तु चौहान ने हमला कर आहड छीन लिया तब ये बागड़ में चले गए वहां डूंगरपुर का राज्य स्थापित किया.]
[कुमार सिंह: इन्होने अपने पिता का राज्य आहड़ पीछा लिया. यह सामंत सिंह के छोटे भाई थे.]
This fact is also established by the existence of an Ashapura temple on a hill top at village Berwas, between Ahar and Debari region of Udaipur. Also, according to local dialect the village of Debari, adjacent to Berwas, means Deora-ki-Bari, meaning ‘Window to Deora Kingdom’. However, according to Mewar's eminent historian and writer, Dr Shri Krishan Jugnu, “Debari means window to God’s kingdom (Dev-bari)”. There, is an inscription put up in 1975 during renovation of Ashapura Mata temple, “Temple of the Kul Deity (family idol) of Deora Chauhans was initially made by Raja Munjerao Deora of Girva in 1528” (during the times of Maharana Ratan Singh II, 1528–1531). To date the temple is managed by Deora Chauhans.
The Udaipur Girva too has number of villages which are inhabited by Deora Chauhans. There are many families of Deora Chauhans in Delwara, which is very close to Udaipur and on the periphery of Girva. It is therefore, quite possible that one Raja Sagar, fourth son of Rao Samant Singh of Jalore and a descendant of Rao Kirtipal, was bestowed the Jagir of Delwara during mid-13th century. It is believed that later Maharana Udai Singh II (1540–1572), annexed these Jagirs from Deora Chauhans to move his capital from Chittor to Udaipur when he lost Chittor to Akbar in 1568.
Eminent historian, Rai Bahadur Gaurishankar Ojha writes,
Bhanwarlal Nahata writes in ‘Bachhawat Muntha Vanshavli’,
During 12th century, Rao Samant Singh of Jalore had four sons – Rao Kanhadeo, Maldeo, Raningdeo and Sagar. Rao Kanhadeo and his son Kunwar Viramdeo were killed in a battle against Alauddin Khalji in 1311, while Rao Maldeo and Rao Raningdeo ruled smaller Jagirs in Jalore. It is believed that Rao Sagar was given the Jagir of Delwara, as the adjoining areas of Girva (Udaipur) were ruled by Deora Chauhans until 14-15th century.
There is another bard's tale that during 12th century, Delwara was being ruled by a Rajput ruler Rao Bhim Singh. His only daughter was married to Rao Samant Singh of Jalore, who had two queens. Sagar was born to Delwara Baiji. Due to differences with the other queen over succession to the throne of Jalore, she returned to her father's place, Delwara. Since Rao Bhim Singh, did not have any male child, his grandson Sagar, a Deora Chauhan, ascended the throne of Delwara.
Around middle of 13th century, Raja Sagar, a Deora Chauhan and a descendant of Rao Kirtipal of Jalore was a very brave king of Delwara. He was the progenitor of Bachhawat clan. Raja Sagar was blessed with three sons - Bohitya, Gangadas and Jaisingh. Whenever there was invasion from Muslims, Rana Jaitra Singh (1213–53) called Raja Sagar for help in the battle. Raja Sagar always came along with army and fought valiantly against the invading Muslims.
One of the fiercest battle Raja Sagar fought alongside Rana Jaitra Singh (1213–53) was against Sultan Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (1211–36) at Bhutalghati, near Nagda. While he ensured full protection for Jaitra Singh, as Delwada's army fought fearlessly alongside Mewar army. Sultan Iltutmish destroyed temples after temples in and around Nagda and Delwara. The villages were burnt.
Dr Shri Krishan Jugnu, writes in his book, "Nandeshma Abhilekh" (Hindi) – Rajasthan Ke Prachin Abhilekh
"“This fierce battle was fought in the valley near Nagda towards Gogunda. Besides Gohils, there were brave soldiers from Chauhans, Chandanas, Solankis, Parmars, Chaarans and Tribals who fought for Mewar. They gave a tough fight to Sultan’s army. However, when Jaitra Singh was cornered, he was secretly sheltered in one of the houses in Nagda. Iltutmish was furious and encircled Nagda. Every house was searched, burnt and destroyed. In 14th century, according to a mythological tradition of offering water tribute to the martyrs of Bhutalghati, a lake was built at Nagda and christened as BaaghelaTaalab.” There is another bard that says, Maharana Mokal built this lake in memory of his brother Baagh Singh."
Raja Sagar's son Raja Bohitya was also brave and intelligent like his father and ruled Delwara during the time of Rawal Samar Singh (1273–1302) and Rana Ratan Singh (1302–1303). Once, apprehending danger to his life from the Muhammadans, Bohitya sought refuge in a Jain Temple at Delwara. It is believed that he was immensely influenced and inspired by Jain philosophy.
One day while Bohitya was asleep in his palace, a snake climbed the bed and bit him on his legs. After biting, the snake hit the prince with his tail and descended from the bed. Prince got up with fright and asked for help. There was commotion in the palace and Raja Sagar came to know of it. The Raja asked the prince, “What happened?” The prince replied, “Snake has bitten me”. Raja tried to save him but in vain. People looked around for the snake but couldn't find one. The prince's leg became blue and body turned cold. Knowing that the prince was dead, they took him for the final journey of cremation. At that time the disciples (bhattarack) of Acharya Jindutt Suriji who were out for ‘Gochari’ (collecting food and alms) saw the funeral procession of the prince. They started discussing among themselves. One disciple said, “The prince is not dead. Why are they taking him for cremation?”
The Mantri of Raja Sagar, who was passing by, heard the conversation and informed the King. Thus, the life of Prince Bohitya was saved and he was brought back to the palace. Since then Bohitya and his family developed deep faith in Jainism and started paying obeisance to Jain Acharyas and their disciples in Delwara. Bahrang Devi, wife of Raja Bohitya, was a beautiful and talented lady and lived in Delwara. She had eight sons - Shree Karan, Jaiso, Jaimal, Nanha, Bhima, Padam, Somji and Pushmal.
When Sultan Allauddin Khilji captured Chittor, Rani Padmani (wife of Rana Ratan Singh I) and several hundred other court ladies threw themselves into a fire – committed Jauhar. Khilji seized the Fort of Chittor and the fort was made over to Rao Maldeo, son of Rao Samant Singh, a Chauhan Chief in Jalore for governance. Incidentally, Rao Maldeo was uncle of Raja Bohitya.
Both Rana Ratan Singh I and his cousin Rawal Laksh (Lakshman Singh) were killed in the battle. Raja Bohitya too sacrificed his life in the battle, while fighting alongside Rana Ratan Singh I against Allauddin Khilji in 1303. Later Maharana Hamir Singh I (1326–64), successor of Sisodia clan, married the daughter of Rao Maldeo.
After Raja Bohitya, his eldest son Raja Shree Karan ascended to the throne of Delwara. Shree Karan was a kind-hearted king. Raja Shree Karan won Machindragarh (present day village Machind near Kumbhalgarh) in a battle and was bestowed the title of Rana. At one time around mid-14th Century the soldiers of Rana Shree Karan looted the treasury of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluk (1325-51) while his army was on a passage through Aravalli's from Delhi to Gujarat. This was one of the trade routes to sea ports of Gujarat.
Later, Chittorgarh Fort was recovered from Muslim occupation by Maharana Hamir Singh I. Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluk of Delhi brought in large army to recapture Chittor Fort, but he was defeated by the army of Maharana Hamir Singh I and taken prisoner at Singoli, near Mandalgarh. Rana Shree Karan was killed in the battle while assisting Maharana Hamir Singh I. Muhammad Bin Tughlug was released after paying 50 lakh Rupees, 100 elephants and several districts. But he died in 1351 at Delhi. Mewar established their supremacy within 50 years of the sack of Chittorgarh and Maharana Hamir Singh I recaptured the Fort in 1353.
According to Karamchandra Vanshavali Prabandh, written in 1593 by Jaysom,"“After Rana Shree Karan's death in the battle, his wife Queen Ratna Devi along with her four sons - Samdhar, Udharam, Haridas and Veerdas, went to her parent's place (pihar) at Khedinagar (Kheda, Gujarat) for their education and proficiency in art of warfare. Samdhar, a Deora Chauhan, was the first man in his genealogy to convert to Jainism from the saint and scholar of Khartargachh, Shree Jineshwar Suri Maharaj. Thereafter his descendants became merged in the premier merchant community of Oswals and established matrimonial relation with Jain-Oswal community. He chose Bohotra (Bothra) as the name for his clan on the name of his grandfather Bohitya. Samdhar and all his brothers became the followers of Jainism and organised sangh yatra. Thus, he received the title of Sanghpati. Samdhar was blessed by a son named Tejpal.”"After the death of Bothra Samdhar, Tejpal became Sanghpati. He gifted gold, horses, elephants, etc. to the King of Gurjar – Patan (Anhilpur) and the King pleased with his friendship gifted him some part of his region to administer. He successfully ruled the people and helped the poor and needy by providing alms. Tejpal was blessed with a son -Vilha, from his wife Tara Devi.Later on, Tejpal took santhara (fast until death - left all food) and died. After his death, Vilha became Sanghpati. He was very rich but also very philanthropic. He gave generous donations, especially for Jain religion and honoured the sadhvis and shravaks. He had three sons - Kadua, Dharma and Nanda. After Vilha's death, his elder son Kadua became Sanghpati and went to Chittorgarh to settle down. Later his descendant, Bothra Bachhraj became Dewan of Jodhpur and founding Dewan of Bikaner. Bachhraj's descendants were known as Bachhawats.
Later, in 15th century, the Kingdom of Mewar was divided into 16 first grade thikanas or districts. Delwara was one of the 16 Rajwadas, along with Badi Sadri and Gogunda. Delwara has been ruled by Jhala Rajputs from 15th Century onwards. The ancestor of the Jhala family was Raj Sahib Raidharji Vogohoji of Dhrangadhara (Halvad), son of Harpal Makwana. During the reign of Maharana Raimal (1473–1509), Ajoji (Ajja Singh Jhala) the deposed son of Raj Sahib Raidharji, along with his brother Sajoji (Sajja Singh Jhala) came to Mewar. Jhalas performed meritorious service in Mewar. Later the Maharana granted the Jagir of Delwara to Kunwar Sajja and that of Bari Sadri to Kunwar Ajja Singh and were granted the title of Raj Rana.
Ajja fought alongside Maharana Sangram Singh I (1509–1527) against Babur in 1527 at the Battle of Khanwa. When Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga) was wounded on the battlefield, Ajja donned the Maharana's tunic, which kept the Mewar army together but proved fatal for Raj Rana Ajja, who died in the battle. As many as 7 generations of the Jhala family had been sacrificing their lives for Maharanas of Mewar.
Who ruled Delwara after Deora Chauhans left in 14th century till Jhalas came in 15th century? There is an inscription plate of 1975, that Ashapura Temple at Berwas (near Debari) was built by Raja Munjerao Deora of Girva in 1528. Who were the ancestors of Munjerao? Were they descendants of Raja Sagar? It is yet to be researched and established.
Devi Garh Palace - This 18th century palace in the village of Delwara has undergone years of restoration and rebuilding. This all suite luxury hotel with 39 suites takes on the look of modern India, with an emphasis on design and detail, using local marble and semi-precious stones. The contemporary design showcased within this spectacular heritage property, complemented by personalized and intimate service, creates a new image of India for the 21st century.
Rishabhdev Jain Temple - This 700+ year-old white marble temple showcases 149 pillars and contains 52 individual shrines. This temple provides an outstanding example of the fine craftsmanship and architecture of its era. The inner chambers and columns are covered in exquisite marble carvings and stone work.
Parshwanath Jain Temple - This 900+ year-old temple's architecture and sculptures reveal the work of great artisans and craftsmen. A unique feature of the temple is a chamber about 5 meters underground, which houses 13 beautiful idols. Over the past few years, the Jain community has initiated a large scale project to restore this temple to its former state.
Sadhna Workshop - About 20 years ago, a patchwork program was initiated in Delwara by a local NGO, Seva Mandir, as an income generation activity to promote women’s empowerment. Today, this initiative has transformed into a self-owned enterprise involving more than 600 women from various villages. Of these, around 250 are from Delwara, which is where their main workshop is found. Open to the public, fair trade and high quality women’s clothing can be purchased here.
Hunting Tower - According to a book published by the Adeshvar Jain Temple, this hunting tower located on Kantya hill, locally known as Audhi, was built by King Jasvantsinh. It was used by the king for hunting during his rule.
Palera Talab - A large lake standing at the entrance to Delwara, which was built around 1875 AD. Two small domed pavilions ornamented the lake, adding to its charm. The name Palera Talab is derived from Sanskrit 'palankarta', which means ‘protector’ – an appropriate name given to the lake that is the town’s main water source.
Indra Kund - A beautiful step well that is a marvelous example of stone carvings and is about 15 meters deep.
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Insult (legal)
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Insult () is punishable by prison up to one year or by fine. For insult against one's spouse, ex-spouse, child or close relative, the penalty is prison up to two years. Upbraiding () without a reason is punishable by a fine.
Insult () or derision () in front of someone else is punishable by prison up to one month or by a fine up to 60 daily units. If the insult occurs in public or in front of multiple people, the penalty is prison up to three months or a fine up to 180 daily units.
Insult () not protecting public goods intentiously is punishable by prison up to three months or a fine up to €4,350 (ca. $4,739). In Sint Maarten, insult is punishable by prison up to three months or by a fine up to $250. In Aruba, it is punishable by prison up to three months or by a fine up to 300 AWG (ca. $165).
Insult () is punishable by fine or restriction of liberty. If the insult is committed by mass media, the penalty is either prison up to one year, a fine or restriction of liberty.
Insult () is punishable by prison up to three months or by a fine up to 120 daily units.
Insult () in front of multiple people is punishable by a fine of 10 to 40 daily units.
Insult () is punishable by a fine from 20 to 100 daily units or from 40,000 RSD (ca. $367) to 200,000 RSD (ca. $1,835). If the insult is committed through the press, radio, television, other media or at a public gathering, the penalty is a fine from 80 to 240 daily units or from 150,000 RSD (ca. $1,376) to 450,000 RSD (ca. $4,130).
Insult () that, not contemptuously intended, does not pertain to a scientific, literary or artistic work, serious criticism, official duty, social or political activity, defense of a right or protection of justified benefits is punishable by prison up to three months or by fine. If the insult is committed through press, radio, television, on a website or through other media, the penalty is prison up to six months or a fine.
Insult () of generally grave nature, with these effects or circumstances is punishable by a fine of 3 to 7 monthly units. If such insult is committed in public, the penalty is a fine from 6 to 14 monthly units.
Insult () is punishable by fine. If the insult is gross, the penalty is prison up to six months or a fine.
Insult (German: , French: , Italian: , Romansh: ) is punishable by a fine up to 90 daily units.
Insult () is punishable by a fine from 10 to 50 daily units. If the insult is committed in public, the penalty is a fine from 15 to 75 daily units.
Insult () is punishable by prison up to one year or by a fine from 100 to 300 units.
Public insult () is punishable by prison up to six months and by fine.
Insult () is punishable by a fine from 50 to 100 daily units. If the insult is committed in public, the penalty is a fine from 100 to 180 daily units.
Insult () of generally grave nature, with these effects or circumstances is punishable by a fine from 100 to 200 daily units. If such insult is committed in public, the penalty is a fine from 200 to 500 daily units.
Insult () not referring to or protecting public goods is punishable by a fine of 1,500 ARS (ca. $23) to 20,000 ARS (ca. $309).
Insult () by means of mass diffusion is punishable by a fine from 100 to 250 daily units.
Insult () is punishable by prison up to six months or by fine. If the insult is committed by assault or is demeaning by its nature or means, the penalty is prison up to one year and a fine.
Insult () is punishable by prison up to two months or by fine. Written and public insults are punishable by prison up to 1,48 years and by a fine from 6 to 10 monthly units. Written and public insults of general affronting nature, occasion or circumstances and written and public insults grave due to the state, dignity and circumstances of the offended one and the offender are punishable by prison up to three years and by a fine from 11 to 20 monthly units.
Insult () is punishable by a fine up to 90 daily units. If the insult is committed in front of someone else, the penalty is a fine up to 180 daily units.
Insult () is punishable by a fine from 60 up to 90 daily units or by public work from 10 to 40 days.
Insult () not protecting public goods intentiously is punishable by prison up to three months, a fine up to 10,000 SRD (ca. $1,329) or both.
Insult () is punishable by a fine from 60 UR (ca. $1,700) to 400 UR (ca. $11,450). If the insult is committed in public or divulged publicly, the penalty is a fine from 70 UR (ca. $2,000) to 533,33 UR (ca. $15,250).
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Hanazono Line
The is a 0.4 km light rail line owned by Iyotetsu. The line runs entirely within the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Opened in 1947, the line connects Iyotetsu's heavy rail hub at Matsuyama City Station to the rest of the light rail network.
The line is electrified and is double-tracked for the entire line. Four light rail services, along with the heritage railway train "Botchan", run on the line.
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Martin Kirkup
Martin Kirkup is a British-born music industry executive. He is a founding partner of the Los Angeles-based Direct Management Group. Over the course of his career, Kirkup has worked with artists including Katy Perry, Adam Lambert, k.d. lang, Counting Crows, The B-52s, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
Kirkup was born and grew up in Tynemouth, Northumberland. He attended the University of Leicester, and came to the United States in 1973 as a visiting professor at the University of Rhode Island. He later moved to New York, where he began his career in the music industry in the publicity department at Elektra Records.
Kirkup was hired by A&M Records in 1975 as director of creative services. He moved to Los Angeles in 1978, and was named vice president of artist development, overseeing campaigns for the artists on A&M's roster, which at the time included Peter Frampton, Nils Lofgren, Supertramp, Squeeze, The Tubes, Bryan Adams, Joe Jackson, The Police and Joan Armatrading.
In 1984, he founded Direct Management with Steve Jensen, who was previously a booking agent. Kirkup and Jensen's first clients were Boy Meets Girl and Nell Carter. Their first significant success was with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; they placed "If You Leave" on the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack, and the song became a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Top 100. While the band previously had hits in Europe, the album which followed the "Pretty in Pink" soundtrack, "The Pacific Age", was their first American gold album.
Bryan Ferry was signed in 1988 Echo and the Bunnymen were signed in 1986, and in 1989 Kirkup and Jensen began working with The B-52's, reformed after the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson.
Their first release as a Direct client, "Cosmic Thing" included the hit singles "Roam" and "Love Shack" and more than 5 million copies of the album were sold. Kirkup and Jenson were credited for "steering (the B-52s) into a major comeback."
In 1992 Kirkup and Jensen signed Counting Crows; their debut, "August and Everything After", sold in excess of 10 million albums. Direct worked with the band until 2001. They have managed Lang since signing her in 2000.
Bradford Cobb joined Direct in 1997, and in 2004, he met Katy Perry and producer Glen Ballard. She was signed by Direct shortly thereafter. The first single from the debut Katy Perry album, "One of the Boys", I Kissed a Girl", became her first "Billboard" Hot 100. Her next album, "Teenage Dream" became the first album by a female artist to produce five number-one "Billboard" Hot 100 singles As of 2018, Perry had sold more than 100 million records.
Direct also manages AU/RA. The company managed Adam Lambert from 2011 until 2017.
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Not My Baby (Inna song)
"Not My Baby" is a song by Romanian singer Inna, released for digital download as a single by Global Records on 3 April 2020. It was composed by Inna alongside Lara Andersson, Michelle Buzz, Junior Oliver Frid, and Fridolin Walcher, while the latter received credit as a producer under his stage name of Freedo. The song was noted as being a hi-NRG-inspired dance-pop, deep house, EDM and europop track, as well as a departure from the experimental and gypsy music-influenced sound of Inna's Spanish studio album, "Yo". Inna had already retransitioned to a more electronic production prior to the song with "Bebe" in 2019. The lyrics of the former delve on a toxic relationship with a selfish and untruthful partner.
Music critics received "Not My Baby" with universal acclaim upon release, commending its sound, catchiness and Inna's vocal delivery. For promotional purposes, an animated lyric video for the song was uploaded to the singer's YouTube channel on 2 April 2020, depicting her in different settings. The official music video was subsequently released on 24 April of that year, including Inna with a snake on her arm and holding a red apple in her hand in the biblical Garden of Eden as an allusion to the Christian belief of the original sin. A reviewer further pointed out similarities between the visual and the Snow White fairy tale. Commercially, the song peaked at number 33 on the Romanian Airplay 100 chart. Inna performed the song at the Untold OverNight event in May 2020.
For the creation of "Not My Baby", Inna enlisted a new team, with her contributing to the lyrics and composition alongside Lara Andersson, Michelle Buzz, Junior Oliver Frid and Fridolin Walcher; the latter solely produced the song under his stage name of Freedo. Global Records released "Not My Baby" for digital download as a single in various countries on 3 April 2020. An English language track, it stylisically marks a comeback to the sound of Inna's early-career releases and a departure from the Spanish experimental and gypsy music-influenced material on her sixth studio album, "Yo" (2019). Critical commentary noted "Not My Baby" to be a hi-NRG-inspired dance-pop, deep house, EDM and europop song.
Lyrically, the song touches on a past toxic relationship, in which the partner was attractive but selfish and untruthful. Lyrics from the verses include "It's not the way it was before, his touch was heaven" and "But every rose, it has its thorn", with Inna singing "He's not my baby, my baby, my baby now / He's not my baby, my baby wouldn't let me down" at the beginning of the refrain. Her voice is aided by a synthesized vocoder layer, and the production further makes use of a "melancholic" occasional piano.
Upon release, "Not My Baby" was met with universal acclaim from music critics. While Idolator's Mike Wass concluded that the song was an "instantly endearing banger" that could attain commercial success, CelebMix's Jonathan Currinn called it one of Inna's best releases in recent memory, by April 2020. Also noting the high remix potential, the latter reviewer pointed out that while Inna had taken musical inspiration from her older releases, the deep house elements in the track were nonetheless an unexplored field for her. Aficia writer Valentin Mafroy saw "Not My Baby" as "modern" and effective", furthermore jokingly stating that the song lyrically contradicted with its predecessor, "Bebe" (2019), where Inna sang about holding on to her partner.
InfoMusic's Alex Stănescu commended the complementary use of vocoder on Inna's vocals, and called the former "perfect" for driving, "for dancing in front of the mirror, or... for obsessively cleaning the house during this period of self-isolation". Leon Krusch of Dance Charts similarly praised the singer's vocal delivery, which he claimed gave the song its originality. Krusch concluded that the song was sonically different to "Bebe" although both use electronic elements in their production. Commercially, "Not My Baby" reached number 33 on Romania's Airplay 100 chart on 21 June 2020. It initially debuted at number 95, on which "MuuMuse" Bradley Stern commented, writing that "[s]hockingly, even Romania gets it wrong sometimes".
An animated lyric video for "Not My Baby" was created by Mihai Sighinaș and uploaded to Inna's YouTube channel on 2 April 2020. It depicts the latter in different settings, most notably surrounded by jungle leaves and a snake, while being seen from underneath her chin. The official music video, directed by Bogdan Păun, was ultimately released on 24 April. Alexandru Mureșan was hired as the director of photography, and Loops Production for the production. According to reviewers, the clip alludes to the Christian belief of the original sin and to the Snow White fairy tale.
The visual commences with Inna wearing a pink latex bra and ripped jeans as she sits on a rack of plastic chairs in front of a computer-generated ocean background. Subsequently, the singer is depicted in the biblical Garden of Eden while she sports a black-and-white dress. Performing subtle hand movements, Inna holds a red apple in her hand, and her arm is eventually crawled on by a snake. As the video ends, the snake slithers away. Interspersed scenes show the singer wearing a leopard-print bra and a Norma Kamali swimsuit, alongside knee-high boots. Currinn called Inna "fierce, sexy, and seductive" within the music video, further praising her fashion. He also considered the last scene to be representative of leaving a toxic lover.
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Ghetto riots in the United States (1964–1969)
The term ghetto riots, also termed ghetto rebellions, race riots, or negro riots refers to a series of summer uprisings across the United States in the 1960s, characterized by African American groups using violent tactics to secure social justice.
The six days of unrest throughout New York City during the Harlem riot of 1964 is viewed as the first of clusters of riots, uncoordinated with each other, evidently unplanned, most often in cities during the summer months. The pattern caused 159 separate incidents of violence and unrest over the long, hot summer of 1967, came to a climax during the national wave of King assassination riots in over 100 American cities in 1968, and relented in 1969.
Before the ghetto riots of the 1960s African American resistance to white supremacy was much more limited, including only small slave rebellions and armed defenses in the early 1900s. Most of these actions were defensive in nature rather than retaliatory, it was not until the Harlem riots of 1935 and 1943 that African Americans seemed to take initiative in violent conflicts. By the 1950s and 1960s significant changes had been made in the order of white supremacy that fostered conditions for open rebellions. Recent urban decay caused by white flight from city centers also antagonized lower-class minority populations who had struggled to migrate to cities.
The Harlem riot of 1964 is seen as the beginning of a wave of riots that would engulf New York City and begin to be seen in cities throughout the country until calming in 1968 with the last being the King assassination riots. These urban riots were unplanned and mostly attacked property of white owned businesses rather than people, before this most American riots involved brutal attacks against minorities. The riots resulted in 130 deaths and over 20,000 arrests.
Incidents include:
The 1968 Miami riot grew out of an organized protest, in contrast to most of these previous incidents, so may not fall in the same category. Likewise, the Division Street riots in Chicago of June 1966 shares all the relevant characteristics of these others, expressing similar ethnic tensions and grievances, except the rioters were Puerto Rican, not African-American.
Perhaps the last of the pattern was the July 1969 York race riot in Pennsylvania, where racial tensions broke out over several days, resulting in the fatal shooting of a rookie police officer and the murder of a visiting black woman from South Carolina by a white gang; after renewed interest in both cases 30 years later, York's mayor, Charlie Robertson, was arrested and arraigned for his role in the white gang while campaigning for his third term, then ultimately found not guilty.
In August 1969, federal officials considered the period of large-scale riots to be over.
President Johnson appointed a commission on July 28, 1967, while rioting was still occurring in Detroit, to investigate the causes of the urban unrest. The commission's scope included the 164 disorders occurring in the first nine months of 1967. The President had directed them, in simple words, to document what happened, find out why it happened, and find out how to prevent it. While acknowledging the incidents as "unusual, irregular, complex and unpredictable social processes," the commission was able to identify broad patterns and draw conclusions, the first of which was:
The report identified police practices, unemployment and underemployment, and lack of adequate housing as the most significant grievances motivating the rage.
Conservative elements of American society regarded the riots as evidence for the need of law and order. Richard Nixon made social order a prime issue in his campaign for president.
The mayor of Jersey City (Thomas J. Whelan) instead saw the riots as an indicator that more social programs were needed for the city and in 1964 asked for federal funds to provide "new recreational, housing, educational and sanitary facilities for low‐income groups".
Federal grants for "urban renewal and antipoverty efforts", as in New Haven, were also discussed in relation to the riots.
In August 1968, over $4 million were offered by the Justice Department to the states in what was described as "the first Federal money designated to prepare for and help avert rioting in the cities". In April 1969, John Lindsay asked to increase federal funds but as of November 1969 the $200 million promised to restore 20 cities had not yet come to fruition.
Many rioters can be seen as disillusioned African Americans whose families may have moved to cities to find better living conditions but after generations remained stuck in urban ghettos with little economic mobility. Local troubles with access to decent housing and work along with other factors like police harassment made urban areas ripe for violence.
Immediate causes were often confrontations between African Americans and aggressive whites or police officers that drew a crowd and began to spiral into violence and chaos.
In July 1963, demonstrations in Brooklyn for better working conditions in the construction industry had reportedly risked escalating to riots.
Rioters often acted collectively, destroying property they viewed as being owned by those exploiting them. Police officers often were seen as the greatest antagonists to rioters because their actions and racist language became symbols of the oppressive conditions faced by African Americans.
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DeeDeemensional (Dexter's Laboratory)
"DeeDeemensional" is the first of three shorts of the first episode of the animated television series "Dexter's Laboratory". The short was directed by series creator Genndy Tartakovsky and Rob Renzetti who also wrote the short.
In "DeeDeemensional", Dexter (voiced by Christine Cavanaugh) is forced to send his sister, Dee Dee (voiced by Allison Moore), back in time to warn past Dexter not to open an interdimensional doorway. However, past Dexter refuses to believe he sent his sister to the past and when Dee Dee meets past Dee Dee, chaos ensues.
The short starts with a clock on Dexter's desk turning to 4:00 with Dexter and Dee Dee flying in the air and a vicious roar right after. It was a pink monster with tentacle-like arms and several eyes (voiced by Jeff Bennett) who was causing all the commotion. Dexter quickly grabbed his raygun and started shooting at the monster to no avail, so he grabbed a ray machine that blasted one ray bolt at the monster, but it went right through him. Dexter pulled his final trick by dropping a bomb onto the monster, it didn't work. With no options left, Dexter begins writing a letter to his past self as he is dragged away closer and closer to the monster, but Dexter manages to get the letter to Dee Dee and tells her to get into his time machine. She gets inside and goes into the past as Dexter reminds himself that he's doomed.
Dee Dee arrives at 3:00 to see past Dexter writing something, she quickly warns and tells him to read the letter she had brought to him, but past Dexter refuses to believe that he would send his "idiot sister" back in time for any reason. Dee Dee starts crying and goes outside to stumble upon past Dee Dee, past Dee Dee comforts Dee Dee and tells her to forget about "mean old Dexter and his stupid message". Past Dexter looks outside to find two Dee Dees and quickly runs outside to ask Dee Dee to give him the message, Dee Dee agrees until past Dee Dee tells her what past Dexter had done to her. Dexter tells them that he would do anything to obtain the letter, so the two Dee Dees make a suggestion that Dexter refuses and say that he would do anything except for that, but then the two Dee Dees said in sync, "It's that or no message from the future." as Dexter looks in despair.
The clock reads 3:45 as we see the two Dee Dees on a stage wearing ballet dance costumes as they do a few ballet moves. Dexter moves on stage with a pink and obviously chosen ballet dance costume annoyed and furious, he is then proceeded to be harassed and tormented with several kicks to the face, several slaps to the face, and a mallet to the head. Dexter is over it, he rips his costume and stomps off to his interdimensional doorway. He invites the two Dee Dees to see his doorway, to which he then activates and tells the girls that they're gonna test it. Suddenly the same pink monster appears behind Dexter and then the clock reaches 4:00.
The cycle starts again with Dexter trying all options possible and then forced to write a message to his past self. Dee Dee starts to familiarize the reoccurring events and finally remembers what's going to happen. When Dexter gives Dee Dee the message, she gives Dexter the other message and before he could say anything to the girls, they had already gone into the time machine, Dexter reminds himself again that he's doomed. The Dee Dees arrive again at 3:00 to see Dexter righting something and warn him, he then firmly says that they're interrupting his "...very important calculations." as it shows Dexter's papers for the doorway.
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John Mitchell (chemist)
John F. Mitchell is an American chemist and researcher. He is the Associate Director of the Materials Science Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and leads Argonne's Emerging Materials Group.
Mitchell's expertise is in the discovery, synthesis, crystal growth, and study of quantum materials, including correlated electron oxides, quantum magnets, and topological matter. He has authored or co-authored over 320 peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals.
Mitchell is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and a member of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Materials Research Society. He served in the Chair line of the Division of Materials Physics of the American Physical Society from 2013–2017.
Mitchell received his A.B. degree "summa cum laude" in Chemistry from Cornell University in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1993 for theoretical studies of defect structures and order-disorder transitions of early transition metal chalcogenides.
Mitchell joined Argonne as a DOE Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in 1993. He went on to become a Senior Chemist in 2009. Mitchell became Associate Director of the Materials Science Division in 2012 and served as Division Director from 2017–2019. Mitchell is also an adjunct professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mitchell's research focuses on strategic synthesis, crystal growth, and structural studies of correlated electron transition metal oxides and chalcogenides, principally using neutron and x-ray scattering. He has coordinated the development team for a high-resolution powder diffractometer at the Advanced Photon Source, and led Argonne's strategic initiative in Materials and Molecular Design and Discovery. Mitchell has also led a project study in the DOE Center of Excellence for the Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials, entitled, “Spin Polarized Transport in Complex Oxides.”
Early in his career, Mitchell focused on understanding the electronic and magnetic properties of 2D manganese oxides that exhibit colossal magnetoresistance (CMR). Among several key findings, Mitchell's work directly led to the widespread understanding of local polaronic distortions and the ‘melting’ of their short-range correlations as a mechanism behind the CMR effect.
Turning to heavy transition metals, Mitchell explored the behavior of iridium based oxides in which electron correlation and spin-orbit coupling meet on similar energy scales. Mitchell's group discovered evidence for electronic and magnetic properties in these systems that parallel those found in high-temperature copper oxide superconductors. Mitchell's group also found direct evidence of bond-directional anisotropy in the candidate quantum spin liquid Na2IrO3, validating the dominant role of this interaction.
Mitchell then discovered routes to grow single crystals of two-dimensional nickel oxides that, like the iridium systems, mimic cuprate superconductors. In a series of papers he and his group showed that these nickel oxides exhibit stripe phases, intertwined density waves, and strong in-plane orbital polarization believed to be key to superconductivity.
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